linux-toradex.git/kernel/gcov, branch v7.0-rc5 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00 32a92f8c89326985e05dce8b22d3f0aa07a3e1bd This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split over multiple lines. I only did the ones that are easy to verify the resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next line. Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the middle of the script. I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial. So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed' scripts. The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want whitespace cleanup anyway. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split
over multiple lines.  I only did the ones that are easy to verify the
resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next
line.

Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for
me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the
middle of the script.  I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial.

So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the
syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed'
scripts.

The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want
whitespace cleanup anyway.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2026-02-22T01:06:51+00:00 323bbfcf1ef8836d0d2ad9e2c1f1c684f0e3b5b3 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 <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
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 <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00 bf4afc53b77aeaa48b5409da5c8da6bb4eff7f43 This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\<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 <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<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 <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00 Kees Cook kees@kernel.org 2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00 69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f 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 <kees@kernel.org> 
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 <kees@kernel.org>
gcov: add support for GCC 15 2025-11-10T05:19:44+00:00 Peter Oberparleiter oberpar@linux.ibm.com 2025-10-28T11:51:25+00:00 ec4d11fc4b2dd4a2fa8c9d801ee9753b74623554 Using gcov on kernels compiled with GCC 15 results in truncated 16-byte long .gcda files with no usable data. To fix this, update GCOV_COUNTERS to match the value defined by GCC 15. Tested with GCC 14.3.0 and GCC 15.2.0. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251028115125.1319410-1-oberpar@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org> Closes: https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov/issues/445 Tested-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> 
Using gcov on kernels compiled with GCC 15 results in truncated 16-byte
long .gcda files with no usable data.  To fix this, update GCOV_COUNTERS
to match the value defined by GCC 15.

Tested with GCC 14.3.0 and GCC 15.2.0.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251028115125.1319410-1-oberpar@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>
Closes: https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov/issues/445
Tested-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
kbuild: require gcc-8 and binutils-2.30 2025-04-30T19:53:35+00:00 Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de 2025-03-28T17:21:44+00:00 118c40b7b50340bf7ff7e0adee8e3bab6e552c82 Commit a3e8fe814ad1 ("x86/build: Raise the minimum GCC version to 8.1") raised the minimum compiler version as enforced by Kbuild to gcc-8.1 and clang-15 for x86. This is actually the same gcc version that has been discussed as the minimum for all architectures several times in the past, with little objection. A previous concern was the kernel for SLE15-SP7 needing to be built with gcc-7. As this ended up still using linux-6.4 and there is no plan for an SP8, this is no longer a problem. Change it for all architectures and adjust the documentation accordingly. A few version checks can be removed in the process. The binutils version 2.30 is the lowest version used in combination with gcc-8 on common distros, so use that as the corresponding minimum. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240925150059.3955569-32-ardb+git@google.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/871q7yxrgv.wl-tiwai@suse.de/ Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> 
Commit a3e8fe814ad1 ("x86/build: Raise the minimum GCC version to 8.1")
raised the minimum compiler version as enforced by Kbuild to gcc-8.1
and clang-15 for x86.

This is actually the same gcc version that has been discussed as the
minimum for all architectures several times in the past, with little
objection. A previous concern was the kernel for SLE15-SP7 needing to
be built with gcc-7. As this ended up still using linux-6.4 and there
is no plan for an SP8, this is no longer a problem.

Change it for all architectures and adjust the documentation accordingly.
A few version checks can be removed in the process.  The binutils
version 2.30 is the lowest version used in combination with gcc-8 on
common distros, so use that as the corresponding minimum.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240925150059.3955569-32-ardb+git@google.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/871q7yxrgv.wl-tiwai@suse.de/
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
gcov: clang: use correct function param names 2025-01-25T06:47:27+00:00 Randy Dunlap rdunlap@infradead.org 2025-01-11T06:29:44+00:00 9c9ce355b1013a7ef37c06007cb8d714eaf4c303 Fix the function parameter names to match the function so that the kernel-doc warnings disappear. clang.c:273: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dst' not described in 'gcov_info_add' clang.c:273: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'src' not described in 'gcov_info_add' clang.c:273: warning: Excess function parameter 'dest' description in 'gcov_info_add' clang.c:273: warning: Excess function parameter 'source' description in 'gcov_info_add' Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250111062944.910638-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> 
Fix the function parameter names to match the function so that
the kernel-doc warnings disappear.

clang.c:273: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'dst' not described in 'gcov_info_add'
clang.c:273: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'src' not described in 'gcov_info_add'
clang.c:273: warning: Excess function parameter 'dest' description in 'gcov_info_add'
clang.c:273: warning: Excess function parameter 'source' description in 'gcov_info_add'

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250111062944.910638-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
gcov: add support for GCC 14 2024-06-15T17:43:06+00:00 Peter Oberparleiter oberpar@linux.ibm.com 2024-06-10T09:27:43+00:00 c1558bc57b8e5b4da5d821537cd30e2e660861d8 Using gcov on kernels compiled with GCC 14 results in truncated 16-byte long .gcda files with no usable data. To fix this, update GCOV_COUNTERS to match the value defined by GCC 14. Tested with GCC versions 14.1.0 and 13.2.0. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240610092743.1609845-1-oberpar@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> Reported-by: Allison Henderson <allison.henderson@oracle.com> Reported-by: Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Tested-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> 
Using gcov on kernels compiled with GCC 14 results in truncated 16-byte
long .gcda files with no usable data.  To fix this, update GCOV_COUNTERS
to match the value defined by GCC 14.

Tested with GCC versions 14.1.0 and 13.2.0.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240610092743.1609845-1-oberpar@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Allison Henderson <allison.henderson@oracle.com>
Reported-by: Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
gcov: annotate struct gcov_iterator with __counted_by 2023-10-18T21:43:22+00:00 Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org 2023-09-22T17:52:20+00:00 fbd126f5a658b92c7f6af986a6d89cf5e5693268 Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have their accesses bounds-checked at run-time checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family functions). As found with Coccinelle[1], add __counted_by for struct gcov_iterator. [1] https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/coccinelle/examples/counted_by.cocci Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230922175220.work.327-kees@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Cc: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> 
Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by
attribute.  Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have
their accesses bounds-checked at run-time checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS
(for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
functions).

As found with Coccinelle[1], add __counted_by for struct gcov_iterator.

[1] https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/coccinelle/examples/counted_by.cocci

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230922175220.work.327-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
gcov: shut up missing prototype warnings for internal stubs 2023-08-18T17:18:58+00:00 Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de 2023-07-25T12:23:38+00:00 29665c1e2ae56fe60dcea1135882af7d6e222ddd gcov uses global functions that are called from generated code, but these have no prototype in a header, which causes a W=1 build warning: kernel/gcov/gcc_base.c:12:6: error: no previous prototype for '__gcov_init' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] kernel/gcov/gcc_base.c:40:6: error: no previous prototype for '__gcov_flush' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] kernel/gcov/gcc_base.c:46:6: error: no previous prototype for '__gcov_merge_add' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] kernel/gcov/gcc_base.c:52:6: error: no previous prototype for '__gcov_merge_single' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] Just turn off these warnings unconditionally for the two files that contain them. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0820010f-e9dc-779d-7924-49c7df446bce@linux.ibm.com/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230725123042.2269077-1-arnd@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Tested-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> 
gcov uses global functions that are called from generated code, but these
have no prototype in a header, which causes a W=1 build warning:

kernel/gcov/gcc_base.c:12:6: error: no previous prototype for '__gcov_init' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
kernel/gcov/gcc_base.c:40:6: error: no previous prototype for '__gcov_flush' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
kernel/gcov/gcc_base.c:46:6: error: no previous prototype for '__gcov_merge_add' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
kernel/gcov/gcc_base.c:52:6: error: no previous prototype for '__gcov_merge_single' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]

Just turn off these warnings unconditionally for the two files that
contain them.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0820010f-e9dc-779d-7924-49c7df446bce@linux.ibm.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230725123042.2269077-1-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Tested-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>