[PATCH v3 02/12] powerpc/kexec_file: mark PPC64 specific code

Hari Bathini hbathini at linux.ibm.com
Fri Jul 17 00:46:25 EDT 2020



On 16/07/20 7:19 am, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> 
> I didn't forget about this patch. I just wanted to see more of the
> changes before comenting on it.
> 
> Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com> writes:
> 
>> Some of the kexec_file_load code isn't PPC64 specific. Move PPC64
>> specific code from kexec/file_load.c to kexec/file_load_64.c. Also,
>> rename purgatory/trampoline.S to purgatory/trampoline_64.S in the
>> same spirit.
> 
> There's only a 64 bit implementation of kexec_file_load() so this is a
> somewhat theoretical exercise, but there's no harm in getting the code
> organized, so:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman at linux.ibm.com>
> 
> I have just one question below.

<snip>

>> +/**
>> + * setup_new_fdt_ppc64 - Update the flattend device-tree of the kernel
>> + *                       being loaded.
>> + * @image:               kexec image being loaded.
>> + * @fdt:                 Flattened device tree for the next kernel.
>> + * @initrd_load_addr:    Address where the next initrd will be loaded.
>> + * @initrd_len:          Size of the next initrd, or 0 if there will be none.
>> + * @cmdline:             Command line for the next kernel, or NULL if there will
>> + *                       be none.
>> + *
>> + * Returns 0 on success, negative errno on error.
>> + */
>> +int setup_new_fdt_ppc64(const struct kimage *image, void *fdt,
>> +			unsigned long initrd_load_addr,
>> +			unsigned long initrd_len, const char *cmdline)
>> +{
>> +	int chosen_node, ret;
>> +
>> +	/* Remove memory reservation for the current device tree. */
>> +	ret = delete_fdt_mem_rsv(fdt, __pa(initial_boot_params),
>> +				 fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params));
>> +	if (ret == 0)
>> +		pr_debug("Removed old device tree reservation.\n");
>> +	else if (ret != -ENOENT) {
>> +		pr_err("Failed to remove old device-tree reservation.\n");
>> +		return ret;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	ret = setup_new_fdt(image, fdt, initrd_load_addr, initrd_len,
>> +			    cmdline, &chosen_node);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>> +
>> +	ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, chosen_node, "linux,booted-from-kexec", NULL, 0);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		pr_err("Failed to update device-tree with linux,booted-from-kexec\n");
>> +
>> +	return ret;
>> +}
> 
> For setup_purgatory_ppc64() you start with an empty function and build
> from there, but for setup_new_fdt_ppc64() you moved some code here. Is
> the code above 64 bit specific?

Actually, I was not quiet sure if fdt updates like in patch 6 & patch 9 can be
done after setup_ima_buffer() call. If you can confirm, I will move them back
to setup_purgatory()

Thanks
Hari



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