1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
index eed2dc4273e0..39804c584edd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
@@ -262,13 +262,21 @@ void dump_mtregs(void)
 /* Find some VPE program space  */
 static void *alloc_progmem(unsigned long len)
 {
+        void *addr;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_VPE_LOADER_TOM
-        /* this means you must tell linux to use less memory than you physically have */
-        return pfn_to_kaddr(max_pfn);
+        /*
+         * This means you must tell Linux to use less memory than you
+         * physically have, for example by passing a mem= boot argument.
+         */
+        addr = pfn_to_kaddr(max_pfn);
+        memset(addr, 0, len);
 #else
-        // simple grab some mem for now
-        return kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+        /* simple grab some mem for now */
+        addr = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 #endif
+
+        return addr;
 }
 
 static void release_progmem(void *ptr)
@@ -884,9 +892,10 @@ static int vpe_elfload(struct vpe * v)
         }
 
         v->load_addr = alloc_progmem(mod.core_size);
-        memset(v->load_addr, 0, mod.core_size);
+        if (!v->load_addr)
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
-        printk("VPE loader: loading to %p\n", v->load_addr);
+        pr_info("VPE loader: loading to %p\n", v->load_addr);
 
         if (relocate) {
                 for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {