Merge tag 'v6.6.97' into 6.6-main

This is the 6.6.97 stable release

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Author: frank-w

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu

@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities
 		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
 		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
 		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsa
 		/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort
 Date:		January 2018
 Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ufs

@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ Description:	This file shows the thin provisioning type. This is one of
 
 		The file is read only.
 
-What:		/sys/class/scsi_device/*/device/unit_descriptor/physical_memory_resourse_count
+What:		/sys/class/scsi_device/*/device/unit_descriptor/physical_memory_resource_count
 Date:		February 2018
 Contact:	Stanislav Nijnikov <stanislav.nijnikov@wdc.com>
 Description:	This file shows the total physical memory resources. This is

Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst

@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ This is achieved by using the otherwise unused and obsolete VERW instruction in
 combination with a microcode update. The microcode clears the affected CPU
 buffers when the VERW instruction is executed.
 
-Kernel reuses the MDS function to invoke the buffer clearing:
-
-	mds_clear_cpu_buffers()
+Kernel does the buffer clearing with x86_clear_cpu_buffers().
 
 On MDS affected CPUs, the kernel already invokes CPU buffer clear on
 kernel/userspace, hypervisor/guest and C-state (idle) transitions. No

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -6645,6 +6645,19 @@
 			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
 			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
 
+	tsa=		[X86] Control mitigation for Transient Scheduler
+			Attacks on AMD CPUs. Search the following in your
+			favourite search engine for more details:
+
+			"Technical guidance for mitigating transient scheduler
+			attacks".
+
+			off		- disable the mitigation
+			on		- enable the mitigation (default)
+			user		- mitigate only user/kernel transitions
+			vm		- mitigate only guest/host transitions
+
+
 	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
 			Format: <string>
 			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this

Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ enters a C-state.
 
 The kernel provides a function to invoke the buffer clearing:
 
-    mds_clear_cpu_buffers()
+    x86_clear_cpu_buffers()
 
 Also macro CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS can be used in ASM late in exit-to-user path.
 Other than CFLAGS.ZF, this macro doesn't clobber any registers.
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ Mitigation points
    idle clearing would be a window dressing exercise and is therefore not
    activated.
 
-   The invocation is controlled by the static key mds_idle_clear which is
-   switched depending on the chosen mitigation mode and the SMT state of
-   the system.
+   The invocation is controlled by the static key cpu_buf_idle_clear which is
+   switched depending on the chosen mitigation mode and the SMT state of the
+   system.
 
    The buffer clear is only invoked before entering the C-State to prevent
    that stale data from the idling CPU from spilling to the Hyper-Thread

Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ kernel. As of today, modules that make use of symbols exported into namespaces,
 are required to import the namespace. Otherwise the kernel will, depending on
 its configuration, reject loading the module or warn about a missing import.
 
+Additionally, it is possible to put symbols into a module namespace, strictly
+limiting which modules are allowed to use these symbols.
+
 2. How to define Symbol Namespaces
 ==================================
 
@@ -84,6 +87,22 @@ unit as preprocessor statement. The above example would then read::
 within the corresponding compilation unit before any EXPORT_SYMBOL macro is
 used.
 
+2.3 Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() macro
+===================================================
+
+Symbols exported using this macro are put into a module namespace. This
+namespace cannot be imported.
+
+The macro takes a comma separated list of module names, allowing only those
+modules to access this symbol. Simple tail-globs are supported.
+
+For example:
+
+  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(preempt_notifier_inc, "kvm,kvm-*")
+
+will limit usage of this symbol to modules whoes name matches the given
+patterns.
+
 3. How to use Symbols exported in Namespaces
 ============================================
 
@@ -155,3 +174,6 @@ in-tree modules::
 You can also run nsdeps for external module builds. A typical usage is::
 
 	$ make -C <path_to_kernel_src> M=$PWD nsdeps
+
+Note: it will happily generate an import statement for the module namespace;
+which will not work and generates build and runtime failures.

Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
-SUBLEVEL = 96
+SUBLEVEL = 97
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Pinguïn Aangedreven
 

arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8103-jxxx.dtsi

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
  */
 &port00 {
 	bus-range = <1 1>;
-	wifi0: network@0,0 {
+	wifi0: wifi@0,0 {
 		compatible = "pci14e4,4425";
 		reg = <0x10000 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0>;
 		/* To be filled by the loader */

arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550.dtsi

@@ -1064,6 +1064,20 @@
 				status = "disabled";
 			};
 
+			uart14: serial@898000 {
+				compatible = "qcom,geni-uart";
+				reg = <0 0x898000 0 0x4000>;
+				clock-names = "se";
+				clocks = <&gcc GCC_QUPV3_WRAP2_S6_CLK>;
+				pinctrl-names = "default";
+				pinctrl-0 = <&qup_uart14_default>, <&qup_uart14_cts_rts>;
+				interrupts = <GIC_SPI 461 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+				interconnects = <&clk_virt MASTER_QUP_CORE_2 0 &clk_virt SLAVE_QUP_CORE_2 0>,
+						<&gem_noc MASTER_APPSS_PROC 0 &config_noc SLAVE_QUP_2 0>;
+				interconnect-names = "qup-core", "qup-config";
+				status = "disabled";
+			};
+
 			i2c15: i2c@89c000 {
 				compatible = "qcom,geni-i2c";
 				reg = <0 0x0089c000 0 0x4000>;
@@ -3640,6 +3654,22 @@
 				bias-disable;
 			};
 
+			qup_uart14_default: qup-uart14-default-state {
+				/* TX, RX */
+				pins = "gpio78", "gpio79";
+				function = "qup2_se6";
+				drive-strength = <2>;
+				bias-pull-up;
+			};
+
+			qup_uart14_cts_rts: qup-uart14-cts-rts-state {
+				/* CTS, RTS */
+				pins = "gpio76", "gpio77";
+				function = "qup2_se6";
+				drive-strength = <2>;
+				bias-pull-down;
+			};
+
 			sdc2_sleep: sdc2-sleep-state {
 				clk-pins {
 					pins = "sdc2_clk";

arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/ioctls.h

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 #define TCSETSW		_IOW('t', 21, struct termios)
 #define TCSETSF		_IOW('t', 22, struct termios)
 
-#define TCGETA		_IOR('t', 23, struct termio)
-#define TCSETA		_IOW('t', 24, struct termio)
-#define TCSETAW		_IOW('t', 25, struct termio)
-#define TCSETAF		_IOW('t', 28, struct termio)
+#define TCGETA		0x40147417 /* _IOR('t', 23, struct termio) */
+#define TCSETA		0x80147418 /* _IOW('t', 24, struct termio) */
+#define TCSETAW		0x80147419 /* _IOW('t', 25, struct termio) */
+#define TCSETAF		0x8014741c /* _IOW('t', 28, struct termio) */
 
 #define TCSBRK		_IO('t', 29)
 #define TCXONC		_IO('t', 30)