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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 8d04a7594a03..265a6fdea8b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -531,12 +531,14 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel_low(void)
if (ret != 0) {
/*
* two parts from lib/swiotlb.c:
- * swiotlb size: user specified with swiotlb= or default.
- * swiotlb overflow buffer: now is hardcoded to 32k.
- * We round it to 8M for other buffers that
- * may need to stay low too.
+ * -swiotlb size: user-specified with swiotlb= or default.
+ *
+ * -swiotlb overflow buffer: now hardcoded to 32k. We round it
+ * to 8M for other buffers that may need to stay low too. Also
+ * make sure we allocate enough extra low memory so that we
+ * don't run out of DMA buffers for 32-bit devices.
*/
- low_size = swiotlb_size_or_default() + (8UL<<20);
+ low_size = max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + (8UL<<20), 256UL<<20);
auto_set = true;
} else {
/* passed with crashkernel=0,low ? */