Merge remote-tracking branch 'stable/linux-6.15.y' into v6.15+

Author: xdevs23

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

@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ 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 <[email protected]>

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 <[email protected]>
 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

@@ -7435,6 +7435,19 @@
 			having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing
 			scenarios.
 
+	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
 ==================================
 
@@ -83,6 +86,22 @@ unit as preprocessor statement. The above example would then read::
 within the corresponding compilation unit before the #include for
 <linux/export.h>. Typically it's placed before the first #include statement.
 
+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
 ============================================
 
@@ -154,3 +173,6 @@ 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.

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/realtek,rtl9301-i2c.yaml

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ properties:
       - const: realtek,rtl9301-i2c
 
   reg:
-    description: Register offset and size this I2C controller.
+    items:
+      - description: Register offset and size this I2C controller.
 
   "#address-cells":
     const: 1

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sophgo,sg2044-dwmac.yaml

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ examples:
       interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
       interrupts = <296 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
       interrupt-names = "macirq";
+      phy-handle = <&phy0>;
+      phy-mode = "rgmii-id";
       resets = <&rst 30>;
       reset-names = "stmmaceth";
       snps,multicast-filter-bins = <0>;
@@ -91,7 +93,6 @@ examples:
       snps,mtl-rx-config = <&gmac0_mtl_rx_setup>;
       snps,mtl-tx-config = <&gmac0_mtl_tx_setup>;
       snps,axi-config = <&gmac0_stmmac_axi_setup>;
-      status = "disabled";
 
       gmac0_mtl_rx_setup: rx-queues-config {
         snps,rx-queues-to-use = <8>;

Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 15
-SUBLEVEL = 5
+SUBLEVEL = 6
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
 

arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/spi1-nvram.dtsi

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
 		reg = <0x0>;
 		spi-max-frequency = <25000000>;
-		#address-cells = <1>;
-		#size-cells = <1>;
 
 		partitions {
 			compatible = "fixed-partitions";