On Tue, 2014-11-18 at 13:57 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/virtmap.c > b/drivers/firmware/efi/virtmap.c > index 98735fb43581..4b6a5c31629f 100644 > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/virtmap.c > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/virtmap.c > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ > */ > > #include <linux/efi.h> > +#include <linux/memblock.h> > #include <linux/mm_types.h> > #include <linux/rbtree.h> > #include <linux/rwsem.h> > @@ -97,8 +98,15 @@ void __init efi_virtmap_init(void) > u64 paddr, npages, size; > pgprot_t prot; > > - if (!efi_mem_is_usable_region(md)) > + paddr = md->phys_addr; > + npages = md->num_pages; > + memrange_efi_to_native(&paddr, &npages); > + size = npages << PAGE_SHIFT; > + > + if (!efi_mem_is_usable_region(md)) { > efi_register_mem_resource(md); > + memblock_remove(paddr, size); > + } What exactly is the memblock_remove trying to accomplish? With it, I get: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008 pgd = fffffe03d5890000 [00000008] *pgd=00000043d5ae0003, *pud=00000043d5ae0003, *pmd=00000043d5ae0003, *pte=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 96000007 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 107 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.18.0-rc5+ #8 Hardware name: APM X-Gene Mustang board (DT) task: fffffe03d5770000 ti: fffffe03dd300000 task.ti: fffffe03dd300000 PC is at mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat+0x40/0x110 LR is at mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat+0x40/0x110 pc : [<fffffe00001ec34c>] lr : [<fffffe00001ec34c>] pstate: 60000145 sp : fffffe03dd303a80 x29: fffffe03dd303a80 x28: 000000000000ffe0 x27: fffffdfef0f56bc0 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 000003ff89b80000 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: fffffe03dd303ae8 x22: fffffe03dd303ae7 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: fffffe03d58a0420 x19: fffffdfef0004500 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 000003ff89ba40dc x16: 000003ff89bbff90 x15: 000003ff89ba3b44 x14: 31313030343d6e66 x13: 7020303035343030 x12: 0000000000000006 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000186 x9 : 0000000000000187 x8 : 3030306665666466 x7 : fffffe0001041c18 x6 : 00000000000000ff x5 : fffffe00004aaf20 x4 : fffffe00004b209c x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : fffffe0000f6a5d0 x0 : 0000000000000000 Process modprobe (pid: 107, stack limit = 0xfffffe03dd300058) Stack: (0xfffffe03dd303a80 to 0xfffffe03dd304000) 3a80: dd303ac0 fffffe03 001c3e20 fffffe00 f0004500 fffffdfe d58a0420 fffffe03 3aa0: f0004500 fffffdfe d58f4dc0 fffffe03 00000000 00000000 001b62d4 fffffe00 3ac0: dd303af0 fffffe03 001b9984 fffffe00 01140f53 00200040 d58a0420 fffffe03 3ae0: d5880000 fffffe03 d58a0420 fffffe03 dd303b40 fffffe03 001b9c4c fffffe00 3b00: d58a0420 fffffe03 89b80000 000003ff f0f56bf0 fffffdfe 00000000 00000000 ... 3fa0: 89b907b7 000003ff 89bbf000 000003ff 89bc16e8 000003ff eb753490 000003ff 3fc0: 89b91f9c 000003ff eb753490 000003ff 89b91fac 000003ff 20000000 00000000 3fe0: 00000000 00000000 ffffffff ffffffff aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa Call trace: [<fffffe00001ec34c>] mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat+0x40/0x110 [<fffffe00001c3e1c>] page_add_file_rmap+0x24/0x80 [<fffffe00001b9980>] do_set_pte+0x108/0x19c [<fffffe00001b9c48>] do_read_fault.isra.93+0x234/0x28c [<fffffe00001ba57c>] handle_mm_fault+0x488/0xd64 [<fffffe00000a0ea0>] do_page_fault+0x224/0x358 [<fffffe0000090128>] do_mem_abort+0x4c/0xb0 Exception stack(0xfffffe03dd303e30 to 0xfffffe03dd303f50) 3e20: 00000000 00000000 89bbf000 000003ff 3e40: ffffffff ffffffff 89b91fac 000003ff 01043280 fffffe00 00000002 00000000 3e60: dd303e70 fffffe03 008ce3a0 fffffe00 dd303e90 fffffe03 001c0400 fffffe00 3e80: d5880000 fffffe03 000cbc60 fffffe00 eb753610 000003ff 00092fdc fffffe00 3ea0: 00000000 00000000 89bbf000 000003ff ffffffff ffffffff 89ba4654 000003ff 3ec0: 80000000 00000000 d5521480 fffffe03 89bc16e8 000003ff 89bc1a40 000003ff 3ee0: 00000004 00000000 89b80000 000003ff fefefeff fefefefe 00000000 00000000 3f00: 0000000f 00000000 89bc1028 000003ff 89ba7000 000003ff 0000079c 00000000 3f20: 00400000 00000000 ffff0000 ffffffff 004038a0 00000000 00010000 00000000 3f40: 89ba3c1c 000003ff 89ba3b44 000003ff Code: b9405835 35000275 aa1303e0 9400065c (f9400413) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html