> -----Original Message----- > From: Olaf Hering [mailto:o...@aepfle.de] > Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 7:47 AM > To: KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com>; vkuzn...@redhat.com > Cc: gre...@linuxfoundation.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; > de...@linuxdriverproject.org > Subject: RE: move hyperv CHANNELMSG_UNLOAD from crashed kernel to > kdump kernel > > Am 7. Dezember 2016 16:04:29 MEZ, schrieb KY Srinivasan > <k...@microsoft.com>: > > >Yes; I had played with this approach a while ago. The issue is that the > >host knows about a > >bunch of in memory state that will be different in the kexec kernel. > >For instance if we did all > >the cleanup as part of the boot sequence, we will need access to all > >the interrupt/messaging > >infrastructure that was set up in the previous kernel. > > > Where is that stored? Perhaps it should be put into one place, so that the > new kernel can find and use it.
All the state required to handle interrupts is needed as well as the state needed to issue unload. Look at vmbus_isr() for the needed interrupt handling state. The entire code path from the isr routine will have to be executed. Is there a mechanism for stashing away state that can be retrieved in the context of the execed kernel. K. Y > > Olaf _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel