[PATCH v17 05/15] arm64: kexec: skip relocation code for inplace kexec
Pasha Tatashin
pasha.tatashin at soleen.com
Wed Sep 29 19:44:23 PDT 2021
Hi Will,
> > + cpu_install_idmap();
> > + restart = (void *)__pa_symbol(function_nocfi(__cpu_soft_restart));
> > + restart(is_hyp_nvhe(), kimage->start, kimage->arch.dtb_mem,
> > + 0, 0);
>
> Why can't you call:
>
> cpu_soft_restart(kimage->start, kimage->arch.dtb_mem, 0, 0);
>
> here instead of open-coding it?
This is part of a cleanup to remove cpu_soft_restart() wrapper and the
header file that contains it. The wrapper is simple enough and has
only one call site. It makes more sense to do what is needed directly
from machine_kexec().
Pasha
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