linux-kernel - Re: correction to compat_sys_kexec

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Message-ID: <20080523233348.13fe0c63@kopernikus.site>
Date:	Fri, 23 May 2008 23:33:48 +0200
From:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Cc:	Sharyathi Nagesh <sharyath@...ibm.com>, akpm@...l.org,
	mohd.omar@...ibm.com, IndhuDurai@...ibm.com,
	Kexec Mailing List <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
	fastboot@...ts.osdl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mohan@...ibm.com, sachinp@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: correction to compat_sys_kexec_load

* ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) [2008-05-23 13:14]:
>
> What we need to do is fix /sbin/kexec to pass in the correct
> architecture of the kernel for unload as it does for load.

How should it know that it unloads a 32 bit kernel on a 64 bit system?
It doesn't have access to the kernel any more once it has been loaded.

	Bernhard

PS: My mail server complains that  maneesh@...ltcfwd.linux.ibm.com is
invalid because "Recipient address rejected: Domain not found". Maybe
some of the other IBM guys in Cc can take a look at this ... I just
removed that address from Cc for now.

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