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@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ Peter Oruba <[email protected]>
 Peter Oruba <[email protected]>
 Pratyush Anand <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
 Praveen BP <[email protected]>
+Punit Agrawal <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
 Qais Yousef <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
 Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
 Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> <[email protected]>

CREDITS

@@ -2138,6 +2138,10 @@ E: [email protected]
 D: Soundblaster driver fixes, ISAPnP quirk
 S: California, USA
 
+N: Jarkko Lavinen
+E: [email protected]
+D: OMAP MMC support
+
 N: Jonathan Layes
 D: ARPD support
 
@@ -2200,6 +2204,10 @@ S: Post Office Box 371
 S: North Little Rock, Arkansas 72115
 S: USA
 
+N: Christopher Li
+E: [email protected]
+D: Sparse maintainer 2009 - 2018
+
 N: Stephan Linz
 E: [email protected]
 E: [email protected]
@@ -2533,6 +2541,10 @@ S: Ormond
 S: Victoria 3163
 S: Australia
 
+N: Eric Miao
+E: [email protected]
+D: MMP support
+
 N: Pauline Middelink
 E: [email protected]
 D: General low-level bug fixes, /proc fixes, identd support
@@ -4107,6 +4119,10 @@ S: 1507 145th Place SE #B5
 S: Bellevue, Washington 98007
 S: USA
 
+N: Haojian Zhuang
+E: [email protected]
+D: MMP support
+
 N: Richard Zidlicky
 E: [email protected], [email protected]
 W: http://www.geocities.com/rdzidlic

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-pattern

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Description:
 		  0-|   /             \/             \/
 		    +---0----1----2----3----4----5----6------------> time (s)
 
-		2. To make the LED go instantly from one brigntess value to another,
-		we should use use zero-time lengths (the brightness must be same as
+		2. To make the LED go instantly from one brightness value to another,
+		we should use zero-time lengths (the brightness must be same as
 		the previous tuple's). So the format should be:
 		"brightness_1 duration_1 brightness_1 0 brightness_2 duration_2
 		brightness_2 0 ...". For example:

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/tagging
+What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/dsa/tagging
 Date:		August 2018
 KernelVersion:	4.20
 Contact:	[email protected]

Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst

@@ -1879,10 +1879,8 @@ following two functions.
 
   wbc_init_bio(@wbc, @bio)
 	Should be called for each bio carrying writeback data and
-	associates the bio with the inode's owner cgroup and the
-	corresponding request queue.  This must be called after
-	a queue (device) has been associated with the bio and
-	before submission.
+	associates the bio with the inode's owner cgroup.  Can be
+	called anytime between bio allocation and submission.
 
   wbc_account_io(@wbc, @page, @bytes)
 	Should be called for each data segment being written out.
@@ -1901,7 +1899,7 @@ the configuration, the bio may be executed at a lower priority and if
 the writeback session is holding shared resources, e.g. a journal
 entry, may lead to priority inversion.  There is no one easy solution
 for the problem.  Filesystems can try to work around specific problem
-cases by skipping wbc_init_bio() or using bio_associate_create_blkg()
+cases by skipping wbc_init_bio() or using bio_associate_blkcg()
 directly.
 
 

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -856,7 +856,8 @@
 			causing system reset or hang due to sending
 			INIT from AP to BSP.
 
-	disable_counter_freezing [HW]
+	perf_v4_pmi=	[X86,INTEL]
+			Format: <bool>
 			Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature.
 			The feature only exists starting from
 			Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer).
@@ -1068,7 +1069,7 @@
 			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
 			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
 			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
-			earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate]
+			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
 			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
 
 			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
@@ -1100,6 +1101,10 @@
 
 			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
 
+			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
+			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
+			UART class.
+
 	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
 			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
 			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
@@ -3500,6 +3505,10 @@
 			before loading.
 			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
 
+	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
+			tracking.
+			Format: <bool>
+
 	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
 			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
 	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
@@ -4190,9 +4199,13 @@
 
 	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
 			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
+			The default operation protects the kernel from
+			user space attacks.
 
-			on   - unconditionally enable
-			off  - unconditionally disable
+			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
+			       spectre_v2_user=on
+			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
+			       spectre_v2_user=off
 			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
 			       vulnerable
 
@@ -4202,6 +4215,12 @@
 			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
 			compiler with which the kernel was built.
 
+			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
+			against user space to user space task attacks.
+
+			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
+			the user space protections.
+
 			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
 
 			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
@@ -4211,6 +4230,48 @@
 			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
 			spectre_v2=auto.
 
+	spectre_v2_user=
+			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
+		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
+		        user space tasks
+
+			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
+				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
+
+			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
+				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
+
+			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
+				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
+				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
+				  is inherited on fork.
+
+			prctl,ibpb
+				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
+				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
+				  always when switching between different user
+				  space processes.
+
+			seccomp
+				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
+				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
+				  they explicitly opt out.
+
+			seccomp,ibpb
+				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
+				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
+				  always when switching between different
+				  user space processes.
+
+			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
+				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
+
+			Default mitigation:
+			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
+
+			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
+			spectre_v2_user=auto.
+
 	spec_store_bypass_disable=
 			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
 			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
@@ -4709,6 +4770,8 @@
 					prevent spurious wakeup);
 				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
 					pause after every control message);
+				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
+					delay after resetting its port);
 			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
 
 	usbhid.mousepoll=

Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ data structures necessary to handle the given policy and, possibly, to add
 a governor ``sysfs`` interface to it.  Next, the governor is started by
 invoking its ``->start()`` callback.
 
-That callback it expected to register per-CPU utilization update callbacks for
+That callback is expected to register per-CPU utilization update callbacks for
 all of the online CPUs belonging to the given policy with the CPU scheduler.
 The utilization update callbacks will be invoked by the CPU scheduler on
 important events, like task enqueue and dequeue, on every iteration of the

Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst

@@ -32,16 +32,17 @@ Disclosure and embargoed information
 The security list is not a disclosure channel.  For that, see Coordination
 below.
 
-Once a robust fix has been developed, our preference is to release the
-fix in a timely fashion, treating it no differently than any of the other
-thousands of changes and fixes the Linux kernel project releases every
-month.
-
-However, at the request of the reporter, we will postpone releasing the
-fix for up to 5 business days after the date of the report or after the
-embargo has lifted; whichever comes first.  The only exception to that
-rule is if the bug is publicly known, in which case the preference is to
-release the fix as soon as it's available.
+Once a robust fix has been developed, the release process starts.  Fixes
+for publicly known bugs are released immediately.
+
+Although our preference is to release fixes for publicly undisclosed bugs
+as soon as they become available, this may be postponed at the request of
+the reporter or an affected party for up to 7 calendar days from the start
+of the release process, with an exceptional extension to 14 calendar days
+if it is agreed that the criticality of the bug requires more time.  The
+only valid reason for deferring the publication of a fix is to accommodate
+the logistics of QA and large scale rollouts which require release
+coordination.
 
 Whilst embargoed information may be shared with trusted individuals in
 order to develop a fix, such information will not be published alongside

Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ stable kernels.
 | ARM            | Cortex-A73      | #858921         | ARM64_ERRATUM_858921        |
 | ARM            | Cortex-A55      | #1024718        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1024718       |
 | ARM            | Cortex-A76      | #1188873        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1188873       |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A76      | #1286807        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1286807       |
 | ARM            | MMU-500         | #841119,#826419 | N/A                         |
 |                |                 |                 |                             |
 | Cavium         | ThunderX ITS    | #22375, #24313  | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22375        |

Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ using :c:func:`xa_load`.  xa_store will overwrite any entry with the
 new entry and return the previous entry stored at that index.  You can
 use :c:func:`xa_erase` instead of calling :c:func:`xa_store` with a
 ``NULL`` entry.  There is no difference between an entry that has never
-been stored to and one that has most recently had ``NULL`` stored to it.
+been stored to, one that has been erased and one that has most recently
+had ``NULL`` stored to it.
 
 You can conditionally replace an entry at an index by using
 :c:func:`xa_cmpxchg`.  Like :c:func:`cmpxchg`, it will only succeed if
@@ -105,23 +106,44 @@ may result in the entry being marked at some, but not all of the other
 indices.  Storing into one index may result in the entry retrieved by
 some, but not all of the other indices changing.
 
+Sometimes you need to ensure that a subsequent call to :c:func:`xa_store`
+will not need to allocate memory.  The :c:func:`xa_reserve` function
+will store a reserved entry at the indicated index.  Users of the normal
+API will see this entry as containing ``NULL``.  If you do not need to
+use the reserved entry, you can call :c:func:`xa_release` to remove the
+unused entry.  If another user has stored to the entry in the meantime,
+:c:func:`xa_release` will do nothing; if instead you want the entry to
+become ``NULL``, you should use :c:func:`xa_erase`.
+
+If all entries in the array are ``NULL``, the :c:func:`xa_empty` function
+will return ``true``.
+
 Finally, you can remove all entries from an XArray by calling
 :c:func:`xa_destroy`.  If the XArray entries are pointers, you may wish
 to free the entries first.  You can do this by iterating over all present
 entries in the XArray using the :c:func:`xa_for_each` iterator.
 
-ID assignment
--------------
+Allocating XArrays
+------------------
+
+If you use :c:func:`DEFINE_XARRAY_ALLOC` to define the XArray, or
+initialise it by passing ``XA_FLAGS_ALLOC`` to :c:func:`xa_init_flags`,
+the XArray changes to track whether entries are in use or not.
 
 You can call :c:func:`xa_alloc` to store the entry at any unused index
 in the XArray.  If you need to modify the array from interrupt context,
 you can use :c:func:`xa_alloc_bh` or :c:func:`xa_alloc_irq` to disable
-interrupts while allocating the ID.  Unlike :c:func:`xa_store`, allocating
-a ``NULL`` pointer does not delete an entry.  Instead it reserves an
-entry like :c:func:`xa_reserve` and you can release it using either
-:c:func:`xa_erase` or :c:func:`xa_release`.  To use ID assignment, the
-XArray must be defined with :c:func:`DEFINE_XARRAY_ALLOC`, or initialised
-by passing ``XA_FLAGS_ALLOC`` to :c:func:`xa_init_flags`,
+interrupts while allocating the ID.
+
+Using :c:func:`xa_store`, :c:func:`xa_cmpxchg` or :c:func:`xa_insert`
+will mark the entry as being allocated.  Unlike a normal XArray, storing
+``NULL`` will mark the entry as being in use, like :c:func:`xa_reserve`.
+To free an entry, use :c:func:`xa_erase` (or :c:func:`xa_release` if
+you only want to free the entry if it's ``NULL``).
+
+You cannot use ``XA_MARK_0`` with an allocating XArray as this mark
+is used to track whether an entry is free or not.  The other marks are
+available for your use.
 
 Memory allocation
 -----------------
@@ -158,6 +180,8 @@ Takes RCU read lock:
 
 Takes xa_lock internally:
  * :c:func:`xa_store`
+ * :c:func:`xa_store_bh`
+ * :c:func:`xa_store_irq`
  * :c:func:`xa_insert`
  * :c:func:`xa_erase`
  * :c:func:`xa_erase_bh`
@@ -167,6 +191,9 @@ Takes xa_lock internally:
  * :c:func:`xa_alloc`
  * :c:func:`xa_alloc_bh`
  * :c:func:`xa_alloc_irq`
+ * :c:func:`xa_reserve`
+ * :c:func:`xa_reserve_bh`
+ * :c:func:`xa_reserve_irq`
  * :c:func:`xa_destroy`
  * :c:func:`xa_set_mark`
  * :c:func:`xa_clear_mark`
@@ -177,6 +204,7 @@ Assumes xa_lock held on entry:
  * :c:func:`__xa_erase`
  * :c:func:`__xa_cmpxchg`
  * :c:func:`__xa_alloc`
+ * :c:func:`__xa_reserve`
  * :c:func:`__xa_set_mark`
  * :c:func:`__xa_clear_mark`
 
@@ -234,7 +262,8 @@ Sharing the XArray with interrupt context is also possible, either
 using :c:func:`xa_lock_irqsave` in both the interrupt handler and process
 context, or :c:func:`xa_lock_irq` in process context and :c:func:`xa_lock`
 in the interrupt handler.  Some of the more common patterns have helper
-functions such as :c:func:`xa_erase_bh` and :c:func:`xa_erase_irq`.
+functions such as :c:func:`xa_store_bh`, :c:func:`xa_store_irq`,
+:c:func:`xa_erase_bh` and :c:func:`xa_erase_irq`.
 
 Sometimes you need to protect access to the XArray with a mutex because
 that lock sits above another mutex in the locking hierarchy.  That does
@@ -322,7 +351,8 @@ to :c:func:`xas_retry`, and retry the operation if it returns ``true``.
      - :c:func:`xa_is_zero`
      - Zero entries appear as ``NULL`` through the Normal API, but occupy
        an entry in the XArray which can be used to reserve the index for
-       future use.
+       future use.  This is used by allocating XArrays for allocated entries
+       which are ``NULL``.
 
 Other internal entries may be added in the future.  As far as possible, they
 will be handled by :c:func:`xas_retry`.

Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt

@@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ transitions.
 This will give a fine grained information about all the CPU frequency
 transitions. The cat output here is a two dimensional matrix, where an entry
 <i,j> (row i, column j) represents the count of number of transitions from 
-Freq_i to Freq_j. Freq_i is in descending order with increasing rows and 
-Freq_j is in descending order with increasing columns. The output here also 
-contains the actual freq values for each row and column for better readability.
+Freq_i to Freq_j. Freq_i rows and Freq_j columns follow the sorting order in
+which the driver has provided the frequency table initially to the cpufreq core
+and so can be sorted (ascending or descending) or unsorted.  The output here
+also contains the actual freq values for each row and column for better
+readability.
 
 If the transition table is bigger than PAGE_SIZE, reading this will
 return an -EFBIG error.