Hi This is V2 of new system call patches. Previous version was posted here. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/11/20/540 V2 primarily does following changes - Creates a binary object (called purgatory) which runs between two kernels. This is a stand alone relocatable object (it is not linked with kernel) and it is loaded and relocated by kexec syscall. - Provided kexec support for loading ELF of type ET_EXEC. This only works for kexec case and not kexec on panic case. More about it patch changelog. - Took care of feedback received during first round. Primary goal of this patchset is to prepare groundwork so that kernel image can be signed and signatures be verified during kexec load. This should help with two things. - It should allow kexec/kdump on secureboot enabled machines. - In general it can help even without secureboot. By being able to verify kernel image signature in kexec, it should help with avoiding module signing restrictions. Matthew Garret showed how to boot into a custom kernel, modify first kernel's memory and then jump back to old kernel and bypass any policy one wants to. I have not taken care of signing part yet. First I want to get to a stage where all the required pieces of kexec are re-implemented in kernel. And then I want to look into signing part. Also only 64bit bzImage entry is supported, no EFI/UEFI support, no x86_32 support. Trying to first come up with minimum functionality which matters most. Posting patches for early reiew. Your feedback and comments are welcome. Thanks Vivek Vivek Goyal (11): kexec: Move segment verification code in a separate function resource: Provide new functions to walk through resources bin2c: Move bin2c in scripts/basic kernel: Build bin2c based on config option CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C kexec: Make kexec_segment user buffer pointer a union kexec: A new system call, kexec_file_load, for in kernel kexec kexec: Create a relocatable object called purgatory kexec-bzImage: Support for loading bzImage using 64bit entry kexec: Provide a function to add a segment at fixed address kexec: Support for loading ELF x86_64 images kexec: Support for Kexec on panic using new system call arch/x86/Kbuild | 1 + arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 + arch/x86/Makefile | 6 + arch/x86/include/asm/crash.h | 9 + arch/x86/include/asm/kexec-bzimage.h | 11 + arch/x86/include/asm/kexec-elf.h | 11 + arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h | 51 ++ arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 3 + arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 574 ++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage.c | 255 +++++++ arch/x86/kernel/kexec-elf.c | 231 ++++++ arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 149 ++++ arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 173 +++++ arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile | 35 + arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S | 111 +++ arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c | 103 +++ arch/x86/purgatory/setup-x86_32.S | 29 + arch/x86/purgatory/setup-x86_64.S | 68 ++ arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.c | 315 ++++++++ arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.h | 33 + arch/x86/purgatory/stack.S | 29 + arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 + include/linux/ioport.h | 6 + include/linux/kexec.h | 102 ++- include/linux/syscalls.h | 3 + include/uapi/linux/kexec.h | 4 + init/Kconfig | 5 + kernel/Makefile | 2 +- kernel/kexec.c | 1356 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- kernel/resource.c | 108 ++- kernel/sys_ni.c | 1 + scripts/Makefile | 1 - scripts/basic/Makefile | 1 + scripts/basic/bin2c.c | 36 + scripts/bin2c.c | 36 - 35 files changed, 3701 insertions(+), 160 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/crash.h create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/kexec-bzimage.h create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/kexec-elf.h create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage.c create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/kexec-elf.c create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec.c create mode 100644 arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile create mode 100644 arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S create mode 100644 arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c create mode 100644 arch/x86/purgatory/setup-x86_32.S create mode 100644 arch/x86/purgatory/setup-x86_64.S create mode 100644 arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.c create mode 100644 arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.h create mode 100644 arch/x86/purgatory/stack.S create mode 100644 scripts/basic/bin2c.c delete mode 100644 scripts/bin2c.c -- 1.8.4.2
