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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-31 08:31:57 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-31 08:31:57 +0100
commita9de18eb761f7c1c860964b2e5addc1a35c7e861 (patch)
tree886e75fdfd09690cd262ca69cb7f5d1d42b48602 /arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
parentb2aaf8f74cdc84a9182f6cabf198b7763bcb9d40 (diff)
parent6a94cb73064c952255336cc57731904174b2c58f (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into stackprotector
Conflicts: arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h kernel/fork.c
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/boot/main.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/boot/main.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
index 9e7f3ddd991..a28f02165e9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
@@ -56,9 +56,19 @@ static struct addr_range prep_kernel(void)
if (platform_ops.vmlinux_alloc) {
addr = platform_ops.vmlinux_alloc(ei.memsize);
} else {
- if ((unsigned long)_start < ei.memsize)
+ /*
+ * Check if the kernel image (without bss) would overwrite the
+ * bootwrapper. The device tree has been moved in fdt_init()
+ * to an area allocated with malloc() (somewhere past _end).
+ */
+ if ((unsigned long)_start < ei.loadsize)
fatal("Insufficient memory for kernel at address 0!"
- " (_start=%p)\n\r", _start);
+ " (_start=%p, uncompressed size=%08lx)\n\r",
+ _start, ei.loadsize);
+
+ if ((unsigned long)_end < ei.memsize)
+ fatal("The final kernel image would overwrite the "
+ "device tree\n\r");
}
/* Finally, gunzip the kernel */