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Add documentation for the kexec-metadata feature that tracks the previous kernel version and kexec boot count across kexec reboots. This helps diagnose bugs that only reproduce when kexecing from specific kernel versions. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260316-kho-v9-6-ed6dcd951988@debian.org Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Suggested-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org> Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>