linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 685d982112 Core x86 changes for v6.9:
- The biggest change is the rework of the percpu code,
   to support the 'Named Address Spaces' GCC feature,
   by Uros Bizjak:
 
    - This allows C code to access GS and FS segment relative
      memory via variables declared with such attributes,
      which allows the compiler to better optimize those accesses
      than the previous inline assembly code.
 
    - The series also includes a number of micro-optimizations
      for various percpu access methods, plus a number of
      cleanups of %gs accesses in assembly code.
 
    - These changes have been exposed to linux-next testing for
      the last ~5 months, with no known regressions in this area.
 
 - Fix/clean up __switch_to()'s broken but accidentally
   working handling of FPU switching - which also generates
   better code.
 
 - Propagate more RIP-relative addressing in assembly code,
   to generate slightly better code.
 
 - Rework the CPU mitigations Kconfig space to be less idiosyncratic,
   to make it easier for distros to follow & maintain these options.
 
 - Rework the x86 idle code to cure RCU violations and
   to clean up the logic.
 
 - Clean up the vDSO Makefile logic.
 
 - Misc cleanups and fixes.
 
 [ Please note that there's a higher number of merge commits in
   this branch (three) than is usual in x86 topic trees. This happened
   due to the long testing lifecycle of the percpu changes that
   involved 3 merge windows, which generated a longer history
   and various interactions with other core x86 changes that we
   felt better about to carry in a single branch. ]
 
 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull core x86 updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - The biggest change is the rework of the percpu code, to support the
   'Named Address Spaces' GCC feature, by Uros Bizjak:

      - This allows C code to access GS and FS segment relative memory
        via variables declared with such attributes, which allows the
        compiler to better optimize those accesses than the previous
        inline assembly code.

      - The series also includes a number of micro-optimizations for
        various percpu access methods, plus a number of cleanups of %gs
        accesses in assembly code.

      - These changes have been exposed to linux-next testing for the
        last ~5 months, with no known regressions in this area.

 - Fix/clean up __switch_to()'s broken but accidentally working handling
   of FPU switching - which also generates better code

 - Propagate more RIP-relative addressing in assembly code, to generate
   slightly better code

 - Rework the CPU mitigations Kconfig space to be less idiosyncratic, to
   make it easier for distros to follow & maintain these options

 - Rework the x86 idle code to cure RCU violations and to clean up the
   logic

 - Clean up the vDSO Makefile logic

 - Misc cleanups and fixes

* tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits)
  x86/idle: Select idle routine only once
  x86/idle: Let prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt() return bool
  x86/idle: Cleanup idle_setup()
  x86/idle: Clean up idle selection
  x86/idle: Sanitize X86_BUG_AMD_E400 handling
  sched/idle: Conditionally handle tick broadcast in default_idle_call()
  x86: Increase brk randomness entropy for 64-bit systems
  x86/vdso: Move vDSO to mmap region
  x86/vdso/kbuild: Group non-standard build attributes and primary object file rules together
  x86/vdso: Fix rethunk patching for vdso-image-{32,64}.o
  x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime
  x86/vdso: Use CONFIG_COMPAT_32 to specify vdso32
  x86/vdso: Use $(addprefix ) instead of $(foreach )
  x86/vdso: Simplify obj-y addition
  x86/vdso: Consolidate targets and clean-files
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_RETHUNK              => CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_SRSO             => CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_IBRS_ENTRY       => CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBRS_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY      => CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_SLS                  => CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS
  ...
2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
..
bpf cpumap: Zero-initialise xdp_rxq_info struct before running XDP program 2024-03-05 16:48:53 -08:00
cgroup cgroup: Changes for 6.9 2024-03-11 13:13:22 -07:00
configs hardening: Provide Kconfig fragments for basic options 2023-09-22 09:50:55 -07:00
debug kdb: Fix a potential buffer overflow in kdb_local() 2024-01-17 17:19:06 +00:00
dma dma-mapping fixes for Linux 6.8 2024-01-18 16:49:34 -08:00
entry entry: Move syscall_enter_from_user_mode() to header file 2023-12-21 23:12:18 +01:00
events uprobes: use pagesize-aligned virtual address when replacing pages 2024-01-25 23:52:20 -08:00
futex futex: Prevent the reuse of stale pi_state 2024-01-19 12:58:17 +01:00
gcov gcov: annotate struct gcov_iterator with __counted_by 2023-10-18 14:43:22 -07:00
irq Updates for the MSI interrupt subsystem and RISC-V initial MSI support: 2024-03-11 14:03:03 -07:00
kcsan mm: delete checks for xor_unlock_is_negative_byte() 2023-10-18 14:34:17 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Fix missing newline character in klp_resolve_symbols() 2023-09-20 11:24:18 +02:00
locking locking/rtmutex: Use try_cmpxchg_relaxed() in mark_rt_mutex_waiters() 2024-03-01 13:02:05 +01:00
module Modules changes for v6.8-rc1 2024-01-10 18:00:18 -08:00
power power: port block device access to file 2024-02-25 12:05:22 +01:00
printk TTY/Serial changes for 6.7-rc1 2023-11-03 15:44:25 -10:00
rcu Merge branches 'rcu-doc.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-nocb.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-exp.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-tasks.2024.02.26a' and 'rcu-misc.2024.02.14a' into rcu.2024.02.26a 2024-02-26 17:37:25 -08:00
sched Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
time Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
trace Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c fs: rename __mnt_{want,drop}_write*() helpers 2023-09-11 15:05:50 +02:00
async.c async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active 2024-02-09 11:13:59 -10:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: fix potential double free on error path from fsnotify_add_inode_mark 2022-08-22 18:50:06 -04:00
audit_tree.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
audit_watch.c audit: don't WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm) in audit_exe_compare() 2023-11-14 17:34:27 -05:00
audit.c audit: Send netlink ACK before setting connection in auditd_set 2023-11-12 22:33:49 -05:00
audit.h audit: correct audit_filter_inodes() definition 2023-07-21 12:17:25 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: move trailing statements to next line 2023-08-15 18:16:14 -04:00
auditsc.c audit,io_uring: io_uring openat triggers audit reference count underflow 2023-10-13 18:34:46 +02:00
backtracetest.c backtracetest: Convert from tasklet to BH workqueue 2024-02-05 13:22:34 -10:00
bounds.c mm: multi-gen LRU: minimal implementation 2022-09-26 19:46:09 -07:00
capability.c lsm: constify the 'target' parameter in security_capget() 2023-08-08 16:48:47 -04:00
cfi.c cfi: Switch to -fsanitize=kcfi 2022-09-26 10:13:13 -07:00
compat.c sched_getaffinity: don't assume 'cpumask_size()' is fully initialized 2023-03-14 19:32:38 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Fix kerneldoc headers for __ct_user_{enter,exit}() 2024-02-14 07:53:50 -08:00
cpu_pm.c cpuidle, cpu_pm: Remove RCU fiddling from cpu_pm_{enter,exit}() 2023-01-13 11:48:15 +01:00
cpu.c Rework of APIC enumeration and topology evaluation: 2024-03-11 15:45:55 -07:00
crash_core.c kernel/crash_core.c: make __crash_hotplug_lock static 2024-01-12 15:20:47 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS 2023-12-15 14:19:48 -08:00
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from IRQ/SOFTIRQ 2023-04-18 16:39:34 -07:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c vfs-6.9.pidfd 2024-03-11 10:21:06 -07:00
exit.h exit: add internal include file with helpers 2023-09-21 12:03:50 -06:00
extable.c
fail_function.c kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() 2023-02-08 13:36:22 +01:00
fork.c RCU pull request for v6.9 2024-03-11 12:02:50 -07:00
freezer.c Linux 6.7-rc6 2023-12-23 15:52:13 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh Revert "kheaders: substituting --sort in archive creation" 2023-05-28 16:20:21 +09:00
groups.c groups: Convert group_info.usage to refcount_t 2023-09-29 11:28:39 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: set some hung_task.c variables storage-class-specifier to static 2023-04-08 13:45:37 -07:00
iomem.c kernel/iomem.c: remove __weak ioremap_cache helper 2023-08-21 13:37:28 -07:00
irq_work.c trace: Add trace_ipi_send_cpu() 2023-03-24 11:01:29 +01:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Prevent key->enabled int overflow 2022-12-01 15:53:05 -08:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Reduce the memory occupied by kallsyms_seqs_of_names[] 2022-11-12 18:47:36 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Modules changes for v6.6-rc1 2023-08-29 17:32:32 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.h kallsyms: Add self-test facility 2022-11-15 00:42:02 -08:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Change func signature for cleanup_symbol_name() 2023-08-25 15:00:36 -07:00
kcmp.c file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec kexec: select CRYPTO from KEXEC_FILE instead of depending on it 2023-12-20 13:46:19 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: add prototypes for helper functions 2023-06-09 17:44:17 -07:00
kexec_core.c kexec: do syscore_shutdown() in kernel_kexec 2024-01-12 15:20:47 -08:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec_file: fix incorrect temp_start value in locate_mem_hole_top_down() 2023-12-29 12:22:25 -08:00
kexec_internal.h panic, kexec: make __crash_kexec() NMI safe 2022-09-11 21:55:06 -07:00
kexec.c kernel: kexec: copy user-array safely 2023-10-09 16:59:47 +10:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Use array declaration instead of char 2023-03-24 20:10:59 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unnecessary initial values of variables 2024-02-08 23:29:29 +09:00
ksyms_common.c kallsyms: make kallsyms_show_value() as generic function 2023-06-08 12:27:20 -07:00
ksysfs.c crash: hotplug support for kexec_load() 2023-08-24 16:25:14 -07:00
kthread.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
latencytop.c latencytop: use the last element of latency_record of system 2022-09-11 21:55:12 -07:00
Makefile kernel/numa.c: Move logging out of numa.h 2023-12-20 19:26:30 -05:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c notifiers: add tracepoints to the notifiers infrastructure 2023-04-08 13:45:38 -07:00
nsproxy.c pidfd: add pidfs 2024-03-01 12:23:37 +01:00
numa.c kernel/numa.c: Move logging out of numa.h 2023-12-20 19:26:30 -05:00
padata.c padata: Fix refcnt handling in padata_free_shell() 2023-10-27 18:04:24 +08:00
panic.c panic: use atomic_try_cmpxchg in panic() and nmi_panic() 2023-10-04 10:41:56 -07:00
params.c params: Fix multi-line comment style 2023-12-01 09:51:44 -08:00
pid_namespace.c wait: Remove uapi header file from main header file 2023-12-20 19:26:31 -05:00
pid_sysctl.h memfd: replace ratcheting feature from vm.memfd_noexec with hierarchy 2023-08-21 13:37:59 -07:00
pid.c pidfs: convert to path_from_stashed() helper 2024-03-01 12:24:53 +01:00
profile.c kernel/profile.c: simplify duplicated code in profile_setup() 2022-09-11 21:55:12 -07:00
ptrace.c Quite a lot of kexec work this time around. Many singleton patches in 2024-01-09 11:46:20 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c Thermal control updates for 6.8-rc1 2024-01-09 16:20:17 -08:00
regset.c
relay.c kernel: relay: remove relay_file_splice_read dead code, doesn't work 2023-12-29 12:22:27 -08:00
resource_kunit.c
resource.c Quite a lot of kexec work this time around. Many singleton patches in 2024-01-09 11:46:20 -08:00
rseq.c rseq: Extend struct rseq with per-memory-map concurrency ID 2022-12-27 12:52:12 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Pause testing after memory-allocation failure 2023-07-14 15:02:57 -07:00
scs.c scs: add support for dynamic shadow call stacks 2022-11-09 18:06:35 +00:00
seccomp.c file: remove __receive_fd() 2023-12-12 14:24:14 +01:00
signal.c pidfd: allow to override signal scope in pidfd_send_signal() 2024-02-21 09:46:08 +01:00
smp.c CSD lock commits for v6.7 2023-10-30 17:56:53 -10:00
smpboot.c kthread: add kthread_stop_put 2023-10-04 10:41:57 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c workqueue: Drain BH work items on hot-unplugged CPUs 2024-02-29 11:51:24 -10:00
stackleak.c stackleak: allow to specify arch specific stackleak poison function 2023-04-20 11:36:35 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: fix kernel-doc typo 2023-12-29 12:22:29 -08:00
static_call_inline.c static_call: Add call depth tracking support 2022-10-17 16:41:16 +02:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c lsm/stable-6.8 PR 20240105 2024-01-09 12:57:46 -08:00
sys.c getrusage: use sig->stats_lock rather than lock_task_sighand() 2024-02-07 21:20:32 -08:00
sysctl-test.c kernel/sysctl-test: use SYSCTL_{ZERO/ONE_HUNDRED} instead of i_{zero/one_hundred} 2022-09-08 16:56:45 -07:00
sysctl.c asm-generic updates for v6.7 2023-11-01 15:28:33 -10:00
task_work.c task_work: add kerneldoc annotation for 'data' argument 2023-09-19 13:21:32 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: fill_stats_for_tgid: use for_each_thread() 2023-10-04 10:41:57 -07:00
torture.c torture: Print out torture module parameters 2023-09-24 17:24:01 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Allow livepatch module add trace event 2023-02-18 14:34:36 -05:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c sysctl: Add size to register_sysctl 2023-08-15 15:26:17 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c sysctl: fix unused proc_cap_handler() function warning 2023-06-29 15:19:43 -07:00
up.c smp: Change function signatures to use call_single_data_t 2023-09-13 14:59:24 +02:00
user_namespace.c mnt_idmapping: decouple from namespaces 2023-11-28 14:08:47 +01:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c binfmt_misc: enable sandboxed mounts 2023-10-11 08:46:01 -07:00
usermode_driver.c
utsname_sysctl.c utsname: simplify one-level sysctl registration for uts_kern_table 2023-04-13 11:49:35 -07:00
utsname.c
vhost_task.c vhost: Fix worker hangs due to missed wake up calls 2023-06-08 15:43:09 -04:00
watch_queue.c watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order 2023-12-21 13:17:54 +01:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: move SMP barriers from common code to buddy code 2023-06-19 16:25:28 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/perf: add a weak function for an arch to detect if perf can use NMIs 2023-06-09 17:44:21 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: if panicking and we dumped everything, don't re-enable dumping 2023-12-29 12:22:30 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Drop the special locking rule for worker->flags and worker_pool->flags 2023-08-07 15:57:22 -10:00
workqueue.c A large set of updates and features for timers and timekeeping: 2024-03-11 14:38:26 -07:00