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<title>lib/crypto: tests: Drop the default to CRYPTO_SELFTESTS</title>
<updated>2026-04-27T13:27:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Biggers</name>
<email>ebiggers@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-21T21:05:54+00:00</published>
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commit 6d80749becf8fc5ffa004194e578f79b558235ef upstream.

Defaulting the crypto KUnit tests to KUNIT_ALL_TESTS || CRYPTO_SELFTESTS
instead of simply KUNIT_ALL_TESTS was originally intended to make it
easy to enable all the crypto KUnit tests.  This additional default is
nonstandard for KUnit tests, though, and it can cause all the KUnit
tests to be built-in unexpectedly if CRYPTO_SELFTESTS is set.  It also
constitutes a back-reference to crypto/ from lib/crypto/, which is
something that we should be avoiding in order to get clean layering.

Now that we provide a lib/crypto/.kunitconfig file that enables all
crypto KUnit tests, let's consider that to be the supported way to
enable all these tests, and drop the default of CRYPTO_SELFTESTS.

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260317040626.5697-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 6d80749becf8fc5ffa004194e578f79b558235ef upstream.

Defaulting the crypto KUnit tests to KUNIT_ALL_TESTS || CRYPTO_SELFTESTS
instead of simply KUNIT_ALL_TESTS was originally intended to make it
easy to enable all the crypto KUnit tests.  This additional default is
nonstandard for KUnit tests, though, and it can cause all the KUnit
tests to be built-in unexpectedly if CRYPTO_SELFTESTS is set.  It also
constitutes a back-reference to crypto/ from lib/crypto/, which is
something that we should be avoiding in order to get clean layering.

Now that we provide a lib/crypto/.kunitconfig file that enables all
crypto KUnit tests, let's consider that to be the supported way to
enable all these tests, and drop the default of CRYPTO_SELFTESTS.

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260317040626.5697-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>lib/crypto: tests: Introduce CRYPTO_LIB_ENABLE_ALL_FOR_KUNIT</title>
<updated>2026-04-27T13:27:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Biggers</name>
<email>ebiggers@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-21T21:05:52+00:00</published>
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commit ed1767442d919f57aaf83d69c33853da2644d902 upstream.

For kunit.py to run all the crypto library tests when passed the
--alltests option, tools/testing/kunit/configs/all_tests.config needs to
enable options that satisfy the test dependencies.

This is the same as what lib/crypto/.kunitconfig already does.
However, the strategy that lib/crypto/.kunitconfig currently uses to
select all the hidden library options isn't going to scale up well when
it needs to be repeated in two places.

Instead let's go ahead and introduce an option
CRYPTO_LIB_ENABLE_ALL_FOR_KUNIT that depends on KUNIT and selects all
the crypto library options that have corresponding KUnit tests.

Update lib/crypto/.kunitconfig to use this option.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260314035927.51351-2-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit ed1767442d919f57aaf83d69c33853da2644d902 upstream.

For kunit.py to run all the crypto library tests when passed the
--alltests option, tools/testing/kunit/configs/all_tests.config needs to
enable options that satisfy the test dependencies.

This is the same as what lib/crypto/.kunitconfig already does.
However, the strategy that lib/crypto/.kunitconfig currently uses to
select all the hidden library options isn't going to scale up well when
it needs to be repeated in two places.

Instead let's go ahead and introduce an option
CRYPTO_LIB_ENABLE_ALL_FOR_KUNIT that depends on KUNIT and selects all
the crypto library options that have corresponding KUnit tests.

Update lib/crypto/.kunitconfig to use this option.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260314035927.51351-2-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>lib/crypto: tests: Add a .kunitconfig file</title>
<updated>2026-04-27T13:27:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Biggers</name>
<email>ebiggers@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-21T21:05:51+00:00</published>
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commit 20d6f07004d639967dcb00994d56ce6d16118e9e upstream.

Add a .kunitconfig file to the lib/crypto/ directory so that the crypto
library tests can be run more easily using kunit.py.  Example with UML:

    tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=lib/crypto

Example with QEMU:

    tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=lib/crypto --arch=arm64 --make_options LLVM=1

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260301040140.490310-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 20d6f07004d639967dcb00994d56ce6d16118e9e upstream.

Add a .kunitconfig file to the lib/crypto/ directory so that the crypto
library tests can be run more easily using kunit.py.  Example with UML:

    tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=lib/crypto

Example with QEMU:

    tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=lib/crypto --arch=arm64 --make_options LLVM=1

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260301040140.490310-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>lib/crc: tests: Add a .kunitconfig file</title>
<updated>2026-04-27T13:27:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Biggers</name>
<email>ebiggers@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-21T21:05:49+00:00</published>
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commit c13cee2fc7f137dd25ed50c63eddcc578624f204 upstream.

Add a .kunitconfig file to the lib/crc/ directory so that the CRC
library tests can be run more easily using kunit.py.  Example with UML:

    tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=lib/crc

Example with QEMU:

    tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=lib/crc --arch=arm64 --make_options LLVM=1

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306033557.250499-4-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit c13cee2fc7f137dd25ed50c63eddcc578624f204 upstream.

Add a .kunitconfig file to the lib/crc/ directory so that the CRC
library tests can be run more easily using kunit.py.  Example with UML:

    tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=lib/crc

Example with QEMU:

    tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=lib/crc --arch=arm64 --make_options LLVM=1

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306033557.250499-4-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>lib/crc: tests: Add CRC_ENABLE_ALL_FOR_KUNIT</title>
<updated>2026-04-27T13:27:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Biggers</name>
<email>ebiggers@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-21T21:05:48+00:00</published>
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commit cdf22aeaad8430905c3aa3b3d0f2686c65395c22 upstream.

Now that crc_kunit uses the standard "depends on" pattern, enabling the
full set of CRC tests is a bit difficult, mainly due to CRC7 being
rarely used.  Add a kconfig option to make it easier.  It is visible
only when KUNIT, so hopefully the extra prompt won't be too annoying.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306033557.250499-3-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit cdf22aeaad8430905c3aa3b3d0f2686c65395c22 upstream.

Now that crc_kunit uses the standard "depends on" pattern, enabling the
full set of CRC tests is a bit difficult, mainly due to CRC7 being
rarely used.  Add a kconfig option to make it easier.  It is visible
only when KUNIT, so hopefully the extra prompt won't be too annoying.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306033557.250499-3-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>lib/crc: tests: Make crc_kunit test only the enabled CRC variants</title>
<updated>2026-04-27T13:27:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Biggers</name>
<email>ebiggers@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-21T21:05:47+00:00</published>
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commit 85c9f3a2b805eb96d899da7bcc38a16459aa3c16 upstream.

Like commit 4478e8eeb871 ("lib/crypto: tests: Depend on library options
rather than selecting them") did with the crypto library tests, make
crc_kunit depend on the code it tests rather than selecting it.  This
follows the standard convention for KUnit and fixes an issue where
enabling KUNIT_ALL_TESTS enabled non-test code.

crc_kunit does differ from the crypto library tests in that it
consolidates the tests for multiple CRC variants, with 5 kconfig
options, into one KUnit suite.  Since depending on *all* of these
kconfig options would greatly restrict the ability to enable crc_kunit,
instead just depend on *any* of these options.  Update crc_kunit
accordingly to test only the reachable code.

Alternatively we could split crc_kunit into 5 test suites.  But keeping
it as one is simpler for now.

Fixes: e47d9b1a76ed ("lib/crc_kunit.c: add KUnit test suite for CRC library functions")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306033557.250499-2-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 85c9f3a2b805eb96d899da7bcc38a16459aa3c16 upstream.

Like commit 4478e8eeb871 ("lib/crypto: tests: Depend on library options
rather than selecting them") did with the crypto library tests, make
crc_kunit depend on the code it tests rather than selecting it.  This
follows the standard convention for KUnit and fixes an issue where
enabling KUNIT_ALL_TESTS enabled non-test code.

crc_kunit does differ from the crypto library tests in that it
consolidates the tests for multiple CRC variants, with 5 kconfig
options, into one KUnit suite.  Since depending on *all* of these
kconfig options would greatly restrict the ability to enable crc_kunit,
instead just depend on *any* of these options.  Update crc_kunit
accordingly to test only the reachable code.

Alternatively we could split crc_kunit into 5 test suites.  But keeping
it as one is simpler for now.

Fixes: e47d9b1a76ed ("lib/crc_kunit.c: add KUnit test suite for CRC library functions")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306033557.250499-2-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86-64/arm64/powerpc: clean up and rename __copy_from_user_flushcache</title>
<updated>2026-04-22T11:22:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-30T21:52:45+00:00</published>
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commit 809b997a5ce945ab470f70c187048fe4f5df20bf upstream.

This finishes the work on these odd functions that were only implemented
by a handful of architectures.

The 'flushcache' function was only used from the iterator code, and
let's make it do the same thing that the nontemporal version does:
remove the two underscores and add the user address checking.

Yes, yes, the user address checking is also done at iovec import time,
but we have long since walked away from the old double-underscore thing
where we try to avoid address checking overhead at access time, and
these functions shouldn't be so special and old-fashioned.

The arm64 version already did the address check, in fact, so there it's
just a matter of renaming it.  For powerpc and x86-64 we now do the
proper user access boilerplate.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 809b997a5ce945ab470f70c187048fe4f5df20bf upstream.

This finishes the work on these odd functions that were only implemented
by a handful of architectures.

The 'flushcache' function was only used from the iterator code, and
let's make it do the same thing that the nontemporal version does:
remove the two underscores and add the user address checking.

Yes, yes, the user address checking is also done at iovec import time,
but we have long since walked away from the old double-underscore thing
where we try to avoid address checking overhead at access time, and
these functions shouldn't be so special and old-fashioned.

The arm64 version already did the address check, in fact, so there it's
just a matter of renaming it.  For powerpc and x86-64 we now do the
proper user access boilerplate.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86: rename and clean up __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache()</title>
<updated>2026-04-22T11:22:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-30T20:11:07+00:00</published>
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commit 5de7bcaadf160c1716b20a263cf8f5b06f658959 upstream.

Similarly to the previous commit, this renames the somewhat confusingly
named function.  But in this case, it was at least less confusing: the
__copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache is indeed copying from user memory,
and it is indeed ok to be used in an atomic context, so it will not warn
about it.

But the previous commit also removed the NTB mis-use of the
__copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache() function, and as a result every
call-site is now _actually_ doing a real user copy.  That means that we
can now do the proper user pointer verification too.

End result: add proper address checking, remove the double underscores,
and change the "nocache" to "nontemporal" to more accurately describe
what this x86-only function actually does.  It might be worth noting
that only the target is non-temporal: the actual user accesses are
normal memory accesses.

Also worth noting is that non-x86 targets (and on older 32-bit x86 CPU's
before XMM2 in the Pentium III) we end up just falling back on a regular
user copy, so nothing can actually depend on the non-temporal semantics,
but that has always been true.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 5de7bcaadf160c1716b20a263cf8f5b06f658959 upstream.

Similarly to the previous commit, this renames the somewhat confusingly
named function.  But in this case, it was at least less confusing: the
__copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache is indeed copying from user memory,
and it is indeed ok to be used in an atomic context, so it will not warn
about it.

But the previous commit also removed the NTB mis-use of the
__copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache() function, and as a result every
call-site is now _actually_ doing a real user copy.  That means that we
can now do the proper user pointer verification too.

End result: add proper address checking, remove the double underscores,
and change the "nocache" to "nontemporal" to more accurately describe
what this x86-only function actually does.  It might be worth noting
that only the target is non-temporal: the actual user accesses are
normal memory accesses.

Also worth noting is that non-x86 targets (and on older 32-bit x86 CPU's
before XMM2 in the Pentium III) we end up just falling back on a regular
user copy, so nothing can actually depend on the non-temporal semantics,
but that has always been true.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>lib/crypto: chacha: Zeroize permuted_state before it leaves scope</title>
<updated>2026-04-11T12:26:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Biggers</name>
<email>ebiggers@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-26T03:29:20+00:00</published>
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commit e5046823f8fa3677341b541a25af2fcb99a5b1e0 upstream.

Since the ChaCha permutation is invertible, the local variable
'permuted_state' is sufficient to compute the original 'state', and thus
the key, even after the permutation has been done.

While the kernel is quite inconsistent about zeroizing secrets on the
stack (and some prominent userspace crypto libraries don't bother at all
since it's not guaranteed to work anyway), the kernel does try to do it
as a best practice, especially in cases involving the RNG.

Thus, explicitly zeroize 'permuted_state' before it goes out of scope.

Fixes: c08d0e647305 ("crypto: chacha20 - Add a generic ChaCha20 stream cipher implementation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260326032920.39408-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit e5046823f8fa3677341b541a25af2fcb99a5b1e0 upstream.

Since the ChaCha permutation is invertible, the local variable
'permuted_state' is sufficient to compute the original 'state', and thus
the key, even after the permutation has been done.

While the kernel is quite inconsistent about zeroizing secrets on the
stack (and some prominent userspace crypto libraries don't bother at all
since it's not guaranteed to work anyway), the kernel does try to do it
as a best practice, especially in cases involving the RNG.

Thus, explicitly zeroize 'permuted_state' before it goes out of scope.

Fixes: c08d0e647305 ("crypto: chacha20 - Add a generic ChaCha20 stream cipher implementation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260326032920.39408-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers &lt;ebiggers@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>lib/bootconfig: check xbc_init_node() return in override path</title>
<updated>2026-03-25T10:10:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Law</name>
<email>objecting@objecting.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-18T23:43:05+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit bb288d7d869e86d382f35a0e26242c5ccb05ca82 ]

The ':=' override path in xbc_parse_kv() calls xbc_init_node() to
re-initialize an existing value node but does not check the return
value. If xbc_init_node() fails (data offset out of range), parsing
silently continues with stale node data.

Add the missing error check to match the xbc_add_node() call path
which already checks for failure.

In practice, a bootconfig using ':=' to override a value near the
32KB data limit could silently retain the old value, meaning a
security-relevant boot parameter override (e.g., a trace filter or
debug setting) would not take effect as intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260318155847.78065-2-objecting@objecting.org/

Fixes: e5efaeb8a8f5 ("bootconfig: Support mixing a value and subkeys under a key")
Signed-off-by: Josh Law &lt;objecting@objecting.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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The ':=' override path in xbc_parse_kv() calls xbc_init_node() to
re-initialize an existing value node but does not check the return
value. If xbc_init_node() fails (data offset out of range), parsing
silently continues with stale node data.

Add the missing error check to match the xbc_add_node() call path
which already checks for failure.

In practice, a bootconfig using ':=' to override a value near the
32KB data limit could silently retain the old value, meaning a
security-relevant boot parameter override (e.g., a trace filter or
debug setting) would not take effect as intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260318155847.78065-2-objecting@objecting.org/

Fixes: e5efaeb8a8f5 ("bootconfig: Support mixing a value and subkeys under a key")
Signed-off-by: Josh Law &lt;objecting@objecting.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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