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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head.c
index 48d9d4ea102..992f442ca15 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
#include <asm/setup.h>
#include <asm/bios_ebda.h>
-#define BIOS_LOWMEM_KILOBYTES 0x413
-
/*
* The BIOS places the EBDA/XBDA at the top of conventional
* memory, and usually decreases the reported amount of
@@ -16,17 +14,30 @@
* chipset: reserve a page before VGA to prevent PCI prefetch
* into it (errata #56). Usually the page is reserved anyways,
* unless you have no PS/2 mouse plugged in.
+ *
+ * This functions is deliberately very conservative. Losing
+ * memory in the bottom megabyte is rarely a problem, as long
+ * as we have enough memory to install the trampoline. Using
+ * memory that is in use by the BIOS or by some DMA device
+ * the BIOS didn't shut down *is* a big problem.
*/
+
+#define BIOS_LOWMEM_KILOBYTES 0x413
+#define LOWMEM_CAP 0x9f000U /* Absolute maximum */
+#define INSANE_CUTOFF 0x20000U /* Less than this = insane */
+
void __init reserve_ebda_region(void)
{
unsigned int lowmem, ebda_addr;
- /* To determine the position of the EBDA and the */
- /* end of conventional memory, we need to look at */
- /* the BIOS data area. In a paravirtual environment */
- /* that area is absent. We'll just have to assume */
- /* that the paravirt case can handle memory setup */
- /* correctly, without our help. */
+ /*
+ * To determine the position of the EBDA and the
+ * end of conventional memory, we need to look at
+ * the BIOS data area. In a paravirtual environment
+ * that area is absent. We'll just have to assume
+ * that the paravirt case can handle memory setup
+ * correctly, without our help.
+ */
if (paravirt_enabled())
return;
@@ -37,19 +48,23 @@ void __init reserve_ebda_region(void)
/* start of EBDA area */
ebda_addr = get_bios_ebda();
- /* Fixup: bios puts an EBDA in the top 64K segment */
- /* of conventional memory, but does not adjust lowmem. */
- if ((lowmem - ebda_addr) <= 0x10000)
- lowmem = ebda_addr;
+ /*
+ * Note: some old Dells seem to need 4k EBDA without
+ * reporting so, so just consider the memory above 0x9f000
+ * to be off limits (bugzilla 2990).
+ */
+
+ /* If the EBDA address is below 128K, assume it is bogus */
+ if (ebda_addr < INSANE_CUTOFF)
+ ebda_addr = LOWMEM_CAP;
- /* Fixup: bios does not report an EBDA at all. */
- /* Some old Dells seem to need 4k anyhow (bugzilla 2990) */
- if ((ebda_addr == 0) && (lowmem >= 0x9f000))
- lowmem = 0x9f000;
+ /* If lowmem is less than 128K, assume it is bogus */
+ if (lowmem < INSANE_CUTOFF)
+ lowmem = LOWMEM_CAP;
- /* Paranoia: should never happen, but... */
- if ((lowmem == 0) || (lowmem >= 0x100000))
- lowmem = 0x9f000;
+ /* Use the lower of the lowmem and EBDA markers as the cutoff */
+ lowmem = min(lowmem, ebda_addr);
+ lowmem = min(lowmem, LOWMEM_CAP); /* Absolute cap */
/* reserve all memory between lowmem and the 1MB mark */
memblock_reserve(lowmem, 0x100000 - lowmem);