From: Luca Boccassi Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 15:37:12 +0000 (+0100) Subject: liveupdate: document current compatibility status X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eb2a73624ed07e4b69adeaec1ce3a62a7236f1ff;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git liveupdate: document current compatibility status We currently do not guarantee compatibility due to ongoing development, so mention this explicitly in the user-facing documentation. Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi Acked-by: Pratyush Yadav Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260527153725.1770394-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) --- diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/liveupdate.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/liveupdate.rst index f6efc32fb40b..cdd74627ab75 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/liveupdate.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/liveupdate.rst @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ 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 =====================