[PATCH 1/2] kexec: add phys_offset field
Mika Westerberg
ext-mika.1.westerberg at nokia.com
Mon Apr 26 05:03:30 EDT 2010
Add new field 'phys_offset' to struct elf_info. This field is used to calculate
virtual address of PT_LOAD segment on architectures where physical memory
doesn't always start at address 0 (namely ARM).
Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <ext-mika.1.westerberg at nokia.com>
---
kexec/crashdump-elf.c | 9 ++++++++-
kexec/crashdump.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kexec/crashdump-elf.c b/kexec/crashdump-elf.c
index 6bcef8d..1291174 100644
--- a/kexec/crashdump-elf.c
+++ b/kexec/crashdump-elf.c
@@ -236,7 +236,14 @@ int FUNC(struct kexec_info *info,
* memory region.
*/
phdr->p_paddr = mstart;
- phdr->p_vaddr = mstart + elf_info->page_offset;
+ /*
+ * In some architectures (namely ARM), physical memory doesn't
+ * always start at 0 so we need to calculate virtual address
+ * based on elf_info->phys_offset like:
+ * virt = phys + page_offset - phys_offset
+ */
+ phdr->p_vaddr = mstart + elf_info->page_offset -
+ elf_info->phys_offset;
phdr->p_filesz = phdr->p_memsz = mend - mstart + 1;
/* Do we need any alignment of segments? */
phdr->p_align = 0;
diff --git a/kexec/crashdump.h b/kexec/crashdump.h
index 30d6f29..8c0ccda 100644
--- a/kexec/crashdump.h
+++ b/kexec/crashdump.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct crash_elf_info {
unsigned long backup_src_end;
unsigned long long page_offset;
+ unsigned long long phys_offset;
unsigned long lowmem_limit;
int (*get_note_info)(int cpu, uint64_t *addr, uint64_t *len);
--
1.5.6.5
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