(2013/10/13 5:32), Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 07:14:55PM +0900, HATAYAMA Daisuke wrote: >> Hello, >> >> (2013/10/08 21:49), Alexey Dobriyan wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 5:42 AM, HATAYAMA Daisuke >>> <d.hatayama at jp.fujitsu.com> wrote: >>> >>>> +static unsigned long >>>> +get_unmapped_area_vmcore(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, >>>> + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, >>>> + unsigned long flags) >>>> +{ >>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU >>>> + return current->mm->get_unmapped_area(filp, addr, len, pgoff, >>>> flags); >>>> +#else >>>> + return -EIO; >>>> +#endif >>>> +} >>>> + >>>> static const struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations = { >>>> .read = read_vmcore, >>>> .llseek = default_llseek, >>>> .mmap = mmap_vmcore, >>>> + .get_unmapped_area = get_unmapped_area_vmcore, >>> >>> I think current->mm->get_unmapped_area should be used by core proc code. >> >> What do you actually suggest here? You mean moving this code in proc code? >> I don't think you suggest so. > > Please, try this patch, I don't have kexec setup handy. > > --- a/fs/proc/inode.c > +++ b/fs/proc/inode.c > @@ -291,7 +291,11 @@ static unsigned long proc_reg_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long > int rv = -EIO; > unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); > if (use_pde(pde)) { > - get_unmapped_area = pde->proc_fops->get_unmapped_area; > + get_unmapped_area = current->mm->get_unmapped_area; > +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU > + if (pde->proc_fops->get_unmapped_area) > + get_unmapped_area = pde->proc_fops->get_unmapped_area; > +#endif > if (get_unmapped_area) > rv = get_unmapped_area(file, orig_addr, len, pgoff, flags); > unuse_pde(pde); > Slight modification to #ifdef ... get_unmapped_area = NULL; #ifdef CONFIG_MMU get_unmapped_area = current->mm->get_unmapped_area #endif if (pde->proc_fops->get_unmapped_area) get_unmapped_area = pde->proc_fops->get_unmapped_area; And, I found the bug. The variable rv should have been defined as unsigned long. sizeof(int) is 4 bytes but sizeof(long) is 8 bytes at least on x86_64. The reason why returned value looked like kernel virtual address was due to signed extension performed during conversion from negative 32-bit signed integer to 64-bit unsigned long integer. Hmm, I first checked signature of related functions but overlooked... Anyway, I'll post fixing patch soon. -- Thanks. HATAYAMA, Daisuke