linux.git/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt, branch v4.13-rc2

Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

2017-07-07T05:27:08+00:00

Merge misc updates from Andrew Morton:

 - a few hotfixes

 - various misc updates

 - ocfs2 updates

 - most of MM

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton : (108 commits)
  mm, memory_hotplug: move movable_node to the hotplug proper
  mm, memory_hotplug: drop CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE
  mm, memory_hotplug: drop artificial restriction on online/offline
  mm: memcontrol: account slab stats per lruvec
  mm: memcontrol: per-lruvec stats infrastructure
  mm: memcontrol: use generic mod_memcg_page_state for kmem pages
  mm: memcontrol: use the node-native slab memory counters
  mm: vmstat: move slab statistics from zone to node counters
  mm/zswap.c: delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_dstmem_prepare()
  mm/zswap.c: improve a size determination in zswap_frontswap_init()
  mm/zswap.c: delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_pool_create()
  mm/swapfile.c: sort swap entries before free
  mm/oom_kill: count global and memory cgroup oom kills
  mm: per-cgroup memory reclaim stats
  mm: kmemleak: treat vm_struct as alternative reference to vmalloc'ed objects
  mm: kmemleak: factor object reference updating out of scan_block()
  mm: kmemleak: slightly reduce the size of some structures on 64-bit architectures
  mm, mempolicy: don't check cpuset seqlock where it doesn't matter
  mm, cpuset: always use seqlock when changing task's nodemask
  mm, mempolicy: simplify rebinding mempolicies when updating cpusets
  ...

Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

2017-07-07T01:38:31+00:00

Pull KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "PPC:
   - Better machine check handling for HV KVM
   - Ability to support guests with threads=2, 4 or 8 on POWER9
   - Fix for a race that could cause delayed recognition of signals
   - Fix for a bug where POWER9 guests could sleep with interrupts pending.

  ARM:
   - VCPU request overhaul
   - allow timer and PMU to have their interrupt number selected from userspace
   - workaround for Cavium erratum 30115
   - handling of memory poisonning
   - the usual crop of fixes and cleanups

  s390:
   - initial machine check forwarding
   - migration support for the CMMA page hinting information
   - cleanups and fixes

  x86:
   - nested VMX bugfixes and improvements
   - more reliable NMI window detection on AMD
   - APIC timer optimizations

  Generic:
   - VCPU request overhaul + documentation of common code patterns
   - kvm_stat improvements"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (124 commits)
  Update my email address
  kvm: vmx: allow host to access guest MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS
  x86: kvm: mmu: use ept a/d in vmcs02 iff used in vmcs12
  kvm: x86: mmu: allow A/D bits to be disabled in an mmu
  x86: kvm: mmu: make spte mmio mask more explicit
  x86: kvm: mmu: dead code thanks to access tracking
  KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix typo in XICS-on-XIVE state saving code
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Close race with testing for signals on guest entry
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Simplify dynamic micro-threading code
  KVM: x86: remove ignored type attribute
  KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay
  KVM: lapic: reorganize restart_apic_timer
  KVM: lapic: reorganize start_hv_timer
  kvm: nVMX: Check memory operand to INVVPID
  KVM: s390: Inject machine check into the nested guest
  KVM: s390: Inject machine check into the guest
  tools/kvm_stat: add new interactive command 'b'
  tools/kvm_stat: add new command line switch '-i'
  tools/kvm_stat: fix error on interactive command 'g'
  KVM: SVM: suppress unnecessary NMI singlestep on GIF=0 and nested exit
  ...

mm, memory_hotplug: drop CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE

2017-07-06T23:24:35+00:00

Commit 20b2f52b73fe ("numa: add CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE for
movable-dedicated node") has introduced CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE without a
good explanation on why it is actually useful.

It makes a lot of sense to make movable node semantic opt in but we
already have that because the feature has to be explicitly enabled on
the kernel command line.  A config option on top only makes the
configuration space larger without a good reason.  It also adds an
additional ifdefery that pollutes the code.

Just drop the config option and make it de-facto always enabled.  This
shouldn't introduce any change to the semantic.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170529114141.536-3-mhocko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko 
Acked-by: Reza Arbab 
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka 
Cc: Mel Gorman 
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli 
Cc: Jerome Glisse 
Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu 
Cc: Xishi Qiu 
Cc: Kani Toshimitsu 
Cc: Chen Yucong 
Cc: Joonsoo Kim 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Cc: David Rientjes 
Cc: Daniel Kiper 
Cc: Igor Mammedov 
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-07-06T23:24:31+00:00

Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge
already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the kernel
command line option).  This is desired to reduce the risk of kernel heap
overflows being able to overwrite objects from merged caches and changes
the requirements for cache layout control, increasing the difficulty of
these attacks.  By keeping caches unmerged, these kinds of exploits can
usually only damage objects in the same cache (though the risk to
metadata exploitation is unchanged).

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170620230911.GA25238@beast
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook 
Cc: Daniel Micay 
Cc: David Windsor 
Cc: Eric Biggers 
Cc: Christoph Lameter 
Cc: Jonathan Corbet 
Cc: Daniel Micay 
Cc: David Windsor 
Cc: Eric Biggers 
Cc: Pekka Enberg 
Cc: David Rientjes 
Cc: Joonsoo Kim 
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab 
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" 
Cc: Arnd Bergmann 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Cc: Nicolas Pitre 
Cc: Tejun Heo 
Cc: Daniel Mack 
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky 
Cc: Helge Deller 
Cc: Rik van Riel 
Cc: Randy Dunlap 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security

2017-07-05T18:26:35+00:00

Pull security layer updates from James Morris:

 - a major update for AppArmor. From JJ:

     * several bug fixes and cleanups

     * the patch to add symlink support to securityfs that was floated
       on the list earlier and the apparmorfs changes that make use of
       securityfs symlinks

     * it introduces the domain labeling base code that Ubuntu has been
       carrying for several years, with several cleanups applied. And it
       converts the current mediation over to using the domain labeling
       base, which brings domain stacking support with it. This finally
       will bring the base upstream code in line with Ubuntu and provide
       a base to upstream the new feature work that Ubuntu carries.

     * This does _not_ contain any of the newer apparmor mediation
       features/controls (mount, signals, network, keys, ...) that
       Ubuntu is currently carrying, all of which will be RFC'd on top
       of this.

 - Notable also is the Infiniband work in SELinux, and the new file:map
   permission. From Paul:

      "While we're down to 21 patches for v4.13 (it was 31 for v4.12),
       the diffstat jumps up tremendously with over 2k of line changes.

       Almost all of these changes are the SELinux/IB work done by
       Daniel Jurgens; some other noteworthy changes include a NFS v4.2
       labeling fix, a new file:map permission, and reporting of policy
       capabilities on policy load"

   There's also now genfscon labeling support for tracefs, which was
   lost in v4.1 with the separation from debugfs.

 - Smack incorporates a safer socket check in file_receive, and adds a
   cap_capable call in privilege check.

 - TPM as usual has a bunch of fixes and enhancements.

 - Multiple calls to security_add_hooks() can now be made for the same
   LSM, to allow LSMs to have hook declarations across multiple files.

 - IMA now supports different "ima_appraise=" modes (eg. log, fix) from
   the boot command line.

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security: (126 commits)
  apparmor: put back designators in struct initialisers
  seccomp: Switch from atomic_t to recount_t
  seccomp: Adjust selftests to avoid double-join
  seccomp: Clean up core dump logic
  IMA: update IMA policy documentation to include pcr= option
  ima: Log the same audit cause whenever a file has no signature
  ima: Simplify policy_func_show.
  integrity: Small code improvements
  ima: fix get_binary_runtime_size()
  ima: use ima_parse_buf() to parse template data
  ima: use ima_parse_buf() to parse measurements headers
  ima: introduce ima_parse_buf()
  ima: Add cgroups2 to the defaults list
  ima: use memdup_user_nul
  ima: fix up #endif comments
  IMA: Correct Kconfig dependencies for hash selection
  ima: define is_ima_appraise_enabled()
  ima: define Kconfig IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM option
  ima: define a set of appraisal rules requiring file signatures
  ima: extend the "ima_policy" boot command line to support multiple policies
  ...

Merge tag 'docs-4.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2017-07-04T04:13:25+00:00

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "There has been a fair amount of activity in the docs tree this time
  around. Highlights include:

   - Conversion of a bunch of security documentation into RST

   - The conversion of the remaining DocBook templates by The Amazing
     Mauro Machine. We can now drop the entire DocBook build chain.

   - The usual collection of fixes and minor updates"

* tag 'docs-4.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (90 commits)
  scripts/kernel-doc: handle DECLARE_HASHTABLE
  Documentation: atomic_ops.txt is core-api/atomic_ops.rst
  Docs: clean up some DocBook loose ends
  Make the main documentation title less Geocities
  Docs: Use kernel-figure in vidioc-g-selection.rst
  Docs: fix table problems in ras.rst
  Docs: Fix breakage with Sphinx 1.5 and upper
  Docs: Include the Latex "ifthen" package
  doc/kokr/howto: Only send regression fixes after -rc1
  docs-rst: fix broken links to dynamic-debug-howto in kernel-parameters
  doc: Document suitability of IBM Verse for kernel development
  Doc: fix a markup error in coding-style.rst
  docs: driver-api: i2c: remove some outdated information
  Documentation: DMA API: fix a typo in a function name
  Docs: Insert missing space to separate link from text
  doc/ko_KR/memory-barriers: Update control-dependencies example
  Documentation, kbuild: fix typo "minimun" -> "minimum"
  docs: Fix some formatting issues in request-key.rst
  doc: ReSTify keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
  doc: ReSTify keys-request-key.txt
  ...

Merge tag 'char-misc-4.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc

2017-07-04T03:55:59+00:00

Pull char/misc updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the "big" char/misc driver patchset for 4.13-rc1.

  Lots of stuff in here, a large thunderbolt update, w1 driver header
  reorg, the new mux driver subsystem, google firmware driver updates,
  and a raft of other smaller things. Full details in the shortlog.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with the only
  reported issue being a merge problem with this tree and the jc-docs
  tree in the w1 documentation area"

* tag 'char-misc-4.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (147 commits)
  misc: apds990x: Use sysfs_match_string() helper
  mei: drop unreachable code in mei_start
  mei: validate the message header only in first fragment.
  DocBook: w1: Update W1 file locations and names in DocBook
  mux: adg792a: always require I2C support
  nvmem: rockchip-efuse: add support for rk322x-efuse
  nvmem: core: add locking to nvmem_find_cell
  nvmem: core: Call put_device() in nvmem_unregister()
  nvmem: core: fix leaks on registration errors
  nvmem: correct Broadcom OTP controller driver writes
  w1: Add subsystem kernel public interface
  drivers/fsi: Add module license to core driver
  drivers/fsi: Use asynchronous slave mode
  drivers/fsi: Add hub master support
  drivers/fsi: Add SCOM FSI client device driver
  drivers/fsi/gpio: Add tracepoints for GPIO master
  drivers/fsi: Add GPIO based FSI master
  drivers/fsi: Document FSI master sysfs files in ABI
  drivers/fsi: Add error handling for slave
  drivers/fsi: Add tracepoints for low-level operations
  ...

Merge tag 'tty-4.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty

2017-07-04T03:04:16+00:00

Pull tty/serial updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the large tty/serial patchset for 4.13-rc1.

  A lot of tty and serial driver updates are in here, along with some
  fixups for some __get/put_user usages that were reported. Nothing
  huge, just lots of development by a number of different developers,
  full details in the shortlog.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while"

* tag 'tty-4.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (71 commits)
  tty: serial: lpuart: add a more accurate baud rate calculation method
  tty: serial: lpuart: add earlycon support for imx7ulp
  tty: serial: lpuart: add imx7ulp support
  dt-bindings: serial: fsl-lpuart: add i.MX7ULP support
  tty: serial: lpuart: add little endian 32 bit register support
  tty: serial: lpuart: refactor lpuart32_{read|write} prototype
  tty: serial: lpuart: introduce lpuart_soc_data to represent SoC property
  serial: imx-serial - move DMA buffer configuration to DT
  serial: imx: Enable RTSD only when needed
  serial: imx: Remove unused members from imx_port struct
  serial: 8250: 8250_omap: Fix race b/w dma completion and RX timeout
  serial: 8250: Fix THRE flag usage for CAP_MINI
  tty/serial: meson_uart: update to stable bindings
  dt-bindings: serial: Add bindings for the Amlogic Meson UARTs
  serial: Delete dead code for CIR serial ports
  serial: sirf: make of_device_ids const
  serial/mpsc: switch to dma_alloc_attrs
  tty: serial: Add Actions Semi Owl UART earlycon
  dt-bindings: serial: Document Actions Semi Owl UARTs
  tty/serial: atmel: make the driver DT only
  ...

Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2017-07-03T20:40:38+00:00

Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were KASLR improvements for rare
  environments with special boot options, by Baoquan He. Also misc
  smaller changes/cleanups"

* 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/debug: Extend the lower bound of crash kernel low reservations
  x86/boot: Remove unused copy_*_gs() functions
  x86/KASLR: Use the right memcpy() implementation
  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: Update 'memmap=' boot option description
  x86/KASLR: Handle the memory limit specified by the 'memmap=' and 'mem=' boot options
  x86/KASLR: Parse all 'memmap=' boot option entries

Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2017-07-03T18:34:53+00:00

Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The sole purpose of these changes is to shrink and simplify the RCU
  code base, which has suffered from creeping bloat over the past couple
  of years. The end result is a net removal of ~2700 lines of code:

     79 files changed, 1496 insertions(+), 4211 deletions(-)

  Plus there's a marked reduction in the Kconfig space complexity as
  well, here's the number of matches on 'grep RCU' in the .config:

                               before       after

     x86-defconfig                 17          15
     x86-allmodconfig              33          20"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (86 commits)
  rcu: Remove RCU CPU stall warnings from Tiny RCU
  rcu: Remove event tracing from Tiny RCU
  rcu: Move RCU debug Kconfig options to kernel/rcu
  rcu: Move RCU non-debug Kconfig options to kernel/rcu
  rcu: Eliminate NOCBs CPU-state Kconfig options
  rcu: Remove debugfs tracing
  srcu: Remove Classic SRCU
  srcu: Fix rcutorture-statistics typo
  rcu: Remove SPARSE_RCU_POINTER Kconfig option
  rcu: Remove the now-obsolete PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY Kconfig option
  rcu: Remove typecheck() from RCU locking wrapper functions
  rcu: Remove #ifdef moving rcu_end_inkernel_boot from rcupdate.h
  rcu: Remove nohz_full full-system-idle state machine
  rcu: Remove the RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO Kconfig option
  rcu: Remove *_SLOW_* Kconfig options
  srcu: Use rnp->lock wrappers to replace explicit memory barriers
  rcu: Move rnp->lock wrappers for SRCU use
  rcu: Convert rnp->lock wrappers to macros for SRCU use
  rcu: Refactor #includes from include/linux/rcupdate.h
  bcm47xx: Fix build regression
  ...