[PATCH] powerpc/prom: move the device tree if not in declared memory.

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Wed Dec 19 15:42:50 AEDT 2018


Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr> writes:

> If the device tree doesn't reside in the memory which is declared
> inside it, it has to be moved as well as this memory will not be
> mapped by the kernel.

I worry this will break some obscure platform, but I'll merge it anyway
and we'll see :)

cheers

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
> index 87a68e2dc531..4181ec715f88 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
> @@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ static void __init move_device_tree(void)
>  	size = fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params);
>  
>  	if ((memory_limit && (start + size) > PHYSICAL_START + memory_limit) ||
> -			overlaps_crashkernel(start, size) ||
> -			overlaps_initrd(start, size)) {
> +	    !memblock_is_memory(start + size - 1) ||
> +	    overlaps_crashkernel(start, size) || overlaps_initrd(start, size)) {
>  		p = __va(memblock_phys_alloc(size, PAGE_SIZE));
>  		memcpy(p, initial_boot_params, size);
>  		initial_boot_params = p;
> -- 
> 2.13.3


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