Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] kexec_file: Generalize kexec_add_buffer.

[Dave Young]

On 06/22/16 at 08:30pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 22 Juni 2016, 18:20:47 schrieb Dave Young:
> > The patch looks good, but could the subject be more specific?
> > 
> > For example just like the first sentence of the patch descriotion:
> > Allow architectures to specify their own memory walking function
> 
> Ok, What about this? I also changed the description to refer to x86 arch
> instead of Intel arch.

It looks good to me.

Thanks
Dave

> 
> []'s
> Thiago Jung Bauermann
> IBM Linux Technology Center
> 
> 
> Subject: [PATCH 2/9] kexec_file: Allow arch-specific memory walking for
>  kexec_add_buffer
> 
> Allow architectures to specify a different memory walking function for
> kexec_add_buffer. x86 uses iomem to track reserved memory ranges, but
> PowerPC uses the memblock subsystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  include/linux/kexec.h   | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  kernel/kexec_file.c     | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  kernel/kexec_internal.h | 14 --------------
>  3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
> index e8acb2b43dd9..3d91bcfc180d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
> @@ -146,7 +146,24 @@ struct kexec_file_ops {
>  	kexec_verify_sig_t *verify_sig;
>  #endif
>  };
> -#endif
> +
> +/*
> + * Keeps track of buffer parameters as provided by caller for requesting
> + * memory placement of buffer.
> + */
> +struct kexec_buf {
> +	struct kimage *image;
> +	unsigned long mem;
> +	unsigned long memsz;
> +	unsigned long buf_align;
> +	unsigned long buf_min;
> +	unsigned long buf_max;
> +	bool top_down;		/* allocate from top of memory hole */
> +};
> +
> +int __weak arch_kexec_walk_mem(struct kexec_buf *kbuf,
> +			       int (*func)(u64, u64, void *));
> +#endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */
>  
>  struct kimage {
>  	kimage_entry_t head;
> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> index b6eec7527e9f..b1f1f6402518 100644
> --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> @@ -428,6 +428,27 @@ static int locate_mem_hole_callback(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg)
>  	return locate_mem_hole_bottom_up(start, end, kbuf);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * arch_kexec_walk_mem - call func(data) on free memory regions
> + * @kbuf:	Context info for the search. Also passed to @func.
> + * @func:	Function to call for each memory region.
> + *
> + * Return: The memory walk will stop when func returns a non-zero value
> + * and that value will be returned. If all free regions are visited without
> + * func returning non-zero, then zero will be returned.
> + */
> +int __weak arch_kexec_walk_mem(struct kexec_buf *kbuf,
> +			       int (*func)(u64, u64, void *))
> +{
> +	if (kbuf->image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH)
> +		return walk_iomem_res_desc(crashk_res.desc,
> +					   IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY,
> +					   crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end,
> +					   kbuf, func);
> +	else
> +		return walk_system_ram_res(0, ULONG_MAX, kbuf, func);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Helper function for placing a buffer in a kexec segment. This assumes
>   * that kexec_mutex is held.
> @@ -472,14 +493,7 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kimage *image, char *buffer, unsigned long bufsz,
>  	kbuf->top_down = top_down;
>  
>  	/* Walk the RAM ranges and allocate a suitable range for the buffer */
> -	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH)
> -		ret = walk_iomem_res_desc(crashk_res.desc,
> -				IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY,
> -				crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end, kbuf,
> -				locate_mem_hole_callback);
> -	else
> -		ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, kbuf,
> -					  locate_mem_hole_callback);
> +	ret = arch_kexec_walk_mem(kbuf, locate_mem_hole_callback);
>  	if (ret != 1) {
>  		/* A suitable memory range could not be found for buffer */
>  		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_internal.h b/kernel/kexec_internal.h
> index eefd5bf960c2..4cef7e4706b0 100644
> --- a/kernel/kexec_internal.h
> +++ b/kernel/kexec_internal.h
> @@ -20,20 +20,6 @@ struct kexec_sha_region {
>  	unsigned long len;
>  };
>  
> -/*
> - * Keeps track of buffer parameters as provided by caller for requesting
> - * memory placement of buffer.
> - */
> -struct kexec_buf {
> -	struct kimage *image;
> -	unsigned long mem;
> -	unsigned long memsz;
> -	unsigned long buf_align;
> -	unsigned long buf_min;
> -	unsigned long buf_max;
> -	bool top_down;		/* allocate from top of memory hole */
> -};
> -
>  void kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image);
>  #else /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */
>  static inline void kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image) { }
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
> 
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