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Linus Torvalds 4c174688ee New features for this release:
o Pretty much a full rewrite of the processing of function plugins.
    i.e. echo do_IRQ:stacktrace > set_ftrace_filter
 
  o The rewrite was needed to add plugins to be unique to tracing instances.
    i.e. mkdir instance/foo; cd instances/foo; echo do_IRQ:stacktrace > set_ftrace_filter
    The old way was written very hacky. This removes a lot of those hacks.
 
  o New "function-fork" tracing option. When set, pids in the set_ftrace_pid
    will have their children added when the processes with their pids
    listed in the set_ftrace_pid file forks.
 
  o Exposure of "maxactive" for kretprobe in kprobe_events
 
  o Allow for builtin init functions to be traced by the function tracer
    (via the kernel command line). Module init function tracing will come
    in the next release.
 
  o Added more selftests, and have selftests also test in an instance.
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Merge tag 'trace-v4.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "New features for this release:

   - Pretty much a full rewrite of the processing of function plugins.
     i.e. echo do_IRQ:stacktrace > set_ftrace_filter

   - The rewrite was needed to add plugins to be unique to tracing
     instances. i.e. mkdir instance/foo; cd instances/foo; echo
     do_IRQ:stacktrace > set_ftrace_filter The old way was written very
     hacky. This removes a lot of those hacks.

   - New "function-fork" tracing option. When set, pids in the
     set_ftrace_pid will have their children added when the processes
     with their pids listed in the set_ftrace_pid file forks.

   - Exposure of "maxactive" for kretprobe in kprobe_events

   - Allow for builtin init functions to be traced by the function
     tracer (via the kernel command line). Module init function tracing
     will come in the next release.

   - Added more selftests, and have selftests also test in an instance"

* tag 'trace-v4.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (60 commits)
  ring-buffer: Return reader page back into existing ring buffer
  selftests: ftrace: Allow some event trigger tests to run in an instance
  selftests: ftrace: Have some basic tests run in a tracing instance too
  selftests: ftrace: Have event tests also run in an tracing instance
  selftests: ftrace: Make func_event_triggers and func_traceonoff_triggers tests do instances
  selftests: ftrace: Allow some tests to be run in a tracing instance
  tracing/ftrace: Allow for instances to trigger their own stacktrace probes
  tracing/ftrace: Allow for the traceonoff probe be unique to instances
  tracing/ftrace: Enable snapshot function trigger to work with instances
  tracing/ftrace: Allow instances to have their own function probes
  tracing/ftrace: Add a better way to pass data via the probe functions
  ftrace: Dynamically create the probe ftrace_ops for the trace_array
  tracing: Pass the trace_array into ftrace_probe_ops functions
  tracing: Have the trace_array hold the list of registered func probes
  ftrace: If the hash for a probe fails to update then free what was initialized
  ftrace: Have the function probes call their own function
  ftrace: Have each function probe use its own ftrace_ops
  ftrace: Have unregister_ftrace_function_probe_func() return a value
  ftrace: Add helper function ftrace_hash_move_and_update_ops()
  ftrace: Remove data field from ftrace_func_probe structure
  ...
2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
arch New features for this release: 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shli/md 2017-05-03 10:05:38 -07:00
certs KEYS: Use structure to capture key restriction function and data 2017-04-04 14:10:10 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-05-03 08:50:52 -07:00
Documentation New features for this release: 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-05-03 17:55:59 -07:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-05-03 17:55:59 -07:00
include New features for this release: 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
init New features for this release: 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
ipc kernel-api.rst: fix a series of errors when parsing C files 2017-04-02 14:31:49 -06:00
kernel New features for this release: 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-05-03 17:55:59 -07:00
mm New features for this release: 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
net Updates for 4.12 kernel merge window 2017-05-03 12:45:55 -07:00
samples Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2017-05-02 18:24:16 -07:00
scripts New features for this release: 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
security Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-05-03 08:50:52 -07:00
sound sound updates for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-03 11:58:59 -07:00
tools New features for this release: 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -07:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt KVM/ARM Fixes for v4.11-rc6 2017-04-05 16:27:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-08-02 16:48:52 -04:00
.mailmap mailmap: add Martin Kepplinger's email 2017-04-13 18:24:21 -07:00
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CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS Updates for 4.12 kernel merge window 2017-05-03 12:45:55 -07:00
Makefile A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.