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<title>Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2017-05-10T17:30:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-10T16:50:55+00:00</published>
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Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes are:

   - Debloat RCU headers

   - Parallelize SRCU callback handling (plus overlapping patches)

   - Improve the performance of Tree SRCU on a CPU-hotplug stress test

   - Documentation updates

   - Miscellaneous fixes"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (74 commits)
  rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_n_lazy_cbs() function
  rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_n_cbs() function
  rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_empty() function
  rcu: Separately compile large rcu_segcblist functions
  srcu: Debloat the &lt;linux/rcu_segcblist.h&gt; header
  srcu: Adjust default auto-expediting holdoff
  srcu: Specify auto-expedite holdoff time
  srcu: Expedite first synchronize_srcu() when idle
  srcu: Expedited grace periods with reduced memory contention
  srcu: Make rcutorture writer stalls print SRCU GP state
  srcu: Exact tracking of srcu_data structures containing callbacks
  srcu: Make SRCU be built by default
  srcu: Fix Kconfig botch when SRCU not selected
  rcu: Make non-preemptive schedule be Tasks RCU quiescent state
  srcu: Expedite srcu_schedule_cbs_snp() callback invocation
  srcu: Parallelize callback handling
  kvm: Move srcu_struct fields to end of struct kvm
  rcu: Fix typo in PER_RCU_NODE_PERIOD header comment
  rcu: Use true/false in assignment to bool
  rcu: Use bool value directly
  ...
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Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes are:

   - Debloat RCU headers

   - Parallelize SRCU callback handling (plus overlapping patches)

   - Improve the performance of Tree SRCU on a CPU-hotplug stress test

   - Documentation updates

   - Miscellaneous fixes"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (74 commits)
  rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_n_lazy_cbs() function
  rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_n_cbs() function
  rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_empty() function
  rcu: Separately compile large rcu_segcblist functions
  srcu: Debloat the &lt;linux/rcu_segcblist.h&gt; header
  srcu: Adjust default auto-expediting holdoff
  srcu: Specify auto-expedite holdoff time
  srcu: Expedite first synchronize_srcu() when idle
  srcu: Expedited grace periods with reduced memory contention
  srcu: Make rcutorture writer stalls print SRCU GP state
  srcu: Exact tracking of srcu_data structures containing callbacks
  srcu: Make SRCU be built by default
  srcu: Fix Kconfig botch when SRCU not selected
  rcu: Make non-preemptive schedule be Tasks RCU quiescent state
  srcu: Expedite srcu_schedule_cbs_snp() callback invocation
  srcu: Parallelize callback handling
  kvm: Move srcu_struct fields to end of struct kvm
  rcu: Fix typo in PER_RCU_NODE_PERIOD header comment
  rcu: Use true/false in assignment to bool
  rcu: Use bool value directly
  ...
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<entry>
<title>crash: move crashkernel parsing and vmcore related code under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE</title>
<updated>2017-05-09T00:15:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hari Bathini</name>
<email>hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-08T22:56:18+00:00</published>
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Patch series "kexec/fadump: remove dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC and
reuse crashkernel parameter for fadump", v4.

Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash.  Some
architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific
support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism.  Such architecture specific
support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel.
crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such
architecture specific infrastructure.

This patchset removes dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC for crashkernel
parameter and vmcoreinfo related code as it can be reused without kexec
support.  Also, crashkernel parameter is reused instead of
fadump_reserve_mem to reserve memory for fadump.

The first patch moves crashkernel parameter parsing and vmcoreinfo
related code under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE instead of CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE.  The
second patch reuses the definitions of append_elf_note() &amp; final_note()
functions under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE in IA64 arch code.  The third patch
removes dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC for firmware-assisted dump (fadump)
in powerpc.  The next patch reuses crashkernel parameter for reserving
memory for fadump, instead of the fadump_reserve_mem parameter.  This
has the advantage of using all syntaxes crashkernel parameter supports,
for fadump as well.  The last patch updates fadump kernel documentation
about use of crashkernel parameter.

This patch (of 5):

Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash.  Some
architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific
support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism.  Such architecture specific
support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel.
crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such
architecture specific infrastructure.

But currently, code related to vmcoreinfo and parsing of crashkernel
parameter is built under CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE.  This patch introduces
CONFIG_CRASH_CORE and moves the above mentioned code under this config,
allowing code reuse without dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC.  There is no
functional change with this patch.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/149035338104.6881.4550894432615189948.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini &lt;hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Young &lt;dyoung@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Eric Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Vivek Goyal &lt;vgoyal@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Patch series "kexec/fadump: remove dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC and
reuse crashkernel parameter for fadump", v4.

Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash.  Some
architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific
support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism.  Such architecture specific
support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel.
crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such
architecture specific infrastructure.

This patchset removes dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC for crashkernel
parameter and vmcoreinfo related code as it can be reused without kexec
support.  Also, crashkernel parameter is reused instead of
fadump_reserve_mem to reserve memory for fadump.

The first patch moves crashkernel parameter parsing and vmcoreinfo
related code under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE instead of CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE.  The
second patch reuses the definitions of append_elf_note() &amp; final_note()
functions under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE in IA64 arch code.  The third patch
removes dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC for firmware-assisted dump (fadump)
in powerpc.  The next patch reuses crashkernel parameter for reserving
memory for fadump, instead of the fadump_reserve_mem parameter.  This
has the advantage of using all syntaxes crashkernel parameter supports,
for fadump as well.  The last patch updates fadump kernel documentation
about use of crashkernel parameter.

This patch (of 5):

Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash.  Some
architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific
support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism.  Such architecture specific
support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel.
crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such
architecture specific infrastructure.

But currently, code related to vmcoreinfo and parsing of crashkernel
parameter is built under CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE.  This patch introduces
CONFIG_CRASH_CORE and moves the above mentioned code under this config,
allowing code reuse without dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC.  There is no
functional change with this patch.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/149035338104.6881.4550894432615189948.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini &lt;hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Young &lt;dyoung@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Eric Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Vivek Goyal &lt;vgoyal@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching</title>
<updated>2017-05-03T01:24:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-03T01:24:16+00:00</published>
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Pull livepatch updates from Jiri Kosina:

 - a per-task consistency model is being added for architectures that
   support reliable stack dumping (extending this, currently rather
   trivial set, is currently in the works).

   This extends the nature of the types of patches that can be applied
   by live patching infrastructure. The code stems from the design
   proposal made [1] back in November 2014. It's a hybrid of SUSE's
   kGraft and RH's kpatch, combining advantages of both: it uses
   kGraft's per-task consistency and syscall barrier switching combined
   with kpatch's stack trace switching. There are also a number of
   fallback options which make it quite flexible.

   Most of the heavy lifting done by Josh Poimboeuf with help from
   Miroslav Benes and Petr Mladek

   [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141107140458.GA21774@suse.cz

 - module load time patch optimization from Zhou Chengming

 - a few assorted small fixes

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching:
  livepatch: add missing printk newlines
  livepatch: Cancel transition a safe way for immediate patches
  livepatch: Reduce the time of finding module symbols
  livepatch: make klp_mutex proper part of API
  livepatch: allow removal of a disabled patch
  livepatch: add /proc/&lt;pid&gt;/patch_state
  livepatch: change to a per-task consistency model
  livepatch: store function sizes
  livepatch: use kstrtobool() in enabled_store()
  livepatch: move patching functions into patch.c
  livepatch: remove unnecessary object loaded check
  livepatch: separate enabled and patched states
  livepatch/s390: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
  livepatch/s390: reorganize TIF thread flag bits
  livepatch/powerpc: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
  livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
  livepatch: create temporary klp_update_patch_state() stub
  x86/entry: define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK flags explicitly
  stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces
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Pull livepatch updates from Jiri Kosina:

 - a per-task consistency model is being added for architectures that
   support reliable stack dumping (extending this, currently rather
   trivial set, is currently in the works).

   This extends the nature of the types of patches that can be applied
   by live patching infrastructure. The code stems from the design
   proposal made [1] back in November 2014. It's a hybrid of SUSE's
   kGraft and RH's kpatch, combining advantages of both: it uses
   kGraft's per-task consistency and syscall barrier switching combined
   with kpatch's stack trace switching. There are also a number of
   fallback options which make it quite flexible.

   Most of the heavy lifting done by Josh Poimboeuf with help from
   Miroslav Benes and Petr Mladek

   [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141107140458.GA21774@suse.cz

 - module load time patch optimization from Zhou Chengming

 - a few assorted small fixes

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching:
  livepatch: add missing printk newlines
  livepatch: Cancel transition a safe way for immediate patches
  livepatch: Reduce the time of finding module symbols
  livepatch: make klp_mutex proper part of API
  livepatch: allow removal of a disabled patch
  livepatch: add /proc/&lt;pid&gt;/patch_state
  livepatch: change to a per-task consistency model
  livepatch: store function sizes
  livepatch: use kstrtobool() in enabled_store()
  livepatch: move patching functions into patch.c
  livepatch: remove unnecessary object loaded check
  livepatch: separate enabled and patched states
  livepatch/s390: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
  livepatch/s390: reorganize TIF thread flag bits
  livepatch/powerpc: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
  livepatch/x86: add TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag
  livepatch: create temporary klp_update_patch_state() stub
  x86/entry: define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK flags explicitly
  stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Make arch select smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() strength</title>
<updated>2017-04-18T18:20:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-01-14T21:32:50+00:00</published>
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The definition of smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() is currently smp_mb()
for CONFIG_PPC and a no-op otherwise.  It would be better to instead
provide an architecture-selectable Kconfig option, and select the
strength of smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() based on that option.  This
commit therefore creates ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE, has PPC select it,
and bases the definition of smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() on this new
ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE Kconfig option.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: &lt;linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
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The definition of smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() is currently smp_mb()
for CONFIG_PPC and a no-op otherwise.  It would be better to instead
provide an architecture-selectable Kconfig option, and select the
strength of smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() based on that option.  This
commit therefore creates ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE, has PPC select it,
and bases the definition of smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() on this new
ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE Kconfig option.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: &lt;linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/mm: Introduce mmap_compat_base() for 32-bit mmap()</title>
<updated>2017-03-13T13:59:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Safonov</name>
<email>dsafonov@virtuozzo.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-06T14:17:19+00:00</published>
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mmap() uses a base address, from which it starts to look for a free space
for allocation.

The base address is stored in mm-&gt;mmap_base, which is calculated during
exec(). The address depends on task's size, set rlimit for stack, ASLR
randomization. The base depends on the task size and the number of random
bits which are different for 64-bit and 32bit applications.

Due to the fact, that the base address is fixed, its mmap() from a compat
(32bit) syscall issued by a 64bit task will return a address which is based
on the 64bit base address and does not fit into the 32bit address space
(4GB). The returned pointer is truncated to 32bit, which results in an
invalid address.

To solve store a seperate compat address base plus a compat legacy address
base in mm_struct. These bases are calculated at exec() time and can be
used later to address the 32bit compat mmap() issued by 64 bit
applications.

As a consequence of this change 32-bit applications issuing a 64-bit
syscall (after doing a long jump) will get a 64-bit mapping now. Before
this change 32-bit applications always got a 32bit mapping.

[ tglx: Massaged changelog and added a comment ]

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov &lt;dsafonov@virtuozzo.com&gt;
Cc: 0x7f454c46@gmail.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov &lt;gorcunov@openvz.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170306141721.9188-4-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;

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mmap() uses a base address, from which it starts to look for a free space
for allocation.

The base address is stored in mm-&gt;mmap_base, which is calculated during
exec(). The address depends on task's size, set rlimit for stack, ASLR
randomization. The base depends on the task size and the number of random
bits which are different for 64-bit and 32bit applications.

Due to the fact, that the base address is fixed, its mmap() from a compat
(32bit) syscall issued by a 64bit task will return a address which is based
on the 64bit base address and does not fit into the 32bit address space
(4GB). The returned pointer is truncated to 32bit, which results in an
invalid address.

To solve store a seperate compat address base plus a compat legacy address
base in mm_struct. These bases are calculated at exec() time and can be
used later to address the 32bit compat mmap() issued by 64 bit
applications.

As a consequence of this change 32-bit applications issuing a 64-bit
syscall (after doing a long jump) will get a 64-bit mapping now. Before
this change 32-bit applications always got a 32bit mapping.

[ tglx: Massaged changelog and added a comment ]

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov &lt;dsafonov@virtuozzo.com&gt;
Cc: 0x7f454c46@gmail.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov &lt;gorcunov@openvz.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170306141721.9188-4-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;

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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces</title>
<updated>2017-03-08T08:18:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-02-14T01:42:28+00:00</published>
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For live patching and possibly other use cases, a stack trace is only
useful if it can be assured that it's completely reliable.  Add a new
save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() function to achieve that.

Note that if the target task isn't the current task, and the target task
is allowed to run, then it could be writing the stack while the unwinder
is reading it, resulting in possible corruption.  So the caller of
save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() must ensure that the task is either
'current' or inactive.

save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() relies on the x86 unwinder's detection
of pt_regs on the stack.  If the pt_regs are not user-mode registers
from a syscall, then they indicate an in-kernel interrupt or exception
(e.g. preemption or a page fault), in which case the stack is considered
unreliable due to the nature of frame pointers.

It also relies on the x86 unwinder's detection of other issues, such as:

- corrupted stack data
- stack grows the wrong way
- stack walk doesn't reach the bottom
- user didn't provide a large enough entries array

Such issues are reported by checking unwind_error() and !unwind_done().

Also add CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE so arch-independent code can
determine at build time whether the function is implemented.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;	# for the x86 changes
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
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For live patching and possibly other use cases, a stack trace is only
useful if it can be assured that it's completely reliable.  Add a new
save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() function to achieve that.

Note that if the target task isn't the current task, and the target task
is allowed to run, then it could be writing the stack while the unwinder
is reading it, resulting in possible corruption.  So the caller of
save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() must ensure that the task is either
'current' or inactive.

save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() relies on the x86 unwinder's detection
of pt_regs on the stack.  If the pt_regs are not user-mode registers
from a syscall, then they indicate an in-kernel interrupt or exception
(e.g. preemption or a page fault), in which case the stack is considered
unreliable due to the nature of frame pointers.

It also relies on the x86 unwinder's detection of other issues, such as:

- corrupted stack data
- stack grows the wrong way
- stack walk doesn't reach the bottom
- user didn't provide a large enough entries array

Such issues are reported by checking unwind_error() and !unwind_done().

Also add CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE so arch-independent code can
determine at build time whether the function is implemented.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;	# for the x86 changes
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scripts/spelling.txt: add "an user" pattern and fix typo instances</title>
<updated>2017-02-28T02:43:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>yamada.masahiro@socionext.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-02-27T22:28:47+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=9332ef9dbd172d4ab0a0141df7cb21c696a5ce96'/>
<id>9332ef9dbd172d4ab0a0141df7cb21c696a5ce96</id>
<content type='text'>
Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  an user||a user
  an userspace||a userspace

I also added "userspace" to the list since it is a common word in Linux.
I found some instances for "an userfaultfd", but I did not add it to the
list.  I felt it is endless to find words that start with "user" such as
"userland" etc., so must draw a line somewhere.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-4-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;yamada.masahiro@socionext.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  an user||a user
  an userspace||a userspace

I also added "userspace" to the list since it is a common word in Linux.
I found some instances for "an userfaultfd", but I did not add it to the
list.  I felt it is endless to find words that start with "user" such as
"userland" etc., so must draw a line somewhere.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-4-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;yamada.masahiro@socionext.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm, x86: add support for PUD-sized transparent hugepages</title>
<updated>2017-02-25T01:46:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matthew Wilcox</name>
<email>willy@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-02-24T22:57:02+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=a00cc7d9dd93d66a3fb83fc52aa57a4bec51c517'/>
<id>a00cc7d9dd93d66a3fb83fc52aa57a4bec51c517</id>
<content type='text'>
The current transparent hugepage code only supports PMDs.  This patch
adds support for transparent use of PUDs with DAX.  It does not include
support for anonymous pages.  x86 support code also added.

Most of this patch simply parallels the work that was done for huge
PMDs.  The only major difference is how the new -&gt;pud_entry method in
mm_walk works.  The -&gt;pmd_entry method replaces the -&gt;pte_entry method,
whereas the -&gt;pud_entry method works along with either -&gt;pmd_entry or
-&gt;pte_entry.  The pagewalk code takes care of locking the PUD before
calling -&gt;pud_walk, so handlers do not need to worry whether the PUD is
stable.

[dave.jiang@intel.com: fix SMP x86 32bit build for native_pud_clear()]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148719066814.31111.3239231168815337012.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
[dave.jiang@intel.com: native_pud_clear missing on i386 build]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148640375195.69754.3315433724330910314.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148545059381.17912.8602162635537598445.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox &lt;mawilcox@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang &lt;dave.jiang@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Alexander Kapshuk &lt;alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Vlastimil Babka &lt;vbabka@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Dan Williams &lt;dan.j.williams@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Ross Zwisler &lt;ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Nilesh Choudhury &lt;nilesh.choudhury@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The current transparent hugepage code only supports PMDs.  This patch
adds support for transparent use of PUDs with DAX.  It does not include
support for anonymous pages.  x86 support code also added.

Most of this patch simply parallels the work that was done for huge
PMDs.  The only major difference is how the new -&gt;pud_entry method in
mm_walk works.  The -&gt;pmd_entry method replaces the -&gt;pte_entry method,
whereas the -&gt;pud_entry method works along with either -&gt;pmd_entry or
-&gt;pte_entry.  The pagewalk code takes care of locking the PUD before
calling -&gt;pud_walk, so handlers do not need to worry whether the PUD is
stable.

[dave.jiang@intel.com: fix SMP x86 32bit build for native_pud_clear()]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148719066814.31111.3239231168815337012.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
[dave.jiang@intel.com: native_pud_clear missing on i386 build]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148640375195.69754.3315433724330910314.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148545059381.17912.8602162635537598445.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox &lt;mawilcox@microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang &lt;dave.jiang@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Alexander Kapshuk &lt;alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Vlastimil Babka &lt;vbabka@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Dan Williams &lt;dan.j.williams@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Ross Zwisler &lt;ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Nilesh Choudhury &lt;nilesh.choudhury@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next</title>
<updated>2017-02-22T18:15:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-02-22T18:15:09+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=3051bf36c25d5153051704291782f8d44e744d36'/>
<id>3051bf36c25d5153051704291782f8d44e744d36</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull networking updates from David Miller:
 "Highlights:

   1) Support TX_RING in AF_PACKET TPACKET_V3 mode, from Sowmini
      Varadhan.

   2) Simplify classifier state on sk_buff in order to shrink it a bit.
      From Willem de Bruijn.

   3) Introduce SIPHASH and it's usage for secure sequence numbers and
      syncookies. From Jason A. Donenfeld.

   4) Reduce CPU usage for ICMP replies we are going to limit or
      suppress, from Jesper Dangaard Brouer.

   5) Introduce Shared Memory Communications socket layer, from Ursula
      Braun.

   6) Add RACK loss detection and allow it to actually trigger fast
      recovery instead of just assisting after other algorithms have
      triggered it. From Yuchung Cheng.

   7) Add xmit_more and BQL support to mvneta driver, from Simon Guinot.

   8) skb_cow_data avoidance in esp4 and esp6, from Steffen Klassert.

   9) Export MPLS packet stats via netlink, from Robert Shearman.

  10) Significantly improve inet port bind conflict handling, especially
      when an application is restarted and changes it's setting of
      reuseport. From Josef Bacik.

  11) Implement TX batching in vhost_net, from Jason Wang.

  12) Extend the dummy device so that VF (virtual function) features,
      such as configuration, can be more easily tested. From Phil
      Sutter.

  13) Avoid two atomic ops per page on x86 in bnx2x driver, from Eric
      Dumazet.

  14) Add new bpf MAP, implementing a longest prefix match trie. From
      Daniel Mack.

  15) Packet sample offloading support in mlxsw driver, from Yotam Gigi.

  16) Add new aquantia driver, from David VomLehn.

  17) Add bpf tracepoints, from Daniel Borkmann.

  18) Add support for port mirroring to b53 and bcm_sf2 drivers, from
      Florian Fainelli.

  19) Remove custom busy polling in many drivers, it is done in the core
      networking since 4.5 times. From Eric Dumazet.

  20) Support XDP adjust_head in virtio_net, from John Fastabend.

  21) Fix several major holes in neighbour entry confirmation, from
      Julian Anastasov.

  22) Add XDP support to bnxt_en driver, from Michael Chan.

  23) VXLAN offloads for enic driver, from Govindarajulu Varadarajan.

  24) Add IPVTAP driver (IP-VLAN based tap driver) from Sainath Grandhi.

  25) Support GRO in IPSEC protocols, from Steffen Klassert"

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1764 commits)
  Revert "ath10k: Search SMBIOS for OEM board file extension"
  net: socket: fix recvmmsg not returning error from sock_error
  bnxt_en: use eth_hw_addr_random()
  bpf: fix unlocking of jited image when module ronx not set
  arch: add ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY config
  net: napi_watchdog() can use napi_schedule_irqoff()
  tcp: Revert "tcp: tcp_probe: use spin_lock_bh()"
  net/hsr: use eth_hw_addr_random()
  net: mvpp2: enable building on 64-bit platforms
  net: mvpp2: switch to build_skb() in the RX path
  net: mvpp2: simplify MVPP2_PRS_RI_* definitions
  net: mvpp2: fix indentation of MVPP2_EXT_GLOBAL_CTRL_DEFAULT
  net: mvpp2: remove unused register definitions
  net: mvpp2: simplify mvpp2_bm_bufs_add()
  net: mvpp2: drop useless fields in mvpp2_bm_pool and related code
  net: mvpp2: remove unused 'tx_skb' field of 'struct mvpp2_tx_queue'
  net: mvpp2: release reference to txq_cpu[] entry after unmapping
  net: mvpp2: handle too large value in mvpp2_rx_time_coal_set()
  net: mvpp2: handle too large value handling in mvpp2_rx_pkts_coal_set()
  net: mvpp2: remove useless arguments in mvpp2_rx_{pkts, time}_coal_set
  ...
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Pull networking updates from David Miller:
 "Highlights:

   1) Support TX_RING in AF_PACKET TPACKET_V3 mode, from Sowmini
      Varadhan.

   2) Simplify classifier state on sk_buff in order to shrink it a bit.
      From Willem de Bruijn.

   3) Introduce SIPHASH and it's usage for secure sequence numbers and
      syncookies. From Jason A. Donenfeld.

   4) Reduce CPU usage for ICMP replies we are going to limit or
      suppress, from Jesper Dangaard Brouer.

   5) Introduce Shared Memory Communications socket layer, from Ursula
      Braun.

   6) Add RACK loss detection and allow it to actually trigger fast
      recovery instead of just assisting after other algorithms have
      triggered it. From Yuchung Cheng.

   7) Add xmit_more and BQL support to mvneta driver, from Simon Guinot.

   8) skb_cow_data avoidance in esp4 and esp6, from Steffen Klassert.

   9) Export MPLS packet stats via netlink, from Robert Shearman.

  10) Significantly improve inet port bind conflict handling, especially
      when an application is restarted and changes it's setting of
      reuseport. From Josef Bacik.

  11) Implement TX batching in vhost_net, from Jason Wang.

  12) Extend the dummy device so that VF (virtual function) features,
      such as configuration, can be more easily tested. From Phil
      Sutter.

  13) Avoid two atomic ops per page on x86 in bnx2x driver, from Eric
      Dumazet.

  14) Add new bpf MAP, implementing a longest prefix match trie. From
      Daniel Mack.

  15) Packet sample offloading support in mlxsw driver, from Yotam Gigi.

  16) Add new aquantia driver, from David VomLehn.

  17) Add bpf tracepoints, from Daniel Borkmann.

  18) Add support for port mirroring to b53 and bcm_sf2 drivers, from
      Florian Fainelli.

  19) Remove custom busy polling in many drivers, it is done in the core
      networking since 4.5 times. From Eric Dumazet.

  20) Support XDP adjust_head in virtio_net, from John Fastabend.

  21) Fix several major holes in neighbour entry confirmation, from
      Julian Anastasov.

  22) Add XDP support to bnxt_en driver, from Michael Chan.

  23) VXLAN offloads for enic driver, from Govindarajulu Varadarajan.

  24) Add IPVTAP driver (IP-VLAN based tap driver) from Sainath Grandhi.

  25) Support GRO in IPSEC protocols, from Steffen Klassert"

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1764 commits)
  Revert "ath10k: Search SMBIOS for OEM board file extension"
  net: socket: fix recvmmsg not returning error from sock_error
  bnxt_en: use eth_hw_addr_random()
  bpf: fix unlocking of jited image when module ronx not set
  arch: add ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY config
  net: napi_watchdog() can use napi_schedule_irqoff()
  tcp: Revert "tcp: tcp_probe: use spin_lock_bh()"
  net/hsr: use eth_hw_addr_random()
  net: mvpp2: enable building on 64-bit platforms
  net: mvpp2: switch to build_skb() in the RX path
  net: mvpp2: simplify MVPP2_PRS_RI_* definitions
  net: mvpp2: fix indentation of MVPP2_EXT_GLOBAL_CTRL_DEFAULT
  net: mvpp2: remove unused register definitions
  net: mvpp2: simplify mvpp2_bm_bufs_add()
  net: mvpp2: drop useless fields in mvpp2_bm_pool and related code
  net: mvpp2: remove unused 'tx_skb' field of 'struct mvpp2_tx_queue'
  net: mvpp2: release reference to txq_cpu[] entry after unmapping
  net: mvpp2: handle too large value in mvpp2_rx_time_coal_set()
  net: mvpp2: handle too large value handling in mvpp2_rx_pkts_coal_set()
  net: mvpp2: remove useless arguments in mvpp2_rx_{pkts, time}_coal_set
  ...
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'gcc-plugins-v4.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux</title>
<updated>2017-02-22T17:05:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-02-22T17:05:47+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=1e74a2eb1f5cc7f2f2b5aa9c9eeecbcf352220a3'/>
<id>1e74a2eb1f5cc7f2f2b5aa9c9eeecbcf352220a3</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull gcc-plugins updates from Kees Cook:
 "This includes infrastructure updates and the structleak plugin, which
  performs forced initialization of certain structures to avoid possible
  information exposures to userspace.

  Summary:

   - infrastructure updates (gcc-common.h)

   - introduce structleak plugin for forced initialization of some
     structures"

* tag 'gcc-plugins-v4.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
  gcc-plugins: Add structleak for more stack initialization
  gcc-plugins: consolidate on PASS_INFO macro
  gcc-plugins: add PASS_INFO and build_const_char_string()
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Pull gcc-plugins updates from Kees Cook:
 "This includes infrastructure updates and the structleak plugin, which
  performs forced initialization of certain structures to avoid possible
  information exposures to userspace.

  Summary:

   - infrastructure updates (gcc-common.h)

   - introduce structleak plugin for forced initialization of some
     structures"

* tag 'gcc-plugins-v4.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
  gcc-plugins: Add structleak for more stack initialization
  gcc-plugins: consolidate on PASS_INFO macro
  gcc-plugins: add PASS_INFO and build_const_char_string()
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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