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    Merge branch 'parisc-5.2-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux · d3511f53
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull parisc updates from Helge Deller:
     "Many great new features, fixes and optimizations, including:
    
       - Convert page table updates to use per-pagetable spinlocks which
         overall improves performance on SMP machines a lot, by Mikulas
         Patocka
    
       - Kernel debugger (KGDB) support, by Sven Schnelle
    
       - KPROBES support, by Sven Schnelle
    
       - Lots of TLB lock/flush improvements, by Dave Anglin
    
       - Drop DISCONTIGMEM and switch to SPARSEMEM
    
       - Added JUMP_LABEL, branch runtime-patching support
    
       - Lots of other small speedups and cleanups, e.g. for QEMU, stack
         randomization, avoidance of name clashes, documentation updates,
         etc ..."
    
    * 'parisc-5.2-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux: (28 commits)
      parisc: Add static branch and JUMP_LABEL feature
      parisc: Use PA_ASM_LEVEL in boot code
      parisc: Rename LEVEL to PA_ASM_LEVEL to avoid name clash with DRBD code
      parisc: Update huge TLB page support to use per-pagetable spinlock
      parisc: Use per-pagetable spinlock
      parisc: Allow live-patching of __meminit functions
      parisc: Add memory barrier to asm pdc and sync instructions
      parisc: Add memory clobber to TLB purges
      parisc: Use ldcw instruction for SMP spinlock release barrier
      parisc: Remove lock code to serialize TLB operations in pacache.S
      parisc: Switch from DISCONTIGMEM to SPARSEMEM
      parisc: enable wide mode early
      parisc: update feature lists
      parisc: Show n/a if product number not available
      parisc: remove unused flags parameter in __patch_text()
      doc: update kprobes supported architecture list
      parisc: Implement kretprobes
      parisc: remove kprobes.h from generic-y
      parisc: Implement kprobes
      parisc: add functions required by KPROBE_EVENTS
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