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 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/kexec_file.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 99 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 2a96292ee544..768245aa76bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -389,6 +389,37 @@ static inline void *boot_phys_to_virt(unsigned long entry)
return phys_to_virt(boot_phys_to_phys(entry));
}
+#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 kexec_buf *kbuf);
+int __weak kexec_get_handover_buffer(void **addr, unsigned long *size);
+int __weak kexec_free_handover_buffer(void);
+#else
+struct kexec_buf;
+
+static inline bool kexec_can_hand_over_buffer(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static inline int kexec_add_handover_buffer(struct kexec_buf *kbuf)
+{
+ 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 6f7fa8901171..35b04296484b 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -116,6 +116,74 @@ 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
+ * @kbuf: Buffer contents and memory parameters.
+ *
+ * This function assumes that kexec_mutex is held.
+ * On successful return, @kbuf->mem will have the physical address of
+ * the buffer in the next kernel.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ */
+int kexec_add_handover_buffer(struct kexec_buf *kbuf)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!kexec_can_hand_over_buffer())
+ return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+ ret = kexec_add_buffer(kbuf);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return arch_kexec_add_handover_buffer(kbuf->image, kbuf->mem,
+ kbuf->memsz);
+}
+
+/**
+ * kexec_get_handover_buffer() - get 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
--
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