+ x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: x86/crash: remove the unused image parameter from prepare_elf_headers()
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@gmail.com>
Subject: x86/crash: remove the unused image parameter from prepare_elf_headers()
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:38:40 +0800

Patch series "Some cleanups and fixes".

This series includes two cleanups and one fix for the crash code.


This patch (of 3):

The image parameter is no longer in use, remove it.  Also, tidy up the
code formatting.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231214163842.129139-1-ytcoode@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231214163842.129139-2-ytcoode@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@gmail.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@oracle.com>
Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@redhat.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 arch/x86/kernel/crash.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c~x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers
+++ a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ static int prepare_elf64_ram_headers_cal
 }
 
 /* Prepare elf headers. Return addr and size */
-static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
-					unsigned long *sz, unsigned long *nr_mem_ranges)
+static int prepare_elf_headers(void **addr, unsigned long *sz,
+			       unsigned long *nr_mem_ranges)
 {
 	struct crash_mem *cmem;
 	int ret;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int prepare_elf_headers(struct ki
 	*nr_mem_ranges = cmem->nr_ranges;
 
 	/* By default prepare 64bit headers */
-	ret =  crash_prepare_elf64_headers(cmem, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64), addr, sz);
+	ret = crash_prepare_elf64_headers(cmem, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64), addr, sz);
 
 out:
 	vfree(cmem);
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *i
 				  .buf_max = ULONG_MAX, .top_down = false };
 
 	/* Prepare elf headers and add a segment */
-	ret = prepare_elf_headers(image, &kbuf.buffer, &kbuf.bufsz, &pnum);
+	ret = prepare_elf_headers(&kbuf.buffer, &kbuf.bufsz, &pnum);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ void arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event(str
 	 * Create the new elfcorehdr reflecting the changes to CPU and/or
 	 * memory resources.
 	 */
-	if (prepare_elf_headers(image, &elfbuf, &elfsz, &nr_mem_ranges)) {
+	if (prepare_elf_headers(&elfbuf, &elfsz, &nr_mem_ranges)) {
 		pr_err("unable to create new elfcorehdr");
 		goto out;
 	}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from ytcoode@gmail.com are

kexec-use-align-macro-instead-of-open-coding-it.patch
x86-kexec-simplify-the-logic-of-mem_region_callback.patch
x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers.patch
x86-crash-use-sz_1m-macro-instead-of-hardcoded-value.patch
crash_core-fix-and-simplify-the-logic-of-crash_exclude_mem_range.patch