linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2 -mm] kexec based hibernation -v3: kexec jump

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Message-ID: <20070920100941.GA12157@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:09:41 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	nigel@...el.suspend2.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@....edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Kexec Mailing List <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2 -mm] kexec based hibernation -v3: kexec jump

Hi!

> This patch implements the functionality of jumping between the kexeced
> kernel and the original kernel.
> 
> A new reboot command named LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_KJUMP is defined to
> trigger the jumping to (executing) the new kernel and jumping back to
> the original kernel.
> 
> To support jumping between two kernels, before jumping to (executing)
> the new kernel and jumping back to the original kernel, the devices
> are put into quiescent state (to be fully implemented), and the state
> of devices and CPU is saved. After jumping back from kexeced kernel
> and jumping to the new kernel, the state of devices and CPU are
> restored accordingly. The devices/CPU state save/restore code of
> software suspend is called to implement corresponding function.
> 
> To support jumping without preserving memory. One shadow backup page
> is allocated for each page used by new (kexeced) kernel. When do
> kexec_load, the image of new kernel is loaded into shadow pages, and
> before executing, the original pages and the shadow pages are swapped,
> so the contents of original pages are backuped. Before jumping to the
> new (kexeced) kernel and after jumping back to the original kernel,
> the original pages and the shadow pages are swapped too.
> 
> A jump back protocol is defined and documented.


> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>

Seems like good enough for -mm to me.

									Pavel
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