[PATCH v5 00/20] vfio/pci: Base Live Update support for VFIO

[Vipin Sharma]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 03:58:45PM -0700, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 08:14:45AM -0700, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This series can be found on Github:
> > 
> >   https://github.com/shvipin/linux vfio/liveupdate/v5
> > 
> > This series provides the base support to enable Live Update feature for
> > VFIO PCI devices using the Live Update Orchestrator (LUO) and Kexec
> > Handover (KHO).
> > 
> 
> Hi Alex, Pasha, Mike, and Pratyush,
> 
> I'd like to discuss which maintainer tree should take the VFIO Live
> Update series.
> 
> For context on related efforts:
> 
>   - PCI Live Update is targeting the Live Update tree (maintained by
>     Pasha, Mike, and Pratyush, with David Matlack maintaining the
>     PCI-specific code).
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260710212616.1351130-2-dmatlack@google.com/
> 
>   - IOMMU Live Update is planned to go through the IOMMU tree.
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/20260614233728.2212104-3-skhawaja@google.com/
> 
> Given these different approaches, what is your preference for routing
> the VFIO Live Update code?
> 

Hi Alex,

Gentle ping. 

Thanks
Vipin