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Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:32:06 +0000 (GMT) From: Sourabh Jain To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Sourabh Jain , Aditya Gupta , Andrew Morton , Baoquan he , Dave Young , Hari Bathini , Jiri Bohac , Madhavan Srinivasan , Mahesh J Salgaonkar , Pingfan Liu , "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" , Shivang Upadhyay , Vivek Goyal , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH v3 4/5] kexec: document new kexec and kdump sysfs ABIs Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:01:42 +0530 Message-ID: <20251110043143.484408-5-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.1 In-Reply-To: <20251110043143.484408-1-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com> References: <20251110043143.484408-1-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com> X-Mailing-List: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Archive: , List-Subscribe: , , List-Unsubscribe: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=MtZfKmae c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=69116acf cx=c_pps a=AfN7/Ok6k8XGzOShvHwTGQ==:117 a=AfN7/Ok6k8XGzOShvHwTGQ==:17 a=6UeiqGixMTsA:10 a=VkNPw1HP01LnGYTKEx00:22 a=VnNF1IyMAAAA:8 a=Z4Rwk6OoAAAA:8 a=20KFwNOVAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=voM4FWlXAAAA:8 a=JfrnYn6hAAAA:8 a=C7Xb30-FUlXqnvbFlGcA:9 a=HkZW87K1Qel5hWWM3VKY:22 a=IC2XNlieTeVoXbcui8wp:22 a=1CNFftbPRP8L7MoqJWF3:22 a=cPQSjfK2_nFv0Q5t_7PE:22 X-Proofpoint-GUID: XWGTsIeWUygy8KCBhQz2h0OFyxevu4iV X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: Ro9ESE3IIUvMiL_479W1gi1eTY0EYECU X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjUxMTA4MDA3OSBTYWx0ZWRfX+33Ufagc+pf1 80b6HakgZa7c0SJeM3FhaiYsvFwvyBQ44SfGDX/5qgX0xtOQx4aDVYBrn7cYneTllPWTN5hFs+P Dx5MRqkivBS6IcGOmv6HKhD+fEfXleEK8mkf5ghYhtlyxJRtTofFzbGT9CeN3heREpXqEy9c3d+ 3vX276IXFzx72RPuaFugqtvaI+4uBcXw7K49PIMXnshQqxXP8sD+Ag21KfonUdobq056WgXoErn 3bETFOmJoAj0B9G/Otirs84yBxBZE3qH8ozcVAAdg1pTXj8O+2x7N9U2Fxv1K6/3K/7gttn4gdL fZwYKSEN4TVQOvYyDfNxABs0GO7ai1b+mrHYGTY40k7GTHTj3IaitHRbtZw+CGn+Eeh0qMArViM 6YEgPhv5Mi+CYY/QrMgSQstzKI8gSg== X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1121,Hydra:6.1.9,FMLib:17.12.100.49 definitions=2025-11-10_01,2025-11-06_01,2025-10-01_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 malwarescore=0 adultscore=0 priorityscore=1501 bulkscore=0 impostorscore=0 suspectscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 clxscore=1015 phishscore=0 spamscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.19.0-2510240000 definitions=main-2511080079 Add an ABI document for following kexec and kdump sysfs interface: - /sys/kernel/kexec/loaded - /sys/kernel/kexec/crash_loaded - /sys/kernel/kexec/crash_size - /sys/kernel/kexec/crash_elfcorehdr_size Cc: Aditya Gupta Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Baoquan he Cc: Dave Young Cc: Hari Bathini Cc: Jiri Bohac Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Mahesh J Salgaonkar Cc: Pingfan Liu Cc: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) Cc: Shivang Upadhyay Cc: Vivek Goyal Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain --- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-kexec-kdump | 51 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-kexec-kdump diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-kexec-kdump b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-kexec-kdump new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..00c00f380fea --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-kexec-kdump @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +What: /sys/kernel/kexec/* +Date: Nov 2025 +Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org +Description: + The /sys/kernel/kexec/* directory contains sysfs files + that provide information about the configuration status + of kexec and kdump. + +What: /sys/kernel/kexec/loaded +Date: Nov 2025 +Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org +Description: read only + Indicates whether a new kernel image has been loaded + into memory using the kexec system call. It shows 1 if + a kexec image is present and ready to boot, or 0 if none + is loaded. +User: kexec tools, kdump service + +What: /sys/kernel/kexec/crash_loaded +Date: Nov 2025 +Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org +Description: read only + Indicates whether a crash (kdump) kernel is currently + loaded into memory. It shows 1 if a crash kernel has been + successfully loaded for panic handling, or 0 if no crash + kernel is present. +User: Kexec tools, Kdump service + +What: /sys/kernel/kexec/crash_size +Date: Nov 2025 +Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org +Description: read/write + Shows the amount of memory reserved for loading the crash + (kdump) kernel. It reports the size, in bytes, of the + crash kernel area defined by the crashkernel= parameter. + This interface also allows reducing the crashkernel + reservation by writing a smaller value, and the reclaimed + space is added back to the system RAM. +User: Kdump service + +What: /sys/kernel/kexec/crash_elfcorehdr_size +Date: Nov 2025 +Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org +Description: read only + Indicates the preferred size of the memory buffer for the + ELF core header used by the crash (kdump) kernel. It defines + how much space is needed to hold metadata about the crashed + system, including CPU and memory information. This information + is used by the user space utility kexec to support updating the + in-kernel kdump image during hotplug operations. +User: Kexec tools -- 2.51.1