@@ -757,6 +757,28 @@ config KEXEC
but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
+config KEXEC_FILE
+ bool "kexec file based system call"
+ select KEXEC_CORE
+ select BUILD_BIN2C
+ ---help---
+ This is new version of kexec system call. This system call is
+ file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
+ for kernel and initramfs as opposed to list of segments as
+ accepted by previous system call.
+
+ In addition to this option, you need to enable a specific type
+ of image support.
+
+config KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
+ bool "Verify kernel signature during kexec_file_load() syscall"
+ depends on KEXEC_FILE
+ select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
+ ---help---
+ Select this option to verify a signature with loaded kernel
+ image. If configured, any attempt of loading a image without
+ valid signature will fail.
+
config CRASH_DUMP
bool "Build kdump crash kernel"
help
Modify arm64/Kconfig and Makefile to enable kexec_file_load support. Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> --- arch/arm64/Kconfig | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) -- 2.14.1