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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	skhan@linuxfoundation.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net,
	dmatlack@google.com, kexec@lists.infradead.org,
	pratyush@kernel.org, skhawaja@google.com, graf@amazon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/10] liveupdate: add support for linked-block serialization
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 20:26:25 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <agn6QeIamoeMkesv@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514222628.931312-5-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 10:26:22PM +0000, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> Introduce a linked-block serialization mechanism for LUO state.
> 
> Previously, LUO used contiguous memory blocks for serializing sessions
> and files, which imposed limits on the total number of items that could
> be preserved across a live update.
> 
> This commit adds the infrastructure for a more flexible, block-based
> approach where serialized data is stored in a chain of linked blocks.
> This is a preparatory step to allow an unlimited number of
> luo_sessions and luo_files to be preserved.

Shouldn't it be a part of KHO?
 
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/core-api/liveupdate.rst |   8 +
>  include/linux/kho/abi/luo.h           |  22 ++
>  kernel/liveupdate/Makefile            |   1 +
>  kernel/liveupdate/luo_block.c         | 388 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h      |  57 ++++
>  5 files changed, 476 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 kernel/liveupdate/luo_block.c

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-17 17:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-14 22:26 [PATCH v2 00/10] liveupdate: Remove limits on the number of files and sessions Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] liveupdate: centralize state management into struct luo_ser Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:20   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-17 18:36     ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] liveupdate: Extract luo_file_deserialize_one helper Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:24   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-17 18:37     ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] liveupdate: Extract luo_session_deserialize_one helper Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:25   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] liveupdate: add support for linked-block serialization Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:26   ` Mike Rapoport [this message]
2026-05-17 18:40     ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] liveupdate: defer session block allocation and PA setting Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:31   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-17 18:52     ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] liveupdate: Remove limit on the number of sessions Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:33   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] liveupdate: Remove limit on the number of files per session Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:33   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] selftests/liveupdate: Test session and file limit removal Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:35   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-sessions kexec test Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:37   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-14 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-files " Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-17 17:38   ` Mike Rapoport

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