Merge tag 'v6.11-rc2' into media_stage

Linux 6.11-rc2

* tag 'v6.11-rc2': (283 commits)
  Linux 6.11-rc2
  profiling: remove profile=sleep support
  arm: dts: arm: versatile-ab: Fix duplicate clock node name
  runtime constants: deal with old decrepit linkers
  clocksource: Fix brown-bag boolean thinko in cs_watchdog_read()
  cifs: update internal version number
  smb: client: fix FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT against NetApp
  smb3: add dynamic tracepoints for shutdown ioctl
  cifs: Remove cifs_aio_ctx
  smb: client: handle lack of FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT support
  arm64: jump_label: Ensure patched jump_labels are visible to all CPUs
  syscalls: fix syscall macros for newfstat/newfstatat
  uretprobe: change syscall number, again
  thermal: core: Update thermal zone registration documentation
  Revert "nouveau: rip out busy fence waits"
  protect the fetch of ->fd[fd] in do_dup2() from mispredictions
  x86/uaccess: Zero the 8-byte get_range case on failure on 32-bit
  riscv: Fix linear mapping checks for non-contiguous memory regions
  KVM: x86/mmu: fix determination of max NPT mapping level for private pages
  PCI: pciehp: Retain Power Indicator bits for userspace indicators
  ...

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 2594553bb30b..2df665fa2964 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -297,6 +297,15 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
 #define is_unsigned_type(type) (!is_signed_type(type))
 
 /*
+ * Useful shorthand for "is this condition known at compile-time?"
+ *
+ * Note that the condition may involve non-constant values,
+ * but the compiler may know enough about the details of the
+ * values to determine that the condition is statically true.
+ */
+#define statically_true(x) (__builtin_constant_p(x) && (x))
+
+/*
  * This is needed in functions which generate the stack canary, see
  * arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c::start_secondary() for an example.
  */