Re: [PATCH v15 00/23] arm64/riscv: Add support for crashkernel CMA reservation
From: Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-02 01:43:34
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On 6/1/2026 9:40 PM, Baoquan He wrote:
Hi Jinjie, On 06/01/26 at 05:47pm, Jinjie Ruan wrote: ...snip...quoted
Changes in v15: - Unify the subject prefix formats as Huacai suggested. - Fix powerpc pre-existing NULL pointer dereference [Sashiko [1]] - Fix powerpc pre-existing __merge_memory_ranges() memory range truncation [Sashiko [1]]. - Fix pre-existing arm64 CMA page leaks [Sashiko[2]]. - Fix pre-existing crash_load_dm_crypt_keys() Use-After-Free and Double Free issue [Sashiko[3]]. - Fix vfree(headers) and uninitialized variables issue and simplify the fix [Sashiko[2]]. - As walk_system_ram_res() and for_each_mem_range() use different lock, unify and simplify the fix of TOCTOU buffer overflow via memory region padding [Sashiko[4]]. - Fix the arm64 crash dump issues in Sashiko[5]. - Link to v14: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260525084932.934910-1-ruanjinjie@huawei.com/ (local)Do these Fixes have anything with the main target of this patch series you mentioned in cover-letter:"arm64/riscv: Add support for crashkernel CMA"? The patches become more and more in each new version, I am wondering if it relies on these Fixes patches to implement your adding support for crashkernel CMA on arm64/risc-v. If not relying on them, could you split them into different patchset on different purpose?
Hi Baoquan, Thank you for your valuable guidance. You are absolutely right. Most of these fix patches are indeed not strictly related to the core implementation of the crashkernel CMA support. They are pre-existing bugs in the surrounding kexec/crash code that were flagged during our review. Previously, Andrew suggested taking a look at the code review comments from the Sashiko AI system, which is why these fixes kept expanding. I completely agree with your advice that there is no need to keep them together. I will split them into two completely different patchsets based on their purpose: 1. A cleaner version of this series, strictly focused on adding the core crashkernel CMA support for arm64/riscv. 2. One standalone bugfix patchset dedicated entirely to fixing these pre-existing issues. By the way, I would also appreciate some advice on how to handle further AI reviews. It seems that the more code we touch or refactor to fix these pre-existing issues, the more tangential bugs the AI flags in the newly exposed areas, making the series extremely difficult to converge. Should I continue to address all AI-reported bugs associated with the surrounding code in this series, or should we draw a strict line and only focus on the core CMA logic moving forward? I will prepare the split patchsets shortly. Thanks again for straightening this out! Best regards, Jinjie Ruan
Thanks Baoquanquoted
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260525092207.96B9D1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/ (local) [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260525091149.1A1E01F00A3D@smtp.kernel.org/ (local) [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260525105227.3C2421F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/ (local) [4]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260525095447.944E11F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/ (local) [5]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260525101746.9959D1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/ (local) Changes in v14: - Fix image->elf_headers memory leak during retry loop for arm64 as Sashiko AI code review pointed out. - Solve the hotplug notifier arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event() AA self-deadlock problem as Sashiko AI code review pointed out. - Fix the TOCTOU issue in prepare_elf_headers() by get_online_mems(). - -ENOMEM -> -EAGAIN as Breno suggested. - Add support for arm64 crash hotplug. - Link to v13: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260511030454.1730881-1-ruanjinjie@huawei.com/ (local)
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24 files changed, 430 insertions(+), 338 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/crash.c -- 2.34.1