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Message-ID: <ef249b61-f37e-4b72-9610-7f114564988a@linux.dev>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:32:15 +0800
From: Youling Tang <youling.tang@...ux.dev>
To: Yanteng Si <si.yanteng@...ux.dev>, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
Cc: WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
 kexec@...ts.infradead.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Youling Tang <tangyouling@...inos.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] LoongArch: Add kexec_file support

Hi, Yanteng
On 2025/8/12 09:53, Yanteng Si wrote:
> 在 8/12/25 9:21 AM, Youling Tang 写道:
>> Hi, Huacai
>> On 2025/8/11 22:07, Huacai Chen wrote:
>>> Hi, Youling,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM Youling Tang 
>>> <youling.tang@...ux.dev> wrote:
>>>> From: Youling Tang <tangyouling@...inos.cn>
>>>>
>>>> This patch adds support for kexec_file on LoongArch.
>>>>
>>>> The image_load() as two parts:
>>>> - the first part loads the kernel image (vmlinuz.efi or vmlinux.efi)
>>>> - the second part loads other segments (eg: initrd, cmdline)
>>>>
>>>> Currently, pez(vmlinuz.efi) and pei(vmlinux.efi) format images are 
>>>> supported,
>>>> but ELF format is not supported.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Youling Tang <tangyouling@...inos.cn>
>>>> ---
>>>>   arch/loongarch/Kconfig                     |   8 ++
>>>>   arch/loongarch/include/asm/image.h         |  18 ++++
>>>>   arch/loongarch/include/asm/kexec.h         |  12 +++
>>>>   arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile             |   1 +
>>>>   arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_image.c        | 112 
>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>   arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec.c      |  33 ++++--
>>>>   arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c |  46 +++++++++
>>>>   7 files changed, 219 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>>   create mode 100644 arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_image.c
>>>>   create mode 100644 arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/Kconfig b/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
>>>> index f0abc38c40ac..fd50c83f7827 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -625,6 +625,14 @@ config CPU_HAS_PREFETCH
>>>>   config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC
>>>>          def_bool y
>>>>
>>>> +config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_FILE
>>>> +       def_bool 64BIT
>>>> +
>>>> +config ARCH_SELECTS_KEXEC_FILE
>>>> +       def_bool y
>>>> +       depends on KEXEC_FILE
>>>> +       select HAVE_IMA_KEXEC if IMA
>>>> +
>>>>   config ARCH_SUPPORTS_CRASH_DUMP
>>>>          def_bool y
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/image.h 
>>>> b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/image.h
>>>> index 1f090736e71d..829e1ecb1f5d 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/image.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/image.h
>>>> @@ -36,5 +36,23 @@ struct loongarch_image_header {
>>>>          uint32_t pe_header;
>>>>   };
>>>>
>>>> +static const uint8_t loongarch_image_pe_sig[2] = {'M', 'Z'};
>>>> +static const uint8_t loongarch_pe_machtype[6] = {'P', 'E', 0x0, 
>>>> 0x0, 0x64, 0x62};
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * loongarch_header_check_pe_sig - Helper to check the loongarch 
>>>> image header.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Returns non-zero if 'MZ' signature is found.
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>> +static inline int loongarch_header_check_pe_sig(const struct 
>>>> loongarch_image_header *h)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       if (!h)
>>>> +               return 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +       return (h->pe_sig[0] == loongarch_image_pe_sig[0]
>>>> +               && h->pe_sig[1] == loongarch_image_pe_sig[1]);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>   #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
>>>>   #endif /* __ASM_IMAGE_H */
>>>> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/kexec.h 
>>>> b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/kexec.h
>>>> index cf95cd3eb2de..3ef8517a3670 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/kexec.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/kexec.h
>>>> @@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ struct kimage_arch {
>>>>          unsigned long systable_ptr;
>>>>   };
>>>>
>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE
>>>> +extern const struct kexec_file_ops kexec_image_ops;
>>>> +
>>>> +int arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image);
>>>> +#define arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup 
>>>> arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup
>>>> +
>>>> +extern int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
>>>> +               unsigned long kernel_load_addr, unsigned long 
>>>> kernel_size,
>>>> +               char *initrd, unsigned long initrd_len,
>>>> +               char *cmdline, unsigned long cmdline_len);
>>> I think the RISC-V naming "load_extra_segments" is better.
>> This name is also fine, but I prefer it to be consistent with
>> that in kexec-tools.
> I have looked at the code of kexec-tools, and it seems that you 
> referenced a great deal of ARM code when implementing the LoongArch part.
>
>
>>>
>>>> +#endif
>>>> +
>>>>   typedef void (*do_kexec_t)(unsigned long efi_boot,
>>>>                             unsigned long cmdline_ptr,
>>>>                             unsigned long systable_ptr,
>>>> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile 
>>>> b/arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile
>>>> index 6f5a4574a911..bd9405ee3888 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile
>>>> +++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile
>>>> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ)     += sysrq.o
>>>>   obj-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE)      += relocate.o
>>>>
>>>>   obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE)       += machine_kexec.o relocate_kernel.o
>>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE)       += machine_kexec_file.o kexec_image.o
>>> We only support the efi format, so we don't need to split a
>>> kexec_image.c like RISC-V, just put everything into
>>> machine_kexec_file.c is OK.
>> I hope it is separated and consistent with other architectures.
>> For instance, arm64 only supports one type.
> The ARM64 architecture has a long history, and we shouldn't be 
> constrained by it.
Support for kexec_elf.c in ELF format may be considered for
addition in the future.

Thanks,
Youling.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Yanteng
>>
>> Youling.
>>>
>>> Huacai

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