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Linus Torvalds 74eedeba45 A set of perf fixes:
- Correct the permission checks for perf event which send SIGTRAP to a
    different process and clean up that code to be more readable.
 
  - Prevent an out of bound MSR access in the x86 perf code which happened
    due to an incomplete limiting to the actually available hardware
    counters.
 
  - Prevent access to the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit when running inside a
    guest.
 
  - Handle small core counter re-enabling correctly by issuing an ACK right
    before reenabling it to prevent a stale PEBS record being kept around.
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Merge tag 'perf-urgent-2021-08-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A set of perf fixes:

   - Correct the permission checks for perf event which send SIGTRAP to
     a different process and clean up that code to be more readable.

   - Prevent an out of bound MSR access in the x86 perf code which
     happened due to an incomplete limiting to the actually available
     hardware counters.

   - Prevent access to the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit when running
     inside a guest.

   - Handle small core counter re-enabling correctly by issuing an ACK
     right before reenabling it to prevent a stale PEBS record being
     kept around"

* tag 'perf-urgent-2021-08-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf/x86/intel: Apply mid ACK for small core
  perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest
  perf/x86: Fix out of bound MSR access
  perf: Refactor permissions check into perf_check_permission()
  perf: Fix required permissions if sigtrap is requested
2021-08-08 11:46:13 -07:00
arch A set of perf fixes: 2021-08-08 11:46:13 -07:00
block block-5.14-2021-08-07 2021-08-07 10:26:21 -07:00
certs Kbuild updates for v5.13 (2nd) 2021-05-08 10:00:11 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-07-09 11:00:44 -07:00
Documentation docs: networking: netdevsim rules 2021-08-04 12:43:27 +01:00
drivers Char/Misc driver fixes for 5.14-rc5 2021-08-08 10:41:49 -07:00
fs io_uring-5.14-2021-08-07 2021-08-07 10:34:26 -07:00
include TTY/Serial fixes for 5.14-rc5 2021-08-08 10:23:13 -07:00
init Revert "mm/slub: use stackdepot to save stack trace in objects" 2021-07-17 13:27:00 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-07-02 12:08:10 -07:00
kernel A set of perf fixes: 2021-08-08 11:46:13 -07:00
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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.