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Linus Torvalds 642e7fd233 Merge branch 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux 
Pull removal of in-kernel calls to syscalls from Dominik Brodowski:
 "System calls are interaction points between userspace and the kernel.
  Therefore, system call functions such as sys_xyzzy() or
  compat_sys_xyzzy() should only be called from userspace via the
  syscall table, but not from elsewhere in the kernel.

  At least on 64-bit x86, it will likely be a hard requirement from
  v4.17 onwards to not call system call functions in the kernel: It is
  better to use use a different calling convention for system calls
  there, where struct pt_regs is decoded on-the-fly in a syscall wrapper
  which then hands processing over to the actual syscall function. This
  means that only those parameters which are actually needed for a
  specific syscall are passed on during syscall entry, instead of
  filling in six CPU registers with random user space content all the
  time (which may cause serious trouble down the call chain). Those
  x86-specific patches will be pushed through the x86 tree in the near
  future.

  Moreover, rules on how data may be accessed may differ between kernel
  data and user data. This is another reason why calling sys_xyzzy() is
  generally a bad idea, and -- at most -- acceptable in arch-specific
  code.

  This patchset removes all in-kernel calls to syscall functions in the
  kernel with the exception of arch/. On top of this, it cleans up the
  three places where many syscalls are referenced or prototyped, namely
  kernel/sys_ni.c, include/linux/syscalls.h and include/linux/compat.h"

* 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux: (109 commits)
  bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection
  kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions
  kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries
  syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h
  net: remove compat_sys_*() prototypes from net/compat.h
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h
  kexec: move sys_kexec_load() prototype to syscalls.h
  x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0
  x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long
  x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm()
  mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead()
  mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff()
  mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()
  fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate()
  fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
  fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate()
  fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall
  kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid()
  kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare()
  ...
 		2018-04-02 21:22:12 -07:00
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ABI Merge branch 'for-4.16-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/libata 2018-03-19 14:23:30 -07:00
EDID
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PCI PCI: Update location of pci.ids file 2018-02-22 15:00:43 -06:00
RCU Merge branches 'cond_resched.2017.12.04a', 'dyntick.2017.11.28a', 'fixes.2017.12.11a', 'srbd.2017.12.05a' and 'torture.2017.12.11a' into HEAD 2017-12-11 09:21:58 -08:00
accelerators ocxl: Document the OCXL_IOCTL_GET_METADATA IOCTL 2018-03-02 13:02:15 +11:00
accounting
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acpi ACPI / LPIT: Add Low Power Idle Table (LPIT) support 2017-10-11 15:38:10 +02:00
admin-guide arch: remove obsolete architecture ports 2018-04-02 20:20:12 -07:00
aoe
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arm ARM: sunxi: add support for R40 SoC 2017-09-22 21:57:09 +02:00
arm64 arm64 updates for 4.16: 2018-01-30 13:57:43 -08:00
auxdisplay
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backlight
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block block, bfq: move debug blkio stats behind CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP 2017-11-14 20:13:33 -07:00
blockdev SCSI misc on 20170907 2017-09-07 21:11:05 -07:00
bpf bpf: add documentation to compare clang "-target bpf" and default target 2018-02-02 11:14:19 +01:00
bus-devices
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cdrom documentation: Update ide-cd documentation to reflect CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE removal 2017-10-12 11:25:31 -06:00
cgroup-v1 Documentation: Fix 'file_mapped' -> 'mapped_file' 2018-01-30 09:52:11 -08:00
cma
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connector
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console
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core-api idr: Add documentation 2018-02-06 16:41:29 -05:00
cpu-freq cpufreq: Add and use cpufreq_for_each_{valid_,}entry_idx() 2018-02-08 10:21:39 +01:00
cpuidle
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crypto crypto: doc - adapt api sample to use async. op wait 2017-11-03 22:11:23 +08:00
dev-tools docs: Remove remaining references to metag 2018-02-22 11:07:37 +00:00
device-mapper dm cache: Documentation: update default migration_throttling value 2018-01-30 16:55:47 -05:00
devicetree arch: remove obsolete architecture ports 2018-04-02 20:20:12 -07:00
doc-guide scripts: kernel-doc: parse next structs/unions 2017-12-21 13:41:46 -07:00
driver-api usb: musb: remove blackfin port 2018-03-26 15:57:12 +02:00
driver-model serdev: Introduce devm_serdev_device_open() 2018-01-08 10:08:34 +00:00
early-userspace
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extcon
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fault-injection Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
fb documentation: fb: update list of available compiled-in fonts 2017-11-08 03:39:52 -07:00
features arch: remove obsolete architecture ports 2018-04-02 20:20:12 -07:00
filesystems afs: Support the AFS dynamic root 2018-02-06 14:43:37 +00:00
firmware_class
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fmc
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fpga fpga: mgr: separate getting/locking FPGA manager 2017-11-28 16:30:37 +01:00
gpio Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2018-02-01 10:49:58 -08:00
gpu Linux 4.16-rc7 2018-03-28 14:30:41 +10:00
hid Documentation: fix input related doc refs 2017-10-12 11:14:06 -06:00
hwmon hwmon: (pmbus/max31785) Add dual tachometer support 2018-01-02 15:05:34 -08:00
i2c i2c: i801: Add missing documentation entries for Braswell and Kaby Lake 2018-02-21 09:17:20 +01:00
ia64 ia64: doc: tweak whitespace for 'console=' parameter 2018-03-05 14:41:38 -08:00
ide
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iio iio: adc: New driver for Cirrus Logic EP93xx ADC 2017-07-25 19:56:23 +01:00
infiniband IB: Update references to libibverbs 2018-02-04 11:56:49 -05:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2018-02-01 10:49:58 -08:00
ioctl arch: remove tile port 2018-03-16 10:56:03 +01:00
isdn Documentation/isdn: check and fix dead links ... 2018-03-26 12:31:13 -04:00
kbuild Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
kdump
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kernel-hacking Documentation: Fix misconversion of #if 2018-01-17 16:45:01 -07:00
laptops Documentation: fix admin-guide doc refs 2017-10-12 11:13:28 -06:00
leds Documentation: leds: Update 00-INDEX file 2017-10-23 20:17:03 +02:00
lightnvm
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livepatch livepatch: Remove immediate feature 2018-01-11 10:58:03 +01:00
locking Linux 4.16-rc2 2018-02-21 09:57:55 +01:00
m68k
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maintainer docs: Add an intro note to the maintainers handbook 2017-12-11 14:46:10 -07:00
md raid5-ppl: PPL support for disks with write-back cache enabled 2018-01-15 14:29:42 -08:00
media media: dvb: add continuity error indicators for memory mapped buffers 2018-02-23 05:28:41 -05:00
memory-devices
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mic
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mips Documentation: mips: Update AU1xxx_IDE Kconfig dependencies 2018-02-01 12:45:35 -07:00
misc-devices
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mmc
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mtd mtd: spi-nor: add an API to restore the status of SPI flash chip 2017-12-13 00:36:00 +01:00
namespaces
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netlabel
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networking net: use skb_is_gso_sctp() instead of open-coding 2018-03-09 11:41:47 -05:00
nfc
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nios2
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nvdimm
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nvmem NVMEM documentation fix: A minor typo 2017-08-24 13:31:58 -06:00
openrisc Documentation: openrisc: Updates to README 2017-10-30 21:37:53 +09:00
parisc
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pcmcia
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perf perf: ARM DynamIQ Shared Unit PMU support 2018-01-02 16:43:12 +00:00
phy
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platform
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power regulator: Changes for v4.16 2018-01-29 11:32:44 -08:00
powerpc
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pps drivers/pps: aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00
process kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions 2018-04-02 20:16:20 +02:00
pti
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ptp
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rapidio
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s390
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scheduler sched/deadline: Fix the description of runtime accounting in the documentation 2017-11-16 09:00:35 +01:00
scsi scsi: documentation: Fix case of 'scsi_device' struct mention(s) 2017-12-02 08:43:43 -07:00
security Documentation: security/credentials.rst: explain need to sort group_list 2018-01-08 14:20:31 -07:00
serial
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sh
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sound sound updates for 4.15-rc1 2017-11-14 18:01:46 -08:00
sparc sparc64: Oracle DAX driver 2018-01-22 08:17:16 -08:00
sphinx Documentation/sphinx: Fix Directive import error 2018-03-09 10:46:14 -07:00
sphinx-static docs RTD theme: code-block with line nos - lines and line numbers don't line up. 2017-07-17 13:48:45 -06:00
spi
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sysctl Documentation/sysctl/user.txt: fix typo 2018-02-06 18:32:48 -08:00
target
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thermal cpu_cooling: Remove static-power related documentation 2018-01-03 13:11:48 +01:00
timers sched/isolation: Eliminate NO_HZ_FULL_ALL 2018-02-15 15:40:37 -08:00
trace coresight: Update documentation for perf usage 2018-02-16 14:55:46 -03:00
translations Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
usb Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
userspace-api seccomp: Implement SECCOMP_RET_KILL_PROCESS action 2017-08-14 13:46:50 -07:00
virtual KVM: x86: Add a framework for supporting MSR-based features 2018-03-01 19:00:28 +01:00
vm Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
w1 Documentation updates for 4.16. New stuff includes refcount_t 2018-01-31 19:25:25 -08:00
watchdog watchdog: remove bfin_wdt driver 2018-03-26 15:57:04 +02:00
wimax
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x86 Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/mm to pick up dependencies 2018-03-14 20:23:25 +01:00
xtensa xtensa: add support for KASAN 2017-12-16 22:37:12 -08:00
.gitignore
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00-INDEX CRIS: Drop support for the CRIS port 2018-03-16 10:56:05 +01:00
Changes
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CodingStyle
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DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
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DMA-API.txt dma-coherent: remove the DMA_MEMORY_MAP and DMA_MEMORY_IO flags 2017-09-01 11:59:17 +02:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt DMA-ISA-LPC.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:33 -06:00
DMA-attributes.txt DMA-attributes.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:33 -06:00
IPMI.txt ipmi: Make IPMI panic strings always available 2017-09-27 16:03:45 -05:00
IRQ-affinity.txt IRQ-affinity.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:41 -06:00
IRQ-domain.txt irqdomain: Kill CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG 2018-01-24 12:32:58 +01:00
IRQ.txt IRQ.txt: add a markup for its title 2017-07-14 13:51:42 -06:00
Intel-IOMMU.txt Intel-IOMMU.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:38 -06:00
Makefile Documentation: add script and build target to check for broken file references 2017-10-12 11:07:42 -06:00
SAK.txt SAK.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:04 -06:00
SM501.txt SM501.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:06 -06:00
SubmittingPatches
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atomic_bitops.txt locking/atomic/bitops: Document and clarify ordering semantics for failed test_and_{}_bit() 2018-02-13 14:55:53 +01:00
atomic_t.txt Documentation/locking/atomic: Finish the document... 2017-08-25 11:06:33 +02:00
bcache.txt
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bt8xxgpio.txt
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btmrvl.txt
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bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
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cachetlb.txt
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cgroup-v2.txt cgroup, docs: document the root cgroup behavior of cpu and io controllers 2018-01-16 08:07:09 -08:00
circular-buffers.txt doc: De-emphasize smp_read_barrier_depends 2017-12-05 11:57:53 -08:00
clearing-warn-once.txt kernel debug: support resetting WARN*_ONCE 2017-11-17 16:10:00 -08:00
clk.txt
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conf.py docs: Remove "could not extract kernel version" warning 2017-12-11 15:20:04 -07:00
cpu-load.txt
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cputopology.txt
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crc32.txt
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dcdbas.txt
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debugging-modules.txt
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debugging-via-ohci1394.txt debugging-via-ohci1394.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:34 -06:00
dell_rbu.txt dell_rbu.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:12 -06:00
digsig.txt
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docutils.conf
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dontdiff Remove gperf usage from toolchain 2017-08-19 11:02:53 -07:00
efi-stub.txt efi-stub.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:34 -06:00
eisa.txt eisa.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:34 -06:00
flexible-arrays.txt flexible-arrays.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:35 -06:00
futex-requeue-pi.txt futex-requeue-pi.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:35 -06:00
gcc-plugins.txt gcc-plugins.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:36 -06:00
highuid.txt highuid.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:36 -06:00
hw_random.txt hw_random.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:37 -06:00
hwspinlock.txt hwspinlock.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:37 -06:00
index.rst Documentation: Add license-rules.rst to describe how to properly identify file licenses 2018-01-06 10:58:02 -07:00
intel_txt.txt intel_txt.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:38 -06:00
io-mapping.txt io-mapping.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:38 -06:00
io_ordering.txt io_ordering.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:39 -06:00
iostats.txt iostats.txt: update it to cover recent Kernels 2017-07-14 13:51:40 -06:00
irqflags-tracing.txt irqflags-tracing.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:42 -06:00
isa.txt isa.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:43 -06:00
isapnp.txt isapnp.txt: promote title level 2017-07-14 13:51:43 -06:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:43 -06:00
kobject.txt kobject.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:44 -06:00
kprobes.txt kprobes/docs: Remove jprobes related documents 2017-10-20 11:02:55 +02:00
kref.txt kref.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:45 -06:00
ldm.txt ldm.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:45 -06:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt lockup-watchdogs.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:46 -06:00
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logo.txt
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lsm.txt
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lzo.txt lzo.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:46 -06:00
mailbox.txt mailbox.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:51:47 -06:00
memory-barriers.txt locking/memory-barriers: De-emphasize smp_read_barrier_depends() some more 2018-03-10 10:22:22 +01:00
memory-hotplug.txt memory-hotplug.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:57:53 -06:00
men-chameleon-bus.txt men-chameleon-bus.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:57:54 -06:00
nommu-mmap.txt nommu-mmap.txt: don't use all upper case on titles 2017-07-14 13:57:55 -06:00
ntb.txt This series converts a number of top-level documents to the RST format 2017-07-15 12:58:58 -07:00
numastat.txt numastat.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:57:56 -06:00
padata.txt padata.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:57:56 -06:00
parport-lowlevel.txt parport-lowlevel.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:57:57 -06:00
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt percpu-rw-semaphore.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:57:58 -06:00
phy.txt phy.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:57:58 -06:00
pi-futex.txt Documentation: fix locking rt-mutex doc refs 2017-10-19 12:56:44 -06:00
pnp.txt pnp.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:57:59 -06:00
preempt-locking.txt preempt-locking.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:00 -06:00
pwm.txt
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rbtree.txt rbtree: cache leftmost node internally 2017-09-08 18:26:48 -07:00
remoteproc.txt remoteproc.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:02 -06:00
rfkill.txt rfkill.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:02 -06:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt robust-futex-ABI.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:03 -06:00
robust-futexes.txt robust-futexes.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:03 -06:00
rpmsg.txt rpmsg.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:04 -06:00
rtc.txt Documentation: rtc: move iotcl interface documentation to ABI 2018-01-12 00:20:41 +01:00
sgi-ioc4.txt sgi-ioc4.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:05 -06:00
siphash.txt siphash.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:06 -06:00
smsc_ece1099.txt smsc_ece1099.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:07 -06:00
speculation.txt Documentation: Document array_index_nospec 2018-01-30 21:54:28 +01:00
static-keys.txt jump_label: Provide hotplug context variants 2017-08-10 12:28:59 +02:00
svga.txt documentation/svga.txt: update outdated file 2017-11-20 10:45:50 -07:00
switchtec.txt NTB: switchtec_ntb: Update switchtec documentation with notes for NTB 2017-11-18 20:37:13 -05:00
sync_file.txt
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tee.txt tee.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:14 -06:00
this_cpu_ops.txt this_cpu_ops.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:08 -06:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt unaligned-memory-access.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:09 -06:00
vfio-mediated-device.txt vfio-mediated-device.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:10 -06:00
vfio.txt vfio.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:10 -06:00
video-output.txt
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xillybus.txt xillybus.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:11 -06:00
xz.txt xz.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:11 -06:00
zorro.txt zorro.txt: standardize document format 2017-07-14 13:58:12 -06:00