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<title>linux-toradex.git/kernel/module/main.c, branch v6.16-rc5</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild</title>
<updated>2025-06-07T17:05:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2025-06-07T17:05:35+00:00</published>
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add support for the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() macro, which
   exports a symbol only to specified modules

 - Improve ABI handling in gendwarfksyms

 - Forcibly link lib-y objects to vmlinux even if CONFIG_MODULES=n

 - Add checkers for redundant or missing &lt;linux/export.h&gt; inclusion

 - Deprecate the extra-y syntax

 - Fix a genksyms bug when including enum constants from *.symref files

* tag 'kbuild-v6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (28 commits)
  genksyms: Fix enum consts from a reference affecting new values
  arch: use always-$(KBUILD_BUILTIN) for vmlinux.lds
  kbuild: set y instead of 1 to KBUILD_{BUILTIN,MODULES}
  efi/libstub: use 'targets' instead of extra-y in Makefile
  module: make __mod_device_table__* symbols static
  scripts/misc-check: check unnecessary #include &lt;linux/export.h&gt; when W=1
  scripts/misc-check: check missing #include &lt;linux/export.h&gt; when W=1
  scripts/misc-check: add double-quotes to satisfy shellcheck
  kbuild: move W=1 check for scripts/misc-check to top-level Makefile
  scripts/tags.sh: allow to use alternative ctags implementation
  kconfig: introduce menu type enum
  docs: symbol-namespaces: fix reST warning with literal block
  kbuild: link lib-y objects to vmlinux forcibly even when CONFIG_MODULES=n
  tinyconfig: enable CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
  docs/core-api/symbol-namespaces: drop table of contents and section numbering
  modpost: check forbidden MODULE_IMPORT_NS("module:") at compile time
  kbuild: move kbuild syntax processing to scripts/Makefile.build
  Makefile: remove dependency on archscripts for header installation
  Documentation/kbuild: Add new gendwarfksyms kABI rules
  Documentation/kbuild: Drop section numbers
  ...
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Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Add support for the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() macro, which
   exports a symbol only to specified modules

 - Improve ABI handling in gendwarfksyms

 - Forcibly link lib-y objects to vmlinux even if CONFIG_MODULES=n

 - Add checkers for redundant or missing &lt;linux/export.h&gt; inclusion

 - Deprecate the extra-y syntax

 - Fix a genksyms bug when including enum constants from *.symref files

* tag 'kbuild-v6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (28 commits)
  genksyms: Fix enum consts from a reference affecting new values
  arch: use always-$(KBUILD_BUILTIN) for vmlinux.lds
  kbuild: set y instead of 1 to KBUILD_{BUILTIN,MODULES}
  efi/libstub: use 'targets' instead of extra-y in Makefile
  module: make __mod_device_table__* symbols static
  scripts/misc-check: check unnecessary #include &lt;linux/export.h&gt; when W=1
  scripts/misc-check: check missing #include &lt;linux/export.h&gt; when W=1
  scripts/misc-check: add double-quotes to satisfy shellcheck
  kbuild: move W=1 check for scripts/misc-check to top-level Makefile
  scripts/tags.sh: allow to use alternative ctags implementation
  kconfig: introduce menu type enum
  docs: symbol-namespaces: fix reST warning with literal block
  kbuild: link lib-y objects to vmlinux forcibly even when CONFIG_MODULES=n
  tinyconfig: enable CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
  docs/core-api/symbol-namespaces: drop table of contents and section numbering
  modpost: check forbidden MODULE_IMPORT_NS("module:") at compile time
  kbuild: move kbuild syntax processing to scripts/Makefile.build
  Makefile: remove dependency on archscripts for header installation
  Documentation/kbuild: Add new gendwarfksyms kABI rules
  Documentation/kbuild: Drop section numbers
  ...
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<entry>
<title>alloc_tag: handle module codetag load errors as module load failures</title>
<updated>2025-06-06T05:02:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Suren Baghdasaryan</name>
<email>surenb@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-21T16:06:02+00:00</published>
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Failures inside codetag_load_module() are currently ignored.  As a result
an error there would not cause a module load failure and freeing of the
associated resources.  Correct this behavior by propagating the error code
to the caller and handling possible errors.  With this change, error to
allocate percpu counters, which happens at this stage, will not be ignored
and will cause a module load failure and freeing of resources.  With this
change we also do not need to disable memory allocation profiling when
this error happens, instead we fail to load the module.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250521160602.1940771-1-surenb@google.com
Fixes: 10075262888b ("alloc_tag: allocate percpu counters for module tags dynamically")
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: Casey Chen &lt;cachen@purestorage.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250520231620.15259-1-cachen@purestorage.com/
Cc: Daniel Gomez &lt;da.gomez@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: David Wang &lt;00107082@163.com&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Luis Chamberalin &lt;mcgrof@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Failures inside codetag_load_module() are currently ignored.  As a result
an error there would not cause a module load failure and freeing of the
associated resources.  Correct this behavior by propagating the error code
to the caller and handling possible errors.  With this change, error to
allocate percpu counters, which happens at this stage, will not be ignored
and will cause a module load failure and freeing of resources.  With this
change we also do not need to disable memory allocation profiling when
this error happens, instead we fail to load the module.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250521160602.1940771-1-surenb@google.com
Fixes: 10075262888b ("alloc_tag: allocate percpu counters for module tags dynamically")
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: Casey Chen &lt;cachen@purestorage.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250520231620.15259-1-cachen@purestorage.com/
Cc: Daniel Gomez &lt;da.gomez@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: David Wang &lt;00107082@163.com&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Luis Chamberalin &lt;mcgrof@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'modules-6.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/modules/linux</title>
<updated>2025-06-03T00:35:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2025-06-03T00:35:06+00:00</published>
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Pull module updates from Petr Pavlu:

 - Make .static_call_sites in modules read-only after init

   The .static_call_sites sections in modules have been made read-only
   after init to avoid any (non-)accidental modifications, similarly to
   how they are read-only after init in vmlinux

 - The rest are minor cleanups

* tag 'modules-6.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/modules/linux:
  module: Remove outdated comment about text_size
  module: Make .static_call_sites read-only after init
  module: Add a separate function to mark sections as read-only after init
  module: Constify parameters of module_enforce_rwx_sections()
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Pull module updates from Petr Pavlu:

 - Make .static_call_sites in modules read-only after init

   The .static_call_sites sections in modules have been made read-only
   after init to avoid any (non-)accidental modifications, similarly to
   how they are read-only after init in vmlinux

 - The rest are minor cleanups

* tag 'modules-6.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/modules/linux:
  module: Remove outdated comment about text_size
  module: Make .static_call_sites read-only after init
  module: Add a separate function to mark sections as read-only after init
  module: Constify parameters of module_enforce_rwx_sections()
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<entry>
<title>module: Account for the build time module name mangling</title>
<updated>2025-05-25T09:12:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-02T14:12:08+00:00</published>
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Sean noted that scripts/Makefile.lib:name-fix-token rule will mangle
the module name with s/-/_/g.

Since this happens late in the build, only the kernel needs to bother
with this, the modpost tool still sees the original name.

Reported-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Sean noted that scripts/Makefile.lib:name-fix-token rule will mangle
the module name with s/-/_/g.

Since this happens late in the build, only the kernel needs to bother
with this, the modpost tool still sees the original name.

Reported-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>module: Extend the module namespace parsing</title>
<updated>2025-05-25T09:12:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-02T14:12:07+00:00</published>
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Instead of only accepting "module:${name}", extend it with a comma
separated list of module names and add tail glob support.

That is, something like: "module:foo-*,bar" is now possible.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Instead of only accepting "module:${name}", extend it with a comma
separated list of module names and add tail glob support.

That is, something like: "module:foo-*,bar" is now possible.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>module: Add module specific symbol namespace support</title>
<updated>2025-05-25T09:11:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-02T14:12:06+00:00</published>
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Designate the "module:${modname}" symbol namespace to mean: 'only
export to the named module'.

Notably, explicit imports of anything in the "module:" space is
forbidden.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Designate the "module:${modname}" symbol namespace to mean: 'only
export to the named module'.

Notably, explicit imports of anything in the "module:" space is
forbidden.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>module: release codetag section when module load fails</title>
<updated>2025-05-25T07:53:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Wang</name>
<email>00107082@163.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-19T16:38:23+00:00</published>
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When module load fails after memory for codetag section is ready, codetag
section memory will not be properly released.  This causes memory leak,
and if next module load happens to get the same module address, codetag
may pick the uninitialized section when manipulating tags during module
unload, and leads to "unable to handle page fault" BUG.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250519163823.7540-1-00107082@163.com
Fixes: 0db6f8d7820a ("alloc_tag: load module tags into separate contiguous memory")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250516131246.6244-1-00107082@163.com/
Signed-off-by: David Wang &lt;00107082@163.com&gt;
Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Cc: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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When module load fails after memory for codetag section is ready, codetag
section memory will not be properly released.  This causes memory leak,
and if next module load happens to get the same module address, codetag
may pick the uninitialized section when manipulating tags during module
unload, and leads to "unable to handle page fault" BUG.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250519163823.7540-1-00107082@163.com
Fixes: 0db6f8d7820a ("alloc_tag: load module tags into separate contiguous memory")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250516131246.6244-1-00107082@163.com/
Signed-off-by: David Wang &lt;00107082@163.com&gt;
Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Cc: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>module: Remove outdated comment about text_size</title>
<updated>2025-05-18T11:56:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Valentin Schneider</name>
<email>vschneid@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-29T11:32:39+00:00</published>
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The text_size bit referred to by the comment has been removed as of commit

  ac3b43283923 ("module: replace module_layout with module_memory")

and is thus no longer relevant. Remove it and comment about the contents of
the masks array instead.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250429113242.998312-23-vschneid@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
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The text_size bit referred to by the comment has been removed as of commit

  ac3b43283923 ("module: replace module_layout with module_memory")

and is thus no longer relevant. Remove it and comment about the contents of
the masks array instead.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250429113242.998312-23-vschneid@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>module: Add a separate function to mark sections as read-only after init</title>
<updated>2025-05-18T11:56:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Petr Pavlu</name>
<email>petr.pavlu@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-06T13:13:53+00:00</published>
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Move the logic to mark special sections as read-only after module
initialization into a separate function, along other related code in
strict_rwx.c. Use a table with names of such sections to make it easier to
add more.

Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain &lt;mcgrof@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250306131430.7016-3-petr.pavlu@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
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Move the logic to mark special sections as read-only after module
initialization into a separate function, along other related code in
strict_rwx.c. Use a table with names of such sections to make it easier to
add more.

Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain &lt;mcgrof@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250306131430.7016-3-petr.pavlu@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu &lt;petr.pavlu@suse.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'trace-ringbuffer-v6.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2025-03-31T20:37:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-31T20:37:22+00:00</published>
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Pull ring-buffer updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Restructure the persistent memory to have a "scratch" area

   Instead of hard coding the KASLR offset in the persistent memory by
   the ring buffer, push that work up to the callers of the persistent
   memory as they are the ones that need this information. The offsets
   and such is not important to the ring buffer logic and it should not
   be part of that.

   A scratch pad is now created when the caller allocates a ring buffer
   from persistent memory by stating how much memory it needs to save.

 - Allow where modules are loaded to be saved in the new scratch pad

   Save the addresses of modules when they are loaded into the
   persistent memory scratch pad.

 - A new module_for_each_mod() helper function was created

   With the acknowledgement of the module maintainers a new module
   helper function was created to iterate over all the currently loaded
   modules. This has a callback to be called for each module. This is
   needed for when tracing is started in the persistent buffer and the
   currently loaded modules need to be saved in the scratch area.

 - Expose the last boot information where the kernel and modules were
   loaded

   The last_boot_info file is updated to print out the addresses of
   where the kernel "_text" location was loaded from a previous boot, as
   well as where the modules are loaded. If the buffer is recording the
   current boot, it only prints "# Current" so that it does not expose
   the KASLR offset of the currently running kernel.

 - Allow the persistent ring buffer to be released (freed)

   To have this in production environments, where the kernel command
   line can not be changed easily, the ring buffer needs to be freed
   when it is not going to be used. The memory for the buffer will
   always be allocated at boot up, but if the system isn't going to
   enable tracing, the memory needs to be freed. Allow it to be freed
   and added back to the kernel memory pool.

 - Allow stack traces to print the function names in the persistent
   buffer

   Now that the modules are saved in the persistent ring buffer, if the
   same modules are loaded, the printing of the function names will
   examine the saved modules. If the module is found in the scratch area
   and is also loaded, then it will do the offset shift and use kallsyms
   to display the function name. If the address is not found, it simply
   displays the address from the previous boot in hex.

* tag 'trace-ringbuffer-v6.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: Use _text and the kernel offset in last_boot_info
  tracing: Show last module text symbols in the stacktrace
  ring-buffer: Remove the unused variable bmeta
  tracing: Skip update_last_data() if cleared and remove active check for save_mod()
  tracing: Initialize scratch_size to zero to prevent UB
  tracing: Fix a compilation error without CONFIG_MODULES
  tracing: Freeable reserved ring buffer
  mm/memblock: Add reserved memory release function
  tracing: Update modules to persistent instances when loaded
  tracing: Show module names and addresses of last boot
  tracing: Have persistent trace instances save module addresses
  module: Add module_for_each_mod() function
  tracing: Have persistent trace instances save KASLR offset
  ring-buffer: Add ring_buffer_meta_scratch()
  ring-buffer: Add buffer meta data for persistent ring buffer
  ring-buffer: Use kaslr address instead of text delta
  ring-buffer: Fix bytes_dropped calculation issue
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Pull ring-buffer updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Restructure the persistent memory to have a "scratch" area

   Instead of hard coding the KASLR offset in the persistent memory by
   the ring buffer, push that work up to the callers of the persistent
   memory as they are the ones that need this information. The offsets
   and such is not important to the ring buffer logic and it should not
   be part of that.

   A scratch pad is now created when the caller allocates a ring buffer
   from persistent memory by stating how much memory it needs to save.

 - Allow where modules are loaded to be saved in the new scratch pad

   Save the addresses of modules when they are loaded into the
   persistent memory scratch pad.

 - A new module_for_each_mod() helper function was created

   With the acknowledgement of the module maintainers a new module
   helper function was created to iterate over all the currently loaded
   modules. This has a callback to be called for each module. This is
   needed for when tracing is started in the persistent buffer and the
   currently loaded modules need to be saved in the scratch area.

 - Expose the last boot information where the kernel and modules were
   loaded

   The last_boot_info file is updated to print out the addresses of
   where the kernel "_text" location was loaded from a previous boot, as
   well as where the modules are loaded. If the buffer is recording the
   current boot, it only prints "# Current" so that it does not expose
   the KASLR offset of the currently running kernel.

 - Allow the persistent ring buffer to be released (freed)

   To have this in production environments, where the kernel command
   line can not be changed easily, the ring buffer needs to be freed
   when it is not going to be used. The memory for the buffer will
   always be allocated at boot up, but if the system isn't going to
   enable tracing, the memory needs to be freed. Allow it to be freed
   and added back to the kernel memory pool.

 - Allow stack traces to print the function names in the persistent
   buffer

   Now that the modules are saved in the persistent ring buffer, if the
   same modules are loaded, the printing of the function names will
   examine the saved modules. If the module is found in the scratch area
   and is also loaded, then it will do the offset shift and use kallsyms
   to display the function name. If the address is not found, it simply
   displays the address from the previous boot in hex.

* tag 'trace-ringbuffer-v6.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: Use _text and the kernel offset in last_boot_info
  tracing: Show last module text symbols in the stacktrace
  ring-buffer: Remove the unused variable bmeta
  tracing: Skip update_last_data() if cleared and remove active check for save_mod()
  tracing: Initialize scratch_size to zero to prevent UB
  tracing: Fix a compilation error without CONFIG_MODULES
  tracing: Freeable reserved ring buffer
  mm/memblock: Add reserved memory release function
  tracing: Update modules to persistent instances when loaded
  tracing: Show module names and addresses of last boot
  tracing: Have persistent trace instances save module addresses
  module: Add module_for_each_mod() function
  tracing: Have persistent trace instances save KASLR offset
  ring-buffer: Add ring_buffer_meta_scratch()
  ring-buffer: Add buffer meta data for persistent ring buffer
  ring-buffer: Use kaslr address instead of text delta
  ring-buffer: Fix bytes_dropped calculation issue
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