linux/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h, branch v6.17

tracing: Remove redundant config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD

2025-07-23T00:15:56Z

Ftrace is tightly coupled with architecture specific code because it requires the use of trampolines written in assembly. This means that when a new feature or optimization is made, it must be done for all architectures. To simplify the approach, CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE_* configs are added to denote which architecture has the new enhancement so that other architectures can still function until they too have been updated. The CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT was added to help simplify the DYNAMIC_FTRACE work, but now every architecture that implements DYNAMIC_FTRACE also has HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT set too, making it redundant with the HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE. Remove the HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT config and use DYNAMIC_FTRACE directly where applicable. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250703154916.48e3ada7@gandalf.local.home/ Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250704104838.27a18690@gandalf.local.home Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

Merge tag 'bpf-next-6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next

2025-05-28T22:52:42Z

Pull bpf updates from Alexei Starovoitov: - Fix and improve BTF deduplication of identical BTF types (Alan Maguire and Andrii Nakryiko) - Support up to 12 arguments in BPF trampoline on arm64 (Xu Kuohai and Alexis Lothoré) - Support load-acquire and store-release instructions in BPF JIT on riscv64 (Andrea Parri) - Fix uninitialized values in BPF_{CORE,PROBE}_READ macros (Anton Protopopov) - Streamline allowed helpers across program types (Feng Yang) - Support atomic update for hashtab of BPF maps (Hou Tao) - Implement json output for BPF helpers (Ihor Solodrai) - Several s390 JIT fixes (Ilya Leoshkevich) - Various sockmap fixes (Jiayuan Chen) - Support mmap of vmlinux BTF data (Lorenz Bauer) - Support BPF rbtree traversal and list peeking (Martin KaFai Lau) - Tests for sockmap/sockhash redirection (Michal Luczaj) - Introduce kfuncs for memory reads into dynptrs (Mykyta Yatsenko) - Add support for dma-buf iterators in BPF (T.J. Mercier) - The verifier support for __bpf_trap() (Yonghong Song) * tag 'bpf-next-6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next: (135 commits) bpf, arm64: Remove unused-but-set function and variable. selftests/bpf: Add tests with stack ptr register in conditional jmp bpf: Do not include stack ptr register in precision backtracking bookkeeping selftests/bpf: enable many-args tests for arm64 bpf, arm64: Support up to 12 function arguments bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() in bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem() bpf: Avoid __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit fails bpftool: Add support for custom BTF path in prog load/loadall selftests/bpf: Add unit tests with __bpf_trap() kfunc bpf: Warn with __bpf_trap() kfunc maybe due to uninitialized variable bpf: Remove special_kfunc_set from verifier selftests/bpf: Add test for open coded dmabuf_iter selftests/bpf: Add test for dmabuf_iter bpf: Add open coded dmabuf iterator bpf: Add dmabuf iterator dma-buf: Rename debugfs symbols bpf: Fix error return value in bpf_copy_from_user_dynptr libbpf: Use mmap to parse vmlinux BTF from sysfs selftests: bpf: Add a test for mmapable vmlinux BTF btf: Allow mmap of vmlinux btf ...

btf: Allow mmap of vmlinux btf

2025-05-23T17:06:28Z

User space needs access to kernel BTF for many modern features of BPF. Right now each process needs to read the BTF blob either in pieces or as a whole. Allow mmaping the sysfs file so that processes can directly access the memory allocated for it in the kernel. remap_pfn_range is used instead of vm_insert_page due to aarch64 compatibility issues. Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko Tested-by: Alan Maguire Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250520-vmlinux-mmap-v5-1-e8c941acc414@isovalent.com

vmlinux.lds: Include .data.rel[.local] into .data section

2025-04-22T07:12:00Z

When running in -fPIC mode, the compiler may decide to emit statically initialized data objects into .data.rel or .data.rel.local if they contain absolute references to global or local objects, respectively, which require fixing up at load time. This distinction is irrelevant for the kernel, so fold .data.rel and .data.rel.local into .data. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Brian Gerst Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: Dionna Amalie Glaze Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Juergen Gross Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Kevin Loughlin Cc: Len Brown Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki Cc: Tom Lendacky Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250418141253.2601348-9-ardb+git@google.com

Merge tag 'x86-fpu-2025-03-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2025-03-25T05:27:18Z

Pull x86/fpu updates from Ingo Molnar: - Improve crypto performance by making kernel-mode FPU reliably usable in softirqs ((Eric Biggers) - Fully optimize out WARN_ON_FPU() (Eric Biggers) - Initial steps to support Support Intel APX (Advanced Performance Extensions) (Chang S. Bae) - Fix KASAN for arch_dup_task_struct() (Benjamin Berg) - Refine and simplify the FPU magic number check during signal return (Chang S. Bae) - Fix inconsistencies in guest FPU xfeatures (Chao Gao, Stanislav Spassov) - selftests/x86/xstate: Introduce common code for testing extended states (Chang S. Bae) - Misc fixes and cleanups (Borislav Petkov, Colin Ian King, Uros Bizjak) * tag 'x86-fpu-2025-03-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/fpu/xstate: Fix inconsistencies in guest FPU xfeatures x86/fpu: Clarify the "xa" symbolic name used in the XSTATE* macros x86/fpu: Use XSAVE{,OPT,C,S} and XRSTOR{,S} mnemonics in xstate.h x86/fpu: Improve crypto performance by making kernel-mode FPU reliably usable in softirqs x86/fpu/xstate: Simplify print_xstate_features() x86/fpu: Refine and simplify the magic number check during signal return selftests/x86/xstate: Fix spelling mistake "hader" -> "header" x86/fpu: Avoid copying dynamic FP state from init_task in arch_dup_task_struct() vmlinux.lds.h: Remove entry to place init_task onto init_stack selftests/x86/avx: Add AVX tests selftests/x86/xstate: Clarify supported xstates selftests/x86/xstate: Consolidate test invocations into a single entry selftests/x86/xstate: Introduce signal ABI test selftests/x86/xstate: Refactor ptrace ABI test selftests/x86/xstate: Refactor context switching test selftests/x86/xstate: Enumerate and name xstate components selftests/x86/xstate: Refactor XSAVE helpers for general use selftests/x86: Consolidate redundant signal helper functions x86/fpu: Fix guest FPU state buffer allocation size x86/fpu: Fully optimize out WARN_ON_FPU()

x86/percpu: Fix __per_cpu_hot_end marker

2025-03-04T19:30:33Z

Make __per_cpu_hot_end marker point to the end of the percpu cache hot data, not to the end of the percpu cache hot section. This fixes CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 case where X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT is set to 7 (128 bytes). Also update assert message accordingly. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Brian Gerst Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250304173455.89361-1-ubizjak@gmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Z8a-NVJs-pm5W-mG@gmail.com/

percpu: Introduce percpu hot section

2025-03-04T19:30:33Z

Add a subsection to the percpu data for frequently accessed variables that should remain cached on each processor. These varables should not be accessed from other processors to avoid cacheline bouncing. This will replace the pcpu_hot struct on x86, and open up similar functionality to other architectures and the kernel core. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Uros Bizjak Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303165246.2175811-2-brgerst@gmail.com

Merge branch 'x86/cpu' into x86/asm, to pick up dependent commits

2025-03-04T10:19:21Z

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge tag 'objtool-urgent-2025-02-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2025-03-01T00:45:36Z

Pull objtool fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Fix an objtool false positive, and objtool related build warnings that happens on PIE-enabled architectures such as LoongArch" * tag 'objtool-urgent-2025-02-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: objtool: Add bch2_trans_unlocked_or_in_restart_error() to bcachefs noreturns objtool: Fix C jump table annotations for Clang vmlinux.lds: Ensure that const vars with relocations are mapped R/O

vmlinux.lds.h: Remove entry to place init_task onto init_stack

2025-02-26T13:02:21Z

Since commit 0eb5085c3874 ("arch: remove ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK") there is no option that would allow placing task_struct on the stack. Remove the unused linker script entry. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241217202745.1402932-2-benjamin@sipsolutions.net