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30 hoursnetfilter: ctnetlink: use netlink policy range checksDavid Carlier1-0/+4
[ Upstream commit 8f15b5071b4548b0aafc03b366eb45c9c6566704 ] Replace manual range and mask validations with netlink policy annotations in ctnetlink code paths, so that the netlink core rejects invalid values early and can generate extack errors. - CTA_PROTOINFO_TCP_STATE: reject values > TCP_CONNTRACK_SYN_SENT2 at policy level, removing the manual >= TCP_CONNTRACK_MAX check. - CTA_PROTOINFO_TCP_WSCALE_ORIGINAL/REPLY: reject values > TCP_MAX_WSCALE (14). The normal TCP option parsing path already clamps to this value, but the ctnetlink path accepted 0-255, causing undefined behavior when used as a u32 shift count. - CTA_FILTER_ORIG_FLAGS/REPLY_FLAGS: use NLA_POLICY_MASK with CTA_FILTER_F_ALL, removing the manual mask checks. - CTA_EXPECT_FLAGS: use NLA_POLICY_MASK with NF_CT_EXPECT_MASK, adding a new mask define grouping all valid expect flags. Extracted from a broader nf-next patch by Florian Westphal, scoped to ctnetlink for the fixes tree. Fixes: c8e2078cfe41 ("[NETFILTER]: ctnetlink: add support for internal tcp connection tracking flags handling") Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com> Co-developed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
30 hoursdma-buf: Include ioctl.h in UAPI headerIsaac J. Manjarres1-0/+1
[ Upstream commit a116bac87118903925108e57781bbfc7a7eea27b ] include/uapi/linux/dma-buf.h uses several macros from ioctl.h to define its ioctl commands. However, it does not include ioctl.h itself. So, if userspace source code tries to include the dma-buf.h file without including ioctl.h, it can result in build failures. Therefore, include ioctl.h in the dma-buf UAPI header. Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres <isaacmanjarres@google.com> Reviewed-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@google.com> Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260303002309.1401849-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-03-13PCI: Correct PCI_CAP_EXP_ENDPOINT_SIZEOF_V2 valueBjorn Helgaas1-1/+1
[ Upstream commit 39195990e4c093c9eecf88f29811c6de29265214 ] fb82437fdd8c ("PCI: Change capability register offsets to hex") incorrectly converted the PCI_CAP_EXP_ENDPOINT_SIZEOF_V2 value from decimal 52 to hex 0x32: -#define PCI_CAP_EXP_ENDPOINT_SIZEOF_V2 52 /* v2 endpoints with link end here */ +#define PCI_CAP_EXP_ENDPOINT_SIZEOF_V2 0x32 /* end of v2 EPs w/ link */ This broke PCI capabilities in a VMM because subsequent ones weren't DWORD-aligned. Change PCI_CAP_EXP_ENDPOINT_SIZEOF_V2 to the correct value of 0x34. fb82437fdd8c was from Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>, but this was not Baruch's fault; it's a mistake I made when applying the patch. Fixes: fb82437fdd8c ("PCI: Change capability register offsets to hex") Reported-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/3ae392a0158e9d9ab09a1d42150429dd8ca42791.camel@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kwilczynski@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-03-04include: uapi: netfilter_bridge.h: Cover for musl libcPhil Sutter1-0/+4
[ Upstream commit 4edd4ba71ce0df015303dba75ea9d20d1a217546 ] Musl defines its own struct ethhdr and thus defines __UAPI_DEF_ETHHDR to zero. To avoid struct redefinition errors, user space is therefore supposed to include netinet/if_ether.h before (or instead of) linux/if_ether.h. To relieve them from this burden, include the libc header here if not building for kernel space. Reported-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-03-04virt: vbox: uapi: Mark inner unions in packed structs as packedThomas Weißschuh1-2/+2
[ Upstream commit c25d01e1c4f2d43f47af87c00e223f5ca7c71792 ] The unpacked unions within a packed struct generates alignment warnings on clang for 32-bit ARM: ./usr/include/linux/vbox_vmmdev_types.h:239:4: error: field u within 'struct vmmdev_hgcm_function_parameter32' is less aligned than 'union (unnamed union at ./usr/include/linux/vbox_vmmdev_types.h:223:2)' and is usually due to 'struct vmmdev_hgcm_function_parameter32' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access] 239 | } u; | ^ ./usr/include/linux/vbox_vmmdev_types.h:254:6: error: field u within 'struct vmmdev_hgcm_function_parameter64::(anonymous union)::(unnamed at ./usr/include/linux/vbox_vmmdev_types.h:249:3)' is less aligned than 'union (unnamed union at ./usr/include/linux/vbox_vmmdev_types.h:251:4)' and is usually due to 'struct vmmdev_hgcm_function_parameter64::(anonymous union)::(unnamed at ./usr/include/linux/vbox_vmmdev_types.h:249:3)' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access] With the recent changes to compile-test the UAPI headers in more cases, these warning in combination with CONFIG_WERROR breaks the build. Fix the warnings. Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512140314.DzDxpIVn-lkp@intel.com/ Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20260110-uapi-test-disable-headers-arm-clang-unaligned-access-v1-1-b7b0fa541daa@kernel.org/ Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/29b2e736-d462-45b7-a0a9-85f8d8a3de56@app.fastmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115-kbuild-alignment-vbox-v1-2-076aed1623ff@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-03-04hyper-v: Mark inner union in hv_kvp_exchg_msg_value as packedThomas Weißschuh1-1/+1
[ Upstream commit 1e5271393d777f6159d896943b4c44c4f3ecff52 ] The unpacked union within a packed struct generates alignment warnings on clang for 32-bit ARM: ./usr/include/linux/hyperv.h:361:2: error: field within 'struct hv_kvp_exchg_msg_value' is less aligned than 'union hv_kvp_exchg_msg_value::(anonymous at ./usr/include/linux/hyperv.h:361:2)' and is usually due to 'struct hv_kvp_exchg_msg_value' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access] 361 | union { | ^ With the recent changes to compile-test the UAPI headers in more cases, this warning in combination with CONFIG_WERROR breaks the build. Fix the warning. Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512140314.DzDxpIVn-lkp@intel.com/ Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20260110-uapi-test-disable-headers-arm-clang-unaligned-access-v1-1-b7b0fa541daa@kernel.org/ Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/29b2e736-d462-45b7-a0a9-85f8d8a3de56@app.fastmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Wei Liu (Microsoft) <wei.liu@kernel.org> Tested-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115-kbuild-alignment-vbox-v1-1-076aed1623ff@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-03-04NFS: NFSERR_INVAL is not defined by NFSv2Chuck Lever1-1/+1
[ Upstream commit 0ac903d1bfdce8ff40657c2b7d996947b72b6645 ] A documenting comment in include/uapi/linux/nfs.h claims incorrectly that NFSv2 defines NFSERR_INVAL. There is no such definition in either RFC 1094 or https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9629799/chap7.htm NFS3ERR_INVAL is introduced in RFC 1813. NFSD returns NFSERR_INVAL for PROC_GETACL, which has no specification (yet). However, nfsd_map_status() maps nfserr_symlink and nfserr_wrong_type to nfserr_inval, which does not align with RFC 1094. This logic was introduced only recently by commit 438f81e0e92a ("nfsd: move error choice for incorrect object types to version-specific code."). Given that we have no INVAL or SERVERFAULT status in NFSv2, probably the only choice is NFSERR_IO. Fixes: 438f81e0e92a ("nfsd: move error choice for incorrect object types to version-specific code.") Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-01-30comedi: Fix getting range information for subdevices 16 to 255Ian Abbott1-1/+1
commit 10d28cffb3f6ec7ad67f0a4cd32c2afa92909452 upstream. The `COMEDI_RANGEINFO` ioctl does not work properly for subdevice indices above 15. Currently, the only in-tree COMEDI drivers that support more than 16 subdevices are the "8255" driver and the "comedi_bond" driver. Making the ioctl work for subdevice indices up to 255 is achievable. It needs minor changes to the handling of the `COMEDI_RANGEINFO` and `COMEDI_CHANINFO` ioctls that should be mostly harmless to user-space, apart from making them less broken. Details follow... The `COMEDI_RANGEINFO` ioctl command gets the list of supported ranges (usually with units of volts or milliamps) for a COMEDI subdevice or channel. (Only some subdevices have per-channel range tables, indicated by the `SDF_RANGETYPE` flag in the subdevice information.) It uses a `range_type` value and a user-space pointer, both supplied by user-space, but the `range_type` value should match what was obtained using the `COMEDI_CHANINFO` ioctl (if the subdevice has per-channel range tables) or `COMEDI_SUBDINFO` ioctl (if the subdevice uses a single range table for all channels). Bits 15 to 0 of the `range_type` value contain the length of the range table, which is the only part that user-space should care about (so it can use a suitably sized buffer to fetch the range table). Bits 23 to 16 store the channel index, which is assumed to be no more than 255 if the subdevice has per-channel range tables, and is set to 0 if the subdevice has a single range table. For `range_type` values produced by the `COMEDI_SUBDINFO` ioctl, bits 31 to 24 contain the subdevice index, which is assumed to be no more than 255. But for `range_type` values produced by the `COMEDI_CHANINFO` ioctl, bits 27 to 24 contain the subdevice index, which is assumed to be no more than 15, and bits 31 to 28 contain the COMEDI device's minor device number for some unknown reason lost in the mists of time. The `COMEDI_RANGEINFO` ioctl extract the length from bits 15 to 0 of the user-supplied `range_type` value, extracts the channel index from bits 23 to 16 (only used if the subdevice has per-channel range tables), extracts the subdevice index from bits 27 to 24, and ignores bits 31 to 28. So for subdevice indices 16 to 255, the `COMEDI_SUBDINFO` or `COMEDI_CHANINFO` ioctl will report a `range_type` value that doesn't work with the `COMEDI_RANGEINFO` ioctl. It will either get the range table for the subdevice index modulo 16, or will fail with `-EINVAL`. To fix this, always use bits 31 to 24 of the `range_type` value to hold the subdevice index (assumed to be no more than 255). This affects the `COMEDI_CHANINFO` and `COMEDI_RANGEINFO` ioctls. There should not be anything in user-space that depends on the old, broken usage, although it may now see different values in bits 31 to 28 of the `range_type` values reported by the `COMEDI_CHANINFO` ioctl for subdevices that have per-channel subdevices. User-space should not be trying to decode bits 31 to 16 of the `range_type` values anyway. Fixes: ed9eccbe8970 ("Staging: add comedi core") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org #5.17+ Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251203162438.176841-1-abbotti@mev.co.uk Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-17NFSD: Remove NFSERR_EAGAINChuck Lever1-1/+0
commit c6c209ceb87f64a6ceebe61761951dcbbf4a0baa upstream. I haven't found an NFSERR_EAGAIN in RFCs 1094, 1813, 7530, or 8881. None of these RFCs have an NFS status code that match the numeric value "11". Based on the meaning of the EAGAIN errno, I presume the use of this status in NFSD means NFS4ERR_DELAY. So replace the one usage of nfserr_eagain, and remove it from NFSD's NFS status conversion tables. As far as I can tell, NFSERR_EAGAIN has existed since the pre-git era, but was not actually used by any code until commit f4e44b393389 ("NFSD: delay unmount source's export after inter-server copy completed."), at which time it become possible for NFSD to return a status code of 11 (which is not valid NFS protocol). Fixes: f4e44b393389 ("NFSD: delay unmount source's export after inter-server copy completed.") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-01-08mptcp: pm: ignore unknown endpoint flagsMatthieu Baerts (NGI0)1-0/+1
[ Upstream commit 0ace3297a7301911e52d8195cb1006414897c859 ] Before this patch, the kernel was saving any flags set by the userspace, even unknown ones. This doesn't cause critical issues because the kernel is only looking at specific ones. But on the other hand, endpoints dumps could tell the userspace some recent flags seem to be supported on older kernel versions. Instead, ignore all unknown flags when parsing them. By doing that, the userspace can continue to set unsupported flags, but it has a way to verify what is supported by the kernel. Note that it sounds better to continue accepting unsupported flags not to change the behaviour, but also that eases things on the userspace side by adding "optional" endpoint types only supported by newer kernel versions without having to deal with the different kernel versions. A note for the backports: there will be conflicts in mptcp.h on older versions not having the mentioned flags, the new line should still be added last, and the '5' needs to be adapted to have the same value as the last entry. Fixes: 01cacb00b35c ("mptcp: add netlink-based PM") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251205-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-6-19-rc1-v1-1-9e4781a6c1b8@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> [ GENMASK(5, 0) => GENMASK(4, 0) + context ] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-11-24fs/namespace: correctly handle errors returned by grab_requested_mnt_nsAndrei Vagin1-1/+1
[ Upstream commit 78f0e33cd6c939a555aa80dbed2fec6b333a7660 ] grab_requested_mnt_ns was changed to return error codes on failure, but its callers were not updated to check for error pointers, still checking only for a NULL return value. This commit updates the callers to use IS_ERR() or IS_ERR_OR_NULL() and PTR_ERR() to correctly check for and propagate errors. This also makes sure that the logic actually works and mount namespace file descriptors can be used to refere to mounts. Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> says: Rework the patch to be more ergonomic and in line with our overall error handling patterns. Fixes: 7b9d14af8777 ("fs: allow mount namespace fd") Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111062815.2546189-1-avagin@google.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-10-15HID: hidraw: tighten ioctl command parsingBenjamin Tissoires1-0/+2
[ Upstream commit 75d5546f60b36900051d75ee623fceccbeb6750c ] The handling for variable-length ioctl commands in hidraw_ioctl() is rather complex and the check for the data direction is incomplete. Simplify this code by factoring out the various ioctls grouped by dir and size, and using a switch() statement with the size masked out, to ensure the rest of the command is correctly matched. Fixes: 9188e79ec3fd ("HID: add phys and name ioctls to hidraw") Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-09-25mptcp: pm: nl: announce deny-join-id0 flagMatthieu Baerts (NGI0)2-2/+4
commit 2293c57484ae64c9a3c847c8807db8c26a3a4d41 upstream. During the connection establishment, a peer can tell the other one that it cannot establish new subflows to the initial IP address and port by setting the 'C' flag [1]. Doing so makes sense when the sender is behind a strict NAT, operating behind a legacy Layer 4 load balancer, or using anycast IP address for example. When this 'C' flag is set, the path-managers must then not try to establish new subflows to the other peer's initial IP address and port. The in-kernel PM has access to this info, but the userspace PM didn't. The RFC8684 [1] is strict about that: (...) therefore the receiver MUST NOT try to open any additional subflows toward this address and port. So it is important to tell the userspace about that as it is responsible for the respect of this flag. When a new connection is created and established, the Netlink events now contain the existing but not currently used 'flags' attribute. When MPTCP_PM_EV_FLAG_DENY_JOIN_ID0 is set, it means no other subflows to the initial IP address and port -- info that are also part of the event -- can be established. Link: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8684#section-3.1-20.6 [1] Fixes: 702c2f646d42 ("mptcp: netlink: allow userspace-driven subflow establishment") Reported-by: Marek Majkowski <marek@cloudflare.com> Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/532 Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250912-net-mptcp-pm-uspace-deny_join_id0-v1-2-40171884ade8@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> [ Conflicts in mptcp_pm.yaml, because the indentation has been modified in commit ec362192aa9e ("netlink: specs: fix up indentation errors"), which is not in this version. Applying the same modifications, but at a different level. ] Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-09-19netlink: specs: mptcp: replace underscores with dashes in namesJakub Kicinski1-3/+3
[ Upstream commit 9e6dd4c256d0774701637b958ba682eff4991277 ] We're trying to add a strict regexp for the name format in the spec. Underscores will not be allowed, dashes should be used instead. This makes no difference to C (codegen, if used, replaces special chars in names) but it gives more uniform naming in Python. Fixes: bc8aeb2045e2 ("Documentation: netlink: add a YAML spec for mptcp") Reviewed-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250624211002.3475021-8-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Stable-dep-of: 7094b84863e5 ("netlink: specs: mptcp: fix if-idx attribute type") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-09-19netlink: specs: mptcp: clearly mention attributesMatthieu Baerts (NGI0)1-26/+27
[ Upstream commit bea87657b5ee8e6f18af2833ee4b88212ef52d28 ] The rendered version of the MPTCP events [1] looked strange, because the whole content of the 'doc' was displayed in the same block. It was then not clear that the first words, not even ended by a period, were the attributes that are defined when such events are emitted. These attributes have now been moved to the end, prefixed by 'Attributes:' and ended with a period. Note that '>-' has been added after 'doc:' to allow ':' in the text below. The documentation in the UAPI header has been auto-generated by: ./tools/net/ynl/ynl-regen.sh Link: https://docs.kernel.org/networking/netlink_spec/mptcp_pm.html#event-type [1] Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241221-net-mptcp-netlink-specs-pm-doc-fixes-v2-2-e54f2db3f844@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Stable-dep-of: 7094b84863e5 ("netlink: specs: mptcp: fix if-idx attribute type") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-09-19netlink: specs: mptcp: add missing 'server-side' attrMatthieu Baerts (NGI0)1-5/+6
[ Upstream commit 6b830c6a023ff6e8fe05dbe47a9e5cd276df09ee ] This attribute is added with the 'created' and 'established' events, but the documentation didn't mention it. The documentation in the UAPI header has been auto-generated by: ./tools/net/ynl/ynl-regen.sh Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241221-net-mptcp-netlink-specs-pm-doc-fixes-v2-1-e54f2db3f844@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Stable-dep-of: 7094b84863e5 ("netlink: specs: mptcp: fix if-idx attribute type") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-09-04vhost: Fix ioctl # for VHOST_[GS]ET_FORK_FROM_OWNERNamhyung Kim1-2/+2
[ Upstream commit 24fc631539cc78225f5c61f99c7666fcff48024d ] The VHOST_[GS]ET_FEATURES_ARRAY ioctl already took 0x83 and it would result in a build error when the vhost uapi header is used for perf tool build like below. In file included from trace/beauty/ioctl.c:93: tools/perf/trace/beauty/generated/ioctl/vhost_virtio_ioctl_array.c: In function ‘ioctl__scnprintf_vhost_virtio_cmd’: tools/perf/trace/beauty/generated/ioctl/vhost_virtio_ioctl_array.c:36:18: error: initialized field overwritten [-Werror=override-init] 36 | [0x83] = "SET_FORK_FROM_OWNER", | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tools/perf/trace/beauty/generated/ioctl/vhost_virtio_ioctl_array.c:36:18: note: (near initialization for ‘vhost_virtio_ioctl_cmds[131]’) Fixes: 7d9896e9f6d02d8a ("vhost: Reintroduce kthread API and add mode selection") Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Message-Id: <20250819063958.833770-1-namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Tested-by: Lei Yang <leiyang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-08-28ACPI: pfr_update: Fix the driver update version checkChen Yu1-0/+1
commit 8151320c747efb22d30b035af989fed0d502176e upstream. The security-version-number check should be used rather than the runtime version check for driver updates. Otherwise, the firmware update would fail when the update binary had a lower runtime version number than the current one. Fixes: 0db89fa243e5 ("ACPI: Introduce Platform Firmware Runtime Update device driver") Cc: 5.17+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.17+ Reported-by: "Govindarajulu, Hariganesh" <hariganesh.govindarajulu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250722143233.3970607-1-yu.c.chen@intel.com [ rjw: Changelog edits ] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-08-20PCI: Store all PCIe Supported Link SpeedsIlpo Järvinen1-0/+1
[ Upstream commit d2bd39c0456b75be9dfc7d774b8d021355c26ae3 ] The PCIe bandwidth controller added by a subsequent commit will require selecting PCIe Link Speeds that are lower than the Maximum Link Speed. The struct pci_bus only stores max_bus_speed. Even if PCIe r6.1 sec 8.2.1 currently disallows gaps in supported Link Speeds, the Implementation Note in PCIe r6.1 sec 7.5.3.18, recommends determining supported Link Speeds using the Supported Link Speeds Vector in the Link Capabilities 2 Register (when available) to "avoid software being confused if a future specification defines Links that do not require support for all slower speeds." Reuse code in pcie_get_speed_cap() to add pcie_get_supported_speeds() to query the Supported Link Speeds Vector of a PCIe device. The value is taken directly from the Supported Link Speeds Vector or synthesized from the Max Link Speed in the Link Capabilities Register when the Link Capabilities 2 Register is not available. The Supported Link Speeds Vector in the Link Capabilities Register 2 corresponds to the bus below on Root Ports and Downstream Ports, whereas it corresponds to the bus above on Upstream Ports and Endpoints (PCIe r6.1 sec 7.5.3.18): Supported Link Speeds Vector - This field indicates the supported Link speed(s) of the associated Port. Add supported_speeds into the struct pci_dev that caches the Supported Link Speeds Vector. supported_speeds contains a set of Link Speeds only in the case where PCIe Link Speed can be determined. Root Complex Integrated Endpoints do not have a well-defined Link Speed because they do not implement either of the Link Capabilities Registers, which is allowed by PCIe r6.1 sec 7.5.3 (the same limitation applies to determining cur_bus_speed and max_bus_speed that are PCI_SPEED_UNKNOWN in such case). This is of no concern from PCIe bandwidth controller point of view because such devices are not attached into a PCIe Root Port that could be controlled. The supported_speeds field keeps the extra reserved zero at the least significant bit to match the Link Capabilities 2 Register layout. An attempt was made to store supported_speeds field into the struct pci_bus as an intersection of both ends of the Link, however, the subordinate struct pci_bus is not available early enough. The Target Speed quirk (in pcie_failed_link_retrain()) can run either during initial scan or later, requiring it to use the API provided by the PCIe bandwidth controller to set the Target Link Speed in order to co-exist with the bandwidth controller. When the Target Speed quirk is calling the bandwidth controller during initial scan, the struct pci_bus is not yet initialized. As such, storing supported_speeds into the struct pci_bus is not viable. Suggested-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241018144755.7875-4-ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> [bhelgaas: move pcie_get_supported_speeds() decl to drivers/pci/pci.h] Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com> Stable-dep-of: 6cff20ce3b92 ("PCI/ACPI: Fix runtime PM ref imbalance on Hot-Plug Capable ports") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-08-20uapi: in6: restore visibility of most IPv6 socket optionsJakub Kicinski1-2/+2
[ Upstream commit 31557b3487b349464daf42bc4366153743c1e727 ] A decade ago commit 6d08acd2d32e ("in6: fix conflict with glibc") hid the definitions of IPV6 options, because GCC was complaining about duplicates. The commit did not list the warnings seen, but trying to recreate them now I think they are (building iproute2): In file included from ./include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_cm.h:39, from rdma.h:16, from res.h:9, from res-ctx.c:7: ../include/uapi/linux/in6.h:171:9: warning: ‘IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP’ redefined 171 | #define IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP 20 | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:37, from rdma.h:13: /usr/include/bits/in.h:233:10: note: this is the location of the previous definition 233 | # define IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP IPV6_JOIN_GROUP | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ../include/uapi/linux/in6.h:172:9: warning: ‘IPV6_DROP_MEMBERSHIP’ redefined 172 | #define IPV6_DROP_MEMBERSHIP 21 | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /usr/include/bits/in.h:234:10: note: this is the location of the previous definition 234 | # define IPV6_DROP_MEMBERSHIP IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Compilers don't complain about redefinition if the defines are identical, but here we have the kernel using the literal value, and glibc using an indirection (defining to a name of another define, with the same numerical value). Problem is, the commit in question hid all the IPV6 socket options, and glibc has a pretty sparse list. For instance it lacks Flow Label related options. Willem called this out in commit 3fb321fde22d ("selftests/net: ipv6 flowlabel"): /* uapi/glibc weirdness may leave this undefined */ #ifndef IPV6_FLOWINFO #define IPV6_FLOWINFO 11 #endif More interestingly some applications (socat) use a #ifdef IPV6_FLOWINFO to gate compilation of thier rudimentary flow label support. (For added confusion socat misspells it as IPV4_FLOWINFO in some places.) Hide only the two defines we know glibc has a problem with. If we discover more warnings we can hide more but we should avoid covering the entire block of defines for "IPV6 socket options". Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250609143933.1654417-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-08-20io_uring: don't use int for ABIPavel Begunkov1-1/+1
commit cf73d9970ea4f8cace5d8f02d2565a2723003112 upstream. __kernel_rwf_t is defined as int, the actual size of which is implementation defined. It won't go well if some compiler / archs ever defines it as i64, so replace it with __u32, hoping that there is no one using i16 for it. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 2b188cc1bb857 ("Add io_uring IO interface") Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/47c666c4ee1df2018863af3a2028af18feef11ed.1751412511.git.asml.silence@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-08-15vhost: Reintroduce kthread API and add mode selectionCindy Lu1-0/+29
[ Upstream commit 7d9896e9f6d02d8aa85e63f736871f96c59a5263 ] Since commit 6e890c5d5021 ("vhost: use vhost_tasks for worker threads"), the vhost uses vhost_task and operates as a child of the owner thread. This is required for correct CPU usage accounting, especially when using containers. However, this change has caused confusion for some legacy userspace applications, and we didn't notice until it's too late. Unfortunately, it's too late to revert - we now have userspace depending both on old and new behaviour :( To address the issue, reintroduce kthread mode for vhost workers and provide a configuration to select between kthread and task worker. - Add 'fork_owner' parameter to vhost_dev to let users select kthread or task mode. Default mode is task mode(VHOST_FORK_OWNER_TASK). - Reintroduce kthread mode support: * Bring back the original vhost_worker() implementation, and renamed to vhost_run_work_kthread_list(). * Add cgroup support for the kthread * Introduce struct vhost_worker_ops: - Encapsulates create / stop / wake‑up callbacks. - vhost_worker_create() selects the proper ops according to inherit_owner. - Userspace configuration interface: * New IOCTLs: - VHOST_SET_FORK_FROM_OWNER lets userspace select task mode (VHOST_FORK_OWNER_TASK) or kthread mode (VHOST_FORK_OWNER_KTHREAD) - VHOST_GET_FORK_FROM_OWNER reads the current worker mode * Expose module parameter 'fork_from_owner_default' to allow system administrators to configure the default mode for vhost workers * Kconfig option CONFIG_VHOST_ENABLE_FORK_OWNER_CONTROL controls whether these IOCTLs and the parameter are available - The VHOST_NEW_WORKER functionality requires fork_owner to be set to true, with validation added to ensure proper configuration This partially reverts or improves upon: commit 6e890c5d5021 ("vhost: use vhost_tasks for worker threads") commit 1cdaafa1b8b4 ("vhost: replace single worker pointer with xarray") Fixes: 6e890c5d5021 ("vhost: use vhost_tasks for worker threads"), Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20250714071333.59794-2-lulu@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Tested-by: Lei Yang <leiyang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-07-06vsock/uapi: fix linux/vm_sockets.h userspace compilation errorsStefano Garzarella1-0/+4
[ Upstream commit 22bbc1dcd0d6785fb390c41f0dd5b5e218d23bdd ] If a userspace application just include <linux/vm_sockets.h> will fail to build with the following errors: /usr/include/linux/vm_sockets.h:182:39: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘struct sockaddr’ 182 | unsigned char svm_zero[sizeof(struct sockaddr) - | ^~~~~~ /usr/include/linux/vm_sockets.h:183:39: error: ‘sa_family_t’ undeclared here (not in a function) 183 | sizeof(sa_family_t) - | Include <sys/socket.h> for userspace (guarded by ifndef __KERNEL__) where `struct sockaddr` and `sa_family_t` are defined. We already do something similar in <linux/mptcp.h> and <linux/if.h>. Fixes: d021c344051a ("VSOCK: Introduce VM Sockets") Reported-by: Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250623100053.40979-1-sgarzare@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-06-27bpf: Fix L4 csum update on IPv6 in CHECKSUM_COMPLETEPaul Chaignon1-0/+2
commit ead7f9b8de65632ef8060b84b0c55049a33cfea1 upstream. In Cilium, we use bpf_csum_diff + bpf_l4_csum_replace to, among other things, update the L4 checksum after reverse SNATing IPv6 packets. That use case is however not currently supported and leads to invalid skb->csum values in some cases. This patch adds support for IPv6 address changes in bpf_l4_csum_update via a new flag. When calling bpf_l4_csum_replace in Cilium, it ends up calling inet_proto_csum_replace_by_diff: 1: void inet_proto_csum_replace_by_diff(__sum16 *sum, struct sk_buff *skb, 2: __wsum diff, bool pseudohdr) 3: { 4: if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) { 5: csum_replace_by_diff(sum, diff); 6: if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE && pseudohdr) 7: skb->csum = ~csum_sub(diff, skb->csum); 8: } else if (pseudohdr) { 9: *sum = ~csum_fold(csum_add(diff, csum_unfold(*sum))); 10: } 11: } The bug happens when we're in the CHECKSUM_COMPLETE state. We've just updated one of the IPv6 addresses. The helper now updates the L4 header checksum on line 5. Next, it updates skb->csum on line 7. It shouldn't. For an IPv6 packet, the updates of the IPv6 address and of the L4 checksum will cancel each other. The checksums are set such that computing a checksum over the packet including its checksum will result in a sum of 0. So the same is true here when we update the L4 checksum on line 5. We'll update it as to cancel the previous IPv6 address update. Hence skb->csum should remain untouched in this case. The same bug doesn't affect IPv4 packets because, in that case, three fields are updated: the IPv4 address, the IP checksum, and the L4 checksum. The change to the IPv4 address and one of the checksums still cancel each other in skb->csum, but we're left with one checksum update and should therefore update skb->csum accordingly. That's exactly what inet_proto_csum_replace_by_diff does. This special case for IPv6 L4 checksums is also described atop inet_proto_csum_replace16, the function we should be using in this case. This patch introduces a new bpf_l4_csum_replace flag, BPF_F_IPV6, to indicate that we're updating the L4 checksum of an IPv6 packet. When the flag is set, inet_proto_csum_replace_by_diff will skip the skb->csum update. Fixes: 7d672345ed295 ("bpf: add generic bpf_csum_diff helper") Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon <paul.chaignon@gmail.com> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/96a6bc3a443e6f0b21ff7b7834000e17fb549e05.1748509484.git.paul.chaignon@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon <paul.chaignon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-05-29wifi: cfg80211: allow IR in 20 MHz configurationsAnjaneyulu1-23/+29
[ Upstream commit cf4bd1608882792d4742e27a819493312904a680 ] Some regulatory bodies doesn't allow IR (initiate radioation) on a specific subband, but allows it for channels with a bandwidth of 20 MHz. Add a channel flag that indicates that, and consider it in cfg80211_reg_check_beaconing. While on it, fix the kernel doc of enum nl80211_reg_rule_flags and change it to use BIT(). Signed-off-by: Anjaneyulu <pagadala.yesu.anjaneyulu@intel.com> Co-developed-by: Somashekhar Puttagangaiah <somashekhar.puttagangaiah@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Somashekhar Puttagangaiah <somashekhar.puttagangaiah@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250308225541.d3ab352a73ff.I8a8f79e1c9eb74936929463960ee2a324712fe51@changeid [fix typo] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-05-29bpf: Allow pre-ordering for bpf cgroup progsYonghong Song1-0/+1
[ Upstream commit 4b82b181a26cff8bf7adc3a85a88d121d92edeaf ] Currently for bpf progs in a cgroup hierarchy, the effective prog array is computed from bottom cgroup to upper cgroups (post-ordering). For example, the following cgroup hierarchy root cgroup: p1, p2 subcgroup: p3, p4 have BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI for both cgroup levels. The effective cgroup array ordering looks like p3 p4 p1 p2 and at run time, progs will execute based on that order. But in some cases, it is desirable to have root prog executes earlier than children progs (pre-ordering). For example, - prog p1 intends to collect original pkt dest addresses. - prog p3 will modify original pkt dest addresses to a proxy address for security reason. The end result is that prog p1 gets proxy address which is not what it wants. Putting p1 to every child cgroup is not desirable either as it will duplicate itself in many child cgroups. And this is exactly a use case we are encountering in Meta. To fix this issue, let us introduce a flag BPF_F_PREORDER. If the flag is specified at attachment time, the prog has higher priority and the ordering with that flag will be from top to bottom (pre-ordering). For example, in the above example, root cgroup: p1, p2 subcgroup: p3, p4 Let us say p2 and p4 are marked with BPF_F_PREORDER. The final effective array ordering will be p2 p4 p3 p1 Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250224230116.283071-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-05-29iommufd: Extend IOMMU_GET_HW_INFO to report PASID capabilityYi Liu1-1/+13
[ Upstream commit 803f97298e7de9242eb677a1351dcafbbcc9117e ] PASID usage requires PASID support in both device and IOMMU. Since the iommu drivers always enable the PASID capability for the device if it is supported, this extends the IOMMU_GET_HW_INFO to report the PASID capability to userspace. Also, enhances the selftest accordingly. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/r/20250321180143.8468-5-yi.l.liu@intel.com Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Tested-by: Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@linaro.org> #aarch64 platform Tested-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-05-18types: Complement the aligned types with signed 64-bit oneAndy Shevchenko1-0/+1
[ Upstream commit e4ca0e59c39442546866f3dd514a3a5956577daf ] Some user may want to use aligned signed 64-bit type. Provide it for them. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240903180218.3640501-2-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com> Stable-dep-of: 1bb942287e05 ("iio: accel: adxl355: Make timestamp 64-bit aligned using aligned_s64") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-04-20landlock: Add the errata interfaceMickaël Salaün1-0/+2
commit 15383a0d63dbcd63dc7e8d9ec1bf3a0f7ebf64ac upstream. Some fixes may require user space to check if they are applied on the running kernel before using a specific feature. For instance, this applies when a restriction was previously too restrictive and is now getting relaxed (e.g. for compatibility reasons). However, non-visible changes for legitimate use (e.g. security fixes) do not require an erratum. Because fixes are backported down to a specific Landlock ABI, we need a way to avoid cherry-pick conflicts. The solution is to only update a file related to the lower ABI impacted by this issue. All the ABI files are then used to create a bitmask of fixes. The new errata interface is similar to the one used to get the supported Landlock ABI version, but it returns a bitmask instead because the order of fixes may not match the order of versions, and not all fixes may apply to all versions. The actual errata will come with dedicated commits. The description is not actually used in the code but serves as documentation. Create the landlock_abi_version symbol and use its value to check errata consistency. Update test_base's create_ruleset_checks_ordering tests and add errata tests. This commit is backportable down to the first version of Landlock. Fixes: 3532b0b4352c ("landlock: Enable user space to infer supported features") Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250318161443.279194-3-mic@digikod.net Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-04-20crypto: ccp - Fix uAPI definitions of PSP errorsDionna Glaze1-7/+14
commit b949f55644a6d1645c0a71f78afabf12aec7c33b upstream. Additions to the error enum after explicit 0x27 setting for SEV_RET_INVALID_KEY leads to incorrect value assignments. Use explicit values to match the manufacturer specifications more clearly. Fixes: 3a45dc2b419e ("crypto: ccp: Define the SEV-SNP commands") CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-04-20media: uapi: rkisp1-config: Fix typo in extensible params exampleNiklas Söderlund1-1/+1
commit 7b0ee2de7c76e5518e2235a927fd211bc785d320 upstream. The define used for the version in the example diagram does not match what is defined in enum rksip1_ext_param_buffer_version, nor the description above it. Correct the typo to make it clear which define to use. Fixes: e9d05e9d5db1 ("media: uapi: rkisp1-config: Add extensible params format") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@ragnatech.se> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-04-20drm/amdkfd: clamp queue size to minimumDavid Yat Sin1-0/+2
[ Upstream commit e90711946b53590371ecce32e8fcc381a99d6333 ] If queue size is less than minimum, clamp it to minimum to prevent underflow when writing queue mqd. Signed-off-by: David Yat Sin <David.YatSin@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Jay Cornwall <jay.cornwall@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Harish Kasiviswanathan <Harish.Kasiviswanathan@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2025-04-20perf/core: Add aux_pause, aux_resume, aux_start_pausedAdrian Hunter1-1/+10
[ Upstream commit 18d92bb57c39504d9da11c6ef604f58eb1d5a117 ] Hardware traces, such as instruction traces, can produce a vast amount of trace data, so being able to reduce tracing to more specific circumstances can be useful. The ability to pause or resume tracing when another event happens, can do that. Add ability for an event to "pause" or "resume" AUX area tracing. Add aux_pause bit to perf_event_attr to indicate that, if the event happens, the associated AUX area tracing should be paused. Ditto aux_resume. Do not allow aux_pause and aux_resume to be set together. Add aux_start_paused bit to perf_event_attr to indicate to an AUX area event that it should start in a "paused" state. Add aux_paused to struct hw_perf_event for AUX area events to keep track of the "paused" state. aux_paused is initialized to aux_start_paused. Add PERF_EF_PAUSE and PERF_EF_RESUME modes for ->stop() and ->start() callbacks. Call as needed, during __perf_event_output(). Add aux_in_pause_resume to struct perf_buffer to prevent races with the NMI handler. Pause/resume in NMI context will miss out if it coincides with another pause/resume. To use aux_pause or aux_resume, an event must be in a group with the AUX area event as the group leader. Example (requires Intel PT and tools patches also): $ perf record --kcore -e intel_pt/aux-action=start-paused/k,syscalls:sys_enter_newuname/aux-action=resume/,syscalls:sys_exit_newuname/aux-action=pause/ uname Linux [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.043 MB perf.data ] $ perf script --call-trace uname 30805 [000] 24001.058782799: name: 0x7ffc9c1865b0 uname 30805 [000] 24001.058784424: psb offs: 0 uname 30805 [000] 24001.058784424: cbr: 39 freq: 3904 MHz (139%) uname 30805 [000] 24001