linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 2db4df0c09 RCU pull request for v6.17
This pull request contains the following branches:
 
 rcu-exp.23.07.2025
 
   - Protect against early RCU exp quiescent state reporting during exp
     grace period initialization.
 
   - Remove superfluous barrier in task unblock path.
 
   - Remove the CPU online quiescent state report optimization, which is
     error prone for certain scenarios.
 
   - Add warning for unexpected pending requested expedited quiescent
     state on dying CPU.
 
 rcu.22.07.2025
 
   - Robustify rcu_is_cpu_rrupt_from_idle() by using more accurate
     indicators of the actual context tracking state of a CPU.
 
   - Handle ->defer_qs_iw_pending field data race.
 
   - Enable rcu_normal_wake_from_gp by default on systems with <= 16 CPUs.
 
   - Fix lockup in rcu_read_unlock() due to recursive irq_exit() calls.
 
   - Refactor expedited handling condition in rcu_read_unlock_special().
 
   - Documentation updates for hotplug and GP init scan ordering,
     separation of rcu_state and rnp's gp_seq states, quiescent state
     reporting for offline CPUs.
 
 torture-scripts.16.07.2025
 
   - Cleanup and improve scripts : remove superfluous warnings for disabled
     tests; better handling of kvm.sh --kconfig arg; suppress some confusing
     diagnostics; tolerate bad kvm.sh args; add new diagnostic for build
     output; fail allmodconfig testing on warnings.
 
   - Include RCU_TORTURE_TEST_CHK_RDR_STATE config for KCSAN kernels.
 
   - Disable default RCU-tasks and clocksource-wdog testing on arm64.
 
   - Add EXPERT Kconfig option for arm64 KCSAN runs.
 
   - Remove SRCU-lite testing.
 
 rcutorture.16.07.2025
 
   - Start torture writer threads creation after reader threads to handle
     race in SRCU-P scenario.
 
   - Add SRCU down_read()/up_read() test.
 
   - Add diagnostics for delayed SRCU up_read(), unmatched up_read(), print
     number of up/down readers and the number of such readers which
     migrated to other CPU.
 
   - Ignore certain unsupported configurations for trivial RCU test.
 
   - Fix splats in RT kernels due to inaccurate checks for BH-disabled
     context.
 
   - Enable checks and logs to capture intentionally exercised unexpected
     scenarios (too short readers) for BUSTED test.
 
   - Remove SRCU-lite testing.
 
 srcu.19.07.2025
 
   - Expedite SRCU-fast grace periods.
 
   - Remove SRCU-lite implementation.
 
   - Add guards for SRCU-fast readers.
 
 rcu.nocb.18.07.2025
 
   - Dump NOCB group leader state on stall detection.
 
   - Robustify nocb_cb_kthread pointer accesses.
 
   - Fix delayed execution of hurry callbacks when LAZY_RCU is enabled.
 
 refscale.07.07.2025
 
   - Fix multiplication overflow in "loops" and "nreaders" calculations.
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Merge tag 'rcu.release.v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rcu/linux

Pull RCU updates from Neeraj Upadhyay:
 "Expedited grace period updates:

   - Protect against early RCU exp quiescent state reporting during exp
     grace period initialization

   - Remove superfluous barrier in task unblock path

   - Remove the CPU online quiescent state report optimization, which is
     error prone for certain scenarios

   - Add warning for unexpected pending requested expedited quiescent
     state on dying CPU

  Core:

   - Robustify rcu_is_cpu_rrupt_from_idle() by using more accurate
     indicators of the actual context tracking state of a CPU

   - Handle ->defer_qs_iw_pending field data race

   - Enable rcu_normal_wake_from_gp by default on systems with <= 16
     CPUs

   - Fix lockup in rcu_read_unlock() due to recursive irq_exit() calls

   - Refactor expedited handling condition in rcu_read_unlock_special()

   - Documentation updates for hotplug and GP init scan ordering,
     separation of rcu_state and rnp's gp_seq states, quiescent state
     reporting for offline CPUs

  torture-scripts:

   - Cleanup and improve scripts : remove superfluous warnings for
     disabled tests; better handling of kvm.sh --kconfig arg; suppress
     some confusing diagnostics; tolerate bad kvm.sh args; add new
     diagnostic for build output; fail allmodconfig testing on warnings

   - Include RCU_TORTURE_TEST_CHK_RDR_STATE config for KCSAN kernels

   - Disable default RCU-tasks and clocksource-wdog testing on arm64

   - Add EXPERT Kconfig option for arm64 KCSAN runs

   - Remove SRCU-lite testing

  rcutorture:

   - Start torture writer threads creation after reader threads to
     handle race in SRCU-P scenario

   - Add SRCU down_read()/up_read() test

   - Add diagnostics for delayed SRCU up_read(), unmatched up_read(),
     print number of up/down readers and the number of such readers
     which migrated to other CPU

   - Ignore certain unsupported configurations for trivial RCU test

   - Fix splats in RT kernels due to inaccurate checks for BH-disabled
     context

   - Enable checks and logs to capture intentionally exercised
     unexpected scenarios (too short readers) for BUSTED test

   - Remove SRCU-lite testing

  srcu:

   - Expedite SRCU-fast grace periods

   - Remove SRCU-lite implementation

   - Add guards for SRCU-fast readers

  rcu nocb:

   - Dump NOCB group leader state on stall detection

   - Robustify nocb_cb_kthread pointer accesses

   - Fix delayed execution of hurry callbacks when LAZY_RCU is enabled

  refscale:

   - Fix multiplication overflow in "loops" and "nreaders" calculations"

* tag 'rcu.release.v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rcu/linux: (49 commits)
  rcu: Document concurrent quiescent state reporting for offline CPUs
  rcu: Document separation of rcu_state and rnp's gp_seq
  rcu: Document GP init vs hotplug-scan ordering requirements
  srcu: Add guards for SRCU-fast readers
  rcu: Fix delayed execution of hurry callbacks
  rcu: Refactor expedited handling check in rcu_read_unlock_special()
  checkpatch: Remove SRCU-lite deprecation
  srcu: Remove SRCU-lite implementation
  srcu: Expedite SRCU-fast grace periods
  rcutorture: Remove support for SRCU-lite
  rcutorture: Remove SRCU-lite scenarios
  torture: Remove support for SRCU-lite
  torture: Make torture.sh --allmodconfig testing fail on warnings
  torture: Add "ERROR" diagnostic for testing kernel-build output
  torture: Make torture.sh tolerate runs having bad kvm.sh arguments
  torture: Add textid.txt file to --do-allmodconfig and --do-rcu-rust runs
  torture: Extract testid.txt generation to separate script
  torture: Suppress "find" diagnostics from torture.sh --do-none run
  torture: Provide EXPERT Kconfig option for arm64 KCSAN torture.sh runs
  rcu: Fix rcu_read_unlock() deadloop due to IRQ work
  ...
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bpf bpf-next-6.17 2025-07-30 09:58:50 -07:00
cgroup bpf-next-6.17 2025-07-30 09:58:50 -07:00
configs configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON 2025-07-21 21:41:57 -07:00
debug TTY/Serial driver updates for 6.15-rc1 2025-04-02 18:17:33 -07:00
dma dma-contiguous: hornor the cma address limit setup by user 2025-06-12 08:38:40 +02:00
entry Prerequisite for ARM[64] generic entry conversion 2025-06-30 19:54:19 +02:00
events perf/core: Fix WARN in perf_sigtrap() 2025-07-09 13:40:17 +02:00
futex futex: Remove support for IMMUTABLE 2025-07-11 16:02:01 +02:00
gcov kbuild: require gcc-8 and binutils-2.30 2025-04-30 21:53:35 +02:00
irq Networking changes for 6.17. 2025-07-30 08:58:55 -07:00
kcsan kcsan: test: Initialize dummy variable 2025-07-23 08:51:32 +02:00
livepatch sched,livepatch: Untangle cond_resched() and live-patching 2025-05-14 13:16:24 +02:00
locking Summary 2025-07-29 21:43:08 -07:00
module Summary 2025-07-29 21:43:08 -07:00
power PM: hibernate: Fix up white space that does not follow coding style 2025-07-17 20:30:52 +02:00
printk printk changes for 6.15 2025-03-27 19:22:24 -07:00
rcu RCU pull request for v6.17 2025-07-30 11:01:41 -07:00
sched Scheduler updates for v6.17: 2025-07-29 17:42:52 -07:00
time Updates for the timekeeping and VDSO code: 2025-07-29 14:12:52 -07:00
trace bpf-next-6.17 2025-07-30 09:58:50 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c acct: block access to kernel internal filesystems 2025-02-12 12:24:16 +01:00
async.c async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active 2024-02-09 11:13:59 -10:00
audit.c audit: record AUDIT_ANOM_* events regardless of presence of rules 2025-04-11 14:14:41 -04:00
audit.h audit,module: restore audit logging in load failure case 2025-06-16 17:00:06 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c replace collect_mounts()/drop_collected_mounts() with a safer variant 2025-06-23 14:01:49 -04:00
audit_watch.c fs: add kern_path_locked_negative() 2025-04-15 11:32:34 +02:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix suffixed '/' filename matching 2024-12-05 19:22:38 -05:00
auditsc.c audit,module: restore audit logging in load failure case 2025-06-16 17:00:06 -04:00
backtracetest.c backtracetest: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() 2024-06-24 22:24:55 -07:00
bounds.c bounds: Use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS 2024-04-29 08:29:29 -07:00
capability.c capability: Remove unused has_capability 2025-03-07 22:03:09 -06:00
cfi.c Modules changes for 6.15-rc1 2025-03-30 15:44:36 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Make RCU watch ct_kernel_exit_state() warning 2025-03-04 18:44:29 -08:00
cpu.c cpu: Define attack vectors 2025-07-11 17:55:16 +02:00
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c crash: Use note name macros 2025-02-10 16:56:58 -08:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump: retrieve dm crypt keys in kdump kernel 2025-05-21 10:48:21 -07:00
crash_reserve.c crash: fix spelling mistake "crahskernel" -> "crashkernel" 2025-05-11 17:54:10 -07:00
cred.c cred: remove old {override,revert}_creds() helpers 2024-12-02 11:25:09 +01:00
delayacct.c delayacct: remove redundant code and adjust indentation 2025-05-27 19:40:33 -07:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c crash: remove dependency of FA_DUMP on CRASH_DUMP 2024-02-23 17:48:22 -08:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c - Avoid a crash on a heterogeneous machine where not all cores support the 2025-06-22 10:11:45 -07:00
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c
fork.c Summary 2025-07-29 21:43:08 -07:00
freezer.c sched,freezer: Remove unnecessary warning in __thaw_task 2025-07-17 07:56:50 -10:00
gen_kheaders.sh Revert "kheaders: Ignore silly-rename files" 2025-03-15 21:22:52 +09:00
groups.c
hung_task.c hung_task: show the blocker task if the task is hung on semaphore 2025-05-11 17:54:08 -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 kasan: make kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc() the default behaviour 2025-01-13 22:40:36 -08:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Use RCU in all users of __module_text_address(). 2025-03-10 11:54:46 +01:00
kallsyms.c bpf: Clean up individual BTF_ID code 2025-07-16 18:34:42 -07:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: get rid of code for absolute kallsyms 2024-07-20 16:33:21 +09:00
kallsyms_selftest.c kallsyms: Use kthread_run_on_cpu() 2025-01-02 22:12:12 +01:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
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 crashdump: add CONFIG_KEYS dependency 2025-06-25 15:55:04 -07:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt sched: No PREEMPT_RT=y for all{yes,mod}config 2024-11-07 15:25:05 +01:00
kcov.c kcov: mark in_softirq_really() as __always_inline 2024-12-30 17:59:08 -08:00
kexec.c crash: add a new kexec flag for hotplug support 2024-04-23 14:59:01 +10:00
kexec_core.c kexec_core: Drop redundant pm_restore_gfp_mask() call 2025-07-15 14:56:38 +02:00
kexec_elf.c kexec: initialize ELF lowest address to ULONG_MAX 2025-03-16 22:30:47 -07:00
kexec_file.c lib/crypto: sha256: Make library API use strongly-typed contexts 2025-07-04 10:18:53 -07:00
kexec_handover.c hardening updates for v6.17-rc1 2025-07-28 17:16:12 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: add KHO support to kexec file loads 2025-05-12 23:50:40 -07:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Simplify attribute through __BIN_ATTR_SIMPLE_RO() 2024-12-24 09:46:49 +01:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Use RCU in all users of __module_text_address(). 2025-03-10 11:54:46 +01:00
kstack_erase.c stackleak: Rename stackleak_track_stack to __sanitizer_cov_stack_depth 2025-07-21 21:40:39 -07:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c kernel/ksysfs.c: simplify bin_attribute definition 2025-01-07 16:59:15 +01:00
kthread.c treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
latencytop.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
Makefile bpf-next-6.17 2025-07-30 09:58:50 -07:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c reboot: move reboot_notifier_list to kernel/reboot.c 2024-11-05 17:12:31 -08:00
nsproxy.c kernel/nsproxy: remove unnecessary guards 2025-05-09 13:13:54 +02:00
padata.c padata: do not leak refcount in reorder_work 2025-05-19 13:44:16 +08:00
panic.c sysctl: Move sysctl_panic_on_stackoverflow to kernel/panic.c 2025-07-23 11:52:48 +02:00
params.c module: ensure that kobject_put() is safe for module type kobjects 2025-05-07 20:24:59 +02:00
pid.c Summary 2025-07-29 21:43:08 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pid: Do not set pid_max in new pid namespaces 2025-03-06 10:18:36 +01:00
pid_sysctl.h treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
profile.c profiling: remove profile=sleep support 2024-08-04 13:36:28 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: introduce PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO request 2025-05-11 17:48:15 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c - The 7 patch series "powerpc/crash: use generic crashkernel 2025-04-01 10:06:52 -07:00
regset.c regset: use kvzalloc() for regset_get_alloc() 2024-04-25 21:07:03 -07:00
relay.c relay: remove unused relay_late_setup_files 2025-05-11 17:54:09 -07:00
resource.c resource: fix false warning in __request_region() 2025-07-24 17:57:59 -07:00
resource_kunit.c resource, kunit: fix user-after-free in resource_test_region_intersects() 2024-10-09 12:47:19 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Fix segfault on registration when rseq_cs is non-zero 2025-03-06 22:26:49 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Handle NULL argument passed to scf_add_to_free_list(). 2024-11-14 16:09:51 -08:00
scs.c
seccomp.c seccomp: avoid the lock trip seccomp_filter_release in common case 2025-02-24 11:17:10 -08:00
signal.c coredump: rename do_coredump() to vfs_coredump() 2025-06-16 17:01:22 +02:00
smp.c stop-machine: Improve documentation 2025-07-29 16:14:07 -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 lockdep: Fix wait context check on softirq for PREEMPT_RT 2025-03-25 10:46:44 +01:00
stacktrace.c
static_call.c
static_call_inline.c Modules changes for 6.15-rc1 2025-03-30 15:44:36 -07:00
stop_machine.c sched/core: Fix migrate_swap() vs. hotplug 2025-07-01 15:02:03 +02:00
sys.c sysctl: rename kern_table -> sysctl_subsys_table 2025-07-23 11:56:02 +02:00
sys_ni.c Probes updates for v6.11: 2024-07-18 12:19:20 -07:00
sysctl-test.c sysctl: move u8 register test to lib/test_sysctl.c 2025-04-14 14:13:41 +02:00
sysctl.c sysctl: rename kern_table -> sysctl_subsys_table 2025-07-23 11:56:02 +02:00
task_work.c kasan: make kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc() the default behaviour 2025-01-13 22:40:36 -08:00
taskstats.c fdget(), more trivial conversions 2024-11-03 01:28:06 -05:00
torture.c torture: Add get_torture_init_jiffies() for test-start time 2025-02-05 07:14:24 -08:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Print the function symbol when tracepoint_debug is set 2025-03-21 15:30:10 -04:00
tsacct.c tsacct: replace strncpy() with strscpy() 2024-07-12 16:39:53 -07:00
ucount.c ucount: use rcuref_t for reference counting 2025-03-16 22:30:50 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c uidgid: make sure we fit into one cacheline 2024-09-12 12:16:09 +02:00
user_namespace.c uidgid: add map_id_range_up() 2025-02-12 12:12:27 +01:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
vhost_task.c vhost_task: fix vhost_task_create() documentation 2025-04-18 10:08:11 -04:00
vmcore_info.c crash: export PAGE_UNACCEPTED_MAPCOUNT_VALUE to vmcoreinfo 2025-05-11 17:54:04 -07:00
watch_queue.c vfs-6.15-rc1.pipe 2025-03-24 09:52:37 -07:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog: add /sys/kernel/{hard,soft}lockup_count 2025-05-21 10:48:22 -07:00
watchdog_buddy.c
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/perf: Provide function for adjusting the event period 2025-07-04 13:17:30 +01:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Initialize wq_isolated_cpumask in workqueue_init_early() 2025-06-17 08:58:29 -10:00
workqueue_internal.h