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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
index 5b5e9cb774b5..ff808ef4fdb4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@
* analysis of kexec-tools; if other broken bootloaders initialize a
* different set of fields we will need to figure out how to disambiguate.
*
+ * Note: efi_info is commonly left uninitialized, but that field has a
+ * private magic, so it is better to leave it unchanged.
*/
static void sanitize_boot_params(struct boot_params *boot_params)
{
if (boot_params->sentinel) {
/*fields in boot_params are not valid, clear them */
memset(&boot_params->olpc_ofw_header, 0,
- (char *)&boot_params->alt_mem_k -
+ (char *)&boot_params->efi_info -
(char *)&boot_params->olpc_ofw_header);
memset(&boot_params->kbd_status, 0,
(char *)&boot_params->hdr -