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2025-05-31Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2025-05-31-15-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mmLinus Torvalds1-19/+15
Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton: - "hung_task: extend blocking task stacktrace dump to semaphore" from Lance Yang enhances the hung task detector. The detector presently dumps the blocking tasks's stack when it is blocked on a mutex. Lance's series extends this to semaphores - "nilfs2: improve sanity checks in dirty state propagation" from Wentao Liang addresses a couple of minor flaws in nilfs2 - "scripts/gdb: Fixes related to lx_per_cpu()" from Illia Ostapyshyn fixes a couple of issues in the gdb scripts - "Support kdump with LUKS encryption by reusing LUKS volume keys" from Coiby Xu addresses a usability problem with kdump. When the dump device is LUKS-encrypted, the kdump kernel may not have the keys to the encrypted filesystem. A full writeup of this is in the series [0/N] cover letter - "sysfs: add counters for lockups and stalls" from Max Kellermann adds /sys/kernel/hardlockup_count and /sys/kernel/hardlockup_count and /sys/kernel/rcu_stall_count - "fork: Page operation cleanups in the fork code" from Pasha Tatashin implements a number of code cleanups in fork.c - "scripts/gdb/symbols: determine KASLR offset on s390 during early boot" from Ilya Leoshkevich fixes some s390 issues in the gdb scripts * tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2025-05-31-15-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (67 commits) llist: make llist_add_batch() a static inline delayacct: remove redundant code and adjust indentation squashfs: add optional full compressed block caching crash_dump, nvme: select CONFIGFS_FS as built-in scripts/gdb/symbols: determine KASLR offset on s390 during early boot scripts/gdb/symbols: factor out pagination_off() scripts/gdb/symbols: factor out get_vmlinux() kernel/panic.c: format kernel-doc comments mailmap: update and consolidate Casey Connolly's name and email nilfs2: remove wbc->for_reclaim handling fork: define a local GFP_VMAP_STACK fork: check charging success before zeroing stack fork: clean-up naming of vm_stack/vm_struct variables in vmap stacks code fork: clean-up ifdef logic around stack allocation kernel/rcu/tree_stall: add /sys/kernel/rcu_stall_count kernel/watchdog: add /sys/kernel/{hard,soft}lockup_count x86/crash: make the page that stores the dm crypt keys inaccessible x86/crash: pass dm crypt keys to kdump kernel Revert "x86/mm: Remove unused __set_memory_prot()" crash_dump: retrieve dm crypt keys in kdump kernel ...
2025-05-11scripts/gdb: update documentation for lx_per_cpuIllia Ostapyshyn1-19/+15
Commit db08c53fdd542bb7f83b ("scripts/gdb: fix parameter handling in $lx_per_cpu") changed the parameter handling of lx_per_cpu to use GdbValue instead of parsing the variable name. Update the documentation to reflect the new lx_per_cpu usage. Update the hrtimer_bases example to use rb_tree instead of the timerqueue_head.next pointer removed in commit 511885d7061eda3eb1fa ("lib/timerqueue: Rely on rbtree semantics for next timer"). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250503123234.2407184-3-illia@yshyn.com Signed-off-by: Illia Ostapyshyn <illia@yshyn.com> Cc: Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org> Cc: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com> Cc: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@hust.edu.cn> Cc: Florian Rommel <mail@florommel.de> Cc: Hu Haowen <2023002089@link.tyut.edu.cn> Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org> Cc: Yanteng Si <si.yanteng@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-04-30docs: debugfs: do not recommend debugfs_remove_recursiveTimur Tabi1-1/+1
Update the debugfs documentation to indicate that debugfs_remove() should be used to clean up debugfs entries. In commit a3d1e7eb5abe ("simple_recursive_removal(): kernel-side rm -rf for ramfs-style filesystems"), function debugfs_remove_recursive() was made into an alias for debugfs_remove(): #define debugfs_remove_recursive debugfs_remove Therefore, drivers should just use debugfs_remove() going forward. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <ttabi@nvidia.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250429173958.3973958-1-ttabi@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2024-12-17Documentation: move dev-tools debugging files to process/debugging/Randy Dunlap3-0/+1118
Move gdb and kgdb debugging documentation to the dedicated debugging directory (Documentation/process/debugging/). Adjust the index.rst files to follow the file movement. Adjust files that refer to these moved files to follow the file movement. Update location of kgdb.rst in MAINTAINERS file. Add a link from dev-tools/index to process/debugging/index. Note: translations are not updated. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@collabora.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Cc: Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org> Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> Cc: linux-debuggers@vger.kernel.org Cc: kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> Cc: Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org> Cc: Hu Haowen <2023002089@link.tyut.edu.cn> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Acked-by: Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241210000041.305477-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
2024-12-11docs: debugging: add more info about devcoredumpRandy Dunlap1-4/+16
Correct a few small things in the devcoredump synopsis and then add the devcoredump APIs to it. Fixes: a037699da0a1 ("docs: Add debugging section to process") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@collabora.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241130081107.552503-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
2024-11-22docs: Add debugging guide for the media subsystemSebastian Fricke2-0/+193
Provide a guide for developers on how to debug code with a focus on the media subsystem. This document aims to provide a rough overview over the possibilities and a rational to help choosing the right tool for the given circumstances. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@collabora.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241028-media_docs_improve_v3-v3-2-edf5c5b3746f@collabora.com
2024-11-22docs: Add debugging section to processSebastian Fricke3-0/+568
This idea was formed after noticing that new developers experience certain difficulty to navigate within the multitude of different debugging options in the Kernel and while there often is good documentation for the tools, the developer has to know first that they exist and where to find them. Add a general debugging section to the Kernel documentation, as an easily locatable entry point to other documentation and as a general guideline for the topic. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke@collabora.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241028-media_docs_improve_v3-v3-1-edf5c5b3746f@collabora.com