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Message-ID: <aO9WvF_WMkKKqYo5@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:09:32 +0300
From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, brauner@...nel.org, corbet@....net,
	graf@...zon.com, jgg@...pe.ca, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	masahiroy@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org, pratyush@...nel.org,
	rdunlap@...radead.org, tj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 6/7] liveupdate: kho: move to kernel/liveupdate

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@...een.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@...nel.org>

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.