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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/infineon,ir38060.yaml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/userspace-api/iommufd.rst | 4 |
6 files changed, 29 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index d9d3cc7df348..51c0bc4c2dc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ both cgroups. Controlling Controllers ----------------------- -Availablity -~~~~~~~~~~~ +Availability +~~~~~~~~~~~~ A controller is available in a cgroup when it is supported by the kernel (i.e., compiled in, not disabled and not attached to a v1 hierarchy) and listed in the diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst index 32fc73dc5529..034898e81ba2 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst @@ -76,20 +76,21 @@ unit as preprocessor statement. The above example would then read:: within the corresponding compilation unit before the #include for <linux/export.h>. Typically it's placed before the first #include statement. -Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() macro ------------------------------------------------ +Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES() macro +------------------------------------------- Symbols exported using this macro are put into a module namespace. This -namespace cannot be imported. +namespace cannot be imported. These exports are GPL-only as they are only +intended for in-tree modules. The macro takes a comma separated list of module names, allowing only those modules to access this symbol. Simple tail-globs are supported. For example:: - EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(preempt_notifier_inc, "kvm,kvm-*") + EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(preempt_notifier_inc, "kvm,kvm-*") -will limit usage of this symbol to modules whoes name matches the given +will limit usage of this symbol to modules whose name matches the given patterns. How to use Symbols exported in Namespaces diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/infineon,ir38060.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/infineon,ir38060.yaml index e6ffbc2a2298..57ff6bf1e188 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/infineon,ir38060.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/infineon,ir38060.yaml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# title: Infineon Buck Regulators with PMBUS interfaces maintainers: - - Not Me. + - Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> allOf: - $ref: regulator.yaml# diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst index 5bfab01eff5a..1683c139821e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ add_addr_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) resent to an MPTCP peer that has not acknowledged a previous ADD_ADDR message. + Do not retransmit if set to 0. + The default value matches TCP_RTO_MAX. This is a per-namespace sysctl. diff --git a/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst b/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst index 56c560a00b37..84657e7d2e5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst @@ -8,8 +8,22 @@ like to know when a security bug is found so that it can be fixed and disclosed as quickly as possible. Please report security bugs to the Linux kernel security team. -Contact -------- +The security team and maintainers almost always require additional +information beyond what was initially provided in a report and rely on +active and efficient collaboration with the reporter to perform further +testing (e.g., verifying versions, configuration options, mitigations, or +patches). Before contacting the security team, the reporter must ensure +they are available to explain their findings, engage in discussions, and +run additional tests. Reports where the reporter does not respond promptly +or cannot effectively discuss their findings may be abandoned if the +communication does not quickly improve. + +As it is with any bug, the more information provided the easier it +will be to diagnose and fix. Please review the procedure outlined in +'Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst' if you are unclear about what +information is helpful. Any exploit code is very helpful and will not +be released without consent from the reporter unless it has already been +made public. The Linux kernel security team can be contacted by email at <security@kernel.org>. This is a private list of security officers @@ -19,13 +33,6 @@ that can speed up the process considerably. It is possible that the security team will bring in extra help from area maintainers to understand and fix the security vulnerability. -As it is with any bug, the more information provided the easier it -will be to diagnose and fix. Please review the procedure outlined in -'Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst' if you are unclear about what -information is helpful. Any exploit code is very helpful and will not -be released without consent from the reporter unless it has already been -made public. - Please send plain text emails without attachments where possible. It is much harder to have a context-quoted discussion about a complex issue if all the details are hidden away in attachments. Think of it like a diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/iommufd.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/iommufd.rst index 03f7510384d2..f1c4d21e5c5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/iommufd.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/iommufd.rst @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Following IOMMUFD objects are exposed to userspace: - IOMMUFD_OBJ_HWPT_PAGING, representing an actual hardware I/O page table (i.e. a single struct iommu_domain) managed by the iommu driver. "PAGING" - primarly indicates this type of HWPT should be linked to an IOAS. It also + primarily indicates this type of HWPT should be linked to an IOAS. It also indicates that it is backed by an iommu_domain with __IOMMU_DOMAIN_PAGING feature flag. This can be either an UNMANAGED stage-1 domain for a device running in the user space, or a nesting parent stage-2 domain for mappings @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Following IOMMUFD objects are exposed to userspace: * Security namespace for guest owned ID, e.g. guest-controlled cache tags * Non-device-affiliated event reporting, e.g. invalidation queue errors - * Access to a sharable nesting parent pagetable across physical IOMMUs + * Access to a shareable nesting parent pagetable across physical IOMMUs * Virtualization of various platforms IDs, e.g. RIDs and others * Delivery of paravirtualized invalidation * Direct assigned invalidation queues |