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Linus Torvalds adf12a394c Perf fixes for perf_mmap() reference counting to prevent potential
reference count leaks which are caused by:
 
  - VMA splits, which change the offset or size of a mapping, which causes
    perf_mmap_close() to ignore the unmap or unmap the wrong buffer.
 
  - Several internal issues of perf_mmap(), which can cause reference count
    leaks in the perf mmap, corrupt accounting or cause leaks in perf
    drivers.
 
 The main fix is to prevent VMA splits by implementing the [may_]split()
 callback for vm operations. The other issues are addressed by rearranging
 code, early returns on failure and invocation of cleanups.
 
 Also provide a selftest to validate the fixes.
 
 The reference counting should be converted to refcount_t, but that requires
 larger refactoring of the code and will be done once these fixes are
 upstream.
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Merge tag 'perf-fixes-27504' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git

Pull perf fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Perf fixes for perf_mmap() reference counting to prevent potential
  reference count leaks which are caused by:

   - VMA splits, which change the offset or size of a mapping, which
     causes perf_mmap_close() to ignore the unmap or unmap the wrong
     buffer.

   - Several internal issues of perf_mmap(), which can cause reference
     count leaks in the perf mmap, corrupt accounting or cause leaks in
     perf drivers.

  The main fix is to prevent VMA splits by implementing the
  [may_]split() callback for vm operations.

  The other issues are addressed by rearranging code, early returns on
  failure and invocation of cleanups.

  Also provide a selftest to validate the fixes.

  The reference counting should be converted to refcount_t, but that
  requires larger refactoring of the code and will be done once these
  fixes are upstream"

* tag 'perf-fixes-27504' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git:
  selftests/perf_events: Add a mmap() correctness test
  perf/core: Prevent VMA split of buffer mappings
  perf/core: Handle buffer mapping fail correctly in perf_mmap()
  perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() fail
  perf/core: Don't leak AUX buffer refcount on allocation failure
  perf/core: Preserve AUX buffer allocation failure result
2025-08-06 04:41:21 +03:00
arch ARM updates for 6.17-rc1 2025-08-05 16:55:03 +03:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.