Re: [PATCH v3 08/12] ppc64/kexec_file: setup the stack for purgatory

From: Thiago Jung Bauermann
Date: Wed Jul 15 2020 - 20:35:28 EST



Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> To avoid any weird errors, the purgatory should run with its own
> stack. Set one up by adding the stack buffer to .data section of
> the purgatory. Also, setup opal base & entry values in r8 & r9
> registers to help early OPAL debugging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Pingfan Liu <piliu@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
> v2 -> v3:
> * Unchanged. Added Tested-by tag from Pingfan.
>
> v1 -> v2:
> * Setting up opal base & entry values in r8 & r9 for early OPAL debug.
>
>
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h | 4 ++++
> arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/powerpc/purgatory/trampoline_64.S | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
>

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center