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Linus Torvalds 98369dccd2 workqueue: Fixes for v6.9-rc6 3 days ago
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bpf Including fixes from netfilter, bluetooth and bpf. 4 weeks ago
cgroup Networking changes for 6.9. 2 months ago
configs configs/hardening: Disable CONFIG_UBSAN_SIGNED_WRAP 3 weeks ago
debug kdb: Fix a potential buffer overflow in kdb_local() 4 months ago
dma swiotlb: do not set total_used to 0 in swiotlb_create_debugfs_files() 1 month ago
entry entry: Respect changes to system call number by trace_sys_enter() 2 months ago
events - Sumanth Korikkar has taught s390 to allocate hotplug-time page frames 2 months ago
futex futex: Prevent the reuse of stale pi_state 3 months ago
gcov gcov: annotate struct gcov_iterator with __counted_by 7 months ago
irq genirq: Introduce IRQF_COND_ONESHOT and use it in pinctrl-amd 1 month ago
kcsan mm: delete checks for xor_unlock_is_negative_byte() 7 months ago
livepatch livepatch: Fix missing newline character in klp_resolve_symbols() 8 months ago
locking locking/rtmutex: Use try_cmpxchg_relaxed() in mark_rt_mutex_waiters() 2 months ago
module This push fixes a regression that broke iwd as well as a divide by 1 month ago
power PM: s2idle: Make sure CPUs will wakeup directly on resume 4 weeks ago
printk printk changes for 6.9-rc2 1 month ago
rcu Merge branches 'rcu-doc.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-nocb.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-exp.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-tasks.2024.02.26a' and 'rcu-misc.2024.02.14a' into rcu.2024.02.26a 2 months ago
sched sched/isolation: Fix boot crash when maxcpus < first housekeeping CPU 5 days ago
time timekeeping: Use READ/WRITE_ONCE() for tick_do_timer_cpu 3 weeks ago
trace ring-buffer: Only update pages_touched when a new page is touched 3 weeks ago
.gitignore
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec crash: clean up kdump related config items 2 months ago
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile crash: split crash dumping code out from kexec_core.c 2 months ago
acct.c fs: rename __mnt_{want,drop}_write*() helpers 8 months ago
async.c async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active 3 months ago
audit.c audit: use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create() 3 months ago
audit.h audit: correct audit_filter_inodes() definition 10 months ago
audit_fsnotify.c audit: fix potential double free on error path from fsnotify_add_inode_mark 2 years ago
audit_tree.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 6 months ago
audit_watch.c audit: don't WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm) in audit_exe_compare() 6 months ago
auditfilter.c audit: remove unnecessary assignment in audit_dupe_lsm_field() 3 months ago
auditsc.c audit,io_uring: io_uring openat triggers audit reference count underflow 7 months ago
backtracetest.c backtracetest: Convert from tasklet to BH workqueue 3 months ago
bounds.c bounds: Use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS 4 days ago
capability.c lsm: constify the 'target' parameter in security_capget() 9 months ago
cfi.c cfi: Switch to -fsanitize=kcfi 2 years ago
compat.c sched_getaffinity: don't assume 'cpumask_size()' is fully initialized 1 year ago
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Fix kerneldoc headers for __ct_user_{enter,exit}() 3 months ago
cpu.c cpu: Ignore "mitigations" kernel parameter if CPU_MITIGATIONS=n 1 week ago
cpu_pm.c cpuidle, cpu_pm: Remove RCU fiddling from cpu_pm_{enter,exit}() 1 year ago
crash_core.c crash: split crash dumping code out from kexec_core.c 2 months ago
crash_reserve.c crash: use macro to add crashk_res into iomem early for specific arch 1 month ago
cred.c cred: Use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create() 2 months ago
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from IRQ/SOFTIRQ 1 year ago
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c crash: remove dependency of FA_DUMP on CRASH_DUMP 2 months ago
exec_domain.c
exit.c vfs-6.9.pidfd 2 months ago
exit.h exit: add internal include file with helpers 7 months ago
extable.c context_tracking: Take NMI eqs entrypoints over RCU 2 years ago
fail_function.c kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() 1 year ago
fork.c fork: defer linking file vma until vma is fully initialized 2 weeks ago
freezer.c Linux 6.7-rc6 4 months ago
gen_kheaders.sh Revert "kheaders: substituting --sort in archive creation" 11 months ago
groups.c groups: Convert group_info.usage to refcount_t 7 months ago
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: export sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs 2 months ago
iomem.c kernel/iomem.c: remove __weak ioremap_cache helper 9 months ago
irq_work.c trace: Add trace_ipi_send_cpu() 1 year ago
jump_label.c jump_label: Prevent key->enabled int overflow 1 year ago
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Change func signature for cleanup_symbol_name() 8 months ago
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Reduce the memory occupied by kallsyms_seqs_of_names[] 1 year ago
kallsyms_selftest.c mm/vmalloc: remove vmap_area_list 2 months ago
kallsyms_selftest.h kallsyms: Add self-test facility 1 year ago
kcmp.c file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 7 months ago
kcov.c kcov: add prototypes for helper functions 11 months ago
kexec.c crash: split crash dumping code out from kexec_core.c 2 months ago
kexec_core.c - Kuan-Wei Chiu has developed the well-named series "lib min_heap: Min 2 months ago
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c arm64, crash: wrap crash dumping code into crash related ifdefs 2 months ago
kexec_internal.h crash: remove dependency of FA_DUMP on CRASH_DUMP 2 months ago
kheaders.c kheaders: Use array declaration instead of char 1 year ago
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix possible use-after-free issue on kprobe registration 3 weeks ago
ksyms_common.c kallsyms: make kallsyms_show_value() as generic function 11 months ago
ksysfs.c Driver core changes for 6.9-rc1 1 month ago
kthread.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 6 months ago
latencytop.c latencytop: use the last element of latency_record of system 2 years ago
module_signature.c
notifier.c notifiers: add tracepoints to the notifiers infrastructure 1 year ago
nsproxy.c pidfd: add pidfs 2 months ago
numa.c kernel/numa.c: Move logging out of numa.h 4 months ago
padata.c Author: Gang Li padata: dispatch works on 2 months ago
panic.c - Kuan-Wei Chiu has developed the well-named series "lib min_heap: Min 2 months ago
params.c params: Fix multi-line comment style 5 months ago
pid.c pidfs: remove config option 2 months ago
pid_namespace.c wait: Remove uapi header file from main header file 4 months ago
pid_sysctl.h memfd: replace ratcheting feature from vm.memfd_noexec with hierarchy 9 months ago
profile.c profiling: Remove create_prof_cpu_mask(). 6 days ago
ptrace.c ptrace_attach: shift send(SIGSTOP) into ptrace_set_stopped() 2 months ago
range.c
reboot.c Thermal control updates for 6.8-rc1 4 months ago
regset.c
relay.c kernel: relay: remove relay_file_splice_read dead code, doesn't work 4 months ago
resource.c Quite a lot of kexec work this time around. Many singleton patches in 4 months ago
resource_kunit.c
rseq.c rseq: Extend struct rseq with per-memory-map concurrency ID 1 year ago
scftorture.c scftorture: Pause testing after memory-allocation failure 10 months ago
scs.c scs: add support for dynamic shadow call stacks 2 years ago
seccomp.c file: remove __receive_fd() 5 months ago
signal.c - Kuan-Wei Chiu has developed the well-named series "lib min_heap: Min 2 months ago
smp.c CSD lock commits for v6.7 6 months ago
smpboot.c kthread: add kthread_stop_put 7 months ago
smpboot.h
softirq.c workqueue: Drain BH work items on hot-unplugged CPUs 2 months ago
stackleak.c stackleak: allow to specify arch specific stackleak poison function 1 year ago
stacktrace.c stacktrace: fix kernel-doc typo 4 months ago
static_call.c
static_call_inline.c static_call: Add call depth tracking support 2 years ago
stop_machine.c
sys.c prctl: generalize PR_SET_MDWE support check to be per-arch 1 month ago
sys_ni.c lsm/stable-6.8 PR 20240105 4 months ago
sysctl-test.c kernel/sysctl-test: use SYSCTL_{ZERO/ONE_HUNDRED} instead of i_{zero/one_hundred} 2 years ago
sysctl.c tracing: Support to dump instance traces by ftrace_dump_on_oops 2 months ago
task_work.c task_work: add kerneldoc annotation for 'data' argument 8 months ago
taskstats.c taskstats: fill_stats_for_tgid: use for_each_thread() 7 months ago
torture.c torture: Print out torture module parameters 7 months ago
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Allow livepatch module add trace event 1 year ago
tsacct.c
ucount.c sysctl: Add size to register_sysctl 9 months ago
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c sysctl: fix unused proc_cap_handler() function warning 10 months ago
up.c smp: Change function signatures to use call_single_data_t 8 months ago
user-return-notifier.c
user.c binfmt_misc: enable sandboxed mounts 7 months ago
user_namespace.c user_namespace: remove unnecessary NULL values from kbuf 2 months ago
usermode_driver.c
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c utsname: simplify one-level sysctl registration for uts_kern_table 1 year ago
vhost_task.c vhost: Fix worker hangs due to missed wake up calls 11 months ago
vmcore_info.c mm: turn folio_test_hugetlb into a PageType 1 week ago
watch_queue.c watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order 4 months ago
watchdog.c watchdog/core: remove sysctl handlers from public header 2 months ago
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: move SMP barriers from common code to buddy code 11 months ago
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/perf: add a weak function for an arch to detect if perf can use NMIs 11 months ago
workqueue.c workqueue: Fix divide error in wq_update_node_max_active() 1 week ago
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Drop the special locking rule for worker->flags and worker_pool->flags 9 months ago