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<title>linux-stable.git/scripts, branch linux-6.13.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/'/>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: exclude .rodata.(cst|str)* when building ranges</title>
<updated>2025-04-20T08:18:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kris Van Hees</name>
<email>kris.van.hees@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-07T16:53:28+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=b849b0b8f8ae12c78ec96b5ef4e42d973aa0bbc5'/>
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commit 87bb368d0637c466a8a77433837056f981d01991 upstream.

The .rodata.(cst|str)* sections are often resized during the final
linking and since these sections do not cover actual symbols there is
no need to include them in the modules.builtin.ranges data.

When these sections were included in processing and resizing occurred,
modules were reported with ranges that extended beyond their true end,
causing subsequent symbols (in address order) to be associated with
the wrong module.

Fixes: 5f5e7344322f ("kbuild: generate offset range data for builtin modules")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees &lt;kris.van.hees@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jack Vogel &lt;jack.vogel@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 87bb368d0637c466a8a77433837056f981d01991 upstream.

The .rodata.(cst|str)* sections are often resized during the final
linking and since these sections do not cover actual symbols there is
no need to include them in the modules.builtin.ranges data.

When these sections were included in processing and resizing occurred,
modules were reported with ranges that extended beyond their true end,
causing subsequent symbols (in address order) to be associated with
the wrong module.

Fixes: 5f5e7344322f ("kbuild: generate offset range data for builtin modules")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees &lt;kris.van.hees@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jack Vogel &lt;jack.vogel@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: deb-pkg: don't set KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION unconditionally</title>
<updated>2025-04-10T12:42:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexandru Gagniuc</name>
<email>alexandru.gagniuc@hp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-14T13:10:53+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=ec241f6fe7060c71f7fbd2fd075cd64fef6767da'/>
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[ Upstream commit 62604063621fb075c7966286bdddcb057d883fa8 ]

In ThinPro, we use the convention &lt;upstream_ver&gt;+hp&lt;patchlevel&gt; for
the kernel package. This does not have a dash in the name or version.
This is built by editing ".version" before a build, and setting
EXTRAVERSION="+hp" and KDEB_PKGVERSION make variables:

    echo 68 &gt; .version
    make -j&lt;n&gt; EXTRAVERSION="+hp" bindeb-pkg KDEB_PKGVERSION=6.12.2+hp69

    .deb name: linux-image-6.12.2+hp_6.12.2+hp69_amd64.deb

Since commit 7d4f07d5cb71 ("kbuild: deb-pkg: squash
scripts/package/deb-build-option to debian/rules"), this no longer
works. The deb build logic changed, even though, the commit message
implies that the logic should be unmodified.

Before, KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION was not set if the KDEB_PKGVERSION did
not contain a dash. After the change KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION is always
set to KDEB_PKGVERSION. Since this determines UTS_VERSION, the uname
output to look off:

    (now)      uname -a: version 6.12.2+hp ... #6.12.2+hp69
    (expected) uname -a: version 6.12.2+hp ... #69

Update the debian/rules logic to restore the original behavior.

Fixes: 7d4f07d5cb71 ("kbuild: deb-pkg: squash scripts/package/deb-build-option to debian/rules")
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc &lt;alexandru.gagniuc@hp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&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 62604063621fb075c7966286bdddcb057d883fa8 ]

In ThinPro, we use the convention &lt;upstream_ver&gt;+hp&lt;patchlevel&gt; for
the kernel package. This does not have a dash in the name or version.
This is built by editing ".version" before a build, and setting
EXTRAVERSION="+hp" and KDEB_PKGVERSION make variables:

    echo 68 &gt; .version
    make -j&lt;n&gt; EXTRAVERSION="+hp" bindeb-pkg KDEB_PKGVERSION=6.12.2+hp69

    .deb name: linux-image-6.12.2+hp_6.12.2+hp69_amd64.deb

Since commit 7d4f07d5cb71 ("kbuild: deb-pkg: squash
scripts/package/deb-build-option to debian/rules"), this no longer
works. The deb build logic changed, even though, the commit message
implies that the logic should be unmodified.

Before, KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION was not set if the KDEB_PKGVERSION did
not contain a dash. After the change KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION is always
set to KDEB_PKGVERSION. Since this determines UTS_VERSION, the uname
output to look off:

    (now)      uname -a: version 6.12.2+hp ... #6.12.2+hp69
    (expected) uname -a: version 6.12.2+hp ... #69

Update the debian/rules logic to restore the original behavior.

Fixes: 7d4f07d5cb71 ("kbuild: deb-pkg: squash scripts/package/deb-build-option to debian/rules")
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc &lt;alexandru.gagniuc@hp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>selinux: Chain up tool resolving errors in install_policy.sh</title>
<updated>2025-04-10T12:41:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tim Schumacher</name>
<email>tim.schumacher1@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-07T09:56:43+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=8abd736fc664bc8227b1300676ae58278661881e'/>
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[ Upstream commit 6ae0042f4d3f331e841495eb0a3d51598e593ec2 ]

Subshell evaluations are not exempt from errexit, so if a command is
not available, `which` will fail and exit the script as a whole.
This causes the helpful error messages to not be printed if they are
tacked on using a `$?` comparison.

Resolve the issue by using chains of logical operators, which are not
subject to the effects of errexit.

Fixes: e37c1877ba5b1 ("scripts/selinux: modernize mdp")
Signed-off-by: Tim Schumacher &lt;tim.schumacher1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 6ae0042f4d3f331e841495eb0a3d51598e593ec2 ]

Subshell evaluations are not exempt from errexit, so if a command is
not available, `which` will fail and exit the script as a whole.
This causes the helpful error messages to not be printed if they are
tacked on using a `$?` comparison.

Resolve the issue by using chains of logical operators, which are not
subject to the effects of errexit.

Fixes: e37c1877ba5b1 ("scripts/selinux: modernize mdp")
Signed-off-by: Tim Schumacher &lt;tim.schumacher1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: add uapi crate</title>
<updated>2025-03-22T19:56:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tamir Duberstein</name>
<email>tamird@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-10T18:04:17+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=115d1f7e4604cdd6cc656f5635f48d43b9b462c5'/>
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[ Upstream commit a1eb95d6b5f4cf5cc7b081e85e374d1dd98a213b ]

Commit 4e1746656839 ("rust: uapi: Add UAPI crate") did not update
rust-analyzer to include the new crate.

Add the missing definition to improve the developer experience.

Fixes: 4e1746656839 ("rust: uapi: Add UAPI crate")
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein &lt;tamird@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-rust-analyzer-bindings-include-v2-2-23dff845edc3@gmail.com
[ Slightly reworded title. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit a1eb95d6b5f4cf5cc7b081e85e374d1dd98a213b ]

Commit 4e1746656839 ("rust: uapi: Add UAPI crate") did not update
rust-analyzer to include the new crate.

Add the missing definition to improve the developer experience.

Fixes: 4e1746656839 ("rust: uapi: Add UAPI crate")
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein &lt;tamird@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-rust-analyzer-bindings-include-v2-2-23dff845edc3@gmail.com
[ Slightly reworded title. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: add missing include_dirs</title>
<updated>2025-03-22T19:56:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tamir Duberstein</name>
<email>tamird@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-10T18:04:16+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=454b846dee7c990e5db08ca8275f4822dbe62322'/>
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<content type='text'>
[ Upstream commit d1f928052439cad028438a8b8b34c1f01bc06068 ]

Commit 8c4555ccc55c ("scripts: add `generate_rust_analyzer.py`")
specified OBJTREE for the bindings crate, and `source.include_dirs` for
the kernel crate, likely in an attempt to support out-of-source builds
for those crates where the generated files reside in `objtree` rather
than `srctree`. This was insufficient because both bits of configuration
are required for each crate; the result is that rust-analyzer is unable
to resolve generated files for either crate in an out-of-source build.

  [ Originally we were not using `OBJTREE` in the `kernel` crate, but
    we did pass the variable anyway, so conceptually it could have been
    there since then.

    Regarding `include_dirs`, it started in `kernel` before being in
    mainline because we included the bindings directly there (i.e.
    there was no `bindings` crate). However, when that crate got
    created, we moved the `OBJTREE` there but not the `include_dirs`.
    Nowadays, though, we happen to need the `include_dirs` also in
    the `kernel` crate for `generated_arch_static_branch_asm.rs` which
    was not there back then -- Tamir confirms it is indeed required
    for that reason. - Miguel ]

Add the missing bits to improve the developer experience.

Fixes: 8c4555ccc55c ("scripts: add `generate_rust_analyzer.py`")
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein &lt;tamird@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-rust-analyzer-bindings-include-v2-1-23dff845edc3@gmail.com
[ Slightly reworded title. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit d1f928052439cad028438a8b8b34c1f01bc06068 ]

Commit 8c4555ccc55c ("scripts: add `generate_rust_analyzer.py`")
specified OBJTREE for the bindings crate, and `source.include_dirs` for
the kernel crate, likely in an attempt to support out-of-source builds
for those crates where the generated files reside in `objtree` rather
than `srctree`. This was insufficient because both bits of configuration
are required for each crate; the result is that rust-analyzer is unable
to resolve generated files for either crate in an out-of-source build.

  [ Originally we were not using `OBJTREE` in the `kernel` crate, but
    we did pass the variable anyway, so conceptually it could have been
    there since then.

    Regarding `include_dirs`, it started in `kernel` before being in
    mainline because we included the bindings directly there (i.e.
    there was no `bindings` crate). However, when that crate got
    created, we moved the `OBJTREE` there but not the `include_dirs`.
    Nowadays, though, we happen to need the `include_dirs` also in
    the `kernel` crate for `generated_arch_static_branch_asm.rs` which
    was not there back then -- Tamir confirms it is indeed required
    for that reason. - Miguel ]

Add the missing bits to improve the developer experience.

Fixes: 8c4555ccc55c ("scripts: add `generate_rust_analyzer.py`")
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein &lt;tamird@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-rust-analyzer-bindings-include-v2-1-23dff845edc3@gmail.com
[ Slightly reworded title. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: add missing macros deps</title>
<updated>2025-03-22T19:56:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tamir Duberstein</name>
<email>tamird@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-10T17:03:24+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2e0f91aba507a3cb59f7a12fc3ea2b7d4d6675b7 ]

The macros crate has depended on std and proc_macro since its
introduction in commit 1fbde52bde73 ("rust: add `macros` crate"). These
dependencies were omitted from commit 8c4555ccc55c ("scripts: add
`generate_rust_analyzer.py`") resulting in missing go-to-definition and
autocomplete, and false-positive warnings emitted from rust-analyzer
such as:

  [{
  	"resource": "/Users/tamird/src/linux/rust/macros/module.rs",
  	"owner": "_generated_diagnostic_collection_name_#1",
  	"code": {
  		"value": "non_snake_case",
  		"target": {
  			"$mid": 1,
  			"path": "/rustc/",
  			"scheme": "https",
  			"authority": "doc.rust-lang.org",
  			"query": "search=non_snake_case"
  		}
  	},
  	"severity": 4,
  	"message": "Variable `None` should have snake_case name, e.g. `none`",
  	"source": "rust-analyzer",
  	"startLineNumber": 123,
  	"startColumn": 17,
  	"endLineNumber": 123,
  	"endColumn": 21
  }]

Add the missing dependencies to improve the developer experience.

  [ Fiona had a different approach (thanks!) at:

        https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20241205115438.234221-1-me@kloenk.dev/

    But Tamir and Fiona agreed to this one. - Miguel ]

Fixes: 8c4555ccc55c ("scripts: add `generate_rust_analyzer.py`")
Reviewed-by: Fiona Behrens &lt;me@kloenk.dev&gt;
Diagnosed-by: Chayim Refael Friedman &lt;chayimfr@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/issues/17759#issuecomment-2646328275
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein &lt;tamird@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-rust-analyzer-macros-core-dep-v3-1-45eb4836f218@gmail.com
[ Removed `return`. Changed tag name. Added Link. Slightly
  reworded. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2e0f91aba507a3cb59f7a12fc3ea2b7d4d6675b7 ]

The macros crate has depended on std and proc_macro since its
introduction in commit 1fbde52bde73 ("rust: add `macros` crate"). These
dependencies were omitted from commit 8c4555ccc55c ("scripts: add
`generate_rust_analyzer.py`") resulting in missing go-to-definition and
autocomplete, and false-positive warnings emitted from rust-analyzer
such as:

  [{
  	"resource": "/Users/tamird/src/linux/rust/macros/module.rs",
  	"owner": "_generated_diagnostic_collection_name_#1",
  	"code": {
  		"value": "non_snake_case",
  		"target": {
  			"$mid": 1,
  			"path": "/rustc/",
  			"scheme": "https",
  			"authority": "doc.rust-lang.org",
  			"query": "search=non_snake_case"
  		}
  	},
  	"severity": 4,
  	"message": "Variable `None` should have snake_case name, e.g. `none`",
  	"source": "rust-analyzer",
  	"startLineNumber": 123,
  	"startColumn": 17,
  	"endLineNumber": 123,
  	"endColumn": 21
  }]

Add the missing dependencies to improve the developer experience.

  [ Fiona had a different approach (thanks!) at:

        https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20241205115438.234221-1-me@kloenk.dev/

    But Tamir and Fiona agreed to this one. - Miguel ]

Fixes: 8c4555ccc55c ("scripts: add `generate_rust_analyzer.py`")
Reviewed-by: Fiona Behrens &lt;me@kloenk.dev&gt;
Diagnosed-by: Chayim Refael Friedman &lt;chayimfr@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/issues/17759#issuecomment-2646328275
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein &lt;tamird@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-rust-analyzer-macros-core-dep-v3-1-45eb4836f218@gmail.com
[ Removed `return`. Changed tag name. Added Link. Slightly
  reworded. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rust: remove leftover mentions of the `alloc` crate</title>
<updated>2025-03-22T19:56:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miguel Ojeda</name>
<email>ojeda@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-03T17:10:30+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=2e84aebed0bf0005533a8d6a6a59b3f73cc80a87'/>
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<content type='text'>
commit 374908a15af4cd60862ebc51a6e012ace2212c76 upstream.

In commit 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and
`GlobalAlloc`") we stopped using the upstream `alloc` crate.

Thus remove a few leftover mentions treewide.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Also to 6.12.y after the `alloc` backport lands
Fixes: 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and `GlobalAlloc`")
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303171030.1081134-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 374908a15af4cd60862ebc51a6e012ace2212c76 upstream.

In commit 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and
`GlobalAlloc`") we stopped using the upstream `alloc` crate.

Thus remove a few leftover mentions treewide.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # Also to 6.12.y after the `alloc` backport lands
Fixes: 392e34b6bc22 ("kbuild: rust: remove the `alloc` crate and `GlobalAlloc`")
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg &lt;a.hindborg@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303171030.1081134-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda &lt;ojeda@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<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>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=e72adce38306d6415899cbe5c8ba3bb57667c7ea'/>
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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>kbuild: Use -fzero-init-padding-bits=all</title>
<updated>2025-02-21T13:10:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-27T19:10:28+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit dce4aab8441d285b9a78b33753e0bf583c1320ee ]

GCC 15 introduces a regression in "= { 0 }" style initialization of
unions that Linux has depended on for eliminating uninitialized variable
contents. GCC does not seem likely to fix it[1], instead suggesting[2]
that affected projects start using -fzero-init-padding-bits=unions.

To avoid future surprises beyond just the current situation with unions,
enable -fzero-init-padding-bits=all when available (GCC 15+). This will
correctly zero padding bits in unions and structs that might have been
left uninitialized, and will make sure there is no immediate regression
in union initializations. As seen in the stackinit KUnit selftest union
cases, which were passing before, were failing under GCC 15:

    not ok 18 test_small_start_old_zero
    ok 29 test_small_start_dynamic_partial # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 63
    ok 32 test_small_start_assigned_dynamic_partial # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 63
    ok 67 test_small_start_static_partial # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 63
    ok 70 test_small_start_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 56
    ok 73 test_small_start_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 56
    ok 82 test_small_start_assigned_static_partial # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 63
    ok 85 test_small_start_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 56
    ok 88 test_small_start_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 56

The above all now pass again with -fzero-init-padding-bits=all added.

This also fixes the following cases for struct initialization that had
been XFAIL until now because there was no compiler support beyond the
larger "-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero" option:

    ok 38 test_small_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
    ok 39 test_big_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
    ok 40 test_trailing_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
    ok 42 test_small_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
    ok 43 test_big_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
    ok 44 test_trailing_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
    ok 58 test_small_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
    ok 59 test_big_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
    ok 60 test_trailing_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
    ok 62 test_small_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
    ok 63 test_big_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
    ok 64 test_trailing_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7

All of the above now pass when built under GCC 15. Tests can be seen
with:

    ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run stackinit --arch=x86_64 \
        --make_option CC=gcc-15

Clang continues to fully initialize these kinds of variables[3] without
additional flags.

Suggested-by: Jakub Jelinek &lt;jakub@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118403 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-toolchains/Z0hRrrNU3Q+ro2T7@tucnak/ [2]
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/7a086e1b2dc05f54afae3591614feede727601fa [3]
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250127191031.245214-3-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit dce4aab8441d285b9a78b33753e0bf583c1320ee ]

GCC 15 introduces a regression in "= { 0 }" style initialization of
unions that Linux has depended on for eliminating uninitialized variable
contents. GCC does not seem likely to fix it[1], instead suggesting[2]
that affected projects start using -fzero-init-padding-bits=unions.

To avoid future surprises beyond just the current situation with unions,
enable -fzero-init-padding-bits=all when available (GCC 15+). This will
correctly zero padding bits in unions and structs that might have been
left uninitialized, and will make sure there is no immediate regression
in union initializations. As seen in the stackinit KUnit selftest union
cases, which were passing before, were failing under GCC 15:

    not ok 18 test_small_start_old_zero
    ok 29 test_small_start_dynamic_partial # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 63
    ok 32 test_small_start_assigned_dynamic_partial # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 63
    ok 67 test_small_start_static_partial # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 63
    ok 70 test_small_start_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 56
    ok 73 test_small_start_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 56
    ok 82 test_small_start_assigned_static_partial # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 63
    ok 85 test_small_start_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 56
    ok 88 test_small_start_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 56

The above all now pass again with -fzero-init-padding-bits=all added.

This also fixes the following cases for struct initialization that had
been XFAIL until now because there was no compiler support beyond the
larger "-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero" option:

    ok 38 test_small_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
    ok 39 test_big_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
    ok 40 test_trailing_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
    ok 42 test_small_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
    ok 43 test_big_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
    ok 44 test_trailing_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
    ok 58 test_small_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
    ok 59 test_big_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
    ok 60 test_trailing_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
    ok 62 test_small_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
    ok 63 test_big_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
    ok 64 test_trailing_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7

All of the above now pass when built under GCC 15. Tests can be seen
with:

    ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run stackinit --arch=x86_64 \
        --make_option CC=gcc-15

Clang continues to fully initialize these kinds of variables[3] without
additional flags.

Suggested-by: Jakub Jelinek &lt;jakub@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118403 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-toolchains/Z0hRrrNU3Q+ro2T7@tucnak/ [2]
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/7a086e1b2dc05f54afae3591614feede727601fa [3]
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250127191031.245214-3-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: suppress stdout from merge_config for silent builds</title>
<updated>2025-02-21T13:10:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-10T10:24:41+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 1f937a4bcb0472015818f30f4d3c5546d3f09933 ]

merge_config does not respect the Make's -s (--silent) option.

Let's sink the stdout from merge_config for silent builds.

This commit does not cater to the direct invocation of merge_config.sh
(e.g. arch/mips/Makefile).

Reported-by: Leon Romanovsky &lt;leon@kernel.org&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/e534ce33b0e1060eb85ece8429810f087b034c88.1733234008.git.leonro@nvidia.com/
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Leon Romanovsky &lt;leon@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 1f937a4bcb0472015818f30f4d3c5546d3f09933 ]

merge_config does not respect the Make's -s (--silent) option.

Let's sink the stdout from merge_config for silent builds.

This commit does not cater to the direct invocation of merge_config.sh
(e.g. arch/mips/Makefile).

Reported-by: Leon Romanovsky &lt;leon@kernel.org&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/e534ce33b0e1060eb85ece8429810f087b034c88.1733234008.git.leonro@nvidia.com/
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Leon Romanovsky &lt;leon@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
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