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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
index 8c325b7f2d9..c63f8d9fad3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ static u32 __init allocate_aperture(void)
u32 aper_size;
void *p;
- if (fallback_aper_order > 7)
- fallback_aper_order = 7;
+ /* aper_size should <= 1G */
+ if (fallback_aper_order > 5)
+ fallback_aper_order = 5;
aper_size = (32 * 1024 * 1024) << fallback_aper_order;
/*
@@ -65,7 +66,20 @@ static u32 __init allocate_aperture(void)
* memory. Unfortunately we cannot move it up because that would
* make the IOMMU useless.
*/
- p = __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(aper_size, aper_size, 0);
+ /*
+ * using 512M as goal, in case kexec will load kernel_big
+ * that will do the on position decompress, and could overlap with
+ * that positon with gart that is used.
+ * sequende:
+ * kernel_small
+ * ==> kexec (with kdump trigger path or previous doesn't shutdown gart)
+ * ==> kernel_small(gart area become e820_reserved)
+ * ==> kexec (with kdump trigger path or previous doesn't shutdown gart)
+ * ==> kerne_big (uncompressed size will be big than 64M or 128M)
+ * so don't use 512M below as gart iommu, leave the space for kernel
+ * code for safe
+ */
+ p = __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(aper_size, aper_size, 512ULL<<20);
if (!p || __pa(p)+aper_size > 0xffffffff) {
printk(KERN_ERR
"Cannot allocate aperture memory hole (%p,%uK)\n",