linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] kexec: Remove unnecessary arch hook

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Message-ID: <ZBwEgDPq71+09OiD@MiWiFi-R3L-srv>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:49:20 +0800
From:   Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.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 v2 0/2] kexec: Remove unnecessary arch hook

Hi,

On 03/07/23 at 04:44pm, 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.
> 
> v1 is at:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221215182339.129803-1-helgaas@kernel.org/
> 
> This v2 is trivially rebased to v6.3-rc1 and the commit log expanded
> slightly.

This is an obvious and good cleanup patchset, who should I ping to ask
for accepting?  It's touching kexec generic code, while the hook
only exists on x86 ARCH.

Thanks
Baoquan