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<title>Merge tag 'x86-boot-2025-01-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-01-24T13:54:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2025-01-24T13:54:26+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - A large and involved preparatory series to pave the way to add
   exception handling for relocate_kernel - which will be a debugging
   facility that has aided in the field to debug an exceptionally hard
   to debug early boot bug. Plus assorted cleanups and fixes that were
   discovered along the way, by David Woodhouse:

      - Clean up and document register use in relocate_kernel_64.S
      - Use named labels in swap_pages in relocate_kernel_64.S
      - Only swap pages for ::preserve_context mode
      - Allocate PGD for x86_64 transition page tables separately
      - Copy control page into place in machine_kexec_prepare()
      - Invoke copy of relocate_kernel() instead of the original
      - Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section
      - Add data section to relocate_kernel
      - Drop page_list argument from relocate_kernel()
      - Eliminate writes through kernel mapping of relocate_kernel page
      - Clean up register usage in relocate_kernel()
      - Mark relocate_kernel page as ROX instead of RWX
      - Disable global pages before writing to control page
      - Ensure preserve_context flag is set on return to kernel
      - Use correct swap page in swap_pages function
      - Fix stack and handling of re-entry point for ::preserve_context
      - Mark machine_kexec() with __nocfi
      - Cope with relocate_kernel() not being at the start of the page
      - Use typedef for relocate_kernel_fn function prototype
      - Fix location of relocate_kernel with -ffunction-sections (fix by Nathan Chancellor)

 - A series to remove the last remaining absolute symbol references from
   .head.text, and enforce this at build time, by Ard Biesheuvel:

      - Avoid WARN()s and panic()s in early boot code
      - Don't hang but terminate on failure to remap SVSM CA
      - Determine VA/PA offset before entering C code
      - Avoid intentional absolute symbol references in .head.text
      - Disable UBSAN in early boot code
      - Move ENTRY_TEXT to the start of the image
      - Move .head.text into its own output section
      - Reject absolute references in .head.text

 - The above build-time enforcement uncovered a handful of bugs of
   essentially non-working code, and a wrokaround for a toolchain bug,
   fixed by Ard Biesheuvel as well:

      - Fix spurious undefined reference when CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=n, on GCC-12
      - Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early
      - Disable ftrace branch profiling in SEV startup code

 - And miscellaneous cleanups:

      - kexec_core: Add and update comments regarding the KEXEC_JUMP flow (Rafael J. Wysocki)
      - x86/sysfs: Constify 'struct bin_attribute' (Thomas Weißschuh)"

* tag 'x86-boot-2025-01-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (33 commits)
  x86/sev: Disable ftrace branch profiling in SEV startup code
  x86/kexec: Use typedef for relocate_kernel_fn function prototype
  x86/kexec: Cope with relocate_kernel() not being at the start of the page
  kexec_core: Add and update comments regarding the KEXEC_JUMP flow
  x86/kexec: Mark machine_kexec() with __nocfi
  x86/kexec: Fix location of relocate_kernel with -ffunction-sections
  x86/kexec: Fix stack and handling of re-entry point for ::preserve_context
  x86/kexec: Use correct swap page in swap_pages function
  x86/kexec: Ensure preserve_context flag is set on return to kernel
  x86/kexec: Disable global pages before writing to control page
  x86/sev: Don't hang but terminate on failure to remap SVSM CA
  x86/sev: Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early
  x86/boot/64: Fix spurious undefined reference when CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=n, on GCC-12
  x86/sysfs: Constify 'struct bin_attribute'
  x86/kexec: Mark relocate_kernel page as ROX instead of RWX
  x86/kexec: Clean up register usage in relocate_kernel()
  x86/kexec: Eliminate writes through kernel mapping of relocate_kernel page
  x86/kexec: Drop page_list argument from relocate_kernel()
  x86/kexec: Add data section to relocate_kernel
  x86/kexec: Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section
  ...
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Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - A large and involved preparatory series to pave the way to add
   exception handling for relocate_kernel - which will be a debugging
   facility that has aided in the field to debug an exceptionally hard
   to debug early boot bug. Plus assorted cleanups and fixes that were
   discovered along the way, by David Woodhouse:

      - Clean up and document register use in relocate_kernel_64.S
      - Use named labels in swap_pages in relocate_kernel_64.S
      - Only swap pages for ::preserve_context mode
      - Allocate PGD for x86_64 transition page tables separately
      - Copy control page into place in machine_kexec_prepare()
      - Invoke copy of relocate_kernel() instead of the original
      - Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section
      - Add data section to relocate_kernel
      - Drop page_list argument from relocate_kernel()
      - Eliminate writes through kernel mapping of relocate_kernel page
      - Clean up register usage in relocate_kernel()
      - Mark relocate_kernel page as ROX instead of RWX
      - Disable global pages before writing to control page
      - Ensure preserve_context flag is set on return to kernel
      - Use correct swap page in swap_pages function
      - Fix stack and handling of re-entry point for ::preserve_context
      - Mark machine_kexec() with __nocfi
      - Cope with relocate_kernel() not being at the start of the page
      - Use typedef for relocate_kernel_fn function prototype
      - Fix location of relocate_kernel with -ffunction-sections (fix by Nathan Chancellor)

 - A series to remove the last remaining absolute symbol references from
   .head.text, and enforce this at build time, by Ard Biesheuvel:

      - Avoid WARN()s and panic()s in early boot code
      - Don't hang but terminate on failure to remap SVSM CA
      - Determine VA/PA offset before entering C code
      - Avoid intentional absolute symbol references in .head.text
      - Disable UBSAN in early boot code
      - Move ENTRY_TEXT to the start of the image
      - Move .head.text into its own output section
      - Reject absolute references in .head.text

 - The above build-time enforcement uncovered a handful of bugs of
   essentially non-working code, and a wrokaround for a toolchain bug,
   fixed by Ard Biesheuvel as well:

      - Fix spurious undefined reference when CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=n, on GCC-12
      - Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early
      - Disable ftrace branch profiling in SEV startup code

 - And miscellaneous cleanups:

      - kexec_core: Add and update comments regarding the KEXEC_JUMP flow (Rafael J. Wysocki)
      - x86/sysfs: Constify 'struct bin_attribute' (Thomas Weißschuh)"

* tag 'x86-boot-2025-01-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (33 commits)
  x86/sev: Disable ftrace branch profiling in SEV startup code
  x86/kexec: Use typedef for relocate_kernel_fn function prototype
  x86/kexec: Cope with relocate_kernel() not being at the start of the page
  kexec_core: Add and update comments regarding the KEXEC_JUMP flow
  x86/kexec: Mark machine_kexec() with __nocfi
  x86/kexec: Fix location of relocate_kernel with -ffunction-sections
  x86/kexec: Fix stack and handling of re-entry point for ::preserve_context
  x86/kexec: Use correct swap page in swap_pages function
  x86/kexec: Ensure preserve_context flag is set on return to kernel
  x86/kexec: Disable global pages before writing to control page
  x86/sev: Don't hang but terminate on failure to remap SVSM CA
  x86/sev: Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early
  x86/boot/64: Fix spurious undefined reference when CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=n, on GCC-12
  x86/sysfs: Constify 'struct bin_attribute'
  x86/kexec: Mark relocate_kernel page as ROX instead of RWX
  x86/kexec: Clean up register usage in relocate_kernel()
  x86/kexec: Eliminate writes through kernel mapping of relocate_kernel page
  x86/kexec: Drop page_list argument from relocate_kernel()
  x86/kexec: Add data section to relocate_kernel
  x86/kexec: Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section
  ...
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<entry>
<title>x86/kexec: Fix location of relocate_kernel with -ffunction-sections</title>
<updated>2025-01-14T12:00:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nathan Chancellor</name>
<email>nathan@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-09T14:04:17+00:00</published>
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After commit

  cb33ff9e063c ("x86/kexec: Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section"),

kernels configured with an option that uses -ffunction-sections, such as
CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, crash when kexecing because the value of relocate_kernel
does not match the value of __relocate_kernel_start so incorrect code gets
copied via machine_kexec_prepare().

  $ llvm-nm good-vmlinux &amp;| rg relocate_kernel
  ffffffff83280d41 T __relocate_kernel_end
  ffffffff83280b00 T __relocate_kernel_start
  ffffffff83280b00 T relocate_kernel

  $ llvm-nm bad-vmlinux &amp;| rg relocate_kernel
  ffffffff83266100 D __relocate_kernel_end
  ffffffff83266100 D __relocate_kernel_start
  ffffffff8120b0d8 T relocate_kernel

When -ffunction-sections is enabled, TEXT_MAIN matches on
'.text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*' to coalesce the function specific functions back
into .text during link time after they have been optimized. Due to the
placement of TEXT_TEXT before KEXEC_RELOCATE_KERNEL in the x86 linker
script, the .text.relocate_kernel section ends up in .text instead of
.data.

Use a second dot in the relocate_kernel section name to avoid matching
on TEXT_MAIN, which matches a similar situation that happened in
commit

  79cd2a11224e ("x86/retpoline,kprobes: Fix position of thunk sections with CONFIG_LTO_CLANG"),

which allows kexec to function properly.

While .data.relocate_kernel still ends up in the .data section via
DATA_MAIN -&gt; DATA_DATA, ensure it is located with the
.text.relocate_kernel section as intended by performing the same
transformation.

Fixes: cb33ff9e063c ("x86/kexec: Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section")
Fixes: 8dbec5c77bc3 ("x86/kexec: Add data section to relocate_kernel")
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250109140757.2841269-6-dwmw2@infradead.org
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After commit

  cb33ff9e063c ("x86/kexec: Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section"),

kernels configured with an option that uses -ffunction-sections, such as
CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, crash when kexecing because the value of relocate_kernel
does not match the value of __relocate_kernel_start so incorrect code gets
copied via machine_kexec_prepare().

  $ llvm-nm good-vmlinux &amp;| rg relocate_kernel
  ffffffff83280d41 T __relocate_kernel_end
  ffffffff83280b00 T __relocate_kernel_start
  ffffffff83280b00 T relocate_kernel

  $ llvm-nm bad-vmlinux &amp;| rg relocate_kernel
  ffffffff83266100 D __relocate_kernel_end
  ffffffff83266100 D __relocate_kernel_start
  ffffffff8120b0d8 T relocate_kernel

When -ffunction-sections is enabled, TEXT_MAIN matches on
'.text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*' to coalesce the function specific functions back
into .text during link time after they have been optimized. Due to the
placement of TEXT_TEXT before KEXEC_RELOCATE_KERNEL in the x86 linker
script, the .text.relocate_kernel section ends up in .text instead of
.data.

Use a second dot in the relocate_kernel section name to avoid matching
on TEXT_MAIN, which matches a similar situation that happened in
commit

  79cd2a11224e ("x86/retpoline,kprobes: Fix position of thunk sections with CONFIG_LTO_CLANG"),

which allows kexec to function properly.

While .data.relocate_kernel still ends up in the .data section via
DATA_MAIN -&gt; DATA_DATA, ensure it is located with the
.text.relocate_kernel section as intended by performing the same
transformation.

Fixes: cb33ff9e063c ("x86/kexec: Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section")
Fixes: 8dbec5c77bc3 ("x86/kexec: Add data section to relocate_kernel")
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250109140757.2841269-6-dwmw2@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>x86/xen: remove hypercall page</title>
<updated>2024-12-17T07:23:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Juergen Gross</name>
<email>jgross@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-17T13:27:31+00:00</published>
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The hypercall page is no longer needed. It can be removed, as from the
Xen perspective it is optional.

But, from Linux's perspective, it removes naked RET instructions that
escape the speculative protections that Call Depth Tracking and/or
Untrain Ret are trying to achieve.

This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.

Reported-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
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The hypercall page is no longer needed. It can be removed, as from the
Xen perspective it is optional.

But, from Linux's perspective, it removes naked RET instructions that
escape the speculative protections that Call Depth Tracking and/or
Untrain Ret are trying to achieve.

This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.

Reported-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/kexec: Add data section to relocate_kernel</title>
<updated>2024-12-06T09:42:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Woodhouse</name>
<email>dwmw@amazon.co.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-05T15:05:15+00:00</published>
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Now that the relocate_kernel page is handled sanely by a linker script
we can have actual data, and just use %rip-relative addressing to access
it.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baoquan He &lt;bhe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Vivek Goyal &lt;vgoyal@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Young &lt;dyoung@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Eric Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205153343.3275139-10-dwmw2@infradead.org
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Now that the relocate_kernel page is handled sanely by a linker script
we can have actual data, and just use %rip-relative addressing to access
it.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baoquan He &lt;bhe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Vivek Goyal &lt;vgoyal@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Young &lt;dyoung@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Eric Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205153343.3275139-10-dwmw2@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>x86/kexec: Move relocate_kernel to kernel .data section</title>
<updated>2024-12-06T09:41:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Woodhouse</name>
<email>dwmw@amazon.co.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-05T15:05:14+00:00</published>
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Now that the copy is executed instead of the original, the relocate_kernel
page can live in the kernel's .text section. This will allow subsequent
commits to actually add real data to it and clean up the code somewhat as
well as making the control page ROX.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baoquan He &lt;bhe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Vivek Goyal &lt;vgoyal@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Young &lt;dyoung@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Eric Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205153343.3275139-9-dwmw2@infradead.org
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Now that the copy is executed instead of the original, the relocate_kernel
page can live in the kernel's .text section. This will allow subsequent
commits to actually add real data to it and clean up the code somewhat as
well as making the control page ROX.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baoquan He &lt;bhe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Vivek Goyal &lt;vgoyal@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Young &lt;dyoung@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Eric Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205153343.3275139-9-dwmw2@infradead.org
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/boot: Move .head.text into its own output section</title>
<updated>2024-12-05T12:18:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-05T11:28:11+00:00</published>
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In order to be able to double check that vmlinux is emitted without
absolute symbol references in .head.text, it needs to be distinguishable
from the rest of .text in the ELF metadata.

So move .head.text into its own ELF section.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205112804.3416920-15-ardb+git@google.com
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<pre>
In order to be able to double check that vmlinux is emitted without
absolute symbol references in .head.text, it needs to be distinguishable
from the rest of .text in the ELF metadata.

So move .head.text into its own ELF section.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205112804.3416920-15-ardb+git@google.com
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<entry>
<title>x86/kernel: Move ENTRY_TEXT to the start of the image</title>
<updated>2024-12-05T12:18:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-05T11:28:10+00:00</published>
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Since commit:

  7734a0f31e99 ("x86/boot: Robustify calling startup_{32,64}() from the decompressor code")

it is no longer necessary for .head.text to appear at the start of the
image. Since ENTRY_TEXT needs to appear PMD-aligned, it is easier to
just place it at the start of the image, rather than line it up with the
end of the .text section. The amount of padding required should be the
same, but this arrangement also permits .head.text to be split off and
emitted separately, which is needed by a subsequent change.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205112804.3416920-14-ardb+git@google.com
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Since commit:

  7734a0f31e99 ("x86/boot: Robustify calling startup_{32,64}() from the decompressor code")

it is no longer necessary for .head.text to appear at the start of the
image. Since ENTRY_TEXT needs to appear PMD-aligned, it is easier to
just place it at the start of the image, rather than line it up with the
end of the .text section. The amount of padding required should be the
same, but this arrangement also permits .head.text to be split off and
emitted separately, which is needed by a subsequent change.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205112804.3416920-14-ardb+git@google.com
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2024-11-30T21:41:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-30T21:41:50+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=6a34dfa15d6edf7e78b8118d862d2db0889cf669'/>
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add generic support for built-in boot DTB files

 - Enable TAB cycling for dialog buttons in nconfig

 - Fix issues in streamline_config.pl

 - Refactor Kconfig

 - Add support for Clang's AutoFDO (Automatic Feedback-Directed
   Optimization)

 - Add support for Clang's Propeller, a profile-guided optimization.

 - Change the working directory to the external module directory for M=
   builds

 - Support building external modules in a separate output directory

 - Enable objtool for *.mod.o and additional kernel objects

 - Use lz4 instead of deprecated lz4c

 - Work around a performance issue with "git describe"

 - Refactor modpost

* tag 'kbuild-v6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (85 commits)
  kbuild: rename .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms0.syms to .tmp_vmlinux0.syms
  gitignore: Don't ignore 'tags' directory
  kbuild: add dependency from vmlinux to resolve_btfids
  modpost: replace tdb_hash() with hash_str()
  kbuild: deb-pkg: add python3:native to build dependency
  genksyms: reduce indentation in export_symbol()
  modpost: improve error messages in device_id_check()
  modpost: rename alias symbol for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()
  modpost: rename variables in handle_moddevtable()
  modpost: move strstarts() to modpost.h
  modpost: convert do_usb_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_of_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_device_entry() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_card_entries() to a generic handler
  modpost: call module_alias_printf() from all do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: pass (struct module *) to do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: remove DEF_FIELD_ADDR_VAR() macro
  modpost: deduplicate MODULE_ALIAS() for all drivers
  modpost: introduce module_alias_printf() helper
  modpost: remove unnecessary check in do_acpi_entry()
  ...
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<pre>
Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add generic support for built-in boot DTB files

 - Enable TAB cycling for dialog buttons in nconfig

 - Fix issues in streamline_config.pl

 - Refactor Kconfig

 - Add support for Clang's AutoFDO (Automatic Feedback-Directed
   Optimization)

 - Add support for Clang's Propeller, a profile-guided optimization.

 - Change the working directory to the external module directory for M=
   builds

 - Support building external modules in a separate output directory

 - Enable objtool for *.mod.o and additional kernel objects

 - Use lz4 instead of deprecated lz4c

 - Work around a performance issue with "git describe"

 - Refactor modpost

* tag 'kbuild-v6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (85 commits)
  kbuild: rename .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms0.syms to .tmp_vmlinux0.syms
  gitignore: Don't ignore 'tags' directory
  kbuild: add dependency from vmlinux to resolve_btfids
  modpost: replace tdb_hash() with hash_str()
  kbuild: deb-pkg: add python3:native to build dependency
  genksyms: reduce indentation in export_symbol()
  modpost: improve error messages in device_id_check()
  modpost: rename alias symbol for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()
  modpost: rename variables in handle_moddevtable()
  modpost: move strstarts() to modpost.h
  modpost: convert do_usb_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_of_table() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_device_entry() to a generic handler
  modpost: convert do_pnp_card_entries() to a generic handler
  modpost: call module_alias_printf() from all do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: pass (struct module *) to do_*_entry() functions
  modpost: remove DEF_FIELD_ADDR_VAR() macro
  modpost: deduplicate MODULE_ALIAS() for all drivers
  modpost: introduce module_alias_printf() helper
  modpost: remove unnecessary check in do_acpi_entry()
  ...
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<entry>
<title>kbuild: Add Propeller configuration for kernel build</title>
<updated>2024-11-27T00:38:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rong Xu</name>
<email>xur@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-02T17:51:14+00:00</published>
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Add the build support for using Clang's Propeller optimizer. Like
AutoFDO, Propeller uses hardware sampling to gather information
about the frequency of execution of different code paths within a
binary. This information is then used to guide the compiler's
optimization decisions, resulting in a more efficient binary.

The support requires a Clang compiler LLVM 19 or later, and the
create_llvm_prof tool
(https://github.com/google/autofdo/releases/tag/v0.30.1). This
commit is limited to x86 platforms that support PMU features
like LBR on Intel machines and AMD Zen3 BRS.

Here is an example workflow for building an AutoFDO+Propeller
optimized kernel:

1) Build the kernel on the host machine, with AutoFDO and Propeller
   build config
      CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
      CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG=y
   then
      $ make LLVM=1 CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=&lt;autofdo_profile&gt;

“&lt;autofdo_profile&gt;” is the profile collected when doing a non-Propeller
AutoFDO build. This step builds a kernel that has the same optimization
level as AutoFDO, plus a metadata section that records basic block
information. This kernel image runs as fast as an AutoFDO optimized
kernel.

2) Install the kernel on test/production machines.

3) Run the load tests. The '-c' option in perf specifies the sample
   event period. We suggest using a suitable prime number,
   like 500009, for this purpose.
   For Intel platforms:
      $ perf record -e BR_INST_RETIRED.NEAR_TAKEN:k -a -N -b -c &lt;count&gt; \
        -o &lt;perf_file&gt; -- &lt;loadtest&gt;
   For AMD platforms:
      The supported system are: Zen3 with BRS, or Zen4 with amd_lbr_v2
      # To see if Zen3 support LBR:
      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep " brs"
      # To see if Zen4 support LBR:
      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep amd_lbr_v2
      # If the result is yes, then collect the profile using:
      $ perf record --pfm-events RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS:k -a \
        -N -b -c &lt;count&gt; -o &lt;perf_file&gt; -- &lt;loadtest&gt;

4) (Optional) Download the raw perf file to the host machine.

5) Generate Propeller profile:
   $ create_llvm_prof --binary=&lt;vmlinux&gt; --profile=&lt;perf_file&gt; \
     --format=propeller --propeller_output_module_name \
     --out=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_cc_profile.txt \
     --propeller_symorder=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_ld_profile.txt

   “create_llvm_prof” is the profile conversion tool, and a prebuilt
   binary for linux can be found on
   https://github.com/google/autofdo/releases/tag/v0.30.1 (can also build
   from source).

   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;" can be something like
   "/home/user/dir/any_string".

   This command generates a pair of Propeller profiles:
   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_cc_profile.txt" and
   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_ld_profile.txt".

6) Rebuild the kernel using the AutoFDO and Propeller profile files.
      CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
      CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG=y
   and
      $ make LLVM=1 CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=&lt;autofdo_profile&gt; \
        CLANG_PROPELLER_PROFILE_PREFIX=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;

Co-developed-by: Han Shen &lt;shenhan@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Han Shen &lt;shenhan@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rong Xu &lt;xur@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Sriraman Tallam &lt;tmsriram@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Krzysztof Pszeniczny &lt;kpszeniczny@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian &lt;eranian@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yonghong.song@linux.dev&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Add the build support for using Clang's Propeller optimizer. Like
AutoFDO, Propeller uses hardware sampling to gather information
about the frequency of execution of different code paths within a
binary. This information is then used to guide the compiler's
optimization decisions, resulting in a more efficient binary.

The support requires a Clang compiler LLVM 19 or later, and the
create_llvm_prof tool
(https://github.com/google/autofdo/releases/tag/v0.30.1). This
commit is limited to x86 platforms that support PMU features
like LBR on Intel machines and AMD Zen3 BRS.

Here is an example workflow for building an AutoFDO+Propeller
optimized kernel:

1) Build the kernel on the host machine, with AutoFDO and Propeller
   build config
      CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
      CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG=y
   then
      $ make LLVM=1 CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=&lt;autofdo_profile&gt;

“&lt;autofdo_profile&gt;” is the profile collected when doing a non-Propeller
AutoFDO build. This step builds a kernel that has the same optimization
level as AutoFDO, plus a metadata section that records basic block
information. This kernel image runs as fast as an AutoFDO optimized
kernel.

2) Install the kernel on test/production machines.

3) Run the load tests. The '-c' option in perf specifies the sample
   event period. We suggest using a suitable prime number,
   like 500009, for this purpose.
   For Intel platforms:
      $ perf record -e BR_INST_RETIRED.NEAR_TAKEN:k -a -N -b -c &lt;count&gt; \
        -o &lt;perf_file&gt; -- &lt;loadtest&gt;
   For AMD platforms:
      The supported system are: Zen3 with BRS, or Zen4 with amd_lbr_v2
      # To see if Zen3 support LBR:
      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep " brs"
      # To see if Zen4 support LBR:
      $ cat proc/cpuinfo | grep amd_lbr_v2
      # If the result is yes, then collect the profile using:
      $ perf record --pfm-events RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS:k -a \
        -N -b -c &lt;count&gt; -o &lt;perf_file&gt; -- &lt;loadtest&gt;

4) (Optional) Download the raw perf file to the host machine.

5) Generate Propeller profile:
   $ create_llvm_prof --binary=&lt;vmlinux&gt; --profile=&lt;perf_file&gt; \
     --format=propeller --propeller_output_module_name \
     --out=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_cc_profile.txt \
     --propeller_symorder=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_ld_profile.txt

   “create_llvm_prof” is the profile conversion tool, and a prebuilt
   binary for linux can be found on
   https://github.com/google/autofdo/releases/tag/v0.30.1 (can also build
   from source).

   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;" can be something like
   "/home/user/dir/any_string".

   This command generates a pair of Propeller profiles:
   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_cc_profile.txt" and
   "&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;_ld_profile.txt".

6) Rebuild the kernel using the AutoFDO and Propeller profile files.
      CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
      CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG=y
   and
      $ make LLVM=1 CLANG_AUTOFDO_PROFILE=&lt;autofdo_profile&gt; \
        CLANG_PROPELLER_PROFILE_PREFIX=&lt;propeller_profile_prefix&gt;

Co-developed-by: Han Shen &lt;shenhan@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Han Shen &lt;shenhan@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rong Xu &lt;xur@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Sriraman Tallam &lt;tmsriram@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Krzysztof Pszeniczny &lt;kpszeniczny@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian &lt;eranian@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yonghong.song@linux.dev&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'timers-vdso-2024-11-18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-11-20T00:09:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-20T00:09:13+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=035238752319a58244d86facd442c5f40b0e97e2'/>
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Pull vdso data page handling updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "First steps of consolidating the VDSO data page handling.

  The VDSO data page handling is architecture specific for historical
  reasons, but there is no real technical reason to do so.

  Aside of that VDSO data has become a dump ground for various
  mechanisms and fail to provide a clear separation of the
  functionalities.

  Clean this up by:

   - consolidating the VDSO page data by getting rid of architecture
     specific warts especially in x86 and PowerPC.

   - removing the last includes of header files which are pulling in
     other headers outside of the VDSO namespace.

   - seperating timekeeping and other VDSO data accordingly.

  Further consolidation of the VDSO page handling is done in subsequent
  changes scheduled for the next merge window.

  This also lays the ground for expanding the VDSO time getters for
  independent PTP clocks in a generic way without making every
  architecture add support seperately"

* tag 'timers-vdso-2024-11-18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (42 commits)
  x86/vdso: Add missing brackets in switch case
  vdso: Rename struct arch_vdso_data to arch_vdso_time_data
  powerpc: Split systemcfg struct definitions out from vdso
  powerpc: Split systemcfg data out of vdso data page
  powerpc: Add kconfig option for the systemcfg page
  powerpc/pseries/lparcfg: Use num_possible_cpus() for potential processors
  powerpc/pseries/lparcfg: Fix printing of system_active_processors
  powerpc/procfs: Propagate error of remap_pfn_range()
  powerpc/vdso: Remove offset comment from 32bit vdso_arch_data
  x86/vdso: Split virtual clock pages into dedicated mapping
  x86/vdso: Delete vvar.h
  x86/vdso: Access vdso data without vvar.h
  x86/vdso: Move the rng offset to vsyscall.h
  x86/vdso: Access rng vdso data without vvar.h
  x86/vdso: Access timens vdso data without vvar.h
  x86/vdso: Allocate vvar page from C code
  x86/vdso: Access rng data from kernel without vvar
  x86/vdso: Place vdso_data at beginning of vvar page
  x86/vdso: Use __arch_get_vdso_data() to access vdso data
  x86/mm/mmap: Remove arch_vma_name()
  ...
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<pre>
Pull vdso data page handling updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "First steps of consolidating the VDSO data page handling.

  The VDSO data page handling is architecture specific for historical
  reasons, but there is no real technical reason to do so.

  Aside of that VDSO data has become a dump ground for various
  mechanisms and fail to provide a clear separation of the
  functionalities.

  Clean this up by:

   - consolidating the VDSO page data by getting rid of architecture
     specific warts especially in x86 and PowerPC.

   - removing the last includes of header files which are pulling in
     other headers outside of the VDSO namespace.

   - seperating timekeeping and other VDSO data accordingly.

  Further consolidation of the VDSO page handling is done in subsequent
  changes scheduled for the next merge window.

  This also lays the ground for expanding the VDSO time getters for
  independent PTP clocks in a generic way without making every
  architecture add support seperately"

* tag 'timers-vdso-2024-11-18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (42 commits)
  x86/vdso: Add missing brackets in switch case
  vdso: Rename struct arch_vdso_data to arch_vdso_time_data
  powerpc: Split systemcfg struct definitions out from vdso
  powerpc: Split systemcfg data out of vdso data page
  powerpc: Add kconfig option for the systemcfg page
  powerpc/pseries/lparcfg: Use num_possible_cpus() for potential processors
  powerpc/pseries/lparcfg: Fix printing of system_active_processors
  powerpc/procfs: Propagate error of remap_pfn_range()
  powerpc/vdso: Remove offset comment from 32bit vdso_arch_data
  x86/vdso: Split virtual clock pages into dedicated mapping
  x86/vdso: Delete vvar.h
  x86/vdso: Access vdso data without vvar.h
  x86/vdso: Move the rng offset to vsyscall.h
  x86/vdso: Access rng vdso data without vvar.h
  x86/vdso: Access timens vdso data without vvar.h
  x86/vdso: Allocate vvar page from C code
  x86/vdso: Access rng data from kernel without vvar
  x86/vdso: Place vdso_data at beginning of vvar page
  x86/vdso: Use __arch_get_vdso_data() to access vdso data
  x86/mm/mmap: Remove arch_vma_name()
  ...
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