From 6cdcdb99cf7c2e1835fc5b471864d21161c3e679 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrey Borzenkov Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 21:08:49 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] x86 setup: fix ghost entries under /sys/firmware/edd take 3 Some BIOSes do not indicate error when trying to read from non- existing device. Zero buffer before reading and check that we possibly have valid MBR by looking for MBR magic. This was fixed in different way for edd.S in http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=114087765422490&w=2, but lost again when edd.S was rewritten in C. Signed-off-by: Andrey Borzenkov < arvidjaar@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- arch/x86/boot/edd.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c index bf4ae6ff518e..067e28cd3c5f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static u32 read_mbr_sig(u8 devno, struct edd_info *ei, u32 *mbrsig) char *mbrbuf_ptr, *mbrbuf_end; u32 buf_base, mbr_base; extern char _end[]; + u16 mbr_magic; sector_size = ei->params.bytes_per_sector; if (!sector_size) @@ -60,11 +61,15 @@ static u32 read_mbr_sig(u8 devno, struct edd_info *ei, u32 *mbrsig) if (mbrbuf_end > (char *)(size_t)boot_params.hdr.heap_end_ptr) return -1; + memset(mbrbuf_ptr, 0, sector_size); if (read_mbr(devno, mbrbuf_ptr)) return -1; *mbrsig = *(u32 *)&mbrbuf_ptr[EDD_MBR_SIG_OFFSET]; - return 0; + mbr_magic = *(u16 *)&mbrbuf_ptr[510]; + + /* check for valid MBR magic */ + return mbr_magic == 0xAA55 ? 0 : -1; } static int get_edd_info(u8 devno, struct edd_info *ei)