[PATCH v4 08/14] kexec: Add config option for KHO
Mike Rapoport
rppt at kernel.org
Thu Feb 6 05:27:48 PST 2025
From: Alexander Graf <graf at amazon.com>
We have all generic code in place now to support Kexec with KHO. This
patch adds a config option that depends on architecture support to
enable KHO support.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <graf at amazon.com>
Co-developed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt at kernel.org>
---
kernel/Kconfig.kexec | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
index 4d111f871951..332824d8d6dc 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ config KEXEC_JUMP
Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
code in physical address mode via KEXEC
+config KEXEC_HANDOVER
+ bool "kexec handover"
+ depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_HANDOVER && ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_FILE
+ select MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH
+ select KEXEC_FILE
+ select LIBFDT
+ select CMA
+ help
+ Allow kexec to hand over state across kernels by generating and
+ passing additional metadata to the target kernel. This is useful
+ to keep data or state alive across the kexec. For this to work,
+ both source and target kernels need to have this option enabled.
+
config CRASH_DUMP
bool "kernel crash dumps"
default ARCH_DEFAULT_CRASH_DUMP
--
2.47.2
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