[PATCH v29 4/9] arm64: kdump: implement machine_crash_shutdown()

[Will Deacon]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 03:36:28PM +0900, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:32:48AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 01:36:01PM +0900, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> > > @@ -22,6 +25,7 @@
> > >  extern const unsigned char arm64_relocate_new_kernel[];
> > >  extern const unsigned long arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size;
> > >  
> > > +static bool in_crash_kexec;
> > 
> > Do you actually need this bool? Why not call kexec_crash_loaded() instead?
> 
> The two have different meanings:
> "in_crash_kexec" indicates that kdump is taking place, while
> kexec_crash_loaded() tells us only whether crash dump kernel has been
> loaded or not.
> 
> It is crucial to distinguish them especially for machine_kexec()
> which can be called on normal kexec even if kdump has been set up.

Ah, I see. So how about just doing:

  if (kimage == kexec_crash_image)

in machine_kexec?

Will