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Linus Torvalds 13324c42c1 Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 CPU feature updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Updates for x86 CPU features:

   - Support for UMWAIT/UMONITOR, which allows to use MWAIT and MONITOR
     instructions in user space to save power e.g. in HPC workloads
     which spin wait on synchronization points.

     The maximum time a MWAIT can halt in userspace is controlled by the
     kernel and can be adjusted by the sysadmin.

   - Speed up the MTRR handling code on CPUs which support cache
     self-snooping correctly.

     On those CPUs the wbinvd() invocations can be omitted which speeds
     up the MTRR setup by a factor of 50.

   - Support for the new x86 vendor Zhaoxin who develops processors
     based on the VIA Centaur technology.

   - Prevent 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' from affecting isolated NOHZ_FULL CPUs
     by sending IPIs to retrieve the CPU frequency and use the cached
     values instead.

   - The addition and late revert of the FSGSBASE support. The revert
     was required as it turned out that the code still has hard to
     diagnose issues. Yet another engineering trainwreck...

   - Small fixes, cleanups, improvements and the usual new Intel CPU
     family/model addons"

* 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (41 commits)
  x86/fsgsbase: Revert FSGSBASE support
  selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Fix some test case bugs
  x86/entry/64: Fix and clean up paranoid_exit
  x86/entry/64: Don't compile ignore_sysret if 32-bit emulation is enabled
  selftests/x86: Test SYSCALL and SYSENTER manually with TF set
  x86/mtrr: Skip cache flushes on CPUs with cache self-snooping
  x86/cpu/intel: Clear cache self-snoop capability in CPUs with known errata
  Documentation/ABI: Document umwait control sysfs interfaces
  x86/umwait: Add sysfs interface to control umwait maximum time
  x86/umwait: Add sysfs interface to control umwait C0.2 state
  x86/umwait: Initialize umwait control values
  x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate user wait instructions
  x86/cpu: Disable frequency requests via aperfmperf IPI for nohz_full CPUs
  x86/acpi/cstate: Add Zhaoxin processors support for cache flush policy in C3
  ACPI, x86: Add Zhaoxin processors support for NONSTOP TSC
  x86/cpu: Create Zhaoxin processors architecture support file
  x86/cpu: Split Tremont based Atoms from the rest
  Documentation/x86/64: Add documentation for GS/FS addressing mode
  x86/elf: Enumerate kernel FSGSBASE capability in AT_HWCAP2
  x86/cpu: Enable FSGSBASE on 64bit by default and add a chicken bit
  ...
2019-07-08 11:59:59 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 11:59:59 -07:00
block blk-mq: fix up placement of debugfs directory of queue files 2019-07-06 10:07:38 -06:00
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crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2019-07-05 13:31:19 +09:00
Documentation Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 11:59:59 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 11:59:59 -07:00
fs Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-06 09:53:08 -07:00
include Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 11:06:29 -07:00
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kernel Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 11:22:57 -07:00
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mm arm64 updates for 5.3: 2019-07-08 09:54:55 -07:00
net Two more quick bugfixes for nfsd, fixing a regression causing mount 2019-07-05 19:00:37 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 11:59:59 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.2 2019-07-07 15:41:56 -07:00
README

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 Restructured Text 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.