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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<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>
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<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;
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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>
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<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;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'pull-filename' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2026-02-10T00:58:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-10T00:58:28+00:00</published>
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Pull vfs 'struct filename' updates from Al Viro:
 "[Mostly] sanitize struct filename handling"

* tag 'pull-filename' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (68 commits)
  sysfs(2): fs_index() argument is _not_ a pathname
  alpha: switch osf_mount() to strndup_user()
  ksmbd: use CLASS(filename_kernel)
  mqueue: switch to CLASS(filename)
  user_statfs(): switch to CLASS(filename)
  statx: switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null)
  quotactl_block(): switch to CLASS(filename)
  chroot(2): switch to CLASS(filename)
  move_mount(2): switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null)
  namei.c: switch user pathname imports to CLASS(filename{,_flags})
  namei.c: convert getname_kernel() callers to CLASS(filename_kernel)
  do_f{chmod,chown,access}at(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
  do_readlinkat(): switch to CLASS(filename_flags)
  do_sys_truncate(): switch to CLASS(filename)
  do_utimes_path(): switch to CLASS(filename_uflags)
  chdir(2): unspaghettify a bit...
  do_fchownat(): unspaghettify a bit...
  fspick(2): use CLASS(filename_flags)
  name_to_handle_at(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
  vfs_open_tree(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
  ...
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Pull vfs 'struct filename' updates from Al Viro:
 "[Mostly] sanitize struct filename handling"

* tag 'pull-filename' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (68 commits)
  sysfs(2): fs_index() argument is _not_ a pathname
  alpha: switch osf_mount() to strndup_user()
  ksmbd: use CLASS(filename_kernel)
  mqueue: switch to CLASS(filename)
  user_statfs(): switch to CLASS(filename)
  statx: switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null)
  quotactl_block(): switch to CLASS(filename)
  chroot(2): switch to CLASS(filename)
  move_mount(2): switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null)
  namei.c: switch user pathname imports to CLASS(filename{,_flags})
  namei.c: convert getname_kernel() callers to CLASS(filename_kernel)
  do_f{chmod,chown,access}at(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
  do_readlinkat(): switch to CLASS(filename_flags)
  do_sys_truncate(): switch to CLASS(filename)
  do_utimes_path(): switch to CLASS(filename_uflags)
  chdir(2): unspaghettify a bit...
  do_fchownat(): unspaghettify a bit...
  fspick(2): use CLASS(filename_flags)
  name_to_handle_at(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
  vfs_open_tree(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
  ...
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<entry>
<title>do_open_execat(): don't care about LOOKUP_EMPTY</title>
<updated>2026-01-16T17:52:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-20T04:48:51+00:00</published>
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do_file_open() doesn't.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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do_file_open() doesn't.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>switch {alloc,free}_bprm() to CLASS()</title>
<updated>2026-01-13T20:18:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-28T06:29:04+00:00</published>
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All linux_binprm instances come from alloc_bprm() and are unconditionally
destroyed by free_bprm() in the end of the same scope.  IOW, CLASS()
machinery is a decent fit for those.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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All linux_binprm instances come from alloc_bprm() and are unconditionally
destroyed by free_bprm() in the end of the same scope.  IOW, CLASS()
machinery is a decent fit for those.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>do_execveat_common(): don't consume filename reference</title>
<updated>2026-01-13T20:18:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-07T20:20:45+00:00</published>
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... and convert its callers to CLASS(filename...)

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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... and convert its callers to CLASS(filename...)

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>execve: fold {compat_,}do_execve{,at}() into their sole callers</title>
<updated>2026-01-13T20:18:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-07T20:16:24+00:00</published>
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All of them are wrappers for do_execveat_common() and each has
exactly one caller.  The only difference is in the way they are
constructing argv/envp arguments for do_execveat_common() and
that's easy to do with less boilerplate.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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All of them are wrappers for do_execveat_common() and each has
exactly one caller.  The only difference is in the way they are
constructing argv/envp arguments for do_execveat_common() and
that's easy to do with less boilerplate.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>simplify the callers of alloc_bprm()</title>
<updated>2026-01-13T20:18:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-25T21:18:42+00:00</published>
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alloc_bprm() starts with do_open_execat() and it will do the right
thing if given ERR_PTR() for name.  Allows to drop such checks in
its callers...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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alloc_bprm() starts with do_open_execat() and it will do the right
thing if given ERR_PTR() for name.  Allows to drop such checks in
its callers...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>simplify the callers of do_open_execat()</title>
<updated>2026-01-13T20:18:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-25T21:14:20+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rename do_filp_open() to do_file_open()</title>
<updated>2026-01-13T20:18:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-28T04:11:45+00:00</published>
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"filp" thing never made sense; seeing that there are exactly 4 callers
in the entire tree (and it's neither exported nor even declared in
linux/*/*.h), there's no point keeping that ugliness.

FWIW, the 'filp' thing did originate in OSD&amp;I; for some reason Tanenbaum
decided to call the object representing an opened file 'struct filp',
the last letter standing for 'position'.  In all Unices, Linux included,
the corresponding object had always been 'struct file'...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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"filp" thing never made sense; seeing that there are exactly 4 callers
in the entire tree (and it's neither exported nor even declared in
linux/*/*.h), there's no point keeping that ugliness.

FWIW, the 'filp' thing did originate in OSD&amp;I; for some reason Tanenbaum
decided to call the object representing an opened file 'struct filp',
the last letter standing for 'position'.  In all Unices, Linux included,
the corresponding object had always been 'struct file'...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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