The buffer hand-over mechanism allows the currently running kernel to pass data to kernel that will be kexec'd via a kexec segment. The second kernel can check whether the previous kernel sent data and retrieve it. This is the architecture-independent part of the feature. Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman at linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- include/linux/kexec.h | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/kexec_file.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 119 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h index a08cd986b5a1..72db95c623b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/kexec.h +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h @@ -325,6 +325,46 @@ int __weak arch_kexec_walk_mem(unsigned int image_type, unsigned long start, void arch_kexec_protect_crashkres(void); void arch_kexec_unprotect_crashkres(void); +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE +bool __weak kexec_can_hand_over_buffer(void); +int __weak arch_kexec_add_handover_buffer(struct kimage *image, + unsigned long load_addr, + unsigned long size); +int kexec_add_handover_buffer(struct kimage *image, void *buffer, + unsigned long bufsz, unsigned long memsz, + unsigned long buf_align, unsigned long buf_min, + unsigned long buf_max, bool top_down, + unsigned long *load_addr); +int __weak kexec_get_handover_buffer(void **addr, unsigned long *size); +int __weak kexec_free_handover_buffer(void); +#else +static inline bool kexec_can_hand_over_buffer(void) +{ + return false; +} + +static inline int kexec_add_handover_buffer(struct kimage *image, void *buffer, + unsigned long bufsz, + unsigned long memsz, + unsigned long buf_align, + unsigned long buf_min, + unsigned long buf_max, + bool top_down, bool checksum, + unsigned long *load_addr) +{ + return -ENOTSUPP; +} + +static inline int kexec_get_handover_buffer(void **addr, unsigned long *size) +{ + return -ENOTSUPP; +} + +static inline int kexec_free_handover_buffer(void) +{ + return -ENOTSUPP; +} +#endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */ #else /* !CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */ struct pt_regs; struct task_struct; diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c index 3e494261d32a..d6ba702654f5 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c @@ -113,6 +113,85 @@ void kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image) image->image_loader_data = NULL; } +/** + * kexec_can_hand_over_buffer - can we pass data to the kexec'd kernel? + */ +bool __weak kexec_can_hand_over_buffer(void) +{ + return false; +} + +/** + * arch_kexec_add_handover_buffer - do arch-specific steps to handover buffer + * + * Architectures should use this function to pass on the handover buffer + * information to the next kernel. + * + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error. + */ +int __weak arch_kexec_add_handover_buffer(struct kimage *image, + unsigned long load_addr, + unsigned long size) +{ + return -ENOTSUPP; +} + +/** + * kexec_add_handover_buffer - add buffer to be used by the next kernel + * @image: kexec image to add buffer to. + * @buffer: Contents of the handover buffer. + * @bufsz: @buffer size. + * @memsz: Handover buffer size in memory. + * @buf_align: Buffer alignment restriction. + * @buf_min: Minimum address where buffer can be placed. + * @buf_max: Maximum address where buffer can be placed. + * @top_down: Find the highest available memory position for the buffer? + * @load_addr: On successful return, set to the physical memory address of the + * buffer in the next kernel. + * + * This function assumes that kexec_mutex is held. + * + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error. + */ +int kexec_add_handover_buffer(struct kimage *image, void *buffer, + unsigned long bufsz, unsigned long memsz, + unsigned long buf_align, unsigned long buf_min, + unsigned long buf_max, bool top_down, + unsigned long *load_addr) +{ + int ret; + + if (!kexec_can_hand_over_buffer()) + return -ENOTSUPP; + + ret = kexec_add_buffer(image, buffer, bufsz, memsz, buf_align, buf_min, + buf_max, top_down, load_addr); + if (ret) + return ret; + + return arch_kexec_add_handover_buffer(image, *load_addr, memsz); +} + +/** + * kexec_get_handover_buffer - get the handover buffer from the previous kernel + * @addr: On successful return, set to point to the buffer contents. + * @size: On successful return, set to the buffer size. + * + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error. + */ +int __weak kexec_get_handover_buffer(void **addr, unsigned long *size) +{ + return -ENOTSUPP; +} + +/** + * kexec_free_handover_buffer - free memory used by the handover buffer + */ +int __weak kexec_free_handover_buffer(void) +{ + return -ENOTSUPP; +} + /* * In file mode list of segments is prepared by kernel. Copy relevant * data from user space, do error checking, prepare segment list -- 1.9.1