[PATCH] kexec: add kexec syscalls

This patch introduces the architecture independent implementation the
sys_kexec_load, the compat_sys_kexec_load system calls.

Kexec on panic support has been integrated into the core patch and is
relatively clean.

In addition the hopefully architecture independent option
crashkernel=size@location has been docuemented.  It's purpose is to reserve
space for the panic kernel to live, and where no DMA transfer will ever be
setup to access.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
This commit is contained in:
Eric W. Biederman 2005-06-25 14:57:52 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent d0537508a9
commit dc009d9243
10 changed files with 1227 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/sysrq.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/kexec.h>
int panic_timeout;
int panic_on_oops;
@ -63,6 +64,13 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
unsigned long caller = (unsigned long) __builtin_return_address(0);
#endif
/*
* It's possible to come here directly from a panic-assertion and not
* have preempt disabled. Some functions called from here want
* preempt to be disabled. No point enabling it later though...
*/
preempt_disable();
bust_spinlocks(1);
va_start(args, fmt);
vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
@ -70,7 +78,19 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
printk(KERN_EMERG "Kernel panic - not syncing: %s\n",buf);
bust_spinlocks(0);
/*
* If we have crashed and we have a crash kernel loaded let it handle
* everything else.
* Do we want to call this before we try to display a message?
*/
crash_kexec();
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/*
* Note smp_send_stop is the usual smp shutdown function, which
* unfortunately means it may not be hardened to work in a panic
* situation.
*/
smp_send_stop();
#endif
@ -79,8 +99,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
if (!panic_blink)
panic_blink = no_blink;
if (panic_timeout > 0)
{
if (panic_timeout > 0) {
/*
* Delay timeout seconds before rebooting the machine.
* We can't use the "normal" timers since we just panicked..