linux/Documentation/arm64
Linus Torvalds 5694cecdb0 arm64 festive updates for 4.21
In the end, we ended up with quite a lot more than I expected:
 
 - Support for ARMv8.3 Pointer Authentication in userspace (CRIU and
   kernel-side support to come later)
 
 - Support for per-thread stack canaries, pending an update to GCC that
   is currently undergoing review
 
 - Support for kexec_file_load(), which permits secure boot of a kexec
   payload but also happens to improve the performance of kexec
   dramatically because we can avoid the sucky purgatory code from
   userspace. Kdump will come later (requires updates to libfdt).
 
 - Optimisation of our dynamic CPU feature framework, so that all
   detected features are enabled via a single stop_machine() invocation
 
 - KPTI whitelisting of Cortex-A CPUs unaffected by Meltdown, so that
   they can benefit from global TLB entries when KASLR is not in use
 
 - 52-bit virtual addressing for userspace (kernel remains 48-bit)
 
 - Patch in LSE atomics for per-cpu atomic operations
 
 - Custom preempt.h implementation to avoid unconditional calls to
   preempt_schedule() from preempt_enable()
 
 - Support for the new 'SB' Speculation Barrier instruction
 
 - Vectorised implementation of XOR checksumming and CRC32 optimisations
 
 - Workaround for Cortex-A76 erratum #1165522
 
 - Improved compatibility with Clang/LLD
 
 - Support for TX2 system PMUS for profiling the L3 cache and DMC
 
 - Reflect read-only permissions in the linear map by default
 
 - Ensure MMIO reads are ordered with subsequent calls to Xdelay()
 
 - Initial support for memory hotplug
 
 - Tweak the threshold when we invalidate the TLB by-ASID, so that
   mremap() performance is improved for ranges spanning multiple PMDs.
 
 - Minor refactoring and cleanups
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Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux

Pull arm64 festive updates from Will Deacon:
 "In the end, we ended up with quite a lot more than I expected:

   - Support for ARMv8.3 Pointer Authentication in userspace (CRIU and
     kernel-side support to come later)

   - Support for per-thread stack canaries, pending an update to GCC
     that is currently undergoing review

   - Support for kexec_file_load(), which permits secure boot of a kexec
     payload but also happens to improve the performance of kexec
     dramatically because we can avoid the sucky purgatory code from
     userspace. Kdump will come later (requires updates to libfdt).

   - Optimisation of our dynamic CPU feature framework, so that all
     detected features are enabled via a single stop_machine()
     invocation

   - KPTI whitelisting of Cortex-A CPUs unaffected by Meltdown, so that
     they can benefit from global TLB entries when KASLR is not in use

   - 52-bit virtual addressing for userspace (kernel remains 48-bit)

   - Patch in LSE atomics for per-cpu atomic operations

   - Custom preempt.h implementation to avoid unconditional calls to
     preempt_schedule() from preempt_enable()

   - Support for the new 'SB' Speculation Barrier instruction

   - Vectorised implementation of XOR checksumming and CRC32
     optimisations

   - Workaround for Cortex-A76 erratum #1165522

   - Improved compatibility with Clang/LLD

   - Support for TX2 system PMUS for profiling the L3 cache and DMC

   - Reflect read-only permissions in the linear map by default

   - Ensure MMIO reads are ordered with subsequent calls to Xdelay()

   - Initial support for memory hotplug

   - Tweak the threshold when we invalidate the TLB by-ASID, so that
     mremap() performance is improved for ranges spanning multiple PMDs.

   - Minor refactoring and cleanups"

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (125 commits)
  arm64: kaslr: print PHYS_OFFSET in dump_kernel_offset()
  arm64: sysreg: Use _BITUL() when defining register bits
  arm64: cpufeature: Rework ptr auth hwcaps using multi_entry_cap_matches
  arm64: cpufeature: Reduce number of pointer auth CPU caps from 6 to 4
  arm64: docs: document pointer authentication
  arm64: ptr auth: Move per-thread keys from thread_info to thread_struct
  arm64: enable pointer authentication
  arm64: add prctl control for resetting ptrauth keys
  arm64: perf: strip PAC when unwinding userspace
  arm64: expose user PAC bit positions via ptrace
  arm64: add basic pointer authentication support
  arm64/cpufeature: detect pointer authentication
  arm64: Don't trap host pointer auth use to EL2
  arm64/kvm: hide ptrauth from guests
  arm64/kvm: consistently handle host HCR_EL2 flags
  arm64: add pointer authentication register bits
  arm64: add comments about EC exception levels
  arm64: perf: Treat EXCLUDE_EL* bit definitions as unsigned
  arm64: kpti: Whitelist Cortex-A CPUs that don't implement the CSV3 field
  arm64: enable per-task stack canaries
  ...
2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
..
acpi_object_usage.txt ARM64: ACPI: Update documentation for latest specification version 2016-06-21 16:26:09 +01:00
arm-acpi.txt ARM64: ACPI: Update documentation for latest specification version 2016-06-21 16:26:09 +01:00
booting.txt arm64: docs: document pointer authentication 2018-12-13 16:42:47 +00:00
cpu-feature-registers.txt arm64: docs: document pointer authentication 2018-12-13 16:42:47 +00:00
elf_hwcaps.txt arm64: docs: document pointer authentication 2018-12-13 16:42:47 +00:00
hugetlbpage.txt Documentation/arm64: HugeTLB page implementation 2018-10-10 18:08:36 +01:00
legacy_instructions.txt
memory.txt arm64: KVM: Allow mapping of vectors outside of the RAM region 2018-03-19 13:06:46 +00:00
pointer-authentication.txt arm64: docs: document pointer authentication 2018-12-13 16:42:47 +00:00
silicon-errata.txt arm64 festive updates for 4.21 2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
sve.txt Documentation/arm64/sve: Couple of improvements and typos 2018-08-29 11:33:19 +01:00
tagged-pointers.txt arm64: documentation: document tagged pointer stack constraints 2017-05-09 17:43:18 +01:00