Kernel 5.6.0-rc4

Author: avafinger

.gitignore

@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ modules.order
 /include/ksym/
 /arch/*/include/generated/
 
+# Generated lkdtm tests
+/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/*.sh
+!/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh
+
 # stgit generated dirs
 patches-*
 

CREDITS

@@ -567,6 +567,11 @@ D: Original author of Amiga FFS filesystem
 S: Orlando, Florida
 S: USA
 
+N: Paul Burton
+E: [email protected]
+W: https://pburton.com
+D: MIPS maintainer 2018-2020
+
 N: Lennert Buytenhek
 E: [email protected]
 D: Original (2.4) rewrite of the ethernet bridging code

Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst

@@ -62,6 +62,30 @@ Or more shorter, written as following::
 In both styles, same key words are automatically merged when parsing it
 at boot time. So you can append similar trees or key-values.
 
+Same-key Values
+---------------
+
+It is prohibited that two or more values or arrays share a same-key.
+For example,::
+
+ foo = bar, baz
+ foo = qux  # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key
+
+If you want to append the value to existing key as an array member,
+you can use ``+=`` operator. For example::
+
+ foo = bar, baz
+ foo += qux
+
+In this case, the key ``foo`` has ``bar``, ``baz`` and ``qux``.
+
+However, a sub-key and a value can not co-exist under a parent key.
+For example, following config is NOT allowed.::
+
+ foo = value1
+ foo.bar = value2 # !ERROR! subkey "bar" and value "value1" can NOT co-exist
+
+
 Comments
 --------
 
@@ -102,9 +126,13 @@ Boot Kernel With a Boot Config
 ==============================
 
 Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added
-to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file. The Linux kernel decodes
-the last part of the initrd image in memory to get the boot configuration
-data.
+to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with size, checksum and
+12-byte magic word as below.
+
+[initrd][bootconfig][size(u32)][checksum(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]
+
+The Linux kernel decodes the last part of the initrd image in memory to
+get the boot configuration data.
 Because of this "piggyback" method, there is no need to change or
 update the boot loader and the kernel image itself.
 

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@
 			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
 			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
 
+	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
+			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
+			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
+
 	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
 			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
 			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the

Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst

@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ options to your ``.config``:
 Once the kernel is built and installed, a simple
 
 .. code-block:: bash
+
 	modprobe example-test
 
 ...will run the tests.

Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst

@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ is not sufficient this sometimes needs to be explicit.
 	Example::
 
 		#arch/x86/boot/Makefile
-		subdir- := compressed/
+		subdir- := compressed
 
 The above assignment instructs kbuild to descend down in the
 directory compressed/ when "make clean" is executed.
@@ -1379,9 +1379,6 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file.
 	in arch/$(ARCH)/include/(uapi/)/asm, Kbuild will automatically generate
 	a wrapper of the asm-generic one.
 
-	The convention is to list one subdir per line and
-	preferably in alphabetic order.
-
 8 Kbuild Variables
 ==================
 

Documentation/networking/phy.rst

@@ -487,8 +487,9 @@ phy_register_fixup_for_id()::
 The stubs set one of the two matching criteria, and set the other one to
 match anything.
 
-When phy_register_fixup() or \*_for_uid()/\*_for_id() is called at module,
-unregister fixup and free allocate memory are required.
+When phy_register_fixup() or \*_for_uid()/\*_for_id() is called at module load
+time, the module needs to unregister the fixup and free allocated memory when
+it's unloaded.
 
 Call one of following function before unloading module::
 

Documentation/power/index.rst

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Power Management
     drivers-testing
     energy-model
     freezing-of-tasks
-    interface
     opp
     pci
     pm_qos_interface

Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh

@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ if [ -n "$parallel" ] ; then
 	parallel="-j$parallel"
 fi
 
-exec "$sphinx" "$parallel" "$@"
+exec "$sphinx" $parallel "$@"

Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst

@@ -4611,35 +4611,38 @@ unpins the VPA pages and releases all the device pages that are used to
 track the secure pages by hypervisor.
 
 4.122 KVM_S390_NORMAL_RESET
+---------------------------
 
-Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS
-Architectures: s390
-Type: vcpu ioctl
-Parameters: none
-Returns: 0
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS
+:Architectures: s390
+:Type: vcpu ioctl
+:Parameters: none
+:Returns: 0
 
 This ioctl resets VCPU registers and control structures according to
 the cpu reset definition in the POP (Principles Of Operation).
 
 4.123 KVM_S390_INITIAL_RESET
+----------------------------
 
-Capability: none
-Architectures: s390
-Type: vcpu ioctl
-Parameters: none
-Returns: 0
+:Capability: none
+:Architectures: s390
+:Type: vcpu ioctl
+:Parameters: none
+:Returns: 0
 
 This ioctl resets VCPU registers and control structures according to
 the initial cpu reset definition in the POP. However, the cpu is not
 put into ESA mode. This reset is a superset of the normal reset.
 
 4.124 KVM_S390_CLEAR_RESET
+--------------------------
 
-Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS
-Architectures: s390
-Type: vcpu ioctl
-Parameters: none
-Returns: 0
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS
+:Architectures: s390
+:Type: vcpu ioctl
+:Parameters: none
+:Returns: 0
 
 This ioctl resets VCPU registers and control structures according to
 the clear cpu reset definition in the POP. However, the cpu is not put