Re: [PATCH v4 00/14] kexec: introduce Kexec HandOver (KHO)

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Feb 06 2025 - 19:29:51 EST


On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 15:27:40 +0200 Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This a next version of Alex's "kexec: Allow preservation of ftrace buffers"
> series (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240117144704.602-1-graf@xxxxxxxxxx),
> just to make things simpler instead of ftrace we decided to preserve
> "reserve_mem" regions.
>
> The patches are also available in git:
> https://git.kernel.org/rppt/h/kho/v4
>
>
> Kexec today considers itself purely a boot loader: When we enter the new
> kernel, any state the previous kernel left behind is irrelevant and the
> new kernel reinitializes the system.

I tossed this into mm.git for some testing and exposure.

What merge path are you anticipating?

Review activity seems pretty thin thus far?