Merge tag 'v4.9-rc1' into x86/urgent, to pick up updates

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:

- a few block updates that fell in my lap

- lib/ updates

- checkpatch

- autofs

- ipc

- a ton of misc othe

Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:

- a few block updates that fell in my lap

- lib/ updates

- checkpatch

- autofs

- ipc

- a ton of misc other things

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (100 commits)
mm: split gfp_mask and mapping flags into separate fields
fs: use mapping_set_error instead of opencoded set_bit
treewide: remove redundant #include <linux/kconfig.h>
hung_task: allow hung_task_panic when hung_task_warnings is 0
kthread: add kerneldoc for kthread_create()
kthread: better support freezable kthread workers
kthread: allow to modify delayed kthread work
kthread: allow to cancel kthread work
kthread: initial support for delayed kthread work
kthread: detect when a kthread work is used by more workers
kthread: add kthread_destroy_worker()
kthread: add kthread_create_worker*()
kthread: allow to call __kthread_create_on_node() with va_list args
kthread/smpboot: do not park in kthread_create_on_cpu()
kthread: kthread worker API cleanup
kthread: rename probe_kthread_data() to kthread_probe_data()
scripts/tags.sh: enable code completion in VIM
mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping
kdump, vmcoreinfo: report memory sections virtual addresses
ipc/sem.c: add cond_resched in exit_sme
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const_structs.checkpatch: add frequently used from Julia Lawall's list

Using const is generally a good idea.

Julia Lawall has created a list of always const and almost always const
structs in the k

const_structs.checkpatch: add frequently used from Julia Lawall's list

Using const is generally a good idea.

Julia Lawall has created a list of always const and almost always const
structs in the kernel sources.

Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/28/95

Add the most frequently used (> 50 cases) that are almost always or
always const.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1e16020f8027654db0095bbfbcc11da51025365c.1472664220.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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checkpatch: externalize the structs that should be const

Make it easier to add new structs that should be const.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e5a8da43e7c11525bafbda1ca69a8323614dd942.1472664220.g

checkpatch: externalize the structs that should be const

Make it easier to add new structs that should be const.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e5a8da43e7c11525bafbda1ca69a8323614dd942.1472664220.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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