Using recurvise call to try adding a non-conflicting region in the function
__reserve_region_with_split() could result in a stack overflow in the case
that the recursive calls are too deep.  Convert the recursive calls to
an iterative loop to avoid the problem.

Signed-off-by: T Makphaibulchoke <t...@hp.com>
---
 kernel/resource.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 34d4588..d6e9f9c 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -768,25 +768,29 @@ static void __init __reserve_region_with_split(struct 
resource *root,
                return;
 
        res->name = name;
-       res->start = start;
-       res->end = end;
        res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
-       conflict = __request_resource(parent, res);
-       if (!conflict)
-               return;
+       while (1) {
+               res->start = start;
+               res->end = end;
 
-       /* failed, split and try again */
-       kfree(res);
+               conflict = __request_resource(parent, res);
+               if (!conflict)
+                       break;
 
-       /* conflict covered whole area */
-       if (conflict->start <= start && conflict->end >= end)
-               return;
+               /* conflict covered whole area */
+               if (conflict->start <= start && conflict->end >= end) {
+                       kfree(res);
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               /* failed, split and try again */
+               if (conflict->start > start)
+                       end = conflict->start - 1;
+               if (conflict->end < end)
+                       start = conflict->end + 1;
+       }
 
-       if (conflict->start > start)
-               __reserve_region_with_split(root, start, conflict->start-1, 
name);
-       if (conflict->end < end)
-               __reserve_region_with_split(root, conflict->end+1, end, name);
 }
 
 void __init reserve_region_with_split(struct resource *root,
-- 
1.7.1

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