[PATCH 2/5] kexec: abort liveupdate handover on kernel_kexec() unwind

Oskar Gerlicz Kowalczuk oskar at gerlicz.space
Fri Mar 20 09:37:17 PDT 2026


Once outgoing sessions are blocked during reboot, every failure path
after liveupdate_reboot() must release that state again. Today
kernel_kexec() sets liveupdate_prepared only after
liveupdate_reboot() returns successfully, so a partial failure inside
liveupdate_reboot() skips the abort path entirely. The
kho_finalize() failure path also leaves the LUO session state frozen.

This is dangerous because a failed kexec attempt can leave userspace
with outgoing sessions stuck in reboot state, blocking release and
preserve paths until the next reboot.

Export a liveupdate_reboot_abort() helper, call it from the
kho_finalize() error path, and mark liveupdate as prepared before
entering liveupdate_reboot(). That makes every failed handover attempt
unwind the session state and wake blocked waiters.

Signed-off-by: Oskar Gerlicz Kowalczuk <oskar at gerlicz.space>
---
 include/linux/liveupdate.h       |  5 +++++
 kernel/kexec_core.c              |  4 ++++
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c     | 11 ++++++++++-
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h |  1 +
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c  | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/liveupdate.h b/include/linux/liveupdate.h
index dd11fdc76a5f..d93b043a0421 100644
--- a/include/linux/liveupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/liveupdate.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ bool liveupdate_enabled(void);
 
 /* Called during kexec to tell LUO that entered into reboot */
 int liveupdate_reboot(void);
+void liveupdate_reboot_abort(void);
 
 int liveupdate_register_file_handler(struct liveupdate_file_handler *fh);
 int liveupdate_unregister_file_handler(struct liveupdate_file_handler *fh);
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ static inline int liveupdate_reboot(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void liveupdate_reboot_abort(void)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int liveupdate_register_file_handler(struct liveupdate_file_handler *fh)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index 2fea396d29b9..492c17f7e96f 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -1139,6 +1139,7 @@ bool kexec_load_permitted(int kexec_image_type)
 int kernel_kexec(void)
 {
 	int error = 0;
+	bool liveupdate_prepared = false;
 
 	if (!kexec_trylock())
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -1147,6 +1148,7 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
 		goto Unlock;
 	}
 
+	liveupdate_prepared = true;
 	error = liveupdate_reboot();
 	if (error)
 		goto Unlock;
@@ -1231,6 +1233,8 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
 #endif
 
  Unlock:
+	if (error && liveupdate_prepared)
+		liveupdate_reboot_abort();
 	kexec_unlock();
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c
index dda7bb57d421..95a0b81ce60d 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c
@@ -233,8 +233,9 @@ int liveupdate_reboot(void)
 	err = kho_finalize();
 	if (err) {
 		pr_err("kho_finalize failed %d\n", err);
+		liveupdate_reboot_abort();
 		/*
-		 * kho_finalize() may return libfdt errors, to aboid passing to
+		 * kho_finalize() may return libfdt errors, to avoid passing to
 		 * userspace unknown errors, change this to EAGAIN.
 		 */
 		err = -EAGAIN;
@@ -243,6 +244,14 @@ int liveupdate_reboot(void)
 	return err;
 }
 
+void liveupdate_reboot_abort(void)
+{
+	if (!liveupdate_enabled())
+		return;
+
+	luo_session_abort_reboot();
+}
+
 /**
  * liveupdate_enabled - Check if the live update feature is enabled.
  *
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h
index 8083d8739b09..ad09ea756156 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ int luo_session_retrieve(const char *name, struct file **filep);
 int __init luo_session_setup_outgoing(void *fdt);
 int __init luo_session_setup_incoming(void *fdt);
 int luo_session_serialize(void);
+void luo_session_abort_reboot(void);
 int luo_session_deserialize(void);
 bool luo_session_quiesce(void);
 void luo_session_resume(void);
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
index ee5ea2a8ed3f..39215e5eda7a 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
@@ -649,6 +649,29 @@ int luo_session_serialize(void)
 	return err;
 }
 
+void luo_session_abort_reboot(void)
+{
+	struct luo_session_header *sh = &luo_session_global.outgoing;
+	struct luo_session *session;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	guard(rwsem_write)(&sh->rwsem);
+	if (!READ_ONCE(sh->rebooting))
+		return;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(session, &sh->list, list) {
+		if (i >= sh->header_ser->count)
+			break;
+
+		luo_session_unfreeze_one(session, &sh->ser[i]);
+		memset(&sh->ser[i], 0, sizeof(sh->ser[i]));
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	sh->header_ser->count = 0;
+	luo_session_reboot_done(sh);
+}
+
 /**
  * luo_session_quiesce - Ensure no active sessions exist and lock session lists.
  *
-- 
2.53.0




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