linux-stable/fs
Ard Biesheuvel cf8e865810 arch: Remove Itanium (IA-64) architecture
The Itanium architecture is obsolete, and an informal survey [0] reveals
that any residual use of Itanium hardware in production is mostly HP-UX
or OpenVMS based. The use of Linux on Itanium appears to be limited to
enthusiasts that occasionally boot a fresh Linux kernel to see whether
things are still working as intended, and perhaps to churn out some
distro packages that are rarely used in practice.

None of the original companies behind Itanium still produce or support
any hardware or software for the architecture, and it is listed as
'Orphaned' in the MAINTAINERS file, as apparently, none of the engineers
that contributed on behalf of those companies (nor anyone else, for that
matter) have been willing to support or maintain the architecture
upstream or even be responsible for applying the odd fix. The Intel
firmware team removed all IA-64 support from the Tianocore/EDK2
reference implementation of EFI in 2018. (Itanium is the original
architecture for which EFI was developed, and the way Linux supports it
deviates significantly from other architectures.) Some distros, such as
Debian and Gentoo, still maintain [unofficial] ia64 ports, but many have
dropped support years ago.

While the argument is being made [1] that there is a 'for the common
good' angle to being able to build and run existing projects such as the
Grid Community Toolkit [2] on Itanium for interoperability testing, the
fact remains that none of those projects are known to be deployed on
Linux/ia64, and very few people actually have access to such a system in
the first place. Even if there were ways imaginable in which Linux/ia64
could be put to good use today, what matters is whether anyone is
actually doing that, and this does not appear to be the case.

There are no emulators widely available, and so boot testing Itanium is
generally infeasible for ordinary contributors. GCC still supports IA-64
but its compile farm [3] no longer has any IA-64 machines. GLIBC would
like to get rid of IA-64 [4] too because it would permit some overdue
code cleanups. In summary, the benefits to the ecosystem of having IA-64
be part of it are mostly theoretical, whereas the maintenance overhead
of keeping it supported is real.

So let's rip off the band aid, and remove the IA-64 arch code entirely.
This follows the timeline proposed by the Debian/ia64 maintainer [5],
which removes support in a controlled manner, leaving IA-64 in a known
good state in the most recent LTS release. Other projects will follow
once the kernel support is removed.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMj1kXFCMh_578jniKpUtx_j8ByHnt=s7S+yQ+vGbKt9ud7+kQ@mail.gmail.com/
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/0075883c-7c51-00f5-2c2d-5119c1820410@web.de/
[2] https://gridcf.org/gct-docs/latest/index.html
[3] https://cfarm.tetaneutral.net/machines/list/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/all/87bkiilpc4.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de/
[5] https://lore.kernel.org/all/ff58a3e76e5102c94bb5946d99187b358def688a.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de/

Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
2023-09-11 08:13:17 +00:00
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9p - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
adfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
affs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
afs arch: Remove Itanium (IA-64) architecture 2023-09-11 08:13:17 +00:00
autofs v6.6-vfs.autofs 2023-08-28 11:39:14 -07:00
befs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
bfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
btrfs - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
cachefiles - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
ceph Mixed with some fixes and cleanups, this brings in reasonably complete 2023-09-06 12:10:15 -07:00
coda v6.6-vfs.ctime 2023-08-28 09:31:32 -07:00
configfs configfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:05 +02:00
cramfs v6.6-vfs.super 2023-08-28 11:04:18 -07:00
crypto
debugfs Char/Misc driver changes for 6.6-rc1 2023-09-01 09:53:54 -07:00
devpts v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
dlm dlm: fix plock lookup when using multiple lockspaces 2023-08-25 10:31:39 -05:00
ecryptfs v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
efivarfs efivarfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:06 +02:00
efs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
erofs - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
exfat for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
exportfs exportfs: remove kernel-doc warnings in exportfs 2023-08-29 17:45:22 -04:00
ext2 \n 2023-08-30 12:10:50 -07:00
ext4 Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes for v6.6-rc1. 2023-08-31 15:18:15 -07:00
f2fs f2fs update for 6.6-rc1 2023-09-02 15:37:59 -07:00
fat for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
freevxfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
fscache
fuse fuse update for 6.6 2023-09-05 12:45:55 -07:00
gfs2 gfs2 fixes 2023-09-05 13:00:28 -07:00
hfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
hfsplus for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
hostfs hostfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:00 +02:00
hpfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
hugetlbfs - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
iomap for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
isofs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
jbd2 Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes for v6.6-rc1. 2023-08-31 15:18:15 -07:00
jffs2 jffs2: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:01 +02:00
jfs A few small fixes 2023-08-31 15:25:01 -07:00
kernfs Driver core changes for 6.6-rc1 2023-09-01 09:43:18 -07:00
lockd SUNRPC: Add enum svc_auth_status 2023-08-29 17:45:22 -04:00
minix for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
netfs
nfs NFS CLient Updates for Linux 6.6 2023-08-31 15:36:41 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd NFSD 6.6 Release Notes 2023-08-31 15:32:18 -07:00
nilfs2 for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
nls nls: Hide new NLS_UCS2_UTILS 2023-08-31 12:07:34 -05:00
notify dnotify: Pass argument of fcntl_dirnotify as int 2023-07-10 14:36:12 +02:00
ntfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
ntfs3 ntfs3: drop inode references in ntfs_put_super() 2023-09-07 10:23:37 -07:00
ocfs2 Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes for v6.6-rc1. 2023-08-31 15:18:15 -07:00
omfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
openpromfs openpromfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:03 +02:00
orangefs fs: drop the timespec64 argument from update_time 2023-08-11 09:04:57 +02:00
overlayfs overlayfs update for 6.6 2023-08-30 11:54:09 -07:00
proc - Stefan Roesch has added ksm statistics to /proc/pid/smaps 2023-09-05 10:56:27 -07:00
pstore pstore fix for v6.6-rc1 2023-09-02 10:45:17 -07:00
qnx4 for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
qnx6 for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
quota \n 2023-08-30 12:10:50 -07:00
ramfs ramfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:04 +02:00
reiserfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
romfs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
smb six smb3 client fixes, one fix for nls Kconfig, one minor spnego registry update 2023-09-09 19:56:23 -07:00
squashfs squashfs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-24 10:30:05 +02:00
sysfs
sysv for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
tracefs Tracing updates for 6.6: 2023-09-01 16:34:25 -07:00
ubifs fs: drop the timespec64 argument from update_time 2023-08-11 09:04:57 +02:00
udf \n 2023-08-30 12:10:50 -07:00
ufs for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
unicode
vboxsf v6.6-vfs.ctime 2023-08-28 09:31:32 -07:00
verity fsverity: skip PKCS#7 parser when keyring is empty 2023-08-20 10:33:43 -07:00
xfs arch: Remove Itanium (IA-64) architecture 2023-09-11 08:13:17 +00:00
zonefs New code for 6.6: 2023-08-28 11:59:52 -07:00
Kconfig arch: Remove Itanium (IA-64) architecture 2023-09-11 08:13:17 +00:00
Kconfig.binfmt riscv: support the elf-fdpic binfmt loader 2023-08-23 14:17:43 -07:00
Makefile fs: add CONFIG_BUFFER_HEAD 2023-08-02 09:13:09 -06:00
aio.c Add x86 shadow stack support 2023-08-31 12:20:12 -07:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
bad_inode.c fs: drop the timespec64 argument from update_time 2023-08-11 09:04:57 +02:00
binfmt_elf.c
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c binfmt_elf_fdpic: support 64-bit systems 2023-08-23 14:17:42 -07:00
binfmt_elf_test.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c fs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
binfmt_script.c
buffer.c for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
char_dev.c
compat_binfmt_elf.c
coredump.c
d_path.c
dax.c mm: remove enum page_entry_size 2023-08-24 16:20:30 -07:00
dcache.c fs/dcache: Replace printk and WARN_ON by WARN 2023-08-19 13:41:11 +02:00
direct-io.c
drop_caches.c fs: drop_caches: draining pages before dropping caches 2023-08-18 10:12:11 -07:00
eventfd.c eventfd: prevent underflow for eventfd semaphores 2023-07-11 11:41:34 +02:00
eventpoll.c epoll: simplify ep_alloc() 2023-07-26 14:56:07 +02:00
exec.c - An extensive rework of kexec and crash Kconfig from Eric DeVolder 2023-08-29 14:53:51 -07:00
fcntl.c fcntl: Cast commands with int args explicitly 2023-07-10 14:36:11 +02:00
fhandle.c
file.c v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
file_table.c fs: use __fput_sync in close(2) 2023-08-08 19:36:51 +02:00
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c super: make locking naming consistent 2023-08-21 14:36:57 +02:00
fs_context.c v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
fs_parser.c
fs_pin.c
fs_struct.c kill do_each_thread() 2023-08-21 13:46:25 -07:00
fs_types.c
fsopen.c fs: add FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE_EXCL 2023-08-14 18:48:02 +02:00
init.c
inode.c v6.6-vfs.super 2023-08-28 11:04:18 -07:00
internal.h for-6.6/block-2023-08-28 2023-08-29 20:21:42 -07:00
ioctl.c v6.6-vfs.super 2023-08-28 11:04:18 -07:00
kernel_read_file.c fs: Fix kernel-doc warnings 2023-08-19 12:12:12 +02:00
libfs.c Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes for v6.6-rc1. 2023-08-31 15:18:15 -07:00
locks.c NFSD 6.6 Release Notes 2023-08-31 15:32:18 -07:00
mbcache.c
mnt_idmapping.c
mount.h
mpage.c
namei.c fs: Fix kernel-doc warnings 2023-08-19 12:12:12 +02:00
namespace.c
nsfs.c fs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
open.c v6.6-vfs.fchmodat2 2023-08-28 11:25:27 -07:00
pipe.c v6.6-vfs.misc 2023-08-28 10:17:14 -07:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c fs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
proc_namespace.c
read_write.c fs: Fix one kernel-doc comment 2023-08-15 08:32:45 +02:00
readdir.c vfs: get rid of old '->iterate' directory operation 2023-08-06 15:08:35 +02:00
remap_range.c
select.c
seq_file.c
signalfd.c
splice.c - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
stack.c fs: convert to ctime accessor functions 2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
stat.c vfs: mostly undo glibc turning 'fstat()' into 'fstatat(AT_EMPTY_PATH)' 2023-09-07 09:40:30 -07:00
statfs.c
super.c fs: export sget_dev() 2023-08-31 12:47:15 +02:00
sync.c
sysctls.c
timerfd.c
userfaultfd.c mm: userfaultfd: remove stale comment about core dump locking 2023-08-24 16:20:27 -07:00
utimes.c
xattr.c tmpfs,xattr: GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT for simple xattrs 2023-08-22 10:57:46 +02:00