linux/arch
Vitaly Kuznetsov 0b34a166f2 x86/xen: Support kexec/kdump in HVM guests by doing a soft reset
Currently there is a number of issues preventing PVHVM Xen guests from
doing successful kexec/kdump:

  - Bound event channels.
  - Registered vcpu_info.
  - PIRQ/emuirq mappings.
  - shared_info frame after XENMAPSPACE_shared_info operation.
  - Active grant mappings.

Basically, newly booted kernel stumbles upon already set up Xen
interfaces and there is no way to reestablish them. In Xen-4.7 a new
feature called 'soft reset' is coming. A guest performing kexec/kdump
operation is supposed to call SCHEDOP_shutdown hypercall with
SHUTDOWN_soft_reset reason before jumping to new kernel. Hypervisor
(with some help from toolstack) will do full domain cleanup (but
keeping its memory and vCPU contexts intact) returning the guest to
the state it had when it was first booted and thus allowing it to
start over.

Doing SHUTDOWN_soft_reset on Xen hypervisors which don't support it is
probably OK as by default all unknown shutdown reasons cause domain
destroy with a message in toolstack log: 'Unknown shutdown reason code
5. Destroying domain.'  which gives a clue to what the problem is and
eliminates false expectations.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
2015-09-28 14:48:52 +01:00
..
alpha PCI updates for v4.3: 2015-09-25 11:16:53 -07:00
arc genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
arm Merge branch 'fixes' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm 2015-09-27 06:48:48 -04:00
arm64 AMD fixes for bugs introduced in the 4.2 merge window, 2015-09-25 10:51:40 -07:00
avr32 genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
blackfin genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
c6x genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
cris CRISv10: delete unused lib/dmacopy.c 2015-09-05 00:56:51 +02:00
frv PCI: Revert "PCI: Call pci_read_bridge_bases() from core instead of arch code" 2015-09-15 13:18:04 -05:00
h8300 dma-mapping: consolidate dma_set_mask 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
hexagon Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-09-10 18:19:42 -07:00
ia64 PCI updates for v4.3: 2015-09-25 11:16:53 -07:00
m32r lib/decompressors: use real out buf size for gunzip with kernel 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
m68k genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
metag genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
microblaze PCI: Revert "PCI: Call pci_read_bridge_bases() from core instead of arch code" 2015-09-15 13:18:04 -05:00
mips PCI updates for v4.3: 2015-09-25 11:16:53 -07:00
mn10300 PCI: Revert "PCI: Call pci_read_bridge_bases() from core instead of arch code" 2015-09-15 13:18:04 -05:00
nios2 nios2: add Max10 defconfig 2015-09-08 18:16:02 +08:00
openrisc dma-mapping: consolidate dma_set_mask 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
parisc parisc: Use platform_device_register_simple("rtc-generic") 2015-09-08 17:53:48 +02:00
powerpc PCI updates for v4.3: 2015-09-25 11:16:53 -07:00
s390 AMD fixes for bugs introduced in the 4.2 merge window, 2015-09-25 10:51:40 -07:00
score Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-01 14:04:50 -07:00
sh genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
sparc genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
tile genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
um Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-01 14:04:50 -07:00
unicore32 genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
x86 x86/xen: Support kexec/kdump in HVM guests by doing a soft reset 2015-09-28 14:48:52 +01:00
xtensa PCI: Revert "PCI: Call pci_read_bridge_bases() from core instead of arch code" 2015-09-15 13:18:04 -05:00
.gitignore
Kconfig kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00