On 12/15/25 at 12:41pm, Qiang Ma wrote: > > 在 2025/12/15 09:18, Baoquan He 写道: > > On 12/14/25 at 07:35pm, Qiang Ma wrote: > > > 在 2025/12/12 18:53, Baoquan He 写道: > > > > On 12/12/25 at 03:16pm, Qiang Ma wrote: > > > > > The image is initialized to NULL. Then, after calling > > > > > kimage_alloc_init, > > > > > we can directly goto 'out' because at this time, the kimage_free will > > > > > determine whether image is a NULL pointer. > > > > Rechecked the code flow, in kimage_alloc_init(), if anything wrong, the > > > > allocated memory are all freed via out_free_control_pages and > > > > out_free_image accordingly, any place missed? If no, I think the current > > > > code is correctly handled. > > > I rechecked the code and found no omissions. > > Hmm, my bad, I didn't say my question clearly. I checked code, didn't > > find anything wrong in the current code. In kimage_alloc_init(), the > > allocated memory are all freed on failure, no memory leaked. Means you > > are fixing correct code. > Oh, I see. I recalled that this fix was in preparation for patch > "kexec: add kexec flag to control debug printing" for kexec_dbg_print > to be reset to false in kimage_free. > > In that case, I don't think this patch should be posted separately.
If it's prepared for later patch, it should not be saying it's fixing issue. People may be confused and try to add it to stable kernel. > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Qiang Ma <[email protected]> > > > > > --- > > > > > kernel/kexec.c | 4 +++- > > > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > Acked-by: Baoquan He <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c > > > > > index 28008e3d462e..9bb1f2b6b268 100644 > > > > > --- a/kernel/kexec.c > > > > > +++ b/kernel/kexec.c > > > > > @@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, > > > > > unsigned long nr_segments, > > > > > unsigned long i; > > > > > int ret; > > > > > + image = NULL; > > > > > + > > > > > /* > > > > > * Because we write directly to the reserved memory region when > > > > > loading > > > > > * crash kernels we need a serialization here to prevent > > > > > multiple crash > > > > > @@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, > > > > > unsigned long nr_segments, > > > > > ret = kimage_alloc_init(&image, entry, nr_segments, segments, > > > > > flags); > > > > > if (ret) > > > > > - goto out_unlock; > > > > > + goto out; > > > > > if (flags & KEXEC_PRESERVE_CONTEXT) > > > > > image->preserve_context = 1; > > > > > -- > > > > > 2.20.1 > > > > > > > >
