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Linus Torvalds 595b28fb0c Locking updates:
- Move futex code into kernel/futex/ and split up the kitchen sink into
    seperate files to make integration of sys_futex_waitv() simpler.
 
  - Add a new sys_futex_waitv() syscall which allows to wait on multiple
    futexes. The main use case is emulating Windows' WaitForMultipleObjects
    which allows Wine to improve the performance of Windows Games. Also
    native Linux games can benefit from this interface as this is a common
    wait pattern for this kind of applications.
 
  - Add context to ww_mutex_trylock() to provide a path for i915 to rework
    their eviction code step by step without making lockdep upset until the
    final steps of rework are completed. It's also useful for regulator and
    TTM to avoid dropping locks in the non contended path.
 
  - Lockdep and might_sleep() cleanups and improvements
 
  - A few improvements for the RT substitutions.
 
  - The usual small improvements and cleanups.
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Merge tag 'locking-core-2021-10-31' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull locking updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Move futex code into kernel/futex/ and split up the kitchen sink into
   seperate files to make integration of sys_futex_waitv() simpler.

 - Add a new sys_futex_waitv() syscall which allows to wait on multiple
   futexes.

   The main use case is emulating Windows' WaitForMultipleObjects which
   allows Wine to improve the performance of Windows Games. Also native
   Linux games can benefit from this interface as this is a common wait
   pattern for this kind of applications.

 - Add context to ww_mutex_trylock() to provide a path for i915 to
   rework their eviction code step by step without making lockdep upset
   until the final steps of rework are completed. It's also useful for
   regulator and TTM to avoid dropping locks in the non contended path.

 - Lockdep and might_sleep() cleanups and improvements

 - A few improvements for the RT substitutions.

 - The usual small improvements and cleanups.

* tag 'locking-core-2021-10-31' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (44 commits)
  locking: Remove spin_lock_flags() etc
  locking/rwsem: Fix comments about reader optimistic lock stealing conditions
  locking: Remove rcu_read_{,un}lock() for preempt_{dis,en}able()
  locking/rwsem: Disable preemption for spinning region
  docs: futex: Fix kernel-doc references
  futex: Fix PREEMPT_RT build
  futex2: Documentation: Document sys_futex_waitv() uAPI
  selftests: futex: Test sys_futex_waitv() wouldblock
  selftests: futex: Test sys_futex_waitv() timeout
  selftests: futex: Add sys_futex_waitv() test
  futex,arm: Wire up sys_futex_waitv()
  futex,x86: Wire up sys_futex_waitv()
  futex: Implement sys_futex_waitv()
  futex: Simplify double_lock_hb()
  futex: Split out wait/wake
  futex: Split out requeue
  futex: Rename mark_wake_futex()
  futex: Rename: match_futex()
  futex: Rename: hb_waiter_{inc,dec,pending}()
  futex: Split out PI futex
  ...
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arch Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
block for-5.16/inode-sync-2021-10-29 2021-11-01 10:25:27 -07:00
certs certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules 2021-08-23 19:55:42 +03:00
crypto fs: get rid of the res2 iocb->ki_complete argument 2021-10-25 10:36:24 -06:00
Documentation Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
drivers Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
fs for-5.16-tag 2021-11-01 12:48:25 -07:00
include Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
init block: move elevator.h to block/ 2021-10-18 06:17:01 -06:00
ipc ipc: remove memcg accounting for sops objects in do_semtimedop() 2021-09-14 10:22:11 -07:00
kernel Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
lib Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0: Git rid of "smart quotes" 2021-07-15 06:31:24 -06:00
mm Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
net mptcp: fix corrupt receiver key in MPC + data + checksum 2021-10-28 08:19:06 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: Relicense bpf_insn.h as GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause 2021-09-29 16:03:55 +02:00
scripts Tracing fixes for 5.15: 2021-10-16 10:51:41 -07:00
security Merge branch 'ucount-fixes-for-v5.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2021-10-21 17:27:17 -10:00
sound ALSA: usb-audio: Fix microphone sound on Jieli webcam. 2021-10-19 08:07:01 +02:00
tools Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
usr .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
virt KVM: Remove tlbs_dirty 2021-09-23 11:01:12 -04:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
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.gitignore .gitignore: ignore only top-level modules.builtin 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
.mailmap mailmap: add Andrej Shadura 2021-10-18 20:22:03 -10:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Daniel Drake to credits 2021-09-21 08:34:58 +03:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Locking updates: 2021-11-01 13:15:36 -07:00
Makefile for-5.16/block-2021-10-29 2021-11-01 09:19:50 -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.