[PATCH v2 3/4] kexec: print out debugging message if required for kexec_load
Qiang Ma
maqianga at uniontech.com
Tue Nov 4 19:41:09 PST 2025
在 2025/11/5 11:01, Baoquan He 写道:
> On 11/03/25 at 02:34pm, Qiang Ma wrote:
>> The commit a85ee18c7900 ("kexec_file: print out debugging message
>> if required") has added general code printing in kexec_file_load(),
>> but not in kexec_load().
>>
>> Especially in the RISC-V architecture, kexec_image_info() has been
>> removed(commit eb7622d908a0 ("kexec_file, riscv: print out debugging
>> message if required")). As a result, when using '-d' for the kexec_load
>> interface, print nothing in the kernel space. This might be helpful for
>> verifying the accuracy of the data passed to the kernel. Therefore,
>> refer to this commit a85ee18c7900 ("kexec_file: print out debugging
>> message if required"), debug print information has been added.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Qiang Ma <maqianga at uniontech.com>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202510310332.6XrLe70K-lkp@intel.com/
>> ---
>> kernel/kexec.c | 11 +++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
>> index c7a869d32f87..9b433b972cc1 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kexec.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec.c
>> @@ -154,7 +154,15 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
>> if (ret)
>> goto out;
>>
>> + kexec_dprintk("nr_segments = %lu\n", nr_segments);
>> for (i = 0; i < nr_segments; i++) {
>> + struct kexec_segment *ksegment;
>> +
>> + ksegment = &image->segment[i];
>> + kexec_dprintk("segment[%lu]: buf=0x%p bufsz=0x%zx mem=0x%lx memsz=0x%zx\n",
>> + i, ksegment->buf, ksegment->bufsz, ksegment->mem,
>> + ksegment->memsz);
> There has already been a print_segments() in kexec-tools/kexec/kexec.c,
> you will get duplicated printing. That sounds not good. Have you tested
> this?
I have tested it, kexec-tools is the debug message printed
in user space, while kexec_dprintk is printed
in kernel space.
This might be helpful for verifying the accuracy of
the data passed to the kernel.
>> +
>> ret = kimage_load_segment(image, i);
>> if (ret)
>> goto out;
>> @@ -166,6 +174,9 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
>> if (ret)
>> goto out;
>>
>> + kexec_dprintk("kexec_load: type:%u, start:0x%lx head:0x%lx flags:0x%lx\n",
>> + image->type, image->start, image->head, flags);
>> +
>> /* Install the new kernel and uninstall the old */
>> image = xchg(dest_image, image);
>>
>> --
>> 2.20.1
>>
>
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