Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] x86/kexec: Add data section to relocate_kernel

2024-11-08 Thread David Woodhouse
On 8 November 2024 03:26:58 GMT-08:00, "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: >On November 8, 2024 6:22:41 AM GMT+01:00, David Woodhouse > wrote: >>From: David Woodhouse >> >>Now that it's handled sanely by a linker script we can have actual data, >>and just use %rip-relative addressing to access it. >> >>If w

Re: [PATCH] kexec_core: Accept unaccepted kexec destination addresses

2024-11-08 Thread Kirill A. Shutemov
On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 10:35:53AM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 04:56:41PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 10:44:11AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > > "Kirill A. Shutemov" writes: > > > > > > > Waiting minutes to get VM booted to she

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] x86/kexec: Add data section to relocate_kernel

2024-11-08 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On November 8, 2024 6:22:41 AM GMT+01:00, David Woodhouse wrote: >From: David Woodhouse > >Now that it's handled sanely by a linker script we can have actual data, >and just use %rip-relative addressing to access it. > >If we could call the *copy* instead of the original relocate_kernel in >the

[ANNOUNCE] kexec-tools v2.0.30 preparation

2024-11-08 Thread Simon Horman
Hi all, I am planning to release kexec-tools v2.0.30 in the next two weeks to roughly coincide with the release of the v6.12 kernel. I would like to ask interested parties to send any patches they would like included in v2.0.30 within one week so they can be considered for inclusion in an rc rele

Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] kexec: x86: Use init_size in 32-bit case as well

2024-11-08 Thread Simon Horman
On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 07:58:07PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > If the region of the memory is not enough for the decompressed > kernel, e.g., it follows by reserved memory, Bad Things may happen > as it's proven to be in practice on Intel Merrifield platform. > > Include decompressed kernel si