linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v17 10/15] arm64: kexec: use ld script for relocation function

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Date:   Wed, 29 Sep 2021 23:57:59 -0400
From:   Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        kexec mailing list <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@....com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, steve.capper@....com,
        rfontana@...hat.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Selin Dag <selindag@...il.com>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 10/15] arm64: kexec: use ld script for relocation function

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 8:45 AM Will Deacon <will@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 07:13:20PM -0400, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> > Currently, relocation code declares start and end variables
> > which are used to compute its size.
> >
> > The better way to do this is to use ld script incited, and put relocation
> > function in its own section.
>
> "incited"? I don't understand ...

I will correct it:
s/incited//


> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
> > +/* kexec relocation code should fit into one KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE */
> > +ASSERT(__relocate_new_kernel_end - (__relocate_new_kernel_start & ~(SZ_4K - 1))
> > +     <= SZ_4K, "kexec relocation code is too big or misaligned")
> > +ASSERT(KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE >= SZ_4K, "KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE is brokern")
>
> Typo: "brokern",

Will correct it.

Thanks,
Pasha