Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr range check correction

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Sun Feb 18 2007 - 16:34:26 EST


Jan Beulich wrote:
> Whether a region is below 1Mb is determined by its start rather than
> its end.
>
> This hunk got erroneously dropped from a previous patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --- linux-2.6.20/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c 2007-02-04 19:44:54.000000000 +0100
> +++ 2.6.20-x86-mtrr-range-check/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c 2007-02-09 10:17:26.000000000 +0100
> @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ int generic_validate_add_page(unsigned l
> }
> }
>
> - if (base + size < 0x100) {
> + if (base < 0x100) {
> printk(KERN_WARNING "mtrr: cannot set region below 1 MiB (0x%lx000,0x%lx000)\n",
> base, size);
> return -EINVAL;
>

What about wraparound?

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