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Steven Rostedt 34ea8fa084 tracing: Have reserve_mem use phys_to_virt() and separate from memmap buffer
The reserve_mem kernel command line option may pass back a physical
address, but the memory is still part of the normal memory just like
using memblock_alloc() would be. This means that the physical memory
returned by the reserve_mem command line option can be converted directly
to virtual memory by simply using phys_to_virt().

When freeing the buffer there's no need to call vunmap() anymore as the
memory allocated by reserve_mem is freed by the call to
reserve_mem_release_by_name().

Because the persistent ring buffer can also be allocated via the memmap
option, which *is* different than normal memory as it cannot be added back
to the buddy system, it must be treated differently. It still needs to be
virtually mapped to have access to it. It also can not be freed nor can it
ever be memory mapped to user space.

Create a new trace_array flag called TRACE_ARRAY_FL_MEMMAP which gets set
if the buffer is created by the memmap option, and this will prevent the
buffer from being memory mapped by user space.

Also increment the ref count for memmap'ed buffers so that they can never
be freed.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z-wFszhJ_9o4dc8O@kernel.org/

Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250402144953.583750106@goodmis.org
Suggested-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2025-04-02 11:02:26 -04:00
arch Miscellaneous x86 fixes: 2025-02-22 10:45:02 -08:00
block block-6.14-20250221 2025-02-21 09:36:28 -08:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
Documentation tracing: Enforce the persistent ring buffer to be page aligned 2025-04-02 11:02:26 -04:00
drivers i2c-for-6.14-rc4 2025-02-23 10:37:18 -08:00
fs smb: client: Add check for next_buffer in receive_encrypted_standard() 2025-02-20 12:10:39 -06:00
include mm/memblock: Add reserved memory release function 2025-03-28 08:39:28 -04:00
init Kbuild updates for v6.14 2025-01-31 12:07:07 -08:00
io_uring io_uring-6.14-20250221 2025-02-21 09:17:56 -08:00
ipc treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
kernel tracing: Have reserve_mem use phys_to_virt() and separate from memmap buffer 2025-04-02 11:02:26 -04:00
lib test_xarray: fix failure in check_pause when CONFIG_XARRAY_MULTI is not defined 2025-02-17 22:40:04 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm mm/memblock: Add reserved memory release function 2025-03-28 08:39:28 -04:00
net BPF fixes: 2025-02-20 15:37:17 -08:00
rust Driver core api addition for 6.14-rc3 2025-02-16 12:54:42 -08:00
samples Driver core api addition for 6.14-rc3 2025-02-16 12:54:42 -08:00
scripts modpost: Fix a few typos in a comment 2025-02-16 03:10:58 +09:00
security Redo of pathname patternization and fix spelling errors. 2025-02-11 10:19:36 -08:00
sound ALSA: seq: Drop UMP events when no UMP-conversion is set 2025-02-17 18:02:02 +01:00
tools tracing fixes for v6.14: 2025-02-22 09:03:54 -08:00
usr kbuild: Drop support for include/asm-<arch> in headers_check.pl 2024-12-21 11:43:17 +09:00
virt KVM: remove kvm_arch_post_init_vm 2025-02-04 11:27:45 -05:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: give Clippy the minimum supported Rust version 2025-01-10 00:17:25 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle 2024-11-12 15:48:59 +01:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore rust: use host dylib naming convention to support macOS 2025-01-10 01:01:24 +01:00
.mailmap mailmap: update Nick's entry 2025-02-17 22:40:03 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Pavel to kernel.org address 2025-02-07 09:12:33 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Miscellaneous x86 fixes: 2025-02-22 10:45:02 -08:00
Makefile Linux 6.14-rc4 2025-02-23 12:32:57 -08:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

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.