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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-06-27 01:43:54 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-06-27 01:43:54 +0200 |
commit | 19300488c9d9c9ed539ab3f4f1bfc0050c9a4482 (patch) | |
tree | 87216dc1f159caf6f075330ddae6b6eb6b1c1d62 /Documentation | |
parent | Merge tag 'x86_tdx_for_6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/... (diff) | |
parent | x86/acpi: Remove unused extern declaration acpi_copy_wakeup_routine() (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'x86_cleanups_for_6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 cleanups from Dave Hansen:
"As usual, these are all over the map. The biggest cluster is work from
Arnd to eliminate -Wmissing-prototype warnings:
- Address -Wmissing-prototype warnings
- Remove repeated 'the' in comments
- Remove unused current_untag_mask()
- Document urgent tip branch timing
- Clean up MSR kernel-doc notation
- Clean up paravirt_ops doc
- Update Srivatsa S. Bhat's maintained areas
- Remove unused extern declaration acpi_copy_wakeup_routine()"
* tag 'x86_cleanups_for_6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (22 commits)
x86/acpi: Remove unused extern declaration acpi_copy_wakeup_routine()
Documentation: virt: Clean up paravirt_ops doc
x86/mm: Remove unused current_untag_mask()
x86/mm: Remove repeated word in comments
x86/lib/msr: Clean up kernel-doc notation
x86/platform: Avoid missing-prototype warnings for OLPC
x86/mm: Add early_memremap_pgprot_adjust() prototype
x86/usercopy: Include arch_wb_cache_pmem() declaration
x86/vdso: Include vdso/processor.h
x86/mce: Add copy_mc_fragile_handle_tail() prototype
x86/fbdev: Include asm/fb.h as needed
x86/hibernate: Declare global functions in suspend.h
x86/entry: Add do_SYSENTER_32() prototype
x86/quirks: Include linux/pnp.h for arch_pnpbios_disabled()
x86/mm: Include asm/numa.h for set_highmem_pages_init()
x86: Avoid missing-prototype warnings for doublefault code
x86/fpu: Include asm/fpu/regset.h
x86: Add dummy prototype for mk_early_pgtbl_32()
x86/pci: Mark local functions as 'static'
x86/ftrace: Move prepare_ftrace_return prototype to header
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/paravirt_ops.rst | 16 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst index 178c95fd17dc..93d8a794bdfc 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst @@ -421,6 +421,9 @@ allowing themselves a breath. Please respect that. The release candidate -rc1 is the starting point for new patches to be applied which are targeted for the next merge window. +So called _urgent_ branches will be merged into mainline during the +stabilization phase of each release. + Git ^^^ diff --git a/Documentation/virt/paravirt_ops.rst b/Documentation/virt/paravirt_ops.rst index 6b789d27cead..62d867e0d4d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/paravirt_ops.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/paravirt_ops.rst @@ -5,31 +5,31 @@ Paravirt_ops ============ Linux provides support for different hypervisor virtualization technologies. -Historically different binary kernels would be required in order to support -different hypervisors, this restriction was removed with pv_ops. +Historically, different binary kernels would be required in order to support +different hypervisors; this restriction was removed with pv_ops. Linux pv_ops is a virtualization API which enables support for different hypervisors. It allows each hypervisor to override critical operations and allows a single kernel binary to run on all supported execution environments including native machine -- without any hypervisors. pv_ops provides a set of function pointers which represent operations -corresponding to low level critical instructions and high level -functionalities in various areas. pv-ops allows for optimizations at run -time by enabling binary patching of the low-ops critical operations +corresponding to low-level critical instructions and high-level +functionalities in various areas. pv_ops allows for optimizations at run +time by enabling binary patching of the low-level critical operations at boot time. pv_ops operations are classified into three categories: - simple indirect call - These operations correspond to high level functionality where it is + These operations correspond to high-level functionality where it is known that the overhead of indirect call isn't very important. - indirect call which allows optimization with binary patch - Usually these operations correspond to low level critical instructions. They + Usually these operations correspond to low-level critical instructions. They are called frequently and are performance critical. The overhead is very important. - a set of macros for hand written assembly code Hand written assembly codes (.S files) also need paravirtualization - because they include sensitive instructions or some of code paths in + because they include sensitive instructions or some code paths in them are very performance critical. |