[PATCH v7 08/15] arm64: kexec_file: Simplify load_other_segments()

Jinjie Ruan ruanjinjie at huawei.com
Mon Oct 26 00:51:54 PDT 2026


Pass the kbuf fields to crash_prepare_headers() and set elf_headers
before kexec_add_buffer(), so the error path needs no vfree()
because arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() will do it.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Baoquan He <baoquan.he at linux.dev>
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 35 +++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 2f750e5f4fcc..d3d191a5ac89 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -78,47 +78,42 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
 			char *initrd, unsigned long initrd_len,
 			char *cmdline)
 {
-	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
+	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {
+		.image = image,
+		/* not allocate anything below the kernel */
+		.buf_min = kernel_load_addr + kernel_size,
+		.buf_max = ULONG_MAX,
+	};
 	void *dtb = NULL;
 	unsigned long initrd_load_addr = 0, dtb_len,
 		      orig_segments = image->nr_segments;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	kbuf.image = image;
-	/* not allocate anything below the kernel */
-	kbuf.buf_min = kernel_load_addr + kernel_size;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
 	/* load elf core header */
-	void *headers;
-	unsigned long headers_sz;
 	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
-		ret = crash_prepare_headers(true, &headers, &headers_sz, NULL);
+		ret = crash_prepare_headers(true, &kbuf.buffer, &kbuf.bufsz, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			pr_err("Preparing elf core header failed\n");
 			goto out_err;
 		}
 
-		kbuf.buffer = headers;
-		kbuf.bufsz = headers_sz;
+		if (unlikely(image->elf_headers))
+			vfree(image->elf_headers);
+
+		image->elf_headers = kbuf.buffer;
+		image->elf_headers_sz = kbuf.bufsz;
+
 		kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
-		kbuf.memsz = headers_sz;
+		kbuf.memsz = kbuf.bufsz;
 		kbuf.buf_align = SZ_64K; /* largest supported page size */
-		kbuf.buf_max = ULONG_MAX;
 		kbuf.top_down = true;
 
 		ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
-		if (ret) {
-			vfree(headers);
+		if (ret)
 			goto out_err;
-		}
-
-		if (unlikely(image->elf_headers))
-			vfree(image->elf_headers);
 
-		image->elf_headers = headers;
 		image->elf_load_addr = kbuf.mem;
-		image->elf_headers_sz = headers_sz;
 
 		kexec_dprintk("Loaded elf core header at 0x%lx bufsz=0x%lx memsz=0x%lx\n",
 			      image->elf_load_addr, kbuf.bufsz, kbuf.memsz);
-- 
2.34.1




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