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- Enforce kernel RO, and implement STRICT_MODULE_RWX for 603. - Add support for livepatch to 32-bit. - Implement CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS. - Merge vdso64 and vdso32 into a single directory. - Fix build errors with newer binutils. - Add support for UADDR64 relocations, which are emitted by some toolchains. This allows powerpc to build with the latest lld. - Fix (another) potential userspace r13 corruption in transactional memory handling. - Cleanups of function descriptor handling & related fixes to LKDTM. Thanks to: Abdul Haleem, Alexey Kardashevskiy, Anders Roxell, Aneesh Kumar K.V, Anton Blanchard, Arnd Bergmann, Athira Rajeev, Bhaskar Chowdhury, Cédric Le Goater, Chen Jingwen, Christophe JAILLET, Christophe Leroy, Corentin Labbe, Daniel Axtens, Daniel Henrique Barboza, David Dai, Fabiano Rosas, Ganesh Goudar, Guo Zhengkui, Hangyu Hua, Haren Myneni, Hari Bathini, Igor Zhbanov, Jakob Koschel, Jason Wang, Jeremy Kerr, Joachim Wiberg, Jordan Niethe, Julia Lawall, Kajol Jain, Kees Cook, Laurent Dufour, Madhavan Srinivasan, Mamatha Inamdar, Maxime Bizon, Maxim Kiselev, Maxim Kochetkov, Michal Suchanek, Nageswara R Sastry, Nathan Lynch, Naveen N. Rao, Nicholas Piggin, Nour-eddine Taleb, Paul Menzel, Ping Fang, Pratik R. Sampat, Randy Dunlap, Ritesh Harjani, Rohan McLure, Russell Currey, Sachin Sant, Segher Boessenkool, Shivaprasad G Bhat, Sourabh Jain, Thierry Reding, Tobias Waldekranz, Tyrel Datwyler, Vaibhav Jain, Vladimir Oltean, Wedson Almeida Filho, YueHaibing. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJHBAABCAAxFiEEJFGtCPCthwEv2Y/bUevqPMjhpYAFAmI9TtQTHG1wZUBlbGxl cm1hbi5pZC5hdQAKCRBR6+o8yOGlgLp2D/0dwoliEJubRCfoawYUGhxTRZuo6ZYw EQzprOiFA/MtrZyPfbrX/FwxeeetzQWysaw2r5JAuQwx5Jb7Od9dNIrVmueFEktC hD4fkO8YT+QuOD3Xhp/rDQTImdw4fkeofIjnWIqEAtz0XGInmiRQKOnojVe/Po7f 72Yi1u80LxYBAnkN/Hhpmi/BsVmu0Nh3wELu+JZopQXjINj4RyD49ayCBSLbmiNc uo7oYzJ0/WsZHNTpX9kAzzCq+XmI3dKZPyf2AOCvoRxJTmUPCRZF9QCwsmQFikiI vZOdz4fI5e+C0aYJj8ODmWMrXiS+JUQdEShjGg9t9K6EN8idC8joKWpAuXjTA9KN kRjzXX7AvjxaMEGbLe8gjU0PmEjY3eSzMOy15Oc/C0DRRswXRzrXdx2AF+/J6bQb MWMM4aCKfcYs5/TENkEnV0xpbOCOy4ikHM1KZbxvVrShvjSlNIL9XTOnl/pNK5BJ XSSI2mfnjKkbI1+l0KQ4NBXIRTo6HLpu5jwY3Xh97Tq7kaEfqDbO5p2P2HoOCiLa ZjdzmpP99zM6wnqUSj+lyvjob7btyhoq6TKmPtxfKbR6OaSfRJ760BCJ5y15Y9Hc rHey4Y/NL7LqsVYFZxi4/T6Ncq1hNeYr2Fiis4gH+/1zjr6Cd4othnvw3Slaxhst AaHpN3pyx1QI6g== =8r2c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'powerpc-5.18-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux Pull powerpc updates from Michael Ellerman: "Livepatch support for 32-bit is probably the standout new feature, otherwise mostly just lots of bits and pieces all over the board. There's a series of commits cleaning up function descriptor handling, which touches a few other arches as well as LKDTM. It has acks from Arnd, Kees and Helge. Summary: - Enforce kernel RO, and implement STRICT_MODULE_RWX for 603. - Add support for livepatch to 32-bit. - Implement CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS. - Merge vdso64 and vdso32 into a single directory. - Fix build errors with newer binutils. - Add support for UADDR64 relocations, which are emitted by some toolchains. This allows powerpc to build with the latest lld. - Fix (another) potential userspace r13 corruption in transactional memory handling. - Cleanups of function descriptor handling & related fixes to LKDTM. Thanks to Abdul Haleem, Alexey Kardashevskiy, Anders Roxell, Aneesh Kumar K.V, Anton Blanchard, Arnd Bergmann, Athira Rajeev, Bhaskar Chowdhury, Cédric Le Goater, Chen Jingwen, Christophe JAILLET, Christophe Leroy, Corentin Labbe, Daniel Axtens, Daniel Henrique Barboza, David Dai, Fabiano Rosas, Ganesh Goudar, Guo Zhengkui, Hangyu Hua, Haren Myneni, Hari Bathini, Igor Zhbanov, Jakob Koschel, Jason Wang, Jeremy Kerr, Joachim Wiberg, Jordan Niethe, Julia Lawall, Kajol Jain, Kees Cook, Laurent Dufour, Madhavan Srinivasan, Mamatha Inamdar, Maxime Bizon, Maxim Kiselev, Maxim Kochetkov, Michal Suchanek, Nageswara R Sastry, Nathan Lynch, Naveen N. Rao, Nicholas Piggin, Nour-eddine Taleb, Paul Menzel, Ping Fang, Pratik R. Sampat, Randy Dunlap, Ritesh Harjani, Rohan McLure, Russell Currey, Sachin Sant, Segher Boessenkool, Shivaprasad G Bhat, Sourabh Jain, Thierry Reding, Tobias Waldekranz, Tyrel Datwyler, Vaibhav Jain, Vladimir Oltean, Wedson Almeida Filho, and YueHaibing" * tag 'powerpc-5.18-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux: (179 commits) powerpc/pseries: Fix use after free in remove_phb_dynamic() powerpc/time: improve decrementer clockevent processing powerpc/time: Fix KVM host re-arming a timer beyond decrementer range powerpc/tm: Fix more userspace r13 corruption powerpc/xive: fix return value of __setup handler powerpc/64: Add UADDR64 relocation support powerpc: 8xx: fix a return value error in mpc8xx_pic_init powerpc/ps3: remove unneeded semicolons powerpc/64: Force inlining of prevent_user_access() and set_kuap() powerpc/bitops: Force inlining of fls() powerpc: declare unmodified attribute_group usages const powerpc/spufs: Fix build warning when CONFIG_PROC_FS=n powerpc/secvar: fix refcount leak in format_show() powerpc/64e: Tie PPC_BOOK3E_64 to PPC_FSL_BOOK3E powerpc: Move C prototypes out of asm-prototypes.h powerpc/kexec: Declare kexec_paca static powerpc/smp: Declare current_set static powerpc: Cleanup asm-prototypes.c powerpc/ftrace: Use STK_GOT in ftrace_mprofile.S powerpc/ftrace: Regroup PPC64 specific operations in ftrace_mprofile.S ... |
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. Note: The fields should be use a simple notation, compatible with ReST markup. Also, the file **should not** have a top-level index, like:: === foo === How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst.