[Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] x86/acpi, x86/boot: Take RSDP address from boot params if available

[Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

In case the RSDP address in struct boot_params is specified don't try
to find the table by searching, but take the address directly as set
by the boot loader.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h | 3 ++-
 arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c           | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h 
b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
index a06cbf019744..60733f137e9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ struct boot_params {
        __u8  _pad2[4];                                 /* 0x054 */
        __u64  tboot_addr;                              /* 0x058 */
        struct ist_info ist_info;                       /* 0x060 */
-       __u8  _pad3[16];                                /* 0x070 */
+       __u64 acpi_rsdp_addr;                           /* 0x070 */
+       __u8  _pad3[8];                                 /* 0x078 */
        __u8  hd0_info[16];     /* obsolete! */         /* 0x080 */
        __u8  hd1_info[16];     /* obsolete! */         /* 0x090 */
        struct sys_desc_table sys_desc_table; /* obsolete! */   /* 0x0a0 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index fb3b1f3a5aba..06635fbca81c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -1776,5 +1776,5 @@ void __init arch_reserve_mem_area(acpi_physical_address 
addr, size_t size)
 
 u64 x86_default_get_root_pointer(void)
 {
-       return 0;
+       return boot_params.acpi_rsdp_addr;
 }
-- 
2.16.4


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