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Linus Torvalds 70f43ea3a3 Updates for x86 memory management:
- Make LAM enablement safe vs. kernel threads using a process mm
    temporarily as switching back to the process would not update CR3 and
    therefore not enable LAM causing faults in user space when using tagged
    pointers. Cure it by synchronizing LAM enablement via IPIs to all CPUs
    which use the related mm.
 
  - Cure a LAM harmless inconsistency between CR3 and the state during
    context switch. It's both confusing and prone to lead to real bugs
 
  - Handle alt stack handling for threads which run with a non-zero
    protection key. The non-zero key prevents the kernel to access the
    alternate stack. Cure it by temporarily enabling all protection keys for
    the alternate stack setup/restore operations.
 
  - Provide a EFI config table identity mapping for kexec kernel to prevent
    kexec fails because the new kernel cannot access the config table array
 
  - Use GB pages only when a full GB is mapped in the identity map as
    otherwise the CPU can speculate into reserved areas after the end of
    memory which causes malfunction on UV systems.
 
  - Remove the noisy and pointless SRAT table dump during boot
 
  - Use is_ioremap_addr() for iounmap() address range checks instead of
    high_memory. is_ioremap_addr() is more precise.
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Merge tag 'x86-mm-2024-09-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 memory management updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Make LAM enablement safe vs. kernel threads using a process mm
   temporarily as switching back to the process would not update CR3 and
   therefore not enable LAM causing faults in user space when using
   tagged pointers. Cure it by synchronizing LAM enablement via IPIs to
   all CPUs which use the related mm.

 - Cure a LAM harmless inconsistency between CR3 and the state during
   context switch. It's both confusing and prone to lead to real bugs

 - Handle alt stack handling for threads which run with a non-zero
   protection key. The non-zero key prevents the kernel to access the
   alternate stack. Cure it by temporarily enabling all protection keys
   for the alternate stack setup/restore operations.

 - Provide a EFI config table identity mapping for kexec kernel to
   prevent kexec fails because the new kernel cannot access the config
   table array

 - Use GB pages only when a full GB is mapped in the identity map as
   otherwise the CPU can speculate into reserved areas after the end of
   memory which causes malfunction on UV systems.

 - Remove the noisy and pointless SRAT table dump during boot

 - Use is_ioremap_addr() for iounmap() address range checks instead of
   high_memory. is_ioremap_addr() is more precise.

* tag 'x86-mm-2024-09-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/ioremap: Improve iounmap() address range checks
  x86/mm: Remove duplicate check from build_cr3()
  x86/mm: Remove unused NX related declarations
  x86/mm: Remove unused CR3_HW_ASID_BITS
  x86/mm: Don't print out SRAT table information
  x86/mm/ident_map: Use gbpages only where full GB page should be mapped.
  x86/kexec: Add EFI config table identity mapping for kexec kernel
  selftests/mm: Add new testcases for pkeys
  x86/pkeys: Restore altstack access in sigreturn()
  x86/pkeys: Update PKRU to enable all pkeys before XSAVE
  x86/pkeys: Add helper functions to update PKRU on the sigframe
  x86/pkeys: Add PKRU as a parameter in signal handling functions
  x86/mm: Cleanup prctl_enable_tagged_addr() nr_bits error checking
  x86/mm: Fix LAM inconsistency during context switch
  x86/mm: Use IPIs to synchronize LAM enablement
2024-09-17 15:03:01 +02:00
arch Updates for x86 memory management: 2024-09-17 15:03:01 +02:00
block Updates for the interrupt subsystem: 2024-09-17 07:09:17 +02:00
certs kbuild: use $(src) instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for source directory 2024-05-10 04:34:52 +09:00
crypto crypto: aegis128 - Fix indentation issue in crypto_aegis128_process_crypt() 2024-09-13 18:26:52 +08:00
Documentation soc: driver updates for 6.12 2024-09-17 10:48:09 +02:00
drivers Updates for the x86 APIC code: 2024-09-17 13:09:49 +02:00
fs Provide FPU buffer layout in core dumps: 2024-09-17 14:46:17 +02:00
include Updates for x86 memory management: 2024-09-17 15:03:01 +02:00
init Updates for timers and timekeeping: 2024-09-17 07:25:37 +02:00
io_uring for-6.12/io_uring-discard-20240913 2024-09-16 13:50:14 +02:00
ipc sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
kernel Updates for KCOV instrumentation on x86: 2024-09-17 12:40:34 +02:00
lib Enable UBSAN traps for x86, which provides better reporting through 2024-09-17 13:17:27 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm for-6.12/io_uring-discard-20240913 2024-09-16 13:50:14 +02:00
net Updates for timers and timekeeping: 2024-09-17 07:25:37 +02:00
rust Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2024-09-05 20:37:20 -07:00
samples treewide: remove unnecessary <linux/version.h> inclusion 2024-08-12 18:36:44 +09:00
scripts lsm/stable-6.12 PR 20240911 2024-09-16 18:19:47 +02:00
security lsm/stable-6.12 PR 20240911 2024-09-16 18:19:47 +02:00
sound sound fixes for 6.11 2024-09-14 11:54:24 +02:00
tools Updates for x86 memory management: 2024-09-17 15:03:01 +02:00
usr initramfs: shorten cmd_initfs in usr/Makefile 2024-07-16 01:07:52 +09:00
virt KVM: x86: Disallow read-only memslots for SEV-ES and SEV-SNP (and TDX) 2024-08-14 12:28:24 -04:00
.clang-format Docs: Move clang-format from process/ to dev-tools/ 2024-06-26 16:36:00 -06:00
.cocciconfig
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add Jeff Kirsher to .get_maintainer.ignore 2024-03-08 11:36:54 +00:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add .gcda files 2024-08-09 13:18:46 +01:00
.mailmap sound fixes for 6.11 2024-09-14 11:54:24 +02:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS tracing: Update of MAINTAINERS and CREDITS file 2024-07-18 14:08:42 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS soc: arm platform updates for 6.12 2024-09-17 11:41:47 +02:00
Makefile Linux 6.11 2024-09-15 16:57:56 +02:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -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 reStructuredText 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.