The patch titled Subject: kexec: fix the add restriction on the kexec_load has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kexec-add-resriction-on-the-kexec_load-update.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kexec-add-resriction-on-the-kexec_load-update.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kexec-add-resriction-on-the-kexec_load-update.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kexec: fix the add restriction on the kexec_load Because segments size is in bytes, while totalram_pages is in pages so we should fix it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/579353BE.9010600@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/kexec_core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/kexec_core.c~kexec-add-resriction-on-the-kexec_load-update kernel/kexec_core.c --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c~kexec-add-resriction-on-the-kexec_load-update +++ a/kernel/kexec_core.c @@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ int sanity_check_segment_list(struct kim * allocating pages, which can cause a soft lockup. */ for (i = 0; i < nr_segments; i++) { - if (image->segment[i].memsz > (totalram_pages / 2)) + if (image->segment[i].memsz > (totalram_pages << 12) / 2) return -EINVAL; total_segments += image->segment[i].memsz; } - if (total_segments > (totalram_pages / 2)) + if (total_segments > (totalram_pages << 12) / 2) return -EINVAL; /* _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-hugetlb-fix-race-when-migrate-pages.patch mm-update-the-comment-in-__isolate_free_page.patch mm-page_owner-align-with-pageblock_nr-pages.patch kexec-add-resriction-on-the-kexec_load.patch kexec-add-resriction-on-the-kexec_load-update.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html