Fwd: Re: [PATCH v17 02/10] of: Add a common kexec FDT setup function

[Lakshmi Ramasubramanian]

On 2/11/21 6:11 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> 
> Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas at linux.microsoft.com> writes:
> 
>> On 2/11/21 3:59 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
>>> Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas at linux.microsoft.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 2/11/21 9:42 AM, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
>>>>> Hi Rob,
>>>>> [PATCH] powerpc: Rename kexec elfcorehdr_addr to elf_headers_mem
>>>>> This change causes build problem for x86_64 architecture (please see the
>>>>> mail from kernel test bot below) since arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h uses
>>>>> "elf_load_addr" for the ELF header buffer address and not
>>>>> "elf_headers_mem".
>>>>> struct kimage_arch {
>>>>>        ...
>>>>>        /* Core ELF header buffer */
>>>>>        void *elf_headers;
>>>>>        unsigned long elf_headers_sz;
>>>>>        unsigned long elf_load_addr;
>>>>> };
>>>>> I am thinking of limiting of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt() to ARM64 and
>>>>> PPC64 since they are the only ones using this function now.
>>>>> #if defined(CONFIG_ARM64) && defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
>>>> Sorry - I meant to say
>>>> #if defined(CONFIG_ARM64) || defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
>>>>
>>> Does it build correctly if you rename elf_headers_mem to elf_load_addr?
>>> Or the other way around, renaming x86's elf_load_addr to
>>> elf_headers_mem. I don't really have a preference.
>>
>> Yes - changing arm64 and ppc from "elf_headers_mem" to "elf_load_addr" builds
>> fine.
>>
>> But I am concerned about a few other architectures that also define "struct
>> kimage_arch" such as "parisc", "arm" which do not have any ELF related fields.
>> They would not build if the config defines CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE and
>> CONFIG_OF_FLATTREE.
>>
>> Do you think that could be an issue?
> 
> That's a good point. But in practice, arm doesn't support
> CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE. And while parisc does support CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE, as
> far as I could determine it doesn't support CONFIG_OF.
> 
> So IMHO we don't need to worry about them. We'll cross that bridge if we
> get there. If they ever implement KEXEC_FILE or OF_FLATTREE support,
> then (again, IMHO) the natural solution would be for them to name the
> ELF header member the same way the other arches do.
> 
> And since no other architecture defines struct kimage_arch, those are
> the only ones we need to consider.
> 

Sounds good Thiago.

I'll rename arm64 and ppc kimage_arch ELF address field to match that 
defined for x86/x64.

Also, will add "fdt_size" param to of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt(). For 
now, I'll use 2*fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params) for ppc.

Will send the updated patches shortly.

  -lakshmi