From 2965faa5e03d1e71e9ff9aa143fff39e0a77543a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Young Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 15:38:55 -0700 Subject: kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code There are two kexec load syscalls, kexec_load another and kexec_file_load. kexec_file_load has been splited as kernel/kexec_file.c. In this patch I split kexec_load syscall code to kernel/kexec.c. And add a new kconfig option KEXEC_CORE, so we can disable kexec_load and use kexec_file_load only, or vice verse. The original requirement is from Ted Ts'o, he want kexec kernel signature being checked with CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG enabled. But kexec-tools use kexec_load syscall can bypass the checking. Vivek Goyal proposed to create a common kconfig option so user can compile in only one syscall for loading kexec kernel. KEXEC/KEXEC_FILE selects KEXEC_CORE so that old config files still work. Because there's general code need CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE, so I updated all the architecture Kconfig with a new option KEXEC_CORE, and let KEXEC selects KEXEC_CORE in arch Kconfig. Also updated general kernel code with to kexec_load syscall. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Dave Young Cc: Eric W. Biederman Cc: Vivek Goyal Cc: Petr Tesarik Cc: Theodore Ts'o Cc: Josh Boyer Cc: David Howells Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/ia64/Kconfig | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'arch/ia64') diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig index 42a91a7aa2b0..eb0249e37981 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig @@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ source "drivers/sn/Kconfig" config KEXEC bool "kexec system call" depends on !IA64_HP_SIM && (!SMP || HOTPLUG_CPU) + select KEXEC_CORE help kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot -- cgit v1.2.3