Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 10:42 AM Lakshmi Ramasubramanian > <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c >> index d0e459bb2f05..51d2d8eb6c1b 100644 >> --- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c >> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ >> #include <linux/kexec.h> >> #include <linux/libfdt.h> >> #include <linux/module.h> >> +#include <linux/of.h> >> #include <linux/of_fdt.h> >> #include <linux/slab.h> >> #include <linux/types.h> >> @@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf, >> unsigned int fdt_size; >> unsigned long kernel_load_addr; >> unsigned long initrd_load_addr = 0, fdt_load_addr; >> - void *fdt; >> + void *fdt = NULL; >> const void *slave_code; >> struct elfhdr ehdr; >> char *modified_cmdline = NULL; >> @@ -103,18 +104,12 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf, >> } >> >> fdt_size = fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params) * 2; >> - fdt = kmalloc(fdt_size, GFP_KERNEL); >> + fdt = of_alloc_and_init_fdt(fdt_size); >> if (!fdt) { >> pr_err("Not enough memory for the device tree.\n"); >> ret = -ENOMEM; >> goto out; >> } >> - ret = fdt_open_into(initial_boot_params, fdt, fdt_size); >> - if (ret < 0) { >> - pr_err("Error setting up the new device tree.\n"); >> - ret = -EINVAL; >> - goto out; >> - } >> >> ret = setup_new_fdt_ppc64(image, fdt, initrd_load_addr, > > The first thing this function does is call setup_new_fdt() which first > calls of_kexec_setup_new_fdt(). (Note, I really don't understand the > PPC code split. It looks like there's a 32-bit and 64-bit split, but > 32-bit looks broken to me. Nothing ever calls setup_new_fdt() except > setup_new_fdt_ppc64()). I think that's because 32-bit doesn't support kexec_file_load(). cheers