On Wed 2007-08-22 10:19:03, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
>
> Make it possible to restore a hibernation image on x86_64 with the help of a
> kernel different from the one in the image.
>
> The idea is to split the core restoration code into two separate parts and to
> place each of them in a different page. The first part belongs to the boot
> kernel and is executed as the last step of the image kernel's memory restoration
> procedure. It restores all of the image kernel's memory that has not been
> restored yet except for the one page containing the very code that is being
> executed at that time. The final operation performed by it is a jump to the
> second part of the core restoration code that belongs to the image kernel and
> has just been restored. This code restores the last remaining page of the image
> kernel's memory containing the first, already executed, part of the core
> restoration code (temporary page tables created by the boot kernel are used at
> this stage). It also makes the CPU switch to the image kernel's page tables and
> restores the state of general purpose registers (including the stack pointer)
> from before the hibernation.
>
> The main issue with this idea is that in order to jump to the second part of the
> restoration code the boot kernel needs to know its address. However, this
> address may be passed to it in the image header. Namely, the part of the image
> header previously used for checking if the version of the image kernel is
> correct can be replaced with some architecture specific data that will allow
> the boot kernel to jump to the right address within the image kernel. These
> data should also be used for checking if the image kernel is compatible with
> the boot kernel (as far as the memory restroration procedure is concerned).
> It can be done, for example, with the help of a "magic" value that has to be
> equal in both kernels, so that they can be regarded as compatible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
ACK.
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