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Linus Torvalds 556eb8b791 Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1
Here is the large set of driver core changes for 6.4-rc1.
 
 Once again, a busy development cycle, with lots of changes happening in
 the driver core in the quest to be able to move "struct bus" and "struct
 class" into read-only memory, a task now complete with these changes.
 
 This will make the future rust interactions with the driver core more
 "provably correct" as well as providing more obvious lifetime rules for
 all busses and classes in the kernel.
 
 The changes required for this did touch many individual classes and
 busses as many callbacks were changed to take const * parameters
 instead.  All of these changes have been submitted to the various
 subsystem maintainers, giving them plenty of time to review, and most of
 them actually did so.
 
 Other than those changes, included in here are a small set of other
 things:
   - kobject logging improvements
   - cacheinfo improvements and updates
   - obligatory fw_devlink updates and fixes
   - documentation updates
   - device property cleanups and const * changes
   - firwmare loader dependency fixes.
 
 All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
 problems.
 
 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Merge tag 'driver-core-6.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the large set of driver core changes for 6.4-rc1.

  Once again, a busy development cycle, with lots of changes happening
  in the driver core in the quest to be able to move "struct bus" and
  "struct class" into read-only memory, a task now complete with these
  changes.

  This will make the future rust interactions with the driver core more
  "provably correct" as well as providing more obvious lifetime rules
  for all busses and classes in the kernel.

  The changes required for this did touch many individual classes and
  busses as many callbacks were changed to take const * parameters
  instead. All of these changes have been submitted to the various
  subsystem maintainers, giving them plenty of time to review, and most
  of them actually did so.

  Other than those changes, included in here are a small set of other
  things:

   - kobject logging improvements

   - cacheinfo improvements and updates

   - obligatory fw_devlink updates and fixes

   - documentation updates

   - device property cleanups and const * changes

   - firwmare loader dependency fixes.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  problems"

* tag 'driver-core-6.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (120 commits)
  device property: make device_property functions take const device *
  driver core: update comments in device_rename()
  driver core: Don't require dynamic_debug for initcall_debug probe timing
  firmware_loader: rework crypto dependencies
  firmware_loader: Strip off \n from customized path
  zram: fix up permission for the hot_add sysfs file
  cacheinfo: Add use_arch[|_cache]_info field/function
  arch_topology: Remove early cacheinfo error message if -ENOENT
  cacheinfo: Check cache properties are present in DT
  cacheinfo: Check sib_leaf in cache_leaves_are_shared()
  cacheinfo: Allow early level detection when DT/ACPI info is missing/broken
  cacheinfo: Add arm64 early level initializer implementation
  cacheinfo: Add arch specific early level initializer
  tty: make tty_class a static const structure
  driver core: class: remove struct class_interface * from callbacks
  driver core: class: mark the struct class in struct class_interface constant
  driver core: class: make class_register() take a const *
  driver core: class: mark class_release() as taking a const *
  driver core: remove incorrect comment for device_create*
  MIPS: vpe-cmp: remove module owner pointer from struct class usage.
  ...
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Documentation Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
arch Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
block Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
certs KEYS: Add missing function documentation 2023-04-24 16:15:52 +03:00
crypto This update includes the following changes: 2023-04-26 08:32:52 -07:00
drivers Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
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init Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
io_uring Networking changes for 6.4. 2023-04-26 16:07:23 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.namespace' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2023-02-24 19:20:07 -08:00
kernel Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
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mm Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
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rust rust: allow to use INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO 2023-04-19 19:34:43 +02:00
samples Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
scripts Networking changes for 6.4. 2023-04-26 16:07:23 -07:00
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sound Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
tools Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
usr initramfs: Check negative timestamp to prevent broken cpio archive 2023-04-16 17:37:01 +09:00
virt KVM: PPC: Make KVM_CAP_IRQFD_RESAMPLE platform dependent 2023-03-31 11:19:05 -04:00
.clang-format PCI: Introduce pci_dev_for_each_resource() 2023-04-04 10:43:52 -05:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for *.dtso files 2023-02-26 15:28:23 +09:00
.gitignore linux-kselftest-kunit-6.4-rc1 2023-04-24 12:31:32 -07:00
.mailmap Networking fixes for 6.3-rc8, including fixes from netfilter and bpf 2023-04-20 11:03:51 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add `.rustfmt.toml` 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS qnx4: credit contributors in CREDITS 2023-03-14 12:56:30 -06:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.3 2023-04-23 12:02:52 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.