According to the code logic, when the kernel is loaded to address 0, no copying operation should be performed, but it is currently being done.
This patch fixes the issue where the kernel code was incorrectly duplicated to address 0 when booting from address 0.
Fixes: b270bebd34e3 ("powerpc/64s: Run at the kernel virtual address earlier in boot") Signed-off-by: Jinglin Wen jinglin.wen@shingroup.cn Suggested-by: Michael Ellerman mpe@ellerman.id.au Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org ---
v2: - According to 87le336c6k.fsf@mail.lhotse, improve this patch. v1: - 20240617023509.5674-1-jinglin.wen@shingroup.cn
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S index 4690c219bfa4..63432a33ec49 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S @@ -647,8 +647,9 @@ __after_prom_start: * Note: This process overwrites the OF exception vectors. */ LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r3, PAGE_OFFSET) - mr. r4,r26 /* In some cases the loader may */ - beq 9f /* have already put us at zero */ + mr r4,r26 /* Load the virtual source address into r4 */ + cmpld r3,r4 /* Check if source == dest */ + beq 9f /* If so skip the copy */ li r6,0x100 /* Start offset, the first 0x100 */ /* bytes were copied earlier. */
On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:41:50 +0800, Jinglin Wen wrote:
According to the code logic, when the kernel is loaded to address 0, no copying operation should be performed, but it is currently being done.
This patch fixes the issue where the kernel code was incorrectly duplicated to address 0 when booting from address 0.
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Applied to powerpc/fixes.
[1/1] powerpc: Fix unnecessary copy to 0 when kernel is booted at address 0. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/13fc6c175924eaa953cf597ce28ffa4edc4554a6
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