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Linus Torvalds 7753ea0964 Trimmed second batch of KVM changes for Linux 4.15
* GICv4 Support for KVM/ARM
 
 All ARM patches were in next-20171113.  I have postponed most x86 fixes
 to 4.15-rc2 and UMIP to 4.16, but there are fixes that would be good to
 have already in 4.15-rc1:
 
 * re-introduce support for CPUs without virtual NMI (cc stable)
   and allow testing of KVM without virtual NMI on available CPUs
 
 * fix long-standing performance issues with assigned devices on AMD
   (cc stable)
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Merge tag 'kvm-4.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

Pull KVM updates from Radim Krčmář:
 "Trimmed second batch of KVM changes for Linux 4.15:

   - GICv4 Support for KVM/ARM

   - re-introduce support for CPUs without virtual NMI (cc stable) and
     allow testing of KVM without virtual NMI on available CPUs

   - fix long-standing performance issues with assigned devices on AMD
     (cc stable)"

* tag 'kvm-4.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (30 commits)
  kvm: vmx: Allow disabling virtual NMI support
  kvm: vmx: Reinstate support for CPUs without virtual NMI
  KVM: SVM: obey guest PAT
  KVM: arm/arm64: Don't queue VLPIs on INV/INVALL
  KVM: arm/arm64: Fix GICv4 ITS initialization issues
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Theory of operations
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Enable VLPI support
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Prevent userspace from changing doorbell affinity
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Prevent a VM using GICv4 from being saved
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Enable virtual cpuif if VLPIs can be delivered
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Hook vPE scheduling into vgic flush/sync
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Use the doorbell interrupt as an unblocking source
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Add doorbell interrupt handling
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Use pending_last as a scheduling hint
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Handle INVALL applied to a vPE
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Propagate property updates to VLPIs
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Handle MOVALL applied to a vPE
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Handle CLEAR applied to a VLPI
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Propagate affinity changes to the physical ITS
  KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Unmap VLPI when freeing an LPI
  ...
2017-11-24 19:44:25 -10:00
arch Trimmed second batch of KVM changes for Linux 4.15 2017-11-24 19:44:25 -10:00
block Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 12:08:18 -08:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto Keys devel 2017-11-24 11:54:11 +11:00
Documentation Trimmed second batch of KVM changes for Linux 4.15 2017-11-24 19:44:25 -10:00
drivers Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2017-11-24 19:19:20 -10:00
firmware License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
fs Changes since last update: 2017-11-22 20:42:42 -10:00
include Trimmed second batch of KVM changes for Linux 4.15 2017-11-24 19:44:25 -10:00
init EXPERT Kconfig menu: fix broken EXPERT menu 2017-11-17 16:10:05 -08:00
ipc Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-17 16:56:17 -08:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf 2017-11-24 02:33:01 +09:00
lib This pull request contains the following core changes: 2017-11-22 20:46:06 -10:00
mm mm: add infrastructure for get_user_pages_fast() benchmarking 2017-11-17 16:10:04 -08:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-23 21:18:46 -10:00
samples media updates for v4.15-rc1 2017-11-15 20:30:12 -08:00
scripts A few late-arriving docs updates that have no real reason to wait. There's 2017-11-23 21:01:32 -10:00
security Merge branch 'next-keys' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-11-23 20:51:27 -10:00
sound sound fixes for 4.15-rc1 2017-11-23 21:09:41 -10:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf 2017-11-24 02:33:01 +09:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt Trimmed second batch of KVM changes for Linux 4.15 2017-11-24 19:44:25 -10:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild misc updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:51:33 -08:00
.mailmap Add Jason Gunthorpe as co-maintainer of the RDMA stack 2017-11-17 09:36:18 -08:00
COPYING [PATCH] update FSF address in COPYING 2005-09-10 10:06:29 -07:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS RTC for 4.15 2017-11-22 20:58:23 -10:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

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

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

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.