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From: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
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Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	 Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	 David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	 "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
	 Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
	 Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	 Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@google.com>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
	 David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 10/19] mm/shmem_luo: Don't make early retrieve failures permanent
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:23:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111002358.1842967-11-dmatlack@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111002358.1842967-1-dmatlack@google.com>

Mark failures in shmem_luo_retrieve() before it starts restoring the
folios as retryable. If no retrieve succeeds, finish() frees the
preserved state, like it does for a file that was never retrieved.

Until the folios are restored, nothing has consumed the preserved state.
Leave it for another retrieve, which may succeed, e.g. if
memfd_alloc_file() failed with -ENOMEM.

The exception is a preserved file that this kernel can't restore, e.g.
because it has seals that this kernel doesn't support. Retrying can't
help, so keep that failure permanent, so that every later retrieve
returns the same error.

Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
Acked-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
---
 mm/shmem_luo.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/shmem_luo.c b/mm/shmem_luo.c
index b48d7f460493..dc6ede528822 100644
--- a/mm/shmem_luo.c
+++ b/mm/shmem_luo.c
@@ -552,6 +552,14 @@ static int shmem_luo_retrieve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
 	if (ser->seals & ~SHMEM_LUO_ALL_SEALS)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	/*
+	 * Nothing consumes the preserved state until the folios are restored
+	 * below. If the retrieve fails before that, leave the state for another
+	 * retrieve, or for finish() to free. The checks above can't succeed on
+	 * a retry, so they fail permanently.
+	 */
+	args->retryable = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * The seals are preserved. Allow sealing here so they can be added
 	 * later.
@@ -571,6 +579,9 @@ static int shmem_luo_retrieve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
 	vfs_setpos(file, ser->pos, MAX_LFS_FILESIZE);
 	i_size_write(file_inode(file), ser->size);
 
+	/* The preserved state is consumed from here on. */
+	args->retryable = false;
+
 	err = shmem_luo_restore_folios(file, ser);
 	if (err)
 		goto put_file;
-- 
2.56.0.542.g3ef89b7020-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-11  0:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-11  0:23 [PATCH v4 00/19] liveupdate: Preserve tmpfs files across Live Update David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 01/19] liveupdate: Remove the list of steps from luo_preserve_file()'s comment David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 02/19] liveupdate: Pass user argument to file preserve and retrieve David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 03/19] selftests/liveupdate: Add tests for preserve and retrieve user argument David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 04/19] liveupdate: Allow file handlers to mark retrieve failures as retryable David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 05/19] mm: Rename memfd_luo to shmem_luo David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 06/19] liveupdate: Don't WARN if tracking a retrieved file fails David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 07/19] liveupdate: Add helpers to track the files that LUO manages David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 08/19] liveupdate: Let file handlers retrieve into an existing file David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 09/19] mm/shmem_luo: Leave freeing the preserved state to finish() David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` David Matlack [this message]
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 11/19] mm/shmem_luo: Require permission to preserve a file David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 12/19] mm/shmem_luo: Retrieve tmpfs files into a file created by userspace David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 13/19] mm/shmem_luo: Allow preserving tmpfs files David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 14/19] selftests/liveupdate: Test which tmpfs files can be preserved David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 15/19] selftests/liveupdate: Add a test for retrieving tmpfs files David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 16/19] selftests/liveupdate: Test memfds and LUO interactions in luo_tmpfs David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 17/19] selftests/liveupdate: Test the targets of retrieved tmpfs files David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 18/19] selftests/liveupdate: Test retrieving tmpfs files preserved read-only David Matlack
2026-11-11  0:23 ` [PATCH v4 19/19] selftests/liveupdate: Test block accounting of retrieved tmpfs files David Matlack

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