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Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"Nothing hugely exciting happening in the documentation tree this time
around, mostly more of the usual:
- More Spanish, Italian, and Chinese translations
- A new script, scripts/checktransupdate.py, can be used to see which
commits have touched an (English) document since a given
translation was last updated.
- A couple of "best practices" suggestions (on Link: tags and
off-list discussions) that were not entirely at consensus level,
but I concluded they were close enough to accept.
- Some nice cleanups removing documentation for kernel parameters
that have not been recognized for ... a long time.
...along with the usual updates, typo fixes, and such"
* tag 'docs-6.11' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (57 commits)
Documentation: Document user_events ioctl code
docs/pinctrl: fix typo in mapping example
docs: maintainer: discourage taking conversations off-list
docs: driver-model: platform: update the definition of platform_driver
docs/sp_SP: Add translation for scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst
writing_musb_glue_layer.rst: Fix broken URL
zh_CN/admin-guide: one typo fix
docs/zh_CN/virt: Update the translation of guest-halt-polling.rst
Documentation: add reference from dynamic debug to loglevel kernel params
Documentation: best practices for using Link trailers
Documentation: fix links to mailing list services
Documentation: exception-tables.rst: Fix the wrong steps referenced
docs/zh_CN: add process/researcher-guidelines Chinese translation
Documentation/tools/rv: fix document header
docs/sp_SP: Add translation of process/maintainer-kvm-x86.rst
docs/admin-guide/mm: correct typo 'quired' to 'queried'
Add libps2 to the input section of driver-api
Docs/mm/index: move allocation profiling document to unsorted documents chapter
Docs/mm/index: rename 'Legacy Documentation' to 'Unsorted Documentation'
Docs/mm/index: Remove 'Memory Management Guide' chapter marker
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Based on multiple conversations, most recently on the ksummit mailing
list [1], add some best practices for using the Link trailer, such as:
- how to use markdown-like bracketed numbers in the commit message to
indicate the corresponding link
- when to use lore.kernel.org vs patch.msgid.link domains
Cc: ksummit@lists.linux.dev
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240617-arboreal-industrious-hedgehog-5b84ae@meerkat # [1]
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240619-docs-patch-msgid-link-v2-2-72dd272bfe37@linuxfoundation.org
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There have been some changes to the way mailing lists are hosted at
kernel.org. This patch does the following:
1. fixes links that are pointing at the outdated resources
2. removes an outdated patchbomb admonition
We still don't particularly want or welcome huge patchbombs, but they
are less likely to overload our systems.
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240619-docs-patch-msgid-link-v2-1-72dd272bfe37@linuxfoundation.org
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Extend the Index of Further Kernel Documentation by adding entries for the
Rust for Linux website, the Linux Foundation's YouTube channel, and notes
on the second edition of Billimoria's kernel programming book. Also,
perform some refactoring: format the text to 75 characters per line and
sort per-section content in chronological order of publication.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240622194727.2171845-1-carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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HacKerMaiL (hkml) [1] is a simple tool for mailing lists-based
development workflows such as that for most Linux kernel subsystems. It
is actively being maintained by DAMON maintainer, and recommended for
DAMON community[2]. Add a simple introduction of the tool on the
email-clients document, too.
[1] https://github.com/sjp38/hackermail
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/20240621170353.BFB83C2BBFC@smtp.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240624185312.94537-8-sj@kernel.org
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'Other material' section on 'process/index' is no more necessary since
we have 'staging/' directory. Also all documents on the section has
moved to better places. Remove the section.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240624185312.94537-6-sj@kernel.org
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'clang-format' is on 'Other material' section of 'process/index', but it
may fit more under 'dev-tools/' directory. Move it.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240624185312.94537-5-sj@kernel.org
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'Other material' section on 'process/index' is for unsorted documents.
However we also have a dedicated place for the purpose, 'staging/'.
Move 'magic-number' from the section to 'staging/' directory.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240624185312.94537-4-sj@kernel.org
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'patch-acceptance' on 'Other material' section of 'process/index', which
is for unsorted documents, is actually well organized under
'arch/riscv/' directory, and linked on the index document of the
directory. Remove it from the 'Other material' section.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240624185312.94537-3-sj@kernel.org
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'unaligned-memory-access document' is linked on 'Other material' section
of 'core-api/index', which is for unsorted documents. But it is
actually well organized under 'core-api/' directory, and linked on the
'core-api/index'. Remove it from 'Other material' section of
'process/index' document.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240624185312.94537-2-sj@kernel.org
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The drm/msm driver had adopted using Python3 script to generate register
header files instead of shipping pre-generated header files. Document
the minimal Python version supported by the script.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240509-python-version-v1-1-a7dda3a95b5f@linaro.org
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Update the handling-regressions guide to recommend using "Closes:" tags
rather than "Link:" when referencing fixed reports. The latter was used
originally but now is only recommended when the given patch only fixes
part of the issue, as described in submitting-patches. Briefly mention
that and also note that regzbot currently doesn't make a distinction.
Also fix a typo.
Acked-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Signed-off-by: Karel Balej <balejk@matfyz.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240513084145.2460-1-balejk@matfyz.cz
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kernel development"
Revert commit 1d2ed9234c85 ("Documentation: process: Document
suitability of Proton Mail for kernel development") as Proton disabled
WKD for kernel.org addresses as a result of some interaction with
Konstantin on social.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Reviewed-by: Kanak Shilledar <kanakshilledar111@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240516-groin-slingshot-c3c3734d2f10@spud
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s/of/off/
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@toblux.com>
Fixes: e110ba659271 ("docs: netdev: add note about Changes Requested and revising commit messages")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240527103618.265801-2-thorsten.blum@toblux.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
Pull non-mm updates from Andrew Morton:
"Mainly singleton patches, documented in their respective changelogs.
Notable series include:
- Some maintenance and performance work for ocfs2 in Heming Zhao's
series "improve write IO performance when fragmentation is high".
- Some ocfs2 bugfixes from Su Yue in the series "ocfs2 bugs fixes
exposed by fstests".
- kfifo header rework from Andy Shevchenko in the series "kfifo:
Clean up kfifo.h".
- GDB script fixes from Florian Rommel in the series "scripts/gdb:
Fixes for $lx_current and $lx_per_cpu".
- After much discussion, a coding-style update from Barry Song
explaining one reason why inline functions are preferred over
macros. The series is "codingstyle: avoid unused parameters for a
function-like macro""
* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-05-19-11-56' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (62 commits)
fs/proc: fix softlockup in __read_vmcore
nilfs2: convert BUG_ON() in nilfs_finish_roll_forward() to WARN_ON()
scripts: checkpatch: check unused parameters for function-like macro
Documentation: coding-style: ask function-like macros to evaluate parameters
nilfs2: use __field_struct() for a bitwise field
selftests/kcmp: remove unused open mode
nilfs2: remove calls to folio_set_error() and folio_clear_error()
kernel/watchdog_perf.c: tidy up kerneldoc
watchdog: allow nmi watchdog to use raw perf event
watchdog: handle comma separated nmi_watchdog command line
nilfs2: make superblock data array index computation sparse friendly
squashfs: remove calls to set the folio error flag
squashfs: convert squashfs_symlink_read_folio to use folio APIs
scripts/gdb: fix detection of current CPU in KGDB
scripts/gdb: make get_thread_info accept pointers
scripts/gdb: fix parameter handling in $lx_per_cpu
scripts/gdb: fix failing KGDB detection during probe
kfifo: don't use "proxy" headers
media: stih-cec: add missing io.h
media: rc: add missing io.h
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux
Pull arm64 updates from Will Deacon:
"The most interesting parts are probably the mm changes from Ryan which
optimise the creation of the linear mapping at boot and (separately)
implement write-protect support for userfaultfd.
Outside of our usual directories, the Kbuild-related changes under
scripts/ have been acked by Masahiro whilst the drivers/acpi/ parts
have been acked by Rafael and the addition of cpumask_any_and_but()
has been acked by Yury.
ACPI:
- Support for the Firmware ACPI Control Structure (FACS) signature
feature which is used to reboot out of hibernation on some systems
Kbuild:
- Support for building Flat Image Tree (FIT) images, where the kernel
Image is compressed alongside a set of devicetree blobs
Memory management:
- Optimisation of our early page-table manipulation for creation of
the linear mapping
- Support for userfaultfd write protection, which brings along some
nice cleanups to our handling of invalid but present ptes
- Extend our use of range TLBI invalidation at EL1
Perf and PMUs:
- Ensure that the 'pmu->parent' pointer is correctly initialised by
PMU drivers
- Avoid allocating 'cpumask_t' types on the stack in some PMU drivers
- Fix parsing of the CPU PMU "version" field in assembly code, as it
doesn't follow the usual architectural rules
- Add best-effort unwinding support for USER_STACKTRACE
- Minor driver fixes and cleanups
Selftests:
- Minor cleanups to the arm64 selftests (missing NULL check, unused
variable)
Miscellaneous:
- Add a command-line alias for disabling 32-bit application support
- Add part number for Neoverse-V2 CPUs
- Minor fixes and cleanups"
* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (64 commits)
arm64/mm: Fix pud_user_accessible_page() for PGTABLE_LEVELS <= 2
arm64/mm: Add uffd write-protect support
arm64/mm: Move PTE_PRESENT_INVALID to overlay PTE_NG
arm64/mm: Remove PTE_PROT_NONE bit
arm64/mm: generalize PMD_PRESENT_INVALID for all levels
arm64: simplify arch_static_branch/_jump function
arm64: Add USER_STACKTRACE support
arm64: Add the arm64.no32bit_el0 command line option
drivers/perf: hisi: hns3: Actually use devm_add_action_or_reset()
drivers/perf: hisi: hns3: Fix out-of-bound access when valid event group
drivers/perf: hisi_pcie: Fix out-of-bound access when valid event group
kselftest: arm64: Add a null pointer check
arm64: defer clearing DAIF.D
arm64: assembler: update stale comment for disable_step_tsk
arm64/sysreg: Update PIE permission encodings
kselftest/arm64: Remove unused parameters in abi test
perf/arm-spe: Assign parents for event_source device
perf/arm-smmuv3: Assign parents for event_source device
perf/arm-dsu: Assign parents for event_source device
perf/arm-dmc620: Assign parents for event_source device
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull tip tree documentation update from Ingo Molnar:
- Update the -tip maintainers merge policy document wrt
merge window timing
* tag 'x86-misc-2024-05-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
Documentation/maintainer-tip: Clarify merge window policy
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Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
"The most notable change is the drop of the 'alloc' in-tree fork. This
is nicely reflected in the diffstat as a ~10k lines drop. In turn,
this makes the version upgrades way simpler and smaller in the future,
e.g. the latest one in commit 56f64b370612 ("rust: upgrade to Rust
1.78.0").
More importantly, this increases the chances that a newer compiler
version just works, which in turn means supporting several compiler
versions is easier now. Thus we will look into finally setting a
minimum version in the near future.
Toolchain and infrastructure:
- Upgrade to Rust 1.78.0
This time around, due to how the kernel and Rust schedules have
aligned, there are two upgrades in fact. These allow us to remove
one more unstable feature ('offset_of') from the list, among other
improvements
- Drop 'alloc' in-tree fork of the standard library crate, which
means all the unstable features used by 'alloc' (~30 language ones,
~60 library ones) are not a concern anymore
- Support DWARFv5 via the '-Zdwarf-version' flag
- Support zlib and zstd debuginfo compression via the
'-Zdebuginfo-compression' flag
'kernel' crate:
- Support allocation flags ('GFP_*'), particularly in 'Box' (via
'BoxExt'), 'Vec' (via 'VecExt'), 'Arc' and 'UniqueArc', as well as
in the 'init' module APIs
- Remove usage of the 'allocator_api' unstable feature
- Remove 'try_' prefix in allocation APIs' names
- Add 'VecExt' (an extension trait) to be able to drop the 'alloc'
fork
- Add the '{make,to}_{upper,lower}case()' methods to 'CStr'/'CString'
- Add the 'as_ptr' method to 'ThisModule'
- Add the 'from_raw' method to 'ArcBorrow'
- Add the 'into_unique_or_drop' method to 'Arc'
- Display column number in the 'dbg!' macro output by applying the
equivalent change done to the standard library one
- Migrate 'Work' to '#[pin_data]' thanks to the changes in the
'macros' crate, which allows to remove an unsafe call in its 'new'
associated function
- Prevent namespacing issues when using the '[try_][pin_]init!'
macros by changing the generated name of guard variables
- Make the 'get' method in 'Opaque' const
- Implement the 'Default' trait for 'LockClassKey'
- Remove unneeded 'kernel::prelude' imports from doctests
- Remove redundant imports
'macros' crate:
- Add 'decl_generics' to 'parse_generics()' to support default
values, and use that to allow them in '#[pin_data]'
Helpers:
- Trivial English grammar fix
Documentation:
- Add section on Rust Kselftests to the 'Testing' document
- Expand the 'Abstractions vs. bindings' section of the 'General
Information' document"
* tag 'rust-6.10' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux: (31 commits)
rust: alloc: fix dangling pointer in VecExt<T>::reserve()
rust: upgrade to Rust 1.78.0
rust: kernel: remove redundant imports
rust: sync: implement `Default` for `LockClassKey`
docs: rust: extend abstraction and binding documentation
docs: rust: Add instructions for the Rust kselftest
rust: remove unneeded `kernel::prelude` imports from doctests
rust: update `dbg!()` to format column number
rust: helpers: Fix grammar in comment
rust: init: change the generated name of guard variables
rust: sync: add `Arc::into_unique_or_drop`
rust: sync: add `ArcBorrow::from_raw`
rust: types: Make Opaque::get const
rust: kernel: remove usage of `allocator_api` unstable feature
rust: init: update `init` module to take allocation flags
rust: sync: update `Arc` and `UniqueArc` to take allocation flags
rust: alloc: update `VecExt` to take allocation flags
rust: alloc: introduce the `BoxExt` trait
rust: alloc: introduce allocation flags
rust: alloc: remove our fork of the `alloc` crate
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Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"Another not-too-busy cycle for documentation, including:
- Some build-system changes to detect the variable fonts installed by
some distributions that can break the PDF build.
- Various updates and additions to the Spanish, Chinese, Italian, and
Japanese translations.
- Update the stable-kernel rules to match modern practice
... and the usual array of corrections, updates, and typo fixes"
* tag 'docs-6.10' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (42 commits)
cgroup: Add documentation for missing zswap memory.stat
kernel-doc: Added "*" in $type_constants2 to fix 'make htmldocs' warning.
docs:core-api: fixed typos and grammar in printk-index page
Documentation: tracing: Fix spelling mistakes
docs/zh_CN/rust: Update the translation of quick-start to 6.9-rc4
docs/zh_CN/rust: Update the translation of general-information to 6.9-rc4
docs/zh_CN/rust: Update the translation of coding-guidelines to 6.9-rc4
docs/zh_CN/rust: Update the translation of arch-support to 6.9-rc4
docs: stable-kernel-rules: fix typo sent->send
docs/zh_CN: remove two inconsistent spaces
docs: scripts/check-variable-fonts.sh: Improve commands for detection
docs: stable-kernel-rules: create special tag to flag 'no backporting'
docs: stable-kernel-rules: explain use of stable@kernel.org (w/o @vger.)
docs: stable-kernel-rules: remove code-labels tags and a indention level
docs: stable-kernel-rules: call mainline by its name and change example
docs: stable-kernel-rules: reduce redundancy
docs, kprobes: Add riscv as supported architecture
Docs: typos/spelling
docs: kernel_include.py: Cope with docutils 0.21
docs: ja_JP/howto: Catch up update in v6.8
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Patch series "codingstyle: avoid unused parameters for a function-like
macro", v7.
A function-like macro could result in build warnings such as "unused
variable." This patchset updates the guidance to recommend always using a
static inline function instead and also provides checkpatch support for
this new rule.
This patch (of 2):
Recent commit 77292bb8ca69c80 ("crypto: scomp - remove memcpy if
sg_nents is 1 and pages are lowmem") leads to warnings on xtensa
and loongarch,
In file included from crypto/scompress.c:12:
include/crypto/scatterwalk.h: In function 'scatterwalk_pagedone':
include/crypto/scatterwalk.h:76:30: warning: variable 'page' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
76 | struct page *page;
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crypto/scompress.c: In function 'scomp_acomp_comp_decomp':
>> crypto/scompress.c:174:38: warning: unused variable 'dst_page' [-Wunused-variable]
174 | struct page *dst_page = sg_page(req->dst);
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The reason is that flush_dcache_page() is implemented as a noop
macro on these platforms as below,
#define flush_dcache_page(page) do { } while (0)
The driver code, for itself, seems be quite innocent and placing
maybe_unused seems pointless,
struct page *dst_page = sg_page(req->dst);
for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
flush_dcache_page(dst_page + i);
And it should be independent of architectural implementation
differences.
Let's provide guidance on coding style for requesting parameter
evaluation or proposing the migration to a static inline
function.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240507032757.146386-1-21cnbao@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240507032757.146386-2-21cnbao@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
Suggested-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Cc: Xining Xu <mac.xxn@outlook.com>
Cc: Charlemagne Lasse <charlemagnelasse@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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This is the next upgrade to the Rust toolchain, from 1.77.1 to 1.78.0
(i.e. the latest) [1].
See the upgrade policy [2] and the comments on the first upgrade in
commit 3ed03f4da06e ("rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2").
It is much smaller than previous upgrades, since the `alloc` fork was
dropped in commit 9d0441bab775 ("rust: alloc: remove our fork of the
`alloc` crate") [3].
# Unstable features
There have been no changes to the set of unstable features used in
our own code. Therefore, the only unstable features allowed to be used
outside the `kernel` crate is still `new_uninit`.
However, since we finally dropped our `alloc` fork [3], all the unstable
features used by `alloc` (~30 language ones, ~60 library ones) are not
a concern anymore. This reduces the maintenance burden, increases the
chances of new compiler versions working without changes and gets us
closer to the goal of supporting several compiler versions.
It also means that, ignoring non-language/library features, we are
currently left with just the few language features needed to implement the
kernel `Arc`, the `new_uninit` library feature, the `compiler_builtins`
marker and the few `no_*` `cfg`s we pass when compiling `core`/`alloc`.
Please see [4] for details.
# Required changes
## LLVM's data layout
Rust 1.77.0 (i.e. the previous upgrade) introduced a check for matching
LLVM data layouts [5]. Then, Rust 1.78.0 upgraded LLVM's bundled major
version from 17 to 18 [6], which changed the data layout in x86 [7]. Thus
update the data layout in our custom target specification for x86 so
that the compiler does not complain about the mismatch:
error: data-layout for target `target-5559158138856098584`,
`e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128`,
differs from LLVM target's `x86_64-linux-gnu` default layout,
`e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-i128:128-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128`
In the future, the goal is to drop the custom target specifications.
Meanwhile, if we want to support other LLVM versions used in `rustc`
(e.g. for LTO), we will need to add some extra logic (e.g. conditional on
LLVM's version, or extracting the data layout from an existing built-in
target specification).
## `unused_imports`
Rust's `unused_imports` lint covers both unused and redundant imports.
Now, in 1.78.0, the lint detects more cases of redundant imports [8].
Thus one of the previous patches cleaned them up.
## Clippy's `new_without_default`
Clippy now suggests to implement `Default` even when `new()` is `const`,
since `Default::default()` may call `const` functions even if it is not
`const` itself [9]. Thus one of the previous patches implemented it.
# Other changes in Rust
Rust 1.78.0 introduced `feature(asm_goto)` [10] [11]. This feature was
discussed in the past [12].
Rust 1.78.0 introduced `feature(const_refs_to_static)` [13] to allow
referencing statics in constants and extended `feature(const_mut_refs)`
to allow raw mutable pointers in constants. Together, this should cover
the kernel's `VTABLE` use case. In fact, the implementation [14] in
upstream Rust added a test case for it [15].
Rust 1.78.0 with debug assertions enabled (i.e. `-Cdebug-assertions=y`,
kernel's `CONFIG_RUST_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y`) now always checks all unsafe
preconditions, though without a way to opt-out for particular cases [16].
It would be ideal to have a way to selectively disable certain checks
per-call site for this one (i.e. not just per check but for particular
instances of a check), even if the vast majority of the checks remain
in place [17].
Rust 1.78.0 also improved a couple issues we reported when giving feedback
for the new `--check-cfg` feature [18] [19].
# `alloc` upgrade and reviewing
As mentioned above, compiler upgrades will not update `alloc` anymore,
since we dropped our `alloc` fork [3].
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/stable/RELEASES.md#version-1780-2024-05-02 [1]
Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240328013603.206764-1-wedsonaf@gmail.com/ [3]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [4]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120062 [5]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120055 [6]
Link: https://reviews.llvm.org/D86310 [7]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/117772 [8]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/10903 [9]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/119365 [10]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/119364 [11]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/ZWipTZysC2YL7qsq@Boquns-Mac-mini.home/ [12]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/119618 [13]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120932 [14]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/120932/files#diff-e6fc1622c46054cd46b1d225c5386c5554564b3b0fa8a03c2dc2d8627a1079d9 [15]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/120969 [16]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/354 [17]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121202 [18]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/121237 [19]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240401212303.537355-4-ojeda@kernel.org
[ Added a few more details and links I mentioned in the list. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Change 'sent' to 'send'
Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/SA3PR13MB63726A746C847D7C0919C25BFD162@SA3PR13MB6372.namprd13.prod.outlook.com
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Document a new variant of the stable tag developers can use to make the
stable team's tools ignore a change[1].
That way developers can use 'Fixes:' tags without fearing the changes
might be backported in semi-automatic fashion. Such concerns are the
reason why some developers deliberately omit the 'Fixes:' tag in
changes[2] -- which somewhat undermines the reason for the existence of
that tag and might be unwise in the long term[3].
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b452fd54-fdc6-47e4-8c26-6627f6b7eff3@leemhuis.info/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1712226175.git.antony.antony@secunet.com/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dfd87673-c581-4b4b-b37a-1cf5c817240d@leemhuis.info/ [3]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/35989d3b2f3f8cf23828b0c84fde9b17a74be97c.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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Document when to use of stable@kernel.org instead of
stable@vger.kernel.org, as the two are easily mixed up and their
difference not explained anywhere[1].
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240422231550.3cf5f723@sal.lan/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6783b71da48aac5290756343f58591dc42da87bc.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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Remove the 'code-block:: none' labels and switch to the shorter '::' to
reduce noise.
Remove a unneeded level of indentation, as that reduces the chance that
readers have to scroll sideways in some of the code blocks.
No text changes. Rendered html output looks like before, except for the
different level of indentation.
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/755afbeafc8e1457154cb4b30ff4397f34326679.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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Fine-tuning:
* s/Linus' tree/Linux mainline/, as mainline is the term used elsewhere
in the document.
* Provide a better example for the 'delayed backporting' case that uses
a fixed rather than a relative reference point, which makes it easier
to handle for the stable team.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0a120573ea827aee12d45e7bd802ba85c09884da.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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Explain the general concept once in the intro to keep things somewhat
shorter in the individual points.
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/106e21789e2bf02d174e1715b49cd4d30886d51f.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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Add a script which produces a Flat Image Tree (FIT), a single file
containing the built kernel and associated devicetree files.
Compression defaults to gzip which gives a good balance of size and
performance.
The files compress from about 86MB to 24MB using this approach.
The FIT can be used by bootloaders which support it, such as U-Boot
and Linuxboot. It permits automatic selection of the correct
devicetree, matching the compatible string of the running board with
the closest compatible string in the FIT. There is no need for
filenames or other workarounds.
Add a 'make image.fit' build target for arm64, as well.
The FIT can be examined using 'dumpimage -l'.
This uses the 'dtbs-list' file but processes only .dtb files, ignoring
the overlay .dtbo files.
This features requires pylibfdt (use 'pip install libfdt'). It also
requires compression utilities for the algorithm being used. Supported
compression options are the same as the Image.xxx files. Use
FIT_COMPRESSION to select an algorithm other than gzip.
While FIT supports a ramdisk / initrd, no attempt is made to support
this here, since it must be built separately from the Linux build.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240329032836.141899-3-sjg@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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Unfortunately Anton has left IBM. Add myself as the contact for Power,
until someone else volunteers.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240322103840.668746-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Quoting of the '"no regressions" rule' expression differs between
occurrences, sometimes being presented as '"no regressions rule"'. Unify
the quoting using the first form which seems semantically correct or is
at least used dominantly, albeit marginally.
One of the occurrences is obviously missing the 'rule' part -- add it.
Signed-off-by: Karel Balej <balejk@matfyz.cz>
Reviewed-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240328194342.11760-2-balejk@matfyz.cz
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There are lots of maintainers "pings" during the merge window, even
for trivial patches.
Clarify that contributors should not expect progress on *any*
non-urgent patches during the merge window. This applies to all
contributions, not just large ones.
Clarify the language around -rc1. Trees really are closed during the
merge window.
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240322183403.67BAEEFE%40davehans-spike.ostc.intel.com
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This is the next upgrade to the Rust toolchain, from 1.76.0 to 1.77.1
(i.e. the latest) [1].
See the upgrade policy [2] and the comments on the first upgrade in
commit 3ed03f4da06e ("rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2").
# Unstable features
The `offset_of` feature (single-field `offset_of!`) that we were using
got stabilized in Rust 1.77.0 [3].
Therefore, now the only unstable features allowed to be used outside the
`kernel` crate is `new_uninit`, though other code to be upstreamed may
increase the list.
Please see [4] for details.
# Required changes
Rust 1.77.0 merged the `unused_tuple_struct_fields` lint into `dead_code`,
thus upgrading it from `allow` to `warn` [5]. In turn, this made `rustc`
complain about the `ThisModule`'s pointer field being never read, but
the previous patch adds the `as_ptr` method to it, needed by Binder [6],
so that we do not need to locally `allow` it.
# Other changes
Rust 1.77.0 introduces the `--check-cfg` feature [7], for which there
is a Call for Testing going on [8]. We were requested to test it and
we found it useful [9] -- we will likely enable it in the future.
# `alloc` upgrade and reviewing
The vast majority of changes are due to our `alloc` fork being upgraded
at once.
There are two kinds of changes to be aware of: the ones coming from
upstream, which we should follow as closely as possible, and the updates
needed in our added fallible APIs to keep them matching the newer
infallible APIs coming from upstream.
Instead of taking a look at the diff of this patch, an alternative
approach is reviewing a diff of the changes between upstream `alloc` and
the kernel's. This allows to easily inspect the kernel additions only,
especially to check if the fallible methods we already have still match
the infallible ones in the new version coming from upstream.
Another approach is reviewing the changes introduced in the additions in
the kernel fork between the two versions. This is useful to spot
potentially unintended changes to our additions.
To apply these approaches, one may follow steps similar to the following
to generate a pair of patches that show the differences between upstream
Rust and the kernel (for the subset of `alloc` we use) before and after
applying this patch:
# Get the difference with respect to the old version.
git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
cut -d/ -f3- |
grep -Fv README.md |
xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > old.patch
git -C linux restore rust/alloc
# Apply this patch.
git -C linux am rust-upgrade.patch
# Get the difference with respect to the new version.
git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
cut -d/ -f3- |
grep -Fv README.md |
xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > new.patch
git -C linux restore rust/alloc
Now one may check the `new.patch` to take a look at the additions (first
approach) or at the difference between those two patches (second
approach). For the latter, a side-by-side tool is recommended.
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/stable/RELEASES.md#version-1770-2024-03-21 [1]
Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/118799 [3]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [4]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/118297 [5]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20231101-rust-binder-v1-2-08ba9197f637@google.com/#Z31rust:kernel:lib.rs [6]
Link: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/unstable-book/compiler-flags/check-cfg.html [7]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3013#issuecomment-1936648479 [8]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/82450#issuecomment-1947462977 [9]
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240217002717.57507-1-ojeda@kernel.org
[ Upgraded to 1.77.1. Removed `allow(dead_code)` thanks to the previous
patch. Reworded accordingly. No changes to `alloc` during the beta. ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Pull more documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"A handful of late-arriving documentation fixes and enhancements"
* tag 'docs-6.9-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
docs: verify/bisect: remove a level of indenting
docs: verify/bisect: drop 'v' prefix, EOL aspect, and assorted fixes
docs: verify/bisect: check taint flag
docs: verify/bisect: improve install instructions
docs: handling-regressions.rst: Update regzbot command fixed-by to fix
docs: *-regressions.rst: Add colon to regzbot commands
doc: Fix typo in admin-guide/cifs/introduction.rst
README: Fix spelling
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On the reference documentation for regzbot, the fixed-by command has
been renamed to fix. Update the kernel documentation accordingly.
Link: https://gitlab.com/knurd42/regzbot/-/blob/main/docs/reference.md
Link: https://gitlab.com/knurd42/regzbot/-/commit/6d8d30f6bda84e1b711121bb98a07a464d3f089a
Reviewed-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Signed-off-by: "Nícolas F. R. A. Prado" <nfraprado@collabora.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20240311-regzbot-fixes-v2-2-98c1b6ec0678@collabora.com>
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Use colon as command terminator everywhere for consistency, even though
it's not strictly necessary. That way it will also match regzbot's
reference documentation.
Link: https://gitlab.com/knurd42/regzbot/-/blob/main/docs/reference.md
Reviewed-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Signed-off-by: "Nícolas F. R. A. Prado" <nfraprado@collabora.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20240311-regzbot-fixes-v2-1-98c1b6ec0678@collabora.com>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:
- Kuan-Wei Chiu has developed the well-named series "lib min_heap: Min
heap optimizations".
- Kuan-Wei Chiu has also sped up the library sorting code in the series
"lib/sort: Optimize the number of swaps and comparisons".
- Alexey Gladkov has added the ability for code running within an IPC
namespace to alter its IPC and MQ limits. The series is "Allow to
change ipc/mq sysctls inside ipc namespace".
- Geert Uytterhoeven has contributed some dhrystone maintenance work in
the series "lib: dhry: miscellaneous cleanups".
- Ryusuke Konishi continues nilfs2 maintenance work in the series
"nilfs2: eliminate kmap and kmap_atomic calls"
"nilfs2: fix kernel bug at submit_bh_wbc()"
- Nathan Chancellor has updated our build tools requirements in the
series "Bump the minimum supported version of LLVM to 13.0.1".
- Muhammad Usama Anjum continues with the selftests maintenance work in
the series "selftests/mm: Improve run_vmtests.sh".
- Oleg Nesterov has done some maintenance work against the signal code
in the series "get_signal: minor cleanups and fix".
Plus the usual shower of singleton patches in various parts of the tree.
Please see the individual changelogs for details.
* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-03-14-09-36' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (77 commits)
nilfs2: prevent kernel bug at submit_bh_wbc()
nilfs2: fix failure to detect DAT corruption in btree and direct mappings
ocfs2: enable ocfs2_listxattr for special files
ocfs2: remove SLAB_MEM_SPREAD flag usage
assoc_array: fix the return value in assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut()
buildid: use kmap_local_page()
watchdog/core: remove sysctl handlers from public header
nilfs2: use div64_ul() instead of do_div()
mul_u64_u64_div_u64: increase precision by conditionally swapping a and b
kexec: copy only happens before uchunk goes to zero
get_signal: don't initialize ksig->info if SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT/group_exec_task
get_signal: hide_si_addr_tag_bits: fix the usage of uninitialized ksig
get_signal: don't abuse ksig->info.si_signo and ksig->sig
const_structs.checkpatch: add device_type
Normalise "name (ad@dr)" MODULE_AUTHORs to "name <ad@dr>"
dyndbg: replace kstrdup() + strchr() with kstrdup_and_replace()
list: leverage list_is_head() for list_entry_is_head()
nilfs2: MAINTAINERS: drop unreachable project mirror site
smp: make __smp_processor_id() 0-argument macro
fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles
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Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"A moderatly busy cycle for development this time around.
- Some cleanup of the main index page for easier navigation
- Rework some of the other top-level pages for better readability
and, with luck, fewer merge conflicts in the future.
- Submit-checklist improvements, hopefully the first of many.
- New Italian translations
- A fair number of kernel-doc fixes and improvements. We have also
dropped the recommendation to use an old version of Sphinx.
- A new document from Thorsten on bisection
... and lots of fixes and updates"
* tag 'docs-6.9' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (54 commits)
docs: verify/bisect: fixes, finetuning, and support for Arch
docs: Makefile: Add dependency to $(YNL_INDEX) for targets other than htmldocs
docs: Move ja_JP/howto.rst to ja_JP/process/howto.rst
docs: submit-checklist: use subheadings
docs: submit-checklist: structure by category
docs: new text on bisecting which also covers bug validation
docs: drop the version constraints for sphinx and dependencies
docs: kerneldoc-preamble.sty: Remove code for Sphinx <2.4
docs: Restore "smart quotes" for quotes
docs/zh_CN: accurate translation of "function"
docs: Include simplified link titles in main index
docs: Correct formatting of title in admin-guide/index.rst
docs: kernel_feat.py: fix build error for missing files
MAINTAINERS: Set the field name for subsystem profile section
kasan: Add documentation for CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO
Fixed case issue with 'fault-injection' in documentation
kernel-doc: handle #if in enums as well
Documentation: update mailing list addresses
doc: kerneldoc.py: fix indentation
scripts/kernel-doc: simplify signature printing
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull misc x86 fixes from Borislav Petkov:
- Fix a wrong check in the function reporting whether a CPU executes
(or not) a NMI handler
- Ratelimit unknown NMIs messages in order to not potentially slow down
the machine
- Other fixlets
* tag 'x86_misc_for_v6.9_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/nmi: Fix the inverse "in NMI handler" check
Documentation/maintainer-tip: Add C++ tail comments exception
Documentation/maintainer-tip: Add Closes tag
x86/nmi: Rate limit unknown NMI messages
Documentation/kernel-parameters: Add spec_rstack_overflow to mitigations=off
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Pull Rust updates from Miguel Ojeda:
"Another routine one in terms of features. We got two version upgrades
this time, but in terms of lines, 'alloc' changes are not very large.
Toolchain and infrastructure:
- Upgrade to Rust 1.76.0
This time around, due to how the kernel and Rust schedules have
aligned, there are two upgrades in fact. These allow us to remove
two more unstable features ('const_maybe_uninit_zeroed' and
'ptr_metadata') from the list, among other improvements
- Mark 'rustc' (and others) invocations as recursive, which fixes a
new warning and prepares us for the future in case we eventually
take advantage of the Make jobserver
'kernel' crate:
- Add the 'container_of!' macro
- Stop using the unstable 'ptr_metadata' feature by employing the now
stable 'byte_sub' method to implement 'Arc::from_raw()'
- Add the 'time' module with a 'msecs_to_jiffies()' conversion
function to begin with, to be used by Rust Binder
- Add 'notify_sync()' and 'wait_interruptible_timeout()' methods to
'CondVar', to be used by Rust Binder
- Update integer types for 'CondVar'
- Rename 'wait_list' field to 'wait_queue_head' in 'CondVar'
- Implement 'Display' and 'Debug' for 'BStr'
- Add the 'try_from_foreign()' method to the 'ForeignOwnable' trait
- Add reexports for macros so that they can be used from the right
module (in addition to the root)
- A series of code documentation improvements, including adding
intra-doc links, consistency improvements, typo fixes...
'macros' crate:
- Place generated 'init_module()' function in '.init.text'
Documentation:
- Add documentation on Rust doctests and how they work"
* tag 'rust-6.9' of https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux: (29 commits)
rust: upgrade to Rust 1.76.0
kbuild: mark `rustc` (and others) invocations as recursive
rust: add `container_of!` macro
rust: str: implement `Display` and `Debug` for `BStr`
rust: module: place generated init_module() function in .init.text
rust: types: add `try_from_foreign()` method
docs: rust: Add description of Rust documentation test as KUnit ones
docs: rust: Move testing to a separate page
rust: kernel: stop using ptr_metadata feature
rust: kernel: add reexports for macros
rust: locked_by: shorten doclink preview
rust: kernel: remove unneeded doclink targets
rust: kernel: add doclinks
rust: kernel: add blank lines in front of code blocks
rust: kernel: mark code fragments in docs with backticks
rust: kernel: unify spelling of refcount in docs
rust: str: move SAFETY comment in front of unsafe block
rust: str: use `NUL` instead of 0 in doc comments
rust: kernel: add srctree-relative doclinks
rust: ioctl: end top-level module docs with full stop
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During review (see Link), Jani Nikula suggested to use proper subheadings
instead of using italics to indicate the different new top-level
categories in the checklist. Further the top heading should follow the
common scheme.
Use subheadings. Adjust to common heading adornment.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/87o7c3mlwb.fsf@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20240229030743.9125-3-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
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While going through the submit checklist, the list order seemed rather
random, probably just by historical coincidences of always adding yet the
next point someone thought of at the end of the list.
Structure and order them by the category of such activity,
reviewing, documenting, checking with tools, building and testing.
As the diff of the reordering is large:
Review code now includes previous points 1, 5 and 22.
Review Kconfig includes previous 6, 7 and 8.
Documenting includes previous 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 23.
Checking with tools includes previous 5, 9 and 10.
Building includes previous 2, 3, 20 and 24.
Testing includes previous 12, 13, 14, 19 and 21.
Previous point 4 (compile for ppc64) was merged into point 3 (build for
many architectures), as it was just a further note to cross-compiling.
Previous point 5 was split into one in review and one in checking
to have every previous point in the right category.
Point 11 was shortened, as building documentation is mentioned already
in Build your code, 1d.
A note that was presented visually much too aggressive in the HTML view was
turned into a simple "Note that..." sentence in the enumeration.
The recommendation to test with the -mm patchset (previous 21, now
testing, point 5) was updated to the current state of affairs to test with
a recent tag of linux-next.
Note that the previous first point still remains the first list even after
reordering. Randy confirmed that it was important to Stephen Rothwell to
keep 'include what you use' to be the first in the list.
While at it, replace the reference to the obsolete CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB with
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG.
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20240229030743.9125-2-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
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This is the next upgrade to the Rust toolchain, from 1.75.0 to 1.76.0
(i.e. the latest) [1].
See the upgrade policy [2] and the comments on the first upgrade in
commit 3ed03f4da06e ("rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2").
# Unstable features
No unstable features that we use were stabilized in Rust 1.76.0.
The only unstable features allowed to be used outside the `kernel` crate
are still `new_uninit,offset_of`, though other code to be upstreamed
may increase the list.
Please see [3] for details.
# Required changes
`rustc` (and others) now warns when it cannot connect to the Make
jobserver, thus mark those invocations as recursive as needed. Please
see the previous commit for details.
# Other changes
Rust 1.76.0 does not emit the `.debug_pub{names,types}` sections anymore
for DWARFv4 [4][5]. For instance, in the uncompressed debug info case,
this debug information took:
samples/rust/rust_minimal.o ~64 KiB (~18% of total object size)
rust/kernel.o ~92 KiB (~15%)
rust/core.o ~114 KiB ( ~5%)
In the compressed debug info (zlib) case:
samples/rust/rust_minimal.o ~11 KiB (~6%)
rust/kernel.o ~17 KiB (~5%)
rust/core.o ~21 KiB (~1.5%)
In addition, the `rustc_codegen_gcc` backend now does not emit the
`.eh_frame` section when compiling under `-Cpanic=abort` [6], thus
removing the need for the patch in the CI to compile the kernel [7].
Moreover, it also now emits the `.comment` section too [6].
# `alloc` upgrade and reviewing
The vast majority of changes are due to our `alloc` fork being upgraded
at once.
There are two kinds of changes to be aware of: the ones coming from
upstream, which we should follow as closely as possible, and the updates
needed in our added fallible APIs to keep them matching the newer
infallible APIs coming from upstream.
Instead of taking a look at the diff of this patch, an alternative
approach is reviewing a diff of the changes between upstream `alloc` and
the kernel's. This allows to easily inspect the kernel additions only,
especially to check if the fallible methods we already have still match
the infallible ones in the new version coming from upstream.
Another approach is reviewing the changes introduced in the additions in
the kernel fork between the two versions. This is useful to spot
potentially unintended changes to our additions.
To apply these approaches, one may follow steps similar to the following
to generate a pair of patches that show the differences between upstream
Rust and the kernel (for the subset of `alloc` we use) before and after
applying this patch:
# Get the difference with respect to the old version.
git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
cut -d/ -f3- |
grep -Fv README.md |
xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > old.patch
git -C linux restore rust/alloc
# Apply this patch.
git -C linux am rust-upgrade.patch
# Get the difference with respect to the new version.
git -C rust checkout $(linux/scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
git -C linux ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD -- rust/alloc |
cut -d/ -f3- |
grep -Fv README.md |
xargs -IPATH cp rust/library/alloc/src/PATH linux/rust/alloc/PATH
git -C linux diff --patch-with-stat --summary -R > new.patch
git -C linux restore rust/alloc
Now one may check the `new.patch` to take a look at the additions (first
approach) or at the difference between those two patches (second
approach). For the latter, a side-by-side tool is recommended.
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/stable/RELEASES.md#version-1760-2024-02-08 [1]
Link: https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [2]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [3]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/issues/688 [4]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/117962 [5]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/118068 [6]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/ci-rustc_codegen_gcc [7]
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240217002638.57373-2-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Patch series "Bump the minimum supported version of LLVM to 13.0.1".
This series bumps the minimum supported version of LLVM for building the
kernel to 13.0.1. The first patch does the bump and all subsequent
patches clean up all the various workarounds and checks for earlier
versions.
Quoting the first patch's commit message for those that were only on CC
for the clean ups:
When __builtin_mul_overflow() has arguments that differ in terms of
signedness and width, LLVM may generate a libcall to __muloti4 because
it performs the checks in terms of 65-bit multiplication. This issue
becomes harder to hit (but still possible) after LLVM 12.0.0, which
includes a special case for matching widths but different signs.
To gain access to this special case, which the kernel can take advantage
of when calls to __muloti4 appear, bump the minimum supported version of
LLVM for building the kernel to 13.0.1. 13.0.1 was chosen because there
is minimal impact to distribution support while allowing a few more
workarounds to be dropped in the kernel source than if 12.0.0 were
chosen. Looking at container images of up to date distribution versions:
archlinux:latest clang version 16.0.6
debian:oldoldstable-slim clang version 7.0.1-8+deb10u2 (tags/RELEASE_701/final)
debian:oldstable-slim Debian clang version 11.0.1-2
debian:stable-slim Debian clang version 14.0.6
debian:testing-slim Debian clang version 16.0.6 (19)
debian:unstable-slim Debian clang version 16.0.6 (19)
fedora:38 clang version 16.0.6 (Fedora 16.0.6-3.fc38)
fedora:latest clang version 17.0.6 (Fedora 17.0.6-1.fc39)
fedora:rawhide clang version 17.0.6 (Fedora 17.0.6-1.fc40)
opensuse/leap:latest clang version 15.0.7
opensuse/tumbleweed:latest clang version 17.0.6
ubuntu:focal clang version 10.0.0-4ubuntu1
ubuntu:latest Ubuntu clang version 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu:rolling Ubuntu clang version 16.0.6 (15)
ubuntu:devel Ubuntu clang version 17.0.6 (3)
The only distribution that gets left behind is Debian Bullseye, as the
default version is 11.0.1; other distributions either have a newer
version than 13.0.1 or one older than the current minimum of 11.0.0.
Debian has easy access to more recent LLVM versions through
apt.llvm.org, so this is not as much of a concern. There are also the
kernel.org LLVM toolchains, which should work with distributions with
glibc 2.28 and newer.
Another benefit of slimming up the number of supported versions of LLVM
for building the kernel is reducing the build capacity needed to support
a matrix that builds with each supported version, which allows a matrix
to reallocate the freed up build capacity towards something else, such
as more configuration combinations.
This passes my build matrix with all supported versions.
This is based on Andrew's mm-nonmm-unstable to avoid trivial conflicts
with my series to update the LLVM links across the repository [1] but I
can easily rebase it to linux-kbuild if Masahiro would rather these
patches go through there (and defer the conflict resolution to the merge
window).
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/20240109-update-llvm-links-v1-0-eb09b59db071@kernel.org/
This patch (of 11):
When __builtin_mul_overflow() has arguments that differ in terms of
signedness and width, LLVM may generate a libcall to __muloti4 because it
performs the checks in terms of 65-bit multiplication. This issue becomes
harder to hit (but still possible) after LLVM 12.0.0, which includes a
special case for matching widths but different signs.
To gain access to this special case, which the kernel can take advantage
of when calls to __muloti4 appear, bump the minimum supported version of
LLVM for building the kernel to 13.0.1. 13.0.1 was chosen because there
is minimal impact to distribution support while allowing a few more
workarounds to be dropped in the kernel source than if 12.0.0 were chosen.
Looking at container images of up to date distribution versions:
archlinux:latest clang version 16.0.6
debian:oldoldstable-slim clang version 7.0.1-8+deb10u2 (tags/RELEASE_701/final)
debian:oldstable-slim Debian clang version 11.0.1-2
debian:stable-slim Debian clang version 14.0.6
debian:testing-slim Debian clang version 16.0.6 (19)
debian:unstable-slim Debian clang version 16.0.6 (19)
fedora:38 clang version 16.0.6 (Fedora 16.0.6-3.fc38)
fedora:latest clang version 17.0.6 (Fedora 17.0.6-1.fc39)
fedora:rawhide clang version 17.0.6 (Fedora 17.0.6-1.fc40)
opensuse/leap:latest clang version 15.0.7
opensuse/tumbleweed:latest clang version 17.0.6
ubuntu:focal clang version 10.0.0-4ubuntu1
ubuntu:latest Ubuntu clang version 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu:rolling Ubuntu clang version 16.0.6 (15)
ubuntu:devel Ubuntu clang version 17.0.6 (3)
The only distribution that gets left behind is Debian Bullseye, as the
default version is 11.0.1; other distributions either have a newer version
than 13.0.1 or one older than the current minimum of 11.0.0. Debian has
easy access to more recent LLVM versions through apt.llvm.org, so this is
not as much of a concern. There are also the kernel.org LLVM toolchains,
which should work with distributions with glibc 2.28 and newer.
Another benefit of slimming up the number of supported versions of LLVM
for building the kernel is reducing the build capacity needed to support a
matrix that builds with each supported version, which allows a matrix to
reallocate the freed up build capacity towards something else, such as
more configuration combinations.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240125-bump-min-llvm-ver-to-13-0-1-v1-0-f5ff9bda41c5@kernel.org
Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1975
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/38013
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/3203143f1356a4e4e3ada231156fc6da6e1a9f9d
Link: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/llvm/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240125-bump-min-llvm-ver-to-13-0-1-v1-1-f5ff9bda41c5@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V (IBM)" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes from Paolo Abeni:
"Including fixes from bpf and netfilter.
Current release - regressions:
- af_unix: fix another unix GC hangup
Previous releases - regressions:
- core: fix a possible AF_UNIX deadlock
- bpf: fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_verdict_data_ready()
- netfilter: nft_flow_offload: release dst in case direct xmit path
is used
- bridge: switchdev: ensure MDB events are delivered exactly once
- l2tp: pass correct message length to ip6_append_data
- dccp/tcp: unhash sk from ehash for tb2 alloc failure after
check_estalblished()
- tls: fixes for record type handling with PEEK
- devlink: fix possible use-after-free and memory leaks in
devlink_init()
Previous releases - always broken:
- bpf: fix an oops when attempting to read the vsyscall page through
bpf_probe_read_kernel
- sched: act_mirred: use the backlog for mirred ingress
- netfilter: nft_flow_offload: fix dst refcount underflow
- ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref
- mptcp: fix several data races
- phonet: take correct lock to peek at the RX queue
Misc:
- handful of fixes and reliability improvements for selftests"
* tag 'net-6.8.0-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (72 commits)
l2tp: pass correct message length to ip6_append_data
net: phy: realtek: Fix rtl8211f_config_init() for RTL8211F(D)(I)-VD-CG PHY
selftests: ioam: refactoring to align with the fix
Fix write to cloned skb in ipv6_hop_ioam()
phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use
phonet: take correct lock to peek at the RX queue
net: sparx5: Add spinlock for frame transmission from CPU
net/sched: flower: Add lock protection when remove filter handle
devlink: fix port dump cmd type
net: stmmac: Fix EST offset for dwmac 5.10
tools: ynl: don't leak mcast_groups on init error
tools: ynl: make sure we always pass yarg to mnl_cb_run
net: mctp: put sock on tag allocation failure
netfilter: nf_tables: use kzalloc for hook allocation
netfilter: nf_tables: register hooks last when adding new chain/flowtable
netfilter: nft_flow_offload: release dst in case direct xmit path is used
netfilter: nft_flow_offload: reset dst in route object after setting up flow
netfilter: nf_tables: set dormant flag on hook register failure
selftests: tls: add test for peeking past a record of a different type
selftests: tls: add test for merging of same-type control messages
...
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The mailman2 server running on lists.linuxfoundation.org will be shut
down in very imminent future. Update all instances of obsolete list
addresses throughout the tree with their new destinations.
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240214-lf-org-list-migration-v1-1-ef1eab4b1543@linuxfoundation.org
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Netronome graciously transferred the original NIPA repo
to our new netdev umbrella org. Link to that instead of
my private fork.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240216161945.2208842-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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The Linux kernel project now has the ability to assign CVEs to fixed
issues, so document the process and how individual developers can get a
CVE if one is not automatically assigned for their fixes.
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2024021731-essence-sadness-28fd@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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The servers for the @codeaurora domain have long been retired and any
messages addressed to @codeaurora will bounce.
Trilok has an entry in .mailmap, but the raw documentation files still
list an old @codeaurora address. Update the address in the
documentation files for anyone reading them.
Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@quicinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240202164119.4090703-1-quic_jhugo@quicinc.com
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Document when C++-style, tail comments should be used.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130193102.GEZblOdor_bzoVhT0f@fat_crate.local
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sphinx.rst:
- Remove unnecessary newline
- Fix grammar s/on/in/
- Fix grammar s/check/checks/
- Capitalize heading "The C domain"
changes.rst:
- Remove colon after "pahole" to be consistent with other entries
howto.rst:
- Fix grammar s/you will/will you/
- Hyphenate "real-world problems"
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@toblux.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240205000117.3285-1-thorsten.blum@toblux.com
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