linux/Documentation/dev-tools, branch v6.17

Merge tag 'net-next-6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next

2025-07-30T15:58:55Z

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski: "Core & protocols: - Wrap datapath globals into net_aligned_data, to avoid false sharing - Preserve MSG_ZEROCOPY in forwarding (e.g. out of a container) - Add SO_INQ and SCM_INQ support to AF_UNIX - Add SIOCINQ support to AF_VSOCK - Add TCP_MAXSEG sockopt to MPTCP - Add IPv6 force_forwarding sysctl to enable forwarding per interface - Make TCP validation of whether packet fully fits in the receive window and the rcv_buf more strict. With increased use of HW aggregation a single "packet" can be multiple 100s of kB - Add MSG_MORE flag to optimize large TCP transmissions via sockmap, improves latency up to 33% for sockmap users - Convert TCP send queue handling from tasklet to BH workque - Improve BPF iteration over TCP sockets to see each socket exactly once - Remove obsolete and unused TCP RFC3517/RFC6675 loss recovery code - Support enabling kernel threads for NAPI processing on per-NAPI instance basis rather than a whole device. Fully stop the kernel NAPI thread when threaded NAPI gets disabled. Previously thread would stick around until ifdown due to tricky synchronization - Allow multicast routing to take effect on locally-generated packets - Add output interface argument for End.X in segment routing - MCTP: add support for gateway routing, improve bind() handling - Don't require rtnl_lock when fetching an IPv6 neighbor over Netlink - Add a new neighbor flag ("extern_valid"), which cedes refresh responsibilities to userspace. This is needed for EVPN multi-homing where a neighbor entry for a multi-homed host needs to be synced across all the VTEPs among which the host is multi-homed - Support NUD_PERMANENT for proxy neighbor entries - Add a new queuing discipline for IETF RFC9332 DualQ Coupled AQM - Add sequence numbers to netconsole messages. Unregister netconsole's console when all net targets are removed. Code refactoring. Add a number of selftests - Align IPSec inbound SA lookup to RFC 4301. Only SPI and protocol should be used for an inbound SA lookup - Support inspecting ref_tracker state via DebugFS - Don't force bonding advertisement frames tx to ~333 ms boundaries. Add broadcast_neighbor option to send ARP/ND on all bonded links - Allow providing upcall pid for the 'execute' command in openvswitch - Remove DCCP support from Netfilter's conntrack - Disallow multiple packet duplications in the queuing layer - Prevent use of deprecated iptables code on PREEMPT_RT Driver API: - Support RSS and hashing configuration over ethtool Netlink - Add dedicated ethtool callbacks for getting and setting hashing fields - Add support for power budget evaluation strategy in PSE / Power-over-Ethernet. Generate Netlink events for overcurrent etc - Support DPLL phase offset monitoring across all device inputs. Support providing clock reference and SYNC over separate DPLL inputs - Support traffic classes in devlink rate API for bandwidth management - Remove rtnl_lock dependency from UDP tunnel port configuration Device drivers: - Add a new Broadcom driver for 800G Ethernet (bnge) - Add a standalone driver for Microchip ZL3073x DPLL - Remove IBM's NETIUCV device driver - Ethernet high-speed NICs: - Broadcom (bnxt): - support zero-copy Tx of DMABUF memory - take page size into account for page pool recycling rings - Intel (100G, ice, idpf): - idpf: XDP and AF_XDP support preparations - idpf: add flow steering - add link_down_events statistic - clean up the TSPLL code - preparations for live VM migration - nVidia/Mellanox: - support zero-copy Rx/Tx interfaces (DMABUF and io_uring) - optimize context memory usage for matchers - expose serial numbers in devlink info - support PCIe congestion metrics - Meta (fbnic): - add 25G, 50G, and 100G link modes to phylink - support dumping FW logs - Marvell/Cavium: - support for CN20K generation of the Octeon chips - Amazon: - add HW clock (without timestamping, just hypervisor time access) - Ethernet virtual: - VirtIO net: - support segmentation of UDP-tunnel-encapsulated packets - Google (gve): - support packet timestamping and clock synchronization - Microsoft vNIC: - add handler for device-originated servicing events - allow dynamic MSI-X vector allocation - support Tx bandwidth clamping - Ethernet NICs consumer, and embedded: - AMD: - amd-xgbe: hardware timestamping and PTP clock support - Broadcom integrated MACs (bcmgenet, bcmasp): - use napi_complete_done() return value to support NAPI polling - add support for re-starting auto-negotiation - Broadcom switches (b53): - support BCM5325 switches - add bcm63xx EPHY power control - Synopsys (stmmac): - lots of code refactoring and cleanups - TI: - icssg-prueth: read firmware-names from device tree - icssg: PRP offload support - Microchip: - lan78xx: convert to PHYLINK for improved PHY and MAC management - ksz: add KSZ8463 switch support - Intel: - support similar queue priority scheme in multi-queue and time-sensitive networking (taprio) - support packet pre-emption in both - RealTek (r8169): - enable EEE at 5Gbps on RTL8126 - Airoha: - add PPPoE offload support - MDIO bus controller for Airoha AN7583 - Ethernet PHYs: - support for the IPQ5018 internal GE PHY - micrel KSZ9477 switch-integrated PHYs: - add MDI/MDI-X control support - add RX error counters - add cable test support - add Signal Quality Indicator (SQI) reporting - dp83tg720: improve reset handling and reduce link recovery time - support bcm54811 (and its MII-Lite interface type) - air_en8811h: support resume/suspend - support PHY counters for QCA807x and QCA808x - support WoL for QCA807x - CAN drivers: - rcar_canfd: support for Transceiver Delay Compensation - kvaser: report FW versions via devlink dev info - WiFi: - extended regulatory info support (6 GHz) - add statistics and beacon monitor for Multi-Link Operation (MLO) - support S1G aggregation, improve S1G support - add Radio Measurement action fields - support per-radio RTS threshold - some work around how FIPS affects wifi, which was wrong (RC4 is used by TKIP, not only WEP) - improvements for unsolicited probe response handling - WiFi drivers: - RealTek (rtw88): - IBSS mode for SDIO devices - RealTek (rtw89): - BT coexistence for MLO/WiFi7 - concurrent station + P2P support - support for USB devices RTL8851BU/RTL8852BU - Intel (iwlwifi): - use embedded PNVM in (to be released) FW images to fix compatibility issues - many cleanups (unused FW APIs, PCIe code, WoWLAN) - some FIPS interoperability - MediaTek (mt76): - firmware recovery improvements - more MLO work - Qualcomm/Atheros (ath12k): - fix scan on multi-radio devices - more EHT/Wi-Fi 7 features - encapsulation/decapsulation offload - Broadcom (brcm80211): - support SDIO 43751 device - Bluetooth: - hci_event: add support for handling LE BIG Sync Lost event - ISO: add socket option to report packet seqnum via CMSG - ISO: support SCM_TIMESTAMPING for ISO TS - Bluetooth drivers: - intel_pcie: support Function Level Reset - nxpuart: add support for 4M baudrate - nxpuart: implement powerup sequence, reset, FW dump, and FW loading" * tag 'net-next-6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1742 commits) dpll: zl3073x: Fix build failure selftests: bpf: fix legacy netfilter options ipv6: annotate data-races around rt->fib6_nsiblings ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in fib6_info_uses_dev() ipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() ipv6: add a retry logic in net6_rt_notify() vrf: Drop existing dst reference in vrf_ip6_input_dst net/sched: taprio: align entry index attr validation with mqprio net: fsl_pq_mdio: use dev_err_probe selftests: rtnetlink.sh: remove esp4_offload after test vsock: remove unnecessary null check in vsock_getname() igb: xsk: solve negative overflow of nb_pkts in zerocopy mode stmmac: xsk: fix negative overflow of budget in zerocopy mode dt-bindings: ieee802154: Convert at86rf230.txt yaml format net: dsa: microchip: Disable PTP function of KSZ8463 net: dsa: microchip: Setup fiber ports for KSZ8463 net: dsa: microchip: Write switch MAC address differently for KSZ8463 net: dsa: microchip: Use different registers for KSZ8463 net: dsa: microchip: Add KSZ8463 switch support to KSZ DSA driver dt-bindings: net: dsa: microchip: Add KSZ8463 switch support ...

checkpatch: check for comment explaining rgmii(|-rxid|-txid) PHY modes

2025-06-26T12:49:10Z

Historically, the RGMII PHY modes specified in Device Trees have been used inconsistently, often referring to the usage of delays on the PHY side rather than describing the board; many drivers still implement this incorrectly. Require a comment in Devices Trees using these modes (usually mentioning that the delay is realized on the PCB), so we can avoid adding more incorrect uses (or will at least notice which drivers still need to be fixed). Suggested-by: Andrew Lunn Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/bc112b8aa510cf9df9ab33178d122f234d0aebf7.1750756583.git.matthias.schiffer@ew.tq-group.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

Documentation: kunit: Correct MODULE_IMPORT_NS() syntax

2025-06-17T14:42:48Z

The argument should be the string "EXPORTED_FOR_KUNIT_TESTING", not a bare identifier. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250616211637.111358-1-briannorris@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Brian Norris Reviewed-by: David Gow Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

Documentation: kunit: improve example on testing static functions

2025-05-19T19:22:21Z

The documentation on testing static functions using the KUnit macros VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT and EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT is lacking clarity and missing key steps in the example. This has caused bugs and confusion among developers. Improve wording of description and add missing steps to the example. This entails adding the "#include " line and the "MODULE_IMPORT_NS(EXPORTED_FOR_KUNIT_TESTING);" line. Both of which were missing from the original example and key to exposing static functions. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250516190631.1214081-1-rmoar@google.com Signed-off-by: Rae Moar Reviewed-by: David Gow Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

kunit: tool: Implement listing of available architectures

2025-04-15T16:54:50Z

To implement custom scripting around kunit.py it is useful to get a list of available architectures. While it is possible to manually inspect tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/, this is annoying to implement and introduces a dependency on a kunit.py implementation detail. Introduce 'kunit.py run --arch help' which lists all known architectures in an easy to parse list. This is equivalent on how QEMU implements listing of possible argument values. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250415-kunit-list-v2-1-aa452cd317ae@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Reviewed-by: Rae Moar Reviewed-by: David Gow Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

2025-04-05T22:46:50Z

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada: - Improve performance in gendwarfksyms - Remove deprecated EXTRA_*FLAGS and KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS - Support CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL for ARCH=um - Use more relative paths to sources files for better reproducibility - Support the loong64 Debian architecture - Add Kbuild bash completion - Introduce intermediate vmlinux.unstripped for architectures that need static relocations to be stripped from the final vmlinux - Fix versioning in Debian packages for -rc releases - Treat missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() as an error - Convert Nios2 Makefiles to use the generic rule for built-in DTB - Add debuginfo support to the RPM package * tag 'kbuild-v6.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (40 commits) kbuild: rpm-pkg: build a debuginfo RPM kconfig: merge_config: use an empty file as initfile nios2: migrate to the generic rule for built-in DTB rust: kbuild: skip `--remap-path-prefix` for `rustdoc` kbuild: pacman-pkg: hardcode module installation path kbuild: deb-pkg: don't set KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION unconditionally modpost: require a MODULE_DESCRIPTION() kbuild: make all file references relative to source root x86: drop unnecessary prefix map configuration kbuild: deb-pkg: add comment about future removal of KDEB_COMPRESS kbuild: Add a help message for "headers" kbuild: deb-pkg: remove "version" variable in mkdebian kbuild: deb-pkg: fix versioning for -rc releases Documentation/kbuild: Fix indentation in modules.rst example x86: Get rid of Makefile.postlink kbuild: Create intermediate vmlinux build with relocations preserved kbuild: Introduce Kconfig symbol for linking vmlinux with relocations kbuild: link-vmlinux.sh: Make output file name configurable kbuild: do not generate .tmp_vmlinux*.map when CONFIG_VMLINUX_MAP=y Revert "kheaders: Ignore silly-rename files" ...

Merge tag 'docs-6.15' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2025-03-25T01:42:27Z

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It has been a reasonably busy cycle for docs... - Significant changes throughout the tree to bring Python code up to current standards and raise the minimum Python required to 3.9 Much of this is preparatory to replacing the ancient Perl scripts/kernel-doc horror with a slightly less horrifying Python implementation, expected for 6.16 - Update the minimum Sphinx required to 3.4.3, allowing us to remove a bunch of older compatibility code - Rework and improve the generation of the ABI documentation (All of the above done by Mauro) - Lots of translation updates. Alex Shi and Yanteng Si are taking on responsibility for the Chinese translations going forward; that work will still get to you via docs-next - Try to standardize the format for indicating a developer's affiliation in commit tags - Clarify the TAB's role in CoC enforcement actions - Try to spell out the rules for when a commit tag can name another developer without their explicit permission Plus lots of other typo fixes and updates" * tag 'docs-6.15' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (98 commits) docs/zh_CN: fix spelling mistake docs/Chinese: change the disclaimer words docs/zh_CN: Add snp-tdx-threat-model index Chinese translation docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements docs: clarify rules wrt tagging other people docs: Remove outdated highuid.rst documentation Documentation: dma-buf: heaps: Add heap name definitions docs/.../submit-checklist: Use Documentation/admin-guide/abi.rst for cross-ref of README docs: Correct installation instruction Documentation: kcsan: fix "Plain Accesses and Data Races" URL in kcsan.rst Documentation/CoC: Spell out the TAB role in enforcement decisions Documentation: ocxl.rst: Update consortium site scripts: get_feat.pl: substitute s390x with s390 scripts/kernel-doc: drop dead code for Wcontents_before_sections scripts/kernel-doc: don't add not needed new lines docs: driver-api/infiniband.rst: fix Kerneldoc markup drivers: firewire: firewire-cdev.h: fix identation on a kernel-doc markup drivers: media: intel-ipu3.h: fix identation on a kernel-doc markup include/asm-generic/io.h: fix kerneldoc markup Docs/arch/arm64: Fix spelling in amu.rst ...

kbuild: remove EXTRA_*FLAGS support

2025-03-15T12:16:21Z

Commit f77bf01425b1 ("kbuild: introduce ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y") deprecated these in 2007. The migration should have been completed by now. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor

printf: convert self-test to KUnit

2025-03-13T17:26:33Z

Convert the printf() self-test to a KUnit test. In the interest of keeping the patch reasonably-sized this doesn't refactor the tests into proper parameterized tests - it's all one big test case. Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Tested-by: Petr Mladek Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250307-printf-kunit-convert-v6-1-4d85c361c241@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

Documentation: kcsan: fix "Plain Accesses and Data Races" URL in kcsan.rst

2025-03-12T22:34:55Z

Make the URL point to the "Plain Accesses and Data Races" section again and prevent it from becoming stale by adding a commit id to it. Signed-off-by: Ignacio Encinas Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250306-fix-plain-access-url-v1-1-9c653800f9e0@iencinas.com