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-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/setup.c21
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 6ce80106316e..f43f041a0977 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -839,8 +839,25 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
if (__atags_pointer)
tags = phys_to_virt(__atags_pointer);
- else if (mdesc->boot_params)
- tags = phys_to_virt(mdesc->boot_params);
+ else if (mdesc->boot_params) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+ /*
+ * We still are executing with a minimal MMU mapping created
+ * with the presumption that the machine default for this
+ * is located in the first MB of RAM. Anything else will
+ * fault and silently hang the kernel at this point.
+ */
+ if (mdesc->boot_params < PHYS_OFFSET ||
+ mdesc->boot_params >= PHYS_OFFSET + SZ_1M) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "Default boot params at physical 0x%08lx out of reach\n",
+ mdesc->boot_params);
+ } else
+#endif
+ {
+ tags = phys_to_virt(mdesc->boot_params);
+ }
+ }
#if defined(CONFIG_DEPRECATED_PARAM_STRUCT)
/*