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Linus Torvalds 46f0537b1e Merge branch 'stable-4.12' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit
Pull audit updates from Paul Moore:
 "Fourteen audit patches for v4.12 that span the full range of fixes,
  new features, and internal cleanups.

  We have a patches to move to 64-bit timestamps, convert refcounts from
  atomic_t to refcount_t, track PIDs using the pid struct instead of
  pid_t, convert our own private audit buffer cache to a standard
  kmem_cache, log kernel module names when they are unloaded, and
  normalize the NETFILTER_PKT to make the userspace folks happier.

  From a fixes perspective, the most important is likely the auditd
  connection tracking RCU fix; it was a rather brain dead bug that I'll
  take the blame for, but thankfully it didn't seem to affect many
  people (only one report).

  I think the patch subject lines and commit descriptions do a pretty
  good job of explaining the details and why the changes are important
  so I'll point you there instead of duplicating it here; as usual, if
  you have any questions you know where to find us.

  We also manage to take out more code than we put in this time, that
  always makes me happy :)"

* 'stable-4.12' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit:
  audit: fix the RCU locking for the auditd_connection structure
  audit: use kmem_cache to manage the audit_buffer cache
  audit: Use timespec64 to represent audit timestamps
  audit: store the auditd PID as a pid struct instead of pid_t
  audit: kernel generated netlink traffic should have a portid of 0
  audit: combine audit_receive() and audit_receive_skb()
  audit: convert audit_watch.count from atomic_t to refcount_t
  audit: convert audit_tree.count from atomic_t to refcount_t
  audit: normalize NETFILTER_PKT
  netfilter: use consistent ipv4 network offset in xt_AUDIT
  audit: log module name on delete_module
  audit: remove unnecessary semicolon in audit_watch_handle_event()
  audit: remove unnecessary semicolon in audit_mark_handle_event()
  audit: remove unnecessary semicolon in audit_field_valid()
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arch Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2017-05-02 18:24:16 -07:00
block A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
certs KEYS: Use structure to capture key restriction function and data 2017-04-04 14:10:10 -07:00
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firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
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ipc kernel-api.rst: fix a series of errors when parsing C files 2017-04-02 14:31:49 -06:00
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sound LED updates for 4.12 2017-05-01 13:12:49 -07:00
tools Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2017-05-02 19:09:35 -07:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt KVM/ARM Fixes for v4.11-rc6 2017-04-05 16:27:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: migrate all arch to the kconfig mainmenu upgrade 2010-09-19 22:54:11 -04:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2017-05-02 19:09:35 -07:00
Makefile A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

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.