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Here is the big set of char, misc, and other assorted driver subsystem patches for 5.10-rc1. There's a lot of different things in here, all over the drivers/ directory. Some summaries: - soundwire driver updates - habanalabs driver updates - extcon driver updates - nitro_enclaves new driver - fsl-mc driver and core updates - mhi core and bus updates - nvmem driver updates - eeprom driver updates - binder driver updates and fixes - vbox minor bugfixes - fsi driver updates - w1 driver updates - coresight driver updates - interconnect driver updates - misc driver updates - other minor driver updates All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iG0EABECAC0WIQT0tgzFv3jCIUoxPcsxR9QN2y37KQUCX4g8YQ8cZ3JlZ0Brcm9h aC5jb20ACgkQMUfUDdst+yngKgCeNpArCP/9vQJRK9upnDm8ZLunSCUAn1wUT/2A /bTQ42c/WRQ+LU828GSM =6sO2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'char-misc-5.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc Pull char/misc driver updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big set of char, misc, and other assorted driver subsystem patches for 5.10-rc1. There's a lot of different things in here, all over the drivers/ directory. Some summaries: - soundwire driver updates - habanalabs driver updates - extcon driver updates - nitro_enclaves new driver - fsl-mc driver and core updates - mhi core and bus updates - nvmem driver updates - eeprom driver updates - binder driver updates and fixes - vbox minor bugfixes - fsi driver updates - w1 driver updates - coresight driver updates - interconnect driver updates - misc driver updates - other minor driver updates All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues" * tag 'char-misc-5.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (396 commits) binder: fix UAF when releasing todo list docs: w1: w1_therm: Fix broken xref, mistakes, clarify text misc: Kconfig: fix a HISI_HIKEY_USB dependency LSM: Fix type of id parameter in kernel_post_load_data prototype misc: Kconfig: add a new dependency for HISI_HIKEY_USB firmware_loader: fix a kernel-doc markup w1: w1_therm: make w1_poll_completion static binder: simplify the return expression of binder_mmap test_firmware: Test partial read support firmware: Add request_partial_firmware_into_buf() firmware: Store opt_flags in fw_priv fs/kernel_file_read: Add "offset" arg for partial reads IMA: Add support for file reads without contents LSM: Add "contents" flag to kernel_read_file hook module: Call security_kernel_post_load_data() firmware_loader: Use security_post_load_data() LSM: Introduce kernel_post_load_data() hook fs/kernel_read_file: Add file_size output argument fs/kernel_read_file: Switch buffer size arg to size_t fs/kernel_read_file: Remove redundant size argument ... |
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