[PATCH v2 1/3] kho: skip KHO data for context-preserving kexec

[Pratyush Yadav]

On Wed, May 06 2026, Pasha Tatashin wrote:

> A preserve_context kexec returns to the current kernel, which means the
> 2nd kernel does not use KHO data (and their memory spaces don't
> overlap). Passing KHO data to the 2nd kernel via setup_data or
> devicetree is unnecessary.
>
> Add a check in kho_fill_kimage() and return early if preserve_context is
> set, to avoid passing KHO state during context-preserving kexecs.
>
> Fixes: 3bdecc3c93f9 ("kexec: add KHO support to kexec file loads")
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>

Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush at kernel.org>

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav