Merge tag 'spi-nor/for-5.5' into mtd/next

SPI NOR core changes:
- introduce 'struct spi_nor_controller_ops',
- clean the Register Operations methods,
- use dev_dbg insted of dev_err for low level info,
- fix retlen handling in sst_write(),
- fix silent truncations in spi_nor_read and spi_nor_read_raw(),
- fix the clearing of QE bit on lock()/unlock(),
- rework the disabling of the block write protection,
- rework the Quad Enable methods,
- make sure nor->spimem and nor->controller_ops are mutually exclusive,
- set default Quad Enable method for ISSI flashes,
- add support for few flashes.

SPI NOR controller drivers changes:
- intel-spi:
	- support chips without software sequencer,
	- add support for Intel Cannon Lake and Intel Comet Lake-H flashes.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index ab2b98ad76e1..4d2a2fa55ed5 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -493,6 +493,10 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
  * kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory
  * for objects smaller than page size in the kernel.
  *
+ * The allocated object address is aligned to at least ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN
+ * bytes. For @size of power of two bytes, the alignment is also guaranteed
+ * to be at least to the size.
+ *
  * The @flags argument may be one of the GFP flags defined at
  * include/linux/gfp.h and described at
  * :ref:`Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst <mm-api-gfp-flags>`