x86/kexec: Use up-to-dated screen_info copy to fill boot params
authorKairui Song <kasong@redhat.com>
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:24:28 +0000 (17:24 +0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:05:03 +0000 (17:05 +0200)
commitafc18069a2cb7ead5f86623a5f3d4ad6e21f940d
tree98faf7def38c1f8e6c9a594fcdb854f9434862c3
parent081dd68c89061077930ec7776d98837cb64b0405
x86/kexec: Use up-to-dated screen_info copy to fill boot params

kexec_file_load() currently reuses the old boot_params.screen_info,
but if drivers have change the hardware state, boot_param.screen_info
could contain invalid info.

For example, the video type might be no longer VGA, or the frame buffer
address might be changed. If the kexec kernel keeps using the old screen_info,
kexec'ed kernel may attempt to write to an invalid framebuffer
memory region.

There are two screen_info instances globally available, boot_params.screen_info
and screen_info. Later one is a copy, and is updated by drivers.

So let kexec_file_load use the updated copy.

[ mingo: Tidied up the changelog. ]

Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201014092429.1415040-2-kasong@redhat.com
arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c