File kexec-tools-ppc64-reduce-elf-loads.patch of Package kexec-tools.2740

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File kexec-tools-ppc64-reduce-elf-loads.patch of Package kexec-tools.2740

From: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
Subject: ppc64: Reduce number of ELF LOAD segments
References: bsc#981339
Patch-mainline: not yet

The number of program header table entries (e_phnum) is an Elf64_Half,
which is a 16-bit entity, i.e. the limit is 65534 entries (one entry is
reserved for NOTE). This is a hard limit, defined by the ELF standard.
It is possible that more LMBs (Logical Memory Blocks) are needed to
represent all RAM on some machines, and this field overflows, causing
an incomplete /proc/vmcore file.

This has actually happened on a machine with 31TB of RAM and an LMB size
of 256MB.

However, since there is usually no memory hole between adjacent LMBs, the
map can be "compressed", combining multiple adjacent into a single LOAD
segment.

Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
---
 kexec/arch/ppc64/crashdump-ppc64.c |   12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kexec/arch/ppc64/crashdump-ppc64.c
+++ b/kexec/arch/ppc64/crashdump-ppc64.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static void exclude_crash_region(uint64_
 static int get_dyn_reconf_crash_memory_ranges(void)
 {
 	uint64_t start, end;
+	uint64_t startrange, endrange;
 	char fname[128], buf[32];
 	FILE *file;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ static int get_dyn_reconf_crash_memory_r
 	}
 
 	fseek(file, 4, SEEK_SET);
+	startrange = endrange = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_of_lmbs; i++) {
 		if ((n = fread(buf, 1, 24, file)) < 0) {
 			perror(fname);
@@ -161,8 +163,16 @@ static int get_dyn_reconf_crash_memory_r
 		if ((flags & 0x80) || !(flags & 0x8))
 			continue;
 
-		exclude_crash_region(start, end);
+		if (start != endrange) {
+			if (startrange != endrange)
+				exclude_crash_region(startrange, endrange);
+			startrange = start;
+		}
+		endrange = end;
 	}
+	if (startrange != endrange)
+		exclude_crash_region(startrange, endrange);
+
 	fclose(file);
 	return 0;
 }

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