Linux kernel documentation tree maintained by Jonathan Corbet http://mirrors.hust.edu.cn/git/lwn.git/atom?h=docs-fixes 2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00 2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00 urn:sha1:bf4afc53b77aeaa48b5409da5c8da6bb4eff7f43 This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' | xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/' to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL argument to just drop that argument. Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered: they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically. For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate conversion. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00 Kees Cook kees@kernel.org 2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00 urn:sha1:69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f 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 <kees@kernel.org> 2025-08-13T06:59:29+00:00 Al Viro viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk 2024-05-22T02:19:55+00:00 urn:sha1:4fc8728aa34f54835b72e4db0f3db76a72948b65 Instances are happier that way and it makes more sense anyway - the only part of the result that is related to partition we are given is the start sector, and that has been filled in by the caller. Everything else is a function of the disk. Only one instance (DASD) is ever looking at anything other than bdev->bd_disk and that one is trivial to adjust. Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 2025-06-08T07:07:37+00:00 Ingo Molnar mingo@kernel.org 2025-05-09T05:51:14+00:00 urn:sha1:41cb08555c4164996d67c78b3bf1c658075b75f1 Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace. [ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com 2025-04-05T08:30:12+00:00 Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de 2025-04-05T08:17:26+00:00 urn:sha1:8fa7292fee5c5240402371ea89ab285ec856c916 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 <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 2025-03-13T11:46:19+00:00 Anuj Gupta anuj20.g@samsung.com 2025-03-13T03:53:18+00:00 urn:sha1:75618ac6e98faee6ed1f17ae64875cc2d7784204 request_queue param is no longer used by blk_rq_map_sg and __blk_rq_map_sg. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g@samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250313035322.243239-1-anuj20.g@samsung.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 2024-12-23T15:17:23+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2024-12-19T06:01:59+00:00 urn:sha1:cc76ace465d6977b47daa427379b7be1e0976f12 BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE is set for all tag_sets except those that purely process passthrough commands (bsg-lib, ufs tmf, various nvme admin queues) and thus don't even check the flag. Remove it to simplify the driver interface. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241219060214.1928848-1-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 2024-10-14T10:40:10+00:00 Christophe JAILLET christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr 2024-09-28T16:20:56+00:00 urn:sha1:5bb798cfdfd00182065cf55c1ff4b2c08d3be13f 'struct memstick_device_id' are not modified in these drivers. Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so increases overall security. Update memstick_dev_match(), memstick_bus_match() and struct memstick_driver accordingly. On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example: Before: ====== text data bss dec hex filename 74055 3455 88 77598 12f1e drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.o After: ===== text data bss dec hex filename 74087 3423 88 77598 12f1e drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.o Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6509d6f6ed64193f04e747a98ccea7492c976ca8.1727540434.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> 2024-10-14T10:29:01+00:00 Yu Jiaoliang yujiaoliang@vivo.com 2024-09-18T08:16:38+00:00 urn:sha1:fd944bdd7dc4a7d1b746fa140d30cbc5ee666ab1 Fix typos: exectly->exactly, cylynders->cylinders, intersting->interesting, inteface->interface. Signed-off-by: Yu Jiaoliang <yujiaoliang@vivo.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240918081640.1493847-1-yujiaoliang@vivo.com Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> 2024-02-19T23:59:31+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2024-02-15T07:02:54+00:00 urn:sha1:f93b43ae3feafedc5777099ca1a0e05352b92671 Pass the few limits ms_block imposes directly to blk_mq_alloc_disk instead of setting them one at a time. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240215070300.2200308-12-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>