wireguard-linux/kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h, branch stable

liveupdate: remove liveupdate_test_unregister()

2026-04-18T07:10:50Z

Now that file handler unregistration automatically unregisters all associated file handlers (FLBs), the liveupdate_test_unregister() function is no longer needed. Remove it along with its usages and declarations. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260327033335.696621-9-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) Cc: David Matlack Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

liveupdate: auto unregister FLBs on file handler unregistration

2026-04-18T07:10:50Z

To ensure that unregistration is always successful and doesn't leave dangling resources, introduce auto-unregistration of FLBs: when a file handler is unregistered, all FLBs associated with it are automatically unregistered. Introduce a new helper luo_flb_unregister_all() which unregisters all FLBs linked to the given file handler. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260327033335.696621-8-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) Cc: David Matlack Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

liveupdate: remove luo_session_quiesce()

2026-04-18T07:10:50Z

Now that FLB module references are handled dynamically during active sessions, we can safely remove the luo_session_quiesce() and luo_session_resume() mechanism. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260327033335.696621-7-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) Cc: David Matlack Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

liveupdate: protect file handler list with rwsem

2026-04-18T07:10:49Z

Because liveupdate file handlers will no longer hold a module reference when registered, we must ensure that the access to the handler list is protected against concurrent module unloading. Utilize the global luo_register_rwlock to protect the global registry of file handlers. Read locks are taken during list traversals in luo_preserve_file() and luo_file_deserialize(). Write locks are taken during registration and unregistration. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260327033335.696621-4-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) Cc: David Matlack Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

tests/liveupdate: add in-kernel liveupdate test

2026-02-08T08:13:33Z

Introduce an in-kernel test module to validate the core logic of the Live Update Orchestrator's File-Lifecycle-Bound feature. This provides a low-level, controlled environment to test FLB registration and callback invocation without requiring userspace interaction or actual kexec reboots. The test is enabled by the CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE_TEST Kconfig option. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251218155752.3045808-6-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Cc: Alexander Graf Cc: David Gow Cc: David Matlack Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Petr Mladek Cc: Pratyush Yadav Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Cc: Tamir Duberstein Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

liveupdate: luo_flb: introduce File-Lifecycle-Bound global state

2026-02-08T08:13:33Z

Introduce a mechanism for managing global kernel state whose lifecycle is tied to the preservation of one or more files. This is necessary for subsystems where multiple preserved file descriptors depend on a single, shared underlying resource. An example is HugeTLB, where multiple file descriptors such as memfd and guest_memfd may rely on the state of a single HugeTLB subsystem. Preserving this state for each individual file would be redundant and incorrect. The state should be preserved only once when the first file is preserved, and restored/finished only once the last file is handled. This patch introduces File-Lifecycle-Bound (FLB) objects to solve this problem. An FLB is a global, reference-counted object with a defined set of operations: - A file handler (struct liveupdate_file_handler) declares a dependency on one or more FLBs via a new registration function, liveupdate_register_flb(). - When the first file depending on an FLB is preserved, the FLB's .preserve() callback is invoked to save the shared global state. The reference count is then incremented for each subsequent file. - Conversely, when the last file is unpreserved (before reboot) or finished (after reboot), the FLB's .unpreserve() or .finish() callback is invoked to clean up the global resource. The implementation includes: - A new set of ABI definitions (luo_flb_ser, luo_flb_head_ser) and a corresponding FDT node (luo-flb) to serialize the state of all active FLBs and pass them via Kexec Handover. - Core logic in luo_flb.c to manage FLB registration, reference counting, and the invocation of lifecycle callbacks. - An API (liveupdate_flb_get/_incoming/_outgoing) for other kernel subsystems to safely access the live object managed by an FLB, both before and after the live update. This framework provides the necessary infrastructure for more complex subsystems like IOMMU, VFIO, and KVM to integrate with the Live Update Orchestrator. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251218155752.3045808-5-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Cc: Alexander Graf Cc: David Gow Cc: David Matlack Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Petr Mladek Cc: Pratyush Yadav Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Cc: Tamir Duberstein Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

liveupdate: luo_file: Use private list

2026-02-08T08:13:33Z

Switch LUO to use the private list iterators. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251218155752.3045808-4-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Cc: Alexander Graf Cc: David Gow Cc: David Matlack Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Petr Mladek Cc: Pratyush Yadav Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Cc: Tamir Duberstein Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

liveupdate: luo_file: implement file systems callbacks

2025-11-27T22:24:38Z

This patch implements the core mechanism for managing preserved files throughout the live update lifecycle. It provides the logic to invoke the file handler callbacks (preserve, unpreserve, freeze, unfreeze, retrieve, and finish) at the appropriate stages. During the reboot phase, luo_file_freeze() serializes the final metadata for each file (handler compatible string, token, and data handle) into a memory region preserved by KHO. In the new kernel, luo_file_deserialize() reconstructs the in-memory file list from this data, preparing the session for retrieval. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251125165850.3389713-7-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav Tested-by: David Matlack Cc: Aleksander Lobakin Cc: Alexander Graf Cc: Alice Ryhl Cc: Andriy Shevchenko Cc: anish kumar Cc: Anna Schumaker Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Borislav Betkov Cc: Chanwoo Choi Cc: Chen Ridong Cc: Chris Li Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Daniel Wagner Cc: Danilo Krummrich Cc: Dan Williams Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: David Jeffery Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Guixin Liu Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Ilpo Järvinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Ira Weiny Cc: Jann Horn Cc: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Joanthan Cameron Cc: Joel Granados Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Lennart Poettering Cc: Leon Romanovsky Cc: Leon Romanovsky Cc: Lukas Wunner Cc: Marc Rutland Cc: Masahiro Yamada Cc: Matthew Maurer Cc: Miguel Ojeda Cc: Myugnjoo Ham Cc: Parav Pandit Cc: Pratyush Yadav Cc: Randy Dunlap Cc: Roman Gushchin Cc: Saeed Mahameed Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Cc: Song Liu Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Stuart Hayes Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: Thomas Gleinxer Cc: Thomas Weißschuh Cc: Vincent Guittot Cc: William Tu Cc: Yoann Congal Cc: Zhu Yanjun Cc: Zijun Hu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

liveupdate: luo_core: add user interface

2025-11-27T22:24:38Z

Introduce the user-space interface for the Live Update Orchestrator via ioctl commands, enabling external control over the live update process and management of preserved resources. The idea is that there is going to be a single userspace agent driving the live update, therefore, only a single process can ever hold this device opened at a time. The following ioctl commands are introduced: LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION Provides a way for userspace to create a named session for grouping file descriptors that need to be preserved. It returns a new file descriptor representing the session. LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_RETRIEVE_SESSION Allows the userspace agent in the new kernel to reclaim a preserved session by its name, receiving a new file descriptor to manage the restored resources. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251125165850.3389713-6-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav Tested-by: David Matlack Cc: Aleksander Lobakin Cc: Alexander Graf Cc: Alice Ryhl Cc: Andriy Shevchenko Cc: anish kumar Cc: Anna Schumaker Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Borislav Betkov Cc: Chanwoo Choi Cc: Chen Ridong Cc: Chris Li Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Daniel Wagner Cc: Danilo Krummrich Cc: Dan Williams Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: David Jeffery Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Guixin Liu Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Ilpo Järvinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Ira Weiny Cc: Jann Horn Cc: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Joanthan Cameron Cc: Joel Granados Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Lennart Poettering Cc: Leon Romanovsky Cc: Leon Romanovsky Cc: Lukas Wunner Cc: Marc Rutland Cc: Masahiro Yamada Cc: Matthew Maurer Cc: Miguel Ojeda Cc: Myugnjoo Ham Cc: Parav Pandit Cc: Pratyush Yadav Cc: Randy Dunlap Cc: Roman Gushchin Cc: Saeed Mahameed Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Cc: Song Liu Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Stuart Hayes Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: Thomas Gleinxer Cc: Thomas Weißschuh Cc: Vincent Guittot Cc: William Tu Cc: Yoann Congal Cc: Zhu Yanjun Cc: Zijun Hu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

liveupdate: luo_session: add sessions support

2025-11-27T22:24:38Z

Introduce concept of "Live Update Sessions" within the LUO framework. LUO sessions provide a mechanism to group and manage `struct file *` instances (representing file descriptors) that need to be preserved across a kexec-based live update. Each session is identified by a unique name and acts as a container for file objects whose state is critical to a userspace workload, such as a virtual machine or a high-performance database, aiming to maintain their functionality across a kernel transition. This groundwork establishes the framework for preserving file-backed state across kernel updates, with the actual file data preservation mechanisms to be implemented in subsequent patches. [dan.carpenter@linaro.org: fix use after free in luo_session_deserialize()] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/c5dd637d7eed3a3be48c5e9fedb881596a3b1f5a.1764163896.git.dan.carpenter@linaro.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251125165850.3389713-5-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav Tested-by: David Matlack Cc: Aleksander Lobakin Cc: Alexander Graf Cc: Alice Ryhl Cc: Andriy Shevchenko Cc: anish kumar Cc: Anna Schumaker Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Borislav Betkov Cc: Chanwoo Choi Cc: Chen Ridong Cc: Chris Li Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Daniel Wagner Cc: Danilo Krummrich Cc: Dan Williams Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: David Jeffery Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Guixin Liu Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Ilpo Järvinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Ira Weiny Cc: Jann Horn Cc: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Joanthan Cameron Cc: Joel Granados Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Lennart Poettering Cc: Leon Romanovsky Cc: Leon Romanovsky Cc: Lukas Wunner Cc: Marc Rutland Cc: Masahiro Yamada Cc: Matthew Maurer Cc: Miguel Ojeda Cc: Myugnjoo Ham Cc: Parav Pandit Cc: Pratyush Yadav Cc: Randy Dunlap Cc: Roman Gushchin Cc: Saeed Mahameed Cc: Samiullah Khawaja Cc: Song Liu Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Stuart Hayes Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: Thomas Gleinxer Cc: Thomas Weißschuh Cc: Vincent Guittot Cc: William Tu Cc: Yoann Congal Cc: Zhu Yanjun Cc: Zijun Hu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton