Re: [PATCH v4] kexec: implement STATUS hypercall to check if image is loaded

[Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@oracle.com>]

On 01/18/2017 11:47 AM, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:46:13AM -0600, Eric DeVolder wrote:
>> The tools that use kexec are asynchronous in nature and do not keep
>> state changes. As such provide an hypercall to find out whether an
>> image has been loaded for either type.
>>
>> Note: No need to modify XSM as it has one size fits all check and
>> does not check for subcommands.
>>
>> Note: No need to check KEXEC_FLAG_IN_PROGRESS (and error out of
>> kexec_status()) as this flag is set only once by the first/only
>> cpu on the crash path.
>>
>> Note: In kexec_status(), the use of test_bit() can also return
>> EPERM, so the return value from test_bit() must be checked to
>> ensure that kexec_status() always returns 0, 1 or -1, per the
>> public header description.
>>
>> Note: This is just the Xen side of the hypercall, kexec-tools patch
>> to come separately.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@oracle.com>
>
> Your v3 is already applied to staging.
>
> Please submit a patch on top of staging branch.
>
> Wei.
>

Wei,
I just sent those, subject line 'Followup corrections to kexec STATUS'
eric


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