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[PATCH] i386: need to pass virtual address to smp_read_mpc()
authorDaniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@unisys.com>
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:27:54 +0000 (18:27 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:00:09 +0000 (20:00 -0800)
I'm seeing a kernel panic on an ES7000-600 when booting in virtual wire
mode.  The panic happens because smp_read_mpc() is passed a physical
address, and it should be virtual.  I tested the attached patch on the
ES7000-600 and on a 2 cpu Dell box, and saw no problems on either.

Signed-off-by: Dan Yeisley <dan.yeisley@unisys.com>
Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c

index 0102f3d50e574fd67184fff730f7f11a77be7b49..e7609abf3796354e3b5ee03e9e8de28c81679a6f 100644 (file)
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ void __init get_smp_config (void)
                 * Read the physical hardware table.  Anything here will
                 * override the defaults.
                 */
-               if (!smp_read_mpc((void *)mpf->mpf_physptr)) {
+               if (!smp_read_mpc(phys_to_virt(mpf->mpf_physptr))) {
                        smp_found_config = 0;
                        printk(KERN_ERR "BIOS bug, MP table errors detected!...\n");
                        printk(KERN_ERR "... disabling SMP support. (tell your hw vendor)\n");