linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] kstate, test: add test module for testing kstate subsystem.

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Message-ID: <1c79b3c7-5847-4960-9454-0c70d02a6441@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 17:33:15 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Andrey Ryabinin <arbn@...dex-team.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
 James Gowans <jgowans@...zon.com>, Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
 x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Baoquan He
 <bhe@...hat.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
 Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@...zon.de>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
 Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>,
 David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>,
 Changyuan Lyu <changyuanl@...gle.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
 Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>, Ashish.Kalra@....com,
 William Tu <witu@...dia.com>, David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] kstate, test: add test module for testing kstate
 subsystem.

On 9/9/25 1:14 PM, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> index b6ea861006bf..af9a25bdcd6e 100644
> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/Kconfig
> @@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ config KSTATE
>  	  state, save it into the memory and restore the state after kexec
>  	  in new kernel.
>  
> +config KSTATE_TEST
> +	bool "KSTATE test code"
> +	help
> +	  Build a simple test/playground code that is useful for kstate

	  Build simple

> +	  subsystem development. It contains some structure with different

	                                          structures
?

> +	  kind of data which migrated across kexec to the new kernel

	  kinds        which are migrated

> +	  using KSTATE.
> +

-- 
~Randy