[PATCH v7 10/15] riscv: kexec_file: Simplify load_extra_segments()

Jinjie Ruan ruanjinjie at huawei.com
Mon Oct 26 00:51:56 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: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer at rivosinc.com>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <baoquan.he at linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 28 +++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 26cd2a8bd0cd..ca921b063920 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -247,39 +247,35 @@ int load_extra_segments(struct kimage *image, unsigned long kernel_start,
 	int ret;
 	void *fdt;
 	unsigned long initrd_pbase = 0UL;
-	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
 	char *modified_cmdline = NULL;
-
-	kbuf.image = image;
-	kbuf.buf_min = kernel_start + kernel_len;
-	kbuf.buf_max = PFN_PHYS(max_low_pfn);
+	struct kexec_buf kbuf = {
+		.image = image,
+		.buf_min = kernel_start + kernel_len,
+		.buf_max = PFN_PHYS(max_low_pfn),
+	};
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
 	/* Add elfcorehdr */
 	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) {
 			pr_err("Preparing elf core header failed\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		kbuf.buffer = headers;
-		kbuf.bufsz = headers_sz;
+		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 = ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN;
 		kbuf.top_down = true;
 
 		ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
-		if (ret) {
-			vfree(headers);
+		if (ret)
 			goto out;
-		}
-		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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