[PATCH v13 08/18] arm64: kexec: skip relocation code for inplace kexec

Pavel Tatashin pasha.tatashin at soleen.com
Thu Apr 8 05:05:27 BST 2021


In case of kdump or when segments are already in place the relocation
is not needed, therefore the setup of relocation function and call to
it can be skipped.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>
Suggested-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c   | 34 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
 arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S |  3 ---
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 3a034bc25709..b150b65f0b84 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -139,21 +139,23 @@ int machine_kexec_post_load(struct kimage *kimage)
 {
 	void *reloc_code = page_to_virt(kimage->control_code_page);
 
-	/* If in place flush new kernel image, else flush lists and buffers */
-	if (kimage->head & IND_DONE)
+	/* If in place, relocation is not used, only flush next kernel */
+	if (kimage->head & IND_DONE) {
 		kexec_segment_flush(kimage);
-	else
-		kexec_list_flush(kimage);
+		kexec_image_info(kimage);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	memcpy(reloc_code, arm64_relocate_new_kernel,
 	       arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size);
 	kimage->arch.kern_reloc = __pa(reloc_code);
-	kexec_image_info(kimage);
 
 	/* Flush the reloc_code in preparation for its execution. */
 	__flush_dcache_area(reloc_code, arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size);
 	flush_icache_range((uintptr_t)reloc_code, (uintptr_t)reloc_code +
 			   arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size);
+	kexec_list_flush(kimage);
+	kexec_image_info(kimage);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -180,19 +182,25 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *kimage)
 	local_daif_mask();
 
 	/*
-	 * cpu_soft_restart will shutdown the MMU, disable data caches, then
-	 * transfer control to the kern_reloc which contains a copy of
-	 * the arm64_relocate_new_kernel routine.  arm64_relocate_new_kernel
-	 * uses physical addressing to relocate the new image to its final
-	 * position and transfers control to the image entry point when the
-	 * relocation is complete.
+	 * Both restart and cpu_soft_restart will shutdown the MMU, disable data
+	 * caches. However, restart will start new kernel or purgatory directly,
+	 * cpu_soft_restart will transfer control to arm64_relocate_new_kernel
 	 * In kexec case, kimage->start points to purgatory assuming that
 	 * kernel entry and dtb address are embedded in purgatory by
 	 * userspace (kexec-tools).
 	 * In kexec_file case, the kernel starts directly without purgatory.
 	 */
-	cpu_soft_restart(kimage->arch.kern_reloc, kimage->head, kimage->start,
-			 kimage->arch.dtb_mem);
+	if (kimage->head & IND_DONE) {
+		typeof(__cpu_soft_restart) *restart;
+
+		cpu_install_idmap();
+		restart = (void *)__pa_symbol(__cpu_soft_restart);
+		restart(is_hyp_callable(), kimage->start, kimage->arch.dtb_mem,
+			0, 0);
+	} else {
+		cpu_soft_restart(kimage->arch.kern_reloc, kimage->head,
+				 kimage->start, kimage->arch.dtb_mem);
+	}
 
 	BUG(); /* Should never get here. */
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
index b78ea5de97a4..8058fabe0a76 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ SYM_CODE_START(arm64_relocate_new_kernel)
 	mov	x16, x0				/* x16 = kimage_head */
 	mov	x14, xzr			/* x14 = entry ptr */
 	mov	x13, xzr			/* x13 = copy dest */
-	/* Check if the new image needs relocation. */
-	tbnz	x16, IND_DONE_BIT, .Ldone
 	raw_dcache_line_size x15, x1		/* x15 = dcache line size */
 .Lloop:
 	and	x12, x16, PAGE_MASK		/* x12 = addr */
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ SYM_CODE_START(arm64_relocate_new_kernel)
 .Lnext:
 	ldr	x16, [x14], #8			/* entry = *ptr++ */
 	tbz	x16, IND_DONE_BIT, .Lloop	/* while (!(entry & DONE)) */
-.Ldone:
 	/* wait for writes from copy_page to finish */
 	dsb	nsh
 	ic	iallu
-- 
2.25.1




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