[PATCH] kexec: print out debugging message if required for kexec_load

Baoquan He bhe at redhat.com
Thu Oct 30 02:42:46 PDT 2025


On 10/30/25 at 03:33pm, 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.

kexec_file_dbg_print setting when CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE is set. I doubt it
doesn't work when you unset CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiang Ma <maqianga at uniontech.com>
> ---
>  kernel/kexec.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
> index 28008e3d462e..02845a7499e9 100644
> --- a/kernel/kexec.c
> +++ b/kernel/kexec.c
> @@ -151,7 +151,15 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	kexec_dprintk("nr_segments = %lu\n", image->nr_segments);
>  	for (i = 0; i < nr_segments; i++) {
> +		struct kexec_segment *ksegment;
> +
> +		ksegment = &image->segment[i];
> +		kexec_dprintk("segment[%d]: buf=0x%p bufsz=0x%zx mem=0x%lx memsz=0x%zx\n",
> +			      i, ksegment->buf, ksegment->bufsz, ksegment->mem,
> +			      ksegment->memsz);
> +
>  		ret = kimage_load_segment(image, i);
>  		if (ret)
>  			goto out;
> @@ -163,6 +171,9 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	kexec_dprintk("kexec_file_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
> 
> 




More information about the kexec mailing list