[PATCH v28 8/8] x86/crash: optimize CPU changes

From: Eric DeVolder
Date: Mon Aug 14 2023 - 17:46:48 EST


crash_prepare_elf64_headers() writes into the elfcorehdr an ELF
PT_NOTE for all possible CPUs. As such, subsequent changes to CPUs
(ie. hot un/plug, online/offline) do not need to rewrite the elfcorehdr.

The kimage->file_mode term covers kdump images loaded via the
kexec_file_load() syscall. Since crash_prepare_elf64_headers()
wrote the initial elfcorehdr, no update to the elfcorehdr is
needed for CPU changes.

The kimage->elfcorehdr_updated term covers kdump images loaded via
the kexec_load() syscall. At least one memory or CPU change must occur
to cause crash_prepare_elf64_headers() to rewrite the elfcorehdr.
Afterwards, no update to the elfcorehdr is needed for CPU changes.

This code is intentionally *NOT* hoisted into
crash_handle_hotplug_event() as it would prevent the arch-specific
handler from running for CPU changes. This would break PPC, for
example, which needs to update other information besides the
elfcorehdr, on CPU changes.

Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 1900efcdf1bc..86d2ca80b9b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -469,6 +469,16 @@ void arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event(struct kimage *image)
unsigned long mem, memsz;
unsigned long elfsz = 0;

+ /*
+ * As crash_prepare_elf64_headers() has already described all
+ * possible CPUs, there is no need to update the elfcorehdr
+ * for additional CPU changes.
+ */
+ if ((image->file_mode || image->elfcorehdr_updated) &&
+ ((image->hp_action == KEXEC_CRASH_HP_ADD_CPU) ||
+ (image->hp_action == KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_CPU)))
+ return;
+
/*
* Create the new elfcorehdr reflecting the changes to CPU and/or
* memory resources.
--
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