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Linux 4.15-rc6 * tag 'v4.15-rc6': (734 commits) Linux 4.15-rc6 MAINTAINERS: mark arch/blackfin/ and its gubbins as orphaned x86/ldt: Make LDT pgtable free conditional x86/ldt: Plug memory leak in error path x86/mm: Remove preempt_disable/enable() from __native_flush_tlb() x86/smpboot: Remove stale TLB flush invocations objtool: Fix seg fault with clang-compiled objects objtool: Fix seg fault caused by missing parameter kbuild: add '-fno-stack-check' to kernel build options timerqueue: Document return values of timerqueue_add/del() timers: Invoke timer_start_debug() where it makes sense nohz: Prevent a timer interrupt storm in tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() timers: Reinitialize per cpu bases on hotplug timers: Use deferrable base independent of base::nohz_active genirq/msi, x86/vector: Prevent reservation mode for non maskable MSI genirq/irqdomain: Rename early argument of irq_domain_activate_irq() x86/vector: Use IRQD_CAN_RESERVE flag genirq: Introduce IRQD_CAN_RESERVE flag genirq/msi: Handle reactivation only on success gpio: brcmstb: Make really use of the new lockdep class ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ parameter is applicable::
 	IPV6	IPv6 support is enabled.
 	ISAPNP	ISA PnP code is enabled.
 	ISDN	Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
+	ISOL	CPU Isolation is enabled.
 	JOY	Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
 	KGDB	Kernel debugger support is enabled.
 	KVM	Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -328,11 +328,15 @@
 			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
 			APC and your system crashes randomly.
 
-	apic=		[APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
 			Change the output verbosity whilst booting
 			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
 			Change the amount of debugging information output
 			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
+			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
+			driver name.
+			Format: apic=driver_name
+			Examples: apic=bigsmp
 
 	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
 			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
@@ -1737,7 +1741,7 @@
 	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
 			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
 
-	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
+	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
 			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
 			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
 
@@ -2665,7 +2669,7 @@
 			Valid arguments: on, off
 			Default: on
 
-	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT]
+	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
 			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
 			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
 			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
@@ -2711,6 +2715,8 @@
 			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
 			behaviour
 
+	nopti		[X86-64] Disable kernel page table isolation
+
 	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
 
 	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
@@ -3285,6 +3291,12 @@
 	pt.		[PARIDE]
 			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
 
+	pti=		[X86_64]
+			Control user/kernel address space isolation:
+			on - enable
+			off - disable
+			auto - default setting
+
 	pty.legacy_count=
 			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
 			default number.

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ If supported by your machine this will be exposed by the WMI bus with
 a sysfs attribute called "force_power".
 
 For example the intel-wmi-thunderbolt driver exposes this attribute in:
-  /sys/devices/platform/PNP0C14:00/wmi_bus/wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00/86CCFD48-205E-4A77-9C48-2021CBEDE341/force_power
+  /sys/bus/wmi/devices/86CCFD48-205E-4A77-9C48-2021CBEDE341/force_power
 
   To force the power to on, write 1 to this attribute file.
   To disable force power, write 0 to this attribute file.

diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
@@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ stable kernels.
 | Qualcomm Tech. | Falkor v1       | E1003           | QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_1003    |
 | Qualcomm Tech. | Falkor v1       | E1009           | QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_1009    |
 | Qualcomm Tech. | QDF2400 ITS     | E0065           | QCOM_QDF2400_ERRATUM_0065   |
+| Qualcomm Tech. | Falkor v{1,2}   | E1041           | QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_1041    |
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt
@@ -898,6 +898,13 @@ controller implements weight and absolute bandwidth limit models for
 normal scheduling policy and absolute bandwidth allocation model for
 realtime scheduling policy.
 
+WARNING: cgroup2 doesn't yet support control of realtime processes and
+the cpu controller can only be enabled when all RT processes are in
+the root cgroup.  Be aware that system management software may already
+have placed RT processes into nonroot cgroups during the system boot
+process, and these processes may need to be moved to the root cgroup
+before the cpu controller can be enabled.
+
 
 CPU Interface Files
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Required properties:
                  at25df321a
                  at25df641
                  at26df081a
-                 en25s64
                  mr25h128
                  mr25h256
                  mr25h10
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ Required properties:
                  s25fl008k
                  s25fl064k
                  sst25vf040b
-                 sst25wf040b
                  m25p40
                  m25p80
                  m25p16

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/da7218.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/da7218.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Example:
 		compatible = "dlg,da7218";
 		reg = <0x1a>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio6>;
-		interrupts = <11 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+		interrupts = <11 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
 		wakeup-source;
 
 		VDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/da7219.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/da7219.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Example:
 		reg = <0x1a>;
 
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio6>;
-		interrupts = <11 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+		interrupts = <11 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
 
 		VDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
 		VDDMIC-supply = <&reg_audio>;

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/fsl-imx-cspi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/fsl-imx-cspi.txt
@@ -12,24 +12,30 @@ Required properties:
   - "fsl,imx53-ecspi" for SPI compatible with the one integrated on i.MX53 and later Soc
 - reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device
 - interrupts : Should contain CSPI/eCSPI interrupt
-- cs-gpios : Specifies the gpio pins to be used for chipselects.
 - clocks : Clock specifiers for both ipg and per clocks.
 - clock-names : Clock names should include both "ipg" and "per"
 See the clock consumer binding,
 	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clock-bindings.txt
-- dmas: DMA specifiers for tx and rx dma. See the DMA client binding,
-		Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/dma.txt
-- dma-names: DMA request names should include "tx" and "rx" if present.
 
-Obsolete properties:
-- fsl,spi-num-chipselects : Contains the number of the chipselect
+Recommended properties:
+- cs-gpios : GPIOs to use as chip selects, see spi-bus.txt.  While the native chip
+select lines can be used, they appear to always generate a pulse between each
+word of a transfer.  Most use cases will require GPIO based chip selects to
+generate a valid transaction.
 
 Optional properties:
+- num-cs :  Number of total chip selects, see spi-bus.txt.
+- dmas: DMA specifiers for tx and rx dma. See the DMA client binding,
+Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/dma.txt.
+- dma-names: DMA request names, if present, should include "tx" and "rx".
 - fsl,spi-rdy-drctl: Integer, representing the value of DRCTL, the register
 controlling the SPI_READY handling. Note that to enable the DRCTL consideration,
 the SPI_READY mode-flag needs to be set too.
 Valid values are: 0 (disabled), 1 (edge-triggered burst) and 2 (level-triggered burst).
 
+Obsolete properties:
+- fsl,spi-num-chipselects : Contains the number of the chipselect
+
 Example:
 
 ecspi@70010000 {

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
@@ -156,6 +156,40 @@ handle it in two different ways:
    root of the overlay.  Finally the directory is moved to the new
    location.
 
+There are several ways to tune the "redirect_dir" feature.
+
+Kernel config options:
+
+- OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR:
+    If this is enabled, then redirect_dir is turned on by  default.
+- OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW:
+    If this is enabled, then redirects are always followed by default. Enabling
+    this results in a less secure configuration.  Enable this option only when
+    worried about backward compatibility with kernels that have the redirect_dir
+    feature and follow redirects even if turned off.
+
+Module options (can also be changed through /sys/module/overlay/parameters/*):
+
+- "redirect_dir=BOOL":
+    See OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR kernel config option above.
+- "redirect_always_follow=BOOL":
+    See OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW kernel config option above.
+- "redirect_max=NUM":
+    The maximum number of bytes in an absolute redirect (default is 256).
+
+Mount options:
+
+- "redirect_dir=on":
+    Redirects are enabled.
+- "redirect_dir=follow":
+    Redirects are not created, but followed.
+- "redirect_dir=off":
+    Redirects are not created and only followed if "redirect_always_follow"
+    feature is enabled in the kernel/module config.
+- "redirect_dir=nofollow":
+    Redirects are not created and not followed (equivalent to "redirect_dir=off"
+    if "redirect_always_follow" feature is not enabled).
+
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