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Linus Torvalds c013632192 2nd set of arm64 updates for 4.16:
Spectre v1 mitigation:
 - back-end version of array_index_mask_nospec()
 - masking of the syscall number to restrict speculation through the
   syscall table
 - masking of __user pointers prior to deference in uaccess routines
 
 Spectre v2 mitigation update:
 - using the new firmware SMC calling convention specification update
 - removing the current PSCI GET_VERSION firmware call mitigation as
   vendors are deploying new SMCCC-capable firmware
 - additional branch predictor hardening for synchronous exceptions and
   interrupts while in user mode
 
 Meltdown v3 mitigation update for Cavium Thunder X: unaffected but
 hardware erratum gets in the way. The kernel now starts with the page
 tables mapped as global and switches to non-global if kpti needs to be
 enabled.
 
 Other:
 - Theoretical trylock bug fixed
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Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux

Pull more arm64 updates from Catalin Marinas:
 "As I mentioned in the last pull request, there's a second batch of
  security updates for arm64 with mitigations for Spectre/v1 and an
  improved one for Spectre/v2 (via a newly defined firmware interface
  API).

  Spectre v1 mitigation:

   - back-end version of array_index_mask_nospec()

   - masking of the syscall number to restrict speculation through the
     syscall table

   - masking of __user pointers prior to deference in uaccess routines

  Spectre v2 mitigation update:

   - using the new firmware SMC calling convention specification update

   - removing the current PSCI GET_VERSION firmware call mitigation as
     vendors are deploying new SMCCC-capable firmware

   - additional branch predictor hardening for synchronous exceptions
     and interrupts while in user mode

  Meltdown v3 mitigation update:

    - Cavium Thunder X is unaffected but a hardware erratum gets in the
      way. The kernel now starts with the page tables mapped as global
      and switches to non-global if kpti needs to be enabled.

  Other:

   - Theoretical trylock bug fixed"

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (38 commits)
  arm64: Kill PSCI_GET_VERSION as a variant-2 workaround
  arm64: Add ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 BP hardening support
  arm/arm64: smccc: Implement SMCCC v1.1 inline primitive
  arm/arm64: smccc: Make function identifiers an unsigned quantity
  firmware/psci: Expose SMCCC version through psci_ops
  firmware/psci: Expose PSCI conduit
  arm64: KVM: Add SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 fast handling
  arm64: KVM: Report SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 BP hardening support
  arm/arm64: KVM: Turn kvm_psci_version into a static inline
  arm/arm64: KVM: Advertise SMCCC v1.1
  arm/arm64: KVM: Implement PSCI 1.0 support
  arm/arm64: KVM: Add smccc accessors to PSCI code
  arm/arm64: KVM: Add PSCI_VERSION helper
  arm/arm64: KVM: Consolidate the PSCI include files
  arm64: KVM: Increment PC after handling an SMC trap
  arm: KVM: Fix SMCCC handling of unimplemented SMC/HVC calls
  arm64: KVM: Fix SMCCC handling of unimplemented SMC/HVC calls
  arm64: entry: Apply BP hardening for suspicious interrupts from EL0
  arm64: entry: Apply BP hardening for high-priority synchronous exceptions
  arm64: futex: Mask __user pointers prior to dereference
  ...
2018-02-08 10:44:25 -08:00
arch 2nd set of arm64 updates for 4.16: 2018-02-08 10:44:25 -08:00
block for-linus-20180204 2018-02-04 11:16:35 -08:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-01-31 14:22:45 -08:00
Documentation linux-watchdog 4.16-rc1 merge window tag 2018-02-07 11:54:34 -08:00
drivers 2nd set of arm64 updates for 4.16: 2018-02-08 10:44:25 -08:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs iversion.h related cleanup for v4.16 2018-02-07 14:25:22 -08:00
include 2nd set of arm64 updates for 4.16: 2018-02-08 10:44:25 -08:00
init membarrier: Provide core serializing command, *_SYNC_CORE 2018-02-05 21:35:03 +01:00
ipc ipc/mqueue.c: have RT tasks queue in by priority in wq_add() 2018-02-06 18:32:46 -08:00
kernel Modules updates for v4.16 2018-02-07 14:29:34 -08:00
lib Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2018-02-06 22:15:42 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add MPL-1.1 license 2018-01-06 10:59:44 -07:00
mm Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2018-02-06 22:15:42 -08:00
net seq_file: Introduce DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE() helper macro 2018-02-07 12:50:21 +02:00
samples sample/bpf: fix erspan metadata 2018-02-06 11:32:49 -05:00
scripts Modules updates for v4.16 2018-02-07 14:29:34 -08:00
security iversion.h related cleanup for v4.16 2018-02-07 14:25:22 -08:00
sound ASoC: Updates for v4.16 2018-02-07 12:11:09 -08:00
tools virtio, vhost: fixes, cleanups, features 2018-02-08 10:41:00 -08:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt 2nd set of arm64 updates for 4.16: 2018-02-08 10:44:25 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore scripts/package: snap-pkg target 2017-12-13 00:00:18 +09:00
.mailmap mailmap: update Mark Yao's email address 2018-01-04 16:45:09 -08:00
COPYING
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS Modules updates for v4.16 2018-02-07 14:29:34 -08:00
Makefile Makefile: introduce CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_AUTO 2018-02-06 18:32:44 -08:00
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.