arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 2 -- include/linux/kexec.h | 9 +++++---- include/uapi/linux/kexec.h | 1 + kernel/kexec.c | 4 ++++ kernel/kexec_core.c | 4 +++- kernel/kexec_file.c | 4 +--- 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
Overview:
=========
The commit cbc2fe9d9cb2 ("kexec_file: add kexec_file flag to control
debug printing") added the kexec_file flag to control debug printing.
However, for arm64, after commit 6f8c1da071a4 ("kexec_file, arm64: print
out debugging message if required"), when using the kexec_load interface,
the kexec_image_info function is called to print debug message, but
it uses kexec_dprintk, which is only available under kexec_file,
then when specifying 'kexec -d', kexec_load interface will print nothing.
For riscv, commit eb7622d908a09 ("kexec_file, riscv: print out debugging
message if required") remove kexec_image_info(), because the content has
been printed out in generic code in kexec_file_load, but not in kexec_load.
Therefore, in order to solve the two problems mentioned above, for this
patchset, several things need to be done:
1. Enabling kexec_dprintk is available for kexec_load.
2. Add some debugging message of the deleted kexec_image_info
to generic code.
3. Remove duplicate debugging prints for arm64.
Since kexec_load and kexec_file_load are not triggered simultaneously,
we can unify the debug flag of kexec and kexec_file as kexec_dbg_print.
In this way, kexec_dprintk is available for kexec_load and kexec_file_load.
Then when specifying 'kexec -d', the debugging message using kexec_dprintk in
kexec_image_info can be printed normally.
The following are the key points of the specific changes:
1. rename kexec_file_dbg_print to kexec_dbg_print
2. Add KEXEC_DEBUG
3. Initialize kexec_dbg_print for kexec
4. Set the reset of kexec_dbg_print to kimage_free
Testing:
=========
I did testing on x86_64, arm64 and loongarch. On x86_64, the printed messages
look like below:
Unset CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE:
[ 36.774228] kexec_file: kernel: 0000000066c386c8 kernel_size: 0xd78400
[ 36.821814] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded purgatory at 0x23fffb000
[ 36.821826] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded boot_param, command line and misc at 0x23fff9000 bufsz=0x12d0 memsz=0x2000
[ 36.821829] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded 64bit kernel at 0x23d400000 bufsz=0xd73400 memsz=0x2ab7000
[ 36.821918] kexec-bzImage64: Loaded initrd at 0x23bd0b000 bufsz=0x16f40a8 memsz=0x16f40a8
[ 36.821920] kexec-bzImage64: Final command line is: root=/dev/mapper/test-root crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=test/root
[ 36.821925] kexec-bzImage64: E820 memmap:
[ 36.821926] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000000000-000000000009ffff (1)
[ 36.821928] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000100000-0000000000811fff (1)
[ 36.821930] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000812000-0000000000812fff (2)
[ 36.821931] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000000813000-00000000bee38fff (1)
[ 36.821933] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bee39000-00000000beec2fff (2)
[ 36.821934] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000beec3000-00000000bf8ecfff (1)
[ 36.821935] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bf8ed000-00000000bfb6cfff (2)
[ 36.821936] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bfb6d000-00000000bfb7efff (3)
[ 36.821937] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bfb7f000-00000000bfbfefff (4)
[ 36.821938] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bfbff000-00000000bff7bfff (1)
[ 36.821939] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000bff7c000-00000000bfffffff (2)
[ 36.821940] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000feffc000-00000000feffffff (2)
[ 36.821941] kexec-bzImage64: 00000000ffc00000-00000000ffffffff (2)
[ 36.821942] kexec-bzImage64: 0000000100000000-000000023fffffff (1)
[ 36.872348] kexec_file: nr_segments = 4
[ 36.872356] kexec_file: segment[0]: buf=0x000000005314ece7 bufsz=0x4000 mem=0x23fffb000 memsz=0x5000
[ 36.872370] kexec_file: segment[1]: buf=0x000000006e59b143 bufsz=0x12d0 mem=0x23fff9000 memsz=0x2000
[ 36.872374] kexec_file: segment[2]: buf=0x00000000eb7b1fc3 bufsz=0xd73400 mem=0x23d400000 memsz=0x2ab7000
[ 36.882172] kexec_file: segment[3]: buf=0x000000006af76441 bufsz=0x16f40a8 mem=0x23bd0b000 memsz=0x16f5000
[ 36.889113] kexec_file: kexec_file_load: type:0, start:0x23fffb150 head:0x101a2e002 flags:0x8
On aarch64, the printed messages look like below:
Set CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE
[ 39.033203] kexec_file: kernel: 0000000073414684 kernel_size: 0x3123a00
[ 39.047010] kexec_file: Loaded initrd at 0x43cf0000 bufsz=0x17e0e19 memsz=0x17e1000
[ 39.047054] kexec_file: Loaded dtb at 0x23ec00000 bufsz=0x386 memsz=0x1000
[ 39.047056] kexec_file(Image): Loaded kernel at 0x40000000 bufsz=0x3123a00 memsz=0x3cf0000
[ 39.047063] kexec_file: nr_segments = 3
[ 39.047064] kexec_file: segment[0]: buf=0x0000000073414684 bufsz=0x3123a00 mem=0x40000000 memsz=0x3cf0000
[ 39.073612] kexec_file: segment[1]: buf=0x000000005cd5746b bufsz=0x17e0e19 mem=0x43cf0000 memsz=0x17e1000
[ 39.085309] kexec_file: segment[2]: buf=0x0000000084c4a0f1 bufsz=0x386 mem=0x23ec00000 memsz=0x1000
[ 39.085459] machine_kexec_post_load:155:
[ 39.085463] kexec kimage info:
[ 39.085467] kern_reloc: 0x00000001620e2000
[ 39.085468] el2_vectors: 0x0000000000000000
[ 39.085470] kexec_file: kexec_file_load: type:0, start:0x40000000 head:0x1620e4002 flags:0x8
Unset CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE:
With this patch:
[ 35.156088] machine_kexec_post_load:155:
[ 35.156097] kexec kimage info:
[ 35.156101] kern_reloc: 0x000000011c134000
[ 35.156102] el2_vectors: 0x0000000000000000
[ 35.156104] kexec: kexec_load: type:0, start:0x454d26b0 head:0x105c14002 flags:0xb70010
Without this patch:
There is no kexec print in dmesg.
Previous posts:
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aTdxEvqY6Bcy7Wa1@MiWiFi-R3L-srv/
Qiang Ma (3):
kexec: add kexec flag to control debug printing
kexec: print out debugging message if required for kexec_load
arm64: kexec: Adjust the debug print of kexec_image_info
arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 2 --
include/linux/kexec.h | 9 +++++----
include/uapi/linux/kexec.h | 1 +
kernel/kexec.c | 4 ++++
kernel/kexec_core.c | 4 +++-
kernel/kexec_file.c | 4 +---
6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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