[PATCH for 2.6.19] [4/9] x86_64: Handle reserve_bootmem_generic beyond end_pfn

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This can happen on kexec kernels with some configurations, in particularly
on Unisys ES7000 systems.

Analysis by Amul Shah 

Cc: Amul Shah <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>

---
 arch/x86_64/mm/init.c |   15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
@@ -655,9 +655,22 @@ void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start
 
 void __init reserve_bootmem_generic(unsigned long phys, unsigned len) 
 { 
-	/* Should check here against the e820 map to avoid double free */ 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	int nid = phys_to_nid(phys);
+#endif
+	unsigned long pfn = phys >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	if (pfn >= end_pfn) {
+		/* This can happen with kdump kernels when accessing firmware
+		   tables. */
+		if (pfn < end_pfn_map)
+			return;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "reserve_bootmem: illegal reserve %lx %u\n",
+				phys, len);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Should check here against the e820 map to avoid double free */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
   	reserve_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid), phys, len);
 #else       		
 	reserve_bootmem(phys, len);    
-
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