linux/drivers/virt/vboxguest, branch master

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51Z

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28Z

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of()

2025-06-08T07:07:37Z

Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace. [ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]()

2025-04-05T08:30:12Z

timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree over and remove the historical wrapper inlines. Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

vbox: add HAS_IOPORT dependency

2025-02-20T14:19:27Z

The vboxguest driver depends on port I/O for debug output: include/asm-generic/io.h:626:15: error: call to '_outl' declared with attribute error: outl() requires CONFIG_HAS_IOPORT 626 | #define _outl _outl include/asm-generic/io.h:663:14: note: in expansion of macro '_outl' 663 | #define outl _outl | ^~~~~ drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c:102:9: note: in expansion of macro 'outl' 102 | outl(phys_req, gdev->io_port + VMMDEV_PORT_OFF_REQUEST); | ^~~~ Most arm64 platforms don't actually support port I/O, though it is currently enabled unconditionally. Refine the vbox dependency to allow turning HAS_IOPORT off in the future when building for platforms without port I/O and allow compile-testing on all architectures. Fixes: 5cf8f938bf5c ("vbox: Enable VBOXGUEST and VBOXSF_FS on ARM64") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250122065445.1469218-1-arnd@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vbox: Enable VBOXGUEST and VBOXSF_FS on ARM64

2025-01-07T14:57:23Z

Now that VirtualBox is able to run as a host on arm64 (e.g. the Apple M3 processors) we can enable VBOXSF_FS (and in turn VBOXGUEST) for this architecture. Tested with various runs of bonnie++ and dbench on an Apple MacBook Pro with the latest Virtualbox 7.1.4 r165100 installed. Signed-off-by: Christian Kujau Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7384d96c-2a77-39b0-2306-90129bae9342@nerdbynature.de Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

virt: vbox: utils: fix all kernel-doc warnings

2023-12-23T13:15:46Z

Use kernel-doc format for functions that have comments that begin with "/**". This prevents 6 kernel-doc warnings. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Hans de Goede Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231222052521.14333-3-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

virt: vbox: linux: fix all kernel-doc warnings

2023-12-23T13:15:45Z

Use kernel-doc format for functions that are almost complete in their kernel-doc comments. For other functions, just change the comment to a common C comment. This prevents 7 kernel-doc warnings. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Hans de Goede Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231222052521.14333-2-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

virt: vbox: core: fix all kernel-doc warnings

2023-12-23T13:15:45Z

Use kernel-doc format for functions that have comments that begin with "/**". This prevents 26 kernel-doc warnings. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Hans de Goede Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231222052521.14333-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

virt: vbox: Remove unproper information

2022-09-09T08:19:18Z

When drivers are working properly, they are quiet. Therefore, the vbg_info() should be removed. Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220901144619.3550352-1-jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman