x86: check vmlinux limits, 64-bit
these build-time and link-time checks would have prevented the
vmlinux size regression.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
index fab1322..4c36945 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
@@ -247,3 +247,9 @@
DWARF_DEBUG
}
+
+/*
+ * Build-time check on the image size:
+ */
+ASSERT((_end - _text <= KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE),
+ "kernel image bigger than KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE")