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Patch series "kexec_file, x86, powerpc: refactoring for other
architecutres", v2.

This is a preparatory patchset for adding kexec_file support on arm64.

It was originally included in a arm64 patch set[1], but Philipp is also
working on their kexec_file support on s390[2] and some changes are now
conflicting.

So these common parts were extracted and put into a separate patch set
for better integration.  What's more, my original patch#4 was split into
a few small chunks for easier review after Dave's comment.

As such, the resulting code is basically identical with my original, and
the only *visible* differences are:

 - renaming of _kexec_kernel_image_probe() and  _kimage_file_post_load_cleanup()

 - change one of types of arguments at prepare_elf64_headers()

Those, unfortunately, require a couple of trivial changes on the rest
(#1, #6 to #13) of my arm64 kexec_file patch set[1].

Patch #1 allows making a use of purgatory optional, particularly useful
for arm6...