Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 1/8] of/fdt: Don't calculate initrd size from DT if start > end

Hi!

It should be stressed, it is generally a fault of the bootloader's with the kernel relying on it, however we should not allow the bootloader's misconfiguration to lead to the kernel oops. Not only the kernel should be

I believe we should at least printk() if we detect bootloader bug of this severity.

Best regards, Pavel

+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c @@ -917,6 +917,8 @@ static void __init early_init_dt_check_for_initrd(unsigned long node) if (!prop) return; end = of_read_number(prop, len/4);

• if (start > end)

• return;
  

__early_init_dt_declare_initrd(start, end); -- 2.35.1