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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 5 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst index c513855a54bb..4fd492cb4970 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst @@ -878,7 +878,8 @@ Protocol: 2.10+ address if possible. A non-relocatable kernel will unconditionally move itself and to run - at this address. + at this address. A relocatable kernel will move itself to this address if it + loaded below this address. ============ ======= Field name: init_size diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 5edec175b9bf..1a33575f98af 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2114,11 +2114,11 @@ config PHYSICAL_START help This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. - If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then - bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and - run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where - it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical - address. + If the kernel is not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then bzImage + will decompress itself to above physical address and run from there. + Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where it has been loaded + by the boot loader. The only exception is if it is loaded below the + above physical address, in which case it will relocate itself there. In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c index 2a422e00ed4b..cde167b0ea92 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c @@ -503,7 +503,10 @@ static void *bzImage64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel, kbuf.bufsz = kernel_len - kern16_size; kbuf.memsz = PAGE_ALIGN(header->init_size); kbuf.buf_align = header->kernel_alignment; - kbuf.buf_min = MIN_KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR; + if (header->pref_address < MIN_KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR) + kbuf.buf_min = MIN_KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR; + else + kbuf.buf_min = header->pref_address; kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN; ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf); if (ret) |