From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:16:12 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Merge tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git... 
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Merge tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux

Pull hardening updates from Kees Cook:

 - Introduce and start using TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper for fixing
   embedded flex array instances (Gustavo A. R. Silva)

 - mux: Convert mux_control_ops to a flex array member in mux_chip
   (Thorsten Blum)

 - string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts() (Andy Shevchenko)

 - Remove KCOV instrumentation from __init and __head (Ritesh Harjani,
   Kees Cook)

 - Refactor and rename stackleak feature to support Clang

 - Add KUnit test for seq_buf API

 - Fix KUnit fortify test under LTO

* tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: (22 commits)
  sched/task_stack: Add missing const qualifier to end_of_stack()
  kstack_erase: Support Clang stack depth tracking
  kstack_erase: Add -mgeneral-regs-only to silence Clang warnings
  init.h: Disable sanitizer coverage for __init and __head
  kstack_erase: Disable kstack_erase for all of arm compressed boot code
  x86: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  arm64: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  s390: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  arm: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  mips: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatch
  powerpc/mm/book3s64: Move kfence and debug_pagealloc related calls to __init section
  configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
  configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE
  stackleak: Split KSTACK_ERASE_CFLAGS from GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS
  stackleak: Rename stackleak_track_stack to __sanitizer_cov_stack_depth
  stackleak: Rename STACKLEAK to KSTACK_ERASE
  seq_buf: Introduce KUnit tests
  string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts()
  kunit/fortify: Add back "volatile" for sizeof() constants
  acpi: nfit: intel: avoid multiple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
  ...
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