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<title>linux.git/fs/hostfs, branch v6.7</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>hostfs: convert to new timestamp accessors</title>
<updated>2023-10-18T12:08:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Layton</name>
<email>jlayton@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-04T18:52:28+00:00</published>
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Convert to using the new inode timestamp accessor functions.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231004185347.80880-41-jlayton@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Convert to using the new inode timestamp accessor functions.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231004185347.80880-41-jlayton@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>hostfs: convert to ctime accessor functions</title>
<updated>2023-07-24T08:30:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Layton</name>
<email>jlayton@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-07-05T19:01:15+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=66e79d8934ec77bc490d00533f53e36d029d30e1'/>
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In later patches, we're going to change how the inode's ctime field is
used. Switch to using accessor functions instead of raw accesses of
inode-&gt;i_ctime.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Message-Id: &lt;20230705190309.579783-48-jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
In later patches, we're going to change how the inode's ctime field is
used. Switch to using accessor functions instead of raw accesses of
inode-&gt;i_ctime.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Message-Id: &lt;20230705190309.579783-48-jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'landlock-6.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mic/linux</title>
<updated>2023-06-28T00:10:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-28T00:10:27+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=26642864f8b212964f80fbd69685eb850ced5f45'/>
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Pull landlock updates from Mickaël Salaün:
 "Add support for Landlock to UML.

  To do this, this fixes the way hostfs manages inodes according to the
  underlying filesystem [1]. They are now properly handled as for other
  filesystems, which enables Landlock support (and probably other
  features).

  This also extends Landlock's tests with 6 pseudo filesystems,
  including hostfs"

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230612191430.339153-1-mic@digikod.net/

* tag 'landlock-6.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mic/linux:
  selftests/landlock: Add hostfs tests
  selftests/landlock: Add tests for pseudo filesystems
  selftests/landlock: Make mounts configurable
  selftests/landlock: Add supports_filesystem() helper
  selftests/landlock: Don't create useless file layouts
  hostfs: Fix ephemeral inodes
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Pull landlock updates from Mickaël Salaün:
 "Add support for Landlock to UML.

  To do this, this fixes the way hostfs manages inodes according to the
  underlying filesystem [1]. They are now properly handled as for other
  filesystems, which enables Landlock support (and probably other
  features).

  This also extends Landlock's tests with 6 pseudo filesystems,
  including hostfs"

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230612191430.339153-1-mic@digikod.net/

* tag 'landlock-6.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mic/linux:
  selftests/landlock: Add hostfs tests
  selftests/landlock: Add tests for pseudo filesystems
  selftests/landlock: Make mounts configurable
  selftests/landlock: Add supports_filesystem() helper
  selftests/landlock: Don't create useless file layouts
  hostfs: Fix ephemeral inodes
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hostfs: Fix ephemeral inodes</title>
<updated>2023-06-12T19:26:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mickaël Salaün</name>
<email>mic@digikod.net</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-12T19:14:25+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=74ce793bcbde5cef0f82d6ccb3c47cb651295a9a'/>
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hostfs creates a new inode for each opened or created file, which
created useless inode allocations and forbade identifying a host file
with a kernel inode.

Fix this uncommon filesystem behavior by tying kernel inodes to host
file's inode and device IDs.  Even if the host filesystem inodes may be
recycled, this cannot happen while a file referencing it is opened,
which is the case with hostfs.  It should be noted that hostfs inode IDs
may not be unique for the same hostfs superblock because multiple host's
(backed) superblocks may be used.

Delete inodes when dropping them to force backed host's file descriptors
closing.

This enables to entirely remove ARCH_EPHEMERAL_INODES, and then makes
Landlock fully supported by UML.  This is very useful for testing
changes.

These changes also factor out and simplify some helpers thanks to the
new hostfs_inode_update() and the hostfs_iget() revamp: read_name(),
hostfs_create(), hostfs_lookup(), hostfs_mknod(), and
hostfs_fill_sb_common().

A following commit with new Landlock tests check this new hostfs inode
consistency.

Cc: Anton Ivanov &lt;anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com&gt;
Cc: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes@sipsolutions.net&gt;
Acked-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230612191430.339153-2-mic@digikod.net
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün &lt;mic@digikod.net&gt;
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hostfs creates a new inode for each opened or created file, which
created useless inode allocations and forbade identifying a host file
with a kernel inode.

Fix this uncommon filesystem behavior by tying kernel inodes to host
file's inode and device IDs.  Even if the host filesystem inodes may be
recycled, this cannot happen while a file referencing it is opened,
which is the case with hostfs.  It should be noted that hostfs inode IDs
may not be unique for the same hostfs superblock because multiple host's
(backed) superblocks may be used.

Delete inodes when dropping them to force backed host's file descriptors
closing.

This enables to entirely remove ARCH_EPHEMERAL_INODES, and then makes
Landlock fully supported by UML.  This is very useful for testing
changes.

These changes also factor out and simplify some helpers thanks to the
new hostfs_inode_update() and the hostfs_iget() revamp: read_name(),
hostfs_create(), hostfs_lookup(), hostfs_mknod(), and
hostfs_fill_sb_common().

A following commit with new Landlock tests check this new hostfs inode
consistency.

Cc: Anton Ivanov &lt;anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com&gt;
Cc: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes@sipsolutions.net&gt;
Acked-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230612191430.339153-2-mic@digikod.net
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün &lt;mic@digikod.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>splice: Use filemap_splice_read() instead of generic_file_splice_read()</title>
<updated>2023-05-24T14:42:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-22T13:50:15+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=2cb1e08985e3dc59d0a4ebf770a87e3e2410d985'/>
<id>2cb1e08985e3dc59d0a4ebf770a87e3e2410d985</id>
<content type='text'>
Replace pointers to generic_file_splice_read() with calls to
filemap_splice_read().

Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
cc: John Hubbard &lt;jhubbard@nvidia.com&gt;
cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230522135018.2742245-29-dhowells@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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Replace pointers to generic_file_splice_read() with calls to
filemap_splice_read().

Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
cc: John Hubbard &lt;jhubbard@nvidia.com&gt;
cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230522135018.2742245-29-dhowells@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>um: hostfs: define our own API boundary</title>
<updated>2023-04-20T21:04:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Berg</name>
<email>johannes.berg@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-10T21:05:08+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=8c6174503c7b7134c22072b45f92724c8a959f06'/>
<id>8c6174503c7b7134c22072b45f92724c8a959f06</id>
<content type='text'>
Instead of exporting the set of functions provided by
glibc that are needed for hostfs_user.c, just build that
into the kernel image whenever hostfs is built, and then
export _those_ functions cleanly, to be independent of
the libc implementation.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
Instead of exporting the set of functions provided by
glibc that are needed for hostfs_user.c, just build that
into the kernel image whenever hostfs is built, and then
export _those_ functions cleanly, to be independent of
the libc implementation.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'uml-for-linus-6.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/uml/linux</title>
<updated>2023-03-01T17:13:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-03-01T17:13:00+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=64e851689e441e66e001ae063d4536602f9f74cb'/>
<id>64e851689e441e66e001ae063d4536602f9f74cb</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull UML updates from Richard Weinberger:

 - Add support for rust (yay!)

 - Add support for LTO

 - Add platform bus support to virtio-pci

 - Various virtio fixes

 - Coding style, spelling cleanups

* tag 'uml-for-linus-6.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/uml/linux: (27 commits)
  Documentation: rust: Fix arch support table
  uml: vector: Remove unused definitions VECTOR_{WRITE,HEADERS}
  um: virt-pci: properly remove PCI device from bus
  um: virtio_uml: move device breaking into workqueue
  um: virtio_uml: mark device as unregistered when breaking it
  um: virtio_uml: free command if adding to virtqueue failed
  UML: define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT
  virt-pci: add platform bus support
  um-virt-pci: Make max delay configurable
  um: virt-pci: implement pcibios_get_phb_of_node()
  um: Support LTO
  um: put power options in a menu
  um: Use CFLAGS_vmlinux
  um: Prevent building modules incompatible with MODVERSIONS
  um: Avoid pcap multiple definition errors
  um: Make the definition of cpu_data more compatible
  x86: um: vdso: Add '%rcx' and '%r11' to the syscall clobber list
  rust: arch/um: Add support for CONFIG_RUST under x86_64 UML
  rust: arch/um: Disable FP/SIMD instruction to match x86
  rust: arch/um: Use 'pie' relocation mode under UML
  ...
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<pre>
Pull UML updates from Richard Weinberger:

 - Add support for rust (yay!)

 - Add support for LTO

 - Add platform bus support to virtio-pci

 - Various virtio fixes

 - Coding style, spelling cleanups

* tag 'uml-for-linus-6.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/uml/linux: (27 commits)
  Documentation: rust: Fix arch support table
  uml: vector: Remove unused definitions VECTOR_{WRITE,HEADERS}
  um: virt-pci: properly remove PCI device from bus
  um: virtio_uml: move device breaking into workqueue
  um: virtio_uml: mark device as unregistered when breaking it
  um: virtio_uml: free command if adding to virtqueue failed
  UML: define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT
  virt-pci: add platform bus support
  um-virt-pci: Make max delay configurable
  um: virt-pci: implement pcibios_get_phb_of_node()
  um: Support LTO
  um: put power options in a menu
  um: Use CFLAGS_vmlinux
  um: Prevent building modules incompatible with MODVERSIONS
  um: Avoid pcap multiple definition errors
  um: Make the definition of cpu_data more compatible
  x86: um: vdso: Add '%rcx' and '%r11' to the syscall clobber list
  rust: arch/um: Add support for CONFIG_RUST under x86_64 UML
  rust: arch/um: Disable FP/SIMD instruction to match x86
  rust: arch/um: Use 'pie' relocation mode under UML
  ...
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2023-02-26T19:53:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-26T19:53:25+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=498a1cf902c31c3af398082d65cf150b33b367e6'/>
<id>498a1cf902c31c3af398082d65cf150b33b367e6</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Change V=1 option to print both short log and full command log

 - Allow V=1 and V=2 to be combined as V=12

 - Make W=1 detect wrong .gitignore files

 - Tree-wide cleanups for unused command line arguments passed to Clang

 - Stop using -Qunused-arguments with Clang

 - Make scripts/setlocalversion handle only correct release tags instead
   of any arbitrary annotated tag

 - Create Debian and RPM source packages without cleaning the source
   tree

 - Various cleanups for packaging

* tag 'kbuild-v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (74 commits)
  kbuild: rpm-pkg: remove unneeded KERNELRELEASE from modules/headers_install
  docs: kbuild: remove description of KBUILD_LDS_MODULE
  .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for *.dtso files
  kbuild: deb-pkg: improve the usability of source package
  kbuild: deb-pkg: fix binary-arch and clean in debian/rules
  kbuild: tar-pkg: use tar rules in scripts/Makefile.package
  kbuild: make perf-tar*-src-pkg work without relying on git
  kbuild: deb-pkg: switch over to source format 3.0 (quilt)
  kbuild: deb-pkg: make .orig tarball a hard link if possible
  kbuild: deb-pkg: hide KDEB_SOURCENAME from Makefile
  kbuild: srcrpm-pkg: create source package without cleaning
  kbuild: rpm-pkg: build binary packages from source rpm
  kbuild: deb-pkg: create source package without cleaning
  kbuild: add a tool to list files ignored by git
  Documentation/llvm: add Chimera Linux, Google and Meta datacenters
  setlocalversion: use only the correct release tag for git-describe
  setlocalversion: clean up the construction of version output
  .gitignore: ignore *.cover and *.mbx
  kbuild: remove --include-dir MAKEFLAG from top Makefile
  kbuild: fix trivial typo in comment
  ...
</content>
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<pre>
Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Change V=1 option to print both short log and full command log

 - Allow V=1 and V=2 to be combined as V=12

 - Make W=1 detect wrong .gitignore files

 - Tree-wide cleanups for unused command line arguments passed to Clang

 - Stop using -Qunused-arguments with Clang

 - Make scripts/setlocalversion handle only correct release tags instead
   of any arbitrary annotated tag

 - Create Debian and RPM source packages without cleaning the source
   tree

 - Various cleanups for packaging

* tag 'kbuild-v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (74 commits)
  kbuild: rpm-pkg: remove unneeded KERNELRELEASE from modules/headers_install
  docs: kbuild: remove description of KBUILD_LDS_MODULE
  .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for *.dtso files
  kbuild: deb-pkg: improve the usability of source package
  kbuild: deb-pkg: fix binary-arch and clean in debian/rules
  kbuild: tar-pkg: use tar rules in scripts/Makefile.package
  kbuild: make perf-tar*-src-pkg work without relying on git
  kbuild: deb-pkg: switch over to source format 3.0 (quilt)
  kbuild: deb-pkg: make .orig tarball a hard link if possible
  kbuild: deb-pkg: hide KDEB_SOURCENAME from Makefile
  kbuild: srcrpm-pkg: create source package without cleaning
  kbuild: rpm-pkg: build binary packages from source rpm
  kbuild: deb-pkg: create source package without cleaning
  kbuild: add a tool to list files ignored by git
  Documentation/llvm: add Chimera Linux, Google and Meta datacenters
  setlocalversion: use only the correct release tag for git-describe
  setlocalversion: clean up the construction of version output
  .gitignore: ignore *.cover and *.mbx
  kbuild: remove --include-dir MAKEFLAG from top Makefile
  kbuild: fix trivial typo in comment
  ...
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kbuild: remove --include-dir MAKEFLAG from top Makefile</title>
<updated>2023-02-05T09:51:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-01-28T09:24:23+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=67d7c3023a672c2b73d19d6d23684df670fce648'/>
<id>67d7c3023a672c2b73d19d6d23684df670fce648</id>
<content type='text'>
I added $(srctree)/ to some included Makefiles in the following commits:

 - 3204a7fb98a3 ("kbuild: prefix $(srctree)/ to some included Makefiles")
 - d82856395505 ("kbuild: do not require sub-make for separate output tree builds")

They were a preparation for removing --include-dir flag.

I have never thought --include-dir useful. Rather, it _is_ harmful.

For example, run the following commands:

  $ make -s ARCH=x86 mrproper defconfig
  $ make ARCH=arm O=foo dtbs
  make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
    HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  Error: kernelrelease not valid - run 'make prepare' to update it
    UPD     include/config/kernel.release
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/linux/foo'

The first command configures the source tree for x86. The next command
tries to build ARM device trees in the separate foo/ directory - this
must stop because the directory foo/ has not been configured yet.

However, due to --include-dir=$(abs_srctree), the top Makefile includes
the wrong include/config/auto.conf from the source tree and continues
building. Kbuild traverses the directory tree, but of course it does
not work correctly. The Error message is also pointless - 'make prepare'
does not help at all for fixing the issue.

This commit fixes more arch Makefile, and finally removes --include-dir
from the top Makefile.

There are more breakages under drivers/, but I do not volunteer to fix
them all. I just moved --include-dir to drivers/Makefile.

With this commit, the second command will stop with a sensible message.

  $ make -s ARCH=x86 mrproper defconfig
  $ make ARCH=arm O=foo dtbs
  make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
    SYNC    include/config/auto.conf.cmd
  ***
  *** The source tree is not clean, please run 'make ARCH=arm mrproper'
  *** in /tmp/linux
  ***
  make[2]: *** [../Makefile:646: outputmakefile] Error 1
  /tmp/linux/Makefile:770: include/config/auto.conf.cmd: No such file or directory
  make[1]: *** [/tmp/linux/Makefile:793: include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
  make: *** [Makefile:226: __sub-make] Error 2

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
I added $(srctree)/ to some included Makefiles in the following commits:

 - 3204a7fb98a3 ("kbuild: prefix $(srctree)/ to some included Makefiles")
 - d82856395505 ("kbuild: do not require sub-make for separate output tree builds")

They were a preparation for removing --include-dir flag.

I have never thought --include-dir useful. Rather, it _is_ harmful.

For example, run the following commands:

  $ make -s ARCH=x86 mrproper defconfig
  $ make ARCH=arm O=foo dtbs
  make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
    HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  Error: kernelrelease not valid - run 'make prepare' to update it
    UPD     include/config/kernel.release
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/linux/foo'

The first command configures the source tree for x86. The next command
tries to build ARM device trees in the separate foo/ directory - this
must stop because the directory foo/ has not been configured yet.

However, due to --include-dir=$(abs_srctree), the top Makefile includes
the wrong include/config/auto.conf from the source tree and continues
building. Kbuild traverses the directory tree, but of course it does
not work correctly. The Error message is also pointless - 'make prepare'
does not help at all for fixing the issue.

This commit fixes more arch Makefile, and finally removes --include-dir
from the top Makefile.

There are more breakages under drivers/, but I do not volunteer to fix
them all. I just moved --include-dir to drivers/Makefile.

With this commit, the second command will stop with a sensible message.

  $ make -s ARCH=x86 mrproper defconfig
  $ make ARCH=arm O=foo dtbs
  make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
    SYNC    include/config/auto.conf.cmd
  ***
  *** The source tree is not clean, please run 'make ARCH=arm mrproper'
  *** in /tmp/linux
  ***
  make[2]: *** [../Makefile:646: outputmakefile] Error 1
  /tmp/linux/Makefile:770: include/config/auto.conf.cmd: No such file or directory
  make[1]: *** [/tmp/linux/Makefile:793: include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
  make: *** [Makefile:226: __sub-make] Error 2

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>hostfs: Replace kmap() with kmap_local_page()</title>
<updated>2023-02-01T21:11:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fabio M. De Francesco</name>
<email>fmdefrancesco@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-13T16:17:00+00:00</published>
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The use of kmap() is being deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page().

There are two main problems with kmap(): (1) It comes with an overhead as
the mapping space is restricted and protected by a global lock for
synchronization and (2) it also requires global TLB invalidation when the
kmap’s pool wraps and it might block when the mapping space is fully
utilized until a slot becomes available.

With kmap_local_page() the mappings are per thread, CPU local, can take
page faults, and can be called from any context (including interrupts).
It is faster than kmap() in kernels with HIGHMEM enabled. Furthermore,
the tasks can be preempted and, when they are scheduled to run again, the
kernel virtual addresses are restored and still valid.

Therefore, replace kmap() with kmap_local_page() in hostfs_kern.c, it
being the only file with kmap() call sites currently left in fs/hostfs.

Cc: "Venkataramanan, Anirudh" &lt;anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Ira Weiny &lt;ira.weiny@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco &lt;fmdefrancesco@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
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The use of kmap() is being deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page().

There are two main problems with kmap(): (1) It comes with an overhead as
the mapping space is restricted and protected by a global lock for
synchronization and (2) it also requires global TLB invalidation when the
kmap’s pool wraps and it might block when the mapping space is fully
utilized until a slot becomes available.

With kmap_local_page() the mappings are per thread, CPU local, can take
page faults, and can be called from any context (including interrupts).
It is faster than kmap() in kernels with HIGHMEM enabled. Furthermore,
the tasks can be preempted and, when they are scheduled to run again, the
kernel virtual addresses are restored and still valid.

Therefore, replace kmap() with kmap_local_page() in hostfs_kern.c, it
being the only file with kmap() call sites currently left in fs/hostfs.

Cc: "Venkataramanan, Anirudh" &lt;anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Ira Weiny &lt;ira.weiny@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco &lt;fmdefrancesco@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
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