[PATCH v1 08/13] kho: Remove abort functionality and support state refresh

[Pasha Tatashin]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM Pratyush Yadav <pratyush at kernel.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 14 2025, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
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> > Previously, KHO required a dedicated kho_abort() function to clean up
> > state before kho_finalize() could be called again. This was necessary
> > to handle complex unwind paths when using notifiers.
> >
> > With the shift to direct memory preservation, the explicit abort step
> > is no longer strictly necessary.
> >
> > Remove kho_abort() and refactor kho_finalize() to handle re-entry.
> > If kho_finalize() is called while KHO is already finalized, it will
> > now automatically clean up the previous memory map and state before
> > generating a new one. This allows the KHO state to be updated/refreshed
> > simply by triggering finalize again.
> >
> > Update debugfs to return -EINVAL if userspace attempts to write 0 to
> > the finalize attribute, as explicit abort is no longer supported.
>
> Documentation/core-api/kho/concepts.rst touches on the concept of
> finalization. I suppose that should be updated as well.

I looked at it, and it is vague, we are soon to remove finalize with
stateless kho from Jason Miu, so in that series that section can be
removed or replaced.

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> Other than this,
>
> Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush at kernel.org>

Thank you,
Pasha

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> Regards,
> Pratyush Yadav