linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 8915457146 Performance events updates for v7.3:
uprobes updates:
 
  - Patch series to fix a category of bugs with optimized uprobes that
    can clobber the redzone area with call instruction storing return
    address on stack where user code may keep temporary data without
    adjusting RSP. Fix this by moving the optimized uprobes on top of
    10-bytes NOP instruction, so we can squeeze another instruction to
    escape the redzone area before doing the call.
    (Jiri Olsa, Andrii Nakryiko)
 
  - Switch uretprobes_srcu to SRCU-fast-updown, to improve performance
    (Puranjay Mohan)
 
 Intel CPU PMU driver updates:
 
  - Optimize ACR handling in match_prev_assignment() (Dapeng Mi)
  - Patch series to fix various PMU driver bugs and data leaks (Dapeng Mi)
  - Fix Intel PT stop/start with no update (Adrian Hunter)
 
 Intel uncore PMU driver updates:
 
  - Series to fix various uncore PMU setup robustness bugs (Zide Chen)
 
 AMD uncore PMU driver updates:
 
  - Add group validation (Sandipan Das)
 
 Misc fixes and updates by Dapeng Mi, Randy Dunlap and Zide Chen.
 
 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'perf-core-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull performance events updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "uprobes updates:

   - Fix a category of bugs with optimized uprobes that can clobber the
     redzone area with call instruction storing return address on stack
     where user code may keep temporary data without adjusting RSP.

     Fix this by moving the optimized uprobes on top of 10-bytes NOP
     instruction, so we can squeeze another instruction to escape the
     redzone area before doing the call (Jiri Olsa, Andrii Nakryiko)

   - Switch uretprobes_srcu to SRCU-fast-updown, to improve performance
     (Puranjay Mohan)

  Intel CPU PMU driver updates:

   - Optimize ACR handling in match_prev_assignment() (Dapeng Mi)

   - Fix various PMU driver bugs and data leaks (Dapeng Mi)

   - Fix Intel PT stop/start with no update (Adrian Hunter)

  Intel uncore PMU driver updates:

   - Fix various uncore PMU setup robustness bugs (Zide Chen)

  AMD uncore PMU driver updates:

   - Add group validation (Sandipan Das)

  .. and misc fixes and updates by Dapeng Mi, Randy Dunlap and Zide Chen"

* tag 'perf-core-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (42 commits)
  perf/x86: Optimize ACR handling in match_prev_assignment()
  perf/x86/intel: Fix intel_cap handling on hybrid PMUs
  perf/x86: Remove stale fixed counter helper and fix hybrid PMU access
  perf/x86/intel: Unwind cpuc state if PEBS buffer setup fails
  perf/x86: Guard intel_pmu_cpu_dead() against invalid hybrid PMU casts
  perf/x86: Free hybrid state on PMU init failure
  perf/x86: Unregister PMI handler on PMU init failure
  perf/x86/intel/pt: Fix stop/start with no update
  perf/x86/intel/pt: Use bitwise access for PERF_HES_STOPPED
  perf/x86/intel/pt: Factor out pt_config_enable()
  uprobes: Switch uretprobes_srcu to SRCU-fast-updown
  srcu: Add lock guard for srcu_fast_updown flavor
  perf/x86/intel/pt: Drop kernel-doc for deleted struct members
  perf/x86/amd/uncore: Add group validation
  selftests/bpf: Add tests for forked/cloned optimized uprobes
  selftests/bpf: Add tests for uprobe nop10 red zone clobbering
  selftests/bpf: Add reattach tests for uprobe syscall
  selftests/bpf: Change uprobe/usdt trigger bench code to use nop10
  selftests/bpf: Change uprobe syscall tests to use nop10
  selftests/bpf: Emit nop,nop10 instructions combo for x86_64 arch
  ...
2026-08-18 12:31:07 -07:00
..
bpf cachefiles,netfs: sunset ondemand mode 2026-08-12 16:24:26 +02:00
cgroup sched/psi: Create the psimon kthread outside of cgroup_mutex 2026-07-15 05:00:53 -10:00
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 Performance events updates for v7.3: 2026-08-18 12:31:07 -07:00
futex futex: Fix race in futex_pivot_pending() during private hash resize 2026-08-07 17:46:30 +02:00
gcov Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
irq genirq/msi: Correct CONFIG_PCI_MSI_ARCH_FALLBACKS macro name in comment 2026-06-22 22:32:01 +02:00
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 Merge branch 'misc' into next 2026-08-04 10:51:49 +03:00
locking locking/rt: Fix the incorrect RCU protection in rt_spin_unlock() 2026-06-21 11:51:13 +02:00
module module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() 2026-06-04 16:37:32 +00:00
power PM: sleep: Allow disabling DPM watchdog by default 2026-07-23 15:46:34 +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 Power management updates for 7.3-rc1 2026-08-18 08:47:09 -07:00
time posix-cpu-timers: Prevent UAF caused by non-leader exec() race 2026-07-05 11:44:06 +02:00
trace tracing: Fix race between update_event_fields and, event_define_fields 2026-08-13 15:38:25 -04:00
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: fix potential integer overflow in audit_log_n_string() 2026-07-29 16:19:06 -04:00
audit.h audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix potential use-after-free in audit_del_rule() 2026-07-29 16:19:06 -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 Misc CPU hotplug fixes: 2026-06-23 16:43:24 -07:00
crash_core_test.c crash: add KUnit tests for crash_exclude_mem_range 2025-09-13 17:32:55 -07:00
crash_core.c powerpc/kexec_file: Use crash_exclude_core_ranges() helper 2026-06-30 18:49:06 +03:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time 2026-07-13 10:04:47 +03:00
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 ipc-7.3-rc1.misc 2026-08-17 08:27:30 -07:00
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 Performance events updates for v7.3: 2026-08-18 12:31:07 -07:00
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 fs: add real_fs to track task's actual fs_struct 2026-06-29 10:43:45 +02:00
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 kcov: use WRITE_ONCE() for selftest mode stores 2026-06-04 14:49:26 -07:00
kexec_core.c liveupdate: skip serialization for context-preserving kexec 2026-06-01 09:19:38 +03:00
kexec_elf.c kexec: initialize ELF lowest address to ULONG_MAX 2025-03-16 22:30:47 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec_file: skip checksum verification when safe 2026-07-01 13:01:08 +03:00
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 reboot: move reboot_notifier_list to kernel/reboot.c 2024-11-05 17:12:31 -08:00
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 pid: reject allocations through dead ancestor pid namespaces 2026-08-12 12:56:30 +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 resource: Make resource_alignment() input const resource 2026-06-23 12:08:51 -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 posix-cpu-timers: Prevent UAF caused by non-leader exec() race 2026-07-05 11:44:06 +02:00
smp.c smp: Make CSD lock acquisition atomic for debug mode 2026-07-22 20:57:08 +02:00
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: retain dead thread stats in TGID queries 2026-05-28 21:24:41 -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 binfmt_misc: correctly account pre-opened interpreters 2026-08-03 23:36:18 +02:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c fs: add umh argument to struct kernel_clone_args 2026-06-29 10:54:41 +02:00
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 binfmt_misc: use RCU for the handler lookup 2026-08-03 10:08:36 +02:00
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