powerpc: find and destroy possible stale kernel added properties

powerpc: find and destroy possible stale kernel added properties

[Milton Miller]

Because we copy the image using the kernels virtual memory system, we
require kexec user space to avoid overwriting the static kernel image, tce
tables, and the hash table.  Kexec userspace gets this information by
reading propertys the kernel adds, but does not filter these propertys when
starting the next kernel.

When the second kernel trys to add its propertys, the export via
/proc/device-tree is hidden by the pre-existing but stale value from the
flat tree.  Kexec userspace reads the old property, allocates the new kernel
at the old kernel's end, and gets rejected by the check

Search and remove these stale properties before adding the new values.

Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
---
While there is an override flag to tell kexec a minimum memory to use, that
is a crude workaround and this should be applied to stable.


diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
index a168514..4bd8b4f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -312,11 +312,24 @@ static struct property kernel_end_prop = {
 static void __init export_htab_values(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *node;
+	struct property *prop;
 
 	node = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen");
 	if (!node)
 		return;
 
+	/* remove any stale propertys so ours can be found */
+	prop = of_find_property(node, kernel_end_prop.name, NULL);
+	if (prop)
+		prom_remove_property(node, prop);
+	prop = of_find_property(node, htab_base_prop.name, NULL);
+	if (prop)
+		prom_remove_property(node, prop);
+	prop = of_find_property(node, htab_size_prop.name, NULL);
+	if (prop)
+		prom_remove_property(node, prop);
+
+	/* information needed by userspace when using default_machine_kexec */
 	kernel_end = __pa(_end);
 	prom_add_property(node, &kernel_end_prop);
 

powerpc: find and destroy possible stale kernel added properties

[Milton Miller]

64 bit powerpc requires the kexec user space tools avoid overwriting
the static kernel image and translation hash table when choosing
where to put memory image data because it copies the data into place
using the kernels virtual memory system.  Kexec userspace determines
these and other areas blocked by reading properties the kernel adds,
but does not filter these properties when creating the device tree
for the next kernel.

When the second kernel tries to add its values for these properties,
the export via /proc/device-tree is hidden by the pre-existing but
stale values from the flat tree.  Kexec userspace reads the old
property, allocates the new kernel at the old kernel's end, and
gets rejected by the overlap check.

Search and remove these stale properties before adding the new values.

Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
---
X-Patchwork-ID: 19579
tested in July, compile tested on next-20081017

While there is an override flag to tell kexec a minimum memory to use, that
is a crude and manual workaround; this should be applied to stable.


---
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
index a168514..4bd8b4f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -312,11 +312,24 @@ static struct property kernel_end_prop = {
 static void __init export_htab_values(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *node;
+	struct property *prop;
 
 	node = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen");
 	if (!node)
 		return;
 
+	/* remove any stale propertys so ours can be found */
+	prop = of_find_property(node, kernel_end_prop.name, NULL);
+	if (prop)
+		prom_remove_property(node, prop);
+	prop = of_find_property(node, htab_base_prop.name, NULL);
+	if (prop)
+		prom_remove_property(node, prop);
+	prop = of_find_property(node, htab_size_prop.name, NULL);
+	if (prop)
+		prom_remove_property(node, prop);
+
+	/* information needed by userspace when using default_machine_kexec */
 	kernel_end = __pa(_end);
 	prom_add_property(node, &kernel_end_prop);
 

Re: powerpc: find and destroy possible stale kernel added properties

[Matt Sealey]

Milton Miller wrote:
>  
> +	/* remove any stale propertys so ours can be found */

s/propertys/properties

?

-- 
Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com>
Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations