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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

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

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

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

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

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

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

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

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>pps: generators: replace copy of pps-gen info struct with const pointer</title>
<updated>2025-02-21T09:46:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Subramanian Mohan</name>
<email>subramanian.mohan@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-19T04:06:15+00:00</published>
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Some PPS generator drivers may need to retrieve a pointer to their
internal data while executing the PPS generator enable() method.

During the driver registration the pps_gen_device pointer is returned
from the framework, and for that reason, there is difficulty in
getting generator driver data back in the enable function. We won't be
able to use container_of macro as it results in static assert, and we
might end up in using static pointer.

To solve the issue and to get back the generator driver data back, we
should not copy the struct pps_gen_source_info within the struct
pps_gen_device during the registration stage, but simply save the
pointer of the driver one. In this manner, driver may get a pointer
to their internal data as shown below:

struct pps_gen_foo_data_s {
        ...
	struct pps_gen_source_info gen_info;
	struct pps_gen_device *pps_gen;
	...
};

static int __init pps_gen_foo_init(void)
{
        struct pps_gen_foo_data_s *foo;
	...
        foo-&gt;pps_gen = pps_gen_register_source(&amp;foo-&gt;gen_info);
	...
}

Then, in the enable() method, we can retrieve the pointer to the main
struct by using the code below:

static int pps_gen_foo_enable(struct pps_gen_device *pps_gen, bool enable)
{
        struct pps_gen_foo_data_s *foo = container_of(pps_gen-&gt;info,
						struct pps_gen_foo_data_s, gen_info);
        ...
}

Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti &lt;giometti@enneenne.com&gt;
Tested-by: Subramanian Mohan &lt;subramanian.mohan@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko &lt;andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko &lt;andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Subramanian Mohan &lt;subramanian.mohan@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250219040618.70962-2-subramanian.mohan@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Some PPS generator drivers may need to retrieve a pointer to their
internal data while executing the PPS generator enable() method.

During the driver registration the pps_gen_device pointer is returned
from the framework, and for that reason, there is difficulty in
getting generator driver data back in the enable function. We won't be
able to use container_of macro as it results in static assert, and we
might end up in using static pointer.

To solve the issue and to get back the generator driver data back, we
should not copy the struct pps_gen_source_info within the struct
pps_gen_device during the registration stage, but simply save the
pointer of the driver one. In this manner, driver may get a pointer
to their internal data as shown below:

struct pps_gen_foo_data_s {
        ...
	struct pps_gen_source_info gen_info;
	struct pps_gen_device *pps_gen;
	...
};

static int __init pps_gen_foo_init(void)
{
        struct pps_gen_foo_data_s *foo;
	...
        foo-&gt;pps_gen = pps_gen_register_source(&amp;foo-&gt;gen_info);
	...
}

Then, in the enable() method, we can retrieve the pointer to the main
struct by using the code below:

static int pps_gen_foo_enable(struct pps_gen_device *pps_gen, bool enable)
{
        struct pps_gen_foo_data_s *foo = container_of(pps_gen-&gt;info,
						struct pps_gen_foo_data_s, gen_info);
        ...
}

Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti &lt;giometti@enneenne.com&gt;
Tested-by: Subramanian Mohan &lt;subramanian.mohan@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko &lt;andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko &lt;andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Subramanian Mohan &lt;subramanian.mohan@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250219040618.70962-2-subramanian.mohan@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>drivers pps: add PPS generators support</title>
<updated>2025-01-08T12:18:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rodolfo Giometti</name>
<email>giometti@enneenne.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-08T07:31:12+00:00</published>
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Sometimes one needs to be able not only to catch PPS signals but to
produce them also. For example, running a distributed simulation,
which requires computers' clock to be synchronized very tightly.

This patch adds PPS generators class in order to have a well-defined
interface for these devices.

Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti &lt;giometti@enneenne.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241108073115.759039-2-giometti@enneenne.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Sometimes one needs to be able not only to catch PPS signals but to
produce them also. For example, running a distributed simulation,
which requires computers' clock to be synchronized very tightly.

This patch adds PPS generators class in order to have a well-defined
interface for these devices.

Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti &lt;giometti@enneenne.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241108073115.759039-2-giometti@enneenne.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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