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Linus Torvalds 3b78ce4a34 Merge branch 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Merge speculative store buffer bypass fixes from Thomas Gleixner:

 - rework of the SPEC_CTRL MSR management to accomodate the new fancy
   SSBD (Speculative Store Bypass Disable) bit handling.

 - the CPU bug and sysfs infrastructure for the exciting new Speculative
   Store Bypass 'feature'.

 - support for disabling SSB via LS_CFG MSR on AMD CPUs including
   Hyperthread synchronization on ZEN.

 - PRCTL support for dynamic runtime control of SSB

 - SECCOMP integration to automatically disable SSB for sandboxed
   processes with a filter flag for opt-out.

 - KVM integration to allow guests fiddling with SSBD including the new
   software MSR VIRT_SPEC_CTRL to handle the LS_CFG based oddities on
   AMD.

 - BPF protection against SSB

.. this is just the core and x86 side, other architecture support will
come separately.

* 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (49 commits)
  bpf: Prevent memory disambiguation attack
  x86/bugs: Rename SSBD_NO to SSB_NO
  KVM: SVM: Implement VIRT_SPEC_CTRL support for SSBD
  x86/speculation, KVM: Implement support for VIRT_SPEC_CTRL/LS_CFG
  x86/bugs: Rework spec_ctrl base and mask logic
  x86/bugs: Remove x86_spec_ctrl_set()
  x86/bugs: Expose x86_spec_ctrl_base directly
  x86/bugs: Unify x86_spec_ctrl_{set_guest,restore_host}
  x86/speculation: Rework speculative_store_bypass_update()
  x86/speculation: Add virtualized speculative store bypass disable support
  x86/bugs, KVM: Extend speculation control for VIRT_SPEC_CTRL
  x86/speculation: Handle HT correctly on AMD
  x86/cpufeatures: Add FEATURE_ZEN
  x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle SSBD enumeration
  x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle MSR_SPEC_CTRL enumeration from IBRS
  x86/speculation: Use synthetic bits for IBRS/IBPB/STIBP
  KVM: SVM: Move spec control call after restore of GS
  x86/cpu: Make alternative_msr_write work for 32-bit code
  x86/bugs: Fix the parameters alignment and missing void
  x86/bugs: Make cpu_show_common() static
  ...
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Documentation Merge branch 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-05-21 11:23:26 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add MPL-1.1 license 2018-01-06 10:59:44 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-05-21 11:23:26 -07:00
block blk-mq: fix sysfs inflight counter 2018-04-26 09:02:01 -06:00
certs certs/blacklist_nohashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
crypto crypto: drbg - set freed buffers to NULL 2018-04-21 00:57:00 +08:00
drivers Merge branch 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-05-21 11:23:26 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs Merge branch 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-05-21 11:23:26 -07:00
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init sched/fair: Fix documentation file path 2018-05-18 09:05:28 +02:00
ipc ipc/shm: fix use-after-free of shm file via remap_file_pages() 2018-04-13 17:10:27 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-05-21 11:23:26 -07:00
lib radix tree: fix multi-order iteration race 2018-05-18 17:17:12 -07:00
mm mmap: relax file size limit for regular files 2018-05-19 09:29:11 -07:00
net net: ip6_gre: fix tunnel metadata device sharing. 2018-05-19 23:32:12 -04:00
samples x86/cpufeature: Guard asm_volatile_goto usage for BPF compilation 2018-05-13 21:49:14 +02:00
scripts scripts/faddr2line: fix error when addr2line output contains discriminator 2018-05-11 17:28:45 -07:00
security selinux/stable-4.17 PR 20180516 2018-05-17 10:02:19 -07:00
sound ALSA: usb-audio: Use Class Specific EP for UAC3 devices. 2018-05-15 07:29:10 +02:00
tools Merge branch 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-05-21 11:23:26 -07:00
usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: VGIC/ITS save/restore: protect kvm_read_guest() calls 2018-05-15 13:36:53 +02:00
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MAINTAINERS dmaengine fix for 4.17-rc6 2018-05-19 09:54:02 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.17-rc6 2018-05-20 15:31:38 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

README

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.
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.