Re: [PATH 0/1] Kexec jump - v2 - the first step to kexec basedhibernation

From: Huang, Ying
Date: Tue Jul 31 2007 - 05:25:56 EST


On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 11:10 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Index: kexec-tools-1.101/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- kexec-tools-1.101.orig/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c 2007-07-08 23:00:25.000000000 +0800
> > +++ kexec-tools-1.101/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c 2007-07-14 17:06:45.000000000 +0800
> > @@ -428,6 +428,29 @@
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +/* Adds the kexec_backup= command line parameter to command line. */
> > +static int cmdline_add_backup(char *cmdline, unsigned long addr)
> > +{
> > + int cmdlen, len, align = 1024;
> > + char str[30], *ptr;
> > +
> > + /* Passing in kexec_backup=xxxK format. Saves space required
> > + * in cmdline. Ensure 1K alignment*/
> > + if (addr%align)
> > + return -1;
> > + addr = addr/align;
> > + ptr = str;
> > + strcpy(str, " kexec_backup=");
> > + ptr += strlen(str);
> > + ultoa(addr, ptr);
> > + strcat(str, "K");
> > + len = strlen(str);
> > + cmdlen = strlen(cmdline) + len;
> > + if (cmdlen > (COMMAND_LINE_SIZE - 1))
> > + die("Command line overflow\n");
> > + strcat(cmdline, str);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
>
> This part did not apply for me -- it seems crashdump related and I did
> not have that applied. Is it critical?

This is needed for kexec_jump to work properly. Which version of
kexec-tools do you use? This patch is against 1.101. The kdump patch
must be applied before this patch is applied.

> > Index: kexec-tools-1.101/kexec/kexec.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- kexec-tools-1.101.orig/kexec/kexec.c 2007-07-14 16:57:26.000000000 +0800
> > +++ kexec-tools-1.101/kexec/kexec.c 2007-07-14 21:04:51.000000000 +0800
> > @@ -660,6 +660,17 @@
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Jump to the new kernel
> > + */
> > +static int my_jump(void)
> > +{
> > + int result;
> > +
> > + result = kexec_jump();
> > + return result;
> > +}
> > +
> > static void version(void)
> > {
> > printf("kexec " VERSION " released " RELEASE_DATE "\n");
> > @@ -683,6 +694,7 @@
> > " -p, --load-panic Load the new kernel for use on panic.\n"
> > " -u, --unload Unload the current kexec target kernel.\n"
> > " -e, --exec Execute a currently loaded kernel.\n"
> > + " -j, --jump Jump to a currently loaded kernel or jump back to the previous kernel.\n"
> > " -t, --type=TYPE Specify the new kernel is of this type.\n"
> > " --mem-min=<addr> Specify the lowest memory addres to load code into.\n"
> > " --mem-max=<addr> Specify the highest memory addres to load code into.\n"
> > @@ -715,6 +727,7 @@
> > {
> > int do_load = 1;
> > int do_exec = 0;
> > + int do_jump = 0;
> > int do_shutdown = 1;
> > int do_sync = 1;
> > int do_ifdown = 0;
> > @@ -768,6 +781,14 @@
> > do_ifdown = 1;
> > do_exec = 1;
> > break;
> > + case OPT_JUMP:
> > + do_load = 0;
> > + do_shutdown = 0;
> > + do_sync = 1;
> > + do_ifdown = 0;
> > + do_exec = 0;
> > + do_jump = 1;
> > + break;
> > case OPT_TYPE:
> > type = optarg;
> > break;
> > @@ -833,6 +854,9 @@
> > if ((result == 0) && do_exec) {
> > result = my_exec();
> > }
> > + if ((result == 0) && do_jump) {
> > + result = my_jump();
> > + }
> >
>
> Well, it may be nice to print something to the user he. kexec
> -j does nothing, and does not print error message in case something is
> wrong...

Yes. At least some message should be printed in case something is wrong.
I will fix it in the next version.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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