- 01 Oct, 2019 23 commits
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Colin Ian King authored
There is a statement that is indented one level too deeply, remove the extraneous tab. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190925112621.9312-1-colin.king@canonical.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Colin Ian King authored
There is an if statement that is indented one level too deeply, remove the extraneous tabs. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190925111023.7771-1-colin.king@canonical.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Colin Ian King authored
There are two break statements that are indented one level too deeply, remove the extraneous tabs. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190925100330.20695-1-colin.king@canonical.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Colin Ian King authored
There is a statement that is indented one level too deeply, remove the extraneous tab. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190925094545.19941-1-colin.king@canonical.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Frank Shi authored
Add tas2770 smart PA dt bindings Signed-off-by: Frank Shi <shifu0704@thundersoft.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1568962709-19185-1-git-send-email-shifu0704@thundersoft.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
If we can use devm_kzalloc(rtd->dev, xxx) for rtdcom, we don't need to call snd_soc_rtdcom_del_all() for kfree(). This patch uses devm_kzalloc(rtd->dev, xxx) for rtdcom, and remove snd_soc_rtdcom_del_all(). Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/875zlyf7ln.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
This patch allocs dev first at soc_new_pcm_runtime(). This is prepare for rtd->dev, rtd->codec_dais alloc cleanup Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/877e6ef7m1.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
"rtd" is handled by soc_xxx_pcm_runtime(), and "rtd->dev" is handled by soc_rtd_xxx(). There is no reason to separate these, and it makes code complex. We can free these in the same time. Here soc_rtd_free() (A) which frees rtd->dev is called from soc_remove_link_dais() many times (1). Then, it is using dev_registered flags to avoid multi kfree() (2). This is no longer needed if we can merge these functions. static void soc_remove_link_dais(...) { ... (1) for_each_comp_order(order) { (1) for_each_card_rtds(card, rtd) { (A) soc_rtd_free(rtd); ... } } } (A) static void soc_rtd_free(...) { (2) if (rtd->dev_registered) { /* we don't need to call kfree() for rtd->dev */ device_unregister(rtd->dev); (2) rtd->dev_registered = 0; } } This patch merges soc_rtd_free() into soc_free_pcm_runtime(). Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/878squf7oi.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
"rtd" is handled by soc_xxx_pcm_runtime(), and "rtd->dev" is handled by soc_rtd_xxx(). There is no reason to separate these, and it makes code complex. We can create these in the same time. This patch merges soc_rtd_init() into soc_new_pcm_runtime(). Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87a7baf7pz.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
soc_new_pcm_runtime() allocs rtd and rtd->codec_dais. This patch allocs both first, and setup these after that. This is prepare for soc_new_pcm_runtime() cleanup. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87blvqf7qz.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
Current ALSA SoC is calling list_del(&rtd->list) at (1) static void soc_remove_pcm_runtimes(...) { ... for_each_card_rtds_safe(card, rtd, _rtd) { (1) list_del(&rtd->list); (2) soc_free_pcm_runtime(rtd); } ... } But, we will call soc_free_pcm_runtime() after that (2). &rtd->list is connected at soc_new_pcm_runtime(), Thus, it should be disconnected at soc_free_pcm_runtime(). This patch calls list_del(&rtd->list) at soc_free_pcm_runtime(). Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87d0g6f7s5.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
We have soc_new_pcm_runtime() which allocs rtd and its related memory, and soc_add_pcm_runtime() which connects rtd to card. But we don't need to separate these, we can alloc and connect rtd in the same time. Current implementation is just makes code complex. This patch merges these into one. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87ef0mf7sl.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
This patch moves soc_free_pcm_runtime() next to soc_new_pcm_runtime(). This is prepare for soc_xxx_pcm_runtime() cleanup. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87ftl2f7sx.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Sylwester Nawrocki authored
Add compatible string for boards with WM1811 CODEC to the list. Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190920130218.32690-7-s.nawrocki@samsung.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Sylwester Nawrocki authored
As an intermediate step before covering the clocking subsystem of the CODEC entirely by the clk API add handling of external CODEC's master clocks in DAPM events when the AIFn clocks are sourced directly from MCLKn; when FLLn are used we enable/disable respective MCLKn before/after FLLn is enabled/disabled. Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com> Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.cirrus.com> Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190920130218.32690-5-s.nawrocki@samsung.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Sylwester Nawrocki authored
Extend the set_sysclk() handler so we also set frequency of the MCLK1, MCLK2 clocks through clk API when those clocks are specified in DT. Reviewed-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.cirrus.com> Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com> Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190920130218.32690-4-s.nawrocki@samsung.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Tzung-Bi Shih authored
Headset codec is optional. Add missing update to DT binding document. Fixes: a962a809 ("ASoC: mediatek: mt8183: make headset codec optional") Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190920112320.166052-1-tzungbi@google.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
soc-component.h already has SPDX License, thus, GPL explanation is not needed. This patch removes it. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8736grafp5.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Markus Elfring authored
Simplify this function implementation by using a known wrapper function. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8f7cf483-6ab3-d00f-5606-863e9f5b31fc@web.deSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Maxime Ripard authored
The Allwinner A23 SoC and later have an embedded audio codec that uses a separate controller to drive its analog part, which is supported in Linux, with a matching Device Tree binding. Now that we have the DT validation in place, let's convert the device tree bindings for that controller over to a YAML schemas. Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@bootlin.com> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190906151221.3148-2-mripard@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Sam McNally authored
As of commit 648e9218 ("clk: x86: Stop marking clocks as CLK_IS_CRITICAL"), the cht_bsw_rt5645 driver needs to enable the clock it's using for the codec's mclk. It does this from commit 7735bce0 ("ASoC: Intel: boards: use devm_clk_get() unconditionally"), enabling pmc_plt_clk_3. However, Strago family Chromebooks use pmc_plt_clk_0 for the codec mclk, resulting in white noise with some digital microphones. Add a DMI-based quirk for Strago family Chromebooks to use pmc_plt_clk_0 instead - mirroring the changes made to cht_bsw_max98090_ti in commit a182ecd3 ("ASoC: intel: cht_bsw_max98090_ti: Add quirk for boards using pmc_plt_clk_0") and making use of the existing dmi_check_system() call and related infrastructure added in commit 22af2911 ("ASoC: Intel: cht-bsw-rt5645: add quirks for SSP0/AIF1/AIF2 routing"). Signed-off-by: Sam McNally <sammc@chromium.org> Acked-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190917054933.209335-1-sammc@chromium.orgSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Shengjiu Wang authored
MQS (medium quality sound), is used to generate medium quality audio via a standard digital output pin. It can be used to connect stereo speakers or headphones simply via power amplifier stages without an additional DAC chip. It only accepts 2-channel, LSB-valid 16bit, MSB shift-out first, frame sync asserting with the first bit of the frame, data shifted with the posedge of bit clock, 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz signals from SAI1 in left justified format; and it provides the SNR target as no more than 20dB for the signals below 10 kHz. The signals above 10 kHz will have worse THD+N values. MQS provides only simple audio reproduction. No internal pop, click or distortion artifact reduction methods are provided. The MQS receives the audio data from the SAI1 Tx section. Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com> Acked-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/74dfc73a92d2df4213225abe7d2a3db82672fe0f.1568367274.git.shengjiu.wang@nxp.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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Shengjiu Wang authored
Add the DT binding documentation for NXP MQS driver Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com> Acked-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/65e1f035aea2951aacda54aa3a751bc244f72f6a.1568367274.git.shengjiu.wang@nxp.comSigned-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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- 30 Sep, 2019 17 commits
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Linus Torvalds authored
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linuxLinus Torvalds authored
Pull btrfs fixes from David Sterba: "A bunch of fixes that accumulated in recent weeks, mostly material for stable. Summary: - fix for regression from 5.3 that prevents to use balance convert with single profile - qgroup fixes: rescan race, accounting leak with multiple writers, potential leak after io failure recovery - fix for use after free in relocation (reported by KASAN) - other error handling fixups" * tag 'for-5.4-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux: btrfs: qgroup: Fix reserved data space leak if we have multiple reserve calls btrfs: qgroup: Fix the wrong target io_tree when freeing reserved data space btrfs: Fix a regression which we can't convert to SINGLE profile btrfs: relocation: fix use-after-free on dead relocation roots Btrfs: fix race setting up and completing qgroup rescan workers Btrfs: fix missing error return if writeback for extent buffer never started btrfs: adjust dirty_metadata_bytes after writeback failure of extent buffer Btrfs: fix selftests failure due to uninitialized i_mode in test inodes
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git://github.com/c-sky/csky-linuxLinus Torvalds authored
Pull csky updates from Guo Ren: "This round of csky subsystem just some fixups: - Fix mb() synchronization problem - Fix dma_alloc_coherent with PAGE_SO attribute - Fix cache_op failed when cross memory ZONEs - Optimize arch_sync_dma_for_cpu/device with dma_inv_range - Fix ioremap function losing - Fix arch_get_unmapped_area() implementation - Fix defer cache flush for 610 - Support kernel non-aligned access - Fix 610 vipt cache flush mechanism - Fix add zero_fp fixup perf backtrace panic - Move static keyword to the front of declaration - Fix csky_pmu.max_period assignment - Use generic free_initrd_mem() - entry: Remove unneeded need_resched() loop" * tag 'csky-for-linus-5.4-rc1' of git://github.com/c-sky/csky-linux: csky: Move static keyword to the front of declaration csky: entry: Remove unneeded need_resched() loop csky: Fixup csky_pmu.max_period assignment csky: Fixup add zero_fp fixup perf backtrace panic csky: Use generic free_initrd_mem() csky: Fixup 610 vipt cache flush mechanism csky: Support kernel non-aligned access csky: Fixup defer cache flush for 610 csky: Fixup arch_get_unmapped_area() implementation csky: Fixup ioremap function losing csky: Optimize arch_sync_dma_for_cpu/device with dma_inv_range csky/dma: Fixup cache_op failed when cross memory ZONEs csky: Fixup dma_alloc_coherent with PAGE_SO attribute csky: Fixup mb() synchronization problem
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/socLinus Torvalds authored
Pull ARM SoC fixes from Olof Johansson: "A few fixes that have trickled in through the merge window: - Video fixes for OMAP due to panel-dpi driver removal - Clock fixes for OMAP that broke no-idle quirks + nfsroot on DRA7 - Fixing arch version on ASpeed ast2500 - Two fixes for reset handling on ARM SCMI" * tag 'armsoc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: ARM: aspeed: ast2500 is ARMv6K reset: reset-scmi: add missing handle initialisation firmware: arm_scmi: reset: fix reset_state assignment in scmi_domain_reset bus: ti-sysc: Remove unpaired sysc_clkdm_deny_idle() ARM: dts: logicpd-som-lv: Fix i2c2 and i2c3 Pin mux ARM: dts: am3517-evm: Fix missing video ARM: dts: logicpd-torpedo-baseboard: Fix missing video ARM: omap2plus_defconfig: Fix missing video bus: ti-sysc: Fix handling of invalid clocks bus: ti-sysc: Fix clock handling for no-idle quirks
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-traceLinus Torvalds authored
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt: "A few more tracing fixes: - Fix a buffer overflow by checking nr_args correctly in probes - Fix a warning that is reported by clang - Fix a possible memory leak in error path of filter processing - Fix the selftest that checks for failures, but wasn't failing - Minor clean up on call site output of a memory trace event" * tag 'trace-v5.4-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: selftests/ftrace: Fix same probe error test mm, tracing: Print symbol name for call_site in trace events tracing: Have error path in predicate_parse() free its allocated memory tracing: Fix clang -Wint-in-bool-context warnings in IF_ASSIGN macro tracing/probe: Fix to check the difference of nr_args before adding probe
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ulfh/mmcLinus Torvalds authored
Pull more MMC updates from Ulf Hansson: "A couple more updates/fixes for MMC: - sdhci-pci: Add Genesys Logic GL975x support - sdhci-tegra: Recover loss in throughput for DMA - sdhci-of-esdhc: Fix DMA bug" * tag 'mmc-v5.4-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ulfh/mmc: mmc: host: sdhci-pci: Add Genesys Logic GL975x support mmc: tegra: Implement ->set_dma_mask() mmc: sdhci: Let drivers define their DMA mask mmc: sdhci-of-esdhc: set DMA snooping based on DMA coherence mmc: sdhci: improve ADMA error reporting
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Krzysztof Wilczynski authored
Move the static keyword to the front of declaration of csky_pmu_of_device_ids, and resolve the following compiler warning that can be seen when building with warnings enabled (W=1): arch/csky/kernel/perf_event.c:1340:1: warning: ‘static’ is not at beginning of declaration [-Wold-style-declaration] Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Wilczynski <kw@linux.com> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
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Valentin Schneider authored
Since the enabling and disabling of IRQs within preempt_schedule_irq() is contained in a need_resched() loop, we don't need the outer arch code loop. Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-miscLinus Torvalds authored
Pull Documentation/process update from Greg KH: "Here are two small Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst file updates that missed my previous char/misc pull request. The first one adds an Intel representative for the process, and the second one cleans up the text a bit more when it comes to how the disclosure rules work, as it was a bit confusing to some companies" * tag 'char-misc-5.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: Documentation/process: Clarify disclosure rules Documentation/process: Volunteer as the ambassador for Intel
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfsLinus Torvalds authored
Pull more vfs updates from Al Viro: "A couple of misc patches" * 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: afs dynroot: switch to simple_dir_operations fs/handle.c - fix up kerneldoc
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git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
Pull more cifs updates from Steve French: "Fixes from the recent SMB3 Test events and Storage Developer Conference (held the last two weeks). Here are nine smb3 patches including an important patch for debugging traces with wireshark, with three patches marked for stable. Additional fixes from last week to better handle some newly discovered reparse points, and a fix the create/mkdir path for setting the mode more atomically (in SMB3 Create security descriptor context), and one for path name processing are still being tested so are not included here" * tag '5.4-rc-smb3-fixes' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6: CIFS: Fix oplock handling for SMB 2.1+ protocols smb3: missing ACL related flags smb3: pass mode bits into create calls smb3: Add missing reparse tags CIFS: fix max ea value size fs/cifs/sess.c: Remove set but not used variable 'capabilities' fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c: Make SMB2_notify_init static smb3: fix leak in "open on server" perf counter smb3: allow decryption keys to be dumped by admin for debugging
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Mao Han authored
The csky_pmu.max_period has type u64, and BIT() can only return 32 bits unsigned long on C-SKY. The initialization for max_period will be incorrect when count_width is bigger than 32. Use BIT_ULL() Signed-off-by: Mao Han <han_mao@c-sky.com> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <ren_guo@c-sky.com>
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Guo Ren authored
We need set fp zero to let backtrace know the end. The patch fixup perf callchain panic problem, because backtrace didn't know what is the end of fp. Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <ren_guo@c-sky.com> Reported-by: Mao Han <han_mao@c-sky.com>
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Mike Rapoport authored
The csky implementation of free_initrd_mem() is an open-coded version of free_reserved_area() without poisoning. Remove it and make csky use the generic version of free_initrd_mem(). Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
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Linus Torvalds authored
Merge active entropy generation updates. This is admittedly partly "for discussion". We need to have a way forward for the boot time deadlocks where user space ends up waiting for more entropy, but no entropy is forthcoming because the system is entirely idle just waiting for something to happen. While this was triggered by what is arguably a user space bug with GDM/gnome-session asking for secure randomness during early boot, when they didn't even need any such truly secure thing, the issue ends up being that our "getrandom()" interface is prone to that kind of confusion, because people don't think very hard about whether they want to block for sufficient amounts of entropy. The approach here-in is to decide to not just passively wait for entropy to happen, but to start actively collecting it if it is missing. This is not necessarily always possible, but if the architecture has a CPU cycle counter, there is a fair amount of noise in the exact timings of reasonably complex loads. We may end up tweaking the load and the entropy estimates, but this should be at least a reasonable starting point. As part of this, we also revert the revert of the ext4 IO pattern improvement that ended up triggering the reported lack of external entropy. * getrandom() active entropy waiting: Revert "Revert "ext4: make __ext4_get_inode_loc plug"" random: try to actively add entropy rather than passively wait for it
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Linus Torvalds authored
This reverts commit 72dbcf72. Instead of waiting forever for entropy that may just not happen, we now try to actively generate entropy when required, and are thus hopefully avoiding the problem that caused the nice ext4 IO pattern fix to be reverted. So revert the revert. Cc: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> Cc: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Cc: Alexander E. Patrakov <patrakov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Linus Torvalds authored
For 5.3 we had to revert a nice ext4 IO pattern improvement, because it caused a bootup regression due to lack of entropy at bootup together with arguably broken user space that was asking for secure random numbers when it really didn't need to. See commit 72dbcf72 (Revert "ext4: make __ext4_get_inode_loc plug"). This aims to solve the issue by actively generating entropy noise using the CPU cycle counter when waiting for the random number generator to initialize. This only works when you have a high-frequency time stamp counter available, but that's the case on all modern x86 CPU's, and on most other modern CPU's too. What we do is to generate jitter entropy from the CPU cycle counter under a somewhat complex load: calling the scheduler while also guaranteeing a certain amount of timing noise by also triggering a timer. I'm sure we can tweak this, and that people will want to look at other alternatives, but there's been a number of papers written on jitter entropy, and this should really be fairly conservative by crediting one bit of entropy for every timer-induced jump in the cycle counter. Not because the timer itself would be all that unpredictable, but because the interaction between the timer and the loop is going to be. Even if (and perhaps particularly if) the timer actually happens on another CPU, the cacheline interaction between the loop that reads the cycle counter and the timer itself firing is going to add perturbations to the cycle counter values that get mixed into the entropy pool. As Thomas pointed out, with a modern out-of-order CPU, even quite simple loops show a fair amount of hard-to-predict timing variability even in the absense of external interrupts. But this tries to take that further by actually having a fairly complex interaction. This is not going to solve the entropy issue for architectures that have no CPU cycle counter, but it's not clear how (and if) that is solvable, and the hardware in question is largely starting to be irrelevant. And by doing this we can at least avoid some of the even more contentious approaches (like making the entropy waiting time out in order to avoid the possibly unbounded waiting). Cc: Ahmed Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@opentech.at> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Cc: Alexander E. Patrakov <patrakov@gmail.com> Cc: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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