[PATCH 4/4] riscv: kexec: Switch to trampoline page table before norelocate

fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com
Tue Mar 24 04:45:27 PDT 2026


From: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com>

Make riscv_kexec_norelocate a two-pass trampoline so it can
drop the kernel page tables while still executing from a
mapped address.

On the first entry, t3 is initialized to 0 by machine_kexec().
Loads the physical address of riscv_kexec_norelocate and the
trampoline SATP value, switches to the trampoline page table,
and jumps to the trampoline VA(=PA).

On the second entry, t3 contains the physical address of
riscv_kexec_norelocate, so the PC comparison matches and
execution continues under trampoline VA(=PA).

Since the trampoline page table is already active, replace the
previous stvec-based handoff with a direct jump to the target
entry (jr a2).

Signed-off-by: Fangyu Yu <fangyu.yu at linux.alibaba.com>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_relocate.S | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c  | 13 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_relocate.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_relocate.S
index af6b99f5b0fd..2b9892bf04f2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_relocate.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_relocate.S
@@ -147,13 +147,35 @@ riscv_kexec_relocate_end:
 
 
 /* Used for jumping to crashkernel */
+.extern kexec_tramp_satp
+.extern riscv_kexec_norelocate_pa
 .section ".kexec.tramp.text", "ax"
 SYM_CODE_START(riscv_kexec_norelocate)
+	/*
+	 * Two-pass entry:
+	 *   - 1st entry: t3 == 0 (initialized by machine_kexec()).
+	 *
+	 *   - 2nd entry: t3 holds the physical address of
+	 *     riscv_kexec_norelocate, so auipc matches t3 and we fall through
+	 *     to label 1 to continue execution under trampoline VA(=PA).
+	 */
+	auipc   t0, 0
+	beq     t0, t3, 1f
+
+	la      t0, riscv_kexec_norelocate_pa
+	REG_L   t3, 0(t0)
+	la      t0, kexec_tramp_satp
+	REG_L   t1, 0(t0)
+	csrw	CSR_SATP, t1
+	sfence.vma x0, x0
+
+	jr      t3
 	/*
 	 * s0: (const) Phys address to jump to
 	 * s1: (const) Phys address of the FDT image
 	 * s2: (const) The hartid of the current hart
 	 */
+1:
 	mv	s0, a1
 	mv	s1, a2
 	mv	s2, a3
@@ -199,13 +221,13 @@ SYM_CODE_START(riscv_kexec_norelocate)
 	csrw	CSR_SSCRATCH, zero
 
 	/*
-	 * Switch to physical addressing
-	 * This will also trigger a jump to CSR_STVEC
-	 * which in this case is the address of the new
-	 * kernel.
+	 * We are already executing from the trampoline VA with the trampoline
+	 * page table installed, so there is no need to rely on the old flow
+	 * of programming stvec and taking the implicit trap on SATP switch.
+	 * Jump directly to the target entry instead.
 	 */
-	csrw	CSR_STVEC, a2
 	csrw	CSR_SATP, zero
+	jr	a2
 
 SYM_CODE_END(riscv_kexec_norelocate)
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 4e522a64a614..d78e7928c6cf 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 
+unsigned long kexec_tramp_satp;
+unsigned long riscv_kexec_norelocate_pa;
 static pgd_t kexec_tramp_pgd[PTRS_PER_PGD] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
 static p4d_t kexec_tramp_p4d[PTRS_PER_P4D] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
 static pud_t kexec_tramp_pud[PTRS_PER_PUD] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -266,6 +268,8 @@ machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 		 */
 		riscv_kexec_build_tramp((unsigned long)__kexec_tramp_text_start,
 					__pa_symbol(__kexec_tramp_text_start));
+		riscv_kexec_norelocate_pa = __pa_symbol(&riscv_kexec_norelocate);
+		kexec_tramp_satp = PFN_DOWN(__pa_symbol(kexec_tramp_pgd)) | satp_mode;
 	}
 
 	pr_notice("Will call new kernel at %08lx from hart id %lx\n",
@@ -277,6 +281,15 @@ machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 
 	/* Jump to the relocation code */
 	pr_notice("Bye...\n");
+	/*
+	 * Initialize t3 to 0 for riscv_kexec_norelocate().
+	 *
+	 * The norelocate trampoline uses t3 as a scratch register to record/
+	 * compare against the current PC when switching to the trampoline
+	 * page table. Keep t3 untouched from here until we branch into
+	 * riscv_kexec_norelocate.
+	 */
+	asm volatile ("li t3, 0x0" ::: "t3");
 	kexec_method(first_ind_entry, jump_addr, fdt_addr,
 		     this_hart_id, kernel_map.va_pa_offset);
 	unreachable();
-- 
2.50.1




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