Re: [PATCH v5 6/7] liveupdate: kho: move to kernel/liveupdate

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Wed Oct 15 2025 - 04:09:39 EST


On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 03:30:59AM +0000, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> Move KHO to kernel/liveupdate/ in preparation of placing all Live Update
> core kernel related files to the same place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

One comment below.

> ---
> Documentation/core-api/kho/concepts.rst | 2 +-
> MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
> init/Kconfig | 2 ++
> kernel/Kconfig.kexec | 25 ----------------
> kernel/Makefile | 3 +-
> kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/liveupdate/Makefile | 4 +++
> kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover.c | 6 ++--
> .../{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover_debug.c | 0
> .../kexec_handover_internal.h | 0
> 10 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> create mode 100644 kernel/liveupdate/Makefile
> rename kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover.c (99%)
> rename kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover_debug.c (100%)
> rename kernel/{ => liveupdate}/kexec_handover_internal.h (100%)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..522b9f74d605
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +
> +menu "Live Update"

KHO can be used without Live Update, let's make this "Kexec HandOver and
Live Update"

> +

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.