drm/vc4: mark vc4_bo_cache_purge() static
[linux-2.6-block.git] / arch / x86 / include / asm / bootparam_utils.h
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1#ifndef _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_UTILS_H
2#define _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_UTILS_H
3
4#include <asm/bootparam.h>
5
6/*
7 * This file is included from multiple environments. Do not
8 * add completing #includes to make it standalone.
9 */
10
11/*
12 * Deal with bootloaders which fail to initialize unknown fields in
13 * boot_params to zero. The list fields in this list are taken from
14 * analysis of kexec-tools; if other broken bootloaders initialize a
15 * different set of fields we will need to figure out how to disambiguate.
16 *
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17 * Note: efi_info is commonly left uninitialized, but that field has a
18 * private magic, so it is better to leave it unchanged.
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19 */
20static void sanitize_boot_params(struct boot_params *boot_params)
21{
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22 /*
23 * IMPORTANT NOTE TO BOOTLOADER AUTHORS: do not simply clear
24 * this field. The purpose of this field is to guarantee
25 * compliance with the x86 boot spec located in
26 * Documentation/x86/boot.txt . That spec says that the
27 * *whole* structure should be cleared, after which only the
28 * portion defined by struct setup_header (boot_params->hdr)
29 * should be copied in.
30 *
31 * If you're having an issue because the sentinel is set, you
32 * need to change the whole structure to be cleared, not this
33 * (or any other) individual field, or you will soon have
34 * problems again.
35 */
5dcd14ec 36 if (boot_params->sentinel) {
3c4aff6b 37 /* fields in boot_params are left uninitialized, clear them */
d55e37bb 38 memset(&boot_params->ext_ramdisk_image, 0,
2e604c0f 39 (char *)&boot_params->efi_info -
d55e37bb 40 (char *)&boot_params->ext_ramdisk_image);
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41 memset(&boot_params->kbd_status, 0,
42 (char *)&boot_params->hdr -
43 (char *)&boot_params->kbd_status);
44 memset(&boot_params->_pad7[0], 0,
45 (char *)&boot_params->edd_mbr_sig_buffer[0] -
46 (char *)&boot_params->_pad7[0]);
47 memset(&boot_params->_pad8[0], 0,
48 (char *)&boot_params->eddbuf[0] -
49 (char *)&boot_params->_pad8[0]);
50 memset(&boot_params->_pad9[0], 0, sizeof(boot_params->_pad9));
51 }
52}
53
54#endif /* _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_UTILS_H */