Re: [PATCH] arm64/kexec: Use consistent convention of initializing 'kxec_buf.mem' with KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN

From: Matthias Brugger
Date: Thu Jul 11 2019 - 10:52:16 EST




On 11/07/2019 13:57, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
> With commit b6664ba42f14 ("s390, kexec_file: drop arch_kexec_mem_walk()"),
> we introduced the KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN macro. If kexec_buf.mem is set
> to this value, kexec_locate_mem_hole() will try to allocate free memory.
>
> While other arch(s) like s390 and x86_64 already use this macro to
> initialize kexec_buf.mem with, arm64 uses an equivalent value of 0.
> Replace it with KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN, to keep the convention of
> initializing 'kxec_buf.mem' consistent across various archs.
>
> Cc: takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: james.morse@xxxxxxx
> Cc: will.deacon@xxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@xxxxxxxx>

> arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
> index 2514fd6f12cb..29a9428486a5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static void *image_load(struct kimage *image,
>
> kbuf.buffer = kernel;
> kbuf.bufsz = kernel_len;
> - kbuf.mem = 0;
> + kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> kbuf.memsz = le64_to_cpu(h->image_size);
> text_offset = le64_to_cpu(h->text_offset);
> kbuf.buf_align = MIN_KIMG_ALIGN;
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
> index 58871333737a..ba78ee7ca990 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
> if (initrd) {
> kbuf.buffer = initrd;
> kbuf.bufsz = initrd_len;
> - kbuf.mem = 0;
> + kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> kbuf.memsz = initrd_len;
> kbuf.buf_align = 0;
> /* within 1GB-aligned window of up to 32GB in size */
> @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
> dtb_len = fdt_totalsize(dtb);
> kbuf.buffer = dtb;
> kbuf.bufsz = dtb_len;
> - kbuf.mem = 0;
> + kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> kbuf.memsz = dtb_len;
> /* not across 2MB boundary */
> kbuf.buf_align = SZ_2M;
>