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Linus Torvalds 168829ad09 Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull locking updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - A comprehensive rewrite of the robust/PI futex code's exit handling
     to fix various exit races. (Thomas Gleixner et al)

   - Rework the generic REFCOUNT_FULL implementation using
     atomic_fetch_* operations so that the performance impact of the
     cmpxchg() loops is mitigated for common refcount operations.

     With these performance improvements the generic implementation of
     refcount_t should be good enough for everybody - and this got
     confirmed by performance testing, so remove ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT and
     REFCOUNT_FULL entirely, leaving the generic implementation enabled
     unconditionally. (Will Deacon)

   - Other misc changes, fixes, cleanups"

* 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (27 commits)
  lkdtm: Remove references to CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL
  locking/refcount: Remove unused 'refcount_error_report()' function
  locking/refcount: Consolidate implementations of refcount_t
  locking/refcount: Consolidate REFCOUNT_{MAX,SATURATED} definitions
  locking/refcount: Move saturation warnings out of line
  locking/refcount: Improve performance of generic REFCOUNT_FULL code
  locking/refcount: Move the bulk of the REFCOUNT_FULL implementation into the <linux/refcount.h> header
  locking/refcount: Remove unused refcount_*_checked() variants
  locking/refcount: Ensure integer operands are treated as signed
  locking/refcount: Define constants for saturation and max refcount values
  futex: Prevent exit livelock
  futex: Provide distinct return value when owner is exiting
  futex: Add mutex around futex exit
  futex: Provide state handling for exec() as well
  futex: Sanitize exit state handling
  futex: Mark the begin of futex exit explicitly
  futex: Set task::futex_state to DEAD right after handling futex exit
  futex: Split futex_mm_release() for exit/exec
  exit/exec: Seperate mm_release()
  futex: Replace PF_EXITPIDONE with a state
  ...
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arch Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-11-26 16:02:40 -08:00
block for-5.5/disk-revalidate-20191122 2019-11-25 11:37:01 -08:00
certs PKCS#7: Refactor verify_pkcs7_signature() 2019-08-05 18:40:18 -04:00
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MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-11-26 15:04:47 -08:00
Makefile Linux 5.4 2019-11-24 16:32:01 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

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

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

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.