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# 4f2c0a4a 13-Dec-2022 Nick Terrell <terrelln@fb.com>

Merge branch 'main' into zstd-linus


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# 14e77332 21-Oct-2022 Nick Terrell <terrelln@fb.com>

Merge branch 'main' into zstd-next


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# 8bb5e7f4 02-Aug-2022 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare input updates for 5.20 (or 6.0) merge window.


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# 03ab8e62 31-May-2022 Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>

Merge tag 'v5.18'

Linux 5.18


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# 690e1790 27-May-2022 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

Merge tag 'v5.18' into next

Sync up with mainline to get updates to OMAP4 keypad driver and other
upstream goodies.


Revision tags: v5.15.43, v5.15.42, v5.18, v5.15.41, v5.15.40, v5.15.39, v5.15.38, v5.15.37, v5.15.36, v5.15.35, v5.15.34
# 651a8879 13-Apr-2022 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Merge branch 'topic/cs35l41' into for-next

Pull CS35L41 codec updates

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>


# c16c8bfa 12-Apr-2022 Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next

Pull in TTM changes needed for DG2 CCS enabling from Ram.

Signed-off-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>


# 83970cd6 11-Apr-2022 Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next

Sync up with v5.18-rc1, in particular to get 5e3094cfd9fb
("drm/i915/xehpsdv: Add has_flat_ccs to device info").

Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next

Sync up with v5.18-rc1, in particular to get 5e3094cfd9fb
("drm/i915/xehpsdv: Add has_flat_ccs to device info").

Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>

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Revision tags: v5.15.33
# 9cbbd694 05-Apr-2022 Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next

Let's start the 5.19 development cycle.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>


# 0aea30a0 19-Apr-2022 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Merge tag 'asoc-fix-v5.18-rc3' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound into for-linus

ASoC: Fixes for v5.18

A collection of fixes that came in since the merge window, plus

Merge tag 'asoc-fix-v5.18-rc3' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound into for-linus

ASoC: Fixes for v5.18

A collection of fixes that came in since the merge window, plus one new
device ID for an x86 laptop. Nothing that really stands out with
particularly big impact outside of the affected device.

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# cf5c5763 05-Apr-2022 Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

Let's start the 5.18 fixes cycle.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>


Revision tags: v5.15.32, v5.15.31
# 34fe4ccb 22-Mar-2022 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core

To pick up fixes that went thru perf/urgent and now are fixed by an
upcoming patch.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redha

Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core

To pick up fixes that went thru perf/urgent and now are fixed by an
upcoming patch.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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# 346658a5 21-Mar-2022 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Merge tag 'docs-5.18' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"It has been a moderately busy cycle for documentation; some of the
highlights are:

- Numerou

Merge tag 'docs-5.18' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"It has been a moderately busy cycle for documentation; some of the
highlights are:

- Numerous PDF-generation improvements

- Kees's new document with guidelines for researchers studying the
development community.

- The ongoing stream of Chinese translations

- Thorsten's new document on regression handling

- A major reworking of the internal documentation for the kernel-doc
script.

Plus the usual stream of typo fixes and such"

* tag 'docs-5.18' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (80 commits)
docs/kernel-parameters: update description of mem=
docs/zh_CN: Add sched-nice-design Chinese translation
docs: scheduler: Convert schedutil.txt to ReST
Docs: ktap: add code-block type
docs: serial: fix a reference file name in driver.rst
docs: UML: Mention telnetd for port channel
docs/zh_CN: add damon reclaim translation
docs/zh_CN: add damon usage translation
docs/zh_CN: add admin-guide damon start translation
docs/zh_CN: add admin-guide damon index translation
docs/zh_CN: Refactoring the admin-guide directory index
zh_CN: Add translation for admin-guide/mm/index.rst
zh_CN: Add translations for admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
Add Chinese translation for vm/ksm.rst
docs/zh_CN: Add sched-stats Chinese translation
docs/zh_CN: add devicetree of_unittest translation
docs/zh_CN: add devicetree usage-model translation
docs/zh_CN: add devicetree index translation
Documentation: describe how to apply incremental stable patches
docs/zh_CN: add peci subsystem translation
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Revision tags: v5.17, v5.15.30, v5.15.29, v5.15.28, v5.15.27, v5.15.26, v5.15.25, v5.15.24
# d2b40ba2 16-Feb-2022 Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>

docs: *-regressions.rst: explain how quickly issues should be handled

Add a section with a few rules of thumb about how
quickly developers should address regressions to
Documentation/process/handlin

docs: *-regressions.rst: explain how quickly issues should be handled

Add a section with a few rules of thumb about how
quickly developers should address regressions to
Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst; additionally,
add a short paragraph about this to the companion document
Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst as well.

The rules of thumb were written after studying the quotes from Linus
found in handling-regressions.rst and especially influenced by
statements like "Users are literally the _only_ thing that matters" and
"without users, your program is not a program, it's a pointless piece of
code that you might as well throw away". The author interpreted those in
perspective to how the various Linux kernel series are maintained
currently and what those practices might mean for users running into a
regression on a small or big kernel update.

That for example lead to the paragraph starting with "Aim to get fixes
for regressions mainlined within one week after identifying the culprit,
if the regression was introduced in a stable/longterm release or the
devel cycle for the latest mainline release". Some might see this as
pretty high bar, but on the other hand something like that is needed to
not leave users out in the cold for too long -- which can quickly happen
when updating to the latest stable series, as the previous one is
normally stamped "End of Life" about three or four weeks after a new
mainline release. This makes a lot of users switch during this
timeframe. Any of them thus risk running into regressions not promptly
fixed; even worse, once the previous stable series is EOLed for real,
users that face a regression might be left with only three options:

(1) continue running an outdated and thus potentially insecure kernel
version from an abandoned stable series

(2) run the kernel with the regression

(3) downgrade to an earlier longterm series still supported

This is better avoided, as (1) puts users and their data in danger, (2)
will only be possible if it's a minor regression that doesn't interfere
with booting or serious usage, and (3) might be regression itself or
impossible on the particular machine, as the users might require drivers
or features only introduced after the latest longterm series branched
of.

In the end this lead to the aforementioned "Aim to fix regression within
one week" part. It's also the reason for the "Try to resolve any
regressions introduced in the current development cycle before its
end.".

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a7b717b52c0d54cdec9b6daf56ed6669feddee2c.1644994117.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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# 1ecf393f 16-Feb-2022 Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>

docs: add two documents about regression handling

Create two documents explaining various aspects around regression
handling and tracking; one is aimed at users, the other targets
developers.

The t

docs: add two documents about regression handling

Create two documents explaining various aspects around regression
handling and tracking; one is aimed at users, the other targets
developers.

The texts among others describes the first rule of Linux kernel
development and what it means in practice. They also explain what a
regression actually is and how to report one properly.

Both texts additionally provide a brief introduction to the bot the
kernel's regression tracker uses to facilitate the work, but mention the
use is optional.

To sum things up, provide a few quotes from Linus in the document for
developers to show how serious we take regressions.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/34e56d3588f22d7e0b4d635ef9c9c3b33ca4ac04.1644994117.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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