linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 23b5d045ae tracing: Updates for v7.2:
- Remove a redundant IS_ERR() check
 
   trace_pipe_open() already checks for IS_ERR() and does it again in the
   return path. Remove the return check.
 
 - Export seq_buf_putmem_hex() to allow kunit tests against them
 
   To add Kunit tests on seq_buf_putmem_hex(), it needs to be exported.
 
 - Replace strcat() and strcpy() with seq_buf() logic
 
   The code for synthetic events uses a series of strcat() and strcpy() which
   can be error prone. Replace them with seq_buf() logic that does all the
   necessary bound checking.
 
 - Add a lockdep rcu_is_watching() to trace_##event##_enabled() call
 
   The trace_##event##_enabled() is a static branch that is true if the
   "event" is enabled. But this can hide bugs if this logic is in a location
   where RCU is disabled and not "watching". It would only trigger if lockdep
   is enabled and the event is enabled.
 
   Add a "rcu_is_watching()" warning if lockdep is enabled in that helper
   function to trigger regardless if the event is enabled or not.
 
 - Remove the local variable in the trace_printk() macro
 
   For name space integrity, remove the _______STR variable in the
   trace_printk() macro for using the sizeof() macro directly.
 
 - Use guard()s for the trace_recursion_record.c file
 
 - Fix typo in a comment of eventfs_callback() kerneldoc
 
 - Use trace_call__##event() in events called within trace_##event##_enabled()
 
   A couple of events are called within an if block guarded by
   trace_##event##_enabled(). That is a static key that is only enabled when
   the event is enabled. The trace_call_##event() calls the tracepoint code
   directly without adding a redundant static key for that check.
 
 - Allow perf to read synthetic events
 
   Currently, perf does not have the ability to enable a synthetic event. If
   it does, it will either cause a kernel warning or error with "No such
   device". Synthetic events are not much different than kprobes and perf can
   handle fine with a few modifications.
 
 - Replace printk(KERN_WARNING ...) with pr_warn()
 
 - Replace krealloc() on an array with krealloc_array()
 
 - Fix README file path name for synthetic events
 
 - Change tracing_map tracing_map_array to use a flexible array
 
   Instead of allocating a separate pointer to hold the pages field of
   tracing_map_array, allocate the pages field as a flexible array when
   allocating the structure.
 
 - Fold trace_iterator_increment() into trace_find_next_entry_inc()
 
   The function trace_iterator_increment() was only used by
   trace_find_next_entry_inc(). It's not big enough to be a helper function
   for one user. Fold it into its caller.
 
 - Make field_var_str field a flexible array of hist_elt_data
 
   Instead of allocating a separate pointer for the field_var_str array of
   the hist_elt_data structure, allocate it as a flexible array when
   allocating the structure.
 
 - Disable KCOV for trace_irqsoff.c
 
   Like trace_preemptirq.c, trace_irqsoff.c has code that will crash when
   KCOV is enabled on ARM. The irqsoff tracing can be called on ARM because
   the irqsoff tracing code can be run from early interrupt code and produce
   coverage unrelated to syscall inputs.
 
 - Fix warning in __unregister_ftrace_function() called by perf
 
   Perf calls unregister_ftrace_function() without checking if its ftrace_ops
   has already been unregistered. There's an error path where on clean up it
   will unregister the ftrace_ops even if it wasn't registered and causes a
   warning.
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Merge tag 'trace-v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Remove a redundant IS_ERR() check

   trace_pipe_open() already checks for IS_ERR() and does it again in
   the return path. Remove the return check.

 - Export seq_buf_putmem_hex() to allow kunit tests against them

   To add Kunit tests on seq_buf_putmem_hex(), it needs to be exported.

 - Replace strcat() and strcpy() with seq_buf() logic

   The code for synthetic events uses a series of strcat() and strcpy()
   which can be error prone. Replace them with seq_buf() logic that does
   all the necessary bound checking.

 - Add a lockdep rcu_is_watching() to trace_##event##_enabled() call

   The trace_##event##_enabled() is a static branch that is true if the
   "event" is enabled. But this can hide bugs if this logic is in a
   location where RCU is disabled and not "watching". It would only
   trigger if lockdep is enabled and the event is enabled.

   Add a "rcu_is_watching()" warning if lockdep is enabled in that
   helper function to trigger regardless if the event is enabled or not.

 - Remove the local variable in the trace_printk() macro

   For name space integrity, remove the _______STR variable in the
   trace_printk() macro for using the sizeof() macro directly.

 - Use guard()s for the trace_recursion_record.c file

 - Fix typo in a comment of eventfs_callback() kerneldoc

 - Use trace_call__##event() in events within trace_##event##_enabled()

   A couple of events are called within an if block guarded by
   trace_##event##_enabled(). That is a static key that is only enabled
   when the event is enabled. The trace_call_##event() calls the
   tracepoint code directly without adding a redundant static key for
   that check.

 - Allow perf to read synthetic events

   Currently, perf does not have the ability to enable a synthetic
   event. If it does, it will either cause a kernel warning or error
   with "No such device". Synthetic events are not much different than
   kprobes and perf can handle fine with a few modifications.

 - Replace printk(KERN_WARNING ...) with pr_warn()

 - Replace krealloc() on an array with krealloc_array()

 - Fix README file path name for synthetic events

 - Change tracing_map tracing_map_array to use a flexible array

   Instead of allocating a separate pointer to hold the pages field of
   tracing_map_array, allocate the pages field as a flexible array when
   allocating the structure.

 - Fold trace_iterator_increment() into trace_find_next_entry_inc()

   The function trace_iterator_increment() was only used by
   trace_find_next_entry_inc(). It's not big enough to be a helper
   function for one user. Fold it into its caller.

 - Make field_var_str field a flexible array of hist_elt_data

   Instead of allocating a separate pointer for the field_var_str array
   of the hist_elt_data structure, allocate it as a flexible array when
   allocating the structure.

 - Disable KCOV for trace_irqsoff.c

   Like trace_preemptirq.c, trace_irqsoff.c has code that will crash
   when KCOV is enabled on ARM. The irqsoff tracing can be called on ARM
   because the irqsoff tracing code can be run from early interrupt code
   and produce coverage unrelated to syscall inputs.

 - Fix warning in __unregister_ftrace_function() called by perf

   Perf calls unregister_ftrace_function() without checking if its
   ftrace_ops has already been unregistered. There's an error path where
   on clean up it will unregister the ftrace_ops even if it wasn't
   registered and causes a warning.

* tag 'trace-v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  perf/ftrace: Fix WARNING in __unregister_ftrace_function
  tracing: Disable KCOV instrumentation for trace_irqsoff.o
  tracing: Turn hist_elt_data field_var_str into a flexible array
  tracing: Move trace_iterator_increment() into trace_find_next_entry_inc()
  tracing: Simplify pages allocation for tracing_map logic
  tracing: Fix README path for synthetic_events
  tracing: Use krealloc_array() for trace option array growth
  tracing/branch: Use pr_warn() instead of printk(KERN_WARNING)
  tracing: Allow perf to read synthetic events
  HID: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  cpufreq: amd-pstate: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call site
  tracefs: Fix typo in a comment of eventfs_callback() kerneldoc
  tracing: Switch trace_recursion_record.c code over to use guard()
  tracing: Remove local variable for argument detection from trace_printk()
  tracepoint: Add lockdep rcu_is_watching() check to trace_##name##_enabled()
  tracing: Bound synthetic-field strings with seq_buf
  seq_buf: Export seq_buf_putmem_hex() and add KUnit tests
  tracing: Remove redundant IS_ERR() check in trace_pipe_open()
2026-06-18 20:53:00 -07:00
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bpf bpf-next-7.2 2026-06-17 09:18:14 +01:00
cgroup cgroup: Changes for v7.2 2026-06-17 12:03:56 +01:00
configs slab: support for compiler-assisted type-based slab cache partitioning 2026-05-14 10:44:09 +02:00
debug kgdb: update outdated references to kgdb_wait() 2026-04-21 16:41:54 +01:00
dma dma-mapping updates for Linux 7.2: 2026-06-17 12:20:21 -07:00
entry futex: Provide infrastructure to plug the non contended robust futex unlock race 2026-06-03 11:38:52 +02:00
events bpf-next-7.2 2026-06-17 09:18:14 +01:00
futex Locking updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:21:14 +05:30
gcov Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
irq Locking updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:21:14 +05:30
kcsan kcsan: test: Adjust "expect" allocation type for kmalloc_obj 2026-02-26 09:54:08 -08:00
livepatch Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
liveupdate kho: fix order calculation for kho_unpreserve_pages() 2026-05-26 11:01:49 +03:00
locking Scheduler updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:50:18 +05:30
module module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() 2026-06-04 16:37:32 +00:00
power Merge branches 'pm-sleep', 'pm-powercap' and 'pm-tools' 2026-06-11 21:42:36 +02:00
printk printk: fix typos in comments 2026-06-02 15:36:06 +02:00
rcu Updates for the NOHZ subsystem: 2026-06-15 13:48:52 +05:30
sched sched_ext: Changes for v7.2 2026-06-17 12:10:11 +01:00
time A series of updates for the VDSO: 2026-06-15 13:57:13 +05:30
trace tracing: Updates for v7.2: 2026-06-18 20:53:00 -07:00
unwind Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
.gitignore kheaders: rebuild kheaders_data.tar.xz when a file is modified within a minute 2025-06-24 20:30:37 +09:00
acct.c fs: move SB_I_USERNS_VISIBLE to FS_USERNS_MOUNT_RESTRICTED 2026-05-11 23:13:01 +02:00
async.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
audit_tree.c audit: use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned' 2026-05-26 17:15:30 -04:00
audit_watch.c audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
audit.c audit/stable-7.2 PR 20260615 2026-06-17 12:55:09 +01:00
audit.h audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
auditsc.c audit/stable-7.2 PR 20260615 2026-06-17 12:55:09 +01:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c x86/asm: Remove ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL usage 2025-12-03 16:53:19 +01:00
capability.c capability: Remove unused has_capability 2025-03-07 22:03:09 -06:00
cfi.c cfi: Move BPF CFI types and helpers to generic code 2025-07-31 18:23:53 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Remove rcu_task_trace_heavyweight_{enter,exit}() 2026-01-01 16:39:46 +08:00
cpu_pm.c syscore: Pass context data to callbacks 2025-11-14 10:01:52 +01:00
cpu.c driver core: Replace dev->offline + ->offline_disabled with accessors 2026-04-26 23:51:02 +02:00
crash_core_test.c crash: add KUnit tests for crash_exclude_mem_range 2025-09-13 17:32:55 -07:00
crash_core.c kernel/crash: remove inclusion of crypto/sha1.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump/dm-crypt: don't print in arch-specific code 2026-04-02 23:36:24 -07:00
crash_reserve.c kernel/crash: remove inclusion of crypto/sha1.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
cred.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
delayacct.c delayacct: fix uapi timespec64 definition 2026-02-08 00:13:32 -08:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c
exec_domain.c
exec_state.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
exit.c Scheduler updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:50:18 +05:30
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
fork.c Scheduler updates for v7.2: 2026-06-15 14:50:18 +05:30
freezer.c freezer: Clarify that only cgroup1 freezer uses PM freezer 2025-10-30 20:10:27 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: make it possible to override TAR 2025-08-06 10:23:36 +09:00
groups.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: explicitly report I/O wait state in log output 2026-03-27 21:19:40 -07:00
iomem.c mm/memremap: Pass down MEMREMAP_* flags to arch_memremap_wb() 2025-02-21 15:05:38 +01:00
irq_work.c irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT 2026-05-11 16:28:04 +02:00
jump_label.c jump_label: use ATOMIC_INIT() for initialization of .enabled 2026-03-16 13:16:48 +01:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Get rid of kallsyms relative base 2026-01-22 15:58:22 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
kcmp.c kcmp: improve performance adding an unlikely hint to task comparisons 2025-02-21 10:25:33 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz kernel: Fix "select" wording on HZ_250 description 2025-02-21 09:20:30 +01:00
Kconfig.kexec liveupdate: kho: move to kernel/liveupdate 2025-11-27 14:24:33 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt sched: Further restrict the preemption modes 2026-01-08 12:43:57 +01:00
kcov.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kexec_core.c kernel/kexec: remove inclusion of crypto/hash.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
kexec_elf.c kexec: initialize ELF lowest address to ULONG_MAX 2025-03-16 22:30:47 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec: derive purgatory entry from symbol 2026-01-31 16:16:07 -08:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: enable CMA based contiguous allocation 2025-08-02 12:01:38 -07:00
kexec.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Simplify attribute through __BIN_ATTR_SIMPLE_RO() 2024-12-24 09:46:49 +01:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace() 2026-03-13 23:15:26 +09:00
kstack_erase.c sysctl: remove __user qualifier from stack_erasing_sysctl buffer argument 2025-11-27 15:44:53 +01:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier 2026-04-03 19:39:52 +02:00
kthread.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
latencytop.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
Makefile exec: introduce struct task_exec_state 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
module_signature.c module: Give 'enum pkey_id_type' a more specific name 2026-03-24 21:42:37 +00:00
notifier.c
nscommon.c nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls 2026-02-27 22:00:08 +01:00
nsproxy.c vfs-7.1-rc1.mount.v2 2026-04-14 19:59:25 -07:00
nstree.c nstree: tighten permission checks for listing 2026-02-27 22:00:11 +01:00
padata.c padata: Put CPU offline callback in ONLINE section to allow failure 2026-03-22 11:17:59 +09:00
panic.c bug/kunit: Core support for suppressing warning backtraces 2026-05-14 10:50:00 -06:00
params.c kernel: param: initialize module_kset in a pure_initcall 2026-06-08 23:27:56 +02:00
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: allow opening pid_for_children before init was created 2026-03-20 14:44:26 +01:00
pid_sysctl.h treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
pid.c pidfd: refuse access to tasks that have started exiting harder 2026-05-19 08:57:47 +02:00
profile.c
ptrace.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
regset.c
relay.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource_kunit.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource.c PCI: Align head space better 2026-03-27 10:19:08 -05:00
rseq.c rseq: Reenable performance optimizations conditionally 2026-05-06 17:40:27 +02:00
scftorture.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
scs.c scs: fix a wrong parameter in __scs_magic 2025-11-12 10:00:13 -08:00
seccomp.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
signal.c signal: clear JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK for caller in zap_other_threads() 2026-05-22 15:19:31 +02:00
smp.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
smpboot.c sched/smp: Use the SMP version of idle_thread_set_boot_cpu() 2025-06-13 08:47:20 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Prepare for deferred hrtimer rearming 2026-02-27 16:40:13 +01:00
stacktrace.c
static_call_inline.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c sched: Simplify ifdeffery around cpu_smt_mask 2026-05-19 12:17:37 +02:00
sys_ni.c rseq: Implement sys_rseq_slice_yield() 2026-01-22 11:11:17 +01:00
sys.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
sysctl-test.c sysctl: move u8 register test to lib/test_sysctl.c 2025-04-14 14:13:41 +02:00
sysctl.c sysctl: fix uninitialized variable in proc_do_large_bitmap 2026-03-26 09:32:19 +01:00
task_work.c task_work: Fix NMI race condition 2025-10-29 10:29:54 +01:00
taskstats.c taskstats: set version in TGID exit notifications 2026-04-15 02:15:02 -07:00
torture.c torture: Add torture_sched_set_normal() for user-specified nice values 2026-05-24 09:38:47 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func() 2026-04-14 05:17:02 -04:00
tsacct.c tsacct: skip all kernel threads 2026-01-26 19:07:13 -08:00
ucount.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq 2026-05-07 11:30:08 -10:00
up.c
user_namespace.c Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c ns: drop custom reference count initialization for initial namespaces 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
utsname.c namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
vhost_task.c vhost_task_create: kill unnecessary .exit_signal initialization 2026-06-10 02:17:00 -04:00
vmcore_info.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-04-16 20:11:56 -07:00
watch_queue.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: improve buddy system detection timeliness 2026-03-27 21:19:47 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/hardlockup: simplify perf event probe and remove per-cpu dependency 2026-02-08 00:13:35 -08:00
watchdog.c watchdog/hardlockup: improve buddy system detection timeliness 2026-03-27 21:19:47 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Show in-flight work item duration in stall diagnostics 2026-03-05 07:27:48 -10:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Changes for v7.2 2026-06-17 11:57:44 +01:00