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<title>driver core: remove driver_set_override()</title>
<updated>2026-05-30T20:25:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2026-05-05T13:37:25+00:00</published>
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All buses have been converted from driver_set_override() to the generic
driver_override infrastructure introduced in commit cb3d1049f4ea
("driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device").

Buses now either opt into the generic sysfs callbacks via the
bus_type::driver_override flag, or use device_set_driver_override() /
__device_set_driver_override() directly.

Thus, remove the now-unused driver_set_override() helper.

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505133935.3772495-6-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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All buses have been converted from driver_set_override() to the generic
driver_override infrastructure introduced in commit cb3d1049f4ea
("driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device").

Buses now either opt into the generic sysfs callbacks via the
bus_type::driver_override flag, or use device_set_driver_override() /
__device_set_driver_override() directly.

Thus, remove the now-unused driver_set_override() helper.

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505133935.3772495-6-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge patch series "rust: device: Higher-Ranked Lifetime Types for device drivers"</title>
<updated>2026-05-28T22:38:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-28T22:38:54+00:00</published>
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Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt; says:

Currently, Rust device drivers access device resources such as PCI BAR mappings
and I/O memory regions through Devres&lt;T&gt;.

Devres::access() provides zero-overhead access by taking a &amp;Device&lt;Bound&gt;
reference as proof that the device is still bound. Since a &amp;Device&lt;Bound&gt; is
available in almost all contexts by design, Devres is mostly a type-system level
proof that the resource is valid, but it can also be used from scopes without
this guarantee through its try_access() accessor.

This works well in general, but has a few limitations:

  - Every access to a device resource goes through Devres::access(), which
    despite zero cost, adds boilerplate to every access site.

  - Destructors do not receive a &amp;Device&lt;Bound&gt;, so they must use try_access(),
    which can fail. In practice the access succeeds if teardown ordering is
    correct, but the type system can't express this, forcing drivers to handle a
    failure path that should never be taken.

  - Sharing a resource across components (e.g. passing a BAR to a sub-component)
    requires Arc&lt;Devres&lt;T&gt;&gt;.

  - Device references must be stored as ARef&lt;Device&gt; rather than plain &amp;Device
    borrows.

These limitations stem from the driver's bus device private data being 'static
-- the driver struct cannot borrow from the device reference it receives in
probe(), even though it structurally cannot outlive the device binding.

This series introduces Higher-Ranked Lifetime Types (HRT) for Rust device
drivers. An HRT is a type that is generic over a lifetime -- it does not have a
fixed lifetime, but can be instantiated with any lifetime chosen by the caller.

Bus driver traits use a Generic Associated Type (GAT) type Data&lt;'bound&gt; to
introduce the lifetime on the private data, rather than parameterizing the
Driver trait itself. This avoids a driver trait global lifetime and avoids the
need for ForLt for bus device private data, making the bus implementations much
simpler. ForLt is only needed for auxiliary registration data, where the
lifetime is not introduced by a trait callback but must be threaded through
Registration.

With HRT, driver structs carry a lifetime parameter tied to the device binding
scope -- the interval of a bus device being bound to a driver. Device resources
like pci::Bar&lt;'bound&gt; and IoMem&lt;'bound&gt; are handed out with this lifetime, so
the compiler enforces at build time that they do not escape the binding scope.

Before:

	struct MyDriver {
	    pdev: ARef&lt;pci::Device&gt;,
	    bar: Devres&lt;pci::Bar&lt;BAR_SIZE&gt;&gt;,
	}

	let io = self.bar.access(dev)?;
	io.read32(OFFSET);

After:

	struct MyDriver&lt;'bound&gt; {
	    pdev: &amp;'bound pci::Device,
	    bar: pci::Bar&lt;'bound, BAR_SIZE&gt;,
	}

	self.bar.read32(OFFSET);

Lifetime-parameterized device resources can be put into a Devres at any point
via Bar::into_devres() / IoMem::into_devres(), providing the exact same
semantics as before. This is useful for resources shared across subsystem
boundaries where revocation is needed.

This also synergizes with the upcoming self-referential initialization support
in pin-init, which allows one field of the driver struct to borrow another
during initialization without unsafe code.

The same pattern is applied to auxiliary device registration data as a first
example beyond bus device private data. Registration&lt;F: ForLt&gt; can hold
lifetime-parameterized data tied to the parent driver's binding scope. Since the
auxiliary bus guarantees that the parent remains bound while the auxiliary
device is registered, the registration data can safely borrow the parent's
device resources.

More generally, binding resource lifetimes to a registration scope applies to
every registration that is scoped to a driver binding -- auxiliary devices,
class devices, IRQ handlers, workqueues.

A follow-up series extends this to class device registrations, starting with
DRM, so that class device callbacks (IOCTLs, etc.) can safely access device
resources through the separate registration data bound to the registration's
lifetime without Devres indirection.

Thanks to Gary for coming up with the ForLt implementation; thanks to Alice for
the early discussions around lifetime-parameterized private data that helped
shape the direction of this work.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260525202921.124698-1-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt; says:

Currently, Rust device drivers access device resources such as PCI BAR mappings
and I/O memory regions through Devres&lt;T&gt;.

Devres::access() provides zero-overhead access by taking a &amp;Device&lt;Bound&gt;
reference as proof that the device is still bound. Since a &amp;Device&lt;Bound&gt; is
available in almost all contexts by design, Devres is mostly a type-system level
proof that the resource is valid, but it can also be used from scopes without
this guarantee through its try_access() accessor.

This works well in general, but has a few limitations:

  - Every access to a device resource goes through Devres::access(), which
    despite zero cost, adds boilerplate to every access site.

  - Destructors do not receive a &amp;Device&lt;Bound&gt;, so they must use try_access(),
    which can fail. In practice the access succeeds if teardown ordering is
    correct, but the type system can't express this, forcing drivers to handle a
    failure path that should never be taken.

  - Sharing a resource across components (e.g. passing a BAR to a sub-component)
    requires Arc&lt;Devres&lt;T&gt;&gt;.

  - Device references must be stored as ARef&lt;Device&gt; rather than plain &amp;Device
    borrows.

These limitations stem from the driver's bus device private data being 'static
-- the driver struct cannot borrow from the device reference it receives in
probe(), even though it structurally cannot outlive the device binding.

This series introduces Higher-Ranked Lifetime Types (HRT) for Rust device
drivers. An HRT is a type that is generic over a lifetime -- it does not have a
fixed lifetime, but can be instantiated with any lifetime chosen by the caller.

Bus driver traits use a Generic Associated Type (GAT) type Data&lt;'bound&gt; to
introduce the lifetime on the private data, rather than parameterizing the
Driver trait itself. This avoids a driver trait global lifetime and avoids the
need for ForLt for bus device private data, making the bus implementations much
simpler. ForLt is only needed for auxiliary registration data, where the
lifetime is not introduced by a trait callback but must be threaded through
Registration.

With HRT, driver structs carry a lifetime parameter tied to the device binding
scope -- the interval of a bus device being bound to a driver. Device resources
like pci::Bar&lt;'bound&gt; and IoMem&lt;'bound&gt; are handed out with this lifetime, so
the compiler enforces at build time that they do not escape the binding scope.

Before:

	struct MyDriver {
	    pdev: ARef&lt;pci::Device&gt;,
	    bar: Devres&lt;pci::Bar&lt;BAR_SIZE&gt;&gt;,
	}

	let io = self.bar.access(dev)?;
	io.read32(OFFSET);

After:

	struct MyDriver&lt;'bound&gt; {
	    pdev: &amp;'bound pci::Device,
	    bar: pci::Bar&lt;'bound, BAR_SIZE&gt;,
	}

	self.bar.read32(OFFSET);

Lifetime-parameterized device resources can be put into a Devres at any point
via Bar::into_devres() / IoMem::into_devres(), providing the exact same
semantics as before. This is useful for resources shared across subsystem
boundaries where revocation is needed.

This also synergizes with the upcoming self-referential initialization support
in pin-init, which allows one field of the driver struct to borrow another
during initialization without unsafe code.

The same pattern is applied to auxiliary device registration data as a first
example beyond bus device private data. Registration&lt;F: ForLt&gt; can hold
lifetime-parameterized data tied to the parent driver's binding scope. Since the
auxiliary bus guarantees that the parent remains bound while the auxiliary
device is registered, the registration data can safely borrow the parent's
device resources.

More generally, binding resource lifetimes to a registration scope applies to
every registration that is scoped to a driver binding -- auxiliary devices,
class devices, IRQ handlers, workqueues.

A follow-up series extends this to class device registrations, starting with
DRM, so that class device callbacks (IOCTLs, etc.) can safely access device
resources through the separate registration data bound to the registration's
lifetime without Devres indirection.

Thanks to Gary for coming up with the ForLt implementation; thanks to Alice for
the early discussions around lifetime-parameterized private data that helped
shape the direction of this work.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260525202921.124698-1-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>rust: driver core: drop drvdata before devres release</title>
<updated>2026-05-27T14:22:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-25T20:20:52+00:00</published>
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Move the post_unbind_rust callback before devres_release_all() in
device_unbind_cleanup().

With drvdata() removed, the driver's bus device private data is only
accessible by the owning driver itself. It is hence safe to drop the
driver's bus device private data before devres actions are released.

This reordering is the key enabler for Higher-Ranked Lifetime Types
(HRT) in Rust device drivers -- it allows driver structs to hold direct
references to devres-managed resources, because the bus device private
data (and with it all such references) is guaranteed to be dropped while
the underlying devres resources are still alive.

Without this change, devres resources would be freed first, leaving the
driver's bus device private data with dangling references during its
destructor.

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot &lt;acourbot@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260525202921.124698-6-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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Move the post_unbind_rust callback before devres_release_all() in
device_unbind_cleanup().

With drvdata() removed, the driver's bus device private data is only
accessible by the owning driver itself. It is hence safe to drop the
driver's bus device private data before devres actions are released.

This reordering is the key enabler for Higher-Ranked Lifetime Types
(HRT) in Rust device drivers -- it allows driver structs to hold direct
references to devres-managed resources, because the bus device private
data (and with it all such references) is guaranteed to be dropped while
the underlying devres resources are still alive.

Without this change, devres resources would be freed first, leaving the
driver's bus device private data with dangling references during its
destructor.

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot &lt;acourbot@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo &lt;gary@garyguo.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260525202921.124698-6-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>device core: make struct device_driver groups members constant arrays</title>
<updated>2026-05-22T11:32:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Heiner Kallweit</name>
<email>hkallweit1@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-16T22:11:12+00:00</published>
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Constify the groups arrays, allowing to assign constant arrays.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit &lt;hkallweit1@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/42624513-923c-4970-834d-036282e24e24@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Constify the groups arrays, allowing to assign constant arrays.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit &lt;hkallweit1@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/42624513-923c-4970-834d-036282e24e24@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>driver core: make struct bus_type groups members constant arrays</title>
<updated>2026-05-22T11:32:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Heiner Kallweit</name>
<email>hkallweit1@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-16T22:10:31+00:00</published>
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Constify the groups arrays, allowing to assign constant arrays.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit &lt;hkallweit1@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/265f6584-8edd-48a0-9568-a9d584b9ec3a@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Constify the groups arrays, allowing to assign constant arrays.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit &lt;hkallweit1@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/265f6584-8edd-48a0-9568-a9d584b9ec3a@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>driver core: class: fix typo in struct class documentation</title>
<updated>2026-05-04T19:21:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Prabhudasu Vatala</name>
<email>prabhudasuvatala@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-03T14:18:26+00:00</published>
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Fix a spelling error in the comment for the ns_type member of struct class.
Change "detemine" to "determine".

Signed-off-by: Prabhudasu Vatala &lt;prabhudasuvatala@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260503141826.27462-1-prabhudasuvatala@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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Fix a spelling error in the comment for the ns_type member of struct class.
Change "detemine" to "determine".

Signed-off-by: Prabhudasu Vatala &lt;prabhudasuvatala@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260503141826.27462-1-prabhudasuvatala@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'driver-core-7.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core</title>
<updated>2026-04-14T02:03:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-14T02:03:11+00:00</published>
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Pull driver core updates from Danilo Krummrich:
 "debugfs:
   - Fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs_create_str()
   - Fix misplaced EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for debugfs_create_str()
   - Fix soundwire debugfs NULL pointer dereference from uninitialized
     firmware_file

  device property:
   - Make fwnode flags modifications thread safe; widen the field to
     unsigned long and use set_bit() / clear_bit() based accessors
   - Document how to check for the property presence

  devres:
   - Separate struct devres_node from its "subclasses" (struct devres,
     struct devres_group); give struct devres_node its own release and
     free callbacks for per-type dispatch
   - Introduce struct devres_action for devres actions, avoiding the
     ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN alignment overhead of struct devres
   - Export struct devres_node and its init/add/remove/dbginfo
     primitives for use by Rust Devres&lt;T&gt;
   - Fix missing node debug info in devm_krealloc()
   - Use guard(spinlock_irqsave) where applicable; consolidate unlock
     paths in devres_release_group()

  driver_override:
   - Convert PCI, WMI, vdpa, s390/cio, s390/ap, and fsl-mc to the
     generic driver_override infrastructure, replacing per-bus
     driver_override strings, sysfs attributes, and match logic; fixes a
     potential UAF from unsynchronized access to driver_override in bus
     match() callbacks
   - Simplify __device_set_driver_override() logic

  kernfs:
   - Send IN_DELETE_SELF and IN_IGNORED inotify events on kernfs file
     and directory removal
   - Add corresponding selftests for memcg

  platform:
   - Allow attaching software nodes when creating platform devices via a
     new 'swnode' field in struct platform_device_info
   - Add kerneldoc for struct platform_device_info

  software node:
   - Move software node initialization from postcore_initcall() to
     driver_init(), making it available early in the boot process
   - Move kernel_kobj initialization (ksysfs_init) earlier to support
     the above
   - Remove software_node_exit(); dead code in a built-in unit

  SoC:
   - Introduce of_machine_read_compatible() and of_machine_read_model()
     OF helpers and export soc_attr_read_machine() to replace direct
     accesses to of_root from SoC drivers; also enables
     CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST coverage for these drivers

  sysfs:
   - Constify attribute group array pointers to
     'const struct attribute_group *const *' in sysfs functions,
     device_add_groups() / device_remove_groups(), and struct class

  Rust:
   - Devres:
      - Embed struct devres_node directly in Devres&lt;T&gt; instead of going
        through devm_add_action(), avoiding the extra allocation and the
        unnecessary ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN alignment

   - I/O:
      - Turn IoCapable from a marker trait into a functional trait
        carrying the raw I/O accessor implementation (io_read /
        io_write), providing working defaults for the per-type Io
        methods
      - Add RelaxedMmio wrapper type, making relaxed accessors usable in
        code generic over the Io trait
      - Remove overloaded per-type Io methods and per-backend macros
        from Mmio and PCI ConfigSpace

   - I/O (Register):
      - Add IoLoc trait and generic read/write/update methods to the Io
        trait, making I/O operations parameterizable by typed locations
      - Add register! macro for defining hardware register types with
        typed bitfield accessors backed by Bounded values; supports
        direct, relative, and array register addressing
      - Add write_reg() / try_write_reg() and LocatedRegister trait
      - Update PCI sample driver to demonstrate the register! macro

         Example:

         ```
             register! {
                 /// UART control register.
                 CTRL(u32) @ 0x18 {
                     /// Receiver enable.
                     19:19   rx_enable =&gt; bool;
                     /// Parity configuration.
                     14:13   parity ?=&gt; Parity;
                 }

                 /// FIFO watermark and counter register.
                 WATER(u32) @ 0x2c {
                     /// Number of datawords in the receive FIFO.
                     26:24   rx_count;
                     /// RX interrupt threshold.
                     17:16   rx_water;
                 }
             }

             impl WATER {
                 fn rx_above_watermark(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
                     self.rx_count() &gt; self.rx_water()
                 }
             }

             fn init(bar: &amp;pci::Bar&lt;BAR0_SIZE&gt;) {
                 let water = WATER::zeroed()
                     .with_const_rx_water::&lt;1&gt;(); // &gt; 3 would not compile
                 bar.write_reg(water);

                 let ctrl = CTRL::zeroed()
                     .with_parity(Parity::Even)
                     .with_rx_enable(true);
                 bar.write_reg(ctrl);
             }

             fn handle_rx(bar: &amp;pci::Bar&lt;BAR0_SIZE&gt;) {
                 if bar.read(WATER).rx_above_watermark() {
                     // drain the FIFO
                 }
             }

             fn set_parity(bar: &amp;pci::Bar&lt;BAR0_SIZE&gt;, parity: Parity) {
                 bar.update(CTRL, |r| r.with_parity(parity));
             }
         ```

   - IRQ:
      - Move 'static bounds from where clauses to trait declarations for
        IRQ handler traits

   - Misc:
      - Enable the generic_arg_infer Rust feature
      - Extend Bounded with shift operations, single-bit bool
        conversion, and const get()

  Misc:
   - Make deferred_probe_timeout default a Kconfig option
   - Drop auxiliary_dev_pm_ops; the PM core falls back to driver PM
     callbacks when no bus type PM ops are set
   - Add conditional guard support for device_lock()
   - Add ksysfs.c to the DRIVER CORE MAINTAINERS entry
   - Fix kernel-doc warnings in base.h
   - Fix stale reference to memory_block_add_nid() in documentation"

* tag 'driver-core-7.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core: (67 commits)
  bus: fsl-mc: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  s390/ap: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  s390/cio: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  vdpa: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  platform/wmi: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  PCI: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  driver core: make software nodes available earlier
  software node: remove software_node_exit()
  kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier
  MAINTAINERS: add ksysfs.c to the DRIVER CORE entry
  drivers/base/memory: fix stale reference to memory_block_add_nid()
  device property: Document how to check for the property presence
  soundwire: debugfs: initialize firmware_file to empty string
  debugfs: fix placement of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for debugfs_create_str()
  debugfs: check for NULL pointer in debugfs_create_str()
  driver core: Make deferred_probe_timeout default a Kconfig option
  driver core: simplify __device_set_driver_override() clearing logic
  driver core: auxiliary bus: Drop auxiliary_dev_pm_ops
  device property: Make modifications of fwnode "flags" thread safe
  rust: devres: embed struct devres_node directly
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Pull driver core updates from Danilo Krummrich:
 "debugfs:
   - Fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs_create_str()
   - Fix misplaced EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for debugfs_create_str()
   - Fix soundwire debugfs NULL pointer dereference from uninitialized
     firmware_file

  device property:
   - Make fwnode flags modifications thread safe; widen the field to
     unsigned long and use set_bit() / clear_bit() based accessors
   - Document how to check for the property presence

  devres:
   - Separate struct devres_node from its "subclasses" (struct devres,
     struct devres_group); give struct devres_node its own release and
     free callbacks for per-type dispatch
   - Introduce struct devres_action for devres actions, avoiding the
     ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN alignment overhead of struct devres
   - Export struct devres_node and its init/add/remove/dbginfo
     primitives for use by Rust Devres&lt;T&gt;
   - Fix missing node debug info in devm_krealloc()
   - Use guard(spinlock_irqsave) where applicable; consolidate unlock
     paths in devres_release_group()

  driver_override:
   - Convert PCI, WMI, vdpa, s390/cio, s390/ap, and fsl-mc to the
     generic driver_override infrastructure, replacing per-bus
     driver_override strings, sysfs attributes, and match logic; fixes a
     potential UAF from unsynchronized access to driver_override in bus
     match() callbacks
   - Simplify __device_set_driver_override() logic

  kernfs:
   - Send IN_DELETE_SELF and IN_IGNORED inotify events on kernfs file
     and directory removal
   - Add corresponding selftests for memcg

  platform:
   - Allow attaching software nodes when creating platform devices via a
     new 'swnode' field in struct platform_device_info
   - Add kerneldoc for struct platform_device_info

  software node:
   - Move software node initialization from postcore_initcall() to
     driver_init(), making it available early in the boot process
   - Move kernel_kobj initialization (ksysfs_init) earlier to support
     the above
   - Remove software_node_exit(); dead code in a built-in unit

  SoC:
   - Introduce of_machine_read_compatible() and of_machine_read_model()
     OF helpers and export soc_attr_read_machine() to replace direct
     accesses to of_root from SoC drivers; also enables
     CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST coverage for these drivers

  sysfs:
   - Constify attribute group array pointers to
     'const struct attribute_group *const *' in sysfs functions,
     device_add_groups() / device_remove_groups(), and struct class

  Rust:
   - Devres:
      - Embed struct devres_node directly in Devres&lt;T&gt; instead of going
        through devm_add_action(), avoiding the extra allocation and the
        unnecessary ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN alignment

   - I/O:
      - Turn IoCapable from a marker trait into a functional trait
        carrying the raw I/O accessor implementation (io_read /
        io_write), providing working defaults for the per-type Io
        methods
      - Add RelaxedMmio wrapper type, making relaxed accessors usable in
        code generic over the Io trait
      - Remove overloaded per-type Io methods and per-backend macros
        from Mmio and PCI ConfigSpace

   - I/O (Register):
      - Add IoLoc trait and generic read/write/update methods to the Io
        trait, making I/O operations parameterizable by typed locations
      - Add register! macro for defining hardware register types with
        typed bitfield accessors backed by Bounded values; supports
        direct, relative, and array register addressing
      - Add write_reg() / try_write_reg() and LocatedRegister trait
      - Update PCI sample driver to demonstrate the register! macro

         Example:

         ```
             register! {
                 /// UART control register.
                 CTRL(u32) @ 0x18 {
                     /// Receiver enable.
                     19:19   rx_enable =&gt; bool;
                     /// Parity configuration.
                     14:13   parity ?=&gt; Parity;
                 }

                 /// FIFO watermark and counter register.
                 WATER(u32) @ 0x2c {
                     /// Number of datawords in the receive FIFO.
                     26:24   rx_count;
                     /// RX interrupt threshold.
                     17:16   rx_water;
                 }
             }

             impl WATER {
                 fn rx_above_watermark(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
                     self.rx_count() &gt; self.rx_water()
                 }
             }

             fn init(bar: &amp;pci::Bar&lt;BAR0_SIZE&gt;) {
                 let water = WATER::zeroed()
                     .with_const_rx_water::&lt;1&gt;(); // &gt; 3 would not compile
                 bar.write_reg(water);

                 let ctrl = CTRL::zeroed()
                     .with_parity(Parity::Even)
                     .with_rx_enable(true);
                 bar.write_reg(ctrl);
             }

             fn handle_rx(bar: &amp;pci::Bar&lt;BAR0_SIZE&gt;) {
                 if bar.read(WATER).rx_above_watermark() {
                     // drain the FIFO
                 }
             }

             fn set_parity(bar: &amp;pci::Bar&lt;BAR0_SIZE&gt;, parity: Parity) {
                 bar.update(CTRL, |r| r.with_parity(parity));
             }
         ```

   - IRQ:
      - Move 'static bounds from where clauses to trait declarations for
        IRQ handler traits

   - Misc:
      - Enable the generic_arg_infer Rust feature
      - Extend Bounded with shift operations, single-bit bool
        conversion, and const get()

  Misc:
   - Make deferred_probe_timeout default a Kconfig option
   - Drop auxiliary_dev_pm_ops; the PM core falls back to driver PM
     callbacks when no bus type PM ops are set
   - Add conditional guard support for device_lock()
   - Add ksysfs.c to the DRIVER CORE MAINTAINERS entry
   - Fix kernel-doc warnings in base.h
   - Fix stale reference to memory_block_add_nid() in documentation"

* tag 'driver-core-7.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core: (67 commits)
  bus: fsl-mc: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  s390/ap: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  s390/cio: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  vdpa: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  platform/wmi: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  PCI: use generic driver_override infrastructure
  driver core: make software nodes available earlier
  software node: remove software_node_exit()
  kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier
  MAINTAINERS: add ksysfs.c to the DRIVER CORE entry
  drivers/base/memory: fix stale reference to memory_block_add_nid()
  device property: Document how to check for the property presence
  soundwire: debugfs: initialize firmware_file to empty string
  debugfs: fix placement of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for debugfs_create_str()
  debugfs: check for NULL pointer in debugfs_create_str()
  driver core: Make deferred_probe_timeout default a Kconfig option
  driver core: simplify __device_set_driver_override() clearing logic
  driver core: auxiliary bus: Drop auxiliary_dev_pm_ops
  device property: Make modifications of fwnode "flags" thread safe
  rust: devres: embed struct devres_node directly
  ...
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<title>kernfs: pass struct ns_common instead of const void * for namespace tags</title>
<updated>2026-04-09T12:36:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christian Brauner</name>
<email>brauner@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-01T10:15:58+00:00</published>
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kernfs has historically used const void * to pass around namespace tags
used for directory-level namespace filtering. The only current user of
this is sysfs network namespace tagging where struct net pointers are
cast to void *.

Replace all const void * namespace parameters with const struct
ns_common * throughout the kernfs, sysfs, and kobject namespace layers.
This includes the kobj_ns_type_operations callbacks, kobject_namespace(),
and all sysfs/kernfs APIs that accept or return namespace tags.

Passing struct ns_common is needed because various codepaths require
access to the underlying namespace. A struct ns_common can always be
converted back to the concrete namespace type (e.g., struct net) via
container_of() or to_ns_common() in the reverse direction.

This is a preparatory change for switching to ns_id-based directory
iteration to prevent a KASLR pointer leak through the current use of
raw namespace pointers as hash seeds and comparison keys.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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kernfs has historically used const void * to pass around namespace tags
used for directory-level namespace filtering. The only current user of
this is sysfs network namespace tagging where struct net pointers are
cast to void *.

Replace all const void * namespace parameters with const struct
ns_common * throughout the kernfs, sysfs, and kobject namespace layers.
This includes the kobj_ns_type_operations callbacks, kobject_namespace(),
and all sysfs/kernfs APIs that accept or return namespace tags.

Passing struct ns_common is needed because various codepaths require
access to the underlying namespace. A struct ns_common can always be
converted back to the concrete namespace type (e.g., struct net) via
container_of() or to_ns_common() in the reverse direction.

This is a preparatory change for switching to ns_id-based directory
iteration to prevent a KASLR pointer leak through the current use of
raw namespace pointers as hash seeds and comparison keys.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'v7.0-rc5' into driver-core-next</title>
<updated>2026-03-22T22:13:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-22T22:13:06+00:00</published>
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We need the driver-core fixes in here as well to build on top of.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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We need the driver-core fixes in here as well to build on top of.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device</title>
<updated>2026-03-17T19:30:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Danilo Krummrich</name>
<email>dakr@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-03T11:53:18+00:00</published>
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Currently, there are 12 busses (including platform and PCI) that
duplicate the driver_override logic for their individual devices.

All of them seem to be prone to the bug described in [1].

While this could be solved for every bus individually using a separate
lock, solving this in the driver-core generically results in less (and
cleaner) changes overall.

Thus, move driver_override to struct device, provide corresponding
accessors for busses and handle locking with a separate lock internally.

In particular, add device_set_driver_override(),
device_has_driver_override(), device_match_driver_override() and
generalize the sysfs store() and show() callbacks via a driver_override
feature flag in struct bus_type.

Until all busses have migrated, keep driver_set_override() in place.

Note that we can't use the device lock for the reasons described in [2].

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/ [2]
Tested-by: Gui-Dong Han &lt;hanguidong02@gmail.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Gui-Dong Han &lt;hanguidong02@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han &lt;hanguidong02@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303115720.48783-2-dakr@kernel.org
[ Use dev-&gt;bus instead of sp-&gt;bus for consistency; fix commit message to
  refer to the struct bus_type's driver_override feature flag. - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently, there are 12 busses (including platform and PCI) that
duplicate the driver_override logic for their individual devices.

All of them seem to be prone to the bug described in [1].

While this could be solved for every bus individually using a separate
lock, solving this in the driver-core generically results in less (and
cleaner) changes overall.

Thus, move driver_override to struct device, provide corresponding
accessors for busses and handle locking with a separate lock internally.

In particular, add device_set_driver_override(),
device_has_driver_override(), device_match_driver_override() and
generalize the sysfs store() and show() callbacks via a driver_override
feature flag in struct bus_type.

Until all busses have migrated, keep driver_set_override() in place.

Note that we can't use the device lock for the reasons described in [2].

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/ [2]
Tested-by: Gui-Dong Han &lt;hanguidong02@gmail.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Gui-Dong Han &lt;hanguidong02@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han &lt;hanguidong02@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303115720.48783-2-dakr@kernel.org
[ Use dev-&gt;bus instead of sp-&gt;bus for consistency; fix commit message to
  refer to the struct bus_type's driver_override feature flag. - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich &lt;dakr@kernel.org&gt;
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