Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/kexec_file: Restore FDT size estimation for kdump kernel

[Rob Herring]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 6:52 PM Thiago Jung Bauermann
<bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Commit 2377c92e37fe ("powerpc/kexec_file: fix FDT size estimation for kdump
> kernel") fixed how elf64_load() estimates the FDT size needed by the
> crashdump kernel.
>
> At the same time, commit 130b2d59cec0 ("powerpc: Use common
> of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt()") changed the same code to use the generic
> function of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt() to calculate the FDT size. That
> change made the code overestimate it a bit by counting twice the space
> required for the kernel command line and /chosen properties.
>
> Therefore change kexec_fdt_totalsize_ppc64() to calculate just the extra
> space needed by the kdump kernel, and change the function name so that it
> better reflects what the function is now doing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h  |  2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c       |  2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c | 26 ++++++++------------------
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

I ended up delaying the referenced series til 5.13, but have applied
it now. Can I get an ack from the powerpc maintainers on this one?
I'll fixup the commit log to make sense given the commit id's aren't
valid.

Rob