[PATCH v6 1/7] x86/kexec: Add CONFIG_KEXEC_DEBUG option
From: David Woodhouse
Date: Wed Jan 15 2025 - 14:15:30 EST
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
This does nothing yet. Support for x86_64 will follow in subsequent
commits, and an Arm64 version is also being worked on.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 1 +
kernel/Kconfig.kexec | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 74777a97e394..c54cbd36c710 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
config EARLY_PRINTK
bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
+ select HAVE_KEXEC_DEBUG if X86_64
default y
help
Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
index 4d111f871951..a65b49c083c9 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ config KEXEC_ELF
config HAVE_IMA_KEXEC
bool
+config HAVE_KEXEC_DEBUG
+ bool
+
config KEXEC
bool "Enable kexec system call"
depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC
@@ -95,6 +98,14 @@ config KEXEC_JUMP
Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
code in physical address mode via KEXEC
+config KEXEC_DEBUG
+ bool "Debug kexec transition"
+ depends on HAVE_KEXEC_DEBUG
+ help
+ Faults during kexec can be difficult to debug. This installs exception
+ handlers and attempts to report faults. On x86_64 this would use the
+ serial port configured for earlyprintk.
+
config CRASH_DUMP
bool "kernel crash dumps"
default ARCH_DEFAULT_CRASH_DUMP
--
2.47.0