[PATCH v3 2/5] kexec: abort liveupdate handover on kernel_kexec() unwind

Oskar Gerlicz Kowalczuk oskar at gerlicz.space
Sat Mar 21 07:36:39 PDT 2026


liveupdate_reboot() can freeze outgoing session state before the kexec
transition completes. v2 only unwound that state when kernel_kexec()
returned a non-zero error, which misses the preserve_context path where
machine_kexec() can return to the old kernel with error == 0.

If that return path skips the abort, outgoing sessions remain stuck in
the reboot state and later user space operations cannot make progress.

Treat every return to the original kernel after a prepared liveupdate
handover as an unwind point and call liveupdate_reboot_abort() there as
well.

Fixes: 8b32d3ced269 ("kexec: abort liveupdate handover on kernel_kexec() unwind")
Signed-off-by: Oskar Gerlicz Kowalczuk <oskar at gerlicz.space>
---
 include/linux/liveupdate.h       |  5 +++++
 kernel/kexec_core.c              |  6 +++++-
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c     | 11 ++++++++++-
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h |  1 +
 kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c  | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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..95710a7d5e56 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;
@@ -1230,7 +1232,9 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
 	}
 #endif
 
- Unlock:
+Unlock:
+	if (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 0cfc0269d746..8a6b1f6c9b4f 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_internal.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ 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 d97ec91e1118..200dd3b8229c 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
@@ -788,6 +788,29 @@ 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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