- various misc things - kexec updates - sysctl core updates - scripts/gdb udpates - checkpoint-restart updates - ipc updates - kernel/watchdog updates - Kees's "rough equivalent to the glibc _FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 feature" - "stackprotector: ascii armor the stack canary" - more MM bits - checkpatch updates 96 patches, based on 235b84fc862ae2637dc0dabada18d97f1bfc18e1: Subject: include/linux/dcache.h: use unsigned chars in struct name_snapshot Subject: kernel.h: handle pointers to arrays better in container_of() Subject: mm/memory.c: mark create_huge_pmd() inline to prevent build failure Subject: kernel/fork.c: virtually mapped stacks: do not disable interrupts Subject: kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section Subject: powerpc/fadump: use the correct VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE for phdr Subject: kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory Subject: kexec/kdump: minor Documentation updates for arm64 and Image Subject: sysctl: fix lax sysctl_check_table() sanity check Subject: sysctl: kdoc'ify sysctl_writes_strict Subject: sysctl: fold sysctl_writes_strict checks into helper Subject: sysctl: simplify unsigned int support Subject: sysctl: add unsigned int range support Subject: test_sysctl: add dedicated proc sysctl test driver Subject: test_sysctl: add generic script to expand on tests Subject: test_sysctl: test against PAGE_SIZE for int Subject: test_sysctl: add simple proc_dointvec() case Subject: test_sysctl: add simple proc_douintvec() case Subject: test_sysctl: test against int proc_dointvec() array support Subject: kernel/sysctl_binary.c: check name array length in deprecated_sysctl_warning() Subject: random: do not ignore early device randomness Subject: bfs: fix sanity checks for empty files Subject: fs/Kconfig: kill CONFIG_PERCPU_RWSEM some more Subject: scripts/gdb: add lx-fdtdump command Subject: scripts/gdb: lx-dmesg: cast log_buf to void* for addr fetch Subject: scripts/gdb: lx-dmesg: use explicit encoding=utf8 errors=replace Subject: kfifo: clean up example to not use page_link Subject: procfs: fdinfo: extend information about epoll target files Subject: kcmp: add KCMP_EPOLL_TFD mode to compare epoll target files Subject: kcmp: fs/epoll: wrap kcmp code with CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE Subject: fault-inject: support systematic fault injection Subject: ipc/sem.c: remove sem_base, embed struct sem Subject: ipc: merge ipc_rcu and kern_ipc_perm Subject: include/linux/sem.h: correctly document sem_ctime Subject: ipc: drop non-RCU allocation Subject: ipc/sem: do not use ipc_rcu_free() Subject: ipc/shm: do not use ipc_rcu_free() Subject: ipc/msg: do not use ipc_rcu_free() Subject: ipc/util: drop ipc_rcu_free() Subject: ipc/sem: avoid ipc_rcu_alloc() Subject: ipc/shm: avoid ipc_rcu_alloc() Subject: ipc/msg: avoid ipc_rcu_alloc() Subject: ipc/util: drop ipc_rcu_alloc() Subject: ipc/sem.c: avoid ipc_rcu_putref for failed ipc_addid() Subject: ipc/shm.c: avoid ipc_rcu_putref for failed ipc_addid() Subject: ipc/msg.c: avoid ipc_rcu_putref for failed ipc_addid() Subject: ipc: move atomic_set() to where it is needed Subject: ipc/shm: remove special shm_alloc/free Subject: ipc/msg: remove special msg_alloc/free Subject: ipc/sem: drop __sem_free() Subject: ipc/util.h: update documentation for ipc_getref() and ipc_putref() Subject: net/netfilter/x_tables.c: use kvmalloc() in xt_alloc_table_info() Subject: kernel/watchdog: remove unused declaration Subject: kernel/watchdog: introduce arch_touch_nmi_watchdog() Subject: kernel/watchdog: split up config options Subject: kernel/watchdog: provide watchdog_nmi_reconfigure() for arch watchdogs Subject: powerpc/64s: implement arch-specific hardlockup watchdog Subject: efi: avoid fortify checks in EFI stub Subject: kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory Subject: IB/rxe: do not copy extra stack memory to skb Subject: powerpc: don't fortify prom_init Subject: powerpc: make feature-fixup tests fortify-safe Subject: include/linux/string.h: add the option of fortified string.h functions Subject: sh: mark end of BUG() implementation as unreachable Subject: random,stackprotect: introduce get_random_canary function Subject: fork,random: use get_random_canary() to set tsk->stack_canary Subject: x86: ascii armor the x86_64 boot init stack canary Subject: arm64: ascii armor the arm64 boot init stack canary Subject: sh64: ascii armor the sh64 boot init stack canary Subject: x86/mmap: properly account for stack randomization in mmap_base Subject: arm64/mmap: properly account for stack randomization in mmap_base Subject: powerpc,mmap: properly account for stack randomization in mmap_base Subject: MIPS: do not use __GFP_REPEAT for order-0 request Subject: mm, tree wide: replace __GFP_REPEAT by __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL with more useful semantic Subject: xfs: map KM_MAYFAIL to __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL Subject: mm: kvmalloc support __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL for all sizes Subject: drm/i915: use __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL Subject: mm, migration: do not trigger OOM killer when migrating memory Subject: checkpatch: improve the STORAGE_CLASS test Subject: ARM: KVM: move asmlinkage before type Subject: ARM: HP Jornada 7XX: move inline before return type Subject: CRIS: gpio: move inline before return type Subject: FRV: tlbflush: move asmlinkage before return type Subject: ia64: move inline before return type Subject: ia64: sn: pci: move inline before type Subject: m68k: coldfire: move inline before return type Subject: MIPS: SMP: move asmlinkage before return type Subject: sh: move inline before return type Subject: x86/efi: move asmlinkage before return type Subject: drivers: s390: move static and inline before return type Subject: drivers: tty: serial: move inline before return type Subject: USB: serial: safe_serial: move __inline__ before return type Subject: video: fbdev: intelfb: move inline before return type Subject: video: fbdev: omap: move inline before return type Subject: ARM: samsung: usb-ohci: move inline before return type Subject: writeback: 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