On 2023/5/31 15:41, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 05/31/23 at 10:19am, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2023/5/31 8:17, Baoquan He wrote:
>>> On 05/27/23 at 08:34pm, Zhen Lei wrote:
>>>> The check '(crashk_res.parent != NULL)' is added by
>>>> commit e05bd3367bd3 ("kexec: fix Oops in crash_shrink_memory()"), but it's
>>>> stale now. Because if 'crashk_res' is not reserved, it will be zero in
>>>> size and will be intercepted by the above 'if (new_size >= old_size)'.
>>>>
>>>> Ago:
>>>> if (new_size >= end - start + 1)
>>>>
>>>> Now:
>>>> old_size = (end == 0) ? 0 : end - start + 1;
>>>> if (new_size >= old_size)
>>>
>>> Hmm, I would strongly suggest we keep that check. Even though the
>>> current code like above can do the acutal checking, but its actual usage
>>> is not obvious for checking of crashk_res existence. In the future,
>>> someone may change above calculation and don't notice the hidden
>>> functionality at all behind the calculation. The cost of the check is
>>> almost zero, right?
>>
>> The cost of the check is negligible. The only downside is that it's hard to
>> understand why it's added, and I only found out why by looking at the history
>> log. In my opinion, the above 'Now:' is the right fix.
>
> It checks if the resource exists before releasing, just a normal
> checking?
If resource_size(&crashk_res) is zero, it means that crashk_res has not been
added(insert_resource) or has been deleted(release_resource). I've tested it.
It's okay.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leiz...@huawei.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> kernel/kexec_core.c | 2 +-
>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>>>> index 22acee18195a591..d1ab139dd49035e 100644
>>>> --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
>>>> +++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>>>> @@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ int crash_shrink_memory(unsigned long new_size)
>>>> end = start + new_size;
>>>> crash_free_reserved_phys_range(end, crashk_res.end);
>>>>
>>>> - if ((start == end) && (crashk_res.parent != NULL))
>>>> + if (start == end)
>>>> release_resource(&crashk_res);
>>>>
>>>> ram_res->start = end;
>>>> --
>>>> 2.25.1
>>>>
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Zhen Lei
>>
>
>
> .
>
--
Regards,
Zhen Lei
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