On Thu, 29 Jan 2015, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > On 29 January 2015 at 02:27, Scot Doyle <lkml14 at scotdoyle.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Vivek Goyal wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:10:59PM +0000, Scot Doyle wrote: > >> > On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Vivek Goyal wrote: > >> > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 09:14:03PM +0000, Scot Doyle wrote: > >> > > > When I tested, kexec_file_load required CONFIG_RELOCATABLE. Is the same > >> > > > true for kexec_load? Would it make sense to note this in the man pages > >> > > > along with the need for CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE, etc? Or as an error message? > >> > > > >> > > Hmm.., I can't see an explicity dependency between RELOCATABLE and > >> > > KEXEC. Both KEXEC and KEXEC_FILE should be able to load a kernel > >> > > even if it had RELOCATABLE=n. > >> > > > >> > > Just that kernel will run from the address it has been built for. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks > >> > > Vivek > >> > > >> > Confusing, right? kexec_file_load returns -ENOEXEC and dmesg says > >> > "kexec-bzImage64: XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G is not set." which leads to > >> > arch/x86/boot/header.S line 396: > >> > > >> > #if defined(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE) && defined(CONFIG_X86_64) > >> > /* kernel/boot_param/ramdisk could be loaded above 4g */ > >> > # define XLF1 XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G > >> > #else > >> > # define XLF1 0 > >> > #endif > >> > >> Ah, this one. Actually generic kexec file loading implementation does not > >> impose this restriction. It is the image specific loader part which > >> decides what kind of bzImage it can load. > >> > >> Current implementation (kexec-bzimage64.c), is only supporting loading > >> bzImages which are 64bit and can be loaded above 4G. This simplifies > >> the implementation of loader. > >> > >> But there is nothing which prevents one from implementing other image > >> loaders. > >> > >> So instead of saying that kexec_file_load() depends on CONFIG_RELOCATABLE, > >> it might be better to say in man page that currently this system call > >> supports only loading a bzImage which is 64bit and which can be loaded > >> above 4G too. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Vivek > > > > Thanks, I agree, and think it would make sense to list them as part of the > > page's ENOEXEC error. > > Scott, could you then phras a couple of sentences that capture thge > details, so I can add it to the ENOEXEC error? > > Thanks, > > Michael Yes, maybe something like "kernel_fd does not refer to an open file, or the file type is not supported. Currently, the file must be a bzImage and contain an x86 kernel loadable above 4G in memory (see Documentation/x86/boot.txt)."? boot.txt explains that loading above 4G implies 64-bit and is specified via a bit in xloadflags added in Linux 3.8.
