[PATCH v14 10/17] arm64: kexec_file: Use crash_prepare_headers() helper to simplify code
From: Jinjie Ruan
Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 04:51:36 EST
Use the newly introduced crash_prepare_headers() function to replace
the existing prepare_elf_headers(), allocate cmem and exclude crash
kernel memory in the crash core, which reduce code duplication.
Only the following two architecture functions need to be implemented:
- arch_get_system_nr_ranges(). Use for_each_mem_range() to traverse
and pre-count the max number of memory ranges.
- arch_crash_populate_cmem(). Use for_each_mem_range to traverse
and collect the memory ranges and fills them into cmem.
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c | 6 +---
arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 44 ++++++++------------------
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
index 884e446f08e3..770a4c7bf573 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/kexec.h>
-#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
#include <linux/pe.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -97,14 +96,11 @@ static void *image_load(struct kimage *image,
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
- get_online_mems();
- ret = prepare_elf_headers(&headers, &headers_sz);
+ ret = crash_prepare_headers_locked(true, &headers, &headers_sz, NULL);
if (ret) {
pr_err("Preparing elf core header failed\n");
- put_online_mems();
return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
- put_online_mems();
image->elf_headers = headers;
image->elf_headers_sz = headers_sz;
}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index c0ace89ded92..66fbfbaec1c6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -40,51 +40,33 @@ int arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-int prepare_elf_headers(void **addr, unsigned long *sz)
+unsigned int arch_get_system_nr_ranges(void)
{
- struct crash_mem *cmem;
- unsigned int nr_ranges;
- int ret;
- u64 i;
+ unsigned int nr_ranges = 2; /* for exclusion of crashkernel region */
phys_addr_t start, end;
+ u64 i;
- nr_ranges = 2; /* for exclusion of crashkernel region */
for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end)
nr_ranges++;
- cmem = kmalloc_flex(*cmem, ranges, nr_ranges);
- if (!cmem)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return nr_ranges;
+}
+
+int arch_crash_populate_cmem(struct crash_mem *cmem)
+{
+ phys_addr_t start, end;
+ u64 i;
- cmem->max_nr_ranges = nr_ranges;
- cmem->nr_ranges = 0;
for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end) {
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(cmem->nr_ranges >= cmem->max_nr_ranges)) {
- ret = -EAGAIN;
- goto out;
- }
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(cmem->nr_ranges >= cmem->max_nr_ranges))
+ return -EAGAIN;
cmem->ranges[cmem->nr_ranges].start = start;
cmem->ranges[cmem->nr_ranges].end = end - 1;
cmem->nr_ranges++;
}
- /* Exclude crashkernel region */
- ret = crash_exclude_mem_range(cmem, crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end);
- if (ret)
- goto out;
-
- if (crashk_low_res.end) {
- ret = crash_exclude_mem_range(cmem, crashk_low_res.start, crashk_low_res.end);
- if (ret)
- goto out;
- }
-
- ret = crash_prepare_elf64_headers(cmem, true, addr, sz);
-
-out:
- kfree(cmem);
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
#endif
--
2.34.1