Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] kho: fix missing early_memunmap() call in kho_populate()

[ranxiaokai627@163.com]

>Hi Ran,
>
>On Wed, Feb 11 2026, ranxiaokai627@163.com wrote:
>
>> From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
>>
>> kho_populate() returns without calling early_memunmap() on success
>> path, this will cause early ioremap virtual address space leak.
>>
>> Fixes: b50634c5e84a ("kho: cleanup error handling in kho_populate()")
>> Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
>> ---
>>  kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 12 +++++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
>> index fb3a7b67676e..3c705b08a489 100644
>> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
>> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
>> @@ -1463,13 +1463,14 @@ void __init kho_populate(phys_addr_t fdt_phys, u64 fdt_len,
>>  	struct kho_scratch *scratch = NULL;
>>  	phys_addr_t mem_map_phys;
>>  	void *fdt = NULL;
>> +	bool populated = false;
>>  	int err;
>>  
>>  	/* Validate the input FDT */
>>  	fdt = early_memremap(fdt_phys, fdt_len);
>>  	if (!fdt) {
>>  		pr_warn("setup: failed to memremap FDT (0x%llx)\n", fdt_phys);
>> -		goto err_report;
>> +		goto report;
>>  	}
>>  	err = fdt_check_header(fdt);
>>  	if (err) {
>> @@ -1529,16 +1530,17 @@ void __init kho_populate(phys_addr_t fdt_phys, u64 fdt_len,
>>  	kho_in.scratch_phys = scratch_phys;
>>  	kho_in.mem_map_phys = mem_map_phys;
>>  	kho_scratch_cnt = scratch_cnt;
>> -	pr_info("found kexec handover data.\n");
>>  
>> -	return;
>> +	populated = true;
>> +	pr_info("found kexec handover data.\n");
>>  
>>  err_unmap_scratch:
>>  	early_memunmap(scratch, scratch_len);
>>  err_unmap_fdt:
>>  	early_memunmap(fdt, fdt_len);
>
>I meant to say all these labels should be renamed, not just err_report.
>So "err_unmap_scratch" should be "unmap_scratch", and "err_unmap_fdt"
>should be "unmap_fdt".

Hi, Pratyush,

Thank you so much for your patient guidance and detailed help.
v2 did look a bit strange. I will update the code.

>> -err_report:
>> -	pr_warn("disabling KHO revival\n");
>> +report:
>> +	if (!populated)
>> +		pr_warn("disabling KHO revival\n");
>>  }
>>  
>>  /* Helper functions for kexec_file_load */
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>Pratyush Yadav