[PATCH v8 03/13] kexec_file, x86, powerpc: factor out kexec_file_ops functions

Philipp Rudo prudo at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Feb 27 01:26:38 PST 2018


On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:03:07 +0900
AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org> wrote:

> 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

I talked to our compiler guys, and it looks like its a bug in gcc which was
introduced with gcc 4.8 and removed again with gcc 4.9. So I was just extremely
lucky hitting the sweat spot...


> > 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 a lot
Philipp

> 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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