linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] kexec: Remove unnecessary arch hook

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:02:17 +0800
From:   Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] kexec: Remove unnecessary arch hook

On 12/17/22 at 09:58am, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 05:48:51PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> > On 12/15/22 at 12:23pm, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> > > 
> > > There are no arch-specific things in arch_kexec_kernel_image_load(), so
> > > remove it and just use the generic version.
> > 
> > I ever posted below patch to do the same thing, Andrew only picked the
> > memory leak fixing patch.
> > 
> > [PATCH v2 2/2] kexec_file: clean up arch_kexec_kernel_image_load
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220223113225.63106-3-bhe@redhat.com/T/#u
> 
> Indeed!  Sorry, I wasn't aware of your previous work.  If you repost
> it, cc me and I'll be glad to help review it.

When tried to rebase my old patch to the latest kernel, I realized this
patchset is what I can end up with. I would like to ack this patchset
to make it merged. Thanks a lot for the effort.