[PATCH v7 09/15] LoongArch: kexec_file: Simplify load_other_segments()

Jinjie Ruan ruanjinjie at huawei.com
Mon Oct 26 00:51:55 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: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai at kernel.org>
Cc: Baoquan He <baoquan.he at linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com>
---
 arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 38 +++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 3beb6977ecc6..6ea60e0faa2c 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -127,11 +127,12 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
 	unsigned long initrd_load_addr = 0;
 	unsigned long orig_segments = image->nr_segments;
 	char *modified_cmdline = NULL;
-	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
-
-	kbuf.image = image;
-	/* Don't allocate anything below the kernel */
-	kbuf.buf_min = kernel_load_addr + kernel_size;
+	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {
+		.image = image,
+		/* Don't allocate anything below the kernel */
+		.buf_min = kernel_load_addr + kernel_size,
+		.buf_max = ULONG_MAX,
+	};
 
 	modified_cmdline = kzalloc(COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!modified_cmdline)
@@ -144,35 +145,28 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
 	/* Load elf core header */
 	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
-		void *headers;
-		unsigned long headers_sz;
-
-		ret = crash_prepare_headers(true, &headers, &headers_sz, NULL);
+		ret = crash_prepare_headers(true, &kbuf.buffer, &kbuf.bufsz, NULL);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			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 < 0) {
-			vfree(headers);
+		if (ret < 0)
 			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);
@@ -181,7 +175,7 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
 		cmdline_add_mem(&cmdline_tmplen, modified_cmdline);
 
 		/* Add the elfcorehdr=size at start parameter to the command line */
-		cmdline_add_elfcorehdr(image, &cmdline_tmplen, modified_cmdline, headers_sz);
+		cmdline_add_elfcorehdr(image, &cmdline_tmplen, modified_cmdline, kbuf.bufsz);
 	}
 #endif
 
-- 
2.34.1




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