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-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
index 04b852d446a..b2184882679 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
@@ -950,8 +950,13 @@ void __init unflatten_device_tree(void)
DBG(" size is %lx, allocating...\n", size);
/* Allocate memory for the expanded device tree */
- mem = (unsigned long)abs_to_virt(lmb_alloc(size + 4,
- __alignof__(struct device_node)));
+ mem = lmb_alloc(size + 4, __alignof__(struct device_node));
+ if (!mem) {
+ DBG("Couldn't allocate memory with lmb_alloc()!\n");
+ panic("Couldn't allocate memory with lmb_alloc()!\n");
+ }
+ mem = (unsigned long)abs_to_virt(mem);
+
((u32 *)mem)[size / 4] = 0xdeadbeef;
DBG(" unflattening...\n", mem);