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Linus Torvalds b5361254c9 Modules changes for v6.13-rc1
Highlights for this merge window:
 
   * The whole caching of module code into huge pages by Mike Rapoport is going
     in through Andrew Morton's tree due to some other code dependencies. That's
     really the biggest highlight for Linux kernel modules in this release. With
     it we share huge pages for modules, starting off with x86. Expect to see that
     soon through Andrew!
 
   * Helge Deller addressed some lingering low hanging fruit alignment
     enhancements by. It is worth pointing out that from his old patch series
     I dropped his vmlinux.lds.h change at Masahiro's request as he would
     prefer this to be specified in asm code [0].
 
     [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240129192644.3359978-5-mcgrof@kernel.org/T/#m9efef5e700fbecd28b7afb462c15eed8ba78ef5a
 
   * Matthew Maurer and Sami Tolvanen have been tag teaming to help
     get us closer to a modversions for Rust. In this cycle we take in
     quite a lot of the refactoring for ELF validation. I expect modversions
     for Rust will be merged by v6.14 as that code is mostly ready now.
 
   * Adds a new modules selftests: kallsyms which helps us tests find_symbol()
     and the limits of kallsyms on Linux today.
 
   * We have a realtime mailing list to kernel-ci testing for modules now
     which relies and combines patchwork, kpd and kdevops:
 
     - https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-modules/list/
     - https://github.com/linux-kdevops/kdevops/blob/main/docs/kernel-ci/README.md
     - https://github.com/linux-kdevops/kdevops/blob/main/docs/kernel-ci/kernel-ci-kpd.md
     - https://github.com/linux-kdevops/kdevops/blob/main/docs/kernel-ci/linux-modules-kdevops-ci.md
 
     If you want to help avoid Linux kernel modules regressions, now its simple,
     just add a new Linux modules sefltests under tools/testing/selftests/module/
     That is it. All new selftests will be used and leveraged automatically by
     the CI.
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Merge tag 'modules-6.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/modules/linux

Pull modules updates from Luis Chamberlain:

 - The whole caching of module code into huge pages by Mike Rapoport is
   going in through Andrew Morton's tree due to some other code
   dependencies. That's really the biggest highlight for Linux kernel
   modules in this release. With it we share huge pages for modules,
   starting off with x86. Expect to see that soon through Andrew!

 - Helge Deller addressed some lingering low hanging fruit alignment
   enhancements by. It is worth pointing out that from his old patch
   series I dropped his vmlinux.lds.h change at Masahiro's request as he
   would prefer this to be specified in asm code [0].

    [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240129192644.3359978-5-mcgrof@kernel.org/T/#m9efef5e700fbecd28b7afb462c15eed8ba78ef5a

 - Matthew Maurer and Sami Tolvanen have been tag teaming to help get us
   closer to a modversions for Rust. In this cycle we take in quite a
   lot of the refactoring for ELF validation. I expect modversions for
   Rust will be merged by v6.14 as that code is mostly ready now.

 - Adds a new modules selftests: kallsyms which helps us tests
   find_symbol() and the limits of kallsyms on Linux today.

 - We have a realtime mailing list to kernel-ci testing for modules now
   which relies and combines patchwork, kpd and kdevops:

     https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-modules/list/
     https://github.com/linux-kdevops/kdevops/blob/main/docs/kernel-ci/README.md
     https://github.com/linux-kdevops/kdevops/blob/main/docs/kernel-ci/kernel-ci-kpd.md
     https://github.com/linux-kdevops/kdevops/blob/main/docs/kernel-ci/linux-modules-kdevops-ci.md

   If you want to help avoid Linux kernel modules regressions, now its
   simple, just add a new Linux modules sefltests under
   tools/testing/selftests/module/ That is it. All new selftests will be
   used and leveraged automatically by the CI.

* tag 'modules-6.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/modules/linux:
  tests/module/gen_test_kallsyms.sh: use 0 value for variables
  scripts: Remove export_report.pl
  selftests: kallsyms: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION
  selftests: add new kallsyms selftests
  module: Reformat struct for code style
  module: Additional validation in elf_validity_cache_strtab
  module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_strtab
  module: Group section index calculations together
  module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_index_str
  module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_index_sym
  module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_index_mod
  module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_index_info
  module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_secstrings
  module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_sechdrs
  module: Factor out elf_validity_ehdr
  module: Take const arg in validate_section_offset
  modules: Add missing entry for __ex_table
  modules: Ensure 64-bit alignment on __ksymtab_* sections
2024-11-27 10:20:50 -08:00
arch pci-v6.13-changes 2024-11-26 18:05:44 -08:00
block for-6.13/block-20241118 2024-11-18 16:50:08 -08:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto Random number generator updates for Linux 6.13-rc1. 2024-11-19 10:43:44 -08:00
Documentation vfs-6.13-rc1.fixes 2024-11-27 08:11:46 -08:00
drivers rpmsg updates for v6.13 2024-11-26 18:36:55 -08:00
fs vfs-6.13-rc1.fixes 2024-11-27 08:11:46 -08:00
include I3C for 6.13 2024-11-26 18:23:31 -08:00
init - The series "resource: A couple of cleanups" from Andy Shevchenko 2024-11-25 16:09:48 -08:00
io_uring A rather large update for timekeeping and timers: 2024-11-19 16:35:06 -08:00
ipc - The series "resource: A couple of cleanups" from Andy Shevchenko 2024-11-25 16:09:48 -08:00
kernel Modules changes for v6.13-rc1 2024-11-27 10:20:50 -08:00
lib Modules changes for v6.13-rc1 2024-11-27 10:20:50 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm Rust changes for v6.13 2024-11-26 14:00:26 -08:00
net NFSD 6.13 Release Notes 2024-11-26 12:59:30 -08:00
rust rust: fix up formatting after merge 2024-11-26 17:54:58 -08:00
samples Rust changes for v6.13 2024-11-26 14:00:26 -08:00
scripts Modules changes for v6.13-rc1 2024-11-27 10:20:50 -08:00
security - The series "resource: A couple of cleanups" from Andy Shevchenko 2024-11-25 16:09:48 -08:00
sound pci-v6.13-changes 2024-11-26 18:05:44 -08:00
tools Modules changes for v6.13-rc1 2024-11-27 10:20:50 -08:00
usr initramfs: shorten cmd_initfs in usr/Makefile 2024-07-16 01:07:52 +09:00
virt The biggest change here is eliminating the awful idea that KVM had, of 2024-11-23 16:00:50 -08:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: enable Clippy's check-private-items 2024-10-07 21:39:57 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle 2024-11-12 15:48:59 +01:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore rust: introduce .clippy.toml 2024-10-07 21:39:05 +02:00
.mailmap media updates for v6.13-rc1 2024-11-20 14:01:15 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS cgroup: Changes for v6.13 2024-11-20 09:54:49 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS pci-v6.13-changes 2024-11-26 18:05:44 -08:00
Makefile Modules changes for v6.13-rc1 2024-11-27 10:20:50 -08:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.