linux-stable.git/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h, branch linux-4.4.y Linux kernel stable tree x86/boot: Add missing bootparam that breaks boot on some platforms 2019-09-21T05:12:47+00:00 Corey Minyard cminyard@mvista.com 2019-09-19T12:16:46+00:00 7f32c5f5f8c150d028ade2f3a117fcd76e51c87b Change a90118c445cc x86/boot: Save fields explicitly, zero out everything else modified the way boot parameters were saved on x86. When this was backported, e820_table didn't exists, and that change was dropped. Unfortunately, e820_table did exist, it was just named e820_map in this kernel version. This was breaking booting on a Supermicro Super Server/A2SDi-2C-HLN4F with a Denverton CPU. Adding e820_map to the saved boot params table fixes the issue. Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.9.x, 4.4.x Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Change

  a90118c445cc x86/boot: Save fields explicitly, zero out everything else

modified the way boot parameters were saved on x86.  When this was
backported, e820_table didn't exists, and that change was dropped.
Unfortunately, e820_table did exist, it was just named e820_map
in this kernel version.

This was breaking booting on a Supermicro Super Server/A2SDi-2C-HLN4F
with a Denverton CPU.  Adding e820_map to the saved boot params table
fixes the issue.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.9.x, 4.4.x
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
x86/boot: Fix boot regression caused by bootparam sanitizing 2019-09-06T08:18:10+00:00 John Hubbard jhubbard@nvidia.com 2019-08-21T19:25:13+00:00 24a5ed6757d857bcbecd413ef592fb86f1c15231 commit 7846f58fba964af7cb8cf77d4d13c33254725211 upstream. commit a90118c445cc ("x86/boot: Save fields explicitly, zero out everything else") had two errors: * It preserved boot_params.acpi_rsdp_addr, and * It failed to preserve boot_params.hdr Therefore, zero out acpi_rsdp_addr, and preserve hdr. Fixes: a90118c445cc ("x86/boot: Save fields explicitly, zero out everything else") Reported-by: Neil MacLeod <neil@nmacleod.com> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Neil MacLeod <neil@nmacleod.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190821192513.20126-1-jhubbard@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 7846f58fba964af7cb8cf77d4d13c33254725211 upstream.

commit a90118c445cc ("x86/boot: Save fields explicitly, zero out everything
else") had two errors:

    * It preserved boot_params.acpi_rsdp_addr, and
    * It failed to preserve boot_params.hdr

Therefore, zero out acpi_rsdp_addr, and preserve hdr.

Fixes: a90118c445cc ("x86/boot: Save fields explicitly, zero out everything else")
Reported-by: Neil MacLeod <neil@nmacleod.com>
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Neil MacLeod <neil@nmacleod.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190821192513.20126-1-jhubbard@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
x86/boot: Save fields explicitly, zero out everything else 2019-09-06T08:18:10+00:00 John Hubbard jhubbard@nvidia.com 2019-07-31T05:46:27+00:00 41664b97f46e2c951c05313f4a9e9bb1fecc1439 commit a90118c445cc7f07781de26a9684d4ec58bfcfd1 upstream. Recent gcc compilers (gcc 9.1) generate warnings about an out of bounds memset, if the memset goes accross several fields of a struct. This generated a couple of warnings on x86_64 builds in sanitize_boot_params(). Fix this by explicitly saving the fields in struct boot_params that are intended to be preserved, and zeroing all the rest. [ tglx: Tagged for stable as it breaks the warning free build there as well ] Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190731054627.5627-2-jhubbard@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit a90118c445cc7f07781de26a9684d4ec58bfcfd1 upstream.

Recent gcc compilers (gcc 9.1) generate warnings about an out of bounds
memset, if the memset goes accross several fields of a struct. This
generated a couple of warnings on x86_64 builds in sanitize_boot_params().

Fix this by explicitly saving the fields in struct boot_params
that are intended to be preserved, and zeroing all the rest.

[ tglx: Tagged for stable as it breaks the warning free build there as well ]

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190731054627.5627-2-jhubbard@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
x86: Don't clear olpc_ofw_header when sentinel is detected 2013-08-09T22:29:48+00:00 Daniel Drake dsd@laptop.org 2013-08-09T22:14:20+00:00 d55e37bb0f51316e552376ddc0a3fff34ca7108b OpenFirmware wasn't quite following the protocol described in boot.txt and the kernel has detected this through use of the sentinel value in boot_params. OFW does zero out almost all of the stuff that it should do, but not the sentinel. This causes the kernel to clear olpc_ofw_header, which breaks x86 OLPC support. OpenFirmware has now been fixed. However, it would be nice if we could maintain Linux compatibility with old firmware versions. To do that, we just have to avoid zeroing out olpc_ofw_header. OFW does not write to any other parts of the header that are being zapped by the sentinel-detection code, and all users of olpc_ofw_header are somewhat protected through checking for the OLPC_OFW_SIG magic value before using it. So this should not cause any problems for anyone. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130809221420.618E6FAB03@dev.laptop.org Acked-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.9+ 
OpenFirmware wasn't quite following the protocol described in boot.txt
and the kernel has detected this through use of the sentinel value
in boot_params. OFW does zero out almost all of the stuff that it should
do, but not the sentinel.

This causes the kernel to clear olpc_ofw_header, which breaks x86 OLPC
support.

OpenFirmware has now been fixed. However, it would be nice if we could
maintain Linux compatibility with old firmware versions. To do that, we just
have to avoid zeroing out olpc_ofw_header.

OFW does not write to any other parts of the header that are being zapped
by the sentinel-detection code, and all users of olpc_ofw_header are
somewhat protected through checking for the OLPC_OFW_SIG magic value
before using it. So this should not cause any problems for anyone.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130809221420.618E6FAB03@dev.laptop.org
Acked-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.9+
x86, doc: Be explicit about what the x86 struct boot_params requires 2013-03-07T04:34:43+00:00 Peter Jones pjones@redhat.com 2013-03-06T18:00:23+00:00 3c4aff6b9a183b4f24eb7b8dd6c8a92cdba3bc75 If the sentinel triggers, we do not want the boot loader authors to just poke it and make the error go away, we want them to actually fix the problem. This should help avoid making the incorrect change in non-compliant bootloaders. [ hpa: dropped the Documentation/x86/boot.txt hunk pending clarifications ] Signed-off-by: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1362592823-28967-1-git-send-email-pjones@redhat.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> 
If the sentinel triggers, we do not want the boot loader authors to
just poke it and make the error go away, we want them to actually fix
the problem.

This should help avoid making the incorrect change in non-compliant
bootloaders.

[ hpa: dropped the Documentation/x86/boot.txt hunk pending
  clarifications ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1362592823-28967-1-git-send-email-pjones@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
x86: Don't clear efi_info even if the sentinel hits 2013-03-07T04:23:30+00:00 Josh Boyer jwboyer@gmail.com 2013-03-07T04:23:30+00:00 2e604c0f19dcdd433b3863ffc3da9bc0787ca765 When boot_params->sentinel is set, all we really know is that some undefined set of fields in struct boot_params contain garbage. In the particular case of efi_info, however, there is a private magic for that substructure, so it is generally safe to leave it even if the bootloader is broken. kexec (for which we did the initial analysis) did not initialize this field, but of course all the EFI bootloaders do, and most EFI bootloaders are broken in this respect (and should be fixed.) Reported-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA%2B5PVA51-FT14p4CRYKbicykugVb=PiaEycdQ57CK2km_OQuRQ@mail.gmail.com Tested-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> 
When boot_params->sentinel is set, all we really know is that some
undefined set of fields in struct boot_params contain garbage.  In the
particular case of efi_info, however, there is a private magic for
that substructure, so it is generally safe to leave it even if the
bootloader is broken.

kexec (for which we did the initial analysis) did not initialize this
field, but of course all the EFI bootloaders do, and most EFI
bootloaders are broken in this respect (and should be fixed.)

Reported-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA%2B5PVA51-FT14p4CRYKbicykugVb=PiaEycdQ57CK2km_OQuRQ@mail.gmail.com
Tested-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
x86, boot: Sanitize boot_params if not zeroed on creation 2013-01-29T09:22:17+00:00 H. Peter Anvin hpa@linux.intel.com 2013-01-29T09:05:24+00:00 5dcd14ecd41ea2b3ae3295a9b30d98769d52165f Use the new sentinel field to detect bootloaders which fail to follow protocol and don't initialize fields in struct boot_params that they do not explicitly initialize to zero. Based on an original patch and research by Yinghai Lu. Changed by hpa to be invoked both in the decompression path and in the kernel proper; the latter for the case where a bootloader takes over decompression. Originally-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359058816-7615-26-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> 
Use the new sentinel field to detect bootloaders which fail to follow
protocol and don't initialize fields in struct boot_params that they
do not explicitly initialize to zero.

Based on an original patch and research by Yinghai Lu.
Changed by hpa to be invoked both in the decompression path and in the
kernel proper; the latter for the case where a bootloader takes over
decompression.

Originally-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359058816-7615-26-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>