[PATCH v6 09/10] arm64: enable KEXEC_FILE config

From: AKASHI Takahiro
Date: Tue Oct 24 2017 - 02:22:52 EST


Modify arm64/Kconfig and Makefile to enable kexec_file_load support.

Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 0df64a6a56d4..e37be8a59a88 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -757,6 +757,28 @@ config KEXEC
but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.

+config KEXEC_FILE
+ bool "kexec file based system call"
+ select KEXEC_CORE
+ select BUILD_BIN2C
+ ---help---
+ This is new version of kexec system call. This system call is
+ file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
+ for kernel and initramfs as opposed to list of segments as
+ accepted by previous system call.
+
+ In addition to this option, you need to enable a specific type
+ of image support.
+
+config KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
+ bool "Verify kernel signature during kexec_file_load() syscall"
+ depends on KEXEC_FILE
+ select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
+ ---help---
+ Select this option to verify a signature with loaded kernel
+ image. If configured, any attempt of loading a image without
+ valid signature will fail.
+
config CRASH_DUMP
bool "Build kdump crash kernel"
help
--
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