[PATCH] efi: payload: gracefully handle OOM in initrd allocation

[PATCH] efi: payload: gracefully handle OOM in initrd allocation

[Ahmad Fatoum]

An initrd can get quite big, so we should not assume that this an
infallible allocation and instead propagate any OOM error code.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
---
 efi/payload/handover.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/efi/payload/handover.c b/efi/payload/handover.c
index bef726ae303c..544fdfb3c6ad 100644
--- a/efi/payload/handover.c
+++ b/efi/payload/handover.c
@@ -146,7 +146,13 @@ static int do_bootm_efi(struct image_data *data)
 			ret = -errno;
 			goto err_free;
 		}
-		initrd = xmemalign(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_ALIGN(size));
+		initrd = memalign(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_ALIGN(size));
+		if (!initrd) {
+			free(tmp);
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_free;
+		}
+
 		memcpy(initrd, tmp, size);
 		memset(initrd + size, 0, PAGE_ALIGN(size) - size);
 		free(tmp);
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH] efi: payload: gracefully handle OOM in initrd allocation

[Sascha Hauer]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:06:55 +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> An initrd can get quite big, so we should not assume that this an
> infallible allocation and instead propagate any OOM error code.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] efi: payload: gracefully handle OOM in initrd allocation
      https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=4ca87477ca95 (link may not be stable)

Best regards,
-- 
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>