linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 426ee5196d sysctl-6.7-rc1
To help make the move of sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c not incur a size
 penalty sysctl has been changed to allow us to not require the sentinel, the
 final empty element on the sysctl array. Joel Granados has been doing all this
 work. On the v6.6 kernel we got the major infrastructure changes required to
 support this. For v6.7-rc1 we have all arch/ and drivers/ modified to remove
 the sentinel. Both arch and driver changes have been on linux-next for a bit
 less than a month. It is worth re-iterating the value:
 
   - this helps reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time
      memory consumed by the kernel by about ~64 bytes per array
   - the extra 64-byte penalty is no longer inncurred now when we move sysctls
     out from kernel/sysctl.c to their own files
 
 For v6.8-rc1 expect removal of all the sentinels and also then the unneeded
 check for procname == NULL.
 
 The last 2 patches are fixes recently merged by Krister Johansen which allow
 us again to use softlockup_panic early on boot. This used to work but the
 alias work broke it. This is useful for folks who want to detect softlockups
 super early rather than wait and spend money on cloud solutions with nothing
 but an eventual hung kernel. Although this hadn't gone through linux-next it's
 also a stable fix, so we might as well roll through the fixes now.
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Merge tag 'sysctl-6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux

Pull sysctl updates from Luis Chamberlain:
 "To help make the move of sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c not incur a
  size penalty sysctl has been changed to allow us to not require the
  sentinel, the final empty element on the sysctl array. Joel Granados
  has been doing all this work. On the v6.6 kernel we got the major
  infrastructure changes required to support this. For v6.7-rc1 we have
  all arch/ and drivers/ modified to remove the sentinel. Both arch and
  driver changes have been on linux-next for a bit less than a month. It
  is worth re-iterating the value:

   - this helps reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run
     time memory consumed by the kernel by about ~64 bytes per array

   - the extra 64-byte penalty is no longer inncurred now when we move
     sysctls out from kernel/sysctl.c to their own files

  For v6.8-rc1 expect removal of all the sentinels and also then the
  unneeded check for procname == NULL.

  The last two patches are fixes recently merged by Krister Johansen
  which allow us again to use softlockup_panic early on boot. This used
  to work but the alias work broke it. This is useful for folks who want
  to detect softlockups super early rather than wait and spend money on
  cloud solutions with nothing but an eventual hung kernel. Although
  this hadn't gone through linux-next it's also a stable fix, so we
  might as well roll through the fixes now"

* tag 'sysctl-6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux: (23 commits)
  watchdog: move softlockup_panic back to early_param
  proc: sysctl: prevent aliased sysctls from getting passed to init
  intel drm: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  Drivers: hv: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  raid: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  fw loader: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  sgi-xp: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  vrf: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  char-misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  infiniband: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  macintosh: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  parport: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  scsi: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  tty: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  xen: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  hpet: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  c-sky: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_talbe array
  powerpc: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table arrays
  riscv: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  x86/vdso: Remove now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  ...
2023-11-01 20:51:41 -10:00
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bpf for-6.7/io_uring-sockopt-2023-10-30 2023-11-01 11:16:34 -10:00
cgroup Networking changes for 6.7. 2023-10-31 05:10:11 -10:00
configs hardening: Provide Kconfig fragments for basic options 2023-09-22 09:50:55 -07:00
debug printk changes for 6.6 2023-09-04 13:20:19 -07:00
dma dma-mapping updates for Linux 6.7 2023-11-01 13:15:54 -10:00
entry entry: Remove empty addr_limit_user_check() 2023-08-23 10:32:39 +02:00
events Performance events changes for v6.7 are: 2023-10-30 13:44:35 -10:00
futex io_uring-futex-2023-10-30 2023-11-01 11:25:08 -10:00
gcov gcov: shut up missing prototype warnings for internal stubs 2023-08-18 10:18:58 -07:00
irq Updates for the X86 APIC: 2023-10-30 17:27:56 -10:00
kcsan kcsan: Don't expect 64 bits atomic builtins from 32 bits architectures 2023-06-09 23:29:50 +10:00
livepatch livepatch: Make 'klp_stack_entries' static 2023-06-05 13:56:52 +02:00
locking RCU pull request for v6.7 2023-10-30 18:01:41 -10:00
module module/decompress: use vmalloc() for zstd decompression workspace 2023-08-29 09:39:08 -07:00
power Power management updates for 6.7-rc1 2023-10-31 15:38:12 -10:00
printk Merge branch 'rework/misc-cleanups' into for-linus 2023-10-11 12:58:14 +02:00
rcu Merge branches 'rcu/torture', 'rcu/fixes', 'rcu/docs', 'rcu/refscale', 'rcu/tasks' and 'rcu/stall' into rcu/next 2023-10-23 15:24:11 +02:00
sched asm-generic updates for v6.7 2023-11-01 15:28:33 -10:00
time Networking changes for 6.7. 2023-10-31 05:10:11 -10:00
trace Probes updates for v6.7: 2023-11-01 16:15:42 -10:00
.gitignore
acct.c fs: rename __mnt_{want,drop}_write*() helpers 2023-09-11 15:05:50 +02:00
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c audit: Annotate struct audit_chunk with __counted_by 2023-09-12 16:09:32 -04:00
audit_watch.c audit: don't take task_lock() in audit_exe_compare() code path 2023-10-25 22:29:47 -04:00
audit.c audit: move trailing statements to next line 2023-08-15 18:16:14 -04:00
audit.h audit: correct audit_filter_inodes() definition 2023-07-21 12:17:25 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: move trailing statements to next line 2023-08-15 18:16:14 -04:00
auditsc.c audit,io_uring: io_uring openat triggers audit reference count underflow 2023-10-13 18:34:46 +02:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c lsm: constify the 'target' parameter in security_capget() 2023-08-08 16:48:47 -04:00
cfi.c
compat.c sched_getaffinity: don't assume 'cpumask_size()' is fully initialized 2023-03-14 19:32:38 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c locking/atomic: treewide: use raw_atomic*_<op>() 2023-06-05 09:57:20 +02:00
cpu_pm.c cpuidle, cpu_pm: Remove RCU fiddling from cpu_pm_{enter,exit}() 2023-01-13 11:48:15 +01:00
cpu.c asm-generic updates for v6.7 2023-11-01 15:28:33 -10:00
crash_core.c Crash: add lock to serialize crash hotplug handling 2023-09-29 17:20:48 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c lsm/stable-6.7 PR 20231030 2023-10-30 20:13:17 -10:00
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from IRQ/SOFTIRQ 2023-04-18 16:39:34 -07:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c exit: add internal include file with helpers 2023-09-21 12:03:50 -06:00
exit.h exit: add internal include file with helpers 2023-09-21 12:03:50 -06:00
extable.c
fail_function.c kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() 2023-02-08 13:36:22 +01:00
fork.c The number of commits for documentation is not huge this time around, but 2023-11-01 17:11:41 -10:00
freezer.c freezer,sched: Use saved_state to reduce some spurious wakeups 2023-09-18 08:14:36 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh Revert "kheaders: substituting --sort in archive creation" 2023-05-28 16:20:21 +09:00
groups.c groups: Convert group_info.usage to refcount_t 2023-09-29 11:28:39 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: set some hung_task.c variables storage-class-specifier to static 2023-04-08 13:45:37 -07:00
iomem.c kernel/iomem.c: remove __weak ioremap_cache helper 2023-08-21 13:37:28 -07:00
irq_work.c trace: Add trace_ipi_send_cpu() 2023-03-24 11:01:29 +01:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms_internal.h
kallsyms_selftest.c Modules changes for v6.6-rc1 2023-08-29 17:32:32 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Change func signature for cleanup_symbol_name() 2023-08-25 15:00:36 -07:00
kcmp.c file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec crash: hotplug support for kexec_load() 2023-08-24 16:25:14 -07:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: add prototypes for helper functions 2023-06-09 17:44:17 -07:00
kexec_core.c crash: add generic infrastructure for crash hotplug support 2023-08-24 16:25:13 -07:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c integrity-v6.6 2023-08-30 09:16:56 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c kernel: kexec: copy user-array safely 2023-10-09 16:59:47 +10:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Use array declaration instead of char 2023-03-24 20:10:59 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: kretprobe scalability improvement 2023-10-18 23:59:54 +09:00
ksyms_common.c kallsyms: make kallsyms_show_value() as generic function 2023-06-08 12:27:20 -07:00
ksysfs.c crash: hotplug support for kexec_load() 2023-08-24 16:25:14 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: unexport __kthread_should_park() 2023-08-18 10:18:59 -07:00
latencytop.c
Makefile v6.5-rc1-modules-next 2023-06-28 15:51:08 -07:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c notifiers: add tracepoints to the notifiers infrastructure 2023-04-08 13:45:38 -07:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: Convert nsproxy.count to refcount_t 2023-08-21 11:29:12 -07:00
padata.c padata: use alignment when calculating the number of worker threads 2023-03-14 17:06:44 +08:00
panic.c panic: Reenable preemption in WARN slowpath 2023-09-15 11:28:08 +02:00
params.c kernel: params: Remove unnecessary ‘0’ values from err 2023-07-10 12:47:01 -07:00
pid_namespace.c memfd: replace ratcheting feature from vm.memfd_noexec with hierarchy 2023-08-21 13:37:59 -07:00
pid_sysctl.h memfd: replace ratcheting feature from vm.memfd_noexec with hierarchy 2023-08-21 13:37:59 -07:00
pid.c pidfd: prevent a kernel-doc warning 2023-09-19 13:21:33 -07:00
profile.c
ptrace.c ptrace: Provide set/get interface for syscall user dispatch 2023-04-16 14:23:07 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c
regset.c
relay.c kernel: relay: remove unnecessary NULL values from relay_open_buf 2023-08-18 10:18:55 -07:00
resource_kunit.c
resource.c dax/kmem: Fix leak of memory-hotplug resources 2023-02-17 14:58:01 -08:00
rseq.c rseq: Extend struct rseq with per-memory-map concurrency ID 2022-12-27 12:52:12 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Pause testing after memory-allocation failure 2023-07-14 15:02:57 -07:00
scs.c
seccomp.c seccomp: Add missing kerndoc notations 2023-08-17 12:32:15 -07:00
signal.c asm-generic updates for v6.7 2023-11-01 15:28:33 -10:00
smp.c CSD lock commits for v6.7 2023-10-30 17:56:53 -10:00
smpboot.c cpu/hotplug: Remove unused state functions 2023-05-15 13:45:00 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c sched/core: introduce sched_core_idle_cpu() 2023-07-13 15:21:50 +02:00
stackleak.c stackleak: allow to specify arch specific stackleak poison function 2023-04-20 11:36:35 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Export stack_trace_save_tsk 2023-09-11 23:59:47 -04:00
static_call_inline.c
static_call.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c asm-generic updates for v6.7 2023-11-01 15:28:33 -10:00
sys.c prctl: move PR_GET_AUXV out of PR_MCE_KILL 2023-07-17 12:53:21 -07:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c asm-generic updates for v6.7 2023-11-01 15:28:33 -10:00
task_work.c task_work: add kerneldoc annotation for 'data' argument 2023-09-19 13:21:32 -07:00
taskstats.c
torture.c torture: Print out torture module parameters 2023-09-24 17:24:01 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Allow livepatch module add trace event 2023-02-18 14:34:36 -05:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c sysctl: Add size to register_sysctl 2023-08-15 15:26:17 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c sysctl: fix unused proc_cap_handler() function warning 2023-06-29 15:19:43 -07:00
up.c smp: Change function signatures to use call_single_data_t 2023-09-13 14:59:24 +02:00
user_namespace.c binfmt_misc: enable sandboxed mounts 2023-10-11 08:46:01 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c binfmt_misc: enable sandboxed mounts 2023-10-11 08:46:01 -07:00
usermode_driver.c
utsname_sysctl.c utsname: simplify one-level sysctl registration for uts_kern_table 2023-04-13 11:49:35 -07:00
utsname.c
vhost_task.c vhost: Fix worker hangs due to missed wake up calls 2023-06-08 15:43:09 -04:00
watch_queue.c kernel: watch_queue: copy user-array safely 2023-10-09 16:59:48 +10:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: move SMP barriers from common code to buddy code 2023-06-19 16:25:28 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/perf: add a weak function for an arch to detect if perf can use NMIs 2023-06-09 17:44:21 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: move softlockup_panic back to early_param 2023-11-01 12:10:02 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Drop the special locking rule for worker->flags and worker_pool->flags 2023-08-07 15:57:22 -10:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Provide one lock class key per work_on_cpu() callsite 2023-10-17 23:49:19 -10:00