I'm announcing the release of the 6.1.5 kernel. All users of the 6.1 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.1.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.1.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary thanks, greg k-h ------------ Makefile | 2 arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h | 13 arch/mips/ralink/of.c | 2 arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h | 2 arch/riscv/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.h | 4 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 2 arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 4 block/blk-merge.c | 10 drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 17 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 3 drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 33 - drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 4 drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_skcipher_algs.c | 3 drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 4 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h | 2 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/random.c | 42 + drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c | 3 drivers/gpio/gpio-sifive.c | 1 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h | 1 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.h | 4 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c | 39 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 27 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c | 19 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c | 24 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_topology.c | 2 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c | 16 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/dcn32/display_mode_vba_32.c | 39 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/dcn32/display_mode_vba_util_32.c | 69 ++ drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/dcn32/display_mode_vba_util_32.h | 18 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/display_mode_vba.h | 2 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dsi_vbt.c | 94 +++ drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debugfs.c | 17 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c | 17 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c | 1 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c | 3 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h | 1 drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3-plane.c | 14 drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_viu.c | 5 drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c | 27 - drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c | 16 drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h | 5 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c | 6 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/counters.c | 6 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c | 49 + drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c | 1 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 8 drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/Kconfig | 4 drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c | 106 +--- drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k.h | 5 drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_com.c | 29 - drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_ethtool.c | 6 drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c | 83 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.h | 17 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c | 3 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-i2c.c | 4 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-mdio.c | 4 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 22 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h | 15 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c | 20 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.h | 6 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c | 10 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c | 132 +++-- drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h | 7 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_mbx.c | 71 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.c | 3 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c | 2 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c | 30 - drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c | 4 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_rx.c | 6 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c | 7 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun_encap.c | 9 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun_geneve.c | 5 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 2 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/acl/egress_lgcy.c | 7 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/acl/ingress_lgcy.c | 33 + drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c | 30 - drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h | 6 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c | 6 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.c | 4 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c | 1 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c | 4 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_port.c | 2 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c | 2 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c | 28 - drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c | 8 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_dcb.h | 10 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c | 8 drivers/net/phy/xilinx_gmii2rgmii.c | 1 drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c | 3 drivers/net/veth.c | 5 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c | 8 drivers/net/vrf.c | 6 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c | 19 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c | 3 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h | 14 drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 32 - drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 2 drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c | 35 - drivers/of/fdt.c | 6 drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qmp-combo.c | 20 drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_rfim.c | 4 drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-xilinx.c | 1 drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c | 5 drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 10 drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim.c | 7 drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim_blk.c | 4 drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim_net.c | 4 drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c | 2 drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 52 + drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 4 drivers/vhost/vringh.c | 5 drivers/vhost/vsock.c | 9 drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c | 4 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c | 8 fs/btrfs/disk-io.h | 2 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c | 2 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c | 11 fs/btrfs/file.c | 2 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 9 fs/btrfs/rcu-string.h | 6 fs/btrfs/super.c | 2 fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c | 6 fs/ceph/caps.c | 2 fs/ceph/locks.c | 4 fs/ceph/super.h | 1 fs/cifs/sess.c | 3 fs/cifs/smb2ops.c | 3 fs/hfs/inode.c | 15 fs/ksmbd/auth.c | 3 fs/ksmbd/connection.c | 7 fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c | 7 fs/ksmbd/transport_tcp.c | 5 fs/locks.c | 23 fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c | 11 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c | 2 fs/ntfs3/file.c | 4 fs/udf/inode.c | 2 include/acpi/video.h | 2 include/drm/drm_plane_helper.h | 1 include/linux/dsa/tag_qca.h | 4 include/linux/efi.h | 2 include/linux/fs.h | 6 include/linux/mlx5/device.h | 5 include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h | 3 include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h | 2 include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h | 5 include/net/inet_hashtables.h | 4 include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h | 5 include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 25 io_uring/cancel.c | 9 io_uring/io_uring.c | 19 kernel/bpf/trampoline.c | 4 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 12 lib/kunit/string-stream.c | 4 net/9p/client.c | 15 net/9p/trans_fd.c | 12 net/9p/trans_rdma.c | 4 net/9p/trans_virtio.c | 9 net/9p/trans_xen.c | 4 net/caif/cfctrl.c | 6 net/core/filter.c | 7 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c | 40 + net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c | 8 net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c | 31 + net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c | 4 net/mptcp/protocol.c | 20 net/mptcp/protocol.h | 4 net/mptcp/subflow.c | 19 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 7 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ip.c | 14 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipmark.c | 13 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipport.c | 13 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipportip.c | 13 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipportnet.c | 13 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_net.c | 17 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netiface.c | 15 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netnet.c | 23 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netport.c | 19 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_netportnet.c | 40 - net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 261 ++++++---- net/nfc/netlink.c | 52 + net/sched/cls_tcindex.c | 12 net/sched/sch_atm.c | 5 net/sched/sch_cbq.c | 4 net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c | 19 sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcr_rt5640.c | 15 sound/soc/sof/core.c | 9 sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-dsp.c | 72 ++ sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.h | 1 sound/soc/sof/intel/tgl.c | 2 sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mtk-adsp-common.c | 2 tools/perf/builtin-lock.c | 2 tools/perf/util/bpf_counter_cgroup.c | 14 tools/perf/util/cgroup.c | 23 tools/perf/util/data.c | 2 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c | 23 tools/testing/selftests/net/arp_ndisc_evict_nocarrier.sh | 15 197 files changed, 1987 insertions(+), 875 deletions(-) Adham Faris (1): net/mlx5e: Fix hw mtu initializing at XDP SQ allocation Andreas Rammhold (1): of/fdt: run soc memory setup when early_init_dt_scan_memory fails Antoine Tenart (1): net: vrf: determine the dst using the original ifindex for multicast Ard Biesheuvel (1): efi: random: combine bootloader provided RNG seed with RNG protocol output Arnd Bergmann (2): wifi: ath9k: use proper statements in conditionals usb: dwc3: xilinx: include linux/gpio/consumer.h Baochen Qiang (1): wifi: ath11k: Send PME message during wakeup from D3cold Ben Dooks (1): riscv: uaccess: fix type of 0 variable on error in get_user() Björn Töpel (1): riscv, kprobes: Stricter c.jr/c.jalr decoding Caleb Sander (1): qed: allow sleep in qed_mcp_trace_dump() Carlo Caione (1): drm/meson: Reduce the FIFO lines held when AFBC is not used Chris Mi (2): net/mlx5e: CT: Fix ct debugfs folder name net/mlx5e: Always clear dest encap in neigh-update-del Christian Marangi (3): Revert "net: dsa: qca8k: cache lo and hi for mdio write" net: dsa: qca8k: fix wrong length value for mgmt eth packet net: dsa: tag_qca: fix wrong MGMT_DATA2 size Christoph Hellwig (2): nvmet: use NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CSUPP instead of open coding it nvme: also return I/O command effects from nvme_command_effects Chuang Wang (1): bpf: Fix panic due to wrong pageattr of im->image Cindy Lu (1): vhost_vdpa: fix the crash in unmap a large memory Dan Carpenter (1): drm/i915: unpin on error in intel_vgpu_shadow_mm_pin() Daniil Tatianin (2): qlcnic: prevent ->dcb use-after-free on qlcnic_dcb_enable() failure drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad: return when there's no aggregator David Arinzon (7): net: ena: Fix toeplitz initial hash value net: ena: Don't register memory info on XDP exchange net: ena: Account for the number of processed bytes in XDP net: ena: Use bitmask to indicate packet redirection net: ena: Fix rx_copybreak value update net: ena: Set default value for RX interrupt moderation net: ena: Update NUMA TPH hint register upon NUMA node update Dillon Varone (1): drm/amd/display: Add check for DET fetch latency hiding for dcn32 Dmitry Fomichev (1): virtio-blk: use a helper to handle request queuing errors Dominique Martinet (1): 9p/client: fix data race on req->status Dragos Tatulea (1): net/mlx5e: IPoIB, Don't allow CQE compression to be turned on by default Eli Cohen (3): vdpa/mlx5: Fix rule forwarding VLAN to TIR vdpa/mlx5: Fix wrong mac address deletion net/mlx5: Lag, fix failure to cancel delayed bond work Eric Dumazet (1): bonding: fix lockdep splat in bond_miimon_commit() Filipe Manana (1): btrfs: fix off-by-one in delalloc search during lseek Geetha sowjanya (1): octeontx2-pf: Fix lmtst ID used in aura free Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): Linux 6.1.5 Haibo Chen (1): gpio: pca953x: avoid to use uninitialized value pinctrl Hans de Goede (1): ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Add quirk for the Advantech MICA-071 tablet Hawkins Jiawei (1): net: sched: fix memory leak in tcindex_set_parms Horatiu Vultur (2): net: lan966x: Fix configuration of the PCS net: sparx5: Fix reading of the MAC address Ido Schimmel (1): vxlan: Fix memory leaks in error path Jakub Kicinski (1): bpf: pull before calling skb_postpull_rcsum() Jamal Hadi Salim (2): net: sched: atm: dont intepret cls results when asked to drop net: sched: cbq: dont intepret cls results when asked to drop Jan Kara (1): udf: Fix extension of the last extent in the file Jani Nikula (2): drm/i915/dsi: add support for ICL+ native MIPI GPIO sequence drm/i915/dsi: fix MIPI_BKLT_EN_1 native GPIO index Jason A. Donenfeld (1): tpm: Allow system suspend to continue when TPM suspend fails Jason Wang (1): vdpasim: fix memory leak when freeing IOTLBs Jeff Layton (3): nfsd: shut down the NFSv4 state objects before the filecache filelock: new helper: vfs_inode_has_locks nfsd: fix handling of readdir in v4root vs. mount upcall timeout Jens Axboe (4): ARM: renumber bits related to _TIF_WORK_MASK io_uring/cancel: re-grab ctx mutex after finishing wait io_uring: check for valid register opcode earlier block: don't allow splitting of a REQ_NOWAIT bio Jian Shen (3): net: hns3: fix miss L3E checking for rx packet net: hns3: fix VF promisc mode not update when mac table full net: hns3: refine the handling for VF heartbeat Jie Wang (1): net: hns3: add interrupts re-initialization while doing VF FLR Jiguang Xiao (1): net: amd-xgbe: add missed tasklet_kill Jiri Pirko (1): net/mlx5: Add forgotten cleanup calls into mlx5_init_once() error path Johan Hovold (1): phy: qcom-qmp-combo: fix broken power on Johnny S. Lee (1): net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: depend on PTP conditionally Jozsef Kadlecsik (2): netfilter: ipset: fix hash:net,port,net hang with /0 subnet netfilter: ipset: Rework long task execution when adding/deleting entries Kai Vehmanen (2): ASoC: SOF: Revert: "core: unregister clients and machine drivers in .shutdown" ASoC: SOF: Intel: pci-tgl: unblock S5 entry if DMA stop has failed" Kees Cook (1): bpf: Always use maximal size for copy_array() Kuniyuki Iwashima (1): tcp: Add TIME_WAIT sockets in bhash2. Linus Torvalds (1): hfs/hfsplus: avoid WARN_ON() for sanity check, use proper error handling Luben Tuikov (1): drm/amdgpu: Fix size validation for non-exclusive domains (v4) Ma Jun (1): drm/plane-helper: Add the missing declaration of drm_atomic_state Maciej Fijalkowski (1): ice: xsk: do not use xdp_return_frame() on tx_buf->raw_buf Maor Dickman (1): net/mlx5e: Set geneve_tlv_option_0_exist when matching on geneve option Maor Gottlieb (1): RDMA/mlx5: Fix validation of max_rd_atomic caps for DC Mario Limonciello (3): ACPI: video: Allow GPU drivers to report no panels drm/amd/display: Report to ACPI video if no panels were found ACPI: video: Don't enable fallback path for creating ACPI backlight by default Marios Makassikis (1): ksmbd: send proper error response in smb2_tree_connect() Masami Hiramatsu (Google) (2): perf probe: Use dwarf_attr_integrate as generic DWARF attr accessor perf probe: Fix to get the DW_AT_decl_file and DW_AT_call_file as unsinged data Miaoqian Lin (4): nfc: Fix potential resource leaks net: phy: xgmiitorgmii: Fix refcount leak in xgmiitorgmii_probe gpio: sifive: Fix refcount leak in sifive_gpio_probe perf tools: Fix resources leak in perf_data__open_dir() Michael Chan (4): bnxt_en: Simplify bnxt_xdp_buff_init() bnxt_en: Fix XDP RX path bnxt_en: Fix first buffer size calculations for XDP multi-buffer bnxt_en: Fix HDS and jumbo thresholds for RX packets Michel Dänzer (1): Revert "drm/amd/display: Enable Freesync Video Mode by default" Ming Lei (1): ublk: honor IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK for handling control command Moshe Shemesh (1): net/mlx5: E-Switch, properly handle ingress tagged packets on VST Mukul Joshi (1): drm/amdkfd: Fix kernel warning during topology setup Namhyung Kim (2): perf stat: Fix handling of unsupported cgroup events when using BPF counters perf stat: Fix handling of --for-each-cgroup with --bpf-counters to match non BPF mode Namjae Jeon (1): ksmbd: fix infinite loop in ksmbd_conn_handler_loop() Pablo Neira Ayuso (4): netfilter: nf_tables: consolidate set description netfilter: nf_tables: add function to create set stateful expressions netfilter: nf_tables: perform type checking for existing sets netfilter: nf_tables: honor set timeout and garbage collection updates Paolo Abeni (3): mptcp: fix deadlock in fastopen error path mptcp: fix lockdep false positive net/ulp: prevent ULP without clone op from entering the LISTEN status Paul Menzel (1): fbdev: matroxfb: G200eW: Increase max memory from 1 MB to 16 MB Pavel Begunkov (2): io_uring: pin context while queueing deferred tw io_uring: fix CQ waiting timeout handling Philip Yang (2): drm/amdkfd: Fix kfd_process_device_init_vm error handling drm/amdkfd: Fix double release compute pasid Philipp Zabel (1): drm/imx: ipuv3-plane: Fix overlay plane width Po-Hsu Lin (2): selftests: net: fix cleanup_v6() for arp_ndisc_evict_nocarrier selftests: net: return non-zero for failures reported in arp_ndisc_evict_nocarrier Qu Wenruo (2): btrfs: fix compat_ro checks against remount btrfs: handle case when repair happens with dev-replace Rafael Mendonca (1): virtio_blk: Fix signedness bug in virtblk_prep_rq() Rodrigo Branco (1): x86/bugs: Flush IBP in ib_prctl_set() Ronak Doshi (1): vmxnet3: correctly report csum_level for encapsulated packet Rong Wang (1): vdpa/vp_vdpa: fix kfree a wrong pointer in vp_vdpa_remove Samson Tam (1): drm/amd/display: Uninitialized variables causing 4k60 UCLK to stay at DPM1 and not DPM0 Sasha Levin (2): btrfs: replace strncpy() with strscpy() btrfs: fix an error handling path in btrfs_defrag_leaves() Shawn Bohrer (1): veth: Fix race with AF_XDP exposing old or uninitialized descriptors Shay Drory (4): net/mlx5: Fix io_eq_size and event_eq_size params validation net/mlx5: Avoid recovery in probe flows net/mlx5: Fix RoCE setting at HCA level RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats when used for device Shyam Prasad N (2): cifs: fix interface count calculation during refresh cifs: refcount only the selected iface during interface update Srinivas Pandruvada (1): thermal: int340x: Add missing attribute for data rate base Stefano Garzarella (4): vringh: fix range used in iotlb_translate() vhost: fix range used in translate_desc() vhost-vdpa: fix an iotlb memory leak vdpa_sim: fix vringh initialization in vdpasim_queue_ready() Steven Price (1): drm/panfrost: Fix GEM handle creation ref-counting Szymon Heidrich (1): usb: rndis_host: Secure rndis_query check against int overflow Takashi Iwai (1): x86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer Tariq Toukan (1): net/mlx5e: Fix RX reporter for XSK RQs Tetsuo Handa (1): fs/ntfs3: don't hold ni_lock when calling truncate_setsize() Thinh Nguyen (1): usb: dwc3: gadget: Ignore End Transfer delay on teardown Thomas Richter (1): perf lock contention: Fix core dump related to not finding the "__sched_text_end" symbol on s/390 Wei Yongjun (1): virtio-crypto: fix memory leak in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session() William Liu (1): ksmbd: check nt_len to be at least CIFS_ENCPWD_SIZE in ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob Xiu Jianfeng (1): drm/virtio: Fix memory leak in virtio_gpu_object_create() Xiubo Li (1): ceph: switch to vfs_inode_has_locks() to fix file lock bug YC Hung (1): ASoC: SOF: mediatek: initialize panic_info to zero Yanjun Zhang (1): nvme: fix multipath crash caused by flush request when blktrace is enabled YoungJun.park (1): kunit: alloc_string_stream_fragment error handling bug fix Yuan Can (1): vhost/vsock: Fix error handling in vhost_vsock_init() Zheng Wang (1): drm/i915/gvt: fix double free bug in split_2MB_gtt_entry Zhengchao Shao (1): caif: fix memory leak in cfctrl_linkup_request() Zhenyu Wang (2): drm/i915/gvt: fix gvt debugfs destroy drm/i915/gvt: fix vgpu debugfs clean in remove minoura makoto (1): SUNRPC: ensure the matching upcall is in-flight upon downcall ruanjinjie (1): vdpa_sim: fix possible memory leak in vdpasim_net_init() and vdpasim_blk_init()
