kernel/git/stable/linux.git/drivers/tty/synclink_gt.c, branch master

tty: synclink_gt: remove broken driver

2026-05-11T14:55:56+00:00

The synclink_gt driver was marked as broken in commit 426263d5fb40 ("tty: synclink_gt: mark as BROKEN") in July 2023 because it had severe structural problems and there had been no evidence of users since 2016. Since then, no meaningful improvements have been made to the driver, and it is unlikely that will ever happen due to the lack of interest. Drop the driver and references to it in comments and documentation. include/uapi/linux/synclink.h is also removed. The only use of this header I have found is the linux-raw-sys Rust crate. It generates bindings for all UAPI headers, but has a hardcoded list of headers and ioctls, including this one, so that does not indicate that anyone is using it. I have sent a pull request to remove the include and ioctl definitions for this header (see the link below). Link: https://github.com/sunfishcode/linux-raw-sys/pull/185 Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260504031519.18877-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

tty: synclink_gt: Fix namespace collision and startup() section placement with -ffunction-sections

2025-11-21T09:04:10+00:00

When compiled with -ffunction-sections (e.g., for LTO, livepatch, dead code elimination, AutoFDO, or Propeller), the startup() function gets compiled into the .text.startup section (or in some cases .text.startup.constprop.0 or .text.startup.isra.0). However, the .text.startup and .text.startup.* sections are also used by the compiler for __attribute__((constructor)) code. This naming conflict causes the vmlinux linker script to wrongly place startup() function code in .init.text, which gets freed during boot. Some builds have a mix of objects, both with and without -ffunctions-sections, so it's not possible for the linker script to disambiguate with #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_SECTIONS or similar. This means that "startup" unfortunately needs to be prohibited as a function name. Rename startup() to startup_hw(). For consistency, also rename its shutdown() counterpart to shutdown_hw(). Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/f0ee750f35c878172cc09916a0724b74e62eadc2.1763669451.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of()

2025-06-08T07:07:37+00:00

Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace. [ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]()

2025-04-05T08:30:12+00:00

timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree over and remove the historical wrapper inlines. Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

tty: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros

2024-06-24T14:10:11+00:00

make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports: WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_base.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pxa.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/serial/esp32_uart.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/serial/esp32_acm.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/serial/owl-uart.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/n_gsm.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/ttynull.o WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/tty/goldfish.o Add all missing invocations of the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro. Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240607-md-drivers-tty-v1-1-50a7efb8bed8@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tty: make tty_operations::write()'s count size_t

2023-08-11T19:12:46+00:00

Unify with the rest of the code. Use size_t for counts and ssize_t for retval. Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230810091510.13006-30-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tty: propagate u8 data to tty_operations::put_char()

2023-08-11T19:12:46+00:00

Data are now typed as u8. Propagate this change to tty_operations::put_char(). Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Vasily Gorbik Cc: Alexander Gordeev Cc: Christian Borntraeger Cc: Sven Schnelle Cc: Karsten Keil Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Jiri Slaby Cc: Shawn Guo Cc: Sascha Hauer Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team Cc: Fabio Estevam Cc: NXP Linux Team Cc: Mathias Nyman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230810091510.13006-29-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tty: propagate u8 data to tty_operations::write()

2023-08-11T19:12:46+00:00

Data are now typed as u8. Propagate this change to tty_operations::write(). Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Cc: Richard Henderson Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: Matt Turner Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Richard Weinberger Cc: Anton Ivanov Cc: Johannes Berg Cc: Chris Zankel Cc: Max Filippov Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Vaibhav Gupta Cc: Jens Taprogge Cc: Karsten Keil Cc: Scott Branden Cc: Ulf Hansson Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Eric Dumazet Cc: Jakub Kicinski Cc: Paolo Abeni Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Vasily Gorbik Cc: Alexander Gordeev Cc: Christian Borntraeger Cc: Sven Schnelle Cc: David Lin Cc: Johan Hovold Cc: Alex Elder Cc: Laurentiu Tudor Cc: Jiri Kosina Cc: David Sterba Cc: Shawn Guo Cc: Sascha Hauer Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team Cc: Fabio Estevam Cc: NXP Linux Team Cc: Arnaud Pouliquen Cc: Oliver Neukum Cc: Mathias Nyman Cc: Marcel Holtmann Cc: Johan Hedberg Cc: Luiz Augusto von Dentz Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230810091510.13006-28-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman