The patch titled
Subject: mips/kexec: refactor for kernel/Kconfig.kexec
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mips-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mips-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mips/kexec: refactor for kernel/Kconfig.kexec
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 18:20:22 -0400
The kexec and crash kernel options are provided in the common
kernel/Kconfig.kexec. Utilize the common options and provide the
ARCH_SUPPORTS_ and ARCH_SELECTS_ entries to recreate the equivalent set of
KEXEC and CRASH options.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230706222027.189117-9-eric.devolder@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/Kconfig | 30 ++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig~mips-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec
+++ a/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2878,33 +2878,11 @@ config HZ
config SCHED_HRTICK
def_bool HIGH_RES_TIMERS
-config KEXEC
- bool "Kexec system call"
- select KEXEC_CORE
- help
- kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
- current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
- but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
- you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC
+ def_bool y
- The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
-
- It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
- is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
- initially work for you. As of this writing the exact hardware
- interface is strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be
- made.
-
-config CRASH_DUMP
- bool "Kernel crash dumps"
- help
- Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
- This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
- which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
- a specially reserved region and then later executed after
- a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
- to a memory address not used by the main kernel or firmware using
- PHYSICAL_START.
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_CRASH_DUMP
+ def_bool y
config PHYSICAL_START
hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded"
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from eric.devolder@xxxxxxxxxx are
kexec-consolidate-kexec-and-crash-options-into-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
x86-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
arm-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
ia64-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
arm64-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
loongarch-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
m68k-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
mips-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
parisc-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
powerpc-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
riscv-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
s390-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
sh-kexec-refactor-for-kernel-kconfigkexec.patch
