[PATCH v2 04/10] liveupdate: add support for linked-block serialization

[Mike Rapoport]

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 10:26:22PM +0000, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> Introduce a linked-block serialization mechanism for LUO state.
> 
> Previously, LUO used contiguous memory blocks for serializing sessions
> and files, which imposed limits on the total number of items that could
> be preserved across a live update.
> 
> This commit adds the infrastructure for a more flexible, block-based
> approach where serialized data is stored in a chain of linked blocks.
> This is a preparatory step to allow an unlimited number of
> luo_sessions and luo_files to be preserved.

Shouldn't it be a part of KHO?
 
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/core-api/liveupdate.rst |   8 +
>  include/linux/kho/abi/luo.h           |  22 ++
>  kernel/liveupdate/Makefile            |   1 +
>  kernel/liveupdate/luo_block.c         | 388 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h      |  57 ++++
>  5 files changed, 476 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 kernel/liveupdate/luo_block.c

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.