Remove the need to rewind the kernel image file if loading it as a
flat binary by re-using the already read portion of the file passed
in as a buffer.
This allows the MIPS flat binary kernel image to be read from a pipe.
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przyw...@arm.com>
---
mips/kvm.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mips/kvm.c b/mips/kvm.c
index ed81a02..d970ee0 100644
--- a/mips/kvm.c
+++ b/mips/kvm.c
@@ -164,24 +164,26 @@ static void kvm__mips_install_cmdline(struct kvm *kvm)
/* Load at the 1M point. */
#define KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR 0x1000000
-static bool load_flat_binary(struct kvm *kvm, int fd_kernel)
+static bool load_flat_binary(struct kvm *kvm, int fd_kernel, const void *buf,
+ int buflen)
{
void *p;
void *k_start;
int nr;
- if (lseek(fd_kernel, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
- die_perror("lseek");
-
p = k_start = guest_flat_to_host(kvm, KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR);
+ memcpy(p, buf, buflen);
+ p += buflen;
+
while ((nr = read(fd_kernel, p, 65536)) > 0)
p += nr;
kvm->arch.is64bit = true;
kvm->arch.entry_point = 0xffffffff81000000ull;
- pr_info("Loaded kernel to 0x%x (%ld bytes)", KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR, (long
int)(p - k_start));
+ pr_info("Loaded kernel to 0x%x (%ld bytes)", KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR,
+ (long int)(p - k_start));
return true;
}
@@ -357,7 +359,7 @@ bool kvm__arch_load_kernel_image(struct kvm *kvm, int
fd_kernel, int fd_initrd,
return true;
}
- return load_flat_binary(kvm, fd_kernel);
+ return load_flat_binary(kvm, fd_kernel, &eh, sizeof(eh));
}
void ioport__map_irq(u8 *irq)
--
2.3.5
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