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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+================
+Live Update uAPI
+================
+:Author: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
+
+ioctl interface
+===============
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c
+ :doc: LUO ioctl Interface
+
+ioctl uAPI
+===========
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
+
+Note on Compatibility
+=====================
+
+Note that the Live Update feature is still under development and subject to
+change, so compatibility is not guaranteed when kexec rebooting between
+different kernel versions. This is expected to change and stabilize in a future
+version.
+
+Userspace Integration
+=====================
+
+systemd (since version v261) uses LUO to preserve its per-service file
+descriptor store across a kexec-based live update. Services opt in by setting
+``FileDescriptorStoreMax=`` and ``FileDescriptorStorePreserve=`` in their unit,
+and push file descriptors with a name into the store via
+``sd_pid_notify_with_fds(... "FDSTORE=1\nFDNAME=foo")``.
+
+Services may also create their own LUO sessions (via ``/dev/liveupdate``) and
+push the resulting session fds into their file descriptor store like any other
+fd. systemd detects such session fds and handles them accordingly, and
+hands the re-retrieved session fd back to the service after kexec, using the
+existing file descriptor store service interface.
+
+For details, see:
+
+- `File Descriptor Store <https://systemd.io/FILE_DESCRIPTOR_STORE/>`_
+- `systemd.service(5) FileDescriptorStorePreserve=
+ <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.service.html#FileDescriptorStorePreserve=>`_
+- `sd_pid_notify_with_fds(3)
+ <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/sd_pid_notify_with_fds.html>`_
+
+See Also
+========
+
+- :doc:`Live Update Orchestrator </core-api/liveupdate>`