Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Note you can always run out of space; to ensure safety, the init code
> needs to not use a fixed mapping size, it needs to map
> end_kernel_address + pae ? 1808k : 896k, assuming 128M vmalloc hole.
> This could cause problems like running into initrd, however, so might
> require loader changes, or perhaps relocating the initrd. Is the
> solution to just cap the kernel size at some fixed maximum? 6.2M
> appears to be the safe limit for all configurations.
>
> I'm pulling this back onto lkml; seems this is a serious bug which
> needs attention. I've also cc'd some parties that might have relevant
> knowledge. Why do I seem to recall head.S mapping 128M of mappings at
> one point in time?
I just posted a patch. Oops, forgot to Cc: Eric.
J
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