linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Kexec_file: Load kernel at top of system ram

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:38:02 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        takahiro.akashi@...aro.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        vgoyal@...hat.com, dyoung@...hat.com, prudo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Kexec_file: Load kernel at top of system ram

On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:37:20 +0800 Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com> wrote:

> The current kexec_file ignores kexec_buf.top_down value when call
> arch_kexec_walk_mem() to allocate memory for loading kernel/initrd
> stuffs. This is not supposed to be what kexec_buf.top_down is used
> for.

OK, but why is this a problem?  When fixing a bug, please fully
describe the user-visible effects of that bug.  That helps others
understand the importance of the fix, whether it should be backported
into various kernels, etc.