Since we allocate one more than needed, why not do a bit of sanity checking here to ensure we don't walk past the end of the array ? Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memblock.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c index 3c47450..a925866 100644 --- a/mm/memblock.c +++ b/mm/memblock.c @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/bitops.h> +#include <linux/poison.h> #include <linux/memblock.h> struct memblock memblock; @@ -112,6 +113,10 @@ void __init memblock_init(void) memblock.reserved.regions = memblock_reserved_init_regions; memblock.reserved.max = INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS; + /* Write a marker in the unused last array entry */ + memblock.memory.regions[INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS].base = (phys_addr_t)RED_INACTIVE; + memblock.reserved.regions[INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS].base = (phys_addr_t)RED_INACTIVE; + /* Create a dummy zero size MEMBLOCK which will get coalesced away later. * This simplifies the memblock_add() code below... */ @@ -131,6 +136,12 @@ void __init memblock_analyze(void) { int i; + /* Check marker in the unused last array entry */ + WARN_ON(memblock_memory_init_regions[INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS].base + != (phys_addr_t)RED_INACTIVE); + WARN_ON(memblock_reserved_init_regions[INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS].base + != (phys_addr_t)RED_INACTIVE); + memblock.memory_size = 0; for (i = 0; i < memblock.memory.cnt; i++) -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>