linux-stable/kernel
Jonathan Neuschäfer b7285b4253 kernel/sys.c: Clarify that UNAME26 does not generate unique versions anymore
UNAME26 is a mechanism to report Linux's version as 2.6.x, for
compatibility with old/broken software.  Due to the way it is
implemented, it would have to be updated after 5.0, to keep the
resulting versions unique.  Linus Torvalds argued:

 "Do we actually need this?

  I'd rather let it bitrot, and just let it return random versions. It
  will just start again at 2.4.60, won't it?

  Anybody who uses UNAME26 for a 5.x kernel might as well think it's
  still 4.x. The user space is so old that it can't possibly care about
  differences between 4.x and 5.x, can it?

  The only thing that matters is that it shows "2.4.<largeenough>",
  which it will do regardless"

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-01-14 10:38:03 +12:00
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bpf Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2018-12-29 10:57:20 -08:00
configs kvm_config: add CONFIG_VIRTIO_MENU 2018-10-24 20:55:56 -04:00
debug kdb: use bool for binary state indicators 2018-12-30 08:31:52 +00:00
dma dma-direct: fix DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING for remapped allocations 2019-01-05 08:28:29 +01:00
events Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
gcov
irq genirq/affinity: Add is_managed to struct irq_affinity_desc 2018-12-19 11:32:08 +01:00
livepatch livepatch: Replace synchronize_sched() with synchronize_rcu() 2018-12-01 12:38:50 -08:00
locking kernel/locking/mutex.c: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions 2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
power mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
printk Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
rcu rcutorture: Don't do busted forward-progress testing 2018-12-01 12:45:42 -08:00
sched jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
time y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
trace Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit.c audit: remove duplicated include from audit.c 2018-12-14 12:09:30 -05:00
audit.h audit: use current whenever possible 2018-11-26 18:41:21 -05:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format() 2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format() 2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
audit_watch.c audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format() 2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c audit: use current whenever possible 2018-11-26 18:41:21 -05:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c kbuild: fix kernel/bounds.c 'W=1' warning 2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
capability.c
compat.c make 'user_access_begin()' do 'access_ok()' 2019-01-04 12:56:09 -08:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c x86/speculation: Rework SMT state change 2018-11-28 11:57:07 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c kernel/crash_core.c: print timestamp using time64_t 2018-08-22 10:52:47 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: export get_task_cred(). 2018-12-19 13:52:44 -05:00
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from thrashing cache pages 2018-10-26 16:26:32 -07:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c make 'user_access_begin()' do 'access_ok()' 2019-01-04 12:56:09 -08:00
extable.c
fail_function.c kernel/fail_function.c: remove meaningless null pointer check before debugfs_remove_recursive 2018-10-31 08:54:12 -07:00
fork.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-01-08 18:58:29 -08:00
freezer.c PM / reboot: Eliminate race between reboot and suspend 2018-08-06 12:35:20 +02:00
futex.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: break RCU locks based on jiffies 2019-01-04 13:13:45 -08:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: reduce size a little on 64-bit 2018-09-10 22:54:33 +09:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt kconfig: warn no new line at end of file 2018-12-15 17:44:35 +09:00
kcov.c kernel/kcov.c: mark write_comp_data() as notrace 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
kexec.c kexec: add call to LSM hook in original kexec_load syscall 2018-07-16 12:31:57 -07:00
kexec_core.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
kexec_file.c kexec_file: kexec_walk_memblock() only walks a dedicated region at kdump 2018-12-06 14:38:50 +00:00
kexec_internal.h
kmod.c
kprobes.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-26 14:45:18 -08:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 11:25:07 -07:00
latencytop.c
Makefile kbuild: change filechk to surround the given command with { } 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
memremap.c mm/hmm: fix memremap.h, move dev_page_fault_t callback to hmm 2018-12-28 12:11:52 -08:00
module-internal.h
module.c jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
module_signing.c modsign: use all trusted keys to verify module signature 2018-11-07 14:41:41 +01:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: clean an indentation issue, remove extraneous space 2018-11-16 14:11:04 +08:00
panic.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
params.c
pid.c Fix failure path in alloc_pid() 2018-12-28 12:42:30 -08:00
pid_namespace.c signal: Use group_send_sig_info to kill all processes in a pid namespace 2018-09-16 16:08:25 +02:00
profile.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
ptrace.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: export pm_power_off_prepare 2018-09-11 16:13:24 +01:00
relay.c
resource.c kernel, resource: check for IORESOURCE_SYSRAM in release_mem_region_adjustable 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
rseq.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
seccomp.c seccomp: fix poor type promotion 2018-12-13 16:49:01 -08:00
signal.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
smp.c smp,cpumask: introduce on_each_cpu_cond_mask 2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-10-25 11:43:47 -07:00
stackleak.c stackleak: Mark stackleak_track_stack() as notrace 2018-12-05 19:31:44 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 11:25:07 -07:00
sys.c kernel/sys.c: Clarify that UNAME26 does not generate unique versions anymore 2019-01-14 10:38:03 +12:00
sys_ni.c y2038: socket: Add compat_sys_recvmmsg_time64 2018-12-18 16:13:04 +01:00
sysctl.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Remove unnecessary "ret" variables 2018-12-01 12:45:35 -08:00
tracepoint.c tracing: Replace synchronize_sched() and call_rcu_sched() 2018-11-27 09:21:41 -08:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: Add command line to user mode helpers 2018-10-22 19:37:36 -07:00
up.c smp,cpumask: introduce on_each_cpu_cond_mask 2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c userns: use irqsave variant of refcount_dec_and_lock() 2018-08-22 10:52:47 -07:00
user_namespace.c userns: also map extents in the reverse map to kernel IDs 2018-11-07 23:51:16 -06:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c sys: don't hold uts_sem while accessing userspace memory 2018-08-11 02:05:53 -05:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Mark watchdog touch functions as notrace 2018-08-30 12:56:40 +02:00
watchdog_hld.c watchdog: Mark watchdog touch functions as notrace 2018-08-30 12:56:40 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Replace call_rcu_sched() with call_rcu() 2018-11-27 09:21:44 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h