kernel/livepatch/transition.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

kernel/livepatch/transition.h

Extension

.h

Size

457 bytes

Lines

17

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls

Inferred role

Core OS: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/livepatch.h

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef _LIVEPATCH_TRANSITION_H
#define _LIVEPATCH_TRANSITION_H

#include <linux/livepatch.h>

extern struct klp_patch *klp_transition_patch;

void klp_init_transition(struct klp_patch *patch, int state);
void klp_cancel_transition(void);
void klp_start_transition(void);
void klp_try_complete_transition(void);
void klp_reverse_transition(void);
void klp_force_transition(void);

#endif /* _LIVEPATCH_TRANSITION_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/livepatch.h`.
• Atlas domain: Core OS / Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.