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Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] x86/kexec: add new struct kimage_segment


  • To: Kevin Lampis <kevin.lampis@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:36:26 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:36:42 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 22.06.2026 17:18, Kevin Lampis wrote:
> --- a/xen/common/kexec.c
> +++ b/xen/common/kexec.c
> @@ -920,9 +920,10 @@ static int kexec_load_slot(struct kexec_image *kimage)
>  static int kexec_load(XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(void) uarg)
>  {
>      xen_kexec_load_t load;
> -    xen_kexec_segment_t *segments;
> +    struct kimage_segment *segments;
>      struct kexec_image *kimage = NULL;
>      int ret;
> +    unsigned int i;

Restrict this variable's scope to ...

> @@ -930,14 +931,22 @@ static int kexec_load(XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(void) uarg)
>      if ( load.nr_segments >= KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX )
>          return -EINVAL;
>  
> -    segments = xmalloc_array(xen_kexec_segment_t, load.nr_segments);
> +    segments = xmalloc_array(struct kimage_segment, load.nr_segments);
>      if ( segments == NULL )
>          return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -    if ( copy_from_guest(segments, load.segments.h, load.nr_segments) )
> +    for ( i = 0; i < load.nr_segments; i++ )

... the sole loop it's used in?

>      {
> -        ret = -EFAULT;
> -        goto error;
> +        xen_kexec_segment_t tmp_seg = {};
> +        if ( copy_from_guest_offset(&tmp_seg, load.segments.h, i, 1) )

Nit: Blank line between declaration(s) and statement(s) please.

I also see no need for the variable to have an initializer.

> --- a/xen/include/xen/kimage.h
> +++ b/xen/include/xen/kimage.h
> @@ -18,12 +18,19 @@
>  
>  typedef paddr_t kimage_entry_t;
>  
> +struct kimage_segment {
> +    XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(const_void) h;
> +    uint64_t buf_size;
> +    uint64_t dest_maddr;
> +    uint64_t dest_size;
> +};

size_t and paddr_t instead of uint64_t?

Jan



 


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