Merge 4.19.257 into android-4.19-stable

Changes in 4.19.257
	audit: fix potential double free on error path from fsnotify_add_inode_mark
	parisc: Fix exception handler for fldw and fstw instructions
	kernel/sys_ni: add compat entry for fadvise64_64
	pinctrl: amd: Don't save/restore interrupt status and wake status bits
	sched/deadline: Unthrottle PI boosted threads while enqueuing
	sched/deadline: Fix stale throttling on de-/boosted tasks
	sched/deadline: Fix priority inheritance with multiple scheduling classes
	kernel/sched: Remove dl_boosted flag comment
	xfrm: fix refcount leak in __xfrm_policy_check()
	af_key: Do not call xfrm_probe_algs in parallel
	rose: check NULL rose_loopback_neigh->loopback
	bonding: 802.3ad: fix no transmission of LACPDUs
	net: ipvtap - add __init/__exit annotations to module init/exit funcs
	netfilter: ebtables: reject blobs that don't provide all entry points
	netfilter: nft_payload: report ERANGE for too long offset and length
	netfilter: nft_payload: do not truncate csum_offset and csum_type
	netfilter: nft_osf: restrict osf to ipv4, ipv6 and inet families
	netfilter: nft_tunnel: restrict it to netdev family
	net: Fix data-races around weight_p and dev_weight_[rt]x_bias.
	net: Fix data-races around netdev_tstamp_prequeue.
	ratelimit: Fix data-races in ___ratelimit().
	net: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tstamp_allow_data.
	net: Fix a data-race around sysctl_net_busy_poll.
	net: Fix a data-race around sysctl_net_busy_read.
	net: Fix a data-race around netdev_budget.
	net: Fix a data-race around netdev_budget_usecs.
	net: Fix a data-race around sysctl_somaxconn.
	ixgbe: stop resetting SYSTIME in ixgbe_ptp_start_cyclecounter
	btrfs: check if root is readonly while setting security xattr
	x86/unwind/orc: Unwind ftrace trampolines with correct ORC entry
	loop: Check for overflow while configuring loop
	asm-generic: sections: refactor memory_intersects
	s390: fix double free of GS and RI CBs on fork() failure
	mm/hugetlb: fix hugetlb not supporting softdirty tracking
	md: call __md_stop_writes in md_stop
	scsi: storvsc: Remove WQ_MEM_RECLAIM from storvsc_error_wq
	mm: Force TLB flush for PFNMAP mappings before unlink_file_vma()
	arm64: map FDT as RW for early_init_dt_scan()
	bpf: Fix the off-by-two error in range markings
	selftests/bpf: Fix test_align verifier log patterns
	s390/mm: do not trigger write fault when vma does not allow VM_WRITE
	x86/bugs: Add "unknown" reporting for MMIO Stale Data
	kbuild: Fix include path in scripts/Makefile.modpost
	Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix build errors in some archs
	HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report
	media: pvrusb2: fix memory leak in pvr_probe
	HID: hidraw: fix memory leak in hidraw_release()
	fbdev: fb_pm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error
	ftrace: Fix NULL pointer dereference in is_ftrace_trampoline when ftrace is dead
	mm/rmap: Fix anon_vma->degree ambiguity leading to double-reuse
	drm/amd/display: clear optc underflow before turn off odm clock
	neigh: fix possible DoS due to net iface start/stop loop
	s390/hypfs: avoid error message under KVM
	netfilter: conntrack: NF_CONNTRACK_PROCFS should no longer default to y
	kprobes: don't call disarm_kprobe() for disabled kprobes
	net: neigh: don't call kfree_skb() under spin_lock_irqsave()
	Linux 4.19.257

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Change-Id: Idb88277f6113c70ac63bb9d515be36f4e93972ec

Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst

@@ -230,6 +230,20 @@ The possible values in this file are:
      * - 'Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers'
        - The processor is vulnerable and the CPU buffer clearing mitigation is
          enabled.
+     * - 'Unknown: No mitigations'
+       - The processor vulnerability status is unknown because it is
+	 out of Servicing period. Mitigation is not attempted.
+
+Definitions:
+------------
+
+Servicing period: The process of providing functional and security updates to
+Intel processors or platforms, utilizing the Intel Platform Update (IPU)
+process or other similar mechanisms.
+
+End of Servicing Updates (ESU): ESU is the date at which Intel will no
+longer provide Servicing, such as through IPU or other similar update
+processes. ESU dates will typically be aligned to end of quarter.
 
 If the processor is vulnerable then the following information is appended to
 the above information:

Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 256
+SUBLEVEL = 257
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"
 

arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c

@@ -972,11 +972,6 @@ void *__init fixmap_remap_fdt(phys_addr_t dt_phys, int *size, pgprot_t prot)
 	return dt_virt;
 }
 
-int __init arch_ioremap_p4d_supported(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int __init arch_ioremap_pud_supported(void)
 {
 	/*

arch/parisc/kernel/unaligned.c

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 #define R1(i) (((i)>>21)&0x1f)
 #define R2(i) (((i)>>16)&0x1f)
 #define R3(i) ((i)&0x1f)
-#define FR3(i) ((((i)<<1)&0x1f)|(((i)>>6)&1))
+#define FR3(i) ((((i)&0x1f)<<1)|(((i)>>6)&1))
 #define IM(i,n) (((i)>>1&((1<<(n-1))-1))|((i)&1?((0-1L)<<(n-1)):0))
 #define IM5_2(i) IM((i)>>16,5)
 #define IM5_3(i) IM((i),5)

arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_diag.c

@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ __init int hypfs_diag_init(void)
 	int rc;
 
 	if (diag204_probe()) {
-		pr_err("The hardware system does not support hypfs\n");
+		pr_info("The hardware system does not support hypfs\n");
 		return -ENODATA;
 	}
 	if (diag204_info_type == DIAG204_INFO_EXT) {

arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c

@@ -494,9 +494,9 @@ static int __init hypfs_init(void)
 	hypfs_vm_exit();
 fail_hypfs_diag_exit:
 	hypfs_diag_exit();
+	pr_err("Initialization of hypfs failed with rc=%i\n", rc);
 fail_dbfs_exit:
 	hypfs_dbfs_exit();
-	pr_err("Initialization of hypfs failed with rc=%i\n", rc);
 	return rc;
 }
 device_initcall(hypfs_init)

arch/s390/kernel/process.c

@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
 
 	memcpy(dst, src, arch_task_struct_size);
 	dst->thread.fpu.regs = dst->thread.fpu.fprs;
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't transfer over the runtime instrumentation or the guarded
+	 * storage control block pointers. These fields are cleared here instead
+	 * of in copy_thread() to avoid premature freeing of associated memory
+	 * on fork() failure. Wait to clear the RI flag because ->stack still
+	 * refers to the source thread.
+	 */
+	dst->thread.ri_cb = NULL;
+	dst->thread.gs_cb = NULL;
+	dst->thread.gs_bc_cb = NULL;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -131,13 +143,11 @@ int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long new_stackp,
 	frame->childregs.flags = 0;
 	if (new_stackp)
 		frame->childregs.gprs[15] = new_stackp;
-
-	/* Don't copy runtime instrumentation info */
-	p->thread.ri_cb = NULL;
+	/*
+	 * Clear the runtime instrumentation flag after the above childregs
+	 * copy. The CB pointer was already cleared in arch_dup_task_struct().
+	 */
 	frame->childregs.psw.mask &= ~PSW_MASK_RI;
-	/* Don't copy guarded storage control block */
-	p->thread.gs_cb = NULL;
-	p->thread.gs_bc_cb = NULL;
 
 	/* Set a new TLS ?  */
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS) {

arch/s390/mm/fault.c

@@ -455,7 +455,9 @@ static inline vm_fault_t do_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int access)
 	flags = FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE;
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
-	if (access == VM_WRITE || (trans_exc_code & store_indication) == 0x400)
+	if ((trans_exc_code & store_indication) == 0x400)
+		access = VM_WRITE;
+	if (access == VM_WRITE)
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 

arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h

@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@
 #define X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT		X86_BUG(23) /* CPU may incur MCE during certain page attribute changes */
 #define X86_BUG_SRBDS			X86_BUG(24) /* CPU may leak RNG bits if not mitigated */
 #define X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA		X86_BUG(25) /* CPU is affected by Processor MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities */
-#define X86_BUG_EIBRS_PBRSB		X86_BUG(26) /* EIBRS is vulnerable to Post Barrier RSB Predictions */
+#define X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN		X86_BUG(26) /* CPU is too old and its MMIO Stale Data status is unknown */
+#define X86_BUG_EIBRS_PBRSB		X86_BUG(27) /* EIBRS is vulnerable to Post Barrier RSB Predictions */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H */

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c

@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ static void __init mmio_select_mitigation(void)
 	u64 ia32_cap;
 
 	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA) ||
-	    cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+	     boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN) ||
+	     cpu_mitigations_off()) {
 		mmio_mitigation = MMIO_MITIGATION_OFF;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -501,6 +502,8 @@ static void __init md_clear_update_mitigation(void)
 		pr_info("TAA: %s\n", taa_strings[taa_mitigation]);
 	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA))
 		pr_info("MMIO Stale Data: %s\n", mmio_strings[mmio_mitigation]);
+	else if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN))
+		pr_info("MMIO Stale Data: Unknown: No mitigations\n");
 }
 
 static void __init md_clear_select_mitigation(void)
@@ -1868,6 +1871,9 @@ static ssize_t tsx_async_abort_show_state(char *buf)
 
 static ssize_t mmio_stale_data_show_state(char *buf)
 {
+	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN))
+		return sysfs_emit(buf, "Unknown: No mitigations\n");
+
 	if (mmio_mitigation == MMIO_MITIGATION_OFF)
 		return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", mmio_strings[mmio_mitigation]);
 
@@ -1995,6 +2001,7 @@ static ssize_t cpu_show_common(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr
 		return srbds_show_state(buf);
 
 	case X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA:
+	case X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN:
 		return mmio_stale_data_show_state(buf);
 
 	default:
@@ -2051,6 +2058,9 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_srbds(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *
 
 ssize_t cpu_show_mmio_stale_data(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return cpu_show_common(dev, attr, buf, X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA);
+	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN))
+		return cpu_show_common(dev, attr, buf, X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN);
+	else
+		return cpu_show_common(dev, attr, buf, X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA);
 }
 #endif

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c

@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@ static void identify_cpu_without_cpuid(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #define NO_SWAPGS		BIT(6)
 #define NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT	BIT(7)
 #define NO_EIBRS_PBRSB		BIT(8)
+#define NO_MMIO			BIT(9)
 
 #define VULNWL(_vendor, _family, _model, _whitelist)	\
 	{ X86_VENDOR_##_vendor, _family, _model, X86_FEATURE_ANY, _whitelist }
@@ -972,6 +973,11 @@ static const __initconst struct x86_cpu_id cpu_vuln_whitelist[] = {
 	VULNWL(NSC,	5, X86_MODEL_ANY,	NO_SPECULATION),
 
 	/* Intel Family 6 */
+	VULNWL_INTEL(TIGERLAKE,			NO_MMIO),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(TIGERLAKE_L,		NO_MMIO),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ALDERLAKE,			NO_MMIO),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ALDERLAKE_L,		NO_MMIO),
+
 	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SALTWELL,		NO_SPECULATION | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
 	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SALTWELL_TABLET,	NO_SPECULATION | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
 	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SALTWELL_MID,		NO_SPECULATION | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
@@ -989,9 +995,9 @@ static const __initconst struct x86_cpu_id cpu_vuln_whitelist[] = {
 
 	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_AIRMONT_MID,		NO_L1TF | MSBDS_ONLY | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
 
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT,		NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT_X,		NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
-	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT_PLUS,	NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_EIBRS_PBRSB),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT,		NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT_X,		NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO),
+	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_GOLDMONT_PLUS,	NO_MDS | NO_L1TF | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO | NO_EIBRS_PBRSB),
 
 	/*
 	 * Technically, swapgs isn't serializing on AMD (despite it previously
@@ -1006,13 +1012,13 @@ static const __initconst struct x86_cpu_id cpu_vuln_whitelist[] = {
 	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_TREMONT_X,		NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_EIBRS_PBRSB),
 
 	/* AMD Family 0xf - 0x12 */
-	VULNWL_AMD(0x0f,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
-	VULNWL_AMD(0x10,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
-	VULNWL_AMD(0x11,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
-	VULNWL_AMD(0x12,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
+	VULNWL_AMD(0x0f,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO),
+	VULNWL_AMD(0x10,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO),
+	VULNWL_AMD(0x11,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO),
+	VULNWL_AMD(0x12,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO),
 
 	/* FAMILY_ANY must be last, otherwise 0x0f - 0x12 matches won't work */
-	VULNWL_AMD(X86_FAMILY_ANY,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
+	VULNWL_AMD(X86_FAMILY_ANY,	NO_MELTDOWN | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO),
 	{}
 };
 
@@ -1152,10 +1158,16 @@ static void __init cpu_set_bug_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	 * Affected CPU list is generally enough to enumerate the vulnerability,
 	 * but for virtualization case check for ARCH_CAP MSR bits also, VMM may
 	 * not want the guest to enumerate the bug.
+	 *
+	 * Set X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN for CPUs that are neither in the blacklist,
+	 * nor in the whitelist and also don't enumerate MSR ARCH_CAP MMIO bits.
 	 */
-	if (cpu_matches(cpu_vuln_blacklist, MMIO) &&
-	    !arch_cap_mmio_immune(ia32_cap))
-		setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA);
+	if (!arch_cap_mmio_immune(ia32_cap)) {
+		if (cpu_matches(cpu_vuln_blacklist, MMIO))
+			setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA);
+		else if (!cpu_matches(cpu_vuln_whitelist, NO_MMIO))
+			setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN);
+	}
 
 	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED) &&
 	    !cpu_matches(cpu_vuln_whitelist, NO_EIBRS_PBRSB) &&

arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c

@@ -89,22 +89,27 @@ static struct orc_entry *orc_find(unsigned long ip);
 static struct orc_entry *orc_ftrace_find(unsigned long ip)
 {
 	struct ftrace_ops *ops;
-	unsigned long caller;
+	unsigned long tramp_addr, offset;
 
 	ops = ftrace_ops_trampoline(ip);
 	if (!ops)
 		return NULL;
 
+	/* Set tramp_addr to the start of the code copied by the trampoline */
 	if (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS)
-		caller = (unsigned long)ftrace_regs_call;
+		tramp_addr = (unsigned long)ftrace_regs_caller;
 	else
-		caller = (unsigned long)ftrace_call;
+		tramp_addr = (unsigned long)ftrace_caller;
+
+	/* Now place tramp_addr to the location within the trampoline ip is at */
+	offset = ip - ops->trampoline;
+	tramp_addr += offset;
 
 	/* Prevent unlikely recursion */
-	if (ip == caller)
+	if (ip == tramp_addr)
 		return NULL;
 
-	return orc_find(caller);
+	return orc_find(tramp_addr);
 }
 #else
 static struct orc_entry *orc_ftrace_find(unsigned long ip)

drivers/block/loop.c

@@ -1410,6 +1410,11 @@ loop_get_status(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_info64 *info)
 	info->lo_number = lo->lo_number;
 	info->lo_offset = lo->lo_offset;
 	info->lo_sizelimit = lo->lo_sizelimit;
+
+	/* loff_t vars have been assigned __u64 */
+	if (lo->lo_offset < 0 || lo->lo_sizelimit < 0)
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+
 	info->lo_flags = lo->lo_flags;
 	memcpy(info->lo_file_name, lo->lo_file_name, LO_NAME_SIZE);
 	memcpy(info->lo_crypt_name, lo->lo_crypt_name, LO_NAME_SIZE);

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn10/dcn10_optc.c

@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@ void optc1_enable_optc_clock(struct timing_generator *optc, bool enable)
 				OTG_CLOCK_ON, 1,
 				1, 1000);
 	} else  {
+
+		//last chance to clear underflow, otherwise, it will always there due to clock is off.
+		if (optc->funcs->is_optc_underflow_occurred(optc) == true)
+			optc->funcs->clear_optc_underflow(optc);
+
 		REG_UPDATE_2(OTG_CLOCK_CONTROL,
 				OTG_CLOCK_GATE_DIS, 0,
 				OTG_CLOCK_EN, 0);

drivers/hid/hid-steam.c

@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ static int steam_recv_report(struct steam_device *steam,
 	int ret;
 
 	r = steam->hdev->report_enum[HID_FEATURE_REPORT].report_id_hash[0];
+	if (!r) {
+		hid_err(steam->hdev, "No HID_FEATURE_REPORT submitted -  nothing to read\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (hid_report_len(r) < 64)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -165,6 +170,11 @@ static int steam_send_report(struct steam_device *steam,
 	int ret;
 
 	r = steam->hdev->report_enum[HID_FEATURE_REPORT].report_id_hash[0];
+	if (!r) {
+		hid_err(steam->hdev, "No HID_FEATURE_REPORT submitted -  nothing to read\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (hid_report_len(r) < 64)
 		return -EINVAL;
 

drivers/hid/hidraw.c

@@ -354,10 +354,13 @@ static int hidraw_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	unsigned int minor = iminor(inode);
 	struct hidraw_list *list = file->private_data;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&minors_lock);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hidraw_table[minor]->list_lock, flags);
+	for (i = list->tail; i < list->head; i++)
+		kfree(list->buffer[i].value);
 	list_del(&list->node);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hidraw_table[minor]->list_lock, flags);
 	kfree(list);

drivers/md/md.c

@@ -5937,6 +5937,7 @@ void md_stop(struct mddev *mddev)
 	/* stop the array and free an attached data structures.
 	 * This is called from dm-raid
 	 */
+	__md_stop_writes(mddev);
 	__md_stop(mddev);
 	bioset_exit(&mddev->bio_set);
 	bioset_exit(&mddev->sync_set);

drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c

@@ -2602,6 +2602,7 @@ struct pvr2_hdw *pvr2_hdw_create(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		del_timer_sync(&hdw->encoder_run_timer);
 		del_timer_sync(&hdw->encoder_wait_timer);
 		flush_work(&hdw->workpoll);
+		v4l2_device_unregister(&hdw->v4l2_dev);
 		usb_free_urb(hdw->ctl_read_urb);
 		usb_free_urb(hdw->ctl_write_urb);
 		kfree(hdw->ctl_read_buffer);