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2020-08-03Merge tag 'core-rcu-2020-08-03' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar: - kfree_rcu updates - RCU tasks updates - Read-side scalability tests - SRCU updates - Torture-test updates - Documentation updates - Miscellaneous fixes * tag 'core-rcu-2020-08-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (109 commits) torture: Remove obsolete "cd $KVM" torture: Avoid duplicate specification of qemu command torture: Dump ftrace at shutdown only if requested torture: Add kvm-tranform.sh script for qemu-cmd files torture: Add more tracing crib notes to kvm.sh torture: Improve diagnostic for KCSAN-incapable compilers torture: Correctly summarize build-only runs torture: Pass --kmake-arg to all make invocations rcutorture: Check for unwatched readers torture: Abstract out console-log error detection torture: Add a stop-run capability torture: Create qemu-cmd in --buildonly runs rcu/rcutorture: Replace 0 with false torture: Add --allcpus argument to the kvm.sh script torture: Remove whitespace from identify_qemu_vcpus output rcutorture: NULL rcu_torture_current earlier in cleanup code rcutorture: Handle non-statistic bang-string error messages torture: Set configfile variable to current scenario rcutorture: Add races with task-exit processing locktorture: Use true and false to assign to bool variables ...
2020-08-03Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux Pull arm64 and cross-arch updates from Catalin Marinas: "Here's a slightly wider-spread set of updates for 5.9. Going outside the usual arch/arm64/ area is the removal of read_barrier_depends() series from Will and the MSI/IOMMU ID translation series from Lorenzo. The notable arm64 updates include ARMv8.4 TLBI range operations and translation level hint, time namespace support, and perf. Summary: - Removal of the tremendously unpopular read_barrier_depends() barrier, which is a NOP on all architectures apart from Alpha, in favour of allowing architectures to override READ_ONCE() and do whatever dance they need to do to ensure address dependencies provide LOAD -> LOAD/STORE ordering. This work also offers a potential solution if compilers are shown to convert LOAD -> LOAD address dependencies into control dependencies (e.g. under LTO), as weakly ordered architectures will effectively be able to upgrade READ_ONCE() to smp_load_acquire(). The latter case is not used yet, but will be discussed further at LPC. - Make the MSI/IOMMU input/output ID translation PCI agnostic, augment the MSI/IOMMU ACPI/OF ID mapping APIs to accept an input ID bus-specific parameter and apply the resulting changes to the device ID space provided by the Freescale FSL bus. - arm64 support for TLBI range operations and translation table level hints (part of the ARMv8.4 architecture version). - Time namespace support for arm64. - Export the virtual and physical address sizes in vmcoreinfo for makedumpfile and crash utilities. - CPU feature handling cleanups and checks for programmer errors (overlapping bit-fields). - ACPI updates for arm64: disallow AML accesses to EFI code regions and kernel memory. - perf updates for arm64. - Miscellaneous fixes and cleanups, most notably PLT counting optimisation for module loading, recordmcount fix to ignore relocations other than R_AARCH64_CALL26, CMA areas reserved for gigantic pages on 16K and 64K configurations. - Trivial typos, duplicate words" Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200710165203.31284-1-will@kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200619082013.13661-1-lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com * tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (82 commits) arm64: use IRQ_STACK_SIZE instead of THREAD_SIZE for irq stack arm64/mm: save memory access in check_and_switch_context() fast switch path arm64: sigcontext.h: delete duplicated word arm64: ptrace.h: delete duplicated word arm64: pgtable-hwdef.h: delete duplicated words bus: fsl-mc: Add ACPI support for fsl-mc bus/fsl-mc: Refactor the MSI domain creation in the DPRC driver of/irq: Make of_msi_map_rid() PCI bus agnostic of/irq: make of_msi_map_get_device_domain() bus agnostic dt-bindings: arm: fsl: Add msi-map device-tree binding for fsl-mc bus of/device: Add input id to of_dma_configure() of/iommu: Make of_map_rid() PCI agnostic ACPI/IORT: Add an input ID to acpi_dma_configure() ACPI/IORT: Remove useless PCI bus walk ACPI/IORT: Make iort_msi_map_rid() PCI agnostic ACPI/IORT: Make iort_get_device_domain IRQ domain agnostic ACPI/IORT: Make iort_match_node_callback walk the ACPI namespace for NC arm64: enable time namespace support arm64/vdso: Restrict splitting VVAR VMA arm64/vdso: Handle faults on timens page ...
2020-08-03Documentation: bootconfig: Add bootconfig override operatorMasami Hiramatsu
Add a sentence about bootconfig override operator (":=") to bootconfig.rst. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159482884682.126704.7198860675721719878.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2020-08-03Merge tag 'for-5.9/block-20200802' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
Pull core block updates from Jens Axboe: "Good amount of cleanups and tech debt removals in here, and as a result, the diffstat shows a nice net reduction in code. - Softirq completion cleanups (Christoph) - Stop using ->queuedata (Christoph) - Cleanup bd claiming (Christoph) - Use check_events, moving away from the legacy media change (Christoph) - Use inode i_blkbits consistently (Christoph) - Remove old unused writeback congestion bits (Christoph) - Cleanup/unify submission path (Christoph) - Use bio_uninit consistently, instead of bio_disassociate_blkg (Christoph) - sbitmap cleared bits handling (John) - Request merging blktrace event addition (Jan) - sysfs add/remove race fixes (Luis) - blk-mq tag fixes/optimizations (Ming) - Duplicate words in comments (Randy) - Flush deferral cleanup (Yufen) - IO context locking/retry fixes (John) - struct_size() usage (Gustavo) - blk-iocost fixes (Chengming) - blk-cgroup IO stats fixes (Boris) - Various little fixes" * tag 'for-5.9/block-20200802' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (135 commits) block: blk-timeout: delete duplicated word block: blk-mq-sched: delete duplicated word block: blk-mq: delete duplicated word block: genhd: delete duplicated words block: elevator: delete duplicated word and fix typos block: bio: delete duplicated words block: bfq-iosched: fix duplicated word iocost_monitor: start from the oldest usage index iocost: Fix check condition of iocg abs_vdebt block: Remove callback typedefs for blk_mq_ops block: Use non _rcu version of list functions for tag_set_list blk-cgroup: show global disk stats in root cgroup io.stat blk-cgroup: make iostat functions visible to stat printing block: improve discard bio alignment in __blkdev_issue_discard() block: change REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET and REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET_ALL to be odd numbers block: defer flush request no matter whether we have elevator block: make blk_timeout_init() static block: remove retry loop in ioc_release_fn() block: remove unnecessary ioc nested locking block: integrate bd_start_claiming into __blkdev_get ...
2020-08-03Merge tag 'fscrypt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fscrypt/fscryptLinus Torvalds
Pull fscrypt updates from Eric Biggers: "This release, we add support for inline encryption via the blk-crypto framework which was added in 5.8. Now when an ext4 or f2fs filesystem is mounted with '-o inlinecrypt', the contents of encrypted files will be encrypted/decrypted via blk-crypto, instead of directly using the crypto API. This model allows taking advantage of the inline encryption hardware that is integrated into the UFS or eMMC host controllers on most mobile SoCs. Note that this is just an alternate implementation; the ciphertext written to disk stays the same. (This pull request does *not* include support for direct I/O on encrypted files, which blk-crypto makes possible, since that part is still being discussed.) Besides the above feature update, there are also a few fixes and cleanups, e.g. strengthening some memory barriers that may be too weak. All these patches have been in linux-next with no reported issues. I've also tested them with the fscrypt xfstests, as usual. It's also been tested that the inline encryption support works with the support for Qualcomm and Mediatek inline encryption hardware that will be in the scsi pull request for 5.9. Also, several SoC vendors are already using a previous, functionally equivalent version of these patches" * tag 'fscrypt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fscrypt/fscrypt: fscrypt: don't load ->i_crypt_info before it's known to be valid fscrypt: document inline encryption support fscrypt: use smp_load_acquire() for ->i_crypt_info fscrypt: use smp_load_acquire() for ->s_master_keys fscrypt: use smp_load_acquire() for fscrypt_prepared_key fscrypt: switch fscrypt_do_sha256() to use the SHA-256 library fscrypt: restrict IV_INO_LBLK_* to AES-256-XTS fscrypt: rename FS_KEY_DERIVATION_NONCE_SIZE fscrypt: add comments that describe the HKDF info strings ext4: add inline encryption support f2fs: add inline encryption support fscrypt: add inline encryption support fs: introduce SB_INLINECRYPT
2020-08-02md: register new md sysfs file 'uuid' read-onlySebastian Parschauer
Report the UUID of the MD array in the following format: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx This is useful if you don't want to wait for udev to identify array. And it is also easy for script to monitor it with the format. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Parschauer <s.parschauer@gmx.de> [Guoqing: mention the change in md.rst] Signed-off-by: Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@cloud.ionos.com> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
2020-07-31Merge branch 'for-mingo' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu Pull the v5.9 RCU bits from Paul E. McKenney: - Documentation updates - Miscellaneous fixes - kfree_rcu updates - RCU tasks updates - Read-side scalability tests - SRCU updates - Torture-test updates Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2020-07-29staging/speakup: Move out of stagingSamuel Thibault
The nasty TODO items are done. Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200729003531.907370-1-samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-07-29Documentation/sysctl: Document uclamp sysctl knobsQais Yousef
Uclamp exposes 3 sysctl knobs: * sched_util_clamp_min * sched_util_clamp_max * sched_util_clamp_min_rt_default Document them in sysctl/kernel.rst. Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200716110347.19553-3-qais.yousef@arm.com
2020-07-29powerpc/book3s64/radix: Add kernel command line option to disable radix GTSEAneesh Kumar K.V
This adds a kernel command line option that can be used to disable GTSE support. Disabling GTSE implies kernel will make hcalls to invalidate TLB entries. This was done so that we can do VM migration between configs that enable/disable GTSE support via hypervisor. To migrate a VM from a system that supports GTSE to a system that doesn't, we can boot the guest with radix_hcall_invalidate=on, thereby forcing the guest to use hcalls for TLB invalidates. The check for hcall availability is done in pSeries_setup_arch so that the panic message appears on the console. This should only happen on a hypervisor that doesn't force the guest to hash translation even though it can't handle the radix GTSE=0 request via CAS. With radix_hcall_invalidate=on if the hypervisor doesn't support hcall_rpt_invalidate hcall it should force the LPAR to hash translation. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> Tested-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200727085908.420806-1-aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com
2020-07-28platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: add documentation for battery charge controlBarnabás Pőcze
Add a section to the Thinkpad ACPI extras driver documentation detailing the provided features that may be used to modify battery charge related state. As of yet, only charge_control_{start,end}_threshold attributes are supported and documented. Signed-off-by: Barnabás Pőcze <pobrn@protonmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
2020-07-27Documentation/admin-guide: tainted-kernels: fix spelling mistakeYue Hu
Fix typo "tis" -> "this". Signed-off-by: Yue Hu <huyue2@yulong.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200725022444.10976-1-zbestahu@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-27devices.txt: document rfkill allocationPavel Machek
Document rfkill allocation. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek (CIP) <pavel@denx.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200726075327.GA25647@duo.ucw.cz Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-27Merge back cpufreq material for v5.9.Rafael J. Wysocki
2020-07-24dyndbg: accept query terms like file=bar and module=fooJim Cromie
Current code expects "keyword" "arg" as 2 words, space separated. Change to also accept "keyword=arg" form as well, and drop !(nwords%2) requirement. Then in rest of function, use new keyword, arg variables instead of word[i], word[i+1] Acked-by: <jbaron@akamai.com> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200719231058.1586423-15-jim.cromie@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-07-24dyndbg: accept 'file foo.c:func1' and 'file foo.c:10-100'Jim Cromie
Accept these additional query forms: echo "file $filestr +_" > control path/to/file.c:100 # as from control, column 1 path/to/file.c:1-100 # or any legal line-range path/to/file.c:func_A # as from an editor/browser path/to/file.c:drm_* # wildcards still work path/to/file.c:*_foo # lead wildcard too 1st 2 examples are treated as line-ranges, 3-5 are treated as func's Doc these changes, and sprinkle in a few extra wild-card examples and trailing # explanation texts. Acked-by: <jbaron@akamai.com> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200719231058.1586423-14-jim.cromie@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-07-24dyndbg-docs: initialization is done early, not archJim Cromie
since cf964976484 in 2012, initialization is done with early_initcall, update the Docs, which still say arch_initcall. Acked-by: <jbaron@akamai.com> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200719231058.1586423-3-jim.cromie@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-07-24dyndbg-docs: eschew file /full/path query in docsJim Cromie
Regarding: commit 2b6783191da7 ("dynamic_debug: add trim_prefix() to provide source-root relative paths") commit a73619a845d5 ("kbuild: use -fmacro-prefix-map to make __FILE__ a relative path") 2nd commit broke dynamic-debug's "file $fullpath" query form, but nobody noticed because 1st commit had trimmed prefixes from control-file output, so the click-copy-pasting of fullpaths into new queries had ceased; that query form became unused. Removing the function is cleanest, but it could be useful in old-compiler corner cases, where __FILE__ still has /full/path, and it safely does nothing otherwize. So instead, quietly deprecate "file /full/path" query form, by removing all /full/paths examples in the docs. I skipped adding a back-compat note. Acked-by: <jbaron@akamai.com> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200719231058.1586423-2-jim.cromie@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-07-23docs: admin-guide/mm/index: Fix reference to nonexistent documentDaniel W. S. Almeida
Fix the following warning: WARNING: toctree contains reference to nonexistent document 'admin-guide/mm/nommu-map' This was due to a typo. Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200718165107.625847-1-dwlsalmeida@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-23docs: admin-guide/index.rst: Add pstore-blk.rstDaniel W. S. Almeida
Fix the following warning: Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst: WARNING: document isn't included in any toctree By adding 'pstore-blk.rst' to the index Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200718165107.625847-9-dwlsalmeida@gmail.com Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-23docs/mm: concepts.rst: remove unnecessary wordBhaskar Chowdhury
Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200721112251.6100-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-23debugfs: Add access restriction optionPeter Enderborg
Since debugfs include sensitive information it need to be treated carefully. But it also has many very useful debug functions for userspace. With this option we can have same configuration for system with need of debugfs and a way to turn it off. This gives a extra protection for exposure on systems where user-space services with system access are attacked. It is controlled by a configurable default value that can be override with a kernel command line parameter. (debugfs=) It can be on or off, but also internally on but not seen from user-space. This no-mount mode do not register a debugfs as filesystem, but client can register their parts in the internal structures. This data can be readed with a debugger or saved with a crashkernel. When it is off clients get EPERM error when accessing the functions for registering their components. Signed-off-by: Peter Enderborg <peter.enderborg@sony.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200716071511.26864-3-peter.enderborg@sony.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-07-21Merge tag 'thunderbolt-for-v5.9' of ↵Greg Kroah-Hartman
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/westeri/thunderbolt into usb-next Mika writes: thunderbolt: Changes for v5.9 merge window This includes following Thunderbolt/USB4 changes for v5.9 merge window: * Improvements around NHI (Native Host Interface) HopID allocation * Improvements to tunneling and USB3 bandwidth management support * Add KUnit tests for path walking and tunneling * Initial support for USB4 retimer firmware upgrade * Implement Thunderbolt device firmware upgrade mechanism that runs the NVM image authentication when the device is disconnected. * A couple of small non-critical fixes * tag 'thunderbolt-for-v5.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/westeri/thunderbolt: (32 commits) thunderbolt: Fix old style declaration warning thunderbolt: Add support for authenticate on disconnect thunderbolt: Add support for separating the flush to SPI and authenticate thunderbolt: Ensure left shift of 512 does not overflow a 32 bit int thunderbolt: Add support for on-board retimers thunderbolt: Implement USB4 port sideband operations for retimer access thunderbolt: Retry USB4 block read operation thunderbolt: Generalize usb4_switch_do_[read|write]_data() thunderbolt: Split common NVM functionality into a separate file thunderbolt: Add Intel USB-IF ID to the NVM upgrade supported list thunderbolt: Add KUnit tests for tunneling thunderbolt: Add USB3 bandwidth management thunderbolt: Make tb_port_get_link_speed() available to other files thunderbolt: Implement USB3 bandwidth negotiation routines thunderbolt: Increase DP DPRX wait timeout thunderbolt: Report consumed bandwidth in both directions thunderbolt: Make usb4_switch_map_pcie_down() also return enabled ports thunderbolt: Make usb4_switch_map_usb3_down() also return enabled ports thunderbolt: Do not tunnel USB3 if link is not USB4 thunderbolt: Add DP IN resources for all routers ...
2020-07-20dm dust: add interface to list all badblocksyangerkun
This interface may help anyone who want to know all badblocks without querying for each block. [Bryan: DMEMIT message if no blocks are in the bad block list.] Signed-off-by: yangerkun <yangerkun@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Bryan Gurney <bgurney@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2020-07-20dm dust: report some message results directly back to useryangerkun
Some messages (queryblock, countbadblocks, removebadblock) are best reported directly to user directly. Do so with DMEMIT. [Bryan: maintain __func__ output in DMEMIT messages] Signed-off-by: yangerkun <yangerkun@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Bryan Gurney <bgurney@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2020-07-17blk-cgroup: show global disk stats in root cgroup io.statBoris Burkov
In order to improve consistency and usability in cgroup stat accounting, we would like to support the root cgroup's io.stat. Since the root cgroup has processes doing io even if the system has no explicitly created cgroups, we need to be careful to avoid overhead in that case. For that reason, the rstat algorithms don't handle the root cgroup, so just turning the file on wouldn't give correct statistics. To get around this, we simulate flushing the iostat struct by filling it out directly from global disk stats. The result is a root cgroup io.stat file consistent with both /proc/diskstats and io.stat. Note that in order to collect the disk stats, we needed to iterate over devices. To facilitate that, we had to change the linkage of a disk_type to external so that it can be used from blk-cgroup.c to iterate over disks. Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Boris Burkov <boris@bur.io> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2020-07-15platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: lap or desk mode interfaceMark Pearson
Newer Lenovo Thinkpad platforms have support to identify whether the system is on-lap or not using an ACPI DYTC event from the firmware. This patch provides the ability to retrieve the current mode via sysfs entrypoints and will be used by userspace for thermal mode and WWAN functionality Co-developed-by: Nitin Joshi <njoshi1@lenovo.com> Signed-off-by: Nitin Joshi <njoshi1@lenovo.com> Reviewed-by: Sugumaran <slacshiminar@lenovo.com> Reviewed-by: Bastien Nocera <bnocera@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
2020-07-13dm verity: add "panic_on_corruption" error handling modeJeongHyeon Lee
Samsung smart phones may need the ability to panic on corruption. Not all devices provide the bootloader support needed to use the existing "restart_on_corruption" mode. Additional details for why Samsung needs this new mode can be found here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2020-June/msg00235.html Signed-off-by: jhs2.lee <jhs2.lee@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2020-07-13Documentation: numaperf: eliminate duplicated wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the duplicated word "not". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mm@vger.kernel.org Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200707180414.10467-2-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-13doc: yama: Swap HTTP for HTTPS and replace dead linkKees Cook
Replace one dead link for the same person's original presentation on the topic and swap an HTTP URL with HTTPS. While here, linkify the text to make it more readable when rendered. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200708073346.13177-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de/ Co-developed-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202007091141.C008B89EC@keescook Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-13Documentation/security-bugs: Explain why plain text is preferredKees Cook
The security contact list gets regular reports contained in archive attachments. This tends to add some back-and-forth delay in dealing with security reports since we have to ask for plain text, etc. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202007091110.205DC6A9@keescook Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-08xen: Mark "xen_nopvspin" parameter obsoleteZhenzhong Duan
Map "xen_nopvspin" to "nopvspin", fix stale description of "xen_nopvspin" as we use qspinlock now. Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2020-07-08x86/kvm: Add "nopvspin" parameter to disable PV spinlocksZhenzhong Duan
There are cases where a guest tries to switch spinlocks to bare metal behavior (e.g. by setting "xen_nopvspin" on XEN platform and "hv_nopvspin" on HYPER_V). That feature is missed on KVM, add a new parameter "nopvspin" to disable PV spinlocks for KVM guest. The new 'nopvspin' parameter will also replace Xen and Hyper-V specific parameters in future patches. Define variable nopvsin as global because it will be used in future patches as above. Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com> Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com> Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2020-07-08Documentation: update for gcc 4.9 requirementRandy Dunlap
Update Documentation for the gcc v4.9 upgrade requirement. Fixes: 5429ef62bcf3 ("compiler/gcc: Raise minimum GCC version for kernel builds to 4.8") Fixes: 6ec4476ac825 ("Raise gcc version requirement to 4.9") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-07-08ext4: add inline encryption supportEric Biggers
Wire up ext4 to support inline encryption via the helper functions which fs/crypto/ now provides. This includes: - Adding a mount option 'inlinecrypt' which enables inline encryption on encrypted files where it can be used. - Setting the bio_crypt_ctx on bios that will be submitted to an inline-encrypted file. Note: submit_bh_wbc() in fs/buffer.c also needed to be patched for this part, since ext4 sometimes uses ll_rw_block() on file data. - Not adding logically discontiguous data to bios that will be submitted to an inline-encrypted file. - Not doing filesystem-layer crypto on inline-encrypted files. Co-developed-by: Satya Tangirala <satyat@google.com> Signed-off-by: Satya Tangirala <satyat@google.com> Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200702015607.1215430-5-satyat@google.com Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
2020-07-05doc: cgroup: add f2fs and xfs to supported list for writebackEric Sandeen
f2fs and xfs have both added support for cgroup writeback: 578c647 f2fs: implement cgroup writeback support adfb5fb xfs: implement cgroup aware writeback so add them to the supported list in the docs. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c8271324-9132-388c-5242-d7699f011892@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: LVMAlexander A. Klimov
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200627103138.71885-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05docs: CIFS: remove a spam-site URLJonathan Corbet
protocolfreedom.org may have one contained something useful, but now it wants to sell us new credit cards. Take it out. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: CIFSAlexander A. Klimov
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Reviewed-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@suse.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200627103125.71828-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: DRBD driverAlexander A. Klimov
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200627103111.71771-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/admin-guideAlexander A. Klimov
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200627072935.62652-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: xfs: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled word "for". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com> Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-14-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: tainted-kernels: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled word "the". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-13-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: sysctl/kernel: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled word "set". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-12-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: intel-speed-select: drop doubled wordsRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled words "that" and "and". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com> Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-11-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: intel_pstate: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled word "to". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-10-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: arm-ccn: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled word "as". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-9-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: pnfs-scsi-server: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled word "with". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com> Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@netapp.com> Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-8-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: pnfs-block-server: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled word "with". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com> Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@netapp.com> Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-7-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: mm/ksm: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap
Drop the doubled word "the". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704032020.21923-6-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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