[PATCH 1/2] kexec: Add quick kexec support for kernel

[Sang Yan]

On 8/17/2020 9:42 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> +config QUICK_KEXEC
>> +	bool "Support for quick kexec"
>> +	depends on KEXEC_CORE
>> +	help
>> +	  Say y here to enable this feature.
> 
> ?
> 
>> +	  It use reserved memory to accelerate kexec, just like crash
> 
> uses
> 
>> +	  kexec, load new kernel and initrd to reserved memory, and
>> +	  boot new kernel on that memory. It will save the time of
>> +	  relocating kernel.
> 
> loads a new.... boots new... 
> 
>>  	IORES_DESC_DEVICE_PRIVATE_MEMORY	= 6,
>>  	IORES_DESC_RESERVED			= 7,
>>  	IORES_DESC_SOFT_RESERVED		= 8,
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_QUICK_KEXEC
>> +	IORES_DESC_QUICK_KEXEC			= 9,
>> +#endif
>>  };
> 
> Remove ifdef.
> 
>>  /*
>> diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
>> index 9e93bef52968..976bf9631070 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
>> @@ -269,9 +269,12 @@ struct kimage {
>>  	unsigned long control_page;
>>  
>>  	/* Flags to indicate special processing */
>> -	unsigned int type : 1;
>> +	unsigned int type : 2;
>>  #define KEXEC_TYPE_DEFAULT 0
>>  #define KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH   1
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_QUICK_KEXEC
>> +#define KEXEC_TYPE_QUICK   2
>> +#endif
>>  	unsigned int preserve_context : 1;
> 
> Here, too.
> 
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kexec.h
>> @@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
>>  /* kexec flags for different usage scenarios */
>>  #define KEXEC_ON_CRASH		0x00000001
>>  #define KEXEC_PRESERVE_CONTEXT	0x00000002
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_QUICK_KEXEC
>> +#define KEXEC_QUICK		0x00000004
>> +#endif
>>  #define KEXEC_ARCH_MASK		0xffff0000
> 
> And here.
> 
> 									Pavel
> 
> .
> 

Thanks a lot for your review.

Sang Yan.