[PATCH 4/6] kexec: A new system call, kexec_file_load, for in kernel kexec

[Vivek Goyal]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 09:56:57AM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 11/20/13 at 12:50pm, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > + * that kexec_mutex is held.
> > + */
> 
> I think kexec_add_buffer is guaranteed to be called before allocating
> control pages, why not updating image->control_page after each time
> kexec_add_buffer is called. Then when control page is needed, effective
> address in crash_kernel region can be given. This can be a little more
> efficient.

image->control_page controls the lowest address available for control
pages in crash kernel region. When we do kexec_add_buffer, we don't
necessarily know whether there is an empty page available between
segments or not.

Also, existing logic for kexec does not update the image->control_page
when segments are being copied.

So I think this does not offer any huge benefits and it is not performance
critical path. I will just leave it as it is.

Thanks
Vivek