linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 71a7507afb Driver Core changes for 6.2-rc1
Here is the set of driver core and kernfs changes for 6.2-rc1.
 
 The "big" change in here is the addition of a new macro,
 container_of_const() that will preserve the "const-ness" of a pointer
 passed into it.
 
 The "problem" of the current container_of() macro is that if you pass in
 a "const *", out of it can comes a non-const pointer unless you
 specifically ask for it.  For many usages, we want to preserve the
 "const" attribute by using the same call.  For a specific example, this
 series changes the kobj_to_dev() macro to use it, allowing it to be used
 no matter what the const value is.  This prevents every subsystem from
 having to declare 2 different individual macros (i.e.
 kobj_const_to_dev() and kobj_to_dev()) and having the compiler enforce
 the const value at build time, which having 2 macros would not do
 either.
 
 The driver for all of this have been discussions with the Rust kernel
 developers as to how to properly mark driver core, and kobject, objects
 as being "non-mutable".  The changes to the kobject and driver core in
 this pull request are the result of that, as there are lots of paths
 where kobjects and device pointers are not modified at all, so marking
 them as "const" allows the compiler to enforce this.
 
 So, a nice side affect of the Rust development effort has been already
 to clean up the driver core code to be more obvious about object rules.
 
 All of this has been bike-shedded in quite a lot of detail on lkml with
 different names and implementations resulting in the tiny version we
 have in here, much better than my original proposal.  Lots of subsystem
 maintainers have acked the changes as well.
 
 Other than this change, included in here are smaller stuff like:
   - kernfs fixes and updates to handle lock contention better
   - vmlinux.lds.h fixes and updates
   - sysfs and debugfs documentation updates
   - device property updates
 
 All of these have been in the linux-next tree for quite a while with no
 problems, OTHER than some merge issues with other trees that should be
 obvious when you hit them (block tree deletes a driver that this tree
 modifies, iommufd tree modifies code that this tree also touches).  If
 there are merge problems with these trees, please let me know.
 
 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Merge tag 'driver-core-6.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the set of driver core and kernfs changes for 6.2-rc1.

  The "big" change in here is the addition of a new macro,
  container_of_const() that will preserve the "const-ness" of a pointer
  passed into it.

  The "problem" of the current container_of() macro is that if you pass
  in a "const *", out of it can comes a non-const pointer unless you
  specifically ask for it. For many usages, we want to preserve the
  "const" attribute by using the same call. For a specific example, this
  series changes the kobj_to_dev() macro to use it, allowing it to be
  used no matter what the const value is. This prevents every subsystem
  from having to declare 2 different individual macros (i.e.
  kobj_const_to_dev() and kobj_to_dev()) and having the compiler enforce
  the const value at build time, which having 2 macros would not do
  either.

  The driver for all of this have been discussions with the Rust kernel
  developers as to how to properly mark driver core, and kobject,
  objects as being "non-mutable". The changes to the kobject and driver
  core in this pull request are the result of that, as there are lots of
  paths where kobjects and device pointers are not modified at all, so
  marking them as "const" allows the compiler to enforce this.

  So, a nice side affect of the Rust development effort has been already
  to clean up the driver core code to be more obvious about object
  rules.

  All of this has been bike-shedded in quite a lot of detail on lkml
  with different names and implementations resulting in the tiny version
  we have in here, much better than my original proposal. Lots of
  subsystem maintainers have acked the changes as well.

  Other than this change, included in here are smaller stuff like:

   - kernfs fixes and updates to handle lock contention better

   - vmlinux.lds.h fixes and updates

   - sysfs and debugfs documentation updates

   - device property updates

  All of these have been in the linux-next tree for quite a while with
  no problems"

* tag 'driver-core-6.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (58 commits)
  device property: Fix documentation for fwnode_get_next_parent()
  firmware_loader: fix up to_fw_sysfs() to preserve const
  usb.h: take advantage of container_of_const()
  device.h: move kobj_to_dev() to use container_of_const()
  container_of: add container_of_const() that preserves const-ness of the pointer
  driver core: fix up missed drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c class.devnode() conversion.
  driver core: fix up missed scsi/cxlflash class.devnode() conversion.
  driver core: fix up some missing class.devnode() conversions.
  driver core: make struct class.devnode() take a const *
  driver core: make struct class.dev_uevent() take a const *
  cacheinfo: Remove of_node_put() for fw_token
  device property: Add a blank line in Kconfig of tests
  device property: Rename goto label to be more precise
  device property: Move PROPERTY_ENTRY_BOOL() a bit down
  device property: Get rid of __PROPERTY_ENTRY_ARRAY_EL*SIZE*()
  kernfs: fix all kernel-doc warnings and multiple typos
  driver core: pass a const * into of_device_uevent()
  kobject: kset_uevent_ops: make name() callback take a const *
  kobject: kset_uevent_ops: make filter() callback take a const *
  kobject: make kobject_namespace take a const *
  ...
2022-12-16 03:54:54 -08:00
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bpf Networking changes for 6.2. 2022-12-13 15:47:48 -08:00
cgroup MM patches for 6.2-rc1. 2022-12-13 19:29:45 -08:00
configs mm, slob: rename CONFIG_SLOB to CONFIG_SLOB_DEPRECATED 2022-12-01 00:09:20 +01:00
debug kdb: use srcu console list iterator 2022-12-02 11:25:00 +01:00
dma dma-mapping: reject __GFP_COMP in dma_alloc_attrs 2022-11-21 09:37:20 +01:00
entry entry: kmsan: introduce kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs() 2022-10-03 14:03:25 -07:00
events Perf events updates for v6.2: 2022-12-12 15:19:38 -08:00
futex futex: Resend potentially swallowed owner death notification 2022-12-02 12:20:24 +01:00
gcov gcov: clang: fix the buffer overflow issue 2022-11-22 18:50:41 -08:00
irq genirq/msi: Provide msi_domain_alloc_irq_at() 2022-12-05 22:22:34 +01:00
kcsan hardening updates for v6.2-rc1 2022-12-14 12:20:00 -08:00
livepatch modules changes for v6.2-rc1 2022-12-13 14:05:39 -08:00
locking MM patches for 6.2-rc1. 2022-12-13 19:29:45 -08:00
module Networking changes for 6.2. 2022-12-13 15:47:48 -08:00
power PM: sleep: Refine error message in try_to_freeze_tasks() 2022-12-06 12:04:34 +01:00
printk Merge branch 'rework/console-list-lock' into for-linus 2022-12-08 11:46:56 +01:00
rcu Networking changes for 6.2. 2022-12-13 15:47:48 -08:00
sched hardening updates for v6.2-rc1 2022-12-14 12:20:00 -08:00
time Random number generator updates for Linux 6.2-rc1. 2022-12-12 16:22:22 -08:00
trace Tracing updates for 6.2: 2022-12-15 18:01:16 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c acct: fix potential integer overflow in encode_comp_t() 2022-11-30 16:13:18 -08:00
async.c Revert "module, async: async_synchronize_full() on module init iff async is used" 2022-02-03 11:20:34 -08:00
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 audit: use fsnotify group lock helpers 2022-04-25 14:37:28 +02:00
audit_watch.c audit_init_parent(): constify path 2022-09-01 17:39:30 -04:00
audit.c audit: use time_after to compare time 2022-08-29 19:47:03 -04:00
audit.h audit: remove selinux_audit_rule_update() declaration 2022-09-07 11:30:15 -04:00
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c audit: unify audit_filter_{uring(), inode_name(), syscall()} 2022-10-17 14:24:42 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c mm: multi-gen LRU: minimal implementation 2022-09-26 19:46:09 -07:00
capability.c caps: use type safe idmapping helpers 2022-10-26 10:02:39 +02:00
cfi.c cfi: Switch to -fsanitize=kcfi 2022-09-26 10:13:13 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c MAINTAINERS: Add Paul as context tracking maintainer 2022-07-05 13:33:00 -07:00
cpu_pm.c context_tracking: Take IRQ eqs entrypoints over RCU 2022-07-05 13:32:59 -07:00
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Do not bail-out in DYING/STARTING sections 2022-12-02 12:43:02 +01:00
crash_core.c vmcoreinfo: warn if we exceed vmcoreinfo data size 2022-11-30 16:13:17 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: Do not default to init_cred in prepare_kernel_cred() 2022-11-01 10:04:52 -07:00
delayacct.c delayacct: support re-entrance detection of thrashing accounting 2022-09-26 19:46:07 -07:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c exit: Allow oops_limit to be disabled 2022-12-02 13:04:39 -08:00
extable.c context_tracking: Take NMI eqs entrypoints over RCU 2022-07-05 13:32:59 -07:00
fail_function.c fail_function: fix wrong use of fei_attr_remove() 2022-09-11 21:55:11 -07:00
fork.c MM patches for 6.2-rc1. 2022-12-13 19:29:45 -08:00
freezer.c freezer,sched: Rewrite core freezer logic 2022-09-07 21:53:50 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh kbuild: build init/built-in.a just once 2022-09-29 04:40:15 +09:00
groups.c security: Add LSM hook to setgroups() syscall 2022-07-15 18:21:49 +00:00
hung_task.c sched: Fix more TASK_state comparisons 2022-09-30 16:50:39 +02:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work: use kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc() record callstack 2022-04-15 14:49:55 -07:00
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 kallsyms: Remove unneeded semicolon 2022-11-18 12:56:40 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h kallsyms: Add self-test facility 2022-11-15 00:42:02 -08:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Add self-test facility 2022-11-15 00:42:02 -08:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt Revert "signal, x86: Delay calling signals in atomic on RT enabled kernels" 2022-03-31 10:36:55 +02:00
kcov.c kcov: kmsan: unpoison area->list in kcov_remote_area_put() 2022-10-03 14:03:23 -07:00
kexec_core.c kexec: remove the unneeded result variable 2022-11-18 13:55:07 -08:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec: replace crash_mem_range with range 2022-11-18 13:55:07 -08:00
kexec_internal.h panic, kexec: make __crash_kexec() NMI safe 2022-09-11 21:55:06 -07:00
kexec.c panic, kexec: make __crash_kexec() NMI safe 2022-09-11 21:55:06 -07:00
kheaders.c
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Skip clearing aggrprobe's post_handler in kprobe-on-ftrace case 2022-11-18 10:15:34 +09:00
ksysfs.c kernel/ksysfs.c: export kernel cpu byteorder 2022-11-10 19:07:31 +01:00
kthread.c signal: break out of wait loops on kthread_stop() 2022-10-09 16:01:59 -07:00
latencytop.c latencytop: use the last element of latency_record of system 2022-09-11 21:55:12 -07:00
Makefile kallsyms: Add self-test facility 2022-11-15 00:42:02 -08:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c notifier: repair slips in kernel-doc comments 2022-11-30 19:32:30 +01:00
nsproxy.c fs/exec: switch timens when a task gets a new mm 2022-10-25 15:15:52 -07:00
padata.c padata: Fix list iterator in padata_do_serial() 2022-11-25 17:39:18 +08:00
panic.c hardening updates for v6.2-rc1 2022-12-14 12:20:00 -08:00
params.c Driver Core changes for 6.2-rc1 2022-12-16 03:54:54 -08:00
pid_namespace.c kernel: pid_namespace: use NULL instead of using plain integer as pointer 2022-04-29 14:38:00 -07:00
pid.c gfs2: Add glockfd debugfs file 2022-06-29 13:07:16 +02:00
profile.c kernel/profile.c: simplify duplicated code in profile_setup() 2022-09-11 21:55:12 -07:00
ptrace.c freezer,sched: Rewrite core freezer logic 2022-09-07 21:53:50 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel/reboot: Add SYS_OFF_MODE_RESTART_PREPARE mode 2022-10-04 15:59:36 +02:00
regset.c
relay.c relay: fix type mismatch when allocating memory in relay_create_buf() 2022-12-11 19:30:19 -08:00
resource_kunit.c
resource.c Driver Core changes for 6.2-rc1 2022-12-16 03:54:54 -08:00
rseq.c rseq: Use pr_warn_once() when deprecated/unknown ABI flags are encountered 2022-11-14 09:58:32 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Fix distribution of short handler delays 2022-04-11 17:07:29 -07:00
scs.c scs: add support for dynamic shadow call stacks 2022-11-09 18:06:35 +00:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Add wait_killable semantic to seccomp user notifier 2022-05-03 14:11:58 -07:00
signal.c hardening updates for v6.2-rc1 2022-12-14 12:20:00 -08:00
smp.c bitmap patches for v6.1-rc1 2022-10-10 12:49:34 -07:00
smpboot.c smpboot: use atomic_try_cmpxchg in cpu_wait_death and cpu_report_death 2022-09-11 21:55:10 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c context_tracking: Take IRQ eqs entrypoints over RCU 2022-07-05 13:32:59 -07:00
stackleak.c stackleak: add on/off stack variants 2022-05-08 01:33:09 -07:00
stacktrace.c uaccess: remove CONFIG_SET_FS 2022-02-25 09:36:06 +01:00
static_call_inline.c static_call: Add call depth tracking support 2022-10-17 16:41:16 +02:00
static_call.c static_call: Don't make __static_call_return0 static 2022-04-05 09:59:38 +02:00
stop_machine.c Scheduler changes in this cycle were: 2022-05-24 11:11:13 -07:00
sys_ni.c kernel/sys_ni: add compat entry for fadvise64_64 2022-08-20 15:17:45 -07:00
sys.c Random number generator updates for Linux 6.1-rc1. 2022-10-10 10:41:21 -07:00
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 MM patches for 6.2-rc1. 2022-12-13 19:29:45 -08:00
task_work.c task_work: use try_cmpxchg in task_work_add, task_work_cancel_match and task_work_run 2022-09-11 21:55:10 -07:00
taskstats.c genetlink: start to validate reserved header bytes 2022-08-29 12:47:15 +01:00
torture.c torture: Wake up kthreads after storing task_struct pointer 2022-02-01 17:24:39 -08:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Optimize the critical region of mutex_lock in tracepoint_module_coming() 2022-09-26 13:01:18 -04:00
tsacct.c taskstats: version 12 with thread group and exe info 2022-04-29 14:38:03 -07:00
ucount.c ucounts: Split rlimit and ucount values and max values 2022-05-18 18:24:57 -05:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c freezer,sched: Rewrite core freezer logic 2022-09-07 21:53:50 +02:00
up.c
user_namespace.c ucounts: Split rlimit and ucount values and max values 2022-10-09 16:24:05 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c kernel/user: Allow user_struct::locked_vm to be usable for iommufd 2022-11-30 20:16:49 -04:00
usermode_driver.c blob_to_mnt(): kern_unmount() is needed to undo kern_mount() 2022-05-19 23:25:47 -04:00
utsname_sysctl.c kernel/utsname_sysctl.c: Fix hostname polling 2022-10-23 12:01:01 -07:00
utsname.c
watch_queue.c This was a moderately busy cycle for documentation, but nothing all that 2022-08-02 19:24:24 -07:00
watchdog_hld.c Revert "printk: add functions to prefer direct printing" 2022-06-23 18:41:40 +02:00
watchdog.c powerpc updates for 6.0 2022-08-06 16:38:17 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: Make queue_rcu_work() use call_rcu_hurry() 2022-11-30 13:17:05 -08:00