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<title>tracing/probes: Treating longer symbol name on event comparation</title>
<updated>2026-07-28T14:55:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-28T04:40:11+00:00</published>
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MAX_COMMON_HEAD_LEN (63) was used to allocate a temporary buffer for
formatting command heads in trace_kprobe_match_command_head() and
trace_uprobe_match_command_head(). However, the buffer size is too
short for some longer symbols. Especially, with rust code, the symbol
can be mangled and become very long.

Refactor trace_kprobe_match_command_head() to perform direct string
comparisons using strcmp() and strncmp(), eliminating the need for a
temporary buffer and removing the MAX_COMMON_HEAD_LEN string length
restriction on probe symbol names.

For trace_uprobe_match_command_head(), since tu-&gt;filename is already
matched via strncmp(), use a fixed 64-byte stack buffer solely for
formatting offset and ref_ctr_offset (which requires at most 39 bytes).

With all users converted, remove the MAX_COMMON_HEAD_LEN definition from
trace_probe.h.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178521361102.34226.9650586522488974115.stgit@devnote2/

Reported-by: Zhan Xusheng &lt;zhanxusheng1024@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260724023317.624074-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;</content>
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MAX_COMMON_HEAD_LEN (63) was used to allocate a temporary buffer for
formatting command heads in trace_kprobe_match_command_head() and
trace_uprobe_match_command_head(). However, the buffer size is too
short for some longer symbols. Especially, with rust code, the symbol
can be mangled and become very long.

Refactor trace_kprobe_match_command_head() to perform direct string
comparisons using strcmp() and strncmp(), eliminating the need for a
temporary buffer and removing the MAX_COMMON_HEAD_LEN string length
restriction on probe symbol names.

For trace_uprobe_match_command_head(), since tu-&gt;filename is already
matched via strncmp(), use a fixed 64-byte stack buffer solely for
formatting offset and ref_ctr_offset (which requires at most 39 bytes).

With all users converted, remove the MAX_COMMON_HEAD_LEN definition from
trace_probe.h.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178521361102.34226.9650586522488974115.stgit@devnote2/

Reported-by: Zhan Xusheng &lt;zhanxusheng1024@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260724023317.624074-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/kprobe: Remove redundant memset in kprobe_perf_func()</title>
<updated>2026-07-21T09:00:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-20T10:44:53+00:00</published>
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kprobe_perf_func() calls memset(&amp;entry[1], 0, dsize) prior to calling
store_trace_args(). store_trace_args() populates the entry buffer and
handles dynamic data fields.

Remove this redundant memset call to align with kretprobe_perf_func() and
other probe perf functions.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178454429309.296567.17379087988750549247.stgit@devnote2/

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;</content>
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kprobe_perf_func() calls memset(&amp;entry[1], 0, dsize) prior to calling
store_trace_args(). store_trace_args() populates the entry buffer and
handles dynamic data fields.

Remove this redundant memset call to align with kretprobe_perf_func() and
other probe perf functions.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178454429309.296567.17379087988750549247.stgit@devnote2/

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/probes: Extend max length of argument string</title>
<updated>2026-07-14T13:43:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-14T01:10:04+00:00</published>
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To support BTF argument parsing (such as accessing fields within nested
structures via typecasting), the maximum argument string length needs
to be extended. Extend MAX_ARGSTR_LEN from 63 to 255.

Since MAX_ARGSTR_LEN was previously reused to format command heads in
trace_*probe_match_command_head() functions, introduce a dedicated
MAX_COMMON_HEAD_LEN (63) macro for matching command heads and switch
these functions to use the new macro.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178399140457.27810.11387684872148824707.stgit@devnote2/

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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To support BTF argument parsing (such as accessing fields within nested
structures via typecasting), the maximum argument string length needs
to be extended. Extend MAX_ARGSTR_LEN from 63 to 255.

Since MAX_ARGSTR_LEN was previously reused to format command heads in
trace_*probe_match_command_head() functions, introduce a dedicated
MAX_COMMON_HEAD_LEN (63) macro for matching command heads and switch
these functions to use the new macro.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178399140457.27810.11387684872148824707.stgit@devnote2/

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/probes: Support dumping fetcharg program for debugging dynamic events</title>
<updated>2026-07-02T12:12:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-02T12:12:40+00:00</published>
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For debugging probe events, it is helpful to verify the compiled
fetch instructions for each probe argument. This introduces a new
kernel config CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS_DUMP_FETCHARG to decode the
instruction sequence of each argument and display it under a
commented line starting with '#' immediately following the dynamic
event definition (such as in dynamic_events, kprobe_events,
uprobe_events, etc.).

For example:
 /sys/kernel/tracing # cat dynamic_events
 p:kprobes/p_vfs_read_0 vfs_read arg1=+0(file):ustring arg2=%ax:x16
 #  arg1: ARG(0) -&gt; ST_USTRING(offset=0,size=4) -&gt; END
 #  arg2: REG(80) -&gt; ST_RAW(size=2) -&gt; END

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178271359508.1176915.11895926894608440183.stgit@devnote2/

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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For debugging probe events, it is helpful to verify the compiled
fetch instructions for each probe argument. This introduces a new
kernel config CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS_DUMP_FETCHARG to decode the
instruction sequence of each argument and display it under a
commented line starting with '#' immediately following the dynamic
event definition (such as in dynamic_events, kprobe_events,
uprobe_events, etc.).

For example:
 /sys/kernel/tracing # cat dynamic_events
 p:kprobes/p_vfs_read_0 vfs_read arg1=+0(file):ustring arg2=%ax:x16
 #  arg1: ARG(0) -&gt; ST_USTRING(offset=0,size=4) -&gt; END
 #  arg2: REG(80) -&gt; ST_RAW(size=2) -&gt; END

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178271359508.1176915.11895926894608440183.stgit@devnote2/

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'trace-v7.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2026-04-17T16:43:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-17T16:43:12+00:00</published>
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix printf format warning for bprintf

   sunrpc uses a trace_printk() that triggers a printf warning during
   the compile. Move the __printf() attribute around for when debugging
   is not enabled the warning will go away

 - Remove redundant check for EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED in
   event_filter_write()

   The FREED flag is checked in the call to event_file_file() and then
   checked again right afterward, which is unneeded

 - Clean up event_file_file() and event_file_data() helpers

   These helper functions played a different role in the past, but now
   with eventfs, the READ_ONCE() isn't needed. Simplify the code a bit
   and also add a warning to event_file_data() if the file or its data
   is not present

 - Remove updating file-&gt;private_data in tracing open

   All access to the file private data is handled by the helper
   functions, which do not use file-&gt;private_data. Stop updating it on
   open

 - Show ENUM names in function arguments via BTF in function tracing

   When showing the function arguments when func-args option is set for
   function tracing, if one of the arguments is found to be an enum,
   show the name of the enum instead of its number

 - Add new trace_call__##name() API for tracepoints

   Tracepoints are enabled via static_branch() blocks, where when not
   enabled, there's only a nop that is in the code where the execution
   will just skip over it. When tracing is enabled, the nop is converted
   to a direct jump to the tracepoint code. Sometimes more calculations
   are required to be performed to update the parameters of the
   tracepoint. In this case, trace_##name##_enabled() is called which is
   a static_branch() that gets enabled only when the tracepoint is
   enabled. This allows the extra calculations to also be skipped by the
   nop:

	if (trace_foo_enabled()) {
		x = bar();
		trace_foo(x);
	}

   Where the x=bar() is only performed when foo is enabled. The problem
   with this approach is that there's now two static_branch() calls. One
   for checking if the tracepoint is enabled, and then again to know if
   the tracepoint should be called. The second one is redundant

   Introduce trace_call__foo() that will call the foo() tracepoint
   directly without doing a static_branch():

	if (trace_foo_enabled()) {
		x = bar();
		trace_call__foo();
	}

 - Update various locations to use the new trace_call__##name() API

 - Move snapshot code out of trace.c

   Cleaning up trace.c to not be a "dump all", move the snapshot code
   out of it and into a new trace_snapshot.c file

 - Clean up some "%*.s" to "%*s"

 - Allow boot kernel command line options to be called multiple times

   Have options like:

	ftrace_filter=foo ftrace_filter=bar ftrace_filter=zoo

   Equal to:

	ftrace_filter=foo,bar,zoo

 - Fix ipi_raise event CPU field to be a CPU field

   The ipi_raise target_cpus field is defined as a __bitmask(). There is
   now a __cpumask() field definition. Update the field to use that

 - Have hist_field_name() use a snprintf() and not a series of strcat()

   It's safer to use snprintf() that a series of strcat()

 - Fix tracepoint regfunc balancing

   A tracepoint can define a "reg" and "unreg" function that gets called
   before the tracepoint is enabled, and after it is disabled
   respectively. But on error, after the "reg" func is called and the
   tracepoint is not enabled, the "unreg" function is not called to tear
   down what the "reg" function performed

 - Fix output that shows what histograms are enabled

   Event variables are displayed incorrectly in the histogram output

   Instead of "sched.sched_wakeup.$var", it is showing
   "$sched.sched_wakeup.var" where the '$' is in the incorrect location

 - Some other simple cleanups

* tag 'trace-v7.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (24 commits)
  selftests/ftrace: Add test case for fully-qualified variable references
  tracing: Fix fully-qualified variable reference printing in histograms
  tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func()
  tracing: Rebuild full_name on each hist_field_name() call
  tracing: Report ipi_raise target CPUs as cpumask
  tracing: Remove duplicate latency_fsnotify() stub
  tracing: Preserve repeated trace_trigger boot parameters
  tracing: Append repeated boot-time tracing parameters
  tracing: Remove spurious default precision from show_event_trigger/filter formats
  cpufreq: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  tracing: Remove tracing_alloc_snapshot() when snapshot isn't defined
  tracing: Move snapshot code out of trace.c and into trace_snapshot.c
  mm: damon: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  btrfs: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  spi: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  i2c: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  kernel: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  tracepoint: Add trace_call__##name() API
  tracing: trace_mmap.h: fix a kernel-doc warning
  tracing: Pretty-print enum parameters in function arguments
  ...
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix printf format warning for bprintf

   sunrpc uses a trace_printk() that triggers a printf warning during
   the compile. Move the __printf() attribute around for when debugging
   is not enabled the warning will go away

 - Remove redundant check for EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED in
   event_filter_write()

   The FREED flag is checked in the call to event_file_file() and then
   checked again right afterward, which is unneeded

 - Clean up event_file_file() and event_file_data() helpers

   These helper functions played a different role in the past, but now
   with eventfs, the READ_ONCE() isn't needed. Simplify the code a bit
   and also add a warning to event_file_data() if the file or its data
   is not present

 - Remove updating file-&gt;private_data in tracing open

   All access to the file private data is handled by the helper
   functions, which do not use file-&gt;private_data. Stop updating it on
   open

 - Show ENUM names in function arguments via BTF in function tracing

   When showing the function arguments when func-args option is set for
   function tracing, if one of the arguments is found to be an enum,
   show the name of the enum instead of its number

 - Add new trace_call__##name() API for tracepoints

   Tracepoints are enabled via static_branch() blocks, where when not
   enabled, there's only a nop that is in the code where the execution
   will just skip over it. When tracing is enabled, the nop is converted
   to a direct jump to the tracepoint code. Sometimes more calculations
   are required to be performed to update the parameters of the
   tracepoint. In this case, trace_##name##_enabled() is called which is
   a static_branch() that gets enabled only when the tracepoint is
   enabled. This allows the extra calculations to also be skipped by the
   nop:

	if (trace_foo_enabled()) {
		x = bar();
		trace_foo(x);
	}

   Where the x=bar() is only performed when foo is enabled. The problem
   with this approach is that there's now two static_branch() calls. One
   for checking if the tracepoint is enabled, and then again to know if
   the tracepoint should be called. The second one is redundant

   Introduce trace_call__foo() that will call the foo() tracepoint
   directly without doing a static_branch():

	if (trace_foo_enabled()) {
		x = bar();
		trace_call__foo();
	}

 - Update various locations to use the new trace_call__##name() API

 - Move snapshot code out of trace.c

   Cleaning up trace.c to not be a "dump all", move the snapshot code
   out of it and into a new trace_snapshot.c file

 - Clean up some "%*.s" to "%*s"

 - Allow boot kernel command line options to be called multiple times

   Have options like:

	ftrace_filter=foo ftrace_filter=bar ftrace_filter=zoo

   Equal to:

	ftrace_filter=foo,bar,zoo

 - Fix ipi_raise event CPU field to be a CPU field

   The ipi_raise target_cpus field is defined as a __bitmask(). There is
   now a __cpumask() field definition. Update the field to use that

 - Have hist_field_name() use a snprintf() and not a series of strcat()

   It's safer to use snprintf() that a series of strcat()

 - Fix tracepoint regfunc balancing

   A tracepoint can define a "reg" and "unreg" function that gets called
   before the tracepoint is enabled, and after it is disabled
   respectively. But on error, after the "reg" func is called and the
   tracepoint is not enabled, the "unreg" function is not called to tear
   down what the "reg" function performed

 - Fix output that shows what histograms are enabled

   Event variables are displayed incorrectly in the histogram output

   Instead of "sched.sched_wakeup.$var", it is showing
   "$sched.sched_wakeup.var" where the '$' is in the incorrect location

 - Some other simple cleanups

* tag 'trace-v7.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (24 commits)
  selftests/ftrace: Add test case for fully-qualified variable references
  tracing: Fix fully-qualified variable reference printing in histograms
  tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func()
  tracing: Rebuild full_name on each hist_field_name() call
  tracing: Report ipi_raise target CPUs as cpumask
  tracing: Remove duplicate latency_fsnotify() stub
  tracing: Preserve repeated trace_trigger boot parameters
  tracing: Append repeated boot-time tracing parameters
  tracing: Remove spurious default precision from show_event_trigger/filter formats
  cpufreq: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  tracing: Remove tracing_alloc_snapshot() when snapshot isn't defined
  tracing: Move snapshot code out of trace.c and into trace_snapshot.c
  mm: damon: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  btrfs: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  spi: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  i2c: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  kernel: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  tracepoint: Add trace_call__##name() API
  tracing: trace_mmap.h: fix a kernel-doc warning
  tracing: Pretty-print enum parameters in function arguments
  ...
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Prefer vmlinux symbols over module symbols for unqualified kprobes</title>
<updated>2026-04-07T23:27:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrey Grodzovsky</name>
<email>andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-07T20:39:11+00:00</published>
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When an unqualified kprobe target exists in both vmlinux and a loaded
module, number_of_same_symbols() returns a count greater than 1,
causing kprobe attachment to fail with -EADDRNOTAVAIL even though the
vmlinux symbol is unambiguous.

When no module qualifier is given and the symbol is found in vmlinux,
return the vmlinux-only count without scanning loaded modules. This
preserves the existing behavior for all other cases:
- Symbol only in a module: vmlinux count is 0, falls through to module
  scan as before.
- Symbol qualified with MOD:SYM: mod != NULL, unchanged path.
- Symbol ambiguous within vmlinux itself: count &gt; 1 is returned as-is.

Fixes: 926fe783c8a6 ("tracing/kprobes: Fix symbol counting logic by looking at modules as well")
Fixes: 9d8616034f16 ("tracing/kprobes: Add symbol counting check when module loads")
Suggested-by: Ihor Solodrai &lt;ihor.solodrai@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Ihor Solodrai &lt;ihor.solodrai@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrey Grodzovsky &lt;andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260407203912.1787502-2-andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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When an unqualified kprobe target exists in both vmlinux and a loaded
module, number_of_same_symbols() returns a count greater than 1,
causing kprobe attachment to fail with -EADDRNOTAVAIL even though the
vmlinux symbol is unambiguous.

When no module qualifier is given and the symbol is found in vmlinux,
return the vmlinux-only count without scanning loaded modules. This
preserves the existing behavior for all other cases:
- Symbol only in a module: vmlinux count is 0, falls through to module
  scan as before.
- Symbol qualified with MOD:SYM: mod != NULL, unchanged path.
- Symbol ambiguous within vmlinux itself: count &gt; 1 is returned as-is.

Fixes: 926fe783c8a6 ("tracing/kprobes: Fix symbol counting logic by looking at modules as well")
Fixes: 9d8616034f16 ("tracing/kprobes: Add symbol counting check when module loads")
Suggested-by: Ihor Solodrai &lt;ihor.solodrai@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Ihor Solodrai &lt;ihor.solodrai@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrey Grodzovsky &lt;andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260407203912.1787502-2-andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Append repeated boot-time tracing parameters</title>
<updated>2026-03-31T18:52:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wesley Atwell</name>
<email>atwellwea@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-30T18:11:02+00:00</published>
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Some tracing boot parameters already accept delimited value lists, but
their __setup() handlers keep only the last instance seen at boot.
Make repeated instances append to the same boot-time buffer in the
format each parser already consumes.

Use a shared trace_append_boot_param() helper for the ftrace filters,
trace_options, and kprobe_event boot parameters.

This also lets Bootconfig array values work naturally when they expand
to repeated param=value entries.

Before this change, only the last instance from each repeated
parameter survived boot.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330181103.1851230-1-atwellwea@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Wesley Atwell &lt;atwellwea@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Some tracing boot parameters already accept delimited value lists, but
their __setup() handlers keep only the last instance seen at boot.
Make repeated instances append to the same boot-time buffer in the
format each parser already consumes.

Use a shared trace_append_boot_param() helper for the ftrace filters,
trace_options, and kprobe_event boot parameters.

This also lets Bootconfig array values work naturally when they expand
to repeated param=value entries.

Before this change, only the last instance from each repeated
parameter survived boot.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330181103.1851230-1-atwellwea@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Wesley Atwell &lt;atwellwea@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T01:06:51+00:00</published>
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

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

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

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

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

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

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

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

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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