From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, brauner@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net,
graf@amazon.com, jgg@ziepe.ca, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
masahiroy@kernel.org, ojeda@kernel.org,
pasha.tatashin@soleen.com, pratyush@kernel.org,
rdunlap@infradead.org, rppt@kernel.org, tj@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCHv7 6/7] liveupdate: kho: move to kernel/liveupdate
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:57:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251022005719.3670224-7-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251022005719.3670224-1-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Move KHO to kernel/liveupdate/ in preparation of placing all Live Update
core kernel related files to the same place.
Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/core-api/kho/concepts.rst | 2 +-
MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
init/Kconfig | 2 +
kernel/Kconfig.kexec | 34 ----------------
kernel/Makefile | 4 +-
kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
kernel/liveupdate/Makefile | 5 +++
kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover.c | 4 +-
.../{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover_debug.c | 0
.../{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover_debugfs.c | 0
.../kexec_handover_internal.h | 0
11 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
create mode 100644 kernel/liveupdate/Makefile
rename kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover.c (99%)
rename kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover_debug.c (100%)
rename kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover_debugfs.c (100%)
rename kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover_internal.h (100%)
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kho/concepts.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kho/concepts.rst
index 36d5c05cfb30..d626d1dbd678 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/kho/concepts.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/kho/concepts.rst
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ in the FDT. That state is called the KHO finalization phase.
Public API
==========
-.. kernel-doc:: kernel/kexec_handover.c
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
:export:
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0a6ba2717caa..eae55bb6ab4d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -13781,7 +13781,7 @@ S: Maintained
F: Documentation/admin-guide/mm/kho.rst
F: Documentation/core-api/kho/*
F: include/linux/kexec_handover.h
-F: kernel/kexec_handover*
+F: kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover*
F: tools/testing/selftests/kho/
KEYS-ENCRYPTED
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index cab3ad28ca49..0605de5d96c0 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -2138,6 +2138,8 @@ config TRACEPOINTS
source "kernel/Kconfig.kexec"
+source "kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig"
+
endmenu # General setup
source "arch/Kconfig"
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
index 9308a0fb1419..15632358bcf7 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.kexec
@@ -94,40 +94,6 @@ config KEXEC_JUMP
Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
code in physical address mode via KEXEC
-config KEXEC_HANDOVER
- bool "kexec handover"
- depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_HANDOVER && ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_FILE
- depends on !DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
- select MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH
- select KEXEC_FILE
- select DEBUG_FS
- select LIBFDT
- select CMA
- help
- Allow kexec to hand over state across kernels by generating and
- passing additional metadata to the target kernel. This is useful
- to keep data or state alive across the kexec. For this to work,
- both source and target kernels need to have this option enabled.
-
-config KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUG
- bool "Enable Kexec Handover debug checks"
- depends on KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS
- help
- This option enables extra sanity checks for the Kexec Handover
- subsystem. Since, KHO performance is crucial in live update
- scenarios and the extra code might be adding overhead it is
- only optionally enabled.
-
-config KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS
- bool "kexec handover debugfs interface"
- depends on KEXEC_HANDOVER
- depends on DEBUG_FS
- help
- Allow to control kexec handover device tree via debugfs
- interface, i.e. finalize the state or aborting the finalization.
- Also, enables inspecting the KHO fdt trees with the debugfs binary
- blobs.
-
config CRASH_DUMP
bool "kernel crash dumps"
default ARCH_DEFAULT_CRASH_DUMP
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 2cf7909a74e5..e83669841b8c 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ obj-y += printk/
obj-y += irq/
obj-y += rcu/
obj-y += livepatch/
+obj-y += liveupdate/
obj-y += dma/
obj-y += entry/
obj-y += unwind/
@@ -82,9 +83,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_KUNIT_TEST) += crash_core_test.o
obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC) += kexec.o
obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE) += kexec_file.o
obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_ELF) += kexec_elf.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER) += kexec_handover.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUG) += kexec_handover_debug.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS) += kexec_handover_debugfs.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST) += backtracetest.o
obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += compat.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUPS) += cgroup/
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae8bdd87458a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+menu "Live Update and Kexec HandOver"
+
+config KEXEC_HANDOVER
+ bool "kexec handover"
+ depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_HANDOVER && ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_FILE
+ depends on !DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
+ select MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH
+ select KEXEC_FILE
+ select DEBUG_FS
+ select LIBFDT
+ select CMA
+ help
+ Allow kexec to hand over state across kernels by generating and
+ passing additional metadata to the target kernel. This is useful
+ to keep data or state alive across the kexec. For this to work,
+ both source and target kernels need to have this option enabled.
+
+config KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUG
+ bool "Enable Kexec Handover debug checks"
+ depends on KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS
+ help
+ This option enables extra sanity checks for the Kexec Handover
+ subsystem. Since, KHO performance is crucial in live update
+ scenarios and the extra code might be adding overhead it is
+ only optionally enabled.
+
+config KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS
+ bool "kexec handover debugfs interface"
+ depends on KEXEC_HANDOVER
+ depends on DEBUG_FS
+ help
+ Allow to control kexec handover device tree via debugfs
+ interface, i.e. finalize the state or aborting the finalization.
+ Also, enables inspecting the KHO fdt trees with the debugfs binary
+ blobs.
+
+endmenu
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/Makefile b/kernel/liveupdate/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f52ce1ebcf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER) += kexec_handover.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUG) += kexec_handover_debug.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS) += kexec_handover_debugfs.o
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
similarity index 99%
rename from kernel/kexec_handover.c
rename to kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index 89a3fa89db0a..a1b97cc37cea 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
* KHO is tightly coupled with mm init and needs access to some of mm
* internal APIs.
*/
-#include "../mm/internal.h"
-#include "kexec_internal.h"
+#include "../../mm/internal.h"
+#include "../kexec_internal.h"
#include "kexec_handover_internal.h"
#define KHO_FDT_COMPATIBLE "kho-v1"
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_handover_debug.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_debug.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/kexec_handover_debug.c
rename to kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_debug.c
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_handover_debugfs.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_debugfs.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/kexec_handover_debugfs.c
rename to kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_debugfs.c
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_handover_internal.h b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_internal.h
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/kexec_handover_internal.h
rename to kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover_internal.h
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-22 0:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-22 0:57 [PATCHv7 0/7] liveupdate: Rework KHO for in-kernel users Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-22 0:57 ` [PATCHv7 1/7] kho: allow to drive kho from within kernel Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-23 7:13 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-10-22 0:57 ` [PATCHv7 2/7] kho: make debugfs interface optional Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-22 10:31 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-22 0:57 ` [PATCHv7 3/7] kho: drop notifiers Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-22 11:01 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-24 6:16 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-10-24 9:39 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-24 13:11 ` Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-24 15:50 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-24 15:52 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-24 16:15 ` Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-24 16:32 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-22 0:57 ` [PATCHv7 4/7] kho: add interfaces to unpreserve folios and page ranges Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-22 11:10 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-24 13:18 ` Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-23 7:17 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-10-22 0:57 ` [PATCHv7 5/7] kho: don't unpreserve memory during abort Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-22 11:15 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-23 7:20 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-10-24 13:28 ` Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-24 15:27 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-24 15:33 ` Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-24 15:48 ` Pratyush Yadav
2025-10-22 0:57 ` Pasha Tatashin [this message]
2025-10-22 0:57 ` [PATCHv7 7/7] liveupdate: kho: move kho debugfs directory to liveupdate Pasha Tatashin
2025-10-23 7:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-10-24 13:33 ` Pasha Tatashin
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