[no subject]

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



---
 kexec/kexec.8 | 8 ++++----
 kexec/kexec.c | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8
index 9e995fe..793e876 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.8
+++ b/kexec/kexec.8
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ Open a help file for
 .BR kexec .
 .TP
 .B \-\-hotplug
-Setup for kernel modification of the elfcorehdr. This option performs
-the steps needed to support kernel updates to the elfcorehdr in the
-presence of hot un/plug and/or on/offline events. This option only
-useful for KEXEC_LOAD syscall.
+Setup kexec segments such that kernel can safely update them on CPU/Memory
+hot add/remove events. If this option is enabled, kernel does in-kernel
+update of kexec segments on CPU/Memory hot add/remove events, thus avoiding
+the need to reload kdump kernel.
 .TP
 .B \-i\ (\-\-no-checks)
 Fast reboot, no memory integrity checks.
diff --git a/kexec/kexec.c b/kexec/kexec.c
index 034cea6..9b7c34c 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.c
+++ b/kexec/kexec.c
@@ -1093,7 +1093,9 @@ void usage(void)
 	       "                      back to the compatibility syscall when file based\n"
 	       "                      syscall is not supported or the kernel did not\n"
 	       "                      understand the image (default)\n"
-	       " --hotplug            Setup for kernel modification of elfcorehdr.\n"
+	       " --hotplug            Do in-kernel update of kexec segments on CPU/Memory\n"
+	       "                      hot add/remove events, avoiding the need to reload\n"
+	       "                      kdump kernel on online/offline events.\n"
 	       " -d, --debug          Enable debugging to help spot a failure.\n"
 	       " -S, --status         Return 1 if the type (by default crash) is loaded,\n"
 	       "                      0 if not.\n"
-- 
2.45.1


_______________________________________________
kexec mailing list
kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec



[Index of Archives]     [LM Sensors]     [Linux Sound]     [ALSA Users]     [ALSA Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Media]     [Kernel]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Media]

  Powered by Linux