Yes and I don’t understand why it’s not appropriate for upstream
submission. The patch is fixing a kernel warning which is not specific to
oe. So why can’t it be sent upstream?

Alex

On Wed 7. Aug 2024 at 7.22, ChenQi <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 8/7/24 12:17, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
>
> What is oe specific in this patch and why that makes it inappropriate for
> upstream? Please do explain.
>
> I think it should be sent upstream.
>
> Alex
>
> I've explained in the patch right above the Upstream-Status line.
>
>
>
> On Wed 7. Aug 2024 at 6.34, Chen Qi via lists.openembedded.org
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://lists.openembedded.org__;!!AjveYdw8EvQ!dhPgsDclJDntowFvKeG85mLWqOhRHEUplkPeTrqYRxBm02VFUpgqNW76DDtGXPgGWMp7bYr8CTxzNf-nvWp306Q$>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: Chen Qi <[email protected]>
>>
>> Running command 'kexec -p /path/to/crash-kernel --reuse-cmdline' will
>> give out the following warning:
>>
>>   kexec[970]: memfd_create() called without MFD_EXEC or MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL
>> set
>>
>> Add MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL explicitly to avoid such warning.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  ...-add-MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL-flag-explicitly.patch | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  .../kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb__;!!AjveYdw8EvQ!dhPgsDclJDntowFvKeG85mLWqOhRHEUplkPeTrqYRxBm02VFUpgqNW76DDtGXPgGWMp7bYr8CTxzNf-nqfERVjA$>
>>              |  1 +
>>  2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644
>> meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools/0001-kexec.c-add-MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL-flag-explicitly.patch
>>
>> diff --git
>> a/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools/0001-kexec.c-add-MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL-flag-explicitly.patch
>> b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools/0001-kexec.c-add-MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL-flag-explicitly.patch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..3b11555a1b
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++
>> b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools/0001-kexec.c-add-MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL-flag-explicitly.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
>> +From 6436da0b58b59e1b4cd3924bd007108b8ddf73dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> +From: Chen Qi <[email protected]>
>> +Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 19:41:30 -0700
>> +Subject: [PATCH] kexec.c: add MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL flag explicitly
>> +
>> +Add MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL to avoid kernel warning like below:
>> +
>> +  kexec[970]: memfd_create() called without MFD_EXEC or MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL
>> set
>> +
>> +As the above two flags are only available in newer kernels, ideally
>> +we need to do some fallback. But we know for sure that OE
>> scarthgap/master
>> +is using >6.6 kernel, so we don't need to do such fallback.
>> +
>> +Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [OE Specific]
>> +
>> +Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <[email protected]>
>> +---
>> + kexec/kexec.c | 2 +-
>> + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> +
>> +diff --git a/kexec/kexec.c b/kexec/kexec.c
>> +index 08edfca..c5f52d4 100644
>> +--- a/kexec/kexec.c
>> ++++ b/kexec/kexec.c
>> +@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static int copybuf_memfd(const char *kernel_buf,
>> size_t size)
>> + {
>> +       int fd, count;
>> +
>> +-      fd = memfd_create("kernel", MFD_ALLOW_SEALING);
>> ++      fd = memfd_create("kernel", MFD_ALLOW_SEALING | MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL);
>> +       if (fd == -1)
>> +               return fd;
>> +
>> +--
>> +2.25.1
>> +
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb__;!!AjveYdw8EvQ!dhPgsDclJDntowFvKeG85mLWqOhRHEUplkPeTrqYRxBm02VFUpgqNW76DDtGXPgGWMp7bYr8CTxzNf-nqfERVjA$>
>> b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb__;!!AjveYdw8EvQ!dhPgsDclJDntowFvKeG85mLWqOhRHEUplkPeTrqYRxBm02VFUpgqNW76DDtGXPgGWMp7bYr8CTxzNf-nqfERVjA$>
>> index f0a484f884..830d9ce585 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb__;!!AjveYdw8EvQ!dhPgsDclJDntowFvKeG85mLWqOhRHEUplkPeTrqYRxBm02VFUpgqNW76DDtGXPgGWMp7bYr8CTxzNf-nqfERVjA$>
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://kexec-tools_2.0.28.bb__;!!AjveYdw8EvQ!dhPgsDclJDntowFvKeG85mLWqOhRHEUplkPeTrqYRxBm02VFUpgqNW76DDtGXPgGWMp7bYr8CTxzNf-nqfERVjA$>
>> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SRC_URI =
>> "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-${PV}.tar.gz
>>
>> file://0001-arm64-kexec-disabled-check-if-kaslr-seed-dtb-propert.patch \
>>             file://Fix-building-on-x86_64-with-binutils-2.41.patch \
>>             file://0001-x86-linux-setup.c-Use-POSIX-basename-API.patch \
>> +           file://0001-kexec.c-add-MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL-flag-explicitly.patch
>> \
>>             "
>>
>>  SRC_URI[sha256sum] =
>> "f33d2660b3e38d25a127e87097978e0f7a9a73ab5151a29eb80974d169ff6a29"
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>
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