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kexec_load.2: Edits after Q&A from Vivek Goyal
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.TP
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.BR KEXEC_ON_CRASH " (since Linux 2.6.13)"
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Execute the new kernel automatically on a system crash.
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.\" FIXME Explain in more detail how KEXEC_ON_CRASH is actually used
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This "crash kernel" is loaded into an area of reserved memory that
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is determined at boot time using the
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.I craskkernel
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.IP * 3
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.I buf
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and
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.I bufz
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.I bufsz
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identify a memory region in the caller's virtual address space
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that is the source of the copy.
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The value in
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.I bufsz
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may not exceed the value in the
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.I memsz
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field.
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.IP *
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.I mem
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and
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.I memsz
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specify a physical address range that is the target of the copy.
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The values specified in both fields must be multiples of
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the system page size.
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.IP *
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The number of bytes transferred is the minimum of
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.I bufsz
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and
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.IR memsz .
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If
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.I bufsz
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is greater than
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.IR memsz ,
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then the excess bytes in the user-space buffer are ignored.
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bytes are copied from the source buffer to the target kernel buffer.
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If
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.I bufsz
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is less than
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Unload the currently loaded kernel.
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.TP
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.BR KEXEC_FILE_ON_CRASH
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Load the new kernel in the memory region reserved for the crash kernel.
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Load the new kernel in the memory region reserved for the crash kernel
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(as for
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.BR KEXEC_ON_CRASH).
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This kernel is booted if the currently running kernel crashes.
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.\" FIXME Do we need to have a statement here about to the ways
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.\" in which KEXEC_ON_CRASH and KEXEC_FILE_ON_CRASH are the same/different?
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.TP
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.BR KEXEC_FILE_NO_INITRAMFS
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Loading initrd/initramfs is optional.
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fields of one of the
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.I segments
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entries lies outside the range of memory reserved for the crash kernel.
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.I kexec_segment.mem
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.TP
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.B EADDRNOTAVAIL
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The value in a
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.I mem
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or
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.I memsz
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field in one of the
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.I segments
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entries is not a multiple of the system page size.
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.TP
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.B EBUSY
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Another crash kernel is already being loaded
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is invalid.
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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The value of a
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.I bufsz
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field in one of the
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.I segments
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entries exceeds the value in the corresponding
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.I memsz
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field.
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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.IR nr_segments
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exceeds
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.BR KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX
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(16).
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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Two or more of the kernel target buffers overlap.
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.B ENOEXEC
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.I kernel_fd
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does not refer to an open file, or the kernel can't load this file.
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