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<title>linux-toradex.git/Documentation/RCU, branch v4.7</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux</title>
<updated>2016-05-20T01:07:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2016-05-20T01:07:25+00:00</published>
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Pull Documentation updates from Jon Corbet:
 "A bit busier this time around.

  The most interesting thing (IMO) this time around is some beginning
  infrastructural work to allow documents to be written using
  restructured text.  Maybe someday, in a galaxy far far away, we'll be
  able to eliminate the DocBook dependency and have a much better
  integrated set of kernel docs.  Someday.

  Beyond that, there's a new document on security hardening from Kees,
  the movement of some sample code over to samples/, a number of
  improvements to the serial docs from Geert, and the usual collection
  of corrections, typo fixes, etc"

* tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (55 commits)
  doc: self-protection: provide initial details
  serial: doc: Use port-&gt;state instead of info
  serial: doc: Always refer to tty_port-&gt;mutex
  Documentation: vm: Spelling s/paltform/platform/g
  Documentation/memcg: update kmem limit doc as codes behavior
  docproc: print a comment about autogeneration for rst output
  docproc: add support for reStructuredText format via --rst option
  docproc: abstract terminating lines at first space
  docproc: abstract docproc directive detection
  docproc: reduce unnecessary indentation
  docproc: add variables for subcommand and filename
  kernel-doc: use rst C domain directives and references for types
  kernel-doc: produce RestructuredText output
  kernel-doc: rewrite usage description, remove duplicated comments
  Doc: correct the location of sysrq.c
  Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes
  samples: v4l: from Documentation to samples directory
  samples: connector: from Documentation to samples directory
  Documentation: xillybus: fix spelling mistake
  Documentation: x86: fix spelling mistakes
  ...
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Pull Documentation updates from Jon Corbet:
 "A bit busier this time around.

  The most interesting thing (IMO) this time around is some beginning
  infrastructural work to allow documents to be written using
  restructured text.  Maybe someday, in a galaxy far far away, we'll be
  able to eliminate the DocBook dependency and have a much better
  integrated set of kernel docs.  Someday.

  Beyond that, there's a new document on security hardening from Kees,
  the movement of some sample code over to samples/, a number of
  improvements to the serial docs from Geert, and the usual collection
  of corrections, typo fixes, etc"

* tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (55 commits)
  doc: self-protection: provide initial details
  serial: doc: Use port-&gt;state instead of info
  serial: doc: Always refer to tty_port-&gt;mutex
  Documentation: vm: Spelling s/paltform/platform/g
  Documentation/memcg: update kmem limit doc as codes behavior
  docproc: print a comment about autogeneration for rst output
  docproc: add support for reStructuredText format via --rst option
  docproc: abstract terminating lines at first space
  docproc: abstract docproc directive detection
  docproc: reduce unnecessary indentation
  docproc: add variables for subcommand and filename
  kernel-doc: use rst C domain directives and references for types
  kernel-doc: produce RestructuredText output
  kernel-doc: rewrite usage description, remove duplicated comments
  Doc: correct the location of sysrq.c
  Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes
  samples: v4l: from Documentation to samples directory
  samples: connector: from Documentation to samples directory
  Documentation: xillybus: fix spelling mistake
  Documentation: x86: fix spelling mistakes
  ...
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<title>Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes</title>
<updated>2016-04-28T13:51:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-26T23:41:21+00:00</published>
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This fixes several spelling mistakes in the Documentation/ tree, which
are caught by checkpatch.pl's spell checking.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;rdunlap@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet &lt;corbet@lwn.net&gt;
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This fixes several spelling mistakes in the Documentation/ tree, which
are caught by checkpatch.pl's spell checking.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;rdunlap@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet &lt;corbet@lwn.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'doc.2016.04.19a', 'exp.2016.03.31d', 'fixes.2016.03.31d' and 'torture.2016.04.21a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2016-04-21T20:48:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-21T20:48:20+00:00</published>
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doc.2016.04.19a: Documentation updates
exp.2016.03.31d: Expedited grace-period updates
fixes.2016.03.31d: Miscellaneous fixes
torture.2016.004.21a Torture-test updates
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doc.2016.04.19a: Documentation updates
exp.2016.03.31d: Expedited grace-period updates
fixes.2016.03.31d: Miscellaneous fixes
torture.2016.004.21a Torture-test updates
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<title>documentation: Add documentation for RCU's major data structures</title>
<updated>2016-04-19T21:48:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-01-29T00:49:24+00:00</published>
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This commit adds documentation for RCU's major data structures,
including rcu_state, rcu_node, rcu_data, rcu_dynticks, and rcu_head.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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This commit adds documentation for RCU's major data structures,
including rcu_state, rcu_node, rcu_data, rcu_dynticks, and rcu_head.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Remove expedited GP funnel-lock bypass</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T20:34:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-01-31T01:23:19+00:00</published>
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Commit #cdacbe1f91264 ("rcu: Add fastpath bypassing funnel locking")
turns out to be a pessimization at high load because it forces a tree
full of tasks to wait for an expedited grace period that they probably
do not need.  This commit therefore removes this optimization.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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Commit #cdacbe1f91264 ("rcu: Add fastpath bypassing funnel locking")
turns out to be a pessimization at high load because it forces a tree
full of tasks to wait for an expedited grace period that they probably
do not need.  This commit therefore removes this optimization.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>documentation: Emphasize the call_rcu() is illegal from idle</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T20:33:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-31T18:00:08+00:00</published>
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Although call_rcu()'s fastpath works just fine on an idle CPU,
some branches of the slowpath invoke the scheduler, which uses
RCU.  Therefore, this commit emphasizes the fact that call_rcu()
must not be invoked from an idle CPU.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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Although call_rcu()'s fastpath works just fine on an idle CPU,
some branches of the slowpath invoke the scheduler, which uses
RCU.  Therefore, this commit emphasizes the fact that call_rcu()
must not be invoked from an idle CPU.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>documentation: Sharpen up the no-readers quick quiz</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T20:33:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-15T20:40:28+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>documentation: Get rid of duplicate .htmlx file</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T20:33:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-15T20:25:20+00:00</published>
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This commit uses colors to obscure the quick-quiz answers, thus getting
rid of the .htmlx file.  Use your mouse to select the answer in order
to see the text.  Alternatively, use your favorite scripting language
to remove all occurences of "&lt;font color="ffffff"&gt;" from the file.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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This commit uses colors to obscure the quick-quiz answers, thus getting
rid of the .htmlx file.  Use your mouse to select the answer in order
to see the text.  Alternatively, use your favorite scripting language
to remove all occurences of "&lt;font color="ffffff"&gt;" from the file.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>documentation: Remove unnecessary images from requirements</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T20:33:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-15T18:03:36+00:00</published>
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This commit removes a cutesy cartoon and also a diagram that can
just as easily be represented by text.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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This commit removes a cutesy cartoon and also a diagram that can
just as easily be represented by text.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<title>documentation: Document illegality of call_rcu() from offline CPUs</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T20:33:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-02-16T00:52:35+00:00</published>
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There is already a blanket statement about no member of RCU's API
being legal from an offline CPU, but add an explicit note where it
states that it is illegal to invoke call_rcu() from an NMI handler.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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There is already a blanket statement about no member of RCU's API
being legal from an offline CPU, but add an explicit note where it
states that it is illegal to invoke call_rcu() from an NMI handler.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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