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-rw-r--r--kernel/Kconfig.kexec4
-rw-r--r--kernel/crash_core.c31
-rw-r--r--kernel/kexec.c5
-rw-r--r--kernel/ksysfs.c15
4 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
index 727190571544..9bfe68fe9676 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
@@ -143,4 +143,8 @@ config CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES
memory buffer/segment size under 1MiB. This represents a sane choice
to accommodate both baremetal and virtual machine configurations.
+ For the kexec_load() syscall path, CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES is part of
+ the computation behind the value provided through the
+ /sys/kernel/crash_elfcorehdr_size attribute.
+
endmenu
diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index 40388ad51034..34dc7bddfd77 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -740,6 +740,33 @@ subsys_initcall(crash_notes_memory_init);
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
#undef pr_fmt
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "crash hp: " fmt
+
+/*
+ * This routine utilized when the crash_hotplug sysfs node is read.
+ * It reflects the kernel's ability/permission to update the crash
+ * elfcorehdr directly.
+ */
+int crash_check_update_elfcorehdr(void)
+{
+ int rc = 0;
+
+ /* Obtain lock while reading crash information */
+ if (!kexec_trylock()) {
+ pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, elfcorehdr may be inaccurate\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (kexec_crash_image) {
+ if (kexec_crash_image->file_mode)
+ rc = 1;
+ else
+ rc = kexec_crash_image->update_elfcorehdr;
+ }
+ /* Release lock now that update complete */
+ kexec_unlock();
+
+ return rc;
+}
+
/*
* To accurately reflect hot un/plug changes of cpu and memory resources
* (including onling and offlining of those resources), the elfcorehdr
@@ -770,6 +797,10 @@ static void crash_handle_hotplug_event(unsigned int hp_action, unsigned int cpu)
image = kexec_crash_image;
+ /* Check that updating elfcorehdr is permitted */
+ if (!(image->file_mode || image->update_elfcorehdr))
+ goto out;
+
if (hp_action == KEXEC_CRASH_HP_ADD_CPU ||
hp_action == KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_CPU)
pr_debug("hp_action %u, cpu %u\n", hp_action, cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 92d301f98776..107f355eac10 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
if (flags & KEXEC_PRESERVE_CONTEXT)
image->preserve_context = 1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
+ if (flags & KEXEC_UPDATE_ELFCOREHDR)
+ image->update_elfcorehdr = 1;
+#endif
+
ret = machine_kexec_prepare(image);
if (ret)
goto out;
diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index aad7a3bfd846..1d4bc493b2f4 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -165,6 +165,18 @@ static ssize_t vmcoreinfo_show(struct kobject *kobj,
}
KERNEL_ATTR_RO(vmcoreinfo);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
+static ssize_t crash_elfcorehdr_size_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ unsigned int sz = crash_get_elfcorehdr_size();
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", sz);
+}
+KERNEL_ATTR_RO(crash_elfcorehdr_size);
+
+#endif
+
#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_CORE */
/* whether file capabilities are enabled */
@@ -255,6 +267,9 @@ static struct attribute * kernel_attrs[] = {
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
&vmcoreinfo_attr.attr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
+ &crash_elfcorehdr_size_attr.attr,
+#endif
#endif
#ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU
&rcu_expedited_attr.attr,