This patch uses the BOOTMEM_EXCLUSIVE for crashkernel reservation also for i386
and prints a error message on failure.
The patch is still for 2.6.26 since it is only bug fixing. The unification of
reserve_crashkernel() between i386 and x86_64 should be done for 2.6.27.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle at suse.de>
---
arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -532,10 +532,16 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(v
(unsigned long)(crash_size >> 20),
(unsigned long)(crash_base >> 20),
(unsigned long)(total_mem >> 20));
+
+ if (reserve_bootmem(crash_base, crash_size,
+ BOOTMEM_EXCLUSIVE) < 0) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "crashkernel reservation "
+ "failed - memory is in use\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
crashk_res.start = crash_base;
crashk_res.end = crash_base + crash_size - 1;
- reserve_bootmem(crash_base, crash_size,
- BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
} else
printk(KERN_INFO "crashkernel reservation failed - "
"you have to specify a base address\n");
