kernel/linux.git/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c, branch v7.1

dm mirror: fix integer overflow in create_dirty_log()

2026-03-02T17:43:12+00:00

The argument count calculation in create_dirty_log() performs `*args_used = 2 + param_count` before validating against argc. When a user provides a param_count close to UINT_MAX via the device mapper table string, this unsigned addition wraps around to a small value, causing the subsequent `argc < *args_used` check to be bypassed. The overflowed param_count is then passed as argc to dm_dirty_log_create(), where it can cause out-of-bounds reads on the argv array. Fix by comparing param_count against argc - 2 before performing the addition, following the same pattern used by parse_features() in the same file. Since argc >= 2 is already guaranteed, the subtraction is safe. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang Signed-off-by: Junrui Luo Reviewed-by: Benjamin Marzinski Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka

Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex() interface. As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather than 'objs*'. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

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

dm: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users

2026-01-14T12:16:00+00:00

This continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which began with the introduction of new workqueues and a new alloc_workqueue flag in: commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq") commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag") The refactoring is going to alter the default behavior of alloc_workqueue() to be unbound by default. With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND), any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND must now use WQ_PERCPU. For more details see the Link tag below. In order to keep alloc_workqueue() behavior identical, explicitly request WQ_PERCPU. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/ Suggested-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka

treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of()

2025-06-08T07:07:37+00:00

Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace. [ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

dm-mirror: fix a tiny race condition

2025-06-03T17:01:23+00:00

There's a tiny race condition in dm-mirror. The functions queue_bio and write_callback grab a spinlock, add a bio to the list, drop the spinlock and wake up the mirrord thread that processes bios in the list. It may be possible that the mirrord thread processes the bio just after spin_unlock_irqrestore is called, before wakeup_mirrord. This spurious wake-up is normally harmless, however if the device mapper device is unloaded just after the bio was processed, it may be possible that wakeup_mirrord(ms) uses invalid "ms" pointer. Fix this bug by moving wakeup_mirrord inside the spinlock. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]()

2025-04-05T08:30:12+00:00

timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree over and remove the historical wrapper inlines. Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

dm-mirror: Support atomic writes

2025-01-17T21:24:11+00:00

Support atomic writes by setting DM_TARGET_ATOMIC_WRITES for the target type, and also unmasking REQ_ATOMIC from the submitted bio op flags. Signed-off-by: John Garry Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka

dm io: Support IO priority

2024-02-20T19:22:51+00:00

Some IO will dispatch from kworker with different io_context settings than the submitting task, we may need to specify a priority to avoid losing priority. Add IO priority parameter to dm_io() and update all callers. Co-developed-by: Yibin Ding Signed-off-by: Yibin Ding Signed-off-by: Hongyu Jin Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers Reviewed-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm: remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

2023-04-11T16:01:01+00:00

Pointer variables of void * type do not require type cast. Signed-off-by: Yu Zhe Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer