Linus Torvalds f17b474e36 Merge tag 'bpf-next-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next
Pull bpf updates from Alexei Starovoitov:

 - Support associating BPF program with struct_ops (Amery Hung)

 - Switch BPF local storage to rqspinlock and remove recursion detection
   counters which were causing false positives (Amery Hung)

 - Fix live registers marking for indirect jumps (Anton Protopopov)

 - Introduce execution context detection BPF helpers (Changwoo Min)

 - Improve verifier precision for 32bit sign extension pattern
   (Cupertino Miranda)

 - Optimize BTF type lookup by sorting vmlinux BTF and doing binary
   search (Donglin Peng)

 - Allow states pruning for misc/invalid slots in iterator loops (Eduard
   Zingerman)

 - In preparation for ASAN support in BPF arenas teach libbpf to move
   global BPF variables to the end of the region and enable arena kfuncs
   while holding locks (Emil Tsalapatis)

 - Introduce support for implicit arguments in kfuncs and migrate a
   number of them to new API. This is a prerequisite for cgroup
   sub-schedulers in sched-ext (Ihor Solodrai)

 - Fix incorrect copied_seq calculation in sockmap (Jiayuan Chen)

 - Fix ORC stack unwind from kprobe_multi (Jiri Olsa)

 - Speed up fentry attach by using single ftrace direct ops in BPF
   trampolines (Jiri Olsa)

 - Require frozen map for calculating map hash (KP Singh)

 - Fix lock entry creation in TAS fallback in rqspinlock (Kumar
   Kartikeya Dwivedi)

 - Allow user space to select cpu in lookup/update operations on per-cpu
   array and hash maps (Leon Hwang)

 - Make kfuncs return trusted pointers by default (Matt Bobrowski)

 - Introduce "fsession" support where single BPF program is executed
   upon entry and exit from traced kernel function (Menglong Dong)

 - Allow bpf_timer and bpf_wq use in all programs types (Mykyta
   Yatsenko, Andrii Nakryiko, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Alexei
   Starovoitov)

 - Make KF_TRUSTED_ARGS the default for all kfuncs and clean up their
   definition across the tree (Puranjay Mohan)

 - Allow BPF arena calls from non-sleepable context (Puranjay Mohan)

 - Improve register id comparison logic in the verifier and extend
   linked registers with negative offsets (Puranjay Mohan)

 - In preparation for BPF-OOM introduce kfuncs to access memcg events
   (Roman Gushchin)

 - Use CFI compatible destructor kfunc type (Sami Tolvanen)

 - Add bitwise tracking for BPF_END in the verifier (Tianci Cao)

 - Add range tracking for BPF_DIV and BPF_MOD in the verifier (Yazhou
   Tang)

 - Make BPF selftests work with 64k page size (Yonghong Song)

* tag 'bpf-next-7.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next: (268 commits)
  selftests/bpf: Fix outdated test on storage->smap
  selftests/bpf: Choose another percpu variable in bpf for btf_dump test
  selftests/bpf: Remove test_task_storage_map_stress_lookup
  selftests/bpf: Update task_local_storage/task_storage_nodeadlock test
  selftests/bpf: Update task_local_storage/recursion test
  selftests/bpf: Update sk_storage_omem_uncharge test
  bpf: Switch to bpf_selem_unlink_nofail in bpf_local_storage_{map_free, destroy}
  bpf: Support lockless unlink when freeing map or local storage
  bpf: Prepare for bpf_selem_unlink_nofail()
  bpf: Remove unused percpu counter from bpf_local_storage_map_free
  bpf: Remove cgroup local storage percpu counter
  bpf: Remove task local storage percpu counter
  bpf: Change local_storage->lock and b->lock to rqspinlock
  bpf: Convert bpf_selem_unlink to failable
  bpf: Convert bpf_selem_link_map to failable
  bpf: Convert bpf_selem_unlink_map to failable
  bpf: Select bpf_local_storage_map_bucket based on bpf_local_storage
  selftests/xsk: fix number of Tx frags in invalid packet
  selftests/xsk: properly handle batch ending in the middle of a packet
  bpf: Prevent reentrance into call_rcu_tasks_trace()
  ...
2026-02-10 11:26:21 -08:00

Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
* Build the kernel: See Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer - Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher - Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert - Hardening and vulnerability analysis
* Backport/Maintenance Engineer - Maintaining stable kernels
* System Administrator - Configuring and troubleshooting
* Maintainer - Leading subsystems and reviewing patches
* Hardware Vendor - Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer - Packaging kernels for distros
* AI Coding Assistant - LLMs and AI-powered development tools


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

Write drivers and support new hardware:

* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux
kernel:

* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with.


Communication and Support
=========================

* Mailing Lists: https://lore.kernel.org/
* IRC: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net
* Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
* MAINTAINERS file: Lists subsystem maintainers and mailing lists
* Email Clients: Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
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