linux-dev/Documentation/x86/x86_64, branch master

Merge tag 'dma-mapping-5.20-2022-08-06' of git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/dma-mapping

2022-08-06T17:56:45Z

Pull dma-mapping updates from Christoph Hellwig: - convert arm32 to the common dma-direct code (Arnd Bergmann, Robin Murphy, Christoph Hellwig) - restructure the PCIe peer to peer mapping support (Logan Gunthorpe) - allow the IOMMU code to communicate an optional DMA mapping length and use that in scsi and libata (John Garry) - split the global swiotlb lock (Tianyu Lan) - various fixes and cleanup (Chao Gao, Dan Carpenter, Dongli Zhang, Lukas Bulwahn, Robin Murphy) * tag 'dma-mapping-5.20-2022-08-06' of git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/dma-mapping: (45 commits) swiotlb: fix passing local variable to debugfs_create_ulong() dma-mapping: reformat comment to suppress htmldoc warning PCI/P2PDMA: Remove pci_p2pdma_[un]map_sg() RDMA/rw: drop pci_p2pdma_[un]map_sg() RDMA/core: introduce ib_dma_pci_p2p_dma_supported() nvme-pci: convert to using dma_map_sgtable() nvme-pci: check DMA ops when indicating support for PCI P2PDMA iommu/dma: support PCI P2PDMA pages in dma-iommu map_sg iommu: Explicitly skip bus address marked segments in __iommu_map_sg() dma-mapping: add flags to dma_map_ops to indicate PCI P2PDMA support dma-direct: support PCI P2PDMA pages in dma-direct map_sg dma-mapping: allow EREMOTEIO return code for P2PDMA transfers PCI/P2PDMA: Introduce helpers for dma_map_sg implementations PCI/P2PDMA: Attempt to set map_type if it has not been set lib/scatterlist: add flag for indicating P2PDMA segments in an SGL swiotlb: clean up some coding style and minor issues dma-mapping: update comment after dmabounce removal scsi: sd: Add a comment about limiting max_sectors to shost optimal limit ata: libata-scsi: cap ata_device->max_sectors according to shost->max_sectors scsi: scsi_transport_sas: cap shost opt_sectors according to DMA optimal limit ...

efi: vars: Remove deprecated 'efivars' sysfs interface

2022-06-24T18:40:19Z

Commit 5d9db883761a ("efi: Add support for a UEFI variable filesystem") dated Oct 5, 2012, introduced a new efivarfs pseudo-filesystem to replace the efivars sysfs interface that was used up to that point to expose EFI variables to user space. The main problem with the sysfs interface was that it only supported up to 1024 bytes of payload per file, whereas the underlying variables themselves are only bounded by a platform specific per-variable and global limit that is typically much higher than 1024 bytes. The deprecated sysfs interface is only enabled on x86 and Itanium, other EFI enabled architectures only support the efivarfs pseudo-filesystem. So let's finally rip off the band aid, and drop the old interface entirely. This will make it easier to refactor and clean up the underlying infrastructure that is shared between efivars, efivarfs and efi-pstore, and is long overdue for a makeover. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel

x86/swiotlb: fix param usage in boot-options.rst

2022-06-22T10:42:08Z

Fix the usage of swiotlb param in kernel doc. Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig

Merge tag 'x86_cpu_for_v5.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2022-05-24T01:01:31Z

Pull x86 CPU feature updates from Borislav Petkov: - Remove a bunch of chicken bit options to turn off CPU features which are not really needed anymore - Misc fixes and cleanups * tag 'x86_cpu_for_v5.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/speculation: Add missing prototype for unpriv_ebpf_notify() x86/pm: Fix false positive kmemleak report in msr_build_context() x86/speculation/srbds: Do not try to turn mitigation off when not supported x86/cpu: Remove "noclflush" x86/cpu: Remove "noexec" x86/cpu: Remove "nosmep" x86/cpu: Remove CONFIG_X86_SMAP and "nosmap" x86/cpu: Remove "nosep" x86/cpu: Allow feature bit names from /proc/cpuinfo in clearcpuid=

x86/sev: Add a sev= cmdline option

2022-04-07T14:47:12Z

For debugging purposes it is very useful to have a way to see the full contents of the SNP CPUID table provided to a guest. Add an sev=debug kernel command-line option to do so. Also introduce some infrastructure so that additional options can be specified via sev=option1[,option2] over time in a consistent manner. [ bp: Massage, simplify string parsing. ] Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Michael Roth Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220307213356.2797205-41-brijesh.singh@amd.com

x86/cpu: Remove "noexec"

2022-04-04T08:17:03Z

It doesn't make any sense to disable non-executable mappings - security-wise or else. So rip out that switch and move the remaining code into setup.c and delete setup_nx.c Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220127115626.14179-6-bp@alien8.de

x86/mce: Remove the tolerance level control

2022-02-23T10:09:25Z

This is pretty much unused and not really useful. What is more, all relevant MCA hardware has recoverable machine checks support so there's no real need to tweak MCA tolerance levels in order to *maybe* extend machine lifetime. So rip it out. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YcDq8PxvKtTENl/e@zn.tnic

ABI: sysfs-mce: add a new ABI file

2021-10-05T14:24:15Z

Reduce the gap of missing ABIs for Intel servers with MCE by adding a new ABI file. The contents of this file comes from: Documentation/x86/x86_64/machinecheck.rst Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/801a26985e32589eb78ba4b728d3e19fdea18f04.1632994837.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Merge tag 'docs-5.15-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2021-09-08T23:28:14Z

Pull more documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "Another collection of documentation patches, mostly fixes but also includes another set of traditional Chinese translations" * tag 'docs-5.15-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: docs: pdfdocs: Fix typo in CJK-language specific font settings docs: kernel-hacking: Remove inappropriate text docs/zh_TW: add translations for zh_TW/filesystems docs/zh_TW: add translations for zh_TW/cpu-freq docs/zh_TW: add translations for zh_TW/arm64 docs/zh_CN: Modify the translator tag and fix the wrong word Documentation/features/vm: correct huge-vmap APIs Documentation: block: blk-mq: Fix small typo in multi-queue docs Documentation: in_irq() cleanup Documentation: arm: marvell: Add 88F6825 model into list Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide: Replace broken link to PGP path finder Documentation: locking: fix references Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide docs: x86: Remove obsolete information about x86_64 vmalloc() faulting Documentation/process/applying-patches: Activate linux-next man hyperlink

docs: x86: Remove obsolete information about x86_64 vmalloc() faulting

2021-08-20T17:14:11Z

x86_64 vmalloc() mappings are no longer "synchronized" among page tables via faulting since commit 6eb82f994026 ("x86/mm: Pre-allocate P4D/PUD pages for vmalloc area"), since the corresponding P4D or PUD pages are now preallocated at boot, by preallocate_vmalloc_pages(). Drop the "lazily synchronized" description for less confusion. While this file is x86_64-specific, it is worth noting that things are different for x86_32, where vmalloc()-related changes to `init_mm.pgd` are synchronized to all page tables in the system during runtime, via arch_sync_kernel_mappings(). Unfortunately, this synchronization is subject to race condition, which is further handled via faulting, see vmalloc_fault(). See commit 4819e15f740e ("x86/mm/32: Bring back vmalloc faulting on x86_32") for more details. Reviewed-by: Muchun Song Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye Reviewed-by: Joerg Roedel Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210818220123.2623-1-yepeilin.cs@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet