Linux 4.6 [https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/15/83 was released] on Sun, 15 May 2016.

Summary: This release adds support for USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus (10 Gbps), the new distributed file system OrangeFS, a more reliable out-of-memory handling, support for Intel memory protection keys, a facility to make easier and faster implementations of application layer protocols, support for 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec), support for the version V of the BATMAN protocol, a OCFS2 online inode checker, support for cgroup namespaces, support for the pNFS SCSI layout, and many other improvements and new drivers.

TableOfContents()

1. Prominent features

1.1. USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus (10 Gbps) support

USB 3.1 specification includes a new SuperSpeedPlus protocol supporting up to 10Gbps speeds. USB 3.1 devices using the new SuperSpeedPlus protocol are called USB 3.1 Gen2 devices (note that USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus is not the same as Type-C or power delivery).

This release adds support for the USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus 10 Gbps speeds for USB core and xHCI host controller, meaning that a USB 3.1 mass storage connected to a USB 3.1 capable xHCI host should work with 10 Gbps speeds.

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a1b2725a60d3267135c15e80984b4406054f650 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2c0e06f8829a542e71b14ffcaa14b8fafa2223c3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b2316645ca5ea93eb8f637f57199fbbe88bee07d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9508e3b7a70c11370d70252147b75d3024754970 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0cdd49a1d1a483d80170d9e592f832274e8bce1b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0caf6b33452112e5a1186c8c964e90310e49e6bd commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5f9c3a668b3f75768aec686901d7a4c8782983df commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5da665fcec1a308f5273aacb9da8e87b89da8b4f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d78540419866887345cec480016b0f87f6a5aca2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c8b1d8977eee3acc63a65811dd72ec4a93b74388 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b37d83a6a41499d582b8faedff1913ec75d9e70b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/faee822c5a7ab99de25cd34fcde3f8d37b6b9923 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/def4e6f7b419c4092c82222d0896d6c409692326 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8ef8a9f5c148ae1dbeae926e5b6129e396faded2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/09c352ed671c156b7ce30c81a4f4424641859918 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2f6d3b653777e68bbccfdcff3de2ea8165934531 commit]

1.2. Improve the reliability of the Out Of Memory task killer

In previous releases, the OOM killer (which tries to kill a task to free memory) tries to kill a single task in a good hope that the task will terminate in a reasonable time and frees up its memory. In practice, it has been shown that it's easy to find workloads which break that assumption, and the OOM victim might take unbounded amount of time to exit because it might be blocked in the uninterruptible state waiting for an event which is blocked by another task looping in the page allocator. This release adds a specialized kernel thread oom_reaper that tries to reclaim memory by preemptively reaping the anonymous or swapped out memory owned by the OOM victim, under an assumption that such a memory won't be needed when its owner is killed anyway.

Recommended LWN article: [https://lwn.net/Articles/668126/#reaper Toward more predictable and reliable out-of-memory handling]

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/69b27baf00fa9b7b14b3263c105390d1683425b2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aac453635549699c13a84ea1456d5b0e574ef855 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/36324a990cf578b57828c04cd85ac62cd25cf5a4 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bc448e897b6d24aae32701763b8a1fe15d29fa26 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/03049269de433cb5fe2859be9ae4469ceb1163ed commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/855b018325737f7691f9b7d86339df40aa4e47c3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/29c696e1c6eceb5db6b21f0c89495fcfcd40c0eb commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e26796066fdf929cbba22dabb801808f986acdb9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bb29902a7515208846114b3b36a4281a9bbf766a commit]

1.3. Support for Intel memory protection keys

This release adds support for a memory protection hardware feature that is available in upcoming Intel CPUs: protection keys. Protection keys allow the encoding of user-controllable permission masks in the page table entries (pte). Instead of having a fixed protection mask in the pte (which needs a system call to change and works on a per page basis), the user can map a handful of protection mask variants. User space can then manipulate a new user-accessible, thread-local register, (PKRU) with two separate bits (Access Disable and Write Disable) for each mask. This makes possible to dynamically switch the protection bits of very large amounts of virtual memory by just manipulating a CPU register, without having to change every single page in the affected virtual memory range.

It also allows more precise control of MMU permission bits: for example the executable bit is separate from the read bit. This release adds the infrastructure for that, plus it adds a high level API to make use of protection keys. If a user-space application calls: mmap(..., PROT_EXEC) or mprotect(ptr, sz, PROT_EXEC) (note PROT_EXEC-only, without PROT_READ/WRITE), the kernel will notice this special case, and will set a special protection key on this memory range. It also sets the appropriate bits in the PKRU register so that the memory becomes unreadable and unwritable. So using protection keys the kernel is able to implement 'true' {PROT_EXEC: code that can be executed, but not read, which is a small security advantage (but note that malicious code can manipulate the PKRU register too). In the future, there will further work around protection keys that will offer more high level call APIs to manage protection keys.

Recommended LWN article: [https://lwn.net/Articles/667156/ Memory protection keys]

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/643ad15d47410d37d43daf3ef1c8ac52c281efa5 (merge)]

1.4. OrangeFS, a new distributed file system

OrangeFS is an LGPL scale-out parallel storage system. Oiginally called PVFS, it was first developed in 1993 by Walt Ligon and Eric Blumer as a parallel file system for Parallel Virtual Machine as part of a NASA grant to study the I/O patterns of parallel programs. It is ideal for large storage problems faced by HPC, BigData, Streaming Video, Genomics, Bioinformatics. OrangeFS can be accessed through included system utilities, user integration libraries, MPI-IO and can be used by the Hadoop ecosystem as an alternative to the HDFS filesystem.

Applications often don't require Orangefs to be mounted into the VFS, but the Orangefs kernel client allows Orangefs filesystems to be mounted as a VFS. The kernel client communicates with a userspace daemon which in turn communicates with the Orangefs server daemons that implement the file system. The server daemons (there's almost always more than one) need not be running on the same host as the kernel client. Orangefs filesystems can also be mounted with FUSE.

Recommended LWN article: [https://lwn.net/Articles/643165/ The OrangeFS distributed filesystem]

Documentation: [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/Documentation/filesystems/orangefs.txt Documentation/filesystems/orangefs.txt]

Website: http://www.orangefs.org/

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/fs/orangefs fs/orangefs]

1.5. Kernel Connection Multiplexor, a facility for accelerating application layer protocols

This release adds Kernel Connection Multiplexor (KCM), a facility that provides a message-based interface over TCP for accelerating application layer protocols. The motivation for this is based on the observation that although TCP is byte stream transport protocol with no concept of message boundaries, a common use case is to implement a framed application layer protocol running over TCP. Most TCP stacks offer byte stream API for applications, which places the burden of message delineation, message I/O operation atomicity, and load balancing in the application.

With KCM an application can efficiently send and receive application protocol messages over TCP using a datagram interface. The kernel provides necessary assurances that messages are sent and received atomically. This relieves much of the burden applications have in mapping a message based protocol onto the TCP stream. KCM also make application layer messages a unit of work in the kernel for the purposes of steerng and scheduling, which in turn allows a simpler networking model in multithreaded applications. In order to delineate message in a TCP stream for receive in KCM, the kernel implements a message parser based on BPF, which parses application layer messages and returns a message length. Nearly all binary application protocols are parseable in this manner, so KCM should be applicable across a wide range of applications.

For development plans, benchmarks and FAQ, see the [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9531ab65f4ec066a6e6617a08a293c60397a161b merge]

Recommended LWN article: [https://lwn.net/Articles/657999/ The kernel connection multiplexer]

API documentation: [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/Documentation/networking/kcm.txt?id=10016594f4c6b3ef34c5de97d8ab62205d9d26a5 Documentation/networking/kcm.txt]

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cd6e111bf5be5c70aef96a86d791ee7be0c0e137 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/91687355b92735e5f247ed163b3b0b4d14c3cab6 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f29698fc6b3a45a5c6147eca8379f38be8232117 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7ced95ef525c329f947c424859cf2b0a3b731f8c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/29152a34f72cb4d7ab32885ad2f20a482c92a8f3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/10016594f4c6b3ef34c5de97d8ab62205d9d26a5 commit]

1.6. 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)

This release adds support for [http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1AE-2006.pdf MACsec IEEE 802.1AE], a standard that provides encryption over ethernet. It encrypts and authenticate all traffic in a LAN with GCM-AES-128. It can protect DHCP traffic and VLANs, prevent tampering on ethernet headers. MACsec is designed to be used with the MACsec Key Agreement protocol extension to 802.1X, which provides channel attribution and key distribution to the nodes, but can also be used with static keys getting fed manually by an administrator.

Media: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_8gW_iOS58 DevConf.cz video about MACsec]

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 commit]

1.7. BATMAN V protocol

B.A.T.M.A.N. (Better Approach To Mobile Adhoc Networking) adds support for the [https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/BATMAN_V V protocol], successor of the IV protocol. The new protocol splits the OGM protocol into two subcomponents: [https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/ELP ELP] (Echo Location Protocol), in charge of dealing with the neighbour discovery and link quality estimation; and a new OGM protocol, [https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/OGMv2 OGMv2], which implements the algorithm that spreads the metrics around the network and computes optimal paths. The biggest change introduced with B.A.T.M.A.N. V is the new metric: the protocol won't rely on packet loss anymore, but the estimated throughput.

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d6f94d91f766b4205e5b0aa4b11f96271c793f6d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/162bd64c24aba8efe68948e95e61628403106cd7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7f136cd491013285442ee1e7854fab1736f5757c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0da0035942d47766c32843143fb5dba7a29cb48c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9323158ef9f49935f0c61509919acd31dda8f11b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0b5ecc6811bd576ecc9813bbe069f2293cb1c6aa commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c833484e5f3872a38fe232c663586069d5ad9645 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8d2d499e08145d9851097e1241ef15aad8c9170a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9786906022eba35763b17c54a35913ca65151a78 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/261e264db636ae1f4c43e56b8c57d7343b166fc9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/626d23e83c88df5ff535414c2fe29e16b95d6b7a commit]

1.8. dma-buf: new ioctl to manage cache coherency between CPU and GPU

Userspace might need some sort of cache coherency management e.g. when CPU and GPU domains are being accessed through dma-buf at the same time. To circumvent this problem there are begin/end coherency markers, that forward directly to existing dma-buf device drivers vfunc hooks. Userspace can make use of those markers through the DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC ioctl.

Recommender article: [https://01.org/blogs/2016/sharing-cpu-and-gpu-buffers-linux Sharing CPU and GPU buffers on Linux]

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c11e391da2a8fe973c3c2398452000bed505851e commit]

1.9. OCFS2 online inode checker

OCFS2 is often used in high-availaibility systems. OCFS2 usually converts the filesystem to read-only when encounters an error, but this decreases availability and is not always necessary. OCFS2 has the mount option (errors=continue), which returns the EIO error to the calling process, it doesn't remount the filesystem to read-only, and the problematic file's inode number is reported in the kernel log. This release adds a very simple in-kernel inode checker that can be used to check and reset the inode. Note that this feature is intended for very small issues which may hinder day-to-day operations of a cluster filesystem by turning the filesystem read-only, it is not suited for complex checks which involve dependency of other components of the filesystem. In these cases, the offline fsck is recommended.

The scope of checking/fixing is at the file level, initially only for regular files. The way this file checker is by writting the inode number, reported in dmesg, to /sys/fs/ocfs2/devname/filecheck/check, then read the output of that file to know what kind of error it has. If you determine to fix this inode, write the inode number to /sys/fs/ocfs2/devname/filecheck/fix, then read the file to know if the inode was able to be fixed or not. For more details see the [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2-online-filecheck.txt documentation]

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d750c42ac265c00df3f0963a240a4440fa073603 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d56a8f32e4c662509ce50a37e78fa66c777977d3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a849d46816fe9e11d59aae78ea95c54f640b1904 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9dde5e4f3383c3459a67ab63786ca58d645d6b5e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a860f6eb4c6a8bb0ca6860d9472f424bad9af9cf commit]

1.10. Support for cgroup namespaces

This release adds support for [http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7.html cgroup namespaces], which provides a mechanism to virtualize the view of the /proc/$PID/cgroup file and cgroup mounts. A new clone flag, CLONE_NEWCGROUP, can be used with [http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/clone.2.html clone(2)] and [http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/unshare.2.html unshare(2)] to create a new cgroup namespace. For a correctly setup container this enables container-tools (like libcontainer, lxc, lmctfy, etc.) to create completely virtualized containers without leaking system level cgroup hierarchy.

Without cgroup namespace, the /proc/$PID/cgroup file shows the complete path of the cgroup of a process. In a container setup where a set of cgroups and namespaces are intended to isolate processes the /proc/$PID/cgroup file may leak potential system level information to the isolated processes.

Documentation https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d4021f6cd41f03017f831b3d40b0067bed54893d

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d22025570e2ebfc68819b35c5d457e53d9337217 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fa5ff8a1c43fc7b78353059899edf3cbedf54e9f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a79a908fd2b080977b45bf103184b81c9d11ad07 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a0530e087e648263f81a81d62ca020f66b54bcb0 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ed82571b1a14ab2bfbede2bb2c209700495749fc commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d4021f6cd41f03017f831b3d40b0067bed54893d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1c53753e0df1ae4d21661053459e7c024a43f1d3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ed82571b1a14ab2bfbede2bb2c209700495749fc commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9f6df573a4041f896cbf51f1b3743494196620a7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fb3c8315650f89a1993fb3ae3e74e9c7e4a1c9c0 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5e2bec7c2248ae27c5b16cd97215ae05c1d39179 commit]

1.11. Add support for the pNFS SCSI layout

This release adds NFSv4.1 support for parallel NFS SCSI layouts in the Linux NFS server, a variant of the block layout which uses SCSI features to offer improved fencing and device identification. With pNFS SCSI layouts, the NFS server acts as Metadata Server for pNFS, which in addition to handling all the metadata access to the NFS export, also hands out layouts to the clients so that they can directly access the underlying SCSI LUNs that are shared with the client. See [https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-scsi-layout-05 draft-ietf-nfsv4-scsi-layout] for more details

To use pNFS SCSI layouts, the exported file system needs to support the pNFS SCSI layouts (currently just XFS), and the file system must sit on a SCSI LUN that is accessible to the clients in addition to the MDS. As of now the file system needs to sit directly on the exported LUN, striping or concatenation of LUNs on the MDS and clients is not supported yet. On a server built with CONFIG_NFSD_SCSI, the pNFS SCSI volume support is automatically enabled if the file system is exported using the "pnfs" option and the underlying SCSI device support persistent reservations. On the client make sure the kernel has the CONFIG_PNFS_BLOCK option enabled, and the file system is mounted using the NFSv4.1 protocol version (mount -o vers=4.1.

Code: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/40cf446b9482bd2c681b60062b34cc47c78342f8 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d9186c03976506cde2c2b1219028bed449c948ed commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/81c39329010d6131c0909ccb91ffeaffc2e99010 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f99d4fbdae6765d0bb4ed5441f6fa1f036122d59 commit]

2. Core (various)

• Futex scalability improvements: remove page lock use for shared futex get_futex_key(), which speeds up 'perf bench futex hash' benchmarks by over 40% on a 60-core Westmere. This makes anon-mem shared futexes perform close to private futexes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/65d8fc777f6dcfee12785c057a6b57f679641c90 commit]

• Allow to restrict the default irq affinity mask with the command line option irqaffinity [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fbf198030e0b027538c290300cfaf9e2efdce122 commit]

• Process scheduler

  • Make scheduler statistics a runtime tunable that is disabled by default. As most distributions enable CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS due to its instrumentation value, this is a nice performance enhancement. The way to enable it at runtime is using the sched_schedstats sysctl, or at boot time with the schedstats kernel option [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cb2517653fccaf9f9b4ae968c7ee005c1bbacdc5 commit]

  • Add deadline scheduler bandwidth ratio to /proc/sched_debug [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ef477183d06b0aa41c9e7c02cf5bfec41536e2c4 commit]

  • NUMA: Spread memory on nodes according to CPU and memory use [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4142c3ebb685bb338b7d96090d8f90ff49065ff6 commit]

• timers

  • Add /proc/<pid>/timerslack_ns. This file allows controlling processes to set the timerslack value on other processes. After setting the slack value on a bash process to 10 seconds, the command sleep 1 will last 10 seconds. This functionality is used by power/performance management software, they set the timer slack for other threads according to its policy (such as when the thread is designated foreground vs. background activity) in order to save power by avoiding wakeups (something Android does currently via out-of-tree patches) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/da8b44d5a9f8bf26da637b7336508ca534d6b319 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5de23d435e88996b1efe0e2cebe242074ce67c9e commit]

  • Support for cross clock domain timestamps, and a new PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE PTP ioctl interface: Currently, network/system cross-timestamping is performed in the PTP_SYS_OFFSET ioctl, which represents a best effort where the latency between the capture of system time (getnstimeofday()) and the device time (gettime64() driver callback), but at best, the precision of this cross timestamp is on the order of several microseconds due to software latencies, abd sub-microsecond precision is required for industrial control and some media applications. The getcrosststamp() callback and corresponding PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE ioctl allows the driver to perform better device/system correlation when for example cross timestamp hardware is available (modern Intel systems can do this for onboard Ethernet controllers using the ART counter; which has virtually zero latency between captures of the ART and network device clock). In this release, only the e1000e supports this interface [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6bd58f09e1d8cc6c50a824c00bf0d617919986a1 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9da0f49c8767cc0ef6101cb21156cf4380ed50dd commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ba26621e63ce6dc481d90ab9f6902e058d4ea39a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8006c24595cab106bcb9da12d35e32e14ff492df commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2c756feb18d9ec258dbb3a3d11c47e28820690d7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f9677e0f83080bb4186865868c359e72e1fac1ea commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/719f1aa4a67199a3c4c68a03f94e5ec44d9d5f82 commit]

• Add two new syscalls, preadv2() and pwritev2(). See the recommended LWN article: [https://lwn.net/Articles/670231/ The return of preadv2()/pwritev2()] [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f17d8b35452cab31a70d224964cd583fb2845449 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/97be7ebe53915af504fb491fb99f064c7cf3cb09 commit]

• quotas: Add a new quotaclt, Q_GETNEXTQUOTA. It is like Q_GETQUOTA, except that it will return quota information for the id equal to or greater than the id requested; if the requested id has no quota, it will return quota information for the next higher id which does have a quota set. This allows filesystems to do efficient iteration (today, ext4 with a hidden quota inode requires getpwent-style iterations, and for systems which have i.e. LDAP backends, this can be very slow). Also a analogue Q_XGETNEXTQUOTA command is added to complement Q_XGETQUOTA [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/926132c0257a5a8d149a6a395cc3405e55420566 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8b37524962b9c54423374717786198f5c0820a28 commit]

• Add kcov code coverage. kcov provides code coverage collection for coverage-guided fuzzing (randomized testing). Coverage-guided fuzzing is a testing technique that uses coverage feedback to determine new interesting inputs to a system. A notable user-space example is [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/ AFL]. kcov has been used to build syzkaller system call fuzzer, which has found 90 kernel bugs in just 2 months [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5c9a8750a6409c63a0f01d51a9024861022f6593 commit]

• CPU hotplug: Add sysfs state interface. The whole CPU hotplugging support is getting a complete revamp, for more details see this recommended LWN article: [https://lwn.net/Articles/537562/ Rationalizing CPU hotplugging]. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/98f8cdce1db580b99fce823a48eea2cb2bdb261e commit]

• Add objtool, a tool to perform compile-time validation of the stack frame, living at tools/objtool. It enforces a set of rules on asm code and C inline assembly code so that stack traces can be reliable. This is needed for future projects. Recommended LWN article: [https://lwn.net/Articles/658333/ Compile-time stack validation] [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b9ab5ebb14ec389bd80f66613f1fe3f8f65f2521 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/442f04c34a1a467759d024a1d2c1df0f744dcb06 commit]

• cgroup: provide cgroup_nov1= kernel parameter. Testing cgroup2 can be painful with system software automatically mounting and populating all cgroup controllers in v1 mode. With this boot option it is posible to disable certain controllers in v1 mounts, so that they remain available for cgroup2 mounts. Example use: cgroup_no_v1=memory,cpu, or cgroup_no_v1=all [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/223ffb29f9723a4b485cacf6dc7e6d639fffc322 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1619b6d4fdd776b1b91bd288ad6f7e37fe183485 commit]

• Add support for cgroup namespaces (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d22025570e2ebfc68819b35c5d457e53d9337217 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fa5ff8a1c43fc7b78353059899edf3cbedf54e9f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a79a908fd2b080977b45bf103184b81c9d11ad07 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a0530e087e648263f81a81d62ca020f66b54bcb0 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ed82571b1a14ab2bfbede2bb2c209700495749fc commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d4021f6cd41f03017f831b3d40b0067bed54893d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1c53753e0df1ae4d21661053459e7c024a43f1d3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ed82571b1a14ab2bfbede2bb2c209700495749fc commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9f6df573a4041f896cbf51f1b3743494196620a7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fb3c8315650f89a1993fb3ae3e74e9c7e4a1c9c0 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5e2bec7c2248ae27c5b16cd97215ae05c1d39179 commit]

• GDB scripts: add lx-cmdline and lx-version commands [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/72bf92ec29ac052e950dcb2cc7f8820a2e1f0a02 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2d061d999424efd99e30fa4115c7dced07533223 commit]

• kallsyms: add support for relative offsets in kallsyms address table [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2213e9a66bb87d8344a1256b4ef568220d9587fb commit]

• Introduce __ro_after_init to mark read-write memory regions that are used only during init as read-only after init ([https://lwn.net/Articles/666550/ recommended LWN article: Post-init read-only memory]) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c74ba8b3480da6ddaea17df2263ec09b869ac496 commit]

3. File systems

• OrangeFS

  • New Orangefs file system (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/fs/orangefs fs/orangefs]

• Btrfs

  • Change max_inline default from 4KB to 2K. This means that only files with a size of 2KB or smaller will be inlined in the metadata by default [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f7e98a7fff8634ae655c666dc2c9fc55a48d0a73 commit]

  • Introduce new mount option nologreplay to disable tree log replay at mount time to prevent filesystem modification and co-operate with "ro" mount option to get real readonly mount, like "norecovery" in ext and xfs. A filesystem mounted with this option cannot transition to a read-write mount via remount,rw - the filesystem must be unmounted and mounted back again if read-write access is desired [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/96da09192cda57a356467bd7c91a3641a2e78490 commit]. Also introduce mount option norecovery as an alias for nologreplay to keep "norecovery" behavior the same with other filesystems [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fed8f166ebf3afb8b91a1fd73d706788e07a91ef commit]

  • Introduce new mount option usebackuproot as a replacement for recovery, since the word "recovery" is too generic and may be confusing for some users [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8dcddfa048de637c8bbfa20ffd22757aeab7c604 commit]

  • Add GET_SUPPORTED_FEATURES to the control device ioctls. This is already possible using the sysfs files, this ioctl is for parity and convenience [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c5868f8362f5620302c66848d400368f8d4b45f8 commit]

  • This release renames some existing key types and gives them a more generalized meaning (backward compatible), in order to allow more flexible extensions by various patchsets without key type exhaustion. Two types of persistent items are added to store status data: temporary (exists to store state of a running operation like balance) and permanent (exists if a feature is used) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/50c2d5abe64c1726b48d292a2ab04f60e8238933 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c479cb4f14f99868108da99568950e5311e1fe4c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0bbbccb17fea86818e1a058faf5903aefd20b31a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/242e2956e4afde7727fffe21adc0a7b198b77f96 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/585a3d0d238dfe42909cb58b0d05f644365fed14 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9f07e1d76eaeeddedcf9651395b4a8f870df31f0 commit]

• XFS

  • Add support for the quota ioctl Q_XGETNEXTQUOTA, added in this release. It allows quotactl to quickly find all active quotas by examining the quota inode, and skipping over unallocated or uninitialized regions [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/296c24e26ee3af2dbfecb482e6bc9560bd34c455 commit]

• OCFS2

  • OCFS2 online inode checker (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d750c42ac265c00df3f0963a240a4440fa073603 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d56a8f32e4c662509ce50a37e78fa66c777977d3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a849d46816fe9e11d59aae78ea95c54f640b1904 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9dde5e4f3383c3459a67ab63786ca58d645d6b5e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a860f6eb4c6a8bb0ca6860d9472f424bad9af9cf commit]

  • Improve Direct I/O performance [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c1ad1e3ca3064b1f0ab5a5185b4732ab9ad8fa24 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b46637d59f1160dee5d8e03498e667ab36c2be04 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/65c4db8c8282cd239f0ba3226cfe59cc9768193c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/46e625565950c5f31a193c4bbcfdef3fdc7235bf commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2de6a3c73180ef4071b45185756be51a6c767924 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4506cfb6f8cad594ac73e0df2b2961ca10dbd25e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c15471f79506830f80eca0e7fe09b8213953ab5f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f1f973ffce96a47c2b3f142e91eccef5bf22f699 commit]

  • Add a new DEREF_DONE message and corresponding handler to fix a disorder issue. As a new message is added, so increase the minor number of dlm protocol version [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/60d663cb527340c87c6cb98842e90a43243e1607 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/842b90b62461d0848bd56ad776117d15a5fa95c0 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8c0343968163dc3536e56268026f475b1bbf61b4 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d277f33eda000ca03b1497fcf1c9e2ec33adf4c6 commit]

• NFS

  • Add NFSv4.1 support for the new pNFS SCSI layout (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/40cf446b9482bd2c681b60062b34cc47c78342f8 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d9186c03976506cde2c2b1219028bed449c948ed commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/81c39329010d6131c0909ccb91ffeaffc2e99010 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f99d4fbdae6765d0bb4ed5441f6fa1f036122d59 commit]

  • Add support for multiple NFSv4.1 callbacks in flight [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/810d82e6830100615e7481813a862d26ffcff6bd commit]

  • parallel nfs: Add multipath capabilities to pNFS flexfiles servers over NFSv3 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fc821d59209d96e80f30f670a3acac9582dfdefd commit]

  • Make NFS swap work with multipath [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/15001e5a7e1e207b6bd258cd8f187814cd15b6dc commit]

• ext4

  • Improve xattr scalability with a mbcache rewrite [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f9a61eb4e2471c56a63cd804c7474128138c38ac commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/82939d7999dfc1f1998c4b1c12e2f19edbdff272 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70ee commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ecd1e64412d5242b8afdef58a714bab3c5464f79 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c2f3140fe2eceb3a6c1615b2648b9471544881c6 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f0c8b46238db9d51ef9ea0858259958d0c601cec commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7a2508e1b657cfc7e1371550f88c7a7bc4288f32 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2335d05f3a83f5290ec28c1ed30c1c742a37edc9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dc8d5e565f00c9442fa1cbf9acc115475628527c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3fd164629d25b04f291a79a013dcc7ce1a301269 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6048c64b26097a0ffbd966866b599f990e674e9b commit]

• ext2
  • Improve xattr scalability with mbcache rewrite (see ext4)
• F2FS

  • Export dirty_nats_ratio in sysfs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2304cb0c4438829c88bed69f57374b80ae31f0ba commit]

  • Introduce lifetime write IO statistics in /sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/lifetime_write_kbytes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8f1dbbbbdfe9bada7e2f8041e07c6373f787c043 commit]

  • Speed up handling holes in fiemap [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/da85985c6142decea67ee5ff67eadf3f13103a91 commit]

• FAT

  • Add config option CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 to set UTF-8 mount option utf8 by default [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/38739380683795354b3f0f1a1e80614e311b8617 commit]

• PSTORE

  • Add support for 64-bit address space [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/764fd639d794a1c0b0d203b19d1bef0451c23fb1 commit]

• AUTOFS

  • Show pipe inode in mount options. This is required for CRIU (Checkpoint Restart In Userspace) to migrate a mount point when write end in user space is closed [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c83aa55d0bb7ec5b07fdf2346af66bc33ba3cb3d commit]

• CACHEFILES

  • Provide read-and-reset objects- and blocks-released counters for cachefilesd to use to work out whether there's anything new that can be culled, instead of spinning [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a5b3a80b899bda0f456f1246c4c5a1191ea01519 commit]

4. Memory management

• Improve OOM reliability (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/69b27baf00fa9b7b14b3263c105390d1683425b2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aac453635549699c13a84ea1456d5b0e574ef855 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/36324a990cf578b57828c04cd85ac62cd25cf5a4 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bc448e897b6d24aae32701763b8a1fe15d29fa26 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/03049269de433cb5fe2859be9ae4469ceb1163ed commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/855b018325737f7691f9b7d86339df40aa4e47c3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/29c696e1c6eceb5db6b21f0c89495fcfcd40c0eb commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e26796066fdf929cbba22dabb801808f986acdb9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bb29902a7515208846114b3b36a4281a9bbf766a commit]

• Memory protection keys (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/643ad15d47410d37d43daf3ef1c8ac52c281efa5 (merge)]

• Implementing the accelerated bulk API for SLAB allocator and add the new kfree_bulk() API [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/376bf125ac781d32e202760ed7deb1ae4ed35d31 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/11c7aec2a9b4e685bbf6a15148e7841b3525fc0c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fab9963a69dbd71304357dbfe4ec5345f14cebdd commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/011eceaf0ad54e0916df8593ffc27b9f73d89fcf commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0142eae3ae15b9b9f0ae2a8e68e3c8dc347a2394 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d5e3ed66d6f260b3bb68cb5cf0fe79777e8febf0 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2a777eac173a53b33f2f7dbed2b61a1f5eb0b531 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7b0501dd6b1862a83c5c1c65beadce99014b97a4 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e6cdb58d1c8307f66039b04203e378d89938281c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ca257195511d536308700548de008b51729221eb commit]

• Implement SLAB support for [http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.0#head-8140fec23a123618a0d53db352978acfcfdcd388 KASAN]: [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e6e8379c876de16c6b78f83b15d5ac32c79cb440 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7ed2f9e663854db313f177a511145630e398b402 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/505f5dcb1c419e55a9621a01f83eb5745d8d7398 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/be7635e7287e0e8013af3c89a6354a9e0182594c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cd11016e5f5212c13c0cec7384a525edc93b4921 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9dcadd381b1d199074937019d612346c061de415 commit]

• Introduce kcompactd kernel threads. These kernel threads are per node and are intended to take the task of memory compaction from kswapd. For more details see the commits [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/81c5857b279e6b18f6ff0d1975e80a07af542cd1 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/698b1b30642f1ff0ea10ef1de9745ab633031377 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e888ca3545dc6823603b976e40b62af2c68b6fcc commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/accf62422b3a67fce8ce086aa81c8300ddbf42be commit]

• Add rodata=off kernel boot parameter to disable read-only kernel mappings [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d2aa1acad22f1bdd0cfa67b3861800e392254454 commit]

• Add kernelcore=mirror kernel boot parameter. When mirror is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used for Movable pages [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d91749c1dda71a7030c054a5ab8dc5419bc6730b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/342332e6a925e9ed015e5465062c38d2b86ec8f9 commit]

• Allow to configure page poisoning separately of debug utilities, because it has an use as a security measure: clearing of the pages on free provides an increase in security as it helps to limit the risk of information leaks. It's not compatible with hibernation [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8823b1dbc05fab1a8bec275eeae4709257c2661d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1414c7f4f7d72d138fff35f00151d15749b5beda commit]

• SLUB: support left redzone [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d86bd1bece6fc41d59253002db5441fe960a37f6 commit]

• zsmalloc: add new `freeable' column to pool stat, which will tell how many pages ideally can be freed by class compaction, so it will be easier to analyze zsmalloc fragmentation [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1120ed5483941d9cd2cf52cb9644a4311dbd1011 commit]

• cgroup2: report the following cgroup stats in memory.stat: kernel stack usage [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/12580e4b54ba8a1b22ec977c200be0174ca42348 commit] and slab usage [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/27ee57c93ff00b8a2d6c6dd6b0b3dddda7b43b77 commit]

• memory hotplug: Introduce default policy for the newly added memory blocks in /sys/devices/system/memory/auto_online_blocks file with two possible values: "offline" which preserves the current behavior and "online" which causes all newly added memory blocks to go online as soon as they're added. The default is "offline" [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/31bc3858ea3ebcc3157b3f5f0e624c5962f5a7a6 commit]

• dma-buf: Add ioctls to allow userspace to flush. The userspace might need some sort of cache coherency management e.g. when CPU and GPU domains are being accessed through dma-buf at the same time. To circumvent this problem, this release adds begin/end coherency markers that userspace can make use of through the DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC ioctl [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c11e391da2a8fe973c3c2398452000bed505851e commit]

• tool/vm/page-types: add commands for memory cgroup dumping and filtering [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/075db1502ffd4ff8c58020167484a6e123ae01a3 commit], support swap entry [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0335ddd34f39569a32096084bf3b0960d2b1212b commit]

5. Block layer

• libnvdimm: Asynchronous address range scrub. Given the capacities of next generation persistent memory devices a scrub operation to find all poison may take 10s of seconds. By making the scrub asynchronous, the system can boot faster [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aef25338226660cdd4df908c2eff1abdcfca65e5 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5faecf4eb0d7d67e809a4bc9059c764c27670832 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/719994660c249a086a7493205c7f1562e30c38cb commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a61fe6f7902ecaa89d5e6c709490fc4324927134 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7ae0fa439faff000744b234d04cb470bfd83593b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1cf03c00e7c17d3cf13a267dac83b3162a16ba8c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/87bf572e19a092cc9cc77d5a00d543a2b628c142 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f471f1a7d0aa58c609e665514010650b2afa24b6 commit]

• libnvdimm: Clear poison command support. ACPI 6.1 introduces the ability to send "clear error" commands to the ACPI0012:00 device representing the root of an "nvdimm bus". Similar to relocating a bad block on a disk, this support clears media errors in response to a write [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d4f323672aa63713b7ca26da418f66cc30d3a41a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/59e6473980f321c16299e12db69d1fabc2644a6f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b5ebc8ec693281c3c1efff7459a069cbd8b9a149 commit]

• nvme: Expose the cntlid in sysfs, because for NVMe over Fabrics it can be used by systemd/udev to create link to the device [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/931e1c2204c6d00c11c5c1e2e1c20b5ca41f292d commit]

• Device Mapper

  • dm cache: make the 'mq' policy an alias for 'smq'. smq seems to be performing better than the old mq policy in all situations, as well as using a quarter of the memory. The tunables that were present for the old mq are faked, and have no effect. mq hould be considered deprecated now [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9ed84698fdda63de93c68150c4f63673cc3d7b54 commit]

  • Add 'dm_mq_nr_hw_queues' (Number of hardware queues for request-based dm-mq devices) and 'dm_mq_queue_depth' (Queue depth for request-based dm-mq devices) module params [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/faad87df4b907605815c711dca613b3e7755e0d9 commit]

  • Add 'dm_numa_node' module parameter, which allows to control which NUMA node the memory for DM device structures is allocated from [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/115485e83f497fdf9b4bf779038cfe4e141292a9 commit]

• Add support for runtime changes in the number of hardware queues, something that may happen with resource provisioning [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/868f2f0b72068a097508b6e8870a8950fd8eb7ef commit]

• Enable polling support by default (a feature added in [http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.4#head-cd57c6abf8822152b3a175dd68c9610562b220d5 Linux 4.4]. Note that this will only have an affect on driver that supply a poll function, which currently only includes nvme [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8e0b60b96ba06d826a2b26e23b1986853a4e5291 commit]

• For partitions, add new uevent parameters PARTN which specifies the partitions index in the table, and PARTNAME, which specifies the partition name of a partition device [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0d9c51a6e1df4651379b8fca8a7a96595cd9988a commit]

• Enable writeback cgroup support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3684aa7099e0ab1038a1a1bf717ae60ffc3018d1 commit]

6. Cryptography

• atmel-sha - add support of sama5d2x SoCs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/507c5cc236a2d751ea423a86486a2d1972369549 commit]

• ccp: Add hash state import and export support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/952bce9792e6bf36fda09c2e5718abb5d9327369 commit], support for multiple CCPs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/553d2374db0bb3f48bbd29bef7ba2a4d1a3f325d commit]

• compress: remove unused pcomp interface [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/110492183c4b8f572b16fce096b9d78e2da30baf commit]

• rockchip: add hash support for crypto engine in rk3288 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bfd927ffa219ac81082b2dcc61a1c4037869befc commit]

• X.509: Support leap seconds [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/da02559c9f864c8d62f524c1e0b64173711a16ab commit]

7. Security

• Integrity Measurement Architecture

  • Support for measuring and appraising the IMA policy itself [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/19f8a84713edc1d27ea05be00effb97b8f1ef207 commit]

  • Support for kexec image and initramfs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d9ddf077bb85b54200dfcb5f2edec4f0d6a7c2ca commit]

  • Require the IMA policy to be signed when additional rules can be added [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/95ee08fa373b9ede1059c2f384cfeafe10dcd6bb commit]

• Keys: Allow to reserve area for inserting a certificate without recompiling [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c4c36105958576fee87d2c75f4b69b6e5bbde772 commit]

• scripts/sign-file: Add support for signing a kernel module with a raw detached PKCS#7 signature/message [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e5a2e3c8478215aea5b4c58e6154f1b6b170b0ca commit]

8. Tracing and perf tool

• perf report/top

  • Hierarchy histogram mode for perf top and perf report, showing multiple levels, one per --sort entry. Example, # perf top --hierarchy -s '{comm,dso},sym' [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c92fcfde3486fb4b9e476ee5ad5995a62e401cce commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4251446d778e669db5ac9f86b02d38064bdbbf9a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a23f37e864609f0887c1cb77c4d5b62586484a61 commit]

  • Add 'L' hotkey to dynamically set the percent threshold for histogram entries and callchains, i.e. dynamicly do what the --percent-limit command line option to 'top' and 'report' does

• perf mem: Add -e option for perf mem record command, to be able to specify memory event directly (for example, perf mem record -e ldlat-loads true). Also, allow to list the available events via perf mem record -e list [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ce1e22b08f0728e840614d3d0fc43fd1d6b7f7a2 commit]

• perf record

  • Add perf record --all-user/--all-kernel options, so that one can tell that all the events in the command line should be restricted to the user or kernel levels, i.e.: perf record -e cycles:u,instructions:u is equivalent to perf  record --all-user -e cycles,instructions [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/85723885feb823b4fc352b727ece0b6d00306c4d commit]

  • Make perf record collect CPU cache info in the perf.data file header. This information will be used in perf c2c and eventually in perf diff to allow, for instance running the same workload in multiple machines and then when using 'diff' show the hardware difference. It's displayed under header info with -I option, perf report --header-only -I [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/720e98b5faf10cfd12b7821dbdcc41c9747bd13e commit]

  • Improved support for Java, using the JVMTI agent library to do jitdumps that then will be inserted in synthesized PERF_RECORD_MMAP2 events via perf inject --jit pointed to synthesized ELF files stored in ~/.debug and keyed with build-ids, to allow symbol resolution and even annotation with source line info. For more details see the commits [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e9c4bcdd349eb00f6c704450a063b3dcbea25864 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9b07e27f88b9cd785cdb23f9a2231c12521dda94 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/209045adc2bbdb2b315fa5539cec54d01cd3e7db commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/598b7c6919c7bbcc1243009721a01bc12275ff3e commit]

• perf script/trace

  • Decode data_src values (e.g. perf.data files generated by perf mem record) in perf script [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c19ac91245a2f8d26aafd7f23256f3b76314d5d4 commit]

  • Improve support to data_src, weight and addr fields [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/94ddddfab521423d94d6066879b514b9431e5cae commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ff7b191583c368612fde88bf3cff6e3f3b0d73d5 commit]

• perf stat

  • Shows shadow metrics (insn per cycle, etc) in interval mode too [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f94833929032ad23412d3970beed6769a2fdbc19 commit]

  • Enable metrics printing in --per-core / --per-socket mode [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/44d49a6002595ccb95712e86ad2857cd55207602 commit]

  • Implement --metric-only mode to only print metrics [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/54b5091606c18f68a7fc8b4ab03ac4592c7d2922 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/206cab651d07563d766c7f4cb73f858c5df3dec5 commit]

  • Implement CSV metrics output [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/92a61f6412d3a09d6462252a522fa79c9290f405 commit]

• perf BPF

  • Print bpf-output events in perf script [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/30372f04c9dc159f99f1f09c61e5e0dbe4c91251 commit]

  • Add API to set values of map entries in a BPF object, be it individual map slots or ranges [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/066dacbf2a32defb4de23ea4c1af9e77578b5ac2 commit]

  • Support converting data from bpf events in 'perf data' [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a34f3be70cdf986850552e62b9f22d659bfbcef3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7630b3e28dd827fffad13cc0aada14b00ec524d9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2d055bf253c0d606c5de3fe7749e3188080780ad commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e571e029bdbf59f485fe67740b7a4ef421e1d55d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/95088a591e197610bd03f4059f5fdbe9e376425b commit]

  • Introduce support for the bpf-output event. BPF programs can output data to a perf ring buffer through that new type of perf event, and perf can create events of that type, and a perf user can use the following cmdline to receive output data from BPF programs perf record -a -e bpf-output/no-inherit,name=evt/ -e ./test_bpf_output.c map:channel.event=evt/ ls / [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/03e0a7df3efd959e40cd7ff40b1fabddc234ec5a commit]

  • Print content of bpf-output event in perf trace [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1d6c9407d45dd622b277ca9f725da3cc9e95b5de commit]

• perf config: Add --system and --user options to select which config file is used. --system means $(sysconfdir)/perfconfig and --user}} means {{{$HOME/.perfconfig. If none is used, both are read [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c7ac24178c50a01f14eebcddf5c7b7a2e54676cc commit]

• perf: Enable to set config and setting names for legacy cache events [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/43d0b97817a41b274aaec0476e912dae3ae1f93d commit]

• perf: Enable to set config terms for raw and numeric events [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/10bf358a1b79fa1311eb05ee31f2cefdcad01741 commit]

9. Virtualization

• Xen

  • netback: implement dynamic multicast control [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/22fae97d863679994b951799dd4bbe7afd95897b commit]

  • balloon: Add support for the newly added kernel memory auto onlining policy [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/703fc13a3f6615e29ce3eb862275d7b58a5d03ba commit]

  • hvc_xen: add earlycon support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/16e506efc08e5cab313588bd0e38803d4bbaad59 commit]

• virtio

  • vhost_net: basic polling support. The maximum time spent on polling are specified through a new kind of vring ioctl [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0308813724606549436d30efd877a80c8e00790e commit]

  • virtio_balloon: export 'available' memory to balloon statistics [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5057dcd0f1aaad57e07e728ba20a99e205c6b9de commit]

  • virtio_net: add ethtool support for set and get of settings [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/16032be56c1f66770da15cb94f0eb366c37aff6e commit]

  • virtio_pci: Use the DMA API if enabled [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7a5589b240b405d55b2b395554082ec284f414bb commit]

  • virtio_ring: Support DMA APIs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/780bc7903a32edb63be138487fd981694d993610 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/78fe39872378b0bef00a91181f1947acb8a08500 commit]

• Hyper-V

  • KVM: Implement Hyper-V hypercall userspace exit KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_HCALL for Hyper-V VMBus hypercalls (postmsg, signalevent) to handle these hypercalls by QEMU [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/83326e43f27e9a8a501427a0060f8af519a39bb2 commit]

  • hv_netvsc: add ethtool support for set and get of settings [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/49eb93892d8dfcf5dc5088e640f486d08572d8bf commit], add software transmit timestamp support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/76d13b568776fdef646c70878de406c90aef46a9 commit]

  • Add a new driver which exposes a root PCI bus whenever a PCI Express device is passed through to a guest VM under Hyper-V. The device can be single- or multi-function [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4daace0d8ce851f8f8f91563c835e3000c954d5e commit]

  • vmbus: Support kexec on ws2012 r2 and above [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7268644734f6a300353a4c4ff8bf3e013ba80f89 commit]

• pvqspinlock: Enable slowpath locking count tracking [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/32d62510f949d3c8e83b9b3b844a84446611661b commit]

• firmware: introduce sysfs driver for QEMU's fw_cfg device [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/75f3e8e47f381074801d0034874d20c638d9e3d9 commit]

10. Networking

• Add 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec) (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 commit]

• Add the Kernel Connection Multiplexor (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cd6e111bf5be5c70aef96a86d791ee7be0c0e137 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/91687355b92735e5f247ed163b3b0b4d14c3cab6 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f29698fc6b3a45a5c6147eca8379f38be8232117 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7ced95ef525c329f947c424859cf2b0a3b731f8c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/29152a34f72cb4d7ab32885ad2f20a482c92a8f3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/10016594f4c6b3ef34c5de97d8ab62205d9d26a5 commit]

• Add BATMAN V protocol support (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d6f94d91f766b4205e5b0aa4b11f96271c793f6d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/162bd64c24aba8efe68948e95e61628403106cd7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7f136cd491013285442ee1e7854fab1736f5757c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0da0035942d47766c32843143fb5dba7a29cb48c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9323158ef9f49935f0c61509919acd31dda8f11b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0b5ecc6811bd576ecc9813bbe069f2293cb1c6aa commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c833484e5f3872a38fe232c663586069d5ad9645 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8d2d499e08145d9851097e1241ef15aad8c9170a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9786906022eba35763b17c54a35913ca65151a78 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/261e264db636ae1f4c43e56b8c57d7343b166fc9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/626d23e83c88df5ff535414c2fe29e16b95d6b7a commit]

• BPF

  • Add per-cpu maps, for hash (BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_HASH) and array maps (BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY), for performance reasons. For per-cpu array maps, the primary use case is a histogram array of latency where bpf program computes the latency of block requests or other events and stores histogram of latency into array of 64 elements. All cpus are constantly running, so normal increment is not accurate, bpf_xadd causes cache ping-pong and this per-cpu approach allows fastest collision-free counters. For per-cpu hash maps, they are used to do accurate counters without need to use BPF_XADD instruction which turned out to be too costly for high-performance network monitoring [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a10423b87a7eae75da79ce80a8d9475047a674ee commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/824bd0ce6c7c43a9e1e210abf124958e54d88342 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/15a07b33814d14ca817887dbea8530728dc0fbe4 commit]

  • Add a new map type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_STACK_TRACE, to store stack traces. BPF programs already can walk the stack via unrolled loop of bpf_probe_read()s which is ok for simple analysis, but it's not efficient and limited to <30 frames. In this release the programs can collect up to PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH both user and kernel frames. Using stack traces as a key in a map turned out to be very useful for generating flame graphs, off-cpu graphs, waker and chain graphs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d5a3b1f691865be576c2bffa708549b8cdccda19 commit]

  • Support for access to tunnel options [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/14ca0751c96f8d3d0f52e8ed3b3236f8b34d3460 commit]

• TCP

  • Add RFC4898 tcpEStatsPerfDataSegsOut/In to TCP_INFO socket option. They count segments sent/received containing a positive length data segment (that includes retransmission segments carrying data) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a44d6eacdaf56f74fad699af7f4925a5f5ac0e7f commit]

  • Add tcpi_min_rtt and tcpi_notsent_bytes to TCP_INFO socket option. tcpi_min_rtt reports the minimal rtt observed by TCP stack for the flow, in usec unit. tcpi_notsent_bytes reports the amount of bytes in the write queue that were not yet sent [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cd9b266095f422267bddbec88f9098b48ea548fc commit]

  • fastopen: accept data/FIN present in SYNACK message, as per RFC 7413 (TCP Fast Open) 4.2.2, which states that the SYNACK message MAY include data and/or FIN [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/61d2bcae99f66a640b3dd9632180209143fb5512 commit]

  • Faster SO_REUSEPORT for TCP. In the previous release, [http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.5#head-4019f9da871d007609f0fa320a97a7fe5c3e2c99 two performance improvements were done] for the [https://lwn.net/Articles/542629/ SO_REUSEPORT] socket option for UDP sockets. In this release, these performance improvements are extended to TCP: faster lookup of a target socket when choosing a socket from the group of sockets, and also expose the ability to use a BPF program when selecting a socket from a reuseport group [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fa463497679352c04d201631534955e6be66eef8 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c125e80b88687b25b321795457309eaaee4bf270 commit]

• IPv4: Add namespaces support for the following sysctls ip_default_ttl [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fa50d974d104113630d68b7d03233a6686230d0c commit], tcp_reordering [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1043e25ff96a1efc7bd34d11f5f32203a28a3bd7 commit], tcp_syn_retries [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6fa251663069e05daadd1666cbf3b658bf840ea4 commit], tcp_synack_retries [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7c083ecb3ba4583a625d5ff9655d1a819e374493 commit], tcp_syncookies [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/12ed8244ed8b31b023ea6d2851fd8b15f2999e9b commit], tcp_fin_timeout [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1e579caa18b96f9eb18f4f5416658cd15f37c062 commit], tcp_notsent_lowat [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4979f2d9f7262b9b180bc83de8d70f7a7721c085 commit], tcp_orphan_retries [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c402d9beffb6141ab2e4d2ad8be71128803a28ca commit], tcp_retries1 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ae5c3f406cffe15ffd2aa544961b7cd027468d46 commit], tcp_retries2 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c6214a97c86c660de4f7ddb8eed925192e646161 commit], ip_dynaddr [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/287b7f38fd6842e534db1783cead3843f7677b79 commit], ipfrag_max_dist [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0fbf4cb27e061204c8cee8e7eb2870416bdf30fd commit], ip_early_demux [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e21145a9871aa5ae07e01926105bb8e523d64095 commit]

• IPv6

  • Add sysctl drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast (default), equivalent to the IPv4 one [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/abbc30436d39dfed8ebfca338d253f211ac7b094 commit]

  • Add sysctl drop_unsolicited_na (default off) to drop all unsolicited neighbor advertisements, for example if there's a known good NA proxy on the network and such frames need not be used (or in the case of 802.11, must not be used to prevent attacks) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7a02bf892d8f1e5298af1676f001bee410509d80 commit]

  • Add sysctl keep_addr_on_down that keeps all IPv6 addresses on an interface down event. If set, static global addresses with no expiration time are not flushed [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac commit]

• Wireless

  • Add Radio Resource Management (RRM) nl80211 feature flag. Today, the supplicant will add the RRM capabilities Information Element in the association request only if Quiet period is supported, but there are other RRM features that are not related to Quiet (e.g. neighbor report). This solution adds a global RRM capability, that tells user space that it can request RRM capabilities without any specific feature support in the kernel [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0c9ca11b1ae8eb16c1b6bbae91991392d2321372 commit]

  • Add support for PBSS (Personal Basic Service Set). PBSS is a new BSS type for DMG networks. It is similar to infrastructure BSS, having an AP-like entity called PCP (PBSS Control Point), but it has few differences. PBSS support is mandatory for 11ad devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/34d505193bd10668acf1caba02d2f66bddc23fea commit]

• ethtool

  • Add a new ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS/SLINKSETTINGS API. It provides support for most legacy ethtool_cmd fields, adds support for larger link mode masks (up to 4064 bits, variable length), and removes ethtool_cmd deprecated fields (transceiver/maxrxpkt/maxtxpkt). This API is deprecating the legacy ETHTOOL_GSET/SSET API [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3f1ac7a700d039c61d8d8b99f28d605d489a60cf commit]

  • Introduce a new ioctl ETHTOOL_PERQUEUE for per queue parameters setting [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ac2c7ad0e5d6030452c9af2fafd192e17fd04264 commit]

  • Implement sub command ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE for ioctl ETHTOOL_PERQUEUE. It introduces an interface to get coalesce of each masked queue from device driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/421797b1aa363cb897f29f7d365e068dc9d9db81 commit]

  • Implement sub command ETHTOOL_SCOALESCE for ioctl ETHTOOL_PERQUEUE. It introduces an interface to set coalesce of each masked queue to device driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f38d138a7da6510a1184e3bc5f425deb187c3265 commit]

  • Add IPv6 to the NFC API [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/72bb68721f80a1441e871b6afc9ab0b3793d5031 commit]

• geneve

  • Add dst caching support. In case of UDP traffic with datagram length below MTU this give about 2% performance increase for plain geneve tunnel over ipv4, about 65% performance increase for ipv6 tunnel [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/468dfffcd762cbb2777ec5a76bc21e3748ebf47e commit]

  • Support setting IPv6 flow label [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8eb3b99554b82da968d1fbc00df9f3156c5e2d63 commit]

  • Support outer IPv4 Tx checksums by default [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/14f1f724355206dea1cf3f23ee87993bfd47c70c commit]

• bridge

  • mdb: add support for extended attributes in the mdb entry, by extending the attribute that was used for the structure and adding per-mdb entry attributes after the struct has been added [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2125715635053d4207a756a35aa718f548824e58 commit]

  • Add support for temporary router port which doesn't depend only on the incoming queries [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7f0aec7a668419bdbff12de6e8016544f874e708 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4950cfd1e6a85b5e079a78f19792e6ec54199170 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a55d8246abcc910346771175b521ee2bce5a69b3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/59f78f9f6c2e80dcf0f520be85b660f856217b79 commit]

• Reliable Datagram Sockets

  • SO_TIMESTAMP support for incoming messages [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5711f8b353176393ee2ab023808a0a8c4a9d39b5 commit]

  • Initial support for Fastreg Memory Registration [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2cb2912d65633e751d3f8397377174501412aa47 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1659185fb4d0025835eb2058a141f0746c5cab00 commit]

  • TCP: Add per-net sysctl tunables to set the size of sndbuf and rcvbuf on the kernel tcp socket. The tunables are added at /proc/sys/net/rds/tcp/rds_tcp_sndbuf and /proc/sys/net/rds/tcp/rds_tcp_rcvbuf [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c6a58ffed53612be86b758df1cdb0b0f4305e9cb commit]

  • Drop stale iWARP RDMA transport [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d commit]

• Bluetooth

  • Add support for limited privacy mode indicated by value 0x02 to the mgmt Set Privacy command [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/82a37adeedd38880940e2772ec1ae27a09353e5a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9c176cec42e4b0deeed901fc363bf4235c5ca96a commit]

  • Add LED trigger for indicating HCI is powered up [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6d5d2ee63cee7025badda3b74ae2ef7ab097acfa commit]

• Inifiniband

  • Add two new Netlink attributes to support configuration of Infiniband node or port GUIDs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cc8e27cc97318471b7e707932d5b93b0d5f70830 commit]

  • Support accessing SA in virtualized environment [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a0c1b2a3508714281f604db818fa0cc83c2f9b6a commit]

• Netfilter

  • Add PRANDOM support. It can be used to randomly match packets e.g. for statistic traffic sampling [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b07edbe1cf3dae9ba81f24888e2f2a9dbe778918 commit]

  • nft_masq: Add port range selection support to nf_tables masquerading [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a6bf5da1aefdafd60b73d9122c7af9fd2d7bb9c commit]

• Netlink

  • Add support for NIC driver ioctls [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/025c68186e07afaededa84143f1a22f273cd3f67 commit]

  • Remove mmapped netlink support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d1b4c689d4130bcfd3532680b64db562300716b6 commit]

• openvswitch

  • Extend OVS conntrack interface to cover NAT. New nested OVS_CT_ATTR_NAT attribute may be used to include NAT with a CT action [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/05752523e56502cd9975aec0a2ded465d51a71f3 commit]

  • Introduce a new flag, GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM for operations which should be allowed inside a user namespace [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4a92602aa1cd5bbaeedbd9536ff992f7d26fe9d1 commit]

• vxlan

  • allow setting ipv6 traffic class [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1400615d64cf5afee533aff8234c837da465841b commit]

  • Support setting IPv6 flow label [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e7f70af111f086a20800ad2e17f544b2e3e0f375 commit]

  • Support outer IPv4 Tx checksums by default [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6ceb31ca5f65acff299dbc3da5854d54e147b7d8 commit]

• Add sysctl drop_gratuitous_arp (default off) to drop gratuitous ARP packets (for example if there's a known good ARP proxy on the network and such frames need not be used , or in the case of 802.11, must not be used to prevent attacks) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/97daf331455077645ae1f13438bebd3d1a2e94ee commit]

• Add sysctl drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast (default off) to drop unicast IP packets encapsulated in L2 multicast (or broadcast) frames (the so-called hole-196 attack). This behavior (for multicast) is actually a SHOULD in [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1122 RFC 1122], but is disabled by default for compatibility reasons [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/12b74dfadb5a7a23baf4db941dc9fd9d371f249a commit]

• Export ip fragment sysctl to unprivileged users. Now that all the ip fragmentation related sysctls are namespaceified there is no reason to hide them anymore from "root" users inside containers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/52a773d645e95515016b9d896ba8e323e0aaa57b commit]

• Add dst cache support for gre lwtunnels, in case of UDP traffic with datagram length below MTU this gives about 4% performance increase [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3c1cb4d2604c03779a6c9485204e2a80be6c28f0 commit]

• traffic control: Add support for distributing the Linux Traffic Control (tc) filter-action subsystem packet processing across disparate nodes. The nodes could be a mix and match of containers, VMs, bare metal machines or ASICs. A new tc Inter-Forwarding Engine (IFE) action is introduced based on [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-forces-interfelfb/ ForCES WG Inter-FE LFB work]. [http://people.netfilter.org/pablo/netdev0.1/papers/Distributing-Linux-Traffic-Control-Classifier-Action-Subsystem.pdf This paper] goes into both the implementation as well as the usage of the IFE tc action. A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSlUOBxYjPY video] ([http://www.netdevconf.org/0.1/docs/hadi-salim-dj-DTCCA-slides.pdf slides]) is also available [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ef6980b6becb1afd9d82a4f043749a10ae81bf14 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/084e2f6566d2a39c007ed6473f58b551a2eeefeb commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/200e10f46936d95a553414f249cefb765194b235 commit]

• flower classifier: Introduce hardware offload support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5b33f48842fa1e13e9c0ea8cc59c1d0df19042db commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8de2d793daf784f8f109565bcc023a6d198bad85 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/00175aec941e9c306d8a5ce930b2d91f7c04468c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/519afb1813eab066a0c9995a08861fd0af75d5ae commit]; also [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e8ab563f4b2e51849a16d962c6235b81e429c0d7 (merge)]

• Add MSG_BATCH flag in [http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/sendmsg.2.html sendmsg(2)]'s msg_hdr flags. It is used to indicate that more messages will be sent on the socket. The stack may batch messages up if it is beneficial for transmission [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f092276d85b82504e8a07498f4e9e0c51f06745c commit]

• Add support for filtering link dump by master device and kind [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dc599f76c22b0de55a2a9141dfe52e70b32a1194 commit]

• Allow MSG_EOR being set in each individual msghdr passed in [http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/sendmmsg.2.html sendmmsg(2)]. This allows a sendmmsg(2) to send multiple messages when using SOCK_SEQPACKET [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/28a94d8fb35b3a75b802f368ae6f4a9f6b0d435a commit]

• Add dst_cache to ovs vxlan lwtunnel. In case of UDP traffic with datagram length below MTU this give about 2% performance increase when tunneling over ipv4 and about 60% when tunneling over ipv6 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d71785ffc7e7cae3fbdc4ea8a9d05b7a1c59f7b8 commit]

• Add rx_nohandler stat counter, along with a sysfs statistics node, and copies the counter out via netlink as well. It counts nohandler dropped packets by core network on inactive devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6e7333d315a768170a59ac771297ee0551bdddbf commit]

• Distributed Switch Architecture: Support VLAN filtering switchdev attr [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fb2dabad69f099fb9c03a44276778911da50ba29 commit]

• Add support for Local Checksum Offload for encapsulation. For a tunneled packet, the checksum of the outer header is 'constant' (because with the checksum field filled into the inner protocol header, the payload of the outer frame checksums to 'zero'), and the kernel can take advantage of that [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/179bc67f69b6cb53ad68cfdec5a917c2a2248355 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d75f1306d9464d535007f05e5da0afcf9e3916d9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/21e2e7f9b5fefdbf94a107a9b24d74baa5148ef3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b57085019dcdd52d40ba153c6957f9e5a2f4b931 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/06f622926d0cdf923e9b33ab9f0a4d4b45983e8a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/53936107ba2462f714bae19a754f3ebf69a11e40 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6fa79666e24d32be1b709f5269af41ed9e829e7e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e8ae7b000e64cf76283c72cae5e3ecd246618ef4 commit]

• Use dst_cache for vxlan device. In case of UDP traffic with datagram length below MTU this give about 3% performance increase when tunneling over ipv4 and about 70% when tunneling over ipv6 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0c1d70af924b966cc71e9e48920b2b635441aa50 commit]

• Add network namespace support for tc actions [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ddf97ccdd7cb7e00daba465a5c947b8d941dc2a4 commit]

• IGMP: Add namespaces support for the following sysctls: igmp_llm_reports [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/87a8a2ae65b7721893c7922f963502be8fa01c94 commit], igmp_max_memberships [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/815c52700746cdcc0874a33390bac334a4b90107 commit], igmp_max_msf [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/166b6b2d6f01be67a83b87ab5c91350a68b17115 commit], igmp_qrv [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/165094afcee79e4d5b6e94032a5d3be157460b4a commit]

• ip_tunnel: add support for setting flow label via collect metadata [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/134611446dc657e1bbc73ca0e4e6b599df687db0 commit]

• Introduce devlink infrastructure. This release adds a new generic Netlink based interface, called "devlink". There a is need for some userspace API that would allow to expose things that are not directly related to any device class, but rather chip-wide/switch-ASIC-wide stuff. Use cases:get/set of port type (Ethernet/InfiniBand), setting up port splitters - split port into multiple ones and squash again, enables usage of splitter cable, setting up shared buffers - shared among multiple ports within one chip, configuration of switch wide properties [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bfcd3a46617209454cfc0947ab093e37fd1e84ef commit]

• packet: Extend PACKET_VNET_HDR socket option support to packet sockets with memory mapped rings (PACKET_RX_RING, PACKET_TX_RING) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/16cc1400456a4d5d6df9f5e7f1b2c7cb8c50404b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/58d19b19cd99b438541eea4cdbf5c171900b25e5 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8d39b4a6b83c141acaf0b5e8f90fd5e67721ff90 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1d036d25e5609ba73fee6a88db01c306b140d512 commit]

11. Architectures

• ARM
  • Device tree sources

    • BCM5301X: Add DT for D-Link DIR-885L [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3ea03a9d512ca19d59315492230e954a1653ff6e commit]

    • Add minimal Support for Logic PD DM3730 SOM-LV [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ab8dd3aed01130c4e08313276d09b47e3eb40e4b commit]

    • Add dts for Uniwest evi [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bdd9135bd4e218dedd399920ff9c89016cc52710 commit]

    • artpec: add Artpec-6 development board dts [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f68a4535a45f9e585c92d2a8f88eb6a8bc32689d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f56454fa9050b9c6fd72bd802e8a5e555afd9527 commit]

    • Add Engicam IMX6 Q7 initial support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cc42603de3200277afca1664358b85d2360ccdd6 commit]

    • imx: Add basic dts support for imx6qp SOC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5d6253750f111183e14bc25a9e90aec0b61b0ddd commit], imx6qp-sabreauto [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6ab0057f49ba389b3dfb9838ea9a042a526c031c commit] and imx6qp-sabresd [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1271cfff40226635c98b8b15680167b408ad50da commit]; add support for Toradex Apalis iMX6Q/D SoM [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/693e3ffaae5a86d9f0a577ffd393737393b15245 commit], add support for Toradex Ixora carrier board [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1db15321187c11568e650c30a2b8562339415dc4 commit], add Advantech BA-16 Qseven module [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/56c27310c1b4fa5d253e49c3e16ff9e46ae6f3a3 commit], add support for Advantech/GE B450v3 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/547da6bbcf083b1a90a1f15d1d485835ea4fa5c6 commit], add support for Advantech/GE B650v3 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/987e71877ae6304d7e4e7a50ee336de817b18045 commit], add support for Advantech/GE B850v3 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2252792b4677cadcd240b45ab0b837f4bdefcae1 commit], add support for Advantech/GE Bx50v3 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/226d16c80c61d05eebe6fd0cff29ebd488ccc797 commit]

    • keystone: Add Initial DT support for TI K2G SoC family [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/734539eaf496b0947f67ebbb7f7d91ef62c38e16 commit]

    • kirkwood: add device tree for buffalo linkstation ls-qvl [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5dda254d0cc5cbdcc81dbce0985c35b68dd5e3b1 commit]

    • mediatek: add MT7623 basic support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/31ac0d69a1d40e0ac71f3b5f59f39b8070c4cae1 commit]

    • orion5x: add device tree for buffalo linkstation ls-gl [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b1742ffa9ddb347a8bcb8e5f7dcf4d3a790f9041 commit]

    • rockchip: add to support emac for rk3036 SoCs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/af671e7bd96bc9bde623b0e6f75bfa4269c2c57f commit]

    • sun7i: Add dts file for the lamobo-r1 board [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f9ca30440c0866a1cb0ecb68604fdad3a108f9fb commit]

    • sun8i: Add A83T HomletV2 Board by Allwinner [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7c929aa6e34eb8efd886df1cae62adb825f608a1 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b9c34584d74606731eb2c7131f179a96f8194700 commit], add device tree for Cubietruck Plus [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ac6e4349b36a0a986d21b9f700ef1c727b8790d3 commit]

    • sunxi: Introduce Allwinner for A83T support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1425ec0f1ce46c95838c797a721bf9c6e0be14e2 commit]

    • uniphier: add PH1-Pro4 Ace board support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d2522f9731f47878e8ba547f2de281a1c7f24c3a commit], add PH1-Pro4 Sanji board support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4f8b8c60ec50ec9210e5f0c4873a054376d185b5 commit]

    • Add DTS file to support the Nexus7 2013 (flo) device. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/46fb5280a0c88a7cf66333cd67a0159bd732ce3b commit]

    • Add DT binding for the Marvell Armada 3700 SoC family [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b37f227e71e1a98615ec762d4151b7677f4318dc commit]

    • stm32: Supply a DTS file for the STM32F469 Discovery board [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f48e3d687e06f27c6eebc7bc72ec6875fd25c75d commit]

    • amd: Add AMD XGBE device tree file [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/08b8940efc88b86c0ad71f2d6085bb24a0979755 commit], add support for AMD/Linaro 96Boards Enterprise Edition Server board [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4a6e0a771eaafc0c3dab2ca942f15af17d89f127 commit], add support for new AMD Overdrive boards [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/49449828ba861a5e6553e24ec493b24e0dc40376 commit]

    • bcm2835: dt: Add Raspberry Pi Model A [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7a1298e339249f25f4ef97fed332c70e1d1507e4 commit]

  • DRA722: Add ID detect for Silicon Rev 2.0 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6b532c4a66f44aaf5aa0dbea6aadd44981478025 commit]

  • debug: add support for Palmchip BK-310x UART [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0c5325466d5d4816c9bd13c56746aa26ed66231d commit]

  • mx25: Add basic suspend/resume support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8c4300c227ffffc4db26b6bb3e0271de7ddbd289 commit]

  • coresight: etm-perf: new PMU driver for ETM tracers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0bcbf2e30ff2271b54f54c8697a185f7d86ec6e4 commit],

  • arm-cci: CoreLink CCI-550 PMU driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d7dd5fd773497d7b63e7a35fcaa270c9f859432b commit]

• ARM64
  • Device tree source

    • Broadcom Vulcan support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5bfb3889878756a7f6b673df1738c473424e169f commit]

    • Add msm8996 SoC and MTP board support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4558e9b3190906d8d7f03ad60c39204dd7a5fcee commit]

    • Add support for Juno r2 board [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e6d7f6dc857f6e8efafc68217a598bd5d532034f commit]

    • Add .dts for GICv3 Foundation model [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6ba29e916e15c11341b0e043ed643555143e9e64 commit]

    • Add the Alpine v2 EVP [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1c3554fa94d39a70f9145ea18a7701380934640a commit]

    • Add the Marvell Armada 3700 family and a development board [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/adbc3695d9e487fa07214140a46b68ac3156fb78 commit]

    • marvell: add Device Tree files for Armada 7K/8K [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ec7e5a569bce9f06410671fdaf37e4c42eeea362 commit]

    • amlogic: Add Device Trees for Tronsmart Vega S95 Pro, Meta and Telos TV boxes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cc733bc90636118b20aad8ce7421001b679b338a commit]

  • Add mvebu architecture entry [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b4f596b19624d14864596b5b43de5f04cadd4895 commit]

  • Introduce Allwinner SoC config option [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ce3dd55b99b151a90ac1701c6825f2ae2d49b54e commit]

  • Enable Amlogic Meson GXBaby platform [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/451e9e54e259f1f223763e191393c47383674256 commit]

  • add Alpine SoC family [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e2f0abaf45bcdcf4408615d90a58730847304df7 commit]

  • perf: Add Cavium ThunderX PMU support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d0aa2bffcf9847133fd75b9c829da4faded81977 commit]

  • Add support for Half precision (16bit) floating point/asimd data processing instructions present in ARM8.2 extensions [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bf5006184400d96d8c17eb9711178dc2221b8f34 commit]

  • KVM: VHE support so that we can run the kernel at EL2 on ARMv8.1 systems [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1f364c8c48a0767885a18451ee074c64b454157a commit]

  • Add PMU support for guests [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/808e738142e7086ef793ebf9797099c392894e65 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bb0c70bcca6ba3c84afc2da7426f3b923bbe6825 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a86b5505304404dc5fc5e62a6dc294706e525003 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/96b0eebcc6a14e3bdb9ff0e7176fbfc225bdde94 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9db52c78cd43c7fe69992cb7d57cffa991b36ced commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/76d883c4e6401b98ea26d40c437ff62719a517ad commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3965c3ce751ab5a97618a2818eec4497576f4654 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7a0adc7064b88609e2917446af8789fac1d4fdd1 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d692b8ad6ec4814ddd9a37ce5c9c9d971e741088 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/051ff581ce70e822729e9474941f3c206cbf7436 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9feb21ac57d53003557ddc01f9aee496269996c7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/76993739cd6f5b42e881fe3332b9f8eb98cd6907 commit]

  • KVM: Introduce per-vcpu kvm device controls [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f577f6c2a6a5ccabe98061f256a1e2ff468d5e93 commit]

  • Add support for building vmlinux as a relocatable PIE binary [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1e48ef7fcc374051730381a2a05da77eb4eafdb0 commit]

  • Add support for ASLR [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fd045f6cd98ec4953147b318418bd45e441e52a3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f80fb3a3d50843a401dac4b566b3b131da8077a2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c031a4213c11a5db475f528c182f7b3858df11db commit]

  • Allow kernel Image to be loaded anywhere in physical memory [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a7f8de168ace487fa7b88cb154e413cf40e87fc6 commit]

  • Enable CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA by default [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/57efac2f7108e3255d0dfe512290c9896f4ed55f commit]

  • Add support for User Access Override, a new ARMv8.2 feature which allows the unprivileged load and store instructions to be overridden to behave in the normal way [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/57f4959bad0a154aeca125b7d38d1d9471a12422 commit]

  • Implement ACPI parking protocol [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5e89c55e4ed81d7abb1ce8828db35fa389dc0e90 commit]

  • Add ubsan support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f0b7f8a4b44657386273a67179dd901c81cd11a6 commit]

  • Mark vDSO code as read-only [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/88d8a7994e564d209d4b2583496631c2357d386b commit]

  • Initial machine port for artpec-6 SoC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/590b460c3e1399ca50c8f1b23f041e88cf9644d5 commit]

  • Add support for Exynos PMU driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bfce552d0b10e8fd79e703c67c084b4cf89ad68a commit]

• X86

  • Enable new AVX-512 features [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d05004944206cbbf1c453e179768163731c7c6f1 commit]

  • Always enable CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and remove the configuration option [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9ccaf77cf05915f51231d158abfd5448aedde758 commit]

  • Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32 (until this release, only the stack and the executable are randomized but not other mmapped files [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8b8addf891de8a00e4d39fc32f93f7c5eb8feceb commit]

  • If the CPU feature [http://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/INVPCID.html INVPCID] is available, use it to flush global mappings. Also add a 'noinvpcid' option to turn it off [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d8bced79af1db6734f66b42064cc773cada2ce99 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d12a72b844a49d4162f24cefdab30bed3f86730e commit]

  • system trace modules: Add heartbeat stm source device. It sends periodic heartbeat messages to trace hosts over STM devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1192918530381b5cfc0e5da51233fa94f783b221 commit]

  • Add Intel Memory Bandwith Monitoring. Memory bandwidth monitoring (MBM) provides OS/VMM a way to monitor bandwidth from one level of cache to another. The current patches support L3 external bandwidth monitoring. It supports both 'local bandwidth' and 'total bandwidth' monitoring for the socket. Local bandwidth measures the amount of data sent through the memory controller on the socket and total b/w measures the total system bandwidth [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/33c3cc7acfd95968d74247f1a4e1b0727a07ed43 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2d4de8376ff1d94a5070cfa9092c59bfdc4e693e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/87f01cc2a2914b61ade5ec834377fa7819484173 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e7ee3e8cb550ce43752ae1d1b190d6b5c4150a43 commit]

  • Add an AMD accumlated power reporting mechanism for the Family 15h, Model 60h processor that can be used to calculate the average power consumed by a processor during a measurement interval [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c7ab62bfbe0e27ef452d19d88b083f01e99f13a7 commit]

  • Add support for new IOMMU performance events based on the information in table 74 of the AMD I/O Virtualization Technology (IOMMU) Specification (Document Id: 4882, Rev 2.62, Feb 2015) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f8519155b4d5224e215203bf0e94a8478a8f8945 commit]

  • intel/rapl: Add missing Broadwell models [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7b0fd56930399d87241ad2f49d48c315307471ee commit]

  • Intel Trace Hub: Add Apollo Lake SOC support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6396b912f1e97a0e9566c0d801923a0d0eb31749 commit], add Broxton SOC support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3f040887a8be0c28a099a9106bc29443d4f79a7e commit]

  • x86 Platforms

    • toshiba_acpi: add a module parameter to disable hotkeys registration [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7faa6a37fa106cb0cad6203e8fc2aea646cb253a commit], add support for cooling method feature [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/763ff32f19442b952406d4ac1ec1fb19733d23be commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b1009b919b4061293f4a5e68210ccbc6d3f33a99 commit]

    • dell-wmi: support new hotkeys on the XPS 13 9350 (Skylake) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a464afb9581f6a9eabce8a4aa0c70cb71e6bf4d9 commit], enable receiving WMI events on Dell Vostro V131 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e09c4d5b15438bd86ff8bfb05d70f17915bb5979 commit], properly process Dell Instant Launch hotkey [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/13f5059ac5a6b8a824f8657e2fcf084ebecef896 commit], support Dell Inspiron M5110 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aaf3a5e77566ad186a85d28a0afd26b8dd0afd11 commit]

    • alienware-wmi: add initial support for alienware graphics amplifier. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cbbb50d6038bc093154fb6e209729bbf8bebd614 commit], add support for deep sleep control. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8ea81ec67b82fd35e389c3eef395206bac8e2259 commit], add support for new platform: X51-R3 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9e503a9d0c18b277f902570a3dfd74a7c86ec9a7 commit], add support for two new systems: ASM200 and ASM201. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b332f82e3868bc191914adfb1caadcc77c076df2 commit]

    • hp_accel: Add support for HP ProBook 440 G3 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/330a106508128056b3d7b6c940a4e906da2282dc commit]

    • fujitsu-laptop: Support radio toggle button [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b5df36cf474cc84028bee05f153a925d8243215f commit]

• POWERPC

  • Enable page parallel initialisation (for 4GB of memory, boot time is improved by 59%) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7f2bd006334291178bd2bce3e506d4c7a34a0643 commit]

  • EEH Support for SRIOV VFs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9312bc5bab5907937db20c9f8c094d0c02dd78db commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/67086e32b56481531ab1292b284e074b1a8d764c commit]

  • ftrace: Add support for ftrace ABI -mprofile-kernel (available for ppc64 on gcc > 4.8.5) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8c50b72a3b4f1f7cdfdfebd233b1cbd121262e65 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/153086644fd1fb07fb3af84d9f11542a19b1e8b6 commit]

  • mpc85xx: Add CPU hotplug support for E6500 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6becef7ea04a695f64299238fe13d41e41607469 commit], add hotplug support on E5500 and E500MC cores [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2f4f1f815bc6d03ea42d4f67dd1e284525e7524e commit]

  • perf: hv-24x7: Display domain indices in sysfs (/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_24x7/interface/domains) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d34171e88aeed4a99c00c7f2af3d5c553e7a4972 commit]

  • perf: Export the generic hardware and cache perf events for Power8 to sysfs, so users can precisely determine the PMU event monitored by the generic event [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e0728b50d480da6be228dd160a43b37e4c0b1636 commit]

  • powernv: Remove support for p5ioc2 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2de50e9674fc4ca3c6174b04477f69eb26b4ee31 commit]

  • Add RCPM driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d17799f9c10e283cccd4d598d3416e6fac336ab9 commit]

  • xmon: Add xmon command (P) to dump process/task information similar to ps: task pointer, kernel stack pointer, PID, PPID, state (interpreted), CPU where (last) running, and command [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6dfb54049f9a99b24fe5d5cd2d3af19eadc8f31f commit]

  • Enable VFIO device for powerpc [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/178a787502123b01499c5a4617b94bb69ad49dd5 commit]

  • perf: Port perf kvm stat to powerpc [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/066d3593e1b14690dc1131d50cacbb0b7eb3f160 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/78e6c39b231a8e31e193534fdbe29291b7fd8f37 commit]

  • cxl: Support added to the CXL driver for running on both bare-metal and hypervisor systems [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/14baf4d9c739e6e69150512d2eb23c71fffcc192 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0d400f77c19e8d2606f8194846bcf18ebdc9df2a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/73d55c3b59f7d9cadc1dbc07d75ccee6c81fdf5b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5be587b1110132b4f05e0bc3515a145365e910fe commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ea2d1f95efd7c100617235918bac370414aec1ad commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/444c4ba4616503baf68cffbf6748047d308b8cd2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b40844aa55bb325de7509003c7529c75b0532412 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d601ea918b878582e60b773f2f943d8d292b2abf commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4752876c71701b7663a5ded789058ab2c05f7d0f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/594ff7d067ca42676e27e2a7b5dcc0ff039d08ca commit]

  • KVM:

    • Add support for 64bit TCE windows [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/58ded4201ff028b15f6b317228faa5f154a0663f commit]

    • Add support for multiple-TCE hypercalls for user space emulated devices such as IBMVIO devices or emulated PCI. These calls allow adding multiple entries (up to 512) into the TCE table in one call which saves time on transition between kernel and user space [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d3695aa4f452bc09c834a5010484f65fca37d87c commit]

    • Book3S HV: Add tunable to control H_IPI redirection [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/520fe9c607d3acea96391aad27e17518bd7d39bd commit]

  • Intel MIC

    • Add VOP (Virtio over PCIe) driver support. The VOP driver allows virtio drivers, e.g. net, console and block drivers, on the card connect to user space virtio devices on the host [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/26909e26f4b51a9f7f8838eee775a65563388c0d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c1becd2849681e8be1043d2ce9034a9d9bb3d540 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8810df37762746657cfe84014a8f30758e8f366a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/61e9c905df78c253752971e200f0ac6d8667dda6 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a19ddd6fd260d6b92de38acb1b87940045697627 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c74c9318a3a76c3714785bc06147dd207a9d0aa3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b73c295833cc660c1acdf2601920e2abdb6a29c8 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ef39830c35838696013a2f6c16f6728c4a9dcefd commit]

• S390

  • Add a user space interface (device and ioctl) to issue call logical-processor instructions [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/988b86e69ded17f0f1209fd3ef1c4c7f1567dcc1 commit]

  • Add DEBUG_RODATA support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/91d37211769510ae0b4747045d8f81d3b9dd4278 commit]

  • Optimized xor routing using the XC instruction [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2cfc5f9ce7f5e17553e84d36ea9563e677e369d1 commit]

  • oprofile: add z13/z13s model numbers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/993e0681084c8e84dd870bffedec9410778dfa87 commit]

• XTENSA

  • Add Three Core HiFi-2 MX Variant. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2c684d892bb2ee31cc48f4a8b91e86a0f15e82f9 commit]

  • Make fake NMI configurable [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e462919413547dcfe84e785380d0f47f1359878a commit]

  • Support hardware breakpoints/watchpoints [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c91e02bd9702f2c00c6a6dc82dec1b2d5bb9f039 commit]

• SH

  • Add device tree support and generic board using device tree [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7480e0aabd5f9e6c3e3b72ed206e89284e90f11f commit]

• MICROBLAZE

  • Support generic Xilinx AXI PCIe Host Bridge IP driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/01cf9d524ff06703dbed37014f34dba9c1b2434d commit]

• SPARC

  • New driver adds support for Logical Domains vSwitch (ldmvsw). The ldmvsw driver operates on Oracle systems running SPARC Linux in a Logical Domains environment (typically in the control domain). The ldmvsw driver is very similar in function to the existing sunvnet, it creates a network interface for each "vsw-port" node found in the Machine Description (MD) of a service domain. These nodes correspond to ports on a vswitch created by the logical domains manager. The created network interface(s) can be used by bridge/vswitch software (such as the Linux bridge or Open vSwitch) to provide guest domain(s) with network interconnectivity or connectivity to a physical network [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5d01fa0c6bd84ddf1339a3fadfefecd2c28d472e commit]

  • Recognize and support Sonoma CPU type [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c5b8b5beee1e2aadef0409dba555b7085d57910d commit]

• ARC

  • Add PCI support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c1678ffcdea25afe4fbbebfab13d65a7db5458fb commit]

  • ioremap: Support dynamic peripheral address space [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/deaf7565eb618a80534844300aeacffa14125182 commit]

• M68KNOMMU

  • Remove obsolete 68360 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a3595962d82495f51a80feb19dcdb135556a9527 commit]

• H8300

  • Switch EARLYCON [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8cad489261c564d4ee1db4de4ac365af56807d8a commit]

• ALTERA

  • Add Altera L2 cache and OCRAM support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c3eea1942a16db52ebea0382bd5826f75b9b7e9b commit]

12. Drivers

12.1. Graphics

• i915

  • Enable Panel Self Refresh by default on Haswell and Broadwell. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9b58e352b463f2f096d699d47b1c4c57879b617f commit]; and Valleyview and Cherryview. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a38c274faad0ec6aba692e294ec751d04dbba803 commit]

  • Enable FrameBuffer Compression by default on Haswell and Broadwell [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a98ee79317b4091cafb502b4ffdbbbe1335e298c commit]

  • bxt: update list of PCIIDs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/985dd4360fdf2533fe48a33a4a2094f2e4718dc0 commit]

  • skl: Add missing SKL ids [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7157bb27e79875db5603aa1e30f56e873a8300f9 commit]

  • Add GuC Addition Data Structure. The ADS itself is a chunk of memory created by driver to share with GuC. The GuC firmware uses this for various purposes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/68371a954ca4581a6468835f63d6f82783471591 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/463704d07f4cb0767714a67eaaf1ee47eef36fd8 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5c148e044e55304073de3cc2b41c80b1a780687f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b6a5cd7ea246b68240d49ef78cc339ef8595c10c commit]

• amdgpu/radeon

  • ACP support for i2s audio support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a8fe58cec351c25e09c393bf46117c0c47b5a17c commit]

  • New powerplay sysfs interface for manually selecting clocks [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f3898ea12fc1f18a4fa9034b169076e8e72d122a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b9c1a77e8cd73aa42c2736b6b0ffddda6230af1a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d7341ef66870fc85361d6c66edd8aee58a7a9a9b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5d37a63d2612a4f2eb77784a41b9a7a7d1d4315e commit]

• vmwgfx

  • Add Support for DX10 gen mipmaps [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f3b3355073ffc2ee717693df587e5d1855ab2d22 commit]

  • Add suggested screen x and y connector properties as a generic way to tell a display manager about the GUI layout [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/578e609a096e086dc1259611cfb47b1499bcded6 commit]

• exynos

  • Add DRM_EXYNOS_GEM_MAP ioctl [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6564c65f3a2b75832957e53bcc3c6066d1d73487 commit]

  • Support exynos5422 mipi-dsi [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fdc2e108932b302beb1e05515cdd722eb81d3a79 commit]

  • Add exynos5420 support for FIMD [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1feafd3afd294b03dbbedb8e8f94e0c4db526f10 commit]

• Nouveau

  • Signed firmware support from NVidia for GM20x cards - adds acceleration for Maxwell GPUs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7d12388a1f4243c2f13e0f84b251b1a4a92f79a3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9cc45521498b208b44575c96aa0b19e8eaac26ca commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/923f1bd27bf1ed49b3d1a4cccf2c8238618b49cf commit]

  • GM200 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2ed95a4c65a3d2be9aaac23ee89fe8d90ec720a5 commit]

  • GM20B clock driver support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/52829d4fabaf71748f16126d421dbefbfcf1319a commit]

  • GM20B volt driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/71757abf2ee2af8bb5448a66ff68e50f308e3c28 commit]

  • hwmon: add power consumption [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/353b9834402356df3e6c15d3a2c87be82e52c0df commit]

  • iccsense: implement for ina209, ina219 and ina3221 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b71c0892631af3dd2aea708529d282a65c683be5 commit]

• imx

  • Fence support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/17a8d08df107a903ccdd5e7733ab9f0a796fac5c commit]

• msm

  • Adreno 430 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/357ff00b08d67cfb489f2e306bda7d3ef45a1306 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/38bbc55ef5858301f5da6f6261434033a30058f6 commit]

  • HDMI support for 8996 (snapdragon 820) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/15b4a452385955f3ae4477a079f02c5ff168d310 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e17afdceb4f2f40d5877fb26c91cc380b00a2c51 commit]

  • Timestamp queries support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6c77d1abe61797239533918d7a0336fc84f4aef1 commit]

• rockchip

  • Add support for Innosilicion HDMI [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/412d4ae6b7a508136822cd500c6a7e7e1fdefa28 commit]

• rcar-du

  • Add R-Car Gen3 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6bc2e15cf21cd96eba69ac83ddd37a7994148b16 commit]

  • Add R8A7795 device support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2427b3037710d4aa71c9c1cdfcd542805e0c53f3 commit]

  • Add VSP1 compositor support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/34a04f2b7baaa980fcb9eff9cbfb28a947c67f74 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/af8ad96290598561acb310d6a94b0e25ef383d12 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6d62ef3ac30be756244b458fa5bd8befb35a48d4 commit]

  • Add tri-planar memory formats support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7863ac504bc5473eb99c4356120aa372d453143e commit]

• omapdrm

  • Support double-pixel mode [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3a38ed53bebd1c14925a711123c911e07dd11adf commit]

  • HDMI5: Add interlace support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/14ac59349c04caedb53a75c85d19cf7d68992748 commit]

  • HDMI: support double-pixel pixel clock [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/67d8ffdd688e4ddc4fac25e338f748000128b3ce commit]

  • Implement dma_buf import [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b22e6690a3f656e3adb821ab4859e02932048066 commit]

  • Support double-pixel [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/253589589587ccbc575c8dfdc43bf2c8c2a66a5b commit]

• tilcdc

  • dma-buf support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9c15390506d6888978fa98094f7578142d2e2f01 commit]

  • pinctrl support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/416a07fbe7b1f1a6f7e0595b43b5a85a1c877e05 commit]

• vc4

  • Add support for YUV planes. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fc04023fafecf19ebd09278d8d67dc5ed1f68b46 commit]

  • Add support for scaling of display planes. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/21af94cf1a4c2d3450ab7fead58e6e2291ab92a9 commit]

  • Improve throughput by pipelining binning and rendering jobs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ca26d28bbaa39f31d5e7e4812603b015c8d54207 commit]

• Add support for ARM's HDLCD controller. The HDLCD controller is a display controller that supports resolutions up to 4096x4096 pixels. It is present on various development boards produced by ARM Ltd and emulated by the latest Fast Models from the company [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8e22d79240d95c92b6cbc4c4e4139848de458927 commit]

• sti

  • Atomic support for planes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f29ddaf17f1fc41f15edcb13ba24636a95d59345 commit]

  • Add debugfs entries for CURSOR plane [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f46f3bebee8a04635119731b76c33de81fe5642c commit], DVO connector [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/755ce376a4df18bd057c1a65a9c8ef665c7467be commit], GDP planes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2d61f2727fafebc26b55eef9205c846e7df6d2b8 commit], HDA connector [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6c84578c2c5cd5dfa2a25b52bf731dd2da5e700e commit], HDMI connector [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7ea6e6e4f96aa590702c3f6e02434ef2bb6d957d commit], HQVDP plane [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/670454bbf9f6e8a585fcad2d7a72d94b827f2cf5 commit], MIXER crtc [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a5f81078a56c6ab57b7db2402ac64c34338004c5 commit], TVOUT encoders [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b514bee76511022220256a4d1733d46a4f4f4cc0 commit], VID plane [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/90dffef595cfbcdd1cbceebf5b879367ad521c00 commit], fps_show/fps_get mechanism for planes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bf8f9e4a810206dc91f82a68f50b0eb34f8710ef commit]

• panel: simple: Add URT UMSH-8596MD-xT panels support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/06a9dc65afbd9d9e81ee6352a13f968e0540237e commit], support for LG lp120up1 panel [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/690d8fa70da2f81cf880a656d254d02172ed9c7b commit]

• Add a drm_aux-dev module for reading/writing dpcd registers. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e94cb37b34eb8a88fe847438dba55c3f18bf024a commit]

• Introduce pipe color correction properties. This introduces optional properties to enable color correction at the pipe level [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5488dc16fde74595a40c5d20ae52d978313f0b4e commit]

• Apple GMUX vga switcheroo support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/156d7d4120e1c860fde667fc30eeae84bc3e7a25 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e4cb81d7e49c806fa557cf0ff4f3f40bd7a9cb7c commit]

12.2. Storage

• sata_via: Implement hotplug for VT6421 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/57e5568fda276d47fe9b9499ba487066d299e0e7 commit]

• libata: support AHCI on OCTEON platform [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a2127e400edd2258fda6d83fe8b10b878a3595d9 commit]

• ahci_mvebu: add support for Armada 3700 variant [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/15d3ce7b63bd7c0b8706d7360aa862d7b027bf8c commit]

• ahci: Add runtime PM support for the host controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/02e53293eafcb19b4fabc8a2e7bbfa11b88d0e6c commit]

• AHCI: Remove obsolete Intel Lewisburg SATA RAID device IDs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8ba559fd09bcf4e87faad3efa465dacf04c076c9 commit]

• ata: add AMD Seattle platform driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/535dac4ab5f42e040e8405b31e309a6b6d4eee57 commit]

• SCSI

  • Add 'access_state' and 'preferred_path' sysfs attributes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/77c9df9644d7c35516770a21cb56b413e8547d8f commit]

  • stex: Add S3/S4 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/797150b98a34a27356195d5888c8eac0e2cc6b65 commit], add hotplug support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/45b42adbec68872529e4e24ba7570de367240818 commit], add support to Pegasus series [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1ec364e6a33a748c30411737b01257b1c976d297 commit]

    • qla2xxx: Add debugfs node for target sess list /sys/kernel/debug/qla2xxx/qla2xxx_31/tgt_sess [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/36c7845282eef0104ba6ecc6761ba1dce57b2b87 commit], add support for Private link statistics counters. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/243de6768db50266f595ec62c5ae34783edb72ea commit], add support for buffer to buffer credit value for ISP27XX [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/969a619966d84ec0d2b8392df83cd2693411e46e commit], add support for online flash update for ISP27XX [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4243c115f47757761b85e1ca7f2cfe71bb9d2c4d commit], enable T10-DIF for ISP27XX [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8ce3f57051206ed65ea325581840d374cf17ce31 commit]

  • megaraid_sas: Dual queue depth support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/308ec459bc1975d9856cfeb3d1cd6461794a3976 commit], IO throttling support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/52b62ac7c66e1a11eb8b3e3b0212847749af3b2d commit], introduce module parameter for SCSI command timeout [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e3d178ca773ff997c6c94989d0b14a2c0eae761c commit], Reply Descriptor Post Queue (RDPQ) support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/179ac14291a0e1cf8c2b2dfedce7c5af66696cc9 commit], task management support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/18365b138508bfbce0405f9904639fa3b7caf3c9 commit]

  • mpt3sas: Add support for configurable Chain Frame Size [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ebb3024e2fd5578c800a5ae9165dd7f1a0844c11 commit], added smp_affinity_enable module parameter. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/64038301baed7d3d59a940ed8db311e27e8995d4 commit], added support for high port count HBA variants. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b130b0d56fa97ef17796314995a9dc5dda0edaa5 commit]

  • hisi_sas: add v1 hw ACPI support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/37ffee4a0b6d1e56cb51dc2afd9a671fa1a6434c commit]

  • aacraid: SCSI blk tag support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6bf3b630d0a733b74f7167a1cfac457358e67074 commit]

  • hpsa: add SMR drive support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/af15ed36453197983702eebe8cff1fc52ae5e7ce commit]

• nvmem: NXP LPC18xx EEPROM memory NVMEM driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f02f8aee211a1fc035cd3f87af8a39126eda1c20 commit]

• nvmem: Add Mediatek EFUSE driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4c7e4fe3776693ee4554ca1b3a2c728c1f8f361a commit]

• cpqarray: remove it from the kernel [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d436641439e0121d26b19d4268e9fb3ecd368d71 commit]

• NVMe: Expose ns wwid through single sysfs entry [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/118472ab8532e55f48395ef5764b354fe48b1d73 commit]

12.3. Staging

• fsl-mc: Added generic MSI support for FSL-MC devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3a288fd51b41a2998195c321d8dd4a229176e6f7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/660a24bf60821ce9f5799b0772a0a82c922c72c1 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/679c2c758c501c833a271a08aa4adbb601c42f63 commit]

• lustre: Dynamic LNet Configuration (DLC) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6c9e5a55cb620f1d3d44f66692b16535daaa99ed commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/edeb5d8ca515ab5eae62012e2668b41c044fa575 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1290932728e5253459d51d90726cde9559bf263b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/21602c7db4cfb296911b842365fde8a2edc02da2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/86ef6250fcce86403b322d4eb10d551c9f9b6d25 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2e9a51bdb29edba57bfa9f674adf46044529740b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0fbbced21a94e038e4edb9069fa7a6d98c7ec64a commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b7acfc959b72cbb429859ec4912b48f00eacf2c3 commit]

• iio: ad7192: Add support for the AD7193 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d69051b401d12c406831c18718ceb0cb73a45f3a commit]

• Staging: fbtft: add ssd1305 controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5795354f75132a891ff21a7d7681827dce9ff4bb commit]

• Staging: fbtft: add ssd1325 controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/12e2a34165d514bdbcab3e3e46f12b44cb318361 commit]

• iio: Remove periodic RTC trigger driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c720842e363e6549c122ecdcc8dee51f54c45898 commit]

• Delete STE RMI4 hackish driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8bb7e27bbb9d0db7ca0e83d40810fb752381cdd5 commit]

• Staging: dgap: Remove obsolete driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7e3933df9874b70745548ce9177295d11c58fc21 commit]

12.4. Networking

• ixgbe: add support for tc_u32 offload [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b82b17d929a692df1122fedc0ff4ddcef9cb6ad4 commit]

• can

  • ifi: Add IFI CANFD IP support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0c4d9c94a1303008b32079991360cea7ab849ef3 commit]

  • rcar_can: Add r8a7795 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e481ab23c57b37c989fa27e0a6b3e941a908775a commit]

  • sja1000: of: add compatibility with Technologic Systems version [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dfb86c0d5a9d1c068954d776bf66e3d0b27beb68 commit]

• e1000e: Adds hardware supported cross timestamp on e1000e nic [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/01d7ada57ee9c735bd71fbe44ec0bcb70847afd4 commit], initial support for KabeLake [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9cd34b3a1cfd47692cbef8cb0761475021883e18 commit]

• igb: Add support for VLAN promiscuous with SR-IOV and NTUPLE [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/16903caa339961b9f8a68b64f4f313789de48599 commit], add support for generic Tx checksums [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6e033700887bf29d4e59f6978a02d989787be620 commit], enable use of "bridge fdb add" to set unicast table entries [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/268f9d33a9319bb2d4d999e264aef9c00081bba0 commit]

• igbvf: Add support for generic Tx checksums [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ea6ce6024f9397ff2667fe16447447e622bc4c31 commit]

• thunderx: Add TX timeout and RX buffer alloc failure stats. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a05d4845907a6f0296612d24956b189a51fb8df7 commit]

• Add mediatek ethernet driver for MediaTek SoCs from the MT7623 family [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/009fb0978ca4b5362cf875869c42893cc43b71a1 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/656e705243fd0c2864b89634ea16ed444ef64dc6 commit]

• mlx5: QoS IEEE dcbnl and VxLAN offloads support for Mellanox 100G mlx5 driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ada68c31ba9c02d7aabdd87db979fe670b499d54 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ad909eb064219a64fd10e9c7d9f39a3042760025 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4f3961eeafe0aca8f6b0933899ef0d91f561352d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/08fb1dacdd763431436d648fd9dc4246e3d5517e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ef9184335e4da720b374a66fe4f80a32982519ca commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d8880795dabf2381ed1e98348f6d9c7ea6fab950 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/928cfe8745a62e60c1e8e06676a74724e7786024 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5f6d12d10f0c835fcd821f883f05c1107127986e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1afff42c062fe1d1f8d99423dddfb8ca5f100574 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b3f63c3d5e2cbb9c800516ef47e32d8cb0cf237b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/89db09eb5979b74f1f50ee2fb2ce519ee8414c48 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9879515895ffe46a424d00ad5ce92e32fd61790b commit]; implement modify HCA vport command [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1f324bff9ba3db276f074169d5b4af9e9c117ba1 commit] ; add hardware offload support for cls_flower [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/60ab4584f5bf4e496baec7b090a4b382d03b2100 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/67ba422e95edfbd42f1d9782868880b364eea173 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b6172aac71e9fba0981e013839ced5fcd97746fb commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e8f887ac6a45ecb7f881f278a3fed1fbf002ef0b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e3a2b7ed018e885721a1b664ed7bf0f3fe29c81c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/12185a9fafa9cf39b73588c92aa49300ff3bf191 commit], introduce offload arithmetic hardware capabilities [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3f0393a57509c200aeecc5e3984bf1a47bffc578 commit], add ConnectX-5 to list of supported devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/64dbbdfef245f67504ec403a5aebfcc7b92bd8c1 commit]

• i40e: Add new device IDs for X722 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/35dae51de3e99db10f355642f5fc67719b93f558 commit], SCTP offload support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5afdaaa0555257f3c42b141908567d40aca0e1d1 commit], allow channel bonding of VFs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/209dc4daf23f92b3e0bc6d602411506c4083e421 commit], add 100Mb ethtool reporting [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f8db54cc4df7b065b0028f8c919e2f47983f2043 commit], add new proxy-wol bit for X722 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4ba40bcea7046a1fa9b57a8cb4bcb8776e86e7ed commit], add a new "set switch config" admin queue command and the new Cisco VXLAN-GPE cloud tunnel type for the admin queue commands [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/906807793092f7d659a8933ddd7b9fa97cd6cf39 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fa5623a6e6807baa7f3b8e65896199e23e3f939e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2fcc1a401eb06ff41cd551672ea588c6efd8c4e6 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6774faf96437e8192e4ee2d16f1399ec9f842b80 commit], add counter for arq overflows [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1d0a4ada8401c73b360fc8492064a1107fca019b commit], add debugfs output for dump VSI [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/de1017f76a9ba9c354e238ad94c88725a3688dce commit], drop unused debugfs file "dump" [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cb5c260e330054591294a9924c283ef1ddcd74a4 commit], add support for IPv4 encapsulated in IPv6 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a0064728f8a34f7a5afd9df86d9cdd8210977c8d commit], support segmenting UDP tunnels with outer checksums enabled [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5453205cd0975b845f6f8837f0c2b7c8cb80fcf8 commit], add functions to blink led on 10GBaseT PHY [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fd077cd3399b164548f538625f07f3e9f1d7ef00 commit], support coalesce getting by queue [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/be280bad15fafc0f7e7b90bdbd99170366f5e9bf commit], support coalesce setting by queue [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f3757a4d9e823c43ccfe4db02b6cda77414e25f7 commit], add adminq commands for Rx CTL registers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3336514381f9ef99c50e5337ae1bf36f8138679d commit], add support for client interface for IWARP driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e3219ce6a775468368fb270fae3eb82a6787b436 commit]

• i40evf: Add support for IPv4 encapsulated in IPv6 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a0064728f8a34f7a5afd9df86d9cdd8210977c8d commit], support segmenting UDP tunnels with outer checksums enabled [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5453205cd0975b845f6f8837f0c2b7c8cb80fcf8 commit], support packet split receive [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/00e5ec4bcc4aa3d4663502b5377e17ea43e058d6 commit]

• Add i40iw driver for Intel Ethernet X722 iWARP devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/16666b4ac3b3639e1fa674a0288dc5878ca67d68 commit]

• dsa: mv88e6xxx: support VLAN filtering [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/214cdb998739428b09d80b4b152faa7d1e6ad156 commit]

• macb: add wake-on-lan support via magic packet [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3e2a5e1539064329f5f6888274600841ad6f87bd commit]

• mvneta: add support for hardware buffer management [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dc35a10f68d3781c2345d60b22103785985ca849 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/baa11ebc0c7680861f74f8a11dca903e4b421262 commit]

• phy

  • Add SGMII support for Marvell 88E1510/1512/1514/1518 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/930b37ee8d84e1f3008c89e9ce09acbe1a6b5670 commit]

  • bcm7xxx: Add entries for Broadcom BCM7346 and BCM7362 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4cef191d05871fbc8bb3b812880e1997e855a3b9 commit],

  • dp83848: Add PHY ID for TI version of DP83848C [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/68336293462c92ba420528dd293d54ee879b6e15 commit], add support for TI TLK10x Ethernet PHYs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d1782f7b0cb853ec0a9b7b3e5f8a3252ed8a054e commit]

  • spi_ks8995: add support for MICREL KSZ8795CLX [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c0e6cb1fed5a7390ac84396f6f43e70fc2034ac6 commit], add support for resetting switch using GPIO [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cd6f288cbaab656cebd524c5ef2388c11378c827 commit]

• libertas: add an cfg80211 interface for powersaving [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/143e49458424b80fd004963b6ba88ed583ea62da commit]

• mwifiex: add debugfs file (/sys/kernel/debug/mwifiex/mlan0/verext) to read chip information [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/17934b6a32b2fdfcc0a9e83d17c780f15627aa30 commit], adds support for waking up the device on finding better RSSI [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fdcab083055d759325c8e0f8999d9e192417fc20 commit], add schedule scan support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0c9b7f22e8e1f3aa5b88d7530db8b3a7d647adb6 commit], add support for wakeup when configured network is detected [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5323b53d80fc17604b2c60b725af116827330b2c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7d7f07d8c5d35ebfb207650b0dbcf437dad76bab commit], enable pcie MSIx interrupt mode support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/99074fc1e67b374b5c72406a23ac01fed806d634 commit], firmware dump support for w8997 chipset [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/11e70824e75f2cfbad9ae066ca5b29e1c361f19e commit]

• mlx4: Implement devlink interface [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/09d4d087cd4869859fcc5dfc692f0830550a1b48 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b2facd95ab965465373fc5ded7218c8c4fa8da7d commit]

• mlxsw: Implement devlink interface [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c4745500e988b393189703bade6c3ec65194e24c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/18f1e70c413713f28629ffe6863a2c43248ff7a3 commit]

• lan78xx: add ethtool set & get pause functions [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/349e0c5e2237744d2acc1bdb52526a69c5fdcd52 commit]

• iwlwifi: Add P2P client snoozing [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ee95ed3728cb3ed70b76fb770fff66133ff8b1fa commit], support setting minimum quota (for a single virtual interface) from debugfs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a80c1cf9b4b2937cfe782aba7b54a5144fe7eec2 commit], add 9000 series multi queue rx DMA support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7848505416be4e96af14c3387775622d26a13146 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/96a6497bc3ed1c19d877e5f4f95f2cfa27448abe commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bce977310416a2b6c9ad774dfe2071eaacd3d90b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/43413a975d06e5e34016751fac27e29ec3d4d10f commit], add run-time power management for PCIe [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b3ff1270566d41eb8ab2d67844bf17b7fa9fee78 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4cbb8e50338a2f2453ba399ce52562e0a111fc1f commit], allow to disable beacon filtering for AP/GO interface from debugfs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c89e333d5e4a27f736c960b29040b261c21563a5 commit], add CT-KILL notification [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0a3b7119000d706dfbc7e0c5b66e192a646d365f commit], allow to limit the A-MSDU from debugfs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9e7dce28659531b2741939e5b6f438bca1422720 commit], enable VHT MU-MIMO for supported hardware [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e48c947f030d1f5c46c684a6cc2db332bc4af33f commit], add new configuration to enable MSIX [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2e5d4a8f61dcae12996bbe2bcc446d3b47625cac commit], add disable_11ac module parameter to disable VHT capabilities [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0d0985adf6519952e0d51b5272abc3ef28d833bc commit], add ctdp operations to debugfs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/00f481bd895a826058d301b3093e86e819497b51 commit], add device IDs for the 8265 device [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d34475b964b01067ed25187c4f52d8bdf2c0e113 commit]

• brcmfmac: add support for 14e4:4365 PCI ID with BCM4366 chipset [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f66ab2a7da8ffd78ba26048f8108577ba73a1828 commit], add 802.11w management frame protection support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/240d61a9ddeb8a77f11369f67f6ef060354b909d commit], add support for the PCIE 4366c0 chip [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bc86fdb9ac02c77b9f55325f64fb70decc425962 commit], add wowl gtk rekeying offload support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5c22fb85102a751e5a305d8fd13a1856a725bf01 commit], remove pcie gen1 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d457a44fd85cd766c8bb48d6b542467bf89601b4 commit]

• bnx2x: Add Geneve inner-RSS support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/883ce97d25b019ce8437ba6f49e38302ca5ec23f commit], add support for single-port DCBx [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9c73267d2ea26b0148932f335a7deb5480a80425 commit], extend DCBx support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e5d3a51cefbb08c8b8c521f627aef1f998834530 commit]

• bnxt_en: Add installed-package firmware version reporting via Ethtool GDRVINFO [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3ebf6f0a09a284adef62111c7cfca29f56d6cce7 commit], add port statistics support. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3bdf56c47dfcd819ab1e73644c2eb9c72c08f29e commit], enable AER support. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6316ea6db93d875df333e7ab205bf1aa3b3616d7 commit], include hardware port statistics in ethtool -S. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8ddc9aaa725a9337fc7bbe95fe1d1499769fb9b2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9947f83fb79ca501f5ab24c370211bfb78b6b364 commit]

• ath10k: start adding support for qca4019 chip [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/00e3d2ef184d005db4e14d64f5870d556183e638 (merge)], debugfs support for Per STA total rx duration [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/856e7c3084399fb7e029628dbe43dcb9bb7d7b5b commit], enable periodic peer stats update [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d57e7f2e7e042a7cef19702abe42f1e9b55d754c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8351c052194b30f852db6225a568e48ee2a4947b commit], implement basic support for new tx path firmware [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9b15873628050fe59ebbfae200be7d50ce5e1491 commit]

• ath9k_htc: add device ID for Toshiba WLM-20U2/GN-1080 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aea57edf80c6e96d6dc24757599396af99c02b19 commit]

• amd-xgbe: Disable VLAN filtering when in promiscuous mode [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b4eee84fcd8ecae88a7d6ab437f88284f9693d9c commit], enable/disable PFC per traffic class [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8dba2a2a88397dec6bdcae8bf7ceeefd62fd39fc commit]

• Bluetooth

  • btusb: Add new AR3012 ID 0489:e095 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/28c971d82fb58ef7cba22e5308be6d2d2590473d commit], add a new AR3012 ID 04ca:3014 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/81d90442eac779938217c3444b240aa51fd3db47 commit], add new AR3012 ID 13d3:3395 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/609574eb46335cfac1421a07c0505627cbbab1f0 commit]

  • hci_bcm: Add BCM2E55 ACPI ID used in Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 8 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c5fd9cbb9dc40e0d273d6731030e65096adceeda commit], add BCM2E7C ACPI ID [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2791b44d6b4a2280568e0dc84be51992b7b367f1 commit], add new ACPI ID for bcm43241 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b013a636b8571fa62b0fd3abeb2b36f0fc7199dd commit]

  • hci_uart: Add Intel/AG6xx support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/395174bb07c1dce58fbf2baa3a01bb69f5103c59 commit], add diag and address support for Intel/AG6xx [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/34bf1912bfc06bd9200893916078eb0f16480a95 commit]

• pasemi_mac: Replace LRO with GRO [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a4f9cdb2b44d2dceede4eaad00c6b11206af0fea commit]

• qed: Add infrastructure support for hardware GRO [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/088c86183012495b53ecc1c734909e5712a40b66 commit], add support for HW attentions [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0d956e8a65d53e0d1a71d28975c821cf0f6ba676 commit], add vlan filtering offload support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3f9b4a6972d50562613daa649ed064244e6bc7bb commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7c1bfcad9f3c8a7400c2dfaf67edc7a46e271c51 commit]

• qede: Add slowpath/fastpath support and enable hardware GRO [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/55482edc25f0606851de42e73618f813f310d009 commit]

• qmi_wwan: Added support for Gemalto's Cinterion PHxx WWAN interface [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bd9e33508c5e1eb5d807d11d7bfc52125fcdb04e commit], add "D-Link DWM-221 B1" device id [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e84810c7b85a2d7897797b3ad3e879168a8e032a commit]

• rocker: implement get settings mode command [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e1ba3dee77c450fe3cea00a334f30174f5cc0aa1 commit]

• rt2x00: add new rt2800usb device Buffalo WLI-UC-G450 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f36f299068794ffc5026f25b6a1b3ed615ea832d commit]

• rtl8xxxu: Add 8723bu support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d3bf9b19ff06bdcc4aacdd6eb395c742138a9dc9 (merge)]

• sfc: implement IPv6 NFC (and IPV4_USER_FLOW) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a7ad40d00af18bff49437605f2ec148b80b16768 commit]

• iw_cxgb3: support for iWARP port mapping [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c1340e8aa628d65bcb5c5b7e332bde8a17851ebf commit]

• xgene: Add support for Classifier engine [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/76f94a9c77d2fe6f0f02235eea84dae19edd3161 commit], add support for RSS [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fc4262d2aa9aa26ec4a29bf274bcfca569656e73 commit], add support for multiple queues [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/107dec2749fed1b4172f77c091961b15221419db commit]

• cxgb4: TOS support (also for iw_cxgb4) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ac8e4c69a02103d17247a3fae8daa10ae3497c2d commit], add pci device id for chelsio t520-cr adapter [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/529927f952c55f399823fc500e8ea6cac47b7fbf commit], add iSCSI DDP page pod manager [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/47da7e62b391a74465c942d821bcbf879457a014 commit], large receive offload support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2337ba422c2742b6fc78cb6d73f1f3342f69c137 commit]

• RDMA/nes: Replace LRO with GRO [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bfec53c6c88aa2b18a5015ca3e0137d4e0dec95a commit]

• RDMA/ocrdma: Support RoCE-v2 in the RC path [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bcf117e2cf6f451b46780e0660e9ae7ab33a33ea commit], support RoCE-v2 in the UD path [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6b0626679d81626eac47cba7940f1435ec480b2e commit], support user AH creation for RoCE-v2 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/834d16d66ebc2b5faa06af0bda3bb6f9c71b3996 commit]

• bgmac: support Ethernet device on BCM47094 SoC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9e4e6206c67ae11d68fc96882256f37c237087d4 commit]

• Infiniband

  • ipoib: Add support for configuring VFs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9c3c5f8e1f3092f43a46b247a95ae526c1b4542e commit]

  • mlx5: adds user-space support for memory windows allocation and deallocation [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d2370e0a573e5c5ea9c96373558727abb3ea71f7 commit], add support for CSUM in RX flow [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c7ce833b364bc19ef51b3c973c94a863e4af0e06 commit], add support for don't trap rules [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/35d1901134e97cf95c0ab6ef70f5aead6cb34e9e commit], add support for setting source QP number [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b11a4f9cde1c06e0073662882b60c1fb95a1d597 commit], add support for re-registration of MRs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/56e11d628c5d0553d9fc2ca1855144970e6b9eb6 commit], implement UD QP offloads for IPoIB in the TX flow [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f031396531fe2b1a6ffb4fa5eceb9c1fa276869a commit]

  • qib: Support query gid in rdmavt [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2366754632d3e52a97bf607a22bcca592a46f3f9 commit]

12.5. Audio

• hda: Add new GPU codec ID 0x10de0082 to snd-hda [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2d369c748c2ecc2a012ee85412a04007e67913ec commit], add PCI ID for Intel Broxton-T [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9859a971ca228725425238756ee89c6133306ec8 commit], add AMD Polaris-10/11 AZ PCI IDs with proper driver caps [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8eb22214b7cb0c0a28be6caf3b81201629d8ea7c commit]

• usb-audio: adds a new option "quirk_alias" to snd-usb-audio driver for allowing user to pass the quirk alias list [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e2703363316278cd4a8880671d38f783f7de18ba commit]

• Remove deprecated AU1X00 AC97 driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/efd931d6c7fc49dc555150c600555df0fac7bf14 commit]

• ASoC

  • Add max9867 codec driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/805d132dcbbdbdf8339008f4f964490cf6ff3025 commit]

  • Add max98926 codec driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a2e2876aa0bab5939daf1cb20ef07ebf38744c1f commit]

  • Intel: Atom: add support for CHT w/ RT5640 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fdf841937e4fa08e767dbe83f1c65696cfec67c9 commit]

  • Intel: Bxtn: Add Broxton PCI ID [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b379b1fad6e80274309f650f3a82c6f3c4fe9d6b commit]

  • Intel: boards: Enable HDMI and DP on SKL nau88l25_max98357 machine [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0ab338ff33762d50e5005d8d28b30b25f23aa934 commit], enable HDMI and DP on nau88l2 machine [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bc5f6ac9a66f90f8e16e568ebd463cbe44f46b81 commit], enable HDMI and DP on skl_rt286 machine [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/23905cd1ca48cbc852a670a3dbbfc5e7d694580f commit]

  • cht_bsw_rt5645: Enable jack detection [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2303b32f54289267adb75437cdeba50be92221f5 commit]

  • fsl-asoc-card: add cs4271 and cs4272 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/57e756d30268a0373cce97165bd57331554f4bfd commit]

  • hdac_hdmi: Add broxton device ID [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e2304803fd05eac509c8e37bb626c192510e4e77 commit], add jack reporting [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4a3478debf36c0aa0cf0860daec245b13cd4448f commit], enable DP1.2 and all converters/pins [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/211caab73b20dcc91ac103db0f68fe2388120d59 commit]

  • mediatek: Add machine driver for ALC5650 codec [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0f83f9296d5c91d08cf46cf1ba8a17fb870dedf0 commit], add machine driver for rt5650 rt5514 codec [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0c71367d35115a7eb24483ffce2fad74f77dc4d0 commit]

  • omap-hdmi-audio: Support for DRA7xx family [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e04fadaa169b09609fb55779236d35fb3197c932 commit]

  • pcm179x: Add I2C interface driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/70e3e56e6c3d499be47322037ed4a42314a8e509 commit], support continuous rates [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e0236f541e68aa2187a9a402bf74bec6f007eb84 commit]

  • qcom: add mic support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fb5d11524eda5561f6dd8cc03f9dc778027ce907 commit], apq8016-sbc: add mic support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bbedefb9e8c350bc7e8e7dc4732ba1974789e3e9 commit]

  • rsnd: SRC TIMSEL support for Capture [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0102eed57c47371023c03b3b0c564f33d5e94570 commit], add CTU support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a3a2211e97395694827f12552bbad7f2caf11ef commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ec2ac01afe001360b911e27c915579fd003339e8 commit]

  • rsrc-card: add convert channels support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f90432fc6ec41c5bb1d7b75edc1f2bc58799ece3 commit]

  • rt5514: add rt5514 codec driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4a6180ea7399b945cd380dc63e2e8118f9b432d3 commit]

  • rt5616: Add support sample rate to 192KHz [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4e26ad80cbd3a6b0d606201892e81a9a9c6864ce commit]

  • sunxi: Add support for the SPDIF block [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f8260afa444b670016f22f2ba1440d9d2e74dcb6 commit], add sun4i SPDIF transceiver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8020e1bbaa5e8d8340ab78c71a69ccdd362ab203 commit]

12.6. Tablets, touch screens, keyboards, mouses

• Add MELFAS MIP4 Touchscreen driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6ccb1d8f78bd349a8a5b2aa228d3c8b35ee704a8 commit]

• Add BYD PS/2 touchpad driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/98ee377144935857d8ad5d7d70cdab1da4ede32e commit]

• melfas_mip4 - add hw_version sysfs attribute [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9aa40426a4a23dfd9ca4c1c0f777b8c57e5070fd commit]

• synaptics-rmi4: add I2C transport driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fdf51604f104f95bbb828019e6b8f17e7a0f834a commit], add SPI transport driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8d99758dee31ff4a72bfc35d3a7a51fe66b7bb91 commit], add support for 2D sensors and F11 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ff8f83708b3e36c050dc3fd7e2f04ea7f1752599 commit], add support for F12 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b43d2c1e9353814ce1716fff03d9223f40fa73b5 commit], add support for F30 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/562b42d3ee305472e1b2ea31574c59925e95fd7e commit], add support for Synaptics RMI4 devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2b6a321da9a2d8725a1d3dbb0b2e96a7618ebe56 commit]

• touchscreen: Add imx25 TCQ driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4f7ed234f2a5dcc26fc56a6e8324d34bbc9afe23 commit]

• xpad: add Mad Catz FightStick TE 2 VID/PID [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d63b0f0c0f19dc8687387ead5a28148dcad1a4b9 commit]

• wacom: Add support for DTK-1651 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c5b8b5beee1e2aadef0409dba555b7085d57910d commit]

12.7. TV tuners, webcams, video capturers

• Add support for Avermedia AverTV Volar HD 2 (TD110) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b8ebfafc3289c72a333878c8738cbc225beee421 commit]

• Add support for Terratec Cinergy S2 Rev.4 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c5d89a49fcb47e27a9ef96b63bdbe7fbf0504bd8 commit]

• UVC: Add support for R200 depth camera [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5d8d8db851ef81337e7026b32a9d5a9cfb2271d5 commit]

• add media controller support to videobuf2-dvb [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2773b0e9baa68beed1f93d04a8ae8ca04b35a60d commit]

• af9035: add support for 2nd tuner of MSI DigiVox Diversity [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b8278f8b961a6a65a4939f646483866fb5bef112 commit]

• dib8000: Add support for Mygica/Geniatech S2870 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/91be260faaf8561dc51e72033c346f6ab28d40d8 commit]

• dvb-usb-dvbsky: add new product id for TT CT2-4650 CI [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d309c8bb70beef4128a78d5208e692800c68b8f0 commit]

• dw2102: Add support for Terratec Cinergy S2 USB BOX [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/93b66420a4eb846ed8859d25c0a2056486f2929d commit], add support for TeVii S662 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6ede20f9683c55dac8281b63d80b5cc669640252 commit]

• em28xx: add media controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/37ecc7b1278f4184a6869504f7074b4a54f112c5 commit], add support for Terratec Grabby REC button [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dd837fb9a5092b10ebd75a1770257204ba20c872 commit], add support for Terratec Grabby Record led [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/565e37d168ee842c5f6349a5530f8e85651ec8e5 commit]

• ti-vpe: Add CAL v4l2 camera capture driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/343e89a792a571b28b9c02850db7af2ef25ffb20 commit]

• mn88473: move out of staging [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/877ba50b057f53b761c7acab6f4ae5376513b34f commit]

• mt9v011: add media controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ac88fce987bd3433706b1082e8a85408de63512c commit]

• pwc: Add USB id for Philips Spc880nc webcam [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7445e45d19a09e5269dc85f17f9635be29d2f76c commit]

• saa7134: Add support for Snazio TvPVR PRO [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9c91738d49259b2aabd136ade053dcc0cd273179 commit], add DMABUF support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9f1830206d5e2c6fc85185de4d22c5188ff00232 commit], add media controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ac90aa02d5b9a9bde6bcd9ac3ee181a4d212d355 commit]

• soc_camera: rcar_vin: Add ARGB8888 caputre format support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c54ae8fea6e615dcb43fefd651e49d2d74d86daf commit]

• soc_camera: rcar_vin: Add R-Car Gen3 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1dff3338539e96b2710c34693a6484585dfd7a78 commit]

• soc_camera/mx2_camera.c: move to staging in preparation, for removal [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/679759c13d1164be6f5451138554c2fa4fcafb3e commit]

• soc_camera/mx3_camera.c: move to staging in preparation, for removal [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5ed08a8649ddb95860fcf6d8d2e0f34b338043a5 commit]

• soc_camera/omap1: move to staging in preparation for removal [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f52ac3f49161c1a24e1916174217c754c9b852b8 commit]

• tvp5150: Add pixel rate control support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b1950b8db9896cca59f61b6b7c6d3a14dc782b80 commit], add tvp5151 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/05676b3e33fe2fd693f2c0ff3d058db6ca5e7ed6 commit], add HW input connectors support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f7b4b54e63643b740c598e044874c4bffa0f04f2 commit]

• vsp1: Add VSP+DU support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f3af9572e85447102202c644c50c7460009d1cae commit], add support for the R-Car Gen3 VSP2 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7f2d50f8da43fde0c883c378fd81f64c8bca74eb commit], add tri-planar memory formats support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b915bd24a034e9af1860bcab397e777fabd8200e commit]

• vivid: support new multiplanar YUV formats [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/00036b307c9f0374ef33ede2ddd745ffbec51cad commit]

• v4l2-ctrls: add V4L2_CID_DV_RX/TX_IT_CONTENT_TYPE controls [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/45cc29afb47f229014257068a3153276b2fb4c38 commit]

• v4l: Add YUV 4:2:2 and YUV 4:4:4 tri-planar non-contiguous formats [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d65fae92f9a2862d73293cab6c427c40cff71f70 commit]

12.8. USB

• USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus support (featured) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a1b2725a60d3267135c15e80984b4406054f650 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2c0e06f8829a542e71b14ffcaa14b8fafa2223c3 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b2316645ca5ea93eb8f637f57199fbbe88bee07d commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9508e3b7a70c11370d70252147b75d3024754970 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0cdd49a1d1a483d80170d9e592f832274e8bce1b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0caf6b33452112e5a1186c8c964e90310e49e6bd commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5f9c3a668b3f75768aec686901d7a4c8782983df commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5da665fcec1a308f5273aacb9da8e87b89da8b4f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d78540419866887345cec480016b0f87f6a5aca2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c8b1d8977eee3acc63a65811dd72ec4a93b74388 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b37d83a6a41499d582b8faedff1913ec75d9e70b commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/faee822c5a7ab99de25cd34fcde3f8d37b6b9923 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/def4e6f7b419c4092c82222d0896d6c409692326 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8ef8a9f5c148ae1dbeae926e5b6129e396faded2 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/09c352ed671c156b7ce30c81a4f4424641859918 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2f6d3b653777e68bbccfdcff3de2ea8165934531 commit]

• Add a new USBDEVFS_DROP_PRIVILEGES ioctl, used to relinquish the ability to do certain operations which are considered to be privileged on a usbfs file descriptor. This includes claiming arbitrary interfaces, resetting a device on which there are currently claimed interfaces from other users, and issuing USBDEVFS_IOCTL calls. The ioctl parameter is a 32 bit mask of interfaces the user is allowed to claim on this file descriptor. A simple utility to test the ioctl, is located at Documentation/usb/usbdevfs-drop-permissions.c [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d883f52e1f6d2eca8378e3795f333c1396943873 commit]

• Add support for usbfs zerocopy [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f7d34b445abc00e979b7cf36b9580ac3d1a47cd8 commit]

• option: add "D-Link DWM-221 B1" device id [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d48d5691ebf88a15d95ba96486917ffc79256536 commit]

• serial: cp210x: Adding GE Healthcare Device ID [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cddc9434e3dcc37a85c4412fb8e277d3a582e456 commit]

• serial: ftdi_sio: Add support for ICP DAS I-756xU devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ea6db90e750328068837bed34cb1302b7a177339 commit]

• uas: add full support for RESPONSE IU [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aa742683bbea9f2faa28ec2f61745abf2ad86a9d commit]

• dwc2: Add support for Lantiq ARX and XRX SoCs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6c0c0951bbf8c2c216675fe277fba4c42aa0a2bf commit]

• dwc3: Enable SuperSpeedPlus [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7580862b3e80af9b90dd12daeedee63e3f5683c2 commit]

• renesas_usbhs: add R-Car Gen3 power control [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/de18757e272d0e948bfa3e083a1771887f719c05 commit]

• usbtmc: Implement support for the USB488 defined READ_STATUS_BYTE ioctl, and SRQ notifications with fasync and poll/select in order to be able to synchronize with variable duration instrument operations. Also add convenience ioctl to return all device capabilities, and ioctls for other USB488 requests [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dbf3e7f654c0f06a932b8fcafac78de9d0b81d68 commit] [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/82ed33811d7214198e071b785ee34dbe99f82140 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/eb6b92ecc0f9412623ab1584ddd8389b371638d4 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/29779d89fd049bfc6c07f19aaf9b8d19fe2ecc8c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/379d3d33c83b667b0edad0110693567306463882 commit]

• HID

  • Support for CMedia CM6533 HID audio jack controls [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ad8ddc5755c27e051c02b39f68ee7ae850d9c549 commit]

  • logitech-hidpp: Force feedback support for the Logitech G920 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ff21a635dd1a9c6ca378847160897649cdbbfae4 commit]

  • microsoft: Add ID for MS Wireless Comfort Keyboard [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f9a82c2054bcdebdf81a63c26a3b41197bb6070a commit], add support for 3 more devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c847a89a871e1ea21d45120c3045c9b443e258f5 commit]

  • sony: Add nyko core controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/74500cc859431de12469f12b8e711d65efdc7604 commit]

• serial: cp210x: add ID for Link ECU [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1d377f4d690637a0121eac8701f84a0aa1e69a69 commit], add Straizona Focusers device ids ECU [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/613ac23a46e10d4d4339febdd534fafadd68e059 commit]

12.9. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

• Add Analog Devices AXI SPI Engine controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b1353d1c1d4555b7c40066fa2cacc7da266e9904 commit]

• master driver to enable RTC on ICPDAS LP-8841 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7ecbfff6711fb331591003ac32c002ce55a0758f commit]

• pxa2xx: Add support for Intel Broxton B-Step [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c1b03f116453cebb9381fa64311ab047ecece485 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/30f3a6ab44d8d06bb3d94f6320e4aa76df59d025 commit]

• spi-pxa2xx-pci: Add ID and driver type for WildcatPoint PCH [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/caba248db2863466a886735cb8d5704048063ac9 commit]

• spi-ti-qspi: add mmap mode read support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4dea6c9b0b64fc4cbd543b5a3b6320218be8ca9c commit]

12.10. Watchdog

• Add watchdog timer support for the WinSystems EBC-C384 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c36a483d80072f7efdd09e94dd733120dc8ecfb2 commit]

• Add a device driver (mei_wdt) for the Intel MEI iAMT watchdog, which is an OS Health (Hang/Crash) watchdog [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/222818c3d84c1f3190767f5f09f2b9b9a0e0ca7f commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ad1cd720b18330599a9cabaf970095b74c9c3355 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c9cf20ee45602a7a5512b7fbbef5672382790555 commit]

• Add NI 903x/913x watchdog driver (ni903x_wdt) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/70f3997667fb127333862977ba4fd3e855fbf617 commit]

• pnx4008: add support for soft reset [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/25b286c02defa26b136818b17909789102225aa8 commit], support "cmd" from userspace [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/247dcad5c0361fdae06903f3b10855ba0381802d commit]

• w83627hf: Added NCT6102D support. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/33f74b893a46448670f11375427f0084753c23b6 commit]

• Introduce ARM SBSA watchdog driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/57d2caaabfc744692e36ff83b508d7c52c70e36f commit]

12.11. Serial

• bcm2835: add driver for bcm2835-aux-uart [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bdc5f300958062a766518b81d5378f837149d5c1 commit]

• mvebu-uart: initial support for Armada-3700 serial port [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/30530791a7a032dc27dbbab56b8afabd5138074c commit]

• serial-uartlite: add earlycon support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7cdcc29e4919dc31f494eaf05e46005c28efe832 commit]

• 8250: Add software emulated RS485 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e490c9144cfaa8e2242c1e5d5187230928f27417 commit]; enabñe suspend/resume for 8250_of driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/434ba16e86640104faf241eaf34bc4bbea9733a4 commit], add omap8250 earlycon [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/75d611bf01737d8456093804377e5cb0a60a9038 commit], add earlycon support for Tegra [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0ab556c26690452fd66d8c95513fee201ceafbc0 commit]

• sh-sci: Add CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0b0cced19ab15c9ebbfbc6c4c0d932863e18fbe5 commit], add support for SCIFA/SCIFB variable sampling rates [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/92a0574867f3329ca285b51adcf09ed3ee42e7a0 commit]

• xuartps: Enable OF earlycon support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/93d7bbaa65bb54e55f425ab1d5de92ab630857e2 commit]

• Remove 68328 driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aaa68c50b28c903a2fa53aad3d5fd17e8cc7f492 commit]

12.12. ACPI, EFI, cpufreq, thermal, Power Management

• tools/power turbostat

  • Add --out option for saving output in a file [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b7d8c1483bbf6ec9d2dd76d6a1c91a38c3f6ac35 commit]

  • Initial support for: BXT [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e4085d543e256aff6606ba99ed257f7c06685f3b commit], KBL [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cdc57272ea0a0e952c4609b56e157e4d0ec8e956 commit], SKX [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ec53e594c65ab099ca784d62b6f4c191e3a4d7cc commit]

  • Show column GFX%rc6 (comes from counter /sys/class/drm/card0/power/rc6_residency_ms) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fdf676e51f301d207586d9bac509b8ce055bae8a commit], column GFXMHz (snapshot of attribute /sys/class/graphics/fb0/device/drm/card0/gt_cur_freq_mhz) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/27d47356b6dfa92042a17a0b474f08910d4c8e8f commit], IRQs per CPU (difference between /proc/interrupts shapshots)[https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/562a2d377bb9882c49debc9e1be7127a1717e242 commit]

• Add Mediatek thermal controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a92db1c8089e82b7524545d15b6d6ee6cee67965 commit]

• cpuidle: intel_idle: Add SKX and KBL support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f9e71657c2c0a8f1c50884ab45794be2854e158e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3ce093d4de753d6c92cc09366e29d0618a62f542 commit], support for Intel Xeon Phi Processor x200 Product Family [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/281baf7a702693deaa45c98ef0c5161006b48257 commit]

• cpufreq

  • intel_pstate: Enable HWP by default [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7791e4aa59ad724e0b4c8b4dea547a5735108972 commit]

  • powernv: Add sysfs attributes to show throttle stats [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1b0289848d5dcea74a6e5115d6c9892b0dbe9c8f commit]

• ACPI

  • Add support to load ACPI tables via initrd [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c85cc817e5b6c45a78c3b34170dfeb6469b56d82 commit]

  • Add device HID for future AMD UART controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f5eda99ee6c0c3e85be9d6f20685151514d5102f commit]

  • Add support for ACPI 6.0 ACPI0010 processor container, an abstract container used to represent CPU topology [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/db62fda318a6b9082ee9d230be8b45e56b6545c0 commit]

  • AMBA bus probing support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6ce2e188a6ae339340d9bbf5bb0b81db20454353 commit]

  • Allow memory error injection to NVDIMM [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4650bac1fc45d64aef62ab99aa4db93d41dedbd9 commit]

12.13. Real Time Clock (RTC)

• Implement a sysfs interface for clock offset. Clock offset may be set and read in decimal parts per billion attribute is /sys/class/rtc/rtcN/offset [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5495a4159f7413f0367e8c9727ba9facd40ade7f commit]

• Add Alphascale asm9260 driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/125e550fd2573ed114076f7e0d7e9834e6cb0734 commit]

• Add driver for RX6110SA real time clock [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/68298c2dac96c75ed6950f059bbb1368c21da2a3 commit]

• Add PIC32 real time clock driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/51aa905c912385ee99791b2ced80646f37b9fe0a commit]

• abx80x: handle autocalibration [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/59a8383adb75459c9d6766656bccc05950b783ea commit]

• ds1307: add clock provider support for DS3231 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6c6ff145b3346b071e7d80f9bd33aa7de0e438bc commit], add temperature sensor support for ds3231 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/445c02076f1e60d2ee51503bf1288ef9f3bc8809 commit]

• max77686: Add max77802 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f903129b86070befa996d7bdc53d0b82b1fa09d3 commit], add support for MAX20024/MAX77620 RTC IP [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/726fe738bd5cc5deba86d7e621505392c0f7961f commit]

• pcf2127: add pcf2129 device id [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cee2cc21550648679d222cbe2637fcc6d0f730ef commit], add support for spi interface [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9408ec1af875a83ad75f3dac1aa18d2337a809fe commit]

• rv3029: Add "rv3029" I2C device id [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/baba623f124423797443401a667cdeb714a26d1f commit], add thermometer hwmon support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a696b31e2feeaa0ef99242adb9e771b0d3369a81 commit]

• Remove Maxim 77802 driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cd0e7c1e54af2dd4d275177cb5dea0ced398e5ef commit]

12.14. Voltage, current regulators, power capping, power supply

• core: Add support for active-discharge configuration [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/670666b9e0aff40c65d8061a2f53e79eee238685 commit]

• act8945a: add regulator driver for ACT8945A [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/38c09961048b853afd9429c9b57685a1511bc857 commit]

• axp20x: Support new AXP223 PMIC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/04e0981c67e6a7ba8aacac731d925f4ff21b67fb commit]

• hi655x: enable regulator for hi655x PMIC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4618119b9be5f5075daf995b2ab807088b14961c commit]

• lp872x: Add enable GPIO pin support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7e6213f4345c3798b7fb7af41d221e2fd77ec6a6 commit]

• max77620: Add support to configure active-discharge [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/51817f468fb1a903d82ff2edd0e611d04910e675 commit]

• max77620: add regulator driver for max77620/max20024 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5b1c20286fc962d8c19601b7378a4fc32be8fd9e commit]

• tps65912: Add regulator driver for the TPS65912 PMIC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/33f9d8c0b49c1e63d6efc6e60a52afcf85f5de65 commit]

• power: act8945a: add charger driver for ACT8945A [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5c0e09e03fb5bc25ecb6a90c2bf89e0abc9f920f commit]

• power: Add types for USB Type C and PD chargers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6659b55dae09b2042d8cdd0f4576502c3e81957c commit]

• powercap: intel_rapl: Add missing Haswell model [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/462d8083fb2da951ad6edb9e8000c1f2578d27a9 commit]

12.15. Rapid I/O

• Add mport character device driver to provide user space interface to basic RapidIO subsystem operations [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e8de370188d098bb49483c287b44925957c3c9b6 commit]

• Add mport removal support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b77a2030dface6ea6b0d900bd8496ef41a9f3323 commit]

• Add outbound window configuration support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/93bdaca5018c02ba838f8fe2178fab261e2c1e68 commit]

• tsi721: add mport removal support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/748353cc2d03d0514a3bf6d0752244ce657f197c commit], add option to configure direct mapping of IB window [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9673b883c261b055433527e9249781b43172c103 commit], add outbound windows mapping support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1679e8dabf753edbf4ed15afa85bf8c4e81f249e commit]

• net/rionet: add capability to change MTU [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/92444bb366ab6ace213c67e7dfea20fabe14adff commit], add mport removal handling [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b7dfca8bd446721cbc23f4a7cf3c407eb42175dc commit]

12.16. Pin Controllers (pinctrl)

• Add STM32 MCUs support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aceb16dc2da58341bda939defaff0682fac13747 commit]

• mediatek: Add Pinctrl/GPIO/EINT driver for MT7623 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/87316f6bee58a756279b5df19faae9096b9206f3 commit] and for mt2701 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/148b95eea00b15ee65a57fe1bd4256d325575e00 commit]

• pinctrl-pic32: Add PIC32 pin control driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2ba384e6c3810733e14e183dedc3406f402a686f commit]

• qcom: Add IPQ4019 pinctrl support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e260d2bbc97e64bdc9e3d36b5828556b0490277b commit]

• rockchip: add support for the rk3399 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b6c2327577e03895f49be794e4c575ee2caa31cd commit]

• sh-pfc: r8a7795: Add CAN FD support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4412bb5db6068855b8ad30a058c9d039d3e4f7bd commit], add CAN support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a4d9791fca507649d772f5d9890bde14f0eadd32 commit], add PWM support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4ca88cf661df1c1e793e707cdbbcdf72b2fad2c1 commit], add USB2.0 host support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/76250a6c89673f63e37c59772e97cc72f4c8097b commit], add support for INTC-EX IRQ pins [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bb46f6f3f3bf7135266813522b2453da1c26fe85 commit]

• sunxi: Add H3 R_PIO controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ba83a11104ae7d156c73f4db288ec7a0b7edcdb5 commit]

• Add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/96851d391d02142f358fe7030f8795f84921329b commit]

12.17. Memory Technology Devices (MTD)

• atmel_nand: Support PMECC on SAMA5D2 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5575075612cadd504dd8c8e1b8c66fa5d48b7042 commit], support 32-bit ECC strength [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/94248462f066ec19b9c184ff66300e6e71977609 commit]

• qcom_nand: Add driver for the Qualcomm NAND controller, found in SoCs like IPQ806x, MSM7xx, MDM9x15 series [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c76b78d8ec05a247975542061df3f1321783f98d commit]

• pxa3xx_nand: add support for partial chunks [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c2cdace755b583bae540a9979bff1aa428181b8c commit]

• sunxi: add randomizer support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4be4e03efc7f45ec002e8eddc83c22f80fed392c commit]

• spi-nor: Add support for s25fl116k [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c08266794926a9f6c2940e8585fbcbdc51caa7ed commit], add TB (Top/Bottom) protect support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3dd8012a8eeb3702fa17450ec1a16a3f38af138d commit], fsl-quadspi: add support for layerscape [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a578c4f9ebe0ae781a69a68255b06b35aab6e5fe commit], fsl-quadspi: add support for ls1021a [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e8c034b2fbe57f56c3902187f844f41d295b5159 commit], support lock/unlock for a few Winbond chips [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9648388fc7737365be7a8092e77df78ccc2cd1a4 commit]

12.18. Multi Media Card

• core: enable mmc host device to suspend/resume asynchronously [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ccf7bfdc360820b4e089d7576eb074280c5ab4a3 commit]

• mediatek: add SD write protect support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8d53e41238a860fa27c6d312adde16148d2ffe07 commit]

• sdhci-acpi: add QCOM controllers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/70cce2af73f1a37b00e8c8147325c8aca9d58ebe commit]

• sdhci-iproc: add bcm2835 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/77cb7d3a4d9b790d929d425f623f48f72fd496c1 commit], add support and PCI IDs for more Broxton host controllers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/01d6b2a40a0fa73c90e05b1033f181a51fec9292 commit]

• sdhci-pic32: Add PIC32 SDHCI host controller driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5d9460d74ce5c1f5f92d016c6a9be8336ef3f350 commit]

• sdhi: Add r8a7795 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a72e8b170069e98e1f5ca2a2855ee399148a9152 commit]

• sunxi: Support 8 bit eMMC DDR transfer modes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2a7aa63a27840ca246f81cb466063f2a74001ca1 commit], support MMC_DDR52 timing modes [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2dcb305a9ef0f98645dafa6d916936772fde2ad5 commit], support vqmmc regulator [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f771f6e832ce0b5e0d8b30b33c3f1d62f92655de commit]

12.19. Industrial I/O (iio)

• Add IIO support for the DAC on the Apex Embedded Systems STX104 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/97a445dad37ab15090be910aa5295003f618ec44 commit]

• adc

  • Add TI ADS1015 ADC driver support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ecc24e72f43735cceab06f4e69aa6ce075a3ae46 commit]

  • Add imx25-gcq ADC driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6df2e98c3ea567bd15b46369180266d4c4df3447 commit]

  • Move mxs-lradc out of staging [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f836c45922446df872250a12dd08e48978aceb2f commit]

  • Add support for ADC0831/ADC0832/ADC0834/ADC0838 chips [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/efc945fb729c9b858bb8ab3cf01a3079f32dabc5 commit]

  • mcp3422: Add support for MCP3425 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/505abf99c7315f2229b873cca7a0514481a118e6 commit]

• add ad5761 DAC driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/131497acd88a4456d99247cee457baefd2817835 commit]

• chemical: add Atlas pH-SM sensor support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/27dec00ecf2dfc830c6a407a9870776ea8efabcb commit]

• dac: mcp4725: Add basic support for MCP4726 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/35f739679a18d7a9680960c9cfc472ef012682dd commit]

• dac: vf610_dac: Add IIO DAC driver for Vybrid SoC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1b983bf42fad73eb0a6368b3785d90486d68961f commit]

• health: Add driver for the TI AFE4403 heart monitor [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/eec96d1e2d318bc734728111cfe3b203b58943b9 commit], add driver for the TI AFE4404 heart monitor [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/87aec56e27efac98b7a0abe93258687716bf0b1e commit]

• hmc5843: Add attributes for measurement config of bias current [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1c7be4c260e52deeb2ec3cb22d57e5c997932fc2 commit], move out of staging [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7247645f686584552ec0f8ade7267bf7a4907624 commit]

• imu: inv_mpu6050: Add SPI support for MPU6000 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fd64df16f40e367c393bf372fb67017301d701c2 commit], add calibration offset support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d5098447147cad168ae0fea885af196cf5b0f9cd commit]

• mma8452: add freefall detection for Freescale's accelerometers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4b04266abe3ea0c5c8f7a82b4d69f0f8e1e81b0a commit], add support for MMA8451Q [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/244a93f651937a7f587f8ddf3d8c09516cacf5bd commit]

• potentiometer: add TI tpl0102 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2edbd2955d3b5e1cea41c6a169956a0a5f824f3c commit]

• pressure: mpl115: support MPL115A1 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c984b9cbbd17d3eb602de3802e25d975182474fa commit]

• pressure: ms5611: Add triggered buffer support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/713bbb4efb9dcda2e96c8338db1f21c68f2d822a commit]

• si7005: add support for Hoperf th02 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3f4202652ea742a79294bd7b8a945ff96696b966 commit]

• si7020: add support for Hoperf th06 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/920dad0ce3f8893fa41a630435da44b4b719bdcb commit]

• ad5064: Add AD5625/AD5627/AD5645/AD5647/AD4665/AD5657 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f47732c0daf5d1607ba0775edad3460d18ee1f83 commit]

• ad5064: Add support for ltc2617 and similar devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8d144c9608a6efb62b2a53f81e1bbe4f6c1d0e78 commit]

• ad5064: Structural changes to support LTC2617 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/78f585feed754c94f890cf94c1eed31ab11830c6 commit]

• adc:at91_adc8xx: introduce new atmel adc driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/27e177190891d2ad5174a434d8f09b9315520585 commit]

• pressure:ms5611: power regulator support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3145229f91916723b07c098c0d88b7d01db6c316 commit]

12.20. Multi Function Devices (MFD)

• lpss: Add PCI IDs for Intel Broxton B-Step platform [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/023269cc989bbae2c4c59dc5999f6db51c76f4d0 commit]

• max77686: Add max77802 to I2C device ID table [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/95a6f715bcab610237530d266f8d8f752af6cd6f commit]

• mt6397: Add MT6323 support to MT6397 driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/44760cf3bf0a29da8f5cc271698c8772b8f79673 commit]

• tps65086: Add driver for the TPS65086 PMIC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b45b719ee03162eb54772c30a6474d57b41b6b54 commit]

• tps65912: Add driver for the TPS65912 PMIC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/65b6555971d0498b18a0b2fdc6dd7c822f2d69b7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/796f5692daac4ea47fa5252af742976cd1955f0b commit]

12.21. Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)

• designware: Add device HID for future AMD I2C controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e4e666ba74d4f6eff04d3c567b9f2d50a46837e4 commit]

• iproc: Support larger TX transfer [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4916eb6909769eb6a178330a9694d85bf564d5ee commit]

• mt65xx: add 4GB DMA mode support in i2c driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f4f4fed626d51843bd3b9ef7bfed7a78d2968d4a commit]

• mux: demux-pinctrl: add driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/50a5ba876908147b36441c754e835588143c6b54 commit]

• qup: Add V2 tags support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/191424bb6166f638aaf6f18387818e9e771e441b commit], add bam dma capabilities [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9cedf3b2f099465605deeea65bedad95b450fa66 commit]

• xiic: Implement power management [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/36ecbcab84d02381ab40363546616c0719adafdb commit]

• ismt: Add Intel DNV PCI ID [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/abaa7b0c1286ca1610a6dfa079e1d2e27dca1f25 commit]

• rk3x: add support for rk3228 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b0b6d123f5df189d7d3a62d450e5f5c33ad614d8 commit]

12.22. Hardware monitoring (hwmon)

• Add LTC2990 sensor driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/df922703574ebe9035045f7c7242a0ec0e11b980 commit]

• Create an NSA320 hardware monitoring driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/630300d5fcb6ee9c32c75d8b576c100fbb794159 commit]

• adm1275: Add support for ADM1278 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/709066acdd12c3312c94ebccc37630932e381949 commit]

• ntc_thermistor: Add support for ncpXXxh103 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/54ce3a0d801142c96935122736a46c08d15d83b5 commit]

• scpi: add energy meter support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fb3b07ef399bd6984f3361a709829618b75e98d8 commit]

12.23. General Purpose I/O (gpio)

• The GPIO stack has been changed to make the GPIO drivers real devices. For this reason, a new userspace ABI has been created: the GPIO character device. This release takes small steps, so first a pure *information* ABI has been added, along with the tool "lsgpio" that will list all GPIO devices on the system and all lines on these devices. GPIOs can now be properly discovered from userspace (but not be used from userspace). The old sysfs ABI is still available opt-in (and can be used in parallel) and will be maintained around for the foreseeable future, but it will not be extended

• tools/gpio: create GPIO tools, adds a single example program (lsgpio) to list the GPIOs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6d591c46bce037696d173bd5c8461b2b4bb680ad commit]

• Add a userspace chardev ABI for GPIOs [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3c702e9987e261042a07e43460a8148be254412e commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fe95046e960b4b76e73dc1486955d93f47276134 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/40c159b776f882f2e2cbe20c9e29832841e5c0f9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/521a2ad6f862a28e2e43cb3e254a26bf0f9452e9 commit]

• gpio-f7188x: Add F81866 GPIO supports [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1920906f59652b9ac45dff69d56044a98b11233b commit]

• Add GPIO support for the ACCES 104-DIO-48E [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1b06d64f73746c30ddba43bb57c30ba9a126f53b commit]

• Add GPIO support for the WinSystems WS16C48 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9c26df9b27b67c607f4881551222f36d8bde865b commit]

• Add driver for SPI serializers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/df6df93c8a73f6f9be38d4128fe25a5ee613d66c commit]

• Add driver for TI TPIC2810 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b866526d0cfe0c5b906f9f038f3f550efe30c9d0 commit]

• add TS-4800 fpga GPIO support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5041e791440a53930f06ce22deeb17a72e343ad0 commit]

• add driver for MEN 16Z127 GPIO controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f436bc2726c6451bd15b63f100f00dcee52ba103 commit]

• add tps65218 gpio [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c366c76a2c41d0c545e51b53056b21515db32e77 commit]

• ath79: Add support for the interrupt controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2b8f89e19b6d83d97019358328cbed22bbb0505e commit]

• mcp23s08: Add support for mcp23s18 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/28c5a41e4aa44f162297d596030900b90aa1cf08 commit]

• tps65086: Add GPO driver for the TPS65086 PMIC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/99f0fd540f53985443f36f96c0da209665e2dbfa commit]

• tps65912: Add GPIO driver for the TPS65912 PMIC [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ca801a22f465eae39fadc770e15b5b7e82595f81 commit]

12.24. Clocks

• axi-clkgen: Add multi-parent support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/62d1e7823d9c3b454dcbffd58f35c5fa96172644 commit], remove version 1 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d95b599c0395c0aa831c6199f2e7b404d33841a2 commit]

• imx: Add clock support for imx6qp [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ee36027427c769b0b9e5e205fe43aced93d6aa66 commit]

• iproc: Add support for Cygnus audio clocks [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bcd8be139803f51834347840349c150bf0e4eb96 commit]

• qcom: Add IPQ4019 Global Clock Controller support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6971e863990b2514ae76a7bb245b1c33959c129a commit], gdsc: Add GDSCs in msm8996 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/52111672f7916537c8f50857088aaa4e709324e7 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7e824d507909e3683699dfc0bba14a5c971984f9 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/77b1067a19b4986b009f3279cc6b8ad1d29ff51c commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c2c7f0a47493ae23f9a76fabdbdd4f25e1de0925 commit], [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a823bb9fbefbac8d8bf37d5b4879ee876f2356c5 commit]

• shmobile: r8a7795: Add SD divider support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/90c073e53909da856f9d3d05dc7e6b93ed05232d commit]

• ti: Add support for dm814x ADPLL [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/21330497f303c55fd6a34d511a98eb0a31aa1bd7 commit]

12.25. PCI

• designware: Add driver for prototyping kits based on ARC SDP [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5a3aa2a8fae4ce1a3ad786d212b8fffca8ee72f5 commit]

• layerscape: Add "fsl,ls2085a-pcie" compatible ID [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dbae40b76abef2f8a7e7bf1701f77df9e73def48 commit]

• thunder: Add PCIe host driver for ThunderX processors [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f12b76e56ada6e276a3d45b60c4e26e2dda7e547 commit], add driver for ThunderX-pass{1,2} on-chip devices [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7b6e7ba8e81a862e20d213d90aa5ba1e5a02aba6 commit]

• xilinx-nwl: Add support for Xilinx NWL PCIe Host Controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ab597d35ef11d2a921e0ec507a9b7861bcb44cbd commit]

• Unbreak dra7xx PCI driver as broken" [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9188269a2e8ea5b32affef99d42c5eda91c07fdf commit]

12.26. Various

• VFIO: Capability chains, similar to PCI device capabilities, that allow extending ioctls. Extensions here include device specific regions and sparse mmap descriptions [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/45cb5230f862d10209b83e488b20916555d70c55 (merge)]

• spmi: pmic-arb: Support more than 128 peripherals [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/987a9f128b8ad8e7019229300e8d91d37ca55933 commit]

• remoteproc: Supply controller driver for ST's Remote Processors [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/63edb0310a5ca736c81aaba661b365cd4887cd3b commit]

• reset: img: Add Pistachio reset controller driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a56736a2f53abe6edd1c67acc4f6161d5c16c07 commit]

• phy: Add driver for rockchip Display Port PHY [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fd968973de95c68982babf3d9723dcde2f2a87cf commit]

• phy: add a driver for the Rockchip SoC internal eMMC PHY [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c474a949508055d14e867f107074806fa8fa17ad commit]

• phy: mdio-thunder: Add driver for Cavium Thunder SoC MDIO buses. [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/379d7ac7ca31722a1fb488ae3e98b274c9db568c commit]

• Move panel driver out of staging [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/305b37bd01c220a7a6285911d43c9884270257be commit]

• memory: mediatek: Add SMI driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cc8bbe1a83128ad06457e4dc69907c4f9a6fc1a7 commit]

• mei: me: add broxton pci device ids [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dd16f6cdeb4e02a728863d3cf99aaab352f0d761 commit]

• mailbox: Add support for APM X-Gene platform mailbox driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f700e84f417b98f867c5db0555e6f01724d53cd2 commit]

• mailbox: Hi6220: add mailbox driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9c384189f5407565141f1a950d8350e56d86b4dd commit]

• mailbox: Introduce TI message manager driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aace66b170ce7feda2d1860a81eefff37fa9d1d2 commit]

• leds: Add SN3218 and SN3216 support to the IS31FL32XX driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e0442d7def8f9dccde0d825a01d8a6951aa6e95d commit]

• leds: Add driver for the ISSI IS31FL32xx family of LED controllers [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9d7cffaf99f5f7756746a328c2854ebe4ce9f442 commit]

• iommu/arm-smmu: Support DMA-API domains [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9adb95949a343dac53b1cd81dc973b5f815c88d4 commit]

• iommu/exynos: Add support for v5 SYSMMU [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/740a01eee9ada98b6ccdd2bcb1a5b2470f292fc7 commit]

• iommu/io-pgtable: Add ARMv7 short descriptor support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e5fc9753b1a831466be9b45d0bf926eeaa8b84a0 commit]

• iommu/mediatek: Add mt8173 IOMMU driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0df4fabe208d9576f2671d31e77cf46d20fdcd01 commit]

• irqchip/gic/realview: Support more RealView DCC variants [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/82b0a434b436f5da69ddd24bd6a6fa5dc4484310 commit]

• irqchip/mvebu-odmi: Add new driver for platform MSI on Marvell 7K/8K [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c27f29bbbf02168c9b1e8ba0fe7a8cb917e5a50f commit]

• irqchip/tango: Add support for Sigma Designs SMP86xx/SMP87xx interrupt controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4bba66899ac654cb7c940a3af35d496a0b1952f0 commit]

• irqchip: Add the Alpine MSIX interrupt controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e6b78f2c3e14a9e3a909be3e6ec305d9f1cbabbd commit]

• irqchips/bmips: Add bcm6345-l1 interrupt controller [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c7c42ec2baa1de7ab3965e4f1bf5073bee6065e4 commit]

• hwrng: pic32 - Add PIC32 RNG hardware driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/730d02e27670fa5b6a55778d11023c5897d87d57 commit]

• extcon: palmas: Add the support for VBUS detection by using GPIO [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b7aad8e2685b0aa58295bc4250c8476c9c7193eb commit]

• dmaengine: add Qualcomm Technologies HIDMA channel driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/67a2003e060739747cfa3ea9b0d88b3d321ebf24 commit]

• dmaengine: add Qualcomm Technologies HIDMA management driver [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7f8f209fd6e09a07fd1820144452caba419cf2b4 commit]

• dmaengine: pl330: support burst mode for dev-to-mem and mem-to-dev transmit [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/848e9776fee424b9368c72377de5d3509b17937c commit]

• bq24735_charger: add status property to view/enable/disable charging [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5b7a0187391fe9b48eec532bf0b4b814d491d5f5 commit]

• bcma: add support for BCM47094 [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/61dba73cdbba8ec5c01b31beaf9e2debc2d2f273 commit]

• bcma: support chipsets with PMU and GCI cores (devices) [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0c06f5d43e1f969bae3fa7832a94af46c75db9a7 commit]

• bcma: support identifying MX25L25635F serial flash [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1b3b36b044939b438c4463e8bde8cd644ba82032 commit]

• HSI: nokia-modem: add n950 and n9 support [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/633f67a51d078bea627f22d6208442e1e1f391cb commit]

13. List of merges

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d37a14bb5fed13a52dada3fa9ef4488ac588b35e Pull ram resource handling changes ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fbed0bc0915e2dec7452fc3e66ad03dd2b0c04c7 Pull locking changes ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5ec942463bfbc6c98ea4a96689b498e88a031c4a Pull dma_*_writecombine rename ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d09e356ad06a8b6f5cceabf7c6cf05fdb62b46e5 Pull read-only kernel memory updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e71c2c1eeb8de7a083a728c5b7e0b83ed1faf047 Pull perf updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d88bfe1d68735595d57bd071294f664c4f054435 Pull RAS updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d4e796152a049f6a675f8b6dcf7080a9d80014e5 Pull scheduler updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e23604edac2a7be6a8808a5d13fac6b9df4eb9a8 Pull NOHZ updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ba33ea811e1ff6726abb7f8f96df38c2d7b50304 Pull x86 asm updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/42576bee6eacda29a3193e97961ab3583a324850 Pull x86 boot updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ecc026bff6e8444c6b50dcde192e7acdaf42bf82 Pull x86 fpu updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9cf8d6360c1589a97a98313729ed9e5db187f80b Pull x86 microcode updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/13c76ad87216513db2487aac84155aa57dfd46ce Pull x86 mm updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8ab84ef699e5495d37ace5801c5cb788cafcf9da Pull x86 core platform updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ae465beeff5e7f49e029c7de02f055fe0dca4b19 Pull x86 timer update ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/208de21477679175384b5dc1e6dcf97bd568e8cb Pull RCU updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a284c062ec923c924c79e3b1b5199b8d72904fc Pull timer updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/df2e37c814d51692803245fcbecca360d4882e96 Pull irq updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/710d60cbf1b312a8075a2158cbfbbd9c66132dcc Pull cpu hotplug updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5ca5446ec5ba5e79a6f271cd026bb153d6850fcc Pull pin control updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ff280e3639548fc8c366f6e4bd471e715ac590c7 Pull spi updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b7aae4a9d02a1f9fdeb183cd5da95e00aae5c93e Pull regmap updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/555f8160b2c36dfa071c043b54d4b1edca7e07b4 Pull regulator updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f0718cea471265fe69017191429979ba1a54b9e0 Pull hwmon updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/13f6f62f61b4d3d5f45bed889128bb7ff3fda5ed Pull RTC updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9256d5a308c95a50c6e85d682492ae1f86a70f9b Pull LED updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/047486d8e7c2a7e8d75b068b69cb67b47364f5d4 Pull EDAC updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/10dc3747661bea9215417b659449bb7b8ed3df2c Pull KVM updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1c8e85b17ac0707c7732081e94cadc5f89986e5f Pull AVR32 updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/72aafdf01d826ad9e6fbd52bf689be937679f5d6 Pull s390 updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/aa6865d836418eb2ba888a4cb1318a28e9aa2e0c Pull m68k updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/271ecc5253e2b317d729d366560789cd7f93836c Merge first patch-bomb ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/277edbabf6fece057b14fb6db5e3a34e00f42f42 Pull power management and ACPI updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/63e30271b04c712c684c07567401b61b10d094d4 Pull PCI updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/7bb7a74886ce1f88d727ba46faa05edcdbacc192 Pull iscsi_ibft update ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/cae8da047b165aaf334fd87020c2ea7ee020c41c Pull SCSI updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6968e6f8329d014920331dd2cf166ccd474b5299 Pull device mapper updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8759957b77ac1b5b5bdfac5ba049789107e85190 Pull libnvdimm updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bace3db5da970c4d4f80a1ffa988ec66c7f6a8f5 Pull media updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/09fd671ccb2475436bd5f597f751ca4a7d177aea Pull fbdev updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/70477371dc350746d10431d74f0f213a8d59924c Pull crypto update ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/bb7aeae3d680c2c777f54274b0270ced0599f33d Pull security layer updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/37aa7319cd81a0eb587e552b0ec7e88c03853bf7 Pul documentation update ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c7eec380e85a427983782df744f0fb745d867170 Pull remoteproc updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b5b131c7473e17275debcdf1c226f452dc3876ed Pull dmaengine updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9cc984e4bc089cd21b715b92ffe2d2bda0bb1d1a Pull power supply and reset changes ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3c0b8d1c5f334d1fd0c7eafc18bfb4ab0087b165 Pull HSI updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/45cb5230f862d10209b83e488b20916555d70c55 Pull VFIO updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1a4ab084afaa8e5405a3e22aca21478ee3ca5d59 Pull driver core updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8eee93e2576c303b6071368456dcd6c9a5a021c9 Pull char/misc updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/96b9b1c95660d4bc5510c5d798d3817ae9f0b391 Pull tty/serial updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/48d10bda1f2c69980601a61194015bb0790fb7ab Pull USB updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/364e8dd9d636fea7def862919aac092b19b7c581 Pull configfs updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/faeb20ecfa398b043c3224607f512c009c51653d Pull ext4 updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d77bed0d4c61cb0258851367a36b358dbeb7abcc Pull dlm updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1ca80a0a3e37d847f3cd6120ca5eb35b39a9a152 Pull GFS2 updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5cd0911a9e0e408f28079a5e36a981217bf47520 Pull pstore update ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3d15cfdb1b77536c205d8e49c0312219ddf162ec Pull Kselftest updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/588ab3f9afdfa1a6b1e5761c858b2c4ab6098285 Pull arm64 updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/82b666eee71618b7ca812ee529af116582617dec Pull m68knommu updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1a46712aa99594eabe1e9aeedf115dfff0db1dfd Pull GPIO updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d66435cc7da95964cb386674bd82ec12ca66320a Pull HID updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/49dc2b7173010792c6923930ffcee84b7094b7de Pull trivial tree updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0f49fc95b86fc77b867d643e2d38bc9f28035ed4 Pull livepatching update ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/10fdfee7f7fd8d4a6a8455ac4c9fbbc51d79b9f7 Pull input updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9dffdb38d864ae89e16ff7b3a09451270736e35b Pull staging driver updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9ea446352047d8350553250db51da2c73a610688 Pull rdma updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/021f163d696caed5a336fa1569efdd22216da340 Pull sound updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/12e7b0a62752234497de51356903f5f4e6bd2f77 Pull MFD updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/35d88d97bee90fc09286d28209a64a991291a64a Pull core block updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/237045fc3c67d44088f767dca5a9fa30815eba62 Pull block driver updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/814a2bf957739f367cbebfa1b60237387b72d0ee Merge second patch-bomb ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fcab86add71623e3963d7565c0d61bb9d99aea7c Pull libata updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/6b5f04b6cf8ebab9a65d9c0026c650bb2538fd0f Pull cgroup updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1200b6809dfd9d73bc4c7db76d288c35fa4b2ebe Pull networking updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/31e182363b39d84031eadf0caf6d99fd9eb056f0 Pull DeviceTree updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d5e2d00898bdfed9586472679760fc81a2ca2d02 Pull powerpc updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b31a3bc3dbd2f42b61674d37de7f46022e1f6846 Pull arch/sh updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/de06dbfa7861c9019eedefc0c356ba86e5098f1b Pull ARM updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/51b3eae8dbe5e6fa9657b21388ad6642d6934952 Pull audit updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3c2de27d793bf55167804fc47954711e94f27be7 Pull vfs updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1c3d770043583d99118d52cad309f586ef8e7d4a Pull firewire updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1e75a9f34a5ed5902707fb74b468356c55142b71 Pull watchdog updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/fffad3e1b34aaced7724ef513dff0d8232ad8d80 Pull Xtensa updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2b2f72d8ce59acce95ceb156f0f31b848e32e6d4 Pull mailbox updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f0691533b756931089902464ca15afc218a49d70 Pull virtio/vhost updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dae0b74eb7abd7d5c7572414b0c8f91c2dab63c0 Pull ARM SoC non-urgent fixes ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e88fa1b8b00a947299e2415e819301fa52037cf4 Pull ARM SoC cleanups ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/33b3d2e88c9efd701b6153ca4714d4aa6e9f5af0 Pull ARM SoC platform updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8c6d4082fc6ad2214e945b5b7368b828fb16e9a9 Pull ARM SoC 64-bit changes ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5a6b7e53d035db7941b27122365cca9f2e912596 Pull ARM DT updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/915c56bc01d6eab071e0dd1c6ea3bf73fbe5124f Pull ARM 64-bit DT updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e3b1f64e04f57198ca0ab1216d824a5547be8446 Pull ARM SoC defconfig updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/46e595a17dcf11404f713845ecb5b06b92a94e43 Pull ARM SoC driver updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/26660a4046b171a752e72a1dd32153230234fe3a Pull 'objtool' stack frame validation ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/24b5e20f11a75866bbffc46c30a22fa50612a769 Pull EFI updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/643ad15d47410d37d43daf3ef1c8ac52c281efa5 Pull x86 protection key support ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5518f66b5a64b76fd602a7baf60590cd838a2ca0 Pull cgroup namespace support ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d407574e7948210223a7adca5ff26e3b0ec8143e Pull f2fs updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/53d2e6976bd4042672ed7b90dfbf4b31635b7dcf Pull xfs updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/77d913178c248d436a15151be5214ef2bf06a465 Pull UDF and quota updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d34687ab97731b3a707106f78756342b61f46dbc Pull ARC architecture updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2c856e14dad8cb1b085ae1f30c5e125c6d46019b Pull arm/arm64 perf updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/266c73b77706f2d05b4a3e70a5bb702ed35431d6 Pull drm updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/4526b710c1a31767044c3b1abb9f1f51e98bf49f Pull MD updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e531cdf50a8a0fb7a4d51c06e52097bd01e9bf7c Pull MMC updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/968f3e374faf41e5e6049399eb7302777a09a1e8 Pull btrfs updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b4af7f773ef79c479cc25ee26063821220150a8a Pull IOMMU updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5266e5b12c8b73587130325f7074d2f49ef9e427 Pull SCSI target updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b852495908cd1b02ad47672a83f622ad4264801b Pull i2c updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/55fc733c7e1de05a03237d857f4fe6dcec52d8d9 Pull xen updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9f15dec81339a76d91daebc53021daf56b8b15b9 Pull fuse update ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/243d50678583100855862bc084b8b307eea67f68 Pull overlayfs updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/01cde1538e1dff4254e340f606177a870131a01f Pull NFS client updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b8ba4526832fcccba7f46e55ce9a8b79902bdcec Pull more rdma updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b91d9c6716319dcd9e6ffcfc9defaf79e705daab Pull more KVM updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/a24e3d414e59ac76566dedcad1ed1d319a93ec14 Merge third patch-bomb ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/33c1f638a0feda92ffcb507c302482a5e6158a87 Pull clk updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/988faa7312b490c8a9e7fcdca434c6bf3f3af97b Pull more mailbox updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/ed7d6bc23b6dd8f5272431ce930c84d1e537be49 Pull more SCSI target updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b615d3d406ead1157c6b846c417b71a3b6600776 Pull pwm updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5a010c73cdb760c9bdf37b28824b6566789cc005 Pull x86 platform driver updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3fa2fe2ce09c5a16be69c5319eb3347271a99735 Pull perf fixes ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/5b1e167d8de86d698114a0a8de61e9d1365d3e8a Pull nfsd updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/faea72dd0f155a9d349e191d74830716c702651d Pull thermal updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e46b4e2b46e173889b19999b8bd033d5e8b3acf0 Pull tracing updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/732b84eece43bca56d2b4b28f5d2109cd30a6a32 Pull h8300 updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8a20a04bda46625f8dc7e6bb8c2e4f5a480965fd Pull more ARM DT changes ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/9d854607f9005c593dca9672b708f28e6ef96fe4 Pull second set of arm64 updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/976fb3f7b92e91aeccb87de60128a1e65edd676f Pull parisc updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/2162b80fcadf5b0afff08b540bd141f8a5ff5ed1 Pull kbuild updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3a1ef0e03eee4c5ac30d19bb1b88e57924295810 Pull kconfig updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/70c5eb84738cba88e08526fa14e06418cb2bd473 Pull kbuild misc updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8b306a2e7c8b23d65682fd70d861e2ba2ae10926 Pull more nfsd updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/88875667ebbcb95da3f93a4cf657d5dad7db9673 Pull UBI/UBIFS updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8f40842e4260f73792c156aded004197a19135ee Pull MTD updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/1d02369dba2cd9db110f0f35d9a777ee691e498b Pull block fixes ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/8407ef4685895759f111190d091394ef974f52fb Pull more RTC updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/3d66c6ba3f978fa88d62b83ad35e9adc31c8ea9e Pull more power management and ACPI updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/11caf57f6a4b8e380001548b8af0a3ae3f7b4354 Pull asm-generic updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/c155c7492c9ab81f3d358a10eb4f29376ae53d85 Pull more input updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/dad44decc242a7ad185f1001541b0b7d49e2f58e Pull ia64 update ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/606c61a0579669c292dc5f5e1cf898edecfc0d53 Merge fourth patch-bomb ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/895a1067d5b83065afbad3bb02c3c464b71f1b3f Pull more SCSI updates ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/698f415cf5756e320623bdb015a600945743377c Pull orangefs filesystem ]

• [https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/d5a38f6e4668b3110a66cd96ce2096184bf66def Pull Ceph updates ]

14. Other news sites

• LWN's [https://lwn.net/Articles/680121/ 4.6 merge part 1], [https://lwn.net/Articles/680566/ 4.6 Merge window part 2], [https://lwn.net/Articles/681539/ The end of the 4.6 merge window]

• Phoronix [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-46-features&num=1 Linux 4.6 Set To Bring A Significant Number Of New Features]