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<title>linux-stable.git/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c, branch linux-rolling-stable</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>tracing/user_events: Fix use-after-free in user_event_mm_dup()</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:21:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Bommarito</name>
<email>michael.bommarito@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-07T16:59:11+00:00</published>
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commit 50fd6dd755c6e48a38af2fa4621167eea56829c2 upstream.

user_event_mm_dup() walks the parent mm's enabler list locklessly under
rcu_read_lock() during fork() (from copy_process()); it does not take
event_mutex:

	rcu_read_lock();
	list_for_each_entry_rcu(enabler, &amp;old_mm-&gt;enablers, mm_enablers_link)
		enabler-&gt;event = user_event_get(orig-&gt;event);

user_event_enabler_destroy() removes an enabler from that list with
list_del_rcu() and then, without waiting for a grace period, drops the
enabler's user_event reference with user_event_put() and frees the enabler
with kfree(). A reader that loaded the enabler before the list_del_rcu()
can still be walking it, which leads to two use-after-frees:

 - kfree(enabler) frees the enabler while that reader dereferences
   enabler-&gt;event.

 - user_event_put() may drop the last reference to the user_event, which
   is then freed (via delayed_destroy_user_event() on a work queue), while
   the same reader does user_event_get(orig-&gt;event) on it.

Both are reachable by an unprivileged task that can open user_events_data:
one multithreaded process that registers an enabler and then concurrently
unregisters it and calls fork() triggers the race. KASAN reports a
slab-use-after-free in user_event_mm_dup() during clone(), with a
"refcount_t: addition on 0" warning when the user_event is freed.

The enabler use-after-free was found first; the user_event one was reported
by XIAO WU, and the earlier enabler-only fix did not address it.

Defer both the user_event_put() and the kfree(enabler) to a work item
queued with queue_rcu_work(), so they run only after an RCU grace period,
once all readers walking the enabler list have finished. The put must run
in process context because user_event_put() takes event_mutex on the last
reference, so a work queue is used rather than call_rcu(). The now-unlocked
put lets the locked argument of user_event_enabler_destroy() be removed;
all callers are updated.

Fixes: 7235759084a4 ("tracing/user_events: Use remote writes for event enablement")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707165912.2560537-2-michael.bommarito@gmail.com
Reported-by: XIAO WU &lt;xiaowu.417@qq.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/tencent_89647CE40DC452B891C65C94D1B271DE8E07@qq.com/
Suggested-by: Beau Belgrave &lt;beaub@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito &lt;michael.bommarito@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 50fd6dd755c6e48a38af2fa4621167eea56829c2 upstream.

user_event_mm_dup() walks the parent mm's enabler list locklessly under
rcu_read_lock() during fork() (from copy_process()); it does not take
event_mutex:

	rcu_read_lock();
	list_for_each_entry_rcu(enabler, &amp;old_mm-&gt;enablers, mm_enablers_link)
		enabler-&gt;event = user_event_get(orig-&gt;event);

user_event_enabler_destroy() removes an enabler from that list with
list_del_rcu() and then, without waiting for a grace period, drops the
enabler's user_event reference with user_event_put() and frees the enabler
with kfree(). A reader that loaded the enabler before the list_del_rcu()
can still be walking it, which leads to two use-after-frees:

 - kfree(enabler) frees the enabler while that reader dereferences
   enabler-&gt;event.

 - user_event_put() may drop the last reference to the user_event, which
   is then freed (via delayed_destroy_user_event() on a work queue), while
   the same reader does user_event_get(orig-&gt;event) on it.

Both are reachable by an unprivileged task that can open user_events_data:
one multithreaded process that registers an enabler and then concurrently
unregisters it and calls fork() triggers the race. KASAN reports a
slab-use-after-free in user_event_mm_dup() during clone(), with a
"refcount_t: addition on 0" warning when the user_event is freed.

The enabler use-after-free was found first; the user_event one was reported
by XIAO WU, and the earlier enabler-only fix did not address it.

Defer both the user_event_put() and the kfree(enabler) to a work item
queued with queue_rcu_work(), so they run only after an RCU grace period,
once all readers walking the enabler list have finished. The put must run
in process context because user_event_put() takes event_mutex on the last
reference, so a work queue is used rather than call_rcu(). The now-unlocked
put lets the locked argument of user_event_enabler_destroy() be removed;
all callers are updated.

Fixes: 7235759084a4 ("tracing/user_events: Use remote writes for event enablement")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707165912.2560537-2-michael.bommarito@gmail.com
Reported-by: XIAO WU &lt;xiaowu.417@qq.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/tencent_89647CE40DC452B891C65C94D1B271DE8E07@qq.com/
Suggested-by: Beau Belgrave &lt;beaub@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito &lt;michael.bommarito@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<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;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<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>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_events_user.c</title>
<updated>2025-12-05T20:43:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Maurice Hieronymus</name>
<email>mhi@mailbox.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-21T22:18:32+00:00</published>
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Fix multiple typos in comments:
"ambigious" -&gt; "ambiguous"
"explictly" -&gt; "explicitly"
"Uknown" -&gt; "Unknown"

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121221835.28032-12-mhi@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Maurice Hieronymus &lt;mhi@mailbox.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<pre>
Fix multiple typos in comments:
"ambigious" -&gt; "ambiguous"
"explictly" -&gt; "explicitly"
"Uknown" -&gt; "Unknown"

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121221835.28032-12-mhi@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Maurice Hieronymus &lt;mhi@mailbox.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>trace: use override credential guard</title>
<updated>2025-11-05T22:11:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christian Brauner</name>
<email>brauner@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-03T14:57:38+00:00</published>
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Use override credential guards for scoped credential override with
automatic restoration on scope exit.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-work-creds-guards-prepare_creds-v1-12-b447b82f2c9b@kernel.org
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Use override credential guards for scoped credential override with
automatic restoration on scope exit.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-work-creds-guards-prepare_creds-v1-12-b447b82f2c9b@kernel.org
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>trace: use prepare credential guard</title>
<updated>2025-11-05T22:11:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christian Brauner</name>
<email>brauner@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-03T14:57:37+00:00</published>
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Use the prepare credential guard for allocating a new set of
credentials.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-work-creds-guards-prepare_creds-v1-11-b447b82f2c9b@kernel.org
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Use the prepare credential guard for allocating a new set of
credentials.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-work-creds-guards-prepare_creds-v1-11-b447b82f2c9b@kernel.org
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'trace-v6.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2025-10-05T16:43:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-05T16:43:36+00:00</published>
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() instead of RCU for syscall
   tracepoints

   Individual system call trace events are pseudo events attached to the
   raw_syscall trace events that just trace the entry and exit of all
   system calls. When any of these individual system call trace events
   get enabled, an element in an array indexed by the system call number
   is assigned to the trace file that defines how to trace it. When the
   trace event triggers, it reads this array and if the array has an
   element, it uses that trace file to know what to write it (the trace
   file defines the output format of the corresponding system call).

   The issue is that it uses rcu_dereference_ptr() and marks the
   elements of the array as using RCU. This is incorrect. There is no
   RCU synchronization here. The event file that is pointed to has a
   completely different way to make sure its freed properly. The reading
   of the array during the system call trace event is only to know if
   there is a value or not. If not, it does nothing (it means this
   system call isn't being traced). If it does, it uses the information
   to store the system call data.

   The RCU usage here can simply be replaced by READ_ONCE() and
   WRITE_ONCE() macros.

 - Have the system call trace events use "0x" for hex values

   Some system call trace events display hex values but do not have "0x"
   in front of it. Seeing "count: 44" can be assumed that it is 44
   decimal when in actuality it is 44 hex (68 decimal). Display "0x44"
   instead.

 - Use vmalloc_array() in tracing_map_sort_entries()

   The function tracing_map_sort_entries() used array_size() and
   vmalloc() when it could have simply used vmalloc_array().

 - Use for_each_online_cpu() in trace_osnoise.c()

   Instead of open coding for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_online_mask), use
   for_each_online_cpu().

 - Move the buffer field in struct trace_seq to the end

   The buffer field in struct trace_seq is architecture dependent in
   size, and caused padding for the fields after it. By moving the
   buffer to the end of the structure, it compacts the trace_seq
   structure better.

 - Remove redundant zeroing of cmdline_idx field in
   saved_cmdlines_buffer()

   The structure that contains cmdline_idx is zeroed by memset(), no
   need to explicitly zero any of its fields after that.

 - Use system_percpu_wq instead of system_wq in user_event_mm_remove()

   As system_wq is being deprecated, use the new wq.

 - Add cond_resched() is ftrace_module_enable()

   Some modules have a lot of functions (thousands of them), and the
   enabling of those functions can take some time. On non preemtable
   kernels, it was triggering a watchdog timeout. Add a cond_resched()
   to prevent that.

 - Add a BUILD_BUG_ON() to make sure PID_MAX_DEFAULT is always a power
   of 2

   There's code that depends on PID_MAX_DEFAULT being a power of 2 or it
   will break. If in the future that changes, make sure the build fails
   to ensure that the code is fixed that depends on this.

 - Grab mutex_lock() before ever exiting s_start()

   The s_start() function is a seq_file start routine. As s_stop() is
   always called even if s_start() fails, and s_stop() expects the
   event_mutex to be held as it will always release it. That mutex must
   always be taken in s_start() even if that function fails.

* tag 'trace-v6.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: Fix lock imbalance in s_start() memory allocation failure path
  tracing: Ensure optimized hashing works
  ftrace: Fix softlockup in ftrace_module_enable
  tracing: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq
  tracing: Remove redundant 0 value initialization
  tracing: Move buffer in trace_seq to end of struct
  tracing/osnoise: Use for_each_online_cpu() instead of for_each_cpu()
  tracing: Use vmalloc_array() to improve code
  tracing: Have syscall trace events show "0x" for values greater than 10
  tracing: Replace syscall RCU pointer assignment with READ/WRITE_ONCE()
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() instead of RCU for syscall
   tracepoints

   Individual system call trace events are pseudo events attached to the
   raw_syscall trace events that just trace the entry and exit of all
   system calls. When any of these individual system call trace events
   get enabled, an element in an array indexed by the system call number
   is assigned to the trace file that defines how to trace it. When the
   trace event triggers, it reads this array and if the array has an
   element, it uses that trace file to know what to write it (the trace
   file defines the output format of the corresponding system call).

   The issue is that it uses rcu_dereference_ptr() and marks the
   elements of the array as using RCU. This is incorrect. There is no
   RCU synchronization here. The event file that is pointed to has a
   completely different way to make sure its freed properly. The reading
   of the array during the system call trace event is only to know if
   there is a value or not. If not, it does nothing (it means this
   system call isn't being traced). If it does, it uses the information
   to store the system call data.

   The RCU usage here can simply be replaced by READ_ONCE() and
   WRITE_ONCE() macros.

 - Have the system call trace events use "0x" for hex values

   Some system call trace events display hex values but do not have "0x"
   in front of it. Seeing "count: 44" can be assumed that it is 44
   decimal when in actuality it is 44 hex (68 decimal). Display "0x44"
   instead.

 - Use vmalloc_array() in tracing_map_sort_entries()

   The function tracing_map_sort_entries() used array_size() and
   vmalloc() when it could have simply used vmalloc_array().

 - Use for_each_online_cpu() in trace_osnoise.c()

   Instead of open coding for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_online_mask), use
   for_each_online_cpu().

 - Move the buffer field in struct trace_seq to the end

   The buffer field in struct trace_seq is architecture dependent in
   size, and caused padding for the fields after it. By moving the
   buffer to the end of the structure, it compacts the trace_seq
   structure better.

 - Remove redundant zeroing of cmdline_idx field in
   saved_cmdlines_buffer()

   The structure that contains cmdline_idx is zeroed by memset(), no
   need to explicitly zero any of its fields after that.

 - Use system_percpu_wq instead of system_wq in user_event_mm_remove()

   As system_wq is being deprecated, use the new wq.

 - Add cond_resched() is ftrace_module_enable()

   Some modules have a lot of functions (thousands of them), and the
   enabling of those functions can take some time. On non preemtable
   kernels, it was triggering a watchdog timeout. Add a cond_resched()
   to prevent that.

 - Add a BUILD_BUG_ON() to make sure PID_MAX_DEFAULT is always a power
   of 2

   There's code that depends on PID_MAX_DEFAULT being a power of 2 or it
   will break. If in the future that changes, make sure the build fails
   to ensure that the code is fixed that depends on this.

 - Grab mutex_lock() before ever exiting s_start()

   The s_start() function is a seq_file start routine. As s_stop() is
   always called even if s_start() fails, and s_stop() expects the
   event_mutex to be held as it will always release it. That mutex must
   always be taken in s_start() even if that function fails.

* tag 'trace-v6.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: Fix lock imbalance in s_start() memory allocation failure path
  tracing: Ensure optimized hashing works
  ftrace: Fix softlockup in ftrace_module_enable
  tracing: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq
  tracing: Remove redundant 0 value initialization
  tracing: Move buffer in trace_seq to end of struct
  tracing/osnoise: Use for_each_online_cpu() instead of for_each_cpu()
  tracing: Use vmalloc_array() to improve code
  tracing: Have syscall trace events show "0x" for values greater than 10
  tracing: Replace syscall RCU pointer assignment with READ/WRITE_ONCE()
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<entry>
<title>tracing: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq</title>
<updated>2025-09-23T14:44:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Crivellari</name>
<email>marco.crivellari@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-05T09:10:40+00:00</published>
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Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.

This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.

system_wq is a per-CPU worqueue, yet nothing in its name tells about that
CPU affinity constraint, which is very often not required by users. Make
it clear by adding a system_percpu_wq.

queue_work() / queue_delayed_work() mod_delayed_work() will now use the
new per-cpu wq: whether the user still stick on the old name a warn will
be printed along a wq redirect to the new one.

This patch add the new system_percpu_wq except for mm, fs and net
subsystem, whom are handled in separated patches.

The old wq will be kept for a few release cylces.

Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Michal Hocko &lt;mhocko@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250905091040.109772-2-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari &lt;marco.crivellari@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.

This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.

system_wq is a per-CPU worqueue, yet nothing in its name tells about that
CPU affinity constraint, which is very often not required by users. Make
it clear by adding a system_percpu_wq.

queue_work() / queue_delayed_work() mod_delayed_work() will now use the
new per-cpu wq: whether the user still stick on the old name a warn will
be printed along a wq redirect to the new one.

This patch add the new system_percpu_wq except for mm, fs and net
subsystem, whom are handled in separated patches.

The old wq will be kept for a few release cylces.

Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Michal Hocko &lt;mhocko@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250905091040.109772-2-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari &lt;marco.crivellari@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>trace: Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN</title>
<updated>2025-09-02T15:48:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Qianfeng Rong</name>
<email>rongqianfeng@vivo.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-05T02:36:29+00:00</published>
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Commit 16f5dfbc851b ("gfp: include __GFP_NOWARN in GFP_NOWAIT")
made GFP_NOWAIT implicitly include __GFP_NOWARN.

Therefore, explicit __GFP_NOWARN combined with GFP_NOWAIT
(e.g., `GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN`) is now redundant. Let's clean
up these redundant flags across subsystems.

No functional changes.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250805023630.335719-1-rongqianfeng@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Qianfeng Rong &lt;rongqianfeng@vivo.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Commit 16f5dfbc851b ("gfp: include __GFP_NOWARN in GFP_NOWAIT")
made GFP_NOWAIT implicitly include __GFP_NOWARN.

Therefore, explicit __GFP_NOWARN combined with GFP_NOWAIT
(e.g., `GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN`) is now redundant. Let's clean
up these redundant flags across subsystems.

No functional changes.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250805023630.335719-1-rongqianfeng@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Qianfeng Rong &lt;rongqianfeng@vivo.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/user_events: Slightly simplify user_seq_show()</title>
<updated>2025-03-06T18:35:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe JAILLET</name>
<email>christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-19T15:43:33+00:00</published>
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2 seq_puts() calls can be merged.

It saves a few lines of code and a few cycles, should it matter.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/845caa94b74cea8d72c158bf1994fe250beee28c.1739979791.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET &lt;christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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2 seq_puts() calls can be merged.

It saves a few lines of code and a few cycles, should it matter.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/845caa94b74cea8d72c158bf1994fe250beee28c.1739979791.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET &lt;christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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