* [PATCH v10 0/4] liveupdate: bug fix for session name and new ioctl to read it
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From: luca.boccassi @ 2026-04-23 23:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec; +Cc: linux-mm, rppt, pasha.tatashin, pratyush, linux-kernel,
Luca Boccassi
From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
A series of patches matured while implementing LUO support in userspace
in systemd.
- reject session names that are either empty strings or too long
- add new ioctl to retrieve session name from FD, so that userspace
can query it without string parsing in procfs
Both changes come with a follow-up patch add test coverage via the
existing selftest.
v2: apply one fix from bot review about cleanup on error path:
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260415184536.1155220-1-luca.boccassi%40gmail.com
the other comments are invalid: luo is not a kmod, and the write hooks are not set up
v3: add test case to liveupdate selftest
v4: split test case in separate follow-up patch
v5: add r-b tag, merge series with LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME ioctl
as they both change the same unit test source file, to avoid merge conflicts
add '__u32 reserved' to the UAPI struct
v6: add more test cases as suggested
more verbose commit message
fix docstring
v7: apply suggestion from review bot to stub out setattr ops,
like it was done in 22bdf3d6581a
v8: add new patches to reject session names that are empty or too long
v9: fixes following review comments on LUO_SESSION_MAGIC
v10: split out LUO_SESSION_MAGIC patch as it is undergoing more discussions,
and the other two patches are independent aside from adding test cases
to the same unit test source file
Luca Boccassi (4):
liveupdate: reject LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION with invalid name
length
selftests/liveupdate: add test cases for
LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION calls with invalid length
liveupdate: add LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME ioctl
selftests/liveupdate: add test cases for LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME
include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h | 21 ++++
kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c | 17 +++
.../testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c | 113 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 151 insertions(+)
--
2.47.3
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* [PATCH v10 1/4] liveupdate: reject LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION with invalid name length
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2026-04-23 23:44 ` [PATCH v10 2/4] selftests/liveupdate: add test cases for LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION calls with invalid length luca.boccassi
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From: luca.boccassi @ 2026-04-23 23:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec; +Cc: linux-mm, rppt, pasha.tatashin, pratyush, linux-kernel,
Luca Boccassi
From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
A session name must not be an empty string, and must not exceed the
maximum size define in the uapi header, including null termination.
Fixes: 0153094d03df ("liveupdate: luo_session: add sessions support")
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
index 25ae704d7787..5e316a4c5d71 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
@@ -382,9 +382,13 @@ static int luo_session_getfile(struct luo_session *session, struct file **filep)
int luo_session_create(const char *name, struct file **filep)
{
+ size_t len = strnlen(name, LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH);
struct luo_session *session;
int err;
+ if (len == 0 || len > LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH - 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
session = luo_session_alloc(name);
if (IS_ERR(session))
return PTR_ERR(session);
--
2.47.3
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* [PATCH v10 2/4] selftests/liveupdate: add test cases for LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION calls with invalid length
2026-04-23 23:44 [PATCH v10 0/4] liveupdate: bug fix for session name and new ioctl to read it luca.boccassi
2026-04-23 23:44 ` [PATCH v10 1/4] liveupdate: reject LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION with invalid name length luca.boccassi
@ 2026-04-23 23:44 ` luca.boccassi
2026-04-23 23:44 ` [PATCH v10 3/4] liveupdate: add LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME ioctl luca.boccassi
2026-04-23 23:44 ` [PATCH v10 4/4] selftests/liveupdate: add test cases for LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME luca.boccassi
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From: luca.boccassi @ 2026-04-23 23:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec; +Cc: linux-mm, rppt, pasha.tatashin, pratyush, linux-kernel,
Luca Boccassi
From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Verify that LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION ioctl which provide a name
that is an empty string or too long are not allowed.
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
.../testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c b/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c
index c2878e3d5ef9..f0a8e600c154 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c
@@ -345,4 +345,46 @@ TEST_F(liveupdate_device, preserve_unsupported_fd)
ASSERT_EQ(close(session_fd), 0);
}
+/*
+ * Test Case: Create Session with No Null Termination
+ *
+ * Verifies that filling the entire 64-byte name field with non-null characters
+ * (no '\0' terminator) is rejected by the kernel with EINVAL.
+ */
+TEST_F(liveupdate_device, create_session_no_null_termination)
+{
+ struct liveupdate_ioctl_create_session args = {};
+
+ self->fd1 = open(LIVEUPDATE_DEV, O_RDWR);
+ if (self->fd1 < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
+ SKIP(return, "%s does not exist", LIVEUPDATE_DEV);
+ ASSERT_GE(self->fd1, 0);
+
+ /* Fill entire name field with 'X', no null terminator */
+ args.size = sizeof(args);
+ memset(args.name, 'X', sizeof(args.name));
+
+ EXPECT_LT(ioctl(self->fd1, LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION, &args), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test Case: Create Session with Empty Name
+ *
+ * Verifies that creating a session with an empty string name fails
+ * with EINVAL.
+ */
+TEST_F(liveupdate_device, create_session_empty_name)
+{
+ int session_fd;
+
+ self->fd1 = open(LIVEUPDATE_DEV, O_RDWR);
+ if (self->fd1 < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
+ SKIP(return, "%s does not exist", LIVEUPDATE_DEV);
+ ASSERT_GE(self->fd1, 0);
+
+ session_fd = create_session(self->fd1, "");
+ EXPECT_EQ(session_fd, -EINVAL);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.47.3
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* [PATCH v10 3/4] liveupdate: add LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME ioctl
2026-04-23 23:44 [PATCH v10 0/4] liveupdate: bug fix for session name and new ioctl to read it luca.boccassi
2026-04-23 23:44 ` [PATCH v10 1/4] liveupdate: reject LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION with invalid name length luca.boccassi
2026-04-23 23:44 ` [PATCH v10 2/4] selftests/liveupdate: add test cases for LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_CREATE_SESSION calls with invalid length luca.boccassi
@ 2026-04-23 23:44 ` luca.boccassi
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From: luca.boccassi @ 2026-04-23 23:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec; +Cc: linux-mm, rppt, pasha.tatashin, pratyush, linux-kernel,
Luca Boccassi
From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Userspace when requesting a session via the ioctl specifies a name and
gets a FD, but then there is no ioctl to go back the other way and get
the name given a LUO session FD. This is problematic especially when
there is a userspace orchestrator that wants to check what FDs it is
handling for clients without having to do manual string scraping of
procfs, or without procfs at all.
Add a ioctl to simply get the name from an FD.
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h b/include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
index 30bc66ee9436..3a9ff53b02e0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ enum {
LIVEUPDATE_CMD_SESSION_PRESERVE_FD = LIVEUPDATE_CMD_SESSION_BASE,
LIVEUPDATE_CMD_SESSION_RETRIEVE_FD = 0x41,
LIVEUPDATE_CMD_SESSION_FINISH = 0x42,
+ LIVEUPDATE_CMD_SESSION_GET_NAME = 0x43,
};
/**
@@ -213,4 +214,24 @@ struct liveupdate_session_finish {
#define LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_FINISH \
_IO(LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_TYPE, LIVEUPDATE_CMD_SESSION_FINISH)
+/**
+ * struct liveupdate_session_get_name - ioctl(LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME)
+ * @size: Input; sizeof(struct liveupdate_session_get_name)
+ * @reserved: Input; Must be zero. Reserved for future use.
+ * @name: Output; A null-terminated string with the full session name.
+ *
+ * Retrieves the full name of the session associated with this file descriptor.
+ * This is useful because the kernel may truncate the name shown in /proc.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
+ */
+struct liveupdate_session_get_name {
+ __u32 size;
+ __u32 reserved;
+ __u8 name[LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH];
+};
+
+#define LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME \
+ _IO(LIVEUPDATE_IOCTL_TYPE, LIVEUPDATE_CMD_SESSION_GET_NAME)
+
#endif /* _UAPI_LIVEUPDATE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
index 5e316a4c5d71..0bcf2def074e 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
@@ -289,10 +289,21 @@ static int luo_session_finish(struct luo_session *session,
return luo_ucmd_respond(ucmd, sizeof(*argp));
}
+static int luo_session_get_name(struct luo_session *session,
+ struct luo_ucmd *ucmd)
+{
+ struct liveupdate_session_get_name *argp = ucmd->cmd;
+
+ strscpy((char *)argp->name, session->name, sizeof(argp->name));
+
+ return luo_ucmd_respond(ucmd, sizeof(*argp));
+}
+
union ucmd_buffer {
struct liveupdate_session_finish finish;
struct liveupdate_session_preserve_fd preserve;
struct liveupdate_session_retrieve_fd retrieve;
+ struct liveupdate_session_get_name get_name;
};
struct luo_ioctl_op {
@@ -319,6 +330,8 @@ static const struct luo_ioctl_op luo_session_ioctl_ops[] = {
struct liveupdate_session_preserve_fd, token),
IOCTL_OP(LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_RETRIEVE_FD, luo_session_retrieve_fd,
struct liveupdate_session_retrieve_fd, token),
+ IOCTL_OP(LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME, luo_session_get_name,
+ struct liveupdate_session_get_name, name),
};
static long luo_session_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd,
--
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From: luca.boccassi @ 2026-04-23 23:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec; +Cc: linux-mm, rppt, pasha.tatashin, pratyush, linux-kernel,
Luca Boccassi
From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Verify that the new LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME ioctl works
as expected via new test cases in the existing liveupdate selftest.
Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
.../testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c b/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c
index f0a8e600c154..eda832125809 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/liveupdate.c
@@ -102,6 +102,22 @@ static int create_session(int lu_fd, const char *name)
return args.fd;
}
+/* Helper function to get a session name via ioctl. */
+static int get_session_name(int session_fd, char *name, size_t name_len)
+{
+ struct liveupdate_session_get_name args = {};
+
+ args.size = sizeof(args);
+
+ if (ioctl(session_fd, LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME, &args))
+ return -errno;
+
+ strncpy(name, (char *)args.name, name_len - 1);
+ name[name_len - 1] = '\0';
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* Test Case: Create Duplicate Session
*
@@ -387,4 +403,59 @@ TEST_F(liveupdate_device, create_session_empty_name)
EXPECT_EQ(session_fd, -EINVAL);
}
+/*
+ * Test Case: Get Session Name
+ *
+ * Verifies that the full session name can be retrieved from a session file
+ * descriptor via ioctl.
+ */
+TEST_F(liveupdate_device, get_session_name)
+{
+ char name_buf[LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH] = {};
+ const char *session_name = "get-name-test-session";
+ int session_fd;
+
+ self->fd1 = open(LIVEUPDATE_DEV, O_RDWR);
+ if (self->fd1 < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
+ SKIP(return, "%s does not exist", LIVEUPDATE_DEV);
+ ASSERT_GE(self->fd1, 0);
+
+ session_fd = create_session(self->fd1, session_name);
+ ASSERT_GE(session_fd, 0);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(get_session_name(session_fd, name_buf, sizeof(name_buf)), 0);
+ ASSERT_STREQ(name_buf, session_name);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(close(session_fd), 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test Case: Get Session Name at Maximum Length
+ *
+ * Verifies that a session name using the full LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH
+ * (minus the null terminator) can be correctly retrieved.
+ */
+TEST_F(liveupdate_device, get_session_name_max_length)
+{
+ char name_buf[LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH] = {};
+ char long_name[LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_NAME_LENGTH];
+ int session_fd;
+
+ memset(long_name, 'A', sizeof(long_name) - 1);
+ long_name[sizeof(long_name) - 1] = '\0';
+
+ self->fd1 = open(LIVEUPDATE_DEV, O_RDWR);
+ if (self->fd1 < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
+ SKIP(return, "%s does not exist", LIVEUPDATE_DEV);
+ ASSERT_GE(self->fd1, 0);
+
+ session_fd = create_session(self->fd1, long_name);
+ ASSERT_GE(session_fd, 0);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(get_session_name(session_fd, name_buf, sizeof(name_buf)), 0);
+ ASSERT_STREQ(name_buf, long_name);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(close(session_fd), 0);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.47.3
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