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<entry>
<title>binder: fix hang of unregistered readers</title>
<updated>2024-07-12T09:31:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Carlos Llamas</name>
<email>cmllamas@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-07-11T20:14:51+00:00</published>
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With the introduction of binder_available_for_proc_work_ilocked() in
commit 1b77e9dcc3da ("ANDROID: binder: remove proc waitqueue") a binder
thread can only "wait_for_proc_work" after its thread-&gt;looper has been
marked as BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_{ENTERED|REGISTERED}.

This means an unregistered reader risks waiting indefinitely for work
since it never gets added to the proc-&gt;waiting_threads. If there are no
further references to its waitqueue either the task will hang. The same
applies to readers using the (e)poll interface.

I couldn't find the rationale behind this restriction. So this patch
restores the previous behavior of allowing unregistered threads to
"wait_for_proc_work". Note that an error message for this scenario,
which had previously become unreachable, is now re-enabled.

Fixes: 1b77e9dcc3da ("ANDROID: binder: remove proc waitqueue")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Martijn Coenen &lt;maco@google.com&gt;
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240711201452.2017543-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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With the introduction of binder_available_for_proc_work_ilocked() in
commit 1b77e9dcc3da ("ANDROID: binder: remove proc waitqueue") a binder
thread can only "wait_for_proc_work" after its thread-&gt;looper has been
marked as BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_{ENTERED|REGISTERED}.

This means an unregistered reader risks waiting indefinitely for work
since it never gets added to the proc-&gt;waiting_threads. If there are no
further references to its waitqueue either the task will hang. The same
applies to readers using the (e)poll interface.

I couldn't find the rationale behind this restriction. So this patch
restores the previous behavior of allowing unregistered threads to
"wait_for_proc_work". Note that an error message for this scenario,
which had previously become unreachable, is now re-enabled.

Fixes: 1b77e9dcc3da ("ANDROID: binder: remove proc waitqueue")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Martijn Coenen &lt;maco@google.com&gt;
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240711201452.2017543-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>binder_alloc: Replace kcalloc with kvcalloc to mitigate OOM issues</title>
<updated>2024-07-03T14:22:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lei Liu</name>
<email>liulei.rjpt@vivo.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-06-19T11:38:40+00:00</published>
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In binder_alloc, there is a frequent need for order3 memory allocation,
especially on small-memory mobile devices, which can lead to OOM and
cause foreground applications to be killed, resulting in flashbacks.

We use kvcalloc to allocate memory, which can reduce system OOM
occurrences, as well as decrease the time and probability of failure for
order3 memory allocations. Additionally, It has little impact on the
throughput of the binder. (as verified by Google's binder_benchmark
testing tool).

We have conducted multiple tests on an 8GB memory phone, kvcalloc has
little performance degradation and resolves frequent OOM issues, Below
is a partial excerpt of the test data.

throughput(TH_PUT) = (size * Iterations)/Time
kcalloc-&gt;kvcalloc:

Sample with kcalloc():
adb shell stop/ kcalloc /8+256G
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark                Time     CPU   Iterations  TH-PUT  TH-PUTCPU
                         (ns)     (ns)              (GB/s)    (GB/s)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
BM_sendVec_binder4      39126    18550    38894    3.976282  8.38684
BM_sendVec_binder8      38924    18542    37786    7.766108  16.3028
BM_sendVec_binder16     38328    18228    36700    15.32039  32.2141
BM_sendVec_binder32     38154    18215    38240    32.07213  67.1798
BM_sendVec_binder64     39093    18809    36142    59.16885  122.977
BM_sendVec_binder128    40169    19188    36461    116.1843  243.2253
BM_sendVec_binder256    40695    19559    35951    226.1569  470.5484
BM_sendVec_binder512    41446    20211    34259    423.2159  867.8743
BM_sendVec_binder1024   44040    22939    28904    672.0639  1290.278
BM_sendVec_binder2048   47817    25821    26595    1139.063  2109.393
BM_sendVec_binder4096   54749    30905    22742    1701.423  3014.115
BM_sendVec_binder8192   68316    42017    16684    2000.634  3252.858
BM_sendVec_binder16384  95435    64081    10961    1881.752  2802.469
BM_sendVec_binder32768  148232  107504     6510    1439.093  1984.295
BM_sendVec_binder65536  326499  229874     3178    637.8991  906.0329
NORAML TEST                                 SUM    10355.79  17188.15
stressapptest eat 2G                        SUM    10088.39  16625.97

Sample with kvcalloc():
adb shell stop/ kvcalloc /8+256G
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark                Time     CPU   Iterations  TH-PUT  TH-PUTCPU
                         (ns)     (ns)              (GB/s)    (GB/s)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BM_sendVec_binder4       39673    18832    36598    3.689965  7.773577
BM_sendVec_binder8       39869    18969    37188    7.462038  15.68369
BM_sendVec_binder16      39774    18896    36627    14.73405  31.01355
BM_sendVec_binder32      40225    19125    36995    29.43045  61.90013
BM_sendVec_binder64      40549    19529    35148    55.47544  115.1862
BM_sendVec_binder128     41580    19892    35384    108.9262  227.6871
BM_sendVec_binder256     41584    20059    34060    209.6806  434.6857
BM_sendVec_binder512     42829    20899    32493    388.4381  796.0389
BM_sendVec_binder1024    45037    23360    29251    665.0759  1282.236
BM_sendVec_binder2048    47853    25761    27091    1159.433  2153.735
BM_sendVec_binder4096    55574    31745    22405    1651.328  2890.877
BM_sendVec_binder8192    70706    43693    16400    1900.105  3074.836
BM_sendVec_binder16384   96161    64362    10793    1838.921  2747.468
BM_sendVec_binder32768  147875   107292     6296    1395.147  1922.858
BM_sendVec_binder65536  330324   232296     3053    605.7126  861.3209
NORAML TEST                                 SUM     10033.56  16623.35
stressapptest eat 2G                        SUM      9958.43  16497.55

Signed-off-by: Lei Liu &lt;liulei.rjpt@vivo.com&gt;
Acked-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240619113841.3362-1-liulei.rjpt@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<pre>
In binder_alloc, there is a frequent need for order3 memory allocation,
especially on small-memory mobile devices, which can lead to OOM and
cause foreground applications to be killed, resulting in flashbacks.

We use kvcalloc to allocate memory, which can reduce system OOM
occurrences, as well as decrease the time and probability of failure for
order3 memory allocations. Additionally, It has little impact on the
throughput of the binder. (as verified by Google's binder_benchmark
testing tool).

We have conducted multiple tests on an 8GB memory phone, kvcalloc has
little performance degradation and resolves frequent OOM issues, Below
is a partial excerpt of the test data.

throughput(TH_PUT) = (size * Iterations)/Time
kcalloc-&gt;kvcalloc:

Sample with kcalloc():
adb shell stop/ kcalloc /8+256G
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark                Time     CPU   Iterations  TH-PUT  TH-PUTCPU
                         (ns)     (ns)              (GB/s)    (GB/s)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
BM_sendVec_binder4      39126    18550    38894    3.976282  8.38684
BM_sendVec_binder8      38924    18542    37786    7.766108  16.3028
BM_sendVec_binder16     38328    18228    36700    15.32039  32.2141
BM_sendVec_binder32     38154    18215    38240    32.07213  67.1798
BM_sendVec_binder64     39093    18809    36142    59.16885  122.977
BM_sendVec_binder128    40169    19188    36461    116.1843  243.2253
BM_sendVec_binder256    40695    19559    35951    226.1569  470.5484
BM_sendVec_binder512    41446    20211    34259    423.2159  867.8743
BM_sendVec_binder1024   44040    22939    28904    672.0639  1290.278
BM_sendVec_binder2048   47817    25821    26595    1139.063  2109.393
BM_sendVec_binder4096   54749    30905    22742    1701.423  3014.115
BM_sendVec_binder8192   68316    42017    16684    2000.634  3252.858
BM_sendVec_binder16384  95435    64081    10961    1881.752  2802.469
BM_sendVec_binder32768  148232  107504     6510    1439.093  1984.295
BM_sendVec_binder65536  326499  229874     3178    637.8991  906.0329
NORAML TEST                                 SUM    10355.79  17188.15
stressapptest eat 2G                        SUM    10088.39  16625.97

Sample with kvcalloc():
adb shell stop/ kvcalloc /8+256G
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark                Time     CPU   Iterations  TH-PUT  TH-PUTCPU
                         (ns)     (ns)              (GB/s)    (GB/s)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BM_sendVec_binder4       39673    18832    36598    3.689965  7.773577
BM_sendVec_binder8       39869    18969    37188    7.462038  15.68369
BM_sendVec_binder16      39774    18896    36627    14.73405  31.01355
BM_sendVec_binder32      40225    19125    36995    29.43045  61.90013
BM_sendVec_binder64      40549    19529    35148    55.47544  115.1862
BM_sendVec_binder128     41580    19892    35384    108.9262  227.6871
BM_sendVec_binder256     41584    20059    34060    209.6806  434.6857
BM_sendVec_binder512     42829    20899    32493    388.4381  796.0389
BM_sendVec_binder1024    45037    23360    29251    665.0759  1282.236
BM_sendVec_binder2048    47853    25761    27091    1159.433  2153.735
BM_sendVec_binder4096    55574    31745    22405    1651.328  2890.877
BM_sendVec_binder8192    70706    43693    16400    1900.105  3074.836
BM_sendVec_binder16384   96161    64362    10793    1838.921  2747.468
BM_sendVec_binder32768  147875   107292     6296    1395.147  1922.858
BM_sendVec_binder65536  330324   232296     3053    605.7126  861.3209
NORAML TEST                                 SUM     10033.56  16623.35
stressapptest eat 2G                        SUM      9958.43  16497.55

Signed-off-by: Lei Liu &lt;liulei.rjpt@vivo.com&gt;
Acked-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240619113841.3362-1-liulei.rjpt@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>binder: use bitmap for faster descriptor lookup</title>
<updated>2024-07-03T14:21:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Carlos Llamas</name>
<email>cmllamas@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-06-12T04:25:13+00:00</published>
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When creating new binder references, the driver assigns a descriptor id
that is shared with userspace. Regrettably, the driver needs to keep the
descriptors small enough to accommodate userspace potentially using them
as Vector indexes. Currently, the driver performs a linear search on the
rb-tree of references to find the smallest available descriptor id. This
approach, however, scales poorly as the number of references grows.

This patch introduces the usage of bitmaps to boost the performance of
descriptor assignments. This optimization results in notable performance
gains, particularly in processes with a large number of references. The
following benchmark with 100,000 references showcases the difference in
latency between the dbitmap implementation and the legacy approach:

  [  587.145098] get_ref_desc_olocked: 15us (dbitmap on)
  [  602.788623] get_ref_desc_olocked: 47343us (dbitmap off)

Note the bitmap size is dynamically adjusted in line with the number of
references, ensuring efficient memory usage. In cases where growing the
bitmap is not possible, the driver falls back to the slow legacy method.

A previous attempt to solve this issue was proposed in [1]. However,
such method involved adding new ioctls which isn't great, plus older
userspace code would not have benefited from the optimizations either.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240417191418.1341988-1-cmllamas@google.com/ [1]
Cc: Tim Murray &lt;timmurray@google.com&gt;
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@android.com&gt;
Cc: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Cc: Martijn Coenen &lt;maco@android.com&gt;
Cc: Todd Kjos &lt;tkjos@android.com&gt;
Cc: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Moreland &lt;smoreland@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Nick Chen &lt;chenjia3@oppo.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240612042535.1556708-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<pre>
When creating new binder references, the driver assigns a descriptor id
that is shared with userspace. Regrettably, the driver needs to keep the
descriptors small enough to accommodate userspace potentially using them
as Vector indexes. Currently, the driver performs a linear search on the
rb-tree of references to find the smallest available descriptor id. This
approach, however, scales poorly as the number of references grows.

This patch introduces the usage of bitmaps to boost the performance of
descriptor assignments. This optimization results in notable performance
gains, particularly in processes with a large number of references. The
following benchmark with 100,000 references showcases the difference in
latency between the dbitmap implementation and the legacy approach:

  [  587.145098] get_ref_desc_olocked: 15us (dbitmap on)
  [  602.788623] get_ref_desc_olocked: 47343us (dbitmap off)

Note the bitmap size is dynamically adjusted in line with the number of
references, ensuring efficient memory usage. In cases where growing the
bitmap is not possible, the driver falls back to the slow legacy method.

A previous attempt to solve this issue was proposed in [1]. However,
such method involved adding new ioctls which isn't great, plus older
userspace code would not have benefited from the optimizations either.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240417191418.1341988-1-cmllamas@google.com/ [1]
Cc: Tim Murray &lt;timmurray@google.com&gt;
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@android.com&gt;
Cc: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Cc: Martijn Coenen &lt;maco@android.com&gt;
Cc: Todd Kjos &lt;tkjos@android.com&gt;
Cc: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Moreland &lt;smoreland@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Nick Chen &lt;chenjia3@oppo.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240612042535.1556708-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>binder: fix max_thread type inconsistency</title>
<updated>2024-05-04T16:59:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Carlos Llamas</name>
<email>cmllamas@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-21T17:37:49+00:00</published>
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The type defined for the BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS ioctl was changed from
size_t to __u32 in order to avoid incompatibility issues between 32 and
64-bit kernels. However, the internal types used to copy from user and
store the value were never updated. Use u32 to fix the inconsistency.

Fixes: a9350fc859ae ("staging: android: binder: fix BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS declaration")
Reported-by: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@android.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240421173750.3117808-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
The type defined for the BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS ioctl was changed from
size_t to __u32 in order to avoid incompatibility issues between 32 and
64-bit kernels. However, the internal types used to copy from user and
store the value were never updated. Use u32 to fix the inconsistency.

Fixes: a9350fc859ae ("staging: android: binder: fix BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS declaration")
Reported-by: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@android.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240421173750.3117808-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>binder: check offset alignment in binder_get_object()</title>
<updated>2024-04-11T13:19:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Carlos Llamas</name>
<email>cmllamas@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-30T19:01:14+00:00</published>
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Commit 6d98eb95b450 ("binder: avoid potential data leakage when copying
txn") introduced changes to how binder objects are copied. In doing so,
it unintentionally removed an offset alignment check done through calls
to binder_alloc_copy_from_buffer() -&gt; check_buffer().

These calls were replaced in binder_get_object() with copy_from_user(),
so now an explicit offset alignment check is needed here. This avoids
later complications when unwinding the objects gets harder.

It is worth noting this check existed prior to commit 7a67a39320df
("binder: add function to copy binder object from buffer"), likely
removed due to redundancy at the time.

Fixes: 6d98eb95b450 ("binder: avoid potential data leakage when copying txn")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Todd Kjos &lt;tkjos@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240330190115.1877819-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Commit 6d98eb95b450 ("binder: avoid potential data leakage when copying
txn") introduced changes to how binder objects are copied. In doing so,
it unintentionally removed an offset alignment check done through calls
to binder_alloc_copy_from_buffer() -&gt; check_buffer().

These calls were replaced in binder_get_object() with copy_from_user(),
so now an explicit offset alignment check is needed here. This avoids
later complications when unwinding the objects gets harder.

It is worth noting this check existed prior to commit 7a67a39320df
("binder: add function to copy binder object from buffer"), likely
removed due to redundancy at the time.

Fixes: 6d98eb95b450 ("binder: avoid potential data leakage when copying txn")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Todd Kjos &lt;tkjos@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240330190115.1877819-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'char-misc-6.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc</title>
<updated>2024-03-21T20:21:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-21T20:21:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=bb41fe35dce709ea8f91d313c558ee6c68f705ef'/>
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<content type='text'>
Pull char/misc and other driver subsystem updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of char/misc and a number of other driver
  subsystem updates for 6.9-rc1. Included in here are:

   - IIO driver updates, loads of new ones and evolution of existing ones

   - coresight driver updates

   - const cleanups for many driver subsystems

   - speakup driver additions

   - platform remove callback void cleanups

   - mei driver updates

   - mhi driver updates

   - cdx driver updates for MSI interrupt handling

   - nvmem driver updates

   - other smaller driver updates and cleanups, full details in the
    shortlog

  All of these have been in linux-next for a long time with no reported
  issue, other than a build warning for the speakup driver"

The build warning hits clang and is a gcc (and C23) extension, and is
fixed up in the merge.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240321134831.GA2762840@dev-arch.thelio-3990X/

* tag 'char-misc-6.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (279 commits)
  binder: remove redundant variable page_addr
  uio_dmem_genirq: UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT conversion
  uio_pruss: UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT conversion
  cnic,bnx2,bnx2x: use UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT
  uio: introduce UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT type
  cdx: add MSI support for CDX bus
  pps: use cflags-y instead of EXTRA_CFLAGS
  speakup: Add /dev/synthu device
  speakup: Fix 8bit characters from direct synth
  parport: sunbpp: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  parport: amiga: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  char: xillybus: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  vmw_balloon: change maintainership
  MAINTAINERS: change the maintainer for hpilo driver
  char: xilinx_hwicap: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR() bug
  hpet: remove hpets::hp_clocksource
  platform: goldfish: move the separate 'default' propery for CONFIG_GOLDFISH
  char: xilinx_hwicap: drop casting to void in dev_set_drvdata
  greybus: move is_gb_* functions out of greybus.h
  greybus: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple_xx() API
  ...
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Pull char/misc and other driver subsystem updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of char/misc and a number of other driver
  subsystem updates for 6.9-rc1. Included in here are:

   - IIO driver updates, loads of new ones and evolution of existing ones

   - coresight driver updates

   - const cleanups for many driver subsystems

   - speakup driver additions

   - platform remove callback void cleanups

   - mei driver updates

   - mhi driver updates

   - cdx driver updates for MSI interrupt handling

   - nvmem driver updates

   - other smaller driver updates and cleanups, full details in the
    shortlog

  All of these have been in linux-next for a long time with no reported
  issue, other than a build warning for the speakup driver"

The build warning hits clang and is a gcc (and C23) extension, and is
fixed up in the merge.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240321134831.GA2762840@dev-arch.thelio-3990X/

* tag 'char-misc-6.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (279 commits)
  binder: remove redundant variable page_addr
  uio_dmem_genirq: UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT conversion
  uio_pruss: UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT conversion
  cnic,bnx2,bnx2x: use UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT
  uio: introduce UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT type
  cdx: add MSI support for CDX bus
  pps: use cflags-y instead of EXTRA_CFLAGS
  speakup: Add /dev/synthu device
  speakup: Fix 8bit characters from direct synth
  parport: sunbpp: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  parport: amiga: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  char: xillybus: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  vmw_balloon: change maintainership
  MAINTAINERS: change the maintainer for hpilo driver
  char: xilinx_hwicap: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR() bug
  hpet: remove hpets::hp_clocksource
  platform: goldfish: move the separate 'default' propery for CONFIG_GOLDFISH
  char: xilinx_hwicap: drop casting to void in dev_set_drvdata
  greybus: move is_gb_* functions out of greybus.h
  greybus: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple_xx() API
  ...
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<title>binder: remove redundant variable page_addr</title>
<updated>2024-03-07T22:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Colin Ian King</name>
<email>colin.i.king@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-07T22:15:05+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=367b3560e10bbae3660d8ba4d0a7cc92170d8398'/>
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Variable page_addr is being assigned a value that is never read. The
variable is redundant and can be removed.

Cleans up clang scan build warning:
warning: Value stored to 'page_addr' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King &lt;colin.i.king@intel.com&gt;
Fixes: 162c79731448 ("binder: avoid user addresses in debug logs")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202312060851.cudv98wG-lkp@intel.com/
Acked-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240307221505.101431-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Variable page_addr is being assigned a value that is never read. The
variable is redundant and can be removed.

Cleans up clang scan build warning:
warning: Value stored to 'page_addr' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King &lt;colin.i.king@intel.com&gt;
Fixes: 162c79731448 ("binder: avoid user addresses in debug logs")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202312060851.cudv98wG-lkp@intel.com/
Acked-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240307221505.101431-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>binder: use of hlist_count_nodes()</title>
<updated>2024-02-22T23:38:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pierre Gondois</name>
<email>pierre.gondois@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-04T16:49:34+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=3fa2601e4a1fe3ec8068f7bee41a13afa061f6ae'/>
<id>3fa2601e4a1fe3ec8068f7bee41a13afa061f6ae</id>
<content type='text'>
Make use of the newly added hlist_count_nodes().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240104164937.424320-3-pierre.gondois@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois &lt;pierre.gondois@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko &lt;andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@android.com&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Martijn Coenen &lt;maco@android.com&gt;
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Cc: Todd Kjos &lt;tkjos@android.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Make use of the newly added hlist_count_nodes().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240104164937.424320-3-pierre.gondois@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois &lt;pierre.gondois@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko &lt;andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@android.com&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Martijn Coenen &lt;maco@android.com&gt;
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Cc: Todd Kjos &lt;tkjos@android.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>binder: signal epoll threads of self-work</title>
<updated>2024-01-31T22:08:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Carlos Llamas</name>
<email>cmllamas@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-31T21:53:46+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=97830f3c3088638ff90b20dfba2eb4d487bf14d7'/>
<id>97830f3c3088638ff90b20dfba2eb4d487bf14d7</id>
<content type='text'>
In (e)poll mode, threads often depend on I/O events to determine when
data is ready for consumption. Within binder, a thread may initiate a
command via BINDER_WRITE_READ without a read buffer and then make use
of epoll_wait() or similar to consume any responses afterwards.

It is then crucial that epoll threads are signaled via wakeup when they
queue their own work. Otherwise, they risk waiting indefinitely for an
event leaving their work unhandled. What is worse, subsequent commands
won't trigger a wakeup either as the thread has pending work.

Fixes: 457b9a6f09f0 ("Staging: android: add binder driver")
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@android.com&gt;
Cc: Martijn Coenen &lt;maco@android.com&gt;
Cc: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Moreland &lt;smoreland@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.19+
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240131215347.1808751-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
In (e)poll mode, threads often depend on I/O events to determine when
data is ready for consumption. Within binder, a thread may initiate a
command via BINDER_WRITE_READ without a read buffer and then make use
of epoll_wait() or similar to consume any responses afterwards.

It is then crucial that epoll threads are signaled via wakeup when they
queue their own work. Otherwise, they risk waiting indefinitely for an
event leaving their work unhandled. What is worse, subsequent commands
won't trigger a wakeup either as the thread has pending work.

Fixes: 457b9a6f09f0 ("Staging: android: add binder driver")
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg &lt;arve@android.com&gt;
Cc: Martijn Coenen &lt;maco@android.com&gt;
Cc: Alice Ryhl &lt;aliceryhl@google.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Moreland &lt;smoreland@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.19+
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas &lt;cmllamas@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240131215347.1808751-1-cmllamas@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'char-misc-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc</title>
<updated>2024-01-18T00:47:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-18T00:47:17+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=296455ade1fdcf5f8f8c033201633b60946c589a'/>
<id>296455ade1fdcf5f8f8c033201633b60946c589a</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull char/misc and other driver updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of char/misc and other driver subsystem changes
  for 6.8-rc1.

  Other than lots of binder driver changes (as you can see by the merge
  conflicts) included in here are:

   - lots of iio driver updates and additions

   - spmi driver updates

   - eeprom driver updates

   - firmware driver updates

   - ocxl driver updates

   - mhi driver updates

   - w1 driver updates

   - nvmem driver updates

   - coresight driver updates

   - platform driver remove callback api changes

   - tags.sh script updates

   - bus_type constant marking cleanups

   - lots of other small driver updates

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  issues"

* tag 'char-misc-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (341 commits)
  android: removed duplicate linux/errno
  uio: Fix use-after-free in uio_open
  drivers: soc: xilinx: add check for platform
  firmware: xilinx: Export function to use in other module
  scripts/tags.sh: remove find_sources
  scripts/tags.sh: use -n to test archinclude
  scripts/tags.sh: add local annotation
  scripts/tags.sh: use more portable -path instead of -wholename
  scripts/tags.sh: Update comment (addition of gtags)
  firmware: zynqmp: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: turris-mox-rwtm: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: stratix10-svc: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: stratix10-rsu: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: raspberrypi: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: qemu_fw_cfg: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: mtk-adsp-ipc: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: imx-dsp: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: coreboot_table: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: arm_scpi: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: arm_scmi: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  ...
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<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Pull char/misc and other driver updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of char/misc and other driver subsystem changes
  for 6.8-rc1.

  Other than lots of binder driver changes (as you can see by the merge
  conflicts) included in here are:

   - lots of iio driver updates and additions

   - spmi driver updates

   - eeprom driver updates

   - firmware driver updates

   - ocxl driver updates

   - mhi driver updates

   - w1 driver updates

   - nvmem driver updates

   - coresight driver updates

   - platform driver remove callback api changes

   - tags.sh script updates

   - bus_type constant marking cleanups

   - lots of other small driver updates

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  issues"

* tag 'char-misc-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (341 commits)
  android: removed duplicate linux/errno
  uio: Fix use-after-free in uio_open
  drivers: soc: xilinx: add check for platform
  firmware: xilinx: Export function to use in other module
  scripts/tags.sh: remove find_sources
  scripts/tags.sh: use -n to test archinclude
  scripts/tags.sh: add local annotation
  scripts/tags.sh: use more portable -path instead of -wholename
  scripts/tags.sh: Update comment (addition of gtags)
  firmware: zynqmp: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: turris-mox-rwtm: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: stratix10-svc: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: stratix10-rsu: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: raspberrypi: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: qemu_fw_cfg: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: mtk-adsp-ipc: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: imx-dsp: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: coreboot_table: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: arm_scpi: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  firmware: arm_scmi: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
  ...
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