user/sven/linux.git/Documentation/process, branch v5.4.38

Documentation/process: Add fallthrough pseudo-keyword

2019-10-11T16:26:05Z

Describe the fallthrough pseudo-keyword. Convert the coding-style.rst example to the keyword style. Add description and links to deprecated.rst. Miguel Ojeda comments on the eventual [[fallthrough]] syntax: "Note that C17/C18 does not have [[fallthrough]]. C++17 introduced it, as it is mentioned above. I would keep the __attribute__((fallthrough)) -> [[fallthrough]] change you did, though, since that is indeed the standard syntax (given the paragraph references C++17). I was told by Aaron Ballman (who is proposing them for C) that it is more or less likely that it becomes standardized in C2x. However, it is still not added to the draft (other attributes are already, though). See N2268 and N2269: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2268.pdf (fallthrough) http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2269.pdf (attributes in general)" Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Acked-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge tag 'char-misc-5.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc

2019-09-30T02:52:52Z

Pull Documentation/process update from Greg KH: "Here are two small Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst file updates that missed my previous char/misc pull request. The first one adds an Intel representative for the process, and the second one cleans up the text a bit more when it comes to how the disclosure rules work, as it was a bit confusing to some companies" * tag 'char-misc-5.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: Documentation/process: Clarify disclosure rules Documentation/process: Volunteer as the ambassador for Intel

Documentation/process: Clarify disclosure rules

2019-09-29T10:43:18Z

The role of the contact list provided by the disclosing party and how it affects the disclosure process and the ability to include experts into the development process is not really well explained. Neither is it entirely clear when the disclosing party will be informed about the fact that a developer who is not covered by an employer NDA needs to be brought in and disclosed. Explain the role of the contact list and the information policy along with an eventual conflict resolution better. Reported-by: Dave Hansen Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Acked-by: Dave Hansen Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.1909251028390.10825@nanos.tec.linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Merge tag 'docs-5.4' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2019-09-17T23:22:26Z

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It's a somewhat calmer cycle for docs this time, as the churn of the mass RST conversion is happily mostly behind us. - A new document on reproducible builds. - We finally got around to zapping the documentation for hardware support that was removed in 2004; one doesn't want to rush these things. - The usual assortment of fixes, typo corrections, etc" * tag 'docs-5.4' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (67 commits) Documentation: kbuild: Add document about reproducible builds docs: printk-formats: Stop encouraging use of unnecessary %h[xudi] and %hh[xudi] Documentation: Add "earlycon=sbi" to the admin guide doc:lock: remove reference to clever use of read-write lock devices.txt: improve entry for comedi (char major 98) docs: mtd: Update spi nor reference driver doc: arm64: fix grammar dtb placed in no attributes region Documentation: sysrq: don't recommend 'S' 'U' before 'B' mailmap: Update email address for Quentin Perret docs: ftrace: clarify when tracing is disabled by the trace file docs: process: fix broken link Documentation/arm/samsung-s3c24xx: Remove stray U+FEFF character to fix title Documentation/arm/sa1100/assabet: Fix 'make assabet_defconfig' command Documentation/arm/sa1100: Remove some obsolete documentation docs/zh_CN: update Chinese howto.rst for latexdocs making Documentation: virt: Fix broken reference to virt tree's index docs: Fix typo on pull requests guide kernel-doc: Allow anonymous enum Documentation: sphinx: Don't parse socket() as identifier reference Documentation: sphinx: Add missing comma to list of strings ...

Documentation/process: Volunteer as the ambassador for Intel

2019-09-10T22:20:40Z

Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Sasha Levin Cc: Ben Hutchings Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Laura Abbott Cc: Andrew Cooper Cc: Trilok Soni Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Tony Luck Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Dan Williams Signed-off-by: Tony Luck Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190910172646.25BFCE7B@viggo.jf.intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/process: Add Qualcomm process ambassador for hardware security issues

2019-09-07T17:30:54Z

Add Trilok Soni as process ambassador for hardware security issues from Qualcomm. Signed-off-by: Trilok Soni Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1567796517-8964-1-git-send-email-tsoni@codeaurora.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues: Microsoft ambassador

2019-09-06T10:11:09Z

Add Sasha Levin as Microsoft's process ambassador. Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190906095852.23568-1-sashal@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/process: Add Google contact for embargoed hardware issues

2019-09-05T05:43:34Z

This adds myself as the Google contact for embargoed hardware security issues and fixes some small typos. Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Matt Linton Cc: Matthew Garrett Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Guenter Roeck Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/201909040922.56496BF70@keescook Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/process: Volunteer as the ambassador for Xen

2019-09-05T05:43:30Z

Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Tyler Hicks Cc: Ben Hutchings Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Jiri Kosina Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190904181702.19788-1-andrew.cooper3@citrix.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/process: Embargoed hardware security issues

2019-08-28T20:36:07Z

To address the requirements of embargoed hardware issues, like Meltdown, Spectre, L1TF etc. it is necessary to define and document a process for handling embargoed hardware security issues. Following the discussion at the maintainer summit 2018 in Edinburgh (https://lwn.net/Articles/769417/) the volunteered people have worked out a process and a Memorandum of Understanding. The latter addresses the fact that the Linux kernel community cannot sign NDAs for various reasons. The initial contact point for hardware security issues is different from the regular kernel security contact to provide a known and neutral interface for hardware vendors and researchers. The initial primary contact team is proposed to be staffed by Linux Foundation Fellows, who are not associated to a vendor or a distribution and are well connected in the industry as a whole. The process is designed with the experience of the past incidents in mind and tries to address the remaining gaps, so future (hopefully rare) incidents can be handled more efficiently. It won't remove the fact, that most of this has to be done behind closed doors, but it is set up to avoid big bureaucratic hurdles for individual developers. The process is solely for handling hardware security issues and cannot be used for regular kernel (software only) security bugs. This memo can help with hardware companies who, and I quote, "[my manager] doesn't want to bet his job on the list keeping things secret." This despite numerous leaks directly from that company over the years, and none ever so far from the kernel security team. Cognitive dissidence seems to be a requirement to be a good manager. To accelerate the adoption of this process, we introduce the concept of ambassadors in participating companies. The ambassadors are there to guide people to comply with the process, but are not automatically involved in the disclosure of a particular incident. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Laura Abbott Acked-by: Ben Hutchings Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Reviewed-by: Jiri Kosina Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190815212505.GC12041@kroah.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman