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<title>x86/stackprotector: Work around strict Clang TLS symbol requirements</title>
<updated>2024-11-08T12:16:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2024-11-05T15:57:46+00:00</published>
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GCC and Clang both implement stack protector support based on Thread Local
Storage (TLS) variables, and this is used in the kernel to implement per-task
stack cookies, by copying a task's stack cookie into a per-CPU variable every
time it is scheduled in.

Both now also implement -mstack-protector-guard-symbol=, which permits the TLS
variable to be specified directly. This is useful because it will allow to
move away from using a fixed offset of 40 bytes into the per-CPU area on
x86_64, which requires a lot of special handling in the per-CPU code and the
runtime relocation code.

However, while GCC is rather lax in its implementation of this command line
option, Clang actually requires that the provided symbol name refers to a TLS
variable (i.e., one declared with __thread), although it also permits the
variable to be undeclared entirely, in which case it will use an implicit
declaration of the right type.

The upshot of this is that Clang will emit the correct references to the stack
cookie variable in most cases, e.g.,

  10d:       64 a1 00 00 00 00       mov    %fs:0x0,%eax
                     10f: R_386_32   __stack_chk_guard

However, if a non-TLS definition of the symbol in question is visible in the
same compilation unit (which amounts to the whole of vmlinux if LTO is
enabled), it will drop the per-CPU prefix and emit a load from a bogus
address.

Work around this by using a symbol name that never occurs in C code, and emit
it as an alias in the linker script.

Fixes: 3fb0fdb3bbe7 ("x86/stackprotector/32: Make the canary into a regular percpu variable")
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1854
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241105155801.1779119-2-brgerst@gmail.com
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GCC and Clang both implement stack protector support based on Thread Local
Storage (TLS) variables, and this is used in the kernel to implement per-task
stack cookies, by copying a task's stack cookie into a per-CPU variable every
time it is scheduled in.

Both now also implement -mstack-protector-guard-symbol=, which permits the TLS
variable to be specified directly. This is useful because it will allow to
move away from using a fixed offset of 40 bytes into the per-CPU area on
x86_64, which requires a lot of special handling in the per-CPU code and the
runtime relocation code.

However, while GCC is rather lax in its implementation of this command line
option, Clang actually requires that the provided symbol name refers to a TLS
variable (i.e., one declared with __thread), although it also permits the
variable to be undeclared entirely, in which case it will use an implicit
declaration of the right type.

The upshot of this is that Clang will emit the correct references to the stack
cookie variable in most cases, e.g.,

  10d:       64 a1 00 00 00 00       mov    %fs:0x0,%eax
                     10f: R_386_32   __stack_chk_guard

However, if a non-TLS definition of the symbol in question is visible in the
same compilation unit (which amounts to the whole of vmlinux if LTO is
enabled), it will drop the per-CPU prefix and emit a load from a bogus
address.

Work around this by using a symbol name that never occurs in C code, and emit
it as an alias in the linker script.

Fixes: 3fb0fdb3bbe7 ("x86/stackprotector/32: Make the canary into a regular percpu variable")
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1854
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241105155801.1779119-2-brgerst@gmail.com
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86_urgent_for_v6.12_rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-10-20T19:04:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-20T19:04:32+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 fixes from Borislav Petkov:

 - Explicitly disable the TSC deadline timer when going idle to address
   some CPU errata in that area

 - Do not apply the Zenbleed fix on anything else except AMD Zen2 on the
   late microcode loading path

 - Clear CPU buffers later in the NMI exit path on 32-bit to avoid
   register clearing while they still contain sensitive data, for the
   RDFS mitigation

 - Do not clobber EFLAGS.ZF with VERW on the opportunistic SYSRET exit
   path on 32-bit

 - Fix parsing issues of memory bandwidth specification in sysfs for
   resctrl's memory bandwidth allocation feature

 - Other small cleanups and improvements

* tag 'x86_urgent_for_v6.12_rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/apic: Always explicitly disarm TSC-deadline timer
  x86/CPU/AMD: Only apply Zenbleed fix for Zen2 during late microcode load
  x86/bugs: Use code segment selector for VERW operand
  x86/entry_32: Clear CPU buffers after register restore in NMI return
  x86/entry_32: Do not clobber user EFLAGS.ZF
  x86/resctrl: Annotate get_mem_config() functions as __init
  x86/resctrl: Avoid overflow in MB settings in bw_validate()
  x86/amd_nb: Add new PCI ID for AMD family 1Ah model 20h
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Pull x86 fixes from Borislav Petkov:

 - Explicitly disable the TSC deadline timer when going idle to address
   some CPU errata in that area

 - Do not apply the Zenbleed fix on anything else except AMD Zen2 on the
   late microcode loading path

 - Clear CPU buffers later in the NMI exit path on 32-bit to avoid
   register clearing while they still contain sensitive data, for the
   RDFS mitigation

 - Do not clobber EFLAGS.ZF with VERW on the opportunistic SYSRET exit
   path on 32-bit

 - Fix parsing issues of memory bandwidth specification in sysfs for
   resctrl's memory bandwidth allocation feature

 - Other small cleanups and improvements

* tag 'x86_urgent_for_v6.12_rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/apic: Always explicitly disarm TSC-deadline timer
  x86/CPU/AMD: Only apply Zenbleed fix for Zen2 during late microcode load
  x86/bugs: Use code segment selector for VERW operand
  x86/entry_32: Clear CPU buffers after register restore in NMI return
  x86/entry_32: Do not clobber user EFLAGS.ZF
  x86/resctrl: Annotate get_mem_config() functions as __init
  x86/resctrl: Avoid overflow in MB settings in bw_validate()
  x86/amd_nb: Add new PCI ID for AMD family 1Ah model 20h
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<entry>
<title>x86/entry: Have entry_ibpb() invalidate return predictions</title>
<updated>2024-10-10T08:35:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Wikner</name>
<email>kwikner@ethz.ch</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-23T18:49:36+00:00</published>
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entry_ibpb() should invalidate all indirect predictions, including return
target predictions. Not all IBPB implementations do this, in which case the
fallback is RSB filling.

Prevent SRSO-style hijacks of return predictions following IBPB, as the return
target predictor can be corrupted before the IBPB completes.

  [ bp: Massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Johannes Wikner &lt;kwikner@ethz.ch&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
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entry_ibpb() should invalidate all indirect predictions, including return
target predictions. Not all IBPB implementations do this, in which case the
fallback is RSB filling.

Prevent SRSO-style hijacks of return predictions following IBPB, as the return
target predictor can be corrupted before the IBPB completes.

  [ bp: Massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Johannes Wikner &lt;kwikner@ethz.ch&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/entry_32: Clear CPU buffers after register restore in NMI return</title>
<updated>2024-10-08T22:16:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pawan Gupta</name>
<email>pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-25T22:25:44+00:00</published>
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CPU buffers are currently cleared after call to exc_nmi, but before
register state is restored. This may be okay for MDS mitigation but not for
RDFS. Because RDFS mitigation requires CPU buffers to be cleared when
registers don't have any sensitive data.

Move CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS after RESTORE_ALL_NMI.

Fixes: a0e2dab44d22 ("x86/entry_32: Add VERW just before userspace transition")
Suggested-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta &lt;pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240925-fix-dosemu-vm86-v7-2-1de0daca2d42%40linux.intel.com
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CPU buffers are currently cleared after call to exc_nmi, but before
register state is restored. This may be okay for MDS mitigation but not for
RDFS. Because RDFS mitigation requires CPU buffers to be cleared when
registers don't have any sensitive data.

Move CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS after RESTORE_ALL_NMI.

Fixes: a0e2dab44d22 ("x86/entry_32: Add VERW just before userspace transition")
Suggested-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta &lt;pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240925-fix-dosemu-vm86-v7-2-1de0daca2d42%40linux.intel.com
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<entry>
<title>x86/entry_32: Do not clobber user EFLAGS.ZF</title>
<updated>2024-10-08T22:16:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pawan Gupta</name>
<email>pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-25T22:25:38+00:00</published>
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Opportunistic SYSEXIT executes VERW to clear CPU buffers after user EFLAGS
are restored. This can clobber user EFLAGS.ZF.

Move CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS before the user EFLAGS are restored. This ensures
that the user EFLAGS.ZF is not clobbered.

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/yVXwe8gvgmPADpRB6lXlicS2fcHoV5OHHxyuFbB_MEleRPD7-KhGe5VtORejtPe-KCkT8Uhcg5d7-IBw4Ojb4H7z5LQxoZylSmJ8KNL3A8o=@protonmail.com/
Fixes: a0e2dab44d22 ("x86/entry_32: Add VERW just before userspace transition")
Reported-by: Jari Ruusu &lt;jariruusu@protonmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta &lt;pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240925-fix-dosemu-vm86-v7-1-1de0daca2d42%40linux.intel.com
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Opportunistic SYSEXIT executes VERW to clear CPU buffers after user EFLAGS
are restored. This can clobber user EFLAGS.ZF.

Move CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS before the user EFLAGS are restored. This ensures
that the user EFLAGS.ZF is not clobbered.

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/yVXwe8gvgmPADpRB6lXlicS2fcHoV5OHHxyuFbB_MEleRPD7-KhGe5VtORejtPe-KCkT8Uhcg5d7-IBw4Ojb4H7z5LQxoZylSmJ8KNL3A8o=@protonmail.com/
Fixes: a0e2dab44d22 ("x86/entry_32: Add VERW just before userspace transition")
Reported-by: Jari Ruusu &lt;jariruusu@protonmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta &lt;pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240925-fix-dosemu-vm86-v7-1-1de0daca2d42%40linux.intel.com
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'random-6.12-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random</title>
<updated>2024-09-18T13:26:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-18T13:26:31+00:00</published>
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Pull random number generator updates from Jason Donenfeld:
 "Originally I'd planned on sending each of the vDSO getrandom()
  architecture ports to their respective arch trees. But as we started
  to work on this, we found lots of interesting issues in the shared
  code and infrastructure, the fixes for which the various archs needed
  to base their work.

  So in the end, this turned into a nice collaborative effort fixing up
  issues and porting to 5 new architectures -- arm64, powerpc64,
  powerpc32, s390x, and loongarch64 -- with everybody pitching in and
  commenting on each other's code. It was a fun development cycle.

  This contains:

   - Numerous fixups to the vDSO selftest infrastructure, getting it
     running successfully on more platforms, and fixing bugs in it.

   - Additions to the vDSO getrandom &amp; chacha selftests. Basically every
     time manual review unearthed a bug in a revision of an arch patch,
     or an ambiguity, the tests were augmented.

     By the time the last arch was submitted for review, s390x, v1 of
     the series was essentially fine right out of the gate.

   - Fixes to the the generic C implementation of vDSO getrandom, to
     build and run successfully on all archs, decoupling it from
     assumptions we had (unintentionally) made on x86_64 that didn't
     carry through to the other architectures.

   - Port of vDSO getrandom to LoongArch64, from Xi Ruoyao and acked by
     Huacai Chen.

   - Port of vDSO getrandom to ARM64, from Adhemerval Zanella and acked
     by Will Deacon.

   - Port of vDSO getrandom to PowerPC, in both 32-bit and 64-bit
     varieties, from Christophe Leroy and acked by Michael Ellerman.

   - Port of vDSO getrandom to S390X from Heiko Carstens, the arch
     maintainer.

  While it'd be natural for there to be things to fix up over the course
  of the development cycle, these patches got a decent amount of review
  from a fairly diverse crew of folks on the mailing lists, and, for the
  most part, they've been cooking in linux-next, which has been helpful
  for ironing out build issues.

  In terms of architectures, I think that mostly takes care of the
  important 64-bit archs with hardware still being produced and running
  production loads in settings where vDSO getrandom is likely to help.

  Arguably there's still RISC-V left, and we'll see for 6.13 whether
  they find it useful and submit a port"

* tag 'random-6.12-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random: (47 commits)
  selftests: vDSO: check cpu caps before running chacha test
  s390/vdso: Wire up getrandom() vdso implementation
  s390/vdso: Move vdso symbol handling to separate header file
  s390/vdso: Allow alternatives in vdso code
  s390/module: Provide find_section() helper
  s390/facility: Let test_facility() generate static branch if possible
  s390/alternatives: Remove ALT_FACILITY_EARLY
  s390/facility: Disable compile time optimization for decompressor code
  selftests: vDSO: fix vdso_config for s390
  selftests: vDSO: fix ELF hash table entry size for s390x
  powerpc/vdso: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation on VDSO64
  powerpc/vdso: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation on VDSO32
  powerpc/vdso: Refactor CFLAGS for CVDSO build
  powerpc/vdso32: Add crtsavres
  mm: Define VM_DROPPABLE for powerpc/32
  powerpc/vdso: Fix VDSO data access when running in a non-root time namespace
  selftests: vDSO: don't include generated headers for chacha test
  arm64: vDSO: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation
  arm64: alternative: make alternative_has_cap_likely() VDSO compatible
  selftests: vDSO: also test counter in vdso_test_chacha
  ...
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Pull random number generator updates from Jason Donenfeld:
 "Originally I'd planned on sending each of the vDSO getrandom()
  architecture ports to their respective arch trees. But as we started
  to work on this, we found lots of interesting issues in the shared
  code and infrastructure, the fixes for which the various archs needed
  to base their work.

  So in the end, this turned into a nice collaborative effort fixing up
  issues and porting to 5 new architectures -- arm64, powerpc64,
  powerpc32, s390x, and loongarch64 -- with everybody pitching in and
  commenting on each other's code. It was a fun development cycle.

  This contains:

   - Numerous fixups to the vDSO selftest infrastructure, getting it
     running successfully on more platforms, and fixing bugs in it.

   - Additions to the vDSO getrandom &amp; chacha selftests. Basically every
     time manual review unearthed a bug in a revision of an arch patch,
     or an ambiguity, the tests were augmented.

     By the time the last arch was submitted for review, s390x, v1 of
     the series was essentially fine right out of the gate.

   - Fixes to the the generic C implementation of vDSO getrandom, to
     build and run successfully on all archs, decoupling it from
     assumptions we had (unintentionally) made on x86_64 that didn't
     carry through to the other architectures.

   - Port of vDSO getrandom to LoongArch64, from Xi Ruoyao and acked by
     Huacai Chen.

   - Port of vDSO getrandom to ARM64, from Adhemerval Zanella and acked
     by Will Deacon.

   - Port of vDSO getrandom to PowerPC, in both 32-bit and 64-bit
     varieties, from Christophe Leroy and acked by Michael Ellerman.

   - Port of vDSO getrandom to S390X from Heiko Carstens, the arch
     maintainer.

  While it'd be natural for there to be things to fix up over the course
  of the development cycle, these patches got a decent amount of review
  from a fairly diverse crew of folks on the mailing lists, and, for the
  most part, they've been cooking in linux-next, which has been helpful
  for ironing out build issues.

  In terms of architectures, I think that mostly takes care of the
  important 64-bit archs with hardware still being produced and running
  production loads in settings where vDSO getrandom is likely to help.

  Arguably there's still RISC-V left, and we'll see for 6.13 whether
  they find it useful and submit a port"

* tag 'random-6.12-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random: (47 commits)
  selftests: vDSO: check cpu caps before running chacha test
  s390/vdso: Wire up getrandom() vdso implementation
  s390/vdso: Move vdso symbol handling to separate header file
  s390/vdso: Allow alternatives in vdso code
  s390/module: Provide find_section() helper
  s390/facility: Let test_facility() generate static branch if possible
  s390/alternatives: Remove ALT_FACILITY_EARLY
  s390/facility: Disable compile time optimization for decompressor code
  selftests: vDSO: fix vdso_config for s390
  selftests: vDSO: fix ELF hash table entry size for s390x
  powerpc/vdso: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation on VDSO64
  powerpc/vdso: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation on VDSO32
  powerpc/vdso: Refactor CFLAGS for CVDSO build
  powerpc/vdso32: Add crtsavres
  mm: Define VM_DROPPABLE for powerpc/32
  powerpc/vdso: Fix VDSO data access when running in a non-root time namespace
  selftests: vDSO: don't include generated headers for chacha test
  arm64: vDSO: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation
  arm64: alternative: make alternative_has_cap_likely() VDSO compatible
  selftests: vDSO: also test counter in vdso_test_chacha
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'rcu.release.v6.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rcu/linux</title>
<updated>2024-09-18T05:52:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-18T05:52:24+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=067610ebaaec53809794807842a2fcf5f1f5b9eb'/>
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Pull RCU updates from Neeraj Upadhyay:
 "Context tracking:
   - rename context tracking state related symbols and remove references
     to "dynticks" in various context tracking state variables and
     related helpers
   - force context_tracking_enabled_this_cpu() to be inlined to avoid
     leaving a noinstr section

  CSD lock:
   - enhance CSD-lock diagnostic reports
   - add an API to provide an indication of ongoing CSD-lock stall

  nocb:
   - update and simplify RCU nocb code to handle (de-)offloading of
     callbacks only for offline CPUs
   - fix RT throttling hrtimer being armed from offline CPU

  rcutorture:
   - remove redundant rcu_torture_ops get_gp_completed fields
   - add SRCU -&gt;same_gp_state and -&gt;get_comp_state functions
   - add generic test for NUM_ACTIVE_*RCU_POLL* for testing RCU and SRCU
     polled grace periods
   - add CFcommon.arch for arch-specific Kconfig options
   - print number of update types in rcu_torture_write_types()
   - add rcutree.nohz_full_patience_delay testing to the TREE07 scenario
   - add a stall_cpu_repeat module parameter to test repeated CPU stalls
   - add argument to limit number of CPUs a guest OS can use in
     torture.sh

  rcustall:
   - abbreviate RCU CPU stall warnings during CSD-lock stalls
   - Allow dump_cpu_task() to be called without disabling preemption
   - defer printing stall-warning backtrace when holding rcu_node lock

  srcu:
   - make SRCU gp seq wrap-around faster
   - add KCSAN checks for concurrent updates to -&gt;srcu_n_exp_nodelay and
     -&gt;reschedule_count which are used in heuristics governing
     auto-expediting of normal SRCU grace periods and
     grace-period-state-machine delays
   - mark idle SRCU-barrier callbacks to help identify stuck
     SRCU-barrier callback

  rcu tasks:
   - remove RCU Tasks Rude asynchronous APIs as they are no longer used
   - stop testing RCU Tasks Rude asynchronous APIs
   - fix access to non-existent percpu regions
   - check processor-ID assumptions during chosen CPU calculation for
     callback enqueuing
   - update description of rtp-&gt;tasks_gp_seq grace-period sequence
     number
   - add rcu_barrier_cb_is_done() to identify whether a given
     rcu_barrier callback is stuck
   - mark idle Tasks-RCU-barrier callbacks
   - add *torture_stats_print() functions to print detailed diagnostics
     for Tasks-RCU variants
   - capture start time of rcu_barrier_tasks*() operation to help
     distinguish a hung barrier operation from a long series of barrier
     operations

  refscale:
   - add a TINY scenario to support tests of Tiny RCU and Tiny
     SRCU
   - optimize process_durations() operation

  rcuscale:
   - dump stacks of stalled rcu_scale_writer() instances and
     grace-period statistics when rcu_scale_writer() stalls
   - mark idle RCU-barrier callbacks to identify stuck RCU-barrier
     callbacks
   - print detailed grace-period and barrier diagnostics on
     rcu_scale_writer() hangs for Tasks-RCU variants
   - warn if async module parameter is specified for RCU implementations
     that do not have async primitives such as RCU Tasks Rude
   - make all writer tasks report upon hang
   - tolerate repeated GFP_KERNEL failure in rcu_scale_writer()
   - use special allocator for rcu_scale_writer()
   - NULL out top-level pointers to heap memory to avoid double-free
     bugs on modprobe failures
   - maintain per-task instead of per-CPU callbacks count to avoid any
     issues with migration of either tasks or callbacks
   - constify struct ref_scale_ops

  Fixes:
   - use system_unbound_wq for kfree_rcu work to avoid disturbing
     isolated CPUs

  Misc:
   - warn on unexpected rcu_state.srs_done_tail state
   - better define "atomic" for list_replace_rcu() and
     hlist_replace_rcu() routines
   - annotate struct kvfree_rcu_bulk_data with __counted_by()"

* tag 'rcu.release.v6.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rcu/linux: (90 commits)
  rcu: Defer printing stall-warning backtrace when holding rcu_node lock
  rcu/nocb: Remove superfluous memory barrier after bypass enqueue
  rcu/nocb: Conditionally wake up rcuo if not already waiting on GP
  rcu/nocb: Fix RT throttling hrtimer armed from offline CPU
  rcu/nocb: Simplify (de-)offloading state machine
  context_tracking: Tag context_tracking_enabled_this_cpu() __always_inline
  context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dyntick trace event into rcu_watching
  rcu: Update stray documentation references to rcu_dynticks_eqs_{enter, exit}()
  rcu: Rename rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle() into rcu_momentary_eqs()
  rcu: Rename rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs() into rcu_watching_snap_recheck()
  rcu: Rename dyntick_save_progress_counter() into rcu_watching_snap_save()
  rcu: Rename struct rcu_data .exp_dynticks_snap into .exp_watching_snap
  rcu: Rename struct rcu_data .dynticks_snap into .watching_snap
  rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs() into rcu_watching_zero_in_eqs()
  rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since() into rcu_watching_snap_stopped_since()
  rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_in_eqs() into rcu_watching_snap_in_eqs()
  rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_eqs_online() into rcu_watching_online()
  context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs() into rcu_is_watching_curr_cpu()
  context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_task*() into rcu_task*()
  refscale: Constify struct ref_scale_ops
  ...
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Pull RCU updates from Neeraj Upadhyay:
 "Context tracking:
   - rename context tracking state related symbols and remove references
     to "dynticks" in various context tracking state variables and
     related helpers
   - force context_tracking_enabled_this_cpu() to be inlined to avoid
     leaving a noinstr section

  CSD lock:
   - enhance CSD-lock diagnostic reports
   - add an API to provide an indication of ongoing CSD-lock stall

  nocb:
   - update and simplify RCU nocb code to handle (de-)offloading of
     callbacks only for offline CPUs
   - fix RT throttling hrtimer being armed from offline CPU

  rcutorture:
   - remove redundant rcu_torture_ops get_gp_completed fields
   - add SRCU -&gt;same_gp_state and -&gt;get_comp_state functions
   - add generic test for NUM_ACTIVE_*RCU_POLL* for testing RCU and SRCU
     polled grace periods
   - add CFcommon.arch for arch-specific Kconfig options
   - print number of update types in rcu_torture_write_types()
   - add rcutree.nohz_full_patience_delay testing to the TREE07 scenario
   - add a stall_cpu_repeat module parameter to test repeated CPU stalls
   - add argument to limit number of CPUs a guest OS can use in
     torture.sh

  rcustall:
   - abbreviate RCU CPU stall warnings during CSD-lock stalls
   - Allow dump_cpu_task() to be called without disabling preemption
   - defer printing stall-warning backtrace when holding rcu_node lock

  srcu:
   - make SRCU gp seq wrap-around faster
   - add KCSAN checks for concurrent updates to -&gt;srcu_n_exp_nodelay and
     -&gt;reschedule_count which are used in heuristics governing
     auto-expediting of normal SRCU grace periods and
     grace-period-state-machine delays
   - mark idle SRCU-barrier callbacks to help identify stuck
     SRCU-barrier callback

  rcu tasks:
   - remove RCU Tasks Rude asynchronous APIs as they are no longer used
   - stop testing RCU Tasks Rude asynchronous APIs
   - fix access to non-existent percpu regions
   - check processor-ID assumptions during chosen CPU calculation for
     callback enqueuing
   - update description of rtp-&gt;tasks_gp_seq grace-period sequence
     number
   - add rcu_barrier_cb_is_done() to identify whether a given
     rcu_barrier callback is stuck
   - mark idle Tasks-RCU-barrier callbacks
   - add *torture_stats_print() functions to print detailed diagnostics
     for Tasks-RCU variants
   - capture start time of rcu_barrier_tasks*() operation to help
     distinguish a hung barrier operation from a long series of barrier
     operations

  refscale:
   - add a TINY scenario to support tests of Tiny RCU and Tiny
     SRCU
   - optimize process_durations() operation

  rcuscale:
   - dump stacks of stalled rcu_scale_writer() instances and
     grace-period statistics when rcu_scale_writer() stalls
   - mark idle RCU-barrier callbacks to identify stuck RCU-barrier
     callbacks
   - print detailed grace-period and barrier diagnostics on
     rcu_scale_writer() hangs for Tasks-RCU variants
   - warn if async module parameter is specified for RCU implementations
     that do not have async primitives such as RCU Tasks Rude
   - make all writer tasks report upon hang
   - tolerate repeated GFP_KERNEL failure in rcu_scale_writer()
   - use special allocator for rcu_scale_writer()
   - NULL out top-level pointers to heap memory to avoid double-free
     bugs on modprobe failures
   - maintain per-task instead of per-CPU callbacks count to avoid any
     issues with migration of either tasks or callbacks
   - constify struct ref_scale_ops

  Fixes:
   - use system_unbound_wq for kfree_rcu work to avoid disturbing
     isolated CPUs

  Misc:
   - warn on unexpected rcu_state.srs_done_tail state
   - better define "atomic" for list_replace_rcu() and
     hlist_replace_rcu() routines
   - annotate struct kvfree_rcu_bulk_data with __counted_by()"

* tag 'rcu.release.v6.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rcu/linux: (90 commits)
  rcu: Defer printing stall-warning backtrace when holding rcu_node lock
  rcu/nocb: Remove superfluous memory barrier after bypass enqueue
  rcu/nocb: Conditionally wake up rcuo if not already waiting on GP
  rcu/nocb: Fix RT throttling hrtimer armed from offline CPU
  rcu/nocb: Simplify (de-)offloading state machine
  context_tracking: Tag context_tracking_enabled_this_cpu() __always_inline
  context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dyntick trace event into rcu_watching
  rcu: Update stray documentation references to rcu_dynticks_eqs_{enter, exit}()
  rcu: Rename rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle() into rcu_momentary_eqs()
  rcu: Rename rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs() into rcu_watching_snap_recheck()
  rcu: Rename dyntick_save_progress_counter() into rcu_watching_snap_save()
  rcu: Rename struct rcu_data .exp_dynticks_snap into .exp_watching_snap
  rcu: Rename struct rcu_data .dynticks_snap into .watching_snap
  rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs() into rcu_watching_zero_in_eqs()
  rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since() into rcu_watching_snap_stopped_since()
  rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_in_eqs() into rcu_watching_snap_in_eqs()
  rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_eqs_online() into rcu_watching_online()
  context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs() into rcu_is_watching_curr_cpu()
  context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_task*() into rcu_task*()
  refscale: Constify struct ref_scale_ops
  ...
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<entry>
<title>random: vDSO: add a __vdso_getrandom prototype for all architectures</title>
<updated>2024-09-13T15:28:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xi Ruoyao</name>
<email>xry111@xry111.site</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-01T06:13:10+00:00</published>
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Without a prototype, we'll have to add a prototype for each architecture
implementing vDSO getrandom. As most architectures will likely have the
vDSO getrandom implemented in a near future, and we'd like to keep the
declarations compatible everywhere (to ease the libc implementor work),
we should really just have one copy of the prototype.

This also is what's already done inside of include/vdso/gettime.h for
those vDSO functions, so this continues that convention.

Suggested-by: Huacai Chen &lt;chenhuacai@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xi Ruoyao &lt;xry111@xry111.site&gt;
Acked-by: Huacai Chen &lt;chenhuacai@kernel.org&gt;
[Jason: rewrite docbook comment for prototype.]
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld &lt;Jason@zx2c4.com&gt;
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Without a prototype, we'll have to add a prototype for each architecture
implementing vDSO getrandom. As most architectures will likely have the
vDSO getrandom implemented in a near future, and we'd like to keep the
declarations compatible everywhere (to ease the libc implementor work),
we should really just have one copy of the prototype.

This also is what's already done inside of include/vdso/gettime.h for
those vDSO functions, so this continues that convention.

Suggested-by: Huacai Chen &lt;chenhuacai@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xi Ruoyao &lt;xry111@xry111.site&gt;
Acked-by: Huacai Chen &lt;chenhuacai@kernel.org&gt;
[Jason: rewrite docbook comment for prototype.]
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld &lt;Jason@zx2c4.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>random: vDSO: add __arch_get_k_vdso_rng_data() helper for data page access</title>
<updated>2024-09-13T15:28:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-22T07:13:11+00:00</published>
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_vdso_data is specific to x86 and __arch_get_k_vdso_data() is provided
so that all architectures can provide the requested pointer.

Do the same with _vdso_rng_data, provide __arch_get_k_vdso_rng_data()
and don't use x86 _vdso_rng_data directly.

Until now vdso/vsyscall.h was only included by time/vsyscall.c but now
it will also be included in char/random.c, leading to a duplicate
declaration of _vdso_data and _vdso_rng_data.

To fix this issue, move the declaration in a C file. vma.c looks like
the most appropriate candidate. We don't need to replace the definitions
in vsyscall.h by declarations as declarations are already in asm/vvar.h.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld &lt;Jason@zx2c4.com&gt;
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_vdso_data is specific to x86 and __arch_get_k_vdso_data() is provided
so that all architectures can provide the requested pointer.

Do the same with _vdso_rng_data, provide __arch_get_k_vdso_rng_data()
and don't use x86 _vdso_rng_data directly.

Until now vdso/vsyscall.h was only included by time/vsyscall.c but now
it will also be included in char/random.c, leading to a duplicate
declaration of _vdso_data and _vdso_rng_data.

To fix this issue, move the declaration in a C file. vma.c looks like
the most appropriate candidate. We don't need to replace the definitions
in vsyscall.h by declarations as declarations are already in asm/vvar.h.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld &lt;Jason@zx2c4.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>uretprobe: change syscall number, again</title>
<updated>2024-08-02T13:18:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-07-30T15:30:40+00:00</published>
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Despite multiple attempts to get the syscall number assignment right
for the newly added uretprobe syscall, we ended up with a bit of a mess:

 - The number is defined as 467 based on the assumption that the
   xattrat family of syscalls would use 463 through 466, but those
   did not make it into 6.11.

 - The include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h file still lists the number
   463, but the new scripts/syscall.tbl that was supposed to have the
   same data lists 467 instead as the number for arc, arm64, csky,
   hexagon, loongarch, nios2, openrisc and riscv. None of these
   architectures actually provide a uretprobe syscall.

 - All the other architectures (powerpc, arm, mips, ...) don't list
   this syscall at all.

There are two ways to make it consistent again: either list it with
the same syscall number on all architectures, or only list it on x86
but not in scripts/syscall.tbl and asm-generic/unistd.h.

Based on the most recent discussion, it seems like we won't need it
anywhere else, so just remove the inconsistent assignment and instead
move the x86 number to the next available one in the architecture
specific range, which is 335.

Fixes: 5c28424e9a34 ("syscalls: Fix to add sys_uretprobe to syscall.tbl")
Fixes: 190fec72df4a ("uprobe: Wire up uretprobe system call")
Fixes: 63ded110979b ("uprobe: Change uretprobe syscall scope and number")
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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<pre>
Despite multiple attempts to get the syscall number assignment right
for the newly added uretprobe syscall, we ended up with a bit of a mess:

 - The number is defined as 467 based on the assumption that the
   xattrat family of syscalls would use 463 through 466, but those
   did not make it into 6.11.

 - The include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h file still lists the number
   463, but the new scripts/syscall.tbl that was supposed to have the
   same data lists 467 instead as the number for arc, arm64, csky,
   hexagon, loongarch, nios2, openrisc and riscv. None of these
   architectures actually provide a uretprobe syscall.

 - All the other architectures (powerpc, arm, mips, ...) don't list
   this syscall at all.

There are two ways to make it consistent again: either list it with
the same syscall number on all architectures, or only list it on x86
but not in scripts/syscall.tbl and asm-generic/unistd.h.

Based on the most recent discussion, it seems like we won't need it
anywhere else, so just remove the inconsistent assignment and instead
move the x86 number to the next available one in the architecture
specific range, which is 335.

Fixes: 5c28424e9a34 ("syscalls: Fix to add sys_uretprobe to syscall.tbl")
Fixes: 190fec72df4a ("uprobe: Wire up uretprobe system call")
Fixes: 63ded110979b ("uprobe: Change uretprobe syscall scope and number")
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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