[PATCH 1/2] kexex: arm: create ATAGS_MEM tag from devicetree memory node

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Tue Nov 17 09:29:18 PST 2015


On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 01:56:54PM +0100, Andreas Fenkart wrote:
> From: Andreas Fenkart <afenkart at gmail.com>
> 
> booting a non-devicetree kernel from a devicetree kernel failed,
> since the memory layout wasn't passed.

Nice catch.

> Signed-off-by: Andreas Fenkart <andreas.fenkart at dev.digitalstrom.org>
> ---
>  kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c b/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c
> index ff4e38d..f460ba7 100644
> --- a/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c
> +++ b/kexec/arch/arm/kexec-zImage-arm.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>   */
>  #define _GNU_SOURCE
>  #define _XOPEN_SOURCE
> +#include <assert.h>
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <stdlib.h>
> @@ -139,6 +140,42 @@ struct tag * atag_read_tags(void)
>  	return (struct tag *) buf;
>  }
>  
> +static
> +int create_mem32_tag(struct tag_mem32 *tag_mem32)
> +{
> +	const char fn[]= "/proc/device-tree/memory/reg";
> +	FILE *fp;
> +	uint32_t tmp[2];
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	assert(tag_mem32);

I think the assertion here is unnecessary. Could you remove it?

> +	fp = fopen(fn, "r");
> +	if (!fp) {
> +		ret = errno;
> +		fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open %s: %m\n", fn);
> +		return ret;

I think that returning -1 for error and 0 for success would
be both consistent with the rest of the source in the same file
and result in slightly simpler code.

> +	}
> +
> +	if (!fread(tmp, sizeof(tmp[0]), 2, fp)) {
> +		ret = ENOENT;
> +		fprintf(stderr, "Short read %s\n", fn);
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (ferror(fp)) {
> +		ret = errno;
> +		fprintf(stderr, "Cannot read %s: %m\n", fn);
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* atags_mem32 has base/size fields reversed! */
> +	tag_mem32->size = be32_to_cpu(tmp[1]);
> +	tag_mem32->start = be32_to_cpu(tmp[0]);
> +
> +out:
> +	fclose(fp);
> +	return ret;
> +}
>  
>  static
>  int atag_arm_load(struct kexec_info *info, unsigned long base,
> @@ -182,6 +219,12 @@ int atag_arm_load(struct kexec_info *info, unsigned long base,
>  		params->hdr.size = 2;
>  		params->hdr.tag = ATAG_CORE;
>  		params = tag_next(params);
> +
> +		if (!create_mem32_tag(&params->u.mem)) {
> +			params->hdr.size = 4;
> +			params->hdr.tag = ATAG_MEM;
> +			params = tag_next(params);
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	if (initrd) {



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