kernel/linux.git/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl, branch v6.18.37

crypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs

2026-06-27T10:06:49+00:00

commit d237230728c567297f2f98b425d63156ab2ed17f upstream. The QAT driver exposes a character device (qat_adf_ctl) with IOCTLs for device configuration, start, stop, status query and enumeration. These IOCTLs are not part of any public uAPI header and have no known in-tree or out-of-tree users. Device lifecycle is already managed via sysfs. The ioctl interface also increases the attack surface and is the subject of a number of bug reports. Remove the character device, the IOCTL definitions, and the related data structures (adf_dev_status_info, adf_user_cfg_key_val, adf_user_cfg_section, adf_user_cfg_ctl_data). Drop the now-unused adf_cfg_user.h header and strip adf_ctl_drv.c down to the minimal module_init/module_exit hooks for workqueue, AER, and crypto/compression algorithm registration. Clean up leftover dead code that was only reachable from the removed IOCTL paths: adf_cfg_del_all(), adf_devmgr_verify_id(), adf_devmgr_get_num_dev(), adf_devmgr_get_dev_by_id(), adf_get_vf_real_id() and the unused ADF_CFG macros. Additionally, drop the entry associated to QAT IOCTLs in ioctl-number.rst. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: d8cba25d2c68 ("crypto: qat - Intel(R) QAT driver framework") Reported-by: Zhi Wang Reported-by: Bin Yu Reported-by: MingYu Wang Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/61d6d499.ab89.19b9b7f3186.Coremail.wangzhi_xd@stu.xidian.edu.cn/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260508034841.256794-1-w15303746062@163.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260508023542.256299-1-w15303746062@163.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260504025120.98242-1-w15303746062@163.com/ Signed-off-by: Giovanni Cabiddu Reviewed-by: Ahsan Atta Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc/pseries: Define papr-hvpipe ioctl

2025-09-15T08:08:39+00:00

PowerPC FW introduced HVPIPE RTAS calls such as ibm,send-hvpipe-msg and ibm,receive-hvpipe-msg for the user space to exchange information with different sources such as Hardware Management Consoles (HMC). HVPIPE_IOC_CREATE_HANDLE is defined to use /dev/papr-hvpipe interface for ibm,send-hvpipe-msg and ibm,receive-hvpipe-msg RTAS calls. Also defined papr_hvpipe_hdr which will added in the payload that is passed between the kernel and the user space. Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni Tested-by: Shashank MS Reviewed-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250909084402.1488456-2-haren@linux.ibm.com

Merge tag 'docs-6.17' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2025-07-31T15:36:51+00:00

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It has been a relatively busy cycle for docs, especially the build system: - The Perl kernel-doc script was added to 2.3.52pre1 just after the turn of the millennium. Over the following 25 years, it accumulated a vast amount of cruft, all in a language few people want to deal with anymore. Mauro's Python replacement in 6.16 faithfully reproduced all of the cruft in the hope of avoiding regressions. Now that we have a more reasonable code base, though, we can work on cleaning it up; many of the changes this time around are toward that end. - A reorganization of the ext4 docs into the usual TOC format. - Various Chinese translations and updates. - A new script from Mauro to help with docs-build testing. - A new document for linked lists - A sweep through MAINTAINERS fixing broken GitHub git:// repository links. ...and lots of fixes and updates" * tag 'docs-6.17' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (147 commits) scripts: add origin commit identification based on specific patterns sphinx: kernel_abi: fix performance regression with O= Documentation: core-api: entry: Replace deprecated KVM entry/exit functions docs: fault-injection: drop reference to md-faulty docs: document linked lists scripts: kdoc: make it backward-compatible with Python 3.7 docs: kernel-doc: emit warnings for ancient versions of Python Documentation/rtla: Describe exit status Documentation/rtla: Add include common_appendix.rst docs: kernel: Clarify printk_ratelimit_burst reset behavior Documentation: ioctl-number: Don't repeat macro names Documentation: ioctl-number: Shorten macros table Documentation: ioctl-number: Correct full path to papr-physical-attestation.h Documentation: ioctl-number: Extend "Include File" column width Documentation: ioctl-number: Fix linuxppc-dev mailto link overlayfs.rst: fix typos docs: kdoc: emit a warning for ancient versions of Python docs: kdoc: clean up check_sections() docs: kdoc: directly access the always-there KdocItem fields docs: kdoc: straighten up dump_declaration() ...

Documentation: ioctl-number: Don't repeat macro names

2025-07-15T20:04:30+00:00

Don't repeat mentioning macro names (_IO, _IOW, _IOR, and _IOWR) to keep the wording effective. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250715024258.16882-3-bagasdotme@gmail.com

Documentation: ioctl-number: Shorten macros table

2025-07-15T20:04:30+00:00

The macros table has three columns: the second one is "an" and the third one writes "an ioctl with ... parameters". Simplify the table by adding heading row that indicates macro name and accepted parameters. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250715024258.16882-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com

Documentation: ioctl-number: Correct full path to papr-physical-attestation.h

2025-07-15T20:02:23+00:00

Commit 03c9d1a5a30d93 ("Documentation: Fix description format for powerpc RTAS ioctls") fixes Sphinx warning by chopping arch/ path component of papr-physical-attestation.h to fit existing "Include File" column. Now that the column has been widened just enough for that header file, add back its arch/ path component. Reviewed-by: Haren Myneni Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Acked-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714015711.14525-4-bagasdotme@gmail.com

Documentation: ioctl-number: Extend "Include File" column width

2025-07-15T20:02:23+00:00

Extend width of "Include File" column to fit full path to papr-physical-attestation.h in later commit. Reviewed-by: Haren Myneni Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Acked-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714015711.14525-3-bagasdotme@gmail.com

Documentation: ioctl-number: Fix linuxppc-dev mailto link

2025-07-15T20:02:05+00:00

Spell out full Linux PPC mailing list address like other subsystem mailing lists listed in the table. Reviewed-by: Haren Myneni Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Acked-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714015711.14525-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com

block: remove pktcdvd driver

2025-07-07T13:02:42+00:00

This driver has long outlived it's utility, and it's broken and unloved. The main use case for this was direct mount with UDF of cd-rw drives that required 32kb packets. It would collect writes into that size and write them out in multiples of that. That's not a common use case anymore, the world has moved on from those kinds of media. To make matters worse, it's actively breaking setups where it's not even required or useful. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/fxg6dksau4jsk3u5xldlyo2m7qgiux6vtdrz5rywseotsouqdv@urcrwz6qtd3r/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/dcc4836e-6da9-4208-ad27-bbd44b3a2063@kernel.dk/ Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge tag 'char-misc-6.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc

2025-06-06T18:50:47+00:00

Pull char / misc / iio driver updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big char/misc/iio and other small driver subsystem pull request for 6.16-rc1. Overall, a lot of individual changes, but nothing major, just the normal constant forward progress of new device support and cleanups to existing subsystems. Highlights in here are: - Large IIO driver updates and additions and device tree changes - Android binder bugfixes and logfile fixes - mhi driver updates - comedi driver updates - counter driver updates and additions - coresight driver updates and additions - echo driver removal as there are no in-kernel users of it - nvmem driver updates - spmi driver updates - new amd-sbi driver "subsystem" and drivers added - rust miscdriver binding documentation fix - other small driver fixes and updates (uio, w1, acrn, hpet, xillybus, cardreader drivers, fastrpc and others) All of these have been in linux-next for quite a while with no reported problems" * tag 'char-misc-6.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (390 commits) binder: fix yet another UAF in binder_devices counter: microchip-tcb-capture: Add watch validation support dt-bindings: iio: adc: Add ROHM BD79100G iio: adc: add support for Nuvoton NCT7201 dt-bindings: iio: adc: add NCT7201 ADCs iio: chemical: Add driver for SEN0322 dt-bindings: trivial-devices: Document SEN0322 iio: adc: ad7768-1: reorganize driver headers iio: bmp280: zero-init buffer iio: ssp_sensors: optimalize -> optimize HID: sensor-hub: Fix typo and improve documentation iio: admv1013: replace redundant ternary operator with just len iio: chemical: mhz19b: Fix error code in probe() iio: adc: at91-sama5d2: use IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS iio: accel: sca3300: use IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS iio: adc: ad7380: use IIO_DECLARE_DMA_BUFFER_WITH_TS iio: adc: ad4695: rename AD4695_MAX_VIN_CHANNELS iio: adc: ad4695: use IIO_DECLARE_DMA_BUFFER_WITH_TS iio: introduce IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS macros iio: make IIO_DMA_MINALIGN minimum of 8 bytes ...