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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-01-30 13:33:04 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-01-30 13:33:04 +0100
commitacd644bb4abb4d9f0ba6b9ec2b356263971ef9d0 (patch)
tree9fcea88cca70b60efa8d49b9e3a11a43408a7449 /arch
parentx86 setup: push video mode setup as late as possible (diff)
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x86 setup: guard the heap against invalid stack setups
If we use the bootloader-provided stack pointer, we might end up in a situation where the bootloader (incorrectly) pointed the stack in the middle of our heap. Catch this by simply comparing the computed heap end value to the stack pointer minus the defined stack size. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/main.c24
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
index 22ca62ba40c8..7828da5cfd07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
@@ -100,20 +100,32 @@ static void set_bios_mode(void)
#endif
}
-void main(void)
+static void init_heap(void)
{
- /* First, copy the boot header into the "zeropage" */
- copy_boot_params();
+ char *stack_end;
- /* End of heap check */
if (boot_params.hdr.loadflags & CAN_USE_HEAP) {
- heap_end = (char *)(boot_params.hdr.heap_end_ptr
- +0x200-STACK_SIZE);
+ asm("leal %P1(%%esp),%0"
+ : "=r" (stack_end) : "i" (-STACK_SIZE));
+
+ heap_end = (char *)
+ ((size_t)boot_params.hdr.heap_end_ptr + 0x200);
+ if (heap_end > stack_end)
+ heap_end = stack_end;
} else {
/* Boot protocol 2.00 only, no heap available */
puts("WARNING: Ancient bootloader, some functionality "
"may be limited!\n");
}
+}
+
+void main(void)
+{
+ /* First, copy the boot header into the "zeropage" */
+ copy_boot_params();
+
+ /* End of heap check */
+ init_heap();
/* Make sure we have all the proper CPU support */
if (validate_cpu()) {