[PATCH] kexec: extend KCORE_ELF_HEADERS_SIZE again

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Wed Feb 23 17:35:37 EST 2011


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:31:41AM -0600, Cliff Wickman wrote:
> 
> I thought that this patch was added to the kexec tree, but I don't find it in
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.git
> So I'm submitting it again for your consideration.
> 
> A customer machine has run over the limit that we increased in October.
> 
> > When boot.kdump runs:
> > 
> > Loading kdump
> > 297 segments require a 16696-byte buffer
> > KCORE_ELF_HEADERS_SIZE 16384 too small
> > ELF core (kcore) parse failed
> > Cannot load /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.12-0.7.1-uv
> >                                                                     failed
> 
> Just barely overflowed. But I suggest doubling the buffer.

Thanks, applied.



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