On 03/02/18 at 01:56pm, Dave Young wrote: > Hi AKASHI, > On 02/27/18 at 01:48pm, AKASHI Takahiro wrote: > > subject: > > > > This is a preparatory patch set for adding kexec_file support on arm64. > > > > It was originally included in a arm64 patch set[1], but Philipp is also > > working on their kexec_file support on s390[2] and some changes are now > > conflicting. > > > > So these common part was extracted and put into a separate patch set for > > better integration. What's more, my original patch#4 was split into a few > > small chunks for easier review after Dave's comment. > > > > As such, the resulting code is basically identical with my original, and > > the only difference is that kexec_file_loaders[] is now declared in kexec.h > > after Phillipp's comment[3]. Other than that, this patch set doesn't > > require any changes on the rest of my original patch set(#1, #6 to #13). > > > > Patch#1 allows making a use of purgatory optional, particularly useful > > for arm64. > > Patch#2 commonalizes arch_kexec_kernel_{image_probe, image_load, > > verify_sig}() and arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() across architectures. > > Patch#3-#7 is also intended to generalize parse_elf64_headers(), along with > > exclude_mem_range(), to be made best re-use of. > > > > [1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2018-February/561182.html > > [2] http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1802.1/02596.html > > [3] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2018-February/562041.html > > > > AKASHI Takahiro (7): > > kexec_file: make an use of purgatory optional > > kexec_file,x86,powerpc: factor out kexec_file_ops functions > > x86: kexec_file: purge system-ram walking from prepare_elf64_headers() > > x86: kexec_file: remove X86_64 dependency from prepare_elf64_headers() > > x86: kexec_file: lift CRASH_MAX_RANGES limit on crash_mem buffer > > x86: kexec_file: clean up prepare_elf64_headers() > > kexec_file, x86: move re-factored code to generic side > > > > arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 3 + > > arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h | 2 +- > > arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c | 2 +- > > arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_file_64.c | 39 +--- > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 3 + > > arch/x86/include/asm/kexec-bzimage64.h | 2 +- > > arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 332 +++++----------------------- > > arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 2 +- > > arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 45 +--- > > include/linux/kexec.h | 36 ++- > > kernel/kexec_file.c | 236 +++++++++++++++++++- > > 11 files changed, 336 insertions(+), 366 deletions(-) > > > > -- > > 2.16.2 > > > > Reviewed them with eyes and provided some comments, but since it changed > the elf header code, I would like to do some basic vmcore related test > with crash tools. Will response later. Followup: I did some basic testing, did not find problems. > > Overall the cleanups looks good, thank you a lot for the cleanups! > > Thanks > Dave Thanks Dave -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html