linux-kernel - Re: Warning from free_init

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Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2016 19:14:41 -0700
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Warning from free_init_pages with large initrd

On 09/24/16 08:32, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> While trying to PXE boot a Fedora LiveISO on VMware ESXi the kernel
> throws the following warning:
> 
[...]
> 
> The initrd is big because it holds all the files in the ISO (see
> https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/HowToPxeAnyLiveCd for how it was
> made). The issue was originally filed on
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274966 but was usually
> against older kernels...
> 

How big is big?