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x86: get_bios_ebda_length()

Add a wrapper routine that tells us the length of the EBDA if it is
present.  This guy also ensures that the returned length doesn't let the
EBDA run past the 640KiB mark.

Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mike Waychison 14 years ago
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      arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h

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arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h

@@ -14,6 +14,27 @@ static inline unsigned int get_bios_ebda(void)
 	return address;	/* 0 means none */
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return the sanitized length of the EBDA in bytes, if it exists.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int get_bios_ebda_length(void)
+{
+	unsigned int address;
+	unsigned int length;
+
+	address = get_bios_ebda();
+	if (!address)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* EBDA length is byte 0 of the EBDA (stored in KiB) */
+	length = *(unsigned char *)phys_to_virt(address);
+	length <<= 10;
+
+	/* Trim the length if it extends beyond 640KiB */
+	length = min_t(unsigned int, (640 * 1024) - address, length);
+	return length;
+}
+
 void reserve_ebda_region(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION