kexec_update_segment allows a given segment in kexec_image to have
its contents updated. This is useful if the current kernel wants to
send information to the next kernel that is up-to-date at the time of
reboot.

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@@ -721,6 +721,105 @@ static struct page *kimage_alloc_page(struct kimage *image,
 	return page;
 }
 
+/**
+ * kexec_update_segment - update the contents of a kimage segment
+ * @buffer:	New contents of the segment.
+ * @bufsz:	@buffer size.
+ * @load_addr:	Segment's physical address in the next kernel.
+ * @memsz:	Segment size.
+ *
+ * This function assumes kexec_mutex is held.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ */
+int kexec_update_segment(const char *buffer, unsigned long bufsz,
+			 unsigned long load_addr, unsigned long memsz)
+{
+	int i;
+	unsigned long entry;
+	unsigned long *ptr = NULL;
+	void *dest = NULL;
+
+	if (kexec_image == NULL) {
+		pr_err("Can't update segment: no kexec image loaded.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * kexec_add_buffer rounds up segment sizes to PAGE_SIZE, so
+	 * we have to do it here as well.
+	 */
+	memsz = ALIGN(memsz, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < kexec_image->nr_segments; i++)
+		/* We only support updating whole segments. */
+		if (load_addr == kexec_image->segment[i].mem &&
+		    memsz == kexec_image->segment[i].memsz) {
+			if (kexec_image->segment[i].do_checksum) {
+				pr_err("Trying to update non-modifiable segment.\n");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		}
+	if (i == kexec_image->nr_segments) {
+		pr_err("Couldn't find segment to update: 0x%lx, size 0x%lx\n",
+		       load_addr, memsz);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	for (entry = kexec_image->head; !(entry & IND_DONE) && memsz;
+	     entry = *ptr++) {
+		void *addr = (void *) (entry & PAGE_MASK);
+
+		switch (entry & IND_FLAGS) {
+		case IND_DESTINATION:
+			dest = addr;
+			break;
+		case IND_INDIRECTION:
+			ptr = __va(addr);
+			break;
+		case IND_SOURCE:
+			/* Shouldn't happen, but verify just to be safe. */
+			if (dest == NULL) {
+				pr_err("Invalid kexec entries list.");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
+			if (dest == (void *) load_addr) {
+				struct page *page;
+				char *ptr;
+				size_t uchunk, mchunk;
+
+				page = kmap_to_page(addr);
+
+				ptr = kmap(page);