[PATCH v2 01/13] kho: Fix misleading log message in kho_populate()

Pasha Tatashin pasha.tatashin at soleen.com
Fri Nov 14 10:59:50 PST 2025


The log message in kho_populate() currently states "Will skip init for
some devices". This implies that Kexec Handover always involves
skipping device initialization.

However, KHO is a generic mechanism used to preserve kernel memory across
reboot for various purposes, such as memfd, telemetry, or reserve_mem.
Skipping device initialization is a specific property of live update
drivers using KHO, not a property of the mechanism itself.

Remove the misleading suffix to accurately reflect the generic nature of
KHO discovery.

Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>
Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt at kernel.org>
---
 kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index 9f0913e101be..6ad45e12f53b 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ void __init kho_populate(phys_addr_t fdt_phys, u64 fdt_len,
 	kho_in.fdt_phys = fdt_phys;
 	kho_in.scratch_phys = scratch_phys;
 	kho_scratch_cnt = scratch_cnt;
-	pr_info("found kexec handover data. Will skip init for some devices\n");
+	pr_info("found kexec handover data.\n");
 
 out:
 	if (fdt)
-- 
2.52.0.rc1.455.g30608eb744-goog




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