lwn.git/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso, branch master

Merge tag 'x86_entry_for_7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2026-02-11T03:34:26+00:00

Pull x86 entry code updates from Dave Hansen: "This is entirely composed of a set of long overdue VDSO cleanups. They makes the VDSO build much more logical and zap quite a bit of old cruft. It also results in a coveted net-code-removal diffstat" * tag 'x86_entry_for_7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/entry/vdso: Add vdso2c to .gitignore x86/entry/vdso32: Omit '.cfi_offset eflags' for LLVM < 16 MAINTAINERS: Adjust vdso file entry in INTEL SGX x86/entry/vdso/selftest: Update location of vgetrandom-chacha.S x86/entry/vdso: Fix filtering of vdso compiler flags x86/entry/vdso: Update the object paths for "make vdso_install" x86/entry/vdso32: When using int $0x80, use it directly x86/cpufeature: Replace X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32 with X86_FEATURE_SYSFAST32 x86/vdso: Abstract out vdso system call internals x86/entry/vdso: Include GNU_PROPERTY and GNU_STACK PHDRs x86/entry/vdso32: Remove open-coded DWARF in sigreturn.S x86/entry/vdso32: Remove SYSCALL_ENTER_KERNEL macro in sigreturn.S x86/entry/vdso32: Don't rely on int80_landing_pad for adjusting ip x86/entry/vdso: Refactor the vdso build x86/entry/vdso: Move vdso2c to arch/x86/tools x86/entry/vdso: Rename vdso_image_* to vdso*_image

vdso: Remove struct getcpu_cache

2026-01-14T07:56:40+00:00

The cache parameter of getcpu() is useless nowadays for various reasons. * It is never passed by userspace for either the vDSO or syscalls. * It is never used by the kernel. * It could not be made to work on the current vDSO architecture. * The structure definition is not part of the UAPI headers. * vdso_getcpu() is superseded by restartable sequences in any case. Remove the struct and its header. As a side-effect this gets rid of an unwanted inclusion of the linux/ header namespace from vDSO code. [ tglx: Adapt to s390 upstream changes */ Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Heiko Carstens # s390 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251230-getcpu_cache-v3-1-fb9c5f880ebe@linutronix.de

x86/entry/vdso32: When using int $0x80, use it directly

2026-01-14T00:37:58+00:00

When neither sysenter32 nor syscall32 is available (on either FRED-capable 64-bit hardware or old 32-bit hardware), there is no reason to do a bunch of stack shuffling in __kernel_vsyscall. Unfortunately, just overwriting the initial "push" instructions will mess up the CFI annotations, so suffer the 3-byte NOP if not applicable. Similarly, inline the int $0x80 when doing inline system calls in the vdso instead of calling __kernel_vsyscall. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251216212606.1325678-11-hpa@zytor.com

x86/vdso: Abstract out vdso system call internals

2026-01-14T00:37:58+00:00

Abstract out the calling of true system calls from the vdso into macros. It has been a very long time since gcc did not allow %ebx or %ebp in inline asm in 32-bit PIC mode; remove the corresponding hacks. Remove the use of memory output constraints in gettimeofday.h in favor of "memory" clobbers. The resulting code is identical for the current use cases, as the system call is usually a terminal fallback anyway, and it merely complicates the macroization. This patch adds only a handful of more lines of code than it removes, and in fact could be made substantially smaller by removing the macros for the argument counts that aren't currently used, however, it seems better to be general from the start. [ v3: remove stray comment from prototyping; remove VDSO_SYSCALL6() since it would require special handling on 32 bits and is currently unused. (Uros Biszjak) Indent nested preprocessor directives. ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Acked-by: Uros Bizjak Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251216212606.1325678-9-hpa@zytor.com

x86/asm: Rename rep_nop() to native_pause()

2025-04-18T08:19:26+00:00

Rename rep_nop() function to what it really does. No functional change intended. Suggested-by: David Laight Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: H. Peter Anvin Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250418080805.83679-1-ubizjak@gmail.com

x86/asm: Replace "REP; NOP" with PAUSE mnemonic

2025-04-18T08:19:25+00:00

Current minimum required version of binutils is 2.25, which supports PAUSE instruction mnemonic. Replace "REP; NOP" with this proper mnemonic. No functional change intended. Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: H. Peter Anvin Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250418080805.83679-2-ubizjak@gmail.com

Merge tag 'timers-vdso-2025-03-23' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2025-03-25T18:30:42+00:00

Pull VDSO infrastructure updates from Thomas Gleixner: - Consolidate the VDSO storage The VDSO data storage and data layout has been largely architecture specific for historical reasons. That increases the maintenance effort and causes inconsistencies over and over. There is no real technical reason for architecture specific layouts and implementations. The architecture specific details can easily be integrated into a generic layout, which also reduces the amount of duplicated code for managing the mappings. Convert all architectures over to a unified layout and common mapping infrastructure. This splits the VDSO data layout into subsystem specific blocks, timekeeping, random and architecture parts, which provides a better structure and allows to improve and update the functionalities without conflict and interaction. - Rework the timekeeping data storage The current implementation is designed for exposing system timekeeping accessors, which was good enough at the time when it was designed. PTP and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) change that as there are requirements to expose independent PTP clocks, which are not related to system timekeeping. Replace the monolithic data storage by a structured layout, which allows to add support for independent PTP clocks on top while reusing both the data structures and the time accessor implementations. * tag 'timers-vdso-2025-03-23' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (55 commits) sparc/vdso: Always reject undefined references during linking x86/vdso: Always reject undefined references during linking vdso: Rework struct vdso_time_data and introduce struct vdso_clock vdso: Move architecture related data before basetime data powerpc/vdso: Prepare introduction of struct vdso_clock arm64/vdso: Prepare introduction of struct vdso_clock x86/vdso: Prepare introduction of struct vdso_clock time/namespace: Prepare introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/namespace: Rename timens_setup_vdso_data() to reflect new vdso_clock struct vdso/vsyscall: Prepare introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/gettimeofday: Prepare helper functions for introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/gettimeofday: Prepare do_coarse_timens() for introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/gettimeofday: Prepare do_coarse() for introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/gettimeofday: Prepare do_hres_timens() for introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/gettimeofday: Prepare do_hres() for introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/gettimeofday: Prepare introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/helpers: Prepare introduction of struct vdso_clock vdso/datapage: Define vdso_clock to prepare for multiple PTP clocks vdso: Make vdso_time_data cacheline aligned arm64: Make asm/cache.h compatible with vDSO ...

x86/headers: Replace ASSEMBLY with ASSEMBLER in non-UAPI headers

2025-03-19T10:47:30+00:00

While the GCC and Clang compilers already define __ASSEMBLER__ automatically when compiling assembly code, __ASSEMBLY__ is a macro that only gets defined by the Makefiles in the kernel. This can be very confusing when switching between userspace and kernelspace coding, or when dealing with UAPI headers that rather should use __ASSEMBLER__ instead. So let's standardize on the __ASSEMBLER__ macro that is provided by the compilers now. This is mostly a mechanical patch (done with a simple "sed -i" statement), with some manual tweaks in , and that mentioned this macro in comments with some missing underscores. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Brian Gerst Cc: Juergen Gross Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250314071013.1575167-38-thuth@redhat.com

x86/vdso: Prepare introduction of struct vdso_clock

2025-03-08T13:37:41+00:00

To support multiple PTP clocks, the VDSO data structure needs to be reworked. All clock specific data will end up in struct vdso_clock and in struct vdso_time_data there will be array of VDSO clocks. At the moment, vdso_clock is simply a define which maps vdso_clock to vdso_time_data. To prepare for the rework of the data structures, replace the struct vdso_time_data pointer with a struct vdso_clock pointer where applicable. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen Signed-off-by: Nam Cao Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250303-vdso-clock-v1-15-c1b5c69a166f@linutronix.de

x86/vdso: Switch to generic storage implementation

2025-02-21T08:54:02+00:00

The generic storage implementation provides the same features as the custom one. However it can be shared between architectures, making maintenance easier. This switch also moves the random state data out of the time data page. The currently used hardcoded __VDSO_RND_DATA_OFFSET does not take into account changes to the time data page layout. Co-developed-by: Nam Cao Signed-off-by: Nam Cao Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250204-vdso-store-rng-v3-15-13a4669dfc8c@linutronix.de