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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>2008-09-07 01:51:34 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-07 17:40:01 +0200
commit9f077871ce7237e2387fc76542b3b4033cb05e49 (patch)
treee9a32b88c71a86b478b61fe50d0cb66b10bad10c /arch/x86
parentbb577f980ef35e2b0d00aeed566724e5032aa5eb (diff)
x86: clean up memory corruption check and add more kernel parameters
The corruption check is enabled in Kconfig by default, but disabled at runtime. This patch adds several kernel parameters to control the corruption check's behaviour; these are documented in kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig26
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/setup.c80
2 files changed, 83 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1bb52e2ca02..cbee4199689 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -201,9 +201,6 @@ config X86_TRAMPOLINE
depends on X86_SMP || (X86_VOYAGER && SMP) || (64BIT && ACPI_SLEEP)
default y
-config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
- def_bool y
-
config KTIME_SCALAR
def_bool X86_32
source "init/Kconfig"
@@ -1062,6 +1059,29 @@ config HIGHPTE
low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
entries in high memory.
+config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
+ bool "Check for low memory corruption"
+ default y
+ help
+ Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
+ is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the
+ configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by
+ setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
+ line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
+ seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
+ memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
+ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to adjust this.
+
+ When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
+ almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
+ of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption
+ and prevents it from affecting the running system.
+
+ It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
+ BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
+ you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
+ memory.
+
config MATH_EMULATION
bool
prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index c239b378097..27ae9128885 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -586,22 +586,71 @@ struct x86_quirks *x86_quirks __initdata = &default_x86_quirks;
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
#define MAX_SCAN_AREAS 8
+
+static int __read_mostly memory_corruption_check = 0;
+static unsigned __read_mostly corruption_check_size = 64*1024;
+static unsigned __read_mostly corruption_check_period = 60; /* seconds */
+
static struct e820entry scan_areas[MAX_SCAN_AREAS];
static int num_scan_areas;
+
+static int set_corruption_check(char *arg)
+{
+ char *end;
+
+ memory_corruption_check = simple_strtol(arg, &end, 10);
+
+ return (*end == 0) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+early_param("memory_corruption_check", set_corruption_check);
+
+static int set_corruption_check_period(char *arg)
+{
+ char *end;
+
+ corruption_check_period = simple_strtoul(arg, &end, 10);
+
+ return (*end == 0) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+early_param("memory_corruption_check_period", set_corruption_check_period);
+
+static int set_corruption_check_size(char *arg)
+{
+ char *end;
+ unsigned size;
+
+ size = memparse(arg, &end);
+
+ if (*end == '\0')
+ corruption_check_size = size;
+
+ return (size == corruption_check_size) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+early_param("memory_corruption_check_size", set_corruption_check_size);
+
+
static void __init setup_bios_corruption_check(void)
{
u64 addr = PAGE_SIZE; /* assume first page is reserved anyway */
- while(addr < 0x10000 && num_scan_areas < MAX_SCAN_AREAS) {
+ if (corruption_check_size == 0)
+ memory_corruption_check = 0;
+
+ if (!memory_corruption_check)
+ return;
+
+ corruption_check_size = round_up(corruption_check_size, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ while(addr < corruption_check_size && num_scan_areas < MAX_SCAN_AREAS) {
u64 size;
addr = find_e820_area_size(addr, &size, PAGE_SIZE);
if (addr == 0)
break;
- if ((addr + size) > 0x10000)
- size = 0x10000 - addr;
+ if ((addr + size) > corruption_check_size)
+ size = corruption_check_size - addr;
if (size == 0)
break;
@@ -617,12 +666,11 @@ static void __init setup_bios_corruption_check(void)
addr += size;
}
- printk(KERN_INFO "scanning %d areas for BIOS corruption\n",
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Scanning %d areas for low memory corruption\n",
num_scan_areas);
update_e820();
}
-static int __read_mostly bios_corruption_check = 1;
static struct timer_list periodic_check_timer;
void check_for_bios_corruption(void)
@@ -630,7 +678,7 @@ void check_for_bios_corruption(void)
int i;
int corruption = 0;
- if (!bios_corruption_check)
+ if (!memory_corruption_check)
return;
for(i = 0; i < num_scan_areas; i++) {
@@ -647,35 +695,27 @@ void check_for_bios_corruption(void)
}
}
- if (corruption)
- dump_stack();
+ WARN(corruption, KERN_ERR "Memory corruption detected in low memory\n");
}
static void periodic_check_for_corruption(unsigned long data)
{
check_for_bios_corruption();
- mod_timer(&periodic_check_timer, jiffies + 60*HZ);
+ mod_timer(&periodic_check_timer, jiffies + corruption_check_period*HZ);
}
void start_periodic_check_for_corruption(void)
{
- if (!bios_corruption_check)
+ if (!memory_corruption_check || corruption_check_period == 0)
return;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Scanning for low memory corruption every %d seconds\n",
+ corruption_check_period);
+
init_timer(&periodic_check_timer);
periodic_check_timer.function = &periodic_check_for_corruption;
periodic_check_for_corruption(0);
}
-
-static int set_bios_corruption_check(char *arg)
-{
- char *end;
-
- bios_corruption_check = simple_strtol(arg, &end, 10);
-
- return (*end == 0) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
-}
-early_param("bios_corruption_check", set_bios_corruption_check);
#endif
/*