Re: [PATCH v1] riscv/kexec_file: Fix relocation type R_RISCV_ADD16 and R_RISCV_SUB16 unknown

From: Petr Tesařík
Date: Thu Jul 11 2024 - 08:53:54 EST


On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:32:36 +0000
sunying@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: Ying Sun <sunying@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Runs on the kernel with CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE enabled:
> kexec -sl vmlinux
>
> Error:
> kexec_image: Unknown rela relocation: 34
> kexec_image: Error loading purgatory ret=-8
> and
> kexec_image: Unknown rela relocation: 38
> kexec_image: Error loading purgatory ret=-8
>
> The purgatory code uses the 16-bit addition and subtraction relocation
> type, but not handled, resulting in kexec_file_load failure.
> So add handle to arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add().
>
> Tested on RISC-V64 Qemu-virt, issue fixed.
>
> Co-developed-by: Petr Tesarik <petr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <petr@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Let me confirm I have seen this, and it is correct.

Petr T

> Signed-off-by: Ying Sun <sunying@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
> index 11c0d2e0becf..3c37661801f9 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
> @@ -451,6 +451,12 @@ int arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(struct purgatory_info *pi,
> *(u32 *)loc = CLEAN_IMM(CJTYPE, *(u32 *)loc) |
> ENCODE_CJTYPE_IMM(val - addr);
> break;
> + case R_RISCV_ADD16:
> + *(u16 *)loc += val;
> + break;
> + case R_RISCV_SUB16:
> + *(u16 *)loc -= val;
> + break;
> case R_RISCV_ADD32:
> *(u32 *)loc += val;
> break;