x86/kexec: Eliminate writes through kernel mapping of relocate_kernel page

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All writes to the relocate_kernel control page are now done *after* the
%cr3 switch via simple %rip-relative addressing, which means the DATA()
macro with its pointer arithmetic can also now be removed.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205153343.3275139-12-dwmw2@infradead.org

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David Woodhouse 2024-12-05 15:05:17 +00:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

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