linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 086/210] x86/boot: Double BOOT_HEAP

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:17:04 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 086/210] x86/boot: Double BOOT_HEAP_SIZE to 64KB

3.19.8-ckt14 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>

commit 8c31902cffc4d716450be549c66a67a8a3dd479c upstream.

When decompressing kernel image during x86 bootup, malloc memory
for ELF program headers may run out of heap space, which leads
to system halt.  This patch doubles BOOT_HEAP_SIZE to 64KB.

Tested with 32-bit kernel which failed to boot without this patch.

Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@...il.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
index 4fa687a..6b8d6e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE             0x400000
 #else /* !CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 */
 
-#define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE	0x8000
+#define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE	0x10000
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 */
 
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1.9.1