This is a minor bug fix in kexec to resolve the problem of loading panic
kernel with initrd.
o Problem: Loading a capture kenrel fails if initrd is also being loaded.
This has been observed for vmlinux image for kexec on panic case.
o This patch fixes the problem. In segment location and size verification
logic, minor correction has been done. Segment memory end (mend) should be
mstart + memsz - 1. This one byte offset was source of failure for initrd
loading which was being loaded at hole boundary.
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 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>
Vivek Goyal