Minimal supplement to upstream Kernel Self Protection Project changes. Features already provided by SELinux + Yama and archs other than multiarch arm64 / x86_64 aren't in scope. Only tags have stable history. Shared IRC channel with KSPP: irc.libera.chat #linux-hardening
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Linus Torvalds 30de24c7dd Merge branch 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 cache QoS (RDT/CAR) updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Add support for pseudo-locked cache regions.

  Cache Allocation Technology (CAT) allows on certain CPUs to isolate a
  region of cache and 'lock' it. Cache pseudo-locking builds on the fact
  that a CPU can still read and write data pre-allocated outside its
  current allocated area on cache hit. With cache pseudo-locking data
  can be preloaded into a reserved portion of cache that no application
  can fill, and from that point on will only serve cache hits. The cache
  pseudo-locked memory is made accessible to user space where an
  application can map it into its virtual address space and thus have a
  region of memory with reduced average read latency.

  The locking is not perfect and gets totally screwed by WBINDV and
  similar mechanisms, but it provides a reasonable enhancement for
  certain types of latency sensitive applications.

  The implementation extends the current CAT mechanism and provides a
  generally useful exclusive CAT mode on which it builds the extra
  pseude-locked regions"

* 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (45 commits)
  x86/intel_rdt: Disable PMU access
  x86/intel_rdt: Fix possible circular lock dependency
  x86/intel_rdt: Make CPU information accessible for pseudo-locked regions
  x86/intel_rdt: Support restoration of subset of permissions
  x86/intel_rdt: Fix cleanup of plr structure on error
  x86/intel_rdt: Move pseudo_lock_region_clear()
  x86/intel_rdt: Limit C-states dynamically when pseudo-locking active
  x86/intel_rdt: Support L3 cache performance event of Broadwell
  x86/intel_rdt: More precise L2 hit/miss measurements
  x86/intel_rdt: Create character device exposing pseudo-locked region
  x86/intel_rdt: Create debugfs files for pseudo-locking testing
  x86/intel_rdt: Create resctrl debug area
  x86/intel_rdt: Ensure RDT cleanup on exit
  x86/intel_rdt: Resctrl files reflect pseudo-locked information
  x86/intel_rdt: Support creation/removal of pseudo-locked region
  x86/intel_rdt: Pseudo-lock region creation/removal core
  x86/intel_rdt: Discover supported platforms via prefetch disable bits
  x86/intel_rdt: Add utilities to test pseudo-locked region possibility
  x86/intel_rdt: Split resource group removal in two
  x86/intel_rdt: Enable entering of pseudo-locksetup mode
  ...
2018-08-13 16:01:46 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 16:01:46 -07:00
block Partially revert "block: fail op_is_write() requests to read-only partitions" 2018-08-04 18:19:55 -07:00
certs certs/blacklist: fix const confusion 2018-06-26 09:43:03 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-07-19 07:32:44 -07:00
Documentation Merge branch 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 16:01:46 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 13:02:31 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 13:02:31 -07:00
include Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 13:02:31 -07:00
init init: rename and re-order boot_cpu_state_init() 2018-08-12 12:19:42 -07:00
ipc ipc/shm.c add ->pagesize function to shm_vm_ops 2018-08-02 16:03:40 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 13:02:31 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 12:55:49 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
mm mm/memory.c: check return value of ioremap_prot 2018-08-10 20:19:58 -07:00
net Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 12:23:39 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: xdp_redirect_cpu adjustment to reproduce teardown race easier 2018-08-09 21:50:44 +02:00
scripts lib/ubsan: remove null-pointer checks 2018-08-10 20:19:58 -07:00
security selinux/stable-4.18 PR 20180629 2018-06-30 11:15:12 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek - Yet another Clevo P950 quirk entry 2018-07-18 12:17:46 +02:00
tools Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 13:35:26 -07:00
usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core, to pick up fixes 2018-07-25 11:29:58 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: add configuration file 2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap Merge branch 'asoc-4.17' into asoc-4.18 for compress dependencies 2018-04-26 12:24:28 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS/CREDITS: Drop METAG ARCHITECTURE 2018-03-05 16:34:24 +00:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: add basic helper macros to scripts/Kconfig.include 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 12:23:39 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.18 2018-08-12 13:41:04 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

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

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

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.