[PATCH v17 3/6] powerpc/kexec: move *_memory_ranges functions to ranges.c

Sourabh Jain sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com
Thu Feb 29 00:16:52 PST 2024



On 29/02/24 13:41, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 02/26/24 at 02:11pm, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> Move the following functions form kexec/{file_load_64.c => ranges.c} and
>> make them public so that components other KEXEC_FILE can also use these
>                                             ^
>                                            'than' missed?

Yes, I will update it.

Thanks,
Sourabh Jain

>> functions.
>> 1. get_exclude_memory_ranges
>> 2. get_reserved_memory_ranges
>> 3. get_crash_memory_ranges
>> 4. get_usable_memory_ranges
>>
>> Later in the series get_crash_memory_ranges function is utilized for
>> in-kernel updates to kdump image during CPU/Memory hotplug or
>> online/offline events for both kexec_load and kexec_file_load syscalls.
>>
>> Since the above functions are moved to ranges.c, some of the helper
>> functions in ranges.c are no longer required to be public. Mark them as
>> static and removed them from kexec_ranges.h header file.
>>
>> Finally, remove the CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE build dependency for range.c
>> because it is required for other config, such as CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP.
>>
>> No functional changes are intended.
> ......snip
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