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Linus Torvalds 85a2d939c0 Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Yet another pile of melted spectrum related changes:

   - sanitize the array_index_nospec protection mechanism: Remove the
     overengineered array_index_nospec_mask_check() magic and allow
     const-qualified types as index to avoid temporary storage in a
     non-const local variable.

   - make the microcode loader more robust by properly propagating error
     codes. Provide information about new feature bits after micro code
     was updated so administrators can act upon.

   - optimizations of the entry ASM code which reduce code footprint and
     make the code simpler and faster.

   - fix the {pmd,pud}_{set,clear}_flags() implementations to work
     properly on paravirt kernels by removing the address translation
     operations.

   - revert the harmful vmexit_fill_RSB() optimization

   - use IBRS around firmware calls

   - teach objtool about retpolines and add annotations for indirect
     jumps and calls.

   - explicitly disable jumplabel patching in __init code and handle
     patching failures properly instead of silently ignoring them.

   - remove indirect paravirt calls for writing the speculation control
     MSR as these calls are obviously proving the same attack vector
     which is tried to be mitigated.

   - a few small fixes which address build issues with recent compiler
     and assembler versions"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (38 commits)
  KVM/VMX: Optimize vmx_vcpu_run() and svm_vcpu_run() by marking the RDMSR path as unlikely()
  KVM/x86: Remove indirect MSR op calls from SPEC_CTRL
  objtool, retpolines: Integrate objtool with retpoline support more closely
  x86/entry/64: Simplify ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER
  extable: Make init_kernel_text() global
  jump_label: Warn on failed jump_label patching attempt
  jump_label: Explicitly disable jump labels in __init code
  x86/entry/64: Open-code switch_to_thread_stack()
  x86/entry/64: Move ASM_CLAC to interrupt_entry()
  x86/entry/64: Remove 'interrupt' macro
  x86/entry/64: Move the switch_to_thread_stack() call to interrupt_entry()
  x86/entry/64: Move ENTER_IRQ_STACK from interrupt macro to interrupt_entry
  x86/entry/64: Move PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS from interrupt macro to helper function
  x86/speculation: Move firmware_restrict_branch_speculation_*() from C to CPP
  objtool: Add module specific retpoline rules
  objtool: Add retpoline validation
  objtool: Use existing global variables for options
  x86/mm/sme, objtool: Annotate indirect call in sme_encrypt_execute()
  x86/boot, objtool: Annotate indirect jump in secondary_startup_64()
  x86/paravirt, objtool: Annotate indirect calls
  ...
2018-02-26 09:34:21 -08:00
Documentation s390: 2018-02-26 09:28:35 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add MPL-1.1 license 2018-01-06 10:59:44 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-26 09:34:21 -08:00
block treewide/trivial: Remove ';;$' typo noise 2018-02-22 10:59:33 +01:00
certs certs/blacklist_nohashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
crypto X.509: fix NULL dereference when restricting key with unsupported_sig 2018-02-22 14:38:34 +00:00
drivers s390: 2018-02-26 09:28:35 -08:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs NFS client bugfixes for Linux 4.16 2018-02-25 13:43:18 -08:00
include Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-26 09:34:21 -08:00
init jump_label: Explicitly disable jump labels in __init code 2018-02-21 16:54:05 +01:00
ipc vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-26 09:34:21 -08:00
lib Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-23 14:57:20 -08:00
mm mm: don't defer struct page initialization for Xen pv guests 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
net net_sched: gen_estimator: fix broken estimators based on percpu stats 2018-02-23 12:35:46 -05:00
samples sample/bpf: fix erspan metadata 2018-02-06 11:32:49 -05:00
scripts objtool, retpolines: Integrate objtool with retpoline support more closely 2018-02-21 16:54:32 +01:00
security integrity/security: fix digsig.c build error with header file 2018-02-22 20:09:08 -08:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: PCI quirk for Fujitsu U7x7 2018-02-14 12:02:26 +01:00
tools Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-26 09:34:21 -08:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt KVM: mmu: Fix overlap between public and private memslots 2018-02-24 01:43:36 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore ASN.1 auto generated files 2018-02-14 21:05:38 +01:00
.mailmap mailmap: update Mark Yao's email address 2018-01-04 16:45:09 -08:00
COPYING
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Remove Richard Purdie from LED maintainers 2018-02-19 20:23:49 +01:00
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-26 09:34:21 -08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

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.