android16-6.12 September 2025 release 8

Artifacts:
  https://ci.android.com/builds/submitted/14355190/kernel_aarch64/latest
ANDROID: GKI: Update transsion symbol list

73 function symbol(s) added
  'u64 __blkg_prfill_rwstat(struct seq_file*, struct blkg_policy_data*, const struct blkg_rwstat_sample*)'
  'void __io_uring_cmd_do_in_task(struct io_uring_cmd*, void(*)(struct io_uring_cmd*, unsigned int), unsigned int)'
  'int __scsi_register_driver(struct device_driver*, struct module*)'
  'int _atomic_dec_and_lock_irqsave(atomic_t*, spinlock_t*, unsigned long*)'
  'void add_disk_randomness(struct gendisk*)'
  'ssize_t badblocks_show(struct badblocks*, char*, int)'
  'const char* bdi_dev_name(struct backing_dev_info*)'
  'void bio_associate_blkg_from_css(struct bio*, struct cgroup_subsys_state*)'
  'struct bio* bio_split(struct bio*, int, gfp_t, struct bio_set*)'
  'int bio_split_rw_at(struct bio*, const struct queue_limits*, unsigned int*, unsigned int)'
  'void bio_uninit(struct bio*)'
  'int blkcg_activate_policy(struct gendisk*, const struct blkcg_policy*)'
  'void blkcg_deactivate_policy(struct gendisk*, const struct blkcg_policy*)'
  'void blkcg_print_blkgs(struct seq_file*, struct blkcg*, u64(*)(struct seq_file*, struct blkg_policy_data*, int), const struct blkcg_policy*, int, bool)'
  'int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg*, const struct blkcg_policy*, struct blkg_conf_ctx*)'
  'u64 blkg_prfill_rwstat(struct seq_file*, struct blkg_policy_data*, int)'
  'void blkg_rwstat_exit(struct blkg_rwstat*)'
  'int blkg_rwstat_init(struct blkg_rwstat*, gfp_t)'
  'void blkg_rwstat_recursive_sum(struct blkcg_gq*, struct blkcg_policy*, int, struct blkg_rwstat_sample*)'
  'enum scsi_pr_type block_pr_type_to_scsi(enum pr_type)'
  'int block_read_full_folio(struct folio*, get_block_t*)'
  'struct bsg_device* bsg_register_queue(struct request_queue*, struct device*, const char*, bsg_sg_io_fn*)'
  'void bsg_unregister_queue(struct bsg_device*)'
  'int buffer_migrate_folio_norefs(struct address_space*, struct folio*, struct folio*, enum migrate_mode)'
  'void call_rcu_hurry(struct callback_head*, rcu_callback_t)'
  'unsigned long clock_t_to_jiffies(unsigned long)'
  'bool cpuset_cpu_is_isolated(int)'
  'int devcgroup_check_permission(short, u32, u32, short)'
  'ssize_t direct_write_fallback(struct kiocb*, struct iov_iter*, ssize_t, ssize_t)'
  'bool disk_check_media_change(struct gendisk*)'
  'unsigned long dma_get_merge_boundary(struct device*)'
  'struct device_driver* driver_find(const char*, const struct bus_type*)'
  'blk_status_t errno_to_blk_status(int)'
  'void generic_fill_statx_atomic_writes(struct kstat*, unsigned int, unsigned int)'
  'struct cpumask* group_cpus_evenly(unsigned int)'
  'void io_uring_cmd_done(struct io_uring_cmd*, ssize_t, u64, unsigned int)'
  'struct io_cq* ioc_find_get_icq(struct request_queue*)'
  'struct io_cq* ioc_lookup_icq(struct request_queue*)'
  'unsigned long iov_iter_gap_alignment(const struct iov_iter*)'
  'bool iov_iter_is_aligned(const struct iov_iter*, unsigned int, unsigned int)'
  'void* kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof(struct kmem_cache*, gfp_t, int)'
  'void* mempool_alloc_pages(gfp_t, void*)'
  'void mempool_free_pages(void*, void*)'
  'unsigned int mmc_calc_max_discard(struct mmc_card*)'
  'int mmc_card_alternative_gpt_sector(struct mmc_card*, sector_t*)'
  'int mmc_cqe_recovery(struct mmc_host*)'
  'int mmc_cqe_start_req(struct mmc_host*, struct mmc_request*)'
  'void mmc_crypto_prepare_req(struct mmc_queue_req*)'
  'int mmc_detect_card_removed(struct mmc_host*)'
  'int mmc_erase(struct mmc_card*, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)'
  'int mmc_poll_for_busy(struct mmc_card*, unsigned int, bool, enum mmc_busy_cmd)'
  'int mmc_register_driver(struct mmc_driver*)'
  'void mmc_retune_pause(struct mmc_host*)'
  'void mmc_retune_unpause(struct mmc_host*)'
  'void mmc_run_bkops(struct mmc_card*)'
  'int mmc_sanitize(struct mmc_card*, unsigned int)'
  'int mmc_start_request(struct mmc_host*, struct mmc_request*)'
  'void mmc_unregister_driver(struct mmc_driver*)'
  'void percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(struct percpu_ref*, percpu_ref_func_t*)'
  'void percpu_ref_resurrect(struct percpu_ref*)'
  'void percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_sync(struct percpu_ref*)'
  'void percpu_ref_switch_to_percpu(struct percpu_ref*)'
  'void put_io_context(struct io_context*)'
  'int queue_limits_commit_update_frozen(struct request_queue*, struct queue_limits*)'
  'struct folio* read_cache_folio(struct address_space*, unsigned long, filler_t*, struct file*)'
  'int register_tracepoint_module_notifier(struct notifier_block*)'
  'enum pr_type scsi_pr_type_to_block(enum scsi_pr_type)'
  'int security_bdev_alloc(struct block_device*)'
  'void security_bdev_free(struct block_device*)'
  'int simple_statfs(struct dentry*, struct kstatfs*)'
  'void trace_seq_puts(struct trace_seq*, const char*)'
  'int ufshcd_opp_config_clks(struct device*, struct opp_table*, struct dev_pm_opp*, void*, bool)'
  'void unpin_user_folio(struct folio*, unsigned long)'

3 variable symbol(s) added
  'struct blkcg blkcg_root'
  'struct cgroup_subsys io_cgrp_subsys'
  'struct static_key_true io_cgrp_subsys_on_dfl_key'

Bug: 452450298
Bug: 456035399

Change-Id: I65cf4037b20729646b01cdd1bf3ea31958853454
Signed-off-by: xiaoxiang xiong <xiaoxiang.xiong@transsion.com>
(cherry picked from commit 12d519c7f3007670a34b9496b30ef6d93596bf67)
2 files changed
tree: bd45e834d1a57dbaaa21883f2151f29148ab3e65
  1. arch/
  2. block/
  3. certs/
  4. crypto/
  5. Documentation/
  6. drivers/
  7. fs/
  8. gki/
  9. include/
  10. init/
  11. io_uring/
  12. ipc/
  13. kernel/
  14. lib/
  15. LICENSES/
  16. mm/
  17. net/
  18. rust/
  19. samples/
  20. scripts/
  21. security/
  22. sound/
  23. tools/
  24. usr/
  25. virt/
  26. .bazelignore
  27. .clang-format
  28. .clippy.toml
  29. .cocciconfig
  30. .editorconfig
  31. .get_maintainer.ignore
  32. .gitattributes
  33. .gitignore
  34. .mailmap
  35. .rustfmt.toml
  36. abi.bzl
  37. BUILD.bazel
  38. build.config.aarch64
  39. build.config.arm
  40. build.config.common
  41. build.config.constants
  42. build.config.db845c
  43. build.config.gki
  44. build.config.gki.aarch64
  45. build.config.gki.x86_64
  46. build.config.rockpi4
  47. build.config.x86_64
  48. COPYING
  49. CREDITS
  50. Kbuild
  51. Kconfig
  52. Kconfig.ext
  53. MAINTAINERS
  54. Makefile
  55. modules.bzl
  56. OWNERS
  57. OWNERS_DrNo
  58. README
  59. README.md
README.md

How do I submit patches to Android Common Kernels

  1. BEST: Make all of your changes to upstream Linux. If appropriate, backport to the stable releases. These patches will be merged automatically in the corresponding common kernels. If the patch is already in upstream Linux, post a backport of the patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.

    • Do not send patches upstream that contain only symbol exports. To be considered for upstream Linux, additions of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() require an in-tree modular driver that uses the symbol -- so include the new driver or changes to an existing driver in the same patchset as the export.
    • When sending patches upstream, the commit message must contain a clear case for why the patch is needed and beneficial to the community. Enabling out-of-tree drivers or functionality is not a persuasive case.
  2. LESS GOOD: Develop your patches out-of-tree (from an upstream Linux point-of-view). Unless these are fixing an Android-specific bug, these are very unlikely to be accepted unless they have been coordinated with kernel-team@android.com. If you want to proceed, post a patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.

Common Kernel patch requirements

  • All patches must conform to the Linux kernel coding standards and pass scripts/checkpatch.pl
  • Patches shall not break gki_defconfig or allmodconfig builds for arm, arm64, x86, x86_64 architectures (see https://source.android.com/setup/build/building-kernels)
  • If the patch is not merged from an upstream branch, the subject must be tagged with the type of patch: UPSTREAM:, BACKPORT:, FROMGIT:, FROMLIST:, or ANDROID:.
  • All patches must have a Change-Id: tag (see https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-changeid.html)
  • If an Android bug has been assigned, there must be a Bug: tag.
  • All patches must have a Signed-off-by: tag by the author and the submitter

Additional requirements are listed below based on patch type

Requirements for backports from mainline Linux: UPSTREAM:, BACKPORT:

  • If the patch is a cherry-pick from Linux mainline with no changes at all
    • tag the patch subject with UPSTREAM:.
    • add upstream commit information with a (cherry picked from commit ...) line
    • Example:
      • if the upstream commit message is
        important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>
  • then Joe Smith would upload the patch for the common kernel as
        UPSTREAM: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        (cherry picked from commit c31e73121f4c1ec41143423ac6ce3ce6dafdcec1)
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch requires any changes from the upstream version, tag the patch with BACKPORT: instead of UPSTREAM:.
    • use the same tags as UPSTREAM:
    • add comments about the changes under the (cherry picked from commit ...) line
    • Example:
        BACKPORT: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        (cherry picked from commit c31e73121f4c1ec41143423ac6ce3ce6dafdcec1)
        [joe: Resolved minor conflict in drivers/foo/bar.c ]
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>

Requirements for other backports: FROMGIT:, FROMLIST:,

  • If the patch has been merged into an upstream maintainer tree, but has not yet been merged into Linux mainline
    • tag the patch subject with FROMGIT:
    • add info on where the patch came from as (cherry picked from commit <sha1> <repo> <branch>). This must be a stable maintainer branch (not rebased, so don't use linux-next for example).
    • if changes were required, use BACKPORT: FROMGIT:
    • Example:
      • if the commit message in the maintainer tree is
        important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>
  • then Joe Smith would upload the patch for the common kernel as
        FROMGIT: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        (cherry picked from commit 878a2fd9de10b03d11d2f622250285c7e63deace
         https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/foo/bar.git test-branch)
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch has been submitted to LKML, but not accepted into any maintainer tree
    • tag the patch subject with FROMLIST:
    • add a Link: tag with a link to the submittal on lore.kernel.org
    • add a Bug: tag with the Android bug (required for patches not accepted into a maintainer tree)
    • if changes were required, use BACKPORT: FROMLIST:
    • Example:
        FROMLIST: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190619171517.GA17557@someone.com/
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If a patch has been submitted to the community, but rejected, do NOT use the FROMLIST: tag to try to hide this fact. Use the ANDROID: tag as described below as this must be considered as an Android-specific submission, not an upstream submission as the community will not accept these changes as-is.

Requirements for Android-specific patches: ANDROID:

  • If the patch is fixing a bug to Android-specific code
    • tag the patch subject with ANDROID:
    • add a Fixes: tag that cites the patch with the bug
    • Example:
        ANDROID: fix android-specific bug in foobar.c

        This is the detailed description of the important fix

        Fixes: 1234abcd2468 ("foobar: add cool feature")
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch is a new feature
    • tag the patch subject with ANDROID:
    • add a Bug: tag with the Android bug (required for android-specific features)