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Patch series "efi: Fix EFI boot with kexec handover (KHO)", v3. This patch series fixes a kernel panic that occurs when booting with both EFI and KHO (Kexec HandOver) enabled. The issue arises because EFI's `reserve_regions()` clears all memory regions with `memblock_remove(0, PHYS_ADDR_MAX)` before rebuilding them from EFI data. This destroys KHO scratch regions that were set up early during device tree scanning, causing a panic as the kernel has no valid memory regions for early allocations. The first patch introduces `is_kho_boot()` to allow early boot components to reliably detect if the kernel was booted via KHO-enabled kexec. The existing `kho_is_enabled()` only checks the command line and doesn't verify if an actual KHO FDT was passed. The second patch modifies EFI's `reserve_regions()` to selectively remove only non-KHO memory regions when KHO is active, preserving the critical scratch regions while still allowing EFI to rebuild its memory map. This patch (of 3): During early initialisation, after a kexec, other components, like EFI need to know if a KHO enabled kexec is performed. The `kho_is_enabled` function is not enough as in the early stages, it only reflects whether the cmdline has KHO enabled, not if an actual KHO FDT exists. Extend the KHO API with `is_kho_boot()` to provide a way for components to check if a KHO enabled kexec is performed. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1755721529.git.epetron@amazon.de Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7dc6674a76bf6e68cca0222ccff32427699cc02e.1755721529.git.epetron@amazon.de Signed-off-by: Evangelos Petrongonas <epetron@amazon.de> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org> Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Cc: Changyuan Lyu <changyuanl@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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