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powerpc/fadump: merge adjacent memory ranges to reduce PT_LOAD segements
authorHari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Mon, 6 Aug 2018 20:42:54 +0000 (02:12 +0530)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:12:34 +0000 (22:12 +1000)
commitced1bf52f47783135b985d2aacf53fa77fd72e2e
tree4ba5324c17d3e526cb5e4e2a6b4fc0537ab98ce5
parent1bd6a1c4b80a28d975287630644e6b47d0f977a5
powerpc/fadump: merge adjacent memory ranges to reduce PT_LOAD segements

With dynamic memory allocation support for crash memory ranges array,
there is no hard limit on the no. of crash memory ranges kernel could
export, but program headers count could overflow in the /proc/vmcore
ELF file while exporting each memory range as PT_LOAD segment. Reduce
the likelihood of a such scenario, by folding adjacent crash memory
ranges which minimizes the total number of PT_LOAD segments.

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c