Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] kexec_file,x86,powerpc: factor out kexec_file_ops functions

From: Thiago Jung Bauermann
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 21:00:57 EST



Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 03/06/18 at 07:22pm, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
>> As arch_kexec_kernel_image_{probe,load}(),
>> arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() and arch_kexec_kernel_verify_sig()
>> are almost duplicated among architectures, they can be commonalized with
>> an architecture-defined kexec_file_ops array. So let's factor them out.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h | 2 +-
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c | 2 +-
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_file_64.c | 39 ++-----------------
>> arch/x86/include/asm/kexec-bzimage64.h | 2 +-
>> arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 2 +-
>> arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 45 +---------------------
>> include/linux/kexec.h | 13 +++----
>> kernel/kexec_file.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> 8 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
>>
>
> For this patch it also needs some review from powerpc people.

FWIW:

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Also, tested on a ppc64le KVM guest:

Tested-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center