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<title>Merge tag 'trace-deferred-unwind-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2025-08-01T16:46:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-01T16:46:24+00:00</published>
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Pull initial deferred unwind infrastructure from Steven Rostedt:
 "This is the core infrastructure for the deferred unwinder that is
  required for sframes[1]. Several other patch series are based on this
  work although those patch series are not dependent on each other. In
  order to simplify the development, having this core series upstream
  will allow the other series to be worked on in parallel. The other
  series are:

    - The two patches to implement x86 support [2] [3]

    - The s390 work [4]

    - The perf work [5]

    - The ftrace work [6]

    - The sframe work [7]

  And more is on the way.

  The core infrastructure adds the following in kernel APIs:

    - int unwind_user_faultable(struct unwind_stacktrace *trace);

        Performs a user space stack trace that may fault user pages in.

    - int unwind_deferred_init(struct unwind_work *work, unwind_callback_t func);

        Allows a tracer to register with the unwind deferred
        infrastructure.

    - int unwind_deferred_request(struct unwind_work *work, u64 *cookie);

        Used when a tracer request a deferred trace. Can be called from
        interrupt or NMI context.

    - void unwind_deferred_cancel(struct unwind_work *work);

        Called by a tracer to unregister from the deferred unwind
        infrastructure.

    - void unwind_deferred_task_exit(struct task_struct *task);

        Called by task exit code to flush any pending unwind requests.

    - void unwind_task_init(struct task_struct *task);

        Called by do_fork() to initialize the task struct for the
        deferred unwinder.

    - void unwind_task_free(struct task_struct *task);

        Called by do_exit() to free up any resources used by the
        deferred unwinder.

    None of the above is actually compiled unless an architecture enables it,
    which none currently do"

Link: https://sourceware.org/binutils/wiki/sframe [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250717004958.260781923@kernel.org/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250717004958.432327787@kernel.org/ [3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250710163522.3195293-1-jremus@linux.ibm.com/ [4]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250718164119.089692174@kernel.org/ [5]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250424192612.505622711@goodmis.org/ [6]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250717012848.927473176@kernel.org/ [7]

* tag 'trace-deferred-unwind-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  unwind: Finish up unwind when a task exits
  unwind deferred: Use SRCU unwind_deferred_task_work()
  unwind: Add USED bit to only have one conditional on way back to user space
  unwind deferred: Add unwind_completed mask to stop spurious callbacks
  unwind deferred: Use bitmask to determine which callbacks to call
  unwind_user/deferred: Make unwind deferral requests NMI-safe
  unwind_user/deferred: Add deferred unwinding interface
  unwind_user/deferred: Add unwind cache
  unwind_user/deferred: Add unwind_user_faultable()
  unwind_user: Add user space unwinding API with frame pointer support
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Pull initial deferred unwind infrastructure from Steven Rostedt:
 "This is the core infrastructure for the deferred unwinder that is
  required for sframes[1]. Several other patch series are based on this
  work although those patch series are not dependent on each other. In
  order to simplify the development, having this core series upstream
  will allow the other series to be worked on in parallel. The other
  series are:

    - The two patches to implement x86 support [2] [3]

    - The s390 work [4]

    - The perf work [5]

    - The ftrace work [6]

    - The sframe work [7]

  And more is on the way.

  The core infrastructure adds the following in kernel APIs:

    - int unwind_user_faultable(struct unwind_stacktrace *trace);

        Performs a user space stack trace that may fault user pages in.

    - int unwind_deferred_init(struct unwind_work *work, unwind_callback_t func);

        Allows a tracer to register with the unwind deferred
        infrastructure.

    - int unwind_deferred_request(struct unwind_work *work, u64 *cookie);

        Used when a tracer request a deferred trace. Can be called from
        interrupt or NMI context.

    - void unwind_deferred_cancel(struct unwind_work *work);

        Called by a tracer to unregister from the deferred unwind
        infrastructure.

    - void unwind_deferred_task_exit(struct task_struct *task);

        Called by task exit code to flush any pending unwind requests.

    - void unwind_task_init(struct task_struct *task);

        Called by do_fork() to initialize the task struct for the
        deferred unwinder.

    - void unwind_task_free(struct task_struct *task);

        Called by do_exit() to free up any resources used by the
        deferred unwinder.

    None of the above is actually compiled unless an architecture enables it,
    which none currently do"

Link: https://sourceware.org/binutils/wiki/sframe [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250717004958.260781923@kernel.org/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250717004958.432327787@kernel.org/ [3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250710163522.3195293-1-jremus@linux.ibm.com/ [4]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250718164119.089692174@kernel.org/ [5]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250424192612.505622711@goodmis.org/ [6]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250717012848.927473176@kernel.org/ [7]

* tag 'trace-deferred-unwind-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  unwind: Finish up unwind when a task exits
  unwind deferred: Use SRCU unwind_deferred_task_work()
  unwind: Add USED bit to only have one conditional on way back to user space
  unwind deferred: Add unwind_completed mask to stop spurious callbacks
  unwind deferred: Use bitmask to determine which callbacks to call
  unwind_user/deferred: Make unwind deferral requests NMI-safe
  unwind_user/deferred: Add deferred unwinding interface
  unwind_user/deferred: Add unwind cache
  unwind_user/deferred: Add unwind_user_faultable()
  unwind_user: Add user space unwinding API with frame pointer support
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86_bugs_for_v6.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-07-29T23:34:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-29T23:34:45+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 CPU mitigation updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Untangle the Retbleed from the ITS mitigation on Intel. Allow for ITS
   to enable stuffing independently from Retbleed, do some cleanups to
   simplify and streamline the code

 - Simplify SRSO and make mitigation types selection more versatile
   depending on the Retbleed mitigation selection. Simplify code some

 - Add the second part of the attack vector controls which provide a lot
   friendlier user interface to the speculation mitigations than
   selecting each one by one as it is now.

   Instead, the selection of whole attack vectors which are relevant to
   the system in use can be done and protection against only those
   vectors is enabled, thus giving back some performance to the users

* tag 'x86_bugs_for_v6.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (31 commits)
  x86/bugs: Print enabled attack vectors
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for TSA
  x86/pti: Add attack vector controls for PTI
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for ITS
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for SRSO
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for L1TF
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v2
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for BHI
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v2_user
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for retbleed
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v1
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for GDS
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for SRBDS
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for RFDS
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for MMIO
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for TAA
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for MDS
  x86/bugs: Define attack vectors relevant for each bug
  x86/Kconfig: Add arch attack vector support
  cpu: Define attack vectors
  ...
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<pre>
Pull x86 CPU mitigation updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Untangle the Retbleed from the ITS mitigation on Intel. Allow for ITS
   to enable stuffing independently from Retbleed, do some cleanups to
   simplify and streamline the code

 - Simplify SRSO and make mitigation types selection more versatile
   depending on the Retbleed mitigation selection. Simplify code some

 - Add the second part of the attack vector controls which provide a lot
   friendlier user interface to the speculation mitigations than
   selecting each one by one as it is now.

   Instead, the selection of whole attack vectors which are relevant to
   the system in use can be done and protection against only those
   vectors is enabled, thus giving back some performance to the users

* tag 'x86_bugs_for_v6.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (31 commits)
  x86/bugs: Print enabled attack vectors
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for TSA
  x86/pti: Add attack vector controls for PTI
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for ITS
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for SRSO
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for L1TF
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v2
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for BHI
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v2_user
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for retbleed
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v1
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for GDS
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for SRBDS
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for RFDS
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for MMIO
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for TAA
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for MDS
  x86/bugs: Define attack vectors relevant for each bug
  x86/Kconfig: Add arch attack vector support
  cpu: Define attack vectors
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'core-entry-2025-07-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-07-29T22:14:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-29T22:14:29+00:00</published>
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Pull generic entry code updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Split the code into syscall and exception/interrupt parts to ease the
   conversion of ARM[64] to the generic entry infrastructure

 - Extend syscall user dispatching to support a single intercepted range
   instead of the default single non-intercepted range. That allows
   monitoring/analysis of a specific executable range, e.g. a library,
   and also provides flexibility for sandboxing scenarios

 - Cleanup and extend the user dispatch selftest

* tag 'core-entry-2025-07-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  entry: Split generic entry into generic exception and syscall entry
  selftests: Add tests for PR_SYS_DISPATCH_INCLUSIVE_ON
  syscall_user_dispatch: Add PR_SYS_DISPATCH_INCLUSIVE_ON
  selftests: Fix errno checking in syscall_user_dispatch test
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<pre>
Pull generic entry code updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Split the code into syscall and exception/interrupt parts to ease the
   conversion of ARM[64] to the generic entry infrastructure

 - Extend syscall user dispatching to support a single intercepted range
   instead of the default single non-intercepted range. That allows
   monitoring/analysis of a specific executable range, e.g. a library,
   and also provides flexibility for sandboxing scenarios

 - Cleanup and extend the user dispatch selftest

* tag 'core-entry-2025-07-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  entry: Split generic entry into generic exception and syscall entry
  selftests: Add tests for PR_SYS_DISPATCH_INCLUSIVE_ON
  syscall_user_dispatch: Add PR_SYS_DISPATCH_INCLUSIVE_ON
  selftests: Fix errno checking in syscall_user_dispatch test
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>unwind_user: Add user space unwinding API with frame pointer support</title>
<updated>2025-07-29T18:46:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-29T18:23:05+00:00</published>
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Introduce a generic API for unwinding user stacks.

In order to expand user space unwinding to be able to handle more complex
scenarios, such as deferred unwinding and reading user space information,
create a generic interface that all architectures can use that support the
various unwinding methods.

This is an alternative method for handling user space stack traces from
the simple stack_trace_save_user() API. This does not replace that
interface, but this interface will be used to expand the functionality of
user space stack walking.

None of the structures introduced will be exposed to user space tooling.

Support for frame pointer unwinding is added. For an architecture to
support frame pointer unwinding it needs to enable
CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP and define ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME.

By encoding the frame offsets in struct unwind_user_frame, much of this
code can also be reused for future unwinder implementations like sframe.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Indu Bhagat &lt;indu.bhagat@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: "Jose E. Marchesi" &lt;jemarch@gnu.org&gt;
Cc: Beau Belgrave &lt;beaub@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: Florian Weimer &lt;fweimer@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Sam James &lt;sam@gentoo.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250729182404.975790139@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jens Remus &lt;jremus@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Co-developed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250710164301.3094-2-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com/
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Introduce a generic API for unwinding user stacks.

In order to expand user space unwinding to be able to handle more complex
scenarios, such as deferred unwinding and reading user space information,
create a generic interface that all architectures can use that support the
various unwinding methods.

This is an alternative method for handling user space stack traces from
the simple stack_trace_save_user() API. This does not replace that
interface, but this interface will be used to expand the functionality of
user space stack walking.

None of the structures introduced will be exposed to user space tooling.

Support for frame pointer unwinding is added. For an architecture to
support frame pointer unwinding it needs to enable
CONFIG_HAVE_UNWIND_USER_FP and define ARCH_INIT_USER_FP_FRAME.

By encoding the frame offsets in struct unwind_user_frame, much of this
code can also be reused for future unwinder implementations like sframe.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Indu Bhagat &lt;indu.bhagat@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: "Jose E. Marchesi" &lt;jemarch@gnu.org&gt;
Cc: Beau Belgrave &lt;beaub@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: Florian Weimer &lt;fweimer@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Sam James &lt;sam@gentoo.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250729182404.975790139@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jens Remus &lt;jremus@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Co-developed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250710164301.3094-2-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com/
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>stackleak: Rename STACKLEAK to KSTACK_ERASE</title>
<updated>2025-07-22T04:35:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T23:25:06+00:00</published>
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In preparation for adding Clang sanitizer coverage stack depth tracking
that can support stack depth callbacks:

- Add the new top-level CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE option which will be
  implemented either with the stackleak GCC plugin, or with the Clang
  stack depth callback support.
- Rename CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK as needed to CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE,
  but keep it for anything specific to the GCC plugin itself.
- Rename all exposed "STACKLEAK" names and files to "KSTACK_ERASE" (named
  for what it does rather than what it protects against), but leave as
  many of the internals alone as possible to avoid even more churn.

While here, also split "prev_lowest_stack" into CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE_METRICS,
since that's the only place it is referenced from.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250717232519.2984886-1-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
In preparation for adding Clang sanitizer coverage stack depth tracking
that can support stack depth callbacks:

- Add the new top-level CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE option which will be
  implemented either with the stackleak GCC plugin, or with the Clang
  stack depth callback support.
- Rename CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK as needed to CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE,
  but keep it for anything specific to the GCC plugin itself.
- Rename all exposed "STACKLEAK" names and files to "KSTACK_ERASE" (named
  for what it does rather than what it protects against), but leave as
  many of the internals alone as possible to avoid even more churn.

While here, also split "prev_lowest_stack" into CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE_METRICS,
since that's the only place it is referenced from.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250717232519.2984886-1-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/Kconfig: Add arch attack vector support</title>
<updated>2025-07-11T15:56:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Kaplan</name>
<email>david.kaplan@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-07T18:32:58+00:00</published>
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ARCH_HAS_CPU_ATTACK_VECTORS should be set for architectures which implement
the new attack-vector based controls for CPU mitigations.  If an arch does
not support attack-vector based controls then an attempt to use them
results in a warning.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan &lt;david.kaplan@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250707183316.1349127-4-david.kaplan@amd.com
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ARCH_HAS_CPU_ATTACK_VECTORS should be set for architectures which implement
the new attack-vector based controls for CPU mitigations.  If an arch does
not support attack-vector based controls then an attempt to use them
results in a warning.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan &lt;david.kaplan@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250707183316.1349127-4-david.kaplan@amd.com
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>entry: Split generic entry into generic exception and syscall entry</title>
<updated>2025-06-30T17:52:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jinjie Ruan</name>
<email>ruanjinjie@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-24T18:35:56+00:00</published>
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Currently CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY enables both the generic exception
entry logic and the generic syscall entry logic, which are otherwise
loosely coupled.

Introduce separate config options for these so that architectures can
select the two independently. This will make it easier for
architectures to migrate to generic entry code.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan &lt;ruanjinjie@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij &lt;linus.walleij@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Linus Walleij &lt;linus.walleij@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250213130007.1418890-2-ruanjinjie@huawei.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250624-generic-entry-split-v1-1-53d5ef4f94df@linaro.org

[Linus Walleij: rebase onto v6.16-rc1]
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Currently CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY enables both the generic exception
entry logic and the generic syscall entry logic, which are otherwise
loosely coupled.

Introduce separate config options for these so that architectures can
select the two independently. This will make it easier for
architectures to migrate to generic entry code.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan &lt;ruanjinjie@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij &lt;linus.walleij@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Linus Walleij &lt;linus.walleij@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250213130007.1418890-2-ruanjinjie@huawei.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250624-generic-entry-split-v1-1-53d5ef4f94df@linaro.org

[Linus Walleij: rebase onto v6.16-rc1]
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<title>fs/resctrl: Add boiler plate for external resctrl code</title>
<updated>2025-05-16T09:05:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>James Morse</name>
<email>james.morse@arm.com</email>
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<published>2025-05-15T16:58:45+00:00</published>
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Add Makefile and Kconfig for fs/resctrl. Add ARCH_HAS_CPU_RESCTRL
for the common parts of the resctrl interface and make X86_CPU_RESCTRL
select this.

Adding an include of asm/resctrl.h to linux/resctrl.h allows the
/fs/resctrl files to switch over to using this header instead.

Co-developed-by: Dave Martin &lt;Dave.Martin@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin &lt;Dave.Martin@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Shaopeng Tan &lt;tan.shaopeng@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghuay@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghuay@nvidia.com&gt;
Tested-by: Carl Worth &lt;carl@os.amperecomputing.com&gt; # arm64
Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan &lt;tan.shaopeng@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Tested-by: Peter Newman &lt;peternewman@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Amit Singh Tomar &lt;amitsinght@marvell.com&gt; # arm64
Tested-by: Shanker Donthineni &lt;sdonthineni@nvidia.com&gt; # arm64
Tested-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Tested-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250515165855.31452-16-james.morse@arm.com
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Add Makefile and Kconfig for fs/resctrl. Add ARCH_HAS_CPU_RESCTRL
for the common parts of the resctrl interface and make X86_CPU_RESCTRL
select this.

Adding an include of asm/resctrl.h to linux/resctrl.h allows the
/fs/resctrl files to switch over to using this header instead.

Co-developed-by: Dave Martin &lt;Dave.Martin@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin &lt;Dave.Martin@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Shaopeng Tan &lt;tan.shaopeng@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghuay@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghuay@nvidia.com&gt;
Tested-by: Carl Worth &lt;carl@os.amperecomputing.com&gt; # arm64
Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan &lt;tan.shaopeng@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Tested-by: Peter Newman &lt;peternewman@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Amit Singh Tomar &lt;amitsinght@marvell.com&gt; # arm64
Tested-by: Shanker Donthineni &lt;sdonthineni@nvidia.com&gt; # arm64
Tested-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Tested-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250515165855.31452-16-james.morse@arm.com
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<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2025-04-05T22:46:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-05T22:46:50+00:00</published>
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Improve performance in gendwarfksyms

 - Remove deprecated EXTRA_*FLAGS and KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS

 - Support CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL for ARCH=um

 - Use more relative paths to sources files for better reproducibility

 - Support the loong64 Debian architecture

 - Add Kbuild bash completion

 - Introduce intermediate vmlinux.unstripped for architectures that need
   static relocations to be stripped from the final vmlinux

 - Fix versioning in Debian packages for -rc releases

 - Treat missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() as an error

 - Convert Nios2 Makefiles to use the generic rule for built-in DTB

 - Add debuginfo support to the RPM package

* tag 'kbuild-v6.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (40 commits)
  kbuild: rpm-pkg: build a debuginfo RPM
  kconfig: merge_config: use an empty file as initfile
  nios2: migrate to the generic rule for built-in DTB
  rust: kbuild: skip `--remap-path-prefix` for `rustdoc`
  kbuild: pacman-pkg: hardcode module installation path
  kbuild: deb-pkg: don't set KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION unconditionally
  modpost: require a MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  kbuild: make all file references relative to source root
  x86: drop unnecessary prefix map configuration
  kbuild: deb-pkg: add comment about future removal of KDEB_COMPRESS
  kbuild: Add a help message for "headers"
  kbuild: deb-pkg: remove "version" variable in mkdebian
  kbuild: deb-pkg: fix versioning for -rc releases
  Documentation/kbuild: Fix indentation in modules.rst example
  x86: Get rid of Makefile.postlink
  kbuild: Create intermediate vmlinux build with relocations preserved
  kbuild: Introduce Kconfig symbol for linking vmlinux with relocations
  kbuild: link-vmlinux.sh: Make output file name configurable
  kbuild: do not generate .tmp_vmlinux*.map when CONFIG_VMLINUX_MAP=y
  Revert "kheaders: Ignore silly-rename files"
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Improve performance in gendwarfksyms

 - Remove deprecated EXTRA_*FLAGS and KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS

 - Support CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL for ARCH=um

 - Use more relative paths to sources files for better reproducibility

 - Support the loong64 Debian architecture

 - Add Kbuild bash completion

 - Introduce intermediate vmlinux.unstripped for architectures that need
   static relocations to be stripped from the final vmlinux

 - Fix versioning in Debian packages for -rc releases

 - Treat missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() as an error

 - Convert Nios2 Makefiles to use the generic rule for built-in DTB

 - Add debuginfo support to the RPM package

* tag 'kbuild-v6.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (40 commits)
  kbuild: rpm-pkg: build a debuginfo RPM
  kconfig: merge_config: use an empty file as initfile
  nios2: migrate to the generic rule for built-in DTB
  rust: kbuild: skip `--remap-path-prefix` for `rustdoc`
  kbuild: pacman-pkg: hardcode module installation path
  kbuild: deb-pkg: don't set KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION unconditionally
  modpost: require a MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  kbuild: make all file references relative to source root
  x86: drop unnecessary prefix map configuration
  kbuild: deb-pkg: add comment about future removal of KDEB_COMPRESS
  kbuild: Add a help message for "headers"
  kbuild: deb-pkg: remove "version" variable in mkdebian
  kbuild: deb-pkg: fix versioning for -rc releases
  Documentation/kbuild: Fix indentation in modules.rst example
  x86: Get rid of Makefile.postlink
  kbuild: Create intermediate vmlinux build with relocations preserved
  kbuild: Introduce Kconfig symbol for linking vmlinux with relocations
  kbuild: link-vmlinux.sh: Make output file name configurable
  kbuild: do not generate .tmp_vmlinux*.map when CONFIG_VMLINUX_MAP=y
  Revert "kheaders: Ignore silly-rename files"
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<title>kbuild: Introduce Kconfig symbol for linking vmlinux with relocations</title>
<updated>2025-03-16T15:29:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-11T11:06:19+00:00</published>
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Some architectures build vmlinux with static relocations preserved, but
strip them again from the final vmlinux image. Arch specific tools
consume these static relocations in order to construct relocation tables
for KASLR.

The fact that vmlinux is created, consumed and subsequently updated goes
against the typical, declarative paradigm used by Make, which is based
on rules and dependencies. So as a first step towards cleaning this up,
introduce a Kconfig symbol to declare that the arch wants to consume the
static relocations emitted into vmlinux. This will be wired up further
in subsequent patches.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Some architectures build vmlinux with static relocations preserved, but
strip them again from the final vmlinux image. Arch specific tools
consume these static relocations in order to construct relocation tables
for KASLR.

The fact that vmlinux is created, consumed and subsequently updated goes
against the typical, declarative paradigm used by Make, which is based
on rules and dependencies. So as a first step towards cleaning this up,
introduce a Kconfig symbol to declare that the arch wants to consume the
static relocations emitted into vmlinux. This will be wired up further
in subsequent patches.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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