linux/arch
Josh Boyer 2e604c0f19 x86: Don't clear efi_info even if the sentinel hits
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>
2013-03-06 20:23:30 -08:00
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alpha arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
arc ARC: split elf.h into uapi and export it for userspace 2013-02-27 20:00:26 +05:30
arm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/rmk/linux-arm 2013-03-03 11:54:39 -08:00
arm64 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-03-02 08:34:06 -08:00
avr32 arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
blackfin Merge branch 'timer/cleanup' into late/mvebu2 2013-02-28 18:54:15 +01:00
c6x Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-02-26 20:16:07 -08:00
cris Merge branch 'timer/cleanup' into late/mvebu2 2013-02-28 18:54:15 +01:00
frv arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
h8300 arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
hexagon Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-02-26 20:16:07 -08:00
ia64 hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
m32r Merge branch 'timer/cleanup' into late/mvebu2 2013-02-28 18:54:15 +01:00
m68k Merge branch 'timer/cleanup' into late/mvebu2 2013-02-28 18:54:15 +01:00
metag ImgTec Meta architecture changes for v3.9-rc1 2013-03-03 12:06:09 -08:00
microblaze arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
mips Merge git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog 2013-03-03 10:23:29 -08:00
mn10300 arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
openrisc arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
parisc Merge branch 'fixes-for-3.9-latest' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux 2013-03-03 12:57:38 -08:00
powerpc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-03-02 08:34:06 -08:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-03-03 13:23:03 -08:00
score arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
sh hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
sparc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-03-02 08:34:06 -08:00
tile arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-02-23 18:50:11 -08:00
unicore32 arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
x86 x86: Don't clear efi_info even if the sentinel hits 2013-03-06 20:23:30 -08:00
xtensa arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
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Kconfig ImgTec Meta architecture changes for v3.9-rc1 2013-03-03 12:06:09 -08:00