#ifndef _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_UTILS_H #define _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_UTILS_H #include <asm/bootparam.h> /* * This file is included from multiple environments. Do not * add completing #includes to make it standalone. */ /* * Deal with bootloaders which fail to initialize unknown fields in * boot_params to zero. The list fields in this list are taken from * 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) { /* * IMPORTANT NOTE TO BOOTLOADER AUTHORS: do not simply clear * this field. The purpose of this field is to guarantee * compliance with the x86 boot spec located in * Documentation/x86/boot.txt . That spec says that the * *whole* structure should be cleared, after which only the * portion defined by struct setup_header (boot_params->hdr) * should be copied in. * * If you're having an issue because the sentinel is set, you * need to change the whole structure to be cleared, not this * (or any other) individual field, or you will soon have * problems again. */ if (boot_params->sentinel) { /* fields in boot_params are left uninitialized, clear them */ memset(&boot_params->ext_ramdisk_image, 0, (char *)&boot_params->efi_info - (char *)&boot_params->ext_ramdisk_image); memset(&boot_params->kbd_status, 0, (char *)&boot_params->hdr - (char *)&boot_params->kbd_status); memset(&boot_params->_pad7[0], 0, (char *)&boot_params->edd_mbr_sig_buffer[0] - (char *)&boot_params->_pad7[0]); memset(&boot_params->_pad8[0], 0, (char *)&boot_params->eddbuf[0] - (char *)&boot_params->_pad8[0]); memset(&boot_params->_pad9[0], 0, sizeof(boot_params->_pad9)); } } #endif /* _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_UTILS_H */