kernel/linux.git/tools/include/linux, branch v6.19.11

tools: Fix bitfield dependency failure

2026-03-04T12:21:28+00:00

[ Upstream commit a537c0da168a08b0b6a7f7bd9e75f4cc8d45ff57 ] A perf build failure was reported by Thomas Voegtle on stable kernel v6.6.120: CC tests/sample-parsing.o CC util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.o CC util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_csky.o CC util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.o CC util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_loongarch.o In file included from util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h:10, from util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c:14: /local/git/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/bitfield.h: In function ‘le16_encode_bits’: /local/git/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/bitfield.h:166:31: error: implicit declaration of function ‘cpu_to_le16’; did you mean ‘htole16’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] ____MAKE_OP(le##size,u##size,cpu_to_le##size,le##size##_to_cpu) \ ^~~~~~~~~ /local/git/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/bitfield.h:149:9: note: in definition of macro ‘____MAKE_OP’ return to((v & field_mask(field)) * field_multiplier(field)); \ ^~ /local/git/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/bitfield.h:170:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘__MAKE_OP’ __MAKE_OP(16) Fix this by including linux/kernel.h, which provides the required definitions. The issue was not found on the mainline due to the relevant C files have included kernel.h. It'd be good to merge this change on mainline as well for robustness. Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/3a44500b-d7c8-179f-61f6-e51cb50d3512@lio96.de/ Fixes: 64d86c03e1441742 ("perf arm-spe: Extend branch operations") Reported-by: Hamza Mahfooz Reported-by: Thomas Voegtle Signed-off-by: Leo Yan Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: James Clark Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim To: Sasha Levin Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

Merge tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v6.19-2026-01-02' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools

2026-01-02T22:24:09+00:00

Pull perf tool fixes and from Namhyung Kim: - skip building BPF skeletons if libopenssl is missing - a couple of test updates - handle error cases of filename__read_build_id() - support NVIDIA Olympus for ARM SPE profiling - update tool headers to sync with the kernel * tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v6.19-2026-01-02' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools: tools build: Fix the common set of features test wrt libopenssl tools headers: Sync syscall table with kernel sources tools headers: Sync linux/socket.h with kernel sources tools headers: Sync linux/gfp_types.h with kernel sources tools headers: Sync arm64 headers with kernel sources tools headers: Sync x86 headers with kernel sources tools headers: Sync UAPI sound/asound.h with kernel sources tools headers: Sync UAPI linux/mount.h with kernel sources tools headers: Sync UAPI linux/fs.h with kernel sources tools headers: Sync UAPI linux/fcntl.h with kernel sources tools headers: Sync UAPI KVM headers with kernel sources tools headers: Sync UAPI drm/drm.h with kernel sources perf arm-spe: Add NVIDIA Olympus to neoverse list tools headers arm64: Add NVIDIA Olympus part perf tests top: Make the test exclusive perf tests kvm: Avoid leaving perf.data.guest file around perf symbol: Fix ENOENT case for filename__read_build_id perf tools: Disable BPF skeleton if no libopenssl found tools/build: Add a feature test for libopenssl

tools headers: Sync linux/gfp_types.h with kernel sources

2025-12-24T19:43:22+00:00

To pick up changes from: 4c0a17e28340e458 ("slab: prevent recursive kmalloc() in alloc_empty_sheaf()") This would be used to handle GFP masks in the perf code and address these tools/perf build warnings: Warning: Kernel ABI header differences: diff -u tools/include/linux/gfp_types.h include/linux/gfp_types.h Please see tools/include/uapi/README. Acked-by: SeongJae Park Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

tools include: Add definitions for __aligned_{l,b}e64

2025-12-23T21:16:18+00:00

Add definitions for the missing __aligned_le64 and __aligned_be64 to tools/include/linux/types.h. The former is needed by for builds where tools/include/ is on the include path ahead of usr/include/. Signed-off-by: David Matlack Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251219233818.1965306-2-dmatlack@google.com Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson

Merge tag 'hyperv-next-signed-20251207' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hyperv/linux

2025-12-08T21:10:17+00:00

Pull hyperv updates from Wei Liu: - Enhancements to Linux as the root partition for Microsoft Hypervisor: - Support a new mode called L1VH, which allows Linux to drive the hypervisor running the Azure Host directly - Support for MSHV crash dump collection - Allow Linux's memory management subsystem to better manage guest memory regions - Fix issues that prevented a clean shutdown of the whole system on bare metal and nested configurations - ARM64 support for the MSHV driver - Various other bug fixes and cleanups - Add support for Confidential VMBus for Linux guest on Hyper-V - Secure AVIC support for Linux guests on Hyper-V - Add the mshv_vtl driver to allow Linux to run as the secure kernel in a higher virtual trust level for Hyper-V * tag 'hyperv-next-signed-20251207' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hyperv/linux: (58 commits) mshv: Cleanly shutdown root partition with MSHV mshv: Use reboot notifier to configure sleep state mshv: Add definitions for MSHV sleep state configuration mshv: Add support for movable memory regions mshv: Add refcount and locking to mem regions mshv: Fix huge page handling in memory region traversal mshv: Move region management to mshv_regions.c mshv: Centralize guest memory region destruction mshv: Refactor and rename memory region handling functions mshv: adjust interrupt control structure for ARM64 Drivers: hv: use kmalloc_array() instead of kmalloc() mshv: Add ioctl for self targeted passthrough hvcalls Drivers: hv: Introduce mshv_vtl driver Drivers: hv: Export some symbols for mshv_vtl static_call: allow using STATIC_CALL_TRAMP_STR() from assembly mshv: Extend create partition ioctl to support cpu features mshv: Allow mappings that overlap in uaddr mshv: Fix create memory region overlap check mshv: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users Drivers: hv: Use kmalloc_array() instead of kmalloc() ...

static_call: allow using STATIC_CALL_TRAMP_STR() from assembly

2025-11-15T06:18:17+00:00

STATIC_CALL_TRAMP_STR() could not be used from .S files because static_call_types.h was not safe to include in assembly as it pulled in C types/constructs that are unavailable under __ASSEMBLY__. Make the header assembly-friendly by adding __ASSEMBLY__ checks and providing only the minimal definitions needed for assembly, so that it can be safely included by .S code. This enables emitting the static call trampoline symbol name via STATIC_CALL_TRAMP_STR() directly in assembly sources, to be used with 'call' instruction. Also, move a certain definitions out of __ASSEMBLY__ checks in compiler_types.h to meet the dependencies. No functional change for C compilation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Naman Jain Signed-off-by: Wei Liu

objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files

2025-10-14T21:50:18+00:00

Add a new klp diff subcommand which performs a binary diff between two object files and extracts changed functions into a new object which can then be linked into a livepatch module. This builds on concepts from the longstanding out-of-tree kpatch [1] project which began in 2012 and has been used for many years to generate livepatch modules for production kernels. However, this is a complete rewrite which incorporates hard-earned lessons from 12+ years of maintaining kpatch. Key improvements compared to kpatch-build: - Integrated with objtool: Leverages objtool's existing control-flow graph analysis to help detect changed functions. - Works on vmlinux.o: Supports late-linked objects, making it compatible with LTO, IBT, and similar. - Simplified code base: ~3k fewer lines of code. - Upstream: No more out-of-tree #ifdef hacks, far less cruft. - Cleaner internals: Vastly simplified logic for symbol/section/reloc inclusion and special section extraction. - Robust __LINE__ macro handling: Avoids false positive binary diffs caused by the __LINE__ macro by introducing a fix-patch-lines script (coming in a later patch) which injects #line directives into the source .patch to preserve the original line numbers at compile time. Note the end result of this subcommand is not yet functionally complete. Livepatch needs some ELF magic which linkers don't like: - Two relocation sections (.rela*, .klp.rela*) for the same text section. - Use of SHN_LIVEPATCH to mark livepatch symbols. Unfortunately linkers tend to mangle such things. To work around that, klp diff generates a linker-compliant intermediate binary which encodes the relevant KLP section/reloc/symbol metadata. After module linking, a klp post-link step (coming soon) will clean up the mess and convert the linked .ko into a fully compliant livepatch module. Note this subcommand requires the diffed binaries to have been compiled with -ffunction-sections and -fdata-sections, and processed with 'objtool --checksum'. Those constraints will be handled by a klp-build script introduced in a later patch. Without '-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections', reliable object diffing would be infeasible due to toolchain limitations: - For intra-file+intra-section references, the compiler might occasionally generated hard-coded instruction offsets instead of relocations. - Section-symbol-based references can be ambiguous: - Overlapping or zero-length symbols create ambiguity as to which symbol is being referenced. - A reference to the end of a symbol (e.g., checking array bounds) can be misinterpreted as a reference to the next symbol, or vice versa. A potential future alternative to '-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections' would be to introduce a toolchain option that forces symbol-based (non-section) relocations. Acked-by: Petr Mladek Tested-by: Joe Lawrence Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

objtool: Add ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL

2025-10-14T21:50:16+00:00

In preparation for the objtool klp diff subcommand, add an ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL macro which annotates special section entries so that objtool can determine their size and location and extract them when needed. Acked-by: Petr Mladek Tested-by: Joe Lawrence Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

interval_tree: Fix ITSTATIC usage for *_subtree_search()

2025-10-14T21:45:22+00:00

For consistency with the other function templates, change _subtree_search_*() to use the user-supplied ITSTATIC rather than the hard-coded 'static'. Acked-by: Petr Mladek Tested-by: Joe Lawrence Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

interval_tree: Sync interval_tree_generic.h with tools

2025-10-14T21:45:22+00:00

The following commit made an improvement to interval_tree_generic.h, but didn't sync it to the tools copy: 19811285784f ("lib/interval_tree: skip the check before go to the right subtree") Sync it, and add it to objtool's sync-check.sh so they are more likely to stay in sync going forward. Acked-by: Petr Mladek Tested-by: Joe Lawrence Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf