linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 8c1dccc803 RCU, LKMM and KCSAN updates collected by Paul McKenney:
RCU:
 
     - Avoid cpuinfo-induced IPI pileups and idle-CPU IPIs.
 
     - Lockdep-RCU updates reducing the need for __maybe_unused.
 
     - Tasks-RCU updates.
 
     - Miscellaneous fixes.
 
     - Documentation updates.
 
     - Torture-test updates.
 
   KCSAN:
 
     - updates for selftests, avoiding setting watchpoints on NULL pointers
 
     - fix to watchpoint encoding
 
   LKMM:
 
     - updates for documentation along with some updates to example-code
       litmus tests
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Merge tag 'core-rcu-2020-12-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull RCU updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "RCU, LKMM and KCSAN updates collected by Paul McKenney.

  RCU:
   - Avoid cpuinfo-induced IPI pileups and idle-CPU IPIs

   - Lockdep-RCU updates reducing the need for __maybe_unused

   - Tasks-RCU updates

   - Miscellaneous fixes

   - Documentation updates

   - Torture-test updates

  KCSAN:
   - updates for selftests, avoiding setting watchpoints on NULL pointers

   - fix to watchpoint encoding

  LKMM:
   - updates for documentation along with some updates to example-code
     litmus tests"

* tag 'core-rcu-2020-12-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (72 commits)
  srcu: Take early exit on memory-allocation failure
  rcu/tree: Defer kvfree_rcu() allocation to a clean context
  rcu: Do not report strict GPs for outgoing CPUs
  rcu: Fix a typo in rcu_blocking_is_gp() header comment
  rcu: Prevent lockdep-RCU splats on lock acquisition/release
  rcu/tree: nocb: Avoid raising softirq for offloaded ready-to-execute CBs
  rcu,ftrace: Fix ftrace recursion
  rcu/tree: Make struct kernel_param_ops definitions const
  rcu/tree: Add a warning if CPU being onlined did not report QS already
  rcu: Clarify nocb kthreads naming in RCU_NOCB_CPU config
  rcu: Fix single-CPU check in rcu_blocking_is_gp()
  rcu: Implement rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded() config dependent
  list.h: Update comment to explicitly note circular lists
  rcu: Panic after fixed number of stalls
  x86/smpboot:  Move rcu_cpu_starting() earlier
  rcu: Allow rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() from NMI
  tools/memory-model: Label MP tests' producers and consumers
  tools/memory-model: Use "buf" and "flag" for message-passing tests
  tools/memory-model: Add types to litmus tests
  tools/memory-model: Add a glossary of LKMM terms
  ...
2020-12-14 17:21:16 -08:00
..
bpf bpf: Fix enum names for bpf_this_cpu_ptr() and bpf_per_cpu_ptr() helpers 2020-12-11 14:19:07 -08:00
cgroup fixes-v5.11 2020-12-14 16:40:27 -08:00
configs
debug kdb: Fix pager search for multi-line strings 2020-10-01 14:44:08 +01:00
dma swiotlb: remove the tbl_dma_addr argument to swiotlb_tbl_map_single 2020-11-02 10:10:39 -05:00
entry entry: Add syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work() 2020-12-02 15:07:58 +01:00
events A set of updates for entry/exit handling: 2020-12-14 17:13:53 -08:00
gcov gcov: add support for GCC 10.1 2020-09-11 09:33:54 -07:00
irq genirq/irqdomain: Add an irq_create_mapping_affinity() function 2020-11-30 12:21:31 +01:00
kcsan kcsan: Fix encoding masks and regain address bit 2020-11-06 17:19:26 -08:00
livepatch kernel/: fix repeated words in comments 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
locking RCU, LKMM and KCSAN updates collected by Paul McKenney: 2020-12-14 17:21:16 -08:00
power PM: sleep: fix typo in kernel/power/process.c 2020-10-27 19:11:44 +01:00
printk Urgent printk fix for 5.10 2020-11-27 10:38:36 -08:00
rcu RCU, LKMM and KCSAN updates collected by Paul McKenney: 2020-12-14 17:21:16 -08:00
sched A set of updates for entry/exit handling: 2020-12-14 17:13:53 -08:00
time fixes-v5.11 2020-12-14 16:40:27 -08:00
trace A set of updates for entry/exit handling: 2020-12-14 17:13:53 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c kernel: acct.c: fix some kernel-doc nits 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
async.c treewide: Remove uninitialized_var() usage 2020-07-16 12:35:15 -07:00
audit.c audit: Remove redundant null check 2020-08-26 09:10:39 -04:00
audit.h audit: change unnecessary globals into statics 2020-08-17 20:26:58 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: create method handle_inode_event() in fsnotify_operations 2020-07-27 23:25:50 +02:00
audit_tree.c \n 2020-08-06 19:29:51 -07:00
audit_watch.c fsnotify: create method handle_inode_event() in fsnotify_operations 2020-07-27 23:25:50 +02:00
auditfilter.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
auditsc.c audit: Migrate to use SYSCALL_WORK flag 2020-11-16 21:53:16 +01:00
backtracetest.c treewide: Replace DECLARE_TASKLET() with DECLARE_TASKLET_OLD() 2020-07-30 11:15:58 -07:00
bounds.c
capability.c LSM: Signal to SafeSetID when setting group IDs 2020-10-13 09:17:34 -07:00
compat.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c kernel/cpu: add arch override for clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() mm handling 2020-11-27 00:10:39 +11:00
cpu_pm.c notifier: Fix broken error handling pattern 2020-09-01 09:58:03 +02:00
crash_core.c crypto: sha - split sha.h into sha1.h and sha2.h 2020-11-20 14:45:33 +11:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c don't dump the threads that had been already exiting when zapped. 2020-10-28 16:39:49 -04:00
extable.c
fail_function.c fail_function: Remove a redundant mutex unlock 2020-11-19 11:58:16 -08:00
fork.c A set of updates for entry/exit handling: 2020-12-14 17:13:53 -08:00
freezer.c
futex.c futex: Don't enable IRQs unconditionally in put_pi_state() 2020-11-09 14:30:30 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh
groups.c LSM: Signal to SafeSetID when setting group IDs 2020-10-13 09:17:34 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: make type annotations consistent 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c kernel/: fix repeated words in comments 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
kallsyms.c treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") 2020-10-25 14:51:49 -07:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: make some symbols static 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
kexec.c LSM: Introduce kernel_post_load_data() hook 2020-10-05 13:37:03 +02:00
kexec_core.c crypto: sha - split sha.h into sha1.h and sha2.h 2020-11-20 14:45:33 +11:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c crypto: sha - split sha.h into sha1.h and sha2.h 2020-11-20 14:45:33 +11:00
kexec_internal.h
kheaders.c
kmod.c kmod: remove redundant "be an" in the comment 2020-08-12 10:58:01 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Tell lockdep about kprobe nesting 2020-11-04 09:46:06 -05:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread_worker: prevent queuing delayed work from timer_fn when it is being canceled 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
latencytop.c
Makefile elfcore: fix building with clang 2020-12-11 14:02:14 -08:00
module-internal.h
module.c Modules updates for v5.10 2020-10-22 13:08:57 -07:00
module_signature.c
module_signing.c
notifier.c notifier: Fix broken error handling pattern 2020-09-01 09:58:03 +02:00
nsproxy.c fixes-v5.11 2020-12-14 16:40:27 -08:00
padata.c padata: fix possible padata_works_lock deadlock 2020-09-04 17:51:55 +10:00
panic.c panic: don't dump stack twice on warn 2020-11-14 11:26:04 -08:00
params.c params: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member 2020-10-29 17:22:59 -05:00
pid.c fixes-v5.11 2020-12-14 16:40:27 -08:00
pid_namespace.c fixes-v5.11 2020-12-14 16:40:27 -08:00
profile.c
ptrace.c A set of updates for entry/exit handling: 2020-12-14 17:13:53 -08:00
range.c kernel.h: split out min()/max() et al. helpers 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
reboot.c reboot: fix overflow parsing reboot cpu number 2020-11-14 11:26:03 -08:00
regset.c regset: kill ->get() 2020-07-27 14:31:12 -04:00
relay.c kernel/relay.c: drop unneeded initialization 2020-10-16 11:11:22 -07:00
resource.c kernel/resource: make iomem_resource implicit in release_mem_region_adjustable() 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
rseq.c
scftorture.c scftorture: Add full-test stutter capability 2020-11-06 17:13:56 -08:00
scs.c scs: switch to vmapped shadow stacks 2020-12-01 10:30:28 +00:00
seccomp.c A set of updates for entry/exit handling: 2020-12-14 17:13:53 -08:00
signal.c A set of updates for entry/exit handling: 2020-12-14 17:13:53 -08:00
smp.c Merge tag 'core-rcu-2020-10-12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-10-18 14:34:50 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Add debug check to __raise_softirq_irqoff() 2020-09-16 15:18:56 +02:00
stackleak.c stackleak: let stack_erasing_sysctl take a kernel pointer buffer 2020-09-19 13:13:39 -07:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Remove reliable argument from arch_stack_walk() callback 2020-09-18 14:24:16 +01:00
static_call.c static_call: Fix return type of static_call_init 2020-10-02 21:18:25 +02:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine, rcu: Mark functions as notrace 2020-10-26 12:12:27 +01:00
sys.c kernel: Implement selective syscall userspace redirection 2020-12-02 15:07:56 +01:00
sys_ni.c mm/madvise: introduce process_madvise() syscall: an external memory hinting API 2020-10-18 09:27:10 -07:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c rcu: Panic after fixed number of stalls 2020-11-19 19:37:16 -08:00
task_work.c Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/entry 2020-11-04 18:14:52 +01:00
taskstats.c taskstats: move specifying netlink policy back to ops 2020-10-02 19:11:12 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c rcutorture: Make stutter_wait() caller restore priority 2020-11-06 17:13:54 -08:00
tracepoint.c tracepoints: Migrate to use SYSCALL_WORK flag 2020-11-16 21:53:15 +01:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c usermodehelper: reset umask to default before executing user process 2020-10-06 10:31:52 -07:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c user: Use generic ns_common::count 2020-08-19 14:14:12 +02:00
user_namespace.c fixes-v5.11 2020-12-14 16:40:27 -08:00
usermode_driver.c umd: Stop using split_argv 2020-07-07 11:58:59 -05:00
utsname.c uts: Use generic ns_common::count 2020-08-19 14:13:20 +02:00
utsname_sysctl.c
watch_queue.c watch_queue: Limit the number of watches a user can hold 2020-08-17 09:39:18 -07:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog: fix watchdog_allowed_mask not used warning 2020-11-14 11:26:03 -08:00
watchdog_hld.c
workqueue.c workqueue: fix a kernel-doc warning 2020-10-16 07:28:20 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h