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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/firmware, branch v4.6-rc6</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2016-04-29T02:54:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-29T02:54:50+00:00</published>
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Pull EFI fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "This fixes a bug in the efivars code"

* 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  efi: Fix out-of-bounds read in variable_matches()
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<pre>
Pull EFI fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "This fixes a bug in the efivars code"

* 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  efi: Fix out-of-bounds read in variable_matches()
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc</title>
<updated>2016-04-26T23:17:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-26T23:17:01+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Pull ARM SoC fixes from Arnd Bergmann:
 "Here are the latest bug fixes for ARM SoCs, mostly addressing recent
  regressions.  Changes are across several platforms, so I'm listing
  every change separately here.

  Regressions since 4.5:

   - A correction of the psci firmware DT binding, to prevent users from
     relying on unintended semantics

   - Actually getting the newly merged clock driver for some OMAP
     platforms to work

   - A revert of patches for the Qualcomm BAM, these need to be reworked
     for 4.7 to avoid breaking boards other than the one they were
     intended for

   - A correction for the I2C device nodes on the Socionext Uniphier
     platform

   - i.MX SDHCI was broken for non-DT platforms due to a change with the
     setting of the DMA mask

   - A revert of a patch that accidentally added a nonexisting clock on
     the Rensas "Porter" board

   - A couple of OMAP fixes that are all related to suspend after the
     power domain changes for dra7

   - On Mediatek, revert part of the power domain initialization changes
     that broke mt8173-evb

  Fixes for older bugs:

   - Workaround for an "external abort" in the omap34xx suspend/resume
     code.

   - The USB1/eSATA should not be listed as an excon device on
     am57xx-beagle-x15 (broken since v4.0)

   - A v4.5 regression in the TI AM33xx and AM43XX DT specifying
     incorrect DMA request lines for the GPMC

   - The jiffies calibration on Renesas platforms was incorrect for some
     modern CPU cores.

   - A hardware errata woraround for clockdomains on TI DRA7"

* tag 'fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc:
  drivers: firmware: psci: unify enable-method binding on ARM {64,32}-bit systems
  arm64: dts: uniphier: fix I2C nodes of PH1-LD20
  ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too short delays
  Revert "ARM: dts: porter: Enable SCIF_CLK frequency and pins"
  ARM: dts: r8a7791: Don't disable referenced optional clocks
  Revert "ARM: OMAP: Catch callers of revision information prior to it being populated"
  ARM: OMAP3: Fix external abort on 36xx waking from off mode idle
  ARM: dts: am57xx-beagle-x15: remove extcon_usb1
  ARM: dts: am437x: Fix GPMC dma properties
  ARM: dts: am33xx: Fix GPMC dma properties
  Revert "soc: mediatek: SCPSYS: Fix double enabling of regulators"
  ARM: mach-imx: sdhci-esdhc-imx: initialize DMA mask
  ARM: DRA7: clockdomain: Implement timer workaround for errata i874
  ARM: OMAP: Catch callers of revision information prior to it being populated
  ARM: dts: dra7: Correct clock tree for sys_32k_ck
  ARM: OMAP: DRA7: Provide proper class to omap2_set_globals_tap
  ARM: OMAP: DRA7: wakeupgen: Skip SAR save for wakeupgen
  Revert "dts: msm8974: Add dma channels for blsp2_i2c1 node"
  Revert "dts: msm8974: Add blsp2_bam dma node"
  ARM: dts: Add clocks for dm814x ADPLL
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Pull ARM SoC fixes from Arnd Bergmann:
 "Here are the latest bug fixes for ARM SoCs, mostly addressing recent
  regressions.  Changes are across several platforms, so I'm listing
  every change separately here.

  Regressions since 4.5:

   - A correction of the psci firmware DT binding, to prevent users from
     relying on unintended semantics

   - Actually getting the newly merged clock driver for some OMAP
     platforms to work

   - A revert of patches for the Qualcomm BAM, these need to be reworked
     for 4.7 to avoid breaking boards other than the one they were
     intended for

   - A correction for the I2C device nodes on the Socionext Uniphier
     platform

   - i.MX SDHCI was broken for non-DT platforms due to a change with the
     setting of the DMA mask

   - A revert of a patch that accidentally added a nonexisting clock on
     the Rensas "Porter" board

   - A couple of OMAP fixes that are all related to suspend after the
     power domain changes for dra7

   - On Mediatek, revert part of the power domain initialization changes
     that broke mt8173-evb

  Fixes for older bugs:

   - Workaround for an "external abort" in the omap34xx suspend/resume
     code.

   - The USB1/eSATA should not be listed as an excon device on
     am57xx-beagle-x15 (broken since v4.0)

   - A v4.5 regression in the TI AM33xx and AM43XX DT specifying
     incorrect DMA request lines for the GPMC

   - The jiffies calibration on Renesas platforms was incorrect for some
     modern CPU cores.

   - A hardware errata woraround for clockdomains on TI DRA7"

* tag 'fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc:
  drivers: firmware: psci: unify enable-method binding on ARM {64,32}-bit systems
  arm64: dts: uniphier: fix I2C nodes of PH1-LD20
  ARM: shmobile: timer: Fix preset_lpj leading to too short delays
  Revert "ARM: dts: porter: Enable SCIF_CLK frequency and pins"
  ARM: dts: r8a7791: Don't disable referenced optional clocks
  Revert "ARM: OMAP: Catch callers of revision information prior to it being populated"
  ARM: OMAP3: Fix external abort on 36xx waking from off mode idle
  ARM: dts: am57xx-beagle-x15: remove extcon_usb1
  ARM: dts: am437x: Fix GPMC dma properties
  ARM: dts: am33xx: Fix GPMC dma properties
  Revert "soc: mediatek: SCPSYS: Fix double enabling of regulators"
  ARM: mach-imx: sdhci-esdhc-imx: initialize DMA mask
  ARM: DRA7: clockdomain: Implement timer workaround for errata i874
  ARM: OMAP: Catch callers of revision information prior to it being populated
  ARM: dts: dra7: Correct clock tree for sys_32k_ck
  ARM: OMAP: DRA7: Provide proper class to omap2_set_globals_tap
  ARM: OMAP: DRA7: wakeupgen: Skip SAR save for wakeupgen
  Revert "dts: msm8974: Add dma channels for blsp2_i2c1 node"
  Revert "dts: msm8974: Add blsp2_bam dma node"
  ARM: dts: Add clocks for dm814x ADPLL
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>drivers: firmware: psci: unify enable-method binding on ARM {64,32}-bit systems</title>
<updated>2016-04-26T10:46:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sudeep Holla</name>
<email>sudeep.holla@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-22T15:18:02+00:00</published>
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Currently ARM CPUs DT bindings allows different enable-method value for
PSCI based systems. On ARM 64-bit this property is required and must be
"psci" while on ARM 32-bit systems this property is optional and must
be "arm,psci" if present.

However, "arm,psci" has always been the compatible string for the PSCI
node, and was never intended to be the enable-method. So this is a bug
in the binding and not a deliberate attempt at specifying 32-bit
differently.

This is problematic if 32-bit OS is run on 64-bit system which has
"psci" as enable-method rather than the expected "arm,psci".

So let's unify the value into "psci" and remove support for "arm,psci"
before it finds any users.

Reported-by: Soby Mathew &lt;Soby.Mathew@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Rob Herring &lt;robh+dt@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi &lt;lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla &lt;sudeep.holla@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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Currently ARM CPUs DT bindings allows different enable-method value for
PSCI based systems. On ARM 64-bit this property is required and must be
"psci" while on ARM 32-bit systems this property is optional and must
be "arm,psci" if present.

However, "arm,psci" has always been the compatible string for the PSCI
node, and was never intended to be the enable-method. So this is a bug
in the binding and not a deliberate attempt at specifying 32-bit
differently.

This is problematic if 32-bit OS is run on 64-bit system which has
"psci" as enable-method rather than the expected "arm,psci".

So let's unify the value into "psci" and remove support for "arm,psci"
before it finds any users.

Reported-by: Soby Mathew &lt;Soby.Mathew@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Rob Herring &lt;robh+dt@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi &lt;lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla &lt;sudeep.holla@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi: Fix out-of-bounds read in variable_matches()</title>
<updated>2016-04-22T18:41:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Laszlo Ersek</name>
<email>lersek@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-21T16:21:11+00:00</published>
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The variable_matches() function can currently read "var_name[len]", for
example when:

 - var_name[0] == 'a',
 - len == 1
 - match_name points to the NUL-terminated string "ab".

This function is supposed to accept "var_name" inputs that are not
NUL-terminated (hence the "len" parameter"). Document the function, and
access "var_name[*match]" only if "*match" is smaller than "len".

Reported-by: Chris Wilson &lt;chris@chris-wilson.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek &lt;lersek@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Jones &lt;pjones@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Matthew Garrett &lt;mjg59@coreos.com&gt;
Cc: Jason Andryuk &lt;jandryuk@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v3.10+
Link: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg.drivers.intel/86906
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming &lt;matt@codeblueprint.co.uk&gt;
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The variable_matches() function can currently read "var_name[len]", for
example when:

 - var_name[0] == 'a',
 - len == 1
 - match_name points to the NUL-terminated string "ab".

This function is supposed to accept "var_name" inputs that are not
NUL-terminated (hence the "len" parameter"). Document the function, and
access "var_name[*match]" only if "*match" is smaller than "len".

Reported-by: Chris Wilson &lt;chris@chris-wilson.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek &lt;lersek@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Jones &lt;pjones@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Matthew Garrett &lt;mjg59@coreos.com&gt;
Cc: Jason Andryuk &lt;jandryuk@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v3.10+
Link: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg.drivers.intel/86906
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming &lt;matt@codeblueprint.co.uk&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2016-04-16T22:37:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-16T22:37:05+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Pull EFI fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "An arm64 boot crash fix"

* 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  efi/arm64: Don't apply MEMBLOCK_NOMAP to UEFI memory map mapping
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<pre>
Pull EFI fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "An arm64 boot crash fix"

* 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  efi/arm64: Don't apply MEMBLOCK_NOMAP to UEFI memory map mapping
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>firmware: qemu_fw_cfg.c: hold ACPI global lock during device access</title>
<updated>2016-04-07T12:16:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gabriel Somlo</name>
<email>somlo@cmu.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-08T18:30:50+00:00</published>
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Allowing for the future possibility of implementing AML-based
(i.e., firmware-triggered) access to the QEMU fw_cfg device,
acquire the global ACPI lock when accessing the device on behalf
of the guest-side sysfs driver, to prevent any potential race
conditions.

Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo &lt;somlo@cmu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
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Allowing for the future possibility of implementing AML-based
(i.e., firmware-triggered) access to the QEMU fw_cfg device,
acquire the global ACPI lock when accessing the device on behalf
of the guest-side sysfs driver, to prevent any potential race
conditions.

Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo &lt;somlo@cmu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>qemu_fw_cfg: don't leak kobj on init error</title>
<updated>2016-04-07T12:16:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael S. Tsirkin</name>
<email>mst@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-03T12:22:08+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
If platform_driver_register fails, we should
cleanup fw_cfg_top_ko before exiting.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Gabriel Somlo &lt;somlo@cmu.edu&gt;
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If platform_driver_register fails, we should
cleanup fw_cfg_top_ko before exiting.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Gabriel Somlo &lt;somlo@cmu.edu&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi/arm64: Don't apply MEMBLOCK_NOMAP to UEFI memory map mapping</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T20:33:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-30T07:46:23+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=7cc8cbcf82d165dd658d89a7a287140948e76413'/>
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<content type='text'>
Commit 4dffbfc48d65 ("arm64/efi: mark UEFI reserved regions as
MEMBLOCK_NOMAP") updated the mapping logic of both the RuntimeServices
regions as well as the kernel's copy of the UEFI memory map to set the
MEMBLOCK_NOMAP flag, which causes these regions to be omitted from the
kernel direct mapping, and from being covered by a struct page.
For the RuntimeServices regions, this is an obvious win, since the contents
of these regions have significance to the firmware executable code itself,
and are mapped in the EFI page tables using attributes that are described in
the UEFI memory map, and which may differ from the attributes we use for
mapping system RAM. It also prevents the contents from being modified
inadvertently, since the EFI page tables are only live during runtime
service invocations.

None of these concerns apply to the allocation that covers the UEFI memory
map, since it is entirely owned by the kernel. Setting the MEMBLOCK_NOMAP on
the region did allow us to use ioremap_cache() to map it both on arm64 and
on ARM, since the latter does not allow ioremap_cache() to be used on
regions that are covered by a struct page.

The ioremap_cache() on ARM restriction will be lifted in the v4.7 timeframe,
but in the mean time, it has been reported that commit 4dffbfc48d65 causes
a regression on 64k granule kernels. This is due to the fact that, given
the 64 KB page size, the region that we end up removing from the kernel
direct mapping is rounded up to 64 KB, and this 64 KB page frame may be
shared with the initrd when booting via GRUB (which does not align its
EFI_LOADER_DATA allocations to 64 KB like the stub does). This will crash
the kernel as soon as it tries to access the initrd.

Since the issue is specific to arm64, revert back to memblock_reserve()'ing
the UEFI memory map when running on arm64. This is a temporary fix for v4.5
and v4.6, and will be superseded in the v4.7 timeframe when we will be able
to move back to memblock_reserve() unconditionally.

Fixes: 4dffbfc48d65 ("arm64/efi: mark UEFI reserved regions as MEMBLOCK_NOMAP")
Reported-by: Mark Salter &lt;msalter@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Leif Lindholm &lt;leif.lindholm@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Jeremy Linton &lt;jeremy.linton@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Langsdorf &lt;mlangsdo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v4.5
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming &lt;matt@codeblueprint.co.uk&gt;
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<pre>
Commit 4dffbfc48d65 ("arm64/efi: mark UEFI reserved regions as
MEMBLOCK_NOMAP") updated the mapping logic of both the RuntimeServices
regions as well as the kernel's copy of the UEFI memory map to set the
MEMBLOCK_NOMAP flag, which causes these regions to be omitted from the
kernel direct mapping, and from being covered by a struct page.
For the RuntimeServices regions, this is an obvious win, since the contents
of these regions have significance to the firmware executable code itself,
and are mapped in the EFI page tables using attributes that are described in
the UEFI memory map, and which may differ from the attributes we use for
mapping system RAM. It also prevents the contents from being modified
inadvertently, since the EFI page tables are only live during runtime
service invocations.

None of these concerns apply to the allocation that covers the UEFI memory
map, since it is entirely owned by the kernel. Setting the MEMBLOCK_NOMAP on
the region did allow us to use ioremap_cache() to map it both on arm64 and
on ARM, since the latter does not allow ioremap_cache() to be used on
regions that are covered by a struct page.

The ioremap_cache() on ARM restriction will be lifted in the v4.7 timeframe,
but in the mean time, it has been reported that commit 4dffbfc48d65 causes
a regression on 64k granule kernels. This is due to the fact that, given
the 64 KB page size, the region that we end up removing from the kernel
direct mapping is rounded up to 64 KB, and this 64 KB page frame may be
shared with the initrd when booting via GRUB (which does not align its
EFI_LOADER_DATA allocations to 64 KB like the stub does). This will crash
the kernel as soon as it tries to access the initrd.

Since the issue is specific to arm64, revert back to memblock_reserve()'ing
the UEFI memory map when running on arm64. This is a temporary fix for v4.5
and v4.6, and will be superseded in the v4.7 timeframe when we will be able
to move back to memblock_reserve() unconditionally.

Fixes: 4dffbfc48d65 ("arm64/efi: mark UEFI reserved regions as MEMBLOCK_NOMAP")
Reported-by: Mark Salter &lt;msalter@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Leif Lindholm &lt;leif.lindholm@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Jeremy Linton &lt;jeremy.linton@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Langsdorf &lt;mlangsdo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v4.5
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming &lt;matt@codeblueprint.co.uk&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kernel: add kcov code coverage</title>
<updated>2016-03-22T22:36:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Vyukov</name>
<email>dvyukov@google.com</email>
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<published>2016-03-22T21:27:30+00:00</published>
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kcov provides code coverage collection for coverage-guided fuzzing
(randomized testing).  Coverage-guided fuzzing is a testing technique
that uses coverage feedback to determine new interesting inputs to a
system.  A notable user-space example is AFL
(http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/).  However, this technique is not
widely used for kernel testing due to missing compiler and kernel
support.

kcov does not aim to collect as much coverage as possible.  It aims to
collect more or less stable coverage that is function of syscall inputs.
To achieve this goal it does not collect coverage in soft/hard
interrupts and instrumentation of some inherently non-deterministic or
non-interesting parts of kernel is disbled (e.g.  scheduler, locking).

Currently there is a single coverage collection mode (tracing), but the
API anticipates additional collection modes.  Initially I also
implemented a second mode which exposes coverage in a fixed-size hash
table of counters (what Quentin used in his original patch).  I've
dropped the second mode for simplicity.

This patch adds the necessary support on kernel side.  The complimentary
compiler support was added in gcc revision 231296.

We've used this support to build syzkaller system call fuzzer, which has
found 90 kernel bugs in just 2 months:

  https://github.com/google/syzkaller/wiki/Found-Bugs

We've also found 30+ bugs in our internal systems with syzkaller.
Another (yet unexplored) direction where kcov coverage would greatly
help is more traditional "blob mutation".  For example, mounting a
random blob as a filesystem, or receiving a random blob over wire.

Why not gcov.  Typical fuzzing loop looks as follows: (1) reset
coverage, (2) execute a bit of code, (3) collect coverage, repeat.  A
typical coverage can be just a dozen of basic blocks (e.g.  an invalid
input).  In such context gcov becomes prohibitively expensive as
reset/collect coverage steps depend on total number of basic
blocks/edges in program (in case of kernel it is about 2M).  Cost of
kcov depends only on number of executed basic blocks/edges.  On top of
that, kernel requires per-thread coverage because there are always
background threads and unrelated processes that also produce coverage.
With inlined gcov instrumentation per-thread coverage is not possible.

kcov exposes kernel PCs and control flow to user-space which is
insecure.  But debugfs should not be mapped as user accessible.

Based on a patch by Quentin Casasnovas.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: make task_struct.kcov_mode have type `enum kcov_mode']
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: unbreak allmodconfig]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: follow x86 Makefile layout standards]
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: syzkaller &lt;syzkaller@googlegroups.com&gt;
Cc: Vegard Nossum &lt;vegard.nossum@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Tavis Ormandy &lt;taviso@google.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Quentin Casasnovas &lt;quentin.casasnovas@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Kostya Serebryany &lt;kcc@google.com&gt;
Cc: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Potapenko &lt;glider@google.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bhelgaas@google.com&gt;
Cc: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: David Drysdale &lt;drysdale@google.com&gt;
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin &lt;ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov &lt;kirill@shutemov.name&gt;
Cc: Jiri Slaby &lt;jslaby@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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kcov provides code coverage collection for coverage-guided fuzzing
(randomized testing).  Coverage-guided fuzzing is a testing technique
that uses coverage feedback to determine new interesting inputs to a
system.  A notable user-space example is AFL
(http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/).  However, this technique is not
widely used for kernel testing due to missing compiler and kernel
support.

kcov does not aim to collect as much coverage as possible.  It aims to
collect more or less stable coverage that is function of syscall inputs.
To achieve this goal it does not collect coverage in soft/hard
interrupts and instrumentation of some inherently non-deterministic or
non-interesting parts of kernel is disbled (e.g.  scheduler, locking).

Currently there is a single coverage collection mode (tracing), but the
API anticipates additional collection modes.  Initially I also
implemented a second mode which exposes coverage in a fixed-size hash
table of counters (what Quentin used in his original patch).  I've
dropped the second mode for simplicity.

This patch adds the necessary support on kernel side.  The complimentary
compiler support was added in gcc revision 231296.

We've used this support to build syzkaller system call fuzzer, which has
found 90 kernel bugs in just 2 months:

  https://github.com/google/syzkaller/wiki/Found-Bugs

We've also found 30+ bugs in our internal systems with syzkaller.
Another (yet unexplored) direction where kcov coverage would greatly
help is more traditional "blob mutation".  For example, mounting a
random blob as a filesystem, or receiving a random blob over wire.

Why not gcov.  Typical fuzzing loop looks as follows: (1) reset
coverage, (2) execute a bit of code, (3) collect coverage, repeat.  A
typical coverage can be just a dozen of basic blocks (e.g.  an invalid
input).  In such context gcov becomes prohibitively expensive as
reset/collect coverage steps depend on total number of basic
blocks/edges in program (in case of kernel it is about 2M).  Cost of
kcov depends only on number of executed basic blocks/edges.  On top of
that, kernel requires per-thread coverage because there are always
background threads and unrelated processes that also produce coverage.
With inlined gcov instrumentation per-thread coverage is not possible.

kcov exposes kernel PCs and control flow to user-space which is
insecure.  But debugfs should not be mapped as user accessible.

Based on a patch by Quentin Casasnovas.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: make task_struct.kcov_mode have type `enum kcov_mode']
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: unbreak allmodconfig]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: follow x86 Makefile layout standards]
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: syzkaller &lt;syzkaller@googlegroups.com&gt;
Cc: Vegard Nossum &lt;vegard.nossum@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Tavis Ormandy &lt;taviso@google.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Quentin Casasnovas &lt;quentin.casasnovas@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Kostya Serebryany &lt;kcc@google.com&gt;
Cc: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Potapenko &lt;glider@google.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bhelgaas@google.com&gt;
Cc: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: David Drysdale &lt;drysdale@google.com&gt;
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin &lt;ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov &lt;kirill@shutemov.name&gt;
Cc: Jiri Slaby &lt;jslaby@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c: use in_compat_syscall() to check for compat callers</title>
<updated>2016-03-22T22:36:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andy Lutomirski</name>
<email>luto@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-22T21:25:16+00:00</published>
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This should make no difference on any architecture, as x86's historical
is_compat_task behavior really did check whether the calling syscall was
a compat syscall.  x86's is_compat_task is going away, though.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming &lt;matt@codeblueprint.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This should make no difference on any architecture, as x86's historical
is_compat_task behavior really did check whether the calling syscall was
a compat syscall.  x86's is_compat_task is going away, though.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming &lt;matt@codeblueprint.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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