Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-08-28-22-48' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:

 - An extensive rework of kexec and crash Kconfig from Eric DeVolder
   ("refactor Kconfig to consolidate KEXEC and CRASH options")

 - kernel.h slimming work from Andy Shevchenko ("kernel.h: Split out a
   couple of macros to args.h")

 - gdb feature work from Kuan-Ying Lee ("Add GDB memory helper
   commands")

 - vsprintf inclusion rationalization from Andy Shevchenko
   ("lib/vsprintf: Rework header inclusions")

 - Switch the handling of kdump from a udev scheme to in-kernel
   handling, by Eric DeVolder ("crash: Kernel handling of CPU and memory
   hot un/plug")

 - Many singleton patches to various parts of the tree

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-08-28-22-48' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (81 commits)
  document while_each_thread(), change first_tid() to use for_each_thread()
  drivers/char/mem.c: shrink character device's devlist[] array
  x86/crash: optimize CPU changes
  crash: change crash_prepare_elf64_headers() to for_each_possible_cpu()
  crash: hotplug support for kexec_load()
  x86/crash: add x86 crash hotplug support
  crash: memory and CPU hotplug sysfs attributes
  kexec: exclude elfcorehdr from the segment digest
  crash: add generic infrastructure for crash hotplug support
  crash: move a few code bits to setup support of crash hotplug
  kstrtox: consistently use _tolower()
  kill do_each_thread()
  nilfs2: fix WARNING in mark_buffer_dirty due to discarded buffer reuse
  scripts/bloat-o-meter: count weak symbol sizes
  treewide: drop CONFIG_EMBEDDED
  lockdep: fix static memory detection even more
  lib/vsprintf: declare no_hash_pointers in sprintf.h
  lib/vsprintf: split out sprintf() and friends
  kernel/fork: stop playing lockless games for exe_file replacement
  adfs: delete unused "union adfs_dirtail" definition
  ...

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 111607d91489..e85b5ad3e206 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -819,34 +819,26 @@ static int very_verbose(struct lock_class *class)
  * Is this the address of a static object:
  */
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-/*
- * Check if an address is part of freed initmem. After initmem is freed,
- * memory can be allocated from it, and such allocations would then have
- * addresses within the range [_stext, _end].
- */
-#ifndef arch_is_kernel_initmem_freed
-static int arch_is_kernel_initmem_freed(unsigned long addr)
-{
-	if (system_state < SYSTEM_FREEING_INITMEM)
-		return 0;
-
-	return init_section_contains((void *)addr, 1);
-}
-#endif
-
 static int static_obj(const void *obj)
 {
-	unsigned long start = (unsigned long) &_stext,
-		      end   = (unsigned long) &_end,
-		      addr  = (unsigned long) obj;
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) obj;
 
-	if (arch_is_kernel_initmem_freed(addr))
-		return 0;
+	if (is_kernel_core_data(addr))
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * keys are allowed in the __ro_after_init section.
+	 */
+	if (is_kernel_rodata(addr))
+		return 1;
 
 	/*
-	 * static variable?
+	 * in initdata section and used during bootup only?
+	 * NOTE: On some platforms the initdata section is
+	 * outside of the _stext ... _end range.
 	 */
-	if ((addr >= start) && (addr < end))
+	if (system_state < SYSTEM_FREEING_INITMEM &&
+		init_section_contains((void *)addr, 1))
 		return 1;
 
 	/*