From: H. Peter Anvin Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:53:26 +0000 (-0700) Subject: x86, setup: preemptively save/restore edi and ebp around INT 15 E820 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=32ec7fd08b597586774b92ac1cd2678021ccac1b;p=linux-beck.git x86, setup: preemptively save/restore edi and ebp around INT 15 E820 Impact: BIOS bugproofing Since there are BIOSes known to clobber %ebx and %esi for INT 15 E820, assume there is something out there clobbering %edi and/or %ebp too, and don't wait for it to fail. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c index a99dbbe77a0c..fcdb10add9c8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void) { int count = 0; u32 next = 0; - u32 size, id; + u32 size, id, edi; u8 err; struct e820entry *desc = boot_params.e820_map; @@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void) /* Important: %edx and %esi are clobbered by some BIOSes, so they must be either used for the error output - or explicitly marked clobbered. */ - asm("int $0x15; setc %0" + or explicitly marked clobbered. Given that, assume there + 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), - "=m" (*desc) + "=D" (edi), "=m" (*desc) : "D" (desc), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820) : "esi");