Merge tag 'docs-4.12' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation update from Jonathan Corbet:
 "A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a
  new guide for user-space API documents, rather sparsely populated at
  the moment, but it's a start. Markus improved the infrastructure for
  converting diagrams. Mauro has converted much of the USB documentation
  over to RST. Plus the usual set of fixes, improvements, and tweaks.

  There's a bit more than the usual amount of reaching out of
  Documentation/ to fix comments elsewhere in the tree; I have acks for
  those where I could get them"

* tag 'docs-4.12' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (74 commits)
  docs: Fix a couple typos
  docs: Fix a spelling error in vfio-mediated-device.txt
  docs: Fix a spelling error in ioctl-number.txt
  MAINTAINERS: update file entry for HSI subsystem
  Documentation: allow installing man pages to a user defined directory
  Doc/PM: Sync with intel_powerclamp code behavior
  zr364xx.rst: usb/devices is now at /sys/kernel/debug/
  usb.rst: move documentation from proc_usb_info.txt to USB ReST book
  convert philips.txt to ReST and add to media docs
  docs-rst: usb: update old usbfs-related documentation
  arm: Documentation: update a path name
  docs: process/4.Coding.rst: Fix a couple of document refs
  docs-rst: fix usb cross-references
  usb: gadget.h: be consistent at kernel doc macros
  usb: composite.h: fix two warnings when building docs
  usb: get rid of some ReST doc build errors
  usb.rst: get rid of some Sphinx errors
  usb/URB.txt: convert to ReST and update it
  usb/persist.txt: convert to ReST and add to driver-api book
  usb/hotplug.txt: convert to ReST and add to driver-api book
  ...

Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-usb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Description:
 		hubs this facility is always enabled and their device
 		directories will not contain this file.
 
-		For more information, see Documentation/usb/persist.txt.
+		For more information, see Documentation/driver-api/usb/persist.rst.
 
 What:		/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/autosuspend
 Date:		March 2007

Documentation/ABI/stable/vdso

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ The vDSO uses symbol versioning; whenever you request a symbol from the
 vDSO, specify the version you are expecting.
 
 Programs that dynamically link to glibc will use the vDSO automatically.
-Otherwise, you can use the reference parser in Documentation/vDSO/parse_vdso.c.
+Otherwise, you can use the reference parser in
+tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/parse_vdso.c.
 
 Unless otherwise noted, the set of symbols with any given version and the
 ABI of those symbols is considered stable.  It may vary across architectures,

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci

@@ -299,5 +299,5 @@ What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../revision
 Date:		November 2016
 Contact:	Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
 Description:
-		This file contains the revision field of the the PCI device.
+		This file contains the revision field of the PCI device.
 		The value comes from device config space. The file is read only.

Documentation/DocBook/Makefile

@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@
 
 DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml  \
 	    kernel-hacking.xml kernel-locking.xml \
-	    writing_usb_driver.xml networking.xml \
-	    kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml kgdb.xml \
-	    gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \
-	    genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml scsi.xml \
-	    sh.xml w1.xml \
-	    writing_musb_glue_layer.xml
+	    networking.xml \
+	    filesystems.xml lsm.xml kgdb.xml \
+	    libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \
+	    s390-drivers.xml scsi.xml \
+	    sh.xml w1.xml
 
 ifeq ($(DOCBOOKS),)
 
@@ -62,11 +61,14 @@ MAN := $(patsubst %.xml, %.9, $(BOOKS))
 mandocs: $(MAN)
 	find $(obj)/man -name '*.9' | xargs gzip -nf
 
+# Default location for installed man pages
+export INSTALL_MAN_PATH = $(objtree)/usr
+
 installmandocs: mandocs
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man9/
+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_MAN_PATH)/man/man9/
 	find $(obj)/man -name '*.9.gz' -printf '%h %f\n' | \
 		sort -k 2 -k 1 | uniq -f 1 | sed -e 's: :/:' | \
-		xargs install -m 644 -t /usr/local/man/man9/
+		xargs install -m 644 -t $(INSTALL_MAN_PATH)/man/man9/
 
 # no-op for the DocBook toolchain
 epubdocs:
@@ -238,7 +240,9 @@ dochelp:
 	@echo  '  psdocs          - Postscript'
 	@echo  '  xmldocs         - XML DocBook'
 	@echo  '  mandocs         - man pages'
-	@echo  '  installmandocs  - install man pages generated by mandocs'
+	@echo  '  installmandocs  - install man pages generated by mandocs to INSTALL_MAN_PATH'; \
+	 echo  '                    (default: $(INSTALL_MAN_PATH))'; \
+	 echo  ''
 	@echo  '  cleandocs       - clean all generated DocBook files'
 	@echo
 	@echo  '  make DOCBOOKS="s1.xml s2.xml" [target] Generate only docs s1.xml s2.xml'

Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl

-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
-	"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
-
-<book id="LinuxKernelAPI">
- <bookinfo>
-  <title>The Linux Kernel API</title>
-  
-  <legalnotice>
-   <para>
-     This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
-     it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
-     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-     version.
-   </para>
-      
-   <para>
-     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
-     useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
-     warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-     See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-   </para>
-      
-   <para>
-     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-     License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
-     Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
-     MA 02111-1307 USA
-   </para>
-      
-   <para>
-     For more details see the file COPYING in the source
-     distribution of Linux.
-   </para>
-  </legalnotice>
- </bookinfo>
-
-<toc></toc>
-
-  <chapter id="adt">
-     <title>Data Types</title>
-     <sect1><title>Doubly Linked Lists</title>
-!Iinclude/linux/list.h
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="libc">
-     <title>Basic C Library Functions</title>
-
-     <para>
-       When writing drivers, you cannot in general use routines which are
-       from the C Library.  Some of the functions have been found generally
-       useful and they are listed below.  The behaviour of these functions
-       may vary slightly from those defined by ANSI, and these deviations
-       are noted in the text.
-     </para>
-
-     <sect1><title>String Conversions</title>
-!Elib/vsprintf.c
-!Finclude/linux/kernel.h kstrtol
-!Finclude/linux/kernel.h kstrtoul
-!Elib/kstrtox.c
-     </sect1>
-     <sect1><title>String Manipulation</title>
-<!-- All functions are exported at now
-X!Ilib/string.c
- -->
-!Elib/string.c
-     </sect1>
-     <sect1><title>Bit Operations</title>
-!Iarch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="kernel-lib">
-     <title>Basic Kernel Library Functions</title>
-
-     <para>
-       The Linux kernel provides more basic utility functions.
-     </para>
-
-     <sect1><title>Bitmap Operations</title>
-!Elib/bitmap.c
-!Ilib/bitmap.c
-     </sect1>
-
-     <sect1><title>Command-line Parsing</title>
-!Elib/cmdline.c
-     </sect1>
-
-     <sect1 id="crc"><title>CRC Functions</title>
-!Elib/crc7.c
-!Elib/crc16.c
-!Elib/crc-itu-t.c
-!Elib/crc32.c
-!Elib/crc-ccitt.c
-     </sect1>
-
-     <sect1 id="idr"><title>idr/ida Functions</title>
-!Pinclude/linux/idr.h idr sync
-!Plib/idr.c IDA description
-!Elib/idr.c
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="mm">
-     <title>Memory Management in Linux</title>
-     <sect1><title>The Slab Cache</title>
-!Iinclude/linux/slab.h
-!Emm/slab.c
-!Emm/util.c
-     </sect1>
-     <sect1><title>User Space Memory Access</title>
-!Iarch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
-!Earch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
-     </sect1>
-     <sect1><title>More Memory Management Functions</title>
-!Emm/readahead.c
-!Emm/filemap.c
-!Emm/memory.c
-!Emm/vmalloc.c
-!Imm/page_alloc.c
-!Emm/mempool.c
-!Emm/dmapool.c
-!Emm/page-writeback.c
-!Emm/truncate.c
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-
-  <chapter id="ipc">
-     <title>Kernel IPC facilities</title>
-
-     <sect1><title>IPC utilities</title>
-!Iipc/util.c
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="kfifo">
-     <title>FIFO Buffer</title>
-     <sect1><title>kfifo interface</title>
-!Iinclude/linux/kfifo.h
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="relayfs">
-     <title>relay interface support</title>
-
-     <para>
-	Relay interface support
-	is designed to provide an efficient mechanism for tools and
-	facilities to relay large amounts of data from kernel space to
-	user space.
-     </para>
-
-     <sect1><title>relay interface</title>
-!Ekernel/relay.c
-!Ikernel/relay.c
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="modload">
-     <title>Module Support</title>
-     <sect1><title>Module Loading</title>
-!Ekernel/kmod.c
-     </sect1>
-     <sect1><title>Inter Module support</title>
-        <para>
-           Refer to the file kernel/module.c for more information.
-        </para>
-<!-- FIXME: Removed for now since no structured comments in source
-X!Ekernel/module.c
--->
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="hardware">
-     <title>Hardware Interfaces</title>
-     <sect1><title>Interrupt Handling</title>
-!Ekernel/irq/manage.c
-     </sect1>
-
-     <sect1><title>DMA Channels</title>
-!Ekernel/dma.c
-     </sect1>
-
-     <sect1><title>Resources Management</title>
-!Ikernel/resource.c
-!Ekernel/resource.c
-     </sect1>
-
-     <sect1><title>MTRR Handling</title>
-!Earch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
-     </sect1>
-
-     <sect1><title>PCI Support Library</title>
-!Edrivers/pci/pci.c
-!Edrivers/pci/pci-driver.c
-!Edrivers/pci/remove.c
-!Edrivers/pci/search.c
-!Edrivers/pci/msi.c
-!Edrivers/pci/bus.c
-!Edrivers/pci/access.c
-!Edrivers/pci/irq.c
-!Edrivers/pci/htirq.c
-<!-- FIXME: Removed for now since no structured comments in source
-X!Edrivers/pci/hotplug.c
--->
-!Edrivers/pci/probe.c
-!Edrivers/pci/slot.c
-!Edrivers/pci/rom.c
-!Edrivers/pci/iov.c
-!Idrivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
-     </sect1>
-     <sect1><title>PCI Hotplug Support Library</title>
-!Edrivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="firmware">
-     <title>Firmware Interfaces</title>
-     <sect1><title>DMI Interfaces</title>
-!Edrivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
-     </sect1>
-     <sect1><title>EDD Interfaces</title>
-!Idrivers/firmware/edd.c
-     </sect1>
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="security">
-     <title>Security Framework</title>
-!Isecurity/security.c
-!Esecurity/inode.c
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="audit">
-     <title>Audit Interfaces</title>
-!Ekernel/audit.c
-!Ikernel/auditsc.c
-!Ikernel/auditfilter.c
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="accounting">
-     <title>Accounting Framework</title>
-!Ikernel/acct.c
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="blkdev">
-     <title>Block Devices</title>
-!Eblock/blk-core.c
-!Iblock/blk-core.c
-!Eblock/blk-map.c
-!Iblock/blk-sysfs.c
-!Eblock/blk-settings.c
-!Eblock/blk-exec.c
-!Eblock/blk-flush.c
-!Eblock/blk-lib.c
-!Eblock/blk-tag.c
-!Iblock/blk-tag.c
-!Eblock/blk-integrity.c
-!Ikernel/trace/blktrace.c
-!Iblock/genhd.c
-!Eblock/genhd.c
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="chrdev">
-	<title>Char devices</title>
-!Efs/char_dev.c
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="miscdev">
-     <title>Miscellaneous Devices</title>
-!Edrivers/char/misc.c
-  </chapter>
-
-  <chapter id="clk">
-     <title>Clock Framework</title>
-
-     <para>
-	The clock framework defines programming interfaces to support
-	software management of the system clock tree.
-	This framework is widely used with System-On-Chip (SOC) platforms
-	to support power management and various devices which may need
-	custom clock rates.
-	Note that these "clocks" don't relate to timekeeping or real
-	time clocks (RTCs), each of which have separate frameworks.
-	These <structname>struct clk</structname> instances may be used
-	to manage for example a 96 MHz signal that is used to shift bits
-	into and out of peripherals or busses, or otherwise trigger
-	synchronous state machine transitions in system hardware.
-     </para>
-
-     <para>
-	Power management is supported by explicit software clock gating:
-	unused clocks are disabled, so the system doesn't waste power
-	changing the state of transistors that aren't in active use.
-	On some systems this may be backed by hardware clock gating,
-	where clocks are gated without being disabled in software.
-	Sections of chips that are powered but not clocked may be able
-	to retain their last state.
-	This low power state is often called a <emphasis>retention
-	mode</emphasis>.
-	This mode still incurs leakage currents, especially with finer
-	circuit geometries, but for CMOS circuits power is mostly used
-	by clocked state changes.
-     </para>
-
-     <para>
-	Power-aware drivers only enable their clocks when the device
-	they manage is in active use.  Also, system sleep states often
-	differ according to which clock domains are active:  while a
-	"standby" state may allow wakeup from several active domains, a
-	"mem" (suspend-to-RAM) state may require a more wholesale shutdown
-	of clocks derived from higher speed PLLs and oscillators, limiting
-	the number of possible wakeup event sources.  A driver's suspend
-	method may need to be aware of system-specific clock constraints
-	on the target sleep state.
-     </para>
-
-     <para>
-        Some platforms support programmable clock generators.  These
-	can be used by external chips of various kinds, such as other
-	CPUs, multimedia codecs, and devices with strict requirements
-	for interface clocking.
-     </para>
-
-!Iinclude/linux/clk.h
-  </chapter>
-
-</book>

Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Many PCI bus controllers are able to detect a variety of hardware
 PCI errors on the bus, such as parity errors on the data and address
-busses, as well as SERR and PERR errors.  Some of the more advanced
+buses, as well as SERR and PERR errors.  Some of the more advanced
 chipsets are able to deal with these errors; these include PCI-E chipsets,
 and the PCI-host bridges found on IBM Power4, Power5 and Power6-based
 pSeries boxes. A typical action taken is to disconnect the affected device,
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ proceeds to STEP 4 (Slot Reset)
 STEP 3: Link Reset
 ------------------
 The platform resets the link.  This is a PCI-Express specific step
-and is done whenever a non-fatal error has been detected that can be
+and is done whenever a fatal error has been detected that can be
 "solved" by resetting the link.
 
 STEP 4: Slot Reset
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ configuration registers to initialize to their default conditions.
 
 For most PCI devices, a soft reset will be sufficient for recovery.
 Optional fundamental reset is provided to support a limited number
-of PCI Express PCI devices  for which a soft reset is not sufficient
+of PCI Express devices for which a soft reset is not sufficient
 for recovery.
 
 If the platform supports PCI hotplug, then the reset might be

Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ kernel.
    CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER=y
    CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER=m
 
-   The userspace utlities can be built from the kernel source tree using
+   The userspace utilities can be built from the kernel source tree using
    the following commands:
 
    $ cd tools

Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt

@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ resulting child platform device.
 
 Device Tree namespace link device ID
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The Device Tree protocol uses device indentification based on the "compatible"
+The Device Tree protocol uses device identification based on the "compatible"
 property whose value is a string or an array of strings recognized as device
 identifiers by drivers and the driver core.  The set of all those strings may be
-regarded as a device indentification namespace analogous to the ACPI/PNP device
+regarded as a device identification namespace analogous to the ACPI/PNP device
 ID namespace.  Consequently, in principle it should not be necessary to allocate
 a new (and arguably redundant) ACPI/PNP device ID for a devices with an existing
 identification string in the Device Tree (DT) namespace, especially if that ID
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ In ACPI, the device identification object called _CID (Compatible ID) is used to
 list the IDs of devices the given one is compatible with, but those IDs must
 belong to one of the namespaces prescribed by the ACPI specification (see
 Section 6.1.2 of ACPI 6.0 for details) and the DT namespace is not one of them.
-Moreover, the specification mandates that either a _HID or an _ADR identificaion
+Moreover, the specification mandates that either a _HID or an _ADR identification
 object be present for all ACPI objects representing devices (Section 6.1 of ACPI
 6.0).  For non-enumerable bus types that object must be _HID and its value must
 be a device ID from one of the namespaces prescribed by the specification too.

Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking.
    mono
    java
    ras
+   pm/index
 
 .. only::  subproject and html
 

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst

+.. _kernelparameters:
+
 The kernel's command-line parameters
 ====================================
 
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel
 parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_
-multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30
+multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equaling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30
 bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted:
 
 .. include:: kernel-parameters.txt

Documentation/admin-guide/pm/index.rst

+================
+Power Management
+================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   cpufreq
+
+.. only::  subproject and html
+
+   Indices
+   =======
+
+   * :ref:`genindex`

Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RAS concepts
 ************
 
 Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) is a concept used on
-servers meant to measure their robusteness.
+servers meant to measure their robustness.
 
 Reliability
   is the probability that a system will produce correct outputs.
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ Among the monitoring measures, the most usual ones include:
 
 * CPU – detect errors at instruction execution and at L1/L2/L3 caches;
 * Memory – add error correction logic (ECC) to detect and correct errors;
-* I/O – add CRC checksums for tranfered data;
+* I/O – add CRC checksums for transferred data;
 * Storage – RAID, journal file systems, checksums,
   Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART).
 
 By monitoring the number of occurrences of error detections, it is possible
 to identify if the probability of hardware errors is increasing, and, on such
-case, do a preventive maintainance to replace a degrated component while
+case, do a preventive maintenance to replace a degraded component while
 those errors are correctable.
 
 Types of errors
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ using the ``dmidecode`` tool. For example, on a desktop machine, it shows::
 On the above example, a DDR4 SO-DIMM memory module is located at the
 system's memory labeled as "BANK 0", as given by the *bank locator* field.
 Please notice that, on such system, the *total width* is equal to the
-*data witdh*. It means that such memory module doesn't have error
+*data width*. It means that such memory module doesn't have error
 detection/correction mechanisms.
 
 Unfortunately, not all systems use the same field to specify the memory
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ bank. On this example, from an older server, ``dmidecode`` shows::
 
 There, the DDR3 RDIMM memory module is located at the system's memory labeled
 as "DIMM_A1", as given by the *locator* field. Please notice that this
-memory module has 64 bits of *data witdh* and 72 bits of *total width*. So,
+memory module has 64 bits of *data width* and 72 bits of *total width*. So,
 it has 8 extra bits to be used by error detection and correction mechanisms.
 Such kind of memory is called Error-correcting code memory (ECC memory).
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Architecture (MCA)\ [#f3]_.
 .. [#f1] Please notice that several memory controllers allow operation on a
   mode called "Lock-Step", where it groups two memory modules together,
   doing 128-bit reads/writes. That gives 16 bits for error correction, with
-  significatively improves the error correction mechanism, at the expense
+  significantly improves the error correction mechanism, at the expense
   that, when an error happens, there's no way to know what memory module is
   to blame. So, it has to blame both memory modules.
 

Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst

@@ -14,14 +14,17 @@ Contact
 The Linux kernel security team can be contacted by email at
 <security@kernel.org>.  This is a private list of security officers
 who will help verify the bug report and develop and release a fix.
-It is possible that the security team will bring in extra help from
-area maintainers to understand and fix the security vulnerability.
+If you already have a fix, please include it with your report, as
+that can speed up the process considerably.  It is possible that the
+security team will bring in extra help from area maintainers to
+understand and fix the security vulnerability.
 
 As it is with any bug, the more information provided the easier it
 will be to diagnose and fix.  Please review the procedure outlined in
-admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst if you are unclear about what information is helpful.
-Any exploit code is very helpful and will not be released without
-consent from the reporter unless it has already been made public.
+admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst if you are unclear about what
+information is helpful.  Any exploit code is very helpful and will not
+be released without consent from the reporter unless it has already been
+made public.
 
 Disclosure
 ----------
@@ -39,6 +42,32 @@ disclosure is from immediate (esp. if it's already publicly known)
 to a few weeks.  As a basic default policy, we expect report date to
 disclosure date to be on the order of 7 days.
 
+Coordination
+------------
+
+Fixes for sensitive bugs, such as those that might lead to privilege
+escalations, may need to be coordinated with the private
+<linux-distros@vs.openwall.org> mailing list so that distribution vendors
+are well prepared to issue a fixed kernel upon public disclosure of the
+upstream fix. Distros will need some time to test the proposed patch and
+will generally request at least a few days of embargo, and vendor update
+publication prefers to happen Tuesday through Thursday. When appropriate,
+the security team can assist with this coordination, or the reporter can
+include linux-distros from the start. In this case, remember to prefix
+the email Subject line with "[vs]" as described in the linux-distros wiki:
+<http://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros#how-to-use-the-lists>
+
+CVE assignment
+--------------
+
+The security team does not normally assign CVEs, nor do we require them
+for reports or fixes, as this can needlessly complicate the process and
+may delay the bug handling. If a reporter wishes to have a CVE identifier
+assigned ahead of public disclosure, they will need to contact the private
+linux-distros list, described above. When such a CVE identifier is known
+before a patch is provided, it is desirable to mention it in the commit
+message, though.
+
 Non-disclosure agreements
 -------------------------
 

Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst

@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ I hit SysRq, but nothing seems to happen, what's wrong?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 There are some keyboards that produce a different keycode for SysRq than the
-pre-defined value of 99 (see ``KEY_SYSRQ`` in ``include/linux/input.h``), or
+pre-defined value of 99
+(see ``KEY_SYSRQ`` in ``include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h``), or
 which don't have a SysRq key at all. In these cases, run ``showkey -s`` to find
 an appropriate scancode sequence, and use ``setkeycodes <sequence> 99`` to map
 this sequence to the usual SysRq code (e.g., ``setkeycodes e05b 99``). It's

Documentation/arm/mem_alignment

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Note that not all combinations are supported - only values 0 through 5.
 For example, the following will turn on the warnings, but without
 fixing up or sending SIGBUS signals:
 
-	echo 1 > /proc/sys/debug/alignment
+	echo 1 > /proc/cpu/alignment
 
 You can also read the content of the same file to get statistical
 information on unaligned access occurrences plus the current mode of

Documentation/conf.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import os
 import sphinx
 
 # Get Sphinx version
-major, minor, patch = map(int, sphinx.__version__.split("."))
+major, minor, patch = sphinx.version_info[:3]
 
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ from load_config import loadConfig
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-#needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+needs_sphinx = '1.2'
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
-extensions = ['kerneldoc', 'rstFlatTable', 'kernel_include', 'cdomain']
+extensions = ['kerneldoc', 'rstFlatTable', 'kernel_include', 'cdomain', 'kfigure']
 
 # The name of the math extension changed on Sphinx 1.4
 if major == 1 and minor > 3:

Documentation/core-api/flexible-arrays.rst

+
+===================================
+Using flexible arrays in the kernel
+===================================
+
+Large contiguous memory allocations can be unreliable in the Linux kernel.
+Kernel programmers will sometimes respond to this problem by allocating
+pages with :c:func:`vmalloc()`.  This solution not ideal, though.  On 32-bit
+systems, memory from vmalloc() must be mapped into a relatively small address
+space; it's easy to run out.  On SMP systems, the page table changes required
+by vmalloc() allocations can require expensive cross-processor interrupts on
+all CPUs.  And, on all systems, use of space in the vmalloc() range increases
+pressure on the translation lookaside buffer (TLB), reducing the performance
+of the system.
+
+In many cases, the need for memory from vmalloc() can be eliminated by piecing
+together an array from smaller parts; the flexible array library exists to make
+this task easier.
+
+A flexible array holds an arbitrary (within limits) number of fixed-sized
+objects, accessed via an integer index.  Sparse arrays are handled
+reasonably well.  Only single-page allocations are made, so memory
+allocation failures should be relatively rare.  The down sides are that the
+arrays cannot be indexed directly, individual object size cannot exceed the
+system page size, and putting data into a flexible array requires a copy
+operation.  It's also worth noting that flexible arrays do no internal
+locking at all; if concurrent access to an array is possible, then the
+caller must arrange for appropriate mutual exclusion.
+
+The creation of a flexible array is done with :c:func:`flex_array_alloc()`::
+
+    #include <linux/flex_array.h>
+
+    struct flex_array *flex_array_alloc(int element_size,
+					unsigned int total,
+					gfp_t flags);
+
+The individual object size is provided by ``element_size``, while total is the
+maximum number of objects which can be stored in the array.  The flags
+argument is passed directly to the internal memory allocation calls.  With
+the current code, using flags to ask for high memory is likely to lead to
+notably unpleasant side effects.
+
+It is also possible to define flexible arrays at compile time with::
+
+    DEFINE_FLEX_ARRAY(name, element_size, total);
+
+This macro will result in a definition of an array with the given name; the
+element size and total will be checked for validity at compile time.
+
+Storing data into a flexible array is accomplished with a call to
+:c:func:`flex_array_put()`::
+
+    int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int element_nr,
+    		       void *src, gfp_t flags);
+
+This call will copy the data from src into the array, in the position
+indicated by ``element_nr`` (which must be less than the maximum specified when
+the array was created).  If any memory allocations must be performed, flags
+will be used.  The return value is zero on success, a negative error code
+otherwise.
+
+There might possibly be a need to store data into a flexible array while
+running in some sort of atomic context; in this situation, sleeping in the
+memory allocator would be a bad thing.  That can be avoided by using
+``GFP_ATOMIC`` for the flags value, but, often, there is a better way.  The
+trick is to ensure that any needed memory allocations are done before
+entering atomic context, using :c:func:`flex_array_prealloc()`::
+
+    int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int start,
+			    unsigned int nr_elements, gfp_t flags);
+
+This function will ensure that memory for the elements indexed in the range
+defined by ``start`` and ``nr_elements`` has been allocated.  Thereafter, a
+``flex_array_put()`` call on an element in that range is guaranteed not to
+block.
+
+Getting data back out of the array is done with :c:func:`flex_array_get()`::
+
+    void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);
+
+The return value is a pointer to the data element, or NULL if that
+particular element has never been allocated.
+
+Note that it is possible to get back a valid pointer for an element which
+has never been stored in the array.  Memory for array elements is allocated
+one page at a time; a single allocation could provide memory for several
+adjacent elements.  Flexible array elements are normally initialized to the
+value ``FLEX_ARRAY_FREE`` (defined as 0x6c in <linux/poison.h>), so errors
+involving that number probably result from use of unstored array entries.
+Note that, if array elements are allocated with ``__GFP_ZERO``, they will be
+initialized to zero and this poisoning will not happen.
+
+Individual elements in the array can be cleared with
+:c:func:`flex_array_clear()`::
+
+    int flex_array_clear(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int element_nr);
+
+This function will set the given element to ``FLEX_ARRAY_FREE`` and return
+zero.  If storage for the indicated element is not allocated for the array,
+``flex_array_clear()`` will return ``-EINVAL`` instead.  Note that clearing an
+element does not release the storage associated with it; to reduce the
+allocated size of an array, call :c:func:`flex_array_shrink()`::
+
+    int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *array);
+
+The return value will be the number of pages of memory actually freed.
+This function works by scanning the array for pages containing nothing but
+``FLEX_ARRAY_FREE`` bytes, so (1) it can be expensive, and (2) it will not work
+if the array's pages are allocated with ``__GFP_ZERO``.
+
+It is possible to remove all elements of an array with a call to
+:c:func:`flex_array_free_parts()`::
+
+    void flex_array_free_parts(struct flex_array *array);
+
+This call frees all elements, but leaves the array itself in place.
+Freeing the entire array is done with :c:func:`flex_array_free()`::
+
+    void flex_array_free(struct flex_array *array);
+
+As of this writing, there are no users of flexible arrays in the mainline
+kernel.  The functions described here are also not exported to modules;
+that will probably be fixed when somebody comes up with a need for it.
+
+
+Flexible array functions
+------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/flex_array.h

Documentation/core-api/index.rst

@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ Core utilities
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   kernel-api
    assoc_array
    atomic_ops
    cpu_hotplug
    local_ops
    workqueue
+   genericirq
+   flexible-arrays
 
 Interfaces for kernel debugging
 ===============================

Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst

+====================
+The Linux Kernel API
+====================
+
+Data Types
+==========
+
+Doubly Linked Lists
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/list.h
+   :internal:
+
+Basic C Library Functions
+=========================
+
+When writing drivers, you cannot in general use routines which are from
+the C Library. Some of the functions have been found generally useful
+and they are listed below. The behaviour of these functions may vary
+slightly from those defined by ANSI, and these deviations are noted in
+the text.
+
+String Conversions
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/vsprintf.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kernel.h
+   :functions: kstrtol
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kernel.h
+   :functions: kstrtoul
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/kstrtox.c
+   :export:
+
+String Manipulation
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/string.c
+   :export:
+
+Bit Operations
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
+   :internal:
+
+Basic Kernel Library Functions
+==============================
+
+The Linux kernel provides more basic utility functions.
+
+Bitmap Operations
+-----------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/bitmap.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/bitmap.c
+   :internal:
+
+Command-line Parsing
+--------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/cmdline.c
+   :export:
+
+CRC Functions
+-------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc7.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc16.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc-itu-t.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc32.c
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/crc-ccitt.c
+   :export:
+
+idr/ida Functions
+-----------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/idr.h
+   :doc: idr sync
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/idr.c
+   :doc: IDA description
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/idr.c
+   :export:
+
+Memory Management in Linux
+==========================
+
+The Slab Cache
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/slab.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/slab.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c
+   :export:
+
+User Space Memory Access
+------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
+   :export:
+
+More Memory Management Functions
+--------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/filemap.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/memory.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/vmalloc.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page_alloc.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/mempool.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/dmapool.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page-writeback.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/truncate.c
+   :export:
+
+Kernel IPC facilities
+=====================
+
+IPC utilities
+-------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: ipc/util.c
+   :internal:
+
+FIFO Buffer
+===========
+
+kfifo interface
+---------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kfifo.h
+   :internal:
+
+relay interface support
+=======================
+
+Relay interface support is designed to provide an efficient mechanism
+for tools and facilities to relay large amounts of data from kernel
+space to user space.
+
+relay interface
+---------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/relay.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/relay.c
+   :internal:
+
+Module Support
+==============
+
+Module Loading
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/kmod.c
+   :export:
+
+Inter Module support
+--------------------
+
+Refer to the file kernel/module.c for more information.
+
+Hardware Interfaces
+===================
+
+Interrupt Handling
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/irq/manage.c
+   :export:
+
+DMA Channels
+------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/dma.c
+   :export:
+
+Resources Management
+--------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/resource.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/resource.c
+   :export:
+
+MTRR Handling
+-------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+   :export:
+
+Security Framework
+==================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: security/security.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: security/inode.c
+   :export:
+
+Audit Interfaces
+================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/audit.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/auditsc.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/auditfilter.c
+   :internal:
+
+Accounting Framework
+====================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/acct.c
+   :internal:
+
+Block Devices
+=============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-core.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-core.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-map.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-sysfs.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-settings.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-exec.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-flush.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-lib.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-tag.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-tag.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/blk-integrity.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/genhd.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: block/genhd.c
+   :export:
+
+Char devices
+============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: fs/char_dev.c
+   :export:
+
+Clock Framework
+===============
+
+The clock framework defines programming interfaces to support software
+management of the system clock tree. This framework is widely used with
+System-On-Chip (SOC) platforms to support power management and various
+devices which may need custom clock rates. Note that these "clocks"
+don't relate to timekeeping or real time clocks (RTCs), each of which
+have separate frameworks. These :c:type:`struct clk <clk>`
+instances may be used to manage for example a 96 MHz signal that is used
+to shift bits into and out of peripherals or busses, or otherwise
+trigger synchronous state machine transitions in system hardware.
+
+Power management is supported by explicit software clock gating: unused
+clocks are disabled, so the system doesn't waste power changing the
+state of transistors that aren't in active use. On some systems this may
+be backed by hardware clock gating, where clocks are gated without being
+disabled in software. Sections of chips that are powered but not clocked
+may be able to retain their last state. This low power state is often
+called a *retention mode*. This mode still incurs leakage currents,
+especially with finer circuit geometries, but for CMOS circuits power is
+mostly used by clocked state changes.
+
+Power-aware drivers only enable their clocks when the device they manage
+is in active use. Also, system sleep states often differ according to
+which clock domains are active: while a "standby" state may allow wakeup
+from several active domains, a "mem" (suspend-to-RAM) state may require
+a more wholesale shutdown of clocks derived from higher speed PLLs and
+oscillators, limiting the number of possible wakeup event sources. A
+driver's suspend method may need to be aware of system-specific clock
+constraints on the target sleep state.
+
+Some platforms support programmable clock generators. These can be used
+by external chips of various kinds, such as other CPUs, multimedia
+codecs, and devices with strict requirements for interface clocking.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/clk.h
+   :internal:

Documentation/cpu-freq/boost.txt

-Processor boosting control
-
-	- information for users -
-
-Quick guide for the impatient:
---------------------
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost
-controls the boost setting for the whole system. You can read and write
-that file with either "0" (boosting disabled) or "1" (boosting allowed).
-Reading or writing 1 does not mean that the system is boosting at this
-very moment, but only that the CPU _may_ raise the frequency at it's
-discretion.
---------------------
-
-Introduction
--------------
-Some CPUs support a functionality to raise the operating frequency of
-some cores in a multi-core package if certain conditions apply, mostly
-if the whole chip is not fully utilized and below it's intended thermal
-budget. The decision about boost disable/enable is made either at hardware
-(e.g. x86) or software (e.g ARM).
-On Intel CPUs this is called "Turbo Boost", AMD calls it "Turbo-Core",
-in technical documentation "Core performance boost". In Linux we use
-the term "boost" for convenience.
-
-Rationale for disable switch
-----------------------------
-
-Though the idea is to just give better performance without any user
-intervention, sometimes the need arises to disable this functionality.
-Most systems offer a switch in the (BIOS) firmware to disable the
-functionality at all, but a more fine-grained and dynamic control would
-be desirable:
-1. While running benchmarks, reproducible results are important. Since
-   the boosting functionality depends on the load of the whole package,
-   single thread performance can vary. By explicitly disabling the boost
-   functionality at least for the benchmark's run-time the system will run
-   at a fixed frequency and results are reproducible again.
-2. To examine the impact of the boosting functionality it is helpful
-   to do tests with and without boosting.
-3. Boosting means overclocking the processor, though under controlled
-   conditions. By raising the frequency and the voltage the processor
-   will consume more power than without the boosting, which may be
-   undesirable for instance for mobile users. Disabling boosting may
-   save power here, though this depends on the workload.
-
-
-User controlled switch
-----------------------
-
-To allow the user to toggle the boosting functionality, the cpufreq core
-driver exports a sysfs knob to enable or disable it. There is a file:
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost
-which can either read "0" (boosting disabled) or "1" (boosting enabled).
-The file is exported only when cpufreq driver supports boosting.
-Explicitly changing the permissions and writing to that file anyway will
-return EINVAL.
-
-On supported CPUs one can write either a "0" or a "1" into this file.
-This will either disable the boost functionality on all cores in the
-whole system (0) or will allow the software or hardware to boost at will
-(1).
-
-Writing a "1" does not explicitly boost the system, but just allows the
-CPU to boost at their discretion. Some implementations take external
-factors like the chip's temperature into account, so boosting once does
-not necessarily mean that it will occur every time even using the exact
-same software setup.
-
-
-AMD legacy cpb switch
----------------------
-The AMD powernow-k8 driver used to support a very similar switch to
-disable or enable the "Core Performance Boost" feature of some AMD CPUs.
-This switch was instantiated in each CPU's cpufreq directory
-(/sys/devices/system/cpu[0-9]*/cpufreq) and was called "cpb".
-Though the per CPU existence hints at a more fine grained control, the
-actual implementation only supported a system-global switch semantics,
-which was simply reflected into each CPU's file. Writing a 0 or 1 into it
-would pull the other CPUs to the same state.
-For compatibility reasons this file and its behavior is still supported
-on AMD CPUs, though it is now protected by a config switch
-(X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB). On Intel CPUs this file will never be created,
-even with the config option set.
-This functionality is considered legacy and will be removed in some future
-kernel version.
-
-More fine grained boosting control
-----------------------------------
-
-Technically it is possible to switch the boosting functionality at least
-on a per package basis, for some CPUs even per core. Currently the driver
-does not support it, but this may be implemented in the future.

Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ the reference implementation in drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
 Only for drivers with target_index() and CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION unset.
 
 get_intermediate should return a stable intermediate frequency platform wants to
-switch to, and target_intermediate() should set CPU to to that frequency, before
+switch to, and target_intermediate() should set CPU to that frequency, before
 jumping to the frequency corresponding to 'index'. Core will take care of
 sending notifications and driver doesn't have to handle them in
 target_intermediate() or target_index().

Documentation/cpu-freq/index.txt

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ Documents in this directory:
 
 amd-powernow.txt -	AMD powernow driver specific file.
 
-boost.txt -		Frequency boosting support.
-
 core.txt	-	General description of the CPUFreq core and
 			of CPUFreq notifiers.
 
@@ -32,17 +30,12 @@ cpufreq-nforce2.txt -	nVidia nForce2 platform specific file.
 
 cpufreq-stats.txt -	General description of sysfs cpufreq stats.
 
-governors.txt	-	What are cpufreq governors and how to
-			implement them?
-
 index.txt	-	File index, Mailing list and Links (this document)
 
 intel-pstate.txt -	Intel pstate cpufreq driver specific file.
 
 pcc-cpufreq.txt -	PCC cpufreq driver specific file.
 
-user-guide.txt	-	User Guide to CPUFreq
-
 
 Mailing List
 ------------

Documentation/cputopology.txt

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
 
 For architectures that don't support books (CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK) there are no
 default definitions for topology_book_id() and topology_book_cpumask().
-For architectures that don't support drawes (CONFIG_SCHED_DRAWER) there are
+For architectures that don't support drawers (CONFIG_SCHED_DRAWER) there are
 no default definitions for topology_drawer_id() and topology_drawer_cpumask().
 
 Additionally, CPU topology information is provided under

Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt

@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ Step-by-step instructions for using firescope with early OHCI initialization:
    CardBus and even some Express cards which are fully compliant to OHCI-1394
    specification are available. If it requires no driver for Windows operating
    systems, it most likely is. Only specialized shops have cards which are not
-   compliant, they are based on TI PCILynx chips and require drivers for Win-
-   dows operating systems.
+   compliant, they are based on TI PCILynx chips and require drivers for Windows
+   operating systems.
 
    The mentioned kernel log message contains the string "physUB" if the
    controller implements a writable Physical Upper Bound register.  This is

Documentation/doc-guide/hello.dot

+graph G {
+      Hello -- World
+}