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2026-01-06VFS: fix __start_dirop() kernel-doc warningsBagas Sanjaya
Sphinx report kernel-doc warnings: WARNING: ./fs/namei.c:2853 function parameter 'state' not described in '__start_dirop' WARNING: ./fs/namei.c:2853 expecting prototype for start_dirop(). Prototype was for __start_dirop() instead Fix them up. Fixes: ff7c4ea11a05c8 ("VFS: add start_creating_killable() and start_removing_killable()") Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251219024620.22880-3-bagasdotme@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-01-06fs: Describe @isnew parameter in ilookup5_nowait()Bagas Sanjaya
Sphinx reports kernel-doc warning: WARNING: ./fs/inode.c:1607 function parameter 'isnew' not described in 'ilookup5_nowait' Describe the parameter. Fixes: a27628f4363435 ("fs: rework I_NEW handling to operate without fences") Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251219024620.22880-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-01-06perf build: Skip nondistro build test if libbfd is oldJames Clark
Non distro builds now require a new version of libbfd, so skip the test if the library is too old. The grep test isn't a strong as the feature test in test-libbfd-threadsafe.c, but there seems to be precedent for feature testing this way here and it's good enough for the build-test rule. If the function exists but returns an error it will be picked up by the feature test when attempting the build. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-01-06Documentation: kernel-hacking: Remove :c:func: annotationsThorsten Blum
Remove the useless :c:func: annotations. Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251222232506.2615-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
2026-01-06perf build: Feature test for libbfd thread safety APIJames Clark
The non-distro build requires libbfd 2.42 since commit b72b8132d8fd ("perf libbfd: Ensure libbfd is initialized prior to use"). Add a feature test so that it's obvious why the build fails if this criteria isn't met. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-01-06perf build: Remove unused libbfd-buildid feature testJames Clark
HAVE_LIBBFD_BUILDID_SUPPORT isn't used in the codebase so remove the feature test that sets it. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-01-06nfs: unify security_inode_listsecurity() callsStephen Smalley
commit 243fea134633 ("NFSv4.2: fix listxattr to return selinux security label") introduced a direct call to security_inode_listsecurity() in nfs4_listxattr(). However, nfs4_listxattr() already indirectly called security_inode_listsecurity() via nfs4_listxattr_nfs4_label() if CONFIG_NFS_V4_SECURITY_LABEL is enabled and the server has the NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL capability enabled. This duplication was fixed by commit 9acb237deff7 ("NFSv4.2: another fix for listxattr") by making the second call conditional on NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL not being set by the server. However, the combination of the two changes effectively makes one call to security_inode_listsecurity() in every case - which is the desired behavior since getxattr() always returns a security xattr even if it has to synthesize one. Further, the two different calls produce different xattr name ordering between security.* and user.* xattr names. Unify the two separate calls into a single call and get rid of nfs4_listxattr_nfs4_label() altogether. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/CAEjxPJ6e8z__=MP5NfdUxkOMQ=EnUFSjWFofP4YPwHqK=Ki5nw@mail.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2026-01-06perf build: Do all non-distro feature checks in one goJames Clark
None of the if statements or variable assignments in the non-distro block actually affect the feature checks. Just do them all in one place so the flow isn't obscured. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-01-06Documentation: kernel-hacking: Convert internal linksBagas Sanjaya
Convert internal cross-references in "Putting Your Stuff in the kernel" section from inline code to internal links. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251223035254.22894-4-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
2026-01-06Documentation: kernel-hacking: Do not italicize EXPORT_SYMBOL{,_GPL}() ↵Bagas Sanjaya
references Do not italicize EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() references in EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL() subsections. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251223035254.22894-3-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
2026-01-06Documentation: kernel-hacking: Remove current macro annotationBagas Sanjaya
Remove unneeded :c:macro: annotation of current macro. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251223035254.22894-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
2026-01-06pidfs: protect PIDFD_GET_* ioctls() via ifdefChristian Brauner
We originally protected PIDFD_GET_<ns-type>_NAMESPACE ioctls() through ifdefs and recent rework made it possible to drop them. There was an oversight though. When the relevant namespace is turned off ns->ops will be NULL so even though opening a file descriptor is perfectly legitimate it would fail during inode eviction when the file was closed. The simple fix would be to check ns->ops for NULL and continue allow to retrieve namespace fds from pidfds but we don't allow retrieving them when the relevant namespace type is turned off. So keep the simplification but add the ifdefs back in. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20251222214907.GA189632@quark Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251224-ununterbrochen-gagen-ea949b83f8f2@brauner Fixes: a71e4f103aed ("pidfs: simplify PIDFD_GET_<type>_NAMESPACE ioctls") Tested-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@kernel.org> Tested-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-01-06perf build: Remove ↵Roberto Sassu
FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-disassembler-{four-args,init-styled} setting As the building mechanism is now able to retry detection with different combinations of linking flags, setting FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-disassembler-four-args and FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-disassembler-init-styled is not necessary anymore, so remove it. James Clark notes: Use the same technique to find the set of bfd-related libraries to link as in: 3308ffc5016e6136 ("tools, build: Retry detection of bfd-related features") Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Cc: KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Cc: Nick Terrell <terrelln@fb.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org> Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-01-06kbuild: uapi: split out command conditions into variablesThomas Weißschuh
The condition logic will become a bit more complicated. Split them out into dedicated variables so they stay readable. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251223-uapi-nostdinc-v1-4-d91545d794f7@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
2026-01-06kbuild: uapi: don't compile test bpf_perf_event.h on xtensaThomas Weißschuh
The xtensa UAPI headers do not provide 'struct pt_regs', triggering an error: usr/include/linux/bpf_perf_event.h:14:28: error: field 'regs' has incomplete type Disable the header tests for this file on xtensa. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251223-uapi-nostdinc-v1-3-d91545d794f7@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
2026-01-06hexagon: Drop invalid UAPI header asm/signal.hThomas Weißschuh
This UAPI header contains declarations of internal kernel symbols. Such declarations are invalid. Normally headers_check.pl would report an error, but apparently its dependency on CC_CAN_LINK prevent its execution on hexagon so far. As the header does not expose any additional UAPI, just make it a regular internal kernel header. asm-generic/signal.h will be used for the UAPI automatically, the same as before. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251223-uapi-nostdinc-v1-2-d91545d794f7@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
2026-01-06kbuild: uapi: validate that headers do not use libcThomas Weißschuh
The UAPI headers should be self-contained. That means they should not use other headers from libc. Currently this is not enforced and various dependencies have crept in. Add a check to make sure no new ones are added. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251223-uapi-nostdinc-v1-1-d91545d794f7@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
2026-01-06docs: admin: devices: remove /dev/cdwriterMax Nikulin
Remove /dev/cdwriter from the local symlinks table and from the related note. Creation of the symlink was removed from udev in commit [1] that became a part of release 115 in 2007 [2]. The altered text was added in 1995 [3]. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/hotplug/udev.git/commit/?id=b1a2b83f2d 2007-08-11 14:06:03 +0200 Kay Sievers. rules: update Fedora rules [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/hotplug/udev.git/commit/?h=7e599863919 2007-08-24 01:29:54 +0200 Kay Sievers. release 115 [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/diff/Documentation/devices.txt?h=v2.5.45&id=6e995ea941a 1995-11-21 Linus Torvalds. Import 1.3.43 Signed-off-by: Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <f5c3f6e9-cd92-47e3-89c3-06dbcfc98c17@gmail.com>
2026-01-06perf test java symbol: Additional libperf-jvmti.so path checkIan Rogers
If perf is built into an output directory then so is libperf-jvmti.so. If `perf test` is run from that directory then PWD needn't also be that directory meaning libperf-jvmti.so won't be found and the test skipped. Add an additional check for libperf-jvmti.so in the same directory as the perf binary for this case, this avoids the test skipping. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-01-06docs: keystone: fix typo in knav-qmss documentationAkiyoshi Kurita
Signed-off-by: Akiyoshi Kurita <weibu@redadmin.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251223112946.2580519-1-weibu@redadmin.org>
2026-01-06kconfig: Support conditional deps using "depends on X if Y"Nicolas Pitre
Extend the "depends on" syntax to support conditional dependencies using "depends on X if Y". While functionally equivalent to "depends on X || (Y == n)", "depends on X if Y" is much more readable and makes the kconfig language uniform in supporting the "if <expr>" suffix. This also improves readability for "optional" dependencies, which are the subset of conditional dependencies where X is Y. Previously such optional dependencies had to be expressed as the counterintuitive "depends on X || !X", now this can be represented as "depends on X if X". The change is implemented by converting the "X if Y" syntax into the "X || (Y == n)" syntax during "depends on" token processing. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> [Graham Roff: Rewrote commit message, updated patch, added tests] Signed-off-by: Graham Roff <grahamr@qti.qualcomm.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251215-kconfig_conditional_deps-v3-1-59519af0a5df@qti.qualcomm.com [nathan: Minor adjustments to spacing] Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
2026-01-06docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentationSasha Levin
Add guidance for AI assistants and developers using AI tools for kernel contributions, per the consensus reached at the 2025 Maintainers Summit. Create Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst with detailed guidance on licensing, Signed-off-by requirements, and attribution format. The README points AI tools to this documentation. This will allow coding assistants to easily parse these instructions and comply with guidelines set by the community. Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1049830/ Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251223122110.2496946-1-sashal@kernel.org>
2026-01-06Docs/translations/ko_KR: remove memory-barriersSeongJae Park
The memory-barriers.txt Korean translation is quite outdated. The last update on the translation was made on 2022-10-10, by commit ee5a86f451f7 ("docs/memory-barriers.txt/kokr: Fix confusing name of 'data dependency barrier'"). After the date, the original memory-barriers.txt got seven more changes so far. The most recent one was made on 2025-11-05. But none of those are applied to the translation. Maybe I can work again on keeping it updated. But, given the advancement of translation tools, I think it might not be worth keeping it at all. Remove the outdated translation. If it turns out to be worthy to keep the translation and someone willing to keep it updated steps up, this could be reverted. This change was inspired from the last kernel summit discussion [1]. [1] https://lpc.events/event/19/contributions/2259/ Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251225014027.15948-1-sj@kernel.org>
2026-01-06docs: submitting-patches: suggest adding previous version linksSeongJae Park
For review of patches that revisioned multiple times, patch changelogs are very useful. Adding actual links to the previous versions can further help the review. Using such links, reviewers can double check the changelog by themselves, and find previous discussions. Nowadays having such links (e.g., lore.kernel.org archive links) is easy and reliable. Suggest adding such links if available. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251225015447.16387-1-sj@kernel.org>
2026-01-06fs/namei: Remove redundant DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY check in __follow_mount_rcuBreno Leitao
The check for DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY at the start of __follow_mount_rcu() is redundant because the only caller (handle_mounts) already verifies d_managed(dentry) before calling this function, so, dentry in __follow_mount_rcu() has always DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY set. This early-out optimization never fires in practice - but it is marking as likely(). This was detected with branch profiling, which shows 100% misprediction in this likely. Remove the whole if clause instead of removing the likely, given we know for sure that dentry is not DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260105-dcache-v1-1-f0d904b4a7c2@debian.org Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-01-06fs: only assert on LOOKUP_RCU when built with CONFIG_DEBUG_VFSMateusz Guzik
Calls to the 2 modified routines are explicitly gated with checks for the flag, so there is no use for this in production kernels. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251229125751.826050-1-mjguzik@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-01-06doc-guide: kernel-doc: specify that W=n does not check header filesVincent Mailhol
The documentation states that: make W=n can be used to verify the documentation format. This is true for .c files but not for headers [1]. Modify the documentation to specify that headers files are not covered by make W=n and that these need to be checked separately with scripts/kernel-doc. [1] commit 3a025e1d1c2e ("Add optional check for bad kernel-doc comments") Link: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3a025e1d1c2e Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251225-doc-format-check-v1-1-dff637a4d275@kernel.org>
2026-01-06audit: add missing syscalls to read classJeffrey Bencteux
The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to read its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class. Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Bencteux <jeff@bencteux.fr> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2026-01-06perf test: Fix test case perf evlist tests for s390xThomas Richter
Perf test case 78: perf evlist tests fails on s390. The failure is causes by grouping events cycles and instructions because sampling does only support event cycles. Change the group to software events to fix this. Output before: # ./perf test 78 78: perf evlist tests : FAILED! # Output after: # ./perf test 78 78: perf evlist tests : Ok # Fixes: db452961de939225 ("perf tests evlist: Add basic evlist test") Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com> Tested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Jan Polensky <japo@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-01-06Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakesVolodymyr Kot
Fixed capitalization and punctuation in process documentation. Signed-off-by: Volodymyr Kot <volodymyr.kot.ua@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251225133911.87512-1-volodymyr.kot.ua@gmail.com>
2026-01-06docs: process: email-client: add Thunderbird "Toggle Line Wrap" extensionVincent Mailhol
While reading the git-format-patch manpages [1], I discovered the existence of the "Toggle Line Wrap" extension for Thunderbird which I found rather convenient. Looking at the history, the ancestor of this extension was added to the documentation in commit e0e34e977a7c ("Documentation/email-clients.txt: update Thunderbird docs with wordwrap plugin") but then removed in commit f9a0974d3f70 ("Documentation: update thunderbird email client settings"). Extend the paragraph on Thunderbird's mailnews.wraplength register to mention the existence of the "Toggle Line Wrap" extension. The goal is not to create a war on what is the best option so make it clear that this is just an alternative. [1] man git-format-patch -- §Thunderbird Link: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_thunderbird Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Sotir Danailov <sndanailov@gmail.com> # As past commit author Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251226-docs_thunderbird-toggle-line-wrap-v2-1-aebb8c60025d@kernel.org>
2026-01-06docs: Makefile: wrap SPHINXDIRS help textMustafa Elrasheid
When using `make help`, SPHINXDIR doesn't wrap around 80 characters, causing text to overflow or wrap in incorrect ways, which then makes the text difficult to read Signed-off-by: Mustafa Elrasheid <mustafaelrasheid@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20251227125244.6407-1-mustafaelrasheid@gmail.com>
2026-01-06docs: find-unused-docs.sh: fixup directory usageRandy Dunlap
The recent move of this script from scripts/ to tools/docs/ did not account for the 'cd' directory usage. Update "cd .." to "cd ../.." to make the script self-correcting. This also eliminates a shell warning: ./tools/docs/find-unused-docs.sh: line 33: cd: Documentation/: No such file or directory Fixes: 184414c6a6ca ("docs: move find-unused-docs.sh to tools/docs") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Fixes: 184414c6a6ca (docs: move find-unused-docs.sh to tools/docs) Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260102200657.1040234-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
2026-01-06docs/ja_JP: fix typos in submit-checklist.rstMasaharu Noguchi
Fix spelling errors in the Japanese translation: - "Menu attibutes: default value" -> "Menu attributes: default value" - "Documentaion/ABI/" -> "Documentation/ABI/" No change in meaning intended. Signed-off-by: Masaharu Noguchi <nogunix@gmail.com> Acked-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260103-b4-practice-docs-typo-v1-1-d68ad6a22ab5@gmail.com>
2026-01-06docs/ja_JP: fix translation of freestanding C environmentMasaharu Noguchi
The current Japanese translation incorrectly implies that the kernel is independent of the C language. Translate "freestanding C environment" accurately. Signed-off-by: Masaharu Noguchi <nogunix@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260104-ja-howto-v2-2-8cac525b3dfe@gmail.com>
2026-01-06docs/ja_JP: fix typos and duplicated phrases in kernel development guideMasaharu Noguchi
Fix obvious typos and duplicated phrases in the Japanese translation. No change in meaning intended. Acked-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Masaharu Noguchi <nogunix@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260104-ja-howto-v2-1-8cac525b3dfe@gmail.com>
2026-01-06perf/arm_dsu: Allow standard cycles eventsRobin Murphy
Since we do not use the divide-by-64 option, there should be no significant difference between the dedicated cycle counter and the standard cycles event. Since using the latter on DSU-120 now has the side-effect of allowing multiple cycles events to be scheduled simultaneously (beneficial for multiple cycle-based metrics), there seems little reason not to allow the same on older DSUs as well. Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
2026-01-06perf/arm_dsu: Support DSU-120Robin Murphy
DSU-120 has the same system register interface as previous DSUs, but no longer offers a dedicated cycle counter. While this is not directly discoverable via PMCR, the PMCCNTR register is still defined to exist with RAZ/WI behaviour, allowing for a straightforward heuristic. Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
2026-01-06perf/arm_dsu: Support DSU-110Robin Murphy
DSU-110 sneakily made all the event counters 64-bit, perhaps related to no longer having AArch32 EL1 to worry about. While the DSU version itself is not easily discoverable, the size of a counter certainly is. Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
2026-01-06rust: io: remove square brackets from pci::Bar referenceMarko Turk
Remove square brackets since this section is not a part of doc-comment so the reference will not be converted to a link in the generated docs. Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Marko Turk <mt@markoturk.info> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260105213726.73000-1-mt@markoturk.info Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
2026-01-06hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular filesTetsuo Handa
Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()") requires any inode be one of S_IFDIR/S_IFLNK/S_IFREG/S_IFCHR/S_IFBLK/ S_IFIFO/S_IFSOCK type, use S_IFREG for special inodes. Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+895c23f6917da440ed0d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=895c23f6917da440ed0d Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d0a07b1b-8b73-4002-8e29-e2bd56871262@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
2026-01-06hfsplus: return error when node already exists in hfs_bnode_createShardul Bankar
When hfs_bnode_create() finds that a node is already hashed (which should not happen in normal operation), it currently returns the existing node without incrementing its reference count. This causes a reference count inconsistency that leads to a kernel panic when the node is later freed in hfs_bnode_put(): kernel BUG at fs/hfsplus/bnode.c:676! BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&node->refcnt)) This scenario can occur when hfs_bmap_alloc() attempts to allocate a node that is already in use (e.g., when node 0's bitmap bit is incorrectly unset), or due to filesystem corruption. Returning an existing node from a create path is not normal operation. Fix this by returning ERR_PTR(-EEXIST) instead of the node when it's already hashed. This properly signals the error condition to callers, which already check for IS_ERR() return values. Reported-by: syzbot+1c8ff72d0cd8a50dfeaa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1c8ff72d0cd8a50dfeaa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/784415834694f39902088fa8946850fc1779a318.camel@ibm.com/ Fixes: 634725a92938 ("[PATCH] hfs: cleanup HFS+ prints") Signed-off-by: Shardul Bankar <shardul.b@mpiricsoftware.com> Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251229204938.1907089-1-shardul.b@mpiricsoftware.com Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
2026-01-06hfs: Replace BUG_ON with error handling for CNID count checksJori Koolstra
In a06ec283e125 next_id, folder_count, and file_count in the super block info were expanded to 64 bits, and BUG_ONs were added to detect overflow. This triggered an error reported by syzbot: if the MDB is corrupted, the BUG_ON is triggered. This patch replaces this mechanism with proper error handling and resolves the syzbot reported bug. Singed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> Reported-by: syzbot+17cc9bb6d8d69b4139f0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzbot.org/bug?extid=17cc9bb6d8d69b4139f0 Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com> Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251220191006.2465256-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
2026-01-06hfsplus: fix generic/020 xfstests failureViacheslav Dubeyko
The xfstests' test-case generic/020 fails to execute correctly: FSTYP -- hfsplus PLATFORM -- Linux/x86_64 hfsplus-testing-0001 6.15.0-rc4+ #8 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu May 1 16:43:22 PDT 2025 MKFS_OPTIONS -- /dev/loop51 MOUNT_OPTIONS -- /dev/loop51 /mnt/scratch generic/020 _check_generic_filesystem: filesystem on /dev/loop50 is inconsistent (see xfstests-dev/results//generic/020.full for details) *** add lots of attributes *** check *** MAX_ATTRS attribute(s) +/mnt/test/attribute_12286: Numerical result out of range *** -1 attribute(s) *** remove lots of attributes ... (Run 'diff -u /xfstests-dev/tests/generic/020.out /xfstests-dev/results//generic/020.out.bad' to see the entire diff) The generic/020 creates more than 100 xattrs and gives its the names user.attribute_<number> (for example, user.attribute_101). As the next step, listxattr() is called with the goal to check the correctness of xattrs creation. However, it was issue in hfsplus_listxattr() logic. This method re-uses the fd.key->attr.key_name.unicode and strbuf buffers in the loop without re-initialization. As a result, part of the previous name could still remain in the buffers. For example, user.attribute_101 could be processed before user.attribute_54. The issue resulted in formation the name user.attribute_541 instead of user.attribute_54. This patch adds initialization of fd.key->attr.key_name.unicode and strbuf buffers before calling hfs_brec_goto() method that prepare next name in the buffer. HFS+ logic supports only inline xattrs. Such extended attributes can store values not bigger than 3802 bytes [1]. This limitation requires correction of generic/020 logic. Finally, generic/020 can be executed without any issue: sudo ./check generic/020 FSTYP -- hfsplus PLATFORM -- Linux/x86_64 hfsplus-testing-0001 6.19.0-rc1+ #44 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Dec 22 15:39:00 PST 2025 MKFS_OPTIONS -- /dev/loop51 MOUNT_OPTIONS -- /dev/loop51 /mnt/scratch generic/020 31s ... 38s Ran: generic/020 Passed all 1 tests [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc2/source/include/linux/hfs_common.h#L626 Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com> cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> cc: Yangtao Li <frank.li@vivo.com> cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251224002810.1137139-1-slava@dubeyko.com Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
2026-01-06drm/nouveau: fifo: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warningGustavo A. R. Silva
-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are getting ready to enable it, globally. Use the new TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper to fix the following warning: drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/fifo.c:29:42: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end] This helper creates a union between a flexible-array member (FAM) and a set of members that would otherwise follow it. This overlays the trailing members onto the FAM while preserving the original memory layout. Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aJ17oxJYcqqr3946@kspp Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2026-01-06rust: device: Remove explicit import of CStrExtFUJITA Tomonori
Remove the explicit import of CStrExt. When CONFIG_PRINTK is disabled this import causes a build error: error: unused import: `crate::str::CStrExt` --> rust/kernel/device.rs:17:5 | 17 | use crate::str::CStrExt as _; | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | = note: `-D unused-imports` implied by `-D warnings` = help: to override `-D warnings` add `#[allow(unused_imports)]` error: aborting due to 1 previous error CStrExt is covered by prelude::* so the explicit import is redundant. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@gmail.com> Fixes: 3b83f5d5e78a ("rust: replace `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`") Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260106000320.2593800-1-fujita.tomonori@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
2026-01-06rust: num: bounded: mark __new as unsafeHsiu Che Yu
The `Bounded::__new()` constructor relies on the caller to ensure the value can be represented within N bits. Failing to uphold this requirement breaks the type invariant. Mark it as unsafe and document this requirement in a Safety section to make the contract explicit. Update all call sites to use unsafe blocks and change their comments from `INVARIANT:` to `SAFETY:`, as they are now justifying unsafe operations rather than establishing type invariants. Fixes: 01e345e82ec3a ("rust: num: add Bounded integer wrapping type") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aS1qC_ol2XEpZ44b@google.com/ Reported-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1211 Signed-off-by: Hsiu Che Yu <yu.whisper.personal@gmail.com> Acked-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251204033849.23480-1-yu.whisper.personal@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2026-01-06rust: pci: fix typos in Bar struct's commentsMarko Turk
Fix a typo in the doc-comment of the Bar structure: 'inststance -> instance'. Add also 'is' to the comment inside Bar's `new()` function (suggested by Dirk): // `pdev` is valid by the invariants of `Device`. Fixes: bf9651f84b4e ("rust: pci: implement I/O mappable `pci::Bar`") Suggested-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com> Signed-off-by: Marko Turk <mt@markoturk.info> Reviewed-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260105213726.73000-2-mt@markoturk.info Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
2026-01-06rust: kbuild: Add -fdiagnostics-show-context to bindgen_skip_c_flagsSiddhesh Poyarekar
This got added with: 7454048db27d ("kbuild: Enable GCC diagnostic context for value-tracking warnings") but clang does not have this option, so avoid passing it to bindgen. [ Details about what the option does are in the commit above. Nathan also expands on this: Right, this does look correct, as this option is specific to GCC for the purpose of exposing more information from GCC internals to the user for understanding diagnostics better. I checked that in Compiler Explorer GCC 15.2 doesn't have it, but GCC trunk indeed has. - Miguel ] Fixes: 7454048db27d ("kbuild: Enable GCC diagnostic context for value-tracking warnings") Signed-off-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251217224050.1186896-1-siddhesh@gotplt.org [ Removed Cc: stable. Added title prefix. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2026-01-06selftests/bpf: Update xdp_context_test_run test to check maximum metadata sizeToke Høiland-Jørgensen
Update the selftest to check that the metadata size check takes the xdp_frame size into account in bpf_prog_test_run. The original check (for meta size 256) was broken because the data frame supplied was smaller than this, triggering a different EINVAL return. So supply a larger data frame for this test to make sure we actually exercise the check we think we are. Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260105114747.1358750-2-toke@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>