Re: [PATCH] ARM: kexec: fix segment memory addresses check

From: Will Deacon
Date: Tue Oct 16 2012 - 14:17:58 EST


On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 06:57:24PM +0100, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Commit c564df4db85aac8d1d65a56176a0a25f46138064 (ARM: 7540/1: kexec:
> Check segment memory addresses) added a safety check with accidentally
> reversed condition, and broke kexec functionality on ARM. Fix this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 7 +++----
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
> index e29c333..8ef8c93 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
> @@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image)
> for (i = 0; i < image->nr_segments; i++) {
> current_segment = &image->segment[i];
>
> - err = memblock_is_region_memory(current_segment->mem,
> - current_segment->memsz);
> - if (err)
> - return - EINVAL;
> + if (!memblock_is_region_memory(current_segment->mem,
> + current_segment->memsz))
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> err = get_user(header, (__be32*)current_segment->buf);
> if (err)
> --
> 1.7.2.5

Thanks for this Aaro:

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>

Please stick it in the patch system.

Will
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