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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 2522b11e593f..f2d26cb7e853 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5197,6 +5197,30 @@ retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction + retbleed= [X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary + Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions) + vulnerability. + + off - no mitigation + auto - automatically select a migitation + auto,nosmt - automatically select a mitigation, + disabling SMT if necessary for + the full mitigation (only on Zen1 + and older without STIBP). + ibpb - mitigate short speculation windows on + basic block boundaries too. Safe, highest + perf impact. + unret - force enable untrained return thunks, + only effective on AMD f15h-f17h + based systems. + unret,nosmt - like unret, will disable SMT when STIBP + is not available. + + Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run + time according to the CPU. + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto. + rfkill.default_state= 0 "airplane mode". All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm, etc. communication is blocked by default. @@ -5568,6 +5592,7 @@ eibrs - enhanced IBRS eibrs,retpoline - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines eibrs,lfence - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE + ibrs - use IBRS to protect kernel Not specifying this option is equivalent to spectre_v2=auto. diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst index d6b3f94b9f1f..0793c400d4b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Module Loading Inter Module support -------------------- -Refer to the file kernel/module.c for more information. +Refer to the files in kernel/module/ for more information. Hardware Interfaces =================== diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst index 5ad9e0abe42c..12e4aecdae94 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ namespace ``USB_STORAGE``, use:: The corresponding ksymtab entry struct ``kernel_symbol`` will have the member ``namespace`` set accordingly. A symbol that is exported without a namespace will refer to ``NULL``. There is no default namespace if none is defined. ``modpost`` -and kernel/module.c make use the namespace at build time or module load time, -respectively. +and kernel/module/main.c make use the namespace at build time or module load +time, respectively. 2.2 Using the DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE define ============================================= diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/allwinner,sun4i-a10-display-engine.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/allwinner,sun4i-a10-display-engine.yaml index c388ae5da1e4..c9c346e6228e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/allwinner,sun4i-a10-display-engine.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/allwinner,sun4i-a10-display-engine.yaml @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ if: - allwinner,sun8i-a83t-display-engine - allwinner,sun8i-r40-display-engine - allwinner,sun9i-a80-display-engine + - allwinner,sun20i-d1-display-engine - allwinner,sun50i-a64-display-engine then: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qca,ath9k.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qca,ath9k.yaml index 8cd0adbf7021..7029cb1f38ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qca,ath9k.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qca,ath9k.yaml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# title: Qualcomm Atheros ath9k wireless devices Generic Binding maintainers: - - Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> + - Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk> description: | This node provides properties for configuring the ath9k wireless device. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k.yaml index 8c01fdba134b..a677b056f112 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k.yaml @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# title: Qualcomm Technologies ath11k wireless devices Generic Binding maintainers: - - Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> + - Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> description: | These are dt entries for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. IEEE 802.11ax diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/qcom,lpass-cpu.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/qcom,lpass-cpu.yaml index e9a533080b32..ef18a572a1ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/qcom,lpass-cpu.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/qcom,lpass-cpu.yaml @@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ properties: - qcom,sc7280-lpass-cpu reg: - minItems: 2 + minItems: 1 maxItems: 6 description: LPAIF core registers reg-names: - minItems: 2 + minItems: 1 maxItems: 6 clocks: @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ properties: maxItems: 10 interrupts: - minItems: 2 + minItems: 1 maxItems: 4 description: LPAIF DMA buffer interrupt interrupt-names: - minItems: 2 + minItems: 1 maxItems: 4 qcom,adsp: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst index 4d19b19bcc08..73a4176144b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ through which it can issue requests and negotiate:: void (*issue_read)(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq); bool (*is_still_valid)(struct netfs_io_request *rreq); int (*check_write_begin)(struct file *file, loff_t pos, unsigned len, - struct folio *folio, void **_fsdata); + struct folio **foliop, void **_fsdata); void (*done)(struct netfs_io_request *rreq); }; @@ -381,8 +381,10 @@ The operations are as follows: allocated/grabbed the folio to be modified to allow the filesystem to flush conflicting state before allowing it to be modified. - It should return 0 if everything is now fine, -EAGAIN if the folio should be - regrabbed and any other error code to abort the operation. + It may unlock and discard the folio it was given and set the caller's folio + pointer to NULL. It should return 0 if everything is now fine (``*foliop`` + left set) or the op should be retried (``*foliop`` cleared) and any other + error code to abort the operation. * ``done`` diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst index 7da6c30ed596..316cfd8b1891 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst @@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ overlay filesystem and the value of st_ino for filesystem objects may not be persistent and could change even while the overlay filesystem is mounted, as summarized in the `Inode properties`_ table above. +4) "idmapped mounts" +When the upper or lower layers are idmapped mounts overlayfs will be mounted +without support for POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs). This limitation will +eventually be lifted. Changes to underlying filesystems --------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst b/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst index dbe9b400e39f..7347638895a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst +++ b/Documentation/livepatch/module-elf-format.rst @@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ module->symtab. ===================================== Normally, a stripped down copy of a module's symbol table (containing only "core" symbols) is made available through module->symtab (See layout_symtab() -in kernel/module.c). For livepatch modules, the symbol table copied into memory -on module load must be exactly the same as the symbol table produced when the -patch module was compiled. This is because the relocations in each livepatch -relocation section refer to their respective symbols with their symbol indices, -and the original symbol indices (and thus the symtab ordering) must be +in kernel/module/kallsyms.c). For livepatch modules, the symbol table copied +into memory on module load must be exactly the same as the symbol table produced +when the patch module was compiled. This is because the relocations in each +livepatch relocation section refer to their respective symbols with their symbol +indices, and the original symbol indices (and thus the symtab ordering) must be preserved in order for apply_relocate_add() to find the right symbol. For example, take this particular rela from a livepatch module::: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 9f41961d11d5..b3a534ed0e7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ cipso_cache_enable - BOOLEAN cipso_cache_bucket_size - INTEGER The CIPSO label cache consists of a fixed size hash table with each hash bucket containing a number of cache entries. This variable limits - the number of entries in each hash bucket; the larger the value the + the number of entries in each hash bucket; the larger the value is, the more CIPSO label mappings that can be cached. When the number of entries in a given hash bucket reaches this limit adding new entries causes the oldest entry in the bucket to be removed to make room. @@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ ip_autobind_reuse - BOOLEAN option should only be set by experts. Default: 0 -ip_dynaddr - BOOLEAN +ip_dynaddr - INTEGER If set non-zero, enables support for dynamic addresses. If set to a non-zero value larger than 1, a kernel log message will be printed when dynamic address rewriting diff --git a/Documentation/sound/soc/dai.rst b/Documentation/sound/soc/dai.rst index 009b07e5a0f3..bf8431386d26 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/soc/dai.rst +++ b/Documentation/sound/soc/dai.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ AC97 ==== AC97 is a five wire interface commonly found on many PC sound cards. It is -now also popular in many portable devices. This DAI has a reset line and time +now also popular in many portable devices. This DAI has a RESET line and time multiplexes its data on its SDATA_OUT (playback) and SDATA_IN (capture) lines. The bit clock (BCLK) is always driven by the CODEC (usually 12.288MHz) and the frame (FRAME) (usually 48kHz) is always driven by the controller. Each AC97 diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst index 42f5d04e38ec..0f6898860d6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst @@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ Di conseguenza, nella tabella dei simboli del kernel ci sarà una voce rappresentata dalla struttura ``kernel_symbol`` che avrà il campo ``namespace`` (spazio dei nomi) impostato. Un simbolo esportato senza uno spazio dei nomi avrà questo campo impostato a ``NULL``. Non esiste uno spazio dei nomi -di base. Il programma ``modpost`` e il codice in kernel/module.c usano lo spazio -dei nomi, rispettivamente, durante la compilazione e durante il caricamento -di un modulo. +di base. Il programma ``modpost`` e il codice in kernel/module/main.c usano lo +spazio dei nomi, rispettivamente, durante la compilazione e durante il +caricamento di un modulo. 2.2 Usare il simbolo di preprocessore DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE ============================================================== diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/kernel-api.rst index e45fe80d1cd8..962d31d019d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/kernel-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/kernel-api.rst @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ kernel/kmod.c 模块接口支持 ------------ -更多信息请参考文件kernel/module.c。 +更多信息请参阅kernel/module/目录下的文件。 硬件接口 ======== diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst index 6abf7ed534ca..bb16f0611046 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 相应的 ksymtab 条目结构体 ``kernel_symbol`` 将有相应的成员 ``命名空间`` 集。 导出时未指明命名空间的符号将指向 ``NULL`` 。如果没有定义命名空间，则默认没有。 -``modpost`` 和kernel/module.c分别在构建时或模块加载时使用名称空间。 +``modpost`` 和kernel/module/main.c分别在构建时或模块加载时使用名称空间。 2.2 使用DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE定义 ==================================== diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 11e00a46c610..6e090fb96a0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -5657,6 +5657,7 @@ by a string of size ``name_size``. #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES (0x1 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS (0x2 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES (0x3 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_BOOLEAN (0x4 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_MAX KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES #define KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT 8 @@ -5702,14 +5703,13 @@ Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type: by the ``hist_param`` field. The range of the Nth bucket (1 <= N < ``size``) is [``hist_param``*(N-1), ``hist_param``*N), while the range of the last bucket is [``hist_param``*(``size``-1), +INF). (+INF means positive infinity - value.) The bucket value indicates how many samples fell in the bucket's range. + value.) * ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_LOG_HIST`` The statistic is reported as a logarithmic histogram. The number of buckets is specified by the ``size`` field. The range of the first bucket is [0, 1), while the range of the last bucket is [pow(2, ``size``-2), +INF). Otherwise, The Nth bucket (1 < N < ``size``) covers - [pow(2, N-2), pow(2, N-1)). The bucket value indicates how many samples fell - in the bucket's range. + [pow(2, N-2), pow(2, N-1)). Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit: @@ -5724,6 +5724,15 @@ Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit: It indicates that the statistics data is used to measure time or latency. * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES`` It indicates that the statistics data is used to measure CPU clock cycles. + * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_BOOLEAN`` + It indicates that the statistic will always be either 0 or 1. Boolean + statistics of "peak" type will never go back from 1 to 0. Boolean + statistics can be linear histograms (with two buckets) but not logarithmic + histograms. + +Note that, in the case of histograms, the unit applies to the bucket +ranges, while the bucket value indicates how many samples fell in the +bucket's range. Bits 8-11 of ``flags``, together with ``exponent``, encode the scale of the unit: @@ -5746,7 +5755,7 @@ the corresponding statistics data. The ``bucket_size`` field is used as a parameter for histogram statistics data. It is only used by linear histogram statistics data, specifying the size of a -bucket. +bucket in the unit expressed by bits 4-11 of ``flags`` together with ``exponent``. The ``name`` field is the name string of the statistics data. The name string starts at the end of ``struct kvm_stats_desc``. The maximum length including |