[PATCHv7 11/14] x86: Disable kexec if system has unaccepted memory

Dave Hansen dave.hansen at intel.com
Tue Jun 28 17:10:56 PDT 2022


On 6/28/22 16:51, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 05:00:05AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>>> If there is some deep and fundamental why this can not be supported
>>> then it probably makes sense to put some code in the arch_kexec_load
>>> hook that verifies that deep and fundamental reason is present.
...
> +	/*
> +	 * TODO: Information on memory acceptance status has to be communicated
> +	 * between kernel.
> +	 */

So, the deep and fundamental reason is... drum roll... you haven't
gotten around to implementing bitmap passing yet?!?!?   I have the
feeling that wasn't what Eric was looking for.




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