[linux-next-20250212] syscall kexec_file_load not available

[Hari Bathini]

On 13/02/25 8:34 pm, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
> Greetings!!!
> 
>  From kernel next-20250210, I am observing syscall kexec_file_load not 
> available, there by kdump service is failing to start.
> 
> 
> Logs:
> 
> [root at ltc-zzci-1 ~]# kexec -p --initrd=/boot/initramfs-6.14.0-rc2- 
> next-20250212kdump.img /boot/vmlinuz-6.14.0-rc2-next-20250212 -c
> Warning: append= option is not passed. Using the first kernel root 
> partition
> Modified cmdline: elfcorehdr=311424K root=UUID=b5b1f89c- 
> d479-48b3-90e2-744a2fd05667
> [root at ltc-zzci-1 ~]# kexec -p --initrd=/boot/initramfs-6.14.0-rc2- 
> next-20250212kdump.img /boot/vmlinuz-6.14.0-rc2-next-20250212 -s
> syscall kexec_file_load not available.
> [root at ltc-zzci-1 ~]# kexec -v
> kexec-tools 2.0.27
> [root at ltc-zzci-1 ~]# uname -r
> 6.14.0-rc2-next-20250212
> 

Is the kernel built with CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE ?

- Hari