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Palmer Dabbelt
139e08188b Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: Add myself for RISC-V
I'm not sure exactly how RISC-V fits into the story here, but I'm happy
to voluteer a sort of catch-all for vendors who aren't otherwise
represented.

Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230912180657.31841-1-palmer@rivosinc.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-09-13 09:19:49 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
73be7fb14e Including fixes from netfilter and bpf.
Current release - regressions:
 
  - eth: stmmac: fix failure to probe without MAC interface specified
 
 Current release - new code bugs:
 
  - docs: netlink: fix missing classic_netlink doc reference
 
 Previous releases - regressions:
 
  - deal with integer overflows in kmalloc_reserve()
 
  - use sk_forward_alloc_get() in sk_get_meminfo()
 
  - bpf_sk_storage: fix the missing uncharge in sk_omem_alloc
 
  - fib: avoid warn splat in flow dissector after packet mangling
 
  - skb_segment: call zero copy functions before using skbuff frags
 
  - eth: sfc: check for zero length in EF10 RX prefix
 
 Previous releases - always broken:
 
  - af_unix: fix msg_controllen test in scm_pidfd_recv() for
    MSG_CMSG_COMPAT
 
  - xsk: fix xsk_build_skb() dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
 
  - netfilter:
    - nft_exthdr: fix non-linear header modification
    - xt_u32, xt_sctp: validate user space input
    - nftables: exthdr: fix 4-byte stack OOB write
    - nfnetlink_osf: avoid OOB read
    - one more fix for the garbage collection work from last release
 
  - igmp: limit igmpv3_newpack() packet size to IP_MAX_MTU
 
  - bpf, sockmap: fix preempt_rt splat when using raw_spin_lock_t
 
  - handshake: fix null-deref in handshake_nl_done_doit()
 
  - ip: ignore dst hint for multipath routes to ensure packets
    are hashed across the nexthops
 
  - phy: micrel:
    - correct bit assignments for cable test errata
    - disable EEE according to the KSZ9477 errata
 
 Misc:
 
  - docs/bpf: document compile-once-run-everywhere (CO-RE) relocations
 
  - Revert "net: macsec: preserve ingress frame ordering", it appears
    to have been developed against an older kernel, problem doesn't
    exist upstream
 
 Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'net-6.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Including fixes from netfilter and bpf.

  Current release - regressions:

   - eth: stmmac: fix failure to probe without MAC interface specified

  Current release - new code bugs:

   - docs: netlink: fix missing classic_netlink doc reference

  Previous releases - regressions:

   - deal with integer overflows in kmalloc_reserve()

   - use sk_forward_alloc_get() in sk_get_meminfo()

   - bpf_sk_storage: fix the missing uncharge in sk_omem_alloc

   - fib: avoid warn splat in flow dissector after packet mangling

   - skb_segment: call zero copy functions before using skbuff frags

   - eth: sfc: check for zero length in EF10 RX prefix

  Previous releases - always broken:

   - af_unix: fix msg_controllen test in scm_pidfd_recv() for
     MSG_CMSG_COMPAT

   - xsk: fix xsk_build_skb() dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

   - netfilter:
      - nft_exthdr: fix non-linear header modification
      - xt_u32, xt_sctp: validate user space input
      - nftables: exthdr: fix 4-byte stack OOB write
      - nfnetlink_osf: avoid OOB read
      - one more fix for the garbage collection work from last release

   - igmp: limit igmpv3_newpack() packet size to IP_MAX_MTU

   - bpf, sockmap: fix preempt_rt splat when using raw_spin_lock_t

   - handshake: fix null-deref in handshake_nl_done_doit()

   - ip: ignore dst hint for multipath routes to ensure packets are
     hashed across the nexthops

   - phy: micrel:
      - correct bit assignments for cable test errata
      - disable EEE according to the KSZ9477 errata

  Misc:

   - docs/bpf: document compile-once-run-everywhere (CO-RE) relocations

   - Revert "net: macsec: preserve ingress frame ordering", it appears
     to have been developed against an older kernel, problem doesn't
     exist upstream"

* tag 'net-6.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (95 commits)
  net: enetc: distinguish error from valid pointers in enetc_fixup_clear_rss_rfs()
  Revert "net: team: do not use dynamic lockdep key"
  net: hns3: remove GSO partial feature bit
  net: hns3: fix the port information display when sfp is absent
  net: hns3: fix invalid mutex between tc qdisc and dcb ets command issue
  net: hns3: fix debugfs concurrency issue between kfree buffer and read
  net: hns3: fix byte order conversion issue in hclge_dbg_fd_tcam_read()
  net: hns3: Support query tx timeout threshold by debugfs
  net: hns3: fix tx timeout issue
  net: phy: Provide Module 4 KSZ9477 errata (DS80000754C)
  netfilter: nf_tables: Unbreak audit log reset
  netfilter: ipset: add the missing IP_SET_HASH_WITH_NET0 macro for ip_set_hash_netportnet.c
  netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: skip sync GC for new elements in this transaction
  netfilter: nf_tables: uapi: Describe NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID
  netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: avoid OOB read
  netfilter: nftables: exthdr: fix 4-byte stack OOB write
  selftests/bpf: Check bpf_sk_storage has uncharged sk_omem_alloc
  bpf: bpf_sk_storage: Fix the missing uncharge in sk_omem_alloc
  bpf: bpf_sk_storage: Fix invalid wait context lockdep report
  s390/bpf: Pass through tail call counter in trampolines
  ...
2023-09-07 18:33:07 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
5245008738 docs: netdev: update the netdev infra URLs
Some corporate proxies block our current NIPA URLs because
they use a free / shady DNS domain. As suggested by Jesse
we got a new DNS entry from Konstantin - netdev.bots.linux.dev,
use it.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2023-09-04 10:59:13 +01:00
Jakub Kicinski
ee8ab74aa0 docs: netdev: document patchwork patch states
The patchwork states are largely self-explanatory but small
ambiguities may still come up. Document how we interpret
the states in networking.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2023-09-04 09:39:20 +01:00
Linus Torvalds
28a4f91f5f Driver core changes for 6.6-rc1
Here is a small set of driver core updates and additions for 6.6-rc1.
 
 Included in here are:
   - stable kernel documentation updates
   - class structure const work from Ivan on various subsystems
   - kernfs tweaks
   - driver core tests!
   - kobject sanity cleanups
   - kobject structure reordering to save space
   - driver core error code handling fixups
   - other minor driver core cleanups
 
 All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
 problems.
 
 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Merge tag 'driver-core-6.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is a small set of driver core updates and additions for 6.6-rc1.

  Included in here are:

   - stable kernel documentation updates

   - class structure const work from Ivan on various subsystems

   - kernfs tweaks

   - driver core tests!

   - kobject sanity cleanups

   - kobject structure reordering to save space

   - driver core error code handling fixups

   - other minor driver core cleanups

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  problems"

* tag 'driver-core-6.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (32 commits)
  driver core: Call in reversed order in device_platform_notify_remove()
  driver core: Return proper error code when dev_set_name() fails
  kobject: Remove redundant checks for whether ktype is NULL
  kobject: Add sanity check for kset->kobj.ktype in kset_register()
  drivers: base: test: Add missing MODULE_* macros to root device tests
  drivers: base: test: Add missing MODULE_* macros for platform devices tests
  drivers: base: Free devm resources when unregistering a device
  drivers: base: Add basic devm tests for platform devices
  drivers: base: Add basic devm tests for root devices
  kernfs: fix missing kernfs_iattr_rwsem locking
  docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention that regressions must be prevented
  docs: stable-kernel-rules: fine-tune various details
  docs: stable-kernel-rules: make the examples for option 1 a proper list
  docs: stable-kernel-rules: move text around to improve flow
  docs: stable-kernel-rules: improve structure by changing headlines
  base/node: Remove duplicated include
  kernfs: attach uuid for every kernfs and report it in fsid
  kernfs: add stub helper for kernfs_generic_poll()
  x86/resctrl: make pseudo_lock_class a static const structure
  x86/MSR: make msr_class a static const structure
  ...
2023-09-01 09:43:18 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
cd99b9eb4b Documentation work keeps chugging along; stuff for 6.6 includes:
- Work from Carlos Bilbao to integrate rustdoc output into the generated
   HTML documentation.  This took some work to figure out how to do it
   without slowing the docs build and without creating people who don't have
   Rust installed, but Carlos got there.
 
 - Move the loongarch and mips architecture documentation under
   Documentation/arch/.
 
 - Some more maintainer documentation from Jakub
 
 ...plus the usual assortment of updates, translations, and fixes.
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Merge tag 'docs-6.6' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "Documentation work keeps chugging along; this includes:

   - Work from Carlos Bilbao to integrate rustdoc output into the
     generated HTML documentation. This took some work to figure out how
     to do it without slowing the docs build and without creating people
     who don't have Rust installed, but Carlos got there

   - Move the loongarch and mips architecture documentation under
     Documentation/arch/

   - Some more maintainer documentation from Jakub

  ... plus the usual assortment of updates, translations, and fixes"

* tag 'docs-6.6' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (56 commits)
  Docu: genericirq.rst: fix irq-example
  input: docs: pxrc: remove reference to phoenix-sim
  Documentation: serial-console: Fix literal block marker
  docs/mm: remove references to hmm_mirror ops and clean typos
  docs/zh_CN: correct regi_chg(),regi_add() to region_chg(),region_add()
  Documentation: Fix typos
  Documentation/ABI: Fix typos
  scripts: kernel-doc: fix macro handling in enums
  scripts: kernel-doc: parse DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_[ADDR|LEN]
  Documentation: riscv: Update boot image header since EFI stub is supported
  Documentation: riscv: Add early boot document
  Documentation: arm: Add bootargs to the table of added DT parameters
  docs: kernel-parameters: Refer to the correct bitmap function
  doc: update params of memhp_default_state=
  docs: Add book to process/kernel-docs.rst
  docs: sparse: fix invalid link addresses
  docs: vfs: clean up after the iterate() removal
  docs: Add a section on surveys to the researcher guidelines
  docs: move mips under arch
  docs: move loongarch under arch
  ...
2023-08-30 20:05:42 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
a1c19328a1 ARM: SoC cleanups for 6.6
These are all minor cleanups for platform specific code in arch/arm/
 and some of the associated drivers. The majority of these are work
 done by Rob Herring to improve the way devicetreee header files
 are handled.
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Merge tag 'soc-arm-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc

Pull ARM SoC cleanups from Arnd Bergmann:
 "These are all minor cleanups for platform specific code in arch/arm/
  and some of the associated drivers. The majority of these are work
  done by Rob Herring to improve the way devicetreee header files are
  handled"

* tag 'soc-arm-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (49 commits)
  ARM: davinci: Drop unused includes
  ARM: s5pv210: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  ARM: dove: Drop unused includes
  ARM: mvebu: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: document dtbs_check requirement for Samsung
  MAINTAINER: samsung: document dtbs_check requirement for Samsung
  Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: add clean platforms profile
  MAINTAINERS: soc: reference maintainer profile
  ARM: nspire: Remove unused header file mmio.h
  ARM: nspire: Use syscon-reboot to handle restart
  soc: fsl: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  soc: xilinx: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  soc: sunxi: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  soc: rockchip: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  soc: mediatek: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  soc: aspeed: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  firmware: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  bus: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  ARM: spear: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  ARM: mvebu: Explicitly include correct DT includes
  ...
2023-08-30 16:49:40 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
bd6c11bc43 Networking changes for 6.6.
Core
 ----
 
  - Increase size limits for to-be-sent skb frag allocations. This
    allows tun, tap devices and packet sockets to better cope with large
    writes operations.
 
  - Store netdevs in an xarray, to simplify iterating over netdevs.
 
  - Refactor nexthop selection for multipath routes.
 
  - Improve sched class lifetime handling.
 
  - Add backup nexthop ID support for bridge.
 
  - Implement drop reasons support in openvswitch.
 
  - Several data races annotations and fixes.
 
  - Constify the sk parameter of routing functions.
 
  - Prepend kernel version to netconsole message.
 
 Protocols
 ---------
 
  - Implement support for TCP probing the peer being under memory
    pressure.
 
  - Remove hard coded limitation on IPv6 specific info placement
    inside the socket struct.
 
  - Get rid of sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale and use an auto-estimated
    per socket scaling factor.
 
  - Scaling-up the IPv6 expired route GC via a separated list of
    expiring routes.
 
  - In-kernel support for the TLS alert protocol.
 
  - Better support for UDP reuseport with connected sockets.
 
  - Add NEXT-C-SID support for SRv6 End.X behavior, reducing the SR
    header size.
 
  - Get rid of additional ancillary per MPTCP connection struct socket.
 
  - Implement support for BPF-based MPTCP packet schedulers.
 
  - Format MPTCP subtests selftests results in TAP.
 
  - Several new SMC 2.1 features including unique experimental options,
    max connections per lgr negotiation, max links per lgr negotiation.
 
 BPF
 ---
 
  - Multi-buffer support in AF_XDP.
 
  - Add multi uprobe BPF links for attaching multiple uprobes
    and usdt probes, which is significantly faster and saves extra fds.
 
  - Implement an fd-based tc BPF attach API (TCX) and BPF link support on
    top of it.
 
  - Add SO_REUSEPORT support for TC bpf_sk_assign.
 
  - Support new instructions from cpu v4 to simplify the generated code and
    feature completeness, for x86, arm64, riscv64.
 
  - Support defragmenting IPv(4|6) packets in BPF.
 
  - Teach verifier actual bounds of bpf_get_smp_processor_id()
    and fix perf+libbpf issue related to custom section handling.
 
  - Introduce bpf map element count and enable it for all program types.
 
  - Add a BPF hook in sys_socket() to change the protocol ID
    from IPPROTO_TCP to IPPROTO_MPTCP to cover migration for legacy.
 
  - Introduce bpf_me_mcache_free_rcu() and fix OOM under stress.
 
  - Add uprobe support for the bpf_get_func_ip helper.
 
  - Check skb ownership against full socket.
 
  - Support for up to 12 arguments in BPF trampoline.
 
  - Extend link_info for kprobe_multi and perf_event links.
 
 Netfilter
 ---------
 
  - Speed-up process exit by aborting ruleset validation if a
    fatal signal is pending.
 
  - Allow NLA_POLICY_MASK to be used with BE16/BE32 types.
 
 Driver API
 ----------
 
  - Page pool optimizations, to improve data locality and cache usage.
 
  - Introduce ndo_hwtstamp_get() and ndo_hwtstamp_set() to avoid the need
    for raw ioctl() handling in drivers.
 
  - Simplify genetlink dump operations (doit/dumpit) providing them
    the common information already populated in struct genl_info.
 
  - Extend and use the yaml devlink specs to [re]generate the split ops.
 
  - Introduce devlink selective dumps, to allow SF filtering SF based on
    handle and other attributes.
 
  - Add yaml netlink spec for netlink-raw families, allow route, link and
    address related queries via the ynl tool.
 
  - Remove phylink legacy mode support.
 
  - Support offload LED blinking to phy.
 
  - Add devlink port function attributes for IPsec.
 
 New hardware / drivers
 ----------------------
 
  - Ethernet:
    - Broadcom ASP 2.0 (72165) ethernet controller
    - MediaTek MT7988 SoC
    - Texas Instruments AM654 SoC
    - Texas Instruments IEP driver
    - Atheros qca8081 phy
    - Marvell 88Q2110 phy
    - NXP TJA1120 phy
 
  - WiFi:
    - MediaTek mt7981 support
 
  - Can:
    - Kvaser SmartFusion2 PCI Express devices
    - Allwinner T113 controllers
    - Texas Instruments tcan4552/4553 chips
 
  - Bluetooth:
    - Intel Gale Peak
    - Qualcomm WCN3988 and WCN7850
    - NXP AW693 and IW624
    - Mediatek MT2925
 
 Drivers
 -------
 
  - Ethernet NICs:
    - nVidia/Mellanox:
      - mlx5:
        - support UDP encapsulation in packet offload mode
        - IPsec packet offload support in eswitch mode
        - improve aRFS observability by adding new set of counters
        - extends MACsec offload support to cover RoCE traffic
        - dynamic completion EQs
      - mlx4:
        - convert to use auxiliary bus instead of custom interface logic
    - Intel
      - ice:
        - implement switchdev bridge offload, even for LAG interfaces
        - implement SRIOV support for LAG interfaces
      - igc:
        - add support for multiple in-flight TX timestamps
    - Broadcom:
      - bnxt:
        - use the unified RX page pool buffers for XDP and non-XDP
        - use the NAPI skb allocation cache
    - OcteonTX2:
      - support Round Robin scheduling HTB offload
      - TC flower offload support for SPI field
    - Freescale:
      -  add XDP_TX feature support
    - AMD:
      - ionic: add support for PCI FLR event
      - sfc:
        - basic conntrack offload
        - introduce eth, ipv4 and ipv6 pedit offloads
    - ST Microelectronics:
      - stmmac: maximze PTP timestamping resolution
 
  - Virtual NICs:
    - Microsoft vNIC:
      - batch ringing RX queue doorbell on receiving packets
      - add page pool for RX buffers
    - Virtio vNIC:
      - add per queue interrupt coalescing support
    - Google vNIC:
      - add queue-page-list mode support
 
  - Ethernet high-speed switches:
    - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
      - add port range matching tc-flower offload
      - permit enslavement to netdevices with uppers
 
  - Ethernet embedded switches:
    - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
      - convert to phylink_pcs
    - Renesas:
      - r8A779fx: add speed change support
      - rzn1: enables vlan support
 
  - Ethernet PHYs:
    - convert mv88e6xxx to phylink_pcs
 
  - WiFi:
    - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 (ath12k):
      - extremely High Throughput (EHT) PHY support
    - RealTek (rtl8xxxu):
      - enable AP mode for: RTL8192FU, RTL8710BU (RTL8188GU),
        RTL8192EU and RTL8723BU
    - RealTek (rtw89):
      - Introduce Time Averaged SAR (TAS) support
 
  - Connector:
    - support for event filtering
 
 Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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Merge tag 'net-next-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next

Pull networking updates from Paolo Abeni:
 "Core:

   - Increase size limits for to-be-sent skb frag allocations. This
     allows tun, tap devices and packet sockets to better cope with
     large writes operations

   - Store netdevs in an xarray, to simplify iterating over netdevs

   - Refactor nexthop selection for multipath routes

   - Improve sched class lifetime handling

   - Add backup nexthop ID support for bridge

   - Implement drop reasons support in openvswitch

   - Several data races annotations and fixes

   - Constify the sk parameter of routing functions

   - Prepend kernel version to netconsole message

  Protocols:

   - Implement support for TCP probing the peer being under memory
     pressure

   - Remove hard coded limitation on IPv6 specific info placement inside
     the socket struct

   - Get rid of sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale and use an auto-estimated per
     socket scaling factor

   - Scaling-up the IPv6 expired route GC via a separated list of
     expiring routes

   - In-kernel support for the TLS alert protocol

   - Better support for UDP reuseport with connected sockets

   - Add NEXT-C-SID support for SRv6 End.X behavior, reducing the SR
     header size

   - Get rid of additional ancillary per MPTCP connection struct socket

   - Implement support for BPF-based MPTCP packet schedulers

   - Format MPTCP subtests selftests results in TAP

   - Several new SMC 2.1 features including unique experimental options,
     max connections per lgr negotiation, max links per lgr negotiation

  BPF:

   - Multi-buffer support in AF_XDP

   - Add multi uprobe BPF links for attaching multiple uprobes and usdt
     probes, which is significantly faster and saves extra fds

   - Implement an fd-based tc BPF attach API (TCX) and BPF link support
     on top of it

   - Add SO_REUSEPORT support for TC bpf_sk_assign

   - Support new instructions from cpu v4 to simplify the generated code
     and feature completeness, for x86, arm64, riscv64

   - Support defragmenting IPv(4|6) packets in BPF

   - Teach verifier actual bounds of bpf_get_smp_processor_id() and fix
     perf+libbpf issue related to custom section handling

   - Introduce bpf map element count and enable it for all program types

   - Add a BPF hook in sys_socket() to change the protocol ID from
     IPPROTO_TCP to IPPROTO_MPTCP to cover migration for legacy

   - Introduce bpf_me_mcache_free_rcu() and fix OOM under stress

   - Add uprobe support for the bpf_get_func_ip helper

   - Check skb ownership against full socket

   - Support for up to 12 arguments in BPF trampoline

   - Extend link_info for kprobe_multi and perf_event links

  Netfilter:

   - Speed-up process exit by aborting ruleset validation if a fatal
     signal is pending

   - Allow NLA_POLICY_MASK to be used with BE16/BE32 types

  Driver API:

   - Page pool optimizations, to improve data locality and cache usage

   - Introduce ndo_hwtstamp_get() and ndo_hwtstamp_set() to avoid the
     need for raw ioctl() handling in drivers

   - Simplify genetlink dump operations (doit/dumpit) providing them the
     common information already populated in struct genl_info

   - Extend and use the yaml devlink specs to [re]generate the split ops

   - Introduce devlink selective dumps, to allow SF filtering SF based
     on handle and other attributes

   - Add yaml netlink spec for netlink-raw families, allow route, link
     and address related queries via the ynl tool

   - Remove phylink legacy mode support

   - Support offload LED blinking to phy

   - Add devlink port function attributes for IPsec

  New hardware / drivers:

   - Ethernet:
      - Broadcom ASP 2.0 (72165) ethernet controller
      - MediaTek MT7988 SoC
      - Texas Instruments AM654 SoC
      - Texas Instruments IEP driver
      - Atheros qca8081 phy
      - Marvell 88Q2110 phy
      - NXP TJA1120 phy

   - WiFi:
      - MediaTek mt7981 support

   - Can:
      - Kvaser SmartFusion2 PCI Express devices
      - Allwinner T113 controllers
      - Texas Instruments tcan4552/4553 chips

   - Bluetooth:
      - Intel Gale Peak
      - Qualcomm WCN3988 and WCN7850
      - NXP AW693 and IW624
      - Mediatek MT2925

  Drivers:

   - Ethernet NICs:
      - nVidia/Mellanox:
         - mlx5:
            - support UDP encapsulation in packet offload mode
            - IPsec packet offload support in eswitch mode
            - improve aRFS observability by adding new set of counters
            - extends MACsec offload support to cover RoCE traffic
            - dynamic completion EQs
         - mlx4:
            - convert to use auxiliary bus instead of custom interface
              logic
      - Intel
         - ice:
            - implement switchdev bridge offload, even for LAG
              interfaces
            - implement SRIOV support for LAG interfaces
         - igc:
            - add support for multiple in-flight TX timestamps
      - Broadcom:
         - bnxt:
            - use the unified RX page pool buffers for XDP and non-XDP
            - use the NAPI skb allocation cache
      - OcteonTX2:
         - support Round Robin scheduling HTB offload
         - TC flower offload support for SPI field
      - Freescale:
         - add XDP_TX feature support
      - AMD:
         - ionic: add support for PCI FLR event
         - sfc:
            - basic conntrack offload
            - introduce eth, ipv4 and ipv6 pedit offloads
      - ST Microelectronics:
         - stmmac: maximze PTP timestamping resolution

   - Virtual NICs:
      - Microsoft vNIC:
         - batch ringing RX queue doorbell on receiving packets
         - add page pool for RX buffers
      - Virtio vNIC:
         - add per queue interrupt coalescing support
      - Google vNIC:
         - add queue-page-list mode support

   - Ethernet high-speed switches:
      - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
         - add port range matching tc-flower offload
         - permit enslavement to netdevices with uppers

   - Ethernet embedded switches:
      - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
         - convert to phylink_pcs
      - Renesas:
         - r8A779fx: add speed change support
         - rzn1: enables vlan support

   - Ethernet PHYs:
      - convert mv88e6xxx to phylink_pcs

   - WiFi:
      - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 (ath12k):
         - extremely High Throughput (EHT) PHY support
      - RealTek (rtl8xxxu):
         - enable AP mode for: RTL8192FU, RTL8710BU (RTL8188GU),
           RTL8192EU and RTL8723BU
      - RealTek (rtw89):
         - Introduce Time Averaged SAR (TAS) support

   - Connector:
      - support for event filtering"

* tag 'net-next-6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1806 commits)
  net: ethernet: mtk_wed: minor change in wed_{tx,rx}info_show
  net: ethernet: mtk_wed: add some more info in wed_txinfo_show handler
  net: stmmac: clarify difference between "interface" and "phy_interface"
  r8152: add vendor/device ID pair for D-Link DUB-E250
  devlink: move devlink_notify_register/unregister() to dev.c
  devlink: move small_ops definition into netlink.c
  devlink: move tracepoint definitions into core.c
  devlink: push linecard related code into separate file
  devlink: push rate related code into separate file
  devlink: push trap related code into separate file
  devlink: use tracepoint_enabled() helper
  devlink: push region related code into separate file
  devlink: push param related code into separate file
  devlink: push resource related code into separate file
  devlink: push dpipe related code into separate file
  devlink: move and rename devlink_dpipe_send_and_alloc_skb() helper
  devlink: push shared buffer related code into separate file
  devlink: push port related code into separate file
  devlink: push object register/unregister notifications into separate helpers
  inet: fix IP_TRANSPARENT error handling
  ...
2023-08-29 11:33:01 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
35b4b6d0c5 docs: netdev: recommend against --in-reply-to
It's somewhat unfortunate but with (my?) the current tooling
if people post new versions of a set in reply to an old version
managing the review queue gets difficult. So recommend against it.

Reviewed-by: Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230823154922.1162644-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-08-24 11:25:38 -07:00
Bjorn Helgaas
d56b699d76 Documentation: Fix typos
Fix typos in Documentation.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814212822.193684-4-helgaas@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
Carlos Bilbao
0c6a9f7e66 docs: Add book to process/kernel-docs.rst
Include to process/kernel-docs.rst a book on Linux system administration
published in May, 2023 (with ISBN 978-1098109035).

Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230803142417.965313-1-carlos.bilbao@amd.com
2023-08-18 11:03:52 -06:00
Jonathan Corbet
ad93f083bd docs: Add a section on surveys to the researcher guidelines
It is common for university researchers to want to poll the community with
online surveys, but that approach distracts developers while yielding
little in the way of useful data.  Encourage alternatives instead.

Co-developed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87il9v7u55.fsf@meer.lwn.net
2023-08-18 11:03:52 -06:00
Aakash Sen Sharma
08ab786556 rust: bindgen: upgrade to 0.65.1
In LLVM 16, anonymous items may return names like `(unnamed union at ..)`
rather than empty names [1], which breaks Rust-enabled builds because
bindgen assumed an empty name instead of detecting them via
`clang_Cursor_isAnonymous` [2]:

    $ make rustdoc LLVM=1 CLIPPY=1 -j$(nproc)
      RUSTC L rust/core.o
      BINDGEN rust/bindings/bindings_generated.rs
      BINDGEN rust/bindings/bindings_helpers_generated.rs
      BINDGEN rust/uapi/uapi_generated.rs
    thread 'main' panicked at '"ftrace_branch_data_union_(anonymous_at__/_/include/linux/compiler_types_h_146_2)" is not a valid Ident', .../proc-macro2-1.0.24/src/fallback.rs:693:9
    ...
    thread 'main' panicked at '"ftrace_branch_data_union_(anonymous_at__/_/include/linux/compiler_types_h_146_2)" is not a valid Ident', .../proc-macro2-1.0.24/src/fallback.rs:693:9
    ...

This was fixed in bindgen 0.62.0. Therefore, upgrade bindgen to
a more recent version, 0.65.1, to support LLVM 16.

Since bindgen 0.58.0 changed the `--{white,black}list-*` flags to
`--{allow,block}list-*` [3], update them on our side too.

In addition, bindgen 0.61.0 moved its CLI utility into a binary crate
called `bindgen-cli` [4]. Thus update the installation command in the
Quick Start guide.

Moreover, bindgen 0.61.0 changed the default functionality to bind
`size_t` to `usize` [5] and added the `--no-size_t-is-usize` flag
to not bind `size_t` as `usize`. Then bindgen 0.65.0 removed
the `--size_t-is-usize` flag [6]. Thus stop passing the flag to bindgen.

Finally, bindgen 0.61.0 added support for the `noreturn` attribute (in
its different forms) [7]. Thus remove the infinite loop in our Rust
panic handler after calling `BUG()`, since bindgen now correctly
generates a `BUG()` binding that returns `!` instead of `()`.

Link: 19e984ef8f [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2319 [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/1990 [3]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2284 [4]
Link: cc78b6fdb6 [5]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/pull/2408 [6]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/issues/2094 [7]
Signed-off-by: Aakash Sen Sharma <aakashsensharma@gmail.com>
Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1013
Tested-by: Ariel Miculas <amiculas@cisco.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230612194311.24826-1-aakashsensharma@gmail.com
[ Reworded commit message. Mentioned the `bindgen-cli` binary crate
  change, linked to it and updated the Quick Start guide. Re-added a
  deleted "as" word in a code comment and reflowed comment to respect
  the maximum length. ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2023-08-15 00:37:22 +02:00
Miguel Ojeda
89eed1ab11 rust: upgrade to Rust 1.71.1
This is the second upgrade to the Rust toolchain, from 1.68.2 to 1.71.1
(i.e. the latest).

See the upgrade policy [1] and the comments on the first upgrade in
commit 3ed03f4da0 ("rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2").

# Unstable features

No unstable features (that we use) were stabilized.

Therefore, the only unstable feature allowed to be used outside
the `kernel` crate is still `new_uninit`, though other code to be
upstreamed may increase the list.

Please see [2] for details.

# Required changes

For the upgrade, this patch requires the following changes:

  - Removal of the `__rust_*` allocator functions, together with
    the addition of the `__rust_no_alloc_shim_is_unstable` static.
    See [3] for details.

  - Some more compiler builtins added due to `<f{32,64}>::midpoint()`
    that got added in Rust 1.71 [4].

# `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://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [1]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [2]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86844 [3]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/92048 [4]
Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/68
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230729220317.416771-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2023-08-14 17:50:02 +02:00
Krzysztof Kozlowski
38d0e83b96
Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: document dtbs_check requirement for Samsung
Samsung ARM/ARM64 SoCs (except legacy S5PV210) are also expected not to
bring any new dtbs_check warnings.  In fact this have been already
enforced and tested since few release.

Cc: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230712084131.127982-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2023-08-12 14:05:34 +02:00
Krzysztof Kozlowski
f1b518b45d
Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: add clean platforms profile
Some SoC platforms require that commits must not bring any new
dtbs_check warnings.  Maintainers of such platforms usually have some
automation set, so any new warning will be spotted sooner or later.
Worst case: they run the tests themselves.  Document requirements for
such platforms, so contributors can expect their patches being dropped
or ignored, if they bring new warnings for existing boards.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230723131924.78190-2-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2023-08-12 14:04:51 +02:00
Thorsten Leemhuis
bbaee49cce docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention that regressions must be prevented
Document that changes intended for a specific stable series have to be
in all newer series still maintained, as otherwise users would run into
regressions.

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ddb5cb0d6b7aa4ef31642cd9657a0fb53d79cddb.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12 13:03:28 +02:00
Thorsten Leemhuis
6e160d29f6 docs: stable-kernel-rules: fine-tune various details
* various fine tuning to the text that cleans up rough edges the three
  previous preparatory patches left behind to keep the diffs simpler
* s/Linus' tree/mainline/g, as that's the term more commonly used and
  known
* create a short intro for the three submission options and streamline
  the explanation when to use which of them
* fix a >= vs <= thinko in an example to make it more straight forward
* there were two blank lines before some sub-headings and just one
  before others; use the former style everywhere

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e1960a70acae2c2f18b838aee9f8bf6055fae89b.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12 13:03:28 +02:00
Thorsten Leemhuis
189057a1b6 docs: stable-kernel-rules: make the examples for option 1 a proper list
Separate the description for option 1 and the examples how to use it by
making the latter an indented unordered list.

No text changes.

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/59deaabfabf0629d7cf2a52b196cec19d1f9ec47.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12 13:03:28 +02:00
Thorsten Leemhuis
3feb21bb0b docs: stable-kernel-rules: move text around to improve flow
Move the short description about when to use which of the submission
options to the top of the section, as it currently sits somewhat odd in
the middle between option 3 and examples of option 1.

Also move the examples of Option 1 into the section describing it (which
in the diff looks like option 2 and 3 are moving down).

No text changes, just moving it around.

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/16f2377ee40dd7dfa146727fcbe7d1ebccf5b5be.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12 13:03:28 +02:00
Thorsten Leemhuis
0f11447d9f docs: stable-kernel-rules: improve structure by changing headlines
* replace a needless sub-heading with a short intro sentence
* make "Following the submission" a proper sub-section with a headline
  without changing the text of the section

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0737676f951050b2ec39e1662ffea37d77ef0bec.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-12 13:03:28 +02:00
Thorsten Leemhuis
33568553b3 docs: stable-kernel-rules: make rule section more straight forward
Tweak some of the rule text to make things more straight forward, with
the goal to stick closely to the intend of the old text:

* put the "it or equivalent fix must be upstream" rule at the top, as
  it's one of the most important ones that at the same time often seems
  to be missed by developers.
* "It must fix only one thing" was dropped, as that is almost always a
  thing that needs to be handled earlier when the change is mainlined.
  Furthermore, this is already indirectly covered by the "Separate your
  changes" section in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst which
  the rules already point to.
* six other rules are in the end one rule with clarifications; structure
  the text accordingly to make it a lot easier to follow and understand
  the intend.
* drop the 'In short, something critical' from one of those notes: it
  contradicts the "real bug that bothers people" aspect somewhat and does
  not really add anything

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f83e812879caa978a51a1a7cae7c359f29fc093c.1689056247.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-05 08:31:41 +02:00
Thorsten Leemhuis
d0bde9ca0e docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention other usages for stable tag comments
Document how to delay backporting or send a note to the stable team
using shell-style inline comments attached to stable tags.

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/bf1489b40ff358b7cb4f7d8cc73d5c7c3c143471.1689056247.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-08-05 08:31:41 +02:00
SeongJae Park
383f308821 Docs/process/changes: Replace http:// with https://
Some links are still using 'http://'.  Replace those with 'https://'.

Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230728211616.59550-2-sj@kernel.org
2023-07-31 09:53:22 -06:00
SeongJae Park
efc0a7cfe9 Docs/process/changes: Consolidate NFS-utils update links
Two update links for NFS-utils are in two duplicate sessions.
Consolidate.

Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230728211616.59550-1-sj@kernel.org
2023-07-31 09:53:22 -06:00
Greg Kroah-Hartman
645bb6b1fe Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: add AMD to the list
Add AMD back to the embargoed-hardware-issues.rst list.  There was
confusion about a recent issue that ended up being due to third-party's
misrepresentation, not AMD, so add AMD back to the list to get notified
properly as they understand the proper procedures to follow.

Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023072514-submersed-yanking-652e@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-26 09:39:34 +02:00
Greg Kroah-Hartman
28f47693a9 Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: clean out empty and unused entries
There are a few empty entries in the company/project list, which
confuses people as to why they are there, so remove them entirely, and
also remove an entry that doesn't wish to participate in this process.

Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023062742-mouse-appease-7917@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-18 21:57:10 +02:00
Greg Kroah-Hartman
3c1897ae4b Documentation: security-bugs.rst: clarify CVE handling
The kernel security team does NOT assign CVEs, so document that properly
and provide the "if you want one, ask MITRE for it" response that we
give on a weekly basis in the document, so we don't have to constantly
say it to everyone who asks.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023063022-retouch-kerosene-7e4a@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-17 07:44:10 +02:00
Greg Kroah-Hartman
4fee0915e6 Documentation: security-bugs.rst: update preferences when dealing with the linux-distros group
Because the linux-distros group forces reporters to release information
about reported bugs, and they impose arbitrary deadlines in having those
bugs fixed despite not actually being kernel developers, the kernel
security team recommends not interacting with them at all as this just
causes confusion and the early-release of reported security problems.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2023063020-throat-pantyhose-f110@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-07-17 07:44:10 +02:00
Christophe JAILLET
129027b78c docs: deprecated.rst: Update an example
vmalloc() has a 2-factor form. It is vmalloc_array().
So use another function as an example.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3484e46180dd2cf05d993ff1a78b481bc2ad1f71.1687723931.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
2023-07-14 13:36:31 -06:00
Linus Torvalds
b1983d427a Networking fixes for 6.5-rc2, including fixes from netfilter,
wireless and ebpf
 
 Current release - regressions:
 
   - netfilter: conntrack: gre: don't set assured flag for clash entries
 
   - wifi: iwlwifi: remove 'use_tfh' config to fix crash
 
 Previous releases - regressions:
 
   - ipv6: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev
 
   - icmp6: ifix null-ptr-deref of ip6_null_entry->rt6i_idev in icmp6_dev()
 
   - bpf: fix max stack depth check for async callbacks
 
   - eth: mlx5e:
     - check for NOT_READY flag state after locking
     - fix page_pool page fragment tracking for XDP
 
   - eth: igc:
     - fix tx hang issue when QBV gate is closed
     - fix corner cases for TSN offload
 
   - eth: octeontx2-af: Move validation of ptp pointer before its usage
 
   - eth: ena: fix shift-out-of-bounds in exponential backoff
 
 Previous releases - always broken:
 
   - core: prevent skb corruption on frag list segmentation
 
   - sched:
     - cls_fw: fix improper refcount update leads to use-after-free
     - sch_qfq: account for stab overhead in qfq_enqueue
 
   - netfilter:
     - report use refcount overflow
     - prevent OOB access in nft_byteorder_eval
 
   - wifi: mt7921e: fix init command fail with enabled device
 
   - eth: ocelot: fix oversize frame dropping for preemptible TCs
 
   - eth: fec: recycle pages for transmitted XDP frames
 
 Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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Merge tag 'net-6.5-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

Pull networking fixes from Paolo Abeni:
 "Including fixes from netfilter, wireless and ebpf.

  Current release - regressions:

   - netfilter: conntrack: gre: don't set assured flag for clash entries

   - wifi: iwlwifi: remove 'use_tfh' config to fix crash

  Previous releases - regressions:

   - ipv6: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev

   - icmp6: ifix null-ptr-deref of ip6_null_entry->rt6i_idev in
     icmp6_dev()

   - bpf: fix max stack depth check for async callbacks

   - eth: mlx5e:
      - check for NOT_READY flag state after locking
      - fix page_pool page fragment tracking for XDP

   - eth: igc:
      - fix tx hang issue when QBV gate is closed
      - fix corner cases for TSN offload

   - eth: octeontx2-af: Move validation of ptp pointer before its usage

   - eth: ena: fix shift-out-of-bounds in exponential backoff

  Previous releases - always broken:

   - core: prevent skb corruption on frag list segmentation

   - sched:
      - cls_fw: fix improper refcount update leads to use-after-free
      - sch_qfq: account for stab overhead in qfq_enqueue

   - netfilter:
      - report use refcount overflow
      - prevent OOB access in nft_byteorder_eval

   - wifi: mt7921e: fix init command fail with enabled device

   - eth: ocelot: fix oversize frame dropping for preemptible TCs

   - eth: fec: recycle pages for transmitted XDP frames"

* tag 'net-6.5-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (79 commits)
  selftests: tc-testing: add test for qfq with stab overhead
  net/sched: sch_qfq: account for stab overhead in qfq_enqueue
  selftests: tc-testing: add tests for qfq mtu sanity check
  net/sched: sch_qfq: reintroduce lmax bound check for MTU
  wifi: cfg80211: fix receiving mesh packets without RFC1042 header
  wifi: rtw89: debug: fix error code in rtw89_debug_priv_send_h2c_set()
  net: txgbe: fix eeprom calculation error
  net/sched: make psched_mtu() RTNL-less safe
  net: ena: fix shift-out-of-bounds in exponential backoff
  netdevsim: fix uninitialized data in nsim_dev_trap_fa_cookie_write()
  net/sched: flower: Ensure both minimum and maximum ports are specified
  MAINTAINERS: Add another mailing list for QUALCOMM ETHQOS ETHERNET DRIVER
  docs: netdev: update the URL of the status page
  wifi: iwlwifi: remove 'use_tfh' config to fix crash
  xdp: use trusted arguments in XDP hints kfuncs
  bpf: cpumap: Fix memory leak in cpu_map_update_elem
  wifi: airo: avoid uninitialized warning in airo_get_rate()
  octeontx2-pf: Add additional check for MCAM rules
  net: dsa: Removed unneeded of_node_put in felix_parse_ports_node
  net: fec: use netdev_err_once() instead of netdev_err()
  ...
2023-07-13 14:21:22 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
cf28792fac docs: netdev: update the URL of the status page
Move the status page from vger to the same server as mailbot.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230710174636.1174684-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-07-11 20:27:00 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
7210de3a32 A half-dozen late arriving docs patches. They are mostly fixes, but we
also have a kernel-doc tweak for enums and the long-overdue removal of the
 outdated and redundant patch-submission comments at the top of the
 MAINTAINERS file.
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Merge tag 'docs-6.5-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull mode documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "A half-dozen late arriving docs patches. They are mostly fixes, but we
  also have a kernel-doc tweak for enums and the long-overdue removal of
  the outdated and redundant patch-submission comments at the top of the
  MAINTAINERS file"

* tag 'docs-6.5-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
  scripts: kernel-doc: support private / public marking for enums
  Documentation: KVM: SEV: add a missing backtick
  Documentation: ACPI: fix typo in ssdt-overlays.rst
  Fix documentation of panic_on_warn
  docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERS
  docs: fix typo in zh_TW and zh_CN translation
2023-07-06 22:15:38 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6843306689 Including fixes from bluetooth, bpf and wireguard.
Current release - regressions:
 
  - nvme-tcp: fix comma-related oops after sendpage changes
 
 Current release - new code bugs:
 
  - ptp: make max_phase_adjustment sysfs device attribute invisible
    when not supported
 
 Previous releases - regressions:
 
  - sctp: fix potential deadlock on &net->sctp.addr_wq_lock
 
  - mptcp:
    - ensure subflow is unhashed before cleaning the backlog
    - do not rely on implicit state check in mptcp_listen()
 
 Previous releases - always broken:
 
  - net: fix net_dev_start_xmit trace event vs skb_transport_offset()
 
  - Bluetooth:
    - fix use-bdaddr-property quirk
    - L2CAP: fix multiple UaFs
    - ISO: use hci_sync for setting CIG parameters
    - hci_event: fix Set CIG Parameters error status handling
    - hci_event: fix parsing of CIS Established Event
    - MGMT: fix marking SCAN_RSP as not connectable
 
  - wireguard: queuing: use saner cpu selection wrapping
 
  - sched: act_ipt: various bug fixes for iptables <> TC interactions
 
  - sched: act_pedit: add size check for TCA_PEDIT_PARMS_EX
 
  - dsa: fixes for receiving PTP packets with 8021q and sja1105 tagging
 
  - eth: sfc: fix null-deref in devlink port without MAE access
 
  - eth: ibmvnic: do not reset dql stats on NON_FATAL err
 
 Misc:
 
  - xsk: honor SO_BINDTODEVICE on bind
 
 Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'net-6.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Including fixes from bluetooth, bpf and wireguard.

  Current release - regressions:

   - nvme-tcp: fix comma-related oops after sendpage changes

  Current release - new code bugs:

   - ptp: make max_phase_adjustment sysfs device attribute invisible
     when not supported

  Previous releases - regressions:

   - sctp: fix potential deadlock on &net->sctp.addr_wq_lock

   - mptcp:
      - ensure subflow is unhashed before cleaning the backlog
      - do not rely on implicit state check in mptcp_listen()

  Previous releases - always broken:

   - net: fix net_dev_start_xmit trace event vs skb_transport_offset()

   - Bluetooth:
      - fix use-bdaddr-property quirk
      - L2CAP: fix multiple UaFs
      - ISO: use hci_sync for setting CIG parameters
      - hci_event: fix Set CIG Parameters error status handling
      - hci_event: fix parsing of CIS Established Event
      - MGMT: fix marking SCAN_RSP as not connectable

   - wireguard: queuing: use saner cpu selection wrapping

   - sched: act_ipt: various bug fixes for iptables <> TC interactions

   - sched: act_pedit: add size check for TCA_PEDIT_PARMS_EX

   - dsa: fixes for receiving PTP packets with 8021q and sja1105 tagging

   - eth: sfc: fix null-deref in devlink port without MAE access

   - eth: ibmvnic: do not reset dql stats on NON_FATAL err

  Misc:

   - xsk: honor SO_BINDTODEVICE on bind"

* tag 'net-6.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (70 commits)
  nfp: clean mc addresses in application firmware when closing port
  selftests: mptcp: pm_nl_ctl: fix 32-bit support
  selftests: mptcp: depend on SYN_COOKIES
  selftests: mptcp: userspace_pm: report errors with 'remove' tests
  selftests: mptcp: userspace_pm: use correct server port
  selftests: mptcp: sockopt: return error if wrong mark
  selftests: mptcp: sockopt: use 'iptables-legacy' if available
  selftests: mptcp: connect: fail if nft supposed to work
  mptcp: do not rely on implicit state check in mptcp_listen()
  mptcp: ensure subflow is unhashed before cleaning the backlog
  s390/qeth: Fix vipa deletion
  octeontx-af: fix hardware timestamp configuration
  net: dsa: sja1105: always enable the send_meta options
  net: dsa: tag_sja1105: fix MAC DA patching from meta frames
  net: Replace strlcpy with strscpy
  pptp: Fix fib lookup calls.
  mlxsw: spectrum_router: Fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL check
  net/sched: act_pedit: Add size check for TCA_PEDIT_PARMS_EX
  xsk: Honor SO_BINDTODEVICE on bind
  ptp: Make max_phase_adjustment sysfs device attribute invisible when not supported
  ...
2023-07-05 15:44:45 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
e8069f5a8e ARM64:
* Eager page splitting optimization for dirty logging, optionally
   allowing for a VM to avoid the cost of hugepage splitting in the stage-2
   fault path.
 
 * Arm FF-A proxy for pKVM, allowing a pKVM host to safely interact with
   services that live in the Secure world. pKVM intervenes on FF-A calls
   to guarantee the host doesn't misuse memory donated to the hyp or a
   pKVM guest.
 
 * Support for running the split hypervisor with VHE enabled, known as
   'hVHE' mode. This is extremely useful for testing the split
   hypervisor on VHE-only systems, and paves the way for new use cases
   that depend on having two TTBRs available at EL2.
 
 * Generalized framework for configurable ID registers from userspace.
   KVM/arm64 currently prevents arbitrary CPU feature set configuration
   from userspace, but the intent is to relax this limitation and allow
   userspace to select a feature set consistent with the CPU.
 
 * Enable the use of Branch Target Identification (FEAT_BTI) in the
   hypervisor.
 
 * Use a separate set of pointer authentication keys for the hypervisor
   when running in protected mode, as the host is untrusted at runtime.
 
 * Ensure timer IRQs are consistently released in the init failure
   paths.
 
 * Avoid trapping CTR_EL0 on systems with Enhanced Virtualization Traps
   (FEAT_EVT), as it is a register commonly read from userspace.
 
 * Erratum workaround for the upcoming AmpereOne part, which has broken
   hardware A/D state management.
 
 RISC-V:
 
 * Redirect AMO load/store misaligned traps to KVM guest
 
 * Trap-n-emulate AIA in-kernel irqchip for KVM guest
 
 * Svnapot support for KVM Guest
 
 s390:
 
 * New uvdevice secret API
 
 * CMM selftest and fixes
 
 * fix racy access to target CPU for diag 9c
 
 x86:
 
 * Fix missing/incorrect #GP checks on ENCLS
 
 * Use standard mmu_notifier hooks for handling APIC access page
 
 * Drop now unnecessary TR/TSS load after VM-Exit on AMD
 
 * Print more descriptive information about the status of SEV and SEV-ES during
   module load
 
 * Add a test for splitting and reconstituting hugepages during and after
   dirty logging
 
 * Add support for CPU pinning in demand paging test
 
 * Add support for AMD PerfMonV2, with a variety of cleanups and minor fixes
   included along the way
 
 * Add a "nx_huge_pages=never" option to effectively avoid creating NX hugepage
   recovery threads (because nx_huge_pages=off can be toggled at runtime)
 
 * Move handling of PAT out of MTRR code and dedup SVM+VMX code
 
 * Fix output of PIC poll command emulation when there's an interrupt
 
 * Add a maintainer's handbook to document KVM x86 processes, preferred coding
   style, testing expectations, etc.
 
 * Misc cleanups, fixes and comments
 
 Generic:
 
 * Miscellaneous bugfixes and cleanups
 
 Selftests:
 
 * Generate dependency files so that partial rebuilds work as expected
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Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

Pull kvm updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "ARM64:

   - Eager page splitting optimization for dirty logging, optionally
     allowing for a VM to avoid the cost of hugepage splitting in the
     stage-2 fault path.

   - Arm FF-A proxy for pKVM, allowing a pKVM host to safely interact
     with services that live in the Secure world. pKVM intervenes on
     FF-A calls to guarantee the host doesn't misuse memory donated to
     the hyp or a pKVM guest.

   - Support for running the split hypervisor with VHE enabled, known as
     'hVHE' mode. This is extremely useful for testing the split
     hypervisor on VHE-only systems, and paves the way for new use cases
     that depend on having two TTBRs available at EL2.

   - Generalized framework for configurable ID registers from userspace.
     KVM/arm64 currently prevents arbitrary CPU feature set
     configuration from userspace, but the intent is to relax this
     limitation and allow userspace to select a feature set consistent
     with the CPU.

   - Enable the use of Branch Target Identification (FEAT_BTI) in the
     hypervisor.

   - Use a separate set of pointer authentication keys for the
     hypervisor when running in protected mode, as the host is untrusted
     at runtime.

   - Ensure timer IRQs are consistently released in the init failure
     paths.

   - Avoid trapping CTR_EL0 on systems with Enhanced Virtualization
     Traps (FEAT_EVT), as it is a register commonly read from userspace.

   - Erratum workaround for the upcoming AmpereOne part, which has
     broken hardware A/D state management.

  RISC-V:

   - Redirect AMO load/store misaligned traps to KVM guest

   - Trap-n-emulate AIA in-kernel irqchip for KVM guest

   - Svnapot support for KVM Guest

  s390:

   - New uvdevice secret API

   - CMM selftest and fixes

   - fix racy access to target CPU for diag 9c

  x86:

   - Fix missing/incorrect #GP checks on ENCLS

   - Use standard mmu_notifier hooks for handling APIC access page

   - Drop now unnecessary TR/TSS load after VM-Exit on AMD

   - Print more descriptive information about the status of SEV and
     SEV-ES during module load

   - Add a test for splitting and reconstituting hugepages during and
     after dirty logging

   - Add support for CPU pinning in demand paging test

   - Add support for AMD PerfMonV2, with a variety of cleanups and minor
     fixes included along the way

   - Add a "nx_huge_pages=never" option to effectively avoid creating NX
     hugepage recovery threads (because nx_huge_pages=off can be toggled
     at runtime)

   - Move handling of PAT out of MTRR code and dedup SVM+VMX code

   - Fix output of PIC poll command emulation when there's an interrupt

   - Add a maintainer's handbook to document KVM x86 processes,
     preferred coding style, testing expectations, etc.

   - Misc cleanups, fixes and comments

  Generic:

   - Miscellaneous bugfixes and cleanups

  Selftests:

   - Generate dependency files so that partial rebuilds work as
     expected"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (153 commits)
  Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86
  Documentation/process: Add a label for the tip tree handbook's coding style
  KVM: arm64: Fix misuse of KVM_ARM_VCPU_POWER_OFF bit index
  RISC-V: KVM: Remove unneeded semicolon
  RISC-V: KVM: Allow Svnapot extension for Guest/VM
  riscv: kvm: define vcpu_sbi_ext_pmu in header
  RISC-V: KVM: Expose IMSIC registers as attributes of AIA irqchip
  RISC-V: KVM: Add in-kernel virtualization of AIA IMSIC
  RISC-V: KVM: Expose APLIC registers as attributes of AIA irqchip
  RISC-V: KVM: Add in-kernel emulation of AIA APLIC
  RISC-V: KVM: Implement device interface for AIA irqchip
  RISC-V: KVM: Skeletal in-kernel AIA irqchip support
  RISC-V: KVM: Set kvm_riscv_aia_nr_hgei to zero
  RISC-V: KVM: Add APLIC related defines
  RISC-V: KVM: Add IMSIC related defines
  RISC-V: KVM: Implement guest external interrupt line management
  KVM: x86: Remove PRIx* definitions as they are solely for user space
  s390/uv: Update query for secret-UVCs
  s390/uv: replace scnprintf with sysfs_emit
  s390/uvdevice: Add 'Lock Secret Store' UVC
  ...
2023-07-03 15:32:22 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
b45d8f3871 docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERS
Having "how to submit patches" in MAINTAINTERS seems out of place.
We have a whole section of documentation about it, duplication
is harmful and a lot of the text looks really out of date.

Sections 1, 2 and 4 look really, really old and not applicable
to the modern process.

Section 3 is obvious but also we have build bots now.

Section 5 is a bit outdated (diff -u?!). But I like the part
about factoring out shared code, so add that to process docs.

Section 6 is unnecessary?

Section 7 is covered by more appropriate docs.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20230630171550.128296-1-kuba@kernel.org>
2023-07-03 08:35:23 -06:00
Linus Torvalds
ad2885979e Kbuild updates for v6.5
- Remove the deprecated rule to build *.dtbo from *.dts
 
  - Refactor section mismatch detection in modpost
 
  - Fix bogus ARM section mismatch detections
 
  - Fix error of 'make gtags' with O= option
 
  - Add Clang's target triple to KBUILD_CPPFLAGS to fix a build error with
    the latest LLVM version
 
  - Rebuild the built-in initrd when KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP is changed
 
  - Ignore more compiler-generated symbols for kallsyms
 
  - Fix 'make local*config' to handle the ${CONFIG_FOO} form in Makefiles
 
  - Enable more kernel-doc warnings with W=2
 
  - Refactor <linux/export.h> by generating KSYMTAB data by modpost
 
  - Deprecate <asm/export.h> and <asm-generic/export.h>
 
  - Remove the EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL macro
 
  - Move the check for static EXPORT_SYMBOL back to modpost, which makes
    the build faster
 
  - Re-implement CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS with one-pass algorithm
 
  - Warn missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION when building modules with W=1
 
  - Make 'make clean' robust against too long argument error
 
  - Exclude more objects from GCOV to fix CFI failures with GCOV
 
  - Allow 'make modules_install' to install modules.builtin and
    modules.builtin.modinfo even when CONFIG_MODULES is disabled
 
  - Include modules.builtin and modules.builtin.modinfo in the linux-image
    Debian package even when CONFIG_MODULES is disabled
 
  - Revive "Entering directory" logging for the latest Make version
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Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Remove the deprecated rule to build *.dtbo from *.dts

 - Refactor section mismatch detection in modpost

 - Fix bogus ARM section mismatch detections

 - Fix error of 'make gtags' with O= option

 - Add Clang's target triple to KBUILD_CPPFLAGS to fix a build error
   with the latest LLVM version

 - Rebuild the built-in initrd when KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP is changed

 - Ignore more compiler-generated symbols for kallsyms

 - Fix 'make local*config' to handle the ${CONFIG_FOO} form in Makefiles

 - Enable more kernel-doc warnings with W=2

 - Refactor <linux/export.h> by generating KSYMTAB data by modpost

 - Deprecate <asm/export.h> and <asm-generic/export.h>

 - Remove the EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL macro

 - Move the check for static EXPORT_SYMBOL back to modpost, which makes
   the build faster

 - Re-implement CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS with one-pass algorithm

 - Warn missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION when building modules with W=1

 - Make 'make clean' robust against too long argument error

 - Exclude more objects from GCOV to fix CFI failures with GCOV

 - Allow 'make modules_install' to install modules.builtin and
   modules.builtin.modinfo even when CONFIG_MODULES is disabled

 - Include modules.builtin and modules.builtin.modinfo in the
   linux-image Debian package even when CONFIG_MODULES is disabled

 - Revive "Entering directory" logging for the latest Make version

* tag 'kbuild-v6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (72 commits)
  modpost: define more R_ARM_* for old distributions
  kbuild: revive "Entering directory" for Make >= 4.4.1
  kbuild: set correct abs_srctree and abs_objtree for package builds
  scripts/mksysmap: Ignore prefixed KCFI symbols
  kbuild: deb-pkg: remove the CONFIG_MODULES check in buildeb
  kbuild: builddeb: always make modules_install, to install modules.builtin*
  modpost: continue even with unknown relocation type
  modpost: factor out Elf_Sym pointer calculation to section_rel()
  modpost: factor out inst location calculation to section_rel()
  kbuild: Disable GCOV for *.mod.o
  kbuild: Fix CFI failures with GCOV
  kbuild: make clean rule robust against too long argument error
  script: modpost: emit a warning when the description is missing
  kbuild: make modules_install copy modules.builtin(.modinfo)
  linux/export.h: rename 'sec' argument to 'license'
  modpost: show offset from symbol for section mismatch warnings
  modpost: merge two similar section mismatch warnings
  kbuild: implement CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS without recursion
  modpost: use null string instead of NULL pointer for default namespace
  modpost: squash sym_update_namespace() into sym_add_exported()
  ...
2023-07-01 09:24:31 -07:00
Jakub Kicinski
d5dc39459b docs: netdev: broaden mailbot to all MAINTAINERS
Reword slightly now that all MAINTAINERS have access to the commands.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2023-07-01 13:16:59 +01:00
Paolo Bonzini
36b68d360a KVM x86 changes for 6.5:
- Move handling of PAT out of MTRR code and dedup SVM+VMX code
 
  - Fix output of PIC poll command emulation when there's an interrupt
 
  - Fix a longstanding bug in the reporting of the number of entries returned by
    KVM_GET_CPUID2
 
  - Add a maintainer's handbook to document KVM x86 processes, preferred coding
    style, testing expectations, etc.
 
  - Misc cleanups
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Merge tag 'kvm-x86-misc-6.5' of https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux into HEAD

KVM x86 changes for 6.5:

* Move handling of PAT out of MTRR code and dedup SVM+VMX code

* Fix output of PIC poll command emulation when there's an interrupt

* Add a maintainer's handbook to document KVM x86 processes, preferred coding
  style, testing expectations, etc.

* Misc cleanups
2023-07-01 07:08:59 -04:00
Linus Torvalds
a9025a5f16 ARM: New SoC support for 6.5
There are two new SoC families this time, and both appear fairly similar:
 The Nuvoton MA35D1 and the STMicroelectronics STM32MP2 are both dual-core
 Cortex-A35 based chips for the low-power industrial embedded market,
 and they mark the first 64-bit product in a widely used family of 32-bit
 Arm MCUs and SoCs.
 
 The way into the kernel is completely different here: The team at ST has
 a long history of working upstream with their STM32MP1 and other SoCs,
 and they produced a complete port to arm64 together with the initial
 announcement. Nuvoton also has multiple SoC product lines with current
 or previous upstream support, but those are maintained by third parties
 and are unrelated. The patch series from Nuvoton's Jacky Huang had to
 go through many revisisions to get to this point and is still missing
 a few drivers including the serial port for the moment.
 
 The branch contains the devicetree files as well as all the code changes,
 in order to have something that can be tested standalone.
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Merge tag 'soc-newsoc-6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc

Pull new ARM SoC support from Arnd Bergmann:
 "There are two new SoC families this time, and both appear fairly
  similar: The Nuvoton MA35D1 and the STMicroelectronics STM32MP2 are
  both dual-core Cortex-A35 based chips for the low-power industrial
  embedded market, and they mark the first 64-bit product in a widely
  used family of 32-bit Arm MCUs and SoCs.

  The way into the kernel is completely different here: The team at ST
  has a long history of working upstream with their STM32MP1 and other
  SoCs, and they produced a complete port to arm64 together with the
  initial announcement. Nuvoton also has multiple SoC product lines with
  current or previous upstream support, but those are maintained by
  third parties and are unrelated. The patch series from Nuvoton's Jacky
  Huang had to go through many revisisions to get to this point and is
  still missing a few drivers including the serial port for the moment.

  The branch contains the devicetree files as well as all the code
  changes, in order to have something that can be tested standalone"

* tag 'soc-newsoc-6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (25 commits)
  clk: nuvoton: Use clk_parent_data instead of string for parent clock
  clk: nuvoton: Update all constant hex values to lowercase
  clk: nuvoton: Add clk-ma35d1.h for driver extern functions
  remoteproc: stm32: use correct format strings on 64-bit
  MAINTAINERS: add entry for ARM/STM32 ARCHITECTURE
  arm64: defconfig: enable ARCH_STM32 and STM32 serial driver
  arm64: dts: st: add stm32mp257f-ev1 board support
  dt-bindings: stm32: document stm32mp257f-ev1 board
  arm64: dts: st: introduce stm32mp25 pinctrl files
  arm64: dts: st: introduce stm32mp25 SoCs family
  arm64: introduce STM32 family on Armv8 architecture
  dt-bindings: stm32: add st,stm32mp25-syscfg compatible for syscon
  pinctrl: stm32: add stm32mp257 pinctrl support
  dt-bindings: pinctrl: stm32: support for stm32mp257 and additional packages
  Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbook
  reset: RESET_NUVOTON_MA35D1 should depend on ARCH_MA35
  reset: Add Nuvoton ma35d1 reset driver support
  clk: nuvoton: Add clock driver for ma35d1 clock controller
  arm64: dts: nuvoton: Add initial ma35d1 device tree
  dt-bindings: serial: Document ma35d1 uart controller
  ...
2023-06-29 15:11:17 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
a354049532 It's been a relatively calm cycle in docsland. We do have:
- Some initial page-table documentation from Linus (the other Linus)
 
 - Regression-handling documentation improvements from Thorsten
 
 - Addition of kerneldoc documentation for the ERR_PTR() and related
   macros from James Seo
 
 ...and the usual collection of fixes and updates.
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Merge tag 'docs-6.5' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "It's been a relatively calm cycle in docsland. We do have:

   - Some initial page-table documentation from Linus (the other Linus)

   - Regression-handling documentation improvements from Thorsten

   - Addition of kerneldoc documentation for the ERR_PTR() and related
     macros from James Seo

  ... and the usual collection of fixes and updates"

* tag 'docs-6.5' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
  docs: consolidate storage interfaces
  Documentation: update git configuration for Link: tag
  Documentation: KVM: make corrections to vcpu-requests.rst
  Documentation: KVM: make corrections to ppc-pv.rst
  Documentation: KVM: make corrections to locking.rst
  Documentation: KVM: make corrections to halt-polling.rst
  Documentation: virt: correct location of haltpoll module params
  Documentation/mm: Initial page table documentation
  docs: crypto: async-tx-api: fix typo in struct name
  docs/doc-guide: Clarify how to write tables
  docs: handling-regressions: rework section about fixing procedures
  docs: process: fix a typoed cross-reference
  docs: submitting-patches: Discuss interleaved replies
  MAINTAINERS: direct process doc changes to a dedicated ML
  Documentation: core-api: Add error pointer functions to kernel-api
  err.h: Add missing kerneldocs for error pointer functions
  Documentation: conf.py: Add __force to c_id_attributes
  docs: clarify KVM related kernel parameters' descriptions
  docs: consolidate human interface subsystems
  docs: admin-guide: Add information about intel_pstate active mode
2023-06-27 11:33:47 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
19300488c9 - Address -Wmissing-prototype warnings
- Remove repeated 'the' in comments
  - Remove unused current_untag_mask()
  - Document urgent tip branch timing
  - Clean up MSR kernel-doc notation
  - Clean up paravirt_ops doc
  - Update Srivatsa S. Bhat's maintained areas
  - Remove unused extern declaration acpi_copy_wakeup_routine()
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Merge tag 'x86_cleanups_for_6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 cleanups from Dave Hansen:
 "As usual, these are all over the map. The biggest cluster is work from
  Arnd to eliminate -Wmissing-prototype warnings:

   - Address -Wmissing-prototype warnings

   - Remove repeated 'the' in comments

   - Remove unused current_untag_mask()

   - Document urgent tip branch timing

   - Clean up MSR kernel-doc notation

   - Clean up paravirt_ops doc

   - Update Srivatsa S. Bhat's maintained areas

   - Remove unused extern declaration acpi_copy_wakeup_routine()"

* tag 'x86_cleanups_for_6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (22 commits)
  x86/acpi: Remove unused extern declaration acpi_copy_wakeup_routine()
  Documentation: virt: Clean up paravirt_ops doc
  x86/mm: Remove unused current_untag_mask()
  x86/mm: Remove repeated word in comments
  x86/lib/msr: Clean up kernel-doc notation
  x86/platform: Avoid missing-prototype warnings for OLPC
  x86/mm: Add early_memremap_pgprot_adjust() prototype
  x86/usercopy: Include arch_wb_cache_pmem() declaration
  x86/vdso: Include vdso/processor.h
  x86/mce: Add copy_mc_fragile_handle_tail() prototype
  x86/fbdev: Include asm/fb.h as needed
  x86/hibernate: Declare global functions in suspend.h
  x86/entry: Add do_SYSENTER_32() prototype
  x86/quirks: Include linux/pnp.h for arch_pnpbios_disabled()
  x86/mm: Include asm/numa.h for set_highmem_pages_init()
  x86: Avoid missing-prototype warnings for doublefault code
  x86/fpu: Include asm/fpu/regset.h
  x86: Add dummy prototype for mk_early_pgtbl_32()
  x86/pci: Mark local functions as 'static'
  x86/ftrace: Move prepare_ftrace_return prototype to header
  ...
2023-06-26 16:43:54 -07:00
Sean Christopherson
63e2f55cab Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86
Add a KVM x86 doc to the subsystem/maintainer handbook section to explain
how KVM x86 (currently) operates as a sub-subsystem, and to soapbox on
the rules and expectations for contributing to KVM x86.

Reviewed-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230411171651.1067966-3-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
2023-06-22 14:25:38 -07:00
Sean Christopherson
b7dac767c9 Documentation/process: Add a label for the tip tree handbook's coding style
Add a label for the tip tree's "Coding style notes" so that a forthcoming
KVM x86 handbook can reference/piggyback the tip tree's preferred coding
style.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230411171651.1067966-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
2023-06-22 14:25:02 -07:00
Thorsten Leemhuis
eed892da9c docs: handling-regressions: rework section about fixing procedures
This basically rewrites the 'Prioritize work on fixing regressions'
section of Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst for various
reasons. Among them: some things were too demanding, some didn't align
well with the usual workflows, and some apparently were not clear enough
-- and of course a few things were missing that would be good to have in
there.

Linus for example recently stated that regressions introduced during the
past year should be handled similarly to regressions from the current
cycle, if it's a clear fix with no semantic subtlety. His exact
wording[1] didn't fit well into the text structure, but the author tried
to stick close to the apparent intention.

It was a noble goal from the original author to state "[prevent
situations that might force users to] continue running an outdated and
thus potentially insecure kernel version for more than two weeks after a
regression's culprit was identified"; this directly led to the goal "fix
regression in mainline within one week, if the issue made it into a
stable/longterm kernel", because the stable team needs time to pick up
and prepare a new release. But apparently all that was a bit too
demanding.

That "one week" target for example doesn't align well with the usual
habits of the subsystem maintainers, which normally send their fixes to
Linus once a week; and it doesn't align too well with stable/longterm
releases either, which often enter a -rc phase on Mondays or Tuesdays
and then are released two to three days later. And asking developers to
create, review, and mainline fixes within one week might be too much to
ask for in general. Hence tone the general goal down to three weeks and
use an approach that better aligns with the usual merging and release
habits.

While at it, also make the rules of thumb a bit easier to follow by
grouping them by topic (e.g. generic things, timing, procedures, ...).

Also add text for a few cases where recent discussions showed they need
covering. Among them are multiple points that better explain the
relations to stable and longterm kernels and the team that manages them;
they and the group seperators are the primary reason why this whole
section sadly grew somewhat in the rewrite.

The group about those relations led to one addition the author came up
with without any precedent from Linus: the text now tells developers to
add a stable tag for any regression that made it into a proper mainline
release during the past 12 months. This is meant to ensure the stable
team will definitely notice any fixes for recent regressions. That
includes those introduced shortly before a new mainline release and
found right after it; without such a rule the stable team might miss the
fix, which then would only reach users after weeks or months with later
releases.

Note, the aspect "Do not consider regressions from the current cycle as
something that can wait till the cycle's end [...]" might look like an
addition, but was kinda was in the old text as well -- but only
indirectly. That apparently was too subtle, as many developers seem to
assume waiting till the end of the cycle is fine (even for build
fixes).

In practice this was especially problematic when a cause of a regression
made it into a proper release (either directly or through a backport). A
revert performed by Linus shortly before the 6.3 release illustrated
that[2], as the developer of the culprit had been willing to revert the
culprit about three weeks earlier already -- but didn't do so when a fix
came into sight and a maintainer suggested it can wait. Due to that the
issue in the end plagued users of 6.2.y at least two weeks longer than
necessary, as the fix in the end didn't become ready in time. This issue
in fact could have been resolved one or two additional weeks earlier, if
the developer had reverted the culprit shortly after it had been
identified (which even the old version of the text suggest to do in such
cases).

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wis_qQy4oDNynNKi5b7Qhosmxtoj1jxo5wmB6SRUwQUBQ@mail.gmail.com/

[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgD98pmSK3ZyHk_d9kZ2bhgN6DuNZMAJaV0WTtbkf=RDw@mail.gmail.com/

CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6971680941a5b7b9cb0c2839c75b5cc4ddb2d162.1684139586.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2023-06-09 01:51:07 -06:00
Conor Dooley
425d827ef9
Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbook
Arnd suggested that adding a maintainer handbook for the SoC "subsystem"
would be helpful in trying to bring on board maintainers for the various
new platforms cropping up in RISC-V land.

Add a document briefly describing the role of the SoC subsystem and some
basic advice for (new) platform maintainers.

Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2023-06-06 17:07:17 +02:00
Miguel Ojeda
3ed03f4da0 rust: upgrade to Rust 1.68.2
This is the first upgrade to the Rust toolchain since the initial Rust
merge, from 1.62.0 to 1.68.2 (i.e. the latest).

# Context

The kernel currently supports only a single Rust version [1] (rather
than a minimum) given our usage of some "unstable" Rust features [2]
which do not promise backwards compatibility.

The goal is to reach a point where we can declare a minimum version for
the toolchain. For instance, by waiting for some of the features to be
stabilized. Therefore, the first minimum Rust version that the kernel
will support is "in the future".

# Upgrade policy

Given we will eventually need to reach that minimum version, it would be
ideal to upgrade the compiler from time to time to be as close as
possible to that goal and find any issues sooner. In the extreme, we
could upgrade as soon as a new Rust release is out. Of course, upgrading
so often is in stark contrast to what one normally would need for GCC
and LLVM, especially given the release schedule: 6 weeks for Rust vs.
half a year for LLVM and a year for GCC.

Having said that, there is no particular advantage to updating slowly
either: kernel developers in "stable" distributions are unlikely to be
able to use their distribution-provided Rust toolchain for the kernel
anyway [3]. Instead, by routinely upgrading to the latest instead,
kernel developers using Linux distributions that track the latest Rust
release may be able to use those rather than Rust-provided ones,
especially if their package manager allows to pin / hold back /
downgrade the version for some days during windows where the version may
not match. For instance, Arch, Fedora, Gentoo and openSUSE all provide
and track the latest version of Rust as they get released every 6 weeks.

Then, when the minimum version is reached, we will stop upgrading and
decide how wide the window of support will be. For instance, a year of
Rust versions. We will probably want to start small, and then widen it
over time, just like the kernel did originally for LLVM, see commit
3519c4d6e0 ("Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version").

# Unstable features stabilized

This upgrade allows us to remove the following unstable features since
they were stabilized:

  - `feature(explicit_generic_args_with_impl_trait)` (1.63).
  - `feature(core_ffi_c)` (1.64).
  - `feature(generic_associated_types)` (1.65).
  - `feature(const_ptr_offset_from)` (1.65, *).
  - `feature(bench_black_box)` (1.66, *).
  - `feature(pin_macro)` (1.68).

The ones marked with `*` apply only to our old `rust` branch, not
mainline yet, i.e. only for code that we may potentially upstream.

With this patch applied, the only unstable feature allowed to be used
outside the `kernel` crate is `new_uninit`, though other code to be
upstreamed may increase the list.

Please see [2] for details.

# Other required changes

Since 1.63, `rustdoc` triggers the `broken_intra_doc_links` lint for
links pointing to exported (`#[macro_export]`) `macro_rules`. An issue
was opened upstream [4], but it turns out it is intended behavior. For
the moment, just add an explicit reference for each link. Later we can
revisit this if `rustdoc` removes the compatibility measure.

Nevertheless, this was helpful to discover a link that was pointing to
the wrong place unintentionally. Since that one was actually wrong, it
is fixed in a previous commit independently.

Another change was the addition of `cfg(no_rc)` and `cfg(no_sync)` in
upstream [5], thus remove our original changes for that.

Similarly, upstream now tests that it compiles successfully with
`#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]` [6], which allow us to get rid
of some changes, such as an `#[allow(dead_code)]`.

In addition, remove another `#[allow(dead_code)]` due to new uses
within the standard library.

Finally, add `try_extend_trusted` and move the code in `spec_extend.rs`
since upstream moved it for the infallible version.

# `alloc` upgrade and reviewing

There are a large amount of changes, but the vast majority of them 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://rust-for-linux.com/rust-version-policy [1]
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72mT3bVDKdHgaea-6WiZazd8Mvurqmqegbe5JZxVyLR8Yg@mail.gmail.com/ [3]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/106142 [4]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/89891 [5]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/98652 [6]
Reviewed-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-By: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Ariel Miculas <amiculas@cisco.com>
Tested-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418214347.324156-4-ojeda@kernel.org
[ Removed `feature(core_ffi_c)` from `uapi` ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2023-05-31 17:35:03 +02:00
Masahiro Yamada
c584476d47 doc: Add tar requirement to changes.rst
tar is used to build the kernel with CONFIG_IKHEADERS.

GNU tar 1.28 or later is required.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
2023-05-28 16:22:36 +09:00
Jakub Kicinski
7e7b3b097a docs: netdev: document the existence of the mail bot
We had a good run, but after 4 weeks of use we heard someone
asking about pw-bot commands. Let's explain its existence
in the docs. It's not a complete documentation but hopefully
it's enough for the casual contributor. The project and scope
are in flux so the details would likely become out of date,
if we were to document more in depth.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230522140057.GB18381@nucnuc.mle/
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230522230903.1853151-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-05-23 21:11:54 -07:00
Ahmed S. Darwish
b230235b38 docs: Set minimal gtags / GNU GLOBAL version to 6.6.5
Kernel build now uses the gtags "-C (--directory)" option, available
since GNU GLOBAL v6.6.5.  Update the documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-global/2020-09/msg00000.html
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
2023-05-22 10:34:38 +09:00