From: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
Cc: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@linux.microsoft.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] kexec: Add helper to report an active kexec reboot
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 06:21:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261001132147.1703600-1-shradhagupta@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261001132128.1703511-1-shradhagupta@linux.microsoft.com>
A shutdown callback in a loadable module may need to distinguish a
kexec reboot from a normal restart, halt, or poweroff. The Hyper-V
VMBus driver needs this distinction when moving its kexec cleanup into
a common syscore shutdown callback.
Add kexec_is_in_progress() and export it to GPL modules so the callback
can remain guarded when VMBus is built as a module. Provide a false
inline implementation when CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE is disabled.
The helper reports only the normal kexec reboot path. Crash kexec and
preserve-context kexec do not set this state.
Signed-off-by: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@linux.microsoft.com>
---
include/linux/kexec.h | 2 ++
kernel/kexec_core.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 8a22bc9b8c6c..827a5311d97a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ bool kexec_load_permitted(int kexec_image_type);
/* flag to track if kexec reboot is in progress */
extern bool kexec_in_progress;
+bool kexec_is_in_progress(void);
#ifndef page_to_boot_pfn
static inline unsigned long page_to_boot_pfn(struct page *page)
@@ -544,6 +545,7 @@ static inline void *kimage_map_segment(struct kimage *image, int idx)
{ return NULL; }
static inline void kimage_unmap_segment(void *buffer) { }
#define kexec_in_progress false
+static inline bool kexec_is_in_progress(void) { return false; }
#endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index dc770b9a6d05..282c7b3c6c35 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/hardirq.h>
#include <linux/elf.h>
#include <linux/elfcore.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
#include <linux/numa.h>
#include <linux/suspend.h>
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ atomic_t __kexec_lock = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
/* Flag to indicate we are going to kexec a new kernel */
bool kexec_in_progress = false;
+bool kexec_is_in_progress(void)
+{
+ return kexec_in_progress;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kexec_is_in_progress);
+
bool kexec_file_dbg_print;
/*
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 13:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-01 13:21 [PATCH v3 0/2] hyperv: Run VMBus kexec cleanup from syscore shutdown Shradha Gupta
2026-10-01 13:21 ` Shradha Gupta [this message]
2026-10-01 13:28 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] kexec: Add helper to report an active kexec reboot sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 13:22 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] Drivers: hv: Run VMBus kexec cleanup from syscore shutdown Shradha Gupta
2026-10-01 16:14 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] hyperv: " Michael Kelley
2026-10-01 16:52 ` Bradley Morgan
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