[ 12/89] ARM: 7628/1: head.S: map one extra section for the ATAG/DTB area

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Feb 01 2013 - 08:08:04 EST


3.7-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 6f16f4998f98e42e3f2dedf663cfb691ff0324af upstream.

We currently use a temporary 1MB section aligned to a 1MB boundary for
mapping the provided device tree until the final page table is created.
However, if the device tree happens to cross that 1MB boundary, the end
of it remains unmapped and the kernel crashes when it attempts to access
it. Given no restriction on the location of that DTB, it could end up
with only a few bytes mapped at the end of a section.

Solve this issue by mapping two consecutive sections.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tomasz Figa <t.figa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/arm/kernel/head.S | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ __create_page_tables:

/*
* Then map boot params address in r2 if specified.
+ * We map 2 sections in case the ATAGs/DTB crosses a section boundary.
*/
mov r0, r2, lsr #SECTION_SHIFT
movs r0, r0, lsl #SECTION_SHIFT
@@ -253,6 +254,8 @@ __create_page_tables:
addne r3, r3, #PAGE_OFFSET
addne r3, r4, r3, lsr #(SECTION_SHIFT - PMD_ORDER)
orrne r6, r7, r0
+ strne r6, [r3], #1 << PMD_ORDER
+ addne r6, r6, #1 << SECTION_SHIFT
strne r6, [r3]

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LL


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