linux/drivers/char
Linus Torvalds d68b4b6f30 - An extensive rework of kexec and crash Kconfig from Eric DeVolder
("refactor Kconfig to consolidate KEXEC and CRASH options").
 
 - kernel.h slimming work from Andy Shevchenko ("kernel.h: Split out a
   couple of macros to args.h").
 
 - gdb feature work from Kuan-Ying Lee ("Add GDB memory helper
   commands").
 
 - vsprintf inclusion rationalization from Andy Shevchenko
   ("lib/vsprintf: Rework header inclusions").
 
 - Switch the handling of kdump from a udev scheme to in-kernel handling,
   by Eric DeVolder ("crash: Kernel handling of CPU and memory hot
   un/plug").
 
 - Many singleton patches to various parts of the tree
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Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-08-28-22-48' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:

 - An extensive rework of kexec and crash Kconfig from Eric DeVolder
   ("refactor Kconfig to consolidate KEXEC and CRASH options")

 - kernel.h slimming work from Andy Shevchenko ("kernel.h: Split out a
   couple of macros to args.h")

 - gdb feature work from Kuan-Ying Lee ("Add GDB memory helper
   commands")

 - vsprintf inclusion rationalization from Andy Shevchenko
   ("lib/vsprintf: Rework header inclusions")

 - Switch the handling of kdump from a udev scheme to in-kernel
   handling, by Eric DeVolder ("crash: Kernel handling of CPU and memory
   hot un/plug")

 - Many singleton patches to various parts of the tree

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-08-28-22-48' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (81 commits)
  document while_each_thread(), change first_tid() to use for_each_thread()
  drivers/char/mem.c: shrink character device's devlist[] array
  x86/crash: optimize CPU changes
  crash: change crash_prepare_elf64_headers() to for_each_possible_cpu()
  crash: hotplug support for kexec_load()
  x86/crash: add x86 crash hotplug support
  crash: memory and CPU hotplug sysfs attributes
  kexec: exclude elfcorehdr from the segment digest
  crash: add generic infrastructure for crash hotplug support
  crash: move a few code bits to setup support of crash hotplug
  kstrtox: consistently use _tolower()
  kill do_each_thread()
  nilfs2: fix WARNING in mark_buffer_dirty due to discarded buffer reuse
  scripts/bloat-o-meter: count weak symbol sizes
  treewide: drop CONFIG_EMBEDDED
  lockdep: fix static memory detection even more
  lib/vsprintf: declare no_hash_pointers in sprintf.h
  lib/vsprintf: split out sprintf() and friends
  kernel/fork: stop playing lockless games for exe_file replacement
  adfs: delete unused "union adfs_dirtail" definition
  ...
2023-08-29 14:53:51 -07:00
..
agp parisc: Flush gatt writes and adjust gatt mask in parisc_agp_mask_memory() 2023-05-22 18:30:52 +02:00
hw_random hwrng: iproc-rng200 - Implement suspend and resume calls 2023-08-18 17:01:09 +08:00
ipmi Driver core changes for 6.4-rc1 2023-04-27 11:53:57 -07:00
mwave char/mwave: Adjust io port register size 2021-12-03 14:27:06 +01:00
tpm tpm/tpm_tis_synquacer: Use module_platform_driver macro to simplify the code 2023-08-17 20:12:41 +00:00
xilinx_hwicap xilinx_hwicap: make icap_class a static const structure 2023-06-23 10:27:23 +02:00
xillybus char: xillybus: make xillybus_class a static const structure 2023-06-23 10:27:26 +02:00
adi.c
apm-emulation.c apm-emulation: drop unexpected word "the" in the comments 2022-06-27 16:15:27 +02:00
applicom.c applicom: Fix PCI device refcount leak in applicom_init() 2023-01-20 13:05:39 +01:00
applicom.h
bsr.c bsr: fix build problem with bsr_class static cleanup 2023-06-26 11:05:16 +02:00
ds1620.c
dsp56k.c dsp56k: make dsp56k_class a static const structure 2023-06-23 10:27:08 +02:00
dtlk.c
hangcheck-timer.c
hpet.c hpet: remove unused writeq/readq function definitions 2022-02-04 16:45:39 +01:00
Kconfig char: add HAS_IOPORT dependencies 2023-05-31 19:17:29 +01:00
lp.c char: lp: make lp_class a static const structure 2023-06-23 10:27:11 +02:00
Makefile char: pcmcia: remove all the drivers 2023-03-09 17:30:27 +01:00
mem.c drivers/char/mem.c: shrink character device's devlist[] array 2023-08-24 16:25:15 -07:00
misc.c char: misc: make misc_class a static const structure 2023-06-23 10:27:15 +02:00
mspec.c mm: replace vma->vm_flags direct modifications with modifier calls 2023-02-09 16:51:39 -08:00
nsc_gpio.c
nvram.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
nwbutton.c
nwbutton.h
nwflash.c
pc8736x_gpio.c
powernv-op-panel.c powerpc/powernv: Fix fall-through warning for Clang 2021-07-13 19:21:41 -05:00
ppdev.c ppdev: make ppdev_class a static const structure 2023-06-23 10:27:17 +02:00
ps3flash.c powerpc/ps3: make system bus's remove and shutdown callbacks return void 2020-12-04 01:01:22 +11:00
random.c tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use copy_splice_read() 2023-05-24 08:42:16 -06:00
scx200_gpio.c
sonypi.c ACPI: make remove callback of ACPI driver void 2022-11-23 19:11:22 +01:00
tlclk.c
toshiba.c module: remove never implemented MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE 2021-03-17 13:16:18 -07:00
ttyprintk.c char: ttyprintk: register console 2022-04-22 16:24:47 +02:00
uv_mmtimer.c
virtio_console.c virtio: features, fixes, cleanups 2023-07-03 15:38:26 -07:00