Go to file
Linus Torvalds c6536676c7 - turn the stack canary into a normal __percpu variable on 32-bit which
gets rid of the LAZY_GS stuff and a lot of code.
 
 - Add an insn_decode() API which all users of the instruction decoder
 should preferrably use. Its goal is to keep the details of the
 instruction decoder away from its users and simplify and streamline how
 one decodes insns in the kernel. Convert its users to it.
 
 - kprobes improvements and fixes
 
 - Set the maximum DIE per package variable on Hygon
 
 - Rip out the dynamic NOP selection and simplify all the machinery around
 selecting NOPs. Use the simplified NOPs in objtool now too.
 
 - Add Xeon Sapphire Rapids to list of CPUs that support PPIN
 
 - Simplify the retpolines by folding the entire thing into an
 alternative now that objtool can handle alternatives with stack
 ops. Then, have objtool rewrite the call to the retpoline with the
 alternative which then will get patched at boot time.
 
 - Document Intel uarch per models in intel-family.h
 
 - Make Sub-NUMA Clustering topology the default and Cluster-on-Die the
 exception on Intel.
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
 iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEzv7L6UO9uDPlPSfHEsHwGGHeVUoFAmCHyJQACgkQEsHwGGHe
 VUpjiRAAwPZdwwp08ypZuMHR4EhLNru6gYhbAoALGgtYnQjLtn5onQhIeieK+R4L
 cmZpxHT9OFp5dXHk4kwygaQBsD4pPOiIpm60kye1dN3cSbOORRdkwEoQMpKMZ+5Y
 kvVsmn7lrwRbp600KdE4G6L5+N6gEgr0r6fMFWWGK3mgVAyCzPexVHgydcp131ch
 iYMo6/pPDcNkcV/hboVKgx7GISdQ7L356L1MAIW/Sxtw6uD/X4qGYW+kV2OQg9+t
 nQDaAo7a8Jqlop5W5TQUdMLKQZ1xK8SFOSX/nTS15DZIOBQOGgXR7Xjywn1chBH/
 PHLwM5s4XF6NT5VlIA8tXNZjWIZTiBdldr1kJAmdDYacrtZVs2LWSOC0ilXsd08Z
 EWtvcpHfHEqcuYJlcdALuXY8xDWqf6Q2F7BeadEBAxwnnBg+pAEoLXI/1UwWcmsj
 wpaZTCorhJpYo2pxXckVdHz2z0LldDCNOXOjjaWU8tyaOBKEK6MgAaYU7e0yyENv
 mVc9n5+WuvXuivC6EdZ94Pcr/KQsd09ezpJYcVfMDGv58YZrb6XIEELAJIBTu2/B
 Ua8QApgRgetx+1FKb8X6eGjPl0p40qjD381TADb4rgETPb1AgKaQflmrSTIik+7p
 O+Eo/4x/GdIi9jFk3K+j4mIznRbUX0cheTJgXoiI4zXML9Jv94w=
 =bm4S
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Merge tag 'x86_core_for_v5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Turn the stack canary into a normal __percpu variable on 32-bit which
   gets rid of the LAZY_GS stuff and a lot of code.

 - Add an insn_decode() API which all users of the instruction decoder
   should preferrably use. Its goal is to keep the details of the
   instruction decoder away from its users and simplify and streamline
   how one decodes insns in the kernel. Convert its users to it.

 - kprobes improvements and fixes

 - Set the maximum DIE per package variable on Hygon

 - Rip out the dynamic NOP selection and simplify all the machinery
   around selecting NOPs. Use the simplified NOPs in objtool now too.

 - Add Xeon Sapphire Rapids to list of CPUs that support PPIN

 - Simplify the retpolines by folding the entire thing into an
   alternative now that objtool can handle alternatives with stack ops.
   Then, have objtool rewrite the call to the retpoline with the
   alternative which then will get patched at boot time.

 - Document Intel uarch per models in intel-family.h

 - Make Sub-NUMA Clustering topology the default and Cluster-on-Die the
   exception on Intel.

* tag 'x86_core_for_v5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (53 commits)
  x86, sched: Treat Intel SNC topology as default, COD as exception
  x86/cpu: Comment Skylake server stepping too
  x86/cpu: Resort and comment Intel models
  objtool/x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls
  objtool: Skip magical retpoline .altinstr_replacement
  objtool: Cache instruction relocs
  objtool: Keep track of retpoline call sites
  objtool: Add elf_create_undef_symbol()
  objtool: Extract elf_symbol_add()
  objtool: Extract elf_strtab_concat()
  objtool: Create reloc sections implicitly
  objtool: Add elf_create_reloc() helper
  objtool: Rework the elf_rebuild_reloc_section() logic
  objtool: Fix static_call list generation
  objtool: Handle per arch retpoline naming
  objtool: Correctly handle retpoline thunk calls
  x86/retpoline: Simplify retpolines
  x86/alternatives: Optimize optimize_nops()
  x86: Add insn_decode_kernel()
  x86/kprobes: Move 'inline' to the beginning of the kprobe_is_ss() declaration
  ...
2021-04-27 17:45:09 -07:00
Documentation audit/stable-5.13 PR 20210426 2021-04-27 13:50:58 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the CC-BY-4.0 license 2020-12-08 10:33:27 -07:00
arch - turn the stack canary into a normal __percpu variable on 32-bit which 2021-04-27 17:45:09 -07:00
block CFI on arm64 series for v5.13-rc1 2021-04-27 10:16:46 -07:00
certs certs: add 'x509_revocation_list' to gitignore 2021-04-26 10:48:07 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-04-26 08:51:23 -07:00
drivers Fix misc new gcc warnings 2021-04-27 17:05:53 -07:00
fs selinux/stable-5.13 PR 20210426 2021-04-27 13:42:11 -07:00
include Fix misc new gcc warnings 2021-04-27 17:05:53 -07:00
init CFI on arm64 series for v5.13-rc1 2021-04-27 10:16:46 -07:00
ipc fs: make helpers idmap mount aware 2021-01-24 14:27:20 +01:00
kernel audit/stable-5.13 PR 20210426 2021-04-27 13:50:58 -07:00
lib Network filesystem helper library 2021-04-27 13:08:12 -07:00
mm Network filesystem helper library 2021-04-27 13:08:12 -07:00
net Fix misc new gcc warnings 2021-04-27 17:05:53 -07:00
samples Merge git://git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2021-03-09 17:15:56 -08:00
scripts - turn the stack canary into a normal __percpu variable on 32-bit which 2021-04-27 17:45:09 -07:00
security selinux/stable-5.13 PR 20210426 2021-04-27 13:42:11 -07:00
sound TTY/Serial driver updates for 5.13-rc1 2021-04-26 11:20:10 -07:00
tools - turn the stack canary into a normal __percpu variable on 32-bit which 2021-04-27 17:45:09 -07:00
usr Kbuild updates for v5.12 2021-02-25 10:17:31 -08:00
virt KVM: x86/mmu: Consider the hva in mmu_notifier retry 2021-02-22 13:16:53 -05:00
.clang-format cxl for 5.12 2021-02-24 09:38:36 -08:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore clang-lto series for v5.12-rc1 2021-02-23 09:28:51 -08:00
.mailmap It's been a relatively busy cycle in docsland, though more than usually 2021-04-26 13:22:43 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS It's been a relatively busy cycle in docsland, though more than usually 2021-04-26 13:22:43 -07:00
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 audit/stable-5.13 PR 20210426 2021-04-27 13:50:58 -07:00
Makefile CFI on arm64 series for v5.13-rc1 2021-04-27 10:16:46 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

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.