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List:       osdl-fastboot
Subject:    Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH 2.6.9-rc2-mm1] kexec-ppc: remove init_mm usage
From:       ebiederm () xmission ! com (Eric W !  Biederman)
Date:       2004-09-21 14:32:33
Message-ID: m1k6unr8u6.fsf () ebiederm ! dsl ! xmission ! com
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Albert Herranz <albert_herranz@yahoo.es> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> Now that I see again my patch...
> I think we will need to use the reboot_code_buffer (or
> make the necessary provisions) even if we do not use
> an indentity mapped page. Otherwise we could get our
> relocate_new_kernel code overwritten while we relocate
> the new kernel to its definitive place.
> 
> I wasn't hit by this during my tests, but I guess the
> possibility is there.

Right.  I was wondering about that.

However all you need in the buffer now is the memory copies.

Eric


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