Hi!

> (Andrew had already taken that last one, I meant to send this)
> 
> Subject: Be careful about touching BIOS address space
> 
> BIOS ROM areas may not be mapped into the guest address space, so be careful
> when touching those addresses to make sure they appear to be mapped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> ===================================================================
> --- a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -270,7 +270,14 @@ static struct resource standard_io_resou
>       .flags  = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_IO
>  } };
>  
> -#define romsignature(x) (*(unsigned short *)(x) == 0xaa55)
> +static inline int romsignature(const unsigned char *x)
> +{
> +     unsigned short sig;
> +     int ret = 0;
> +     if (__get_user(sig, (const unsigned short *)x) == 0)
> +       ret = (sig == 0xaa55);

Indentation is b0rken here.

And... is get_user right primitive for accessing area that may not be
there?
                                                                Pavel
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