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Commit cc3bad11de6e ("printk_ringbuffer: Fix check of valid data
size when blk_lpos overflows") added sanity checking to get_data()
to avoid returning data of illegal sizes (too large or too small).
It uses the helper function data_check_size() for the check.
However, data_check_size() expects the size of the data, not the
size of the data block. get_data() is providing the size of the
data block. This means that if the data size (text_buf_size) is
at or near the maximum legal size:
sizeof(prb_data_block) + text_buf_size == DATA_SIZE(data_ring) / 2
data_check_size() will report failure because it adds
sizeof(prb_data_block) to the provided size. The sanity check in
get_data() is counting the data block header twice. The result is
that the reader fails to read the legal record.
Since get_data() subtracts the data block header size before returning,
move the sanity check to after the subtraction.
Luckily printk() is not vulnerable to this problem because
truncate_msg() limits printk-messages to 1/4 of the ringbuffer.
Indeed, by adjusting the printk_ringbuffer KUnit test, which does not
use printk() and its truncate_msg() check, it is easy to see that the
reader fails and the WARN_ON is triggered.
Fixes: cc3bad11de6e ("printk_ringbuffer: Fix check of valid data size when blk_lpos overflows")
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326133809.8045-1-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
The _DESCS_COUNT macro currently uses 1U (32-bit unsigned) instead of
1UL (unsigned long), which breaks the intended overflow testing design
on 64-bit systems.
Problem Analysis:
----------------
The printk_ringbuffer uses a deliberate design choice to initialize
descriptor IDs near the maximum 62-bit value to trigger overflow early
in the system's lifetime. This is documented in printk_ringbuffer.h:
"initial values are chosen that map to the correct initial array
indexes, but will result in overflows soon."
The DESC0_ID macro calculates:
DESC0_ID(ct_bits) = DESC_ID(-(_DESCS_COUNT(ct_bits) + 1))
On 64-bit systems with typical configuration (descbits=16):
- Current buggy behavior: DESC0_ID = 0xfffeffff
- Expected behavior: DESC0_ID = 0x3ffffffffffeffff
The buggy version only uses 32 bits, which means:
1. The initial ID is nowhere near 2^62
2. It would take ~140 trillion wraps to trigger 62-bit overflow
3. The overflow handling code is never tested in practice
Root Cause:
----------
The issue is in this line:
#define _DESCS_COUNT(ct_bits) (1U << (ct_bits))
When _DESCS_COUNT(16) is calculated:
1U << 16 = 0x10000 (32-bit value)
-(0x10000 + 1) = -0x10001 = 0xFFFEFFFF (32-bit two's complement)
On 64-bit systems, this 32-bit value doesn't get extended to create
the intended 62-bit ID near the maximum value.
Impact:
------
While index calculations still work correctly in the short term, this
bug has several implications:
1. Violates the design intention documented in the code
2. Overflow handling code paths remain untested
3. ABA detection code doesn't get exercised under overflow conditions
4. In extreme long-term running scenarios (though unlikely), could
potentially cause issues when ID actually reaches 2^62
Verification:
------------
Tested on ARM64 system with CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=20 (descbits=15):
- Before fix: DESC0_ID(16) = 0xfffeffff
- After fix: DESC0_ID(16) = 0x3fffffffffff7fff
The fix aligns _DESCS_COUNT with _DATA_SIZE, which already correctly
uses 1UL:
#define _DATA_SIZE(sz_bits) (1UL << (sz_bits))
Signed-off-by: feng.zhou <realsummitzhou@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260202094140.9518-1-realsummitzhou@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:
- Check all mandatory callbacks when registering nbcon consoles
- Fix some compiler warnings
* tag 'printk-for-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux:
vsnprintf: drop __printf() attributes on binary printing functions
printf: convert test_hashed into macro
printk: nbcon: Check for device_{lock,unlock} callbacks
Pull slab updates from Vlastimil Babka:
- The percpu sheaves caching layer was introduced as opt-in in 6.18 and
now we enable it for all caches and remove the previous cpu (partial)
slab caching mechanism.
Besides the lower locking overhead and much more likely fastpath when
freeing, this removes the rather complicated code related to the cpu
slab lockless fastpaths (using this_cpu_try_cmpxchg128/64) and all
its complications for PREEMPT_RT or kmalloc_nolock().
The lockless slab freelist+counters update operation using
try_cmpxchg128/64 remains and is crucial for freeing remote NUMA
objects, and to allow flushing objects from sheaves to slabs mostly
without the node list_lock (Vlastimil Babka)
- Eliminate slabobj_ext metadata overhead when possible. Instead of
using kmalloc() to allocate the array for memcg and/or allocation
profiling tag pointers, use leftover space in a slab or per-object
padding due to alignment (Harry Yoo)
- Various followup improvements to the above (Hao Li)
* tag 'slab-for-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab: (39 commits)
slub: let need_slab_obj_exts() return false if SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT is set
mm/slab: only allow SLAB_OBJ_EXT_IN_OBJ for unmergeable caches
mm/slab: place slabobj_ext metadata in unused space within s->size
mm/slab: move [__]ksize and slab_ksize() to mm/slub.c
mm/slab: save memory by allocating slabobj_ext array from leftover
mm/memcontrol,alloc_tag: handle slabobj_ext access under KASAN poison
mm/slab: use stride to access slabobj_ext
mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext access via new slab_obj_ext() helper
ext4: specify the free pointer offset for ext4_inode_cache
mm/slab: allow specifying free pointer offset when using constructor
mm/slab: use unsigned long for orig_size to ensure proper metadata align
slub: clarify object field layout comments
mm/slab: avoid allocating slabobj_ext array from its own slab
slub: avoid list_lock contention from __refill_objects_any()
mm/slub: cleanup and repurpose some stat items
mm/slub: remove DEACTIVATE_TO_* stat items
slab: remove frozen slab checks from __slab_free()
slab: update overview comments
slab: refill sheaves from all nodes
slab: remove unused PREEMPT_RT specific macros
...
Pull Kbuild/Kconfig updates from Nathan Chancellor:
"Kbuild:
- Drop '*_probe' pattern from modpost section check allowlist, which
hid legitimate warnings (Johan Hovold)
- Disable -Wtype-limits altogether, instead of enabling at W=2
(Vincent Mailhol)
- Improve UAPI testing to skip testing headers that require a libc
when CONFIG_CC_CAN_LINK is not set, opening up testing of headers
with no libc dependencies to more environments (Thomas Weißschuh)
- Update gendwarfksyms documentation with required dependencies
(Jihan LIN)
- Reject invalid LLVM= values to avoid unintentionally falling back
to system toolchain (Thomas Weißschuh)
- Add a script to help run the kernel build process in a container
for consistent environments and testing (Guillaume Tucker)
- Simplify kallsyms by getting rid of the relative base (Ard
Biesheuvel)
- Performance and usability improvements to scripts/make_fit.py
(Simon Glass)
- Minor various clean ups and fixes
Kconfig:
- Move XPM icons to individual files, clearing up GTK deprecation
warnings (Rostislav Krasny)
- Support
depends on FOO if BAR
as syntactic sugar for
depends on FOO || !BAR
(Nicolas Pitre, Graham Roff)
- Refactor merge_config.sh to use awk over shell/sed/grep,
dramatically speeding up processing large number of config
fragments (Anders Roxell, Mikko Rapeli)"
* tag 'kbuild-7.0-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux: (39 commits)
kbuild: remove dependency of run-command on config
scripts/make_fit: Compress dtbs in parallel
scripts/make_fit: Support a few more parallel compressors
kbuild: Support a FIT_EXTRA_ARGS environment variable
scripts/make_fit: Move dtb processing into a function
scripts/make_fit: Support an initial ramdisk
scripts/make_fit: Speed up operation
rust: kconfig: Don't require RUST_IS_AVAILABLE for rustc-option
MAINTAINERS: Add scripts/install.sh into Kbuild entry
modpost: Amend ppc64 save/restfpr symnames for -Os build
MIPS: tools: relocs: Ship a definition of R_MIPS_PC32
streamline_config.pl: remove superfluous exclamation mark
kbuild: dummy-tools: Add python3
scripts: kconfig: merge_config.sh: warn on duplicate input files
scripts: kconfig: merge_config.sh: use awk in checks too
scripts: kconfig: merge_config.sh: refactor from shell/sed/grep to awk
kallsyms: Get rid of kallsyms relative base
mips: Add support for PC32 relocations in vmlinux
Documentation: dev-tools: add container.rst page
scripts: add tool to run containerized builds
...
Merge series "slab: replace cpu (partial) slabs with sheaves".
The percpu sheaves caching layer was introduced as opt-in but the goal
was to eventually move all caches to them. This is the next step,
enabling sheaves for all caches (except the two bootstrap ones) and then
removing the per cpu (partial) slabs and lots of associated code.
Besides the lower locking overhead and much more likely fastpath when
freeing, this removes the rather complicated code related to the cpu
slab lockless fastpaths (using this_cpu_try_cmpxchg128/64) and all its
complications for PREEMPT_RT or kmalloc_nolock().
The lockless slab freelist+counters update operation using
try_cmpxchg128/64 remains and is crucial for freeing remote NUMA objects
and to allow flushing objects from sheaves to slabs mostly without the
node list_lock.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260123-sheaves-for-all-v4-0-041323d506f7@suse.cz/
Pull printk fix from Petr Mladek:
- Prevent softlockup by restoring IRQs in atomic flush after each
record
* tag 'printk-for-6.19-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux:
printk/nbcon: Restore IRQ in atomic flush after each emitted record
The printf() format attributes are applied inconsistently for the binary
printf helpers, which causes warnings for the bpf_trace code using
them from functions that pass down format strings:
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c: In function '____bpf_trace_printk':
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:377:9: error: function '____bpf_trace_printk' might be a candidate for 'gnu_printf' format attribute [-Werror=suggest-attribute=format]
377 | ret = bstr_printf(data.buf, MAX_BPRINTF_BUF, fmt, data.bin_args);
| ^~~
This can be addressed either by annotating all five callers in bpf code,
or by removing the annotations on the callees that were added by Andy
Shevchenko last year.
As Alexei Starovoitov points out, there are no callers in C code that
would benefit from the __printf attributes, the only users are in BPF
code or in the do_trace_printk() helper that already checks the arguments.
Drop all three of these annotations, reverting the earlierl commits that
added these, in order to get a clean build with -Wsuggest-attribute=format.
Fixes: 6b2c1e30ad68 ("seq_file: Mark binary printing functions with __printf() attribute")
Fixes: 7bf819aa992f ("vsnprintf: Mark binary printing functions with __printf() attribute")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAADnVQK3eZp3yp35OUx8j1UBsQFhgsn5-4VReqAJ=68PaaKYmg@mail.gmail.com/
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512061640.9hKTnB8p-lkp@intel.com/
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260204132643.1302967-1-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Pull sched_ext updates from Tejun Heo:
- Move C example schedulers back from the external scx repo to
tools/sched_ext as the authoritative source. scx_userland and
scx_pair are returning while scx_sdt (BPF arena-based task data
management) is new. These schedulers will be dropped from the
external repo.
- Improve error reporting by adding scx_bpf_error() calls when DSQ
creation fails across all in-tree schedulers
- Avoid redundant irq_work_queue() calls in destroy_dsq() by only
queueing when llist_add() indicates an empty list
- Fix flaky init_enable_count selftest by properly synchronizing
pre-forked children using a pipe instead of sleep()
* tag 'sched_ext-for-6.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/sched_ext:
selftests/sched_ext: Fix init_enable_count flakiness
tools/sched_ext: Fix data header access during free in scx_sdt
tools/sched_ext: Add error logging for dsq creation failures in remaining schedulers
tools/sched_ext: add arena based scheduler
tools/sched_ext: add scx_pair scheduler
tools/sched_ext: add scx_userland scheduler
sched_ext: Add error logging for dsq creation failures
sched_ext: Avoid multiple irq_work_queue() calls in destroy_dsq()
The run-command target does not always require a kernel configuration
to be present.
Drop the dependency so it can be executed without one.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260205-kbuild-run-command-v1-1-b8cbbc3db270@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT is set for boot caches, but need_slab_obj_exts() doesn't
check this flag. We should return false unconditionally when
SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT is set.
Signed-off-by: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260205120709.425719-1-hao.li@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Kernel test robot has reported a regression in the patch "slab: refill
sheaves from all nodes". When taken in isolation like this, there is
indeed a tradeoff - we prefer to use remote objects prior to allocating
new local slabs. It is replicating a behavior that existed before
sheaves for replenishing cpu (partial) slabs - now called
get_from_any_partial() to allocate a single object.
So the possibility of allocating remote objects is intended even if
remote accesses are then slower. But the profiles in the report also
suggested a contention on the list_lock spinlock. And that's something
we can try to avoid without much tradeoff - if someone else has the
spin_lock, it's more likely they are allocating from the node than
freeing to it, so we can skip it even if it means allocating a new local
slab - contributing to that lock's contention isn't worth it. It should
not result in partial slabs accumulating on the remote node.
Thus add an allow_spin parameter to __refill_objects_node() and
get_partial_node_bulk() to make the attempts from __refill_objects_any()
use only a trylock.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202601132136.77efd6d7-lkp@intel.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260129-b4-refill_any_trylock-v1-1-de7420b25840@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Pull xfs fixes from Carlos Maiolino:
"Just a few obvious fixes and some 'cosmetic' changes"
* tag 'xfs-fixes-6.19-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux:
xfs: set max_agbno to allow sparse alloc of last full inode chunk
xfs: Fix xfs_grow_last_rtg()
xfs: improve the assert at the top of xfs_log_cover
xfs: fix an overly long line in xfs_rtgroup_calc_geometry
xfs: mark __xfs_rtgroup_extents static
xfs: Fix the return value of xfs_rtcopy_summary()
xfs: fix memory leak in xfs_growfs_check_rtgeom()
The commit d5d399efff6577 ("printk/nbcon: Release nbcon consoles ownership
in atomic flush after each emitted record") prevented stall of a CPU
which lost nbcon console ownership because another CPU entered
an emergency flush.
But there is still the problem that the CPU doing the emergency flush
might cause a stall on its own.
Let's go even further and restore IRQ in the atomic flush after
each emitted record.
It is not a complete solution. The interrupts and/or scheduling might
still be blocked when the emergency atomic flush was called with
IRQs and/or scheduling disabled. But it should remove the following
lockup:
mlx5_core 0000:03:00.0: Shutdown was called
kvm: exiting hardware virtualization
arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.10.auto: CMD_SYNC timeout at 0x00000103 [hwprod 0x00000104, hwcons 0x00000102]
smp: csd: Detected non-responsive CSD lock (#1) on CPU#4, waiting 5000000032 ns for CPU#00 do_nothing (kernel/smp.c:1057)
smp: csd: CSD lock (#1) unresponsive.
[...]
Call trace:
pl011_console_write_atomic (./arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/processor.h:12 drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c:2540) (P)
nbcon_emit_next_record (kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1049)
__nbcon_atomic_flush_pending_con (kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1517)
__nbcon_atomic_flush_pending.llvm.15488114865160659019 (./arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h:254 ./arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h:808 ./arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:192 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1562 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1612)
nbcon_atomic_flush_pending (kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1629)
printk_kthreads_shutdown (kernel/printk/printk.c:?)
syscore_shutdown (drivers/base/syscore.c:120)
kernel_kexec (kernel/kexec_core.c:1045)
__arm64_sys_reboot (kernel/reboot.c:794 kernel/reboot.c:722 kernel/reboot.c:722)
invoke_syscall (arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:50)
el0_svc_common.llvm.14158405452757855239 (arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:?)
do_el0_svc (arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:152)
el0_svc (./arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h:254 ./arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h:808 ./arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:73 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:169 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:182 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:749)
el0t_64_sync_handler (arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:820)
el0t_64_sync (arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600)
In this case, nbcon_atomic_flush_pending() is called from
printk_kthreads_shutdown() with IRQs and scheduling enabled.
Note that __nbcon_atomic_flush_pending_con() is directly called also from
nbcon_device_release() where the disabled IRQs might break PREEMPT_RT
guarantees. But the atomic flush is called only in emergency or panic
situations where the latencies are irrelevant anyway.
An ultimate solution would be a touching of watchdogs. But it would hide
all problems. Let's do it later when anyone reports a stall which does
not have a better solution.
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/sqwajvt7utnt463tzxgwu2yctyn5m6bjwrslsnupfexeml6hkd@v6sqmpbu3vvu
Tested-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251212124520.244483-1-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
This allows the compiler to check the arguments against the __printf()
attribute on __test(). This produces better diagnostics when incorrect
inputs are passed.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512061600.89CKQ3ag-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121-printf-kunit-printf-attr-v3-1-4144f337ec8b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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