Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix loading of kernel + initramfs with kexec_file_load()

From: Dave Young
Date: Wed May 22 2019 - 23:25:59 EST


On 05/22/19 at 07:01pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> Commit b6664ba42f14 ("s390, kexec_file: drop arch_kexec_mem_walk()")
> changed kexec_add_buffer() to skip searching for a memory location if
> kexec_buf.mem is already set, and use the address that is there.
>
> In powerpc code we reuse a kexec_buf variable for loading both the kernel
> and the initramfs by resetting some of the fields between those uses, but
> not mem. This causes kexec_add_buffer() to try to load the kernel at the
> same address where initramfs will be loaded, which is naturally rejected:
>
> # kexec -s -l --initrd initramfs vmlinuz
> kexec_file_load failed: Invalid argument
>
> Setting the mem field before every call to kexec_add_buffer() fixes this
> regression.
>
> Fixes: b6664ba42f14 ("s390, kexec_file: drop arch_kexec_mem_walk()")
> Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c
> index ba4f18a43ee8..52a29fc73730 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c
> @@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static int elf_exec_load(struct kimage *image, struct elfhdr *ehdr,
> kbuf.memsz = phdr->p_memsz;
> kbuf.buf_align = phdr->p_align;
> kbuf.buf_min = phdr->p_paddr + base;
> + kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
> if (ret)
> goto out;
> @@ -581,7 +582,8 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
> struct kexec_buf kbuf = { .image = image, .buf_min = 0,
> .buf_max = ppc64_rma_size };
> struct kexec_buf pbuf = { .image = image, .buf_min = 0,
> - .buf_max = ppc64_rma_size, .top_down = true };
> + .buf_max = ppc64_rma_size, .top_down = true,
> + .mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN };
>
> ret = build_elf_exec_info(kernel_buf, kernel_len, &ehdr, &elf_info);
> if (ret)
> @@ -606,6 +608,7 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
> kbuf.bufsz = kbuf.memsz = initrd_len;
> kbuf.buf_align = PAGE_SIZE;
> kbuf.top_down = false;
> + kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
> if (ret)
> goto out;
> @@ -638,6 +641,7 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
> kbuf.bufsz = kbuf.memsz = fdt_size;
> kbuf.buf_align = PAGE_SIZE;
> kbuf.top_down = true;
> + kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
> if (ret)
> goto out;
>
>
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Reviewed-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
Dave