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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-28 16:54:49 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-28 16:54:49 +0100
commitd1a76187a5be4f89c6cb19d800cb5fb7aac735c5 (patch)
tree2fac3ffbfffc7560eeef8364b541d0d7a0057920 /arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
parentc7e78cff6b7518212247fb20b1dc6411540dc9af (diff)
parent0173a3265b228da319ceb9c1ec6a5682fd1b2d92 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc2' into core/locking
Conflicts: arch/um/include/asm/system.h
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..ae32801ebd6 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, uncomressed size=%08x)\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 */