linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 0/2] kexec: Add new toogle to disable kexec

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Message-Id: <20221114-disable-kexec-reset-v1-0-fb51d20cf871@chromium.org>
Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:18:37 +0100
From:   Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
To:     Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...nel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 0/2] kexec: Add new toogle to disable kexec_reboot

Kexec lets the system administratior replace the current kernel with a
different one. 

Add a new toggle to limit that replacement to system crashes only.

To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kexec@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>

---
Ricardo Ribalda (2):
      Documentation: sysctl: Correct kexec_load_disabled
      kexec: Introduce kexec_reboot_disabled

 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 include/linux/kexec.h                       |  1 +
 kernel/kexec.c                              |  4 ++++
 kernel/kexec_core.c                         | 13 ++++++++++++-
 kernel/kexec_file.c                         |  5 +++++
 5 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 094226ad94f471a9f19e8f8e7140a09c2625abaa
change-id: 20221114-disable-kexec-reset-19b7e117338f

Best regards,
-- 
Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>