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Linus Torvalds e1ba1c99da RISC-V Cleanups and ABI Fixes for 4.15-rc2
This tag contains a handful of small cleanups that are a result of
 feedback that didn't make it into our original patch set, either because
 the feedback hadn't been given yet, I missed the original emails, or
 we weren't ready to submit the changes yet.
 
 I've been maintaining the various cleanup patch sets I have as their own
 branches, which I then merged together and signed.  Each merge commit
 has a short summary of the changes, and each branch is based on your
 latest tag (4.15-rc1, in this case).  If this isn't the right way to do
 this then feel free to suggest something else, but it seems sane to me.
 
 Here's a short summary of the changes, roughly in order of how
 interesting they are.
 
 * libgcc.h has been moved from include/lib, where it's the only member,
   to include/linux.  This is meant to avoid tab completion conflicts.
 * VDSO entries for clock_get/gettimeofday/getcpu have been added.  These
   are simple syscalls now, but we want to let glibc use them from the
   start so we can make them faster later.
 * A VDSO entry for instruction cache flushing has been added so
   userspace can flush the instruction cache.
 * The VDSO symbol versions for __vdso_cmpxchg{32,64} have been removed,
   as those VDSO entries don't actually exist.
 * __io_writes has been corrected to respect the given type.
 * A new READ_ONCE in arch_spin_is_locked().
 * __test_and_op_bit_ord() is now actually ordered.
 * Various small fixes throughout the tree to enable allmodconfig to
   build cleanly.
 * Removal of some dead code in our atomic support headers.
 * Improvements to various comments in our atomic support headers.
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Merge tag 'riscv-for-linus-4.15-rc2_cleanups' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/palmer/linux

Pull RISC-V cleanups and ABI fixes from Palmer Dabbelt:
 "This contains a handful of small cleanups that are a result of
  feedback that didn't make it into our original patch set, either
  because the feedback hadn't been given yet, I missed the original
  emails, or we weren't ready to submit the changes yet.

  I've been maintaining the various cleanup patch sets I have as their
  own branches, which I then merged together and signed. Each merge
  commit has a short summary of the changes, and each branch is based on
  your latest tag (4.15-rc1, in this case). If this isn't the right way
  to do this then feel free to suggest something else, but it seems sane
  to me.

  Here's a short summary of the changes, roughly in order of how
  interesting they are.

   - libgcc.h has been moved from include/lib, where it's the only
     member, to include/linux. This is meant to avoid tab completion
     conflicts.

   - VDSO entries for clock_get/gettimeofday/getcpu have been added.
     These are simple syscalls now, but we want to let glibc use them
     from the start so we can make them faster later.

   - A VDSO entry for instruction cache flushing has been added so
     userspace can flush the instruction cache.

   - The VDSO symbol versions for __vdso_cmpxchg{32,64} have been
     removed, as those VDSO entries don't actually exist.

   - __io_writes has been corrected to respect the given type.

   - A new READ_ONCE in arch_spin_is_locked().

   - __test_and_op_bit_ord() is now actually ordered.

   - Various small fixes throughout the tree to enable allmodconfig to
     build cleanly.

   - Removal of some dead code in our atomic support headers.

   - Improvements to various comments in our atomic support headers"

* tag 'riscv-for-linus-4.15-rc2_cleanups' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/palmer/linux: (23 commits)
  RISC-V: __io_writes should respect the length argument
  move libgcc.h to include/linux
  RISC-V: Clean up an unused include
  RISC-V: Allow userspace to flush the instruction cache
  RISC-V: Flush I$ when making a dirty page executable
  RISC-V: Add missing include
  RISC-V: Use define for get_cycles like other architectures
  RISC-V: Provide stub of setup_profiling_timer()
  RISC-V: Export some expected symbols for modules
  RISC-V: move empty_zero_page definition to C and export it
  RISC-V: io.h: type fixes for warnings
  RISC-V: use RISCV_{INT,SHORT} instead of {INT,SHORT} for asm macros
  RISC-V: use generic serial.h
  RISC-V: remove spin_unlock_wait()
  RISC-V: `sfence.vma` orderes the instruction cache
  RISC-V: Add READ_ONCE in arch_spin_is_locked()
  RISC-V: __test_and_op_bit_ord should be strongly ordered
  RISC-V: Remove smb_mb__{before,after}_spinlock()
  RISC-V: Remove __smp_bp__{before,after}_atomic
  RISC-V: Comment on why {,cmp}xchg is ordered how it is
  ...
2017-12-01 19:39:12 -05:00
arch RISC-V Cleanups and ABI Fixes for 4.15-rc2 2017-12-01 19:39:12 -05:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-12-01 08:05:45 -05:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2017-11-28 16:22:10 -08:00
Documentation Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-29 19:12:44 -08:00
drivers powerpc fixes for 4.15 #3 2017-12-01 08:40:17 -05:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs afs: Properly reset afs_vnode (inode) fields 2017-12-01 11:51:24 +00:00
include RISC-V Cleanups and ABI Fixes for 4.15-rc2 2017-12-01 19:39:12 -05:00
init EXPERT Kconfig menu: fix broken EXPERT menu 2017-11-17 16:10:05 -08:00
ipc Rename superblock flags (MS_xyz -> SB_xyz) 2017-11-27 13:05:09 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-12-01 08:05:45 -05:00
lib RISC-V Cleanups and ABI Fixes for 4.15-rc2 2017-12-01 19:39:12 -05:00
mm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-12-01 08:05:45 -05:00
net Highlights: 2017-11-29 14:49:26 -08:00
samples kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
scripts Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-29 19:12:44 -08:00
security bug fixes: 2017-11-30 18:56:41 -05:00
sound Revert "ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential zero-division at parsing FU" 2017-11-28 09:34:36 -08:00
tools Power management fixes for v4.15-rc2 2017-11-30 18:45:55 -05:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt * x86 bugfixes: APIC, nested virtualization, IOAPIC 2017-11-30 08:15:19 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild misc updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:51:33 -08:00
.mailmap Add Jason Gunthorpe as co-maintainer of the RDMA stack 2017-11-17 09:36:18 -08:00
COPYING
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS myri10ge: Update MAINTAINERS 2017-11-29 09:27:35 -05:00
Makefile Linux 4.15-rc1 2017-11-26 16:01:47 -08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

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

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

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.