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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-dma-1.0.yaml3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7292.yaml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/light/rohm,bu27010.yaml1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/representors.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/workqueue.rst2
11 files changed, 59 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware
index 978d3d500400..fba87a55f3ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
What: /sys/class/firmware/.../data
Date: July 2022
KernelVersion: 5.19
-Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
Description: The data sysfs file is used for firmware-fallback and for
firmware uploads. Cat a firmware image to this sysfs file
after you echo 1 to the loading sysfs file. When the firmware
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Description: The data sysfs file is used for firmware-fallback and for
What: /sys/class/firmware/.../cancel
Date: July 2022
KernelVersion: 5.19
-Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
Description: Write-only. For firmware uploads, write a "1" to this file to
request that the transfer of firmware data to the lower-level
device be canceled. This request will be rejected (EBUSY) if
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Description: Write-only. For firmware uploads, write a "1" to this file to
What: /sys/class/firmware/.../error
Date: July 2022
KernelVersion: 5.19
-Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing a failed firmware
upload. This string will be in the form of <STATUS>:<ERROR>,
where <STATUS> will be one of the status strings described
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing a failed firmware
What: /sys/class/firmware/.../loading
Date: July 2022
KernelVersion: 5.19
-Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
Description: The loading sysfs file is used for both firmware-fallback and
for firmware uploads. Echo 1 onto the loading file to indicate
you are writing a firmware file to the data sysfs node. Echo
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Description: The loading sysfs file is used for both firmware-fallback and
What: /sys/class/firmware/.../remaining_size
Date: July 2022
KernelVersion: 5.19
-Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
Description: Read-only. For firmware upload, this file contains the size
of the firmware data that remains to be transferred to the
lower-level device driver. The size value is initialized to
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Description: Read-only. For firmware upload, this file contains the size
What: /sys/class/firmware/.../status
Date: July 2022
KernelVersion: 5.19
-Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing the current status of
a firmware upload. The string will be one of the following:
idle, "receiving", "preparing", "transferring", "programming".
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing the current status of
What: /sys/class/firmware/.../timeout
Date: July 2022
KernelVersion: 5.19
-Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
Description: This file supports the timeout mechanism for firmware
fallback. This file has no affect on firmware uploads. For
more information on timeouts please see the documentation
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst b/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst
index 5d7b01aed1fe..0046af06531a 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ unbound worker-pools and only one work item could be active at any given
time thus achieving the same ordering property as ST wq.
In the current implementation the above configuration only guarantees
-ST behavior within a given NUMA node. Instead ``alloc_ordered_queue()`` should
+ST behavior within a given NUMA node. Instead ``alloc_ordered_workqueue()`` should
be used to achieve system-wide ST behavior.
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ The default affinity scope can be changed with the module parameter
scope can be changed using ``apply_workqueue_attrs()``.
If ``WQ_SYSFS`` is set, the workqueue will have the following affinity scope
-related interface files under its ``/sys/devices/virtual/WQ_NAME/``
+related interface files under its ``/sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/WQ_NAME/``
directory.
``affinity_scope``
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-dma-1.0.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-dma-1.0.yaml
index 23ada8f87526..769ce23aaac2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-dma-1.0.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-dma-1.0.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ description: |
maintainers:
- Michael Tretter <m.tretter@pengutronix.de>
+ - Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@amd.com>
+ - Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@amd.com>
allOf:
- $ref: ../dma-controller.yaml#
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ required:
- interrupts
- clocks
- clock-names
+ - xlnx,bus-width
additionalProperties: false
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7292.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7292.yaml
index 7cc4ddc4e9b7..2aa1f4b063eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7292.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7292.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ patternProperties:
required:
- reg
- additionalProperties: true
+ additionalProperties: false
allOf:
- $ref: /schemas/spi/spi-peripheral-props.yaml#
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/light/rohm,bu27010.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/light/rohm,bu27010.yaml
index 8376d64a641a..bed42d5d0d94 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/light/rohm,bu27010.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/light/rohm,bu27010.yaml
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ examples:
light-sensor@38 {
compatible = "rohm,bu27010";
reg = <0x38>;
+ vdd-supply = <&vdd>;
};
};
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
index cdefbe73d85c..5b93268e400f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
@@ -339,6 +339,18 @@ The specified lower directories will be stacked beginning from the
rightmost one and going left. In the above example lower1 will be the
top, lower2 the middle and lower3 the bottom layer.
+Note: directory names containing colons can be provided as lower layer by
+escaping the colons with a single backslash. For example:
+
+ mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=/a\:lower\:\:dir /merged
+
+Since kernel version v6.5, directory names containing colons can also
+be provided as lower layer using the fsconfig syscall from new mount api:
+
+ fsconfig(fs_fd, FSCONFIG_SET_STRING, "lowerdir", "/a:lower::dir", 0);
+
+In the latter case, colons in lower layer directory names will be escaped
+as an octal characters (\072) when displayed in /proc/self/mountinfo.
Metadata only copy up
---------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
index 86a12c5bcff1..dec130d2507c 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ operations:
- dev-name
- sb-index
reply: &sb-get-reply
- value: 11
+ value: 13
attributes: *sb-id-attrs
dump:
request:
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ operations:
- sb-index
- sb-pool-index
reply: &sb-pool-get-reply
- value: 15
+ value: 17
attributes: *sb-pool-id-attrs
dump:
request:
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ operations:
- sb-index
- sb-pool-index
reply: &sb-port-pool-get-reply
- value: 19
+ value: 21
attributes: *sb-port-pool-id-attrs
dump:
request:
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ operations:
- sb-pool-type
- sb-tc-index
reply: &sb-tc-pool-bind-get-reply
- value: 23
+ value: 25
attributes: *sb-tc-pool-bind-id-attrs
dump:
request:
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ operations:
- dev-name
- trap-name
reply: &trap-get-reply
- value: 61
+ value: 63
attributes: *trap-id-attrs
dump:
request:
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ operations:
- dev-name
- trap-group-name
reply: &trap-group-get-reply
- value: 65
+ value: 67
attributes: *trap-group-id-attrs
dump:
request:
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ operations:
- dev-name
- trap-policer-id
reply: &trap-policer-get-reply
- value: 69
+ value: 71
attributes: *trap-policer-id-attrs
dump:
request:
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ operations:
- port-index
- rate-node-name
reply: &rate-get-reply
- value: 74
+ value: 76
attributes: *rate-id-attrs
dump:
request:
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ operations:
- dev-name
- linecard-index
reply: &linecard-get-reply
- value: 78
+ value: 80
attributes: *linecard-id-attrs
dump:
request:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/representors.rst b/Documentation/networking/representors.rst
index ee1f5cd54496..decb39c19b9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/representors.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/representors.rst
@@ -162,9 +162,11 @@ How are representors identified?
The representor netdevice should *not* directly refer to a PCIe device (e.g.
through ``net_dev->dev.parent`` / ``SET_NETDEV_DEV()``), either of the
representee or of the switchdev function.
-Instead, it should implement the ``ndo_get_devlink_port()`` netdevice op, which
-the kernel uses to provide the ``phys_switch_id`` and ``phys_port_name`` sysfs
-nodes. (Some legacy drivers implement ``ndo_get_port_parent_id()`` and
+Instead, the driver should use the ``SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT`` macro to
+assign a devlink port instance to the netdevice before registering the
+netdevice; the kernel uses the devlink port to provide the ``phys_switch_id``
+and ``phys_port_name`` sysfs nodes.
+(Some legacy drivers implement ``ndo_get_port_parent_id()`` and
``ndo_get_phys_port_name()`` directly, but this is deprecated.) See
:ref:`Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst <devlink_port>` for the
details of this API.
diff --git a/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
index ac7c52f130c9..31000f075707 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ Contact
The Linux kernel hardware security team is separate from the regular Linux
kernel security team.
-The team only handles the coordination of embargoed hardware security
-issues. Reports of pure software security bugs in the Linux kernel are not
+The team only handles developing fixes for embargoed hardware security
+issues. Reports of pure software security bugs in the Linux kernel are not
handled by this team and the reporter will be guided to contact the regular
Linux kernel security team (:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/
<securitybugs>`) instead.
The team can be contacted by email at <hardware-security@kernel.org>. This
-is a private list of security officers who will help you to coordinate an
-issue according to our documented process.
+is a private list of security officers who will help you to coordinate a
+fix according to our documented process.
The list is encrypted and email to the list can be sent by either PGP or
S/MIME encrypted and must be signed with the reporter's PGP key or S/MIME
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ other hardware could be affected.
The hardware security team will provide an incident-specific encrypted
mailing-list which will be used for initial discussion with the reporter,
-further disclosure and coordination.
+further disclosure, and coordination of fixes.
The hardware security team will provide the disclosing party a list of
developers (domain experts) who should be informed initially about the
-issue after confirming with the developers that they will adhere to this
+issue after confirming with the developers that they will adhere to this
Memorandum of Understanding and the documented process. These developers
form the initial response team and will be responsible for handling the
issue after initial contact. The hardware security team is supporting the
@@ -209,13 +209,18 @@ five work days this is taken as silent acknowledgement.
After acknowledgement or resolution of an objection the expert is disclosed
by the incident team and brought into the development process.
+List participants may not communicate about the issue outside of the
+private mailing list. List participants may not use any shared resources
+(e.g. employer build farms, CI systems, etc) when working on patches.
+
Coordinated release
"""""""""""""""""""
The involved parties will negotiate the date and time where the embargo
ends. At that point the prepared mitigations are integrated into the
-relevant kernel trees and published.
+relevant kernel trees and published. There is no pre-notification process:
+fixes are published in public and available to everyone at the same time.
While we understand that hardware security issues need coordinated embargo
time, the embargo time should be constrained to the minimum time which is
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
index 7a895514b537..196f52386aaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ The prototype of the entry/exit callback function are as follows:
.. code-block:: c
- int entry_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
+ int entry_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, unsigned long ret_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
- void exit_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
+ void exit_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, unsigned long ret_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
Note that the @entry_ip is saved at function entry and passed to exit handler.
If the entry callback function returns !0, the corresponding exit callback will be cancelled.
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ If the entry callback function returns !0, the corresponding exit callback will
Note that this may not be the actual entry address of the function but
the address where the ftrace is instrumented.
+@ret_ip
+ This is the return address that the traced function will return to,
+ somewhere in the caller. This can be used at both entry and exit.
+
@regs
This is the `pt_regs` data structure at the entry and exit. Note that
the instruction pointer of @regs may be different from the @entry_ip
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/workqueue.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/workqueue.rst
index 6c1b5ec31d75..7fac6f75d078 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/workqueue.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/workqueue.rst
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ workqueue将自动创建与属性相匹配的后备工作者池。调节并发
同的排序属性。
在目前的实现中,上述配置只保证了特定NUMA节点内的ST行为。相反,
-``alloc_ordered_queue()`` 应该被用来实现全系统的ST行为。
+``alloc_ordered_workqueue()`` 应该被用来实现全系统的ST行为。
执行场景示例