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<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>x86/platform/amd: Move the &lt;asm/amd_nb.h&gt; header to &lt;asm/amd/nb.h&gt;</title>
<updated>2025-04-14T07:34:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-14T07:32:04+00:00</published>
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Collect AMD specific platform header files in &lt;asm/amd/*.h&gt;.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Mario Limonciello &lt;superm1@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250413084144.3746608-4-mingo@kernel.org
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Collect AMD specific platform header files in &lt;asm/amd/*.h&gt;.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Mario Limonciello &lt;superm1@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250413084144.3746608-4-mingo@kernel.org
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<title>x86/cacheinfo: Use sysfs_emit() for sysfs attributes show()</title>
<updated>2025-03-25T09:22:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ahmed S. Darwish</name>
<email>darwi@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-24T13:33:09+00:00</published>
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Per Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst, a sysfs attribute's show()
method should only use sysfs_emit() or sysfs_emit_at() when returning
values to user space.

Use sysfs_emit() for the AMD L3 cache sysfs attributes cache_disable_0,
cache_disable_1, and subcaches.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish &lt;darwi@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250324133324.23458-15-darwi@linutronix.de
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Per Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst, a sysfs attribute's show()
method should only use sysfs_emit() or sysfs_emit_at() when returning
values to user space.

Use sysfs_emit() for the AMD L3 cache sysfs attributes cache_disable_0,
cache_disable_1, and subcaches.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish &lt;darwi@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250324133324.23458-15-darwi@linutronix.de
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<entry>
<title>x86/cacheinfo: Move AMD cache_disable_0/1 handling to separate file</title>
<updated>2025-03-25T09:22:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ahmed S. Darwish</name>
<email>darwi@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-24T13:33:08+00:00</published>
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Parent commit decoupled amd_northbridge out of _cpuid4_info_regs, where
it was merely "parked" there until ci_info_init() can store it in the
private pointer of the &lt;linux/cacheinfo.h&gt; API.

Given that decoupling, move the AMD-specific L3 cache_disable_0/1 sysfs
code from the generic (and already extremely convoluted) x86/cacheinfo
code into its own file.

Compile the file only if CONFIG_AMD_NB and CONFIG_SYSFS are both
enabled, which mirrors the existing logic.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish &lt;darwi@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250324133324.23458-14-darwi@linutronix.de
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Parent commit decoupled amd_northbridge out of _cpuid4_info_regs, where
it was merely "parked" there until ci_info_init() can store it in the
private pointer of the &lt;linux/cacheinfo.h&gt; API.

Given that decoupling, move the AMD-specific L3 cache_disable_0/1 sysfs
code from the generic (and already extremely convoluted) x86/cacheinfo
code into its own file.

Compile the file only if CONFIG_AMD_NB and CONFIG_SYSFS are both
enabled, which mirrors the existing logic.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish &lt;darwi@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250324133324.23458-14-darwi@linutronix.de
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