[PATCH v2 1/5] kexec: Extract kexec_free_segment_cma() from kimage_free_cma()

From: Jinjie Ruan

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 23:16:13 EST


kimage_free_cma() relies on image->nr_segments to iterate over segments.
When an architecture loader (e.g., arm64) truncates nr_segments on a
mid-way failure, CMA pages allocated beyond the new boundary become
unreachable, causing silent memory leaks.

Extract the per-segment freeing logic into the exported helper
kexec_free_segment_cma(), so that architecture loaders can release
individual segments before nr_segments is truncated. Refactor
kimage_free_cma() to loop over the new helper, preserving existing
behavior.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kexec.h | 2 ++
kernel/kexec_core.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 8a22bc9b8c6c..6f1eabda0300 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ extern bool kexec_file_dbg_print;

extern void *kimage_map_segment(struct kimage *image, int idx);
extern void kimage_unmap_segment(void *buffer);
+extern void kexec_free_segment_cma(struct kimage *image, unsigned long idx);
#else /* !CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
struct pt_regs;
struct task_struct;
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ static inline int kexec_crash_loaded(void) { return 0; }
static inline void *kimage_map_segment(struct kimage *image, int idx)
{ return NULL; }
static inline void kimage_unmap_segment(void *buffer) { }
+static inline void kexec_free_segment_cma(struct kimage *image, unsigned long idx) { }
#define kexec_in_progress false
#endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */

diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index dc770b9a6d05..ec7e86e085b0 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -554,22 +554,25 @@ static void kimage_free_entry(kimage_entry_t entry)
kimage_free_pages(page);
}

-static void kimage_free_cma(struct kimage *image)
+void kexec_free_segment_cma(struct kimage *image, unsigned long idx)
{
- unsigned long i;
+ u32 nr_pages = image->segment[idx].memsz >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ struct page *cma = image->segment_cma[idx];

- for (i = 0; i < image->nr_segments; i++) {
- struct page *cma = image->segment_cma[i];
- u32 nr_pages = image->segment[i].memsz >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ if (!cma)
+ return;

- if (!cma)
- continue;
+ arch_kexec_pre_free_pages(page_address(cma), nr_pages);
+ dma_release_from_contiguous(NULL, cma, nr_pages);
+ image->segment_cma[idx] = NULL;
+}

- arch_kexec_pre_free_pages(page_address(cma), nr_pages);
- dma_release_from_contiguous(NULL, cma, nr_pages);
- image->segment_cma[i] = NULL;
- }
+static void kimage_free_cma(struct kimage *image)
+{
+ unsigned long i;

+ for (i = 0; i < image->nr_segments; i++)
+ kexec_free_segment_cma(image, i);
}

void kimage_free(struct kimage *image)
--
2.34.1