Re: [PATCH 0/6] kexec_file: Add buffer hand-over for the next kernel

2016-06-22 Thread Thiago Jung Bauermann
Hello Dave, Thanks for your considerations on this feature. Am Mittwoch, 22 Juni 2016, 09:20:46 schrieb Dave Young: > On 06/20/16 at 10:44pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > > This feature was implemented because the Integrity Measurement > > Architecture subsystem needs to preserve its

Re: [PATCH 0/6] kexec_file: Add buffer hand-over for the next kernel

2016-06-22 Thread Mimi Zohar
Hi Dave, On Wed, 2016-06-22 at 09:20 +0800, Dave Young wrote: > On 06/20/16 at 10:44pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > > Hello, > > > > This patch series implements a mechanism which allows the kernel to pass on > > a buffer to the kernel that will be kexec'd. This buffer is passed as a > >

Re: [PATCH 0/6] kexec_file: Add buffer hand-over for the next kernel

2016-06-21 Thread Dave Young
On 06/20/16 at 10:44pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > Hello, > > This patch series implements a mechanism which allows the kernel to pass on > a buffer to the kernel that will be kexec'd. This buffer is passed as a > segment which is added to the kimage when it is being prepared by >

[PATCH 0/6] kexec_file: Add buffer hand-over for the next kernel

2016-06-20 Thread Thiago Jung Bauermann
Hello, This patch series implements a mechanism which allows the kernel to pass on a buffer to the kernel that will be kexec'd. This buffer is passed as a segment which is added to the kimage when it is being prepared by kexec_file_load. How the second kernel is informed of this buffer is