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kernel: vmcoreinfo: allocate vmcoreinfo_data based on VMCOREINFO_BYTES
authorPnina Feder <pnina.feder@mobileye.com>
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:28:00 +0000 (15:28 +0200)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:44:20 +0000 (19:44 -0800)
commit76103d1b268e6f45735aa92d70bea5b5e8174a70
treecd4022072fb58fbe4ce70fc7200f3cdf166bf49e
parent61e9210e23921cf1176af23b426b9bad8b08ffff
kernel: vmcoreinfo: allocate vmcoreinfo_data based on VMCOREINFO_BYTES

Patch series "vmcoreinfo: support VMCOREINFO_BYTES larger than PAGE_SIZE".

VMCOREINFO_BYTES is defined as a configurable size, but multiple
code paths implicitly assume it always fits into a single page.

This series removes that assumption by allocating and mapping
vmcoreinfo based on its actual size.

Patch 1 updates vmcoreinfo allocation to use get_order(VMCOREINFO_BYTES).
Patch 2 updates crash kernel handling to correctly allocate and map
multiple pages when copying vmcoreinfo.

This makes vmcoreinfo size consistent across the kernel and avoids
future breakage if VMCOREINFO_BYTES grows.

(No functional change when VMCOREINFO_BYTES == PAGE_SIZE.)

This patch (of 2):

VMCOREINFO_BYTES defines the size of vmcoreinfo data, but the current
implementation assumes a single page allocation.

Allocate vmcoreinfo_data using get_order(VMCOREINFO_BYTES) so that
vmcoreinfo can safely grow beyond PAGE_SIZE.

This avoids hidden assumptions and keeps vmcoreinfo size consistent across
the kernel.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251216132801.807260-1-pnina.feder@mobileye.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251216132801.807260-2-pnina.feder@mobileye.com
Signed-off-by: Pnina Feder <pnina.feder@mobileye.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/vmcore_info.c