linux-kernel - Re: brk patches..

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Message-ID: <49A8F100.40904@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:08:32 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: brk patches..

Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> wonder if boot loader check uncompress size aka vmlinux size in bzImage
>> before it find one good position for bzImage...?
>>
> 
> Jeremy's brk patches may break:
> 1. kexec load 64bit vmlinux on some ram that near the memory hole etc.
> blindly to use ram after _end may have some problem
> 2. coreboot aka linux is using elf (by mkelfImage : vmlinux + initrd), initrd became one section after _end...
> could cause initrd get overwrite... by extend _brk
> 

Both of these are already invalid use.

	-hpa
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