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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_64.c, branch linux-rolling-stable</title>
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<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sparc: fix error handling in scan_one_device()</title>
<updated>2025-09-22T05:52:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ma Ke</name>
<email>make24@iscas.ac.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-20T12:53:12+00:00</published>
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Once of_device_register() failed, we should call put_device() to
decrement reference count for cleanup. Or it could cause memory leak.
So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in
kobject_cleanup().

Calling path: of_device_register() -&gt; of_device_add() -&gt; device_add().
As comment of device_add() says, 'if device_add() succeeds, you should
call device_del() when you want to get rid of it. If device_add() has
not succeeded, use only put_device() to drop the reference count'.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: cf44bbc26cf1 ("[SPARC]: Beginnings of generic of_device framework.")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke &lt;make24@iscas.ac.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
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Once of_device_register() failed, we should call put_device() to
decrement reference count for cleanup. Or it could cause memory leak.
So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in
kobject_cleanup().

Calling path: of_device_register() -&gt; of_device_add() -&gt; device_add().
As comment of device_add() says, 'if device_add() succeeds, you should
call device_del() when you want to get rid of it. If device_add() has
not succeeded, use only put_device() to drop the reference count'.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: cf44bbc26cf1 ("[SPARC]: Beginnings of generic of_device framework.")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke &lt;make24@iscas.ac.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sparc/of: Remove on-stack cpumask var</title>
<updated>2024-05-08T17:42:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dawei Li</name>
<email>dawei.li@shingroup.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-24T02:55:46+00:00</published>
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In general it's preferable to avoid placing cpumasks on the stack, as
for large values of NR_CPUS these can consume significant amounts of
stack space and make stack overflows more likely.

@cpumask of irq_set_affinity() is read-only and free of change, drop
unneeded cpumask var.

Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg &lt;sam@ravnborg.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dawei Li &lt;dawei.li@shingroup.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240424025548.3765250-4-dawei.li@shingroup.cn
Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
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In general it's preferable to avoid placing cpumasks on the stack, as
for large values of NR_CPUS these can consume significant amounts of
stack space and make stack overflows more likely.

@cpumask of irq_set_affinity() is read-only and free of change, drop
unneeded cpumask var.

Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg &lt;sam@ravnborg.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dawei Li &lt;dawei.li@shingroup.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240424025548.3765250-4-dawei.li@shingroup.cn
Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sparc: Fix typos</title>
<updated>2024-02-16T15:50:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bjorn Helgaas</name>
<email>bhelgaas@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-03T23:16:05+00:00</published>
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Fix typos, most reported by "codespell arch/sparc".  Only touches
comments, no code changes.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bhelgaas@google.com&gt;
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;rdunlap@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240103231605.1801364-9-helgaas@kernel.org
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Fix typos, most reported by "codespell arch/sparc".  Only touches
comments, no code changes.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bhelgaas@google.com&gt;
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;rdunlap@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andreas Larsson &lt;andreas@gaisler.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240103231605.1801364-9-helgaas@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>sparc: Explicitly include correct DT includes</title>
<updated>2023-08-28T18:30:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rob Herring</name>
<email>robh@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-07-18T20:45:20+00:00</published>
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The DT of_device.h and of_platform.h date back to the separate
of_platform_bus_type before it was merged into the regular platform bus.
As part of that merge prepping Arm DT support 13 years ago, they
"temporarily" include each other. They also include platform_device.h
and of.h. As a result, there's a pretty much random mix of those include
files used throughout the tree. In order to detangle these headers and
replace the implicit includes with struct declarations, users need to
explicitly include the correct includes.

Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg &lt;sam@ravnborg.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230718143211.1066810-1-robh@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
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The DT of_device.h and of_platform.h date back to the separate
of_platform_bus_type before it was merged into the regular platform bus.
As part of that merge prepping Arm DT support 13 years ago, they
"temporarily" include each other. They also include platform_device.h
and of.h. As a result, there's a pretty much random mix of those include
files used throughout the tree. In order to detangle these headers and
replace the implicit includes with struct declarations, users need to
explicitly include the correct includes.

Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg &lt;sam@ravnborg.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230718143211.1066810-1-robh@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sparc: Use of_property_present() for testing DT property presence</title>
<updated>2023-04-18T16:23:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rob Herring</name>
<email>robh@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-03-10T14:46:59+00:00</published>
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It is preferred to use typed property access functions (i.e.
of_property_read_&lt;type&gt; functions) rather than low-level
of_get_property/of_find_property functions for reading properties. As
part of this, convert of_get_property/of_find_property calls to the
recently added of_property_present() helper when we just want to test
for presence of a property and nothing more.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230310144659.1541247-1-robh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
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It is preferred to use typed property access functions (i.e.
of_property_read_&lt;type&gt; functions) rather than low-level
of_get_property/of_find_property functions for reading properties. As
part of this, convert of_get_property/of_find_property calls to the
recently added of_property_present() helper when we just want to test
for presence of a property and nothing more.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230310144659.1541247-1-robh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sparc: Use DT node full_name instead of name for resources</title>
<updated>2018-11-18T21:35:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rob Herring</name>
<email>robh@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-11-16T21:07:01+00:00</published>
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The device_node.name pointer is going to be removed. As the
device_node.full_name is now just the name+unit-address instead of the
full path, use the full_name pointer instead. This will add the
unit-address if there is one to the resource name.

Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The device_node.name pointer is going to be removed. As the
device_node.full_name is now just the name+unit-address instead of the
full path, use the full_name pointer instead. This will add the
unit-address if there is one to the resource name.

Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sparc: Use of_node_name_eq for node name comparisons</title>
<updated>2018-11-18T21:35:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rob Herring</name>
<email>robh@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-11-16T21:06:58+00:00</published>
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Convert string compares of DT node names to use of_node_name_eq helper
instead. This removes direct access to the node name pointer.

Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Convert string compares of DT node names to use of_node_name_eq helper
instead. This removes direct access to the node name pointer.

Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sparc: Convert to using %pOF instead of full_name</title>
<updated>2018-11-18T21:35:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rob Herring</name>
<email>robh@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-11-16T21:06:54+00:00</published>
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Now that we have a custom printf format specifier, convert users of
full_name to use %pOF instead. This is preparation to remove storing
of the full path string for each node.

Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Now that we have a custom printf format specifier, convert users of
full_name to use %pOF instead. This is preparation to remove storing
of the full path string for each node.

Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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