kexec jump

This patch provides an enhancement to kexec/kdump.  It implements the
following features:

- Backup/restore memory used by the original kernel before/after
  kexec.

- Save/restore CPU state before/after kexec.

The features of this patch can be used as a general method to call program in
physical mode (paging turning off).  This can be used to call BIOS code under
Linux.

kexec-tools needs to be patched to support kexec jump. The patches and
the precompiled kexec can be download from the following URL:

       source: http://khibernation.sourceforge.net/download/release_v10/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-src_git_kh10.tar.bz2
       patches: http://khibernation.sourceforge.net/download/release_v10/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-patches_git_kh10.tar.bz2
       binary: http://khibernation.sourceforge.net/download/release_v10/kexec-tools/kexec_git_kh10

Usage example of calling some physical mode code and return:

1. Compile and install patched kernel with following options selected:

CONFIG_X86_32=y
CONFIG_KEXEC=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y

2. Build patched kexec-tool or download the pre-built one.

3. Build some physical mode executable named such as "phy_mode"

4. Boot kernel compiled in step 1.

5. Load physical mode executable with /sbin/kexec. The shell command
   line can be as follow:

   /sbin/kexec --load-preserve-context --args-none phy_mode

6. Call physical mode executable with following shell command line:

   /sbin/kexec -e

Implementation point:

To support jumping without reserving memory.  One shadow backup page (source
page) is allocated for each page used by kexeced code image (destination
page).  When do kexec_load, the image of kexeced code is loaded into source
pages, and before executing, the destination pages and the source pages are
swapped, so the contents of destination pages are backupped.  Before jumping
to the kexeced code image and after jumping back to the original kernel, the
destination pages and the source pages are swapped too.

C ABI (calling convention) is used as communication protocol between
kernel and called code.

A flag named KEXEC_PRESERVE_CONTEXT for sys_kexec_load is added to
indicate that the loaded kernel image is used for jumping back.

Now, only the i386 architecture is supported.

Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 150 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
index c30fe25d470..703310a9902 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
@@ -20,11 +20,44 @@
 #define PAGE_ATTR (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
 #define PAE_PGD_ATTR (_PAGE_PRESENT)
 
+/* control_page + PAGE_SIZE/2 ~ control_page + PAGE_SIZE * 3/4 are
+ * used to save some data for jumping back
+ */
+#define DATA(offset)		(PAGE_SIZE/2+(offset))
+
+/* Minimal CPU state */
+#define ESP			DATA(0x0)
+#define CR0			DATA(0x4)
+#define CR3			DATA(0x8)
+#define CR4			DATA(0xc)
+
+/* other data */
+#define CP_VA_CONTROL_PAGE	DATA(0x10)
+#define CP_PA_PGD		DATA(0x14)
+#define CP_PA_SWAP_PAGE		DATA(0x18)
+#define CP_PA_BACKUP_PAGES_MAP	DATA(0x1c)
+
 	.text
 	.align PAGE_SIZE
 	.globl relocate_kernel
 relocate_kernel:
-	movl	8(%esp), %ebp /* list of pages */
+	/* Save the CPU context, used for jumping back */
+
+	pushl	%ebx
+	pushl	%esi
+	pushl	%edi
+	pushl	%ebp
+	pushf
+
+	movl	20+8(%esp), %ebp /* list of pages */
+	movl	PTR(VA_CONTROL_PAGE)(%ebp), %edi
+	movl	%esp, ESP(%edi)
+	movl	%cr0, %eax
+	movl	%eax, CR0(%edi)
+	movl	%cr3, %eax
+	movl	%eax, CR3(%edi)
+	movl	%cr4, %eax
+	movl	%eax, CR4(%edi)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 	/* map the control page at its virtual address */
@@ -138,15 +171,25 @@ relocate_kernel:
 
 relocate_new_kernel:
 	/* read the arguments and say goodbye to the stack */
-	movl  4(%esp), %ebx /* page_list */
-	movl  8(%esp), %ebp /* list of pages */
-	movl  12(%esp), %edx /* start address */
-	movl  16(%esp), %ecx /* cpu_has_pae */
+	movl  20+4(%esp), %ebx /* page_list */
+	movl  20+8(%esp), %ebp /* list of pages */
+	movl  20+12(%esp), %edx /* start address */
+	movl  20+16(%esp), %ecx /* cpu_has_pae */
+	movl  20+20(%esp), %esi /* preserve_context */
 
 	/* zero out flags, and disable interrupts */
 	pushl $0
 	popfl
 
+	/* save some information for jumping back */
+	movl	PTR(VA_CONTROL_PAGE)(%ebp), %edi
+	movl	%edi, CP_VA_CONTROL_PAGE(%edi)
+	movl	PTR(PA_PGD)(%ebp), %eax
+	movl	%eax, CP_PA_PGD(%edi)
+	movl	PTR(PA_SWAP_PAGE)(%ebp), %eax
+	movl	%eax, CP_PA_SWAP_PAGE(%edi)
+	movl	%ebx, CP_PA_BACKUP_PAGES_MAP(%edi)
+
 	/* get physical address of control page now */
 	/* this is impossible after page table switch */
 	movl	PTR(PA_CONTROL_PAGE)(%ebp), %edi
@@ -197,8 +240,90 @@ identity_mapped:
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
 	movl	%eax, %cr3
 
+	movl	CP_PA_SWAP_PAGE(%edi), %eax
+	pushl	%eax
+	pushl	%ebx
+	call	swap_pages
+	addl	$8, %esp
+
+	/* To be certain of avoiding problems with self-modifying code
+	 * I need to execute a serializing instruction here.
+	 * So I flush the TLB, it's handy, and not processor dependent.
+	 */
+	xorl	%eax, %eax
+	movl	%eax, %cr3
+
+	/* set all of the registers to known values */
+	/* leave %esp alone */
+
+	testl	%esi, %esi
+	jnz 1f
+	xorl	%edi, %edi
+	xorl	%eax, %eax
+	xorl	%ebx, %ebx
+	xorl    %ecx, %ecx
+	xorl    %edx, %edx
+	xorl    %esi, %esi
+	xorl    %ebp, %ebp
+	ret
+1:
+	popl	%edx
+	movl	CP_PA_SWAP_PAGE(%edi), %esp
+	addl	$PAGE_SIZE, %esp
+2:
+	call	*%edx
+
+	/* get the re-entry point of the peer system */
+	movl	0(%esp), %ebp
+	call	1f
+1:
+	popl	%ebx
+	subl	$(1b - relocate_kernel), %ebx
+	movl	CP_VA_CONTROL_PAGE(%ebx), %edi
+	lea	PAGE_SIZE(%ebx), %esp
+	movl	CP_PA_SWAP_PAGE(%ebx), %eax
+	movl	CP_PA_BACKUP_PAGES_MAP(%ebx), %edx
+	pushl	%eax
+	pushl	%edx
+	call	swap_pages
+	addl	$8, %esp
+	movl	CP_PA_PGD(%ebx), %eax
+	movl	%eax, %cr3
+	movl	%cr0, %eax
+	orl	$(1<<31), %eax
+	movl	%eax, %cr0
+	lea	PAGE_SIZE(%edi), %esp
+	movl	%edi, %eax
+	addl	$(virtual_mapped - relocate_kernel), %eax
+	pushl	%eax
+	ret
+
+virtual_mapped:
+	movl	CR4(%edi), %eax
+	movl	%eax, %cr4
+	movl	CR3(%edi), %eax
+	movl	%eax, %cr3
+	movl	CR0(%edi), %eax
+	movl	%eax, %cr0
+	movl	ESP(%edi), %esp
+	movl	%ebp, %eax
+
+	popf
+	popl	%ebp
+	popl	%edi
+	popl	%esi
+	popl	%ebx
+	ret
+
 	/* Do the copies */
-	movl	%ebx, %ecx
+swap_pages:
+	movl	8(%esp), %edx
+	movl	4(%esp), %ecx
+	pushl	%ebp
+	pushl	%ebx
+	pushl	%edi
+	pushl	%esi
+	movl	%ecx, %ebx
 	jmp	1f
 
 0:	/* top, read another word from the indirection page */
@@ -226,27 +351,28 @@ identity_mapped:
 	movl    %ecx,   %esi /* For every source page do a copy */
 	andl    $0xfffff000, %esi
 
+	movl	%edi, %eax
+	movl	%esi, %ebp
+
+	movl	%edx, %edi
 	movl    $1024, %ecx
 	rep ; movsl
-	jmp     0b
 
-3:
-
-	/* To be certain of avoiding problems with self-modifying code
-	 * I need to execute a serializing instruction here.
-	 * So I flush the TLB, it's handy, and not processor dependent.
-	 */
-	xorl	%eax, %eax
-	movl	%eax, %cr3
+	movl	%ebp, %edi
+	movl	%eax, %esi
+	movl	$1024, %ecx
+	rep ; movsl
 
-	/* set all of the registers to known values */
-	/* leave %esp alone */
+	movl	%eax, %edi
+	movl	%edx, %esi
+	movl	$1024, %ecx
+	rep ; movsl
 
-	xorl	%eax, %eax
-	xorl	%ebx, %ebx
-	xorl    %ecx, %ecx
-	xorl    %edx, %edx
-	xorl    %esi, %esi
-	xorl    %edi, %edi
-	xorl    %ebp, %ebp
+	lea	PAGE_SIZE(%ebp), %esi
+	jmp     0b
+3:
+	popl	%esi
+	popl	%edi
+	popl	%ebx
+	popl	%ebp
 	ret