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From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lisa.mitchell@hp.com,
	kumagai-atsushi@mxc.nes.nec.co.jp, ebiederm@xmission.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, cpw@sgi.com, vgoyal@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/20] vmcore: refer to e_phoff member explicitly
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:46:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <513C2C47.5020008@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5135A054.7010401@cn.fujitsu.com>

于 2013年03月05日 15:35, Zhang Yanfei 写道:
> 于 2013年03月02日 16:35, HATAYAMA Daisuke 写道:
>> Code around /proc/vmcore currently assumes program header table is
>> next to ELF header. But future change can break the assumption on
>> kexec-tools and the 1st kernel. To avoid worst case, now refer to
>> e_phoff member that indicates position of program header table in
>> file-offset.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>
>>  fs/proc/vmcore.c |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>>  1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
>> index b870f74..abf4f01 100644
>> --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
>> +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
>> @@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ static u64 __init get_vmcore_size_elf64(char *elfptr)
>>  	Elf64_Phdr *phdr_ptr;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
>> -	size = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + ((ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr));
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff);
>> +	size = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff + ((ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr));
>>  	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++) {
>>  		size += phdr_ptr->p_memsz;
>>  		phdr_ptr++;
>> @@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ static u64 __init get_vmcore_size_elf32(char *elfptr)
>>  	Elf32_Phdr *phdr_ptr;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr));
>> -	size = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) + ((ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr));
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff);
>> +	size = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff + ((ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr));
>>  	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++) {
>>  		size += phdr_ptr->p_memsz;
>>  		phdr_ptr++;
>> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf64(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	u64 phdr_sz = 0, note_off;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff);
>>  	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++, phdr_ptr++) {
>>  		int j;
>>  		void *notes_section;
>> @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf64(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	/* Prepare merged PT_NOTE program header. */
>>  	phdr.p_type    = PT_NOTE;
>>  	phdr.p_flags   = 0;
>> -	note_off = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) +
>> +	note_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum - nr_ptnote +1) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
>>  	phdr.p_offset  = note_off;
>>  	phdr.p_vaddr   = phdr.p_paddr = 0;
>> @@ -313,14 +313,14 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf64(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	phdr.p_align   = 0;
>>  
>>  	/* Add merged PT_NOTE program header*/
>> -	tmp = elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
>> +	tmp = elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff;
>>  	memcpy(tmp, &phdr, sizeof(phdr));
>>  	tmp += sizeof(phdr);
>>  
>>  	/* Remove unwanted PT_NOTE program headers. */
>>  	i = (nr_ptnote - 1) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
>>  	*elfsz = *elfsz - i;
>> -	memmove(tmp, tmp+i, ((*elfsz)-sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr)-sizeof(Elf64_Phdr)));
>> +	memmove(tmp, tmp+i, ((*elfsz)-ehdr_ptr->e_phoff-sizeof(Elf64_Phdr)));
>>  
>>  	/* Modify e_phnum to reflect merged headers. */
>>  	ehdr_ptr->e_phnum = ehdr_ptr->e_phnum - nr_ptnote + 1;
>> @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf32(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	u64 phdr_sz = 0, note_off;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr));
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff);
>>  	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++, phdr_ptr++) {
>>  		int j;
>>  		void *notes_section;
>> @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf32(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	/* Prepare merged PT_NOTE program header. */
>>  	phdr.p_type    = PT_NOTE;
>>  	phdr.p_flags   = 0;
>> -	note_off = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) +
>> +	note_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum - nr_ptnote +1) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>>  	phdr.p_offset  = note_off;
>>  	phdr.p_vaddr   = phdr.p_paddr = 0;
>> @@ -394,14 +394,14 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf32(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	phdr.p_align   = 0;
>>  
>>  	/* Add merged PT_NOTE program header*/
>> -	tmp = elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr);
>> +	tmp = elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff;
>>  	memcpy(tmp, &phdr, sizeof(phdr));
>>  	tmp += sizeof(phdr);
>>  
>>  	/* Remove unwanted PT_NOTE program headers. */
>>  	i = (nr_ptnote - 1) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>>  	*elfsz = *elfsz - i;
>> -	memmove(tmp, tmp+i, ((*elfsz)-sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr)-sizeof(Elf32_Phdr)));
>> +	memmove(tmp, tmp+i, ((*elfsz)-ehdr_ptr->e_phoff-sizeof(Elf32_Phdr)));
>>  
>>  	/* Modify e_phnum to reflect merged headers. */
>>  	ehdr_ptr->e_phnum = ehdr_ptr->e_phnum - nr_ptnote + 1;
>> @@ -422,10 +422,10 @@ static int __init process_ptload_program_headers_elf64(char *elfptr,
>>  	struct vmcore *new;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr)); /* PT_NOTE hdr */
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff); /* PT_NOTE hdr */
>>  
>>  	/* First program header is PT_NOTE header. */
>> -	vmcore_off = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) +
>> +	vmcore_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr) +
>>  			phdr_ptr->p_memsz; /* Note sections */
>>  
>> @@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ static int __init process_ptload_program_headers_elf32(char *elfptr,
>>  	struct vmcore *new;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr)); /* PT_NOTE hdr */
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff); /* PT_NOTE hdr */
>>  
>>  	/* First program header is PT_NOTE header. */
>> -	vmcore_off = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) +
>> +	vmcore_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr) +
>>  			phdr_ptr->p_memsz; /* Note sections */
>>  
>> @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ static void __init set_vmcore_list_offsets_elf64(char *elfptr,
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>>  
>>  	/* Skip Elf header and program headers. */
>> -	vmcore_off = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) +
>> +	vmcore_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
>>  
>>  	list_for_each_entry(m, vc_list, list) {
>> @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static void __init set_vmcore_list_offsets_elf32(char *elfptr,
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>>  
>>  	/* Skip Elf header and program headers. */
>> -	vmcore_off = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) +
>> +	vmcore_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>>  
>>  	list_for_each_entry(m, vc_list, list) {
>> @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int __init parse_crash_elf64_headers(void)
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* Read in all elf headers. */
>> -	elfcorebuf_sz = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
>> +	elfcorebuf_sz = ehdr.e_phoff + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);

One minor suggestion.

Previously, when the code assumes program headers are following immediately
the ELF header, it uses

 elfcorebuf_sz = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);

to calculate the size of ELF header and ELF program headers

This patch avoids the assumption, and uses ehdr.e_phoff to get the program
headers' address. But it will read unrelated contents into elfcorebuf if
program headers are not following immediately the ELF header. So could the
code be:

elfcorebuf_sz = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
addr = elfcorehdr_addr + ehdr.e_phoff;
memcpy(elfcorebuf, &ehdr, sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
read_from_oldmem(elfcorebuf + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr), elfcorebuf_sz -
                 sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr), &addr, 0);
(Elf64_Ehdr *)elfcorebuf->e_phoff = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);

>>  	elfcorebuf = kmalloc(elfcorebuf_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
>>  	if (!elfcorebuf)
>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>> @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int __init parse_crash_elf32_headers(void)
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* Read in all elf headers. */
>> -	elfcorebuf_sz = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>> +	elfcorebuf_sz = ehdr.e_phoff + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>>  	elfcorebuf = kmalloc(elfcorebuf_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
>>  	if (!elfcorebuf)
>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>>
>>
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> 
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From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lisa.mitchell@hp.com,
	kumagai-atsushi@mxc.nes.nec.co.jp, ebiederm@xmission.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, cpw@sgi.com, vgoyal@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/20] vmcore: refer to e_phoff member explicitly
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:46:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <513C2C47.5020008@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5135A054.7010401@cn.fujitsu.com>

于 2013年03月05日 15:35, Zhang Yanfei 写道:
> 于 2013年03月02日 16:35, HATAYAMA Daisuke 写道:
>> Code around /proc/vmcore currently assumes program header table is
>> next to ELF header. But future change can break the assumption on
>> kexec-tools and the 1st kernel. To avoid worst case, now refer to
>> e_phoff member that indicates position of program header table in
>> file-offset.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>
>>  fs/proc/vmcore.c |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>>  1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
>> index b870f74..abf4f01 100644
>> --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
>> +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
>> @@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ static u64 __init get_vmcore_size_elf64(char *elfptr)
>>  	Elf64_Phdr *phdr_ptr;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
>> -	size = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + ((ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr));
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff);
>> +	size = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff + ((ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr));
>>  	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++) {
>>  		size += phdr_ptr->p_memsz;
>>  		phdr_ptr++;
>> @@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ static u64 __init get_vmcore_size_elf32(char *elfptr)
>>  	Elf32_Phdr *phdr_ptr;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr));
>> -	size = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) + ((ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr));
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff);
>> +	size = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff + ((ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr));
>>  	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++) {
>>  		size += phdr_ptr->p_memsz;
>>  		phdr_ptr++;
>> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf64(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	u64 phdr_sz = 0, note_off;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff);
>>  	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++, phdr_ptr++) {
>>  		int j;
>>  		void *notes_section;
>> @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf64(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	/* Prepare merged PT_NOTE program header. */
>>  	phdr.p_type    = PT_NOTE;
>>  	phdr.p_flags   = 0;
>> -	note_off = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) +
>> +	note_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum - nr_ptnote +1) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
>>  	phdr.p_offset  = note_off;
>>  	phdr.p_vaddr   = phdr.p_paddr = 0;
>> @@ -313,14 +313,14 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf64(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	phdr.p_align   = 0;
>>  
>>  	/* Add merged PT_NOTE program header*/
>> -	tmp = elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
>> +	tmp = elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff;
>>  	memcpy(tmp, &phdr, sizeof(phdr));
>>  	tmp += sizeof(phdr);
>>  
>>  	/* Remove unwanted PT_NOTE program headers. */
>>  	i = (nr_ptnote - 1) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
>>  	*elfsz = *elfsz - i;
>> -	memmove(tmp, tmp+i, ((*elfsz)-sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr)-sizeof(Elf64_Phdr)));
>> +	memmove(tmp, tmp+i, ((*elfsz)-ehdr_ptr->e_phoff-sizeof(Elf64_Phdr)));
>>  
>>  	/* Modify e_phnum to reflect merged headers. */
>>  	ehdr_ptr->e_phnum = ehdr_ptr->e_phnum - nr_ptnote + 1;
>> @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf32(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	u64 phdr_sz = 0, note_off;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr));
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff);
>>  	for (i = 0; i < ehdr_ptr->e_phnum; i++, phdr_ptr++) {
>>  		int j;
>>  		void *notes_section;
>> @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf32(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	/* Prepare merged PT_NOTE program header. */
>>  	phdr.p_type    = PT_NOTE;
>>  	phdr.p_flags   = 0;
>> -	note_off = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) +
>> +	note_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum - nr_ptnote +1) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>>  	phdr.p_offset  = note_off;
>>  	phdr.p_vaddr   = phdr.p_paddr = 0;
>> @@ -394,14 +394,14 @@ static int __init merge_note_headers_elf32(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
>>  	phdr.p_align   = 0;
>>  
>>  	/* Add merged PT_NOTE program header*/
>> -	tmp = elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr);
>> +	tmp = elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff;
>>  	memcpy(tmp, &phdr, sizeof(phdr));
>>  	tmp += sizeof(phdr);
>>  
>>  	/* Remove unwanted PT_NOTE program headers. */
>>  	i = (nr_ptnote - 1) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>>  	*elfsz = *elfsz - i;
>> -	memmove(tmp, tmp+i, ((*elfsz)-sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr)-sizeof(Elf32_Phdr)));
>> +	memmove(tmp, tmp+i, ((*elfsz)-ehdr_ptr->e_phoff-sizeof(Elf32_Phdr)));
>>  
>>  	/* Modify e_phnum to reflect merged headers. */
>>  	ehdr_ptr->e_phnum = ehdr_ptr->e_phnum - nr_ptnote + 1;
>> @@ -422,10 +422,10 @@ static int __init process_ptload_program_headers_elf64(char *elfptr,
>>  	struct vmcore *new;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr)); /* PT_NOTE hdr */
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf64_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff); /* PT_NOTE hdr */
>>  
>>  	/* First program header is PT_NOTE header. */
>> -	vmcore_off = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) +
>> +	vmcore_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr) +
>>  			phdr_ptr->p_memsz; /* Note sections */
>>  
>> @@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ static int __init process_ptload_program_headers_elf32(char *elfptr,
>>  	struct vmcore *new;
>>  
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>> -	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr)); /* PT_NOTE hdr */
>> +	phdr_ptr = (Elf32_Phdr*)(elfptr + ehdr_ptr->e_phoff); /* PT_NOTE hdr */
>>  
>>  	/* First program header is PT_NOTE header. */
>> -	vmcore_off = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) +
>> +	vmcore_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr) +
>>  			phdr_ptr->p_memsz; /* Note sections */
>>  
>> @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ static void __init set_vmcore_list_offsets_elf64(char *elfptr,
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>>  
>>  	/* Skip Elf header and program headers. */
>> -	vmcore_off = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) +
>> +	vmcore_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
>>  
>>  	list_for_each_entry(m, vc_list, list) {
>> @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static void __init set_vmcore_list_offsets_elf32(char *elfptr,
>>  	ehdr_ptr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)elfptr;
>>  
>>  	/* Skip Elf header and program headers. */
>> -	vmcore_off = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) +
>> +	vmcore_off = ehdr_ptr->e_phoff +
>>  			(ehdr_ptr->e_phnum) * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>>  
>>  	list_for_each_entry(m, vc_list, list) {
>> @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int __init parse_crash_elf64_headers(void)
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* Read in all elf headers. */
>> -	elfcorebuf_sz = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
>> +	elfcorebuf_sz = ehdr.e_phoff + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);

One minor suggestion.

Previously, when the code assumes program headers are following immediately
the ELF header, it uses

 elfcorebuf_sz = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);

to calculate the size of ELF header and ELF program headers

This patch avoids the assumption, and uses ehdr.e_phoff to get the program
headers' address. But it will read unrelated contents into elfcorebuf if
program headers are not following immediately the ELF header. So could the
code be:

elfcorebuf_sz = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr) + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
addr = elfcorehdr_addr + ehdr.e_phoff;
memcpy(elfcorebuf, &ehdr, sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
read_from_oldmem(elfcorebuf + sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr), elfcorebuf_sz -
                 sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr), &addr, 0);
(Elf64_Ehdr *)elfcorebuf->e_phoff = sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);

>>  	elfcorebuf = kmalloc(elfcorebuf_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
>>  	if (!elfcorebuf)
>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>> @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int __init parse_crash_elf32_headers(void)
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* Read in all elf headers. */
>> -	elfcorebuf_sz = sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr) + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>> +	elfcorebuf_sz = ehdr.e_phoff + ehdr.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr);
>>  	elfcorebuf = kmalloc(elfcorebuf_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
>>  	if (!elfcorebuf)
>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>>
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-10  6:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-02  8:35 [PATCH v2 00/20] kdump, vmcore: support mmap() on /proc/vmcore HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:35 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:35 ` [PATCH v2 01/20] vmcore: refer to e_phoff member explicitly HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:35   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-05  7:35   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-05  7:35     ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-10  6:46     ` Zhang Yanfei [this message]
2013-03-10  6:46       ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-11  0:31       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-11  0:31         ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-11 17:36         ` Vivek Goyal
2013-03-11 17:36           ` Vivek Goyal
2013-03-02  8:35 ` [PATCH v2 02/20] vmcore: rearrange program headers without assuming consequtive PT_NOTE entries HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:35   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-05  8:36   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-05  8:36     ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-05  9:02     ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-05  9:02       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-05  9:35       ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-05  9:35         ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 03/20] vmcore, sysfs: export ELF note segment size instead of vmcoreinfo data size HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-05  9:29   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-05  9:29     ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-06  0:07   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-06  0:07     ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 04/20] vmcore: allocate buffer for ELF headers on page-size alignment HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-06  6:57   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-06  6:57     ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-06  9:14     ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-06  9:14       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 05/20] vmcore: round up buffer size of ELF headers by PAGE_SIZE HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-06 15:51   ` Yanfei Zhang
2013-03-06 15:51     ` Yanfei Zhang
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 06/20] vmcore, procfs: introduce a flag to distinguish objects copied in 2nd kernel HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-06 15:55   ` Yanfei Zhang
2013-03-06 15:55     ` Yanfei Zhang
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 07/20] vmcore: copy non page-size aligned head and tail pages " HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-10  6:16   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-10  6:16     ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-11  0:27     ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-11  0:27       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 08/20] vmcore: modify vmcore clean-up function to free buffer on " HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 09/20] vmcore: clean up read_vmcore() HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 10/20] vmcore: read buffers for vmcore objects copied from old memory HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 11/20] vmcore: allocate per-cpu crash_notes objects on page-size boundary HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 12/20] kexec: allocate vmcoreinfo note buffer " HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:36   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 13/20] kexec, elf: introduce NT_VMCORE_DEBUGINFO note type HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 14/20] elf: introduce NT_VMCORE_PAD type HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 15/20] kexec: fill note buffers by NT_VMCORE_PAD notes in page-size boundary HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-07 10:11   ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-07 10:11     ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-08  1:55     ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-08  1:55       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-08 13:02       ` Yanfei Zhang
2013-03-08 13:02         ` Yanfei Zhang
2013-03-09  3:46         ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-09  3:46           ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-10  2:33           ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-10  2:33             ` Zhang Yanfei
2013-03-02  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 16/20] vmcore: check NT_VMCORE_PAD as a mark indicating the end of ELF note buffer HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 17/20] vmcore: check if vmcore objects satify mmap()'s page-size boundary requirement HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 18/20] vmcore: round-up offset of vmcore object in page-size boundary HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 19/20] vmcore: count holes generated by round-up operation for vmcore size HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 20/20] vmcore: introduce mmap_vmcore() HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-03-02  8:37   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke

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