lwn.git/arch/s390, branch standardize-docs

kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section

2017-07-12T23:25:59+00:00

As Eric said, "what we need to do is move the variable vmcoreinfo_note out of the kernel's .bss section. And modify the code to regenerate and keep this information in something like the control page. Definitely something like this needs a page all to itself, and ideally far away from any other kernel data structures. I clearly was not watching closely the data someone decided to keep this silly thing in the kernel's .bss section." This patch allocates extra pages for these vmcoreinfo_XXX variables, one advantage is that it enhances some safety of vmcoreinfo, because vmcoreinfo now is kept far away from other kernel data structures. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1493281021-20737-1-git-send-email-xlpang@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Xunlei Pang Tested-by: Michael Holzheu Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross Suggested-by: Eric Biederman Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Dave Young Cc: Hari Bathini Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

s390: reduce ELF_ET_DYN_BASE

2017-07-10T23:32:36+00:00

Now that explicitly executed loaders are loaded in the mmap region, we have more freedom to decide where we position PIE binaries in the address space to avoid possible collisions with mmap or stack regions. For 64-bit, align to 4GB to allow runtimes to use the entire 32-bit address space for 32-bit pointers. On 32-bit use 4MB, which is the traditional x86 minimum load location, likely to avoid historically requiring a 4MB page table entry when only a portion of the first 4MB would be used (since the NULL address is avoided). For s390 the position could be 0x10000, but that is needlessly close to the NULL address. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1498154792-49952-5-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Cc: Russell King Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: James Hogan Cc: Pratyush Anand Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

2017-07-07T05:27:08+00:00

Merge misc updates from Andrew Morton: - a few hotfixes - various misc updates - ocfs2 updates - most of MM * emailed patches from Andrew Morton : (108 commits) mm, memory_hotplug: move movable_node to the hotplug proper mm, memory_hotplug: drop CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE mm, memory_hotplug: drop artificial restriction on online/offline mm: memcontrol: account slab stats per lruvec mm: memcontrol: per-lruvec stats infrastructure mm: memcontrol: use generic mod_memcg_page_state for kmem pages mm: memcontrol: use the node-native slab memory counters mm: vmstat: move slab statistics from zone to node counters mm/zswap.c: delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_dstmem_prepare() mm/zswap.c: improve a size determination in zswap_frontswap_init() mm/zswap.c: delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_pool_create() mm/swapfile.c: sort swap entries before free mm/oom_kill: count global and memory cgroup oom kills mm: per-cgroup memory reclaim stats mm: kmemleak: treat vm_struct as alternative reference to vmalloc'ed objects mm: kmemleak: factor object reference updating out of scan_block() mm: kmemleak: slightly reduce the size of some structures on 64-bit architectures mm, mempolicy: don't check cpuset seqlock where it doesn't matter mm, cpuset: always use seqlock when changing task's nodemask mm, mempolicy: simplify rebinding mempolicies when updating cpusets ...

Merge branch 'uaccess.strlen' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2017-07-07T05:07:44+00:00

Pull user access str* updates from Al Viro: "uaccess str...() dead code removal" * 'uaccess.strlen' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: s390 keyboard.c: don't open-code strndup_user() mips: get rid of unused __strnlen_user() get rid of unused __strncpy_from_user() instances kill strlen_user()

Merge branch 'misc.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2017-07-07T03:57:13+00:00

Pull misc compat stuff updates from Al Viro: "This part is basically untangling various compat stuff. Compat syscalls moved to their native counterparts, getting rid of quite a bit of double-copying and/or set_fs() uses. A lot of field-by-field copyin/copyout killed off. - kernel/compat.c is much closer to containing just the copyin/copyout of compat structs. Not all compat syscalls are gone from it yet, but it's getting there. - ipc/compat_mq.c killed off completely. - block/compat_ioctl.c cleaned up; floppy compat ioctls moved to drivers/block/floppy.c where they belong. Yes, there are several drivers that implement some of the same ioctls. Some are m68k and one is 32bit-only pmac. drivers/block/floppy.c is the only one in that bunch that can be built on biarch" * 'misc.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: mqueue: move compat syscalls to native ones usbdevfs: get rid of field-by-field copyin compat_hdio_ioctl: get rid of set_fs() take floppy compat ioctls to sodding floppy.c ipmi: get rid of field-by-field __get_user() ipmi: get COMPAT_IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG in sync with the native one rt_sigtimedwait(): move compat to native select: switch compat_{get,put}_fd_set() to compat_{get,put}_bitmap() put_compat_rusage(): switch to copy_to_user() sigpending(): move compat to native getrlimit()/setrlimit(): move compat to native times(2): move compat to native compat_{get,put}_bitmap(): use unsafe_{get,put}_user() fb_get_fscreeninfo(): don't bother with do_fb_ioctl() do_sigaltstack(): lift copying to/from userland into callers take compat_sys_old_getrlimit() to native syscall trim __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLD_GETRLIMIT

Merge tag 'dma-mapping-4.13' of git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/dma-mapping

2017-07-07T02:20:54+00:00

Pull dma-mapping infrastructure from Christoph Hellwig: "This is the first pull request for the new dma-mapping subsystem In this new subsystem we'll try to properly maintain all the generic code related to dma-mapping, and will further consolidate arch code into common helpers. This pull request contains: - removal of the DMA_ERROR_CODE macro, replacing it with calls to ->mapping_error so that the dma_map_ops instances are more self contained and can be shared across architectures (me) - removal of the ->set_dma_mask method, which duplicates the ->dma_capable one in terms of functionality, but requires more duplicate code. - various updates for the coherent dma pool and related arm code (Vladimir) - various smaller cleanups (me)" * tag 'dma-mapping-4.13' of git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/dma-mapping: (56 commits) ARM: dma-mapping: Remove traces of NOMMU code ARM: NOMMU: Set ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE for M-class cpus ARM: NOMMU: Introduce dma operations for noMMU drivers: dma-mapping: allow dma_common_mmap() for NOMMU drivers: dma-coherent: Introduce default DMA pool drivers: dma-coherent: Account dma_pfn_offset when used with device tree dma: Take into account dma_pfn_offset dma-mapping: replace dmam_alloc_noncoherent with dmam_alloc_attrs dma-mapping: remove dmam_free_noncoherent crypto: qat - avoid an uninitialized variable warning au1100fb: remove a bogus dma_free_nonconsistent call MAINTAINERS: add entry for dma mapping helpers powerpc: merge __dma_set_mask into dma_set_mask dma-mapping: remove the set_dma_mask method powerpc/cell: use the dma_supported method for ops switching powerpc/cell: clean up fixed mapping dma_ops initialization tile: remove dma_supported and mapping_error methods xen-swiotlb: remove xen_swiotlb_set_dma_mask arm: implement ->dma_supported instead of ->set_dma_mask mips/loongson64: implement ->dma_supported instead of ->set_dma_mask ...

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux

2017-07-07T02:15:23+00:00

Pull more s390 updates from Martin Schwidefsky: - The fixup for the blk-mq clash with the scm driver - An improvement for the dasd driver in regard to raw I/O - Bug fixes and cleanup * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux: Update my email address s390/syscalls: Fix out of bounds arguments access s390/vfio_ccw: remove unused variable s390/dasd: remove unneeded code s390/crash: Remove unused KEXEC_NOTE_BYTES s390/zcrypt: Fix missing newlines at some debug feature messages. s390/dasd: Make raw I/O usable without prefix support s390/dasd: Rename dasd_raw_build_cp() s390/dasd: Refactor prefix_LRE() and related functions s390: fix up for "blk-mq: switch ->queue_rq return value to blk_status_t"

Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

2017-07-07T01:38:31+00:00

Pull KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini: "PPC: - Better machine check handling for HV KVM - Ability to support guests with threads=2, 4 or 8 on POWER9 - Fix for a race that could cause delayed recognition of signals - Fix for a bug where POWER9 guests could sleep with interrupts pending. ARM: - VCPU request overhaul - allow timer and PMU to have their interrupt number selected from userspace - workaround for Cavium erratum 30115 - handling of memory poisonning - the usual crop of fixes and cleanups s390: - initial machine check forwarding - migration support for the CMMA page hinting information - cleanups and fixes x86: - nested VMX bugfixes and improvements - more reliable NMI window detection on AMD - APIC timer optimizations Generic: - VCPU request overhaul + documentation of common code patterns - kvm_stat improvements" * tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (124 commits) Update my email address kvm: vmx: allow host to access guest MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS x86: kvm: mmu: use ept a/d in vmcs02 iff used in vmcs12 kvm: x86: mmu: allow A/D bits to be disabled in an mmu x86: kvm: mmu: make spte mmio mask more explicit x86: kvm: mmu: dead code thanks to access tracking KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix typo in XICS-on-XIVE state saving code KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Close race with testing for signals on guest entry KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Simplify dynamic micro-threading code KVM: x86: remove ignored type attribute KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay KVM: lapic: reorganize restart_apic_timer KVM: lapic: reorganize start_hv_timer kvm: nVMX: Check memory operand to INVVPID KVM: s390: Inject machine check into the nested guest KVM: s390: Inject machine check into the guest tools/kvm_stat: add new interactive command 'b' tools/kvm_stat: add new command line switch '-i' tools/kvm_stat: fix error on interactive command 'g' KVM: SVM: suppress unnecessary NMI singlestep on GIF=0 and nested exit ...

mm/hugetlb: allow architectures to override huge_pte_clear()

2017-07-06T23:24:34+00:00

When unmapping a hugepage range, huge_pte_clear() is used to clear the page table entries that are marked as not present. huge_pte_clear() internally just ends up calling pte_clear() which does not correctly deal with hugepages consisting of contiguous page table entries. Add a size argument to address this issue and allow architectures to override huge_pte_clear() by wrapping it in a #ifndef block. Update s390 implementation with the size parameter as well. Note that the change only affects huge_pte_clear() - the other generic hugetlb functions don't need any change. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170522162555.4313-1-punit.agrawal@arm.com Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky [s390 bits] Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Cc: Mike Kravetz Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Naoya Horiguchi Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Cc: Steve Capper Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Hillf Danton Cc: Michal Hocko Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm/hugetlb: add size parameter to huge_pte_offset()

2017-07-06T23:24:34+00:00

A poisoned or migrated hugepage is stored as a swap entry in the page tables. On architectures that support hugepages consisting of contiguous page table entries (such as on arm64) this leads to ambiguity in determining the page table entry to return in huge_pte_offset() when a poisoned entry is encountered. Let's remove the ambiguity by adding a size parameter to convey additional information about the requested address. Also fixup the definition/usage of huge_pte_offset() throughout the tree. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170522133604.11392-4-punit.agrawal@arm.com Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal Acked-by: Steve Capper Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Tony Luck Cc: Fenghua Yu Cc: James Hogan (odd fixer:METAG ARCHITECTURE) Cc: Ralf Baechle (supporter:MIPS) Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" Cc: Helge Deller Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Yoshinori Sato Cc: Rich Felker Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Chris Metcalf Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Alexander Viro Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Mike Kravetz Cc: Naoya Horiguchi Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Cc: Hillf Danton Cc: Mark Rutland Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds