Re: [PATCH v1] kexec_core: Add and update comments regarding the KEXEC_JUMP flow

From: David Woodhouse
Date: Mon Dec 16 2024 - 08:45:49 EST


On Mon, 2024-12-16 at 14:39 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The KEXEC_JUMP flow is analogous to hibernation flows occurring
> before
> and after creating an image and before and after jumping from the
> restore kernel to the image one, which is why it uses the same device
> callbacks as those hibernation flows.
>
> Add comments explaining that to the code in question and update an
> existing comment in it which appears a bit out of context.
>
> No functional changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks. I'll round that up into my kexec-debug tree, which Ingo has
been taking into tip/x86/boot. Once I'm done fighting with objtool(qv).

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