Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] kexec_file: Include the purgatory segment in the kexec image checksum.
From: Stephen Rothwell <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-15 01:43:15
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Hi Thiago,
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 2a1f0ce7c59a..dcd1679f3005 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig@@ -1792,6 +1792,11 @@ config SECCOMP source kernel/Kconfig.hz +# x86 needs to relocate the purgatory after the checksum is calculated, +# therefore the purgatory cannot be part of the kexec image checksum. +config ARCH_MODIFIES_KEXEC_PURGATORY + bool +
The above should probably be in arch/Kconfig (with an appropriately changed comment) since it is used in generic code. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell