[PATCH]: Check that TASK_SIZE does not overlap KERNEL_START

Make sure CONFIG_TASK_SIZE does not overlap CONFIG_KERNEL_START
This could happen when overriding settings to get 1GB lowmem, and would lead
to userland mysteriousely hanging.

This setting is only used by PPC32.

Signed-off-by Rune Torgersen [off-list ref]

diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h b/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
index fd98ca9..72e0e3f 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h

@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ extern struct task_struct *last_task_used_altivec;
 extern struct task_struct *last_task_used_spe;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
+
+#if CONFIG_TASK_SIZE > CONFIG_KERNEL_START
+#error User TASK_SIZE overlaps with KERNEL_START address
+#endif
 #define TASK_SIZE	(CONFIG_TASK_SIZE)
 
 /* This decides where the kernel will search for a free chunk of vm

On May 23, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Rune Torgersen wrote:

Make sure CONFIG_TASK_SIZE does not overlap CONFIG_KERNEL_START
This could happen when overriding settings to get 1GB lowmem, and would lead
to userland mysteriousely hanging.

This setting is only used by PPC32.

Signed-off-by Rune Torgersen [off-list ref]

you seem to have lost a colon.

Acked-by: Kumar Gala <redacted>

- k