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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/xen/xenbus, branch master</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'for-linus-7.0-rc3-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip</title>
<updated>2026-03-07T15:44:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-07T15:44:32+00:00</published>
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Pull xen fixes from Juergen Gross:

 - a cleanup of arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S removing the pre-built page
   tables for Xen guests

 - a small comment update

 - another cleanup for Xen PVH guests mode

 - fix an issue with Xen PV-devices backed by driver domains

* tag 'for-linus-7.0-rc3-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  xen/xenbus: better handle backend crash
  xenbus: add xenbus_device parameter to xenbus_read_driver_state()
  x86/PVH: Use boot params to pass RSDP address in start_info page
  x86/xen: update outdated comment
  xen/acpi-processor: fix _CST detection using undersized evaluation buffer
  x86/xen: Build identity mapping page tables dynamically for XENPV
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Pull xen fixes from Juergen Gross:

 - a cleanup of arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S removing the pre-built page
   tables for Xen guests

 - a small comment update

 - another cleanup for Xen PVH guests mode

 - fix an issue with Xen PV-devices backed by driver domains

* tag 'for-linus-7.0-rc3-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  xen/xenbus: better handle backend crash
  xenbus: add xenbus_device parameter to xenbus_read_driver_state()
  x86/PVH: Use boot params to pass RSDP address in start_info page
  x86/xen: update outdated comment
  xen/acpi-processor: fix _CST detection using undersized evaluation buffer
  x86/xen: Build identity mapping page tables dynamically for XENPV
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<entry>
<title>xen/xenbus: better handle backend crash</title>
<updated>2026-03-04T14:31:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Juergen Gross</name>
<email>jgross@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-18T09:52:05+00:00</published>
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When the backend domain crashes, coordinated device cleanup is not
possible (as it involves waiting for the backend state change). In that
case, toolstack forcefully removes frontend xenstore entries.
xenbus_dev_changed() handles this case, and triggers device cleanup.
It's possible that toolstack manages to connect new device in that
place, before xenbus_dev_changed() notices the old one is missing. If
that happens, new one won't be probed and will forever remain in
XenbusStateInitialising.

Fix this by checking the frontend's state in Xenstore. In case it has
been reset to XenbusStateInitialising by Xen tools, consider this
being the result of an unplug+plug operation.

It's important that cleanup on such unplug doesn't modify Xenstore
entries (especially the "state" key) as it belong to the new device
to be probed - changing it would derail establishing connection to the
new backend (most likely, closing the device before it was even
connected). Handle this case by setting new xenbus_device-&gt;vanished
flag to true, and check it before changing state entry.

And even if xenbus_dev_changed() correctly detects the device was
forcefully removed, the cleanup handling is still racy. Since this whole
handling doesn't happened in a single Xenstore transaction, it's possible
that toolstack might put a new device there already. Avoid re-creating
the state key (which in the case of loosing the race would actually
close newly attached device).

The problem does not apply to frontend domain crash, as this case
involves coordinated cleanup.

Problem originally reported at
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/aOZvivyZ9YhVWDLN@mail-itl/T/#t,
including reproduction steps.

Based-on-patch-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki &lt;marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com&gt;
Tested-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki &lt;marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20260218095205.453657-3-jgross@suse.com&gt;
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When the backend domain crashes, coordinated device cleanup is not
possible (as it involves waiting for the backend state change). In that
case, toolstack forcefully removes frontend xenstore entries.
xenbus_dev_changed() handles this case, and triggers device cleanup.
It's possible that toolstack manages to connect new device in that
place, before xenbus_dev_changed() notices the old one is missing. If
that happens, new one won't be probed and will forever remain in
XenbusStateInitialising.

Fix this by checking the frontend's state in Xenstore. In case it has
been reset to XenbusStateInitialising by Xen tools, consider this
being the result of an unplug+plug operation.

It's important that cleanup on such unplug doesn't modify Xenstore
entries (especially the "state" key) as it belong to the new device
to be probed - changing it would derail establishing connection to the
new backend (most likely, closing the device before it was even
connected). Handle this case by setting new xenbus_device-&gt;vanished
flag to true, and check it before changing state entry.

And even if xenbus_dev_changed() correctly detects the device was
forcefully removed, the cleanup handling is still racy. Since this whole
handling doesn't happened in a single Xenstore transaction, it's possible
that toolstack might put a new device there already. Avoid re-creating
the state key (which in the case of loosing the race would actually
close newly attached device).

The problem does not apply to frontend domain crash, as this case
involves coordinated cleanup.

Problem originally reported at
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/aOZvivyZ9YhVWDLN@mail-itl/T/#t,
including reproduction steps.

Based-on-patch-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki &lt;marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com&gt;
Tested-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki &lt;marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20260218095205.453657-3-jgross@suse.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>xenbus: add xenbus_device parameter to xenbus_read_driver_state()</title>
<updated>2026-03-04T14:31:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Juergen Gross</name>
<email>jgross@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-18T09:52:04+00:00</published>
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In order to prepare checking the xenbus device status in
xenbus_read_driver_state(), add the pointer to struct xenbus_device
as a parameter.

Tested-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki &lt;marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Acked-by: "Martin K. Petersen" &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt; # SCSI
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bhelgaas@google.com&gt;	# drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20260218095205.453657-2-jgross@suse.com&gt;
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In order to prepare checking the xenbus device status in
xenbus_read_driver_state(), add the pointer to struct xenbus_device
as a parameter.

Tested-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki &lt;marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Acked-by: "Martin K. Petersen" &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt; # SCSI
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bhelgaas@google.com&gt;	# drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20260218095205.453657-2-jgross@suse.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T01:06:51+00:00</published>
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>xenbus: Rename helpers to freeze/thaw/restore</title>
<updated>2026-02-02T06:45:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Andryuk</name>
<email>jason.andryuk@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-19T22:47:30+00:00</published>
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Rename the xenbus helpers called from the .freeze, .thaw, and .restore
pm ops to have matching names.

Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk &lt;jason.andryuk@amd.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20251119224731.61497-3-jason.andryuk@amd.com&gt;
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Rename the xenbus helpers called from the .freeze, .thaw, and .restore
pm ops to have matching names.

Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk &lt;jason.andryuk@amd.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20251119224731.61497-3-jason.andryuk@amd.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>xenbus: Use .freeze/.thaw to handle xenbus devices</title>
<updated>2026-02-02T06:45:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jason Andryuk</name>
<email>jason.andryuk@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-19T22:47:29+00:00</published>
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The goal is to fix s2idle and S3 for Xen PV devices.  A domain resuming
from s3 or s2idle disconnects its PV devices during resume.  The
backends are not expecting this and do not reconnect.

b3e96c0c7562 ("xen: use freeze/restore/thaw PM events for suspend/
resume/chkpt") changed xen_suspend()/do_suspend() from
PMSG_SUSPEND/PMSG_RESUME to PMSG_FREEZE/PMSG_THAW/PMSG_RESTORE, but the
suspend/resume callbacks remained.

.freeze/restore are used with hiberation where Linux restarts in a new
place in the future.  .suspend/resume are useful for runtime power
management for the duration of a boot.

The current behavior of the callbacks works for an xl save/restore or
live migration where the domain is restored/migrated to a new location
and connecting to a not-already-connected backend.

Change xenbus_pm_ops to use .freeze/thaw/restore and drop the
.suspend/resume hook.  This matches the use in drivers/xen/manage.c for
save/restore and live migration.  With .suspend/resume empty, PV devices
are left connected during s2idle and s3, so PV devices are not changed
and work after resume.

Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk &lt;jason.andryuk@amd.com&gt;
Acked-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20251119224731.61497-2-jason.andryuk@amd.com&gt;
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The goal is to fix s2idle and S3 for Xen PV devices.  A domain resuming
from s3 or s2idle disconnects its PV devices during resume.  The
backends are not expecting this and do not reconnect.

b3e96c0c7562 ("xen: use freeze/restore/thaw PM events for suspend/
resume/chkpt") changed xen_suspend()/do_suspend() from
PMSG_SUSPEND/PMSG_RESUME to PMSG_FREEZE/PMSG_THAW/PMSG_RESTORE, but the
suspend/resume callbacks remained.

.freeze/restore are used with hiberation where Linux restarts in a new
place in the future.  .suspend/resume are useful for runtime power
management for the duration of a boot.

The current behavior of the callbacks works for an xl save/restore or
live migration where the domain is restored/migrated to a new location
and connecting to a not-already-connected backend.

Change xenbus_pm_ops to use .freeze/thaw/restore and drop the
.suspend/resume hook.  This matches the use in drivers/xen/manage.c for
save/restore and live migration.  With .suspend/resume empty, PV devices
are left connected during s2idle and s3, so PV devices are not changed
and work after resume.

Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk &lt;jason.andryuk@amd.com&gt;
Acked-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20251119224731.61497-2-jason.andryuk@amd.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'for-linus-6.19-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip</title>
<updated>2025-12-06T18:49:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-06T18:49:19+00:00</published>
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Pull xen updates from Juergen Gross:
 "This round it contains only three small cleanup patches"

* tag 'for-linus-6.19-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  drivers/xen: use min() instead of min_t()
  drivers/xen/xenbus: Replace deprecated strcpy in xenbus_transaction_end
  drivers/xen/xenbus: Simplify return statement in join()
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Pull xen updates from Juergen Gross:
 "This round it contains only three small cleanup patches"

* tag 'for-linus-6.19-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  drivers/xen: use min() instead of min_t()
  drivers/xen/xenbus: Replace deprecated strcpy in xenbus_transaction_end
  drivers/xen/xenbus: Simplify return statement in join()
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<entry>
<title>drivers/xen/xenbus: Replace deprecated strcpy in xenbus_transaction_end</title>
<updated>2025-11-17T07:48:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thorsten Blum</name>
<email>thorsten.blum@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-31T11:21:31+00:00</published>
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strcpy() is deprecated; inline the read-only string instead. Fix the
function comment and use bool instead of int while we're at it.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum &lt;thorsten.blum@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20251031112145.103257-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev&gt;
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strcpy() is deprecated; inline the read-only string instead. Fix the
function comment and use bool instead of int while we're at it.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum &lt;thorsten.blum@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Message-ID: &lt;20251031112145.103257-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev&gt;
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