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<title>Merge branch 'acpi-driver'</title>
<updated>2026-04-09T19:54:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-09T19:54:15+00:00</published>
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Merge ACPI core driver core driver updates and assorted driver updates
related to ACPI support for 7.1-rc1:

 - Clean up the ACPI AC and ACPI PAD (processor aggregator device)
   drivers (Rafael Wysocki)

 - Rework checking for duplicate video bus devices and consolidate
   pnp.bus_id workarounds handling in the ACPI video bus driver (Rafael
   Wysocki)

 - Update the ACPI core device drivers to stop setting acpi_device_name()
   unnecessarily (Rafael Wysocki)

 - Rearrange code using acpi_device_class() in the ACPI core device
   drivers and update them to stop setting acpi_device_class()
   unnecessarily (Rafael Wysocki)

 - Define ACPI_AC_CLASS in one place (Rafael Wysocki)

 - Convert the ni903x_wdt watchdog driver and the xen ACPI PAD driver to
   bind to platform devices instead of ACPI devices (Rafael Wysocki)

* acpi-driver:
  watchdog: ni903x_wdt: Convert to a platform driver
  ACPI: PAD: xen: Convert to a platform driver
  ACPI: AC: Define ACPI_AC_CLASS in one place
  ACPI: driver: Do not set acpi_device_class() unnecessarily
  ACPI: driver: Avoid using pnp.device_class for netlink handling
  ACPI: event: Redefine acpi_notifier_call_chain()
  ACPI: driver: Do not set acpi_device_name() unnecessarily
  ACPI: video: Consolidate pnp.bus_id workarounds handling
  ACPI: video: Rework checking for duplicate video bus devices
  driver core: auxiliary bus: Introduce dev_is_auxiliary()
  ACPI: PAD: Rearrange notify handler installation and removal
  ACPI: AC: Get rid of unnecessary declarations
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Merge ACPI core driver core driver updates and assorted driver updates
related to ACPI support for 7.1-rc1:

 - Clean up the ACPI AC and ACPI PAD (processor aggregator device)
   drivers (Rafael Wysocki)

 - Rework checking for duplicate video bus devices and consolidate
   pnp.bus_id workarounds handling in the ACPI video bus driver (Rafael
   Wysocki)

 - Update the ACPI core device drivers to stop setting acpi_device_name()
   unnecessarily (Rafael Wysocki)

 - Rearrange code using acpi_device_class() in the ACPI core device
   drivers and update them to stop setting acpi_device_class()
   unnecessarily (Rafael Wysocki)

 - Define ACPI_AC_CLASS in one place (Rafael Wysocki)

 - Convert the ni903x_wdt watchdog driver and the xen ACPI PAD driver to
   bind to platform devices instead of ACPI devices (Rafael Wysocki)

* acpi-driver:
  watchdog: ni903x_wdt: Convert to a platform driver
  ACPI: PAD: xen: Convert to a platform driver
  ACPI: AC: Define ACPI_AC_CLASS in one place
  ACPI: driver: Do not set acpi_device_class() unnecessarily
  ACPI: driver: Avoid using pnp.device_class for netlink handling
  ACPI: event: Redefine acpi_notifier_call_chain()
  ACPI: driver: Do not set acpi_device_name() unnecessarily
  ACPI: video: Consolidate pnp.bus_id workarounds handling
  ACPI: video: Rework checking for duplicate video bus devices
  driver core: auxiliary bus: Introduce dev_is_auxiliary()
  ACPI: PAD: Rearrange notify handler installation and removal
  ACPI: AC: Get rid of unnecessary declarations
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<entry>
<title>ACPI: processor: Rearrange and clean up acpi_processor_errata_piix4()</title>
<updated>2026-04-04T18:28:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-31T19:09:42+00:00</published>
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In acpi_processor_errata_piix4() it is not necessary to use three
struct pci_dev pointers.  One is sufficient, so use it everywhere and
drop the other two.

Additionally, define the auxiliary local variables value1 and value2
in the code block in which they are used.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2846888.mvXUDI8C0e@rafael.j.wysocki
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In acpi_processor_errata_piix4() it is not necessary to use three
struct pci_dev pointers.  One is sufficient, so use it everywhere and
drop the other two.

Additionally, define the auxiliary local variables value1 and value2
in the code block in which they are used.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2846888.mvXUDI8C0e@rafael.j.wysocki
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<entry>
<title>ACPI: processor: Fix previous acpi_processor_errata_piix4() fix</title>
<updated>2026-03-18T10:53:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-17T20:39:05+00:00</published>
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After commi f132e089fe89 ("ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference
in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()"), device pointers may be dereferenced
after dropping references to the device objects pointed to by them,
which may cause a use-after-free to occur.

Moreover, debug messages about enabling the errata may be printed
if the errata flags corresponding to them are unset.

Address all of these issues by moving message printing to the points
in the code where the errata flags are set.

Fixes: f132e089fe89 ("ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()")
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/938e2206-def5-4b7a-9b2c-d1fd37681d8a@roeck-us.net/
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/5975693.DvuYhMxLoT@rafael.j.wysocki
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After commi f132e089fe89 ("ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference
in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()"), device pointers may be dereferenced
after dropping references to the device objects pointed to by them,
which may cause a use-after-free to occur.

Moreover, debug messages about enabling the errata may be printed
if the errata flags corresponding to them are unset.

Address all of these issues by moving message printing to the points
in the code where the errata flags are set.

Fixes: f132e089fe89 ("ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()")
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/938e2206-def5-4b7a-9b2c-d1fd37681d8a@roeck-us.net/
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/5975693.DvuYhMxLoT@rafael.j.wysocki
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: driver: Do not set acpi_device_class() unnecessarily</title>
<updated>2026-03-13T15:48:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-13T13:00:41+00:00</published>
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Several core ACPI device drivers set acpi_device_class() for the given
struct acpi_device to whatever they like, but that value is never used
unless the driver itself uses it and, sadly, they neglect to clear it on
remove.  Since the only one of them still using acpi_device_class()
after previous changes is the button driver, update the others to stop
setting it in vain.  Also drop the related device class sybmols that
become redundant.

Since the ACPI button driver continues to use acpi_device_class(), make
it clear the struct field represented by acpi_device_class() in its
remove callback.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3706295.iIbC2pHGDl@rafael.j.wysocki
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Several core ACPI device drivers set acpi_device_class() for the given
struct acpi_device to whatever they like, but that value is never used
unless the driver itself uses it and, sadly, they neglect to clear it on
remove.  Since the only one of them still using acpi_device_class()
after previous changes is the button driver, update the others to stop
setting it in vain.  Also drop the related device class sybmols that
become redundant.

Since the ACPI button driver continues to use acpi_device_class(), make
it clear the struct field represented by acpi_device_class() in its
remove callback.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3706295.iIbC2pHGDl@rafael.j.wysocki
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<entry>
<title>ACPI: driver: Do not set acpi_device_name() unnecessarily</title>
<updated>2026-03-13T15:48:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-13T12:58:30+00:00</published>
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ACPI drivers usually set acpi_device_name() for the given struct
acpi_device to whatever they like, but that value is never used unless
the driver itself uses it and, quite unfortunately, drivers neglect to
clear it on remove.  Some drivers use it for printing messages or
initializing the names of subordinate devices, but it is better to use
string literals for that, especially if the given one is used just once.

To eliminate unnecessary overhead related to acpi_device_name()
handling, rework multiple core ACPI device drivers to stop setting
acpi_device_name() for struct acpi_device objects manipulated
by them and use a string literal instead of it where applicable.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/10840483.nUPlyArG6x@rafael.j.wysocki
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ACPI drivers usually set acpi_device_name() for the given struct
acpi_device to whatever they like, but that value is never used unless
the driver itself uses it and, quite unfortunately, drivers neglect to
clear it on remove.  Some drivers use it for printing messages or
initializing the names of subordinate devices, but it is better to use
string literals for that, especially if the given one is used just once.

To eliminate unnecessary overhead related to acpi_device_name()
handling, rework multiple core ACPI device drivers to stop setting
acpi_device_name() for struct acpi_device objects manipulated
by them and use a string literal instead of it where applicable.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/10840483.nUPlyArG6x@rafael.j.wysocki
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</entry>
<entry>
<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>
</author>
<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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</entry>
<entry>
<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>
</author>
<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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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()</title>
<updated>2026-01-14T16:31:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tuo Li</name>
<email>islituo@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-11T16:32:14+00:00</published>
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In acpi_processor_errata_piix4(), the pointer dev is first assigned an IDE
device and then reassigned an ISA device:

  dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB, ...);
  dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB_0, ...);

If the first lookup succeeds but the second fails, dev becomes NULL. This
leads to a potential null-pointer dereference when dev_dbg() is called:

  if (errata.piix4.bmisx)
    dev_dbg(&amp;dev-&gt;dev, ...);

To prevent this, use two temporary pointers and retrieve each device
independently, avoiding overwriting dev with a possible NULL value.

Signed-off-by: Tuo Li &lt;islituo@gmail.com&gt;
[ rjw: Subject adjustment, added an empty code line ]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260111163214.202262-1-islituo@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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In acpi_processor_errata_piix4(), the pointer dev is first assigned an IDE
device and then reassigned an ISA device:

  dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB, ...);
  dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB_0, ...);

If the first lookup succeeds but the second fails, dev becomes NULL. This
leads to a potential null-pointer dereference when dev_dbg() is called:

  if (errata.piix4.bmisx)
    dev_dbg(&amp;dev-&gt;dev, ...);

To prevent this, use two temporary pointers and retrieve each device
independently, avoiding overwriting dev with a possible NULL value.

Signed-off-by: Tuo Li &lt;islituo@gmail.com&gt;
[ rjw: Subject adjustment, added an empty code line ]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260111163214.202262-1-islituo@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: processor: idle: Add module import namespace</title>
<updated>2025-09-02T14:08:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-13T10:36:04+00:00</published>
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Add a new module import namespace called ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE for
functions exported from the non-modular part of the ACPI processor
driver to the modular part of it.

Export acpi_processor_claim_cst_control() and acpi_processor_evaluate_cst()
in that namespace to hide them from unrelated modules.

They are also used by the intel_idle driver, but it is non-modular,
so it can call them regardless of the way the symbols are exported.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3376499.aeNJFYEL58@rafael.j.wysocki
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Add a new module import namespace called ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE for
functions exported from the non-modular part of the ACPI processor
driver to the modular part of it.

Export acpi_processor_claim_cst_control() and acpi_processor_evaluate_cst()
in that namespace to hide them from unrelated modules.

They are also used by the intel_idle driver, but it is non-modular,
so it can call them regardless of the way the symbols are exported.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3376499.aeNJFYEL58@rafael.j.wysocki
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: processor: fix acpi_object initialization</title>
<updated>2025-07-03T13:27:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sebastian Ott</name>
<email>sebott@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-03T12:42:15+00:00</published>
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Initialization of the local acpi_object in acpi_processor_get_info()
only sets the first 4 bytes to zero and is thus incomplete. This is
indicated by messages like:
	acpi ACPI0007:be: Invalid PBLK length [166288104]

Fix this by initializing all 16 bytes of the processor member of that
union.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott &lt;sebott@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250703124215.12522-1-sebott@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Initialization of the local acpi_object in acpi_processor_get_info()
only sets the first 4 bytes to zero and is thus incomplete. This is
indicated by messages like:
	acpi ACPI0007:be: Invalid PBLK length [166288104]

Fix this by initializing all 16 bytes of the processor member of that
union.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott &lt;sebott@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250703124215.12522-1-sebott@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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