3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
index a43c1473915f..9258daac4964 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
  * word.
  */
 #define LOAD_HANDLER(reg, label)                                        \
-        addi    reg,reg,(label)-_stext; /* virt addr of handler ... */
+        /* Handlers must be within 64K of kbase, which must be 64k aligned */ \
+        ori     reg,reg,(label)-_stext; /* virt addr of handler ... */
 
 /* Exception register prefixes */
 #define EXC_HV  H
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index de029640ba26..0969b7ff0f87 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ __end_interrupts:
  * Code from here down to __end_handlers is invoked from the
  * exception prologs above.  Because the prologs assemble the
  * addresses of these handlers using the LOAD_HANDLER macro,
- * which uses an addi instruction, these handlers must be in
- * the first 32k of the kernel image.
+ * which uses an ori instruction, these handlers must be in
+ * the first 64k of the kernel image.
  */
 
 /*** Common interrupt handlers ***/
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index efb6a41b3131..6da881b35dac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -601,6 +601,11 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
         kvm_linear_init();
 
+        /* Interrupt code needs to be 64K-aligned */
+        if ((unsigned long)_stext & 0xffff)
+                panic("Kernelbase not 64K-aligned (0x%lx)!\n",
+                      (unsigned long)_stext);
+
         ppc64_boot_msg(0x15, "Setup Done");
 }