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authorEduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>2026-09-04 17:05:56 -0700
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bpf: mark a NULL kfunc argument precisegrafted
check_kfunc_arg() allows bpf_register_is_null() for nullable arguments w/o marking the underlying scalar register precise. Hence a checkpoint created on such a path would prune against arbitrary scalar value. Fixes: 3bda08b63670 ("bpf: Allow NULL buffers in bpf_dynptr_slice(_rw)") Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260904-register-is-null-precise-fixes-v1-5-0f5a360ff15d@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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+Buffer Heads
+============
+
+Linux uses buffer heads to maintain state about individual filesystem blocks.
+Buffer heads are deprecated and new filesystems should use iomap instead.
+
+Functions
+---------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/buffer_head.h
+.. kernel-doc:: fs/buffer.c
+ :export: