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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
| commit | bdab18633a302c82b5e5d5dbc4e38b0baf9c0837 (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipgrafted
Pull futex fix from Ingo Molnar:
- Also allocate a default private futex hash on vfork() as well, to
avoid races with (private) futex waiters (Peter Zijlstra)
* tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/liveupdate.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/liveupdate.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cdd74627a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/liveupdate.rst @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.. 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>` |
