Track and display the number of kexec boots since the last cold reboot
when CONFIG_KEXEC_HISTORY is enabled.

This extends the previous kernel release tracking feature by adding
a counter that increments with each kexec boot. The counter provides
visibility into the kexec chain depth, which is useful for understanding
boot history in production environments.

Add a new property, "kexec-count" in KHO FDT alongside the existing
"previous-release" property. The counter is:

 - Initialized to 0 when kho_in is instantiated.
 - Incremented by 1 on each subsequent kexec.
 - Printed alongside the previous kernel release version.

The counter is stored as a 32-bit unsigned integer in FDT format and is
only active when CONFIG_KEXEC_HISTORY is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Pasha Tatashin <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c 
b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index 06d99627bb3c..fe5a2c5c4c86 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #define PROP_PRESERVED_MEMORY_MAP "preserved-memory-map"
 #define PROP_SUB_FDT "fdt"
 #define PROP_PREVIOUS_RELEASE "previous-release"
+#define PROP_KEXEC_COUNT "kexec-count"
 
 #define KHO_PAGE_MAGIC 0x4b484f50U /* ASCII for 'KHOP' */
 
@@ -1257,6 +1258,7 @@ struct kho_in {
        phys_addr_t scratch_phys;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_HISTORY
        char previous_release[__NEW_UTS_LEN + 1];
+       u32 kexec_count;
 #endif
        struct kho_debugfs dbg;
 };
@@ -1330,6 +1332,9 @@ static __init int kho_out_fdt_setup(void)
        void *root = kho_out.fdt;
        u64 empty_mem_map = 0;
        int err;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_HISTORY
+       u32 kexec_count;
+#endif
 
        err = fdt_create(root, PAGE_SIZE);
        err |= fdt_finish_reservemap(root);
@@ -1340,6 +1345,10 @@ static __init int kho_out_fdt_setup(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_HISTORY
        err |= fdt_property_string(root, PROP_PREVIOUS_RELEASE,
                                   init_uts_ns.name.release);
+       /* kho_in.kexec_count is set to 0 on cold boot */
+       kexec_count = cpu_to_fdt32(kho_in.kexec_count + 1);
+       err |= fdt_property(root, PROP_KEXEC_COUNT, &kexec_count,
+                           sizeof(kexec_count));
 #endif
        err |= fdt_end_node(root);
        err |= fdt_finish(root);
@@ -1468,6 +1477,7 @@ void __init kho_memory_init(void)
 static void __init kho_print_previous_kernel(const void *fdt)
 {
        const char *prev_release;
+       const u32 *count_ptr;
        int len;
 
        prev_release = fdt_getprop(fdt, 0, PROP_PREVIOUS_RELEASE, &len);
@@ -1476,8 +1486,19 @@ static void __init kho_print_previous_kernel(const void 
*fdt)
 
        strscpy(kho_in.previous_release, prev_release,
                sizeof(kho_in.previous_release));
-       pr_info("This kernel was kexec'ed from kernel release: %s\n",
-               kho_in.previous_release);
+
+       /* Read the kexec count from the previous kernel */
+       count_ptr = fdt_getprop(fdt, 0, PROP_KEXEC_COUNT, &len);
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!count_ptr || len <= 0))
+               /*
+                * PROP_KEXEC_COUNT should exist if PROP_PREVIOUS_RELEASE
+                * exists.
+                */
+               return;
+       kho_in.kexec_count = fdt32_to_cpu(*count_ptr);
+
+       pr_info("This kernel was kexec'ed from kernel release: %s (kexec count: 
%u)\n",
+               kho_in.previous_release, kho_in.kexec_count);
 }
 #else
 static void __init kho_print_previous_kernel(const void *fdt) { }

-- 
2.47.3


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