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Cryptera Chain Signals: Understanding Blockchain Forensics and Crypto Tracking

by rogerstewer＠gmail.com

Blockchain forensics and crypto tracking have become indispensable disciplines in the digital asset world of March 2026. As cryptocurrency adoption accelerates, so do the sophistication and volume of threats—phishing campaigns, wallet exploits, investment frauds, and laundering schemes that exploit blockchain's pseudonymity and irreversibility. Understanding how professionals trace funds, attribute ownership, and support recovery efforts is essential for anyone navigating this space. Cryptera Chain Signals, widely known as CCS, stands at the forefront of these capabilities, delivering advanced blockchain investigation services that combine deep technical expertise with practical, client-centered outcomes. Cryptera Chain Signals is a specialized firm focused on blockchain forensics, crypto asset tracing, digital fraud investigation, and fund recovery assistance. 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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dma-buf: heaps: Clear CMA pages with clear_pages()

by T.J. Mercier

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> wrote: > > As of commit 62a9f5a85b98 > "mm: introduce clear_pages() and clear_user_pages()" we can > clear a range of pages with a potentially assembly-optimized > call. > > Instead of using a memset, use this helper to clear the whole > range of pages from the CMA allocation. > > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> Reviewed-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier(a)google.com>

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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dma-buf: heaps: Clear CMA highages using helper

by T.J. Mercier

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> wrote: > > Currently the CMA allocator clears highmem pages using > kmap()->clear_page()->kunmap(), but there is a helper > static inline in <linux/highmem.h> that does the same for > us so use clear_highpage() instead of open coding this. > > Suggested-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier(a)google.com> > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> Reviewed-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier(a)google.com> Thanks!

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Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] dma-buf: heaps: Use page clearing helpers

by Maxime Ripard

On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:53:10 +0100, Linus Walleij wrote: > Use clear_pages() and clear_highpage() properly in the > DMA heap allocator. > > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard(a)kernel.org> Thanks! Maxime

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Re: [PATCH] lib/scatterlist: fix sg_page_count and sg_dma_page_count

by Jason Gunthorpe

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 05:49:23AM +0000, Kasireddy, Vivek wrote: > There are a couple of reasons why we got rid of the pages array: > - Back then, there was some confusion about whether a struct page would > exist or not for tail pages when HVO is enabled. Regardless, there was also > a concern about exposing tail pages outside hugetlb code. The existing code relies on struct page for the vmap: for (pg = 0; pg < ubuf->pagecount; pg++) pages[pg] = folio_page(ubuf->folios[pg], ubuf->offsets[pg] >> PAGE_SHIFT); Tail pages always exist, they are required by many interfaces. > - And, we also wanted to prepare for a future where struct page would not > exist anymore, so, it made sense to just use folios only. If you can 100% stick with whole folios then great, but we don't have the APIs for that cases udmabuf needs right now. Most likely we'd expect to use phys_addr_t for scatterlist and direct full folio for vmap. Neither is helped by the datastructure in udmabuf. Jason

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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dma-buf: heaps: Clear CMA highages using helper

by Christian König

On 3/10/26 09:53, Linus Walleij wrote: > Currently the CMA allocator clears highmem pages using > kmap()->clear_page()->kunmap(), but there is a helper > static inline in <linux/highmem.h> that does the same for > us so use clear_highpage() instead of open coding this. > > Suggested-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier(a)google.com> > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> Ah yes, somebody pointed that out to me before but I never found time to write a patch to clean it up. Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig(a)amd.com> > --- > drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c | 5 +---- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c > index f0bacf25ed9d..92865786cfc9 100644 > --- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c > +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c > @@ -329,10 +329,7 @@ static struct dma_buf *cma_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap, > struct page *page = cma_pages; > > while (nr_clear_pages > 0) { > - void *vaddr = kmap_local_page(page); > - > - clear_page(vaddr); > - kunmap_local(vaddr); > + clear_highpage(page); > /* > * Avoid wasting time zeroing memory if the process > * has been killed by SIGKILL. > > -- > 2.53.0 >

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Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: heaps: Clear CMA pages with clear_pages()

by T.J. Mercier

On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> wrote: > > As of commit 62a9f5a85b98 > "mm: introduce clear_pages() and clear_user_pages()" we can > clear a range of pages with a potentially assembly-optimized > call. > > Instead of using a memset, use this helper to clear the whole > range of pages from the CMA allocation. > > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> > --- > drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c > index bd3370b9a3f6..f0bacf25ed9d 100644 > --- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c > +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/cma_heap.c > @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static struct dma_buf *cma_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap, > nr_clear_pages--; > } > } else { > - memset(page_address(cma_pages), 0, size); > + clear_pages(page_address(cma_pages), pagecount); > } > > buffer->pages = kmalloc_objs(*buffer->pages, pagecount); > > --- > base-commit: 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f > change-id: 20260303-cma-heap-clear-pages-540f3ac9f734 > > Best regards, > -- > Linus Walleij <linusw(a)kernel.org> > Hi Linus, I think we can also use clear_highpage (singular) instead of memset in the while loop above here to be a little more concise. Thanks, T.J.

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