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2026-07-23VFS: add vfs_lookup_open() for nfsdNeilBrown
vfs_lookup_open() is a limited version of lookup_open() which is exported for nfsd to use - to replace dentry_create(). It is limited in that no filename is given (thus no auditing) and no LOOKUP_ flags are passed. A few "intent" LOOKUP flags are deduced from the open flags. If a non-regular file is found and appropriate error is returned and no file is opened. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260714230534.776886-4-neilb@ownmail.net Reviewed-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-07-23leds: gpio: Make legacy gpiolib interface optionalArnd Bergmann
There are still a handful of ancient mips/armv5/sh boards that use the gpio_led:gpio member to pass an old-style gpio number, but all modern users have been converted to gpio descriptors. While the CONFIG_GPIOLIB_LEGACY option that guards devm_gpio_request_one() and related helpers is currently turned on in all kernel builds, the plan is to only enable it on the few platforms that actually pass gpio numbers in any platform_data. Split out the legacy portion of the platform_data handling into a custom helper function that is guarded with in #ifdef block, to allow the the leds-gpio driver to compile cleanly when CONFIG_GPIOLIB_LEGACY gets turned off. Once the last user is converted, this function can be removed. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/e9252384-a55c-4a91-9c61-06e05a0b2ce4@app.fastmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> # for input Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260710211854.1371746-4-arnd@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
2026-07-23RDMA/mlx5: Use UMEM attribute for SRQ doorbell recordJiri Pirko
Add an optional mlx5 driver-namespace UMEM attribute on SRQ create so userspace can supply the doorbell record umem explicitly, symmetric to the CQ and QP sides. Resolve it inside mlx5_ib_db_map_user() and use it as a private DBR page when present; otherwise take the existing UHW share-or-pin path that preserves per-page DBR sharing across CQ/QP/SRQ in the same process. Add mlx5's first UVERBS_OBJECT_SRQ UAPI definition chain to attach the new attr. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260701124015.64350-4-jiri@resnulli.us Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-23RDMA/uverbs: Add SRQ buffer UMEM attributeJiri Pirko
Apply the per-attribute UMEM model to the SRQ create method. Add an optional UMEM attribute that backs the SRQ WQE buffer, so userspace can supply it as either a VA or a dma-buf through a single descriptor, consistent with the CQ and QP create methods. mlx5 is the only driver that pins an SRQ WQE buffer via umem; it maps a single ucmd->buf_addr region through this attribute. No other driver implements a user SRQ buffer, so none of them use the attribute. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260701124015.64350-2-jiri@resnulli.us Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-23RDMA/mana_ib: return PD number to the userKonstantin Taranov
Implement returning to userspace applications PDNs of created PDs. The PDN is used by applications that build work requests outside of the rdma-core code base. The PDN is used to build work requests that require mentioning the PD. The HW still ensures PD isolation using PDN attached to MRs and WRs, therefore the PDN mentioned in the work request must match the PDN of the used work queue. The work requests can fit only 16 bit PDNs. Allow users to request short PDNs which are 16 bits. The capability to request short PDN and get PDN is encoded in the response of alloc user context IOCTL. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Taranov <kotaranov@microsoft.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260717200839.495327-1-kotaranov@linux.microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-23PCI/IOV: Return unsigned int from pci_sriov_get_totalvfs()Zhi Wang
pci_sriov_get_totalvfs() reports a VF count, not an errno-style status. It returns 0 when SR-IOV is unavailable or the device is not a PF, and otherwise returns the PF's driver_max_VFs value. driver_max_VFs is stored as a u16 in struct pci_sriov. It is derived from the SR-IOV TotalVFs field or from a driver-provided limit, so the implementation cannot return a negative value. Change the declaration, CONFIG_PCI_IOV stub, and implementation to return unsigned int. Suggested-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Cc: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com> Cc: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/DJHPRE4TGGT8.BUTMYOF5YE05@nvidia.com/ Signed-off-by: Zhi Wang <zhiw@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722073913.1807677-2-zhiw@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
2026-07-23rv: Fix read_lock scope in per-task DA cleanupGabriele Monaco
The da_monitor_reset_all() function for per-task monitors takes tasklist_lock while iterating over tasks, then keeps it also while iterating over idle tasks (one per CPU). The latter is not necessary since the lock needs to guard only for_each_process_thread(). Use a scoped_guard for more compact syntax and adjust the scope only where the lock is necessary. Reviewed-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev> Reviewed-by: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260601153840.124372-13-gmonaco@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>
2026-07-23Merge tag 'amd-pstate-v7.3-2026-07-22' of ↵Rafael J. Wysocki
ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/superm1/linux Merge amd-pstate content for 7.3 (07/22/26) from Mario Limonciello: "* Avoid running unit tests without amd-pstate * Fixes for EPP on shared memory systems * Fixes for dynamic EPP callbacks * Avoid loading on guests * Allow lowest nonlinear == minimum freq" * tag 'amd-pstate-v7.3-2026-07-22' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/superm1/linux: (923 commits) cpufreq/amd-pstate: handle missing policy in dynamic EPP callbacks cpufreq/amd-pstate: Cache the firmware programmed EPP value cpufreq/amd-pstate: Toggle auto_sel in active mode on shared memory systems cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix EPP return type and handle errors during initialization cpufreq: amd-pstate-ut: Skip tests when amd-pstate driver is not active cpufreq/amd-pstate: Prevent the driver from loading on unsupported hardware cpufreq/amd-pstate: Loosen requirement on lowest nonlinear frequency != min freq Linux 7.2-rc4 Revert "drm/amd/display: Restore 5s vbl offdelay for NV3x+ DGPUs" drm/amd/display: check GRPH_FLIP status before sending event drm/amd/display: consolidate DCN vblank/flip handling onto vupdate_no_lock drm/amd: Create a device link between APU display and XHCI devices drm/amd/display: wire DCN42B mcache programming callback drm/amd/display: set new_stream to NULL after release drm/amd/display: Force PWM backlight on Lenovo Legion 5 15ARH05 drm/amdkfd: free MQD managers on DQM init failures drm/amdgpu/ttm: Consider concurrent VM flushes for buffer entities drm/amd/pm/smu7: Fix AC/DC switch notification drm/amdgpu: Disable PCIe dynamic speed switching on Ryzen Pinnacle Ridge drm/amdgpu: always emit the job vm fence ...
2026-07-23fs: push nr_cached_objects memcg gating into individual filesystemsUsama Arif
Commit 0baad6f9b997 ("fs/super: skip non-memcg-aware nr_cached_objects in memcg slab shrink") added a check in fs/super.c that skipped every ->nr_cached_objects() hook whenever the shrinker was invoked for a non-root memcg, on the assumption that none of them honour sc->memcg. That assumption is wrong for XFS, whose inode-reclaim hook is intentionally driven from per-memcg contexts to free memcg-charged slab. Encoding a blanket "never memcg-aware" policy in fs/super.c short-circuits that path. Push the check down into the callbacks whose counters really are irrelevant to per-memcg reclaim - btrfs_nr_cached_objects() and shmem_unused_huge_count() - and drop the fs/super.c gate. Each filesystem can now lift the restriction independently if its counter later grows memcg awareness, without touching fs/super.c. Introduce mem_cgroup_shrink_is_root() in <linux/memcontrol.h> so the callbacks don't open-code "sc->memcg is NULL or root". Fixes: 0baad6f9b997 ("fs/super: skip non-memcg-aware nr_cached_objects in memcg slab shrink") Acked-by: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715103516.2410175-1-usama.arif@linux.dev Acked-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-07-23KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix race between LPI release and re-registrationCarlos López
Fix a potential race between decrementing an LPI's reference count and evicting that structure from the LPI xarray. LPI structures are maintained in the VGIC LPI xarray (dist->lpi_xa). When the reference count of an LPI structure drops to zero, vgic_release_lpi_locked() removes the structure from the xarray and frees it under the xarray lock. However, the release of an LPI can race with a concurrent LPI re-registration with the same INTID via vgic_add_lpi() on another CPU, since the reference count drop and the xarray eviction are not performed in a single atomic step. This can happen e.g. if the guest issues a DISCARD while the LPI is still referenced from a vCPU's active-pending list (ap_list), and the same INTID is re-mapped via MAPTI. Particularly, vgic_release_lpi_locked() is called from two distinct paths: direct release via vgic_put_irq(), and deferred release via vgic_release_deleted_lpis(). During direct release, the issue can result in deleting a newly registered LPI from the xarray: CPU0 (Releasing LPI) CPU1 (Adding new LPI) ==================== ===================== vgic_put_irq() __vgic_put_irq() refcount_dec_and_test() vgic_add_lpi() xa_lock_irqsave() old_irq = xa_load(.., intid) vgic_try_get_irq_ref(old_irq) == false new IRQ inserted --> __xa_store(.., intid, ..) xa_unlock_irqrestore() xa_lock_irqsave(); vgic_release_lpi_locked() __xa_erase(.., irq->intid) <-- BUG: new IRQ is erased kfree_rcu(old_irq) During the deferred release path, the old IRQ can be leaked: CPU0 (Releasing LPI) CPU1 (Adding new LPI) ==================== ===================== vgic_put_irq_norelease() __vgic_put_irq() refcount_dec_and_test() irq->pending_release = true vgic_add_lpi() xa_lock_irqsave() old_irq = xa_load(.., intid) vgic_try_get_irq_ref(oldirq) == false BUG: old IRQ overwritten --> __xa_store(.., intid, ..) xa_unlock_irqrestore() vgic_release_deleted_lpis() xa_lock_irqsave() xa_for_each() { .. } <-- old IRQ with pending_release = true is gone, so it cannot be released To fix the direct release path, move the reference count drop inside the xarray lock, making sure that vgic_add_lpi() never encounters the to-be-released LPI. In the deferred release path, the refcount drop must happen under a raw spinlock, so the xarray lock cannot be grabbed, and the same solution does not work. Instead, update vgic_add_lpi(), so that if it evicts an LPI from the xarray, it takes on the responsibility of freeing it. Consequently, an LPI may now be freed concurrently after a deferred release drops the refcount, so accessing the pending_release field is no longer safe from use-after-free. Delete all uses of the flag, and update vgic_release_deleted_lpis() to identify orphaned LPIs purely based on their refcount. Reported-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 Fixes: 3a08a6ca7c37 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Use bare refcount for VGIC LPIs") Fixes: d54594accf73 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Erase LPIs from xarray outside of raw spinlocks") Signed-off-by: Carlos López <clopez@suse.de> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715105137.3973823-4-clopez@suse.de Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
2026-07-23RDMA/efa: Expose 64-bit send WR ID support to userspaceYonatan Nachum
Currently EFA WRs support 16-bit request ID, this requires EFA to manage a translation table to translate the IB WR ID from 64-bits to 16-bits and translating it back on CQ completion. Expose a new device capability to handle 64-bit request ID for SQ WRs allowing userspace to directly post the 64-bit ID to the device. Reviewed-by: Michael Margolin <mrgolin@amazon.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Sela <tomsela@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Yonatan Nachum <ynachum@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722113331.2515247-3-ynachum@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-23RDMA/efa: Add CQ/QP creation with 64-bit SQ req ID supportYonatan Nachum
Add the support needed to propagate the user requested flags to config the CQ/QP to support 64-bit SQ request ID to the device. Reviewed-by: Michael Margolin <mrgolin@amazon.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Sela <tomsela@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Yonatan Nachum <ynachum@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722113331.2515247-2-ynachum@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-22jbd2: align h_type and h_line_no in the handle structure on byte boundariesTheodore Ts'o
This makes starting handles a little more efficient, since it avoids requiring bitshifts when setting or getting the h_type and h_line_no fields in the jbd2_journal_handle structure. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2026-07-22ext4: enable scoped NOFS when starting a handle in nojournal modeTheodore Ts'o
The jbd2 layer enables NOFS mode using memalloc_nofs_{save,restore}() while a handle is active. We need to do the same in nojournal mode so that it is safe to remove GFP_NOFS flags while a jbd2 handle is active. This will require that we actually allocate a real handle, but with an h_invalid flag set, so there is a place to put the saved memalloc context. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
2026-07-22mshv: fix hv_input_get_system_property structWei Liu
Keep it in sync with the correct definition. The old code worked by chance. Fixes: e68bda71a2384 ("hyperv: Add new Hyper-V headers in include/hyperv") Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
2026-07-22fs/resctrl: Change pattern used to track number of entries in enum ↵Reinette Chatre
resctrl_conf_type CDP_NUM_TYPES tracks the number of different configuration types that can be applied to a resource. CDP_NUM_TYPES is required to iterate over the different configurations but is not a member of enum resctrl_conf_type to avoid the warning generated with -Wswitch when CDP_NUM_TYPES lacks a case. Add a new CDP_LAST enum entry used in CDP_NUM_TYPES definition to simplify adding a new enum entry. Do this to create a cleaner pattern for tracking the number of enum entries in resctrl in preparation for other enums needing to do so. Suggested-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Reviewed-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Tested-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0a7fa4675fb997b6837154dc668baa5e83dcd7d6.1782857711.git.reinette.chatre@intel.com
2026-07-22ACPI: CPPC: add paired FFH feedback-counter read hookPengjie Zhang
cppc_get_perf_ctrs() reads the delivered and reference performance counters one at a time. Allow architectures to provide both FFH feedback counters in one operation when that either narrows the sampling window or avoids extra cross-CPU reads. Add a small FFH-specific hook for that case and fall back to the existing per-register reads when unsupported. Tested-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com> Tested-by: Vanshidhar Konda <vanshikonda@os.amperecomputing.com> Reviewed-by: Vanshidhar Konda <vanshikonda@os.amperecomputing.com> Signed-off-by: Pengjie Zhang <zhangpengjie2@huawei.com> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) <rafael@kernel.org> Tested-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
2026-07-22bitmap: Return size when no zero area is foundYury Norov
Return the bitmap size, rather than size + 1, when bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off() cannot find a suitable area. This matches the conventional find_bit() failure sentinel and still lets callers detect failure with an out-of-range check. Document the public failure contract as a value greater than or equal to the bitmap size, without requiring callers to depend on the exact sentinel. Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>
2026-07-22bitmap: drop bitmap_next_set_region()Yury Norov
The function is a dead code. Drop it. Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>
2026-07-22nodemask: reduce bitmap width to nr_node_ids in __nodemask_pr_numnodes()Li RongQing
__nodemask_pr_numnodes() currently returns MAX_NUMNODES as the field width for '%*pb[l]' nodemask printing. MAX_NUMNODES is a compile-time upper bound and can be much larger than the runtime node id range, resulting in excessive zero padding in bitmap-form output. For example, /proc/<pid>/status prints Mems_allowed with '%*pb' using the nodemask_pr_args() helper. On systems built with MAX_NUMNODES=1024 but booted with a much smaller possible-node range, this produces: Mems_allowed: 00000000,00000000,...,00000003 Switch to nr_node_ids, matching the behavior of cpumask_pr_args() which uses nr_cpu_ids. This reduces the output width from MAX_NUMNODES bits to the runtime node id range: Mems_allowed: 3 Visible impact on in-tree users: - Bitmap format ('%*pb') users: * /proc/<pid>/status Mems_allowed (format changes as shown above) - List format ('%*pbl') users, output is unchanged, as list formatter only prints set bit ranges: * /sys/devices/system/node/{possible,online,has_normal_memory, ...} * NVMe multipath sysfs numa_nodes * memory tier sysfs nodelist * cpuset cgroup mems and effective_mems files * /proc/<pid>/status Mems_allowed_list * mempolicy strings in /proc/<pid>/numa_maps * SLUB debugfs output * Kernel log messages printing nodemasks Move nr_node_ids and nr_online_nodes declarations earlier in the file to allow __nodemask_pr_numnodes() to use nr_node_ids. Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>
2026-07-22lib/bitmap-str: get rid of cpumap_print_to_pagebuf()Yury Norov
Now that all users of the function are switched to the alternatives, drop the function. Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>
2026-07-22bitops: make the *_bit_le functions use unsigned longBenjamin Marzinski
The *_bit_le functions use a signed integer for the bit number. However, the *_bit functions can use an unsigned long. This causes problems if there is a large bitmap and a bit number > 0x80000000 is passed in. Since that is a negative int, it will get sign extended to a long when getting passed to the *_bit function, turning it into a huge bit number. This usually ends up with the memory address wrapping around and the function accessing memory before the start of the bitmap. Avoid this by making the *_bit_le functions take an unsigned long. This can be triggered by faking an almost 4TB dm-mirror device, which uses bitmaps to track the mirror regions: $ dmsetup create bigzero --table '0 8589934590 zero' $ dmsetup create mymirror --table '0 8589934590 mirror core 2 2 nosync 2 /dev/mapper/bigzero 0 /dev/mapper/bigzero 0' This will access memory before the start of the sync_bits bitmap, and likely hit the guard page of the previously allocated clean_bits bitmap, causing a kernel panic with the old code. I looked and didn't see any crazy code using the signed int to intentionally try and access bits before some address within the bitmap. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>
2026-07-22bitmap: Replace __ASSEMBLY__ with __ASSEMBLER__ in header filesThomas Huth
While the GCC and Clang compilers already define __ASSEMBLER__ automatically when compiling assembly code, __ASSEMBLY__ is a macro that only gets defined by the Makefiles in the kernel. This can be very confusing when switching between userspace and kernelspace coding, or when dealing with uapi headers that rather should use __ASSEMBLER__ instead. So let's standardize now on the __ASSEMBLER__ macro that is provided by the compilers. This is a completely mechanical patch (done with a simple "sed -i" statement). Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>
2026-07-22lib/crypto: aes: Add CCM supportEric Biggers
Add support for AES-CCM to the crypto library. This will be used to provide a streamlined implementation of the "ccm(aes)" crypto_aead algorithm. Most users of "ccm(aes)" will also be able to switch to the library, which as usual will be faster and simpler, e.g.: - fs/smb/client/ - fs/smb/server/ - net/mac80211/ - net/mac802154/ (I've already written proof-of-concept patches for all the above, and they helped inform the API design.) As in the AES-GCM API, incremental operation is supported. It has to be used carefully, especially when decrypting, but it makes the API general enough to work well for all users. The AES-CCM library code calls aes_cbcmac_blocks() directly, bypassing the higher-level aes_cbcmac_init(), aes_cbcmac_update(), and aes_cbcmac_final(). The latter set of functions is useful only for AES-CCM, so they don't make sense to keep around and will be removed once the "ccm(aes)" crypto_aead starts using the AES-CCM library. Initial test coverage is provided by the crypto_aead support added in a later commit. I'm planning a KUnit test suite as well. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715221153.246410-8-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
2026-07-22lib/crypto: aes: Add GCM supportEric Biggers
Add support for AES-GCM to the crypto library. This will be used to provide streamlined implementations of the "gcm(aes)" and "rfc4106(gcm(aes))" crypto_aead algorithms. Most users of these will also be able to switch to the library, which as usual will be faster and simpler, e.g.: - drivers/net/macsec.c - fs/smb/client/ - fs/smb/server/ - net/ceph/messenger_v2.c - net/mac80211/ (for both GMAC and GCMP) - net/tipc/crypto.c - security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_dcp.c (I've already written proof-of-concept patches for all the above, and they helped inform the API design.) As usual, the architecture-optimized AES-GCM code will be migrated into the library as well (using the hooks provided in this commit as well as the GHASH ones), eliminating lots of repetitive boilerplate code. Incremental en/decryption is supported. Incremental operation is a bit controversial in AEAD APIs because users have to be careful not to consume any decrypted data that hasn't been authenticated yet. But I do think it's the right choice here. It's not fundamentally different from the existing incremental MAC APIs, and it's the only approach that's general enough to work well for all users in the kernel: - An array of virtually-addressed buffers (like that used by BoringSSL's EVP_AEAD_CTX_sealv() and EVP_AEAD_CTX_openv()) doesn't work in the kernel in general, since in some cases the data for a single AES-GCM message is contained in a large number of highmem pages that each need to be mapped into memory individually. That can be done efficiently only by using CPU-local mappings, but there is a limited number of those. Ceph messenger v2 is a great example, as it can send or receive up to 32 MiB in a single AES-GCM message. And it needs the en/decrypted data to go into a (potentially large) number of bvecs provided by a custom iterator, as well as into four virtually-addressed buffers, two of which can be large buffers in the vmalloc region. Even just allocating an array big enough to store all the pointers can be problematic in the kernel. There are cases in which decryption runs in GFP_NOIO context or even in softirq context, where memory allocations are not as reliable as they normally are. - Meanwhile, 'struct scatterlist' (the choice of crypto_aead) has turned out to be really inconvenient for anyone who *does* just have virtually-addressed buffers. This is especially true if they can be in the vmalloc region, including the stack, as in that case the conversion to a scatterlist has to be done page-by-page. And even for users who have all of their data in bare 'struct page', none of them actually use 'struct scatterlist' as their native data structure anyway. They actually use skbs, bvecs, or other formats. - iov_iter is attractive, but ultimately not general enough either (considering the Ceph case for example), but also too general in some ways (like having support for userspace addresses). Additional iter types like ITER_SKB would help a bit, but bloating iov_iter with more types would reduce performance elsewhere in the kernel. Initial test coverage is provided by the crypto_aead support added in a later commit. I'm planning a KUnit test suite as well. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715221153.246410-7-ebiggers@kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722021730.16897-1-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
2026-07-22netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: add and use nf_ct_expect_related_pair()Pablo Neira Ayuso
Add a new function to insert a pair of expectations, this is required by the SIP and H323 NAT helpers. The spinlock is held to check if there is a slot for both expectations, in such case, insert them. This removes the need for nf_ct_unexpect_related() inside the loop to find a pair of consecutive ports, otherwise inserting expectations whose dead flag is already set on can happen. Bump master_help->expecting for the expectation class after checking if the expectation fits in the master expectation list, which is needed for this new _pair() function variant to run the eviction routine including the preallocated slot for the first expectation in the pair. Fixes: b8b09dc2bf35 ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use conntrack GC to reap expectations") Reported-by: Jaeyeong Lee <iostreampy@proton.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178377968720.33756.12204817361601593230@proton.me/ Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-07-22netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: widen NAT rewrite delta to s32 in sip_help_tcp()Xiang Mei
sip_help_tcp() stores the size change of each NAT-rewritten SIP message in s16 diff and accumulates it in s16 tdiff, but a single message can grow by more than S16_MAX while the packet stays under the 65535 enlarge_skb() limit: nf_nat_sip() rewrites every matching URI, and a long Contact list expands the message by tens of kilobytes. diff then wraps, and "datalen = datalen + diff - msglen" yields a huge unsigned datalen, so the next iteration's ct_sip_get_header() reads past the linearized skb tail. Widen diff, tdiff and the seq_adjust hook to s32. Both are bounded by the 65535 byte packet limit, and the seqadj core is already s32 (nf_ct_seqadj_set() takes s32), so no previously accepted input is rejected. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ct_sip_get_header (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:464) Read of size 1 at addr ffff888010800000 by task ksoftirqd/1/25 ct_sip_get_header (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:464) sip_help_tcp (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:1694) nf_confirm (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:183) nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619) ip6_output (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:246) ip6_forward (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:690) ipv6_rcv (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:351) __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6212) process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6676) __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7735) net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7955) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622) run_ksoftirqd (kernel/softirq.c:1076) ... Fixes: f5b321bd37fb ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: add TCP support") Reported-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/netfilter-devel/20260712234201.3213635-1-xmei5@asu.edu Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-07-22Merge tag 'for-net-2026-07-21' of ↵Jakub Kicinski
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth Luiz Augusto von Dentz says: ==================== bluetooth pull request for net: - hci_sync: Protect UUID list traversal - RFCOMM: Fix session UAF in set_termios - btusb: validate Realtek vendor event length * tag 'for-net-2026-07-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth: Bluetooth: btusb: validate Realtek vendor event length Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Fix session UAF in set_termios Bluetooth: hci_sync: Protect UUID list traversal ==================== Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721160240.884274-1-luiz.dentz@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-07-22Merge tag 'ath-next-20260722' of ↵Johannes Berg
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ath/ath Jeff Johnson says: ================== ath.git patches for v7.3 (PR #1) There has been quite a bit of activity across the ath drivers. Significant changes in ath12k include: Align with new Qualcomm generic Peripheral Authentication Service (PAS). Ongoing infrastructure changes to support the QCC2072 platform. Ongoing infrastructure changes to support the IPQ5332 platform. Enhance datapath statistics. Tuning of datapath parameters. In addition, an assortment of cleanups and minor bug fixes across ath6kl, ath10k, ath11k, ath12k, and carl9170. ================== Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2026-07-22fs: add iput_if_not_last() helperYun Zhou
Add a helper that drops an inode reference only if the caller does not hold the last one. Returns true if the reference was dropped, false otherwise. This is useful for filesystems that need to release inode references in contexts where triggering final iput (and thus eviction) would be unsafe due to lock ordering constraints. The caller can check the return value and defer the final iput to a safe context. Unlike iput_not_last() which BUG_ON's if called with the last ref, this variant is designed to be called speculatively. Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com> Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Suggested-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org> Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260710030851.2791589-2-yun.zhou@windriver.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2026-07-22io_uring/zcrx: rename notif to eventPavel Begunkov
"Notification" is too long and the abbreviated version is used in several places, which is inconsistent and more ambiguous for users. Rename it to event, which is easier to keep consistent. To keep the change small, only change uapi/ + do necessary fix ups, and the rest of internals can be adjusted in the next release. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/f95ca6717da3c8d3649a1a7f0d883a563f545052.1784726895.git.asml.silence@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2026-07-22io_uring/zcrx: rename ZCRX_NOTIF_NO_BUFFERSPavel Begunkov
ZCRX_NOTIF_NO_BUFFERS tells when page pool fails to allocate memory from zcrx. "No buffers" could be more confusing, rename it to ZCRX_NOTIF_ALLOC_FAIL. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/29bd4fc069bc89691868beba0627ffbe570c2722.1784726895.git.asml.silence@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2026-07-22io_uring/zcrx: drop "notif" from stats struct namesPavel Begunkov
Keep zcrx statistics generic and don't stick "notif" to its uapi definitions. Stats dosn't need to be bound to notification details, it makes it cleaner and more readable. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/6a39676b6f71b67d3f89c6ebab7a3739873834a3.1784726895.git.asml.silence@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2026-07-22bpf, x86: Make sure allocation in arch_bpf_trampoline_size() is writableMike Rapoport (Microsoft)
arch_bpf_trampoline_size() allocates a buffer to get actual size required for a trampoline. This buffer must be in the module address space because __arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline() calculates rel32 offsets relatively to that buffer. In preparation for enabling ROX mode for EXECMEM_BPF make sure that the allocated memory is writable. Add bpf_jit_alloc_exec_rw() wrapper for execmem_alloc_rw() and use it for buffer allocation in arch_bpf_trampoline_size(). Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260716-execmem-x86-rox-bpf-v0-v3-4-4e76158c01c5@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
2026-07-22seg6: add FIB table attribute for post-encap SID route lookupAndrea Mayer
After SRv6 encapsulation the kernel looks up the route for the first SID, that is the outer IPv6 destination of the encapsulated packet. This post-encap SID route lookup uses the FIB table of the current routing context. When the encap route is installed in a VRF, the VRF's table may not have a route matching the SID. In that case another table should handle it, e.g. one configured for underlay connectivity. Add an optional SEG6_IPTUNNEL_TABLE attribute that selects the FIB table used for this lookup. When set by the user, the attribute is honored on both the input path (forwarded traffic) and the output path (locally originated traffic). SRv6 encap routes that do not set the attribute use the current routing context, as before. For example: # SID route installed in the underlay table 500 ip -6 route add fc00::100/128 via fd00::1 dev veth0 table 500 # encap route in vrf-100; the first SID is looked up in table 500 ip -6 route add cafe::1/128 vrf vrf-100 \ encap seg6 mode encap segs fc00::100 lookup 500 dev veth0 # or look up the SID in the main table ip -6 route add cafe::1/128 vrf vrf-100 \ encap seg6 mode encap segs fc00::100 lookup main dev veth0 Suggested-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260711162907.6521-2-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-07-22ASoC: qcom: qdsp6: Remove unused Q6AFE_MAX_CLK_ID definePrasad Kumpatla
Q6AFE_MAX_CLK_ID is not used anywhere. Remove the unused define. Signed-off-by: Prasad Kumpatla <prasad.kumpatla@oss.qualcomm.com> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722111655.3558096-1-prasad.kumpatla@oss.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
2026-07-22wifi: cfg80211: say why the auth/assoc BSS lookup failedLouis Kotze
The BSS lookup for an authentication or association request can fail for three distinct reasons: cfg80211 has no scan entry at all for the BSSID/channel, an entry exists but is older than IEEE80211_SCAN_RESULT_EXPIRE (and not held), or a fresh entry exists but its use_for flags do not allow this use. All three currently surface as the same generic extack message "Error fetching BSS for link" on the MLO association path, and as a bare -ENOENT with no message at all on the authentication and non-MLO association paths. Since wpa_supplicant logs the extack message verbatim ("nl80211: kernel reports: ..."), that message is often the only diagnostic a user sees when an MLO association degrades to fewer links, and it does not say whether a fresh scan could have helped. In practice the expired case is common for MLO partner links: 6 GHz is passive-scan in many regulatory domains, so the partner-link entry is routinely stale by the time userspace requests the association even though the link is perfectly usable. Let __cfg80211_get_bss() take an optional extack and record, during the same bss_lock walk that fails the lookup, whether any matching entry was rejected for being expired or for not being usable for the requested use, and set a distinct message for each case (and a combined one when different entries were rejected for different reasons). Reorder the checks in the walk so that an entry's identity (type, privacy, channel, BSSID/SSID) is established before the usability checks; this doesn't change which entry is returned since an entry is only used when all checks pass. Also give the -EINVAL paths in nl80211_assoc_bss() proper messages while at it, and keep pointing the bad_attr at the failing link on the MLO path there; the message for that case is already set by the lookup itself. Signed-off-by: Louis Kotze <loukot@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722070734.3612581-2-loukot@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2026-07-22wifi: mac80211: implement STA-mode peer probingPriyansha Tiwari
Add STA/P2P-client support to ieee80211_probe_peer(): when called for a station interface, send a null-data frame (TODS) to the associated AP and report the ACK via cfg80211_probe_status(). For MLO connections the driver/firmware selects the link (IEEE80211_LINK_UNSPECIFIED); for non-MLO the single link is used. Signed-off-by: Priyansha Tiwari <priyansha.tiwari@oss.qualcomm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260709114228.672317-2-pritiwa@qti.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2026-07-22ACPI: CPPC: Check all controls for fast switchingChristian Loehle
ACPI 6.2, Section 6.2.11.2 permits _CPC registers to use flexible address spaces. Linux advertises that capability through _OSC and parses the address space of each _CPC register independently. A directly accessible DESIRED_PERF combined with PCC-backed limits is therefore a valid configuration. cppc_allow_fast_switch() only checks DESIRED_PERF, although the fast-switch callback passes DESIRED_PERF, MIN_PERF and MAX_PERF to cppc_set_perf(). If a limit uses PCC, that function can sleep while called from scheduler context. Allow fast switching only when every supported control used by the callback has an address space already accepted for fast access. Check the complete policy domain, including initialized CPUs that are currently offline and may later become the policy's managing CPU. Fixes: 658fa7b1c47a ("ACPI: CPPC: Add cppc_get_perf() API to read performance controls") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722093825.1030594-2-christian.loehle@arm.com Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2026-07-22Merge branch 'big-tcp-for-udp-tunnels'Paolo Abeni
Alice Mikityanska says: ==================== BIG TCP for UDP tunnels This series is a follow-up to "BIG TCP without HBH in IPv6", and it adds support for BIG TCP IPv4/IPv6 workloads in vxlan and geneve. Now that IPv6 BIG TCP doesn't require stripping the HBH in all various combinations in tunneled traffic, adding BIG TCP becomes feasible. Patch 01 adds accessors for the length field in the UDP header, as suggested by Paolo in review. The usage of udp_set_len is then added in the following patches that start using length=0 in BIG TCP UDP packets. Patches 02-04 close the gaps that prevent BIG TCP packets from going through UDP tunnel code. Patch 05 validates packets in udp_gro_receive to exclude packets with length=0 from GRO aggregation. Patch 06 is for proper formatting in tcpdump (set UDP len to 0 rather than a trimmed value on overflow). Patches 07-08 bump up tso_max_size for VXLAN and GENEVE. Patch 09 adds selftests. ====================$ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260710134242.216538-1-alice.kernel@fastmail.im Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2026-07-22net: Use helpers to get/set UDP len tree-wideAlice Mikityanska
Since BIG TCP for UDP tunnels will start using len=0 in the UDP header as an indicator of a GSO packet bigger than 65535 bytes, this commit introduces the following getter and setters to use tree-wide, in order to explicitly mark places where len=0 may be expected, and handle them properly: 1. udp_set_len() sets uh->len to its real value if it's not bigger than 65535, and to 0 otherwise: to be used in GSO context with aggregated packets. 2. udp_set_len_short() is to be used when the length is known to fit 16 bits. It WARNs when the caller tries to assign a bigger value if CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y. 3. udp_get_len_short() returns len in host byte order: to be used on the RX side to deal with non-aggregated packets, or to access the raw value of the len field. 4. udp_get_len() decodes uh->len set by udp_set_len(). It checks whether the packet is GSO to guard from malformed packets. At the moment udp_set_len() is not used, a following commit will start using it after enabling len>65535 for GSO. Raw uh->len (in network byte order) is still accessed in a few places for checksum calculation purposes, and to decode len=0 in udpv6_rcv for jumbograms. udp_rcv and udpv6_rcv will be addressed by the commit that starts using udp_set_len() to set UDP len=0 for BIG TCP packets in UDP tunnels. Signed-off-by: Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Acked-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260710134242.216538-2-alice.kernel@fastmail.im Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2026-07-22Merge back ACPI video bus driver changes for 7.3Rafael J. Wysocki
Merge the introduction of acpi_dev_is_video_device() along with some following driver updates related to it (from Andy Shevchenko). * acpi-video: platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Convert to use acpi_dev_is_video_device() helper PCI/VGA: Convert to use acpi_dev_is_video_device() helper i2c: acpi: Convert to use acpi_dev_is_video_device() helper ACPI: video: Convert to use acpi_dev_is_video_device() helper ACPI: scan: Convert to use acpi_dev_is_video_device() helper ACPI: utils: Introduce acpi_dev_is_video_device() helper
2026-07-22RDMA/efa: Add Completion Counters supportMichael Margolin
Implement completion counters for the EFA device. Each completion counter is backed by two EFA event counters, one for success completions and one for error completions. The driver creates umem for counters from private descriptor ioctl attributes using core utility. Read operations are not implemented as the counter values are accessed directly from userspace through the mapped memory. Reviewed-by: Yonatan Nachum <ynachum@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Margolin <mrgolin@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722083603.30334-7-mrgolin@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-22RDMA/core: Add Completion Counters to resource trackingMichael Margolin
Track completion counter objects in the resource tracking database so they are visible through the rdma netlink interface. The rdma tool displays the comp_cntr count in the resource summary. Add RDMA_RESTRACK_COMP_CNTR type, embed rdma_restrack_entry in ib_comp_cntr, and add the res_to_dev mapping. Register the resource on create and remove it on destroy. Reviewed-by: Yonatan Nachum <ynachum@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Margolin <mrgolin@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722083603.30334-5-mrgolin@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-22RDMA/core: Expose Completion Counter capabilities to userspaceMichael Margolin
Add a dedicated query interface for completion counter capabilities via UVERBS_METHOD_QUERY_COMP_CNTR_CAPS on the device object. The query returns the maximum number of counters, maximum counter value, and a bitmask of supported QP attach operations. Each field is an optional ioctl attribute, allowing userspace to request only the capabilities it needs. Drivers implement the query_comp_cntr_caps operation to report device-specific capabilities. Reviewed-by: Yonatan Nachum <ynachum@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Margolin <mrgolin@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722083603.30334-4-mrgolin@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-22RDMA/core: Prevent destroying in-use completion countersMichael Margolin
Reject comp_cntr destroy while it is attached to any QP. Track attachments using an xarray in ib_qp keyed by the attach op_mask. Use op bitmask to reject overlapping attaches early. Reviewed-by: Yonatan Nachum <ynachum@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Margolin <mrgolin@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722083603.30334-3-mrgolin@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-22RDMA/core: Add Completion Counters supportMichael Margolin
Add core infrastructure for Completion Counters, a light-weight alternative to polling CQ for tracking operation completions. Define the UVERBS_OBJECT_COMP_CNTR ioctl object with create, destroy, modify and read methods for both success and error counters. Add a QP attach method on the QP object to associate a completion counter with a queue pair. Add ib_comp_cntr struct, ib_comp_cntr_attach_attr, device ops, and DECLARE_RDMA_OBJ_SIZE for driver object allocation. Only userspace Completion Counters are supported at this stage. Reviewed-by: Yonatan Nachum <ynachum@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Margolin <mrgolin@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722083603.30334-2-mrgolin@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-22RDMA/mlx5: move mlx5 clock info to common struct ib_uverbs_clock_infoAbhijit Gangurde
Use struct ib_uverbs_clock_info from ib_user_verbs.h for clock info. Signed-off-by: Abhijit Gangurde <abhijit.gangurde@amd.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260610154216.712374-6-abhijit.gangurde@amd.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-22RDMA/ionic: map PHC state into user spaceAbhijit Gangurde
Enable user space applications to access the PHC state page when firmware RDMA completion timestamp is supported. This mapping allows user space to convert RDMA completion timestamps to system wall time without kernel transitions, minimizing latency overhead. Applications can directly read the PHC state through mmap, enabling efficient timestamp correlation for precision timing applications. Co-developed-by: Allen Hubbe <allen.hubbe@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe <allen.hubbe@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Abhijit Gangurde <abhijit.gangurde@amd.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260610154216.712374-4-abhijit.gangurde@amd.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
2026-07-22net: ionic: Add PHC state page for user space accessAbhijit Gangurde
Add a page associated with the PHC that can be mapped to user space, allowing applications to access hardware timestamp information. In order to synchronize between kernel and user space, a sequence number is incremented at the beginning and end of each update. An odd number means the data is being updated while an even number means the update is complete. To guarantee that the data structure was accessed atomically, user space will: repeat: seq1 = <read sequence> goto <repeat> if odd <read PHC state> seq2 = <read sequence> if seq1 != seq2 goto repeat This mechanism acts as a guard against reading invalid state during concurrent updates. Co-developed-by: Allen Hubbe <allen.hubbe@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe <allen.hubbe@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Abhijit Gangurde <abhijit.gangurde@amd.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260610154216.712374-3-abhijit.gangurde@amd.com Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>