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2026-10-03bpf: Allow bitwise ops, shifts and mul/div on pointers with CAP_PERFMONAlexei Starovoitov
Rust's core::fmt keeps a flag in the low bit of a pointer: r2 = *(u64 *)(r1 + 0) r3 = r2 r3 &= 1 r2 >>= 1 The verifier rejects it: r0 &= 8 R0 bitwise operator &= on pointer prohibited Negation and byte swap of a pointer already produce a number when allow_ptr_leaks is set. Do the same for bitwise ops, shifts, *=, /= and %=, 64-bit and 32-bit. The result is an unknown number. With CAP_PERFMON the program can store the pointer and load it back as a number already. += and -= are not changed: they keep the pointer, 32-bit += is rejected. Pointers that allow no arithmetic and pointers that may be NULL are still rejected. Two tests in verifier_value_illegal_alu store through the result of &= and /=. They are rejected at the store now. Update expected messages. Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20261002124714.180012-2-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
2026-10-03bpf: Roll back freplace link state when bpf_arch_text_poke() failsYuan Chen
A freplace attach claims the target prog by bumping tgt_prog->aux->freplace_link_cnt and setting tr->extension_prog. bpf_arch_text_poke() then makes the extension take effect. If the poke fails, the claims are never released: the attach unwinds through bpf_link_cleanup(), which clears link->prog, so bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog() never runs. Drop the link count under ext_mutex on the error path, and set tr->extension_prog only after the poke succeeded. The count is still bumped before the poke: it blocks prog_array updates while the entry is patched. Fixes: d6083f040d5d ("bpf: Prevent tailcall infinite loop caused by freplace") Fixes: be8704ff07d2 ("bpf: Introduce dynamic program extensions") Suggested-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@kylinos.cn> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260928091121.219333-1-chenyuan_fl@163.com
2026-10-02Merge tag 'probes-fixes-v7.3-rc5' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace Pull probes fixes from Masami Hiramatsu: - fprobe: Use guard(rcu_sched_notrace) and check rcu_is_watching() Exit handlers early if !rcu_is_watching() to prevent potential use-after-free during unregistration in idle/quiescent states. Switch to guard(rcu_sched_notrace) to avoid fast-path lockdep overhead and recursion while ensuring safe grace period synchronization. - kprobes: Skip disarmed probes when checking optkprobe overlap Continue past disarmed or unprepared probes in get_optimized_kprobe() to find active optimized probes. This avoids overwriting active jump displacements which can lead to panic. * tag 'probes-fixes-v7.3-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: kprobes: Skip disarmed probes when checking optkprobe overlap fprobe: Use guard(rcu_sched_notrace) and check rcu_is_watching()
2026-10-03kprobes: Make optprobe optimizer multi-generational and asynchronousMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
Currently, kprobe_optimizer() holds kprobe_mutex, text_mutex, and cpus_read_lock() simultaneously while executing synchronize_rcu_tasks(). Under PREEMPT_LAZY and server workloads with long-running CPU-bound kernel tasks or heavy cgroup writeback loops, synchronize_rcu_tasks() can block for seconds to minutes. Because text_mutex and cpus_read_lock() are held during this entire wait, any concurrent static key updates, module loading/unloading, CPU hotplug, or tracing updates stall, frequently triggering hung-task detector panics. Instead of penalizing the kernel preemption path with invasive hooks and global hash lookups, decouple kprobe jump optimization from synchronous waiting entirely: 1. Replace synchronize_rcu_tasks() with call_rcu_tasks(). Locks (text_mutex and cpus_read_lock()) are held only for the brief moment needed to patch instructions via arch_unoptimize_kprobes() and arch_optimize_kprobes() (microseconds), and are completely released while waiting for the Tasks RCU grace period. 2. Introduce a fixed ring of generations (optprobe_gens[OPTPROBE_GEN_MAX]) to avoid any dynamic memory allocation (kmalloc) or -ENOMEM failure modes. 3. The last generation slot in the array is reserved as a "waiting room" and is not dispatched to RCU until another in-flight generation has finished. While a generation is waiting for its Tasks RCU grace period, any newly registered or unregistered probes accumulate in the waiting room generation without blocking or requiring additional slots. 4. When the Tasks RCU callback fires, it marks the generation as ready and wakes up the optimizer thread to finalize optimization (poking the jump instructions) and free cleaned probe slots. Once finalized, the generation is marked idle, allowing the waiting room generation to be dispatched next. 5. Flushing via wait_for_kprobe_optimizer() waits asynchronously for all in-flight and queued generations to drain without stalling other kernel subsystems. On non-preemptive kernels or configs where CONFIG_TASKS_RCU=n, call_rcu_tasks() transparently aliases to call_rcu(), preserving full portability. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/179091652953.526694.3402334249215311330.stgit@devnote2/ Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2026-10-03tracing/probes: Add const to new_argv allocation typeKees Cook
In preparation for converting the kmalloc family of allocators to the type-aware kmalloc_obj family, we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation matches the type of the variable being assigned. (The kmalloc family returns "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any pointer type.) The assigned type is "const char **", but the converted allocation type would be "char **", which is the same type without the const qualifier. As there is no general way to safely add const qualifiers, take the size from the assignment target instead. No change in allocation size results. Build tested ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig with GCC 16.2.0: kernel/trace/trace_probe.o Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260917211022.i.677-kees@kernel.org/ Assisted-by: LLM coccinelle Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees+treewide@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2026-10-03kprobes: use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE for the enabled knobBradley Morgan
This enabled knob is a disgusting terrible hack. It has rolled its own read/write pair since 2007, writing '1' or '0' into a three byte buffer by hand just to print a single character, with an XXX comment begging debugfs for write callbacks on bool files. DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE showed up in 2016 and does exactly that, so the disgusting terrible hack has outlived its excuse for nine years. Kill it, and the stale comment with it. The behavior does not change, except the write only accepts 0/1 now instead of y/n/on/off, and nothing uses anything else. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260818015318.24103-1-include@grrlz.net/ Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <include@grrlz.net> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2026-10-02Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf 7.3-rc5Alexei Starovoitov
Cross-merge BPF and other fixes after downstream PR. Conflicts: arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-10-02Merge tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpfLinus Torvalds
Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov: - Fix overflow of backward jump offset in constant blinding (Alexei Starovoitov) - Fix packet range of packet pointers sharing an id when var_off tightens umax of one pointer and not the other (Alexei Starovoitov) - Fix objects stuck in free_by_rcu_ttrace list of bpf memalloc (Alexei Starovoitov) - Fix use-after-free of progs detached from busy trampolines: wait for an RCU tasks grace period before freeing trampoline progs, and patch detached progs out of trampoline images that are still in use (Florent Revest) - Hold map BTF for the memory allocator destructor record to fix UAF in deferred bpf_mem_alloc destruction (Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi) - Fix missing migration protection in resizable hashtab lookup_and_delete batch operation (Ömer Mete Kaya) * tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf: bpf: Fix missing migration protection in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch() selftests/bpf: Add a test for objects stuck in free_by_rcu_ttrace bpf: Fix objects stuck in free_by_rcu_ttrace bpf: Factor out __do_call_rcu_ttrace() selftests/bpf: Test packet range of pointers sharing an id bpf: Fix packet range of pointers sharing an id selftests/bpf: Detach a trampoline prog while a task sleeps before it bpf: Skip detached progs in trampoline images that are still in use bpf: Wait for an RCU tasks grace period before freeing trampoline progs bpf: Hold map BTF for the memory allocator destructor record bpf: Fix overflow of jump offset in constant blinding
2026-10-02cgroup/cpuset: Handle cpu hotplug race in guarantee_active_cpus()Waiman Long
With commit 2125c0034c5d ("cgroup/cpuset: Make cpuset hotplug processing synchronous"), the cpuset hotplug operation becomes synchronous. That commit also removes the code that handles race between cpuset_hotplug_work and cpu hotplug notifier with the assumption that race is now gone. Later commit 7a0aabd9ce69 ("cgroup/cpuset: Always use cpu_active_mask") updates the cpuset code to always use cpu_active_mask instead of cpu_online_mask in some places including guarantee_online_cpus() which is renamed to guarantee_active_cpus() in that commit. In the case of CPU offline operation, cpu_active_mask is updated first in sched_cpu_deactivate() to remove the offline CPU before cpuset_handle_hotplug() is called to update the effective_cpus of the affected cpusets. The cpu_online_mask is updated after that near the end of the offline operation to remove the offline CPU. As a result, the race comes back and the top cpuset may not have any active CPU leading to NULL pointer dereference during the race window when guarantee_active_cpus() is called after cpu_active_mask is updated to remove the CPU to be torn down but before cpuset_handle_hotplug() is able to properly update the effective_cpus of the top cpuset. Fix this by adding back the NULL cs check to avoid this problem. Fixes: 7a0aabd9ce69 ("cgroup/cpuset: Always use cpu_active_mask") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.16+ Reported-by: Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@berkeley.edu> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+0ovChh3VjsKN1g+ZGjwwY2fGTpP7uD+aCCByLj5Qbymw=bfQ@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Tested-by: Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@berkeley.edu> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-10-02PM: hibernate: Add an arch hook for preventing hibernationSuzuki K Poulose
Add a hook to allow arch code disable hibernation. On arm64, with an RMM active, there could be pages that are delegated to the "Realm" security state. Any access to them are fatal (e.g., hibernate save image or restoring an image to a delegated page). pKVM host also has its restrictions on enabling hibernation. Add a weak arch hook to let the architectures have a say. Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@kernel.org> Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@kernel.org> Suggested-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2026-10-02printk: Remove console options before decoding the nameDavid Engraf
This fixes a regression when a console option includes ':'. Commit 7640f1a44eba ("printk: Add match_devname_and_update_preferred_console()") introduced console=DEVNAME:0.0 hardware style addressing by looking for a colon. If the colon is part of an option the name is handled as devname instead of ttyname. Fix by handling the options first which will add a NULL terminator to the string. Note that parsing the options first means that also idx parsing needs changing. Handle the idx parsing by refactoring the code (thanks to Petr Mladek). Signed-off-by: David Engraf <david.engraf@sysgo.com> Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260924070153.250783-2-david.engraf@sysgo.com [pmladek@suse.com: Updated the commit message as suggested by Tony Lindgren] Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
2026-10-02bpf: Support per-call-site kfunc specializationEmil Tsalapatis
specialize_kfunc() currently updates the canonical kfunc descriptor in place. Different call sites therefore cannot select different specializations of the same kfunc, and the selected target depends on verification order. Keep canonical descriptors unchanged for verifier lookups. Specialize a copy for each call site, then reuse or append an immutable target descriptor and store its index in the finalized call instruction. Allow space for one canonical and one specialized target per kfunc. This is conservative because most kfuncs do not specialize. Adding specialized kfunc versions does not require resorting the array because lookups are only used for deduplication and func_model lookup. Deduplication for specialized kfuncs is handled by the specialization process itself, while all specializations of a function share the same proto and func_model. Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002105218.6171-7-emil@etsalapatis.com
2026-10-02bpf: Directly store kfunc desc index in instruction off fieldEmil Tsalapatis
Currently, the verifier sort the kfunc desc table twice: Once during kfunc collection by function ID, useful during verification, and once by immediate address, useful during JIT bytecode lowering time. The latter sort can be removed by storing in the instruction the kfunc desc array index the desc is in and using that instead. Modify the JITs to follow the same convention. This change simplifies the subsequent patch that adds per-call site function specialization. Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002105218.6171-6-emil@etsalapatis.com
2026-10-02bpf: Add sleepable arena page allocation pathEmil Tsalapatis
The bpf_arena_alloc_pages() function currently only allocates pages inside a spinlock critical section with IRQs off. This forces the use of alloc_pages_nolock() in the BPF allocator, even when the caller is a sleepable BPF function. This in turn causes allocation failures even in cases where falling into the allocator slow path and possibly sleeping would eventually succeed. This can be triggered consistently by heavy BPF arena users like scx. Allocate the arena pages before taking the critical section and pass whether the caller can sleep to bpf_alloc_pages(). This lets sleepable callers use the blocking allocator while non-sleepable callers retain the no-lock allocation behavior. Fixes: b8467290edab ("bpf: arena: make arena kfuncs any context safe") Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002105218.6171-4-emil@etsalapatis.com
2026-10-02bpf: Add sleepable argument to bpf_alloc_pages()Emil Tsalapatis
bpf_alloc_pages() currently decides whether it may use the blocking page allocator from the current execution context alone. Let callers further restrict that choice by passing whether their context is sleepable. Use the blocking allocator only when both the caller and runtime context allow sleeping. Add __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL so this path can reclaim without invoking the OOM killer when the allocation is charged to another memcg. Existing non-sleepable callers retain the no-lock allocation behavior. Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002105218.6171-3-emil@etsalapatis.com
2026-10-02bpf: Use an llist for page allocationsEmil Tsalapatis
bpf_map_alloc_pages() does not use its map argument. Storing allocated pages in an array also forces arena callers to allocate a separate pointer array. Expose the single-page allocator as bpf_alloc_page(), rename the bulk helper to bpf_alloc_pages(), and return bulk allocations through an llist using page->pcp_llist. Add bpf_free_pages() to safely release all pages remaining on such a list. Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002105218.6171-2-emil@etsalapatis.com
2026-10-02bpf: Fix missing migration protection in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch()Ömer Mete Kaya
bpf_mem_cache_free_rcu() uses this_cpu_ptr() which requires migration to be disabled. All callers of rhtab_delete_elem() disable migration except __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(), which calls it under rcu_read_lock() only. On CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU, rcu_read_lock() does not disable preemption or migration, so the task can migrate between CPUs during the delete loop, causing this_cpu_ptr() to trigger: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code Fix by wrapping the delete loop in migrate_disable()/migrate_enable() in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(), matching the migration protection that the other callers already provide. Fixes: 818e00848227 ("bpf: Implement iteration ops for resizable hashtab") Reported-by: syzbot+fd7e415d891073b83e1f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Ömer Mete Kaya <omermetekaya0@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260929081609.557899-1-omermetekaya0@gmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=fd7e415d891073b83e1f
2026-10-02irq: Add max local_interrupt_disable() nesting level kunit test caseBoqun Feng
To confirm the max nesting level of local_interrupt_disable() works, a kunit test is added to the whole test suite. Note that when DEBUG_PREEMPT=y, it'll generate a warning which is expected. Suggested-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261001082519.16195-6-boqun@kernel.org
2026-10-02futex: Fix private hash use-after-free on resizeChris Mason
poll_state_synchronize_rcu(mm->futex.phash.batches) is used by futex_ref_drop() to check that a grace period has passed since the current hash was published. This relies on batches referencing a grace period which started after the hash pointer was assigned. __futex_pivot_hash() sets mmph->batches before it replaces mmph->hash: scoped_guard(rcu) { mmph->batches = get_state_synchronize_rcu(); rcu_assign_pointer(mmph->hash, new); } The scoped_guard(rcu) doesn't stop new grace periods from starting, and if one starts between those two assignments, futex_ref_drop() can move forward while a reader still holds a pointer to the old hash. Fix things by setting mmph->batches after assigning mmph->hash. The scoped_guard(rcu) isn't needed, so let's drop that as well. Fixes: 56180dd20c19 ("futex: Use RCU-based per-CPU reference counting instead of rcuref_t") Assisted-by: kres Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261001135022.2220288-1-mason@kernel.org
2026-10-02irq: Make refcount_interrupt kunit test selectableKuan-Wei Chiu
Currently, refcount_interrupt_test is built unconditionally when CONFIG_KUNIT is enabled, causing it to run unexpectedly during boot. Fix this by introducing CONFIG_REFCOUNT_INTERRUPT_KUNIT_TEST so the test can be configured independently, following standard kunit practices. Fixes: 07a88e2bcd5b ("irq: Add KUnit test for refcounted interrupt enable/disable") Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Radu Rendec <radu@rendec.net> Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261001082519.16195-2-boqun@kernel.org
2026-10-02braille: nbcon: Allow to use a serial console with NBCON API as Braille consolePetr Mladek
The Braille console is not registered in console_list. Instead, it is integrated with the virtual terminal (VT) and shows what is displayed on the terminal. It writes the data using con->write*() callback of the associated serial console driver. braille_write() is called from the VT code under console_lock(). The associated serial console driver can be converted to the NBCON API though. The situation is similar to flushing nbcon consoles in the legacy loop when some boot consoles are still registered, see nbcon_legacy_emit_next_record(). But there is a big difference though. braille_write() is not directly called from the code paths flushing registered consoles. The VT code expects that braille_write() succeeds. It does not replay the message when it can't acquire the ownership. As a result, braille_write(): + must try harder to get the ownership. + has to be synchronized only against non-printk serial console which depend nbcon_device_try_acquire() using NBCON_PRIO_NORMAL. Let's look at it from another side and try to simulate the original locking using the NBCON API: 1. Take con->device_lock(), aka the port->lock in the legacy serial console driver. 2. Acquire nbcon context to provide some synchronization for a panic() context. Use NBCON_PRIO_NORMAL because it contends only with nbcon_device_try_acquire() users. Do it in a busy loop. It should always succeed when con->device_lock() succeeded because all other users do the same. The only exception is when the context get acquired by a CPU handling panic. 3. In panic, disable interrupts and try to acquire the nbcon context. Use NBCON_PRIO_PANIC. And try even an unsafe takeover because otherwise the Braille console won't see the text shown during panic(). It is similar to the oops_in_progress/trylock handling in the legacy serial console driver. Finally, avoid the newline prepending logic in the existing serial console drivers when they are used as a Braille console. As explained above, the Braille console shows the last modified line on the terminal (VT). braille_write() is called when single characters are added. Most messages are not ended by newline. Anyway, the VT code does not have logic to reply partially printed messages. Fixes: 13189fa73afa ("printk: nbcon: Rely on kthreads for normal operation") Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> [pmladek@suse.com: Remove white space changes in braille_register_console(). Typo fix.] Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261001140727.124398-2-pmladek@suse.com Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
2026-10-02kprobes: Skip disarmed probes when checking optkprobe overlapLeon Hwang
On x86, an optkprobe at A replaces five bytes with a jump. If a disabled probe B is at A+2, get_optimized_kprobe() stops at B when arming a new probe C at A+4. It leaves A optimized: A A+1 A+2 A+3 A+4 A's jump | e9 | d0 | d1 | d2 | d3 | after C | e9 | d0 | d1 | d2 | cc | The INT3 for C overwrites the last byte of A's jump displacement, so execution can jump to the wrong address. B can have prepared optinsns while disarmed, but has no jump to unoptimize. Continue past disarmed and unprepared probes to find the active optimized probe before arming a probe in its jump. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260930053618.104498-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev/ Fixes: afd66255b9a4 ("kprobes: Introduce kprobes jump optimization") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2026-10-01srcutree: Suppress to-big transition for atomic SRCUPaul E. McKenney
Initially (and perhaps forever), call_srcu() will not be available for atomic srcu_struct structures. There is therefore no reason to transition such a structure to big, because the main purpose of such a transition is to reduce lock contention for concurrent SRCU callback queueing. This commit therefore adds an is_atomic parameter to both the check_init_srcu_struct() and init_srcu_struct_fields() functions, which suppresses the initialization-time transition to big that is enabled by default on large systems. It will still be possible to force a transition using rcutorture as a destructive test. This might (or might not) be adjusted later. [ paulmck: Apply feedback from Kunwu Chan. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01srcutree: Suppress srcu_advance_state() mutex_lock in atomicPaul E. McKenney
The new SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_ATOMIC prohibits sleeping in both readers and grace-period waits in order to permit waiting on an SRCU grace period within an OOM notifier. This means that srcu_advance_state() cannot acquire ->srcu_gp_mutex in this case, because mutex_lock() can sleep. This commit therefore adds an is_atomic parameter to srcu_advance_state(). When this parameter is false, current behavior is maintained, in other words, ->srcu_gp_mutex is acquired and released as before. But when this is_atomic parameter is false, the caller is responsible for excluding other callers. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01srcutiny: Make a Tiny SRCU grace period imply an RCU grace periodPaul E. McKenney
In non-preemptible kernels, a Tiny SRCU grace period implies an RCU grace period because any context switch suffices. But in preemptible kernels, it is possible for a Tiny SRCU grace period to elapse without a corresponding RCU grace period. Which was OK until RCU Tasks Trace was re-implemented in terms of SRCU-fast, which in Tiny SRCU is implemented as SRCU, which is already fast. And RCU Tasks Trace grace periods are required to imply RCU grace periods. This commit therefore adds a synchronize_rcu(), but only in preemptible kernels. Because preemptible Tiny SRCU is not in mainline, this added call to synchronize_rcu() will not slow anything down: The comparison would instead be with TREE SRCU. But if this added call ever becomes a problem, the Tiny SRCU srcu_struct structure could track whether or not this is for SRCU-fast, and to add the synchronize_rcu() only in the SRCU-fast case. However, at the moment, this is seen as unnecessary complexity. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01rcutorture: Exercise ->call() from NMI contextPuranjay Mohan
call_rcu() and call_srcu() are now safe to invoke from NMI, but rcutorture never does, leaving the deferral path untested. Add an ->nmi_capable flag to rcu_torture_ops. For flavors that set it, arm a per-CPU hardware perf counter whose overflow handler submits a callback via ->call(). The handler acts only when in_nmi(), so only a genuine NMI exercises the deferral path. One preallocated callback per CPU is kept in flight, guarded by an atomic, to avoid allocating in NMI. The counter uses a fixed sample period rather than a frequency: a frequency-based event sets TICK_DEP_BIT_PERF_EVENTS and would pin the tick for the whole run on NO_HZ_FULL kernels. Report the count issued from NMI ("nmi-calls:") and the count invoked ("nmi-cbs:"). rcu_torture_cleanup() disables the counters and then calls cb_barrier(), which drains every deferred callback, so the two counts must then match; a mismatch fails the test. This relies on rcu_barrier()/srcu_barrier() flushing deferred callbacks, as added earlier in the series. Set ->nmi_capable on the NMI-safe flavors: rcu, srcu, srcud, and tasks-tracing (call_srcu() under the hood). Tasks and Tasks Rude are left alone, as call_rcu_tasks_generic() is not yet NMI-safe. Enabled by default; the nmi_calls parameter disables it, which helps rule NMI handling in or out when triaging a failure. Requires CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS and a hardware PMU: without one nothing is issued from NMI and the end-of-test check compares zero against zero, so a pass does not by itself mean the path ran. That is the case under kvm.sh, which boots qemu with -cpu kvm64 and no vPMU; rcu_torture_nmi_cleanup() says so on the console. Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01rcutorture: Disable fragile readers during overload testingPaul E. McKenney
Vanilla RCU readers, when either non-preemptible or preemptible with priority-boosting enabled, can handle heavy overload conditions. Other RCU implementations are more fragile. This commit adds an rcu_torture_ops structure field named ->rdrs_handle_load that is set for non-fragile configurations of vanilla RCU, but cleared otherwise. It also refrains from running fragile readers concurrently with overload testing, thus avoiding false-positive overload-testing failures. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01srcu: Make Tiny call_srcu() safe to call from any contextPuranjay Mohan
Give Tiny call_srcu() the same treatment as Tree SRCU. When interrupts are disabled and the scheduler is up, stage the callback on the srcu_struct's lockless list for an irq_work to re-issue later. Tiny SRCU is uniprocessor, so there is no CPU-offline drain. A draining flag drops a deferring call_srcu() that re-enters mid-drain (unless from an NMI), as in Tree SRCU; such a drop can strand state the caller tied to the callback, not just the callback itself. Interrupts stay off for the whole batch. TINY_SRCU implies !SMP, where arch_irq_work_has_interrupt() is false, so the drain always waits for the tick and a batch is whatever one tick's worth of interrupts-disabled call_srcu()s staged. Unlike the other three flavors srcu_do_enqueue() here has no debug_rcu_head_queue(), so nothing reports a double call_srcu(); termination of the drain rests on srcu_do_enqueue() clearing ->next, and the callback list self-links at the tail exactly as a double call_srcu() made it before. srcu_barrier() (now out of line) and cleanup_srcu_struct() drain the deferred list first, so a deferred callback is re-issued onto the callback list and invoked by the grace-period work that cleanup_srcu_struct() flushes, rather than stranded on a soon-to-be-freed srcu_struct. cleanup_srcu_struct() also syncs ->defer_iw, since that irq_work is embedded in the srcu_struct the caller is about to free. The draining flag is global rather than per-srcu_struct: a re-entrant call_srcu(B) inside a drain of A raises B's own ->defer_iw, whose drain can stage back onto A, so a per-srcu_struct flag would not break the chain. The cost is that a drain of A also drops a non-NMI call_srcu() to any other srcu_struct for its duration. Gated by CONFIG_RCU_DEFER like Tree SRCU, though the srcu_struct members are unconditional. Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01srcu: Make call_srcu() safe to call from any contextPuranjay Mohan
call_srcu() has the same constraint as call_rcu(): srcu_gp_start_if_needed() enqueues under raw_spin_lock_irqsave() and may walk the srcu_node tree, as do callback invocation and grace-period work, so a call_srcu() with interrupts already disabled can race an operation in flight on this CPU. call_rcu_tasks_trace() is call_srcu() under the hood, so a sleepable BPF program freeing an object can reach this. Defer as call_rcu() does: stage the callback on the srcu_data's ->defer_cbs, chain that srcu_data onto a per-CPU list, and raise a per-CPU irq_work that re-issues it straight to the enqueue helper, never back through __call_srcu(). The irqs-enabled path is unchanged; as for call_rcu() the gate is bare irqs_disabled(), so callers that merely hold interrupts off are deferred too and pay one irq_work hop, including call_rcu_tasks_trace() from the BPF memalloc irq_work. The irq_work is per-CPU rather than per-srcu_struct and statically initialized, so deferral never runs check_init_srcu_struct(); it is IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD as for call_rcu(). srcu_barrier() flushes it first, and rcutree_migrate_callbacks() calls srcu_offline_drain() for an outgoing CPU. cleanup_srcu_struct() drains before its "just leak it" early returns, and srcu_module_going() before freeing any ->sda, since a staged srcu_data left chained on a per-CPU list would dangle. Staging is two steps, the callback onto ->defer_cbs and then the srcu_data onto the per-CPU list, so a flusher can find the per-CPU list empty while a callback whose call_srcu() has not returned sits on ->defer_cbs; the staging CPU's own irq_work takes that one. The per-CPU srcu_defer ->lock, not any srcu_data's, is held with interrupts off across the whole nested drain: the chain of srcu_datas staged on that CPU and, for each, its callbacks, with srcu_do_enqueue() taking that srcu_data's ->lock and possibly starting a grace period for every one. That is what serializes the drainers. The bound is as for call_rcu(): what one interrupts-disabled region could stage, normally a single callback, or whatever accumulates before the tick where arch_irq_work_has_interrupt() is false. Both lists are drained newest-first; nothing depends on call_srcu() ordering. The drain clears ->next before re-issuing, which bounds a node self-linked by a double call_srcu(); a longer cycle is not bounded, and a double call_srcu() stays undefined, as for call_rcu(). A callback deferred past the CPUHP_AP_SMPCFD_DYING irq_work flush leaves that CPU's srcu_defer ->iw claimed with its self-IPI lost, as for call_rcu(). srcu_offline_drain() still re-issues the callback, but the irq_work cannot be un-queued, and here the claim is shared by every srcu_struct on the CPU. As in call_rcu(), the re-issue runs with interrupts disabled and can be re-entered by instrumentation, so a per-CPU flag, set only while that CPU is inside its own irq_work drain, drops a deferring call_srcu() seen mid-drain unless it comes from an NMI. Such a drop can strand state the caller associated with the callback, not just the callback itself. Staging records only the callback, so a deferred expedited call_srcu() completes as a normal grace period. Only srcu_expedite_current() can hit that, and only when invoked with interrupts already disabled. Gated by CONFIG_RCU_DEFER, though the srcu_data members and the per-CPU srcu_defer are unconditional. Under CONFIG_PROVE_RCU, warn if the direct path is reached from an NMI. Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01rcu: Make Tiny call_rcu() safe to call from any contextPuranjay Mohan
Give Tiny call_rcu() the same treatment as Tree RCU. When interrupts are disabled and the scheduler is up, stage the callback on a lockless list that an irq_work re-issues later. One global list and irq_work suffice since Tiny RCU is uniprocessor, and there is no CPU-offline drain. The re-issue runs with interrupts disabled and can be re-entered by instrumentation, so a draining flag drops a deferring call_rcu() seen mid-drain (unless from an NMI), as in Tree RCU. Gated by CONFIG_RCU_DEFER, though the deferral state is unconditional. Interrupts stay off for the whole batch, but the re-issue is a tail append with no locks. TINY_RCU implies !SMP, where arch_irq_work_has_interrupt() is false, so the drain always waits for the tick and a batch is whatever one tick's worth of interrupts-disabled call_rcu()s staged. As in Tree RCU the drain clears ->next before re-issuing, which bounds a node self-linked by a double call_rcu(): rcu_do_enqueue()'s duplicate path returns without clearing it. A longer cycle is not bounded; a double call_rcu() stays undefined. The idle-task reschedule moves out of the enqueue helper so that a drain does it once for the batch rather than once per callback, which would otherwise take the runqueue lock N times with interrupts disabled. Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01rcu: Make call_rcu() safe to call from any contextPuranjay Mohan
RCU's per-CPU callback list is only touched with interrupts disabled: the enqueue runs under local_irq_save() (and the nocb locks when offloaded), as do callback invocation and grace-period work. A call_rcu() that arrives with interrupts already disabled, whether from an NMI or from instrumentation that re-enters RCU, can interrupt one of those and corrupt the list or deadlock. Defer instead: stage the callback on a per-CPU llist and raise an irq_work that re-issues it once interrupts are on, straight to the enqueue so it cannot defer again. The gate is bare irqs_disabled(), so callers that merely hold interrupts off are deferred too and pay one irq_work hop. Skip it while the scheduler is down (RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE): irq_work is not usable that early, rcu_init() already calls call_rcu(), and the per-CPU deferral state is not initialised until rcu_init_one() runs later in it. rcu_barrier() drains every CPU's ->defer_head before it scans the lists, and rcutree_migrate_callbacks() drains an outgoing CPU's. A drain re-issues onto the draining CPU, so a barrier moves other CPUs' staged callbacks onto its own ->cblist; call_rcu() promises no CPU affinity for invocation. ->defer_lock is held across llist_del_all() and the whole re-issue so the drainers serialize: one that finds the list empty can conclude that everything staged before it is already on a callback list. Interrupts stay off for the batch. Where the arch has an irq_work self-IPI that is what one interrupts-disabled region could stage, normally a single callback; where arch_irq_work_has_interrupt() is false the drain waits for the tick, so several regions can accumulate first. The drain clears ->next before re-issuing. A double call_rcu() on a head that is already debug-object-active self-links the staged node, and rcu_do_enqueue()'s duplicate path returns without clearing it, so the drain would spin. A re-add behind other staged callbacks makes a longer cycle, which that does not bound; a double call_rcu() stays undefined. llist_del_all() yields newest-first, so a batch is re-issued in reverse call order; nothing depends on call_rcu() ordering. The re-issue drops the lazy hint, since staging records only ->func, so a deferred callback loses its batching on CONFIG_RCU_LAZY. kasan_record_aux_stack() moves to __call_rcu_common() so a use-after-free report names the caller rather than the irq_work. The re-issue runs with interrupts disabled, so instrumentation on the enqueue path can re-enter call_rcu(), stage another callback and re-raise the irq_work, livelocking the drain. A per-CPU flag guards it: a deferral that arrives while this CPU is draining, and is not from an NMI, is dropped. The WARN_ONCE() is under CONFIG_PROVE_RCU, so a production kernel drops it silently. That leaks the callback and can strand state the caller tied to it, since a one-shot flag only the callback clears never resets, but the alternative is an unbounded loop. A callback deferred past the CPUHP_AP_SMPCFD_DYING irq_work flush leaves ->defer_work claimed with its self-IPI lost. rcutree_migrate_callbacks() still re-issues the callback, but the first deferral after that CPU comes back raises no IPI and waits for the next irq_work there, or for rcu_barrier(). Unqueueing an irq_work is not something the API offers. The irq_work is IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD so the re-issue stays prompt on PREEMPT_RT, where a non-HARD irq_work runs in a kthread that can be delayed under load. A hidden CONFIG_RCU_DEFER gates the deferral code and its IRQ_WORK dependency, though the rcu_data members are unconditional; without it call_rcu() enqueues directly as before. Under CONFIG_PROVE_RCU, warn if the direct path is reached from an NMI. Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2026-10-01srcu: Fix WARN_ON() for rcu_segcblist_n_cbs() in cleanup_srcu_struct()Sunho Park
The WARN_ON() added by commit 78a38cbf6f20 ("srcu: Queue sdp->work when the delay timer is successfully deleted") uses rcu_segcblist_n_cbs() to detect callbacks that srcu_barrier() failed to wait for. However, the ->len counter is decremented only at the end of srcu_invoke_callbacks(), after the invoking loop has finished. Since srcu_barrier() can return right after the barrier callback is invoked, cleanup_srcu_struct() can see a non-zero n_cbs even though the cblist is already physically empty, falsely triggering the WARN_ON() together with a still-pending delay_work timer. This can be triggered as follows, as seen in the syzbot report against kvm_destroy_vm() -> cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu): 1. call_srcu(&kvm->srcu, &bus->rcu, __free_bus) starts SRCU grace period GP1. 2. GP1 ends: a delay timer is armed and sdp->work is queued, but sdp->work has not run yet. 3. Another call_srcu(&kvm->srcu, &bus->rcu, __free_bus) call invokes srcu_segcblist_advance(), which moves the GP1 callback to RCU_DONE_TAIL, and starts SRCU grace period GP2. 4. srcu_barrier() is called. It queues its barrier callback after the GP2 callback and waits for srcu_invoke_callbacks() to invoke it. 5. GP2 ends: another delay timer is armed, and the sdp->work queued in step 2 begins to run. Its srcu_invoke_callbacks() call invokes srcu_segcblist_advance() again, moving the GP2 and barrier callbacks to RCU_DONE_TAIL as well, and then invokes all of them. However, rcu_segcblist_add_len(), which updates srcu_cblist's ->len, has not run yet at this point. 6. srcu_barrier() returns once its callback has been invoked, and cleanup_srcu_struct() starts running. It finds the delay timer armed in step 5 still pending and srcu_cblist's ->len still non-zero (because step 5 has not reached rcu_segcblist_add_len() yet), and WARN_ON() fires even though every callback has actually been invoked. Use rcu_segcblist_empty(), which checks the actual head of the cblist, instead of rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(), which checks the racy ->len counter. Callbacks that have genuinely not been invoked yet still leave the list non-empty, so the WARN_ON() still catches callers that skip srcu_barrier() or queue callbacks after it. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rcu/e6350377085ddd85d6ef00d8e9a67bd50c762d3c@linux.dev/T/#t Reported-by: syzbot+d4faf7db59e11f6fd1ab@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d4faf7db59e11f6fd1ab Fixes: 78a38cbf6f20 ("srcu: Queue sdp->work when the delay timer is successfully deleted") Suggested-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Sunho Park <shpark061104@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Tested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
2026-10-01cgroup: Track the effective css in each cgroupPeng Yu
cgroup_e_css() and cgroup_get_e_css() find the effective css by walking up the hierarchy until they reach a cgroup that has the subsystem enabled. Per-I/O users such as nvmet need this lookup to be O(1). Track the effective css in each cgroup and make cgroup_e_css() and cgroup_get_e_css() use it. When a css is brought online or offline, update the effective css of its cgroup and of all descendants. Signed-off-by: Peng Yu <yupeng0921@gmail.com> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5 [Claude Code] Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5 [Claude Code] Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-10-01bpf: Fix objects stuck in free_by_rcu_ttraceAlexei Starovoitov
do_call_rcu_ttrace() returns early when call_rcu_ttrace_in_progress is set and leaves the objects in free_by_rcu_ttrace. __free_rcu() frees waiting_for_gp_ttrace only and clears the flag. Hence the objects that free_bulk() or __free_by_rcu() added while RCU tasks trace GP was in flight stay in free_by_rcu_ttrace until free_bulk() or alloc_bulk() is called for the same bpf_mem_cache again, which may never happen. The number of such objects is not bounded. Turn call_rcu_ttrace_in_progress into three states: 0 - idle 1 - __free_rcu() is queued 2 - __free_rcu() is queued and free_by_rcu_ttrace got more objects since do_call_rcu_ttrace() sets 2. __free_rcu() does cmpxchg(1 -> 0) and starts the next GP when it fails. It cannot clear the flag first and check free_by_rcu_ttrace later, since bpf_mem_alloc_destroy() frees bpf_mem_cache without waiting for RCU callbacks when the flag is zero. Now __free_rcu() queues itself, so the one that didn't see 'draining' may do call_rcu_tasks_trace() after rcu_barrier_tasks_trace() in free_mem_alloc(). Queue it under rcu_read_lock() and do synchronize_rcu() before the barriers. Calling rcu_barrier_tasks_trace() twice works too, but creating and destroying hash maps in a loop on many cpus slows down to one free_mem_alloc() per GP and kworkers pile up. Fixes: 8d5a8011b35d ("bpf: Batch call_rcu callbacks instead of SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU.") Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260930095920.601738-3-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
2026-10-01bpf: Factor out __do_call_rcu_ttrace()Alexei Starovoitov
Move the part of do_call_rcu_ttrace() that runs after call_rcu_ttrace_in_progress is set into __do_call_rcu_ttrace(). The next patch will call it from __free_rcu(). No functional change. Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260930095920.601738-2-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
2026-10-01bpf: Fix packet range of pointers sharing an idAlexei Starovoitov
Since commit 022ac0750883 ("bpf: use reg->var_off instead of reg->off for pointers"), find_good_pkt_pointers() sets the range of all packet pointers sharing an id from the umax of the compared pointer, and check_packet_access() requires umax + off + size <= range. That assumes the umax of two such pointers differ by exactly their constant distance. reg_bounds_sync() breaks it when var_off tightens one umax and not the other: r4 &= 0x38 if r4 > 50 goto exit ; umax 50, var_off (0x0; 0x38) r5 = pkt + r4 ; umax 50 r6 = r5 r6 += 8 ; umax 56, not 58 Comparing r6 with pkt_end sets the range to 56, and the valid 8-byte load at r5 is rejected (50 + 8 > 56). Comparing r5 sets it to 50, and the out-of-bounds 1-byte load at r6 - 7, i.e. r5 + 1, is accepted (56 - 7 + 1 <= 50). Don't call reg_bounds_sync() on a packet pointer that keeps its id (a constant was added or subtracted) or its range (an unknown non-negative value was subtracted), so that var_off cannot tighten its umax. Only update the 32-bit bounds from var_off: reg_bounds_sanity_check() wants them constant when the lower half of var_off is, e.g. for pkt + 8. This relies on nothing else changing the 64-bit bounds of a packet pointer, which holds today. var_off of such a pointer is no longer narrowed by its bounds. Adjust three verifier_align expectations; the low bits, which the alignment checks use, don't change. veristat on the selftests shows no verdict changes and +0.8% insns in test_cls_redirect_subprogs. Fixes: 022ac0750883 ("bpf: use reg->var_off instead of reg->off for pointers") Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20261001145255.855630-1-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
2026-10-01bpf, cgroup: Fix cgroup struct_ops query for a second attach typeShakeel Butt
Two things in __cgroup_bpf_query() work only because CGROUP_TCP_SOCK_OPS is the only struct_ops attach type. It calls cgroup_bpf_enabled(atype) with an atype that find_atype_by_struct_ops_id() works out at runtime. That macro is an asm goto and needs a constant. Today the compiler can see there is only one value; add a second type and the build breaks with "impossible constraint in 'asm'". The check is not needed anyway. When the key is off nothing is attached, so progs[atype] and effective[atype] are empty and the count loop leaves total_cnt at 0. The other attach types already use that loop with no such check. Drop the check and the skip_count label. And find_atype_by_struct_ops_id() matches on type_id alone. An attach type whose subsystem is not built keeps type_id 0, so a query for type 0 finds it and returns success with nothing instead of -ENOENT. Skip such slots. Fixes: 369d9dcd8fb8 ("bpf: Add infrastructure to support attaching struct_ops to cgroups") Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com> Acked-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261001141901.3225830-1-shakeel.butt@linux.dev
2026-10-01module: Remove the error-injection.h include from linux/module.hPetr Pavlu
linux/module.h appears in roughly 15k #include directives across the kernel. This makes it a "hot" header, so it should avoid pulling in unnecessary definitions. The header currently includes linux/error-injection.h to obtain the definition of `struct error_injection_entry`. However, this is unnecessary because the type is only referenced in the file as a pointer, for which an incomplete type is sufficient. Remove the linux/error-injection.h include from linux/module.h and add it to kernel/module/main.c instead, where `sizeof(struct error_injection_entry)` is actually needed. Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
2026-10-01Merge tag 'sysctl-7.03-fixes-rc6' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl Pull sysctl fixes from Joel Granados: "Fix sysctl jiffies conversions errors introduced in 2dc164a48e6f ("sysctl: Create converter functions with two new macros") - Ensure that mult_hz does *not* wrap - Ensure we pass just the magnitude for the negative branch in proc_int_k2u_conv_kop" * tag 'sysctl-7.03-fixes-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl: time/jiffies: Saturate in mult_hz() instead of wrapping sysctl: Negate before converting in the int read path
2026-10-01unshare: don't drop active namespace references that were never takenChristian Brauner
Active references on the namespaces of an nsproxy are taken when the nsproxy is installed into a task in switch_task_namespaces() and copy_namespaces() and dropped again by put_nsproxy() through deactivate_nsproxy(). But ksys_unshare() calls put_nsproxy() on an nsproxy that was never installed when set_cred_ucounts() fails. The new namespaces of that nsproxy go from zero to minus one and the namespaces shared with the caller lose a reference that belongs to the nsproxy the caller keeps using: WARNING: kernel/nscommon.c:171 at __ns_ref_active_put+0x1cd/0x230 nsproxy_ns_active_put deactivate_nsproxy ksys_unshare Afterwards the namespaces the caller lives in aren't listed by listns() anymore. set_cred_ucounts() only fails when alloc_ucounts() can't allocate and it only allocates when the real uid of the caller differs from its effective uid. Commit cefd55bd2159 ("nsproxy: fix free_nsproxy() and simplify create_new_namespaces()") separated the two cases on purpose. nsproxy_free() frees an nsproxy that was prepared but never installed and that's what a failed setns() uses in put_nsset(). Export it and use it for a failed unshare() as well. Fixes: a98621a0f187 ("unshare: fix nsproxy leak in ksys_unshare() on set_cred_ucounts() failure") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.1+ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-16-be34c83956ae@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-10-01perf: Require kernel access for text poke eventsZhengchuan Liang
Perf events with exclude_kernel=1 can be opened without kernel perf access. However, exclude_kernel does not suppress text-poke sideband records. Every PERF_RECORD_TEXT_POKE is marked PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL and contains a raw kernel instruction address. An unprivileged task can therefore open and mmap a task-local software event with text_poke=1. Both opening a count-only tracepoint event and configuring UDP GRO for ESP-in-UDP cause updates to inline static calls; the observer receives the relocated addresses of the modified instructions. For a known kernel image, any such address reveals the runtime kernel text base despite KASLR. Call perf_allow_kernel() whenever attr.text_poke is set, regardless of exclude_kernel. Events that neither monitor kernel execution nor request text-poke records retain their existing permissions. Fixes: e17d43b93e54 ("perf: Add perf text poke event") Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Zhengchuan Liang <zcliangcn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/99131354c41e23188f778b92f90363775b482395.1790573390.git.zcliangcn@gmail.com
2026-10-01perf: Replace perf_event_header__init_id with full header initIan Rogers
perf_iterate_sb() invokes its callback for each matching perf_event on the CPU and task context, passing a shared caller-allocated event structure. perf_event_header__init_id() mutated header->size in place by adding event->id_header_size, requiring sideband output callbacks to save and restore header fields across iterations. Three sideband callbacks failed to save and restore header.size around perf_event_header__init_id(): - perf_event_ksymbol_output() - perf_event_bpf_output() - perf_event_text_poke_output() When multiple events with attr.ksymbol, attr.bpf_event, or attr.text_poke and sample_id_all are active on the same CPU, each subsequent event receives a record whose header.size is inflated by all preceding events' id_header_size values while only a single id_sample is written, leaving uninitialized ring-buffer bytes at the end of the record and causing userspace perf to fail with -EFAULT ("Bad address") when parsing the sample_id trailer. Similarly, perf_event_mmap_output() set PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_BUILD_ID in mmap_event->event_id.header.misc when event->attr.build_id was enabled, but only saved and restored header.size and header.type. If an event with attr.build_id was followed by an event with attr.mmap2 and !attr.build_id, the second event received PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_BUILD_ID in header.misc while its payload contained maj/min/ino/ino_generation instead of a build ID. Rather than splitting header initialization between callers and output callbacks and saving/restoring mutated header fields, replace perf_event_header__init_id() with perf_event_header__init(), which initializes header->type, header->misc, and header->size alongside the sample_id fields on each invocation. Fixes: 76193a94522f ("perf, bpf: Introduce PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL") Fixes: 6ee52e2a3fe4 ("perf, bpf: Introduce PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT") Fixes: e17d43b93e54 ("perf: Add perf text poke event") Fixes: 88a16a130933 ("perf: Add build id data in mmap2 event") Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260929222332.973435-1-irogers@google.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2026-10-01perf: Fix race between perf_event_exit_task() and perf_pending_task()Luo Gengkun
A race condition exists between perf_event_exit_task() and perf_pending_task() during begin_new_exec(). During begin_new_exec(), perf_event_exit_task() may be called, and the PF_EXITING flag is not set on task. So perf_sigtrap() continues to execute and triggers WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->task != current). Since both task exit and exec paths can call perf_event_exit_task() which sets ctx->task to TASK_TOMBSTONE, fix this by explicitly checking if event->ctx->task equals TASK_TOMBSTONE and dropping the redundant PF_EXITING check. Fixes: 97ba62b27867 ("perf: Add support for SIGTRAP on perf events") Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun2@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260920075026.990582-1-luogengkun2@huawei.com
2026-10-01smpboot: Don't park the thread if work is pendingSebastian Andrzej Siewior
Once a smpboot thread gets work assigned it receives a wake up. If the thread had no chance to run and receives a parking requesst during a CPU-hotplug event then it is parked without running the callback first. As a result the enqueued work remains stuck until the CPU gets back online. There is nothing wrong with invoking the thread function first and parking in the following iteration. This would ensure that the callbacks are processed before the shutdown. Honor the park request once thread function does not need to run. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260911143815.997254-4-bigeasy@linutronix.de
2026-10-01irq_work: Flush lazy work CPU down on PREEMPT_RTSebastian Andrzej Siewior
PREEMPT_RT invokes IRQ_WORK_LAZY callbacks and callbacks which are not explicitly marked IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ from thread context. If a CPU gets shutdown, the irq_work is flushed during smpcfd_dying_cpu() which is invoked on the target CPU with disabled interrupts. The callbacks enqueued on lazy_list on PREEMPT_RT are not flushed because they require thread context. The callbacks remain and get processed once the CPU gets back online. per-CPU irq_work items continue to work for enqueues on their local-CPU, only the work on the "offline" CPU get stuck. "Single" irq_work are worse because they remain "claimed" and can not be used again. One "symptom" is the late printk() in CPU down path which enqueues the irq_work for printing but it never gets scheduled. Further prints don't print to the console because the irq_work is "pending" of the offline CPU. Another problem is the canceling/ flushing of the irq_work which is stuck. Since the irq_work will not continue, the task waiting for its completion will block waiting. While looking through the users of irq_work, it does not matter if the callback is enqueued on another CPU. This makes it possible to invoke the callbacks from a remote CPU by smpcfd_dead_cpu(). This is invoked from the control CPU with enabled interrupts shortly after the hotplugged CPU is shutdown so the llist can be accessed safely. Add irq_work_run_cpu() which invokes the irq_work callbacks of the specified dead CPU. Invoke it from smpcfd_dead_cpu(). Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260911143815.997254-3-bigeasy@linutronix.de
2026-10-01irq_work: Update a comment regarding CPU hotplug invocationSebastian Andrzej Siewior
hotplug_cfd() no longer exists and the flow changed a bit since the rework of CPU hotplug as of commit 31487f8328f20 ("smp/cfd: Convert core to hotplug state machine"). Update the comment to reflect reality as of today. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260911143815.997254-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de
2026-10-01sched/topology: Add asymmetric SMT packing overrideAndrea Righi
Architectures can use SD_ASYM_PACKING to describe preferred CPU ordering at the SMT scheduling domain. Some systems benefit from this policy, but their firmware cannot describe the preference and inferring it from the CPU model would embed a platform-specific policy in the kernel. Add sched_smt_asym_packing=on boot option to force SD_ASYM_PACKING at the SMT level. Omitting the option preserves the topology provided by the architecture or firmware. Apply the override centrally to domains with SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY so it also covers architectures with custom SMT topology callbacks, including powerpc. When enabled, priority remains defined by arch_asym_cpu_priority(). The weak default prefers lower-numbered logical CPUs, while architecture overrides remain authoritative. Siblings with equal priorities remain unordered. In particular, x86 with CONFIG_SCHED_MC_PRIO normally gives both SMT siblings the same core priority, so enabling the option there does not prioritize a sibling. Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260929165538.726616-3-arighi@nvidia.com
2026-10-01sched/fair: Honor asymmetric SMT priority in idle selectionAndrea Righi
POWER7 uses SD_ASYM_PACKING at the shared-capacity SMT level to order hardware threads, and NVIDIA Olympus benefits from the same policy. Idle CPU selection does not consult that order, so a task can wake on an arbitrary sibling and remain there until load balancing corrects the placement. On these systems, that initial choice can prevent the core from entering its preferred lower-thread resource mode and cause a large and persistent performance loss. When idle selection finds an available CPU in an SMT core, choose the highest-priority available sibling. On SMT2 Olympus this only changes selection on fully idle cores. A partially idle core has only one available CPU. On wider SMT systems such as POWER7, it also fills available siblings in priority order while the core is partially busy. Apply the preference to idle-core and idle-CPU scans, asymmetric-capacity scans, target, previous, recently-used CPU fast paths and the slow path. Inspect the lowest scheduling domain directly, but require both CPUs to share its span because isolcpus can split hardware siblings across scheduling domains. Keep physical-core capacity selection independent from SMT sibling ordering. SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY first selects among cores with different maximum capacities, then SD_ASYM_PACKING selects the preferred available sibling inside the chosen core, whose siblings continue to share equal capacity. Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@gmail.com> Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Tested-by: Kayra Cizmeci <kayracizmeci@gmail.com> Tested-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260929165538.726616-2-arighi@nvidia.com
2026-10-01sched: Set TIF_NEED_RESCHED before calling __trace_set_need_resched()Sechang Lim
set_tsk_need_resched() tests TIF_NEED_RESCHED, calls __trace_set_need_resched() if the flag is clear, then sets it via set_tsk_thread_flag(). A BPF raw_tp program attached to sched_set_need_resched executes synchronously inside __bpf_trace_run(). On return, __bpf_trace_run() drops the RCU lock with rcu_read_unlock_migrate(), which on the preempt-or-BH-disabled path calls set_need_resched_current() -> set_tsk_need_resched() again. set_tsk_thread_flag() follows the tracepoint call, so every re-entrant frame sees TIF_NEED_RESCHED clear and calls __trace_set_need_resched() again: BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at ffffc9001224ff98 Oops: stack guard page: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI RIP: 0010:__bpf_trace_sched_set_need_resched_tp+0x1c/0x190 Call Trace: trace_sched_set_need_resched_tp+0x110/0x130 set_tsk_need_resched include/linux/sched.h:2076 set_need_resched_current include/linux/sched.h:2094 rcu_read_unlock_special+0x43a/0x440 __rcu_read_unlock+0x9e/0x120 rcu_read_unlock_migrate+0xa9/0x240 __bpf_trace_run+0x131/0x180 bpf_trace_run3+0x333/0x430 __bpf_trace_sched_set_need_resched_tp+0x13a/0x190 trace_sched_set_need_resched_tp+0x110/0x130 set_tsk_need_resched include/linux/sched.h:2076 ... __resched_curr() has the same ordering, firing the tracepoint before setting the flag via set_ti_thread_flag() or set_nr_and_not_polling(). Fix it for consistency. Replace the separate test_tsk_thread_flag() + set_tsk_thread_flag() pair in set_tsk_need_resched() with test_and_set_tsk_thread_flag(). In __resched_curr(), move the tracepoint call after the flag is set in each path. Fixes: adcc3bfa8806 ("sched: Adapt sched tracepoints for RV task model") Signed-off-by: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260630084750.2792851-1-rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com
2026-10-01sched/core: Fix context analysis errors in non-preferred CPU pushShrikanth Hegde
Nathan reported build failure with clang23 when CONFIG_PREFERRED_CPU=y. kernel/sched/core.c:11298:3: error: releasing raw_spinlock 'rq_lockp(rq)' that was not held [-Werror,-Wthread-safety-analysis] 11298 | rq_unlock(rq, &rf); | ^ kernel/sched/core.c:11303:1: error: raw_spinlock 'rq_lockp(__this_rq())' is not held on every path through here [-Werror,-Wthread-safety-analysis] context_unsafe_alias(rq) was placed after rq_lock(), by which point it had already associated the lock with the original rq alias. Move the alias barrier before rq_lock() so that the changing rq alias is accounted for before acquiring the lock. Fixes: 74699f56ebcf ("sched/core: Push current task from non preferred CPU") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260929121838.GA1814129@ax162/ Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> # build Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260929164712.1054883-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com