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<title>linux-toradex.git/fs/sysfs, branch v4.19-rc5</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge tag 'driver-core-4.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core</title>
<updated>2018-08-18T18:44:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2018-08-18T18:44:53+00:00</published>
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Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here are all of the driver core and related patches for 4.19-rc1.

  Nothing huge here, just a number of small cleanups and the ability to
  now stop the deferred probing after init happens.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with only a merge
  issue reported"

* tag 'driver-core-4.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (21 commits)
  base: core: Remove WARN_ON from link dependencies check
  drivers/base: stop new probing during shutdown
  drivers: core: Remove glue dirs from sysfs earlier
  driver core: remove unnecessary function extern declare
  sysfs.h: fix non-kernel-doc comment
  PM / Domains: Stop deferring probe at the end of initcall
  iommu: Remove IOMMU_OF_DECLARE
  iommu: Stop deferring probe at end of initcalls
  pinctrl: Support stopping deferred probe after initcalls
  dt-bindings: pinctrl: add a 'pinctrl-use-default' property
  driver core: allow stopping deferred probe after init
  driver core: add a debugfs entry to show deferred devices
  sysfs: Fix internal_create_group() for named group updates
  base: fix order of OF initialization
  linux/device.h: fix kernel-doc notation warning
  Documentation: update firmware loader fallback reference
  kobject: Replace strncpy with memcpy
  drivers: base: cacheinfo: use OF property_read_u32 instead of get_property,read_number
  kernfs: Replace strncpy with memcpy
  device: Add #define dev_fmt similar to #define pr_fmt
  ...
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Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here are all of the driver core and related patches for 4.19-rc1.

  Nothing huge here, just a number of small cleanups and the ability to
  now stop the deferred probing after init happens.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with only a merge
  issue reported"

* tag 'driver-core-4.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (21 commits)
  base: core: Remove WARN_ON from link dependencies check
  drivers/base: stop new probing during shutdown
  drivers: core: Remove glue dirs from sysfs earlier
  driver core: remove unnecessary function extern declare
  sysfs.h: fix non-kernel-doc comment
  PM / Domains: Stop deferring probe at the end of initcall
  iommu: Remove IOMMU_OF_DECLARE
  iommu: Stop deferring probe at end of initcalls
  pinctrl: Support stopping deferred probe after initcalls
  dt-bindings: pinctrl: add a 'pinctrl-use-default' property
  driver core: allow stopping deferred probe after init
  driver core: add a debugfs entry to show deferred devices
  sysfs: Fix internal_create_group() for named group updates
  base: fix order of OF initialization
  linux/device.h: fix kernel-doc notation warning
  Documentation: update firmware loader fallback reference
  kobject: Replace strncpy with memcpy
  drivers: base: cacheinfo: use OF property_read_u32 instead of get_property,read_number
  kernfs: Replace strncpy with memcpy
  device: Add #define dev_fmt similar to #define pr_fmt
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi</title>
<updated>2018-08-16T05:06:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-08-16T05:06:26+00:00</published>
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Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "This is mostly updates to the usual drivers: mpt3sas, lpfc, qla2xxx,
  hisi_sas, smartpqi, megaraid_sas, arcmsr.

  In addition, with the continuing absence of Nic we have target updates
  for tcmu and target core (all with reviews and acks).

  The biggest observable change is going to be that we're (again) trying
  to switch to mulitqueue as the default (a user can still override the
  setting on the kernel command line).

  Other major core stuff is the removal of the remaining Microchannel
  drivers, an update of the internal timers and some reworks of
  completion and result handling"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (203 commits)
  scsi: core: use blk_mq_run_hw_queues in scsi_kick_queue
  scsi: ufs: remove unnecessary query(DM) UPIU trace
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix issue reported by static checker for qla2x00_els_dcmd2_sp_done()
  scsi: aacraid: Spelling fix in comment
  scsi: mpt3sas: Fix calltrace observed while running IO &amp; reset
  scsi: aic94xx: fix an error code in aic94xx_init()
  scsi: st: remove redundant pointer STbuffer
  scsi: qla2xxx: Update driver version to 10.00.00.08-k
  scsi: qla2xxx: Migrate NVME N2N handling into state machine
  scsi: qla2xxx: Save frame payload size from ICB
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix stalled relogin
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix race between switch cmd completion and timeout
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix Management Server NPort handle reservation logic
  scsi: qla2xxx: Flush mailbox commands on chip reset
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix unintended Logout
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix session state stuck in Get Port DB
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix redundant fc_rport registration
  scsi: qla2xxx: Silent erroneous message
  scsi: qla2xxx: Prevent sysfs access when chip is down
  scsi: qla2xxx: Add longer window for chip reset
  ...
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Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "This is mostly updates to the usual drivers: mpt3sas, lpfc, qla2xxx,
  hisi_sas, smartpqi, megaraid_sas, arcmsr.

  In addition, with the continuing absence of Nic we have target updates
  for tcmu and target core (all with reviews and acks).

  The biggest observable change is going to be that we're (again) trying
  to switch to mulitqueue as the default (a user can still override the
  setting on the kernel command line).

  Other major core stuff is the removal of the remaining Microchannel
  drivers, an update of the internal timers and some reworks of
  completion and result handling"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (203 commits)
  scsi: core: use blk_mq_run_hw_queues in scsi_kick_queue
  scsi: ufs: remove unnecessary query(DM) UPIU trace
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix issue reported by static checker for qla2x00_els_dcmd2_sp_done()
  scsi: aacraid: Spelling fix in comment
  scsi: mpt3sas: Fix calltrace observed while running IO &amp; reset
  scsi: aic94xx: fix an error code in aic94xx_init()
  scsi: st: remove redundant pointer STbuffer
  scsi: qla2xxx: Update driver version to 10.00.00.08-k
  scsi: qla2xxx: Migrate NVME N2N handling into state machine
  scsi: qla2xxx: Save frame payload size from ICB
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix stalled relogin
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix race between switch cmd completion and timeout
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix Management Server NPort handle reservation logic
  scsi: qla2xxx: Flush mailbox commands on chip reset
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix unintended Logout
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix session state stuck in Get Port DB
  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix redundant fc_rport registration
  scsi: qla2xxx: Silent erroneous message
  scsi: qla2xxx: Prevent sysfs access when chip is down
  scsi: qla2xxx: Add longer window for chip reset
  ...
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<entry>
<title>scsi: sysfs: Introduce sysfs_{un,}break_active_protection()</title>
<updated>2018-08-02T19:53:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bart Van Assche</name>
<email>bart.vanassche@wdc.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-08-02T17:51:40+00:00</published>
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Introduce these two functions and export them such that the next patch
can add calls to these functions from the SCSI core.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bart.vanassche@wdc.com&gt;
Acked-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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Introduce these two functions and export them such that the next patch
can add calls to these functions from the SCSI core.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bart.vanassche@wdc.com&gt;
Acked-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sysfs: Fix regression when adding a file to an existing group</title>
<updated>2018-07-29T20:11:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tyler Hicks</name>
<email>tyhicks@canonical.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-27T21:33:27+00:00</published>
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Commit 5f81880d5204 ("sysfs, kobject: allow creating kobject belonging
to arbitrary users") incorrectly changed the argument passed as the
parent parameter when calling sysfs_add_file_mode_ns(). This caused some
sysfs attribute files to not be added correctly to certain groups.

Fixes: 5f81880d5204 ("sysfs, kobject: allow creating kobject belonging to arbitrary users")
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Reported-by: Heiner Kallweit &lt;hkallweit1@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Heiner Kallweit &lt;hkallweit1@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Commit 5f81880d5204 ("sysfs, kobject: allow creating kobject belonging
to arbitrary users") incorrectly changed the argument passed as the
parent parameter when calling sysfs_add_file_mode_ns(). This caused some
sysfs attribute files to not be added correctly to certain groups.

Fixes: 5f81880d5204 ("sysfs, kobject: allow creating kobject belonging to arbitrary users")
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Reported-by: Heiner Kallweit &lt;hkallweit1@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Heiner Kallweit &lt;hkallweit1@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sysfs, kobject: allow creating kobject belonging to arbitrary users</title>
<updated>2018-07-21T06:44:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Torokhov</name>
<email>dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-20T21:56:48+00:00</published>
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Normally kobjects and their sysfs representation belong to global root,
however it is not necessarily the case for objects in separate namespaces.
For example, objects in separate network namespace logically belong to the
container's root and not global root.

This change lays groundwork for allowing network namespace objects
ownership to be transferred to container's root user by defining
get_ownership() callback in ktype structure and using it in sysfs code to
retrieve desired uid/gid when creating sysfs objects for given kobject.

Co-Developed-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov &lt;dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Normally kobjects and their sysfs representation belong to global root,
however it is not necessarily the case for objects in separate namespaces.
For example, objects in separate network namespace logically belong to the
container's root and not global root.

This change lays groundwork for allowing network namespace objects
ownership to be transferred to container's root user by defining
get_ownership() callback in ktype structure and using it in sysfs code to
retrieve desired uid/gid when creating sysfs objects for given kobject.

Co-Developed-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov &lt;dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>kernfs: allow creating kernfs objects with arbitrary uid/gid</title>
<updated>2018-07-21T06:44:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Torokhov</name>
<email>dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-20T21:56:47+00:00</published>
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This change allows creating kernfs files and directories with arbitrary
uid/gid instead of always using GLOBAL_ROOT_UID/GID by extending
kernfs_create_dir_ns() and kernfs_create_file_ns() with uid/gid arguments.
The "simple" kernfs_create_file() and kernfs_create_dir() are left alone
and always create objects belonging to the global root.

When creating symlinks ownership (uid/gid) is taken from the target kernfs
object.

Co-Developed-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov &lt;dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This change allows creating kernfs files and directories with arbitrary
uid/gid instead of always using GLOBAL_ROOT_UID/GID by extending
kernfs_create_dir_ns() and kernfs_create_file_ns() with uid/gid arguments.
The "simple" kernfs_create_file() and kernfs_create_dir() are left alone
and always create objects belonging to the global root.

When creating symlinks ownership (uid/gid) is taken from the target kernfs
object.

Co-Developed-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov &lt;dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks &lt;tyhicks@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sysfs: Fix internal_create_group() for named group updates</title>
<updated>2018-07-07T15:54:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rajat Jain</name>
<email>rajatja@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-06-16T17:49:46+00:00</published>
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There are a couple of problems with named group updates in the code
today:

* sysfs_update_group() will always fail for a named group, because
  internal_create_group() will try to create a new sysfs directory
  unconditionally, which will ofcourse fail with -EEXIST.

* We can leak the kernfs_node for grp-&gt;name if some one tries to:
  - rename a group (change grp-&gt;name), or
  - update a named group, to an unnamed group

It appears that the whole purpose of sysfs_update_group() was to
allow changing the permissions or visibility of attributes and not
the names. So make it clear in the comments, and allow it to update
an existing named group.

Signed-off-by: Rajat Jain &lt;rajatja@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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There are a couple of problems with named group updates in the code
today:

* sysfs_update_group() will always fail for a named group, because
  internal_create_group() will try to create a new sysfs directory
  unconditionally, which will ofcourse fail with -EEXIST.

* We can leak the kernfs_node for grp-&gt;name if some one tries to:
  - rename a group (change grp-&gt;name), or
  - update a named group, to an unnamed group

It appears that the whole purpose of sysfs_update_group() was to
allow changing the permissions or visibility of attributes and not
the names. So make it clear in the comments, and allow it to update
an existing named group.

Signed-off-by: Rajat Jain &lt;rajatja@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>unfuck sysfs_mount()</title>
<updated>2018-05-21T18:30:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2018-05-14T04:03:34+00:00</published>
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new_sb is left uninitialized in case of early failures in kernfs_mount_ns(),
and while IS_ERR(root) is true in all such cases, using IS_ERR(root) || !new_sb
is not a solution - IS_ERR(root) is true in some cases when new_sb is true.

Make sure new_sb is initialized (and matches the reality) in all cases and
fix the condition for dropping kobj reference - we want it done precisely
in those situations where the reference has not been transferred into a new
super_block instance.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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new_sb is left uninitialized in case of early failures in kernfs_mount_ns(),
and while IS_ERR(root) is true in all such cases, using IS_ERR(root) || !new_sb
is not a solution - IS_ERR(root) is true in some cases when new_sb is true.

Make sure new_sb is initialized (and matches the reality) in all cases and
fix the condition for dropping kobj reference - we want it done precisely
in those situations where the reference has not been transferred into a new
super_block instance.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs: symlink: export sysfs_create_link_nowarn()</title>
<updated>2018-03-20T01:14:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Grygorii Strashko</name>
<email>grygorii.strashko@ti.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-16T22:08:34+00:00</published>
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The sysfs_create_link_nowarn() is going to be used in phylib framework in
subsequent patch which can be built as module. Hence, export
sysfs_create_link_nowarn() to avoid build errors.

Cc: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Lunn &lt;andrew@lunn.ch&gt;
Fixes: a3995460491d ("net: phy: Relax error checking on sysfs_create_link()")
Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko &lt;grygorii.strashko@ti.com&gt;
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The sysfs_create_link_nowarn() is going to be used in phylib framework in
subsequent patch which can be built as module. Hence, export
sysfs_create_link_nowarn() to avoid build errors.

Cc: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Lunn &lt;andrew@lunn.ch&gt;
Fixes: a3995460491d ("net: phy: Relax error checking on sysfs_create_link()")
Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko &lt;grygorii.strashko@ti.com&gt;
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk</title>
<updated>2018-02-01T21:36:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-02-01T21:36:15+00:00</published>
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Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:

 - Add a console_msg_format command line option:

     The value "default" keeps the old "[time stamp] text\n" format. The
     value "syslog" allows to see the syslog-like "&lt;log
     level&gt;[timestamp] text" format.

     This feature was requested by people doing regression tests, for
     example, 0day robot. They want to have both filtered and full logs
     at hands.

 - Reduce the risk of softlockup:

     Pass the console owner in a busy loop.

     This is a new approach to the old problem. It was first proposed by
     Steven Rostedt on Kernel Summit 2017. It marks a context in which
     the console_lock owner calls console drivers and could not sleep.
     On the other side, printk() callers could detect this state and use
     a busy wait instead of a simple console_trylock(). Finally, the
     console_lock owner checks if there is a busy waiter at the end of
     the special context and eventually passes the console_lock to the
     waiter.

     The hand-off works surprisingly well and helps in many situations.
     Well, there is still a possibility of the softlockup, for example,
     when the flood of messages stops and the last owner still has too
     much to flush.

     There is increasing number of people having problems with
     printk-related softlockups. We might eventually need to get better
     solution. Anyway, this looks like a good start and promising
     direction.

 - Do not allow to schedule in console_unlock() called from printk():

     This reverts an older controversial commit. The reschedule helped
     to avoid softlockups. But it also slowed down the console output.
     This patch is obsoleted by the new console waiter logic described
     above. In fact, the reschedule made the hand-off less effective.

 - Deprecate "%pf" and "%pF" format specifier:

     It was needed on ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 to dereference function
     descriptors and show the real function address. It is done
     transparently by "%ps" and "pS" format specifier now.

     Sergey Senozhatsky found that all the function descriptors were in
     a special elf section and could be easily detected.

 - Remove printk_symbol() API:

     It has been obsoleted by "%pS" format specifier, and this change
     helped to remove few continuous lines and a less intuitive old API.

 - Remove redundant memsets:

     Sergey removed unnecessary memset when processing printk.devkmsg
     command line option.

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk: (27 commits)
  printk: drop redundant devkmsg_log_str memsets
  printk: Never set console_may_schedule in console_trylock()
  printk: Hide console waiter logic into helpers
  printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes
  kallsyms: remove print_symbol() function
  checkpatch: add pF/pf deprecation warning
  symbol lookup: introduce dereference_symbol_descriptor()
  parisc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  ia64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  sections: split dereference_function_descriptor()
  openrisc: Fix conflicting types for _exext and _stext
  lib: do not use print_symbol()
  irq debug: do not use print_symbol()
  sysfs: do not use print_symbol()
  drivers: do not use print_symbol()
  x86: do not use print_symbol()
  unicore32: do not use print_symbol()
  sh: do not use print_symbol()
  mn10300: do not use print_symbol()
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Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:

 - Add a console_msg_format command line option:

     The value "default" keeps the old "[time stamp] text\n" format. The
     value "syslog" allows to see the syslog-like "&lt;log
     level&gt;[timestamp] text" format.

     This feature was requested by people doing regression tests, for
     example, 0day robot. They want to have both filtered and full logs
     at hands.

 - Reduce the risk of softlockup:

     Pass the console owner in a busy loop.

     This is a new approach to the old problem. It was first proposed by
     Steven Rostedt on Kernel Summit 2017. It marks a context in which
     the console_lock owner calls console drivers and could not sleep.
     On the other side, printk() callers could detect this state and use
     a busy wait instead of a simple console_trylock(). Finally, the
     console_lock owner checks if there is a busy waiter at the end of
     the special context and eventually passes the console_lock to the
     waiter.

     The hand-off works surprisingly well and helps in many situations.
     Well, there is still a possibility of the softlockup, for example,
     when the flood of messages stops and the last owner still has too
     much to flush.

     There is increasing number of people having problems with
     printk-related softlockups. We might eventually need to get better
     solution. Anyway, this looks like a good start and promising
     direction.

 - Do not allow to schedule in console_unlock() called from printk():

     This reverts an older controversial commit. The reschedule helped
     to avoid softlockups. But it also slowed down the console output.
     This patch is obsoleted by the new console waiter logic described
     above. In fact, the reschedule made the hand-off less effective.

 - Deprecate "%pf" and "%pF" format specifier:

     It was needed on ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 to dereference function
     descriptors and show the real function address. It is done
     transparently by "%ps" and "pS" format specifier now.

     Sergey Senozhatsky found that all the function descriptors were in
     a special elf section and could be easily detected.

 - Remove printk_symbol() API:

     It has been obsoleted by "%pS" format specifier, and this change
     helped to remove few continuous lines and a less intuitive old API.

 - Remove redundant memsets:

     Sergey removed unnecessary memset when processing printk.devkmsg
     command line option.

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk: (27 commits)
  printk: drop redundant devkmsg_log_str memsets
  printk: Never set console_may_schedule in console_trylock()
  printk: Hide console waiter logic into helpers
  printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes
  kallsyms: remove print_symbol() function
  checkpatch: add pF/pf deprecation warning
  symbol lookup: introduce dereference_symbol_descriptor()
  parisc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  ia64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
  sections: split dereference_function_descriptor()
  openrisc: Fix conflicting types for _exext and _stext
  lib: do not use print_symbol()
  irq debug: do not use print_symbol()
  sysfs: do not use print_symbol()
  drivers: do not use print_symbol()
  x86: do not use print_symbol()
  unicore32: do not use print_symbol()
  sh: do not use print_symbol()
  mn10300: do not use print_symbol()
  ...
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