[PATCH v8 03/13] kexec_file, x86, powerpc: factor out kexec_file_ops functions
AKASHI Takahiro
takahiro.akashi at linaro.org
Mon Feb 26 18:03:07 PST 2018
On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 12:17:18PM +0100, Philipp Rudo wrote:
> Hi AKASHI
>
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:17:22 +0900
> AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > index 990adae52151..a6d14a768b3e 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > @@ -26,34 +26,83 @@
> > #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> > #include "kexec_internal.h"
> >
> > +const __weak struct kexec_file_ops * const kexec_file_loaders[] = {NULL};
> > +
>
> Having a weak definition of kexec_file_loaders causes trouble on s390 with
> gcc 4.8 (newer versions seem to work fine). For me it looks like that in this
> version gcc doesn't recognize __weak but use the default value for
> optimization. This leads to _kexec_kernel_image_probe to always return ENOEXEC
> because the for-loop gets optimized out.
I gave it a try to compile with gcc 4.9 (not 4.8) for arm64
and didn't see any errors or warnings, but
> The problem can easily be worked around by declaring kexec_file_loaders in
> include/linux/kexec.h and defining it in arch code. In particular doing this
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
> index 37e9dce518aa..fc0788540d90 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
> @@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ struct kexec_file_ops {
> #endif
> };
>
> +extern const struct kexec_file_ops * const kexec_file_loaders[];
> +
> /**
> * struct kexec_buf - parameters for finding a place for a buffer in memory
> * @image: kexec image in which memory to search.
> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> index 17ba407d0e79..4e3d1e4bc7f6 100644
> --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> @@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
> #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> #include "kexec_internal.h"
>
> -const __weak struct kexec_file_ops * const kexec_file_loaders[] = {NULL};
> -
> #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY
> static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image);
> #else
Your change is just fine with me, too.
I will incorporate it in my next version.
Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI
> A nice side effect of this solution is, that a developer who forgets to define
> kexec_file_loaders gets a linker error. So he directly knows what's missing
> instead of first having to find out where/why an error gets returned.
>
> Otherwise the series is fine for me.
>
> Thanks
> Philipp
>
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY
> > static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image);
> > #else
> > static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image) { return 0; };
> > #endif
> >
> > +int _kexec_kernel_image_probe(struct kimage *image, void *buf,
> > + unsigned long buf_len)
> > +{
> > + const struct kexec_file_ops * const *fops;
> > + int ret = -ENOEXEC;
> > +
> > + for (fops = &kexec_file_loaders[0]; *fops && (*fops)->probe; ++fops) {
> > + ret = (*fops)->probe(buf, buf_len);
> > + if (!ret) {
> > + image->fops = *fops;
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > /* Architectures can provide this probe function */
> > int __weak arch_kexec_kernel_image_probe(struct kimage *image, void *buf,
> > unsigned long buf_len)
> > {
> > - return -ENOEXEC;
> > + return _kexec_kernel_image_probe(image, buf, buf_len);
> > +}
> > +
> > +void *_kexec_kernel_image_load(struct kimage *image)
> > +{
> > + if (!image->fops || !image->fops->load)
> > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOEXEC);
> > +
> > + return image->fops->load(image, image->kernel_buf,
> > + image->kernel_buf_len, image->initrd_buf,
> > + image->initrd_buf_len, image->cmdline_buf,
> > + image->cmdline_buf_len);
> > }
> >
> > void * __weak arch_kexec_kernel_image_load(struct kimage *image)
> > {
> > - return ERR_PTR(-ENOEXEC);
> > + return _kexec_kernel_image_load(image);
> > +}
> > +
> > +int _kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
> > +{
> > + if (!image->fops || !image->fops->cleanup)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + return image->fops->cleanup(image->image_loader_data);
> > }
> >
> > int __weak arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
> > {
> > - return -EINVAL;
> > + return _kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(image);
> > }
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
> > +int _kexec_kernel_verify_sig(struct kimage *image, void *buf,
> > + unsigned long buf_len)
> > +{
> > + if (!image->fops || !image->fops->verify_sig) {
> > + pr_debug("kernel loader does not support signature verification.\n");
> > + return -EKEYREJECTED;
> > + }
> > +
> > + return image->fops->verify_sig(buf, buf_len);
> > +}
> > +
> > int __weak arch_kexec_kernel_verify_sig(struct kimage *image, void *buf,
> > unsigned long buf_len)
> > {
> > - return -EKEYREJECTED;
> > + return _kexec_kernel_verify_sig(image, buf, buf_len);
> > }
> > #endif
> >
>
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