able space is the range [pt_base, pt_base + nt_pt_frames), whereas that range here indeed is [pt_base - 2, pt_base - 2 + nt_pt_frames), which - without a priori knowledge - the kernel would have difficulty to figure out)." - so lets just fall back to the easy way and reserve the whole region. Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk