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Linus Torvalds 533b220f7b arm64 updates for 5.8
- Branch Target Identification (BTI)
 	* Support for ARMv8.5-BTI in both user- and kernel-space. This
 	  allows branch targets to limit the types of branch from which
 	  they can be called and additionally prevents branching to
 	  arbitrary code, although kernel support requires a very recent
 	  toolchain.
 
 	* Function annotation via SYM_FUNC_START() so that assembly
 	  functions are wrapped with the relevant "landing pad"
 	  instructions.
 
 	* BPF and vDSO updates to use the new instructions.
 
 	* Addition of a new HWCAP and exposure of BTI capability to
 	  userspace via ID register emulation, along with ELF loader
 	  support for the BTI feature in .note.gnu.property.
 
 	* Non-critical fixes to CFI unwind annotations in the sigreturn
 	  trampoline.
 
 - Shadow Call Stack (SCS)
 	* Support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack feature, which reserves
 	  platform register x18 to point at a separate stack for each
 	  task that holds only return addresses. This protects function
 	  return control flow from buffer overruns on the main stack.
 
 	* Save/restore of x18 across problematic boundaries (user-mode,
 	  hypervisor, EFI, suspend, etc).
 
 	* Core support for SCS, should other architectures want to use it
 	  too.
 
 	* SCS overflow checking on context-switch as part of the existing
 	  stack limit check if CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y.
 
 - CPU feature detection
 	* Removed numerous "SANITY CHECK" errors when running on a system
 	  with mismatched AArch32 support at EL1. This is primarily a
 	  concern for KVM, which disabled support for 32-bit guests on
 	  such a system.
 
 	* Addition of new ID registers and fields as the architecture has
 	  been extended.
 
 - Perf and PMU drivers
 	* Minor fixes and cleanups to system PMU drivers.
 
 - Hardware errata
 	* Unify KVM workarounds for VHE and nVHE configurations.
 
 	* Sort vendor errata entries in Kconfig.
 
 - Secure Monitor Call Calling Convention (SMCCC)
 	* Update to the latest specification from Arm (v1.2).
 
 	* Allow PSCI code to query the SMCCC version.
 
 - Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI)
 	* Unexport a bunch of unused symbols.
 
 	* Minor fixes to handling of firmware data.
 
 - Pointer authentication
 	* Add support for dumping the kernel PAC mask in vmcoreinfo so
 	  that the stack can be unwound by tools such as kdump.
 
 	* Simplification of key initialisation during CPU bringup.
 
 - BPF backend
 	* Improve immediate generation for logical and add/sub
 	  instructions.
 
 - vDSO
 	- Minor fixes to the linker flags for consistency with other
 	  architectures and support for LLVM's unwinder.
 
 	- Clean up logic to initialise and map the vDSO into userspace.
 
 - ACPI
 	- Work around for an ambiguity in the IORT specification relating
 	  to the "num_ids" field.
 
 	- Support _DMA method for all named components rather than only
 	  PCIe root complexes.
 
 	- Minor other IORT-related fixes.
 
 - Miscellaneous
 	* Initialise debug traps early for KGDB and fix KDB cacheflushing
 	  deadlock.
 
 	* Minor tweaks to early boot state (documentation update, set
 	  TEXT_OFFSET to 0x0, increase alignment of PE/COFF sections).
 
 	* Refactoring and cleanup
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Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux

Pull arm64 updates from Will Deacon:
 "A sizeable pile of arm64 updates for 5.8.

  Summary below, but the big two features are support for Branch Target
  Identification and Clang's Shadow Call stack. The latter is currently
  arm64-only, but the high-level parts are all in core code so it could
  easily be adopted by other architectures pending toolchain support

  Branch Target Identification (BTI):

   - Support for ARMv8.5-BTI in both user- and kernel-space. This allows
     branch targets to limit the types of branch from which they can be
     called and additionally prevents branching to arbitrary code,
     although kernel support requires a very recent toolchain.

   - Function annotation via SYM_FUNC_START() so that assembly functions
     are wrapped with the relevant "landing pad" instructions.

   - BPF and vDSO updates to use the new instructions.

   - Addition of a new HWCAP and exposure of BTI capability to userspace
     via ID register emulation, along with ELF loader support for the
     BTI feature in .note.gnu.property.

   - Non-critical fixes to CFI unwind annotations in the sigreturn
     trampoline.

  Shadow Call Stack (SCS):

   - Support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack feature, which reserves
     platform register x18 to point at a separate stack for each task
     that holds only return addresses. This protects function return
     control flow from buffer overruns on the main stack.

   - Save/restore of x18 across problematic boundaries (user-mode,
     hypervisor, EFI, suspend, etc).

   - Core support for SCS, should other architectures want to use it
     too.

   - SCS overflow checking on context-switch as part of the existing
     stack limit check if CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y.

  CPU feature detection:

   - Removed numerous "SANITY CHECK" errors when running on a system
     with mismatched AArch32 support at EL1. This is primarily a concern
     for KVM, which disabled support for 32-bit guests on such a system.

   - Addition of new ID registers and fields as the architecture has
     been extended.

  Perf and PMU drivers:

   - Minor fixes and cleanups to system PMU drivers.

  Hardware errata:

   - Unify KVM workarounds for VHE and nVHE configurations.

   - Sort vendor errata entries in Kconfig.

  Secure Monitor Call Calling Convention (SMCCC):

   - Update to the latest specification from Arm (v1.2).

   - Allow PSCI code to query the SMCCC version.

  Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI):

   - Unexport a bunch of unused symbols.

   - Minor fixes to handling of firmware data.

  Pointer authentication:

   - Add support for dumping the kernel PAC mask in vmcoreinfo so that
     the stack can be unwound by tools such as kdump.

   - Simplification of key initialisation during CPU bringup.

  BPF backend:

   - Improve immediate generation for logical and add/sub instructions.

  vDSO:

   - Minor fixes to the linker flags for consistency with other
     architectures and support for LLVM's unwinder.

   - Clean up logic to initialise and map the vDSO into userspace.

  ACPI:

   - Work around for an ambiguity in the IORT specification relating to
     the "num_ids" field.

   - Support _DMA method for all named components rather than only PCIe
     root complexes.

   - Minor other IORT-related fixes.

  Miscellaneous:

   - Initialise debug traps early for KGDB and fix KDB cacheflushing
     deadlock.

   - Minor tweaks to early boot state (documentation update, set
     TEXT_OFFSET to 0x0, increase alignment of PE/COFF sections).

   - Refactoring and cleanup"

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (148 commits)
  KVM: arm64: Move __load_guest_stage2 to kvm_mmu.h
  KVM: arm64: Check advertised Stage-2 page size capability
  arm64/cpufeature: Add get_arm64_ftr_reg_nowarn()
  ACPI/IORT: Remove the unused __get_pci_rid()
  arm64/cpuinfo: Add ID_MMFR4_EL1 into the cpuinfo_arm64 context
  arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_AA64PFR1 register
  arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_AA64PFR0 register
  arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_AA64ISAR0 register
  arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_MMFR4 register
  arm64/cpufeature: Add remaining feature bits in ID_PFR0 register
  arm64/cpufeature: Introduce ID_MMFR5 CPU register
  arm64/cpufeature: Introduce ID_DFR1 CPU register
  arm64/cpufeature: Introduce ID_PFR2 CPU register
  arm64/cpufeature: Make doublelock a signed feature in ID_AA64DFR0
  arm64/cpufeature: Drop TraceFilt feature exposure from ID_DFR0 register
  arm64/cpufeature: Add explicit ftr_id_isar0[] for ID_ISAR0 register
  arm64: mm: Add asid_gen_match() helper
  firmware: smccc: Fix missing prototype warning for arm_smccc_version_init
  arm64: vdso: Fix CFI directives in sigreturn trampoline
  arm64: vdso: Don't prefix sigreturn trampoline with a BTI C instruction
  ...
2020-06-01 15:18:27 -07:00
arch arm64 updates for 5.8 2020-06-01 15:18:27 -07:00
block Revert "block: end bio with BLK_STS_AGAIN in case of non-mq devs and REQ_NOWAIT" 2020-05-28 13:20:39 -06:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto crypto: engine - do not requeue in case of fatal error 2020-05-28 17:27:52 +10:00
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ipc ipc/util.c: sysvipc_find_ipc() incorrectly updates position index 2020-05-14 10:00:35 -07:00
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LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
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net Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2020-06-01 12:00:10 -07:00
samples There are a lot of objtool changes in this cycle, all across the map: 2020-06-01 13:13:00 -07:00
scripts There are a lot of objtool changes in this cycle, all across the map: 2020-06-01 13:13:00 -07:00
security Kernel side changes: 2020-06-01 13:23:59 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 5.7 (rc8 or final) 2020-05-29 13:31:01 -07:00
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usr kbuild: fix comment about missing include guard detection 2020-04-11 12:09:48 +09:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Hand MIPS over to Thomas 2020-02-24 22:43:18 -08:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS arm64 updates for 5.8 2020-06-01 15:18:27 -07:00
Makefile arm64 updates for 5.8 2020-06-01 15:18:27 -07:00
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.