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authorAmit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>2018-12-11 00:07:21 +0530
committerAmit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>2018-12-11 00:07:21 +0530
commit770f7163da89a92625f78c374e0c9cd82f78d190 (patch)
treef52e92f8ed6dcd4b01e0e77e71b3ab24d2afd250 /Documentation
parent93ca8345070ef87e32a98ed799c473e68595c237 (diff)
parent684d5e05df8cdc18791e76b11f6bc85ecd4d9416 (diff)
Merge branch 'linux-linaro-lsk-v4.4' into linux-linaro-lsk-v4.4-android
* linux-linaro-lsk-v4.4: (622 commits) Linux 4.4.166 drm/ast: Remove existing framebuffers before loading driver s390/mm: Check for valid vma before zapping in gmap_discard namei: allow restricted O_CREAT of FIFOs and regular files sched/core: Allow __sched_setscheduler() in interrupts when PI is not used btrfs: Ensure btrfs_trim_fs can trim the whole filesystem usb: xhci: fix uninitialized completion when USB3 port got wrong status tty: wipe buffer if not echoing data tty: wipe buffer. iwlwifi: mvm: fix regulatory domain update when the firmware starts scsi: qla2xxx: do not queue commands when unloading scsi: ufshcd: release resources if probe fails scsi: ufs: fix race between clock gating and devfreq scaling work scsi: ufshcd: Fix race between clk scaling and ungate work scsi: ufs: fix bugs related to null pointer access and array size netfilter: nf_tables: fix oops when inserting an element into a verdict map mwifiex: fix p2p device doesn't find in scan problem mwifiex: Fix NULL pointer dereference in skb_dequeue() cw1200: Don't leak memory if krealloc failes Input: xpad - add support for Xbox1 PDP Camo series gamepad ... Conflicts: Makefile arch/x86/Makefile drivers/base/power/main.c drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c net/ipv6/route.c scripts/Kbuild.include Conflicts in above files are fixed as done in AOSP Change-Id: I5bd20327e0c1139c46f74e8d5916fa0530a307d3 ("Merge 4.4.165 into android-4.4"). arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c Conflicts in above files is due to AOSP Change-Id: I11cb874d12a7d0921f452c62b0752e0028a8e0a7 ("FROMLIST: arm64: entry: Add fake CPU feature for unmapping the kernel at EL0"), which needed a minor rebasing. Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt36
4 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
index b5d79761ac97..410c044166e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Required properties:
Use "cdns,pc302-gem" for Picochip picoXcell pc302 and later devices based on
the Cadence GEM, or the generic form: "cdns,gem".
Use "atmel,sama5d2-gem" for the GEM IP (10/100) available on Atmel sama5d2 SoCs.
+ Use "atmel,sama5d3-macb" for the 10/100Mbit IP available on Atmel sama5d3 SoCs.
Use "atmel,sama5d3-gem" for the Gigabit IP available on Atmel sama5d3 SoCs.
Use "atmel,sama5d4-gem" for the GEM IP (10/100) available on Atmel sama5d4 SoCs.
Use "cdns,zynqmp-gem" for Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx b/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
index cfd31d94c872..f8bf14055c2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Supported chips:
Datasheet: Publicly available at the Texas Instruments website
http://www.ti.com/
-Author: Lothar Felten <l-felten@ti.com>
+Author: Lothar Felten <lothar.felten@gmail.com>
Description
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index b44281ccc9fe..3323c7f670f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -967,11 +967,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
information about the feature.
- eagerfpu= [X86]
- on enable eager fpu restore
- off disable eager fpu restore
- auto selects the default scheme, which automatically
- enables eagerfpu restore for xsaveopt.
module.async_probe [KNL]
Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index 35e17f748ca7..af5859b2d0f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
- overflowgid
- pipe-user-pages-hard
- pipe-user-pages-soft
+- protected_fifos
- protected_hardlinks
+- protected_regular
- protected_symlinks
- suid_dumpable
- super-max
@@ -182,6 +184,24 @@ applied.
==============================================================
+protected_fifos:
+
+The intent of this protection is to avoid unintentional writes to
+an attacker-controlled FIFO, where a program expected to create a regular
+file.
+
+When set to "0", writing to FIFOs is unrestricted.
+
+When set to "1" don't allow O_CREAT open on FIFOs that we don't own
+in world writable sticky directories, unless they are owned by the
+owner of the directory.
+
+When set to "2" it also applies to group writable sticky directories.
+
+This protection is based on the restrictions in Openwall.
+
+==============================================================
+
protected_hardlinks:
A long-standing class of security issues is the hardlink-based
@@ -202,6 +222,22 @@ This protection is based on the restrictions in Openwall and grsecurity.
==============================================================
+protected_regular:
+
+This protection is similar to protected_fifos, but it
+avoids writes to an attacker-controlled regular file, where a program
+expected to create one.
+
+When set to "0", writing to regular files is unrestricted.
+
+When set to "1" don't allow O_CREAT open on regular files that we
+don't own in world writable sticky directories, unless they are
+owned by the owner of the directory.
+
+When set to "2" it also applies to group writable sticky directories.
+
+==============================================================
+
protected_symlinks:
A long-standing class of security issues is the symlink-based