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To: Mukesh Pilaniya <mpilaniy@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec: return -ENOEXEC from image probe functions on mismatch
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2026 22:15:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179357135307.2624073.4721839203390727689.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813-mpilaniy-v1-1-777d4d0e30f7@redhat.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to riscv/linux.git (fixes)
by Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:36:29 +0530 you wrote:
> Several kexec_file_load() image probe functions return -EINVAL when
> they do not recognize the image format. A probe function that rejects
> an image should return -ENOEXEC to indicate that the image is not a
> recognized executable format. -EINVAL implies a problem with the
> syscall parameters, not with image recognition.
>
> kexec_image_probe_default() iterates through registered loaders and
> returns the last probe's error code to the caller. That error
> propagates as the kexec_file_load() return value to userspace.
> Returning -EINVAL from a probe when no loader matches is semantically
> incorrect and misleads userspace about the nature of the failure.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- kexec: return -ENOEXEC from image probe functions on mismatch
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/2792b4b15f14
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 7:06 [PATCH] kexec: return -ENOEXEC from image probe functions on mismatch Mukesh Pilaniya
2026-08-13 13:13 ` Philipp Rudo
2026-08-14 7:59 ` Mukesh Pilaniya
2026-08-14 14:13 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-08-14 17:27 ` Mukesh Pilaniya
2026-08-18 9:44 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-08-19 5:58 ` Mukesh Pilaniya
2026-08-19 9:10 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-11-01 22:15 ` patchwork-bot+linux-riscv [this message]
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