When pages have been saved to be preserved by the current boot, set a magic number on the super block to be validated by the next kernel. Signed-off-by: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/pkram.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/pkram.c b/mm/pkram.c index dab6657080bf..8670d1633a9d 100644 --- a/mm/pkram.c +++ b/mm/pkram.c @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #include "internal.h" +#define PKRAM_MAGIC 0x706B726D /* * Represents a reference to a data page saved to PKRAM. @@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ struct pkram_region_list { * The structure occupies a memory page. */ struct pkram_super_block { + __u32 magic; + __u64 node_pfn; /* first element of the node list */ __u64 region_list_pfn; __u64 nr_regions; @@ -180,6 +183,11 @@ void __init pkram_reserve(void) err = PTR_ERR(pkram_sb); goto out; } + if (pkram_sb->magic != PKRAM_MAGIC) { + pr_err("PKRAM: invalid super block\n"); + err = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } /* An empty pkram_sb is not an error */ if (!pkram_sb->node_pfn) { pkram_sb = NULL; @@ -993,6 +1001,7 @@ static void __pkram_reboot(void) */ memset(pkram_sb, 0, PAGE_SIZE); if (!err && node_pfn) { + pkram_sb->magic = PKRAM_MAGIC; pkram_sb->node_pfn = node_pfn; pkram_sb->region_list_pfn = rl_pfn; pkram_sb->nr_regions = nr_regions; -- 1.8.3.1