The patch titled
Subject: x86/crash: remove the unused image parameter from prepare_elf_headers()
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: x86/crash: remove the unused image parameter from prepare_elf_headers()
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:38:40 +0800
Patch series "Some cleanups and fixes".
This series includes two cleanups and one fix for the crash code.
This patch (of 3):
The image parameter is no longer in use, remove it. Also, tidy up the
code formatting.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231214163842.129139-1-ytcoode@xxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231214163842.129139-2-ytcoode@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c~x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers
+++ a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ static int prepare_elf64_ram_headers_cal
}
/* Prepare elf headers. Return addr and size */
-static int prepare_elf_headers(struct kimage *image, void **addr,
- unsigned long *sz, unsigned long *nr_mem_ranges)
+static int prepare_elf_headers(void **addr, unsigned long *sz,
+ unsigned long *nr_mem_ranges)
{
struct crash_mem *cmem;
int ret;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int prepare_elf_headers(struct ki
*nr_mem_ranges = cmem->nr_ranges;
/* By default prepare 64bit headers */
- ret = crash_prepare_elf64_headers(cmem, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64), addr, sz);
+ ret = crash_prepare_elf64_headers(cmem, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64), addr, sz);
out:
vfree(cmem);
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *i
.buf_max = ULONG_MAX, .top_down = false };
/* Prepare elf headers and add a segment */
- ret = prepare_elf_headers(image, &kbuf.buffer, &kbuf.bufsz, &pnum);
+ ret = prepare_elf_headers(&kbuf.buffer, &kbuf.bufsz, &pnum);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ void arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event(str
* Create the new elfcorehdr reflecting the changes to CPU and/or
* memory resources.
*/
- if (prepare_elf_headers(image, &elfbuf, &elfsz, &nr_mem_ranges)) {
+ if (prepare_elf_headers(&elfbuf, &elfsz, &nr_mem_ranges)) {
pr_err("unable to create new elfcorehdr");
goto out;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ytcoode@xxxxxxxxx are
kexec-use-align-macro-instead-of-open-coding-it.patch
x86-kexec-simplify-the-logic-of-mem_region_callback.patch
x86-crash-remove-the-unused-image-parameter-from-prepare_elf_headers.patch
x86-crash-use-sz_1m-macro-instead-of-hardcoded-value.patch
crash_core-fix-and-simplify-the-logic-of-crash_exclude_mem_range.patch
