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2023-10-05Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: Clarify prenotifactionKees Cook
There has been a repeated misunderstanding about what the hardware embargo list is for. Clarify the language in the process so that it is clear that only fixes are coordinated. There is explicitly no prenotification process. The list members are also expected to keep total radio silence during embargoes. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231004004959.work.258-kees@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-09-13Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: Add myself for RISC-VPalmer Dabbelt
I'm not sure exactly how RISC-V fits into the story here, but I'm happy to voluteer a sort of catch-all for vendors who aren't otherwise represented. Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230912180657.31841-1-palmer@rivosinc.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-09-07Merge tag 'net-6.6-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski: "Including fixes from netfilter and bpf. Current release - regressions: - eth: stmmac: fix failure to probe without MAC interface specified Current release - new code bugs: - docs: netlink: fix missing classic_netlink doc reference Previous releases - regressions: - deal with integer overflows in kmalloc_reserve() - use sk_forward_alloc_get() in sk_get_meminfo() - bpf_sk_storage: fix the missing uncharge in sk_omem_alloc - fib: avoid warn splat in flow dissector after packet mangling - skb_segment: call zero copy functions before using skbuff frags - eth: sfc: check for zero length in EF10 RX prefix Previous releases - always broken: - af_unix: fix msg_controllen test in scm_pidfd_recv() for MSG_CMSG_COMPAT - xsk: fix xsk_build_skb() dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() - netfilter: - nft_exthdr: fix non-linear header modification - xt_u32, xt_sctp: validate user space input - nftables: exthdr: fix 4-byte stack OOB write - nfnetlink_osf: avoid OOB read - one more fix for the garbage collection work from last release - igmp: limit igmpv3_newpack() packet size to IP_MAX_MTU - bpf, sockmap: fix preempt_rt splat when using raw_spin_lock_t - handshake: fix null-deref in handshake_nl_done_doit() - ip: ignore dst hint for multipath routes to ensure packets are hashed across the nexthops - phy: micrel: - correct bit assignments for cable test errata - disable EEE according to the KSZ9477 errata Misc: - docs/bpf: document compile-once-run-everywhere (CO-RE) relocations - Revert "net: macsec: preserve ingress frame ordering", it appears to have been developed against an older kernel, problem doesn't exist upstream" * tag 'net-6.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (95 commits) net: enetc: distinguish error from valid pointers in enetc_fixup_clear_rss_rfs() Revert "net: team: do not use dynamic lockdep key" net: hns3: remove GSO partial feature bit net: hns3: fix the port information display when sfp is absent net: hns3: fix invalid mutex between tc qdisc and dcb ets command issue net: hns3: fix debugfs concurrency issue between kfree buffer and read net: hns3: fix byte order conversion issue in hclge_dbg_fd_tcam_read() net: hns3: Support query tx timeout threshold by debugfs net: hns3: fix tx timeout issue net: phy: Provide Module 4 KSZ9477 errata (DS80000754C) netfilter: nf_tables: Unbreak audit log reset netfilter: ipset: add the missing IP_SET_HASH_WITH_NET0 macro for ip_set_hash_netportnet.c netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: skip sync GC for new elements in this transaction netfilter: nf_tables: uapi: Describe NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: avoid OOB read netfilter: nftables: exthdr: fix 4-byte stack OOB write selftests/bpf: Check bpf_sk_storage has uncharged sk_omem_alloc bpf: bpf_sk_storage: Fix the missing uncharge in sk_omem_alloc bpf: bpf_sk_storage: Fix invalid wait context lockdep report s390/bpf: Pass through tail call counter in trampolines ...
2023-09-04docs: netdev: update the netdev infra URLsJakub Kicinski
Some corporate proxies block our current NIPA URLs because they use a free / shady DNS domain. As suggested by Jesse we got a new DNS entry from Konstantin - netdev.bots.linux.dev, use it. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2023-09-04docs: netdev: document patchwork patch statesJakub Kicinski
The patchwork states are largely self-explanatory but small ambiguities may still come up. Document how we interpret the states in networking. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2023-09-01Merge tag 'driver-core-6.6-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core Pull driver core updates from Greg KH: "Here is a small set of driver core updates and additions for 6.6-rc1. Included in here are: - stable kernel documentation updates - class structure const work from Ivan on various subsystems - kernfs tweaks - driver core tests! - kobject sanity cleanups - kobject structure reordering to save space - driver core error code handling fixups - other minor driver core cleanups All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported problems" * tag 'driver-core-6.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (32 commits) driver core: Call in reversed order in device_platform_notify_remove() driver core: Return proper error code when dev_set_name() fails kobject: Remove redundant checks for whether ktype is NULL kobject: Add sanity check for kset->kobj.ktype in kset_register() drivers: base: test: Add missing MODULE_* macros to root device tests drivers: base: test: Add missing MODULE_* macros for platform devices tests drivers: base: Free devm resources when unregistering a device drivers: base: Add basic devm tests for platform devices drivers: base: Add basic devm tests for root devices kernfs: fix missing kernfs_iattr_rwsem locking docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention that regressions must be prevented docs: stable-kernel-rules: fine-tune various details docs: stable-kernel-rules: make the examples for option 1 a proper list docs: stable-kernel-rules: move text around to improve flow docs: stable-kernel-rules: improve structure by changing headlines base/node: Remove duplicated include kernfs: attach uuid for every kernfs and report it in fsid kernfs: add stub helper for kernfs_generic_poll() x86/resctrl: make pseudo_lock_class a static const structure x86/MSR: make msr_class a static const structure ...
2023-08-30Merge tag 'docs-6.6' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "Documentation work keeps chugging along; this includes: - Work from Carlos Bilbao to integrate rustdoc output into the generated HTML documentation. This took some work to figure out how to do it without slowing the docs build and without creating people who don't have Rust installed, but Carlos got there - Move the loongarch and mips architecture documentation under Documentation/arch/ - Some more maintainer documentation from Jakub ... plus the usual assortment of updates, translations, and fixes" * tag 'docs-6.6' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (56 commits) Docu: genericirq.rst: fix irq-example input: docs: pxrc: remove reference to phoenix-sim Documentation: serial-console: Fix literal block marker docs/mm: remove references to hmm_mirror ops and clean typos docs/zh_CN: correct regi_chg(),regi_add() to region_chg(),region_add() Documentation: Fix typos Documentation/ABI: Fix typos scripts: kernel-doc: fix macro handling in enums scripts: kernel-doc: parse DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_[ADDR|LEN] Documentation: riscv: Update boot image header since EFI stub is supported Documentation: riscv: Add early boot document Documentation: arm: Add bootargs to the table of added DT parameters docs: kernel-parameters: Refer to the correct bitmap function doc: update params of memhp_default_state= docs: Add book to process/kernel-docs.rst docs: sparse: fix invalid link addresses docs: vfs: clean up after the iterate() removal docs: Add a section on surveys to the researcher guidelines docs: move mips under arch docs: move loongarch under arch ...
2023-08-30Merge tag 'soc-arm-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/socLinus Torvalds
Pull ARM SoC cleanups from Arnd Bergmann: "These are all minor cleanups for platform specific code in arch/arm/ and some of the associated drivers. The majority of these are work done by Rob Herring to improve the way devicetreee header files are handled" * tag 'soc-arm-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (49 commits) ARM: davinci: Drop unused includes ARM: s5pv210: Explicitly include correct DT includes ARM: dove: Drop unused includes ARM: mvebu: Explicitly include correct DT includes Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: document dtbs_check requirement for Samsung MAINTAINER: samsung: document dtbs_check requirement for Samsung Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: add clean platforms profile MAINTAINERS: soc: reference maintainer profile ARM: nspire: Remove unused header file mmio.h ARM: nspire: Use syscon-reboot to handle restart soc: fsl: Explicitly include correct DT includes soc: xilinx: Explicitly include correct DT includes soc: sunxi: Explicitly include correct DT includes soc: rockchip: Explicitly include correct DT includes soc: mediatek: Explicitly include correct DT includes soc: aspeed: Explicitly include correct DT includes firmware: Explicitly include correct DT includes bus: Explicitly include correct DT includes ARM: spear: Explicitly include correct DT includes ARM: mvebu: Explicitly include correct DT includes ...
2023-08-29Merge tag 'net-next-6.6' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next Pull networking updates from Paolo Abeni: "Core: - Increase size limits for to-be-sent skb frag allocations. This allows tun, tap devices and packet sockets to better cope with large writes operations - Store netdevs in an xarray, to simplify iterating over netdevs - Refactor nexthop selection for multipath routes - Improve sched class lifetime handling - Add backup nexthop ID support for bridge - Implement drop reasons support in openvswitch - Several data races annotations and fixes - Constify the sk parameter of routing functions - Prepend kernel version to netconsole message Protocols: - Implement support for TCP probing the peer being under memory pressure - Remove hard coded limitation on IPv6 specific info placement inside the socket struct - Get rid of sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale and use an auto-estimated per socket scaling factor - Scaling-up the IPv6 expired route GC via a separated list of expiring routes - In-kernel support for the TLS alert protocol - Better support for UDP reuseport with connected sockets - Add NEXT-C-SID support for SRv6 End.X behavior, reducing the SR header size - Get rid of additional ancillary per MPTCP connection struct socket - Implement support for BPF-based MPTCP packet schedulers - Format MPTCP subtests selftests results in TAP - Several new SMC 2.1 features including unique experimental options, max connections per lgr negotiation, max links per lgr negotiation BPF: - Multi-buffer support in AF_XDP - Add multi uprobe BPF links for attaching multiple uprobes and usdt probes, which is significantly faster and saves extra fds - Implement an fd-based tc BPF attach API (TCX) and BPF link support on top of it - Add SO_REUSEPORT support for TC bpf_sk_assign - Support new instructions from cpu v4 to simplify the generated code and feature completeness, for x86, arm64, riscv64 - Support defragmenting IPv(4|6) packets in BPF - Teach verifier actual bounds of bpf_get_smp_processor_id() and fix perf+libbpf issue related to custom section handling - Introduce bpf map element count and enable it for all program types - Add a BPF hook in sys_socket() to change the protocol ID from IPPROTO_TCP to IPPROTO_MPTCP to cover migration for legacy - Introduce bpf_me_mcache_free_rcu() and fix OOM under stress - Add uprobe support for the bpf_get_func_ip helper - Check skb ownership against full socket - Support for up to 12 arguments in BPF trampoline - Extend link_info for kprobe_multi and perf_event links Netfilter: - Speed-up process exit by aborting ruleset validation if a fatal signal is pending - Allow NLA_POLICY_MASK to be used with BE16/BE32 types Driver API: - Page pool optimizations, to improve data locality and cache usage - Introduce ndo_hwtstamp_get() and ndo_hwtstamp_set() to avoid the need for raw ioctl() handling in drivers - Simplify genetlink dump operations (doit/dumpit) providing them the common information already populated in struct genl_info - Extend and use the yaml devlink specs to [re]generate the split ops - Introduce devlink selective dumps, to allow SF filtering SF based on handle and other attributes - Add yaml netlink spec for netlink-raw families, allow route, link and address related queries via the ynl tool - Remove phylink legacy mode support - Support offload LED blinking to phy - Add devlink port function attributes for IPsec New hardware / drivers: - Ethernet: - Broadcom ASP 2.0 (72165) ethernet controller - MediaTek MT7988 SoC - Texas Instruments AM654 SoC - Texas Instruments IEP driver - Atheros qca8081 phy - Marvell 88Q2110 phy - NXP TJA1120 phy - WiFi: - MediaTek mt7981 support - Can: - Kvaser SmartFusion2 PCI Express devices - Allwinner T113 controllers - Texas Instruments tcan4552/4553 chips - Bluetooth: - Intel Gale Peak - Qualcomm WCN3988 and WCN7850 - NXP AW693 and IW624 - Mediatek MT2925 Drivers: - Ethernet NICs: - nVidia/Mellanox: - mlx5: - support UDP encapsulation in packet offload mode - IPsec packet offload support in eswitch mode - improve aRFS observability by adding new set of counters - extends MACsec offload support to cover RoCE traffic - dynamic completion EQs - mlx4: - convert to use auxiliary bus instead of custom interface logic - Intel - ice: - implement switchdev bridge offload, even for LAG interfaces - implement SRIOV support for LAG interfaces - igc: - add support for multiple in-flight TX timestamps - Broadcom: - bnxt: - use the unified RX page pool buffers for XDP and non-XDP - use the NAPI skb allocation cache - OcteonTX2: - support Round Robin scheduling HTB offload - TC flower offload support for SPI field - Freescale: - add XDP_TX feature support - AMD: - ionic: add support for PCI FLR event - sfc: - basic conntrack offload - introduce eth, ipv4 and ipv6 pedit offloads - ST Microelectronics: - stmmac: maximze PTP timestamping resolution - Virtual NICs: - Microsoft vNIC: - batch ringing RX queue doorbell on receiving packets - add page pool for RX buffers - Virtio vNIC: - add per queue interrupt coalescing support - Google vNIC: - add queue-page-list mode support - Ethernet high-speed switches: - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw): - add port range matching tc-flower offload - permit enslavement to netdevices with uppers - Ethernet embedded switches: - Marvell (mv88e6xxx): - convert to phylink_pcs - Renesas: - r8A779fx: add speed change support - rzn1: enables vlan support - Ethernet PHYs: - convert mv88e6xxx to phylink_pcs - WiFi: - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 (ath12k): - extremely High Throughput (EHT) PHY support - RealTek (rtl8xxxu): - enable AP mode for: RTL8192FU, RTL8710BU (RTL8188GU), RTL8192EU and RTL8723BU - RealTek (rtw89): - Introduce Time Averaged SAR (TAS) support - Connector: - support for event filtering" * tag 'net-next-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1806 commits) net: ethernet: mtk_wed: minor change in wed_{tx,rx}info_show net: ethernet: mtk_wed: add some more info in wed_txinfo_show handler net: stmmac: clarify difference between "interface" and "phy_interface" r8152: add vendor/device ID pair for D-Link DUB-E250 devlink: move devlink_notify_register/unregister() to dev.c devlink: move small_ops definition into netlink.c devlink: move tracepoint definitions into core.c devlink: push linecard related code into separate file devlink: push rate related code into separate file devlink: push trap related code into separate file devlink: use tracepoint_enabled() helper devlink: push region related code into separate file devlink: push param related code into separate file devlink: push resource related code into separate file devlink: push dpipe related code into separate file devlink: move and rename devlink_dpipe_send_and_alloc_skb() helper devlink: push shared buffer related code into separate file devlink: push port related code into separate file devlink: push object register/unregister notifications into separate helpers inet: fix IP_TRANSPARENT error handling ...
2023-08-24docs: netdev: recommend against --in-reply-toJakub Kicinski
It's somewhat unfortunate but with (my?) the current tooling if people post new versions of a set in reply to an old version managing the review queue gets difficult. So recommend against it. Reviewed-by: Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230823154922.1162644-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-08-18Documentation: Fix typosBjorn Helgaas
Fix typos in Documentation. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814212822.193684-4-helgaas@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2023-08-18docs: Add book to process/kernel-docs.rstCarlos Bilbao
Include to process/kernel-docs.rst a book on Linux system administration published in May, 2023 (with ISBN 978-1098109035). Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230803142417.965313-1-carlos.bilbao@amd.com
2023-08-18docs: Add a section on surveys to the researcher guidelinesJonathan Corbet
It is common for university researchers to want to poll the community with online surveys, but that approach distracts developers while yielding little in the way of useful data. Encourage alternatives instead. Co-developed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87il9v7u55.fsf@meer.lwn.net
2023-08-15rust: bindgen: upgrade to 0.65.1Aakash Sen Sharma
In LLVM 16, anonymous items may return names like `(unnamed union at ..)` rather than empty names [1], which breaks Rust-enabled builds because bindgen assumed an empty name instead of detecting them via `clang_Cursor_isAnonymous` [2]: $ make rustdoc LLVM=1 CLIPPY=1 -j$(nproc) RUSTC L rust/core.o BINDGEN rust/bindings/bindings_generated.rs BINDGEN rust/bindings/bindings_helpers_generated.rs BINDGEN rust/uapi/uapi_generated.rs thread 'main' panicked at '"ftrace_branch_data_union_(anonymous_at__/_/include/linux/compiler_types_h_146_2)" is not a valid Ident', .../proc-macro2-1.0.24/src/fallback.rs:693:9 ... thread 'main' panicked at '"ftrace_branch_data_union_(anonymous_at__/_/include/linux/compiler_types_h_146_2)" is not a valid Ident', .../proc-macro2-1.0.24/src/fallback.rs:693:9 ... This was fixed in bindgen 0.62.0. Therefore, upgrade bindgen to a more recent version, 0.65.1, to support LLVM 16. Since bindgen 0.58.0 changed the `--{white,black}list-*` flags to `--{allow,block}list-*` [3], update them on our side too. In addition, bindgen 0.61.0 moved its CLI utility into a binary crate called `bindgen-cli` [4]. Thus update the installation command in the Quick Start guide. Moreover, bindgen 0.61.0 changed the default functionality to bind `size_t` to `usize` [5] and added the `--no-size_t-is-usize` flag to not bind `size_t` as `usize`. Then bindgen 0.65.0 removed the `--size_t-is-usize` flag [6]. Thus stop passing the flag to bindgen. Finally, bindgen 0.61.0 added support for the `noreturn` attribute (in its different forms) [7]. Thus remove the infinite loop in our Rust panic handler after calling `BUG()`, since bindgen now correctly generates a `BUG()` binding that returns `!` instead of `()`. Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/19e984ef8f49bc3ccced15621989fa9703b2cd5b [1] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2319 [2] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/1990 [3] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2284 [4] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/commit/cc78b6fdb6e829e5fb8fa1639f2182cb49333569 [5] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2408 [6] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/issues/2094 [7] Signed-off-by: Aakash Sen Sharma <aakashsensharma@gmail.com> Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1013 Tested-by: Ariel Miculas <amiculas@cisco.com> Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230612194311.24826-1-aakashsensharma@gmail.com [ Reworded commit message. Mentioned the `bindgen-cli` binary crate change, linked to it and updated the Quick Start guide. Re-added a deleted "as" word in a code comment and reflowed comment to respect the maximum length. ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2023-08-14rust: upgrade to Rust 1.71.1Miguel Ojeda
This is the second upgrade to the Rust toolchain, from 1.68.2 to 1.71.1 (i.e. the latest). See the upgrade policy [1] and the comments on the first upgrade in commit 3ed03f4da06e ("rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2"). # Unstable features No unstable features (that we use) were stabilized. Therefore, the only unstable feature allowed to be used outside the `kernel` crate is still `new_uninit`, though other code to be upstreamed may increase the list. Please see [2] for details. # Required changes For the upgrade, this patch requires the following changes: - Removal of the `__rust_*` allocator functions, together with the addition of the `__rust_no_alloc_shim_is_unstable` static. See [3] for details. - Some more compiler builtins added due to `<f{32,64}>::midpoint()` that got added in Rust 1.71 [4]. # `alloc` upgrade and reviewing The vast majority of changes are due to our `alloc` fork being upgraded at once. There are two kinds of changes to be aware of: the ones coming from upstream, which we should follow as closely as possible, and the updates needed in our added fallible APIs to keep them matching the newer infallible APIs coming from upstream. Instead of taking a look at the diff of this patch, an alternative approach is reviewing a diff of the changes between upstream `alloc` and the kernel's. This allows to easily inspect the kernel additions only, especially to check if the fallible methods we already have still match the infallible ones in the new version coming from upstream. Another approach is reviewing the changes introduced in the additions in the kernel fork between the two versions. This is useful to spot potentially unintended changes to our additions. To apply these approaches, one may follow steps similar to the following to generate a pair of patches that show the differences between upstream Rust and the kernel (for the subset of `alloc` we use) before and after applying this patch: # Get the difference with respect to the old version. git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc) git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc | cut -d/ -f3- | grep -Fv README.md | xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > old.patch git -C linux restore rust/alloc # Apply this patch. git -C linux am rust-upgrade.patch # Get the difference with respect to the new version. git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc) git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc | cut -d/ -f3- | grep -Fv README.md | xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > new.patch git -C linux restore rust/alloc Now one may check the `new.patch` to take a look at the additions (first approach) or at the difference between those two patches (second approach). For the latter, a side-by-side tool is recommended. Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [1] Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [2] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86844 [3] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/92048 [4] Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/68 Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230729220317.416771-1-ojeda@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2023-08-12Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: document dtbs_check requirement for ↵Krzysztof Kozlowski
Samsung Samsung ARM/ARM64 SoCs (except legacy S5PV210) are also expected not to bring any new dtbs_check warnings. In fact this have been already enforced and tested since few release. Cc: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230712084131.127982-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2023-08-12Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: add clean platforms profileKrzysztof Kozlowski
Some SoC platforms require that commits must not bring any new dtbs_check warnings. Maintainers of such platforms usually have some automation set, so any new warning will be spotted sooner or later. Worst case: they run the tests themselves. Document requirements for such platforms, so contributors can expect their patches being dropped or ignored, if they bring new warnings for existing boards. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230723131924.78190-2-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2023-08-12docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention that regressions must be preventedThorsten Leemhuis
Document that changes intended for a specific stable series have to be in all newer series still maintained, as otherwise users would run into regressions. CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ddb5cb0d6b7aa4ef31642cd9657a0fb53d79cddb.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12docs: stable-kernel-rules: fine-tune various detailsThorsten Leemhuis
* various fine tuning to the text that cleans up rough edges the three previous preparatory patches left behind to keep the diffs simpler * s/Linus' tree/mainline/g, as that's the term more commonly used and known * create a short intro for the three submission options and streamline the explanation when to use which of them * fix a >= vs <= thinko in an example to make it more straight forward * there were two blank lines before some sub-headings and just one before others; use the former style everywhere CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e1960a70acae2c2f18b838aee9f8bf6055fae89b.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12docs: stable-kernel-rules: make the examples for option 1 a proper listThorsten Leemhuis
Separate the description for option 1 and the examples how to use it by making the latter an indented unordered list. No text changes. CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/59deaabfabf0629d7cf2a52b196cec19d1f9ec47.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12docs: stable-kernel-rules: move text around to improve flowThorsten Leemhuis
Move the short description about when to use which of the submission options to the top of the section, as it currently sits somewhat odd in the middle between option 3 and examples of option 1. Also move the examples of Option 1 into the section describing it (which in the diff looks like option 2 and 3 are moving down). No text changes, just moving it around. CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/16f2377ee40dd7dfa146727fcbe7d1ebccf5b5be.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12docs: stable-kernel-rules: improve structure by changing headlinesThorsten Leemhuis
* replace a needless sub-heading with a short intro sentence * make "Following the submission" a proper sub-section with a headline without changing the text of the section CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0737676f951050b2ec39e1662ffea37d77ef0bec.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-05docs: stable-kernel-rules: make rule section more straight forwardThorsten Leemhuis
Tweak some of the rule text to make things more straight forward, with the goal to stick closely to the intend of the old text: * put the "it or equivalent fix must be upstream" rule at the top, as it's one of the most important ones that at the same time often seems to be missed by developers. * "It must fix only one thing" was dropped, as that is almost always a thing that needs to be handled earlier when the change is mainlined. Furthermore, this is already indirectly covered by the "Separate your changes" section in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst which the rules already point to. * six other rules are in the end one rule with clarifications; structure the text accordingly to make it a lot easier to follow and understand the intend. * drop the 'In short, something critical' from one of those notes: it contradicts the "real bug that bothers people" aspect somewhat and does not really add anything CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f83e812879caa978a51a1a7cae7c359f29fc093c.1689056247.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-05docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention other usages for stable tag commentsThorsten Leemhuis
Document how to delay backporting or send a note to the stable team using shell-style inline comments attached to stable tags. CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/bf1489b40ff358b7cb4f7d8cc73d5c7c3c143471.1689056247.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-31Docs/process/changes: Replace http:// with https://SeongJae Park
Some links are still using 'http://'. Replace those with 'https://'. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230728211616.59550-2-sj@kernel.org
2023-07-31Docs/process/changes: Consolidate NFS-utils update linksSeongJae Park
Two update links for NFS-utils are in two duplicate sessions. Consolidate. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230728211616.59550-1-sj@kernel.org
2023-07-26Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: add AMD to the listGreg Kroah-Hartman
Add AMD back to the embargoed-hardware-issues.rst list. There was confusion about a recent issue that ended up being due to third-party's misrepresentation, not AMD, so add AMD back to the list to get notified properly as they understand the proper procedures to follow. Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023072514-submersed-yanking-652e@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-18Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: clean out empty and unused entriesGreg Kroah-Hartman
There are a few empty entries in the company/project list, which confuses people as to why they are there, so remove them entirely, and also remove an entry that doesn't wish to participate in this process. Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023062742-mouse-appease-7917@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-17Documentation: security-bugs.rst: clarify CVE handlingGreg Kroah-Hartman
The kernel security team does NOT assign CVEs, so document that properly and provide the "if you want one, ask MITRE for it" response that we give on a weekly basis in the document, so we don't have to constantly say it to everyone who asks. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023063022-retouch-kerosene-7e4a@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-17Documentation: security-bugs.rst: update preferences when dealing with the ↵Greg Kroah-Hartman
linux-distros group Because the linux-distros group forces reporters to release information about reported bugs, and they impose arbitrary deadlines in having those bugs fixed despite not actually being kernel developers, the kernel security team recommends not interacting with them at all as this just causes confusion and the early-release of reported security problems. Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023063020-throat-pantyhose-f110@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-14docs: deprecated.rst: Update an exampleChristophe JAILLET
vmalloc() has a 2-factor form. It is vmalloc_array(). So use another function as an example. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3484e46180dd2cf05d993ff1a78b481bc2ad1f71.1687723931.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
2023-07-13Merge tag 'net-6.5-rc2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net Pull networking fixes from Paolo Abeni: "Including fixes from netfilter, wireless and ebpf. Current release - regressions: - netfilter: conntrack: gre: don't set assured flag for clash entries - wifi: iwlwifi: remove 'use_tfh' config to fix crash Previous releases - regressions: - ipv6: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev - icmp6: ifix null-ptr-deref of ip6_null_entry->rt6i_idev in icmp6_dev() - bpf: fix max stack depth check for async callbacks - eth: mlx5e: - check for NOT_READY flag state after locking - fix page_pool page fragment tracking for XDP - eth: igc: - fix tx hang issue when QBV gate is closed - fix corner cases for TSN offload - eth: octeontx2-af: Move validation of ptp pointer before its usage - eth: ena: fix shift-out-of-bounds in exponential backoff Previous releases - always broken: - core: prevent skb corruption on frag list segmentation - sched: - cls_fw: fix improper refcount update leads to use-after-free - sch_qfq: account for stab overhead in qfq_enqueue - netfilter: - report use refcount overflow - prevent OOB access in nft_byteorder_eval - wifi: mt7921e: fix init command fail with enabled device - eth: ocelot: fix oversize frame dropping for preemptible TCs - eth: fec: recycle pages for transmitted XDP frames" * tag 'net-6.5-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (79 commits) selftests: tc-testing: add test for qfq with stab overhead net/sched: sch_qfq: account for stab overhead in qfq_enqueue selftests: tc-testing: add tests for qfq mtu sanity check net/sched: sch_qfq: reintroduce lmax bound check for MTU wifi: cfg80211: fix receiving mesh packets without RFC1042 header wifi: rtw89: debug: fix error code in rtw89_debug_priv_send_h2c_set() net: txgbe: fix eeprom calculation error net/sched: make psched_mtu() RTNL-less safe net: ena: fix shift-out-of-bounds in exponential backoff netdevsim: fix uninitialized data in nsim_dev_trap_fa_cookie_write() net/sched: flower: Ensure both minimum and maximum ports are specified MAINTAINERS: Add another mailing list for QUALCOMM ETHQOS ETHERNET DRIVER docs: netdev: update the URL of the status page wifi: iwlwifi: remove 'use_tfh' config to fix crash xdp: use trusted arguments in XDP hints kfuncs bpf: cpumap: Fix memory leak in cpu_map_update_elem wifi: airo: avoid uninitialized warning in airo_get_rate() octeontx2-pf: Add additional check for MCAM rules net: dsa: Removed unneeded of_node_put in felix_parse_ports_node net: fec: use netdev_err_once() instead of netdev_err() ...
2023-07-11docs: netdev: update the URL of the status pageJakub Kicinski
Move the status page from vger to the same server as mailbot. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230710174636.1174684-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-07-06Merge tag 'docs-6.5-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds
Pull mode documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "A half-dozen late arriving docs patches. They are mostly fixes, but we also have a kernel-doc tweak for enums and the long-overdue removal of the outdated and redundant patch-submission comments at the top of the MAINTAINERS file" * tag 'docs-6.5-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: scripts: kernel-doc: support private / public marking for enums Documentation: KVM: SEV: add a missing backtick Documentation: ACPI: fix typo in ssdt-overlays.rst Fix documentation of panic_on_warn docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERS docs: fix typo in zh_TW and zh_CN translation
2023-07-05Merge tag 'net-6.5-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski: "Including fixes from bluetooth, bpf and wireguard. Current release - regressions: - nvme-tcp: fix comma-related oops after sendpage changes Current release - new code bugs: - ptp: make max_phase_adjustment sysfs device attribute invisible when not supported Previous releases - regressions: - sctp: fix potential deadlock on &net->sctp.addr_wq_lock - mptcp: - ensure subflow is unhashed before cleaning the backlog - do not rely on implicit state check in mptcp_listen() Previous releases - always broken: - net: fix net_dev_start_xmit trace event vs skb_transport_offset() - Bluetooth: - fix use-bdaddr-property quirk - L2CAP: fix multiple UaFs - ISO: use hci_sync for setting CIG parameters - hci_event: fix Set CIG Parameters error status handling - hci_event: fix parsing of CIS Established Event - MGMT: fix marking SCAN_RSP as not connectable - wireguard: queuing: use saner cpu selection wrapping - sched: act_ipt: various bug fixes for iptables <> TC interactions - sched: act_pedit: add size check for TCA_PEDIT_PARMS_EX - dsa: fixes for receiving PTP packets with 8021q and sja1105 tagging - eth: sfc: fix null-deref in devlink port without MAE access - eth: ibmvnic: do not reset dql stats on NON_FATAL err Misc: - xsk: honor SO_BINDTODEVICE on bind" * tag 'net-6.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (70 commits) nfp: clean mc addresses in application firmware when closing port selftests: mptcp: pm_nl_ctl: fix 32-bit support selftests: mptcp: depend on SYN_COOKIES selftests: mptcp: userspace_pm: report errors with 'remove' tests selftests: mptcp: userspace_pm: use correct server port selftests: mptcp: sockopt: return error if wrong mark selftests: mptcp: sockopt: use 'iptables-legacy' if available selftests: mptcp: connect: fail if nft supposed to work mptcp: do not rely on implicit state check in mptcp_listen() mptcp: ensure subflow is unhashed before cleaning the backlog s390/qeth: Fix vipa deletion octeontx-af: fix hardware timestamp configuration net: dsa: sja1105: always enable the send_meta options net: dsa: tag_sja1105: fix MAC DA patching from meta frames net: Replace strlcpy with strscpy pptp: Fix fib lookup calls. mlxsw: spectrum_router: Fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL check net/sched: act_pedit: Add size check for TCA_PEDIT_PARMS_EX xsk: Honor SO_BINDTODEVICE on bind ptp: Make max_phase_adjustment sysfs device attribute invisible when not supported ...
2023-07-03Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds
Pull kvm updates from Paolo Bonzini: "ARM64: - Eager page splitting optimization for dirty logging, optionally allowing for a VM to avoid the cost of hugepage splitting in the stage-2 fault path. - Arm FF-A proxy for pKVM, allowing a pKVM host to safely interact with services that live in the Secure world. pKVM intervenes on FF-A calls to guarantee the host doesn't misuse memory donated to the hyp or a pKVM guest. - Support for running the split hypervisor with VHE enabled, known as 'hVHE' mode. This is extremely useful for testing the split hypervisor on VHE-only systems, and paves the way for new use cases that depend on having two TTBRs available at EL2. - Generalized framework for configurable ID registers from userspace. KVM/arm64 currently prevents arbitrary CPU feature set configuration from userspace, but the intent is to relax this limitation and allow userspace to select a feature set consistent with the CPU. - Enable the use of Branch Target Identification (FEAT_BTI) in the hypervisor. - Use a separate set of pointer authentication keys for the hypervisor when running in protected mode, as the host is untrusted at runtime. - Ensure timer IRQs are consistently released in the init failure paths. - Avoid trapping CTR_EL0 on systems with Enhanced Virtualization Traps (FEAT_EVT), as it is a register commonly read from userspace. - Erratum workaround for the upcoming AmpereOne part, which has broken hardware A/D state management. RISC-V: - Redirect AMO load/store misaligned traps to KVM guest - Trap-n-emulate AIA in-kernel irqchip for KVM guest - Svnapot support for KVM Guest s390: - New uvdevice secret API - CMM selftest and fixes - fix racy access to target CPU for diag 9c x86: - Fix missing/incorrect #GP checks on ENCLS - Use standard mmu_notifier hooks for handling APIC access page - Drop now unnecessary TR/TSS load after VM-Exit on AMD - Print more descriptive information about the status of SEV and SEV-ES during module load - Add a test for splitting and reconstituting hugepages during and after dirty logging - Add support for CPU pinning in demand paging test - Add support for AMD PerfMonV2, with a variety of cleanups and minor fixes included along the way - Add a "nx_huge_pages=never" option to effectively avoid creating NX hugepage recovery threads (because nx_huge_pages=off can be toggled at runtime) - Move handling of PAT out of MTRR code and dedup SVM+VMX code - Fix output of PIC poll command emulation when there's an interrupt - Add a maintainer's handbook to document KVM x86 processes, preferred coding style, testing expectations, etc. - Misc cleanups, fixes and comments Generic: - Miscellaneous bugfixes and cleanups Selftests: - Generate dependency files so that partial rebuilds work as expected" * tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (153 commits) Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86 Documentation/process: Add a label for the tip tree handbook's coding style KVM: arm64: Fix misuse of KVM_ARM_VCPU_POWER_OFF bit index RISC-V: KVM: Remove unneeded semicolon RISC-V: KVM: Allow Svnapot extension for Guest/VM riscv: kvm: define vcpu_sbi_ext_pmu in header RISC-V: KVM: Expose IMSIC registers as attributes of AIA irqchip RISC-V: KVM: Add in-kernel virtualization of AIA IMSIC RISC-V: KVM: Expose APLIC registers as attributes of AIA irqchip RISC-V: KVM: Add in-kernel emulation of AIA APLIC RISC-V: KVM: Implement device interface for AIA irqchip RISC-V: KVM: Skeletal in-kernel AIA irqchip support RISC-V: KVM: Set kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei to zero RISC-V: KVM: Add APLIC related defines RISC-V: KVM: Add IMSIC related defines RISC-V: KVM: Implement guest external interrupt line management KVM: x86: Remove PRIx* definitions as they are solely for user space s390/uv: Update query for secret-UVCs s390/uv: replace scnprintf with sysfs_emit s390/uvdevice: Add 'Lock Secret Store' UVC ...
2023-07-03docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERSJakub Kicinski
Having "how to submit patches" in MAINTAINTERS seems out of place. We have a whole section of documentation about it, duplication is harmful and a lot of the text looks really out of date. Sections 1, 2 and 4 look really, really old and not applicable to the modern process. Section 3 is obvious but also we have build bots now. Section 5 is a bit outdated (diff -u?!). But I like the part about factoring out shared code, so add that to process docs. Section 6 is unnecessary? Section 7 is covered by more appropriate docs. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20230630171550.128296-1-kuba@kernel.org>
2023-07-01Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.5' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada: - Remove the deprecated rule to build *.dtbo from *.dts - Refactor section mismatch detection in modpost - Fix bogus ARM section mismatch detections - Fix error of 'make gtags' with O= option - Add Clang's target triple to KBUILD_CPPFLAGS to fix a build error with the latest LLVM version - Rebuild the built-in initrd when KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP is changed - Ignore more compiler-generated symbols for kallsyms - Fix 'make local*config' to handle the ${CONFIG_FOO} form in Makefiles - Enable more kernel-doc warnings with W=2 - Refactor <linux/export.h> by generating KSYMTAB data by modpost - Deprecate <asm/export.h> and <asm-generic/export.h> - Remove the EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL macro - Move the check for static EXPORT_SYMBOL back to modpost, which makes the build faster - Re-implement CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS with one-pass algorithm - Warn missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION when building modules with W=1 - Make 'make clean' robust against too long argument error - Exclude more objects from GCOV to fix CFI failures with GCOV - Allow 'make modules_install' to install modules.builtin and modules.builtin.modinfo even when CONFIG_MODULES is disabled - Include modules.builtin and modules.builtin.modinfo in the linux-image Debian package even when CONFIG_MODULES is disabled - Revive "Entering directory" logging for the latest Make version * tag 'kbuild-v6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (72 commits) modpost: define more R_ARM_* for old distributions kbuild: revive "Entering directory" for Make >= 4.4.1 kbuild: set correct abs_srctree and abs_objtree for package builds scripts/mksysmap: Ignore prefixed KCFI symbols kbuild: deb-pkg: remove the CONFIG_MODULES check in buildeb kbuild: builddeb: always make modules_install, to install modules.builtin* modpost: continue even with unknown relocation type modpost: factor out Elf_Sym pointer calculation to section_rel() modpost: factor out inst location calculation to section_rel() kbuild: Disable GCOV for *.mod.o kbuild: Fix CFI failures with GCOV kbuild: make clean rule robust against too long argument error script: modpost: emit a warning when the description is missing kbuild: make modules_install copy modules.builtin(.modinfo) linux/export.h: rename 'sec' argument to 'license' modpost: show offset from symbol for section mismatch warnings modpost: merge two similar section mismatch warnings kbuild: implement CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS without recursion modpost: use null string instead of NULL pointer for default namespace modpost: squash sym_update_namespace() into sym_add_exported() ...
2023-07-01docs: netdev: broaden mailbot to all MAINTAINERSJakub Kicinski
Reword slightly now that all MAINTAINERS have access to the commands. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2023-07-01Merge tag 'kvm-x86-misc-6.5' of https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux into HEADPaolo Bonzini
KVM x86 changes for 6.5: * Move handling of PAT out of MTRR code and dedup SVM+VMX code * Fix output of PIC poll command emulation when there's an interrupt * Add a maintainer's handbook to document KVM x86 processes, preferred coding style, testing expectations, etc. * Misc cleanups
2023-06-29Merge tag 'soc-newsoc-6.5' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc Pull new ARM SoC support from Arnd Bergmann: "There are two new SoC families this time, and both appear fairly similar: The Nuvoton MA35D1 and the STMicroelectronics STM32MP2 are both dual-core Cortex-A35 based chips for the low-power industrial embedded market, and they mark the first 64-bit product in a widely used family of 32-bit Arm MCUs and SoCs. The way into the kernel is completely different here: The team at ST has a long history of working upstream with their STM32MP1 and other SoCs, and they produced a complete port to arm64 together with the initial announcement. Nuvoton also has multiple SoC product lines with current or previous upstream support, but those are maintained by third parties and are unrelated. The patch series from Nuvoton's Jacky Huang had to go through many revisisions to get to this point and is still missing a few drivers including the serial port for the moment. The branch contains the devicetree files as well as all the code changes, in order to have something that can be tested standalone" * tag 'soc-newsoc-6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (25 commits) clk: nuvoton: Use clk_parent_data instead of string for parent clock clk: nuvoton: Update all constant hex values to lowercase clk: nuvoton: Add clk-ma35d1.h for driver extern functions remoteproc: stm32: use correct format strings on 64-bit MAINTAINERS: add entry for ARM/STM32 ARCHITECTURE arm64: defconfig: enable ARCH_STM32 and STM32 serial driver arm64: dts: st: add stm32mp257f-ev1 board support dt-bindings: stm32: document stm32mp257f-ev1 board arm64: dts: st: introduce stm32mp25 pinctrl files arm64: dts: st: introduce stm32mp25 SoCs family arm64: introduce STM32 family on Armv8 architecture dt-bindings: stm32: add st,stm32mp25-syscfg compatible for syscon pinctrl: stm32: add stm32mp257 pinctrl support dt-bindings: pinctrl: stm32: support for stm32mp257 and additional packages Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbook reset: RESET_NUVOTON_MA35D1 should depend on ARCH_MA35 reset: Add Nuvoton ma35d1 reset driver support clk: nuvoton: Add clock driver for ma35d1 clock controller arm64: dts: nuvoton: Add initial ma35d1 device tree dt-bindings: serial: Document ma35d1 uart controller ...
2023-06-27Merge tag 'docs-6.5' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It's been a relatively calm cycle in docsland. We do have: - Some initial page-table documentation from Linus (the other Linus) - Regression-handling documentation improvements from Thorsten - Addition of kerneldoc documentation for the ERR_PTR() and related macros from James Seo ... and the usual collection of fixes and updates" * tag 'docs-6.5' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: docs: consolidate storage interfaces Documentation: update git configuration for Link: tag Documentation: KVM: make corrections to vcpu-requests.rst Documentation: KVM: make corrections to ppc-pv.rst Documentation: KVM: make corrections to locking.rst Documentation: KVM: make corrections to halt-polling.rst Documentation: virt: correct location of haltpoll module params Documentation/mm: Initial page table documentation docs: crypto: async-tx-api: fix typo in struct name docs/doc-guide: Clarify how to write tables docs: handling-regressions: rework section about fixing procedures docs: process: fix a typoed cross-reference docs: submitting-patches: Discuss interleaved replies MAINTAINERS: direct process doc changes to a dedicated ML Documentation: core-api: Add error pointer functions to kernel-api err.h: Add missing kerneldocs for error pointer functions Documentation: conf.py: Add __force to c_id_attributes docs: clarify KVM related kernel parameters' descriptions docs: consolidate human interface subsystems docs: admin-guide: Add information about intel_pstate active mode
2023-06-26Merge tag 'x86_cleanups_for_6.5' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull x86 cleanups from Dave Hansen: "As usual, these are all over the map. The biggest cluster is work from Arnd to eliminate -Wmissing-prototype warnings: - Address -Wmissing-prototype warnings - Remove repeated 'the' in comments - Remove unused current_untag_mask() - Document urgent tip branch timing - Clean up MSR kernel-doc notation - Clean up paravirt_ops doc - Update Srivatsa S. Bhat's maintained areas - Remove unused extern declaration acpi_copy_wakeup_routine()" * tag 'x86_cleanups_for_6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (22 commits) x86/acpi: Remove unused extern declaration acpi_copy_wakeup_routine() Documentation: virt: Clean up paravirt_ops doc x86/mm: Remove unused current_untag_mask() x86/mm: Remove repeated word in comments x86/lib/msr: Clean up kernel-doc notation x86/platform: Avoid missing-prototype warnings for OLPC x86/mm: Add early_memremap_pgprot_adjust() prototype x86/usercopy: Include arch_wb_cache_pmem() declaration x86/vdso: Include vdso/processor.h x86/mce: Add copy_mc_fragile_handle_tail() prototype x86/fbdev: Include asm/fb.h as needed x86/hibernate: Declare global functions in suspend.h x86/entry: Add do_SYSENTER_32() prototype x86/quirks: Include linux/pnp.h for arch_pnpbios_disabled() x86/mm: Include asm/numa.h for set_highmem_pages_init() x86: Avoid missing-prototype warnings for doublefault code x86/fpu: Include asm/fpu/regset.h x86: Add dummy prototype for mk_early_pgtbl_32() x86/pci: Mark local functions as 'static' x86/ftrace: Move prepare_ftrace_return prototype to header ...
2023-06-22Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86Sean Christopherson
Add a KVM x86 doc to the subsystem/maintainer handbook section to explain how KVM x86 (currently) operates as a sub-subsystem, and to soapbox on the rules and expectations for contributing to KVM x86. Reviewed-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230411171651.1067966-3-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
2023-06-22Documentation/process: Add a label for the tip tree handbook's coding styleSean Christopherson
Add a label for the tip tree's "Coding style notes" so that a forthcoming KVM x86 handbook can reference/piggyback the tip tree's preferred coding style. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230411171651.1067966-2-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
2023-06-09docs: handling-regressions: rework section about fixing proceduresThorsten Leemhuis
This basically rewrites the 'Prioritize work on fixing regressions' section of Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst for various reasons. Among them: some things were too demanding, some didn't align well with the usual workflows, and some apparently were not clear enough -- and of course a few things were missing that would be good to have in there. Linus for example recently stated that regressions introduced during the past year should be handled similarly to regressions from the current cycle, if it's a clear fix with no semantic subtlety. His exact wording[1] didn't fit well into the text structure, but the author tried to stick close to the apparent intention. It was a noble goal from the original author to state "[prevent situations that might force users to] continue running an outdated and thus potentially insecure kernel version for more than two weeks after a regression's culprit was identified"; this directly led to the goal "fix regression in mainline within one week, if the issue made it into a stable/longterm kernel", because the stable team needs time to pick up and prepare a new release. But apparently all that was a bit too demanding. That "one week" target for example doesn't align well with the usual habits of the subsystem maintainers, which normally send their fixes to Linus once a week; and it doesn't align too well with stable/longterm releases either, which often enter a -rc phase on Mondays or Tuesdays and then are released two to three days later. And asking developers to create, review, and mainline fixes within one week might be too much to ask for in general. Hence tone the general goal down to three weeks and use an approach that better aligns with the usual merging and release habits. While at it, also make the rules of thumb a bit easier to follow by grouping them by topic (e.g. generic things, timing, procedures, ...). Also add text for a few cases where recent discussions showed they need covering. Among them are multiple points that better explain the relations to stable and longterm kernels and the team that manages them; they and the group seperators are the primary reason why this whole section sadly grew somewhat in the rewrite. The group about those relations led to one addition the author came up with without any precedent from Linus: the text now tells developers to add a stable tag for any regression that made it into a proper mainline release during the past 12 months. This is meant to ensure the stable team will definitely notice any fixes for recent regressions. That includes those introduced shortly before a new mainline release and found right after it; without such a rule the stable team might miss the fix, which then would only reach users after weeks or months with later releases. Note, the aspect "Do not consider regressions from the current cycle as something that can wait till the cycle's end [...]" might look like an addition, but was kinda was in the old text as well -- but only indirectly. That apparently was too subtle, as many developers seem to assume waiting till the end of the cycle is fine (even for build fixes). In practice this was especially problematic when a cause of a regression made it into a proper release (either directly or through a backport). A revert performed by Linus shortly before the 6.3 release illustrated that[2], as the developer of the culprit had been willing to revert the culprit about three weeks earlier already -- but didn't do so when a fix came into sight and a maintainer suggested it can wait. Due to that the issue in the end plagued users of 6.2.y at least two weeks longer than necessary, as the fix in the end didn't become ready in time. This issue in fact could have been resolved one or two additional weeks earlier, if the developer had reverted the culprit shortly after it had been identified (which even the old version of the text suggest to do in such cases). [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wis_qQy4oDNynNKi5b7Qhosmxtoj1jxo5wmB6SRUwQUBQ@mail.gmail.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgD98pmSK3ZyHk_d9kZ2bhgN6DuNZMAJaV0WTtbkf=RDw@mail.gmail.com/ CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> CC: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6971680941a5b7b9cb0c2839c75b5cc4ddb2d162.1684139586.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2023-06-06Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbookConor Dooley
Arnd suggested that adding a maintainer handbook for the SoC "subsystem" would be helpful in trying to bring on board maintainers for the various new platforms cropping up in RISC-V land. Add a document briefly describing the role of the SoC subsystem and some basic advice for (new) platform maintainers. Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2023-05-31rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2Miguel Ojeda
This is the first upgrade to the Rust toolchain since the initial Rust merge, from 1.62.0 to 1.68.2 (i.e. the latest). # Context The kernel currently supports only a single Rust version [1] (rather than a minimum) given our usage of some "unstable" Rust features [2] which do not promise backwards compatibility. The goal is to reach a point where we can declare a minimum version for the toolchain. For instance, by waiting for some of the features to be stabilized. Therefore, the first minimum Rust version that the kernel will support is "in the future". # Upgrade policy Given we will eventually need to reach that minimum version, it would be ideal to upgrade the compiler from time to time to be as close as possible to that goal and find any issues sooner. In the extreme, we could upgrade as soon as a new Rust release is out. Of course, upgrading so often is in stark contrast to what one normally would need for GCC and LLVM, especially given the release schedule: 6 weeks for Rust vs. half a year for LLVM and a year for GCC. Having said that, there is no particular advantage to updating slowly either: kernel developers in "stable" distributions are unlikely to be able to use their distribution-provided Rust toolchain for the kernel anyway [3]. Instead, by routinely upgrading to the latest instead, kernel developers using Linux distributions that track the latest Rust release may be able to use those rather than Rust-provided ones, especially if their package manager allows to pin / hold back / downgrade the version for some days during windows where the version may not match. For instance, Arch, Fedora, Gentoo and openSUSE all provide and track the latest version of Rust as they get released every 6 weeks. Then, when the minimum version is reached, we will stop upgrading and decide how wide the window of support will be. For instance, a year of Rust versions. We will probably want to start small, and then widen it over time, just like the kernel did originally for LLVM, see commit 3519c4d6e08e ("Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version"). # Unstable features stabilized This upgrade allows us to remove the following unstable features since they were stabilized: - `feature(explicit_generic_args_with_impl_trait)` (1.63). - `feature(core_ffi_c)` (1.64). - `feature(generic_associated_types)` (1.65). - `feature(const_ptr_offset_from)` (1.65, *). - `feature(bench_black_box)` (1.66, *). - `feature(pin_macro)` (1.68). The ones marked with `*` apply only to our old `rust` branch, not mainline yet, i.e. only for code that we may potentially upstream. With this patch applied, the only unstable feature allowed to be used outside the `kernel` crate is `new_uninit`, though other code to be upstreamed may increase the list. Please see [2] for details. # Other required changes Since 1.63, `rustdoc` triggers the `broken_intra_doc_links` lint for links pointing to exported (`#[macro_export]`) `macro_rules`. An issue was opened upstream [4], but it turns out it is intended behavior. For the moment, just add an explicit reference for each link. Later we can revisit this if `rustdoc` removes the compatibility measure. Nevertheless, this was helpful to discover a link that was pointing to the wrong place unintentionally. Since that one was actually wrong, it is fixed in a previous commit independently. Another change was the addition of `cfg(no_rc)` and `cfg(no_sync)` in upstream [5], thus remove our original changes for that. Similarly, upstream now tests that it compiles successfully with `#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]` [6], which allow us to get rid of some changes, such as an `#[allow(dead_code)]`. In addition, remove another `#[allow(dead_code)]` due to new uses within the standard library. Finally, add `try_extend_trusted` and move the code in `spec_extend.rs` since upstream moved it for the infallible version. # `alloc` upgrade and reviewing There are a large amount of changes, but the vast majority of them are due to our `alloc` fork being upgraded at once. There are two kinds of changes to be aware of: the ones coming from upstream, which we should follow as closely as possible, and the updates needed in our added fallible APIs to keep them matching the newer infallible APIs coming from upstream. Instead of taking a look at the diff of this patch, an alternative approach is reviewing a diff of the changes between upstream `alloc` and the kernel's. This allows to easily inspect the kernel additions only, especially to check if the fallible methods we already have still match the infallible ones in the new version coming from upstream. Another approach is reviewing the changes introduced in the additions in the kernel fork between the two versions. This is useful to spot potentially unintended changes to our additions. To apply these approaches, one may follow steps similar to the following to generate a pair of patches that show the differences between upstream Rust and the kernel (for the subset of `alloc` we use) before and after applying this patch: # Get the difference with respect to the old version. git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc) git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc | cut -d/ -f3- | grep -Fv README.md | xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > old.patch git -C linux restore rust/alloc # Apply this patch. git -C linux am rust-upgrade.patch # Get the difference with respect to the new version. git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc) git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc | cut -d/ -f3- | grep -Fv README.md | xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > new.patch git -C linux restore rust/alloc Now one may check the `new.patch` to take a look at the additions (first approach) or at the difference between those two patches (second approach). For the latter, a side-by-side tool is recommended. Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [1] Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [2] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72mT3bVDKdHgaea-6WiZazd8Mvurqmqegbe5JZxVyLR8Yg@mail.gmail.com/ [3] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/106142 [4] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89891 [5] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/98652 [6] Reviewed-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Reviewed-By: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com> Tested-by: Ariel Miculas <amiculas@cisco.com> Tested-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418214347.324156-4-ojeda@kernel.org [ Removed `feature(core_ffi_c)` from `uapi` ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2023-05-28doc: Add tar requirement to changes.rstMasahiro Yamada
tar is used to build the kernel with CONFIG_IKHEADERS. GNU tar 1.28 or later is required. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
2023-05-23docs: netdev: document the existence of the mail botJakub Kicinski
We had a good run, but after 4 weeks of use we heard someone asking about pw-bot commands. Let's explain its existence in the docs. It's not a complete documentation but hopefully it's enough for the casual contributor. The project and scope are in flux so the details would likely become out of date, if we were to document more in depth. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230522140057.GB18381@nucnuc.mle/ Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230522230903.1853151-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>