Kexec lets the system administratior replace the current kernel with a
different one.
Add a new toggle to limit that replacement to system crashes only.
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
To: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Ricardo Ribalda (2):
Documentation: sysctl: Correct kexec_load_disabled
kexec: Introduce kexec_reboot_disabled
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++---
include/linux/kexec.h | 1 +
kernel/kexec.c | 4 ++++
kernel/kexec_core.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
kernel/kexec_file.c | 5 +++++
5 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 094226ad94f471a9f19e8f8e7140a09c2625abaa
change-id: 20221114-disable-kexec-reset-19b7e117338f
Best regards,
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Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
