* [nacked] kexec-replace-the-goto-out_unlock-with-out.patch removed from -mm tree
@ 2026-01-27 4:25 Andrew Morton
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From: Andrew Morton @ 2026-01-27 4:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mm-commits, will, catalin.marinas, bhe, maqianga, akpm
The quilt patch titled
Subject: kexec: replace the goto out_unlock with out
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kexec-replace-the-goto-out_unlock-with-out.patch
This patch was dropped because it was nacked
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From: Qiang Ma <maqianga@uniontech.com>
Subject: kexec: replace the goto out_unlock with out
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:31:31 +0800
Patch series "kexec: add kexec flag to control debug printing", v2.
Overview:
=========
The commit cbc2fe9d9cb2 ("kexec_file: add kexec_file flag to control debug
printing") added the kexec_file flag to control debug printing. However,
for arm64, after commit 6f8c1da071a4 ("kexec_file, arm64: print out
debugging message if required"), when using the kexec_load interface, the
kexec_image_info function is called to print debug message, but it uses
kexec_dprintk, which is only available under kexec_file, then when
specifying 'kexec -d', kexec_load interface will print nothing.
For riscv, commit eb7622d908a09 ("kexec_file, riscv: print out debugging
message if required") remove kexec_image_info(), because the content has
been printed out in generic code in kexec_file_load, but not in
kexec_load.
Therefore, in order to solve the two problems mentioned above, for this
patchset, several things need to be done:
1. Enabling kexec_dprintk is available for kexec_load.
2. Add some debugging message of the deleted kexec_image_info
to generic code.
3. Remove duplicate debugging prints for arm64.
Since kexec_load and kexec_file_load are not triggered simultaneously, we
can unify the debug flag of kexec and kexec_file as kexec_dbg_print.
In this way, kexec_dprintk is available for kexec_load and
kexec_file_load.
Then when specifying 'kexec -d', the debugging message using kexec_dprintk
in kexec_image_info can be printed normally.
The following are the key points of the specific changes:
1. rename kexec_file_dbg_print to kexec_dbg_print
2. Add KEXEC_DEBUG
3. Initialize kexec_dbg_print for kexec
4. Set the reset of kexec_dbg_print to kimage_free
Testing:
=========
I did testing on x86_64, arm64 and loongarch. On x86_64, the printed
messages look like below:
Unset CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE:
[ 36.774228] kexec_file: kernel: 0000000066c386c8 kernel_size: 0xd78400
[ 36.821814] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded purgatory at 0x23fffb000
[ 36.821826] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded boot_param, command line and misc at 0x23fff9000 bufsz=0x12d0 memsz=0x2000
[ 36.821829] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded 64bit kernel at 0x23d400000 bufsz=0xd73400 memsz=0x2ab7000
[ 36.821918] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded initrd at 0x23bd0b000 bufsz=0x16f40a8 memsz=0x16f40a8
[ 36.821920] kexec-bzImage64: Final command line is: root=/dev/mapper/test-root crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=test/root
[ 36.821925] kexec-bzImage64: E820 memmap:
[ 36.821926] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000000000-000000000009ffff (1)
[ 36.821928] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000100000-0000000000811fff (1)
[ 36.821930] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000812000-0000000000812fff (2)
[ 36.821931] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000813000-00000000bee38fff (1)
[ 36.821933] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bee39000-00000000beec2fff (2)
[ 36.821934] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000beec3000-00000000bf8ecfff (1)
[ 36.821935] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bf8ed000-00000000bfb6cfff (2)
[ 36.821936] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bfb6d000-00000000bfb7efff (3)
[ 36.821937] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bfb7f000-00000000bfbfefff (4)
[ 36.821938] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bfbff000-00000000bff7bfff (1)
[ 36.821939] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bff7c000-00000000bfffffff (2)
[ 36.821940] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000feffc000-00000000feffffff (2)
[ 36.821941] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000ffc00000-00000000ffffffff (2)
[ 36.821942] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000100000000-000000023fffffff (1)
[ 36.872348] kexec_file: nr_segments = 4
[ 36.872356] kexec_file: segment[0]: buf=0x000000005314ece7 bufsz=0x4000 mem=0x23fffb000 memsz=0x5000
[ 36.872370] kexec_file: segment[1]: buf=0x000000006e59b143 bufsz=0x12d0 mem=0x23fff9000 memsz=0x2000
[ 36.872374] kexec_file: segment[2]: buf=0x00000000eb7b1fc3 bufsz=0xd73400 mem=0x23d400000 memsz=0x2ab7000
[ 36.882172] kexec_file: segment[3]: buf=0x000000006af76441 bufsz=0x16f40a8 mem=0x23bd0b000 memsz=0x16f5000
[ 36.889113] kexec_file: kexec_file_load: type:0, start:0x23fffb150 head:0x101a2e002 flags:0x8
On aarch64, the printed messages look like below:
Set CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE
[ 39.033203] kexec_file: kernel: 0000000073414684 kernel_size: 0x3123a00
[ 39.047010] kexec_file: Loaded initrd at 0x43cf0000 bufsz=0x17e0e19 memsz=0x17e1000
[ 39.047054] kexec_file: Loaded dtb at 0x23ec00000 bufsz=0x386 memsz=0x1000
[ 39.047056] kexec_file(Image): Loaded kernel at 0x40000000 bufsz=0x3123a00 memsz=0x3cf0000
[ 39.047063] kexec_file: nr_segments = 3
[ 39.047064] kexec_file: segment[0]: buf=0x0000000073414684 bufsz=0x3123a00 mem=0x40000000 memsz=0x3cf0000
[ 39.073612] kexec_file: segment[1]: buf=0x000000005cd5746b bufsz=0x17e0e19 mem=0x43cf0000 memsz=0x17e1000
[ 39.085309] kexec_file: segment[2]: buf=0x0000000084c4a0f1 bufsz=0x386 mem=0x23ec00000 memsz=0x1000
[ 39.085459] machine_kexec_post_load:155:
[ 39.085463] kexec kimage info:
[ 39.085467] kern_reloc: 0x00000001620e2000
[ 39.085468] el2_vectors: 0x0000000000000000
[ 39.085470] kexec_file: kexec_file_load: type:0, start:0x40000000 head:0x1620e4002 flags:0x8
Unset CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE:
With this patch:
[ 35.156088] machine_kexec_post_load:155:
[ 35.156097] kexec kimage info:
[ 35.156101] kern_reloc: 0x000000011c134000
[ 35.156102] el2_vectors: 0x0000000000000000
[ 35.156104] kexec: kexec_load: type:0, start:0x454d26b0 head:0x105c14002 flags:0xb70010
Without this patch:
There is no kexec print in dmesg.
This patch (of 4):
The image is initialized to NULL. Then, after calling kimage_alloc_init,
we can directly goto 'out' because at this time, the kimage_free will
determine whether image is a NULL pointer.
This will prepare for the subsequent patch to reset the variable in
kimage_free.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251219093134.2268620-1-maqianga@uniontech.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251219093134.2268620-2-maqianga@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Qiang Ma <maqianga@uniontech.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
kernel/kexec.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/kexec.c~kexec-replace-the-goto-out_unlock-with-out
+++ a/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long e
unsigned long i;
int ret;
+ image = NULL;
+
/*
* Because we write directly to the reserved memory region when loading
* crash kernels we need a serialization here to prevent multiple crash
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long e
ret = kimage_alloc_init(&image, entry, nr_segments, segments, flags);
if (ret)
- goto out_unlock;
+ goto out;
if (flags & KEXEC_PRESERVE_CONTEXT)
image->preserve_context = 1;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from maqianga@uniontech.com are
kexec-add-kexec-flag-to-control-debug-printing.patch
kexec-print-out-debugging-message-if-required-for-kexec_load.patch
arm64-kexec-adjust-the-debug-print-of-kexec_image_info.patch
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