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<title>linux-toradex.git/sound/aoa/fabrics, branch master</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>ALSA: aoa: Constify struct codec_connection</title>
<updated>2026-02-28T08:33:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe JAILLET</name>
<email>christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-26T20:44:10+00:00</published>
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'struct codec_connection' are not modified in this driver.

Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
increases overall security.

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
Before:
======
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  10034	   3392	     12	  13438	   347e	sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.o

After:
=====
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  10370	   3040	     12	  13422	   346e	sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.o

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET &lt;christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/4009c337cc1a1a57795562279270c03687973b3b.1772138640.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
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'struct codec_connection' are not modified in this driver.

Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
increases overall security.

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
Before:
======
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  10034	   3392	     12	  13438	   347e	sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.o

After:
=====
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  10370	   3040	     12	  13422	   346e	sound/aoa/fabrics/layout.o

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET &lt;christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/4009c337cc1a1a57795562279270c03687973b3b.1772138640.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
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</content>
</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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</content>
</entry>
<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>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ALSA: aoa: Remove redundant size arguments from strscpy()</title>
<updated>2025-09-12T05:54:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thorsten Blum</name>
<email>thorsten.blum@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-11T21:43:22+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
The size parameter of strscpy() is optional if the destination buffer
has a fixed length and strscpy() can automatically determine its size
using sizeof(). This makes many explicit size arguments redundant.

Remove them to shorten and simplify the code.

No functional changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum &lt;thorsten.blum@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
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The size parameter of strscpy() is optional if the destination buffer
has a fixed length and strscpy() can automatically determine its size
using sizeof(). This makes many explicit size arguments redundant.

Remove them to shorten and simplify the code.

No functional changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum &lt;thorsten.blum@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ALSA: aoa: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile</title>
<updated>2024-05-08T16:18:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Takashi Iwai</name>
<email>tiwai@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-07T13:55:08+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
*-objs suffix is reserved rather for (user-space) host programs while
usually *-y suffix is used for kernel drivers (although *-objs works
for that purpose for now).

Let's correct the old usages of *-objs in Makefiles.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko &lt;andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jaroslav Kysela &lt;perex@perex.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240507135513.14919-9-tiwai@suse.de
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<pre>
*-objs suffix is reserved rather for (user-space) host programs while
usually *-y suffix is used for kernel drivers (although *-objs works
for that purpose for now).

Let's correct the old usages of *-objs in Makefiles.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko &lt;andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jaroslav Kysela &lt;perex@perex.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240507135513.14919-9-tiwai@suse.de
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ALSA: aoa: Replace with DEFINE_SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS()</title>
<updated>2024-02-12T10:50:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Takashi Iwai</name>
<email>tiwai@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-02-07T15:51:21+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=ae69d94f808aba1f6457b474c65d047418c0ce63'/>
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<content type='text'>
Use the new DEFINE_SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS() instead of SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS()
for code-simplification.  We need no longer CONFIG_PM_SLEEP ifdefs.
Just a cleanup, no functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240207155140.18238-11-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
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<pre>
Use the new DEFINE_SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS() instead of SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS()
for code-simplification.  We need no longer CONFIG_PM_SLEEP ifdefs.
Just a cleanup, no functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240207155140.18238-11-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ALSA: aoa: Replace asm/prom.h with explicit includes</title>
<updated>2023-10-06T09:11:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rob Herring</name>
<email>robh@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-03T16:32:02+00:00</published>
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asm/prom.h should not be included directly as it no longer contains
anything drivers need. Drivers should include of.h and/or other headers
which were getting implicitly included.

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231003163209.770750-1-robh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
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<pre>
asm/prom.h should not be included directly as it no longer contains
anything drivers need. Drivers should include of.h and/or other headers
which were getting implicitly included.

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231003163209.770750-1-robh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ALSA: aoa: make remove callback of soundbus driver void returned</title>
<updated>2023-01-25T08:34:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dawei Li</name>
<email>set_pte_at@outlook.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-01-06T15:17:46+00:00</published>
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Since commit fc7a6209d571 ("bus: Make remove callback return void")
forces bus_type::remove be void-returned, it doesn't make much sense
for any bus based driver implementing remove callbalk to return
non-void to its caller.

As such, change the remove function for soundbus based drivers to
return void.

Signed-off-by: Dawei Li &lt;set_pte_at@outlook.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/TYCP286MB23234FED40A3AE6797DEBAB7CAFB9@TYCP286MB2323.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
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Since commit fc7a6209d571 ("bus: Make remove callback return void")
forces bus_type::remove be void-returned, it doesn't make much sense
for any bus based driver implementing remove callbalk to return
non-void to its caller.

As such, change the remove function for soundbus based drivers to
return void.

Signed-off-by: Dawei Li &lt;set_pte_at@outlook.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/TYCP286MB23234FED40A3AE6797DEBAB7CAFB9@TYCP286MB2323.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ALSA: Convert strlcpy to strscpy when return value is unused</title>
<updated>2021-01-08T08:30:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joe Perches</name>
<email>joe@perches.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-01-04T17:17:34+00:00</published>
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strlcpy is deprecated.  see: Documentation/process/deprecated.rst

Change the calls that do not use the strlcpy return value to the
preferred strscpy.

Done with cocci script:

@@
expression e1, e2, e3;
@@

-	strlcpy(
+	strscpy(
	e1, e2, e3);

This cocci script leaves the instances where the return value is
used unchanged.

After this patch, sound/ has 3 uses of strlcpy() that need to be
manually inspected for conversion and changed one day.

$ git grep -w strlcpy sound/
sound/usb/card.c:               len = strlcpy(card-&gt;longname, s, sizeof(card-&gt;longname));
sound/usb/mixer.c:      return strlcpy(buf, p-&gt;name, buflen);
sound/usb/mixer.c:                      return strlcpy(buf, p-&gt;names[index], buflen);

Miscellenea:

o Remove trailing whitespace in conversion of sound/core/hwdep.c

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches &lt;joe@perches.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/22b393d1790bb268769d0bab7bacf0866dcb0c14.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
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strlcpy is deprecated.  see: Documentation/process/deprecated.rst

Change the calls that do not use the strlcpy return value to the
preferred strscpy.

Done with cocci script:

@@
expression e1, e2, e3;
@@

-	strlcpy(
+	strscpy(
	e1, e2, e3);

This cocci script leaves the instances where the return value is
used unchanged.

After this patch, sound/ has 3 uses of strlcpy() that need to be
manually inspected for conversion and changed one day.

$ git grep -w strlcpy sound/
sound/usb/card.c:               len = strlcpy(card-&gt;longname, s, sizeof(card-&gt;longname));
sound/usb/mixer.c:      return strlcpy(buf, p-&gt;name, buflen);
sound/usb/mixer.c:                      return strlcpy(buf, p-&gt;names[index], buflen);

Miscellenea:

o Remove trailing whitespace in conversion of sound/core/hwdep.c

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches &lt;joe@perches.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/22b393d1790bb268769d0bab7bacf0866dcb0c14.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help'</title>
<updated>2020-06-13T16:57:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-06-13T16:50:22+00:00</published>
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Since commit 84af7a6194e4 ("checkpatch: kconfig: prefer 'help' over
'---help---'"), the number of '---help---' has been gradually
decreasing, but there are still more than 2400 instances.

This commit finishes the conversion. While I touched the lines,
I also fixed the indentation.

There are a variety of indentation styles found.

  a) 4 spaces + '---help---'
  b) 7 spaces + '---help---'
  c) 8 spaces + '---help---'
  d) 1 space + 1 tab + '---help---'
  e) 1 tab + '---help---'    (correct indentation)
  f) 1 tab + 1 space + '---help---'
  g) 1 tab + 2 spaces + '---help---'

In order to convert all of them to 1 tab + 'help', I ran the
following commend:

  $ find . -name 'Kconfig*' | xargs sed -i 's/^[[:space:]]*---help---/\thelp/'

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
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Since commit 84af7a6194e4 ("checkpatch: kconfig: prefer 'help' over
'---help---'"), the number of '---help---' has been gradually
decreasing, but there are still more than 2400 instances.

This commit finishes the conversion. While I touched the lines,
I also fixed the indentation.

There are a variety of indentation styles found.

  a) 4 spaces + '---help---'
  b) 7 spaces + '---help---'
  c) 8 spaces + '---help---'
  d) 1 space + 1 tab + '---help---'
  e) 1 tab + '---help---'    (correct indentation)
  f) 1 tab + 1 space + '---help---'
  g) 1 tab + 2 spaces + '---help---'

In order to convert all of them to 1 tab + 'help', I ran the
following commend:

  $ find . -name 'Kconfig*' | xargs sed -i 's/^[[:space:]]*---help---/\thelp/'

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
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