Patch series "liveupdate: Rework KHO for in-kernel users", v9. This series refactors the KHO framework to better support in-kernel users like the upcoming LUO. The current design, which relies on a notifier chain and debugfs for control, is too restrictive for direct programmatic use. The core of this rework is the removal of the notifier chain in favor of a direct registration API. This decouples clients from the shutdown-time finalization sequence, allowing them to manage their preserved state more flexibly and at any time. In support of this new model, this series also: - Makes the debugfs interface optional. - Introduces APIs to unpreserve memory and fixes a bug in the abort path where client state was being incorrectly discarded. Note that this is an interim step, as a more comprehensive fix is planned as part of the stateless KHO work [1]. - Moves all KHO code into a new kernel/liveupdate/ directory to consolidate live update components. This patch (of 9): Currently, KHO is controlled via debugfs interface, but once LUO is introduced, it can control KHO, and the debug interface becomes optional. Add a separate config CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS that enables the debugfs interface, and allows to inspect the tree. Move all debugfs related code to a new file to keep the .c files clear of ifdefs. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251101142325.1326536-1-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251101142325.1326536-2-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251020100306.2709352-1-jasonmiu@google.com [1] Co-developed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org> Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Changyuan Lyu <changyuanl@google.com> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Cc: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>