On Tue, 2021-06-15 at 08:01 -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 6:18 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <
> geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > +void *of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt(const struct kimage *image,
> > > + unsigned long
> > > initrd_load_addr,
> > > + unsigned long initrd_len,
> > > + const char *cmdline, size_t
> > > extra_fdt_size)
> > > +{
> > > + /* Did we boot using an initrd? */
> > > + prop = fdt_getprop(fdt, chosen_node, "linux,initrd-
> > > start", NULL);
> > > + if (prop) {
> > > + u64 tmp_start, tmp_end, tmp_size;
> > > +
> > > + tmp_start = fdt64_to_cpu(*((const fdt64_t *)
> > > prop));
> > > +
> > > + prop = fdt_getprop(fdt, chosen_node,
> > > "linux,initrd-end", NULL);
> > > + if (!prop) {
> > > + ret = -EINVAL;
> > > + goto out;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + tmp_end = fdt64_to_cpu(*((const fdt64_t *)
> > > prop));
> >
> > Some kernel code assumes "linux,initrd-{start,end}" are 64-bit,
> > other code assumes 32-bit.
>
> It can be either. The above code was a merge of arm64 and powerpc
> both
> of which use 64-bit and still only runs on those arches. It looks
> like
> some powerpc platforms may use 32-bit, but this would have been
> broken
> before.
of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt() is called from elf_64.c (in
arch/powerpc/kexec) which is for 64-bit powerpc platform only.
thanks,
-lakshmi
>
> The code in drivers/of/fdt.c handles either case. We should probably
> refactor early_init_dt_check_for_initrd() and this function to use a
> common routine.
>
> > linux/Documentation/arm/uefi.rst says 64-bit,
> > dt-schema/schemas/chosen.yaml says 32-bit.
>
> We should fix that.
>
> Rob
