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Linus Torvalds 60056060be The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction
of local_lock_t - this primitive comes from the -rt project and identifies
 CPU-local locking dependencies normally handled opaquely beind preempt_disable()
 or local_irq_save/disable() critical sections.
 
 The generated code on mainline kernels doesn't change as a result, but still there
 are benefits: improved debugging and better documentation of data structure
 accesses.
 
 The new local_lock_t primitives are introduced and then utilized in a couple of
 kernel subsystems. No change in functionality is intended.
 
 There's also other smaller changes and cleanups.
 
 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'locking-core-2020-06-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull locking updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the
  introduction of local_lock_t - this primitive comes from the -rt
  project and identifies CPU-local locking dependencies normally handled
  opaquely beind preempt_disable() or local_irq_save/disable() critical
  sections.

  The generated code on mainline kernels doesn't change as a result, but
  still there are benefits: improved debugging and better documentation
  of data structure accesses.

  The new local_lock_t primitives are introduced and then utilized in a
  couple of kernel subsystems. No change in functionality is intended.

  There's also other smaller changes and cleanups"

* tag 'locking-core-2020-06-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  zram: Use local lock to protect per-CPU data
  zram: Allocate struct zcomp_strm as per-CPU memory
  connector/cn_proc: Protect send_msg() with a local lock
  squashfs: Make use of local lock in multi_cpu decompressor
  mm/swap: Use local_lock for protection
  radix-tree: Use local_lock for protection
  locking: Introduce local_lock()
  locking/lockdep: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array
  locking/rtmutex: Remove unused rt_mutex_cmpxchg_relaxed()
2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
arch The RCU updates for this cycle were: 2020-06-01 12:56:29 -07:00
block Revert "block: end bio with BLK_STS_AGAIN in case of non-mq devs and REQ_NOWAIT" 2020-05-28 13:20:39 -06:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto crypto: engine - do not requeue in case of fatal error 2020-05-28 17:27:52 +10:00
Documentation The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction 2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
drivers The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction 2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
fs The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction 2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
include The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction 2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
init The RCU updates for this cycle were: 2020-06-01 12:56:29 -07:00
ipc ipc/util.c: sysvipc_find_ipc() incorrectly updates position index 2020-05-14 10:00:35 -07:00
kernel The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction 2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
lib The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction 2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm The biggest change to core locking facilities in this cycle is the introduction 2020-06-01 13:03:31 -07:00
net Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2020-06-01 12:00:10 -07:00
samples Various kprobes updates, mostly centered around cleaning up the no-instrumentation 2020-06-01 12:45:04 -07:00
scripts Various kprobes updates, mostly centered around cleaning up the no-instrumentation 2020-06-01 12:45:04 -07:00
security Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2020-06-01 12:00:10 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 5.7 (rc8 or final) 2020-05-29 13:31:01 -07:00
tools The RCU updates for this cycle were: 2020-06-01 12:56:29 -07:00
usr kbuild: fix comment about missing include guard detection 2020-04-11 12:09:48 +09:00
virt KVM: Introduce kvm_make_all_cpus_request_except() 2020-05-08 07:44:32 -04:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2020-04-18 13:49:33 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
.mailmap i2c: use my kernel.org address from now on 2020-05-05 16:29:09 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Hand MIPS over to Thomas 2020-02-24 22:43:18 -08:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS Add support for wider Memory Bandwidth Monitoring counters by querying 2020-06-01 12:24:14 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.7 2020-05-31 16:49:15 -07:00
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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.