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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Google LLC.
+ * Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_KHO_BLOCK_H
+#define _LINUX_KHO_BLOCK_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kho/abi/block.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct kho_block - Internal representation of a serialization block.
+ * @list: List head for linking blocks in memory.
+ * @ser: Pointer to the serialized header in preserved memory.
+ */
+struct kho_block {
+ struct list_head list;
+ struct kho_block_header_ser *ser;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct kho_block_set - A set of blocks containing serialized entries of the same type.
+ * @blocks: The list of serialization blocks (struct kho_block).
+ * @nblocks: The number of allocated serialization blocks.
+ * @head_pa: Physical address of the first block header.
+ * @entry_size: The size of each entry in the blocks.
+ * @count_per_block: The maximum number of entries each block can hold.
+ * @incoming: True if this block set was restored from the previous kernel.
+ *
+ * Note: Synchronization and locking are the responsibility of the caller.
+ * The block set structure itself is not internally synchronized.
+ */
+struct kho_block_set {
+ struct list_head blocks;
+ long nblocks;
+ u64 head_pa;
+ size_t entry_size;
+ u64 count_per_block;
+ bool incoming;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct kho_block_set_it - Iterator for serializing entries into blocks.
+ * @bs: The block set being iterated.
+ * @block: The current block.
+ * @i: The current entry index within @block.
+ */
+struct kho_block_set_it {
+ struct kho_block_set *bs;
+ struct kho_block *block;
+ u64 i;
+};
+
+/**
+ * KHO_BLOCK_SET_INIT - Initialize a static kho_block_set.
+ * @_name: Name of the kho_block_set variable.
+ * @_entry_size: The size of each entry in the block set.
+ */
+#define KHO_BLOCK_SET_INIT(_name, _entry_size) { \
+ .blocks = LIST_HEAD_INIT((_name).blocks), \
+ .entry_size = _entry_size, \
+ .count_per_block = (KHO_BLOCK_SIZE - \
+ sizeof(struct kho_block_header_ser)) / \
+ (_entry_size), \
+}
+
+void kho_block_set_init(struct kho_block_set *bs, size_t entry_size);
+
+int kho_block_set_grow(struct kho_block_set *bs, u64 count);
+void kho_block_set_shrink(struct kho_block_set *bs, u64 count);
+
+int kho_block_set_restore(struct kho_block_set *bs, u64 head_pa);
+void kho_block_set_destroy(struct kho_block_set *bs);
+void kho_block_set_clear(struct kho_block_set *bs);
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_head_pa - Get the physical address of the first block header.
+ * @bs: The block set.
+ *
+ * Return: The physical address of the first block header, or 0 if empty.
+ */
+static inline u64 kho_block_set_head_pa(struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ return bs->head_pa;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_is_empty - Check if the block set has no allocated blocks.
+ * @bs: The block set.
+ *
+ * Return: True if there are no blocks in the set, false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool kho_block_set_is_empty(struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ return list_empty(&bs->blocks);
+}
+
+void kho_block_set_it_init(struct kho_block_set_it *it, struct kho_block_set *bs);
+void *kho_block_set_it_reserve_entry(struct kho_block_set_it *it);
+void *kho_block_set_it_read_entry(struct kho_block_set_it *it);
+void *kho_block_set_it_prev(struct kho_block_set_it *it);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_KHO_BLOCK_H */
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Google LLC.
+ * Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * DOC: KHO Serialization Blocks
+ *
+ * KHO provides a mechanism to preserve stateful data across a kexec handover
+ * by serializing it into memory blocks, and provides the common
+ * infrastructure for managing these blocks.
+ *
+ * Each block consists of a header (struct kho_block_header_ser) followed by an
+ * array of serialized entries. Multiple blocks are linked together via a
+ * physical pointer in the header, forming a linked list that can be easily
+ * traversed in both the current and the next kernel.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/kexec_handover.h>
+#include <linux/kho/abi/block.h>
+#include <linux/kho_block.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+/*
+ * Safeguard limit for the number of serialization blocks. This is used to
+ * prevent infinite loops and excessive memory allocation in case of memory
+ * corruption in the preserved state.
+ *
+ * With a 4KB page size, 10k blocks is about 40MB. For 32-byte entries
+ * (e.g. 4 u64s), each block holds up to 127 entries (accounting for the
+ * 16-byte header), allowing the block set to hold up to 1.27M entries.
+ */
+#define KHO_MAX_BLOCKS 10000
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_init - Initialize a block set.
+ * @bs: The block set to initialize.
+ * @entry_size: The size of each entry in the blocks.
+ */
+void kho_block_set_init(struct kho_block_set *bs, size_t entry_size)
+{
+ *bs = (struct kho_block_set)KHO_BLOCK_SET_INIT(*bs, entry_size);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!bs->count_per_block);
+}
+
+/* Serialized entries start immediately after the block header */
+static void *kho_block_entries(struct kho_block *block)
+{
+ return (void *)(block->ser + 1);
+}
+
+/* Get the address of the serialized entry at the specified index */
+static void *kho_block_entry(struct kho_block_set_it *it, u64 index)
+{
+ return kho_block_entries(it->block) + (index * it->bs->entry_size);
+}
+
+/* Free serialized data */
+static void kho_block_free_ser(struct kho_block_set *bs,
+ struct kho_block_header_ser *ser)
+{
+ if (bs->incoming)
+ kho_restore_free(ser);
+ else
+ kho_unpreserve_free(ser);
+}
+
+static struct kho_block_header_ser *kho_block_alloc_ser(struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(bs->incoming);
+ return kho_alloc_preserve(KHO_BLOCK_SIZE);
+}
+
+static int kho_block_add(struct kho_block_set *bs,
+ struct kho_block_header_ser *ser)
+{
+ struct kho_block *block, *last;
+
+ if (bs->nblocks >= KHO_MAX_BLOCKS)
+ return -ENOSPC;
+
+ block = kzalloc_obj(*block);
+ if (!block)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ block->ser = ser;
+ last = list_last_entry_or_null(&bs->blocks, struct kho_block, list);
+ list_add_tail(&block->list, &bs->blocks);
+ bs->nblocks++;
+
+ if (last)
+ last->ser->next = virt_to_phys(ser);
+ else
+ bs->head_pa = virt_to_phys(ser);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int kho_block_set_grow_one(struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ struct kho_block_header_ser *ser;
+ int err;
+
+ ser = kho_block_alloc_ser(bs);
+ if (IS_ERR(ser))
+ return PTR_ERR(ser);
+
+ err = kho_block_add(bs, ser);
+ if (err) {
+ kho_block_free_ser(bs, ser);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void kho_block_set_shrink_one(struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ struct kho_block *last, *new_last;
+
+ if (list_empty(&bs->blocks))
+ return;
+
+ last = list_last_entry(&bs->blocks, struct kho_block, list);
+ list_del(&last->list);
+ bs->nblocks--;
+ kho_block_free_ser(bs, last->ser);
+ kfree(last);
+
+ new_last = list_last_entry_or_null(&bs->blocks, struct kho_block, list);
+ if (new_last)
+ new_last->ser->next = 0;
+ else
+ bs->head_pa = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_grow - Expand the block set to accommodate the target count.
+ * @bs: The block set.
+ * @count: The target number of valid entries to accommodate.
+ *
+ * Dynamically preallocates and links preserved memory blocks if the target
+ * entry count exceeds the current total capacity of the set, ensuring they
+ * are available during serialization/deserialization.
+ *
+ * Context: Caller must hold a lock protecting the block set.
+ * Return: 0 on success, or a negative errno on failure.
+ */
+int kho_block_set_grow(struct kho_block_set *bs, u64 count)
+{
+ long orig_nblocks = bs->nblocks;
+ int err;
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bs->incoming))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ while (count > bs->nblocks * bs->count_per_block) {
+ err = kho_block_set_grow_one(bs);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_shrink;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+err_shrink:
+ while (bs->nblocks > orig_nblocks)
+ kho_block_set_shrink_one(bs);
+ return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_shrink - Shrink the block set to accommodate the target count.
+ * @bs: The block set.
+ * @count: The target number of valid entries to accommodate.
+ *
+ * Releases and unallocates redundant preserved memory blocks. Checks if the
+ * last block in the set can be removed because the remaining entry count is
+ * fully accommodated by the preceding blocks.
+ *
+ * Note: It is the caller's responsibility to ensure that entries are removed
+ * in the reverse order of their insertion. Because shrinking destroys the last
+ * block in the set, removing entries in any other order would corrupt active
+ * data.
+ *
+ * Context: Caller must hold a lock protecting the block set.
+ */
+void kho_block_set_shrink(struct kho_block_set *bs, u64 count)
+{
+ while (bs->nblocks > 0 && count <= (bs->nblocks - 1) * bs->count_per_block)
+ kho_block_set_shrink_one(bs);
+}
+
+/*
+ * kho_block_set_is_cyclic - Check for cycles in a linked list of blocks.
+ * Uses Floyd's cycle-finding algorithm to ensure sanity of the incoming list.
+ *
+ * Return: true if a cycle or corruption is detected, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool kho_block_set_is_cyclic(struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ struct kho_block_header_ser *fast;
+ struct kho_block_header_ser *slow;
+ int count = 0;
+
+ fast = phys_to_virt(bs->head_pa);
+ slow = fast;
+
+ while (fast) {
+ if (count++ >= KHO_MAX_BLOCKS) {
+ pr_err("Block set is corrupted\n");
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ if (!fast->next)
+ break;
+
+ fast = phys_to_virt(fast->next);
+ if (!fast->next)
+ break;
+
+ fast = phys_to_virt(fast->next);
+ slow = phys_to_virt(slow->next);
+
+ if (slow == fast) {
+ pr_err("Block set is corrupted\n");
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_restore - Restore a block set from a physical address.
+ * @bs: The block set to restore.
+ * @head_pa: Physical address of the first block header.
+ *
+ * Restores a serialized block set from a given physical address. The caller is
+ * responsible for ensuring that the block set @bs has been allocated and
+ * initialized prior to calling this function.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, or a negative errno on failure.
+ */
+int kho_block_set_restore(struct kho_block_set *bs, u64 head_pa)
+{
+ struct kho_block_header_ser *ser;
+ u64 next_pa = head_pa;
+ int err;
+
+ /* Restored block sets use size from the previous kernel */
+ bs->incoming = true;
+ if (!head_pa)
+ return 0;
+
+ bs->head_pa = head_pa;
+ if (kho_block_set_is_cyclic(bs)) {
+ bs->head_pa = 0;
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ while (next_pa) {
+ ser = phys_to_virt(next_pa);
+ if (!ser->count || ser->count > bs->count_per_block) {
+ pr_warn("Block contains invalid entry count: %llu\n",
+ ser->count);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_destroy;
+ }
+ err = kho_block_add(bs, ser);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_destroy;
+ next_pa = ser->next;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+err_destroy:
+ kho_block_set_destroy(bs);
+
+ /* Free the remaining un-restored blocks in the physical chain */
+ while (next_pa) {
+ struct kho_block_header_ser *next_ser = phys_to_virt(next_pa);
+
+ next_pa = next_ser->next;
+ kho_block_free_ser(bs, next_ser);
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_destroy - Destroy all blocks in a block set.
+ * @bs: The block set.
+ */
+void kho_block_set_destroy(struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ struct kho_block *block, *tmp;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(block, tmp, &bs->blocks, list) {
+ list_del(&block->list);
+ kho_block_free_ser(bs, block->ser);
+ kfree(block);
+ }
+ bs->nblocks = 0;
+ bs->head_pa = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_clear - Clear all serialized data in a block set.
+ * @bs: The block set to clear.
+ */
+void kho_block_set_clear(struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ struct kho_block *block;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(block, &bs->blocks, list) {
+ block->ser->count = 0;
+ memset(block->ser + 1, 0, KHO_BLOCK_SIZE - sizeof(*block->ser));
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_it_init - Initialize a block set iterator.
+ * @it: The iterator to initialize.
+ * @bs: The block set to iterate over.
+ */
+void kho_block_set_it_init(struct kho_block_set_it *it, struct kho_block_set *bs)
+{
+ it->bs = bs;
+ it->block = list_first_entry_or_null(&bs->blocks, struct kho_block, list);
+ it->i = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_it_reserve_entry - Reserve and return the next available slot for writing.
+ * @it: The block iterator.
+ *
+ * Reserves a slot in the current block during state serialization to add a new
+ * entry, advancing the internal index. If the current block is full, it
+ * automatically moves to the next block in the set.
+ *
+ * Return: A pointer to the reserved entry slot, or NULL if the block set's
+ * capacity is fully exhausted.
+ */
+void *kho_block_set_it_reserve_entry(struct kho_block_set_it *it)
+{
+ void *entry;
+
+ if (!it->block)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (it->i == it->bs->count_per_block) {
+ if (list_is_last(&it->block->list, &it->bs->blocks))
+ return NULL;
+ it->block = list_next_entry(it->block, list);
+ it->i = 0;
+ }
+
+ entry = kho_block_entry(it, it->i++);
+ it->block->ser->count = it->i;
+ return entry;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_it_read_entry - Read the next serialized entry from the block set.
+ * @it: The block iterator.
+ *
+ * Iterates through previously written entries during state deserialization,
+ * respecting the actual count stored in each block's header.
+ *
+ * Return: A pointer to the next serialized entry, or NULL if all serialized
+ * entries have been read.
+ */
+void *kho_block_set_it_read_entry(struct kho_block_set_it *it)
+{
+ if (!it->block)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (it->i == it->block->ser->count) {
+ if (list_is_last(&it->block->list, &it->bs->blocks))
+ return NULL;
+ it->block = list_next_entry(it->block, list);
+ it->i = 0;
+ }
+
+ return kho_block_entry(it, it->i++);
+}
+
+/**
+ * kho_block_set_it_prev - Return the previous entry slot in the block set.
+ * @it: The block iterator.
+ *
+ * If the current index is at the start of a block, it automatically moves to
+ * the end of the previous block.
+ *
+ * Return: A pointer to the previous entry slot, or NULL if at the very
+ * beginning of the block set.
+ */
+void *kho_block_set_it_prev(struct kho_block_set_it *it)
+{
+ if (!it->block)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (it->i == 0) {
+ if (list_is_first(&it->block->list, &it->bs->blocks))
+ return NULL;
+ it->block = list_prev_entry(it->block, list);
+ it->i = it->bs->count_per_block;
+ }
+
+ return kho_block_entry(it, --it->i);
+}