[PATCH 08/35] x86, 64bit: Copy zero-page early

[Yinghai Lu]

real mode data/boot_params aka zero-page could be above 4g.
We will have #PF handler to set page table for not accessible ram
early, but want to limit it before x86_64_start_reservations to limit
the code change to native path only.

Also we will need the ramdisk info in zero-page to access the microcode
blob in ramdisk in x86_64_start_kernel, so copy zero-page early makes
it accessing ramdisk info simple.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 7b215a5..c0a25e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 	}
 	load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
 
+	copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
+
 	if (console_loglevel == 10)
 		early_printk("Kernel alive\n");
 
@@ -95,7 +97,9 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 
 void __init x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data)
 {
-	copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
+	/* version is always not zero if it is copied */
+	if (!boot_params.hdr.version)
+		copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
 
 	memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(_text),
 			 (unsigned long)__bss_stop - (unsigned long)_text);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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