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authorOtavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>2016-10-05 16:23:28 -0300
committerOtavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>2016-10-05 16:23:28 -0300
commita7f858238e7c8e8c4b9040aac0eb28bb0b6ab9dc (patch)
treef87a76eb101d6b9ea2016c404982991345d95dc8 /Documentation
parent5bc73053cc0a6a0e5c5f953f8b774854316b87a9 (diff)
parent04cb720142764ebf3786eba1feb8fc4b6ef87fcf (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.1.33' into 4.1-2.0.x-imx
Linux 4.1.33 * tag 'v4.1.33': (1760 commits) Linux 4.1.33 Revert "ARC: mm: don't loose PTE_SPECIAL in pte_modify()" x86/AMD: Apply erratum 665 on machines without a BIOS fix x86/paravirt: Do not trace _paravirt_ident_*() functions ovl: listxattr: use strnlen() ovl: remove posix_acl_default from workdir serial: 8250: added acces i/o products quad and octal serial cards sysfs: correctly handle read offset on PREALLOC attrs sysfs: correctly handle short reads on PREALLOC attrs. kernfs: don't depend on d_find_any_alias() when generating notifications dm crypt: fix free of bad values after tfm allocation failure dm crypt: fix error with too large bios dm log writes: fix check of kthread_run() return value dm log writes: fix bug with too large bios dm log writes: move IO accounting earlier to fix error path NFSv4.x: Fix a refcount leak in nfs_callback_up_net xfs: prevent dropping ioend completions during buftarg wait xfs: fix superblock inprogress check USB: serial: option: add WeTelecom 0x6802 and 0x6803 products USB: avoid left shift by -1 ... Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as39352
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/samsung-sss.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/module-signing.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/tty.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt3
12 files changed, 62 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935
index 6708c5e264aa..33e96f740639 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_proximity_raw
+What /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_proximity_input
Date: March 2014
KernelVersion: 3.15
Contact: Matt Ranostay <mranostay@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
index 4f6a82cef1d1..cbe35b3de9e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Optional properties:
during suspend.
- ti,no-reset-on-init: When present, the module should not be reset at init
- ti,no-idle-on-init: When present, the module should not be idled at init
+- ti,no-idle: When present, the module is never allowed to idle.
Example:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
index c2340eeeb97f..c000832a7fb9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Optional properties:
- target-supply : regulator for SATA target power
- phys : reference to the SATA PHY node
- phy-names : must be "sata-phy"
+- ports-implemented : Mask that indicates which ports that the HBA supports
+ are available for software to use. Useful if PORTS_IMPL
+ is not programmed by the BIOS, which is true with
+ some embedded SOC's.
Required properties when using sub-nodes:
- #address-cells : number of cells to encode an address
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/samsung-sss.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/samsung-sss.txt
index a6dafa83c6df..7a5ca56683cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/samsung-sss.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/samsung-sss.txt
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ Required properties:
- "samsung,exynos4210-secss" for Exynos4210, Exynos4212, Exynos4412, Exynos5250,
Exynos5260 and Exynos5420 SoCs.
- reg : Offset and length of the register set for the module
-- interrupts : interrupt specifiers of SSS module interrupts, should contain
- following entries:
- - first : feed control interrupt (required for all variants),
- - second : hash interrupt (required only for samsung,s5pv210-secss).
+- interrupts : interrupt specifiers of SSS module interrupts (one feed
+ control interrupt).
- clocks : list of clock phandle and specifier pairs for all clocks listed in
clock-names property.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt
index c477af086e65..686a64bba775 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ filesystem.
efivarfs is typically mounted like this,
mount -t efivarfs none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
+
+Due to the presence of numerous firmware bugs where removing non-standard
+UEFI variables causes the system firmware to fail to POST, efivarfs
+files that are not well-known standardized variables are created
+as immutable files. This doesn't prevent removal - "chattr -i" will work -
+but it does prevent this kind of failure from being accomplished
+accidentally.
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index cd03a0faca8f..7bcd7a26f885 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3808,6 +3808,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
sector if the number is odd);
i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
device);
+ j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
+ command, uas only);
l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
unlock ejectable media);
m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
diff --git a/Documentation/module-signing.txt b/Documentation/module-signing.txt
index c72702ec1ded..aacf1ce73b8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/module-signing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/module-signing.txt
@@ -239,3 +239,9 @@ Since the private key is used to sign modules, viruses and malware could use
the private key to sign modules and compromise the operating system. The
private key must be either destroyed or moved to a secure location and not kept
in the root node of the kernel source tree.
+
+If you use the same private key to sign modules for multiple kernel
+configurations, you must ensure that the module version information is
+sufficient to prevent loading a module into a different kernel. Either
+set CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y or ensure that each configuration has a different
+kernel release string by changing EXTRAVERSION or CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 071fb18dc57c..07fad3d2fc56 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1321,6 +1321,14 @@ accept_ra_from_local - BOOLEAN
disabled if accept_ra_from_local is disabled
on a specific interface.
+accept_ra_min_hop_limit - INTEGER
+ Minimum hop limit Information in Router Advertisement.
+
+ Hop limit Information in Router Advertisement less than this
+ variable shall be ignored.
+
+ Default: 1
+
accept_ra_pinfo - BOOLEAN
Learn Prefix Information in Router Advertisement.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
index 8638f61c8c9d..37eca00796ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
@@ -263,19 +263,23 @@ scmd->allowed.
3. scmd recovered
ACTION: scsi_eh_finish_cmd() is invoked to EH-finish scmd
- - shost->host_failed--
- clear scmd->eh_eflags
- scsi_setup_cmd_retry()
- move from local eh_work_q to local eh_done_q
LOCKING: none
+ CONCURRENCY: at most one thread per separate eh_work_q to
+ keep queue manipulation lockless
4. EH completes
ACTION: scsi_eh_flush_done_q() retries scmds or notifies upper
- layer of failure.
+ layer of failure. May be called concurrently but must have
+ a no more than one thread per separate eh_work_q to
+ manipulate the queue locklessly
- scmd is removed from eh_done_q and scmd->eh_entry is cleared
- if retry is necessary, scmd is requeued using
scsi_queue_insert()
- otherwise, scsi_finish_command() is invoked for scmd
+ - zero shost->host_failed
LOCKING: queue or finish function performs appropriate locking
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
index dbe6623fed1c..1e52d67d0abf 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@ TTY_IO_ERROR If set, causes all subsequent userspace read/write
TTY_OTHER_CLOSED Device is a pty and the other side has closed.
-TTY_OTHER_DONE Device is a pty and the other side has closed and
- all pending input processing has been completed.
-
TTY_NO_WRITE_SPLIT Prevent driver from splitting up writes into
smaller chunks.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index 88152f214f48..302b5ed616a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
- nr_open
- overflowuid
- overflowgid
+- pipe-user-pages-hard
+- pipe-user-pages-soft
- protected_hardlinks
- protected_symlinks
- suid_dumpable
@@ -159,6 +161,27 @@ The default is 65534.
==============================================================
+pipe-user-pages-hard:
+
+Maximum total number of pages a non-privileged user may allocate for pipes.
+Once this limit is reached, no new pipes may be allocated until usage goes
+below the limit again. When set to 0, no limit is applied, which is the default
+setting.
+
+==============================================================
+
+pipe-user-pages-soft:
+
+Maximum total number of pages a non-privileged user may allocate for pipes
+before the pipe size gets limited to a single page. Once this limit is reached,
+new pipes will be limited to a single page in size for this user in order to
+limit total memory usage, and trying to increase them using fcntl() will be
+denied until usage goes below the limit again. The default value allows to
+allocate up to 1024 pipes at their default size. When set to 0, no limit is
+applied.
+
+==============================================================
+
protected_hardlinks:
A long-standing class of security issues is the hardlink-based
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
index c59bd9bc41ef..4176ab076f1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ In the first case there are two additional complications:
- if CR4.SMEP is enabled: since we've turned the page into a kernel page,
the kernel may now execute it. We handle this by also setting spte.nx.
If we get a user fetch or read fault, we'll change spte.u=1 and
- spte.nx=gpte.nx back.
+ spte.nx=gpte.nx back. For this to work, KVM forces EFER.NX to 1 when
+ shadow paging is in use.
- if CR4.SMAP is disabled: since the page has been changed to a kernel
page, it can not be reused when CR4.SMAP is enabled. We set
CR4.SMAP && !CR0.WP into shadow page's role to avoid this case. Note,