On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 09:06:52AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote: > Previously do_kimage_alloc() will allocate a kimage structure, copy > segment list from user space and then do the segment list sanity verification. > > Break down this function in 3 parts. do_kimage_alloc_init() to do actual > allocation and basic initialization of kimage structure. > copy_user_segment_list() to copy segment list from user space and > sanity_check_segment_list() to verify the sanity of segment list as passed > by user space. > > In later patches, I need to only allocate kimage and not copy segment > list from user space. So breaking down in smaller functions enables > re-use of code at other places. I haven't seen what's going on further in the patchset but from looking at kimage_normal_alloc() and kimage_crash_alloc()'s guts, they look very similar and could probably share a common __kimage_alloc which does do_kimage_alloc_init, copy_user_segment_list, sanity_check_segment_list and kimage_alloc_control_pages... One probably would have to actually write it down to see whether it makes sense though and is not too ugly :-) > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal at redhat.com> > --- In any case, it looks ok, just two nitpicks below: Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de> > kernel/kexec.c | 182 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- > 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-) ... > +static struct kimage *do_kimage_alloc_init(void) > +{ > + struct kimage *image; > + > + /* Allocate a controlling structure */ > + image = kzalloc(sizeof(*image), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!image) > + return NULL; > + > + image->head = 0; > + image->entry = &image->head; > + image->last_entry = &image->head; > + image->control_page = ~0; /* By default this does not apply */ > + image->type = KEXEC_TYPE_DEFAULT; > + > + /* Initialize the list of control pages */ > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&image->control_pages); > + > + /* Initialize the list of destination pages */ > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&image->dest_pages); > + > + /* Initialize the list of unusable pages */ > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&image->unuseable_pages); If the "e" in "unuseable" bugs you too, like me, you could add this one to your patchset :-) http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1392819695-24116-1-git-send-email-bp at alien8.de ... > @@ -258,22 +292,23 @@ static int kimage_normal_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry, > get_order(KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE)); > if (!image->control_code_page) { > printk(KERN_ERR "Could not allocate control_code_buffer\n"); > - goto out_free; > + goto out_free_image; > } > > image->swap_page = kimage_alloc_control_pages(image, 0); > if (!image->swap_page) { > printk(KERN_ERR "Could not allocate swap buffer\n"); > - goto out_free; > + goto out_free_control_pages; > } > > *rimage = image; > return 0; > > -out_free: > + Superfluous newline. > +out_free_control_pages: > kimage_free_page_list(&image->control_pages); > +out_free_image: > kfree(image); > -out: > return result; > } > -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --