linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] kexec: print out debugging message if required for kexec

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Message-ID: <aQq97iGeYvZdr3SX@MiWiFi-R3L-srv>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 11:01:02 +0800
From: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To: Qiang Ma <maqianga@...ontech.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] kexec: print out debugging message if required
 for kexec_load

On 11/03/25 at 02:34pm, Qiang Ma wrote:
> The commit a85ee18c7900 ("kexec_file: print out debugging message
> if required") has added general code printing in kexec_file_load(),
> but not in kexec_load().
> 
> Especially in the RISC-V architecture, kexec_image_info() has been
> removed(commit eb7622d908a0 ("kexec_file, riscv: print out debugging
> message if required")). As a result, when using '-d' for the kexec_load
> interface, print nothing in the kernel space. This might be helpful for
> verifying the accuracy of the data passed to the kernel. Therefore,
> refer to this commit a85ee18c7900 ("kexec_file: print out debugging
> message if required"), debug print information has been added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiang Ma <maqianga@...ontech.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202510310332.6XrLe70K-lkp@intel.com/
> ---
>  kernel/kexec.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
> index c7a869d32f87..9b433b972cc1 100644
> --- a/kernel/kexec.c
> +++ b/kernel/kexec.c
> @@ -154,7 +154,15 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	kexec_dprintk("nr_segments = %lu\n", nr_segments);
>  	for (i = 0; i < nr_segments; i++) {
> +		struct kexec_segment *ksegment;
> +
> +		ksegment = &image->segment[i];
> +		kexec_dprintk("segment[%lu]: buf=0x%p bufsz=0x%zx mem=0x%lx memsz=0x%zx\n",
> +			      i, ksegment->buf, ksegment->bufsz, ksegment->mem,
> +			      ksegment->memsz);

There has already been a print_segments() in kexec-tools/kexec/kexec.c,
you will get duplicated printing. That sounds not good. Have you tested
this?

> +
>  		ret = kimage_load_segment(image, i);
>  		if (ret)
>  			goto out;
> @@ -166,6 +174,9 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	kexec_dprintk("kexec_load: type:%u, start:0x%lx head:0x%lx flags:0x%lx\n",
> +		      image->type, image->start, image->head, flags);
> +
>  	/* Install the new kernel and uninstall the old */
>  	image = xchg(dest_image, image);
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>