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-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.rst9
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S5
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h3
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
index c60fafda9427..6cdd767c3835 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Protocol 2.14: BURNT BY INCORRECT COMMIT ae7e1238e68f2a472a125673ab506d49158c188
(x86/boot: Add ACPI RSDP address to setup_header)
DO NOT USE!!! ASSUME SAME AS 2.13.
-Protocol 2.15: (Kernel 5.5) Added the kernel_info.
+Protocol 2.15: (Kernel 5.5) Added the kernel_info and kernel_info.setup_type_max.
============= ============================================================
.. note::
@@ -981,6 +981,13 @@ Offset/size: 0x0008/4
This field contains the size of the kernel_info including kernel_info.header
and kernel_info.kernel_info_var_len_data.
+============ ==============
+Field name: setup_type_max
+Offset/size: 0x000c/4
+============ ==============
+
+ This field contains maximal allowed type for setup_data.
+
The Image Checksum
==================
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S
index 8ea6f6e3feef..018dacbd753e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#include <asm/bootparam.h>
+
.section ".rodata.kernel_info", "a"
.global kernel_info
@@ -12,6 +14,9 @@ kernel_info:
/* Size total. */
.long kernel_info_end - kernel_info
+ /* Maximal allowed type for setup_data. */
+ .long SETUP_TYPE_MAX
+
kernel_info_var_len_data:
/* Empty for time being... */
kernel_info_end:
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
index a1ebcd7a991c..dbb41128e5a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
#define SETUP_APPLE_PROPERTIES 5
#define SETUP_JAILHOUSE 6
+/* max(SETUP_*) */
+#define SETUP_TYPE_MAX SETUP_JAILHOUSE
+
/* ram_size flags */
#define RAMDISK_IMAGE_START_MASK 0x07FF
#define RAMDISK_PROMPT_FLAG 0x8000