Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] kho: add support for preserving vmalloc allocations

[Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>]

Argh, I've messed up the posting :(
Sorry for the noise.

On Sun, Sep 07, 2025 at 10:00:17AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Following the discussion about preservation of memfd with LUO [1] these
> patches add support for preserving vmalloc allocations.
> 
> Any KHO uses case presumes that there's a data structure that lists
> physical addresses of preserved folios (and potentially some additional
> metadata). Allowing vmalloc preservations with KHO allows scalable
> preservation of such data structures.
> 
> For instance, instead of allocating array describing preserved folios in
> the fdt, memfd preservation can use vmalloc:
> 
>         preserved_folios = vmalloc_array(nr_folios, sizeof(*preserved_folios));
>         memfd_luo_preserve_folios(preserved_folios, folios, nr_folios);
>         kho_preserve_vmalloc(preserved_folios, &folios_info);
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250807014442.3829950-30-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com
> 
> v2 changes:
> * support preservation of vmalloc backed by large pages
> * add check for supported vmalloc flags and preserve the flags to be
>   able to identify incompatible preservations
> * don't use kho_preserve_phys()
> * add kernel-doc
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250903063018.3346652-1-rppt@kernel.org
> 
> Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) (2):
>   kho: add support for preserving vmalloc allocations
>   lib/test_kho: use kho_preserve_vmalloc instead of storing addresses in fdt
> 
>  include/linux/kexec_handover.h |  12 ++
>  kernel/kexec_handover.c        | 200 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/test_kho.c                 |  30 +++--
>  3 files changed, 235 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: b320789d6883cc00ac78ce83bccbfe7ed58afcf0
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.