--- arch/x86/mm/init.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/mm/init.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/mm/init.c +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/mm/init.c @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ static unsigned long __initdata pgt_buf_ static unsigned long min_pfn_mapped; +static bool __initdata can_use_brk_pgt = true; + /* * Pages returned are already directly mapped. * @@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int __GFP_ZERO, order); } - if ((pgt_buf_end + num) > pgt_buf_top) { + if ((pgt_buf_end + num) > pgt_buf_top || !can_use_brk_pgt) { unsigned long ret; if (min_pfn_mapped >= max_pfn_mapped) panic("alloc_low_page: ran out of memory"); @@ -372,8 +374,15 @@ static unsigned long __init init_range_m if (start >= end) continue; + /* + * if it is overlapping with brk pgt, we need to + * alloc pgt buf from memblock instead. + */ + can_use_brk_pgt = max(start, (u64)pgt_buf_end<= + min(end, (u64)pgt_buf_top<