| Message ID | 20190715082702.27308-1-svens@stackframe.org (mailing list archive) |
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| Series | kexec: add generic support for elf kernel images | expand |
Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org> writes: > Changes to v3: > - add support for 32-bit ELF files > > Changes to v2: > - use git format-patch -C > > Changes to v1: > - split up patch into smaller pieces > - rebase onto powerpc/next > - remove unused variable in kexec_elf_load() > > Changes to RFC version: > - remove unused Elf_Rel macro > - remove section header parsing > - remove PURGATORY_STACK_SIZE > - change order of elf_*_to_cpu() functions > - remove elf_addr_to_cpu macro > > Sven Schnelle (7): > kexec: add KEXEC_ELF > kexec_elf: change order of elf_*_to_cpu() functions > kexec_elf: remove parsing of section headers > kexec_elf: remove PURGATORY_STACK_SIZE > kexec_elf: remove Elf_Rel macro > kexec_elf: remove unused variable in kexec_elf_load() > kexec_elf: support 32 bit ELF files > > arch/Kconfig | 3 + > arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 + > arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c | 551 +---------------------------- > include/linux/kexec.h | 23 ++ > kernel/Makefile | 1 + > kernel/kexec_elf.c | 418 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > 6 files changed, 456 insertions(+), 541 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 kernel/kexec_elf.c The series applies on v5.1 but not newer kernels, so it needs to be rebased. I tested with v5.1 in ppc64le kexecing to both little-endian and big-endian kernels, and also in ppc64 kexecing to both big-endian and little-endian kernels so: Tested-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com> -- Thiago Jung Bauermann IBM Linux Technology Center