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<title>linux.git/kernel, branch v6.17-rc6</title>
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<title>Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2025-09-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-09-14T15:38:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-14T15:38:05+00:00</published>
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Pull timer fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "Fix a lost-timeout CPU hotplug bug in the hrtimer code, which can
  trigger with certain hardware configs and regular HZ"

* tag 'timers-urgent-2025-09-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  hrtimers: Unconditionally update target CPU base after offline timer migration
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Pull timer fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "Fix a lost-timeout CPU hotplug bug in the hrtimer code, which can
  trigger with certain hardware configs and regular HZ"

* tag 'timers-urgent-2025-09-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  hrtimers: Unconditionally update target CPU base after offline timer migration
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'pm-6.17-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm</title>
<updated>2025-09-11T15:11:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-11T15:11:16+00:00</published>
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Pull power management fixes from Rafael Wysocki:
 "These fix a nasty hibernation regression introduced during the 6.16
  cycle, an issue related to energy model management occurring on Intel
  hybrid systems where some CPUs are offline to start with, and two
  regressions in the amd-pstate driver:

   - Restore a pm_restrict_gfp_mask() call in hibernation_snapshot()
     that was removed incorrectly during the 6.16 development cycle
     (Rafael Wysocki)

   - Introduce a function for registering a perf domain without
     triggering a system-wide CPU capacity update and make the
     intel_pstate driver use it to avoid reocurring unsuccessful
     attempts to update capacities of all CPUs in the system (Rafael
     Wysocki)

   - Fix setting of CPPC.min_perf in the active mode with performance
     governor in the amd-pstate driver to restore its expected behavior
     changed recently (Gautham Shenoy)

   - Avoid mistakenly setting EPP to 0 in the amd-pstate driver after
     system resume as a result of recent code changes (Mario
     Limonciello)"

* tag 'pm-6.17-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm:
  PM: hibernate: Restrict GFP mask in hibernation_snapshot()
  PM: EM: Add function for registering a PD without capacity update
  cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix a regression leading to EPP 0 after resume
  cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix setting of CPPC.min_perf in active mode for performance governor
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Pull power management fixes from Rafael Wysocki:
 "These fix a nasty hibernation regression introduced during the 6.16
  cycle, an issue related to energy model management occurring on Intel
  hybrid systems where some CPUs are offline to start with, and two
  regressions in the amd-pstate driver:

   - Restore a pm_restrict_gfp_mask() call in hibernation_snapshot()
     that was removed incorrectly during the 6.16 development cycle
     (Rafael Wysocki)

   - Introduce a function for registering a perf domain without
     triggering a system-wide CPU capacity update and make the
     intel_pstate driver use it to avoid reocurring unsuccessful
     attempts to update capacities of all CPUs in the system (Rafael
     Wysocki)

   - Fix setting of CPPC.min_perf in the active mode with performance
     governor in the amd-pstate driver to restore its expected behavior
     changed recently (Gautham Shenoy)

   - Avoid mistakenly setting EPP to 0 in the amd-pstate driver after
     system resume as a result of recent code changes (Mario
     Limonciello)"

* tag 'pm-6.17-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm:
  PM: hibernate: Restrict GFP mask in hibernation_snapshot()
  PM: EM: Add function for registering a PD without capacity update
  cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix a regression leading to EPP 0 after resume
  cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix setting of CPPC.min_perf in active mode for performance governor
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf</title>
<updated>2025-09-11T14:54:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-11T14:54:16+00:00</published>
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Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov:
 "A number of fixes accumulated due to summer vacations

   - Fix out-of-bounds dynptr write in bpf_crypto_crypt() kfunc which
     was misidentified as a security issue (Daniel Borkmann)

   - Update the list of BPF selftests maintainers (Eduard Zingerman)

   - Fix selftests warnings with icecc compiler (Ilya Leoshkevich)

   - Disable XDP/cpumap direct return optimization (Jesper Dangaard
     Brouer)

   - Fix unexpected get_helper_proto() result in unusual configuration
     BPF_SYSCALL=y and BPF_EVENTS=n (Jiri Olsa)

   - Allow fallback to interpreter when JIT support is limited (KaFai
     Wan)

   - Fix rqspinlock and choose trylock fallback for NMI waiters. Pick
     the simplest fix. More involved fix is targeted bpf-next (Kumar
     Kartikeya Dwivedi)

   - Fix cleanup when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate
     psock-&gt;cork (Kuniyuki Iwashima)

   - Disallow bpf_timer in PREEMPT_RT for now. Proper solution is being
     discussed for bpf-next. (Leon Hwang)

   - Fix XSK cq descriptor production (Maciej Fijalkowski)

   - Tell memcg to use allow_spinning=false path in bpf_timer_init() to
     avoid lockup in cgroup_file_notify() (Peilin Ye)

   - Fix bpf_strnstr() to handle suffix match cases (Rong Tao)"

* tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf:
  selftests/bpf: Skip timer cases when bpf_timer is not supported
  bpf: Reject bpf_timer for PREEMPT_RT
  tcp_bpf: Call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate psock-&gt;cork.
  bpf: Tell memcg to use allow_spinning=false path in bpf_timer_init()
  bpf: Allow fall back to interpreter for programs with stack size &lt;= 512
  rqspinlock: Choose trylock fallback for NMI waiters
  xsk: Fix immature cq descriptor production
  bpf: Update the list of BPF selftests maintainers
  selftests/bpf: Add tests for bpf_strnstr
  selftests/bpf: Fix "expression result unused" warnings with icecc
  bpf: Fix bpf_strnstr() to handle suffix match cases better
  selftests/bpf: Extend crypto_sanity selftest with invalid dst buffer
  bpf: Fix out-of-bounds dynptr write in bpf_crypto_crypt
  bpf: Check the helper function is valid in get_helper_proto
  bpf, cpumap: Disable page_pool direct xdp_return need larger scope
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Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov:
 "A number of fixes accumulated due to summer vacations

   - Fix out-of-bounds dynptr write in bpf_crypto_crypt() kfunc which
     was misidentified as a security issue (Daniel Borkmann)

   - Update the list of BPF selftests maintainers (Eduard Zingerman)

   - Fix selftests warnings with icecc compiler (Ilya Leoshkevich)

   - Disable XDP/cpumap direct return optimization (Jesper Dangaard
     Brouer)

   - Fix unexpected get_helper_proto() result in unusual configuration
     BPF_SYSCALL=y and BPF_EVENTS=n (Jiri Olsa)

   - Allow fallback to interpreter when JIT support is limited (KaFai
     Wan)

   - Fix rqspinlock and choose trylock fallback for NMI waiters. Pick
     the simplest fix. More involved fix is targeted bpf-next (Kumar
     Kartikeya Dwivedi)

   - Fix cleanup when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate
     psock-&gt;cork (Kuniyuki Iwashima)

   - Disallow bpf_timer in PREEMPT_RT for now. Proper solution is being
     discussed for bpf-next. (Leon Hwang)

   - Fix XSK cq descriptor production (Maciej Fijalkowski)

   - Tell memcg to use allow_spinning=false path in bpf_timer_init() to
     avoid lockup in cgroup_file_notify() (Peilin Ye)

   - Fix bpf_strnstr() to handle suffix match cases (Rong Tao)"

* tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf:
  selftests/bpf: Skip timer cases when bpf_timer is not supported
  bpf: Reject bpf_timer for PREEMPT_RT
  tcp_bpf: Call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate psock-&gt;cork.
  bpf: Tell memcg to use allow_spinning=false path in bpf_timer_init()
  bpf: Allow fall back to interpreter for programs with stack size &lt;= 512
  rqspinlock: Choose trylock fallback for NMI waiters
  xsk: Fix immature cq descriptor production
  bpf: Update the list of BPF selftests maintainers
  selftests/bpf: Add tests for bpf_strnstr
  selftests/bpf: Fix "expression result unused" warnings with icecc
  bpf: Fix bpf_strnstr() to handle suffix match cases better
  selftests/bpf: Extend crypto_sanity selftest with invalid dst buffer
  bpf: Fix out-of-bounds dynptr write in bpf_crypto_crypt
  bpf: Check the helper function is valid in get_helper_proto
  bpf, cpumap: Disable page_pool direct xdp_return need larger scope
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'pm-sleep' and 'pm-em'</title>
<updated>2025-09-11T12:22:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-11T12:22:35+00:00</published>
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Merge a hibernation regression fix and an fix related to energy model
management for 6.17-rc6

* pm-sleep:
  PM: hibernate: Restrict GFP mask in hibernation_snapshot()

* pm-em:
  PM: EM: Add function for registering a PD without capacity update
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Merge a hibernation regression fix and an fix related to energy model
management for 6.17-rc6

* pm-sleep:
  PM: hibernate: Restrict GFP mask in hibernation_snapshot()

* pm-em:
  PM: EM: Add function for registering a PD without capacity update
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Reject bpf_timer for PREEMPT_RT</title>
<updated>2025-09-10T19:34:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leon Hwang</name>
<email>leon.hwang@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-10T12:57:39+00:00</published>
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When enable CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT, the kernel will warn when run timer
selftests by './test_progs -t timer':

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48

In order to avoid such warning, reject bpf_timer in verifier when
PREEMPT_RT is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang &lt;leon.hwang@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250910125740.52172-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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When enable CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT, the kernel will warn when run timer
selftests by './test_progs -t timer':

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48

In order to avoid such warning, reject bpf_timer in verifier when
PREEMPT_RT is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang &lt;leon.hwang@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250910125740.52172-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'trace-v6.17-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2025-09-10T19:03:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-10T19:03:47+00:00</published>
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Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN flag is kmalloc

   As now __GFP_NOWARN is part of __GFP_NOWAIT, it can be removed from
   kmalloc as it is redundant.

 - Use copy_from_user_nofault() instead of _inatomic() for trace markers

   The trace_marker files are written to to allow user space to quickly
   write into the tracing ring buffer.

   Back in 2016, the get_user_pages_fast() and the kmap() logic was
   replaced by a __copy_from_user_inatomic(), but didn't properly
   disable page faults around it.

   Since the time this was added, copy_from_user_nofault() was added
   which does the required page fault disabling for us.

 - Fix the assembly markup in the ftrace direct sample code

   The ftrace direct sample code (which is also used for selftests), had
   the size directive between the "leave" and the "ret" instead of after
   the ret. This caused objtool to think the code was unreachable.

 - Only call unregister_pm_notifier() on outer most fgraph registration

   There was an error path in register_ftrace_graph() that did not call
   unregister_pm_notifier() on error, so it was added in the error path.
   The problem with that fix, is that register_pm_notifier() is only
   called by the initial user of fgraph. If that succeeds, but another
   fgraph registration were to fail, then unregister_pm_notifier() would
   be called incorrectly.

 - Fix a crash in osnoise when zero size cpumask is passed in

   If a zero size CPU mask is passed in, the kmalloc() would return
   ZERO_SIZE_PTR which is not checked, and the code would continue
   thinking it had real memory and crash. If zero is passed in as the
   size of the write, simply return 0.

 - Fix possible warning in trace_pid_write()

   If while processing a series of numbers passed to the "set_event_pid"
   file, and one of the updates fails to allocate (triggered by a fault
   injection), it can cause a warning to trigger. Check the return value
   of the call to trace_pid_list_set() and break out early with an error
   code if it fails.

* tag 'trace-v6.17-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: Silence warning when chunk allocation fails in trace_pid_write
  tracing/osnoise: Fix null-ptr-deref in bitmap_parselist()
  trace/fgraph: Fix error handling
  ftrace/samples: Fix function size computation
  tracing: Fix tracing_marker may trigger page fault during preempt_disable
  trace: Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN
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Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN flag is kmalloc

   As now __GFP_NOWARN is part of __GFP_NOWAIT, it can be removed from
   kmalloc as it is redundant.

 - Use copy_from_user_nofault() instead of _inatomic() for trace markers

   The trace_marker files are written to to allow user space to quickly
   write into the tracing ring buffer.

   Back in 2016, the get_user_pages_fast() and the kmap() logic was
   replaced by a __copy_from_user_inatomic(), but didn't properly
   disable page faults around it.

   Since the time this was added, copy_from_user_nofault() was added
   which does the required page fault disabling for us.

 - Fix the assembly markup in the ftrace direct sample code

   The ftrace direct sample code (which is also used for selftests), had
   the size directive between the "leave" and the "ret" instead of after
   the ret. This caused objtool to think the code was unreachable.

 - Only call unregister_pm_notifier() on outer most fgraph registration

   There was an error path in register_ftrace_graph() that did not call
   unregister_pm_notifier() on error, so it was added in the error path.
   The problem with that fix, is that register_pm_notifier() is only
   called by the initial user of fgraph. If that succeeds, but another
   fgraph registration were to fail, then unregister_pm_notifier() would
   be called incorrectly.

 - Fix a crash in osnoise when zero size cpumask is passed in

   If a zero size CPU mask is passed in, the kmalloc() would return
   ZERO_SIZE_PTR which is not checked, and the code would continue
   thinking it had real memory and crash. If zero is passed in as the
   size of the write, simply return 0.

 - Fix possible warning in trace_pid_write()

   If while processing a series of numbers passed to the "set_event_pid"
   file, and one of the updates fails to allocate (triggered by a fault
   injection), it can cause a warning to trigger. Check the return value
   of the call to trace_pid_list_set() and break out early with an error
   code if it fails.

* tag 'trace-v6.17-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: Silence warning when chunk allocation fails in trace_pid_write
  tracing/osnoise: Fix null-ptr-deref in bitmap_parselist()
  trace/fgraph: Fix error handling
  ftrace/samples: Fix function size computation
  tracing: Fix tracing_marker may trigger page fault during preempt_disable
  trace: Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN
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<entry>
<title>PM: hibernate: Restrict GFP mask in hibernation_snapshot()</title>
<updated>2025-09-10T18:36:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-10T09:41:59+00:00</published>
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Commit 12ffc3b1513e ("PM: Restrict swap use to later in the suspend
sequence") incorrectly removed a pm_restrict_gfp_mask() call from
hibernation_snapshot(), so memory allocations involving swap are not
prevented from being carried out in this code path any more which may
lead to serious breakage.

The symptoms of such breakage have become visible after adding a
shrink_shmem_memory() call to hibernation_snapshot() in commit
2640e819474f ("PM: hibernate: shrink shmem pages after dev_pm_ops.prepare()")
which caused this problem to be much more likely to manifest itself.

However, since commit 2640e819474f was initially present in the DRM
tree that did not include commit 12ffc3b1513e, the symptoms of this
issue were not visible until merge commit 260f6f4fda93 ("Merge tag
'drm-next-2025-07-30' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel")
that exposed it through an entirely reasonable merge conflict
resolution.

Fixes: 12ffc3b1513e ("PM: Restrict swap use to later in the suspend sequence")
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220555
Reported-by: Todd Brandt &lt;todd.e.brandt@linux.intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Todd Brandt &lt;todd.e.brandt@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: 6.16+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 6.16+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) &lt;superm1@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit 12ffc3b1513e ("PM: Restrict swap use to later in the suspend
sequence") incorrectly removed a pm_restrict_gfp_mask() call from
hibernation_snapshot(), so memory allocations involving swap are not
prevented from being carried out in this code path any more which may
lead to serious breakage.

The symptoms of such breakage have become visible after adding a
shrink_shmem_memory() call to hibernation_snapshot() in commit
2640e819474f ("PM: hibernate: shrink shmem pages after dev_pm_ops.prepare()")
which caused this problem to be much more likely to manifest itself.

However, since commit 2640e819474f was initially present in the DRM
tree that did not include commit 12ffc3b1513e, the symptoms of this
issue were not visible until merge commit 260f6f4fda93 ("Merge tag
'drm-next-2025-07-30' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel")
that exposed it through an entirely reasonable merge conflict
resolution.

Fixes: 12ffc3b1513e ("PM: Restrict swap use to later in the suspend sequence")
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220555
Reported-by: Todd Brandt &lt;todd.e.brandt@linux.intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Todd Brandt &lt;todd.e.brandt@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: 6.16+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 6.16+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) &lt;superm1@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>PM: EM: Add function for registering a PD without capacity update</title>
<updated>2025-09-10T10:03:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-05T13:44:45+00:00</published>
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The intel_pstate driver manages CPU capacity changes itself and it does
not need an update of the capacity of all CPUs in the system to be
carried out after registering a PD.

Moreover, in some configurations (for instance, an SMT-capable
hybrid x86 system booted with nosmt in the kernel command line) the
em_check_capacity_update() call at the end of em_dev_register_perf_domain()
always fails and reschedules itself to run once again in 1 s, so
effectively it runs in vain every 1 s forever.

To address this, introduce a new variant of em_dev_register_perf_domain(),
called em_dev_register_pd_no_update(), that does not invoke
em_check_capacity_update(), and make intel_pstate use it instead of the
original.

Fixes: 7b010f9b9061 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: EAS support for hybrid platforms")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/40212796-734c-4140-8a85-854f72b8144d@panix.com/
Reported-by: Kenneth R. Crudup &lt;kenny@panix.com&gt;
Tested-by: Kenneth R. Crudup &lt;kenny@panix.com&gt;
Cc: 6.16+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 6.16+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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The intel_pstate driver manages CPU capacity changes itself and it does
not need an update of the capacity of all CPUs in the system to be
carried out after registering a PD.

Moreover, in some configurations (for instance, an SMT-capable
hybrid x86 system booted with nosmt in the kernel command line) the
em_check_capacity_update() call at the end of em_dev_register_perf_domain()
always fails and reschedules itself to run once again in 1 s, so
effectively it runs in vain every 1 s forever.

To address this, introduce a new variant of em_dev_register_perf_domain(),
called em_dev_register_pd_no_update(), that does not invoke
em_check_capacity_update(), and make intel_pstate use it instead of the
original.

Fixes: 7b010f9b9061 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: EAS support for hybrid platforms")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/40212796-734c-4140-8a85-854f72b8144d@panix.com/
Reported-by: Kenneth R. Crudup &lt;kenny@panix.com&gt;
Tested-by: Kenneth R. Crudup &lt;kenny@panix.com&gt;
Cc: 6.16+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 6.16+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<title>bpf: Tell memcg to use allow_spinning=false path in bpf_timer_init()</title>
<updated>2025-09-09T22:24:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peilin Ye</name>
<email>yepeilin@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-09T09:52:20+00:00</published>
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Currently, calling bpf_map_kmalloc_node() from __bpf_async_init() can
cause various locking issues; see the following stack trace (edited for
style) as one example:

...
 [10.011566]  do_raw_spin_lock.cold
 [10.011570]  try_to_wake_up             (5) double-acquiring the same
 [10.011575]  kick_pool                      rq_lock, causing a hardlockup
 [10.011579]  __queue_work
 [10.011582]  queue_work_on
 [10.011585]  kernfs_notify
 [10.011589]  cgroup_file_notify
 [10.011593]  try_charge_memcg           (4) memcg accounting raises an
 [10.011597]  obj_cgroup_charge_pages        MEMCG_MAX event
 [10.011599]  obj_cgroup_charge_account
 [10.011600]  __memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook
 [10.011603]  __kmalloc_node_noprof
...
 [10.011611]  bpf_map_kmalloc_node
 [10.011612]  __bpf_async_init
 [10.011615]  bpf_timer_init             (3) BPF calls bpf_timer_init()
 [10.011617]  bpf_prog_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_fcg_runnable
 [10.011619]  bpf__sched_ext_ops_runnable
 [10.011620]  enqueue_task_scx           (2) BPF runs with rq_lock held
 [10.011622]  enqueue_task
 [10.011626]  ttwu_do_activate
 [10.011629]  sched_ttwu_pending         (1) grabs rq_lock
...

The above was reproduced on bpf-next (b338cf849ec8) by modifying
./tools/sched_ext/scx_flatcg.bpf.c to call bpf_timer_init() during
ops.runnable(), and hacking the memcg accounting code a bit to make
a bpf_timer_init() call more likely to raise an MEMCG_MAX event.

We have also run into other similar variants (both internally and on
bpf-next), including double-acquiring cgroup_file_kn_lock, the same
worker_pool::lock, etc.

As suggested by Shakeel, fix this by using __GFP_HIGH instead of
GFP_ATOMIC in __bpf_async_init(), so that e.g. if try_charge_memcg()
raises an MEMCG_MAX event, we call __memcg_memory_event() with
@allow_spinning=false and avoid calling cgroup_file_notify() there.

Depends on mm patch
"memcg: skip cgroup_file_notify if spinning is not allowed":
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250905201606.66198-1-shakeel.butt@linux.dev/

v0 approach s/bpf_map_kmalloc_node/bpf_mem_alloc/
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250905061919.439648-1-yepeilin@google.com/
v1 approach:
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250905234547.862249-1-yepeilin@google.com/

Fixes: b00628b1c7d5 ("bpf: Introduce bpf timers.")
Suggested-by: Shakeel Butt &lt;shakeel.butt@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye &lt;yepeilin@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250909095222.2121438-1-yepeilin@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently, calling bpf_map_kmalloc_node() from __bpf_async_init() can
cause various locking issues; see the following stack trace (edited for
style) as one example:

...
 [10.011566]  do_raw_spin_lock.cold
 [10.011570]  try_to_wake_up             (5) double-acquiring the same
 [10.011575]  kick_pool                      rq_lock, causing a hardlockup
 [10.011579]  __queue_work
 [10.011582]  queue_work_on
 [10.011585]  kernfs_notify
 [10.011589]  cgroup_file_notify
 [10.011593]  try_charge_memcg           (4) memcg accounting raises an
 [10.011597]  obj_cgroup_charge_pages        MEMCG_MAX event
 [10.011599]  obj_cgroup_charge_account
 [10.011600]  __memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook
 [10.011603]  __kmalloc_node_noprof
...
 [10.011611]  bpf_map_kmalloc_node
 [10.011612]  __bpf_async_init
 [10.011615]  bpf_timer_init             (3) BPF calls bpf_timer_init()
 [10.011617]  bpf_prog_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_fcg_runnable
 [10.011619]  bpf__sched_ext_ops_runnable
 [10.011620]  enqueue_task_scx           (2) BPF runs with rq_lock held
 [10.011622]  enqueue_task
 [10.011626]  ttwu_do_activate
 [10.011629]  sched_ttwu_pending         (1) grabs rq_lock
...

The above was reproduced on bpf-next (b338cf849ec8) by modifying
./tools/sched_ext/scx_flatcg.bpf.c to call bpf_timer_init() during
ops.runnable(), and hacking the memcg accounting code a bit to make
a bpf_timer_init() call more likely to raise an MEMCG_MAX event.

We have also run into other similar variants (both internally and on
bpf-next), including double-acquiring cgroup_file_kn_lock, the same
worker_pool::lock, etc.

As suggested by Shakeel, fix this by using __GFP_HIGH instead of
GFP_ATOMIC in __bpf_async_init(), so that e.g. if try_charge_memcg()
raises an MEMCG_MAX event, we call __memcg_memory_event() with
@allow_spinning=false and avoid calling cgroup_file_notify() there.

Depends on mm patch
"memcg: skip cgroup_file_notify if spinning is not allowed":
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250905201606.66198-1-shakeel.butt@linux.dev/

v0 approach s/bpf_map_kmalloc_node/bpf_mem_alloc/
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250905061919.439648-1-yepeilin@google.com/
v1 approach:
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250905234547.862249-1-yepeilin@google.com/

Fixes: b00628b1c7d5 ("bpf: Introduce bpf timers.")
Suggested-by: Shakeel Butt &lt;shakeel.butt@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye &lt;yepeilin@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250909095222.2121438-1-yepeilin@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Allow fall back to interpreter for programs with stack size &lt;= 512</title>
<updated>2025-09-09T22:12:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>KaFai Wan</name>
<email>kafai.wan@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-09T14:46:14+00:00</published>
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OpenWRT users reported regression on ARMv6 devices after updating to latest
HEAD, where tcpdump filter:

tcpdump "not ether host 3c37121a2b3c and not ether host 184ecbca2a3a \
and not ether host 14130b4d3f47 and not ether host f0f61cf440b7 \
and not ether host a84b4dedf471 and not ether host d022be17e1d7 \
and not ether host 5c497967208b and not ether host 706655784d5b"

fails with warning: "Kernel filter failed: No error information"
when using config:
 # CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON is not set
 CONFIG_BPF_JIT_DEFAULT_ON=y

The issue arises because commits:
1. "bpf: Fix array bounds error with may_goto" changed default runtime to
   __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit_requested = 1
2. "bpf: Avoid __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit fails" returns error when
   jit_requested = 1 but jit fails

This change restores interpreter fallback capability for BPF programs with
stack size &lt;= 512 bytes when jit fails.

Reported-by: Felix Fietkau &lt;nbd@nbd.name&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/2e267b4b-0540-45d8-9310-e127bf95fc63@nbd.name/
Fixes: 6ebc5030e0c5 ("bpf: Fix array bounds error with may_goto")
Signed-off-by: KaFai Wan &lt;kafai.wan@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250909144614.2991253-1-kafai.wan@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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OpenWRT users reported regression on ARMv6 devices after updating to latest
HEAD, where tcpdump filter:

tcpdump "not ether host 3c37121a2b3c and not ether host 184ecbca2a3a \
and not ether host 14130b4d3f47 and not ether host f0f61cf440b7 \
and not ether host a84b4dedf471 and not ether host d022be17e1d7 \
and not ether host 5c497967208b and not ether host 706655784d5b"

fails with warning: "Kernel filter failed: No error information"
when using config:
 # CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON is not set
 CONFIG_BPF_JIT_DEFAULT_ON=y

The issue arises because commits:
1. "bpf: Fix array bounds error with may_goto" changed default runtime to
   __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit_requested = 1
2. "bpf: Avoid __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit fails" returns error when
   jit_requested = 1 but jit fails

This change restores interpreter fallback capability for BPF programs with
stack size &lt;= 512 bytes when jit fails.

Reported-by: Felix Fietkau &lt;nbd@nbd.name&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/2e267b4b-0540-45d8-9310-e127bf95fc63@nbd.name/
Fixes: 6ebc5030e0c5 ("bpf: Fix array bounds error with may_goto")
Signed-off-by: KaFai Wan &lt;kafai.wan@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250909144614.2991253-1-kafai.wan@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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