On 07/07/16 at 01:23pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > kexec_locate_mem_hole will be used by the PowerPC kexec_file_load > implementation to find free memory for the purgatory stack. > > Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman at linux.vnet.ibm.com> > Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com> > Cc: Dave Young <dyoung at redhat.com> > --- > include/linux/kexec.h | 1 + > kernel/kexec_file.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++----- > 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h > index ff5fa7707bd7..803f563df81d 100644 > --- a/include/linux/kexec.h > +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h > @@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ struct kexec_buf { > int __weak arch_kexec_walk_mem(struct kexec_buf *kbuf, > int (*func)(u64, u64, void *)); > extern int kexec_add_buffer(struct kexec_buf *kbuf); > +int kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kexec_buf *kbuf); > #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */ > > struct kimage { > diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c > index 82ccfc4ee97e..3125d1689712 100644 > --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c > +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c > @@ -450,6 +450,23 @@ int __weak arch_kexec_walk_mem(struct kexec_buf *kbuf, > } > > /** > + * kexec_locate_mem_hole - find free memory for the purgatory or the next kernel > + * @kbuf: Parameters for the memory search. > + * > + * On success, kbuf->mem will have the start address of the memory region found. > + * > + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error. > + */ > +int kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kexec_buf *kbuf) > +{ > + int ret; > + > + ret = arch_kexec_walk_mem(kbuf, locate_mem_hole_callback); > + > + return ret == 1 ? 0 : -EADDRNOTAVAIL; > +} > + > +/** > * kexec_add_buffer - place a buffer in a kexec segment > * @kbuf: Buffer contents and memory parameters. > * > @@ -489,11 +506,9 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kexec_buf *kbuf) > kbuf->buf_align = max(kbuf->buf_align, PAGE_SIZE); > > /* Walk the RAM ranges and allocate a suitable range for the buffer */ > - ret = arch_kexec_walk_mem(kbuf, locate_mem_hole_callback); > - if (ret != 1) { > - /* A suitable memory range could not be found for buffer */ > - return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; > - } > + ret = kexec_locate_mem_hole(kbuf); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > > /* Found a suitable memory range */ > ksegment = &kbuf->image->segment[kbuf->image->nr_segments]; > -- > 1.9.1 > Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung at redhat.com> Thanks Dave