[PATCH v15 16/23] arm64: kexec_file: Use crash_prepare_headers() helper to simplify code
From: Jinjie Ruan
Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 06:06:17 EST
Use the newly introduced crash_prepare_headers() function to replace
the existing prepare_elf_headers(), allocate cmem and exclude crash
kernel memory in the crash core, which reduce code duplication.
Only the following two architecture functions need to be implemented:
- arch_get_system_nr_ranges(). Use for_each_mem_range() to traverse
and pre-count the max number of memory ranges.
- arch_crash_populate_cmem(). Use for_each_mem_range to traverse
and collect the memory ranges and fills them into cmem.
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h | 1 -
arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 46 ++++++++------------------
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
index 7ffa2ff5fcfd..892e5bebda95 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ extern int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
unsigned long kernel_load_addr, unsigned long kernel_size,
char *initrd, unsigned long initrd_len,
char *cmdline);
-extern int prepare_elf_headers(void **addr, unsigned long *sz);
#endif
#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
index 424b9527db09..93c36a3aa618 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void *image_load(struct kimage *image,
unsigned long headers_sz;
void *headers;
- ret = prepare_elf_headers(&headers, &headers_sz);
+ ret = crash_prepare_headers(true, &headers, &headers_sz, NULL);
if (ret) {
pr_err("Preparing elf core header failed\n");
return ERR_PTR(ret);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 8a96fb68b88d..14e65351133e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -40,52 +40,34 @@ int arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-int prepare_elf_headers(void **addr, unsigned long *sz)
+unsigned int arch_get_system_nr_ranges(void)
{
- struct crash_mem *cmem;
- unsigned int nr_ranges;
- int ret;
- u64 i;
+ /* for exclusion of crashkernel region */
+ unsigned int nr_ranges = 2 + CRASH_HOTPLUG_SAFETY_PADDING;
phys_addr_t start, end;
+ u64 i;
- /* for exclusion of crashkernel region */
- nr_ranges = 2 + CRASH_HOTPLUG_SAFETY_PADDING;
for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end)
nr_ranges++;
- cmem = kmalloc_flex(*cmem, ranges, nr_ranges);
- if (!cmem)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return nr_ranges;
+}
+
+int arch_crash_populate_cmem(struct crash_mem *cmem)
+{
+ phys_addr_t start, end;
+ u64 i;
- cmem->max_nr_ranges = nr_ranges;
- cmem->nr_ranges = 0;
for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end) {
- if (unlikely(cmem->nr_ranges >= cmem->max_nr_ranges)) {
- ret = -EAGAIN;
- goto out;
- }
+ if (unlikely(cmem->nr_ranges >= cmem->max_nr_ranges))
+ return -EAGAIN;
cmem->ranges[cmem->nr_ranges].start = start;
cmem->ranges[cmem->nr_ranges].end = end - 1;
cmem->nr_ranges++;
}
- /* Exclude crashkernel region */
- ret = crash_exclude_mem_range(cmem, crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end);
- if (ret)
- goto out;
-
- if (crashk_low_res.end) {
- ret = crash_exclude_mem_range(cmem, crashk_low_res.start, crashk_low_res.end);
- if (ret)
- goto out;
- }
-
- ret = crash_prepare_elf64_headers(cmem, true, addr, sz);
-
-out:
- kfree(cmem);
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
#endif
--
2.34.1