Jonathan Neuschäfer
b7285b4253
kernel/sys.c: Clarify that UNAME26 does not generate unique versions anymore
...
UNAME26 is a mechanism to report Linux's version as 2.6.x, for
compatibility with old/broken software. Due to the way it is
implemented, it would have to be updated after 5.0, to keep the
resulting versions unique. Linus Torvalds argued:
"Do we actually need this?
I'd rather let it bitrot, and just let it return random versions. It
will just start again at 2.4.60, won't it?
Anybody who uses UNAME26 for a 5.x kernel might as well think it's
still 4.x. The user space is so old that it can't possibly care about
differences between 4.x and 5.x, can it?
The only thing that matters is that it shows "2.4.<largeenough>",
which it will do regardless"
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-01-14 10:38:03 +12:00
..
bpf
Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function
2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
cgroup
Merge branch 'for-4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup
2018-12-29 10:57:20 -08:00
configs
kvm_config: add CONFIG_VIRTIO_MENU
2018-10-24 20:55:56 -04:00
debug
kdb: use bool for binary state indicators
2018-12-30 08:31:52 +00:00
dma
dma-direct: fix DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING for remapped allocations
2019-01-05 08:28:29 +01:00
events
Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function
2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
gcov
irq
genirq/affinity: Add is_managed to struct irq_affinity_desc
2018-12-19 11:32:08 +01:00
livepatch
livepatch: Replace synchronize_sched() with synchronize_rcu()
2018-12-01 12:38:50 -08:00
locking
kernel/locking/mutex.c: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions
2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
power
mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic
2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
printk
Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function
2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
rcu
rcutorture: Don't do busted forward-progress testing
2018-12-01 12:45:42 -08:00
sched
jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig
2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
time
y2038: more syscalls and cleanups
2018-12-28 12:45:04 -08:00
trace
Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function
2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit.c
audit: remove duplicated include from audit.c
2018-12-14 12:09:30 -05:00
audit.h
audit: use current whenever possible
2018-11-26 18:41:21 -05:00
audit_fsnotify.c
audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format()
2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
audit_tree.c
audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format()
2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
audit_watch.c
audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format()
2018-11-26 18:40:00 -05:00
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c
audit: use current whenever possible
2018-11-26 18:41:21 -05:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
kbuild: fix kernel/bounds.c 'W=1' warning
2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
capability.c
compat.c
make 'user_access_begin()' do 'access_ok()'
2019-01-04 12:56:09 -08:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c
x86/speculation: Rework SMT state change
2018-11-28 11:57:07 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c
crash_dump.c
cred.c
cred: export get_task_cred().
2018-12-19 13:52:44 -05:00
delayacct.c
delayacct: track delays from thrashing cache pages
2018-10-26 16:26:32 -07:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c
make 'user_access_begin()' do 'access_ok()'
2019-01-04 12:56:09 -08:00
extable.c
fail_function.c
kernel/fail_function.c: remove meaningless null pointer check before debugfs_remove_recursive
2018-10-31 08:54:12 -07:00
fork.c
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
2019-01-08 18:58:29 -08:00
freezer.c
futex.c
Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function
2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
groups.c
hung_task.c
kernel/hung_task.c: break RCU locks based on jiffies
2019-01-04 13:13:45 -08:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig
2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
kallsyms.c
kallsyms: reduce size a little on 64-bit
2018-09-10 22:54:33 +09:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kconfig: warn no new line at end of file
2018-12-15 17:44:35 +09:00
kcov.c
kernel/kcov.c: mark write_comp_data() as notrace
2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
kexec.c
kexec_core.c
mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic
2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
kexec_file.c
kexec_file: kexec_walk_memblock() only walks a dedicated region at kdump
2018-12-06 14:38:50 +00:00
kexec_internal.h
kmod.c
kprobes.c
Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
2018-12-26 14:45:18 -08:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c
latencytop.c
Makefile
kbuild: change filechk to surround the given command with { }
2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
memremap.c
mm/hmm: fix memremap.h, move dev_page_fault_t callback to hmm
2018-12-28 12:11:52 -08:00
module-internal.h
module.c
jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig
2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
module_signing.c
modsign: use all trusted keys to verify module signature
2018-11-07 14:41:41 +01:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
padata: clean an indentation issue, remove extraneous space
2018-11-16 14:11:04 +08:00
panic.c
kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl
2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
params.c
pid.c
Fix failure path in alloc_pid()
2018-12-28 12:42:30 -08:00
pid_namespace.c
signal: Use group_send_sig_info to kill all processes in a pid namespace
2018-09-16 16:08:25 +02:00
profile.c
mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h
2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
ptrace.c
Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function
2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c
kernel/reboot.c: export pm_power_off_prepare
2018-09-11 16:13:24 +01:00
relay.c
resource.c
kernel, resource: check for IORESOURCE_SYSRAM in release_mem_region_adjustable
2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
rseq.c
Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function
2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
seccomp.c
seccomp: fix poor type promotion
2018-12-13 16:49:01 -08:00
signal.c
Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function
2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
smp.c
smp,cpumask: introduce on_each_cpu_cond_mask
2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c
Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
2018-10-25 11:43:47 -07:00
stackleak.c
stackleak: Mark stackleak_track_stack() as notrace
2018-12-05 19:31:44 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys.c
kernel/sys.c: Clarify that UNAME26 does not generate unique versions anymore
2019-01-14 10:38:03 +12:00
sys_ni.c
y2038: socket: Add compat_sys_recvmmsg_time64
2018-12-18 16:13:04 +01:00
sysctl.c
kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl
2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl
2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
torture: Remove unnecessary "ret" variables
2018-12-01 12:45:35 -08:00
tracepoint.c
tracing: Replace synchronize_sched() and call_rcu_sched()
2018-11-27 09:21:41 -08:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c
umh: Add command line to user mode helpers
2018-10-22 19:37:36 -07:00
up.c
smp,cpumask: introduce on_each_cpu_cond_mask
2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
user_namespace.c
userns: also map extents in the reverse map to kernel IDs
2018-11-07 23:51:16 -06:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c
watchdog_hld.c
workqueue.c
workqueue: Replace call_rcu_sched() with call_rcu()
2018-11-27 09:21:44 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h