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<title>linux-stable.git/include/asm-generic, branch linux-6.13.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>kbuild: keep symbols for symbol_get() even with CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS</title>
<updated>2025-03-22T19:56:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-01T18:51:41+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 4c56eb33e603c3b9eb4bd24efbfdd0283c1c37e4 ]

Linus observed that the symbol_request(utf8_data_table) call fails when
CONFIG_UNICODE=y and CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y.

symbol_get() relies on the symbol data being present in the ksymtab for
symbol lookups. However, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(utf8_data_table) is dropped
due to CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS, as no module references it in this case.

Probably, this has been broken since commit dbacb0ef670d ("kconfig option
for TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS").

This commit addresses the issue by leveraging modpost. Symbol names
passed to symbol_get() are recorded in the special .no_trim_symbol
section, which is then parsed by modpost to forcibly keep such symbols.
The .no_trim_symbol section is discarded by the linker scripts, so there
is no impact on the size of the final vmlinux or modules.

This commit cannot resolve the issue for direct calls to __symbol_get()
because the symbol name is not known at compile-time.

Although symbol_get() may eventually be deprecated, this workaround
should be good enough meanwhile.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 4c56eb33e603c3b9eb4bd24efbfdd0283c1c37e4 ]

Linus observed that the symbol_request(utf8_data_table) call fails when
CONFIG_UNICODE=y and CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y.

symbol_get() relies on the symbol data being present in the ksymtab for
symbol lookups. However, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(utf8_data_table) is dropped
due to CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS, as no module references it in this case.

Probably, this has been broken since commit dbacb0ef670d ("kconfig option
for TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS").

This commit addresses the issue by leveraging modpost. Symbol names
passed to symbol_get() are recorded in the special .no_trim_symbol
section, which is then parsed by modpost to forcibly keep such symbols.
The .no_trim_symbol section is discarded by the linker scripts, so there
is no impact on the size of the final vmlinux or modules.

This commit cannot resolve the issue for direct calls to __symbol_get()
because the symbol name is not known at compile-time.

Although symbol_get() may eventually be deprecated, this workaround
should be good enough meanwhile.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>mm: hugetlb: Add huge page size param to huge_ptep_get_and_clear()</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T12:08:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ryan Roberts</name>
<email>ryan.roberts@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-26T12:06:51+00:00</published>
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commit 02410ac72ac3707936c07ede66e94360d0d65319 upstream.

In order to fix a bug, arm64 needs to be told the size of the huge page
for which the huge_pte is being cleared in huge_ptep_get_and_clear().
Provide for this by adding an `unsigned long sz` parameter to the
function. This follows the same pattern as huge_pte_clear() and
set_huge_pte_at().

This commit makes the required interface modifications to the core mm as
well as all arches that implement this function (arm64, loongarch, mips,
parisc, powerpc, riscv, s390, sparc). The actual arm64 bug will be fixed
in a separate commit.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 66b3923a1a0f ("arm64: hugetlb: add support for PTE contiguous bit")
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti &lt;alexghiti@rivosinc.com&gt; # riscv
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual &lt;anshuman.khandual@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts &lt;ryan.roberts@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Alexander Gordeev &lt;agordeev@linux.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250226120656.2400136-2-ryan.roberts@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 02410ac72ac3707936c07ede66e94360d0d65319 upstream.

In order to fix a bug, arm64 needs to be told the size of the huge page
for which the huge_pte is being cleared in huge_ptep_get_and_clear().
Provide for this by adding an `unsigned long sz` parameter to the
function. This follows the same pattern as huge_pte_clear() and
set_huge_pte_at().

This commit makes the required interface modifications to the core mm as
well as all arches that implement this function (arm64, loongarch, mips,
parisc, powerpc, riscv, s390, sparc). The actual arm64 bug will be fixed
in a separate commit.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 66b3923a1a0f ("arm64: hugetlb: add support for PTE contiguous bit")
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti &lt;alexghiti@rivosinc.com&gt; # riscv
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual &lt;anshuman.khandual@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts &lt;ryan.roberts@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Alexander Gordeev &lt;agordeev@linux.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250226120656.2400136-2-ryan.roberts@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>vmlinux.lds: Ensure that const vars with relocations are mapped R/O</title>
<updated>2025-03-07T17:27:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-21T13:57:06+00:00</published>
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commit 68f3ea7ee199ef77551e090dfef5a49046ea8443 upstream.

In the kernel, there are architectures (x86, arm64) that perform
boot-time relocation (for KASLR) without relying on PIE codegen. In this
case, all const global objects are emitted into .rodata, including const
objects with fields that will be fixed up by the boot-time relocation
code.  This implies that .rodata (and .text in some cases) need to be
writable at boot, but they will usually be mapped read-only as soon as
the boot completes.

When using PIE codegen, the compiler will emit const global objects into
.data.rel.ro rather than .rodata if the object contains fields that need
such fixups at boot-time. This permits the linker to annotate such
regions as requiring read-write access only at load time, but not at
execution time (in user space), while keeping .rodata truly const (in
user space, this is important for reducing the CoW footprint of dynamic
executables).

This distinction does not matter for the kernel, but it does imply that
const data will end up in writable memory if the .data.rel.ro sections
are not treated in a special way, as they will end up in the writable
.data segment by default.

So emit .data.rel.ro into the .rodata segment.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250221135704.431269-5-ardb+git@google.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 68f3ea7ee199ef77551e090dfef5a49046ea8443 upstream.

In the kernel, there are architectures (x86, arm64) that perform
boot-time relocation (for KASLR) without relying on PIE codegen. In this
case, all const global objects are emitted into .rodata, including const
objects with fields that will be fixed up by the boot-time relocation
code.  This implies that .rodata (and .text in some cases) need to be
writable at boot, but they will usually be mapped read-only as soon as
the boot completes.

When using PIE codegen, the compiler will emit const global objects into
.data.rel.ro rather than .rodata if the object contains fields that need
such fixups at boot-time. This permits the linker to annotate such
regions as requiring read-write access only at load time, but not at
execution time (in user space), while keeping .rodata truly const (in
user space, this is important for reducing the CoW footprint of dynamic
executables).

This distinction does not matter for the kernel, but it does imply that
const data will end up in writable memory if the .data.rel.ro sections
are not treated in a special way, as they will end up in the writable
.data segment by default.

So emit .data.rel.ro into the .rodata segment.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250221135704.431269-5-ardb+git@google.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'timers_urgent_for_v6.13_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-12-01T20:41:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-01T20:41:21+00:00</published>
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Pull timer fixes from Borislav Petkov:

 - Fix a case where posix timers with a thread-group-wide target would
   miss signals if some of the group's threads are exiting

 - Fix a hang caused by ndelay() calling the wrong delay function
   __udelay()

 - Fix a wrong offset calculation in adjtimex(2) when using ADJ_MICRO
   (microsecond resolution) and a negative offset

* tag 'timers_urgent_for_v6.13_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  posix-timers: Target group sigqueue to current task only if not exiting
  delay: Fix ndelay() spuriously treated as udelay()
  ntp: Remove invalid cast in time offset math
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<pre>
Pull timer fixes from Borislav Petkov:

 - Fix a case where posix timers with a thread-group-wide target would
   miss signals if some of the group's threads are exiting

 - Fix a hang caused by ndelay() calling the wrong delay function
   __udelay()

 - Fix a wrong offset calculation in adjtimex(2) when using ADJ_MICRO
   (microsecond resolution) and a negative offset

* tag 'timers_urgent_for_v6.13_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  posix-timers: Target group sigqueue to current task only if not exiting
  delay: Fix ndelay() spuriously treated as udelay()
  ntp: Remove invalid cast in time offset math
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2024-11-30T21:41:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-30T21:41:50+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=6a34dfa15d6edf7e78b8118d862d2db0889cf669'/>
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add generic support for built-in boot DTB files

 - Enable TAB cycling for dialog buttons in nconfig

 - Fix issues in streamline_config.pl

 - Refactor Kconfig

 - Add support for Clang's AutoFDO (Automatic Feedback-Directed
   Optimization)

 - Add support for Clang's Propeller, a profile-guided optimization.

 - Change the working directory to the external module directory for M=
   builds

 - Support building external modules in a separate output directory

 - Enable objtool for *.mod.o and additional kernel objects

 - Use lz4 instead of deprecated lz4c

 - Work around a performance issue with "git describe"

 - Refactor modpost

* tag 'kbuild-v6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (85 commits)
  kbuild: rename .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms0.syms to .tmp_vmlinux0.syms
  gitignore: Don't ignore 'tags' directory
  kbuild: add dependency from vmlinux to resolve_btfids
  modpost: replace tdb_hash() with hash_str()
  kbuild: deb-pkg: add python3:native to build dependency
  genksyms: reduce indentation in export_symbol()
  modpost: improve error messages in device_id_check()
  modpost: rename alias symbol for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()
  modpost: rename variables in handle_moddevtable()
  modpost: move strstarts() to modpost.h
  modpost: convert do_usb_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_of_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_device_entry() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_card_entries() to a generic handler
  modpost: call module_alias_printf() from all do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: pass (struct module *) to do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: remove DEF_FIELD_ADDR_VAR() macro
  modpost: deduplicate MODULE_ALIAS() for all drivers
  modpost: introduce module_alias_printf() helper
  modpost: remove unnecessary check in do_acpi_entry()
  ...
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<pre>
Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add generic support for built-in boot DTB files

 - Enable TAB cycling for dialog buttons in nconfig

 - Fix issues in streamline_config.pl

 - Refactor Kconfig

 - Add support for Clang's AutoFDO (Automatic Feedback-Directed
   Optimization)

 - Add support for Clang's Propeller, a profile-guided optimization.

 - Change the working directory to the external module directory for M=
   builds

 - Support building external modules in a separate output directory

 - Enable objtool for *.mod.o and additional kernel objects

 - Use lz4 instead of deprecated lz4c

 - Work around a performance issue with "git describe"

 - Refactor modpost

* tag 'kbuild-v6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (85 commits)
  kbuild: rename .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms0.syms to .tmp_vmlinux0.syms
  gitignore: Don't ignore 'tags' directory
  kbuild: add dependency from vmlinux to resolve_btfids
  modpost: replace tdb_hash() with hash_str()
  kbuild: deb-pkg: add python3:native to build dependency
  genksyms: reduce indentation in export_symbol()
  modpost: improve error messages in device_id_check()
  modpost: rename alias symbol for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()
  modpost: rename variables in handle_moddevtable()
  modpost: move strstarts() to modpost.h
  modpost: convert do_usb_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_of_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_device_entry() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_card_entries() to a generic handler
  modpost: call module_alias_printf() from all do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: pass (struct module *) to do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: remove DEF_FIELD_ADDR_VAR() macro
  modpost: deduplicate MODULE_ALIAS() for all drivers
  modpost: introduce module_alias_printf() helper
  modpost: remove unnecessary check in do_acpi_entry()
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>delay: Fix ndelay() spuriously treated as udelay()</title>
<updated>2024-11-29T10:40:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-21T15:29:31+00:00</published>
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A recent rework on delay functions wrongly ended up calling __udelay()
instead of __ndelay() for nanosecond delays, increasing those by 1000.

As a result hangs have been observed on boot

Restore the right function calls.

Fixes: 19e2d91d8cb1 ("delay: Rework udelay and ndelay")
Reported-by: Chen-Yu Tsai &lt;wenst@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Chen-Yu Tsai &lt;wenst@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno &lt;angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai &lt;wenst@chromium.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241121152931.51884-1-frederic@kernel.org

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A recent rework on delay functions wrongly ended up calling __udelay()
instead of __ndelay() for nanosecond delays, increasing those by 1000.

As a result hangs have been observed on boot

Restore the right function calls.

Fixes: 19e2d91d8cb1 ("delay: Rework udelay and ndelay")
Reported-by: Chen-Yu Tsai &lt;wenst@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Chen-Yu Tsai &lt;wenst@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno &lt;angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai &lt;wenst@chromium.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241121152931.51884-1-frederic@kernel.org

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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.13-mw1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T19:19:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-27T19:19:09+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=91dbbe6c9ffe5eded9a3e75d773ff92da8d2bc57'/>
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Pull RISC-v updates from Palmer Dabbelt:

 - Support for pointer masking in userspace

 - Support for probing vector misaligned access performance

 - Support for qspinlock on systems with Zacas and Zabha

* tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.13-mw1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux: (38 commits)
  RISC-V: Remove unnecessary include from compat.h
  riscv: Fix default misaligned access trap
  riscv: Add qspinlock support
  dt-bindings: riscv: Add Ziccrse ISA extension description
  riscv: Add ISA extension parsing for Ziccrse
  asm-generic: ticket-lock: Add separate ticket-lock.h
  asm-generic: ticket-lock: Reuse arch_spinlock_t of qspinlock
  riscv: Implement xchg8/16() using Zabha
  riscv: Implement arch_cmpxchg128() using Zacas
  riscv: Improve zacas fully-ordered cmpxchg()
  riscv: Implement cmpxchg8/16() using Zabha
  dt-bindings: riscv: Add Zabha ISA extension description
  riscv: Implement cmpxchg32/64() using Zacas
  riscv: Do not fail to build on byte/halfword operations with Zawrs
  riscv: Move cpufeature.h macros into their own header
  KVM: riscv: selftests: Add Smnpm and Ssnpm to get-reg-list test
  RISC-V: KVM: Allow Smnpm and Ssnpm extensions for guests
  riscv: hwprobe: Export the Supm ISA extension
  riscv: selftests: Add a pointer masking test
  riscv: Allow ptrace control of the tagged address ABI
  ...
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Pull RISC-v updates from Palmer Dabbelt:

 - Support for pointer masking in userspace

 - Support for probing vector misaligned access performance

 - Support for qspinlock on systems with Zacas and Zabha

* tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.13-mw1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux: (38 commits)
  RISC-V: Remove unnecessary include from compat.h
  riscv: Fix default misaligned access trap
  riscv: Add qspinlock support
  dt-bindings: riscv: Add Ziccrse ISA extension description
  riscv: Add ISA extension parsing for Ziccrse
  asm-generic: ticket-lock: Add separate ticket-lock.h
  asm-generic: ticket-lock: Reuse arch_spinlock_t of qspinlock
  riscv: Implement xchg8/16() using Zabha
  riscv: Implement arch_cmpxchg128() using Zacas
  riscv: Improve zacas fully-ordered cmpxchg()
  riscv: Implement cmpxchg8/16() using Zabha
  dt-bindings: riscv: Add Zabha ISA extension description
  riscv: Implement cmpxchg32/64() using Zacas
  riscv: Do not fail to build on byte/halfword operations with Zawrs
  riscv: Move cpufeature.h macros into their own header
  KVM: riscv: selftests: Add Smnpm and Ssnpm to get-reg-list test
  RISC-V: KVM: Allow Smnpm and Ssnpm extensions for guests
  riscv: hwprobe: Export the Supm ISA extension
  riscv: selftests: Add a pointer masking test
  riscv: Allow ptrace control of the tagged address ABI
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Rename .data.once to .data..once to fix resetting WARN*_ONCE</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T00:38:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-06T16:14:41+00:00</published>
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Commit b1fca27d384e ("kernel debug: support resetting WARN*_ONCE")
added support for clearing the state of once warnings. However,
it is not functional when CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION or
CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is enabled, because .data.once matches the
.data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* pattern in the DATA_MAIN macro.

Commit cb87481ee89d ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless
LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured") was introduced to suppress
the issue for the default CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=n case,
providing a minimal fix for stable backporting. We were aware this did
not address the issue for CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y. The
plan was to apply correct fixes and then revert cb87481ee89d. [1]

Seven years have passed since then, yet the #ifdef workaround remains in
place. Meanwhile, commit b1fca27d384e introduced the .data.once section,
and commit dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO") extended
the #ifdef.

Using a ".." separator in the section name fixes the issue for
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION and CONFIG_LTO_CLANG.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CAK7LNASck6BfdLnESxXUeECYL26yUDm0cwRZuM4gmaWUkxjL5g@mail.gmail.com/

Fixes: b1fca27d384e ("kernel debug: support resetting WARN*_ONCE")
Fixes: dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit b1fca27d384e ("kernel debug: support resetting WARN*_ONCE")
added support for clearing the state of once warnings. However,
it is not functional when CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION or
CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is enabled, because .data.once matches the
.data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* pattern in the DATA_MAIN macro.

Commit cb87481ee89d ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless
LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured") was introduced to suppress
the issue for the default CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=n case,
providing a minimal fix for stable backporting. We were aware this did
not address the issue for CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y. The
plan was to apply correct fixes and then revert cb87481ee89d. [1]

Seven years have passed since then, yet the #ifdef workaround remains in
place. Meanwhile, commit b1fca27d384e introduced the .data.once section,
and commit dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO") extended
the #ifdef.

Using a ".." separator in the section name fixes the issue for
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION and CONFIG_LTO_CLANG.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CAK7LNASck6BfdLnESxXUeECYL26yUDm0cwRZuM4gmaWUkxjL5g@mail.gmail.com/

Fixes: b1fca27d384e ("kernel debug: support resetting WARN*_ONCE")
Fixes: dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>Rename .data.unlikely to .data..unlikely</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T00:38:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-06T16:14:40+00:00</published>
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Commit 7ccaba5314ca ("consolidate WARN_...ONCE() static variables")
was intended to collect all .data.unlikely sections into one chunk.
However, this has not worked when CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
or CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is enabled, because .data.unlikely matches the
.data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* pattern in the DATA_MAIN macro.

Commit cb87481ee89d ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless
LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured") was introduced to suppress
the issue for the default CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=n case,
providing a minimal fix for stable backporting. We were aware this did
not address the issue for CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y. The
plan was to apply correct fixes and then revert cb87481ee89d. [1]

Seven years have passed since then, yet the #ifdef workaround remains in
place.

Using a ".." separator in the section name fixes the issue for
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION and CONFIG_LTO_CLANG.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CAK7LNASck6BfdLnESxXUeECYL26yUDm0cwRZuM4gmaWUkxjL5g@mail.gmail.com/

Fixes: cb87481ee89d ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit 7ccaba5314ca ("consolidate WARN_...ONCE() static variables")
was intended to collect all .data.unlikely sections into one chunk.
However, this has not worked when CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
or CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is enabled, because .data.unlikely matches the
.data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* pattern in the DATA_MAIN macro.

Commit cb87481ee89d ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless
LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured") was introduced to suppress
the issue for the default CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=n case,
providing a minimal fix for stable backporting. We were aware this did
not address the issue for CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y. The
plan was to apply correct fixes and then revert cb87481ee89d. [1]

Seven years have passed since then, yet the #ifdef workaround remains in
place.

Using a ".." separator in the section name fixes the issue for
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION and CONFIG_LTO_CLANG.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CAK7LNASck6BfdLnESxXUeECYL26yUDm0cwRZuM4gmaWUkxjL5g@mail.gmail.com/

Fixes: cb87481ee89d ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>kbuild: Add Propeller configuration for kernel build</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T00:38:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rong Xu</name>
<email>xur@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-02T17:51:14+00:00</published>
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Add the build support for using Clang's Propeller optimizer. Like
AutoFDO, Propeller uses hardware sampling to gather information
about the frequency of execution of different code paths within a
binary. This information is then used to guide the compiler's
optimization decisions, resulting in a more efficient binary.

The support requires a Clang compiler LLVM 19 or later, and the
create_llvm_prof tool
(https://github.com/google/autofdo/releases/tag/v0.30.1). This
commit is limited to x86 platforms that support PMU features
like LBR on Intel machines and AMD Zen3 BRS.

Here is an example workflow for building an AutoFDO+Propeller
optimized kernel:

1) Build the kernel on the host machine, with AutoFDO and Propeller
   build config
      CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
      CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG=y
   then
      $ make LLVM=1 CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=&lt;autofdo_profile&gt;

“&lt;autofdo_profile&gt;” is the profile collected when doing a non-Propeller
AutoFDO build. This step builds a kernel that has the same optimization
level as AutoFDO, plus a metadata section that records basic block
information. This kernel image runs as fast as an AutoFDO optimized
kernel.

2) Install the kernel on test/production machines.

3) Run the load tests. The '-c' option in perf specifies the sample
   event period. We suggest using a suitable prime number,
   like 500009, for this purpose.
   For Intel platforms:
      $ perf record -e BR_INST_RETIRED.NEAR_TAKEN:k -a -N -b -c &lt;count&gt; \
        -o &lt;perf_file&gt; -- &lt;loadtest&gt;
   For AMD platforms:
      The supported system are: Zen3 with BRS, or Zen4 with amd_lbr_v2
      # To see if Zen3 support LBR:
      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep " brs"
      # To see if Zen4 support LBR:
      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep amd_lbr_v2
      # If the result is yes, then collect the profile using:
      $ perf record --pfm-events RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS:k -a \
        -N -b -c &lt;count&gt; -o &lt;perf_file&gt; -- &lt;loadtest&gt;

4) (Optional) Download the raw perf file to the host machine.

5) Generate Propeller profile:
   $ create_llvm_prof --binary=&lt;vmlinux&gt; --profile=&lt;perf_file&gt; \
     --format=propeller --propeller_output_module_name \
     --out=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_cc_profile.txt \
     --propeller_symorder=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_ld_profile.txt

   “create_llvm_prof” is the profile conversion tool, and a prebuilt
   binary for linux can be found on
   https://github.com/google/autofdo/releases/tag/v0.30.1 (can also build
   from source).

   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;" can be something like
   "/home/user/dir/any_string".

   This command generates a pair of Propeller profiles:
   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_cc_profile.txt" and
   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_ld_profile.txt".

6) Rebuild the kernel using the AutoFDO and Propeller profile files.
      CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
      CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG=y
   and
      $ make LLVM=1 CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=&lt;autofdo_profile&gt; \
        CLANG_PROPELLER_PROFILE_PREFIX=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;

Co-developed-by: Han Shen &lt;shenhan@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Han Shen &lt;shenhan@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rong Xu &lt;xur@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Sriraman Tallam &lt;tmsriram@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Krzysztof Pszeniczny &lt;kpszeniczny@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian &lt;eranian@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yonghong.song@linux.dev&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Add the build support for using Clang's Propeller optimizer. Like
AutoFDO, Propeller uses hardware sampling to gather information
about the frequency of execution of different code paths within a
binary. This information is then used to guide the compiler's
optimization decisions, resulting in a more efficient binary.

The support requires a Clang compiler LLVM 19 or later, and the
create_llvm_prof tool
(https://github.com/google/autofdo/releases/tag/v0.30.1). This
commit is limited to x86 platforms that support PMU features
like LBR on Intel machines and AMD Zen3 BRS.

Here is an example workflow for building an AutoFDO+Propeller
optimized kernel:

1) Build the kernel on the host machine, with AutoFDO and Propeller
   build config
      CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
      CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG=y
   then
      $ make LLVM=1 CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=&lt;autofdo_profile&gt;

“&lt;autofdo_profile&gt;” is the profile collected when doing a non-Propeller
AutoFDO build. This step builds a kernel that has the same optimization
level as AutoFDO, plus a metadata section that records basic block
information. This kernel image runs as fast as an AutoFDO optimized
kernel.

2) Install the kernel on test/production machines.

3) Run the load tests. The '-c' option in perf specifies the sample
   event period. We suggest using a suitable prime number,
   like 500009, for this purpose.
   For Intel platforms:
      $ perf record -e BR_INST_RETIRED.NEAR_TAKEN:k -a -N -b -c &lt;count&gt; \
        -o &lt;perf_file&gt; -- &lt;loadtest&gt;
   For AMD platforms:
      The supported system are: Zen3 with BRS, or Zen4 with amd_lbr_v2
      # To see if Zen3 support LBR:
      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep " brs"
      # To see if Zen4 support LBR:
      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep amd_lbr_v2
      # If the result is yes, then collect the profile using:
      $ perf record --pfm-events RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS:k -a \
        -N -b -c &lt;count&gt; -o &lt;perf_file&gt; -- &lt;loadtest&gt;

4) (Optional) Download the raw perf file to the host machine.

5) Generate Propeller profile:
   $ create_llvm_prof --binary=&lt;vmlinux&gt; --profile=&lt;perf_file&gt; \
     --format=propeller --propeller_output_module_name \
     --out=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_cc_profile.txt \
     --propeller_symorder=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_ld_profile.txt

   “create_llvm_prof” is the profile conversion tool, and a prebuilt
   binary for linux can be found on
   https://github.com/google/autofdo/releases/tag/v0.30.1 (can also build
   from source).

   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;" can be something like
   "/home/user/dir/any_string".

   This command generates a pair of Propeller profiles:
   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_cc_profile.txt" and
   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_ld_profile.txt".

6) Rebuild the kernel using the AutoFDO and Propeller profile files.
      CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
      CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG=y
   and
      $ make LLVM=1 CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=&lt;autofdo_profile&gt; \
        CLANG_PROPELLER_PROFILE_PREFIX=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;

Co-developed-by: Han Shen &lt;shenhan@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Han Shen &lt;shenhan@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rong Xu &lt;xur@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Sriraman Tallam &lt;tmsriram@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Krzysztof Pszeniczny &lt;kpszeniczny@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian &lt;eranian@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yonghong.song@linux.dev&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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