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Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

Pull misc vfs updates from Christian Brauner:
 "Features:

   - Cheaper MAY_EXEC handling for path lookup. This elides MAY_WRITE
     permission checks during path lookup and adds the
     IOP_FASTPERM_MAY_EXEC flag so filesystems like btrfs can avoid
     expensive permission work.

   - Hide dentry_cache behind runtime const machinery.

   - Add German Maglione as virtiofs co-maintainer.

  Cleanups:

   - Tidy up and inline step_into() and walk_component() for improved
     code generation.

   - Re-enable IOCB_NOWAIT writes to files. This refactors file
     timestamp update logic, fixing a layering bypass in btrfs when
     updating timestamps on device files and improving FMODE_NOCMTIME
     handling in VFS now that nfsd started using it.

   - Path lookup optimizations extracting slowpaths into dedicated
     routines and adding branch prediction hints for mntput_no_expire(),
     fd_install(), lookup_slow(), and various other hot paths.

   - Enable clang's -fms-extensions flag, requiring a JFS rename to
     avoid conflicts.

   - Remove spurious exports in fs/file_attr.c.

   - Stop duplicating union pipe_index declaration. This depends on the
     shared kbuild branch that brings in -fms-extensions support which
     is merged into this branch.

   - Use MD5 library instead of crypto_shash in ecryptfs.

   - Use largest_zero_folio() in iomap_dio_zero().

   - Replace simple_strtol/strtoul with kstrtoint/kstrtouint in init and
     initrd code.

   - Various typo fixes.

  Fixes:

   - Fix emergency sync for btrfs. Btrfs requires an explicit sync_fs()
     call with wait == 1 to commit super blocks. The emergency sync path
     never passed this, leaving btrfs data uncommitted during emergency
     sync.

   - Use local kmap in watch_queue's post_one_notification().

   - Add hint prints in sb_set_blocksize() for LBS dependency on THP"

* tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (35 commits)
  MAINTAINERS: add German Maglione as virtiofs co-maintainer
  fs: inline step_into() and walk_component()
  fs: tidy up step_into() & friends before inlining
  orangefs: use inode_update_timestamps directly
  btrfs: fix the comment on btrfs_update_time
  btrfs: use vfs_utimes to update file timestamps
  fs: export vfs_utimes
  fs: lift the FMODE_NOCMTIME check into file_update_time_flags
  fs: refactor file timestamp update logic
  include/linux/fs.h: trivial fix: regualr -> regular
  fs/splice.c: trivial fix: pipes -> pipe's
  fs: mark lookup_slow() as noinline
  fs: add predicts based on nd->depth
  fs: move mntput_no_expire() slowpath into a dedicated routine
  fs: remove spurious exports in fs/file_attr.c
  watch_queue: Use local kmap in post_one_notification()
  fs: touch up predicts in path lookup
  fs: move fd_install() slowpath into a dedicated routine and provide commentary
  fs: hide dentry_cache behind runtime const machinery
  fs: touch predicts in do_dentry_open()
  ...
2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
arch vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
block vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto This push contains the following changes: 2025-10-10 08:56:16 -07:00
Documentation vfs-6.19-rc1.iomap 2025-12-01 08:14:00 -08:00
drivers vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
fs vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
include vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
init init: Replace simple_strtoul() with kstrtouint() in root_delay_setup() 2025-11-05 12:49:38 +01:00
io_uring vfs-6.19-rc1.iomap 2025-12-01 08:14:00 -08:00
ipc namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
kernel vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
lib Increase the default 32-bit build frame size warning limit to 1280 bytes 2025-11-26 12:11:28 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm vfs-6.19-rc1.iomap 2025-12-01 08:14:00 -08:00
net A patch to make sparse read handling work in msgr2 secure mode from 2025-11-27 11:11:03 -08:00
rust rust: Add -fno-isolate-erroneous-paths-dereference to bindgen_skip_c_flags 2025-11-10 08:37:06 +08:00
samples samples: work around glibc redefining some of our defines wrong 2025-11-21 09:29:02 -08:00
scripts vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
security selinux/stable-6.18 PR 20251121 2025-11-22 09:24:36 -08:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for HP ProBook 450 G8 2025-11-26 07:26:56 +01:00
tools 8 hotfixes. 4 are cc:stable, 7 are against mm/. 2025-11-26 12:38:05 -08:00
usr gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on pipes 2025-10-07 09:53:05 -07:00
virt KVM: guest_memfd: Remove bindings on memslot deletion when gmem is dying 2025-11-04 09:16:53 -08:00
.clang-format memblock: drop for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from() 2025-09-14 08:49:03 +03:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: remove Alyssa Rosenzweig 2025-09-18 21:17:31 +02:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore compile_commands.json globally 2025-08-12 15:53:55 -07:00
.mailmap 8 hotfixes. 4 are cc:stable, 7 are against mm/. 2025-11-26 12:38:05 -08:00
.pylintrc tools: docs: parse-headers.py: move it from sphinx dir 2025-08-29 15:54:42 -06:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: mark ISDN subsystem as orphan 2025-10-27 17:49:45 -07:00
Kbuild sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline 2025-09-25 09:57:16 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
Makefile vfs-6.19-rc1.misc 2025-12-01 08:44:26 -08:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.