unsigned long decompress_kernel(void)
{
- unsigned long output_addr;
- unsigned char *output;
+ void *output, *kernel_end;
- output_addr = ((unsigned long) &_end + HEAP_SIZE + 4095UL) & -4096UL;
- check_ipl_parmblock((void *) 0, output_addr + SZ__bss_start);
- memset(&_bss, 0, &_ebss - &_bss);
- free_mem_ptr = (unsigned long)&_end;
- free_mem_end_ptr = free_mem_ptr + HEAP_SIZE;
- output = (unsigned char *) output_addr;
+ output = (void *) ALIGN((unsigned long) &_end + HEAP_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
+ kernel_end = output + SZ__bss_start;
+ check_ipl_parmblock((void *) 0, (unsigned long) kernel_end);
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
/*
* Move the initrd right behind the end of the decompressed
- * kernel image.
+ * kernel image. This also prevents initrd corruption caused by
+ * bss clearing since kernel_end will always be located behind the
+ * current bss section..
*/
- if (INITRD_START && INITRD_SIZE &&
- INITRD_START < (unsigned long) output + SZ__bss_start) {
- check_ipl_parmblock(output + SZ__bss_start,
- INITRD_START + INITRD_SIZE);
- memmove(output + SZ__bss_start,
- (void *) INITRD_START, INITRD_SIZE);
- INITRD_START = (unsigned long) output + SZ__bss_start;
+ if (INITRD_START && INITRD_SIZE && kernel_end > (void *) INITRD_START) {
+ check_ipl_parmblock(kernel_end, INITRD_SIZE);
+ memmove(kernel_end, (void *) INITRD_START, INITRD_SIZE);
+ INITRD_START = (unsigned long) kernel_end;
}
#endif
+ /*
+ * Clear bss section. free_mem_ptr and free_mem_end_ptr need to be
+ * initialized afterwards since they reside in bss.
+ */
+ memset(&_bss, 0, &_ebss - &_bss);
+ free_mem_ptr = (unsigned long) &_end;
+ free_mem_end_ptr = free_mem_ptr + HEAP_SIZE;
+
puts("Uncompressing Linux... ");
__decompress(input_data, input_len, NULL, NULL, output, 0, NULL, error);
puts("Ok, booting the kernel.\n");