Re: [RFC PATCH 0/9] kexec x86 purgatory cleanup

2024-04-24 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Ard Biesheuvel writes: > From: Ard Biesheuvel > > The kexec purgatory is built like a kernel module, i.e., a partially > linked ELF object where each section is allocated and placed > individually, and all relocations need to be fixed up, even place > relative ones. > > This makes sense for kern

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/9] kexec x86 purgatory cleanup

2024-04-24 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 at 22:04, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Ard Biesheuvel writes: > > > From: Ard Biesheuvel > > > > The kexec purgatory is built like a kernel module, i.e., a partially > > linked ELF object where each section is allocated and placed > > individually, and all relocations need to

[RFC PATCH 0/9] kexec x86 purgatory cleanup

2024-04-24 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
From: Ard Biesheuvel The kexec purgatory is built like a kernel module, i.e., a partially linked ELF object where each section is allocated and placed individually, and all relocations need to be fixed up, even place relative ones. This makes sense for kernel modules, which share the address spa