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Linus Torvalds 5694cecdb0 arm64 festive updates for 4.21
In the end, we ended up with quite a lot more than I expected:
 
 - Support for ARMv8.3 Pointer Authentication in userspace (CRIU and
   kernel-side support to come later)
 
 - Support for per-thread stack canaries, pending an update to GCC that
   is currently undergoing review
 
 - Support for kexec_file_load(), which permits secure boot of a kexec
   payload but also happens to improve the performance of kexec
   dramatically because we can avoid the sucky purgatory code from
   userspace. Kdump will come later (requires updates to libfdt).
 
 - Optimisation of our dynamic CPU feature framework, so that all
   detected features are enabled via a single stop_machine() invocation
 
 - KPTI whitelisting of Cortex-A CPUs unaffected by Meltdown, so that
   they can benefit from global TLB entries when KASLR is not in use
 
 - 52-bit virtual addressing for userspace (kernel remains 48-bit)
 
 - Patch in LSE atomics for per-cpu atomic operations
 
 - Custom preempt.h implementation to avoid unconditional calls to
   preempt_schedule() from preempt_enable()
 
 - Support for the new 'SB' Speculation Barrier instruction
 
 - Vectorised implementation of XOR checksumming and CRC32 optimisations
 
 - Workaround for Cortex-A76 erratum #1165522
 
 - Improved compatibility with Clang/LLD
 
 - Support for TX2 system PMUS for profiling the L3 cache and DMC
 
 - Reflect read-only permissions in the linear map by default
 
 - Ensure MMIO reads are ordered with subsequent calls to Xdelay()
 
 - Initial support for memory hotplug
 
 - Tweak the threshold when we invalidate the TLB by-ASID, so that
   mremap() performance is improved for ranges spanning multiple PMDs.
 
 - Minor refactoring and cleanups
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Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux

Pull arm64 festive updates from Will Deacon:
 "In the end, we ended up with quite a lot more than I expected:

   - Support for ARMv8.3 Pointer Authentication in userspace (CRIU and
     kernel-side support to come later)

   - Support for per-thread stack canaries, pending an update to GCC
     that is currently undergoing review

   - Support for kexec_file_load(), which permits secure boot of a kexec
     payload but also happens to improve the performance of kexec
     dramatically because we can avoid the sucky purgatory code from
     userspace. Kdump will come later (requires updates to libfdt).

   - Optimisation of our dynamic CPU feature framework, so that all
     detected features are enabled via a single stop_machine()
     invocation

   - KPTI whitelisting of Cortex-A CPUs unaffected by Meltdown, so that
     they can benefit from global TLB entries when KASLR is not in use

   - 52-bit virtual addressing for userspace (kernel remains 48-bit)

   - Patch in LSE atomics for per-cpu atomic operations

   - Custom preempt.h implementation to avoid unconditional calls to
     preempt_schedule() from preempt_enable()

   - Support for the new 'SB' Speculation Barrier instruction

   - Vectorised implementation of XOR checksumming and CRC32
     optimisations

   - Workaround for Cortex-A76 erratum #1165522

   - Improved compatibility with Clang/LLD

   - Support for TX2 system PMUS for profiling the L3 cache and DMC

   - Reflect read-only permissions in the linear map by default

   - Ensure MMIO reads are ordered with subsequent calls to Xdelay()

   - Initial support for memory hotplug

   - Tweak the threshold when we invalidate the TLB by-ASID, so that
     mremap() performance is improved for ranges spanning multiple PMDs.

   - Minor refactoring and cleanups"

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (125 commits)
  arm64: kaslr: print PHYS_OFFSET in dump_kernel_offset()
  arm64: sysreg: Use _BITUL() when defining register bits
  arm64: cpufeature: Rework ptr auth hwcaps using multi_entry_cap_matches
  arm64: cpufeature: Reduce number of pointer auth CPU caps from 6 to 4
  arm64: docs: document pointer authentication
  arm64: ptr auth: Move per-thread keys from thread_info to thread_struct
  arm64: enable pointer authentication
  arm64: add prctl control for resetting ptrauth keys
  arm64: perf: strip PAC when unwinding userspace
  arm64: expose user PAC bit positions via ptrace
  arm64: add basic pointer authentication support
  arm64/cpufeature: detect pointer authentication
  arm64: Don't trap host pointer auth use to EL2
  arm64/kvm: hide ptrauth from guests
  arm64/kvm: consistently handle host HCR_EL2 flags
  arm64: add pointer authentication register bits
  arm64: add comments about EC exception levels
  arm64: perf: Treat EXCLUDE_EL* bit definitions as unsigned
  arm64: kpti: Whitelist Cortex-A CPUs that don't implement the CSV3 field
  arm64: enable per-task stack canaries
  ...
2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
arch arm64 festive updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
block block: Fix null_blk_zoned creation failure with small number of zones 2018-12-11 16:19:38 -07:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto crypto: user - Disable statistics interface 2018-12-07 13:56:08 +08:00
Documentation arm64 festive updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
drivers arm64 festive updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs SPI NOR Changes 2018-12-25 12:49:46 -08:00
include arm64 festive updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
init psi: fix reference to kernel commandline enable 2018-12-14 15:05:45 -08:00
ipc ipc: IPCMNI limit check for semmni 2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
kernel arm64 festive updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
lib XArray: Fix xa_alloc when id exceeds max 2018-12-13 14:07:33 -05:00
LICENSES This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
mm arm64 festive updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
net tls: Do not call sk_memcopy_from_iter with zero length 2018-12-21 10:26:54 -08:00
samples media: v4l2-pci-skeleton: replace vb2_buffer with vb2_v4l2_buffer 2018-12-03 14:41:51 -05:00
scripts drm pull request for 4.21-rc1 2018-12-25 11:48:26 -08:00
security ima: cleanup the match_token policy code 2018-12-17 16:31:28 -08:00
sound sound updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 13:19:10 -08:00
tools ACPI updates for 4.21-rc1 2018-12-25 14:21:18 -08:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt arm64 festive updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
.clang-format page cache: Convert find_get_pages_contig to XArray 2018-10-21 10:46:34 -04:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore
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.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap Merge tag 'nand/for-4.21' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd into mtd/next 2018-12-18 19:59:16 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update entry for MMP platform 2018-12-03 12:39:57 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-25 15:17:51 -08:00
Makefile Linux 4.20 2018-12-23 15:55:59 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

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.