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Linus Torvalds b12a9124ee y2038: more syscalls and cleanups
This concludes the main part of the system call rework for 64-bit time_t,
 which has spread over most of year 2018, the last six system calls being
 
  - ppoll
  - pselect6
  - io_pgetevents
  - recvmmsg
  - futex
  - rt_sigtimedwait
 
 As before, nothing changes for 64-bit architectures, while 32-bit
 architectures gain another entry point that differs only in the layout
 of the timespec structure. Hopefully in the next release we can wire up
 all 22 of those system calls on all 32-bit architectures, which gives
 us a baseline version for glibc to start using them.
 
 This does not include the clock_adjtime, getrusage/waitid, and
 getitimer/setitimer system calls. I still plan to have new versions
 of those as well, but they are not required for correct operation of
 the C library since they can be emulated using the old 32-bit time_t
 based system calls.
 
 Aside from the system calls, there are also a few cleanups here,
 removing old kernel internal interfaces that have become unused after
 all references got removed. The arch/sh cleanups are part of this,
 there were posted several times over the past year without a reaction
 from the maintainers, while the corresponding changes made it into all
 other architectures.
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Merge tag 'y2038-for-4.21' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/playground

Pull y2038 updates from Arnd Bergmann:
 "More syscalls and cleanups

  This concludes the main part of the system call rework for 64-bit
  time_t, which has spread over most of year 2018, the last six system
  calls being

    - ppoll
    - pselect6
    - io_pgetevents
    - recvmmsg
    - futex
    - rt_sigtimedwait

  As before, nothing changes for 64-bit architectures, while 32-bit
  architectures gain another entry point that differs only in the layout
  of the timespec structure. Hopefully in the next release we can wire
  up all 22 of those system calls on all 32-bit architectures, which
  gives us a baseline version for glibc to start using them.

  This does not include the clock_adjtime, getrusage/waitid, and
  getitimer/setitimer system calls. I still plan to have new versions of
  those as well, but they are not required for correct operation of the
  C library since they can be emulated using the old 32-bit time_t based
  system calls.

  Aside from the system calls, there are also a few cleanups here,
  removing old kernel internal interfaces that have become unused after
  all references got removed. The arch/sh cleanups are part of this,
  there were posted several times over the past year without a reaction
  from the maintainers, while the corresponding changes made it into all
  other architectures"

* tag 'y2038-for-4.21' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/playground:
  timekeeping: remove obsolete time accessors
  vfs: replace current_kernel_time64 with ktime equivalent
  timekeeping: remove timespec_add/timespec_del
  timekeeping: remove unused {read,update}_persistent_clock
  sh: remove board_time_init() callback
  sh: remove unused rtc_sh_get/set_time infrastructure
  sh: sh03: rtc: push down rtc class ops into driver
  sh: dreamcast: rtc: push down rtc class ops into driver
  y2038: signal: Add compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait_time64
  y2038: signal: Add sys_rt_sigtimedwait_time32
  y2038: socket: Add compat_sys_recvmmsg_time64
  y2038: futex: Add support for __kernel_timespec
  y2038: futex: Move compat implementation into futex.c
  io_pgetevents: use __kernel_timespec
  pselect6: use __kernel_timespec
  ppoll: use __kernel_timespec
  signal: Add restore_user_sigmask()
  signal: Add set_user_sigmask()
2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
Documentation y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
LICENSES This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
arch y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
block block: Fix null_blk_zoned creation failure with small number of zones 2018-12-11 16:19:38 -07:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-12-27 13:53:32 -08:00
drivers Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-12-27 13:53:32 -08:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
include y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
init audit/stable-4.21 PR 20181224 2018-12-27 11:58:50 -08:00
ipc ipc: IPCMNI limit check for semmni 2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
kernel y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
lib Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-12-27 13:53:32 -08:00
mm Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-26 13:07:19 -08:00
net y2038: more syscalls and cleanups 2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
samples Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-12-27 13:04:52 -08:00
scripts New gcc-plugin: 2018-12-27 11:19:07 -08:00
security Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-12-27 13:53:32 -08:00
sound xen: features and fixes for 4.21 2018-12-26 11:35:07 -08:00
tools Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-12-27 13:53:32 -08:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-26 13:07:19 -08:00
.clang-format page cache: Convert find_get_pages_contig to XArray 2018-10-21 10:46:34 -04:00
.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 Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap Merge tag 'nand/for-4.21' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd into mtd/next 2018-12-18 19:59:16 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update entry for MMP platform 2018-12-03 12:39:57 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-12-27 13:53:32 -08:00
Makefile Linux 4.20 2018-12-23 15:55:59 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

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.

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.