1 #include <linux/module.h>
2 #include <linux/sched.h>
3 #include <linux/kthread.h>
4 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
9 * Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the low 64k of memory during events
10 * like suspend/resume and unplugging an HDMI cable. Reserve all
11 * remaining free memory in that area and fill it with a distinct
14 #define MAX_SCAN_AREAS 8
16 static int __read_mostly memory_corruption_check
= -1;
18 static unsigned __read_mostly corruption_check_size
= 64*1024;
19 static unsigned __read_mostly corruption_check_period
= 60; /* seconds */
21 static struct e820entry scan_areas
[MAX_SCAN_AREAS
];
22 static int num_scan_areas
;
25 static __init
int set_corruption_check(char *arg
)
29 memory_corruption_check
= simple_strtol(arg
, &end
, 10);
31 return (*end
== 0) ? 0 : -EINVAL
;
33 early_param("memory_corruption_check", set_corruption_check
);
35 static __init
int set_corruption_check_period(char *arg
)
39 corruption_check_period
= simple_strtoul(arg
, &end
, 10);
41 return (*end
== 0) ? 0 : -EINVAL
;
43 early_param("memory_corruption_check_period", set_corruption_check_period
);
45 static __init
int set_corruption_check_size(char *arg
)
50 size
= memparse(arg
, &end
);
53 corruption_check_size
= size
;
55 return (size
== corruption_check_size
) ? 0 : -EINVAL
;
57 early_param("memory_corruption_check_size", set_corruption_check_size
);
60 void __init
setup_bios_corruption_check(void)
62 u64 addr
= PAGE_SIZE
; /* assume first page is reserved anyway */
64 if (memory_corruption_check
== -1) {
65 memory_corruption_check
=
66 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
74 if (corruption_check_size
== 0)
75 memory_corruption_check
= 0;
77 if (!memory_corruption_check
)
80 corruption_check_size
= round_up(corruption_check_size
, PAGE_SIZE
);
82 while (addr
< corruption_check_size
&& num_scan_areas
< MAX_SCAN_AREAS
) {
84 addr
= find_e820_area_size(addr
, &size
, PAGE_SIZE
);
89 if (addr
>= corruption_check_size
)
92 if ((addr
+ size
) > corruption_check_size
)
93 size
= corruption_check_size
- addr
;
95 e820_update_range(addr
, size
, E820_RAM
, E820_RESERVED
);
96 scan_areas
[num_scan_areas
].addr
= addr
;
97 scan_areas
[num_scan_areas
].size
= size
;
100 /* Assume we've already mapped this early memory */
101 memset(__va(addr
), 0, size
);
106 printk(KERN_INFO
"Scanning %d areas for low memory corruption\n",
112 void check_for_bios_corruption(void)
117 if (!memory_corruption_check
)
120 for (i
= 0; i
< num_scan_areas
; i
++) {
121 unsigned long *addr
= __va(scan_areas
[i
].addr
);
122 unsigned long size
= scan_areas
[i
].size
;
124 for (; size
; addr
++, size
-= sizeof(unsigned long)) {
127 printk(KERN_ERR
"Corrupted low memory at %p (%lx phys) = %08lx\n",
128 addr
, __pa(addr
), *addr
);
134 WARN_ONCE(corruption
, KERN_ERR
"Memory corruption detected in low memory\n");
137 static void check_corruption(struct work_struct
*dummy
);
138 static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(bios_check_work
, check_corruption
);
140 static void check_corruption(struct work_struct
*dummy
)
142 check_for_bios_corruption();
143 schedule_delayed_work(&bios_check_work
,
144 round_jiffies_relative(corruption_check_period
*HZ
));
147 static int start_periodic_check_for_corruption(void)
149 if (!memory_corruption_check
|| corruption_check_period
== 0)
152 printk(KERN_INFO
"Scanning for low memory corruption every %d seconds\n",
153 corruption_check_period
);
155 /* First time we run the checks right away */
156 schedule_delayed_work(&bios_check_work
, 0);
160 module_init(start_periodic_check_for_corruption
);