[PATCH v2 1/2] powerpc/crash: fix backup region offset update to eflcorehdr

Sourabh Jain sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com
Tue Mar 10 00:25:29 AEDT 2026



On 08/03/26 01:33, Aditya Gupta wrote:
> Sorry for the multiple mails, some mess up with my mail client.
>
> On 26/03/07 10:50AM, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> <...snip...>
>>
>>   arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> Minor nit in subject: s/eflcorehdr/elfcorehdr

I will update it in next version.

>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
>> index e7ef8b2a2554..e631cf2eda2c 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c
>> @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static void update_backup_region_phdr(struct kimage *image, Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr)
>>   	unsigned int i;
>>   
>>   	phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)(ehdr + 1);
>> -	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; i++) {
>> +	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; i++, phdr++) {
>>   		if (phdr->p_paddr == BACKUP_SRC_START) {
>>   			phdr->p_offset = image->arch.backup_start;
>>   			kexec_dprintk("Backup region offset updated to 0x%lx\n",
> Interesting catch, I see in current images compiler was just optimising
> this to not even run more than 1 iteration since phdr never changed :)
>
> With the patch, able to see the offset changing now:
>
> 	Previously, without the patch:
> 	(gdb) p/x *phdr
> 	$13 = {
> 	  p_type = 0x1,
> 	  p_flags = 0x7,
> 	  p_offset = 0x0,   <--- never changed
> 	  p_vaddr = 0xc000000000000000,
> 	  p_paddr = 0x0,
> 	  p_filesz = 0x10000,
> 	  p_memsz = 0x10000,
> 	  p_align = 0x0
> 	}
>
> 	With the patch, the offset gets set correctly:
> 	  p_type = 0x1,
> 	  p_flags = 0x7,
> 	  p_offset = 0x240b0000,
> 	  p_vaddr = 0xc000000000000000,
> 	  p_paddr = 0x0,
> 	  p_filesz = 0x10000,
> 	  p_memsz = 0x10000,
> 	  p_align = 0x0
>
> Can also see the kexec print:
>
> 	[   29.377990] backup region offset updated to 0x240b0000
> 	[   29.446360] loaded elf core header at 0x240c0000, bufsz=0x1000 memsz=0x80000
>
> Looks good to me, just minor nit in subject above.
>
> Reviewed-by: Aditya Gupta <adityag at linux.ibm.com>

Thank you for the review Aditya.

- Sourabh Jain


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