On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM Mike Rapoport [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 04:03:04PM -0500, Pasha Tatashin wrote:

quoted

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.

Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
---
 include/linux/liveupdate/abi/luo.h |  81 ++++++
 include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h    |   3 +
 kernel/liveupdate/Makefile         |   3 +-
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c       |   9 +
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h   |  39 +++
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c    | 405 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 539 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c

diff --git a/include/linux/liveupdate/abi/luo.h b/include/linux/liveupdate/abi/luo.h
index 9483a294287f..37b9fecef3f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/liveupdate/abi/luo.h
+++ b/include/linux/liveupdate/abi/luo.h

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
  *     / {
  *         compatible = "luo-v1";
  *         liveupdate-number = <...>;
+ *
+ *         luo-session {
+ *             compatible = "luo-session-v1";
+ *             luo-session-head = <phys_addr_of_session_head_ser>;

'head' reads to me as list head rather than a header. I'd use 'hdr' for the
latter.

Or just use the full name: "header" ? It is not too long as well.

Pasha

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.