1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
index fcdb10add9c8..d5d2360763dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
  *
  *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
  *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@
 
 #define SMAP    0x534d4150      /* ASCII "SMAP" */
 
+struct e820_ext_entry {
+        struct e820entry std;
+        u32 ext_flags;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
 static int detect_memory_e820(void)
 {
         int count = 0;
@@ -23,9 +29,10 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void)
         u32 size, id, edi;
         u8 err;
         struct e820entry *desc = boot_params.e820_map;
+        static struct e820_ext_entry buf; /* static so it is zeroed */
 
         do {
-                size = sizeof(struct e820entry);
+                size = sizeof buf;
 
                 /* Important: %edx and %esi are clobbered by some BIOSes,
                    so they must be either used for the error output
@@ -33,8 +40,8 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void)
                    is something out there clobbering %ebp and %edi, too. */
                 asm("pushl %%ebp; int $0x15; popl %%ebp; setc %0"
                     : "=d" (err), "+b" (next), "=a" (id), "+c" (size),
-                      "=D" (edi), "=m" (*desc)
-                    : "D" (desc), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820)
+                      "=D" (edi), "+m" (buf)
+                    : "D" (&buf), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820)
                     : "esi");
 
                 /* BIOSes which terminate the chain with CF = 1 as opposed
@@ -53,8 +60,14 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void)
                         break;
                 }
 
+                /* ACPI 3.0 added the extended flags support.  If bit 0
+                   in the extended flags is zero, we're supposed to simply
+                   ignore the entry -- a backwards incompatible change! */
+                if (size > 20 && !(buf.ext_flags & 1))
+                        continue;
+
+                *desc++ = buf.std;
                 count++;
-                desc++;
         } while (next && count < ARRAY_SIZE(boot_params.e820_map));
 
         return boot_params.e820_entries = count;