Changes in Kconfig

67f8bc848ee31831336bd478e57d2f993551902e - Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:38:51 +0200

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixesLet's start the 7.3 drm-misc-fixes cycle.Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

b2128290c29902315e632ea59e0504d6bc9e9b42 - Merge remote-tracking branch 'drm/drm-next' into msm-next-backmerge

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:06:55 +0200

Merge remote-tracking branch 'drm/drm-next' into msm-next-backmergeBackmerge of drm-next, mainly to pick up dt bindings docs updates toavoid conflicts.Signed-off-by: Rob Clark List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

5f5ef9c407cfdc524a1aaeb4196d933f61ecf21a - Merge tag 'bootconfig-v7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:59:09 +0200

Merge tag 'bootconfig-v7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracePull bootconfig updates from Masami Hiramatsu: - Support build-time command line building for embedded bootconfig - Fix xbc_snprint_cmdline() to render descendant keys when the root has both a value and subkeys, and treats empty subtrees correctly. - Add build-time pipeline using tools/bootconfig -C to render the embedded bootconfig "kernel" subtree into .init.rodata as a cmdline string. - Clean build-time tools/bootconfig from make clean - Add helper to prepend embedded bootconfig cmdline into boot_command_line early before parse_early_param() - Wire early prepend helper in x86 setup_arch() so early_param handlers see values from the embedded bootconfig (currently x86 only) - Avoid duplicating "kernel" keys in setup_boot_config() - Refactor setup_boot_config() to share bootconfig_cmdline_requested() - Document CONFIG_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTCONFIG usage, requirements, and precedence* tag 'bootconfig-v7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: init/main.c: use bootconfig_cmdline_requested() for the runtime opt-in bootconfig: skip runtime kernel.* render once prepended early x86/setup: prepend embedded bootconfig cmdline before parse_early_param Documentation: bootconfig: document build-time cmdline rendering bootconfig: add xbc_prepend_embedded_cmdline() helper bootconfig: clean build-time tools/bootconfig from make clean bootconfig: render embedded bootconfig as a kernel cmdline at build time bootconfig: render descendant keys when xbc_snprint_cmdline() root has a value List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

637315cb400eed1dbe721954fea437a61a2d65b2 - Merge tag 'kvm-riscv-7.3-1' of https://github.com/kvm-riscv/linux into HEAD

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:07:31 +0200

Merge tag 'kvm-riscv-7.3-1' of https://github.com/kvm-riscv/linux into HEADKVM/riscv changes for 7.3- Svadu/Zicfiss/Zicfilp FWFT support for Guest- Use try_cmpxchg for IMSIC MRIF RMW- More arch-specific tracepoints in KVM RISC-V- Eager Page Splitting for KVM RISC-V- Optimize hfence request handling for SMP Guests- Improve dirty log clearing by skipping zero bits in mask- Guard HFENCE range loops against overflow- CPU PM notifiers in KVM RISC-V for non-retentive idle states- Fix kernel-mode vector context save/restore for Guest List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

bfdf7ec54f1a5e4759a5550ceed3edf738f36c5f - x86/setup: prepend embedded bootconfig cmdline before parse_early_param

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:15:45 +0200

x86/setup: prepend embedded bootconfig cmdline before parse_early_paramCall xbc_prepend_embedded_cmdline() in setup_arch() right after theCONFIG_CMDLINE merge and before strscpy(command_line, ...) so thebuild-time-rendered embedded bootconfig "kernel" subtree is part ofboot_command_line by the time parse_early_param() runs. early_param()handlers (mem=, earlycon=, loglevel=, ...) now see values supplied viaCONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_EMBED_FILE without parsing bootconfig at runtime.Gate the prepend on the same opt-in the runtime parser uses: prependwhen "bootconfig" is present on the command line, or whenCONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_FORCE is set. Detect it with parse_args(), exactlyas setup_boot_config() does, so both agree on what counts as opt-in:any "bootconfig" key regardless of value (bare, =0, =1, ...), and onlybefore the "--" that separates init arguments. Sharing the parser keepsthe early and late paths from diverging -- e.g. "bootconfig=0" or a"-- bootconfig" meant for init must not apply the embedded keys earlywhile the runtime parser skips them.The prepend necessarily runs before setup_boot_config() detects aninitrd bootconfig, so an initrd cannot override the embedded "kernel"keys for early_param(). This is intentional: the embedded cmdline actslike a build-time CONFIG_CMDLINE. An initrd bootconfig's "kernel" keysnever reached early_param() anyway (they apply late viaextra_command_line), so nothing is lost -- the initrd keys still applylate, with last-wins keeping the embedded values in effect.Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260626-bootconfig_using_tools-v7-7-24ab72139c29@debian.org/Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

ed3b875bea55a3ec4837113356df2ead11115af9 - Merge tag 'mm-stable-2026-08-18-18-39' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:17:08 +0200

Merge tag 'mm-stable-2026-08-18-18-39' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mmPull MM updates from Andrew Morton: - "mm: drop "sub" prefix from various places" (Dev Jain) page->folio conversion and a naming cleanup - "mm/kasan: remove redundant initialization for kasan_flag_write_only" (Igor Putko) KASAN cleanup work - "mm/filemap: reduce unnecessary xarray lookups" (Chi Zhiling) Small speedup in the pagecaache read code - "mm/percpu: Fix possible NOFS/NOIO reclaim recursion" (Kaitao Cheng) Improve the vmalloc code - mainly the avoidance of GFP_KERNEL allocations when the caller asked for GFP_NOFS or GFP_NOIO - "mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks" (Breno Leitao) Avoid a soft lockup watchdog trigger from the kmemleak scanning code in extreme situations - "mm/page_owner: misc cleanups" (Ye Liu) Cleanups to the page_owner code. For some reason lots of people have been working on the page_owner code this cycle. - "mm: convert to walk_page_range_vma() to eliminate find_vma()" (Kefeng Wang) Simplify and accelerate the page walking library function - "mm/migrate: preparatory cleanups for batch copy and offload" (Shivank Garg) Cleanups in the migration code - "mm/page_owner: add per-fd filter infrastructure for print_mode and NUMA filtering" (Zhen Ni) Per-fd filtering to page_owner in order to reduce the sometimes vast amount of output it can produce - "mm: Refactor bootmem gigantic hugepage allocation" (Muchun Song) Fixes and preparatory cleanups around bootmem HugeTLB handling, sparse initialization ordering, and related vmemmap setup - "mm/zsmalloc: reduce lock contention in zs_free()" (Wenchao Hao) Reduce lock contention in zs_free(), which dominates the unmap path under memory pressure on Android (LMK kills) and on x86 servers running zswap-heavy workloads. Up to 1.83x improvement in microbenchmarking. - "move alloc_tag.c file under mm/" (Suren Baghdasaryan) - "samples/damon: handle damon_{start,stop}() failures" (SJ Park) Fix improper handling of damon_start(), damon_stop(), and damon_call() failures across DAMON sample modules to prevent potential memory leaks, operation disruptions and use-after-free bugs - "mm/damon/sysfs: kobject_del() directories that users can create/remove" (SJ Park) Fix delayed sysfs directory removal under DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE causeing creation failures due to duplicate directory names by adding missing kobject_del() calls before creating new directories - "mm: cleanup clear_not_present_full_ptes()" (David Hildenbrand) Clean up the core pte handling code - "selftests/damon: misc fixes for test bugs" (Kunwu Chan) Fix several bugs in the DAMON selftests - "selftests/damon: fix memcg_path staging handling" (Cheng Nie) Fix a bug in _damon_sysfs.py for damos_filter memcg_path setup, and add a test case for it in sysfs.py. - "selftests/damon: test kdamond refresh_ms" (Ruslan Valiyev) Selftest coverage for DAMON's refresh_ms sysfs feature by updating the test control module and verifying that scheme stats update automatically without manual intervention - "mm/damon: five misc fixups" (Akinobu Mita) Miscellaneous DAMON fixups. - "mm/damon/core: detect internal variation above max_nr_regions/2" (Jiayuan Chen) Fix DAMON's region splitting behavior when region counts exceed half the maximum budget by dynamically scaling down the split fraction as the limit approaches, preventing large regions from staying un-split, and add corresponding KUnit test coverage - "mm: preparatory patches for PMD level swap entries" (Usama Arif) Refactor and clean up PMD softleaf helpers, call sites, and architecture flags to lay the groundwork for a follow-up series that introduces PMD page table swap entries - "mm/damon: update, optimize, and clean up doc, tests, and code" (SJ Park) Update DAMON design and ABI documentation, expands unit and selftest coverage, optimize damon_commit_target_regions(), and clean up recently added sysfs interface code for better readability - "mm/vmpressure: reduce CPU, memory and code overhead on cgroup v2" (Usama Arif) Optimize vmpressure() by skipping unnecessary work on cgroup v2 for userspace event notifications and refactor v1-only eventfd handling into mm/memcontrol-v1.c to reduce memory overhead and code complexity - "selftests/mm: refactor pkey helpers and fix mmap error handling" (Hongfu Li) Refactor pkeys shared tracing and assertion helpers into a common file, unify protection key selftests to use consistent diagnostic logging and assertions, and enforce standardized MAP_FAILED return checks for mmap() calls across the tests - "mm/damon: optimize out nr_accesses_bp" (SJ Park) Replace the error-prone, continuously updated nr_accesses_bp field in damon_region with an on-demand moving sum function, reducing structure memory overhead and avoiding state corruption bugs - "Open HugeTLB allocation routine for more generic use" (Ackerley Tng) Decouple HugeTLB folio allocation from VMA dependencies by introducing hugetlb_alloc_folio(), enabling subsystems like guest_memfd to allocate HugeTLB folios without standard VMA reservations or pseudo-VMAs - "mm/damon: provide pseudo moving sum probe_hits" (SJ Park) Integrate DAMON's probe_hits attribute counter into the pseudo moving sum infrastructure, enabling real-time, online monitoring without waiting for full aggregation intervals - "mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs" (Brendan Jackman) Simplify and refactor the page allocator entry points and flags by unifying allocation paths, adding internal alloc_flags arguments, and eliminating redundant __ prefixed alloc_pages variants. - "Fix incorrect access of hugetlb pte entries" (Dev Jain) Enforce the consistent use of huge_ptep_get() instead of ptep_get() for HugeTLB entries and fixes an unaligned address issue in arm64's huge_ptep_get() implementation - "mm/damon: validate all parameters in the core" (SJ Park) Consolidate parameter validation into the DAMON core specifically within damon_start() and damon_commit_ctx() to centralize error checking, eliminate caller-side redundant checks and to improve maintenance efficiency - "tools/mm/page_owner_sort: fix filtering and cleanup issues" (Yichong Chen) Rename is_need() to filter_record() for clearer return semantics, fix per-record allocation memory leaks and bound output copies in search_pattern() to address an existing buffer issue - "memcg: bail out reclaim when memcg is dying" (Jiayuan Chen) Mitigate a system-wide stall which occurs when a cgroup is removed while one of its memory control files is doing synchronous reclaim - "mm/memory-failure: add panic option for unrecoverable pages" (Breno Leitao) Introduce an opt-in vm.panic_on_unrecoverable_memory_failure sysctl that immediately panics the kernel on unrecoverable memory errors in kernel-owned pages to preserve error context and prevent delayed, silent data corruption - "mm/damon: refactor damon_{start,stop,commit}() for simple error handling" (SJ Park) Refactor the DAMON core API functions to guarantee that all contexts are fully stopped when damon_start(), damon_stop(), or damon_commit() fail, eliminating the need for complex and error-prone caller-side cleanup code - "Keep tail page private zero at free and folio split" (Zi Yan) Add checks to ensure tail_page->private is zero when freeing compound or high-order pages and when promoting tail pages during large folio splits. By validating these fields at free and split time, it allows the removal of redundant private field clearing inside prep_compound_tail() - "mm: drop redundant lru_add_drain in anon folio reuse paths" (Barry Song) Eliminate redundant lru_add_drain() calls in wp_can_reuse_anon_folio() and do_swap_page() to reduce LRU lock contention and system overhead By validating folio refcounts against the LRU cache before draining and removing unnecessary drains in the swap path, it achieves up to a 30.5% reduction in drain calls during heavy swap workloads - "mm: clean up folio LRU and swap declarations" (Jianyue Wu) Reorganize folio LRU and swap code by relocating page-cluster state to mm/swap_state.c, renaming mm/swap.c to mm/folio.c, and moving MM-internal reclaim declarations into mm/internal.h. - "userfaultfd: working set tracking for VM guest memory" (Kiryl Shutsemau) Add userfaultfd support for tracking the working set of VM guest memory, so a VMM can identify hot pages and reclaim cold ones to tiered or remote storage - "mm: remove CONFIG_HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE (Part 2)" (David Hildenbrand) Remove the remaining pieces of CONFIG_HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE, performing some smaller cleanups around freeing of reserved vmemmap pages on the way. - "mm/damon: update probe hits for runtime parameter commits" (SJ Park) Ensure that DAMON's probe_hits attribute counter is properly updated when monitoring intervals are changed at runtime, matching the behavior of nr_accesses. To achieve this, it refactors and renames existing helper functions for shared use, applies the updates to probe_hits, and handles edge cases in damon_probe_hits_mvsum() to maintain measurement accuracy. - "KSM: performance optimizations for rmap_walk_ksm" (xu xin) Resolve a severe KSM reverse-mapping performance bottleneck where thousands of split VMAs sharing a single anon_vma cause extended lock contention. By adding an interval-filtering check during the rmap walk, it reduces worst-case anon_vma lock hold times from over 500ms down to under 2ms, preventing application freezes and latency spikes under memory pressure. - "mm: split a couple of headers from internal.h" (Mike Rapoport) Split declarations related to mm_init, memblock, vmalloc and sparse into new headers - "KSM: use linear_page_index in collect_procs_ksm()" (xu xin) Apply the interval tree optimization from rmap_walk_ksm() to collect_procs_ksm() to avoid iterating over non-matching VMAs during KSM memory error handling. It hoists loop-invariant address initialization and restricts the anon_vma_interval_tree_foreach walk to a targeted page offset range, reducing redundant checks and improving lookup efficiency. - "selftests/mm: avoid false failures in hugetlb and KSM tests" (Sayali Patil) Fix issues in the hugetlb and KSM MM selftest categories that can report failures when the prerequisites for the tests are not satisfied - "mm/damon: introduce data attributes only monitoring" (SJ Park) Introduce attribute-weighted region management in DAMON, allowing users to prioritize specific data attributes (such as page sizes or cgroups) over or instead of access monitoring. By assigning weights to attribute probes, DAMON can completely disable access tracking and adjust monitoring regions based on weighted probe-hit counters to optimize monitoring quality for attribute-focused workloads. - "mm/hmm: Add mmap lock-drop support for userfaultfd-backed mappings" (Stanislav Kinsburskii) Extend hmm_range_fault() to support userfaultfd-backed regions by allowing the mmap lock to be dropped during fault handling via a new hmm_range_fault_locked() helper. By accepting a locked pointer and signaling retry status when lock release occurs, it enables page fault resolution in userfaultfd regions while preserving backward compatibility for existing callers. - "mm: make VMA page offset handling more consistent" (Lorenzo Stoakes) Clean up and standardize how vma->vm_pgoff is accessed and manipulated across file-backed and anonymous mappings in the kernel It introduces dedicated helper functions such as vma_start_pgoff(), vma_end_pgoff(), vma_set_pgoff() and linear_page_delta() while renaming rmap interval tree helpers to better reflect their functionality. These changes establish a cleaner foundation for future work that will unify virtual page offset indexing for all anonymous and CoW'd folios. - "mm: handle device-private PMDs in walk callbacks" (Usama Arif) Address kernel panics and state corruption caused by MM walk callbacks reaching non-present device-private PMD swap entries created during HMM migrations It ensures that functions which acquire pmd_trans_huge_lock() properly recognize device-private PMDs instead of assuming a present THP or a standard migration entry. - "mm/rmap: Refactor try_to_unmap_one" (Dev Jain) Refactor try_to_unmap_one by modularizing Hugetlb, anonymous-lazyfree, and anonymous-swapbacked logic into dedicated functions, laying the structural groundwork for batched anonymous large folio unmapping. - "Docs/ABI/damon: sysfs ABI document fixes and additions" (Song Hu) Fix typos and fills in missing entries in the DAMON sysfs ABI document - "dax/kmem: atomic whole-device hotplug via sysfs" (Gregory Price) Introduce an atomic sysfs state attribute and supporting DAX/MM infrastructure to prevent userland races when offlining and removing entire memory regions By adding an unplugged state alongside standard online modes, it enables whole-device atomic hotplug control while preserving backward compatibility. - "mm: convert more vm_flags_t users to vma_flags_t" (Lorenzo Stoakes) Continue transitioning the kernel from the deprecated vm_flags_t type to vma_flags_t across core memory management infrastructure. It replaces legacy type usage in core functions such as do_mmap(), unmapped area allocation, mm->def_vma_flags, and VMA operations like mlock, mprotect, and mremap. - "Two small patches to clean up mm/mm_slot.h" (xu xin) Refactor mm_slot.h by introducing mm_slot_remove() to unify duplicate slot deletion sequences in khugepaged and KSM. It also adds code documentation explaining why mm_slot_lookup and mm_slot_insert must remain as preprocessor macros rather than static inline functions. - "mm/damon/core: hide core-private struct fields" (SJ Park) Clean up DAMON core structures by consistently marking internal-only fields with private: comment tags to prevent improper direct access from outer layers. It enforces encapsulation across core structures including damon_region, damon_target, and damon_ctx and updates DAMON_SYSFS to interact through approved access APIs instead of exposing raw struct members. - "mm/damon: unurgent fixes for infinite loop, NULL de-ref and races" (SJ Park) Address potential infinite loops, NULL dereferences, and race conditions identified in DAMON It fixes an infinite loop triggered by extreme user configurations, a NULL pointer dereference within unit tests and minor monitoring accuracy degradation caused by subtle runtime races. - "mm/page_alloc: fixes for free_pages_nolock() on RT/UP" (Brendan Jackman) Fix an NMI safety flaw in __free_frozen_pages() where freeing pages on non-SMP or PREEMPT_RT kernels can bypass can_spin_trylock() checks via non-PCP or isolated migration paths. It also resolves potential kernel crashes and privilege escalation risks triggered when BPF tracing runs in NMI context alongside memory hotplug or large allocation frees. - "mm/page_alloc: couple of followups for recent cleanups" (Brendan Jackman) Clean up and update page allocator nomenclature, documentation, and debug assertions. It aligns internal FPI_ flags with the public "nolock" naming convention, removes outdated internal implementation details from high-level page allocator comments, and eliminates obsolete VM_BUG_ON() assertions in allocation paths. - "mm/mseal: further cleanups" (Lorenzo Stoakes) Refactor and simplify the mseal implementation by clarifying API boundaries and removing unnecessary code complexity. It replaces generic do_mseal() usage outside the syscall with a dedicated mseal_mmap_page_zero() helper for MMAP_PAGE_ZERO, eliminates mm_struct parameters to enforce that sealing applies only to current->mm, and streamlines overall logic and comments with no functional changes intended. - "mm/vmscan: fix swappiness=max and clean up per-node proactive reclaim" (Ridong Chen) Resolve reclaim behavior bugs and clean up function parameters across memory reclaim paths It fixes swappiness=max in both standard reclaim and MGLRU so unswappable anonymous memory no longer falls back to evicting page cache, ensures reclaim_store() returns accurate error codes instead of collapsing all failures into -EAGAIN, and removes the obsolete gfp_mask parameter from __node_reclaim(). - "mm: mincore: misc cleanups" (Kefeng Wang) Clean up and simplifies the mincore code. Most importantly, it removes the historical special behavior that always reports VM_PFNMAP pages as non-resident. - "mm/huge_memory: drop dead split helper variants" (Kiryl Shutsemau) Two trivial cleanups in the folio split API - "mm/damon: fix uninitialized DAMOS field and kunit exec expectation bugs" (SJ Park) Resolve minor operational and testing bugs in DAMON identified by Sashiko. It initializes the damos->last_applied field to prevent occasional efficiency degradation and fixes invalid memory accesses in DAMON KUnit tests during test failure handling. - "cleanup for stable_page_flags()" (Jinjiang Tu) Clean up and refactor stable_page_flags() used by /proc/kpageflags without altering functionality. It uses BIT_ULL() to prevent shift-overflow warnings on 64-bit flag bits, converts folio-specific flag checks to standard folio_test_*() helpers, and removes redundant CONFIG_PAGE_IDLE_FLAG handling. - "Batch unmap of uffd-wp file folios" (Dev Jain) Extend batched folio unmapping support to file folios within userfaultfd write-protect (uffd-wp) VMAs by adding batching capabilities to pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(). This removes special-case restrictions on uffd-wp VMAs in try_to_unmap_one(), significantly simplifying the function's control flow and complexity. - "mm/early_ioremap: clarify and clean up early_ioremap_reset()" (Sang-Heon Jeon) Clarify and clean up the architecture-specific usage of __late_set_fixmap() and __late_clear_fixmap() after early_ioremap_reset() It adds explicit documentation regarding when early_ioremap_reset() must be called and removes redundant macro definitions and reset calls in the RISC-V and ARM64 architectures. - "mm: fix reclaim storms in defrag_mode" (Johannes Weiner) Address severe performance regressions, swap storms, and spurious OOMs caused by vm.defrag_mode=1 under high memory pressure in Meta production It updates the page allocator slowpath so non-movable allocation requests actively trigger direct reclaim and direct compaction at pageblock_order scale, allowing them to claim whole pageblocks rather than spinning unproductively. - "zram: lockmap tweaks" (Sebastian Siewior) Optimize and fix lockdep tracking for zram devices by consolidating per-entry lockmaps and isolate lock classes across multiple instances This reduces memory overhead by replacing per-entry lockdep_map instances with a single map per struct zram, and assigns a dynamic lock_class_key to each instance to prevent false deadlock reports when different zram devices are backed by distinct filesystems.* tag 'mm-stable-2026-08-18-18-39' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (501 commits) selftests/mm: thuge-gen: fix test_shmget() for PAGE_SIZE check selftests/mm: unpoison pages in memory-failure teardown mm/shmem: downgrade final i_blocks check in shmem_evict_inode() to pr_warn() mm/khugepaged: replace mutex_lock/mutex_unlock usage with guard macro mm/zsmalloc: fix release order of locks in zs_page_migrate() Documentation: zram: remove sections numbering ksm: stop iterating VMAs when ksm_test_exit returns true mm: fold userfaultfd_rwp() to false without CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_PROTNONE mm/migrate: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in migrate_pages_batch() zram: use a custom key for each zram object zram: move lockmap to be per-zram instead per table selftests/mm: fix gup_longterm EINVAL error message mm: page_alloc: fix non-movable reclaim storm in defrag_mode mm: page_alloc: move capture_control to the page allocator mm: compaction: support non-movable compaction for pageblock requests mm: page_alloc: __GFP_FS lockdep annotation for direct compaction hugetlb: evaluate subpool free state while locked mm/damon: remove trailing semicolons after function definitions mm/damon/ops-common: prevent migration fallback to non-target nodes mm/damon: update outdated comment about DAMOS filter handling ... List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

c6f11553c067d7d9ed2dcffe1e01780441d4e6e2 - mm: decouple protnone helpers from CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:14:02 +0200

mm: decouple protnone helpers from CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCINGPatch series "userfaultfd: working set tracking for VM guest memory", v10.This series adds userfaultfd support for tracking the working set of VMguest memory, so a VMM can identify hot pages and reclaim cold ones totiered or remote storage.This patch (of 15):pte_protnone() and pmd_protnone() detect present-but-inaccessible pagetable entries. This capability is useful beyond NUMA balancing -- forexample, userfaultfd working set tracking uses protnone PTEs to track pageaccess without unmapping pages.Introduce CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_PROTNONE to decouple the protnone PTEinfrastructure from CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING. The six architectures thatsupport protnone PTEs (x86_64, arm64, powerpc, s390, riscv, loongarch) nowselect this option, and CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING depends on it.No functional change -- the same set of architectures continues to haveworking protnone support, but the infrastructure is now availableindependently of NUMA balancing.Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260708111417.173443-1-kirill@shutemov.nameLink: https://lore.kernel.org/20260708111417.173443-2-kirill@shutemov.nameSigned-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6Acked-by: SeongJae Park Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Cc: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: James Houghton Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Liam Howlett Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Paolo Bonzini Cc: Peter Xu Cc: Sean Christopherson Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Zi Yan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

d547b1001755c170094c64bc45f9efba2c150feb - mm: rename ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION to ARCH_HAS_PMD_SOFTLEAVES

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:42:08 +0200

mm: rename ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION to ARCH_HAS_PMD_SOFTLEAVESCONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION gates PMD-level migration entries. PMD-level device-private entries use the same migration mechanism andtherefore require the same architecture support.Upcoming PMD-level swap entries can use the same PMD softleaf helperswithout depending on page migration, so rename the architecture gate toCONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMD_SOFTLEAVES. This describes the PMD entry capabilityrather than one current user of it.This is a pure rename: the set of selecting architectures (x86, arm64,s390, riscv, loongarch, and powerpc on PPC_BOOK3S_64) and the gatingsemantics are unchanged.No functional change intended.Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260706114320.1643046-7-usama.arif@linux.devSigned-off-by: Usama Arif Reviewed-by: Zi Yan Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Baolin Wang Cc: Baoquan He Cc: Barry Song Cc: Chris Li Cc: Dev Jain Cc: "Huang, Ying" Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Kairui Song Cc: Kemeng Shi Cc: Kiryl Shutsemau Cc: Lance Yang Cc: Liam R. Howlett Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Cc: Nhat Pham Cc: Nico Pache Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: Ryan Roberts Cc: Shakeel Butt Cc: Vlastimil Babka Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

efe86f088f48f18c27b648e5724048947f3b7fb4 - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-xe-next

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:40:31 +0200

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-xe-nextSync some i915/display changesSigned-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

6d177908bad5992e17669030db41caab88041d5e - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:55:43 +0200

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-nextSync with v7.2-rc1.Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

827b9aabd3ea3e96d5e48abed9f44dbd1e550d4e - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:16:00 +0200

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-nextBackmerging to get drm-misc-next to v7.2-rc1.Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

7dd19adaaac9a161723a24de7c270861063ec6ac - Merge tag 'v7.2-rc1' into drm-rust-next

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:39:43 +0200

Merge tag 'v7.2-rc1' into drm-rust-nextMerge v7.2-rc1 into drm-rust-next to start the next cycle.Devres now requires T: 'static, which conflicts with shmem::Object usingDevres> without that bound. Resolve by adding 'staticas a supertrait to DriverObject and DeviceContext, which does notrestrict any current use cases since DriverObject is always implementedon owned, refcounted types and DeviceContext is a sealed marker traitwith only unit-type implementors.If DriverObject (or DeviceContext) ever becomes lifetime-parameterized(e.g. via a GAT for TTM backed objects), the 'static supertrait can berelaxed at that point.Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

fab183d632628381b466a41479489541ac0e29a0 - sched_ext: Merge branch 'for-7.3-arena-args' into for-7.3

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:20:34 +0200

sched_ext: Merge branch 'for-7.3-arena-args' into for-7.3Pull to receive the __arena argument conversion: 67f1f4a48c24 ("sched_ext: Pass kernel arena pointers to ops_cid callbacks") a8dc810968af ("sched_ext: Convert sub-cap kfuncs to __arena cmask arguments") a05c5b5cb5cf ("sched_ext: Convert scx_bpf_cid_override() to __arena array arguments")along with the bpf-next branch carrying the __arena argument support theydepend on.Conflict in kernel/sched/ext/ext.c between: c384ab8a0b13 ("sched_ext: Move the config-off sub-cap kfunc stubs into sub.c")and: a8dc810968af ("sched_ext: Convert sub-cap kfuncs to __arena cmask arguments")which updated the stubs in their old ext.c location. Resolved by keepingext.c without the stubs and applying the prototype conversion to therelocated stubs in sub.c.Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

872a8f6b08069d1b4bfb9bf968dc629ab6998908 - Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next into for-7.3-arena-args

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:38:03 +0200

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next into for-7.3-arena-argsPull bpf-next d114bb989367 ("Merge branch'add-arena-argument-support-to-kfuncs-and-struct_ops'") to make the __arenaand __arena__nullable kfunc and struct_ops argument suffixes available. Thesuffixed arguments will be used to convert sched_ext kfuncs and struct_opscallbacks that currently pass arena pointers as scalars and rebase them byhand. List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

7711f4417f1870e4bfbee1a7d501f789255bc7aa - Merge tag 'gpio-updates-for-v7.3-rc1-v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:10:07 +0200

Merge tag 'gpio-updates-for-v7.3-rc1-v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linuxPull gpio updates from Bartosz Golaszewski: "GPIO core: - extend the gpio-regmap abstraction layer with more features allowing users to override configuration setting, translate register values and masks and enable/disable interrupts - extend GPIO kunit tests with suites verifying probe ordering by software node devlink support and software node hogs - shrink GPIO kunit initialization code - coding style updates (remove commas from sentinels where applicable) - with all users now converted treewide to using real firmware node links for software node GPIO lookup: remove the deprecated label-matching mechanism from from GPIO core - drop redundant return value check of nonseekable_open() in gpiolib-cdev - use IRQ trigger helpers where applicable Driver updates: - refactor error paths and logging in gpio-nomadik - use more modern interfaces for getting resources in gpio-rockchip, gpio-bt8xx and gpio-pca9570 - add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() to gpio-sifive and gpio-vf610 - drop unused FILONOFF macro from gpio-rcar - extend build coverage of ioport GPIO drivers with COMPILE_TEST=y - only enable the gpio-rtd driver by default with ARCH_REALTEK=y to avoid bloating the build - refactor coding style in several drivers - use correct endianess translation in gpio-pcf85x - add wake-up interrupt support to gpio-mvebu - apply initial value in direction output setter in gpio-by-pinctrl Misc: - replace linux/gpio.h inclusions treewide with linux/gpio/legacy.h which now exports all the deprecated APIs - select GPIOLIB_LEGACY in Kconfig where required treewide - use software nodes for gpio-keys in MFD drivers Devicetree bindings: - describe the realtek rtd1625 GPIO controller - document new models for gpio-pca95xx and gpio-cadence - document new property in gpio-rockchip"* tag 'gpio-updates-for-v7.3-rc1-v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux: (61 commits) gpio: gpio-by-pinctrl: Apply initial value in direction output wrapper dt-bindings: gpio: rockchip,gpio-bank: Add rockchip,grf property gpio: Use IRQ trigger mask helpers gpio: allow COMPILE_TEST for IOPORT drivers gpio: realtek: Add driver for Realtek DHC RTD1625 SoC gpio: regmap: Add IRQ enable/disable helpers gpio: regmap: Add set_config callback gpio: regmap: Add value_xlate callback gpio: regmap: Add gpio_regmap_operation to extend reg_mask_xlate callback gpio: regmap: Order kernel-doc descriptions with the actual appearance gpio: regmap: Apply default resource callbacks for regmap IRQ chip gpio: regmap: Provide default IRQ resource request and release callbacks Revert "gpio: realtek: Add driver for Realtek DHC RTD1625 SoC" gpib: gpio: replace linux/gpio.h inclusion Input: matrix_keyboard - replace linux/gpio.h inclusion phy: replace linux/gpio.h inclusions pcmcia: replace linux/gpio.h inclusions ASoC: replace linux/gpio.h inclusions mfd: replace linux/gpio.h inclusions sh: replace linux/gpio.h inclusions ... List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

3d5e48944e824bddc20d7b874e784f7b279636fe - Merge branch 'for-7.3/steam' into for-linus

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:16:28 +0200

Merge branch 'for-7.3/steam' into for-linus- initial support for 2026 Steam Controller (Vicki Pfau)- support for sensor events on the 2025 Steam Controller (Vicki Pfau)- assorted fixes, improvements and code refactoring (Vicki Pfau) List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

104a813376837da3b9651457d6fdc99596257fba - Merge tag 'timers-vdso-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:56:25 +0200

Merge tag 'timers-vdso-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipPull VDSO updates from Thomas Gleixner: - Consolidate the VDSO datastore further and provide support for mlock_all() and prefaulting. - Provide 32-bit legacy time related functionality only if CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME is enabled. The config switch exists, but architecture code still exposes the legacy functionality even disabled. Clean this up by adding the missing guards and validating at build time that the VDSO is legacy free if disabled. - Consolidate the VDSO related config options in core and drivers, which removes some non-sensical dependencies and quite an amount of #ifdeffery. - Clean up the PAGE_SIZE definition maze* tag 'timers-vdso-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (30 commits) random: vDSO: Drop custom PAGE_SIZE definitions LoongArch: Remove CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY ifdeffery clocksource/drivers/timer-riscv: Remove CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY ifdeffery clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Remove CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY ifdeffery clocksource/drivers/mips-gic-timer: Remove CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY ifdeffery MIPS: csrc-r4k: Remove CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY ifdeffery vDSO: Make clockmode constants available without CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY kbuild: Support generated asm-headers in subdirectories vdso: Rename HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO to VDSO_DATASTORE vdso: Drop HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO from architecture kconfig files vdso: Automatically select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO if necessary MIPS: vdso: Stop using CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO vdso: Remove the dependency on HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO from ARCH_HAS_VDSO_ARCH_DATA futex: Remove dependency on HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO from FUTEX_ROBUST_UNLOCK vdso/gettimeofday: Verify COMPAT_32BIT_TIME interactions sparc: vdso: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME MIPS: VDSO: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME powerpc/vdso: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME ARM: VDSO: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME arm64: vdso32: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME ... List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

030c9f813b8e48d2b066983c94cf6294968f9496 - Merge tag 'timers-cleanups-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:58:29 +0200

Merge tag 'timers-cleanups-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipPull treewide timer related cleanups from Thomas Gleixner: - Remove the leftover CLOCK_TICK_RATE which has been scheduled for removal more than a decade ago along with some now empty asm/timex.h files. - Consolidate delay timer calibration The construct of having a define in a header requires that architectures provided asm/timex.h for no reason. Also the function name for reading the delay timer is confusing at best. Use a config switch to enable that functionality and rename the function to delay_read_timer() to make the purpose clear. This removes some more now empty asm/timex.h files as well.* tag 'timers-cleanups-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: calibrate: Rework delay timer calibration treewide: Remove CLOCK_TICK_RATE x86: Use PIT_TICK_RATE instead of CLOCK_TICK_RATE List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

3424d8c18a7da1010d03391a22e728b857d0d5c5 - Merge tag 'core-entry-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:56 +0200

Merge tag 'core-entry-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipPull generic entry code updates from Thomas Gleixner: - Make syscall user dispatching configurable Not all architectures can makes use of syscall user dispatching. Allow them to disable the feature completely. - Consolidate stack randomization for the generic entry code and the architectures using it. Stack randomization on syscall entry was sprinkled throughout the architecture specific low level entry code and in some cases at the wrong points, e.g. before establishing state, which violates the non-instrumentable constraints of that code. Clean this up by integrating stack randomization into the generic entry code helpers so that it is invoked at the earliest possible point right after establishing state and converting all generic entry code using architecture over. - Clean up the syscall number handling in the generic entry code. It works correctly for architectures which have a separate return value storage in pt_regs, but fails to distinguish the case where user space handed in -1 as syscall number from the case where the entry code rejects it by returning -1 to the callers. Aside of that the return value functionality of those interfaces is not really intuitive. Fix this by separating the decision to reject a syscall (user dispatch, ptrace, seccomp ...) from the potential modification of the syscall number through these mechanisms. This solves most of the problems for architectures which do not have a separate return value storage in pt_regs except for the case where a tracepoint has a BPF script or a probe attached which overwrite both the syscall number and the return value. But that's a problem which cannot be solved in the generic code, that only can be addressed by separating the storage model in the affected architectures.* tag 'core-entry-2026-08-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (23 commits) entry, treewide: Make syscall_enter_from_user_mode[_work]() indicate syscall execution entry: Make return type of syscall_trace_enter() bool entry: Rework trace_syscall_enter() entry: Rework syscall_audit_enter() syscall_user_dispatch: Introduce ARCH_SUPPORTS_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH entry: Fix seccomp bypass after ptrace with TSYNC x86/entry: Simplify the syscall number logic x86/entry: Get rid of the sys_ni_syscall() indirection x86/entry: Make syscall functions static ptrace, treewide: Rename ptrace_report_syscall_entry() to ptrace_report_syscall_permit_entry() seccomp, treewide: Rename and convert __secure_computing() to return boolean entry: Use syscall number instead of rereading it entry: Remove syscall_enter_from_user_mode() x86/syscall: Use [syscall_]enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() s390/syscall: Use enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() riscv/syscall: Use syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() powerpc/syscall: Use syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() loongarch/syscall: Use syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() entry: Provide [syscall_]enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() randomize_kstack: Provide add_random_kstack_offset_irqsoff() ... List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig

0eaed89c18aeedf0898baf2dbf5ff027c6795152 - Merge tag 'timers-v7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daniel.lezcano/linux into timers/clocksource

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:29:52 +0200

Merge tag 'timers-v7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daniel.lezcano/linux into timers/clocksource - Use designated initializers for sh_mtu2, sh_cmt, and sh_tmu, and drop the unused initializer in the platform_device_id table for sh_mtu2 (Uwe Kleine-König) - Remove redundant dev_err()/dev_err_probe() messages when devm_request_*_irq() fails, as the helper already logs an error message (Pan Chuang) - Fix a boot hang on Allwinner D1 when a forced minimum delta is used with the sun4i timer (Felix Yan) - Fix an IRQ leak in the cpuhp_setup_state() error path by freeing the IRQ on failure in the NXP PIT driver (WenTao Liang) - Fix incorrect unmapping of shared MMIO between the clocksource and clockevent drivers. If one of them fails to initialize, the error path unmaps the shared MMIO region, leaving the other driver with an invalid mapping on clps711x (Guangshuo Li) - Make the samsung_pwm driver compatible with PREEMPT_RT by replacing regular spinlocks with raw_spinlock_t in atomic contexts (Marek Szyprowski) - Use __raw_readl() and __raw_writel() instead of ioread32() and iowrite32() to support SWAP_IO_SPACE in the rtl-otto driver (Rustam Adilov) - Fix a missing clk_disable_unprepare() call in the timer initialization error path of the Armada driver (Yuho Choi)Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/75feea31-683d-45a1-87f4-ab045e0152ae@oss.qualcomm.com List of files: /linux/arch/x86/Kconfig