[PATCH v3] liveupdate: separate memfd support into LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD

[PATCH v3] liveupdate: separate memfd support into LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD

[Pasha Tatashin]

Decouple memfd preservation support from the core Live Update
Orchestrator configuration.

Previously, enabling CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE forced a dependency on
CONFIG_SHMEM and unconditionally compiled memfd_luo.o. However, Live
Update may be used for purposes that do not require memfd-backed memory
preservation.

Introduce CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD to gate memfd_luo.o. This moves the
SHMEM and MEMFD_CREATE dependencies to the specific feature that needs
them, allowing the base LIVEUPDATE option to be selected independently
of shared memory support.

Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
---
Changes v3
- Addressed Mike's suggestion: added default LIVEUPDATE, and removed
  config from selftests.

 kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 mm/Makefile               |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
index d2aeaf13c3ac..1a8513f16ef7 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ config KEXEC_HANDOVER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
 config LIVEUPDATE
 	bool "Live Update Orchestrator"
 	depends on KEXEC_HANDOVER
-	depends on SHMEM
 	help
 	  Enable the Live Update Orchestrator. Live Update is a mechanism,
 	  typically based on kexec, that allows the kernel to be updated
@@ -73,4 +72,20 @@ config LIVEUPDATE
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD
+	bool "Live update support for memfd"
+	depends on LIVEUPDATE
+	depends on MEMFD_CREATE
+	depends on SHMEM
+	default LIVEUPDATE
+	help
+	  Enable live update support for memfd regions. This allows preserving
+	  memfd-backed memory across kernel live updates.
+
+	  This can be used to back VM memory with memfds, allowing the guest
+	  memory to persist, or for other user workloads needing to preserve
+	  pages.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 9175f8cc6565..798f04233d71 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA) += memory-tiers.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVICE_MIGRATION) += migrate_device.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) += huge_memory.o khugepaged.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_COUNTER) += page_counter.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE) += memfd_luo.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD) += memfd_luo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG_V1) += memcontrol-v1.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG) += memcontrol.o vmpressure.o
 ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
-- 
2.52.0.351.gbe84eed79e-goog

Re: [PATCH v3] liveupdate: separate memfd support into LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD

[Mike Rapoport]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 11:14:02AM -0500, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> Decouple memfd preservation support from the core Live Update
> Orchestrator configuration.
> 
> Previously, enabling CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE forced a dependency on
> CONFIG_SHMEM and unconditionally compiled memfd_luo.o. However, Live
> Update may be used for purposes that do not require memfd-backed memory
> preservation.
> 
> Introduce CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD to gate memfd_luo.o. This moves the
> SHMEM and MEMFD_CREATE dependencies to the specific feature that needs
> them, allowing the base LIVEUPDATE option to be selected independently
> of shared memory support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
> Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

> ---
> Changes v3
> - Addressed Mike's suggestion: added default LIVEUPDATE, and removed
>   config from selftests.
> 
>  kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>  mm/Makefile               |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> index d2aeaf13c3ac..1a8513f16ef7 100644
> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ config KEXEC_HANDOVER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
>  config LIVEUPDATE
>  	bool "Live Update Orchestrator"
>  	depends on KEXEC_HANDOVER
> -	depends on SHMEM
>  	help
>  	  Enable the Live Update Orchestrator. Live Update is a mechanism,
>  	  typically based on kexec, that allows the kernel to be updated
> @@ -73,4 +72,20 @@ config LIVEUPDATE
>  
>  	  If unsure, say N.
>  
> +config LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD
> +	bool "Live update support for memfd"
> +	depends on LIVEUPDATE
> +	depends on MEMFD_CREATE
> +	depends on SHMEM
> +	default LIVEUPDATE
> +	help
> +	  Enable live update support for memfd regions. This allows preserving
> +	  memfd-backed memory across kernel live updates.
> +
> +	  This can be used to back VM memory with memfds, allowing the guest
> +	  memory to persist, or for other user workloads needing to preserve
> +	  pages.
> +
> +	  If unsure, say N.
> +
>  endmenu
> diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
> index 9175f8cc6565..798f04233d71 100644
> --- a/mm/Makefile
> +++ b/mm/Makefile
> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA) += memory-tiers.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DEVICE_MIGRATION) += migrate_device.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) += huge_memory.o khugepaged.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_COUNTER) += page_counter.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE) += memfd_luo.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE_MEMFD) += memfd_luo.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG_V1) += memcontrol-v1.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG) += memcontrol.o vmpressure.o
>  ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
> -- 
> 2.52.0.351.gbe84eed79e-goog
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.