x86: check mptable physptr with max_low_pfn on 32bit
Impact: fix early crash on LinuxBIOS systems Kevin O'Connor reported that Coreboot aka LinuxBIOS tries to put mptable somewhere very high, well above max_low_pfn (below which BIOSes generally put the mptable), causing a panic. The BIOS will probably be changed to be compatible with older Linus versions, but nevertheless the MP-spec does not forbid an MP-table in arbitrary system RAM, so make sure it all works even if the table is in an unexpected place. Check physptr with max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE. Reported-by: Kevin O'Connor <kevin@koconnor.net> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Cc: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de> Cc: coreboot@coreboot.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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