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<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<title>Merge tag 'sysctl-6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux</title>
<updated>2023-11-02T06:51:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-02T06:51:41+00:00</published>
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Pull sysctl updates from Luis Chamberlain:
 "To help make the move of sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c not incur a
  size penalty sysctl has been changed to allow us to not require the
  sentinel, the final empty element on the sysctl array. Joel Granados
  has been doing all this work. On the v6.6 kernel we got the major
  infrastructure changes required to support this. For v6.7-rc1 we have
  all arch/ and drivers/ modified to remove the sentinel. Both arch and
  driver changes have been on linux-next for a bit less than a month. It
  is worth re-iterating the value:

   - this helps reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run
     time memory consumed by the kernel by about ~64 bytes per array

   - the extra 64-byte penalty is no longer inncurred now when we move
     sysctls out from kernel/sysctl.c to their own files

  For v6.8-rc1 expect removal of all the sentinels and also then the
  unneeded check for procname == NULL.

  The last two patches are fixes recently merged by Krister Johansen
  which allow us again to use softlockup_panic early on boot. This used
  to work but the alias work broke it. This is useful for folks who want
  to detect softlockups super early rather than wait and spend money on
  cloud solutions with nothing but an eventual hung kernel. Although
  this hadn't gone through linux-next it's also a stable fix, so we
  might as well roll through the fixes now"

* tag 'sysctl-6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux: (23 commits)
  watchdog: move softlockup_panic back to early_param
  proc: sysctl: prevent aliased sysctls from getting passed to init
  intel drm: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  Drivers: hv: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  raid: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  fw loader: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  sgi-xp: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  vrf: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  char-misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  infiniband: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  macintosh: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  parport: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  scsi: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  tty: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  xen: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  hpet: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  c-sky: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_talbe array
  powerpc: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table arrays
  riscv: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  x86/vdso: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  ...
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Pull sysctl updates from Luis Chamberlain:
 "To help make the move of sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c not incur a
  size penalty sysctl has been changed to allow us to not require the
  sentinel, the final empty element on the sysctl array. Joel Granados
  has been doing all this work. On the v6.6 kernel we got the major
  infrastructure changes required to support this. For v6.7-rc1 we have
  all arch/ and drivers/ modified to remove the sentinel. Both arch and
  driver changes have been on linux-next for a bit less than a month. It
  is worth re-iterating the value:

   - this helps reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run
     time memory consumed by the kernel by about ~64 bytes per array

   - the extra 64-byte penalty is no longer inncurred now when we move
     sysctls out from kernel/sysctl.c to their own files

  For v6.8-rc1 expect removal of all the sentinels and also then the
  unneeded check for procname == NULL.

  The last two patches are fixes recently merged by Krister Johansen
  which allow us again to use softlockup_panic early on boot. This used
  to work but the alias work broke it. This is useful for folks who want
  to detect softlockups super early rather than wait and spend money on
  cloud solutions with nothing but an eventual hung kernel. Although
  this hadn't gone through linux-next it's also a stable fix, so we
  might as well roll through the fixes now"

* tag 'sysctl-6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux: (23 commits)
  watchdog: move softlockup_panic back to early_param
  proc: sysctl: prevent aliased sysctls from getting passed to init
  intel drm: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  Drivers: hv: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  raid: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  fw loader: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  sgi-xp: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  vrf: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  char-misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  infiniband: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  macintosh: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  parport: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  scsi: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  tty: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  xen: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  hpet: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  c-sky: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_talbe array
  powerpc: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table arrays
  riscv: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  x86/vdso: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  ...
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<entry>
<title>arm64: Avoid cpus_have_const_cap() for ARM64_SSBS</title>
<updated>2023-10-16T13:17:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-16T10:24:50+00:00</published>
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In ssbs_thread_switch() we use cpus_have_const_cap() to check for
ARM64_SSBS, but this is not necessary and alternative_has_cap_*() would
be preferable.

For historical reasons, cpus_have_const_cap() is more complicated than
it needs to be. Before cpucaps are finalized, it will perform a bitmap
test of the system_cpucaps bitmap, and once cpucaps are finalized it
will use an alternative branch. This used to be necessary to handle some
race conditions in the window between cpucap detection and the
subsequent patching of alternatives and static branches, where different
branches could be out-of-sync with one another (or w.r.t. alternative
sequences). Now that we use alternative branches instead of static
branches, these are all patched atomically w.r.t. one another, and there
are only a handful of cases that need special care in the window between
cpucap detection and alternative patching.

Due to the above, it would be nice to remove cpus_have_const_cap(), and
migrate callers over to alternative_has_cap_*(), cpus_have_final_cap(),
or cpus_have_cap() depending on when their requirements. This will
remove redundant instructions and improve code generation, and will make
it easier to determine how each callsite will behave before, during, and
after alternative patching.

The cpus_have_const_cap() check in ssbs_thread_switch() is an
optimization to avoid the overhead of
spectre_v4_enable_task_mitigation() where all CPUs implement SSBS and
naturally preserve the SSBS bit in SPSR_ELx. In the window between
detecting the ARM64_SSBS system-wide and patching alternative branches
it is benign to continue to call spectre_v4_enable_task_mitigation().

This patch replaces the use of cpus_have_const_cap() with
alternative_has_cap_unlikely(), which will avoid generating code to test
the system_cpucaps bitmap and should be better for all subsequent calls
at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Suzuki K Poulose &lt;suzuki.poulose@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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In ssbs_thread_switch() we use cpus_have_const_cap() to check for
ARM64_SSBS, but this is not necessary and alternative_has_cap_*() would
be preferable.

For historical reasons, cpus_have_const_cap() is more complicated than
it needs to be. Before cpucaps are finalized, it will perform a bitmap
test of the system_cpucaps bitmap, and once cpucaps are finalized it
will use an alternative branch. This used to be necessary to handle some
race conditions in the window between cpucap detection and the
subsequent patching of alternatives and static branches, where different
branches could be out-of-sync with one another (or w.r.t. alternative
sequences). Now that we use alternative branches instead of static
branches, these are all patched atomically w.r.t. one another, and there
are only a handful of cases that need special care in the window between
cpucap detection and alternative patching.

Due to the above, it would be nice to remove cpus_have_const_cap(), and
migrate callers over to alternative_has_cap_*(), cpus_have_final_cap(),
or cpus_have_cap() depending on when their requirements. This will
remove redundant instructions and improve code generation, and will make
it easier to determine how each callsite will behave before, during, and
after alternative patching.

The cpus_have_const_cap() check in ssbs_thread_switch() is an
optimization to avoid the overhead of
spectre_v4_enable_task_mitigation() where all CPUs implement SSBS and
naturally preserve the SSBS bit in SPSR_ELx. In the window between
detecting the ARM64_SSBS system-wide and patching alternative branches
it is benign to continue to call spectre_v4_enable_task_mitigation().

This patch replaces the use of cpus_have_const_cap() with
alternative_has_cap_unlikely(), which will avoid generating code to test
the system_cpucaps bitmap and should be better for all subsequent calls
at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Suzuki K Poulose &lt;suzuki.poulose@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm: Remove now superfluous sentinel elem from ctl_table arrays</title>
<updated>2023-10-10T22:22:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Granados</name>
<email>j.granados@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-02T11:30:37+00:00</published>
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This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the
empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which
will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time
memory bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link :
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@bombadil.infradead.org/)

Removed the sentinel as well as the explicit size from ctl_isa_vars. The
size is redundant as the initialization sets it. Changed
insn_emulation-&gt;sysctl from a 2 element array of struct ctl_table to a
simple struct. This has no consequence for the sysctl registration as it
is forwarded as a pointer. Removed sentinel from sve_defatul_vl_table,
sme_default_vl_table, tagged_addr_sysctl_table and
armv8_pmu_sysctl_table.

This removal is safe because register_sysctl_sz and register_sysctl use
the array size in addition to checking for the sentinel.

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain &lt;mcgrof@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the
empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which
will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time
memory bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link :
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@bombadil.infradead.org/)

Removed the sentinel as well as the explicit size from ctl_isa_vars. The
size is redundant as the initialization sets it. Changed
insn_emulation-&gt;sysctl from a 2 element array of struct ctl_table to a
simple struct. This has no consequence for the sysctl registration as it
is forwarded as a pointer. Removed sentinel from sve_defatul_vl_table,
sme_default_vl_table, tagged_addr_sysctl_table and
armv8_pmu_sysctl_table.

This removal is safe because register_sysctl_sz and register_sysctl use
the array size in addition to checking for the sentinel.

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain &lt;mcgrof@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'objtool-core-2023-04-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2023-04-28T21:02:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-04-28T21:02:54+00:00</published>
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Pull objtool updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - Mark arch_cpu_idle_dead() __noreturn, make all architectures &amp;
   drivers that did this inconsistently follow this new, common
   convention, and fix all the fallout that objtool can now detect
   statically

 - Fix/improve the ORC unwinder becoming unreliable due to
   UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY ambiguity, split it into UNWIND_HINT_END_OF_STACK
   and UNWIND_HINT_UNDEFINED to resolve it

 - Fix noinstr violations in the KCSAN code and the lkdtm/stackleak code

 - Generate ORC data for __pfx code

 - Add more __noreturn annotations to various kernel startup/shutdown
   and panic functions

 - Misc improvements &amp; fixes

* tag 'objtool-core-2023-04-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits)
  x86/hyperv: Mark hv_ghcb_terminate() as noreturn
  scsi: message: fusion: Mark mpt_halt_firmware() __noreturn
  x86/cpu: Mark {hlt,resume}_play_dead() __noreturn
  btrfs: Mark btrfs_assertfail() __noreturn
  objtool: Include weak functions in global_noreturns check
  cpu: Mark nmi_panic_self_stop() __noreturn
  cpu: Mark panic_smp_self_stop() __noreturn
  arm64/cpu: Mark cpu_park_loop() and friends __noreturn
  x86/head: Mark *_start_kernel() __noreturn
  init: Mark start_kernel() __noreturn
  init: Mark [arch_call_]rest_init() __noreturn
  objtool: Generate ORC data for __pfx code
  x86/linkage: Fix padding for typed functions
  objtool: Separate prefix code from stack validation code
  objtool: Remove superfluous dead_end_function() check
  objtool: Add symbol iteration helpers
  objtool: Add WARN_INSN()
  scripts/objdump-func: Support multiple functions
  context_tracking: Fix KCSAN noinstr violation
  objtool: Add stackleak instrumentation to uaccess safe list
  ...
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Pull objtool updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - Mark arch_cpu_idle_dead() __noreturn, make all architectures &amp;
   drivers that did this inconsistently follow this new, common
   convention, and fix all the fallout that objtool can now detect
   statically

 - Fix/improve the ORC unwinder becoming unreliable due to
   UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY ambiguity, split it into UNWIND_HINT_END_OF_STACK
   and UNWIND_HINT_UNDEFINED to resolve it

 - Fix noinstr violations in the KCSAN code and the lkdtm/stackleak code

 - Generate ORC data for __pfx code

 - Add more __noreturn annotations to various kernel startup/shutdown
   and panic functions

 - Misc improvements &amp; fixes

* tag 'objtool-core-2023-04-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits)
  x86/hyperv: Mark hv_ghcb_terminate() as noreturn
  scsi: message: fusion: Mark mpt_halt_firmware() __noreturn
  x86/cpu: Mark {hlt,resume}_play_dead() __noreturn
  btrfs: Mark btrfs_assertfail() __noreturn
  objtool: Include weak functions in global_noreturns check
  cpu: Mark nmi_panic_self_stop() __noreturn
  cpu: Mark panic_smp_self_stop() __noreturn
  arm64/cpu: Mark cpu_park_loop() and friends __noreturn
  x86/head: Mark *_start_kernel() __noreturn
  init: Mark start_kernel() __noreturn
  init: Mark [arch_call_]rest_init() __noreturn
  objtool: Generate ORC data for __pfx code
  x86/linkage: Fix padding for typed functions
  objtool: Separate prefix code from stack validation code
  objtool: Remove superfluous dead_end_function() check
  objtool: Add symbol iteration helpers
  objtool: Add WARN_INSN()
  scripts/objdump-func: Support multiple functions
  context_tracking: Fix KCSAN noinstr violation
  objtool: Add stackleak instrumentation to uaccess safe list
  ...
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<entry>
<title>arm64: use XPACLRI to strip PAC</title>
<updated>2023-04-13T11:27:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-04-12T16:01:33+00:00</published>
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Currently we strip the PAC from pointers using C code, which requires
generating bitmasks, and conditionally clearing/setting bits depending
on bit 55. We can do better by using XPACLRI directly.

When the logic was originally written to strip PACs from user pointers,
contemporary toolchains used for the kernel had assemblers which were
unaware of the PAC instructions. As stripping the PAC from userspace
pointers required unconditional clearing of a fixed set of bits (which
could be performed with a single instruction), it was simpler to
implement the masking in C than it was to make use of XPACI or XPACLRI.

When support for in-kernel pointer authentication was added, the
stripping logic was extended to cover TTBR1 pointers, requiring several
instructions to handle whether to clear/set bits dependent on bit 55 of
the pointer.

This patch simplifies the stripping of PACs by using XPACLRI directly,
as contemporary toolchains do within __builtin_return_address(). This
saves a number of instructions, especially where
__builtin_return_address() does not implicitly strip the PAC but is
heavily used (e.g. with tracepoints). As the kernel might be compiled
with an assembler without knowledge of XPACLRI, it is assembled using
the 'HINT #7' alias, which results in an identical opcode.

At the same time, I've split ptrauth_strip_insn_pac() into
ptrauth_strip_user_insn_pac() and ptrauth_strip_kernel_insn_pac()
helpers so that we can avoid unnecessary PAC stripping when pointer
authentication is not in use in userspace or kernel respectively.

The underlying xpaclri() macro uses inline assembly which clobbers x30.
The clobber causes the compiler to save/restore the original x30 value
in a frame record (protected with PACIASP and AUTIASP when in-kernel
authentication is enabled), so this does not provide a gadget to alter
the return address. Similarly this does not adversely affect unwinding
due to the presence of the frame record.

The ptrauth_user_pac_mask() and ptrauth_kernel_pac_mask() are exported
from the kernel in ptrace and core dumps, so these are retained. A
subsequent patch will move them out of &lt;asm/compiler.h&gt;.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Amit Daniel Kachhap &lt;amit.kachhap@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Kristina Martsenko &lt;kristina.martsenko@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230412160134.306148-3-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently we strip the PAC from pointers using C code, which requires
generating bitmasks, and conditionally clearing/setting bits depending
on bit 55. We can do better by using XPACLRI directly.

When the logic was originally written to strip PACs from user pointers,
contemporary toolchains used for the kernel had assemblers which were
unaware of the PAC instructions. As stripping the PAC from userspace
pointers required unconditional clearing of a fixed set of bits (which
could be performed with a single instruction), it was simpler to
implement the masking in C than it was to make use of XPACI or XPACLRI.

When support for in-kernel pointer authentication was added, the
stripping logic was extended to cover TTBR1 pointers, requiring several
instructions to handle whether to clear/set bits dependent on bit 55 of
the pointer.

This patch simplifies the stripping of PACs by using XPACLRI directly,
as contemporary toolchains do within __builtin_return_address(). This
saves a number of instructions, especially where
__builtin_return_address() does not implicitly strip the PAC but is
heavily used (e.g. with tracepoints). As the kernel might be compiled
with an assembler without knowledge of XPACLRI, it is assembled using
the 'HINT #7' alias, which results in an identical opcode.

At the same time, I've split ptrauth_strip_insn_pac() into
ptrauth_strip_user_insn_pac() and ptrauth_strip_kernel_insn_pac()
helpers so that we can avoid unnecessary PAC stripping when pointer
authentication is not in use in userspace or kernel respectively.

The underlying xpaclri() macro uses inline assembly which clobbers x30.
The clobber causes the compiler to save/restore the original x30 value
in a frame record (protected with PACIASP and AUTIASP when in-kernel
authentication is enabled), so this does not provide a gadget to alter
the return address. Similarly this does not adversely affect unwinding
due to the presence of the frame record.

The ptrauth_user_pac_mask() and ptrauth_kernel_pac_mask() are exported
from the kernel in ptrace and core dumps, so these are retained. A
subsequent patch will move them out of &lt;asm/compiler.h&gt;.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Amit Daniel Kachhap &lt;amit.kachhap@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Kristina Martsenko &lt;kristina.martsenko@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230412160134.306148-3-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/idle: Mark arch_cpu_idle_dead() __noreturn</title>
<updated>2023-03-08T16:44:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-14T07:05:58+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=071c44e4278156f18a6a56958617223b6bffa6ab'/>
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Before commit 076cbf5d2163 ("x86/xen: don't let xen_pv_play_dead()
return"), in Xen, when a previously offlined CPU was brought back
online, it unexpectedly resumed execution where it left off in the
middle of the idle loop.

There were some hacks to make that work, but the behavior was surprising
as do_idle() doesn't expect an offlined CPU to return from the dead (in
arch_cpu_idle_dead()).

Now that Xen has been fixed, and the arch-specific implementations of
arch_cpu_idle_dead() also don't return, give it a __noreturn attribute.

This will cause the compiler to complain if an arch-specific
implementation might return.  It also improves code generation for both
caller and callee.

Also fixes the following warning:

  vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: do_idle+0x25f: unreachable instruction

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/60d527353da8c99d4cf13b6473131d46719ed16d.1676358308.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
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Before commit 076cbf5d2163 ("x86/xen: don't let xen_pv_play_dead()
return"), in Xen, when a previously offlined CPU was brought back
online, it unexpectedly resumed execution where it left off in the
middle of the idle loop.

There were some hacks to make that work, but the behavior was surprising
as do_idle() doesn't expect an offlined CPU to return from the dead (in
arch_cpu_idle_dead()).

Now that Xen has been fixed, and the arch-specific implementations of
arch_cpu_idle_dead() also don't return, give it a __noreturn attribute.

This will cause the compiler to complain if an arch-specific
implementation might return.  It also improves code generation for both
caller and callee.

Also fixes the following warning:

  vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: do_idle+0x25f: unreachable instruction

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/60d527353da8c99d4cf13b6473131d46719ed16d.1676358308.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64/sme: Provide storage for ZT0</title>
<updated>2023-01-20T12:23:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Brown</name>
<email>broonie@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-01-16T16:04:44+00:00</published>
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When the system supports SME2 there is an additional register ZT0 which
we must store when the task is using SME. Since ZT0 is accessible only
when PSTATE.ZA is set just like ZA we allocate storage for it along with
ZA, increasing the allocation size for the memory region where we store
ZA and storing the data for ZT after that for ZA.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221208-arm64-sme2-v4-9-f2fa0aef982f@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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When the system supports SME2 there is an additional register ZT0 which
we must store when the task is using SME. Since ZT0 is accessible only
when PSTATE.ZA is set just like ZA we allocate storage for it along with
ZA, increasing the allocation size for the memory region where we store
ZA and storing the data for ZT after that for ZA.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221208-arm64-sme2-v4-9-f2fa0aef982f@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64/sme: Rename za_state to sme_state</title>
<updated>2023-01-20T12:23:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Brown</name>
<email>broonie@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-01-16T16:04:36+00:00</published>
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In preparation for adding support for storage for ZT0 to the thread_struct
rename za_state to sme_state. Since ZT0 is accessible when PSTATE.ZA is
set just like ZA itself we will extend the allocation done for ZA to
cover it, avoiding the need to further expand task_struct for non-SME
tasks.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221208-arm64-sme2-v4-1-f2fa0aef982f@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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In preparation for adding support for storage for ZT0 to the thread_struct
rename za_state to sme_state. Since ZT0 is accessible when PSTATE.ZA is
set just like ZA itself we will extend the allocation done for ZA to
cover it, avoiding the need to further expand task_struct for non-SME
tasks.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221208-arm64-sme2-v4-1-f2fa0aef982f@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'random-6.2-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random</title>
<updated>2022-12-13T00:22:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-12-13T00:22:22+00:00</published>
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Pull random number generator updates from Jason Donenfeld:

 - Replace prandom_u32_max() and various open-coded variants of it,
   there is now a new family of functions that uses fast rejection
   sampling to choose properly uniformly random numbers within an
   interval:

       get_random_u32_below(ceil) - [0, ceil)
       get_random_u32_above(floor) - (floor, U32_MAX]
       get_random_u32_inclusive(floor, ceil) - [floor, ceil]

   Coccinelle was used to convert all current users of
   prandom_u32_max(), as well as many open-coded patterns, resulting in
   improvements throughout the tree.

   I'll have a "late" 6.1-rc1 pull for you that removes the now unused
   prandom_u32_max() function, just in case any other trees add a new
   use case of it that needs to converted. According to linux-next,
   there may be two trivial cases of prandom_u32_max() reintroductions
   that are fixable with a 's/.../.../'. So I'll have for you a final
   conversion patch doing that alongside the removal patch during the
   second week.

   This is a treewide change that touches many files throughout.

 - More consistent use of get_random_canary().

 - Updates to comments, documentation, tests, headers, and
   simplification in configuration.

 - The arch_get_random*_early() abstraction was only used by arm64 and
   wasn't entirely useful, so this has been replaced by code that works
   in all relevant contexts.

 - The kernel will use and manage random seeds in non-volatile EFI
   variables, refreshing a variable with a fresh seed when the RNG is
   initialized. The RNG GUID namespace is then hidden from efivarfs to
   prevent accidental leakage.

   These changes are split into random.c infrastructure code used in the
   EFI subsystem, in this pull request, and related support inside of
   EFISTUB, in Ard's EFI tree. These are co-dependent for full
   functionality, but the order of merging doesn't matter.

 - Part of the infrastructure added for the EFI support is also used for
   an improvement to the way vsprintf initializes its siphash key,
   replacing an sleep loop wart.

 - The hardware RNG framework now always calls its correct random.c
   input function, add_hwgenerator_randomness(), rather than sometimes
   going through helpers better suited for other cases.

 - The add_latent_entropy() function has long been called from the fork
   handler, but is a no-op when the latent entropy gcc plugin isn't
   used, which is fine for the purposes of latent entropy.

   But it was missing out on the cycle counter that was also being mixed
   in beside the latent entropy variable. So now, if the latent entropy
   gcc plugin isn't enabled, add_latent_entropy() will expand to a call
   to add_device_randomness(NULL, 0), which adds a cycle counter,
   without the absent latent entropy variable.

 - The RNG is now reseeded from a delayed worker, rather than on demand
   when used. Always running from a worker allows it to make use of the
   CPU RNG on platforms like S390x, whose instructions are too slow to
   do so from interrupts. It also has the effect of adding in new inputs
   more frequently with more regularity, amounting to a long term
   transcript of random values. Plus, it helps a bit with the upcoming
   vDSO implementation (which isn't yet ready for 6.2).

 - The jitter entropy algorithm now tries to execute on many different
   CPUs, round-robining, in hopes of hitting even more memory latencies
   and other unpredictable effects. It also will mix in a cycle counter
   when the entropy timer fires, in addition to being mixed in from the
   main loop, to account more explicitly for fluctuations in that timer
   firing. And the state it touches is now kept within the same cache
   line, so that it's assured that the different execution contexts will
   cause latencies.

* tag 'random-6.2-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random: (23 commits)
  random: include &lt;linux/once.h&gt; in the right header
  random: align entropy_timer_state to cache line
  random: mix in cycle counter when jitter timer fires
  random: spread out jitter callback to different CPUs
  random: remove extraneous period and add a missing one in comments
  efi: random: refresh non-volatile random seed when RNG is initialized
  vsprintf: initialize siphash key using notifier
  random: add back async readiness notifier
  random: reseed in delayed work rather than on-demand
  random: always mix cycle counter in add_latent_entropy()
  hw_random: use add_hwgenerator_randomness() for early entropy
  random: modernize documentation comment on get_random_bytes()
  random: adjust comment to account for removed function
  random: remove early archrandom abstraction
  random: use random.trust_{bootloader,cpu} command line option only
  stackprotector: actually use get_random_canary()
  stackprotector: move get_random_canary() into stackprotector.h
  treewide: use get_random_u32_inclusive() when possible
  treewide: use get_random_u32_{above,below}() instead of manual loop
  treewide: use get_random_u32_below() instead of deprecated function
  ...
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<pre>
Pull random number generator updates from Jason Donenfeld:

 - Replace prandom_u32_max() and various open-coded variants of it,
   there is now a new family of functions that uses fast rejection
   sampling to choose properly uniformly random numbers within an
   interval:

       get_random_u32_below(ceil) - [0, ceil)
       get_random_u32_above(floor) - (floor, U32_MAX]
       get_random_u32_inclusive(floor, ceil) - [floor, ceil]

   Coccinelle was used to convert all current users of
   prandom_u32_max(), as well as many open-coded patterns, resulting in
   improvements throughout the tree.

   I'll have a "late" 6.1-rc1 pull for you that removes the now unused
   prandom_u32_max() function, just in case any other trees add a new
   use case of it that needs to converted. According to linux-next,
   there may be two trivial cases of prandom_u32_max() reintroductions
   that are fixable with a 's/.../.../'. So I'll have for you a final
   conversion patch doing that alongside the removal patch during the
   second week.

   This is a treewide change that touches many files throughout.

 - More consistent use of get_random_canary().

 - Updates to comments, documentation, tests, headers, and
   simplification in configuration.

 - The arch_get_random*_early() abstraction was only used by arm64 and
   wasn't entirely useful, so this has been replaced by code that works
   in all relevant contexts.

 - The kernel will use and manage random seeds in non-volatile EFI
   variables, refreshing a variable with a fresh seed when the RNG is
   initialized. The RNG GUID namespace is then hidden from efivarfs to
   prevent accidental leakage.

   These changes are split into random.c infrastructure code used in the
   EFI subsystem, in this pull request, and related support inside of
   EFISTUB, in Ard's EFI tree. These are co-dependent for full
   functionality, but the order of merging doesn't matter.

 - Part of the infrastructure added for the EFI support is also used for
   an improvement to the way vsprintf initializes its siphash key,
   replacing an sleep loop wart.

 - The hardware RNG framework now always calls its correct random.c
   input function, add_hwgenerator_randomness(), rather than sometimes
   going through helpers better suited for other cases.

 - The add_latent_entropy() function has long been called from the fork
   handler, but is a no-op when the latent entropy gcc plugin isn't
   used, which is fine for the purposes of latent entropy.

   But it was missing out on the cycle counter that was also being mixed
   in beside the latent entropy variable. So now, if the latent entropy
   gcc plugin isn't enabled, add_latent_entropy() will expand to a call
   to add_device_randomness(NULL, 0), which adds a cycle counter,
   without the absent latent entropy variable.

 - The RNG is now reseeded from a delayed worker, rather than on demand
   when used. Always running from a worker allows it to make use of the
   CPU RNG on platforms like S390x, whose instructions are too slow to
   do so from interrupts. It also has the effect of adding in new inputs
   more frequently with more regularity, amounting to a long term
   transcript of random values. Plus, it helps a bit with the upcoming
   vDSO implementation (which isn't yet ready for 6.2).

 - The jitter entropy algorithm now tries to execute on many different
   CPUs, round-robining, in hopes of hitting even more memory latencies
   and other unpredictable effects. It also will mix in a cycle counter
   when the entropy timer fires, in addition to being mixed in from the
   main loop, to account more explicitly for fluctuations in that timer
   firing. And the state it touches is now kept within the same cache
   line, so that it's assured that the different execution contexts will
   cause latencies.

* tag 'random-6.2-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random: (23 commits)
  random: include &lt;linux/once.h&gt; in the right header
  random: align entropy_timer_state to cache line
  random: mix in cycle counter when jitter timer fires
  random: spread out jitter callback to different CPUs
  random: remove extraneous period and add a missing one in comments
  efi: random: refresh non-volatile random seed when RNG is initialized
  vsprintf: initialize siphash key using notifier
  random: add back async readiness notifier
  random: reseed in delayed work rather than on-demand
  random: always mix cycle counter in add_latent_entropy()
  hw_random: use add_hwgenerator_randomness() for early entropy
  random: modernize documentation comment on get_random_bytes()
  random: adjust comment to account for removed function
  random: remove early archrandom abstraction
  random: use random.trust_{bootloader,cpu} command line option only
  stackprotector: actually use get_random_canary()
  stackprotector: move get_random_canary() into stackprotector.h
  treewide: use get_random_u32_inclusive() when possible
  treewide: use get_random_u32_{above,below}() instead of manual loop
  treewide: use get_random_u32_below() instead of deprecated function
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64/fpsimd: Track the saved FPSIMD state type separately to TIF_SVE</title>
<updated>2022-11-29T15:01:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Brown</name>
<email>broonie@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-15T09:46:34+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=baa8515281b30861cff3da7db70662d2a25c6440'/>
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When we save the state for the floating point registers this can be done
in the form visible through either the FPSIMD V registers or the SVE Z and
P registers. At present we track which format is currently used based on
TIF_SVE and the SME streaming mode state but particularly in the SVE case
this limits our options for optimising things, especially around syscalls.
Introduce a new enum which we place together with saved floating point
state in both thread_struct and the KVM guest state which explicitly
states which format is active and keep it up to date when we change it.

At present we do not use this state except to verify that it has the
expected value when loading the state, future patches will introduce
functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221115094640.112848-3-broonie@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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When we save the state for the floating point registers this can be done
in the form visible through either the FPSIMD V registers or the SVE Z and
P registers. At present we track which format is currently used based on
TIF_SVE and the SME streaming mode state but particularly in the SVE case
this limits our options for optimising things, especially around syscalls.
Introduce a new enum which we place together with saved floating point
state in both thread_struct and the KVM guest state which explicitly
states which format is active and keep it up to date when we change it.

At present we do not use this state except to verify that it has the
expected value when loading the state, future patches will introduce
functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221115094640.112848-3-broonie@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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