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| author | Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com> | 2026-09-03 10:43:25 -0500 |
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| committer | Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> | 2026-09-10 18:05:43 -0700 |
| commit | 27600805e62f800bacf990354632eae4e487d34c (patch) | |
| tree | e8aec0ddfaa0bc264d79af632e3de3f1b75ae4c8 /Documentation/arch/powerpc/elfnote.rst | |
| download | linux-stable-27600805e62f800bacf990354632eae4e487d34c.tar.gz linux-stable-27600805e62f800bacf990354632eae4e487d34c.zip | |
x86/amd_node: Fix PCI device reference counting in amd_smn_init()grafted
The local "root" pointer is a temporary variable used during the device
search. Therefore, refcount related to the search iterators should be cleaned
up after the search is complete.
Use the __free() cleanup macro to ensure the refcount is decremented when the
temporary pointer goes out of scope.
Additionally, increment the refcount when caching a root pointer. This ensures
the in-use refcount is separate from the temporary search refcounting.
Finally, drop the redundant "root = NULL" before the second search loop. The
pci_get_class() iterator always decrements the refcount of its "from"
argument, so the first loop can only fall through with "root" already NULL.
Fixes: 0a4b61d9c2e4 ("x86/amd_node: Fix AMD root device caching")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260806160159.230453-1-jason.andryuk%40amd.com
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260903154325.74343-1-yazen.ghannam@amd.com
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diff --git a/Documentation/arch/powerpc/elfnote.rst b/Documentation/arch/powerpc/elfnote.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3ec8d61e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arch/powerpc/elfnote.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +========================== +ELF Note PowerPC Namespace +========================== + +The PowerPC namespace in an ELF Note of the kernel binary is used to store +capabilities and information which can be used by a bootloader or userland. + +Types and Descriptors +--------------------- + +The types to be used with the "PowerPC" namespace are defined in [#f1]_. + + 1) PPC_ELFNOTE_CAPABILITIES + +Define the capabilities supported/required by the kernel. This type uses a +bitmap as "descriptor" field. Each bit is described below: + +- Ultravisor-capable bit (PowerNV only). + +.. code-block:: c + + #define PPCCAP_ULTRAVISOR_BIT (1 << 0) + +Indicate that the powerpc kernel binary knows how to run in an +ultravisor-enabled system. + +In an ultravisor-enabled system, some machine resources are now controlled +by the ultravisor. If the kernel is not ultravisor-capable, but it ends up +being run on a machine with ultravisor, the kernel will probably crash +trying to access ultravisor resources. For instance, it may crash in early +boot trying to set the partition table entry 0. + +In an ultravisor-enabled system, a bootloader could warn the user or prevent +the kernel from being run if the PowerPC ultravisor capability doesn't exist +or the Ultravisor-capable bit is not set. + +References +---------- + +.. [#f1] arch/powerpc/include/asm/elfnote.h + |
