On 06/21/16 at 04:48pm, 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> > Cc: kexec at lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org > --- > include/linux/kexec.h | 4 ++++ > kernel/kexec_file.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- > 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h > index 3d91bcfc180d..4ca6f5f95d66 100644 > --- a/include/linux/kexec.h > +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h > @@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ extern asmlinkage long sys_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, > struct kexec_segment __user *segments, > unsigned long flags); > extern int kernel_kexec(void); > +int kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kimage *image, unsigned long size, > + unsigned long align, unsigned long min_addr, > + unsigned long max_addr, bool top_down, > + unsigned long *addr); > extern int kexec_add_buffer(struct kimage *image, char *buffer, > unsigned long bufsz, unsigned long memsz, > unsigned long buf_align, unsigned long buf_min, > diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c > index b1f1f6402518..85a515511925 100644 > --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c > +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c > @@ -449,6 +449,46 @@ int __weak arch_kexec_walk_mem(struct kexec_buf *kbuf, > return walk_system_ram_res(0, ULONG_MAX, kbuf, func); > } > > +/** > + * kexec_locate_mem_hole - find free memory to load segment or use in purgatory > + * @image: kexec image being updated. > + * @size: Memory size. > + * @align: Minimum alignment needed. > + * @min_addr: Minimum starting address. > + * @max_addr: Maximum end address. > + * @top_down Find the highest free memory region? > + * @addr On success, will have start address of the memory region found. > + * > + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error. > + */ > +int kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kimage *image, unsigned long size, > + unsigned long align, unsigned long min_addr, > + unsigned long max_addr, bool top_down, > + unsigned long *addr) > +{ > + int ret; > + struct kexec_buf buf; > + > + memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(struct kexec_buf)); > + buf.image = image; > + > + buf.memsz = size; > + buf.buf_align = align; > + buf.buf_min = min_addr; > + buf.buf_max = max_addr; > + buf.top_down = top_down; Since patch 2/9 moved kexec_buf from internal header file to kexec.h it will be natural to passing a kexec_buf pointer intead of passing all these arguments in kexec_locate_mem_hole. kbuf.mem can be used for addr. > + > + ret = arch_kexec_walk_mem(&buf, locate_mem_hole_callback); > + if (ret != 1) { > + /* A suitable memory range could not be found for buffer */ > + return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; > + } > + > + *addr = buf.mem; > + > + return 0; > +} > + > /* > * Helper function for placing a buffer in a kexec segment. This assumes > * that kexec_mutex is held. > @@ -460,8 +500,8 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kimage *image, char *buffer, unsigned long bufsz, > { > > struct kexec_segment *ksegment; > - struct kexec_buf buf, *kbuf; > int ret; > + unsigned long addr, align, size; > > /* Currently adding segment this way is allowed only in file mode */ > if (!image->file_mode) > @@ -482,29 +522,21 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kimage *image, char *buffer, unsigned long bufsz, > return -EINVAL; > } > > - memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(struct kexec_buf)); > - kbuf = &buf; > - kbuf->image = image; > - > - kbuf->memsz = ALIGN(memsz, PAGE_SIZE); > - kbuf->buf_align = max(buf_align, PAGE_SIZE); > - kbuf->buf_min = buf_min; > - kbuf->buf_max = buf_max; > - kbuf->top_down = top_down; > + size = ALIGN(memsz, PAGE_SIZE); > + align = max(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(image, size, align, buf_min, buf_max, > + top_down, &addr); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > > /* Found a suitable memory range */ > ksegment = &image->segment[image->nr_segments]; > ksegment->kbuf = buffer; > ksegment->bufsz = bufsz; > - ksegment->mem = kbuf->mem; > - ksegment->memsz = kbuf->memsz; > + ksegment->mem = addr; > + ksegment->memsz = size; > image->nr_segments++; > *load_addr = ksegment->mem; > return 0; Thanks Dave