Merge tag 'docs-6.9' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "A moderatly busy cycle for development this time around.

   - Some cleanup of the main index page for easier navigation

   - Rework some of the other top-level pages for better readability
     and, with luck, fewer merge conflicts in the future.

   - Submit-checklist improvements, hopefully the first of many.

   - New Italian translations

   - A fair number of kernel-doc fixes and improvements. We have also
     dropped the recommendation to use an old version of Sphinx.

   - A new document from Thorsten on bisection

  ... and lots of fixes and updates"

* tag 'docs-6.9' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (54 commits)
  docs: verify/bisect: fixes, finetuning, and support for Arch
  docs: Makefile: Add dependency to $(YNL_INDEX) for targets other than htmldocs
  docs: Move ja_JP/howto.rst to ja_JP/process/howto.rst
  docs: submit-checklist: use subheadings
  docs: submit-checklist: structure by category
  docs: new text on bisecting which also covers bug validation
  docs: drop the version constraints for sphinx and dependencies
  docs: kerneldoc-preamble.sty: Remove code for Sphinx <2.4
  docs: Restore "smart quotes" for quotes
  docs/zh_CN: accurate translation of "function"
  docs: Include simplified link titles in main index
  docs: Correct formatting of title in admin-guide/index.rst
  docs: kernel_feat.py: fix build error for missing files
  MAINTAINERS: Set the field name for subsystem profile section
  kasan: Add documentation for CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO
  Fixed case issue with 'fault-injection' in documentation
  kernel-doc: handle #if in enums as well
  Documentation: update mailing list addresses
  doc: kerneldoc.py: fix indentation
  scripts/kernel-doc: simplify signature printing
  ...

58 files changed, 5543 insertions, 287 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vdpa b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vdpa
index 4da53878bff6b8..2c833b5163f217 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vdpa
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vdpa
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 What:		/sys/bus/vdpa/drivers_autoprobe
 Date:		March 2020
-Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
 Description:
 		This file determines whether new devices are immediately bound
 		to a driver after the creation. It initially contains 1, which
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description:
 
 What:		/sys/bus/vdpa/driver_probe
 Date:		March 2020
-Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
 Description:
 		Writing a device name to this file will cause the kernel binds
 		devices to a compatible driver.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Description:
 
 What:		/sys/bus/vdpa/drivers/.../bind
 Date:		March 2020
-Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
 Description:
 		Writing a device name to this file will cause the driver to
 		attempt to bind to the device. This is useful for overriding
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Description:
 
 What:		/sys/bus/vdpa/drivers/.../unbind
 Date:		March 2020
-Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
 Description:
 		Writing a device name to this file will cause the driver to
 		attempt to unbind from the device. This may be useful when
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Description:
 
 What:		/sys/bus/vdpa/devices/.../driver_override
 Date:		November 2021
-Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+Contact:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
 Description:
 		This file allows the driver for a device to be specified.
 		When specified, only a driver with a name matching the value
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 3885bbe260eb23..b68f8c816897b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ $(YNL_INDEX): $(YNL_RST_FILES)
 $(YNL_RST_DIR)/%.rst: $(YNL_YAML_DIR)/%.yaml $(YNL_TOOL)
 	$(Q)$(YNL_TOOL) -i $< -o $@
 
-htmldocs: $(YNL_INDEX)
+htmldocs texinfodocs latexdocs epubdocs xmldocs: $(YNL_INDEX)
+
+htmldocs:
 	@$(srctree)/scripts/sphinx-pre-install --version-check
 	@+$(foreach var,$(SPHINXDIRS),$(call loop_cmd,sphinx,html,$(var),,$(var)))
 
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ refcheckdocs:
 	$(Q)cd $(srctree);scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
 
 cleandocs:
+	$(Q)rm -f $(YNL_INDEX) $(YNL_RST_FILES)
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/userspace-api/media clean
 
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.rst b/Documentation/RCU/torture.rst
index 49e7beea6ae151..4b1f99c4181fee 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/torture.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.rst
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Suppose that a previous kvm.sh run left its output in this directory::
 
 	tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28
 
-Then this run can be re-run without rebuilding as follow:
+Then this run can be re-run without rebuilding as follow::
 
 	kvm-again.sh tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28
 
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
index 9a969c0157f1e5..f2bebff6a733f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
@@ -262,9 +262,11 @@ Compiling the kernel
  - Make sure you have at least gcc 5.1 available.
    For more information, refer to :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>`.
 
- - Do a ``make`` to create a compressed kernel image. It is also
-   possible to do ``make install`` if you have lilo installed to suit the
-   kernel makefiles, but you may want to check your particular lilo setup first.
+ - Do a ``make`` to create a compressed kernel image. It is also possible to do
+   ``make install`` if you have lilo installed or if your distribution has an
+   install script recognised by the kernel's installer. Most popular
+   distributions will have a recognized install script. You may want to
+   check your distribution's setup first.
 
    To do the actual install, you have to be root, but none of the normal
    build should require that. Don't take the name of root in vain.
@@ -301,32 +303,51 @@ Compiling the kernel
    image (e.g. .../linux/arch/x86/boot/bzImage after compilation)
    to the place where your regular bootable kernel is found.
 
- - Booting a kernel directly from a floppy without the assistance of a
-   bootloader such as LILO, is no longer supported.
-
-   If you boot Linux from the hard drive, chances are you use LILO, which
-   uses the kernel image as specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf.  The
-   kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or
-   /boot/bzImage.  To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image
-   and copy the new image over the old one.  Then, you MUST RERUN LILO
-   to update the loading map! If you don't, you won't be able to boot
-   the new kernel image.
-
-   Reinstalling LILO is usually a matter of running /sbin/lilo.
-   You may wish to edit /etc/lilo.conf to specify an entry for your
-   old kernel image (say, /vmlinux.old) in case the new one does not
-   work.  See the LILO docs for more information.
-
-   After reinstalling LILO, you should be all set.  Shutdown the system,
+ - Booting a kernel directly from a storage device without the assistance
+   of a bootloader such as LILO or GRUB, is no longer supported in BIOS
+   (non-EFI systems). On UEFI/EFI systems, however, you can use EFISTUB
+   which allows the motherboard to boot directly to the kernel.
+   On modern workstations and desktops, it's generally recommended to use a
+   bootloader as difficulties can arise with multiple kernels and secure boot.
+   For more details on EFISTUB,
+   see "Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst".
+
+ - It's important to note that as of 2016 LILO (LInux LOader) is no longer in
+   active development, though as it was extremely popular, it often comes up
+   in documentation. Popular alternatives include GRUB2, rEFInd, Syslinux,
+   systemd-boot, or EFISTUB. For various reasons, it's not recommended to use
+   software that's no longer in active development.
+
+ - Chances are your distribution includes an install script and running
+   ``make install`` will be all that's needed. Should that not be the case
+   you'll have to identify your bootloader and reference its documentation or
+   configure your EFI.
+
+Legacy LILO Instructions
+------------------------
+
+
+ - If you use LILO the kernel images are specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf.
+   The kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or
+   /boot/bzImage. To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image and copy
+   the new image over the old one. Then, you MUST RERUN LILO to update the
+   loading map! If you don't, you won't be able to boot the new kernel image.
+
+ - Reinstalling LILO is usually a matter of running /sbin/lilo. You may wish
+   to edit /etc/lilo.conf to specify an entry for your old kernel image
+   (say, /vmlinux.old) in case the new one does not work. See the LILO docs
+   for more information.
+
+ - After reinstalling LILO, you should be all set. Shutdown the system,
    reboot, and enjoy!
 
-   If you ever need to change the default root device, video mode,
-   etc. in the kernel image, use your bootloader's boot options
-   where appropriate.  No need to recompile the kernel to change
-   these parameters.
+ - If you ever need to change the default root device, video mode, etc. in the
+   kernel image, use your bootloader's boot options where appropriate. No need
+   to recompile the kernel to change these parameters.
 
  - Reboot with the new kernel and enjoy.
 
+
 If something goes wrong
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
index dfc06fab943225..32ea52f1d1509a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+=================================================
 The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide
 =================================================
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ problems and bugs in particular.
    reporting-issues
    reporting-regressions
    quickly-build-trimmed-linux
+   verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions
    bug-hunting
    bug-bisect
    tainted-kernels
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 825398d66c6963..b3b5ce13de2b3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4668,6 +4668,11 @@
 			may be specified.
 			Format: <port>,<port>....
 
+	possible_cpus=  [SMP,S390,X86]
+			Format: <unsigned int>
+			Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the
+			regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc).
+
 	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
 			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
 			platform machine description specific power_save
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
index 92a8a07f5c438c..f92551539e8a66 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ name of the command ('Comm:') that triggered the event::
 
 You'll find a 'Not tainted: ' there if the kernel was not tainted at the
 time of the event; if it was, then it will print 'Tainted: ' and characters
-either letters or blanks. In above example it looks like this::
+either letters or blanks. In the example above it looks like this::
 
 	Tainted: P        W  O
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ At runtime, you can query the tainted state by reading
 tainted; any other number indicates the reasons why it is. The easiest way to
 decode that number is the script ``tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint``, which your
 distribution might ship as part of a package called ``linux-tools`` or
-``kernel-tools``; if it doesn't you can download the script from
+``kernel-tools``; if it doesn't, you can download the script from
 `git.kernel.org <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint>`_
 and execute it with ``sh kernel-chktaint``, which would print something like
 this on the machine that had the statements in the logs that were quoted earlier::
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..58211840ac6ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,1952 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR CC-BY-4.0)
+.. [see the bottom of this file for redistribution information]
+
+=========================================
+How to verify bugs and bisect regressions
+=========================================
+
+This document describes how to check if some Linux kernel problem occurs in code
+currently supported by developers -- to then explain how to locate the change
+causing the issue, if it is a regression (e.g. did not happen with earlier
+versions).
+
+The text aims at people running kernels from mainstream Linux distributions on
+commodity hardware who want to report a kernel bug to the upstream Linux
+developers. Despite this intent, the instructions work just as well for users
+who are already familiar with building their own kernels: they help avoid
+mistakes occasionally made even by experienced developers.
+
+..
+   Note: if you see this note, you are reading the text's source file. You
+   might want to switch to a rendered version: it makes it a lot easier to
+   read and navigate this document -- especially when you want to look something
+   up in the reference section, then jump back to where you left off.
+..
+   Find the latest rendered version of this text here:
+   https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst.html
+
+The essence of the process (aka 'TL;DR')
+========================================
+
+*[If you are new to building or bisecting Linux, ignore this section and head
+over to the* ":ref:`step-by-step guide<introguide_bissbs>`" *below. It utilizes
+the same commands as this section while describing them in brief fashion. The
+steps are nevertheless easy to follow and together with accompanying entries
+in a reference section mention many alternatives, pitfalls, and additional
+aspects, all of which might be essential in your present case.]*
+
+**In case you want to check if a bug is present in code currently supported by
+developers**, execute just the *preparations* and *segment 1*; while doing so,
+consider the newest Linux kernel you regularly use to be the 'working' kernel.
+In the following example that's assumed to be 6.0.13, which is why the sources
+of v6.0 will be used to prepare the .config file.
+
+**In case you face a regression**, follow the steps at least till the end of
+*segment 2*. Then you can submit a preliminary report -- or continue with
+*segment 3*, which describes how to perform a bisection needed for a
+full-fledged regression report. In the following example 6.0.13 is assumed to be
+the 'working' kernel and 6.1.5 to be the first 'broken', which is why v6.0
+will be considered the 'good' release and used to prepare the .config file.
+
+* **Preparations**: set up everything to build your own kernels::
+
+    # * Remove any software that depends on externally maintained kernel modules
+    #   or builds any automatically during bootup.
+    # * Ensure Secure Boot permits booting self-compiled Linux kernels.
+    # * If you are not already running the 'working' kernel, reboot into it.
+    # * Install compilers and everything else needed for building Linux.
+    # * Ensure to have 15 Gigabyte free space in your home directory.
+    git clone -o mainline --no-checkout \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git ~/linux/
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git remote add -t master stable \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
+    git checkout --detach v6.0
+    # * Hint: if you used an existing clone, ensure no stale .config is around.
+    make olddefconfig
+    # * Ensure the former command picked the .config of the 'working' kernel.
+    # * Connect external hardware (USB keys, tokens, ...), start a VM, bring up
+    #   VPNs, mount network shares, and briefly try the feature that is broken.
+    yes '' | make localmodconfig
+    ./scripts/config --set-str CONFIG_LOCALVERSION '-local'
+    ./scripts/config -e CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO
+    # * Note, when short on storage space, check the guide for an alternative:
+    ./scripts/config -d DEBUG_INFO_NONE -e KALLSYMS_ALL -e DEBUG_KERNEL \
+      -e DEBUG_INFO -e DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT -e KALLSYMS
+    # * Hint: at this point you might want to adjust the build configuration;
+    #   you'll have to, if you are running Debian.
+    make olddefconfig
+    cp .config ~/kernel-config-working
+
+* **Segment 1**: build a kernel from the latest mainline codebase.
+
+  This among others checks if the problem was fixed already and which developers
+  later need to be told about the problem; in case of a regression, this rules
+  out a .config change as root of the problem.
+
+  a) Checking out latest mainline code::
+
+       cd ~/linux/
+       git checkout --force --detach mainline/master
+
+  b) Build, install, and boot a kernel::
+
+       cp ~/kernel-config-working .config
+       make olddefconfig
+       make -j $(nproc --all)
+       # * Make sure there is enough disk space to hold another kernel:
+       df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/
+       # * Note: on Arch Linux, its derivatives and a few other distributions
+       #   the following commands will do nothing at all or only part of the
+       #   job. See the step-by-step guide for further details.
+       command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install
+       # * Check how much space your self-built kernel actually needs, which
+       #   enables you to make better estimates later:
+       du -ch /boot/*$(make -s kernelrelease)* | tail -n 1
+       du -sh /lib/modules/$(make -s kernelrelease)/
+       # * Hint: the output of the following command will help you pick the
+       #   right kernel from the boot menu:
+       make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built
+       reboot
+       # * Once booted, ensure you are running the kernel you just built by
+       #   checking if the output of the next two commands matches:
+       tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built
+       uname -r
+
+  c) Check if the problem occurs with this kernel as well.
+
+* **Segment 2**: ensure the 'good' kernel is also a 'working' kernel.
+
+  This among others verifies the trimmed .config file actually works well, as
+  bisecting with it otherwise would be a waste of time:
+
+  a) Start by checking out the sources of the 'good' version::
+
+       cd ~/linux/
+       git checkout --force --detach v6.0
+
+  b) Build, install, and boot a kernel as described earlier in *segment 1,
+     section b* -- just feel free to skip the 'du' commands, as you have a rough
+     estimate already.
+
+  c) Ensure the feature that regressed with the 'broken' kernel actually works
+     with this one.
+
+* **Segment 3**: perform and validate the bisection.
+
+  a) In case your 'broken' version is a stable/longterm release, add the Git
+     branch holding it::
+
+       git remote set-branches --add stable linux-6.1.y
+       git fetch stable
+
+  b) Initialize the bisection::
+
+       cd ~/linux/
+       git bisect start
+       git bisect good v6.0
+       git bisect bad v6.1.5
+
+  c) Build, install, and boot a kernel as described earlier in *segment 1,
+     section b*.
+
+     In case building or booting the kernel fails for unrelated reasons, run
+     ``git bisect skip``. In all other outcomes, check if the regressed feature
+     works with the newly built kernel. If it does, tell Git by executing
+     ``git bisect good``; if it does not, run ``git bisect bad`` instead.
+
+     All three commands will make Git checkout another commit; then re-execute
+     this step (e.g. build, install, boot, and test a kernel to then tell Git
+     the outcome). Do so again and again until Git shows which commit broke
+     things. If you run short of disk space during this process, check the
+     "Supplementary tasks" section below.
+
+  d) Once your finished the bisection, put a few things away::
+
+       cd ~/linux/
+       git bisect log > ~/bisect-log
+       cp .config ~/bisection-config-culprit
+       git bisect reset
+
+  e) Try to verify the bisection result::
+
+       git checkout --force --detach mainline/master
+       git revert --no-edit cafec0cacaca0
+
+    This is optional, as some commits are impossible to revert. But if the
+    second command worked flawlessly, build, install, and boot one more kernel
+    kernel, which should not show the regression.
+
+* **Supplementary tasks**: cleanup during and after the process.
+
+  a) To avoid running out of disk space during a bisection, you might need to
+     remove some kernels you built earlier. You most likely want to keep those
+     you built during segment 1 and 2 around for a while, but you will most
+     likely no longer need kernels tested during the actual bisection
+     (Segment 3 c). You can list them in build order using::
+
+       ls -ltr /lib/modules/*-local*
+
+    To then for example erase a kernel that identifies itself as
+    '6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0', use this::
+
+       sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0
+       sudo kernel-install -v remove 6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0
+       # * Note, on some distributions kernel-install is missing
+       #   or does only part of the job.
+
+  b) If you performed a bisection and successfully validated the result, feel
+     free to remove all kernels built during the actual bisection (Segment 3 c);
+     the kernels you built earlier and later you might want to keep around for
+     a week or two.
+
+.. _introguide_bissbs:
+
+Step-by-step guide on how to verify bugs and bisect regressions
+===============================================================
+
+This guide describes how to set up your own Linux kernels for investigating bugs
+or regressions you intent to report. How far you want to follow the instructions
+depends on your issue:
+
+Execute all steps till the end of *segment 1* to **verify if your kernel problem
+is present in code supported by Linux kernel developers**. If it is, you are all
+set to report the bug -- unless it did not happen with earlier kernel versions,
+as then your want to at least continue with *segment 2* to **check if the issue
+qualifies as regression** which receive priority treatment. Depending on the
+outcome you then are ready to report a bug or submit a preliminary regression
+report; instead of the latter your could also head straight on and follow
+*segment 3* to **perform a bisection** for a full-fledged regression report
+developers are obliged to act upon.
+
+ :ref:`Preparations: set up everything to build your own kernels.<introprep_bissbs>`
+
+ :ref:`Segment 1: try to reproduce the problem with the latest codebase.<introlatestcheck_bissbs>`
+
+ :ref:`Segment 2: check if the kernels you build work fine.<introworkingcheck_bissbs>`
+
+ :ref:`Segment 3: perform a bisection and validate the result.<introbisect_bissbs>`
+
+ :ref:`Supplementary tasks: cleanup during and after following this guide.<introclosure_bissbs>`
+
+The steps in each segment illustrate the important aspects of the process, while
+a comprehensive reference section holds additional details. The latter sometimes
+also outlines alternative approaches, pitfalls, as well as problems that might
+occur at the particular step -- and how to get things rolling again.
+
+For further details on how to report Linux kernel issues or regressions check
+out Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst, which works in conjunction
+with this document. It among others explains why you need to verify bugs with
+the latest 'mainline' kernel, even if you face a problem with a kernel from a
+'stable/longterm' series; for users facing a regression it also explains that
+sending a preliminary report after finishing segment 2 might be wise, as the
+regression and its culprit might be known already. For further details on
+what actually qualifies as a regression check out
+Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst.
+
+.. _introprep_bissbs:
+
+Preparations: set up everything to build your own kernels
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _backup_bissbs:
+
+* Create a fresh backup and put system repair and restore tools at hand, just
+  to be prepared for the unlikely case of something going sideways.
+
+  [:ref:`details<backup_bisref>`]
+
+.. _vanilla_bissbs:
+
+* Remove all software that depends on externally developed kernel drivers or
+  builds them automatically. That includes but is not limited to DKMS, openZFS,
+  VirtualBox, and Nvidia's graphics drivers (including the GPLed kernel module).
+
+  [:ref:`details<vanilla_bisref>`]
+
+.. _secureboot_bissbs:
+
+* On platforms with 'Secure Boot' or similar solutions, prepare everything to
+  ensure the system will permit your self-compiled kernel to boot. The
+  quickest and easiest way to achieve this on commodity x86 systems is to
+  disable such techniques in the BIOS setup utility; alternatively, remove
+  their restrictions through a process initiated by
+  ``mokutil --disable-validation``.
+
+  [:ref:`details<secureboot_bisref>`]
+
+.. _rangecheck_bissbs:
+
+* Determine the kernel versions considered 'good' and 'bad' throughout this
+  guide.
+
+  Do you follow this guide to verify if a bug is present in the code developers
+  care for? Then consider the mainline release your 'working' kernel (the newest
+  one you regularly use) is based on to be the 'good' version; if your 'working'
+  kernel for example is '6.0.11', then your 'good' kernel is 'v6.0'.
+
+  In case you face a regression, it depends on the version range where the
+  regression was introduced:
+
+  * Something which used to work in Linux 6.0 broke when switching to Linux
+    6.1-rc1? Then henceforth regard 'v6.0' as the last known 'good' version
+    and 'v6.1-rc1' as the first 'bad' one.
+
+  * Some function stopped working when updating from 6.0.11 to 6.1.4? Then for
+    the time being consider 'v6.0' as the last 'good' version and 'v6.1.4' as
+    the 'bad' one. Note, at this point it is merely assumed that 6.0 is fine;
+    this assumption will be checked in segment 2.
+
+  * A feature you used in 6.0.11 does not work at all or worse in 6.1.13? In
+    that case you want to bisect within a stable/longterm series: consider
+    'v6.0.11' as the last known 'good' version and 'v6.0.13' as the first 'bad'
+    one. Note, in this case you still want to compile and test a mainline kernel
+    as explained in segment 1: the outcome will determine if you need to report
+    your issue to the regular developers or the stable team.
+
+  *Note, do not confuse 'good' version with 'working' kernel; the latter term
+  throughout this guide will refer to the last kernel that has been working
+  fine.*
+
+  [:ref:`details<rangecheck_bisref>`]
+
+.. _bootworking_bissbs:
+
+* Boot into the 'working' kernel and briefly use the apparently broken feature.
+
+  [:ref:`details<bootworking_bisref>`]
+
+.. _diskspace_bissbs:
+
+* Ensure to have enough free space for building Linux. 15 Gigabyte in your home
+  directory should typically suffice. If you have less available, be sure to pay
+  attention to later steps about retrieving the Linux sources and handling of
+  debug symbols: both explain approaches reducing the amount of space, which
+  should allow you to master these tasks with about 4 Gigabytes free space.
+
+  [:ref:`details<diskspace_bisref>`]
+
+.. _buildrequires_bissbs:
+
+* Install all software required to build a Linux kernel. Often you will need:
+  'bc', 'binutils' ('ld' et al.), 'bison', 'flex', 'gcc', 'git', 'openssl',
+  'pahole', 'perl', and the development headers for 'libelf' and 'openssl'. The
+  reference section shows how to quickly install those on various popular Linux
+  distributions.
+
+  [:ref:`details<buildrequires_bisref>`]
+
+.. _sources_bissbs:
+
+* Retrieve the mainline Linux sources; then change into the directory holding
+  them, as all further commands in this guide are meant to be executed from
+  there.
+
+  *Note, the following describe how to retrieve the sources using a full
+  mainline clone, which downloads about 2,75 GByte as of early 2024. The*
+  :ref:`reference section describes two alternatives <sources_bisref>` *:
+  one downloads less than 500 MByte, the other works better with unreliable
+  internet connections.*
+
+  Execute the following command to retrieve a fresh mainline codebase while
+  preparing things to add stable/longterm branches later::
+
+    git clone -o mainline --no-checkout \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git ~/linux/
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git remote add -t master stable \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
+
+  [:ref:`details<sources_bisref>`]
+
+.. _oldconfig_bissbs:
+
+* Start preparing a kernel build configuration (the '.config' file).
+
+  Before doing so, ensure you are still running the 'working' kernel an earlier
+  step told you to boot; if you are unsure, check the current kernel release
+  identifier using ``uname -r``.
+
+  Afterwards check out the source code for the version earlier established as
+  'good' (in this example this is assumed to be 6.0) and create a .config file::
+
+    git checkout --detach v6.0
+    make olddefconfig
+
+  The second command will try to locate the build configuration file for the
+  running kernel and then adjust it for the needs of the kernel sources you
+  checked out. While doing so, it will print a few lines you need to check.
+
+  Look out for a line starting with '# using defaults found in'. It should be
+  followed by a path to a file in '/boot/' that contains the release identifier
+  of your currently working kernel. If the line instead continues with something
+  like 'arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig', then the build infra failed to find
+  the .config file for your running kernel -- in which case you have to put one
+  there manually, as explained in the reference section.
+
+  In case you can not find such a line, look for one containing '# configuration
+  written to .config'. If that's the case you have a stale build configuration
+  lying around. Unless you intend to use it, delete it; afterwards run
+  'make olddefconfig' again and check if it now picked up the right config file
+  as base.
+
+  [:ref:`details<oldconfig_bisref>`]
+
+.. _localmodconfig_bissbs:
+
+* Disable any kernel modules apparently superfluous for your setup. This is
+  optional, but especially wise for bisections, as it speeds up the build
+  process enormously -- at least unless the .config file picked up in the
+  previous step was already tailored to your and your hardware needs, in which
+  case you should skip this step.
+
+  To prepare the trimming, connect external hardware you occasionally use (USB
+  keys, tokens, ...), quickly start a VM, and bring up VPNs. And if you rebooted
+  since you started that guide, ensure that you tried using the feature causing
+  trouble since you started the system. Only then trim your .config::
+
+     yes '' | make localmodconfig
+
+  There is a catch to this, as the 'apparently' in initial sentence of this step
+  and the preparation instructions already hinted at:
+
+  The 'localmodconfig' target easily disables kernel modules for features only
+  used occasionally -- like modules for external peripherals not yet connected
+  since booting, virtualization software not yet utilized, VPN tunnels, and a
+  few other things. That's because some tasks rely on kernel modules Linux only
+  loads when you execute tasks like the aforementioned ones for the first time.
+
+  This drawback of localmodconfig is nothing you should lose sleep over, but
+  something to keep in mind: if something is misbehaving with the kernels built
+  during this guide, this is most likely the reason. You can reduce or nearly
+  eliminate the risk with tricks outlined in the reference section; but when
+  building a kernel just for quick testing purposes this is usually not worth
+  spending much effort on, as long as it boots and allows to properly test the
+  feature that causes trouble.
+
+  [:ref:`details<localmodconfig_bisref>`]
+
+.. _tagging_bissbs:
+
+* Ensure all the kernels you will build are clearly identifiable using a special
+  tag and a unique version number::
+
+    ./scripts/config --set-str CONFIG_LOCALVERSION '-local'
+    ./scripts/config -e CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO
+
+  [:ref:`details<tagging_bisref>`]
+
+.. _debugsymbols_bissbs:
+
+* Decide how to handle debug symbols.
+
+  In the context of this document it is often wise to enable them, as there is a
+  decent chance you will need to decode a stack trace from a 'panic', 'Oops',
+  'warning', or 'BUG'::
+
+    ./scripts/config -d DEBUG_INFO_NONE -e KALLSYMS_ALL -e DEBUG_KERNEL \
+      -e DEBUG_INFO -e DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT -e KALLSYMS
+
+  But if you are extremely short on storage space, you might want to disable
+  debug symbols instead::
+
+    ./scripts/config -d DEBUG_INFO -d DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT \
+      -d DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 -d DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 -e CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_NONE
+
+  [:ref:`details<debugsymbols_bisref>`]
+
+.. _configmods_bissbs:
+
+* Check if you may want or need to adjust some other kernel configuration
+  options:
+
+  * Are you running Debian? Then you want to avoid known problems by performing
+    additional adjustments explained in the reference section.
+
+    [:ref:`details<configmods_distros_bisref>`].
+
+  * If you want to influence other aspects of the configuration, do so now using
+    your preferred tool. Note, to use make targets like 'menuconfig' or
+    'nconfig', you will need to install the development files of ncurses; for
+    'xconfig' you likewise need the Qt5 or Qt6 headers.
+
+    [:ref:`details<configmods_individual_bisref>`].
+
+.. _saveconfig_bissbs:
+
+* Reprocess the .config after the latest adjustments and store it in a safe
+  place::
+
+     make olddefconfig
+     cp .config ~/kernel-config-working
+
+  [:ref:`details<saveconfig_bisref>`]
+
+.. _introlatestcheck_bissbs:
+
+Segment 1: try to reproduce the problem with the latest codebase
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The following steps verify if the problem occurs with the code currently
+supported by developers. In case you face a regression, it also checks that the
+problem is not caused by some .config change, as reporting the issue then would
+be a waste of time. [:ref:`details<introlatestcheck_bisref>`]
+
+.. _checkoutmaster_bissbs:
+
+* Check out the latest Linux codebase::
+
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git checkout --force --detach mainline/master
+
+  [:ref:`details<checkoutmaster_bisref>`]
+
+.. _build_bissbs:
+
+* Build the image and the modules of your first kernel using the config file you
+  prepared::
+
+    cp ~/kernel-config-working .config
+    make olddefconfig
+    make -j $(nproc --all)
+
+  If you want your kernel packaged up as deb, rpm, or tar file, see the
+  reference section for alternatives, which obviously will require other
+  steps to install as well.
+
+  [:ref:`details<build_bisref>`]
+
+.. _install_bissbs:
+
+* Install your newly built kernel.
+
+  Before doing so, consider checking if there is still enough room for it::
+
+    df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/
+
+  150 MByte in /boot/ and 200 in /lib/modules/ usually suffice. Those are rough
+  estimates assuming the worst case. How much your kernels actually require will
+  be determined later.
+
+  Now install the kernel, which will be saved in parallel to the kernels from
+  your Linux distribution::
+
+    command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install
+
+  On many commodity Linux distributions this will take care of everything
+  required to boot your kernel. You might want to ensure that's the case by
+  checking if your boot loader's configuration was updated; furthermore ensure
+  an initramfs (also known as initrd) exists, which on many distributions can be
+  achieved by running ``ls -l /boot/init*$(make -s kernelrelease)*``. Those
+  steps are recommended, as there are quite a few Linux distribution where above
+  command is insufficient:
+
+  * On Arch Linux, its derivatives, many immutable Linux distributions, and a
+    few others the above command does nothing at, as they lack 'installkernel'
+    executable.
+
+  * Some distributions install the kernel, but don't add an entry for your
+    kernel in your boot loader's configuration -- the kernel thus won't show up
+    in the boot menu.
+
+  * Some distributions add a boot loader menu entry, but don't create an
+    initramfs on installation -- in that case your kernel most likely will be
+    unable to mount the root partition during bootup.
+
+  If any of that applies to you, see the reference section for further guidance.
+  Once you figured out what to do, consider writing down the necessary
+  installation steps: if you will build more kernels as described in
+  segment 2 and 3, you will have to execute these commands every time that
+  ``command -v installkernel [...]`` comes up again.
+
+  [:ref:`details<install_bisref>`]
+
+.. _storagespace_bissbs:
+
+* In case you plan to follow this guide further, check how much storage space
+  the kernel, its modules, and other related files like the initramfs consume::
+
+    du -ch /boot/*$(make -s kernelrelease)* | tail -n 1
+    du -sh /lib/modules/$(make -s kernelrelease)/
+
+  Write down or remember those two values for later: they enable you to prevent
+  running out of disk space accidentally during a bisection.
+
+  [:ref:`details<storagespace_bisref>`]
+
+.. _kernelrelease_bissbs:
+
+* Show and store the kernelrelease identifier of the kernel you just built::
+
+    make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built
+
+  Remember the identifier momentarily, as it will help you pick the right kernel
+  from the boot menu upon restarting.
+
+.. _recheckbroken_bissbs:
+
+* Reboot into the kernel you just built and check if the feature that is
+  expected to be broken really is.
+
+  Start by making sure the kernel you booted is the one you just built. When
+  unsure, check if the output of these commands show the exact same release
+  identifier::
+
+    tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built
+    uname -r
+
+ Now verify if the feature that causes trouble works with your newly built
+ kernel. If things work while investigating a regression, check the reference
+ section for further details.
+
+  [:ref:`details<recheckbroken_bisref>`]
+
+.. _recheckstablebroken_bissbs:
+
+* Are you facing a problem within a stable/longterm release, but failed to
+  reproduce it with the mainline kernel you just built? Then check if the latest
+  codebase for the particular series might already fix the problem. To do so,
+  add the stable series Git branch for your 'good' kernel (again, this here is
+  assumed to be 6.0) and check out the latest version::
+
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git remote set-branches --add stable linux-6.0.y
+    git fetch stable
+    git checkout --force --detach linux-6.0.y
+
+  Now use the checked out code to build and install another kernel using the
+  commands the earlier steps already described in more detail::
+
+    cp ~/kernel-config-working .config
+    make olddefconfig
+    make -j $(nproc --all)
+    # * Check if the free space suffices holding another kernel:
+    df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/
+    command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install
+    make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built
+    reboot
+
+  Now verify if you booted the kernel you intended to start, to then check if
+  everything works fine with this kernel::
+
+    tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built
+    uname -r
+
+  [:ref:`details<recheckstablebroken_bisref>`]
+
+Do you follow this guide to verify if a problem is present in the code
+currently supported by Linux kernel developers? Then you are done at this
+point. If you later want to remove the kernel you just built, check out
+:ref:`Supplementary tasks: cleanup during and after following this guide.<introclosure_bissbs>`.
+
+In case you face a regression, move on and execute at least the next segment
+as well.
+
+.. _introworkingcheck_bissbs:
+
+Segment 2: check if the kernels you build work fine
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+In case of a regression, you now want to ensure the trimmed configuration file
+you created earlier works as expected; a bisection with the .config file
+otherwise would be a waste of time. [:ref:`details<introworkingcheck_bisref>`]
+
+.. _recheckworking_bissbs:
+
+* Build your own variant of the 'working' kernel and check if the feature that
+  regressed works as expected with it.
+
+  Start by checking out the sources for the version earlier established as
+  'good' (once again assumed to be 6.0 here)::
+
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git checkout --detach v6.0
+
+  Now use the checked out code to configure, build, and install another kernel
+  using the commands the previous subsection explained in more detail::
+
+    cp ~/kernel-config-working .config
+    make olddefconfig
+    make -j $(nproc --all)
+    # * Check if the free space suffices holding another kernel:
+    df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/
+    command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install
+    make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built
+    reboot
+
+  When the system booted, you may want to verify once again that the
+  kernel you started is the one you just built:
+
+    tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built
+    uname -r
+
+  Now check if this kernel works as expected; if not, consult the reference
+  section for further instructions.
+
+  [:ref:`details<recheckworking_bisref>`]
+
+.. _introbisect_bissbs:
+
+Segment 3: perform the bisection and validate the result
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+With all the preparations and precaution builds taken care of, you are now ready
+to begin the bisection. This will make you build quite a few kernels -- usually
+about 15 in case you encountered a regression when updating to a newer series
+(say from 6.0.11 to 6.1.3). But do not worry, due to the trimmed build
+configuration created earlier this works a lot faster than many people assume:
+overall on average it will often just take about 10 to 15 minutes to compile
+each kernel on commodity x86 machines.
+
+* In case your 'bad' version is a stable/longterm release (say v6.1.5), add its
+  stable branch, unless you already did so earlier::
+
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git remote set-branches --add stable linux-6.1.y
+    git fetch stable
+
+.. _bisectstart_bissbs:
+
+* Start the bisection and tell Git about the versions earlier established as
+  'good' (6.0 in the following example command) and 'bad' (6.1.5)::
+
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git bisect start
+    git bisect good v6.0
+    git bisect bad v6.1.5
+
+  [:ref:`details<bisectstart_bisref>`]
+
+.. _bisectbuild_bissbs:
+
+* Now use the code Git checked out to build, install, and boot a kernel using
+  the commands introduced earlier::
+
+    cp ~/kernel-config-working .config
+    make olddefconfig
+    make -j $(nproc --all)
+    # * Check if the free space suffices holding another kernel:
+    df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/
+    command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install
+    make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built
+    reboot
+
+  If compilation fails for some reason, run ``git bisect skip`` and restart
+  executing the stack of commands from the beginning.
+
+  In case you skipped the "test latest codebase" step in the guide, check its
+  description as for why the 'df [...]' and 'make -s kernelrelease [...]'
+  commands are here.
+
+  Important note: the latter command from this point on will print release
+  identifiers that might look odd or wrong to you -- which they are not, as it's
+  totally normal to see release identifiers like '6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0'
+  if you bisect between versions 6.1 and 6.2 for example.
+
+  [:ref:`details<bisectbuild_bisref>`]
+
+.. _bisecttest_bissbs:
+
+* Now check if the feature that regressed works in the kernel you just built.
+
+  You again might want to start by making sure the kernel you booted is the one
+  you just built::
+
+    cd ~/linux/
+    tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built
+    uname -r
+
+  Now verify if the feature that regressed works at this kernel bisection point.
+  If it does, run this::
+
+    git bisect good
+
+  If it does not, run this::
+
+    git bisect bad
+
+  Be sure about what you tell Git, as getting this wrong just once will send the
+  rest of the bisection totally off course.
+
+  While the bisection is ongoing, Git will use the information you provided to
+  find and check out another bisection point for you to test. While doing so, it
+  will print something like 'Bisecting: 675 revisions left to test after this
+  (roughly 10 steps)' to indicate how many further changes it expects to be
+  tested. Now build and install another kernel using the instructions from the
+  previous step; afterwards follow the instructions in this step again.
+
+  Repeat this again and again until you finish the bisection -- that's the case
+  when Git after tagging a change as 'good' or 'bad' prints something like
+  'cafecaca0c0dacafecaca0c0dacafecaca0c0da is the first bad commit'; right
+  afterwards it will show some details about the culprit including the patch
+  description of the change. The latter might fill your terminal screen, so you
+  might need to scroll up to see the message mentioning the culprit;
+  alternatively, run ``git bisect log > ~/bisection-log``.
+
+  [:ref:`details<bisecttest_bisref>`]
+
+.. _bisectlog_bissbs:
+
+* Store Git's bisection log and the current .config file in a safe place before
+  telling Git to reset the sources to the state before the bisection::
+
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git bisect log > ~/bisection-log
+    cp .config ~/bisection-config-culprit
+    git bisect reset
+
+  [:ref:`details<bisectlog_bisref>`]
+
+.. _revert_bissbs:
+
+* Try reverting the culprit on top of latest mainline to see if this fixes your
+  regression.
+
+  This is optional, as it might be impossible or hard to realize. The former is
+  the case, if the bisection determined a merge commit as the culprit; the
+  latter happens if other changes depend on the culprit. But if the revert
+  succeeds, it is worth building another kernel, as it validates the result of
+  a bisection, which can easily deroute; it furthermore will let kernel
+  developers know, if they can resolve the regression with a quick revert.
+
+  Begin by checking out the latest codebase depending on the range you bisected:
+
+  * Did you face a regression within a stable/longterm series (say between
+    6.0.11 and 6.0.13) that does not happen in mainline? Then check out the
+    latest codebase for the affected series like this::
+
+      git fetch stable
+      git checkout --force --detach linux-6.0.y
+
+  * In all other cases check out latest mainline::
+
+      git fetch mainline
+      git checkout --force --detach mainline/master
+
+    If you bisected a regression within a stable/longterm series that also
+    happens in mainline, there is one more thing to do: look up the mainline
+    commit-id. To do so, use a command like ``git show abcdcafecabcd`` to
+    view the patch description of the culprit. There will be a line near
+    the top which looks like 'commit cafec0cacaca0 upstream.' or
+    'Upstream commit cafec0cacaca0'; use that commit-id in the next command
+    and not the one the bisection blamed.
+
+  Now try reverting the culprit by specifying its commit id::
+
+    git revert --no-edit cafec0cacaca0
+
+  If that fails, give up trying and move on to the next step. But if it works,
+  build a kernel again using the familiar command sequence::
+
+    cp ~/kernel-config-working .config
+    make olddefconfig &&
+    make -j $(nproc --all) &&
+    # * Check if the free space suffices holding another kernel:
+    df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/
+    command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install
+    Make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built
+    reboot
+
+  Now check one last time if the feature that made you perform a bisection work
+  with that kernel.
+
+  [:ref:`details<revert_bisref>`]
+
+.. _introclosure_bissbs:
+
+Supplementary tasks: cleanup during and after the bisection
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+During and after following this guide you might want or need to remove some of
+the kernels you installed: the boot menu otherwise will become confusing or
+space might run out.
+
+.. _makeroom_bissbs:
+
+* To remove one of the kernels you installed, look up its 'kernelrelease'
+  identifier. This guide stores them in '~/kernels-built', but the following
+  command will print them as well::
+
+    ls -ltr /lib/modules/*-local*
+
+  You in most situations want to remove the oldest kernels built during the
+  actual bisection (e.g. segment 3 of this guide). The two ones you created
+  beforehand (e.g. to test the latest codebase and the version considered
+  'good') might become handy to verify something later -- thus better keep them
+  around, unless you are really short on storage space.
+
+  To remove the modules of a kernel with the kernelrelease identifier
+  '*6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0*', start by removing the directory holding its
+  modules::
+
+    sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0
+
+  Afterwards try the following command::
+
+    sudo kernel-install -v remove 6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0
+
+  On quite a few distributions this will delete all other kernel files installed
+  while also removing the kernel's entry from the boot menu. But on some
+  distributions kernel-install does not exist or leaves boot-loader entries or
+  kernel image and related files behind; in that case remove them as described
+  in the reference section.
+
+  [:ref:`details<makeroom_bisref>`]
+
+.. _finishingtouch_bissbs:
+
+* Once you have finished the bisection, do not immediately remove anything you
+  set up, as you might need a few things again. What is safe to remove depends
+  on the outcome of the bisection:
+
+  * Could you initially reproduce the regression with the latest codebase and
+    after the bisection were able to fix the problem by reverting the culprit on
+    top of the latest codebase? Then you want to keep those two kernels around
+    for a while, but safely remove all others with a '-local' in the release
+    identifier.
+
+  * Did the bisection end on a merge-commit or seems questionable for other
+    reasons? Then you want to keep as many kernels as possible around for a few
+    days: it's pretty likely that you will be asked to recheck something.
+
+  * In other cases it likely is a good idea to keep the following kernels around
+    for some time: the one built from the latest codebase, the one created from
+    the version considered 'good', and the last three or four you compiled
+    during the actual bisection process.
+
+  [:ref:`details<finishingtouch_bisref>`]
+
+.. _submit_improvements:
+
+This concludes the step-by-step guide.
+
+Did you run into trouble following any of the above steps not cleared up by the
+reference section below? Did you spot errors? Or do you have ideas how to
+improve the guide? Then please take a moment and let the maintainer of this
+document know by email (Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>), ideally while
+CCing the Linux docs mailing list (linux-doc@vger.kernel.org). Such feedback is
+vital to improve this document further, which is in everybody's interest, as it
+will enable more people to master the task described here -- and hopefully also
+improve similar guides inspired by this one.
+
+
+Reference section for the step-by-step guide
+============================================
+
+This section holds additional information for almost all the items in the above
+step-by-step guide.
+
+.. _backup_bisref:
+
+Prepare for emergencies
+-----------------------
+
+  *Create a fresh backup and put system repair and restore tools at hand.*
+  [:ref:`... <backup_bissbs>`]
+
+Remember, you are dealing with computers, which sometimes do unexpected things
+-- especially if you fiddle with crucial parts like the kernel of an operating
+system. That's what you are about to do in this process. Hence, better prepare
+for something going sideways, even if that should not happen.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <backup_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _vanilla_bisref:
+
+Remove anything related to externally maintained kernel modules
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  *Remove all software that depends on externally developed kernel drivers or
+  builds them automatically.* [:ref:`...<vanilla_bissbs>`]
+
+Externally developed kernel modules can easily cause trouble during a bisection.
+
+But there is a more important reason why this guide contains this step: most
+kernel developers will not care about reports about regressions occurring with
+kernels that utilize such modules. That's because such kernels are not
+considered 'vanilla' anymore, as Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
+explains in more detail.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <vanilla_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _secureboot_bisref:
+
+Deal with techniques like Secure Boot
+-------------------------------------
+
+  *On platforms with 'Secure Boot' or similar techniques, prepare everything to
+  ensure the system will permit your self-compiled kernel to boot later.*
+  [:ref:`... <secureboot_bissbs>`]
+
+Many modern systems allow only certain operating systems to start; that's why
+they reject booting self-compiled kernels by default.
+
+You ideally deal with this by making your platform trust your self-built kernels
+with the help of a certificate. How to do that is not described
+here, as it requires various steps that would take the text too far away from
+its purpose; 'Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst' and various web
+sides already explain everything needed in more detail.
+
+Temporarily disabling solutions like Secure Boot is another way to make your own
+Linux boot. On commodity x86 systems it is possible to do this in the BIOS Setup
+utility; the required steps vary a lot between machines and therefore cannot be
+described here.
+
+On mainstream x86 Linux distributions there is a third and universal option:
+disable all Secure Boot restrictions for your Linux environment. You can
+initiate this process by running ``mokutil --disable-validation``; this will
+tell you to create a one-time password, which is safe to write down. Now
+restart; right after your BIOS performed all self-tests the bootloader Shim will
+show a blue box with a message 'Press any key to perform MOK management'. Hit
+some key before the countdown exposes, which will open a menu. Choose 'Change
+Secure Boot state'. Shim's 'MokManager' will now ask you to enter three
+randomly chosen characters from the one-time password specified earlier. Once
+you provided them, confirm you really want to disable the validation.
+Afterwards, permit MokManager to reboot the machine.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <secureboot_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _bootworking_bisref:
+
+Boot the last kernel that was working
+-------------------------------------
+
+  *Boot into the last working kernel and briefly recheck if the feature that
+  regressed really works.* [:ref:`...<bootworking_bissbs>`]
+
+This will make later steps that cover creating and trimming the configuration do
+the right thing.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bootworking_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _diskspace_bisref:
+
+Space requirements
+------------------
+
+  *Ensure to have enough free space for building Linux.*
+  [:ref:`... <diskspace_bissbs>`]
+
+The numbers mentioned are rough estimates with a big extra charge to be on the
+safe side, so often you will need less.
+
+If you have space constraints, be sure to hay attention to the :ref:`step about
+debug symbols' <debugsymbols_bissbs>` and its :ref:`accompanying reference
+section' <debugsymbols_bisref>`, as disabling then will reduce the consumed disk
+space by quite a few gigabytes.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <diskspace_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _rangecheck_bisref:
+
+Bisection range
+---------------
+
+  *Determine the kernel versions considered 'good' and 'bad' throughout this
+  guide.* [:ref:`...<rangecheck_bissbs>`]
+
+Establishing the range of commits to be checked is mostly straightforward,
+except when a regression occurred when switching from a release of one stable
+series to a release of a later series (e.g. from 6.0.11 to 6.1.4). In that case
+Git will need some hand holding, as there is no straight line of descent.
+
+That's because with the release of 6.0 mainline carried on to 6.1 while the
+stable series 6.0.y branched to the side. It's therefore theoretically possible
+that the issue you face with 6.1.4 only worked in 6.0.11, as it was fixed by a
+commit that went into one of the 6.0.y releases, but never hit mainline or the
+6.1.y series. Thankfully that normally should not happen due to the way the
+stable/longterm maintainers maintain the code. It's thus pretty safe to assume
+6.0 as a 'good' kernel. That assumption will be tested anyway, as that kernel
+will be built and tested in the segment '2' of this guide; Git would force you
+to do this as well, if you tried bisecting between 6.0.11 and 6.1.13.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <rangecheck_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _buildrequires_bisref:
+
+Install build requirements
+--------------------------
+
+  *Install all software required to build a Linux kernel.*
+  [:ref:`...<buildrequires_bissbs>`]
+
+The kernel is pretty stand-alone, but besides tools like the compiler you will
+sometimes need a few libraries to build one. How to install everything needed
+depends on your Linux distribution and the configuration of the kernel you are
+about to build.
+
+Here are a few examples what you typically need on some mainstream
+distributions:
+
+* Arch Linux and derivatives::
+
+    sudo pacman --needed -S bc binutils bison flex gcc git kmod libelf openssl \
+      pahole perl zlib ncurses qt6-base
+
+* Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives::
+
+    sudo apt install bc binutils bison dwarves flex gcc git kmod libelf-dev \
+      libssl-dev make openssl pahole perl-base pkg-config zlib1g-dev \
+      libncurses-dev qt6-base-dev g++
+
+* Fedora and derivatives::
+
+    sudo dnf install binutils \
+      /usr/bin/{bc,bison,flex,gcc,git,openssl,make,perl,pahole,rpmbuild} \
+      /usr/include/{libelf.h,openssl/pkcs7.h,zlib.h,ncurses.h,qt6/QtGui/QAction}
+
+* openSUSE and derivatives::
+
+    sudo zypper install bc binutils bison dwarves flex gcc git \
+      kernel-install-tools libelf-devel make modutils openssl openssl-devel \
+      perl-base zlib-devel rpm-build ncurses-devel qt6-base-devel
+
+These commands install a few packages that are often, but not always needed. You
+for example might want to skip installing the development headers for ncurses,
+which you will only need in case you later might want to adjust the kernel build
+configuration using make the targets 'menuconfig' or 'nconfig'; likewise omit
+the headers of Qt6 is you do not plan to adjust the .config using 'xconfig'.
+
+You furthermore might need additional libraries and their development headers
+for tasks not covered in this guide -- for example when building utilities from
+the kernel's tools/ directory.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <buildrequires_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _sources_bisref:
+
+Download the sources using Git
+------------------------------
+
+  *Retrieve the Linux mainline sources.*
+  [:ref:`...<sources_bissbs>`]
+
+The step-by-step guide outlines how to download the Linux sources using a full
+Git clone of Linus' mainline repository. There is nothing more to say about
+that -- but there are two alternatives ways to retrieve the sources that might
+work better for you:
+
+ * If you have an unreliable internet connection, consider
+   :ref:`using a 'Git bundle'<sources_bundle_bisref>`.
+
+ * If downloading the complete repository would take too long or requires too
+   much storage space, consider :ref:`using a 'shallow
+   clone'<sources_shallow_bisref>`.
+
+.. _sources_bundle_bisref:
+
+Downloading Linux mainline sources using a bundle
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Use the following commands to retrieve the Linux mainline sources using a
+bundle::
+
+    wget -c \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/clone.bundle
+    git clone --no-checkout clone.bundle ~/linux/
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git remote remove origin
+    git remote add mainline \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
+    git fetch mainline
+    git remote add -t master stable \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
+
+In case the 'wget' command fails, just re-execute it, it will pick up where
+it left off.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <sources_bissbs>`]
+[:ref:`back to section intro <sources_bisref>`]
+
+.. _sources_shallow_bisref:
+
+Downloading Linux mainline sources using a shallow clone
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+First, execute the following command to retrieve the latest mainline codebase::
+
+    git clone -o mainline --no-checkout --depth 1 -b master \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git ~/linux/
+    cd ~/linux/
+    git remote add -t master stable \
+      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
+
+Now deepen your clone's history to the second predecessor of the mainline
+release of your 'good' version. In case the latter are 6.0 or 6.0.11, 5.19 would
+be the first predecessor and 5.18 the second -- hence deepen the history up to
+that version::
+
+    git fetch --shallow-exclude=v5.18 mainline
+
+Afterwards add the stable Git repository as remote and all required stable
+branches as explained in the step-by-step guide.
+
+Note, shallow clones have a few peculiar characteristics:
+
+ * For bisections the history needs to be deepened a few mainline versions
+   farther than it seems necessary, as explained above already. That's because
+   Git otherwise will be unable to revert or describe most of the commits within
+   a range (say v6.1..v6.2), as they are internally based on earlier kernels
+   releases (like v6.0-rc2 or 5.19-rc3).
+
+ * This document in most places uses ``git fetch`` with ``--shallow-exclude=``
+   to specify the earliest version you care about (or to be precise: its git
+   tag). You alternatively can use the parameter ``--shallow-since=`` to specify
+   an absolute (say ``'2023-07-15'``) or relative (``'12 months'``) date to
+   define the depth of the history you want to download. When using them while
+   bisecting mainline, ensure to deepen the history to at least 7 months before
+   the release of the mainline release your 'good' kernel is based on.
+
+ * Be warned, when deepening your clone you might encounter an error like
+   'fatal: error in object: unshallow cafecaca0c0dacafecaca0c0dacafecaca0c0da'.
+   In that case run ``git repack -d`` and try again.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <sources_bissbs>`]
+[:ref:`back to section intro <sources_bisref>`]
+
+.. _oldconfig_bisref:
+
+Start defining the build configuration for your kernel
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+  *Start preparing a kernel build configuration (the '.config' file).*
+  [:ref:`... <oldconfig_bissbs>`]
+
+*Note, this is the first of multiple steps in this guide that create or modify
+build artifacts. The commands used in this guide store them right in the source
+tree to keep things simple. In case you prefer storing the build artifacts
+separately, create a directory like '~/linux-builddir/' and add the parameter
+``O=~/linux-builddir/`` to all make calls used throughout this guide. You will
+have to point other commands there as well -- among them the ``./scripts/config
+[...]`` commands, which will require ``--file ~/linux-builddir/.config`` to
+locate the right build configuration.*
+
+Two things can easily go wrong when creating a .config file as advised:
+
+ * The oldconfig target will use a .config file from your build directory, if
+   one is already present there (e.g. '~/linux/.config'). That's totally fine if
+   that's what you intend (see next step), but in all other cases you want to
+   delete it. This for example is important in case you followed this guide
+   further, but due to problems come back here to redo the configuration from
+   scratch.
+
+ * Sometimes olddefconfig is unable to locate the .config file for your running
+   kernel and will use defaults, as briefly outlined in the guide. In that case
+   check if your distribution ships the configuration somewhere and manually put
+   it in the right place (e.g. '~/linux/.config') if it does. On distributions
+   where /proc/config.gz exists this can be achieved using this command::
+
+     zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
+
+   Once you put it there, run ``make olddefconfig`` again to adjust it to the
+   needs of the kernel about to be built.
+
+Note, the olddefconfig target will set any undefined build options to their
+default value. If you prefer to set such configuration options manually, use
+``make oldconfig`` instead. Then for each undefined configuration option you
+will be asked how to proceed; in case you are unsure what to answer, simply hit
+'enter' to apply the default value. Note though that for bisections you normally
+want to go with the defaults, as you otherwise might enable a new feature that
+causes a problem looking like regressions (for example due to security
+restrictions).
+
+Occasionally odd things happen when trying to use a config file prepared for one
+kernel (say 6.1) on an older mainline release -- especially if it is much older
+(say v5.15). That's one of the reasons why the previous step in the guide told
+you to boot the kernel where everything works. If you manually add a .config
+file you thus want to ensure it's from the working kernel and not from a one
+that shows the regression.
+
+In case you want to build kernels for another machine, locate its kernel build
+configuration; usually ``ls /boot/config-$(uname -r)`` will print its name. Copy
+that file to the build machine and store it as ~/linux/.config; afterwards run
+``make olddefconfig`` to adjust it.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <oldconfig_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _localmodconfig_bisref:
+
+Trim the build configuration for your kernel
+--------------------------------------------
+
+  *Disable any kernel modules apparently superfluous for your setup.*
+  [:ref:`... <localmodconfig_bissbs>`]
+
+As explained briefly in the step-by-step guide already: with localmodconfig it
+can easily happen that your self-built kernels will lack modules for tasks you
+did not perform at least once before utilizing this make target. That happens
+when a task requires kernel modules which are only autoloaded when you execute
+it for the first time. So when you never performed that task since starting your
+kernel the modules will not have been loaded -- and from localmodonfig's point
+of view look superfluous, which thus disables them to reduce the amount of code
+to be compiled.
+
+You can try to avoid this by performing typical tasks that often will autoload
+additional kernel modules: start a VM, establish VPN connections, loop-mount a
+CD/DVD ISO, mount network shares (CIFS, NFS, ...), and connect all external
+devices (2FA keys, headsets, webcams, ...) as well as storage devices with file
+systems you otherwise do not utilize (btrfs, ext4, FAT, NTFS, XFS, ...). But it
+is hard to think of everything that might be needed -- even kernel developers
+often forget one thing or another at this point.
+
+Do not let that risk bother you, especially when compiling a kernel only for
+testing purposes: everything typically crucial will be there. And if you forget
+something important you can turn on a missing feature manually later and quickly
+run the commands again to compile and install a kernel that has everything you
+need.
+
+But if you plan to build and use self-built kernels regularly, you might want to
+reduce the risk by recording which modules your system loads over the course of
+a few weeks. You can automate this with `modprobed-db
+<https://github.com/graysky2/modprobed-db>`_. Afterwards use ``LSMOD=<path>`` to
+point localmodconfig to the list of modules modprobed-db noticed being used::
+
+  yes '' | make LSMOD='${HOME}'/.config/modprobed.db localmodconfig
+
+That parameter also allows you to build trimmed kernels for another machine in
+case you copied a suitable .config over to use as base (see previous step). Just
+run ``lsmod > lsmod_foo-machine`` on that system and copy the generated file to
+your build's host home directory. Then run these commands instead of the one the
+step-by-step guide mentions::
+
+  yes '' | make LSMOD=~/lsmod_foo-machine localmodconfig
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <localmodconfig_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _tagging_bisref:
+
+Tag the kernels about to be build
+---------------------------------
+
+  *Ensure all the kernels you will build are clearly identifiable using a
+  special tag and a unique version identifier.* [:ref:`... <tagging_bissbs>`]
+
+This allows you to differentiate your distribution's kernels from those created
+during this process, as the file or directories for the latter will contain
+'-local' in the name; it also helps picking the right entry in the boot menu and
+not lose track of you kernels, as their version numbers will look slightly
+confusing during the bisection.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <tagging_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _debugsymbols_bisref:
+
+Decide to enable or disable debug symbols
+-----------------------------------------
+
+  *Decide how to handle debug symbols.* [:ref:`... <debugsymbols_bissbs>`]
+
+Having debug symbols available can be important when your kernel throws a
+'panic', 'Oops', 'warning', or 'BUG' later when running, as then you will be
+able to find the exact place where the problem occurred in the code. But
+collecting and embedding the needed debug information takes time and consumes
+quite a bit of space: in late 2022 the build artifacts for a typical x86 kernel
+trimmed with localmodconfig consumed around 5 Gigabyte of space with debug
+symbols, but less than 1 when they were disabled. The resulting kernel image and
+modules are bigger as well, which increases storage requirements for /boot/ and
+load times.
+
+In case you want a small kernel and are unlikely to decode a stack trace later,
+you thus might want to disable debug symbols to avoid those downsides. If it
+later turns out that you need them, just enable them as shown and rebuild the
+kernel.
+
+You on the other hand definitely want to enable them for this process, if there
+is a decent chance that you need to decode a stack trace later. The section
+'Decode failure messages' in Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
+explains this process in more detail.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <debugsymbols_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _configmods_bisref:
+
+Adjust build configuration
+--------------------------
+
+  *Check if you may want or need to adjust some other kernel configuration
+  options:*
+
+Depending on your needs you at this point might want or have to adjust some
+kernel configuration options.
+
+.. _configmods_distros_bisref:
+
+Distro specific adjustments
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  *Are you running* [:ref:`... <configmods_bissbs>`]
+
+The following sections help you to avoid build problems that are known to occur
+when following this guide on a few commodity distributions.
+
+**Debian:**
+
+ * Remove a stale reference to a certificate file that would cause your build to
+   fail::
+
+    ./scripts/config --set-str SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS ''
+
+   Alternatively, download the needed certificate and make that configuration
+   option point to it, as `the Debian handbook explains in more detail
+   <https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.kernel-compilation.html>`_
+   -- or generate your own, as explained in
+   Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <configmods_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _configmods_individual_bisref:
+
+Individual adjustments
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+  *If you want to influence the other aspects of the configuration, do so
+  now.* [:ref:`... <configmods_bissbs>`]
+
+You at this point can use a command like ``make menuconfig`` to enable or
+disable certain features using a text-based user interface; to use a graphical
+configuration utility, call the make target ``xconfig`` or ``gconfig`` instead.
+All of them require development libraries from toolkits they are based on
+(ncurses, Qt5, Gtk2); an error message will tell you if something required is
+missing.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <configmods_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _saveconfig_bisref:
+
+Put the .config file aside
+--------------------------
+
+  *Reprocess the .config after the latest changes and store it in a safe place.*
+  [:ref:`... <saveconfig_bissbs>`]
+
+Put the .config you prepared aside, as you want to copy it back to the build
+directory every time  during this guide before you start building another
+kernel. That's because going back and forth between different versions can alter
+.config files in odd ways; those occasionally cause side effects that could
+confuse testing or in some cases render the result of your bisection
+meaningless.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <saveconfig_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _introlatestcheck_bisref:
+
+Try to reproduce the regression
+-----------------------------------------
+
+  *Verify the regression is not caused by some .config change and check if it
+  still occurs with the latest codebase.* [:ref:`... <introlatestcheck_bissbs>`]
+
+For some readers it might seem unnecessary to check the latest codebase at this
+point, especially if you did that already with a kernel prepared by your
+distributor or face a regression within a stable/longterm series. But it's
+highly recommended for these reasons:
+
+* You will run into any problems caused by your setup before you actually begin
+  a bisection. That will make it a lot easier to differentiate between 'this
+  most likely is some problem in my setup' and 'this change needs to be skipped
+  during the bisection, as the kernel sources at that stage contain an unrelated
+  problem that causes building or booting to fail'.
+
+* These steps will rule out if your problem is caused by some change in the
+  build configuration between the 'working' and the 'broken' kernel. This for
+  example can happen when your distributor enabled an additional security
+  feature in the newer kernel which was disabled or not yet supported by the
+  older kernel. That security feature might get into the way of something you
+  do -- in which case your problem from the perspective of the Linux kernel
+  upstream developers is not a regression, as
+  Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst explains in more detail.
+  You thus would waste your time if you'd try to bisect this.
+
+* If the cause for your regression was already fixed in the latest mainline
+  codebase, you'd perform the bisection for nothing. This holds true for a
+  regression you encountered with a stable/longterm release as well, as they are
+  often caused by problems in mainline changes that were backported -- in which
+  case the problem will have to be fixed in mainline first. Maybe it already was
+  fixed there and the fix is already in the process of being backported.
+
+* For regressions within a stable/longterm series it's furthermore crucial to
+  know if the issue is specific to that series or also happens in the mainline
+  kernel, as the report needs to be sent to different people:
+
+  * Regressions specific to a stable/longterm series are the stable team's
+    responsibility; mainline Linux developers might or might not care.
+
+  * Regressions also happening in mainline are something the regular Linux
+    developers and maintainers have to handle; the stable team does not care
+    and does not need to be involved in the report, they just should be told
+    to backport the fix once it's ready.
+
+  Your report might be ignored if you send it to the wrong party -- and even
+  when you get a reply there is a decent chance that developers tell you to
+  evaluate   which of the two cases it is before they take a closer look.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <introlatestcheck_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _checkoutmaster_bisref:
+
+Checkout the latest Linux codebase
+----------------------------------
+
+  *Checkout the latest Linux codebase.*
+  [:ref:`... <introlatestcheck_bissbs>`]
+
+In case you later want to recheck if an ever newer codebase might fix the
+problem, remember to run that ``git fetch --shallow-exclude [...]`` command
+again mentioned earlier to update your local Git repository.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <introlatestcheck_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _build_bisref:
+
+Build your kernel
+-----------------
+
+  *Build the image and the modules of your first kernel using the config file
+  you prepared.* [:ref:`... <build_bissbs>`]
+
+A lot can go wrong at this stage, but the instructions below will help you help
+yourself. Another subsection explains how to directly package your kernel up as
+deb, rpm or tar file.
+
+Dealing with build errors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When a build error occurs, it might be caused by some aspect of your machine's
+setup that often can be fixed quickly; other times though the problem lies in
+the code and can only be fixed by a developer. A close examination of the
+failure messages coupled with some research on the internet will often tell you
+which of the two it is. To perform such a investigation, restart the build
+process like this::
+
+  make V=1
+
+The ``V=1`` activates verbose output, which might be needed to see the actual
+error. To make it easier to spot, this command also omits the ``-j $(nproc
+--all)`` used earlier to utilize every CPU core in the system for the job -- but
+this parallelism also results in some clutter when failures occur.
+
+After a few seconds the build process should run into the error again. Now try
+to find the most crucial line describing the problem. Then search the internet
+for the most important and non-generic section of that line (say 4 to 8 words);
+avoid or remove anything that looks remotely system-specific, like your username
+or local path names like ``/home/username/linux/``. First try your regular
+internet search engine with that string, afterwards search Linux kernel mailing
+lists via `lore.kernel.org/all/ <https://lore.kernel.org/all/>`_.
+
+This most of the time will find something that will explain what is wrong; quite
+often one of the hits will provide a solution for your problem, too. If you
+do not find anything that matches your problem, try again from a different angle
+by modifying your search terms or using another line from the error messages.
+
+In the end, most trouble you are to run into has likely been encountered and
+reported by others already. That includes issues where the cause is not your
+system, but lies the code. If you run into one of those, you might thus find a
+solution (e.g. a patch) or workaround for your problem, too.
+
+Package your kernel up
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The step-by-step guide uses the default make targets (e.g. 'bzImage' and
+'modules' on x86) to build the image and the modules of your kernel, which later
+steps of the guide then install. You instead can also directly build everything
+and directly package it up by using one of the following targets:
+
+ * ``make -j $(nproc --all) bindeb-pkg`` to generate a deb package
+
+ * ``make -j $(nproc --all) binrpm-pkg`` to generate a rpm package
+
+ * ``make -j $(nproc --all) tarbz2-pkg`` to generate a bz2 compressed tarball
+
+This is just a selection of available make targets for this purpose, see
+``make help`` for others. You can also use these targets after running
+``make -j $(nproc --all)``, as they will pick up everything already built.
+
+If you employ the targets to generate deb or rpm packages, ignore the
+step-by-step guide's instructions on installing and removing your kernel;
+instead install and remove the packages using the package utility for the format
+(e.g. dpkg and rpm) or a package management utility build on top of them (apt,
+aptitude, dnf/yum, zypper, ...). Be aware that the packages generated using
+these two make targets are designed to work on various distributions utilizing
+those formats, they thus will sometimes behave differently than your
+distribution's kernel packages.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <build_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _install_bisref:
+
+Put the kernel in place
+-----------------------
+
+  *Install the kernel you just built.* [:ref:`... <install_bissbs>`]
+
+What you need to do after executing the command in the step-by-step guide
+depends on the existence and the implementation of an ``installkernel``
+executable. Many commodity Linux distributions ship such a kernel installer in
+'/sbin/' that does everything needed, hence there is nothing left for you
+except rebooting. But some distributions contain an installkernel that does
+only part of the job -- and a few lack it completely and leave all the work to
+you.
+
+If ``installkernel`` is found, the kernel's build system will delegate the
+actual installation of your kernel's image and related files to this executable.
+On almost all Linux distributions it will store the image as '/boot/vmlinuz-
+<kernelrelease identifier>' and put a 'System.map-<kernelrelease
+identifier>' alongside it. Your kernel will thus be installed in parallel to any
+existing ones, unless you already have one with exactly the same release name.
+
+Installkernel on many distributions will afterwards generate an 'initramfs'
+(often also called 'initrd'), which commodity distributions rely on for booting;
+hence be sure to keep the order of the two make targets used in the step-by-step
+guide, as things will go sideways if you install your kernel's image before its
+modules. Often installkernel will then add your kernel to the bootloader
+configuration, too. You have to take care of one or both of these tasks
+yourself, if your distributions installkernel doesn't handle them.
+
+A few distributions like Arch Linux and its derivatives totally lack an
+installkernel executable. On those just install the modules using the kernel's
+build system and then install the image and the System.map file manually::
+
+   sudo make modules_install
+   sudo install -m 0600 $(make -s image_name) /boot/vmlinuz-$(make -s kernelrelease)
+   sudo install -m 0600 System.map /boot/System.map-$(make -s kernelrelease)
+
+If your distribution boots with the help of an initramfs, now generate one for
+your kernel using the tools your distribution provides for this process.
+Afterwards add your kernel to your bootloader configuration and reboot.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <install_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _storagespace_bisref:
+
+Storage requirements per kernel
+-------------------------------
+
+  *Check how much storage space the kernel, its modules, and other related files
+  like the initramfs consume.* [:ref:`... <storagespace_bissbs>`]
+
+The kernels built during a bisection consume quite a bit of space in /boot/ and
+/lib/modules/, especially if you enabled debug symbols. That makes it easy to
+fill up volumes during a bisection -- and due to that even kernels which used to
+work earlier might fail to boot. To prevent that you will need to know how much
+space each installed kernel typically requires.
+
+Note, most of the time the pattern '/boot/*$(make -s kernelrelease)*' used in
+the guide will match all files needed to boot your kernel -- but neither the
+path nor the naming scheme are mandatory. On some distributions you thus will
+need to look in different places.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <storagespace_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _recheckbroken_bisref:
+
+Check the kernel built from the latest codebase
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+  *Reboot into the kernel you just built and check if the feature that regressed
+  is really broken there.* [:ref:`... <recheckbroken_bissbs>`]
+
+There are a couple of reasons why the regression you face might not show up with
+your own kernel built from the latest codebase. These are the most frequent:
+
+* The cause for the regression was fixed meanwhile.
+
+* The regression with the broken kernel was caused by a change in the build
+  configuration the provider of your kernel carried out.
+
+* Your problem might be a race condition that does not show up with your kernel;
+  the trimmed build configuration, a different setting for debug symbols, the
+  compiler used, and various other things can cause this.
+
+* In case you encountered the regression with a stable/longterm kernel it might
+  be a problem that is specific to that series; the next step in this guide will
+  check this.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <recheckbroken_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _recheckstablebroken_bisref:
+
+Check the kernel built from the latest stable/longterm codebase
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  *Are you facing a regression within a stable/longterm release, but failed to
+  reproduce it with the kernel you just built using the latest mainline sources?
+  Then check if the latest codebase for the particular series might already fix
+  the problem.* [:ref:`... <recheckstablebroken_bissbs>`]
+
+If this kernel does not show the regression either, there most likely is no need
+for a bisection.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <recheckstablebroken_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _introworkingcheck_bisref:
+
+Ensure the 'good' version is really working well
+------------------------------------------------
+
+  *Check if the kernels you build work fine.*
+  [:ref:`... <introworkingcheck_bissbs>`]
+
+This section will reestablish a known working base. Skipping it might be
+appealing, but is usually a bad idea, as it does something important:
+
+It will ensure the .config file you prepared earlier actually works as expected.
+That is in your own interest, as trimming the configuration is not foolproof --
+and you might be building and testing ten or more kernels for nothing before
+starting to suspect something might be wrong with the build configuration.
+
+That alone is reason enough to spend the time on this, but not the only reason.
+
+Many readers of this guide normally run kernels that are patched, use add-on
+modules, or both. Those kernels thus are not considered 'vanilla' -- therefore
+it's possible that the thing that regressed might never have worked in vanilla
+builds of the 'good' version in the first place.
+
+There is a third reason for those that noticed a regression between
+stable/longterm kernels of different series (e.g. v6.0.13..v6.1.5): it will
+ensure the kernel version you assumed to be 'good' earlier in the process (e.g.
+v6.0) actually is working.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <introworkingcheck_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _recheckworking_bisref:
+
+Build your own version of the 'good' kernel
+-------------------------------------------
+
+  *Build your own variant of the working kernel and check if the feature that
+  regressed works as expected with it.* [:ref:`... <recheckworking_bissbs>`]
+
+In case the feature that broke with newer kernels does not work with your first
+self-built kernel, find and resolve the cause before moving on. There are a
+multitude of reasons why this might happen. Some ideas where to look:
+
+* Maybe localmodconfig did something odd and disabled the module required to
+  test the feature? Then you might want to recreate a .config file based on the
+  one from the last working kernel and skip trimming it down; manually disabling
+  some features in the .config might work as well to reduce the build time.
+
+* Maybe it's not a kernel regression and something that is caused by some fluke,
+  a broken initramfs (also known as initrd), new firmware files, or an updated
+  userland software?
+
+* Maybe it was a feature added to your distributor's kernel which vanilla Linux
+  at that point never supported?
+
+Note, if you found and fixed problems with the .config file, you want to use it
+to build another kernel from the latest codebase, as your earlier tests with
+mainline and the latest version from an affected stable/longterm series most
+likely has been flawed.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <recheckworking_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _bisectstart_bisref:
+
+Start the bisection
+-------------------
+
+  *Start the bisection and tell Git about the versions earlier established as
+  'good' and 'bad'.* [:ref:`... <bisectstart_bissbs>`]
+
+This will start the bisection process; the last of the commands will make Git
+checkout a commit round about half-way between the 'good' and the 'bad' changes
+for your to test.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bisectstart_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _bisectbuild_bisref:
+
+Build a kernel from the bisection point
+---------------------------------------
+
+  *Build, install, and boot a kernel from the code Git checked out using the
+  same commands you used earlier.* [:ref:`... <bisectbuild_bissbs>`]
+
+There are two things worth of note here:
+
+* Occasionally building the kernel will fail or it might not boot due some
+  problem in the code at the bisection point. In that case run this command::
+
+    git bisect skip
+
+  Git will then check out another commit nearby which with a bit of luck should
+  work better. Afterwards restart executing this step.
+
+* Those slightly odd looking version identifiers can happen during bisections,
+  because the Linux kernel subsystems prepare their changes for a new mainline
+  release (say 6.2) before its predecessor (e.g. 6.1) is finished. They thus
+  base them on a somewhat earlier point like v6.1-rc1 or even v6.0 -- and then
+  get merged for 6.2 without rebasing nor squashing them once 6.1 is out. This
+  leads to those slightly odd looking version identifiers coming up during
+  bisections.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bisectbuild_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _bisecttest_bisref:
+
+Bisection checkpoint
+--------------------
+
+  *Check if the feature that regressed works in the kernel you just built.*
+  [:ref:`... <bisecttest_bissbs>`]
+
+Ensure what you tell Git is accurate: getting it wrong just one time will bring
+the rest of the bisection totally of course, hence all testing after that point
+will be for nothing.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bisecttest_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _bisectlog_bisref:
+
+Put the bisection log away
+--------------------------
+
+  *Store Git's bisection log and the current .config file in a safe place.*
+  [:ref:`... <bisectlog_bissbs>`]
+
+As indicated above: declaring just one kernel wrongly as 'good' or 'bad' will
+render the end result of a bisection useless. In that case you'd normally have
+to restart the bisection from scratch. The log can prevent that, as it might
+allow someone to point out where a bisection likely went sideways -- and then
+instead of testing ten or more kernels you might only have to build a few to
+resolve things.
+
+The .config file is put aside, as there is a decent chance that developers might
+ask for it after you reported the regression.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bisectlog_bissbs>`]
+
+.. _revert_bisref:
+
+Try reverting the culprit
+-------------------------
+
+  *Try reverting the culprit on top of the latest codebase to see if this fixes
+  your regression.* [:ref:`... <revert_bissbs>`]
+
+This is an optional step, but whenever possible one you should try: there is a
+decent chance that developers will ask you to perform this step when you bring
+the bisection result up. So give it a try, you are in the flow already, building
+one more kernel shouldn't be a big deal at this point.
+
+The step-by-step guide covers everything relevant already except one slightly
+rare thing: did you bisected a regression that also happened with mainline using
+a stable/longterm series, but Git failed to revert the commit in mainline? Then
+try to revert the culprit in the affected stable/longterm series -- and if that
+succeeds, test that kernel version instead.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <revert_bissbs>`]
+
+
+Supplementary tasks: cleanup during and after the bisection
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _makeroom_bisref:
+
+Cleaning up during the bisection
+--------------------------------
+
+  *To remove one of the kernels you installed, look up its 'kernelrelease'
+  identifier.* [:ref:`... <makeroom_bissbs>`]
+
+The kernels you install during this process are easy to remove later, as its
+parts are only stored in two places and clearly identifiable. You thus do not
+need to worry to mess up your machine when you install a kernel manually (and
+thus bypass your distribution's packaging system): all parts of your kernels are
+relatively easy to remove later.
+
+One of the two places is a directory in /lib/modules/, which holds the modules
+for each installed kernel. This directory is named after the kernel's release
+identifier; hence, to remove all modules for one of the kernels you built,
+simply remove its modules directory in /lib/modules/.
+
+The other place is /boot/, where typically two up to five files will be placed
+during installation of a kernel. All of them usually contain the release name in
+their file name, but how many files and their exact name depends somewhat on
+your distribution's installkernel executable and its initramfs generator. On
+some distributions the ``kernel-install remove...`` command mentioned in the
+step-by-step guide will delete all of these files for you while also removing
+the menu entry for the kernel from your bootloader configuration. On others you
+have to take care of these two tasks yourself. The following command should
+interactively remove the three main files of a kernel with the release name
+'6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0'::
+
+  rm -i /boot/{System.map,vmlinuz,initr}-6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0
+
+Afterwards check for other files in /boot/ that have
+'6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0' in their name and consider deleting them as well.
+Now remove the boot entry for the kernel from your bootloader's configuration;
+the steps to do that vary quite a bit between Linux distributions.
+
+Note, be careful with wildcards like '*' when deleting files or directories
+for kernels manually: you might accidentally remove files of a 6.0.11 kernel
+when all you want is to remove 6.0 or 6.0.1.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <makeroom_bissbs>`]
+
+Cleaning up after the bisection
+-------------------------------
+
+.. _finishingtouch_bisref:
+
+  *Once you have finished the bisection, do not immediately remove anything
+  you set up, as you might need a few things again.*
+  [:ref:`... <finishingtouch_bissbs>`]
+
+When you are really short of storage space removing the kernels as described in
+the step-by-step guide might not free as much space as you would like. In that
+case consider running ``rm -rf ~/linux/*`` as well now. This will remove the
+build artifacts and the Linux sources, but will leave the Git repository
+(~/linux/.git/) behind -- a simple ``git reset --hard`` thus will bring the
+sources back.
+
+Removing the repository as well would likely be unwise at this point: there is a
+decent chance developers will ask you to build another kernel to perform
+additional tests. This is often required to debug an issue or check proposed
+fixes. Before doing so you want to run the ``git fetch mainline`` command again
+followed by ``git checkout mainline/master`` to bring your clone up to date and
+checkout the latest codebase. Then apply the patch using ``git apply
+<filename>`` or ``git am <filename>`` and build yet another kernel using the
+familiar commands.
+
+Additional tests are also the reason why you want to keep the
+~/kernel-config-working file around for a few weeks.
+
+[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <finishingtouch_bissbs>`]
+
+
+Additional reading material
+===========================
+
+Further sources
+---------------
+
+* The `man page for 'git bisect' <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect>`_ and
+  `fighting regressions with 'git bisect' <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect-lk2009.html>`_
+  in the Git documentation.
+* `Working with git bisect <https://nathanchance.dev/posts/working-with-git-bisect/>`_
+  from kernel developer Nathan Chancellor.
+* `Using Git bisect to figure out when brokenness was introduced <http://webchick.net/node/99>`_.
+* `Fully automated bisecting with 'git bisect run' <https://lwn.net/Articles/317154>`_.
+
+..
+   end-of-content
+..
+   This document is maintained by Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>. If
+   you spot a typo or small mistake, feel free to let him know directly and
+   he'll fix it. You are free to do the same in a mostly informal way if you
+   want to contribute changes to the text -- but for copyright reasons please CC
+   linux-doc@vger.kernel.org and 'sign-off' your contribution as
+   Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst explains in the section 'Sign
+   your work - the Developer's Certificate of Origin'.
+..
+   This text is available under GPL-2.0+ or CC-BY-4.0, as stated at the top
+   of the file. If you want to distribute this text under CC-BY-4.0 only,
+   please use 'The Linux kernel development community' for author attribution
+   and link this as source:
+   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst
+
+..
+   Note: Only the content of this RST file as found in the Linux kernel sources
+   is available under CC-BY-4.0, as versions of this text that were processed
+   (for example by the kernel's build system) might contain content taken from
+   files which use a more restrictive license.
diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index da64c9fb7e0723..d148f3e8dd5725 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -346,9 +346,9 @@ sys.stderr.write("Using %s theme\n" % html_theme)
 html_static_path = ['sphinx-static']
 
 # If true, Docutils "smart quotes" will be used to convert quotes and dashes
-# to typographically correct entities.  This will convert "--" to "—",
-# which is not always what we want, so disable it.
-smartquotes = False
+# to typographically correct entities.  However, conversion of "--" to "—"
+# is not always what we want, so enable only quotes.
+smartquotes_action = 'q'
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 # Note that the RTD theme ignores this
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index c3389c6f38381f..12796899584739 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Available options:
 
  - --fix
 
-   This is an EXPERIMENTAL feature.  If correctable errors exists, a file
+   This is an EXPERIMENTAL feature.  If correctable errors exist, a file
    <inputfile>.EXPERIMENTAL-checkpatch-fixes is created which has the
    automatically fixable errors corrected.
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Available options:
 
  - --ignore-perl-version
 
-   Override checking of perl version.  Runtime errors maybe encountered after
+   Override checking of perl version.  Runtime errors may be encountered after
    enabling this flag if the perl version does not meet the minimum specified.
 
  - --codespell
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
index 858c77fe7dc46c..d56f298a9d7cae 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
@@ -277,6 +277,27 @@ traces point to places in code that interacted with the object but that are not
 directly present in the bad access stack trace. Currently, this includes
 call_rcu() and workqueue queuing.
 
+CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Enabling CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO allows KASAN to record and report more
+information. The extra information currently supported is the CPU number and
+timestamp at allocation and free. More information can help find the cause of
+the bug and correlate the error with other system events, at the cost of using
+extra memory to record more information (more cost details in the help text of
+CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO).
+
+Here is the report with CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO enabled (only the
+different parts are shown)::
+
+    ==================================================================
+    ...
+    Allocated by task 134 on cpu 5 at 229.133855s:
+    ...
+    Freed by task 136 on cpu 3 at 230.199335s:
+    ...
+    ==================================================================
+
 Implementation details
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
index 6ad72ac6861bdf..d6f7efefea4212 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -341,6 +341,51 @@ Typedefs with function prototypes can also be documented::
    */
    typedef void (*type_name)(struct v4l2_ctrl *arg1, void *arg2);
 
+Object-like macro documentation
+-------------------------------
+
+Object-like macros are distinct from function-like macros. They are
+differentiated by whether the macro name is immediately followed by a
+left parenthesis ('(') for function-like macros or not followed by one
+for object-like macros.
+
+Function-like macros are handled like functions by ``scripts/kernel-doc``.
+They may have a parameter list. Object-like macros have do not have a
+parameter list.
+
+The general format of an object-like macro kernel-doc comment is::
+
+  /**
+   * define object_name - Brief description.
+   *
+   * Description of the object.
+   */
+
+Example::
+
+  /**
+   * define MAX_ERRNO - maximum errno value that is supported
+   *
+   * Kernel pointers have redundant information, so we can use a
+   * scheme where we can return either an error code or a normal
+   * pointer with the same return value.
+   */
+  #define MAX_ERRNO	4095
+
+Example::
+
+  /**
+   * define DRM_GEM_VRAM_PLANE_HELPER_FUNCS - \
+   *	Initializes struct drm_plane_helper_funcs for VRAM handling
+   *
+   * This macro initializes struct drm_plane_helper_funcs to use the
+   * respective helper functions.
+   */
+  #define DRM_GEM_VRAM_PLANE_HELPER_FUNCS \
+	.prepare_fb = drm_gem_vram_plane_helper_prepare_fb, \
+	.cleanup_fb = drm_gem_vram_plane_helper_cleanup_fb
+
+
 Highlights and cross-references
 -------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst
index 755d39f0d40753..db3636d0d71d6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ documentation and ensure that no new errors or warnings have been
 introduced.  Generating HTML documents and looking at the result will help
 to avoid unsightly misunderstandings about how things will be rendered.
 
+All new documentation (including additions to existing documents) should
+ideally justify who the intended target audience is somewhere in the
+changelog; this way, we ensure that the documentation ends up in the correct
+place.  Some possible categories are: kernel developers (experts or
+beginners), userspace programmers, end users and/or system administrators,
+and distributors.
+
 Key cycle dates
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
index 3d125fb4139d24..8081ebfe48bc04 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3.
       on the Sphinx version, it should be installed separately,
       with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``.
 
-In summary, if you want to install Sphinx version 2.4.4, you should do::
+In summary, if you want to install the latest version of Sphinx, you
+should do::
 
-       $ virtualenv sphinx_2.4.4
-       $ . sphinx_2.4.4/bin/activate
-       (sphinx_2.4.4) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
+       $ virtualenv sphinx_latest
+       $ . sphinx_latest/bin/activate
+       (sphinx_latest) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
 
-After running ``. sphinx_2.4.4/bin/activate``, the prompt will change,
+After running ``. sphinx_latest/bin/activate``, the prompt will change,
 in order to indicate that you're using the new environment. If you
 open a new shell, you need to rerun this command to enter again at
 the virtual environment before building the documentation.
@@ -63,8 +64,7 @@ Image output
 ------------
 
 The kernel documentation build system contains an extension that
-handles images on both GraphViz and SVG formats (see
-:ref:`sphinx_kfigure`).
+handles images in both GraphViz and SVG formats (see :ref:`sphinx_kfigure`).
 
 For it to work, you need to install both GraphViz and ImageMagick
 packages. If those packages are not installed, the build system will
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ further info.
 Checking for Sphinx dependencies
 --------------------------------
 
-There's a script that automatically check for Sphinx dependencies. If it can
+There's a script that automatically checks for Sphinx dependencies. If it can
 recognize your distribution, it will also give a hint about the install
 command line options for your distro::
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Here are some specific guidelines for the kernel documentation:
   from highlighting. For a short snippet of code embedded in the text, use \`\`.
 
 
-the C domain
+The C domain
 ------------
 
 The **Sphinx C Domain** (name c) is suited for documentation of C API. E.g. a
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
index eba851605388e8..f10decc2c14b65 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
@@ -9,110 +9,141 @@ of device drivers.  This document is an only somewhat organized collection
 of some of those interfaces — it will hopefully get better over time!  The
 available subsections can be seen below.
 
+
+General information for driver authors
+======================================
+
+This section contains documentation that should, at some point or other, be
+of interest to most developers working on device drivers.
+
 .. toctree::
-   :caption: Table of contents
-   :maxdepth: 2
+   :maxdepth: 1
 
-   driver-model/index
    basics
+   driver-model/index
+   device_link
    infrastructure
    ioctl
-   early-userspace/index
    pm/index
-   clk
+
+Useful support libraries
+========================
+
+This section contains documentation that should, at some point or other, be
+of interest to most developers working on device drivers.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   early-userspace/index
+   connector
    device-io
+   devfreq
    dma-buf
-   device_link
    component
-   message-based
-   infiniband
-   aperture
-   frame-buffer
-   regulator
-   reset
-   iio/index
-   input
-   usb/index
-   firewire
-   pci/index
+   io-mapping
+   io_ordering
+   uio-howto
+   vfio-mediated-device
+   vfio
+   vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance
+
+Bus-level documentation
+=======================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   auxiliary_bus
    cxl/index
-   spi
-   i2c
-   ipmb
-   ipmi
+   eisa
+   firewire
    i3c/index
-   interconnect
-   devfreq
-   hsi
-   edac
-   scsi
-   libata
-   target
-   mailbox
-   mtdnand
-   miscellaneous
-   mei/index
-   mtd/index
-   mmc/index
-   nvdimm/index
-   w1
+   isa
+   men-chameleon-bus
+   pci/index
    rapidio/index
-   s390-drivers
+   slimbus
+   usb/index
+   virtio/index
    vme
+   w1
+   xillybus
+
+
+Subsystem-specific APIs
+=======================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
    80211/index
-   uio-howto
+   acpi/index
+   backlight/lp855x-driver.rst
+   clk
+   console
+   crypto/index
+   dmaengine/index
+   dpll
+   edac
    firmware/index
-   pin-control
+   fpga/index
+   frame-buffer
+   aperture
+   generic-counter
    gpio/index
+   hsi
+   hte/index
+   i2c
+   iio/index
+   infiniband
+   input
+   interconnect
+   ipmb
+   ipmi
+   libata
+   mailbox
    md/index
    media/index
+   mei/index
+   memory-devices/index
+   message-based
    misc_devices
+   miscellaneous
+   mmc/index
+   mtd/index
+   mtdnand
    nfc/index
-   dmaengine/index
-   slimbus
-   soundwire/index
-   thermal/index
-   fpga/index
-   acpi/index
-   auxiliary_bus
-   backlight/lp855x-driver.rst
-   connector
-   console
-   eisa
-   isa
-   io-mapping
-   io_ordering
-   generic-counter
-   memory-devices/index
-   men-chameleon-bus
    ntb
+   nvdimm/index
    nvmem
    parport-lowlevel
+   phy/index
+   pin-control
+   pldmfw/index
    pps
    ptp
-   phy/index
    pwm
-   pldmfw/index
+   regulator
+   reset
    rfkill
+   s390-drivers
+   scsi
    serial/index
    sm501
+   soundwire/index
+   spi
    surface_aggregator/index
    switchtec
    sync_file
+   target
+   tee
+   thermal/index
    tty/index
-   vfio-mediated-device
-   vfio
-   vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance
-   virtio/index
+   wbrf
+   wmi
    xilinx/index
-   xillybus
    zorro
-   hte/index
-   wmi
-   dpll
-   wbrf
-   crypto/index
-   tee
 
 .. only::  subproject and html
 
diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/index.rst b/Documentation/fault-injection/index.rst
index 8408a8a91b3411..a6ea1d1902225c 100644
--- a/Documentation/fault-injection/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/index.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 ===============
-fault-injection
+Fault-injection
 ===============
 
 .. toctree::
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 104c6d047d9b57..c6a6b9df210497 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -1899,8 +1899,8 @@ For more information on mount propagation see:
 These files provide a method to access a task's comm value. It also allows for
 a task to set its own or one of its thread siblings comm value. The comm value
 is limited in size compared to the cmdline value, so writing anything longer
-then the kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN (currently 16 chars) will result in a truncated
-comm value.
+then the kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN (currently 16 chars, including the NUL
+terminator) will result in a truncated comm value.
 
 
 3.7	/proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children - Information about task children
diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst
index 9dfdc826618c08..5298611e00ee9d 100644
--- a/Documentation/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/index.rst
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ community and getting your work upstream.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   process/development-process
-   process/submitting-patches
+   Development process <process/development-process>
+   Submitting patches <process/submitting-patches>
    Code of conduct <process/code-of-conduct>
-   maintainer/index
+   Maintainer handbook <maintainer/index>
    All development-process docs <process/index>
 
 
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ kernel.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   core-api/index
-   driver-api/index
-   subsystem-apis
-   Locking in the kernel <locking/index>
+   Core API <core-api/index>
+   Driver APIs <driver-api/index>
+   Subsystems <subsystem-apis>
+   Locking <locking/index>
 
 Development tools and processes
 ===============================
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ Various other manuals with useful information for all kernel developers.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   process/license-rules
-   doc-guide/index
-   dev-tools/index
-   dev-tools/testing-overview
-   kernel-hacking/index
-   trace/index
-   fault-injection/index
-   livepatch/index
-   rust/index
+   Licensing rules <process/license-rules>
+   Writing documentation <doc-guide/index>
+   Development tools <dev-tools/index>
+   Testing guide <dev-tools/testing-overview>
+   Hacking guide <kernel-hacking/index>
+   Tracing <trace/index>
+   Fault injection <fault-injection/index>
+   Livepatching <livepatch/index>
+   Rust <rust/index>
 
 
 User-oriented documentation
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ developers seeking information on the kernel's user-space APIs.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   admin-guide/index
-   The kernel build system <kbuild/index>
-   admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
-   User-space tools <tools/index>
-   userspace-api/index
+   Administration <admin-guide/index>
+   Build system <kbuild/index>
+   Reporting issues <admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst>
+   Userspace tools <tools/index>
+   Userspace API <userspace-api/index>
 
 See also: the `Linux man pages <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>`_,
 which are kept separately from the kernel's own documentation.
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ platform firmwares.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   firmware-guide/index
-   devicetree/index
+   Firmware <firmware-guide/index>
+   Firmware and Devicetree <devicetree/index>
 
 
 Architecture-specific documentation
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Architecture-specific documentation
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
-   arch/index
+   CPU architectures <arch/index>
 
 
 Other documentation
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ to ReStructured Text format, or are simply too old.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   staging/index
+   Unsorted documentation <staging/index>
 
 
 Translations
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Translations
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
-   translations/index
+   Translations <translations/index>
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================
diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
index 18cee1edaecb6f..b49fb6dc4d0cda 100644
--- a/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
+++ b/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ to do something different in the near future.
    ../doc-guide/maintainer-profile
    ../nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile
    ../arch/riscv/patch-acceptance
+   ../process/maintainer-soc
+   ../process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts
    ../driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile
+   ../process/maintainer-netdev
    ../driver-api/vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance
    ../nvme/feature-and-quirk-policy
    ../filesystems/xfs/xfs-maintainer-entry-profile
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst b/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst
index ba14e7b07869c9..ef8b73e157b268 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Contact Info
 The code is currently maintained by Roopa Prabhu <roopa@nvidia.com> and
 Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>. Bridge bugs and enhancements
 are discussed on the linux-netdev mailing list netdev@vger.kernel.org and
-bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org.
+bridge@lists.linux.dev.
 
 The list is open to anyone interested: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#netdev
 
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index c78ecc1e176fc0..ca611c9c2d1e67 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ Bison
 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers
 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or later.
 
-pahole:
--------
+pahole
+------
 
 Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system
 generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel
diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index c48382c6b47746..9c7cf734739437 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Do not unnecessarily use braces where a single statement will do.
 
 and
 
-.. code-block:: none
+.. code-block:: c
 
 	if (condition)
 		do_this();
@@ -586,9 +586,9 @@ fix for this is to split it up into two error labels ``err_free_bar:`` and
 
 .. code-block:: c
 
-	 err_free_bar:
+	err_free_bar:
 		kfree(foo->bar);
-	 err_free_foo:
+	err_free_foo:
 		kfree(foo);
 		return ret;
 
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ make a good program).
 So, you can either get rid of GNU emacs, or change it to use saner
 values.  To do the latter, you can stick the following in your .emacs file:
 
-.. code-block:: none
+.. code-block:: elisp
 
   (defun c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only (ignored)
     "Line up argument lists by tabs, not spaces"
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ values.  To do the latter, you can stick the following in your .emacs file:
           (c-offsets-alist . (
                   (arglist-close         . c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)
                   (arglist-cont-nonempty .
-		      (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))
+                      (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))
                   (arglist-intro         . +)
                   (brace-list-intro      . +)
                   (c                     . c-lineup-C-comments)
@@ -899,7 +899,8 @@ which you should use to make sure messages are matched to the right device
 and driver, and are tagged with the right level:  dev_err(), dev_warn(),
 dev_info(), and so forth.  For messages that aren't associated with a
 particular device, <linux/printk.h> defines pr_notice(), pr_info(),
-pr_warn(), pr_err(), etc.
+pr_warn(), pr_err(), etc. When drivers are working properly they are quiet,
+so prefer to use dev_dbg/pr_debug unless something is wrong.
 
 Coming up with good debugging messages can be quite a challenge; and once
 you have them, they can be a huge help for remote troubleshooting.  However
diff --git a/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
index 31000f07570730..bb2100228cc7b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ an involved disclosed party. The current ambassadors list:
   IBM Power	Anton Blanchard <anton@linux.ibm.com>
   IBM Z		Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
   Intel		Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
-  Qualcomm	Trilok Soni <tsoni@codeaurora.org>
+  Qualcomm	Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com>
   RISC-V	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
   Samsung	Javier González <javier.gonz@samsung.com>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
index 6c73889c98fc3d..eebda4910a8887 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ Managing bug reports
 --------------------
 
 One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing
-bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel
-more stable, but you'll also learn to fix real world problems and you will
+bugs reported by other people. Not only will you help to make the kernel
+more stable, but you'll also learn to fix real-world problems and you will
 improve your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence.
 Fixing bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers,
 because not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs.
diff --git a/Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst b/Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
index d159cd4f5e5b3b..beb484c5965dcf 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
@@ -167,4 +167,4 @@ If no one can be found to internally review patches and you need
 help finding such a person, or if you have any other questions
 related to this document and the developer community's expectations,
 please reach out to the private Technical Advisory Board mailing list:
-<tech-board@lists.linux-foundation.org>.
+<tech-board@groups.linuxfoundation.org>.
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
index b1bc2d37bd0a1d..e531dd504b6c28 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 .. _submitchecklist:
 
+=======================================
 Linux Kernel patch submission checklist
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+=======================================
 
 Here are some basic things that developers should do if they want to see their
 kernel patch submissions accepted more quickly.
@@ -10,111 +11,123 @@ These are all above and beyond the documentation that is provided in
 :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`
 and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
 
+Review your code
+================
 
 1) If you use a facility then #include the file that defines/declares
    that facility.  Don't depend on other header files pulling in ones
    that you use.
 
-2) Builds cleanly:
+2) Check your patch for general style as detailed in
+   :ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`.
 
-  a) with applicable or modified ``CONFIG`` options ``=y``, ``=m``, and
-     ``=n``.  No ``gcc`` warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
+3) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a
+   comment in the source code that explains the logic of what they are doing
+   and why.
 
-  b) Passes ``allnoconfig``, ``allmodconfig``
+Review Kconfig changes
+======================
 
-  c) Builds successfully when using ``O=builddir``
+1) Any new or modified ``CONFIG`` options do not muck up the config menu and
+   default to off unless they meet the exception criteria documented in
+   ``Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst`` Menu attributes: default value.
 
-  d) Any Documentation/ changes build successfully without new warnings/errors.
-     Use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the build and
-     fix any issues.
+2) All new ``Kconfig`` options have help text.
 
-3) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
-   or some other build farm.
+3) Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant ``Kconfig``
+   combinations.  This is very hard to get right with testing---brainpower
+   pays off here.
 
-4) ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it
-   tends to use ``unsigned long`` for 64-bit quantities.
+Provide documentation
+=====================
 
-5) Check your patch for general style as detailed in
-   :ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`.
-   Check for trivial violations with the patch style checker prior to
-   submission (``scripts/checkpatch.pl``).
-   You should be able to justify all violations that remain in
-   your patch.
+1) Include :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` to document global kernel APIs.
+   (Not required for static functions, but OK there also.)
 
-6) Any new or modified ``CONFIG`` options do not muck up the config menu and
-   default to off unless they meet the exception criteria documented in
-   ``Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst`` Menu attributes: default value.
+2) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
 
-7) All new ``Kconfig`` options have help text.
+3) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
+   ``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``.
 
-8) Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant ``Kconfig``
-   combinations.  This is very hard to get right with testing -- brainpower
-   pays off here.
+4) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
 
-9) Check cleanly with sparse.
+5) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``.
+   See ``Documentation/ABI/README`` for more information.
+   Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to
+   linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
 
-10) Use ``make checkstack`` and fix any problems that it finds.
+6) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
+   ``Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst``.
 
-    .. note::
+Check your code with tools
+==========================
 
-       ``checkstack`` does not point out problems explicitly,
-       but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a
-       candidate for change.
+1) Check for trivial violations with the patch style checker prior to
+   submission (``scripts/checkpatch.pl``).
+   You should be able to justify all violations that remain in
+   your patch.
 
-11) Include :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` to document global  kernel APIs.
-    (Not required for static functions, but OK there also.) Use
-    ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the
-    :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` and fix any issues.
+2) Check cleanly with sparse.
 
-12) Has been tested with ``CONFIG_PREEMPT``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT``,
-    ``CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES``,
-    ``CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP``,
-    ``CONFIG_PROVE_RCU`` and ``CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD`` all
-    simultaneously enabled.
+3) Use ``make checkstack`` and fix any problems that it finds.
+   Note that ``checkstack`` does not point out problems explicitly,
+   but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a
+   candidate for change.
 
-13) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and
-    ``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
+Build your code
+===============
 
-14) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
+1) Builds cleanly:
 
-15) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
+  a) with applicable or modified ``CONFIG`` options ``=y``, ``=m``, and
+     ``=n``.  No ``gcc`` warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
 
-16) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
-    ``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``.
+  b) Passes ``allnoconfig``, ``allmodconfig``
+
+  c) Builds successfully when using ``O=builddir``
+
+  d) Any Documentation/ changes build successfully without new warnings/errors.
+     Use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the build and
+     fix any issues.
 
-17) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
+2) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
+   or some other build farm. Note that ppc64 is a good architecture for
+   cross-compilation checking because it tends to use ``unsigned long`` for
+   64-bit quantities.
 
-18) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``.
-    See ``Documentation/ABI/README`` for more information.
-    Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to
-    linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
+3) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
+   ``make KCFLAGS=-W``).  This will generate lots of noise, but is good
+   for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
 
-19) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
-    failures.  See ``Documentation/fault-injection/``.
+4) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
+   APIs or features that are related to the following ``Kconfig`` symbols,
+   then test multiple builds with the related ``Kconfig`` symbols disabled
+   and/or ``=m`` (if that option is available) [not all of these at the
+   same time, just various/random combinations of them]:
 
-    If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
-    injection might be appropriate.
+   ``CONFIG_SMP``, ``CONFIG_SYSFS``, ``CONFIG_PROC_FS``, ``CONFIG_INPUT``,
+   ``CONFIG_PCI``, ``CONFIG_BLOCK``, ``CONFIG_PM``, ``CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ``,
+   ``CONFIG_NET``, ``CONFIG_INET=n`` (but latter with ``CONFIG_NET=y``).
 
-20) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
-    ``make KCFLAGS=-W``).  This will generate lots of noise, but is good
-    for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
+Test your code
+==============
 
-21) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
-    that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various
-    changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems.
+1) Has been tested with ``CONFIG_PREEMPT``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT``,
+   ``CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES``,
+   ``CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP``,
+   ``CONFIG_PROVE_RCU`` and ``CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD`` all
+   simultaneously enabled.
 
-22) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a
-    comment in the source code that explains the logic of what they are doing
-    and why.
+2) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and
+   ``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
 
-23) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
-    ``Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst``.
+3) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
 
-24) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
-    APIs or features that are related to the following ``Kconfig`` symbols,
-    then test multiple builds with the related ``Kconfig`` symbols disabled
-    and/or ``=m`` (if that option is available) [not all of these at the
-    same time, just various/random combinations of them]:
+4) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
+   failures.  See ``Documentation/fault-injection/``.
+   If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
+   injection might be appropriate.
 
-    ``CONFIG_SMP``, ``CONFIG_SYSFS``, ``CONFIG_PROC_FS``, ``CONFIG_INPUT``, ``CONFIG_PCI``, ``CONFIG_BLOCK``, ``CONFIG_PM``, ``CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ``,
-    ``CONFIG_NET``, ``CONFIG_INET=n`` (but latter with ``CONFIG_NET=y``).
+5) Tested with the most recent tag of linux-next to make sure that it still
+   works with all of the other queued patches and various changes in the VM,
+   VFS, and other subsystems.
diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc-preamble.sty b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc-preamble.sty
index 9707e033c8c452..3092df051c952e 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc-preamble.sty
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc-preamble.sty
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@
 \renewcommand*\l@section{\@dottedtocline{1}{2.4em}{3.2em}}
 \renewcommand*\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{5.6em}{4.3em}}
 \makeatother
-%% Sphinx < 1.8 doesn't have \sphinxtableofcontentshook
-\providecommand{\sphinxtableofcontentshook}{}
-%% Undefine it for compatibility with Sphinx 1.7.9
+%% Prevent default \sphinxtableofcontentshook from overwriting above tweaks.
 \renewcommand{\sphinxtableofcontentshook}{} % Empty the hook
 
 % Prevent column squeezing of tabulary.  \tymin is set by Sphinx as:
@@ -136,9 +134,6 @@
     }
     \newCJKfontfamily[JPsans]\jpsans{Noto Sans CJK JP}[AutoFakeSlant]
     \newCJKfontfamily[JPmono]\jpmono{Noto Sans Mono CJK JP}[AutoFakeSlant]
-    % Dummy commands for Sphinx < 2.3 (no 'extrapackages' support)
-    \providecommand{\onehalfspacing}{}
-    \providecommand{\singlespacing}{}
     % Define custom macros to on/off CJK
     %% One and half spacing for CJK contents
     \newcommand{\kerneldocCJKon}{\makexeCJKactive\onehalfspacing}
diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
index 7acf09963daa52..ec1ddfff1863f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive):
         env = self.state.document.settings.env
         cmd = [env.config.kerneldoc_bin, '-rst', '-enable-lineno']
 
-	# Pass the version string to kernel-doc, as it needs to use a different
-	# dialect, depending what the C domain supports for each specific
-	# Sphinx versions
+        # Pass the version string to kernel-doc, as it needs to use a different
+        # dialect, depending what the C domain supports for each specific
+        # Sphinx versions
         cmd += ['-sphinx-version', sphinx.__version__]
 
         filename = env.config.kerneldoc_srctree + '/' + self.arguments[0]
diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt b/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
index 5d47ed44394985..5017f307c8a4a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# jinja2>=3.1 is not compatible with Sphinx<4.0
-jinja2<3.1
-# alabaster>=0.7.14 is not compatible with Sphinx<=3.3
-alabaster<0.7.14
-Sphinx==2.4.4
+alabaster
+Sphinx
 pyyaml
diff --git a/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst b/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst
index dba3e5f6561295..3713adaa1608f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst
+++ b/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Returns 0 on success and an appropriate error value on failure.
   int rpmsg_trysendto(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, void *data, int len, u32 dst)
 
 
-sends a message across to the remote processor from a given endoint,
+sends a message across to the remote processor from a given endpoint,
 to a destination address provided by the user.
 
 The user should specify the channel, the data it wants to send,
diff --git a/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst b/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst
index 2d353fb8ea26a4..74af50d2ef7ff3 100644
--- a/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst
+++ b/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Storage interfaces
    scsi/index
    target/index
 
+Other subsystems
+----------------
 **Fixme**: much more organizational work is needed here.
 
 .. toctree::
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..22adf1d5875243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. _it_rcu_concepts:
+
+===============
+Concetti su RCU
+===============
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 3
+
+   torture
+
+.. only:: subproject and html
+
+   Indici
+   ======
+
+   * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/torture.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/torture.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..189f7c6caebc8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/torture.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,369 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst
+
+=============================================
+Le operazioni RCU per le verifiche *torture*
+=============================================
+
+CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
+=======================
+
+L'opzione CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST è disponibile per tutte le implementazione di
+RCU. L'opzione creerà un modulo rcutorture che potrete caricare per avviare le
+verifiche. La verifica userà printk() per riportare lo stato, dunque potrete
+visualizzarlo con dmesg (magari usate grep per filtrare "torture"). Le verifiche
+inizieranno al caricamento, e si fermeranno alla sua rimozione.
+
+I parametri di modulo hanno tutti il prefisso "rcutortute.", vedere
+Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt.
+
+Rapporto
+========
+
+Il rapporto sulle verifiche si presenta nel seguente modo::
+
+	rcu-torture:--- Start of test: nreaders=16 nfakewriters=4 stat_interval=30 verbose=0 test_no_idle_hz=1 shuffle_interval=3 stutter=5 irqreader=1 fqs_duration=0 fqs_holdoff=0 fqs_stutter=3 test_boost=1/0 test_boost_interval=7 test_boost_duration=4
+	rcu-torture: rtc:           (null) ver: 155441 tfle: 0 rta: 155441 rtaf: 8884 rtf: 155440 rtmbe: 0 rtbe: 0 rtbke: 0 rtbre: 0 rtbf: 0 rtb: 0 nt: 3055767
+	rcu-torture: Reader Pipe:  727860534 34213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+	rcu-torture: Reader Batch:  727877838 17003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+	rcu-torture: Free-Block Circulation:  155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 0
+	rcu-torture:--- End of test: SUCCESS: nreaders=16 nfakewriters=4 stat_interval=30 verbose=0 test_no_idle_hz=1 shuffle_interval=3 stutter=5 irqreader=1 fqs_duration=0 fqs_holdoff=0 fqs_stutter=3 test_boost=1/0 test_boost_interval=7 test_boost_duration=4
+
+Sulla maggior parte dei sistemi questo rapporto si produce col comando "dmesg |
+grep torture:". Su configurazioni più esoteriche potrebbe essere necessario
+usare altri comandi per visualizzare i messaggi di printk(). La funzione
+printk() usa KERN_ALERT, dunque i messaggi dovrebbero essere ben visibili. ;-)
+
+La prima e l'ultima riga mostrano i parametri di module di rcutorture, e solo
+sull'ultima riga abbiamo il risultato finale delle verifiche effettuate che può
+essere "SUCCESS" (successo) or "FAILURE" (insuccesso).
+
+Le voci sono le seguenti:
+
+* "rtc": L'indirizzo in esadecimale della struttura attualmente visibile dai
+   lettori.
+
+* "ver": Il numero di volte dall'avvio che il processo scrittore di RCU ha
+  cambiato la struttura visible ai lettori.
+
+* "tfle": se non è zero, indica la lista di strutture "torture freelist" da
+  mettere in "rtc" è vuota. Questa condizione è importante perché potrebbe
+  illuderti che RCU stia funzionando mentre invece non è il caso. :-/
+
+* "rta": numero di strutture allocate dalla lista "torture freelist".
+
+* "rtaf": il numero di allocazioni fallite dalla lista "torture freelist" a
+  causa del fatto che fosse vuota. Non è inusuale che sia diverso da zero, ma è
+  un brutto segno se questo numero rappresenta una frazione troppo alta di
+  "rta".
+
+* "rtf": il numero di rilasci nella lista "torture freelist"
+
+* "rtmbe": Un valore diverso da zero indica che rcutorture crede che
+  rcu_assign_pointer() e rcu_dereference() non funzionino correttamente. Il
+  valore dovrebbe essere zero.
+
+* "rtbe": un valore diverso da zero indica che le funzioni della famiglia
+  rcu_barrier() non funzionano correttamente.
+
+* "rtbke": rcutorture è stato capace di creare dei kthread real-time per forzare
+  l'inversione di priorità di RCU. Il valore dovrebbe essere zero.
+
+* "rtbre": sebbene rcutorture sia riuscito a creare dei kthread capaci di
+  forzare l'inversione di priorità, non è riuscito però ad impostarne la
+  priorità real-time al livello 1. Il valore dovrebbe essere zero.
+
+* "rtbf": Il numero di volte che è fallita la promozione della priorità per
+  risolvere un'inversione.
+
+* "rtb": Il numero di volte che rcutorture ha provato a forzare l'inversione di
+  priorità. Il valore dovrebbe essere diverso da zero Se state verificando la
+  promozione della priorità col parametro "test_bootst".
+
+* "nt": il numero di volte che rcutorture ha eseguito codice lato lettura
+  all'interno di un gestore di *timer*. Questo valore dovrebbe essere diverso da
+  zero se avete specificato il parametro "irqreader".
+
+* "Reader Pipe": un istogramma dell'età delle strutture viste dai lettori. RCU
+  non funziona correttamente se una qualunque voce, dalla terza in poi, ha un
+  valore diverso da zero. Se dovesse succedere, rcutorture stampa la stringa
+  "!!!" per renderlo ben visibile. L'età di una struttura appena creata è zero,
+  diventerà uno quando sparisce dalla visibilità di un lettore, e incrementata
+  successivamente per ogni periodo di grazia; infine rilasciata dopo essere
+  passata per (RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN-2) periodi di grazia.
+
+  L'istantanea qui sopra è stata presa da una corretta implementazione di RCU.
+  Se volete vedere come appare quando non funziona, sbizzarritevi nel romperla.
+  ;-)
+
+* "Reader Batch": un istogramma di età di strutture viste dai lettori, ma
+  conteggiata in termini di lotti piuttosto che periodi. Anche qui dalla terza
+  voce in poi devono essere zero. La ragione d'esistere di questo rapporto è che
+  a volte è più facile scatenare un terzo valore diverso da zero qui piuttosto
+  che nella lista "Reader Pipe".
+
+* "Free-Block Circulation": il numero di strutture *torture* che hanno raggiunto
+  un certo punto nella catena. Il primo numero dovrebbe corrispondere
+  strettamente al numero di strutture allocate; il secondo conta quelle rimosse
+  dalla vista dei lettori. Ad eccezione dell'ultimo valore, gli altri
+  corrispondono al numero di passaggi attraverso il periodo di grazia. L'ultimo
+  valore dovrebbe essere zero, perché viene incrementato solo se il contatore
+  della struttura torture viene in un qualche modo incrementato oltre il
+  normale.
+
+Una diversa implementazione di RCU potrebbe fornire informazioni aggiuntive. Per
+esempio, *Tree SRCU* fornisce anche la seguente riga::
+
+	srcud-torture: Tree SRCU per-CPU(idx=0): 0(35,-21) 1(-4,24) 2(1,1) 3(-26,20) 4(28,-47) 5(-9,4) 6(-10,14) 7(-14,11) T(1,6)
+
+Questa riga mostra lo stato dei contatori per processore, in questo caso per
+*Tree SRCU*, usando un'allocazione dinamica di srcu_struct (dunque "srcud-"
+piuttosto che "srcu-"). I numeri fra parentesi sono i valori del "vecchio"
+contatore e di quello "corrente" per ogni processore. Il valore "idx" mappa
+questi due valori nell'array, ed è utile per il *debug*. La "T" finale contiene
+il valore totale dei contatori.
+
+Uso su specifici kernel
+=======================
+
+A volte può essere utile eseguire RCU torture su un kernel già compilato, ad
+esempio quando lo si sta per mettere in proeduzione. In questo caso, il kernel
+dev'essere compilato con CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST=m, cosicché le verifiche possano
+essere avviate usano modprobe e terminate con rmmod.
+
+Per esempio, potreste usare questo script::
+
+	#!/bin/sh
+
+	modprobe rcutorture
+	sleep 3600
+	rmmod rcutorture
+	dmesg | grep torture:
+
+Potete controllare il rapporto verificando manualmente la presenza del marcatore
+di errore "!!!". Ovviamente, siete liberi di scriverne uno più elaborato che
+identifichi automaticamente gli errori. Il comando "rmmod" forza la stampa di
+"SUCCESS" (successo), "FAILURE" (fallimento), o "RCU_HOTPLUG". I primi due sono
+autoesplicativi; invece, l'ultimo indica che non son stati trovati problemi in
+RCU, tuttavia ci sono stati problemi con CPU-hotplug.
+
+
+Uso sul kernel di riferimento
+=============================
+
+Quando si usa rcutorture per verificare modifiche ad RCU stesso, spesso è
+necessario compilare un certo numero di kernel usando configurazioni diverse e
+con parametri d'avvio diversi. In questi casi, usare modprobe ed rmmod potrebbe
+richiedere molto tempo ed il processo essere suscettibile ad errori.
+
+Dunque, viene messo a disposizione il programma
+tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh per le architetture x86, arm64 e
+powerpc. Di base, eseguirà la serie di verifiche elencate in
+tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/CFLIST. Ognuna di queste verrà
+eseguita per 30 minuti in una macchina virtuale con uno spazio utente minimale
+fornito da un initrd generato automaticamente. Al completamento, gli artefatti
+prodotti e i messaggi vengono analizzati alla ricerca di errori, ed i risultati
+delle esecuzioni riassunti in un rapporto.
+
+Su grandi sistemi, le verifiche di rcutorture posso essere velocizzare passano a
+kvm.sh l'argomento --cpus. Per esempio, su un sistema a 64 processori, "--cpus
+43" userà fino a 43 processori per eseguire contemporaneamente le verifiche. Su
+un kernel v5.4 per eseguire tutti gli scenari in due serie, riduce il tempo
+d'esecuzione da otto ore a un'ora (senza contare il tempo per compilare sedici
+kernel). L'argomento "--dryrun sched" non eseguirà verifiche, piuttosto vi
+informerà su come queste verranno organizzate in serie. Questo può essere utile
+per capire quanti processori riservare per le verifiche in --cpus.
+
+Non serve eseguire tutti gli scenari di verifica per ogni modifica. Per esempio,
+per una modifica a Tree SRCU potete eseguire gli scenari SRCU-N e SRCU-P. Per
+farlo usate l'argomento --configs di kvm.sh in questo modo: "--configs 'SRCU-N
+SRCU-P'". Su grandi sistemi si possono eseguire più copie degli stessi scenari,
+per esempio, un hardware che permette di eseguire 448 thread, può eseguire 5
+istanze complete contemporaneamente. Per farlo::
+
+	kvm.sh --cpus 448 --configs '5*CFLIST'
+
+Oppure, lo stesso sistema, può eseguire contemporaneamente 56 istanze dello
+scenario su otto processori::
+
+	kvm.sh --cpus 448 --configs '56*TREE04'
+
+O ancora 28 istanze per ogni scenario su otto processori::
+
+	kvm.sh --cpus 448 --configs '28*TREE03 28*TREE04'
+
+Ovviamente, ogni esecuzione utilizzerà della memoria. Potete limitarne l'uso con
+l'argomento --memory, che di base assume il valore 512M. Per poter usare valori
+piccoli dovrete disabilitare le verifiche *callback-flooding* usando il
+parametro --bootargs che vedremo in seguito.
+
+A volte è utile avere informazioni aggiuntive di debug, in questo caso potete
+usare il parametro --kconfig, per esempio, ``--kconfig
+'CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y'``. In aggiunta, ci sono i parametri --gdb, --kasan, and
+kcsan. Da notare che --gdb vi limiterà all'uso di un solo scenario per
+esecuzione di kvm.sh e richiede di avere anche un'altra finestra aperta dalla
+quale eseguire ``gdb`` come viene spiegato dal programma.
+
+Potete passare anche i parametri d'avvio del kernel, per esempio, per
+controllare i parametri del modulo rcutorture. Per esempio, per verificare
+modifiche del codice RCU CPU stall-warning, usate ``bootargs
+'rcutorture.stall_cpu=30``. Il programma riporterà un fallimento, ossia il
+risultato della verifica. Come visto in precedenza, ridurre la memoria richiede
+la disabilitazione delle verifiche *callback-flooding*::
+
+	kvm.sh --cpus 448 --configs '56*TREE04' --memory 128M \
+		--bootargs 'rcutorture.fwd_progress=0'
+
+A volte tutto quello che serve è una serie completa di compilazioni del kernel.
+Questo si ottiene col parametro --buildonly.
+
+Il parametro --duration sovrascrive quello di base di 30 minuti. Per esempio,
+con ``--duration 2d`` l'esecuzione sarà di due giorni, ``--duraction 5min`` di
+cinque minuti, e ``--duration 45s`` di 45 secondi. L'ultimo può essere utile per
+scovare rari errori nella sequenza d'avvio.
+
+Infine, il parametro --trust-make permette ad ogni nuova compilazione del kernel
+di riutilizzare tutto il possibile da quelle precedenti. Da notare che senza il
+parametro --trust-make, i vostri file di *tag* potrebbero essere distrutti.
+
+Ci sono altri parametri più misteriosi che sono documentati nel codice sorgente
+dello programma kvm.sh.
+
+Se un'esecuzione contiene degli errori, il loro numero durante la compilazione e
+all'esecuzione verranno elencati alla fine fra i risultati di kvm.sh (che vi
+consigliamo caldamente di reindirizzare verso un file). I file prodotti dalla
+compilazione ed i risultati stampati vengono salvati, usando un riferimento
+temporale, nelle cartella tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res. Una cartella
+di queste cartelle può essere fornita a kvm-find-errors.sh per estrarne gli
+errori. Per esempio::
+
+	tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-find-errors.sh \
+		tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2020.01.20-15.54.23
+
+Tuttavia, molto spesso è più conveniente aprire i file direttamente. I file
+riguardanti tutti gli scenari di un'esecuzione di trovano nella cartella
+principale (2020.01.20-15.54.23 nell'esempio precedente), mentre quelli
+specifici per scenario si trovano in sotto cartelle che prendono il nome dello
+scenario stesso (per esempio, "TREE04"). Se un dato scenario viene eseguito più
+di una volta (come abbiamo visto con "--configs '56*TREE04'"), allora dalla
+seconda esecuzione in poi le sottocartelle includeranno un numero di
+progressione, per esempio "TREE04.2", "TREE04.3", e via dicendo.
+
+Il file solitamente più usato nella cartella principale è testid.txt. Se la
+verifica viene eseguita in un repositorio git, allora questo file conterrà il
+*commit* sul quale si basano le verifiche, mentre tutte le modifiche non
+registrare verranno mostrate in formato diff.
+
+I file solitamente più usati nelle cartelle di scenario sono:
+
+.config
+  Questo file contiene le opzioni di Kconfig
+
+Make.out
+  Questo file contiene il risultato di compilazione per uno specifico scenario
+
+console.log
+  Questo file contiene il risultato d'esecuzione per uno specifico scenario.
+  Questo file può essere esaminato una volta che il kernel è stato avviato,
+  ma potrebbe non esistere se l'avvia non è fallito.
+
+vmlinux
+  Questo file contiene il kernel, e potrebbe essere utile da esaminare con
+  programmi come pbjdump e gdb
+
+Ci sono altri file, ma vengono usati meno. Molti sono utili all'analisi di
+rcutorture stesso o dei suoi programmi.
+
+Nel kernel v5.4, su un sistema a 12 processori, un'esecuzione senza errori
+usando gli scenari di base produce il seguente risultato::
+
+    SRCU-N ------- 804233 GPs (148.932/s) [srcu: g10008272 f0x0 ]
+    SRCU-P ------- 202320 GPs (37.4667/s) [srcud: g1809476 f0x0 ]
+    SRCU-t ------- 1122086 GPs (207.794/s) [srcu: g0 f0x0 ]
+    SRCU-u ------- 1111285 GPs (205.794/s) [srcud: g1 f0x0 ]
+    TASKS01 ------- 19666 GPs (3.64185/s) [tasks: g0 f0x0 ]
+    TASKS02 ------- 20541 GPs (3.80389/s) [tasks: g0 f0x0 ]
+    TASKS03 ------- 19416 GPs (3.59556/s) [tasks: g0 f0x0 ]
+    TINY01 ------- 836134 GPs (154.84/s) [rcu: g0 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 34198
+    TINY02 ------- 850371 GPs (157.476/s) [rcu: g0 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 2631
+    TREE01 ------- 162625 GPs (30.1157/s) [rcu: g1124169 f0x0 ]
+    TREE02 ------- 333003 GPs (61.6672/s) [rcu: g2647753 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 35844
+    TREE03 ------- 306623 GPs (56.782/s) [rcu: g2975325 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 1496497
+    CPU count limited from 16 to 12
+    TREE04 ------- 246149 GPs (45.5831/s) [rcu: g1695737 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 434961
+    TREE05 ------- 314603 GPs (58.2598/s) [rcu: g2257741 f0x2 ] n_max_cbs: 193997
+    TREE07 ------- 167347 GPs (30.9902/s) [rcu: g1079021 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 478732
+    CPU count limited from 16 to 12
+    TREE09 ------- 752238 GPs (139.303/s) [rcu: g13075057 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 99011
+
+Ripetizioni
+===========
+
+Immaginate di essere alla caccia di un raro problema che si verifica all'avvio.
+Potreste usare kvm.sh, tuttavia questo ricompilerebbe il kernel ad ogni
+esecuzione. Se avete bisogno di (diciamo) 1000 esecuzioni per essere sicuri di
+aver risolto il problema, allora queste inutili ricompilazioni possono diventare
+estremamente fastidiose.
+
+Per questo motivo esiste kvm-again.sh.
+
+Immaginate che un'esecuzione precedente di kvm.sh abbia lasciato i suoi
+artefatti nella cartella::
+
+	tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28
+
+Questa esecuzione può essere rieseguita senza ricompilazioni::
+
+	kvm-again.sh tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28
+
+Alcuni dei parametri originali di kvm.sh possono essere sovrascritti, in
+particolare --duration e --bootargs. Per esempio::
+
+	kvm-again.sh tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28 \
+		--duration 45s
+
+rieseguirebbe il test precedente, ma solo per 45 secondi, e quindi aiutando a
+trovare quel raro problema all'avvio sopracitato.
+
+Esecuzioni distribuite
+======================
+
+Sebbene kvm.sh sia utile, le sue verifiche sono limitate ad un singolo sistema.
+Non è poi così difficile usare un qualsiasi ambiente di sviluppo per eseguire
+(diciamo) 5 istanze di kvm.sh su altrettanti sistemi, ma questo avvierebbe
+inutili ricompilazioni del kernel. In aggiunta, il processo di distribuzione
+degli scenari di verifica per rcutorture sui sistemi disponibili richiede
+scrupolo perché soggetto ad errori.
+
+Per questo esiste kvm-remote.sh.
+
+Se il seguente comando funziona::
+
+	ssh system0 date
+
+e funziona anche per system1, system2, system3, system4, e system5, e tutti
+questi sistemi hanno 64 CPU, allora potere eseguire::
+
+	kvm-remote.sh "system0 system1 system2 system3 system4 system5" \
+		--cpus 64 --duration 8h --configs "5*CFLIST"
+
+Questo compilerà lo scenario di base sul sistema locale, poi lo distribuirà agli
+altri cinque sistemi elencati fra i parametri, ed eseguirà ogni scenario per
+otto ore. Alla fine delle esecuzioni, i risultati verranno raccolti, registrati,
+e stampati. La maggior parte dei parametri di kvm.sh possono essere usati con
+kvm-remote.sh, tuttavia la lista dei sistemi deve venire sempre per prima.
+
+L'argomento di kvm.sh ``--dryrun scenarios`` può essere utile per scoprire
+quanti scenari potrebbero essere eseguiti in gruppo di sistemi.
+
+Potete rieseguire anche una precedente esecuzione remota come abbiamo già fatto
+per kvm.sh::
+
+	kvm-remote.sh "system0 system1 system2 system3 system4 system5" \
+		tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28-remote \
+		--duration 24h
+
+In questo caso, la maggior parte dei parametri di kvm-again.sh possono essere
+usati dopo il percorso alla cartella contenente gli artefatti dell'esecuzione da
+ripetere.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/index.rst
index cc4c4328ad037d..dad20402d11bce 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/index.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ Utilità di base
 
    symbol-namespaces
 
+Primitive di sincronizzazione
+=============================
+
+Come Linux impedisce che tutto si verifichi contemporaneamente. Consultate
+Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/index.rst per maggiorni informazioni
+sul tema.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   ../RCU/index
+
 .. only:: subproject and html
 
    Indices
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ba7c8cd8f560a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+=================
+Il protocollo I2C
+=================
+
+Questo documento è una panoramica delle transazioni di base I2C e delle API
+del kernel per eseguirli.
+
+Spiegazione dei simboli
+=======================
+
+=============== ===========================================================
+S               Condizione di avvio
+P               Condizione di stop
+Rd/Wr (1 bit)   Bit di lettura/scrittura. Rd vale 1, Wr vale 0.
+A, NA (1 bit)   Bit di riconoscimento (ACK) e di non riconoscimento (NACK).
+Addr  (7 bit)   Indirizzo I2C a 7 bit. Nota che questo può essere espanso
+                per ottenere un indirizzo I2C a 10 bit.
+Dati  (8 bit)   Un byte di dati.
+
+[..]            Fra parentesi quadre i dati inviati da dispositivi I2C,
+                anziché dal master.
+=============== ===========================================================
+
+
+Transazione semplice di invio
+=============================
+
+Implementato da i2c_master_send()::
+
+  S Addr Wr [A] Dati [A] Dati [A] ... [A] Dati [A] P
+
+
+Transazione semplice di ricezione
+=================================
+
+Implementato da i2c_master_recv()::
+
+  S Addr Rd [A] [Dati] A [Dati] A ... A [Dati] NA P
+
+
+Transazioni combinate
+=====================
+
+Implementato da i2c_transfer().
+
+Sono come le transazioni di cui sopra, ma invece di uno condizione di stop P
+viene inviata una condizione di inizio S e la transazione continua.
+Un esempio di lettura di un byte, seguita da una scrittura di un byte::
+
+  S Addr Rd [A] [Dati] NA S Addr Wr [A] Dati [A] P
+
+
+Transazioni modificate
+======================
+
+Le seguenti modifiche al protocollo I2C possono essere generate
+impostando questi flag per i messaggi I2C. Ad eccezione di I2C_M_NOSTART, sono
+di solito necessari solo per risolvere problemi di un dispositivo:
+
+I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK:
+    Normalmente il messaggio viene interrotto immediatamente se il dispositivo
+    risponde con [NA]. Impostando questo flag, si considera qualsiasi [NA] come
+    [A] e tutto il messaggio viene inviato.
+    Questi messaggi potrebbero comunque non riuscire a raggiungere il timeout
+    SCL basso->alto.
+
+I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK:
+    In un messaggio di lettura, il bit A/NA del master viene saltato.
+
+I2C_M_NOSTART:
+    In una transazione combinata, potrebbe non essere generato alcun
+    "S Addr Wr/Rd [A]".
+    Ad esempio, impostando I2C_M_NOSTART sul secondo messaggio parziale
+    genera qualcosa del tipo::
+
+      S Addr Rd [A] [Dati] NA Dati [A] P
+
+    Se si imposta il flag I2C_M_NOSTART per il primo messaggio parziale,
+    non viene generato Addr, ma si genera la condizione di avvio S.
+    Questo probabilmente confonderà tutti gli altri dispositivi sul bus, quindi
+    meglio non usarlo.
+
+    Questo viene spesso utilizzato per raccogliere le trasmissioni da più
+    buffer di dati presenti nella memoria di sistema in qualcosa che appare
+    come un singolo trasferimento verso il dispositivo I2C. Inoltre, alcuni
+    dispositivi particolari lo utilizzano anche tra i cambi di direzione.
+
+I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR:
+    Questo inverte il flag Rd/Wr. Cioè, se si vuole scrivere, ma si ha bisogno
+    di emettere una Rd invece di una Wr, o viceversa, si può impostare questo
+    flag.
+    Per esempio::
+
+      S Addr Rd [A] Dati [A] Dati [A] ... [A] Dati [A] P
+
+I2C_M_STOP:
+    Forza una condizione di stop (P) dopo il messaggio. Alcuni protocolli
+    simili a I2C come SCCB lo richiedono. Normalmente, non si vuole essere
+    interrotti tra i messaggi di un trasferimento.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..14fbe3d78299cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=========================
+Il sottosistema I2C/SMBus
+=========================
+
+Introduzione
+============
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   summary
+   i2c-protocol
+
+Scrivere un device driver
+=========================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+Debugging
+=========
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+Slave I2C
+=========
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+
+Argomenti avanzati
+==================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+.. only::  subproject and html
+
+   Indici
+   ======
+
+   * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/summary.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/summary.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1535e13a32e28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/summary.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+==========================
+Introduzione a I2C e SMBus
+==========================
+
+I²C (letteralmente "I al quadrato C" e scritto I2C nella documentazione del
+kernel) è un protocollo sviluppato da Philips. É un protocollo lento a 2 fili
+(a velocità variabile, al massimo 400KHz), con un'estensione per le velocità
+elevate (3.4 MHz). Questo protocollo offre un bus a basso costo per collegare
+dispositivi di vario genere a cui si accede sporadicamente e utilizzando
+poca banda. Alcuni sistemi usano varianti che non rispettano i requisiti
+originali, per cui non sono indicati come I2C, ma hanno nomi diversi, per
+esempio TWI (Interfaccia a due fili), IIC.
+
+L'ultima specifica ufficiale I2C è la `"Specifica I2C-bus e manuale utente"
+(UM10204) <https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=UM10204>`_
+pubblicata da NXP Semiconductors. Tuttavia, è necessario effettuare il login
+al sito per accedere al PDF. Una versione precedente della specifica
+(revisione 6) è archiviata
+`qui <https://web.archive.org/web/20210813122132/
+https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/UM10204.pdf>`_.
+
+SMBus (Bus per la gestione del sistema) si basa sul protocollo I2C ed è
+principalmente un sottoinsieme di protocolli e segnali I2C. Molti dispositivi
+I2C funzioneranno su SMBus, ma alcuni protocolli SMBus aggiungono semantica
+oltre quanto richiesto da I2C. Le moderne schede madri dei PC si affidano a
+SMBus. I più comuni dispositivi collegati tramite SMBus sono moduli RAM
+configurati utilizzando EEPROM I2C, e circuiti integrati di monitoraggio
+hardware.
+
+Poiché SMBus è principalmente un sottoinsieme del bus I2C,
+possiamo farne uso su molti sistemi I2C. Ci sono però sistemi che non
+soddisfano i vincoli elettrici sia di SMBus che di I2C; e altri che non possono
+implementare tutta la semantica o messaggi comuni del protocollo SMBus.
+
+
+Terminologia
+============
+
+Utilizzando la terminologia della documentazione ufficiale, il bus I2C connette
+uno o più circuiti integrati *master* e uno o più circuiti integrati *slave*.
+
+.. kernel-figure::  ../../../i2c/i2c_bus.svg
+   :alt:    Un semplice bus I2C con un master e 3 slave
+
+   Un semplice Bus I2C
+
+Un circuito integrato  **master** è un nodo che inizia le comunicazioni con gli
+slave. Nell'implementazione del kernel Linux è chiamato **adattatore** o bus. I
+driver degli adattatori si trovano nella sottocartella ``drivers/i2c/busses/``.
+
+Un **algoritmo** contiene codice generico che può essere utilizzato per
+implementare una intera classe di adattatori I2C. Ciascun driver dell'
+adattatore specifico dipende da un driver dell'algoritmo nella sottocartella
+``drivers/i2c/algos/`` o include la propria implementazione.
+
+Un circuito integrato **slave** è un nodo che risponde alle comunicazioni
+quando indirizzato dal master. In Linux è chiamato **client** (dispositivo). I
+driver dei dispositivi sono contenuti in una cartella specifica per la
+funzionalità che forniscono, ad esempio ``drivers/media/gpio/`` per espansori
+GPIO e ``drivers/media/i2c/`` per circuiti integrati relativi ai video.
+
+Per la configurazione di esempio in figura, avrai bisogno di un driver per il
+tuo adattatore I2C e driver per i tuoi dispositivi I2C (solitamente un driver
+per ciascuno dispositivo).
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/index.rst
index b95dfa1ded0484..70ccd23b2cdeba 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/index.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ interfacciarsi con il resto del kernel.
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    core-api/index
+   Sincronizzazione nel kernel <locking/index>
+   subsystem-apis
 
 Strumenti e processi per lo sviluppo
 ====================================
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..19963d33e84d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+================
+Sincronizzazione
+================
+
+.. toctree::
+    :maxdepth: 1
+
+    locktypes
+    lockdep-design
+    lockstat
+    locktorture
+
+.. only::  subproject and html
+
+   Indici
+   ======
+
+   * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockdep-design.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockdep-design.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9ed00d8cf28075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockdep-design.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,678 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst
+
+Validatore di sincronizzazione durante l'esecuzione
+===================================================
+
+Classi di blocchi
+-----------------
+
+L'oggetto su cui il validatore lavora è una "classe" di blocchi.
+
+Una classe di blocchi è un gruppo di blocchi che seguono le stesse regole di
+sincronizzazione, anche quando i blocchi potrebbero avere più istanze (anche
+decine di migliaia). Per esempio un blocco nella struttura inode è una classe,
+mentre ogni inode sarà un'istanza di questa classe di blocco.
+
+Il validatore traccia lo "stato d'uso" di una classe di blocchi e le sue
+dipendenze con altre classi. L'uso di un blocco indica come quel blocco viene
+usato rispetto al suo contesto d'interruzione, mentre le dipendenze di un blocco
+possono essere interpretate come il loro ordine; per esempio L1 -> L2 suggerisce
+che un processo cerca di acquisire L2 mentre già trattiene L1. Dal punto di
+vista di lockdep, i due blocchi (L1 ed L2) non sono per forza correlati: quella
+dipendenza indica solamente l'ordine in cui sono successe le cose. Il validatore
+verifica permanentemente la correttezza dell'uso dei blocchi e delle loro
+dipendenze, altrimenti ritornerà un errore.
+
+Il comportamento di una classe di blocchi viene costruito dall'insieme delle sue
+istanze. Una classe di blocco viene registrata alla creazione della sua prima
+istanza, mentre tutte le successive istanze verranno mappate; dunque, il loro
+uso e le loro dipendenze contribuiranno a costruire quello della classe. Una
+classe di blocco non sparisce quando sparisce una sua istanza, ma può essere
+rimossa quando il suo spazio in memoria viene reclamato. Per esempio, questo
+succede quando si rimuove un modulo, o quando una *workqueue* viene eliminata.
+
+Stato
+-----
+
+Il validatore traccia l'uso cronologico delle classi di blocchi e ne divide
+l'uso in categorie (4 USI * n STATI + 1).
+
+I quattro USI possono essere:
+
+- 'sempre trattenuto nel contesto <STATO>'
+- 'sempre trattenuto come blocco di lettura nel contesto <STATO>'
+- 'sempre trattenuto con <STATO> abilitato'
+- 'sempre trattenuto come blocco di lettura con <STATO> abilitato'
+
+gli `n` STATI sono codificati in kernel/locking/lockdep_states.h, ad oggi
+includono:
+
+- hardirq
+- softirq
+
+infine l'ultima categoria è:
+
+- 'sempre trattenuto'                                  [ == !unused        ]
+
+Quando vengono violate le regole di sincronizzazione, questi bit di utilizzo
+vengono presentati nei messaggi di errore di sincronizzazione, fra parentesi
+graffe, per un totale di `2 * n` (`n`: bit STATO). Un esempio inventato::
+
+   modprobe/2287 is trying to acquire lock:
+    (&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-.}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
+
+   but task is already holding lock:
+    (&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-.}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
+
+Per un dato blocco, da sinistra verso destra, la posizione del bit indica l'uso
+del blocco e di un eventuale blocco di lettura, per ognuno degli `n` STATI elencati
+precedentemente. Il carattere mostrato per ogni bit indica:
+
+   ===  ===========================================================================
+   '.'  acquisito con interruzioni disabilitate fuori da un contesto d'interruzione
+   '-'  acquisito in contesto d'interruzione
+   '+'  acquisito con interruzioni abilitate
+   '?'  acquisito in contesto d'interruzione con interruzioni abilitate
+   ===  ===========================================================================
+
+Il seguente esempio mostra i bit::
+
+    (&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-.}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
+                         ||||
+                         ||| \-> softirq disabilitati e fuori da un contesto di softirq
+                         || \--> acquisito in un contesto di softirq
+                         | \---> hardirq disabilitati e fuori da un contesto di hardirq
+                          \----> acquisito in un contesto di hardirq
+
+Per un dato STATO, che il blocco sia mai stato acquisito in quel contesto di
+STATO, o che lo STATO sia abilitato, ci lascia coi quattro possibili scenari
+mostrati nella seguente tabella. Il carattere associato al bit indica con
+esattezza in quale scenario ci si trova al momento del rapporto.
+
+  +---------------+---------------+------------------+
+  |               | irq abilitati | irq disabilitati |
+  +---------------+---------------+------------------+
+  | sempre in irq |      '?'      |       '-'        |
+  +---------------+---------------+------------------+
+  | mai in irq    |      '+'      |       '.'        |
+  +---------------+---------------+------------------+
+
+Il carattere '-' suggerisce che le interruzioni sono disabilitate perché
+altrimenti verrebbe mostrato il carattere '?'. Una deduzione simile può essere
+fatta anche per '+'
+
+I blocchi inutilizzati (ad esempio i mutex) non possono essere fra le cause di
+un errore.
+
+Regole dello stato per un blocco singolo
+----------------------------------------
+
+Avere un blocco sicuro in interruzioni (*irq-safe*) significa che è sempre stato
+usato in un contesto d'interruzione, mentre un blocco insicuro in interruzioni
+(*irq-unsafe*) significa che è sempre stato acquisito con le interruzioni
+abilitate.
+
+Una classe softirq insicura è automaticamente insicura anche per hardirq. I
+seguenti stati sono mutualmente esclusivi: solo una può essere vero quando viene
+usata una classe di blocco::
+
+ <hardirq-safe> o <hardirq-unsafe>
+ <softirq-safe> o <softirq-unsafe>
+
+Questo perché se un blocco può essere usato in un contesto di interruzioni
+(sicuro in interruzioni), allora non può mai essere acquisito con le
+interruzioni abilitate (insicuro in interruzioni). Altrimenti potrebbe
+verificarsi uno stallo. Per esempio, questo blocco viene acquisito, ma prima di
+essere rilasciato il contesto d'esecuzione viene interrotto nuovamente, e quindi
+si tenterà di acquisirlo nuovamente. Questo porterà ad uno stallo, in
+particolare uno stallo ricorsivo.
+
+Il validatore rileva e riporta gli usi di blocchi che violano queste regole per
+blocchi singoli.
+
+Regole per le dipendenze di blocchi multipli
+--------------------------------------------
+
+La stessa classe di blocco non deve essere acquisita due volte, questo perché
+potrebbe portare ad uno blocco ricorsivo e dunque ad uno stallo.
+
+Inoltre, due blocchi non possono essere trattenuti in ordine inverso::
+
+ <L1> -> <L2>
+ <L2> -> <L1>
+
+perché porterebbe ad uno stallo - chiamato stallo da blocco inverso - in cui si
+cerca di trattenere i due blocchi in un ciclo in cui entrambe i contesti
+aspettano per sempre che l'altro termini. Il validatore è in grado di trovare
+queste dipendenze cicliche di qualsiasi complessità, ovvero nel mezzo ci
+potrebbero essere altre sequenze di blocchi. Il validatore troverà se questi
+blocchi possono essere acquisiti circolarmente.
+
+In aggiunta, le seguenti sequenze di blocco nei contesti indicati non sono
+permesse, indipendentemente da quale che sia la classe di blocco::
+
+   <hardirq-safe>   ->  <hardirq-unsafe>
+   <softirq-safe>   ->  <softirq-unsafe>
+
+La prima regola deriva dal fatto che un blocco sicuro in interruzioni può essere
+trattenuto in un contesto d'interruzione che, per definizione, ha la possibilità
+di interrompere un blocco insicuro in interruzioni; questo porterebbe ad uno
+stallo da blocco inverso. La seconda, analogamente, ci dice che un blocco sicuro
+in interruzioni software potrebbe essere trattenuto in un contesto di
+interruzione software, dunque potrebbe interrompere un blocco insicuro in
+interruzioni software.
+
+Le suddette regole vengono applicate per qualsiasi sequenza di blocchi: quando
+si acquisiscono nuovi blocchi, il validatore verifica se vi è una violazione
+delle regole fra il nuovo blocco e quelli già trattenuti.
+
+Quando una classe di blocco cambia stato, applicheremo le seguenti regole:
+
+- se viene trovato un nuovo blocco sicuro in interruzioni, verificheremo se
+  abbia mai trattenuto dei blocchi insicuri in interruzioni.
+
+- se viene trovato un nuovo blocco sicuro in interruzioni software,
+  verificheremo se abbia trattenuto dei blocchi insicuri in interruzioni
+  software.
+
+- se viene trovato un nuovo blocco insicuro in interruzioni, verificheremo se
+  abbia trattenuto dei blocchi sicuri in interruzioni.
+
+- se viene trovato un nuovo blocco insicuro in interruzioni software,
+  verificheremo se abbia trattenuto dei blocchi sicuri in interruzioni
+  software.
+
+(Di nuovo, questi controlli vengono fatti perché un contesto d'interruzione
+potrebbe interrompere l'esecuzione di qualsiasi blocco insicuro portando ad uno
+stallo; questo anche se lo stallo non si verifica in pratica)
+
+Eccezione: dipendenze annidate sui dati portano a blocchi annidati
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Ci sono alcuni casi in cui il kernel Linux acquisisce più volte la stessa
+istanza di una classe di blocco. Solitamente, questo succede quando esiste una
+gerarchia fra oggetti dello stesso tipo. In questi casi viene ereditato
+implicitamente l'ordine fra i due oggetti (definito dalle proprietà di questa
+gerarchia), ed il kernel tratterrà i blocchi in questo ordine prefissato per
+ognuno degli oggetti.
+
+Un esempio di questa gerarchia di oggetti che producono "blocchi annidati" sono
+i *block-dev* che rappresentano l'intero disco e quelli che rappresentano una
+sua partizione; la partizione è una parte del disco intero, e l'ordine dei
+blocchi sarà corretto fintantoche uno acquisisce il blocco del disco intero e
+poi quello della partizione. Il validatore non rileva automaticamente questo
+ordine implicito, perché queste regole di sincronizzazione non sono statiche.
+
+Per istruire il validatore riguardo a questo uso corretto dei blocchi sono stati
+introdotte nuove primitive per specificare i "livelli di annidamento". Per
+esempio, per i blocchi a mutua esclusione dei *block-dev* si avrebbe una
+chiamata simile a::
+
+  enum bdev_bd_mutex_lock_class
+  {
+       BD_MUTEX_NORMAL,
+       BD_MUTEX_WHOLE,
+       BD_MUTEX_PARTITION
+  };
+
+  mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_contains->bd_mutex, BD_MUTEX_PARTITION);
+
+In questo caso la sincronizzazione viene fatta su un *block-dev* sapendo che si
+tratta di una partizione.
+
+Ai fini della validazione, il validatore lo considererà con una - sotto - classe
+di blocco separata.
+
+Nota: Prestate estrema attenzione che la vostra gerarchia sia corretta quando si
+vogliono usare le primitive _nested(); altrimenti potreste avere sia falsi
+positivi che falsi negativi.
+
+Annotazioni
+-----------
+
+Si possono utilizzare due costrutti per verificare ed annotare se certi blocchi
+devono essere trattenuti: lockdep_assert_held*(&lock) e
+lockdep_*pin_lock(&lock).
+
+Come suggerito dal nome, la famiglia di macro lockdep_assert_held* asseriscono
+che un dato blocco in un dato momento deve essere trattenuto (altrimenti, verrà
+generato un WARN()). Queste vengono usate abbondantemente nel kernel, per
+esempio in kernel/sched/core.c::
+
+  void update_rq_clock(struct rq *rq)
+  {
+	s64 delta;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&rq->lock);
+	[...]
+  }
+
+dove aver trattenuto rq->lock è necessario per aggiornare in sicurezza il clock
+rq.
+
+L'altra famiglia di macro è lockdep_*pin_lock(), che a dire il vero viene usata
+solo per rq->lock ATM. Se per caso un blocco non viene trattenuto, queste
+genereranno un WARN(). Questo si rivela particolarmente utile quando si deve
+verificare la correttezza di codice con *callback*, dove livelli superiori
+potrebbero assumere che un blocco rimanga trattenuto, ma livelli inferiori
+potrebbero invece pensare che il blocco possa essere rilasciato e poi
+riacquisito (involontariamente si apre una sezione critica). lockdep_pin_lock()
+restituisce 'struct pin_cookie' che viene usato da lockdep_unpin_lock() per
+verificare che nessuno abbia manomesso il blocco. Per esempio in
+kernel/sched/sched.h abbiamo::
+
+  static inline void rq_pin_lock(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
+  {
+	rf->cookie = lockdep_pin_lock(&rq->lock);
+	[...]
+  }
+
+  static inline void rq_unpin_lock(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
+  {
+	[...]
+	lockdep_unpin_lock(&rq->lock, rf->cookie);
+  }
+
+I commenti riguardo alla sincronizzazione possano fornire informazioni utili,
+tuttavia sono le verifiche in esecuzione effettuate da queste macro ad essere
+vitali per scovare problemi di sincronizzazione, ed inoltre forniscono lo stesso
+livello di informazioni quando si ispeziona il codice. Nel dubbio, preferite
+queste annotazioni!
+
+Dimostrazione di correttezza al 100%
+------------------------------------
+
+Il validatore verifica la proprietà di chiusura in senso matematico. Ovvero, per
+ogni sequenza di sincronizzazione di un singolo processo che si verifichi almeno
+una volta nel kernel, il validatore dimostrerà con una certezza del 100% che
+nessuna combinazione e tempistica di queste sequenze possa causare uno stallo in
+una qualsiasi classe di blocco. [1]_
+
+In pratica, per dimostrare l'esistenza di uno stallo non servono complessi
+scenari di sincronizzazione multi-processore e multi-processo. Il validatore può
+dimostrare la correttezza basandosi sulla sola sequenza di sincronizzazione
+apparsa almeno una volta (in qualunque momento, in qualunque processo o
+contesto). Uno scenario complesso che avrebbe bisogno di 3 processori e una
+sfortunata presenza di processi, interruzioni, e pessimo tempismo, può essere
+riprodotto su un sistema a singolo processore.
+
+Questo riduce drasticamente la complessità del controllo di qualità della
+sincronizzazione nel kernel: quello che deve essere fatto è di innescare nel
+kernel quante più possibili "semplici" sequenze di sincronizzazione, almeno una
+volta, allo scopo di dimostrarne la correttezza. Questo al posto di innescare
+una verifica per ogni possibile combinazione di sincronizzazione fra processori,
+e differenti scenari con hardirq e softirq e annidamenti vari (nella pratica,
+impossibile da fare)
+
+.. [1]
+
+   assumendo che il validatore sia corretto al 100%, e che nessun altra parte
+   del sistema possa corromperne lo stato. Assumiamo anche che tutti i percorsi
+   MNI/SMM [potrebbero interrompere anche percorsi dove le interruzioni sono
+   disabilitate] sono corretti e non interferiscono con il validatore. Inoltre,
+   assumiamo che un hash a 64-bit sia unico per ogni sequenza di
+   sincronizzazione nel sistema. Infine, la ricorsione dei blocchi non deve
+   essere maggiore di 20.
+
+Prestazione
+-----------
+
+Le regole sopracitate hanno bisogno di una quantità **enorme** di verifiche
+durante l'esecuzione. Il sistema sarebbe diventato praticamente inutilizzabile
+per la sua lentezza se le avessimo fatte davvero per ogni blocco trattenuto e
+per ogni abilitazione delle interruzioni. La complessità della verifica è
+O(N^2), quindi avremmo dovuto fare decine di migliaia di verifiche per ogni
+evento, il tutto per poche centinaia di classi.
+
+Il problema è stato risolto facendo una singola verifica per ogni 'scenario di
+sincronizzazione' (una sequenza unica di blocchi trattenuti uno dopo l'altro).
+Per farlo, viene mantenuta una pila dei blocchi trattenuti, e viene calcolato un
+hash a 64-bit unico per ogni sequenza. Quando la sequenza viene verificata per
+la prima volta, l'hash viene inserito in una tabella hash. La tabella potrà
+essere verificata senza bisogno di blocchi. Se la sequenza dovesse ripetersi, la
+tabella ci dirà che non è necessario verificarla nuovamente.
+
+Risoluzione dei problemi
+------------------------
+
+Il massimo numero di classi di blocco che il validatore può tracciare è:
+MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS. Oltrepassare questo limite indurrà lokdep a generare il
+seguente avviso::
+
+	(DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(id >= MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS))
+
+Di base questo valore è 8191, e un classico sistema da ufficio ha meno di 1000
+classi, dunque questo avviso è solitamente la conseguenza di un problema di
+perdita delle classi di blocco o d'inizializzazione dei blocchi. Di seguito una
+descrizione dei due problemi:
+
+1. caricare e rimuovere continuamente i moduli mentre il validatore è in
+   esecuzione porterà ad una perdita di classi di blocco. Il problema è che ogni
+   caricamento crea un nuovo insieme di classi di blocco per tutti i blocchi di
+   quel modulo. Tuttavia, la rimozione del modulo non rimuove le vecchie classi
+   (vedi dopo perché non le riusiamo). Dunque, il continuo caricamento e
+   rimozione di un modulo non fa altro che aumentare il contatore di classi fino
+   a raggiungere, eventualmente, il limite.
+
+2. Usare array con un gran numero di blocchi che non vengono esplicitamente
+   inizializzati. Per esempio, una tabella hash con 8192 *bucket* dove ognuno ha
+   il proprio spinlock_t consumerà 8192 classi di blocco a meno che non vengano
+   esplicitamente inizializzati in esecuzione usando spin_lock_init() invece
+   dell'inizializzazione durante la compilazione con __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED().
+   Sbagliare questa inizializzazione garantisce un esaurimento di classi di
+   blocco. Viceversa, un ciclo che invoca spin_lock_init() su tutti i blocchi li
+   mapperebbe tutti alla stessa classe di blocco.
+
+   La morale della favola è che dovete sempre inizializzare esplicitamente i
+   vostri blocchi.
+
+Qualcuno potrebbe argomentare che il validatore debba permettere il riuso di
+classi di blocco. Tuttavia, se siete tentati dall'argomento, prima revisionate
+il codice e pensate alla modifiche necessarie, e tenendo a mente che le classi
+di blocco da rimuovere probabilmente sono legate al grafo delle dipendenze. Più
+facile a dirsi che a farsi.
+
+Ovviamente, se non esaurite le classi di blocco, la prossima cosa da fare è
+quella di trovare le classi non funzionanti. Per prima cosa, il seguente comando
+ritorna il numero di classi attualmente in uso assieme al valore massimo::
+
+	grep "lock-classes" /proc/lockdep_stats
+
+Questo comando produce il seguente messaggio::
+
+	lock-classes:                          748 [max: 8191]
+
+Se il numero di assegnazioni (748 qui sopra) aumenta continuamente nel tempo,
+allora c'è probabilmente un problema da qualche parte. Il seguente comando può
+essere utilizzato per identificare le classi di blocchi problematiche::
+
+	grep "BD" /proc/lockdep
+
+Eseguite il comando e salvatene l'output, quindi confrontatelo con l'output di
+un'esecuzione successiva per identificare eventuali problemi. Questo stesso
+output può anche aiutarti a trovare situazioni in cui l'inizializzazione del
+blocco è stata omessa.
+
+Lettura ricorsiva dei blocchi
+-----------------------------
+
+Il resto di questo documento vuole dimostrare che certi cicli equivalgono ad una
+possibilità di stallo.
+
+Ci sono tre tipi di bloccatori: gli scrittori (bloccatori esclusivi, come
+spin_lock() o write_lock()), lettori non ricorsivi (bloccatori condivisi, come
+down_read()), e lettori ricorsivi (bloccatori condivisi ricorsivi, come
+rcu_read_lock()). D'ora in poi, per questi tipi di bloccatori, useremo la
+seguente notazione:
+
+    W o E: per gli scrittori (bloccatori esclusivi) (W dall'inglese per
+           *Writer*, ed E per *Exclusive*).
+
+    r: per i lettori non ricorsivi (r dall'inglese per *reader*).
+
+    R: per i lettori ricorsivi (R dall'inglese per *Reader*).
+
+    S: per qualsiasi lettore (non ricorsivi + ricorsivi), dato che entrambe
+       sono bloccatori condivisi (S dall'inglese per *Shared*).
+
+    N: per gli scrittori ed i lettori non ricorsivi, dato che entrambe sono
+       non ricorsivi.
+
+Ovviamente, N equivale a "r o W" ed S a "r o R".
+
+Come suggerisce il nome, i lettori ricorsivi sono dei bloccatori a cui è
+permesso di acquisire la stessa istanza di blocco anche all'interno della
+sezione critica di un altro lettore. In altre parole, permette di annidare la
+stessa istanza di blocco nelle sezioni critiche dei lettori.
+
+Dall'altro canto, lo stesso comportamento indurrebbe un lettore non ricorsivo ad
+auto infliggersi uno stallo.
+
+La differenza fra questi due tipi di lettori esiste perché: quelli ricorsivi
+vengono bloccati solo dal trattenimento di un blocco di scrittura, mentre quelli
+non ricorsivi possono essere bloccati dall'attesa di un blocco di scrittura.
+Consideriamo il seguente esempio::
+
+    TASK A:            TASK B:
+
+    read_lock(X);
+                       write_lock(X);
+    read_lock_2(X);
+
+L'attività A acquisisce il blocco di lettura X (non importa se di tipo ricorsivo
+o meno) usando read_lock(). Quando l'attività B tenterà di acquisire il blocco
+X, si fermerà e rimarrà in attesa che venga rilasciato. Ora se read_lock_2() è
+un tipo lettore ricorsivo, l'attività A continuerà perché gli scrittori in
+attesa non possono bloccare lettori ricorsivi, e non avremo alcuno stallo.
+Tuttavia, se read_lock_2() è un lettore non ricorsivo, allora verrà bloccato
+dall'attività B e si causerà uno stallo.
+
+Condizioni bloccanti per lettori/scrittori su uno stesso blocco
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+Essenzialmente ci sono quattro condizioni bloccanti:
+
+1. Uno scrittore blocca un altro scrittore.
+2. Un lettore blocca uno scrittore.
+3. Uno scrittore blocca sia i lettori ricorsivi che non ricorsivi.
+4. Un lettore (ricorsivo o meno) non blocca altri lettori ricorsivi ma potrebbe
+   bloccare quelli non ricorsivi (perché potrebbero esistere degli scrittori in
+   attesa).
+
+Di seguito le tabella delle condizioni bloccanti, Y (*Yes*) significa che il
+tipo in riga blocca quello in colonna, mentre N l'opposto.
+
+    +---+---+---+---+
+    |   | W | r | R |
+    +---+---+---+---+
+    | W | Y | Y | Y |
+    +---+---+---+---+
+    | r | Y | Y | N |
+    +---+---+---+---+
+    | R | Y | Y | N |
+    +---+---+---+---+
+
+    (W: scrittori, r: lettori non ricorsivi, R: lettori ricorsivi)
+
+Al contrario dei blocchi per lettori non ricorsivi, quelli ricorsivi vengono
+trattenuti da chi trattiene il blocco di scrittura piuttosto che da chi ne
+attende il rilascio. Per esempio::
+
+	TASK A:			TASK B:
+
+	read_lock(X);
+
+				write_lock(X);
+
+	read_lock(X);
+
+non produce uno stallo per i lettori ricorsivi, in quanto il processo B rimane
+in attesta del blocco X, mentre il secondo read_lock() non ha bisogno di
+aspettare perché si tratta di un lettore ricorsivo. Tuttavia, se read_lock()
+fosse un lettore non ricorsivo, questo codice produrrebbe uno stallo.
+
+Da notare che in funzione dell'operazione di blocco usate per l'acquisizione (in
+particolare il valore del parametro 'read' in lock_acquire()), un blocco può
+essere di scrittura (blocco esclusivo), di lettura non ricorsivo (blocco
+condiviso e non ricorsivo), o di lettura ricorsivo (blocco condiviso e
+ricorsivo). In altre parole, per un'istanza di blocco esistono tre tipi di
+acquisizione che dipendono dalla funzione di acquisizione usata: esclusiva, di
+lettura non ricorsiva, e di lettura ricorsiva.
+
+In breve, chiamiamo "non ricorsivi" blocchi di scrittura e quelli di lettura non
+ricorsiva, mentre "ricorsivi" i blocchi di lettura ricorsivi.
+
+I blocchi ricorsivi non si bloccano a vicenda, mentre quelli non ricorsivi sì
+(anche in lettura). Un blocco di lettura non ricorsivi può bloccare uno
+ricorsivo, e viceversa.
+
+Il seguente esempio mostra uno stallo con blocchi ricorsivi::
+
+	TASK A:			TASK B:
+
+	read_lock(X);
+				read_lock(Y);
+	write_lock(Y);
+				write_lock(X);
+
+Il processo A attende che il processo B esegua read_unlock() so Y, mentre il
+processo B attende che A esegua read_unlock() su X.
+
+Tipi di dipendenze e percorsi forti
+-----------------------------------
+Le dipendenze fra blocchi tracciano l'ordine con cui una coppia di blocchi viene
+acquisita, e perché vi sono 3 tipi di bloccatori, allora avremo 9 tipi di
+dipendenze. Tuttavia, vi mostreremo che 4 sono sufficienti per individuare gli
+stalli.
+
+Per ogni dipendenza fra blocchi avremo::
+
+  L1 -> L2
+
+Questo significa che lockdep ha visto acquisire L1 prima di L2 nello stesso
+contesto di esecuzione. Per quanto riguarda l'individuazione degli stalli, ci
+interessa sapere se possiamo rimanere bloccati da L2 mentre L1 viene trattenuto.
+In altre parole, vogliamo sapere se esiste un bloccatore L3 che viene bloccato
+da L1 e un L2 che viene bloccato da L3. Dunque, siamo interessati a (1) quello
+che L1 blocca e (2) quello che blocca L2. Di conseguenza, possiamo combinare
+lettori ricorsivi e non per L1 (perché bloccano gli stessi tipi) e possiamo
+combinare scrittori e lettori non ricorsivi per L2 (perché vengono bloccati
+dagli stessi tipi).
+
+Con questa semplificazione, possiamo dedurre che ci sono 4 tipi di rami nel
+grafo delle dipendenze di lockdep:
+
+1) -(ER)->:
+            dipendenza da scrittore esclusivo a lettore ricorsivo. "X -(ER)-> Y"
+            significa X -> Y, dove X è uno scrittore e Y un lettore ricorsivo.
+
+2) -(EN)->:
+            dipendenza da scrittore esclusivo a bloccatore non ricorsivo.
+            "X -(EN)->" significa X-> Y, dove X è uno scrittore e Y può essere
+            o uno scrittore o un lettore non ricorsivo.
+
+3) -(SR)->:
+            dipendenza da lettore condiviso a lettore ricorsivo. "X -(SR)->"
+            significa X -> Y, dove X è un lettore (ricorsivo o meno) e Y è un
+            lettore ricorsivo.
+
+4) -(SN)->:
+            dipendenza da lettore condiviso a bloccatore non ricorsivo.
+            "X -(SN)-> Y" significa X -> Y , dove X è un lettore (ricorsivo
+            o meno) e Y può essere o uno scrittore o un lettore non ricorsivo.
+
+Da notare che presi due blocchi, questi potrebbero avere più dipendenza fra di
+loro. Per esempio::
+
+	TASK A:
+
+	read_lock(X);
+	write_lock(Y);
+	...
+
+	TASK B:
+
+	write_lock(X);
+	write_lock(Y);
+
+Nel grafo delle dipendenze avremo sia X -(SN)-> Y che X -(EN)-> Y.
+
+Usiamo -(xN)-> per rappresentare i rami sia per -(EN)-> che -(SN)->, allo stesso
+modo -(Ex)->, -(xR)-> e -(Sx)->
+
+Un "percorso" in un grafo è una serie di nodi e degli archi che li congiungono.
+Definiamo un percorso "forte", come il percorso che non ha archi (dipendenze) di
+tipo -(xR)-> e -(Sx)->. In altre parole, un percorso "forte" è un percorso da un
+blocco ad un altro attraverso le varie dipendenze, e se sul percorso abbiamo X
+-> Y -> Z (dove X, Y, e Z sono blocchi), e da X a Y si ha una dipendenza -(SR)->
+o -(ER)->, allora fra Y e Z non deve esserci una dipendenza -(SN)-> o -(SR)->.
+
+Nella prossima sezione vedremo perché definiamo questo percorso "forte".
+
+Identificazione di stalli da lettura ricorsiva
+----------------------------------------------
+Ora vogliamo dimostrare altre due cose:
+
+Lemma 1:
+
+Se esiste un percorso chiuso forte (ciclo forte), allora esiste anche una
+combinazione di sequenze di blocchi che causa uno stallo. In altre parole,
+l'esistenza di un ciclo forte è sufficiente alla scoperta di uno stallo.
+
+Lemma 2:
+
+Se non esiste un percorso chiuso forte (ciclo forte), allora non esiste una
+combinazione di sequenze di blocchi che causino uno stallo. In altre parole, i
+cicli forti sono necessari alla rilevazione degli stallo.
+
+Con questi due lemmi possiamo facilmente affermare che un percorso chiuso forte
+è sia sufficiente che necessario per avere gli stalli, dunque averli equivale
+alla possibilità di imbattersi concretamente in uno stallo. Un percorso chiuso
+forte significa che può causare stalli, per questo lo definiamo "forte", ma ci
+sono anche cicli di dipendenze che non causeranno stalli.
+
+Dimostrazione di sufficienza (lemma 1):
+
+Immaginiamo d'avere un ciclo forte::
+
+    L1 -> L2 ... -> Ln -> L1
+
+Questo significa che abbiamo le seguenti dipendenze::
+
+    L1   -> L2
+    L2   -> L3
+    ...
+    Ln-1 -> Ln
+    Ln   -> L1
+
+Ora possiamo costruire una combinazione di sequenze di blocchi che causano lo
+stallo.
+
+Per prima cosa facciamo sì che un processo/processore prenda L1 in L1 -> L2, poi
+un altro prende L2 in L2 -> L3, e così via. Alla fine, tutti i Lx in Lx -> Lx+1
+saranno trattenuti da processi/processori diversi.
+
+Poi visto che abbiamo L1 -> L2, chi trattiene L1 vorrà acquisire L2 in L1 -> L2,
+ma prima dovrà attendere che venga rilasciato da chi lo trattiene. Questo perché
+L2 è già trattenuto da un altro processo/processore, ed in più L1 -> L2 e L2 ->
+L3 non sono -(xR)-> né -(Sx)-> (la definizione di forte). Questo significa che L2
+in L1 -> L2 non è un bloccatore non ricorsivo (bloccabile da chiunque), e L2 in
+L2 -> L3 non è uno scrittore (che blocca chiunque).
+
+In aggiunta, possiamo trarre una simile conclusione per chi sta trattenendo L2:
+deve aspettare che L3 venga rilasciato, e così via. Ora possiamo dimostrare che
+chi trattiene Lx deve aspettare che Lx+1 venga rilasciato. Notiamo che Ln+1 è
+L1, dunque si è creato un ciclo dal quale non possiamo uscire, quindi si ha uno
+stallo.
+
+Dimostrazione della necessità (lemma 2):
+
+Questo lemma equivale a dire che: se siamo in uno scenario di stallo, allora
+deve esiste un ciclo forte nel grafo delle dipendenze.
+
+Secondo Wikipedia[1], se c'è uno stallo, allora deve esserci un ciclo di attese,
+ovvero ci sono N processi/processori dove P1 aspetta un blocco trattenuto da P2,
+e P2 ne aspetta uno trattenuto da P3, ... e Pn attende che il blocco P1 venga
+rilasciato. Chiamiamo Lx il blocco che attende Px, quindi P1 aspetta L1 e
+trattiene Ln. Quindi avremo Ln -> L1 nel grafo delle dipendenze. Similarmente,
+nel grafo delle dipendenze avremo L1 -> L2, L2 -> L3, ..., Ln-1 -> Ln, il che
+significa che abbiamo un ciclo::
+
+	Ln -> L1 -> L2 -> ... -> Ln
+
+, ed ora dimostriamo d'avere un ciclo forte.
+
+Per un blocco Lx, il processo Px contribuisce alla dipendenza Lx-1 -> Lx e Px+1
+contribuisce a quella Lx -> Lx+1. Visto che Px aspetta che Px+1 rilasci Lx, sarà
+impossibile che Lx in Px+1 sia un lettore e che Lx in Px sia un lettore
+ricorsivo. Questo perché i lettori (ricorsivi o meno) non bloccano lettori
+ricorsivi. Dunque, Lx-1 -> Lx e Lx -> Lx+1 non possono essere una coppia di
+-(xR)-> -(Sx)->. Questo è vero per ogni ciclo, dunque, questo è un ciclo forte.
+
+Riferimenti
+-----------
+
+[1]: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stallo_(informatica)
+
+[2]: Shibu, K. (2009). Intro To Embedded Systems (1st ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst
+
+=======================
+Statistiche sui blocchi
+=======================
+
+Cosa
+====
+
+Come suggerisce il nome, fornisce statistiche sui blocchi.
+
+
+Perché
+======
+
+Perché, tanto per fare un esempio, le contese sui blocchi possono influenzare
+significativamente le prestazioni.
+
+Come
+====
+
+*Lockdep* ha punti di collegamento nelle funzioni di blocco e inoltre
+mappa le istanze di blocco con le relative classi. Partiamo da questo punto
+(vedere Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockdep-design.rst).
+Il grafico sottostante mostra la relazione che intercorre fra le
+funzioni di blocco e i vari punti di collegamenti che ci sono al loro
+interno::
+
+        __acquire
+            |
+           lock _____
+            |        \
+            |    __contended
+            |         |
+            |       <wait>
+            | _______/
+            |/
+            |
+       __acquired
+            |
+            .
+          <hold>
+            .
+            |
+       __release
+            |
+         unlock
+
+  lock, unlock	- le classiche funzioni di blocco
+  __*		- i punti di collegamento
+  <> 		- stati
+
+Grazie a questi punti di collegamento possiamo fornire le seguenti statistiche:
+
+con-bounces
+  - numero di contese su un blocco che riguarda dati di un processore
+
+contentions
+  - numero di acquisizioni di blocchi che hanno dovuto attendere
+
+wait time
+  min
+    - tempo minimo (diverso da zero) che sia mai stato speso in attesa di
+      un blocco
+
+  max
+    - tempo massimo che sia mai stato speso in attesa di un blocco
+
+  total
+    - tempo totale speso in attesa di un blocco
+
+  avg
+	- tempo medio speso in attesa di un blocco
+
+acq-bounces
+  - numero di acquisizioni di blocco che riguardavano i dati su un processore
+
+acquisitions
+  - numero di volte che un blocco è stato ottenuto
+
+hold time
+  min
+    - tempo minimo (diverso da zero) che sia mai stato speso trattenendo un blocco
+
+  max
+    - tempo massimo che sia mai stato speso trattenendo un blocco
+
+  total
+    - tempo totale di trattenimento di un blocco
+
+  avg
+    - tempo medio di trattenimento di un blocco
+
+Questi numeri vengono raccolti per classe di blocco, e per ogni stato di
+lettura/scrittura (quando applicabile).
+
+Inoltre, questa raccolta di statistiche tiene traccia di 4 punti di contesa
+per classe di blocco. Un punto di contesa è una chiamata che ha dovuto
+aspettare l'acquisizione di un blocco.
+
+Configurazione
+--------------
+
+Le statistiche sui blocchi si abilitano usando l'opzione di configurazione
+CONFIG_LOCK_STAT.
+
+Uso
+---
+
+Abilitare la raccolta di statistiche::
+
+	# echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat
+
+Disabilitare la raccolta di statistiche::
+
+	# echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat
+
+Per vedere le statistiche correnti sui blocchi::
+
+  ( i numeri di riga non fanno parte dell'output del comando, ma sono stati
+  aggiunti ai fini di questa spiegazione )
+
+  # less /proc/lock_stat
+
+  01 lock_stat version 0.4
+  02-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  03                              class name    con-bounces    contentions   waittime-min   waittime-max waittime-total   waittime-avg    acq-bounces   acquisitions   holdtime-min   holdtime-max holdtime-total   holdtime-avg
+  04-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  05
+  06                         &mm->mmap_sem-W:            46             84           0.26         939.10       16371.53         194.90          47291        2922365           0.16     2220301.69 17464026916.32        5975.99
+  07                         &mm->mmap_sem-R:            37            100           1.31      299502.61      325629.52        3256.30         212344       34316685           0.10        7744.91    95016910.20           2.77
+  08                         ---------------
+  09                           &mm->mmap_sem              1          [<ffffffff811502a7>] khugepaged_scan_mm_slot+0x57/0x280
+  10                           &mm->mmap_sem             96          [<ffffffff815351c4>] __do_page_fault+0x1d4/0x510
+  11                           &mm->mmap_sem             34          [<ffffffff81113d77>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x87/0xd0
+  12                           &mm->mmap_sem             17          [<ffffffff81127e71>] vm_munmap+0x41/0x80
+  13                         ---------------
+  14                           &mm->mmap_sem              1          [<ffffffff81046fda>] dup_mmap+0x2a/0x3f0
+  15                           &mm->mmap_sem             60          [<ffffffff81129e29>] SyS_mprotect+0xe9/0x250
+  16                           &mm->mmap_sem             41          [<ffffffff815351c4>] __do_page_fault+0x1d4/0x510
+  17                           &mm->mmap_sem             68          [<ffffffff81113d77>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x87/0xd0
+  18
+  19.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
+  20
+  21                         unix_table_lock:           110            112           0.21          49.24         163.91           1.46          21094          66312           0.12         624.42       31589.81           0.48
+  22                         ---------------
+  23                         unix_table_lock             45          [<ffffffff8150ad8e>] unix_create1+0x16e/0x1b0
+  24                         unix_table_lock             47          [<ffffffff8150b111>] unix_release_sock+0x31/0x250
+  25                         unix_table_lock             15          [<ffffffff8150ca37>] unix_find_other+0x117/0x230
+  26                         unix_table_lock              5          [<ffffffff8150a09f>] unix_autobind+0x11f/0x1b0
+  27                         ---------------
+  28                         unix_table_lock             39          [<ffffffff8150b111>] unix_release_sock+0x31/0x250
+  29                         unix_table_lock             49          [<ffffffff8150ad8e>] unix_create1+0x16e/0x1b0
+  30                         unix_table_lock             20          [<ffffffff8150ca37>] unix_find_other+0x117/0x230
+  31                         unix_table_lock              4          [<ffffffff8150a09f>] unix_autobind+0x11f/0x1b0
+
+Questo estratto mostra le statistiche delle prime due classi di
+blocco. La riga 01 mostra la versione dell'output - la versione
+cambierà ogni volta che cambia il formato. Le righe dalla 02 alla 04
+rappresentano l'intestazione con la descrizione delle colonne. Le
+statistiche sono mostrate nelle righe dalla 05 alla 18 e dalla 20
+alla 31. Queste statistiche sono divise in due parti: le statistiche,
+seguite dai punti di contesa (righe 08 e 13) separati da un divisore.
+
+Le righe dalla 09 alla 12 mostrano i primi quattro punti di contesa
+registrati (il codice che tenta di acquisire un blocco) e le righe
+dalla 14 alla 17 mostrano i primi quattro punti contesi registrati
+(ovvero codice che ha acquisito un blocco). È possibile che nelle
+statistiche manchi il valore *max con-bounces*.
+
+Il primo blocco (righe dalla 05 alla 18) è di tipo lettura/scrittura e quindi
+mostra due righe prima del divisore. I punti di contesa non corrispondono alla
+descrizione delle colonne nell'intestazione; essi hanno due colonne: *punti di
+contesa* e *[<IP>] simboli*. Il secondo gruppo di punti di contesa sono i punti
+con cui si contende il blocco.
+
+La parte interna del tempo è espressa in us (microsecondi).
+
+Quando si ha a che fare con blocchi annidati si potrebbero vedere le
+sottoclassi di blocco::
+
+  32...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
+  33
+  34                               &rq->lock:       13128          13128           0.43         190.53      103881.26           7.91          97454        3453404           0.00         401.11    13224683.11           3.82
+  35                               ---------
+  36                               &rq->lock          645          [<ffffffff8103bfc4>] task_rq_lock+0x43/0x75
+  37                               &rq->lock          297          [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
+  38                               &rq->lock          360          [<ffffffff8103c4c5>] select_task_rq_fair+0x1f0/0x74a
+  39                               &rq->lock          428          [<ffffffff81045f98>] scheduler_tick+0x46/0x1fb
+  40                               ---------
+  41                               &rq->lock           77          [<ffffffff8103bfc4>] task_rq_lock+0x43/0x75
+  42                               &rq->lock          174          [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
+  43                               &rq->lock         4715          [<ffffffff8103ed4b>] double_rq_lock+0x42/0x54
+  44                               &rq->lock          893          [<ffffffff81340524>] schedule+0x157/0x7b8
+  45
+  46...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
+  47
+  48                             &rq->lock/1:        1526          11488           0.33         388.73      136294.31          11.86          21461          38404           0.00          37.93      109388.53           2.84
+  49                             -----------
+  50                             &rq->lock/1        11526          [<ffffffff8103ed58>] double_rq_lock+0x4f/0x54
+  51                             -----------
+  52                             &rq->lock/1         5645          [<ffffffff8103ed4b>] double_rq_lock+0x42/0x54
+  53                             &rq->lock/1         1224          [<ffffffff81340524>] schedule+0x157/0x7b8
+  54                             &rq->lock/1         4336          [<ffffffff8103ed58>] double_rq_lock+0x4f/0x54
+  55                             &rq->lock/1          181          [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
+
+La riga 48 mostra le statistiche per la seconda sottoclasse (/1) della
+classe *&irq->lock* (le sottoclassi partono da 0); in questo caso,
+come suggerito dalla riga 50, ``double_rq_lock`` tenta di acquisire un blocco
+annidato di due spinlock.
+
+Per vedere i blocco più contesi::
+
+  # grep : /proc/lock_stat | head
+			clockevents_lock:       2926159        2947636           0.15       46882.81  1784540466.34         605.41        3381345        3879161           0.00        2260.97    53178395.68          13.71
+		     tick_broadcast_lock:        346460         346717           0.18        2257.43    39364622.71         113.54        3642919        4242696           0.00        2263.79    49173646.60          11.59
+		  &mapping->i_mmap_mutex:        203896         203899           3.36      645530.05 31767507988.39      155800.21        3361776        8893984           0.17        2254.15    14110121.02           1.59
+			       &rq->lock:        135014         136909           0.18         606.09      842160.68           6.15        1540728       10436146           0.00         728.72    17606683.41           1.69
+	       &(&zone->lru_lock)->rlock:         93000          94934           0.16          59.18      188253.78           1.98        1199912        3809894           0.15         391.40     3559518.81           0.93
+			 tasklist_lock-W:         40667          41130           0.23        1189.42      428980.51          10.43         270278         510106           0.16         653.51     3939674.91           7.72
+			 tasklist_lock-R:         21298          21305           0.20        1310.05      215511.12          10.12         186204         241258           0.14        1162.33     1179779.23           4.89
+			      rcu_node_1:         47656          49022           0.16         635.41      193616.41           3.95         844888        1865423           0.00         764.26     1656226.96           0.89
+       &(&dentry->d_lockref.lock)->rlock:         39791          40179           0.15        1302.08       88851.96           2.21        2790851       12527025           0.10        1910.75     3379714.27           0.27
+			      rcu_node_0:         29203          30064           0.16         786.55     1555573.00          51.74          88963         244254           0.00         398.87      428872.51           1.76
+
+Per cancellare le statistiche::
+
+  # echo 0 > /proc/lock_stat
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktorture.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktorture.rst
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index 00000000000000..87a0dbeaca772a
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst
+
+============================================
+Funzionamento del test *Kernel Lock Torture*
+============================================
+
+CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST
+========================
+
+L'opzione di configurazione CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST fornisce un
+modulo kernel che esegue delle verifiche che *torturano* le primitive di
+sincronizzazione del kernel. Se dovesse servire, il modulo kernel,
+'locktorture', può essere generato successivamente su un kernel che
+volete verificare. Periodicamente le verifiche stampano messaggi tramite
+``printk()`` e che quindi possono essere letti tramite ``dmesg`` (magari
+filtrate l'output con ``grep "torture"``). La verifica inizia quando
+il modulo viene caricato e termina quando viene rimosso. Questo
+programma si basa sulle modalità di verifica di RCU tramite rcutorture.
+
+Questa verifica consiste nella creazione di un certo numero di thread
+del kernel che acquisiscono un blocco e lo trattengono per una certa
+quantità di tempo così da simulare diversi comportamenti nelle sezioni
+critiche. La quantità di contese su un blocco può essere simulata
+allargando la sezione critica e/o creando più thread.
+
+
+Parametri del modulo
+====================
+
+Questo modulo ha i seguenti parametri:
+
+
+Specifici di locktorture
+------------------------
+
+nwriters_stress
+		  Numero di thread del kernel che stresseranno l'acquisizione
+		  esclusiva dei blocchi (scrittori). Il valore di base è il
+		  doppio del numero di processori attivi presenti.
+
+nreaders_stress
+		  Numero di thread del kernel che stresseranno l'acquisizione
+		  condivisa dei blocchi (lettori). Il valore di base è lo stesso
+		  di nwriters_stress. Se l'utente non ha specificato
+		  nwriters_stress, allora entrambe i valori corrisponderanno
+		  al numero di processori attivi presenti.
+
+torture_type
+		  Tipo di blocco da verificare. Di base, solo gli spinlock
+		  verranno verificati. Questo modulo può verificare anche
+		  i seguenti tipi di blocchi:
+
+		     - "lock_busted":
+				Simula un'incorretta implementazione del
+				blocco.
+
+		     - "spin_lock":
+				coppie di spin_lock() e spin_unlock().
+
+		     - "spin_lock_irq":
+				coppie di spin_lock_irq() e spin_unlock_irq().
+
+		     - "rw_lock":
+				coppie di rwlock read/write lock() e unlock().
+
+		     - "rw_lock_irq":
+				copie di rwlock read/write lock_irq() e
+				unlock_irq().
+
+		     - "mutex_lock":
+				coppie di mutex_lock() e mutex_unlock().
+
+		     - "rtmutex_lock":
+				coppie di rtmutex_lock() e rtmutex_unlock().
+				Il kernel deve avere CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES=y.
+
+		     - "rwsem_lock":
+				coppie di semafori read/write down() e up().
+
+
+Generici dell'ambiente di sviluppo 'torture' (RCU + locking)
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+shutdown_secs
+		  Numero di secondi prima che la verifica termini e il sistema
+		  venga spento.  Il valore di base è zero, il che disabilita
+		  la possibilità di terminare e spegnere. Questa funzionalità
+		  può essere utile per verifiche automatizzate.
+
+onoff_interval
+		  Numero di secondi fra ogni tentativo di esecuzione di
+		  un'operazione casuale di CPU-hotplug. Di base è zero, il
+		  che disabilita la funzionalità di CPU-hotplug. Nei kernel
+		  con CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=n, locktorture si rifiuterà, senza
+		  dirlo, di effettuare una qualsiasi operazione di
+		  CPU-hotplug indipendentemente dal valore specificato in
+		  onoff_interval.
+
+onoff_holdoff
+		  Numero di secondi da aspettare prima di iniziare le
+		  operazioni di CPU-hotplug.  Normalmente questo verrebbe
+		  usato solamente quando locktorture è compilato come parte
+		  integrante del kernel ed eseguito automaticamente all'avvio,
+		  in questo caso è utile perché permette di non confondere
+		  l'avvio con i processori che vanno e vengono. Questo
+		  parametro è utile sono se CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU è abilitato.
+
+stat_interval
+		  Numero di secondi fra una stampa (printk()) delle
+		  statistiche e l'altra. Di base, locktorture riporta le
+		  statistiche ogni 60 secondi. Impostando l'intervallo a 0
+		  ha l'effetto di stampare le statistiche -solo- quando il
+		  modulo viene rimosso.
+
+stutter
+		  Durata della verifica prima di effettuare una pausa di
+		  eguale durata. Di base "stutter=5", quindi si eseguono
+		  verifiche e pause di (circa) cinque secondi.
+		  L'impostazione di "stutter=0" fa si che la verifica
+		  venga eseguita continuamente senza fermarsi.
+
+shuffle_interval
+		  Il numero di secondi per cui un thread debba mantenere
+		  l'affinità con un sottoinsieme di processori, di base è
+		  3 secondi. Viene usato assieme a test_no_idle_hz.
+
+verbose
+		  Abilita le stampe di debug, via printk(). Di base è
+		  abilitato. Queste informazioni aggiuntive sono per la
+		  maggior parte relative ad errori di alto livello e resoconti
+		  da parte dell'struttura 'torture'.
+
+
+Statistiche
+===========
+
+Le statistiche vengono stampate secondo il seguente formato::
+
+  spin_lock-torture: Writes:  Total: 93746064  Max/Min: 0/0   Fail: 0
+     (A)		    (B)		   (C)		  (D)	       (E)
+
+  (A): tipo di lock sotto verifica -- parametro torture_type.
+
+  (B): Numero di acquisizione del blocco in scrittura. Se si ha a che fare
+       con una primitiva di lettura/scrittura apparirà di seguito anche una
+       seconda voce "Reads"
+
+  (C): Numero di volte che il blocco è stato acquisito
+
+  (D): Numero minimo e massimo di volte che un thread ha fallito
+       nell'acquisire il blocco
+
+  (E): valori true/false nel caso di errori durante l'acquisizione del blocco.
+       Questo dovrebbe dare un riscontro positivo -solo- se c'è un baco
+       nell'implementazione delle primitive di sincronizzazione. Altrimenti un
+       blocco non dovrebbe mai fallire (per esempio, spin_lock()).
+       Ovviamente lo stesso si applica per (C). Un semplice esempio è il tipo
+       "lock_busted".
+
+Uso
+===
+
+Il seguente script può essere utilizzato per verificare i blocchi::
+
+	#!/bin/sh
+
+	modprobe locktorture
+	sleep 3600
+	rmmod locktorture
+	dmesg | grep torture:
+
+L'output può essere manualmente ispezionato cercando il marcatore d'errore
+"!!!". Ovviamente potreste voler creare degli script più elaborati che
+verificano automaticamente la presenza di errori. Il comando "rmmod" forza la
+stampa (usando printk()) di "SUCCESS", "FAILURE", oppure "RCU_HOTPLUG". I primi
+due si piegano da soli, mentre l'ultimo indica che non stati trovati problemi di
+sincronizzazione, tuttavia ne sono stati trovati in CPU-hotplug.
+
+Consultate anche: Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/torture.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktypes.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktypes.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1c7056283b9de5
--- /dev/null
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst
+
+.. _it_kernel_hacking_locktypes:
+
+========================================
+Tipologie di blocco e le loro istruzioni
+========================================
+
+Introduzione
+============
+
+Il kernel fornisce un certo numero di primitive di blocco che possiamo dividere
+in tre categorie:
+
+  - blocchi ad attesa con sospensione
+  - blocchi locali per CPU
+  - blocchi ad attesa attiva
+
+Questo documento descrive questi tre tipi e fornisce istruzioni su come
+annidarli, ed usarli su kernel PREEMPT_RT.
+
+Categorie di blocchi
+====================
+
+Blocchi ad attesa con sospensione
+---------------------------------
+
+I blocchi ad attesa con sospensione possono essere acquisiti solo in un contesti
+dov'è possibile la prelazione.
+
+Diverse implementazioni permettono di usare try_lock() anche in altri contesti,
+nonostante ciò è bene considerare anche la sicurezza dei corrispondenti
+unlock(). Inoltre, vanno prese in considerazione anche le varianti di *debug*
+di queste primitive. Insomma, non usate i blocchi ad attesa con sospensioni in
+altri contesti a meno che proprio non vi siano alternative.
+
+In questa categoria troviamo:
+
+ - mutex
+ - rt_mutex
+ - semaphore
+ - rw_semaphore
+ - ww_mutex
+ - percpu_rw_semaphore
+
+Nei kernel con PREEMPT_RT, i seguenti blocchi sono convertiti in blocchi ad
+attesa con sospensione:
+
+ - local_lock
+ - spinlock_t
+ - rwlock_t
+
+Blocchi locali per CPU
+----------------------
+
+ - local_lock
+
+Su kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, le funzioni local_lock gestiscono le primitive di
+disabilitazione di prelazione ed interruzioni. Al contrario di altri meccanismi,
+la disabilitazione della prelazione o delle interruzioni sono puri meccanismi
+per il controllo della concorrenza su una CPU e quindi non sono adatti per la
+gestione della concorrenza inter-CPU.
+
+Blocchi ad attesa attiva
+------------------------
+
+ - raw_spinlcok_t
+ - bit spinlocks
+
+ Nei kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, i seguenti blocchi sono ad attesa attiva:
+
+ - spinlock_t
+ - rwlock_t
+
+Implicitamente, i blocchi ad attesa attiva disabilitano la prelazione e le
+funzioni lock/unlock hanno anche dei suffissi per gestire il livello di
+protezione:
+
+ ===================  =========================================================================
+ _bh()                disabilita / abilita  *bottom halves* (interruzioni software)
+ _irq()               disabilita / abilita le interruzioni
+ _irqsave/restore()   salva e disabilita le interruzioni / ripristina ed attiva le interruzioni
+ ===================  =========================================================================
+
+Semantica del proprietario
+==========================
+
+Eccetto i semafori, i sopracitati tipi di blocchi hanno tutti una semantica
+molto stringente riguardo al proprietario di un blocco:
+
+  Il contesto (attività) che ha acquisito il blocco deve rilasciarlo
+
+I semafori rw_semaphores hanno un'interfaccia speciale che permette anche ai non
+proprietari del blocco di rilasciarlo per i lettori.
+
+rtmutex
+=======
+
+I blocchi a mutua esclusione RT (*rtmutex*) sono un sistema a mutua esclusione
+con supporto all'ereditarietà della priorità (PI).
+
+Questo meccanismo ha delle limitazioni sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT dovuti alla
+prelazione e alle sezioni con interruzioni disabilitate.
+
+Chiaramente, questo meccanismo non può avvalersi della prelazione su una sezione
+dove la prelazione o le interruzioni sono disabilitate; anche sui kernel
+PREEMPT_RT. Tuttavia, i kernel PREEMPT_RT eseguono la maggior parte delle
+sezioni in contesti dov'è possibile la prelazione, specialmente in contesti
+d'interruzione (anche software). Questa conversione permette a spinlock_t e
+rwlock_t di essere implementati usando rtmutex.
+
+semaphore
+=========
+
+La primitiva semaphore implementa un semaforo con contatore.
+
+I semafori vengono spesso utilizzati per la serializzazione e l'attesa, ma per
+nuovi casi d'uso si dovrebbero usare meccanismi diversi, come mutex e
+completion.
+
+semaphore e PREEMPT_RT
+----------------------
+
+I kernel PREEMPT_RT non cambiano l'implementazione di semaphore perché non hanno
+un concetto di proprietario, dunque impediscono a PREEMPT_RT d'avere
+l'ereditarietà della priorità sui semafori. Un proprietario sconosciuto non può
+ottenere una priorità superiore. Di consequenza, bloccarsi sui semafori porta
+all'inversione di priorità.
+
+
+rw_semaphore
+============
+
+Il blocco rw_semaphore è un meccanismo che permette più lettori ma un solo scrittore.
+
+Sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT l'implementazione è imparziale, quindi previene
+l'inedia dei processi scrittori.
+
+Questi blocchi hanno una semantica molto stringente riguardo il proprietario, ma
+offre anche interfacce speciali che permettono ai processi non proprietari di
+rilasciare un processo lettore. Queste interfacce funzionano indipendentemente
+dalla configurazione del kernel.
+
+rw_semaphore e PREEMPT_RT
+-------------------------
+
+I kernel PREEMPT_RT sostituiscono i rw_semaphore con un'implementazione basata
+su rt_mutex, e questo ne modifica l'imparzialità:
+
+ Dato che uno scrittore rw_semaphore non può assicurare la propria priorità ai
+ suoi lettori, un lettore con priorità più bassa che ha subito la prelazione
+ continuerà a trattenere il blocco, quindi porta all'inedia anche gli scrittori
+ con priorità più alta. Per contro, dato che i lettori possono garantire la
+ propria priorità agli scrittori, uno scrittore a bassa priorità che subisce la
+ prelazione vedrà la propria priorità alzata finché non rilascerà il blocco, e
+ questo preverrà l'inedia dei processi lettori a causa di uno scrittore.
+
+
+local_lock
+==========
+
+I local_lock forniscono nomi agli ambiti di visibilità delle sezioni critiche
+protette tramite la disattivazione della prelazione o delle interruzioni.
+
+Sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT le operazioni local_lock si traducono
+nell'abilitazione o disabilitazione della prelazione o le interruzioni.
+
+ ===============================  ======================
+ local_lock(&llock)               preempt_disable()
+ local_unlock(&llock)             preempt_enable()
+ local_lock_irq(&llock)           local_irq_disable()
+ local_unlock_irq(&llock)         local_irq_enable()
+ local_lock_irqsave(&llock)       local_irq_save()
+ local_unlock_irqrestore(&llock)  local_irq_restore()
+ ===============================  ======================
+
+Gli ambiti di visibilità con nome hanno due vantaggi rispetto alle primitive di
+base:
+
+  - Il nome del blocco permette di fare un'analisi statica, ed è anche chiaro su
+    cosa si applichi la protezione cosa che invece non si può fare con le
+    classiche primitive in quanto sono opache e senza alcun ambito di
+    visibilità.
+
+  - Se viene abilitato lockdep, allora local_lock ottiene un lockmap che
+    permette di verificare la bontà della protezione. Per esempio, questo può
+    identificare i casi dove una funzione usa preempt_disable() come meccanismo
+    di protezione in un contesto d'interruzione (anche software). A parte
+    questo, lockdep_assert_held(&llock) funziona come tutte le altre primitive
+    di sincronizzazione.
+
+local_lock e PREEMPT_RT
+-------------------------
+
+I kernel PREEMPT_RT sostituiscono local_lock con uno spinlock_t per CPU, quindi
+ne cambia la semantica:
+
+  - Tutte le modifiche a spinlock_t si applicano anche a local_lock
+
+L'uso di local_lock
+-------------------
+
+I local_lock dovrebbero essere usati su kernel non-PREEMPT_RT quando la
+disabilitazione della prelazione o delle interruzioni è il modo più adeguato per
+gestire l'accesso concorrente a strutture dati per CPU.
+
+Questo meccanismo non è adatto alla protezione da prelazione o interruzione su
+kernel PREEMPT_RT dato che verrà convertito in spinlock_t.
+
+
+raw_spinlock_t e spinlock_t
+===========================
+
+raw_spinlock_t
+--------------
+
+I blocco raw_spinlock_t è un blocco ad attesa attiva su tutti i tipi di kernel,
+incluso quello PREEMPT_RT. Usate raw_spinlock_t solo in sezioni critiche nel
+cuore del codice, nella gestione delle interruzioni di basso livello, e in posti
+dove è necessario disabilitare la prelazione o le interruzioni. Per esempio, per
+accedere in modo sicuro lo stato dell'hardware. A volte, i raw_spinlock_t
+possono essere usati quando la sezione critica è minuscola, per evitare gli
+eccessi di un rtmutex.
+
+spinlock_t
+----------
+
+Il significato di spinlock_t cambia in base allo stato di PREEMPT_RT.
+
+Sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, spinlock_t si traduce in un raw_spinlock_t ed ha
+esattamente lo stesso significato.
+
+spinlock_t e PREEMPT_RT
+-----------------------
+
+Sui kernel PREEMPT_RT, spinlock_t ha un'implementazione dedicata che si basa
+sull'uso di rt_mutex. Questo ne modifica il significato:
+
+ - La prelazione non viene disabilitata.
+
+ - I suffissi relativi alla interruzioni (_irq, _irqsave / _irqrestore) per le
+   operazioni spin_lock / spin_unlock non hanno alcun effetto sullo stato delle
+   interruzioni della CPU.
+
+ - I suffissi relativi alle interruzioni software (_bh()) disabilitano i
+   relativi gestori d'interruzione.
+
+   I kernel non-PREEMPT_RT disabilitano la prelazione per ottenere lo stesso effetto.
+
+   I kernel PREEMPT_RT usano un blocco per CPU per la serializzazione, il che
+   permette di tenere attiva la prelazione. Il blocco disabilita i gestori
+   d'interruzione software e previene la rientranza vista la prelazione attiva.
+
+A parte quanto appena discusso, i kernel PREEMPT_RT preservano il significato
+di tutti gli altri aspetti di spinlock_t:
+
+ - Le attività che trattengono un blocco spinlock_t non migrano su altri
+   processori. Disabilitando la prelazione, i kernel non-PREEMPT_RT evitano la
+   migrazione. Invece, i kernel PREEMPT_RT disabilitano la migrazione per
+   assicurarsi che i puntatori a variabili per CPU rimangano validi anche
+   quando un'attività subisce la prelazione.
+
+ - Lo stato di un'attività si mantiene durante le acquisizioni del blocco al
+   fine di garantire che le regole basate sullo stato delle attività si possano
+   applicare a tutte le configurazioni del kernel. I kernel non-PREEMPT_RT
+   lasciano lo stato immutato. Tuttavia, la funzionalità PREEMPT_RT deve
+   cambiare lo stato se l'attività si blocca durante l'acquisizione. Dunque,
+   salva lo stato attuale prima di bloccarsi ed il rispettivo risveglio lo
+   ripristinerà come nell'esempio seguente::
+
+    task->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
+     lock()
+       block()
+         task->saved_state = task->state
+	 task->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
+	 schedule()
+					lock wakeup
+					  task->state = task->saved_state
+
+   Altri tipi di risvegli avrebbero impostato direttamente lo stato a RUNNING,
+   ma in questo caso non avrebbe funzionato perché l'attività deve rimanere
+   bloccata fintanto che il blocco viene trattenuto. Quindi, lo stato salvato
+   viene messo a RUNNING quando il risveglio di un non-blocco cerca di
+   risvegliare un'attività bloccata in attesa del rilascio di uno spinlock. Poi,
+   quando viene completata l'acquisizione del blocco, il suo risveglio
+   ripristinerà lo stato salvato, in questo caso a RUNNING::
+
+    task->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
+     lock()
+       block()
+         task->saved_state = task->state
+	 task->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
+	 schedule()
+					non lock wakeup
+					  task->saved_state = TASK_RUNNING
+
+					lock wakeup
+					  task->state = task->saved_state
+
+   Questo garantisce che il vero risveglio non venga perso.
+
+rwlock_t
+========
+
+Il blocco rwlock_t è un meccanismo che permette più lettori ma un solo scrittore.
+
+Sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT questo è un blocco ad attesa e per i suoi suffissi si
+applicano le stesse regole per spinlock_t. La sua implementazione è imparziale,
+quindi previene l'inedia dei processi scrittori.
+
+rwlock_t e PREEMPT_RT
+---------------------
+
+Sui kernel PREEMPT_RT rwlock_t ha un'implementazione dedicata che si basa
+sull'uso di rt_mutex. Questo ne modifica il significato:
+
+ - Tutte le modifiche fatte a spinlock_t si applicano anche a rwlock_t.
+
+ - Dato che uno scrittore rw_semaphore non può assicurare la propria priorità ai
+   suoi lettori, un lettore con priorità più bassa che ha subito la prelazione
+   continuerà a trattenere il blocco, quindi porta all'inedia anche gli
+   scrittori con priorità più alta. Per contro, dato che i lettori possono
+   garantire la propria priorità agli scrittori, uno scrittore a bassa priorità
+   che subisce la prelazione vedrà la propria priorità alzata finché non
+   rilascerà il blocco, e questo preverrà l'inedia dei processi lettori a causa
+   di uno scrittore.
+
+
+Precisazioni su PREEMPT_RT
+==========================
+
+local_lock su RT
+----------------
+
+Sui kernel PREEMPT_RT Ci sono alcune implicazioni dovute alla conversione di
+local_lock in un spinlock_t. Per esempio, su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT il
+seguente codice funzionerà come ci si aspetta::
+
+  local_lock_irq(&local_lock);
+  raw_spin_lock(&lock);
+
+ed è equivalente a::
+
+   raw_spin_lock_irq(&lock);
+
+Ma su un kernel PREEMPT_RT questo codice non funzionerà perché local_lock_irq()
+si traduce in uno spinlock_t per CPU che non disabilita né le interruzioni né la
+prelazione. Il seguente codice funzionerà su entrambe i kernel con o senza
+PREEMPT_RT::
+
+  local_lock_irq(&local_lock);
+  spin_lock(&lock);
+
+Un altro dettaglio da tenere a mente con local_lock è che ognuno di loro ha un
+ambito di protezione ben preciso. Dunque, la seguente sostituzione è errate::
+
+
+  func1()
+  {
+    local_irq_save(flags);    -> local_lock_irqsave(&local_lock_1, flags);
+    func3();
+    local_irq_restore(flags); -> local_unlock_irqrestore(&local_lock_1, flags);
+  }
+
+  func2()
+  {
+    local_irq_save(flags);    -> local_lock_irqsave(&local_lock_2, flags);
+    func3();
+    local_irq_restore(flags); -> local_unlock_irqrestore(&local_lock_2, flags);
+  }
+
+  func3()
+  {
+    lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+    access_protected_data();
+  }
+
+Questo funziona correttamente su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, ma su un kernel
+PREEMPT_RT local_lock_1 e local_lock_2 sono distinti e non possono serializzare
+i chiamanti di func3(). L'*assert* di lockdep verrà attivato su un kernel
+PREEMPT_RT perché local_lock_irqsave() non disabilita le interruzione a casa
+della specifica semantica di spinlock_t in PREEMPT_RT. La corretta sostituzione
+è::
+
+  func1()
+  {
+    local_irq_save(flags);    -> local_lock_irqsave(&local_lock, flags);
+    func3();
+    local_irq_restore(flags); -> local_unlock_irqrestore(&local_lock, flags);
+  }
+
+  func2()
+  {
+    local_irq_save(flags);    -> local_lock_irqsave(&local_lock, flags);
+    func3();
+    local_irq_restore(flags); -> local_unlock_irqrestore(&local_lock, flags);
+  }
+
+  func3()
+  {
+    lockdep_assert_held(&local_lock);
+    access_protected_data();
+  }
+
+spinlock_t e rwlock_t
+---------------------
+
+Ci sono alcune conseguenze di cui tener conto dal cambiamento di semantica di
+spinlock_t e rwlock_t sui kernel PREEMPT_RT. Per esempio, sui kernel non
+PREEMPT_RT il seguente codice funziona come ci si aspetta::
+
+   local_irq_disable();
+   spin_lock(&lock);
+
+ed è equivalente a::
+
+   spin_lock_irq(&lock);
+
+Lo stesso vale per rwlock_t e le varianti con _irqsave().
+
+Sui kernel PREEMPT_RT questo codice non funzionerà perché gli rtmutex richiedono
+un contesto con la possibilità di prelazione. Al suo posto, usate
+spin_lock_irq() o spin_lock_irqsave() e le loro controparti per il rilascio. I
+kernel PREEMPT_RT offrono un meccanismo local_lock per i casi in cui la
+disabilitazione delle interruzioni ed acquisizione di un blocco devono rimanere
+separati. Acquisire un local_lock àncora un processo ad una CPU permettendo cose
+come un'acquisizione di un blocco con interruzioni disabilitate per singola CPU.
+
+Il tipico scenario è quando si vuole proteggere una variabile di processore nel
+contesto di un thread::
+
+
+  struct foo *p = get_cpu_ptr(&var1);
+
+  spin_lock(&p->lock);
+  p->count += this_cpu_read(var2);
+
+Questo codice è corretto su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, ma non lo è su un
+PREEMPT_RT. La modifica della semantica di spinlock_t su PREEMPT_RT non permette
+di acquisire p->lock perché, implicitamente, get_cpu_ptr() disabilita la
+prelazione. La seguente sostituzione funzionerà su entrambe i kernel::
+
+  struct foo *p;
+
+  migrate_disable();
+  p = this_cpu_ptr(&var1);
+  spin_lock(&p->lock);
+  p->count += this_cpu_read(var2);
+
+La funzione migrate_disable() assicura che il processo venga tenuto sulla CPU
+corrente, e di conseguenza garantisce che gli accessi per-CPU alle variabili var1 e
+var2 rimangano sulla stessa CPU fintanto che il processo rimane prelabile.
+
+La sostituzione con migrate_disable() non funzionerà nel seguente scenario::
+
+  func()
+  {
+    struct foo *p;
+
+    migrate_disable();
+    p = this_cpu_ptr(&var1);
+    p->val = func2();
+
+Questo non funziona perché migrate_disable() non protegge dal ritorno da un
+processo che aveva avuto il diritto di prelazione. Una sostituzione più adatta
+per questo caso è::
+
+  func()
+  {
+    struct foo *p;
+
+    local_lock(&foo_lock);
+    p = this_cpu_ptr(&var1);
+    p->val = func2();
+
+Su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, questo codice protegge dal rientro disabilitando la
+prelazione. Su un kernel PREEMPT_RT si ottiene lo stesso risultato acquisendo lo
+spinlock di CPU.
+
+raw_spinlock_t su RT
+--------------------
+
+Acquisire un raw_spinlock_t disabilita la prelazione e possibilmente anche le
+interruzioni, quindi la sezione critica deve evitare di acquisire uno spinlock_t
+o rwlock_t. Per esempio, la sezione critica non deve fare allocazioni di
+memoria. Su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT il seguente codice funziona perfettamente::
+
+  raw_spin_lock(&lock);
+  p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+Ma lo stesso codice non funziona su un kernel PREEMPT_RT perché l'allocatore di
+memoria può essere oggetto di prelazione e quindi non può essere chiamato in un
+contesto atomico. Tuttavia, si può chiamare l'allocatore di memoria quando si
+trattiene un blocco *non-raw* perché non disabilitano la prelazione sui kernel
+PREEMPT_RT::
+
+  spin_lock(&lock);
+  p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+
+bit spinlocks
+-------------
+
+I kernel PREEMPT_RT non possono sostituire i bit spinlock perché un singolo bit
+è troppo piccolo per farci stare un rtmutex. Dunque, la semantica dei bit
+spinlock è mantenuta anche sui kernel PREEMPT_RT. Quindi, le precisazioni fatte
+per raw_spinlock_t valgono anche qui.
+
+In PREEMPT_RT, alcuni bit spinlock sono sostituiti con normali spinlock_t usando
+condizioni di preprocessore in base a dove vengono usati. Per contro, questo non
+serve quando si sostituiscono gli spinlock_t. Invece, le condizioni poste sui
+file d'intestazione e sul cuore dell'implementazione della sincronizzazione
+permettono al compilatore di effettuare la sostituzione in modo trasparente.
+
+
+Regole d'annidamento dei tipi di blocchi
+========================================
+
+Le regole principali sono:
+
+  - I tipi di blocco appartenenti alla stessa categoria possono essere annidati
+    liberamente a patto che si rispetti l'ordine di blocco al fine di evitare
+    stalli.
+
+  - I blocchi con sospensione non possono essere annidati in blocchi del tipo
+    CPU locale o ad attesa attiva
+
+  - I blocchi ad attesa attiva e su CPU locale possono essere annidati nei
+    blocchi ad attesa con sospensione.
+
+  - I blocchi ad attesa attiva possono essere annidati in qualsiasi altro tipo.
+
+Queste limitazioni si applicano ad entrambe i kernel con o senza PREEMPT_RT.
+
+Il fatto che un kernel PREEMPT_RT cambi i blocchi spinlock_t e rwlock_t dal tipo
+ad attesa attiva a quello con sospensione, e che sostituisca local_lock con uno
+spinlock_t per CPU, significa che non possono essere acquisiti quando si è in un
+blocco raw_spinlock. Ne consegue il seguente ordine d'annidamento:
+
+  1) blocchi ad attesa con sospensione
+  2) spinlock_t, rwlock_t, local_lock
+  3) raw_spinlock_t e bit spinlocks
+
+Se queste regole verranno violate, allora lockdep se ne accorgerà e questo sia
+con o senza PREEMPT_RT.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a1e049585c036..00000000000000
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst
-
-:Original: :ref:`Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst <netdev-FAQ>`
-
-.. _it_netdev-FAQ:
-
-==========
-netdev FAQ
-==========
-
-.. warning::
-
-    TODO ancora da tradurre
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/coding-style.rst
index 5f244e16f51148..284a75ac19f8e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -575,9 +575,9 @@ due parti ``err_free_bar:`` e ``err_free_foo:``:
 
 .. code-block:: c
 
-	 err_free_bar:
+	err_free_bar:
 		kfree(foo->bar);
-	 err_free_foo:
+	err_free_foo:
 		kfree(foo);
 		return ret;
 
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ segue nel vostro file .emacs:
           (c-offsets-alist . (
                   (arglist-close         . c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)
                   (arglist-cont-nonempty .
-		      (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))
+                      (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))
                   (arglist-intro         . +)
                   (brace-list-intro      . +)
                   (c                     . c-lineup-C-comments)
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/subsystem-apis.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/subsystem-apis.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d179af60c26da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/subsystem-apis.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==========================================
+Documentazione dei sottosistemi del kernel
+==========================================
+
+In questa parte della documentazione si entra nel dettaglio di come funzionano
+i sottosistemi specifici del kernel dal punto di vista di uno sviluppatore del
+kernel. Molte delle informazioni qui contenute provengono direttamente dai
+sorgenti del kernel, con aggiunte di materiale dove è necessario (anche se
+talora *non* è stato aggiunto tutto ciò che era necessario).
+
+Sottosistemi principali
+-----------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   core-api/index
+
+Interfacce uomo-macchina
+------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+
+Interfacce di rete
+------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+Interfacce per l'archiviazione
+------------------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+
+Interfacce varie
+----------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   i2c/index
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/index.rst
index 43b9fb7246d327..0b476b429e3bd1 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/index.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   howto
+   process/howto
 
 .. raw:: latex
 
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/howto.rst b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/process/howto.rst
index 8d856ebe873c65..8d856ebe873c65 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/process/howto.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/coding-style.rst
index a0261ba5b9026c..a3727476437119 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -604,9 +604,9 @@ Normalmente la solución para esto es dividirlo en dos etiquetas de error
 
 .. code-block:: c
 
-	 err_free_bar:
+	err_free_bar:
 		kfree(foo->bar);
-	 err_free_foo:
+	err_free_foo:
 		kfree(foo);
 		return ret;
 
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ sanos. Para hacer esto último, puede pegar lo siguiente en su archivo
           (c-offsets-alist . (
                   (arglist-close         . c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)
                   (arglist-cont-nonempty .
-		      (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))
+                      (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))
                   (arglist-intro         . +)
                   (brace-list-intro      . +)
                   (c                     . c-lineup-C-comments)
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
index c261b428b3f0e7..7d4d694967c736 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ revelada involucrada. La lista de embajadores actuales:
   IBM Power	Anton Blanchard <anton@linux.ibm.com>
   IBM Z		Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
   Intel		Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
-  Qualcomm	Trilok Soni <tsoni@codeaurora.org>
+  Qualcomm	Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com>
   Samsung	Javier González <javier.gonz@samsung.com>
 
   Microsoft	James Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/researcher-guidelines.rst b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
index 462b3290b7b835..deccc908a68de3 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
@@ -147,4 +147,4 @@ Si no se puede encontrar a nadie para revisar internamente los parches y necesit
 ayuda para encontrar a esa persona, o si tiene alguna otra pregunta relacionada
 con este documento y las expectativas de la comunidad de desarrolladores, por
 favor contacte con la lista de correo privada Technical Advisory Board:
-<tech-board@lists.linux-foundation.org>.
+<tech-board@groups.linuxfoundation.org>.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/coding-style.rst
index fa28ef0a7fee81..3bc2810b151d46 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ Linux 里这是提倡的做法，因为这样可以很简单的给读者提供�
 
 .. code-block:: c
 
-	 err_free_bar:
+	err_free_bar:
 		kfree(foo->bar);
-	 err_free_foo:
+	err_free_foo:
 		kfree(foo);
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
index cf5f1fca3d9247..c90ecb557811ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ CVE分配
   AMD		Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
   IBM
   Intel		Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
-  Qualcomm	Trilok Soni <tsoni@codeaurora.org>
+  Qualcomm	Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com>
 
   Microsoft	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
   VMware
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/userspace-api/accelerators/ocxl.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/userspace-api/accelerators/ocxl.rst
index 845b932bf93508..aefad87e9099ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/userspace-api/accelerators/ocxl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/userspace-api/accelerators/ocxl.rst
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ OpenCAPI定义了一个在物理链路层上实现的数据链路层（TL）和�
 
   Processor：处理器
   Memory：内存
-  Accelerated Function Unit：加速函数单元
+  Accelerated Function Unit：加速功能单元
 
 
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ OpenCAPI拥有AFU向主机进程发送中断的可能性。它通过定义在传
 ========
 
 驱动为每个在物理设备上发现的AFU创建一个字符设备。一个物理设备可能拥有多个
-函数，一个函数可以拥有多个AFU。不过编写这篇文档之时，只对导出一个AFU的设备
+功能，一个功能可以拥有多个AFU。不过编写这篇文档之时，只对导出一个AFU的设备
 测试过。
 
 字符设备可以在 /dev/ocxl/ 中被找到，其命名为：
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/coding-style.rst
index f11dbb65ca2158..c7ac504f6f40ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -526,9 +526,9 @@ Linux 裏這是提倡的做法，因爲這樣可以很簡單的給讀者提供�
 
 .. code-block:: c
 
-	 err_free_bar:
+	err_free_bar:
 		kfree(foo->bar);
-	 err_free_foo:
+	err_free_foo:
 		kfree(foo);
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
index 3cce7db2ab7ede..93d21fd8891003 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ CVE分配
   AMD		Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
   IBM
   Intel		Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
-  Qualcomm	Trilok Soni <tsoni@codeaurora.org>
+  Qualcomm	Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com>
 
   Microsoft	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
   VMware
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
index 09f61bd2ac2ef5..67d663cf2ff263 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
@@ -9,31 +9,58 @@ While much of the kernel's user-space API is documented elsewhere
 also be found in the kernel tree itself.  This manual is intended to be the
 place where this information is gathered.
 
+
+System calls
+============
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   unshare
+   futex2
+   ebpf/index
+   ioctl/index
+
+Security-related interfaces
+===========================
+
 .. toctree::
-   :caption: Table of contents
-   :maxdepth: 2
+   :maxdepth: 1
 
    no_new_privs
    seccomp_filter
    landlock
-   unshare
+   lsm
    spec_ctrl
+   tee
+
+Devices and I/O
+===============
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
    accelerators/ocxl
    dma-buf-alloc-exchange
-   ebpf/index
-   ELF
-   ioctl/index
    iommu
    iommufd
    media/index
+   dcdbas
+   vduse
+   isapnp
+
+Everything else
+===============
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   ELF
    netlink/index
    sysfs-platform_profile
    vduse
    futex2
-   lsm
-   tee
-   isapnp
-   dcdbas
+   perf_ring_buffer
 
 .. only::  subproject and html
 
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/perf_ring_buffer.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/perf_ring_buffer.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bde9d8cbc10627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/perf_ring_buffer.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,830 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+================
+Perf ring buffer
+================
+
+.. CONTENTS
+
+    1. Introduction
+
+    2. Ring buffer implementation
+    2.1  Basic algorithm
+    2.2  Ring buffer for different tracing modes
+    2.2.1       Default mode
+    2.2.2       Per-thread mode
+    2.2.3       Per-CPU mode
+    2.2.4       System wide mode
+    2.3  Accessing buffer
+    2.3.1       Producer-consumer model
+    2.3.2       Properties of the ring buffers
+    2.3.3       Writing samples into buffer
+    2.3.4       Reading samples from buffer
+    2.3.5       Memory synchronization
+
+    3. The mechanism of AUX ring buffer
+    3.1  The relationship between AUX and regular ring buffers
+    3.2  AUX events
+    3.3  Snapshot mode
+
+
+1. Introduction
+===============
+
+The ring buffer is a fundamental mechanism for data transfer.  perf uses
+ring buffers to transfer event data from kernel to user space, another
+kind of ring buffer which is so called auxiliary (AUX) ring buffer also
+plays an important role for hardware tracing with Intel PT, Arm
+CoreSight, etc.
+
+The ring buffer implementation is critical but it's also a very
+challenging work.  On the one hand, the kernel and perf tool in the user
+space use the ring buffer to exchange data and stores data into data
+file, thus the ring buffer needs to transfer data with high throughput;
+on the other hand, the ring buffer management should avoid significant
+overload to distract profiling results.
+
+This documentation dives into the details for perf ring buffer with two
+parts: firstly it explains the perf ring buffer implementation, then the
+second part discusses the AUX ring buffer mechanism.
+
+2. Ring buffer implementation
+=============================
+
+2.1 Basic algorithm
+-------------------
+
+That said, a typical ring buffer is managed by a head pointer and a tail
+pointer; the head pointer is manipulated by a writer and the tail
+pointer is updated by a reader respectively.
+
+::
+
+        +---------------------------+
+        |   |   |***|***|***|   |   |
+        +---------------------------+
+                `-> Tail    `-> Head
+
+        * : the data is filled by the writer.
+
+                Figure 1. Ring buffer
+
+Perf uses the same way to manage its ring buffer.  In the implementation
+there are two key data structures held together in a set of consecutive
+pages, the control structure and then the ring buffer itself.  The page
+with the control structure in is known as the "user page".  Being held
+in continuous virtual addresses simplifies locating the ring buffer
+address, it is in the pages after the page with the user page.
+
+The control structure is named as ``perf_event_mmap_page``, it contains a
+head pointer ``data_head`` and a tail pointer ``data_tail``.  When the
+kernel starts to fill records into the ring buffer, it updates the head
+pointer to reserve the memory so later it can safely store events into
+the buffer.  On the other side, when the user page is a writable mapping,
+the perf tool has the permission to update the tail pointer after consuming
+data from the ring buffer.  Yet another case is for the user page's
+read-only mapping, which is to be addressed in the section
+:ref:`writing_samples_into_buffer`.
+
+::
+
+          user page                          ring buffer
+    +---------+---------+   +---------------------------------------+
+    |data_head|data_tail|...|   |   |***|***|***|***|***|   |   |   |
+    +---------+---------+   +---------------------------------------+
+        `          `----------------^                   ^
+         `----------------------------------------------|
+
+              * : the data is filled by the writer.
+
+                Figure 2. Perf ring buffer
+
+When using the ``perf record`` tool, we can specify the ring buffer size
+with option ``-m`` or ``--mmap-pages=``, the given size will be rounded up
+to a power of two that is a multiple of a page size.  Though the kernel
+allocates at once for all memory pages, it's deferred to map the pages
+to VMA area until the perf tool accesses the buffer from the user space.
+In other words, at the first time accesses the buffer's page from user
+space in the perf tool, a data abort exception for page fault is taken
+and the kernel uses this occasion to map the page into process VMA
+(see ``perf_mmap_fault()``), thus the perf tool can continue to access
+the page after returning from the exception.
+
+2.2 Ring buffer for different tracing modes
+-------------------------------------------
+
+The perf profiles programs with different modes: default mode, per thread
+mode, per cpu mode, and system wide mode.  This section describes these
+modes and how the ring buffer meets requirements for them.  At last we
+will review the race conditions caused by these modes.
+
+2.2.1 Default mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Usually we execute ``perf record`` command followed by a profiling program
+name, like below command::
+
+        perf record test_program
+
+This command doesn't specify any options for CPU and thread modes, the
+perf tool applies the default mode on the perf event.  It maps all the
+CPUs in the system and the profiled program's PID on the perf event, and
+it enables inheritance mode on the event so that child tasks inherits
+the events.  As a result, the perf event is attributed as::
+
+    evsel::cpus::map[]    = { 0 .. _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN-1 }
+    evsel::threads::map[] = { pid }
+    evsel::attr::inherit  = 1
+
+These attributions finally will be reflected on the deployment of ring
+buffers.  As shown below, the perf tool allocates individual ring buffer
+for each CPU, but it only enables events for the profiled program rather
+than for all threads in the system.  The *T1* thread represents the
+thread context of the 'test_program', whereas *T2* and *T3* are irrelevant
+threads in the system.   The perf samples are exclusively collected for
+the *T1* thread and stored in the ring buffer associated with the CPU on
+which the *T1* thread is running.
+
+::
+
+              T1                      T2                 T1
+            +----+              +-----------+          +----+
+    CPU0    |xxxx|              |xxxxxxxxxxx|          |xxxx|
+            +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+-------->
+              |                                          |
+              v                                          v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 0                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                   T1
+                 +-----+
+    CPU1         |xxxxx|
+            -----+-----+--------------------------------------------->
+                    |
+                    v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 1                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                                        T1              T3
+                                      +----+        +-------+
+    CPU2                              |xxxx|        |xxxxxxx|
+            --------------------------+----+--------+-------+-------->
+                                        |
+                                        v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 2                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                              T1
+                       +--------------+
+    CPU3               |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
+            -----------+--------------+------------------------------>
+                              |
+                              v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 3                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+	    T1: Thread 1; T2: Thread 2; T3: Thread 3
+	    x: Thread is in running state
+
+                Figure 3. Ring buffer for default mode
+
+2.2.2 Per-thread mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+By specifying option ``--per-thread`` in perf command, e.g.
+
+::
+
+        perf record --per-thread test_program
+
+The perf event doesn't map to any CPUs and is only bound to the
+profiled process, thus, the perf event's attributions are::
+
+    evsel::cpus::map[0]   = { -1 }
+    evsel::threads::map[] = { pid }
+    evsel::attr::inherit  = 0
+
+In this mode, a single ring buffer is allocated for the profiled thread;
+if the thread is scheduled on a CPU, the events on that CPU will be
+enabled; and if the thread is scheduled out from the CPU, the events on
+the CPU will be disabled.  When the thread is migrated from one CPU to
+another, the events are to be disabled on the previous CPU and enabled
+on the next CPU correspondingly.
+
+::
+
+              T1                      T2                 T1
+            +----+              +-----------+          +----+
+    CPU0    |xxxx|              |xxxxxxxxxxx|          |xxxx|
+            +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+-------->
+              |                                           |
+              |    T1                                     |
+              |  +-----+                                  |
+    CPU1      |  |xxxxx|                                  |
+            --|--+-----+----------------------------------|---------->
+              |     |                                     |
+              |     |                   T1            T3  |
+              |     |                 +----+        +---+ |
+    CPU2      |     |                 |xxxx|        |xxx| |
+            --|-----|-----------------+----+--------+---+-|---------->
+              |     |                   |                 |
+              |     |         T1        |                 |
+              |     |  +--------------+ |                 |
+    CPU3      |     |  |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx| |                 |
+            --|-----|--+--------------+-|-----------------|---------->
+              |     |         |         |                 |
+              v     v         v         v                 v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer                        |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+            T1: Thread 1
+            x: Thread is in running state
+
+                Figure 4. Ring buffer for per-thread mode
+
+When perf runs in per-thread mode, a ring buffer is allocated for the
+profiled thread *T1*.  The ring buffer is dedicated for thread *T1*, if the
+thread *T1* is running, the perf events will be recorded into the ring
+buffer; when the thread is sleeping, all associated events will be
+disabled, thus no trace data will be recorded into the ring buffer.
+
+2.2.3 Per-CPU mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The option ``-C`` is used to collect samples on the list of CPUs, for
+example the below perf command receives option ``-C 0,2``::
+
+	perf record -C 0,2 test_program
+
+It maps the perf event to CPUs 0 and 2, and the event is not associated to any
+PID.  Thus the perf event attributions are set as::
+
+    evsel::cpus::map[0]   = { 0, 2 }
+    evsel::threads::map[] = { -1 }
+    evsel::attr::inherit  = 0
+
+This results in the session of ``perf record`` will sample all threads on CPU0
+and CPU2, and be terminated until test_program exits.  Even there have tasks
+running on CPU1 and CPU3, since the ring buffer is absent for them, any
+activities on these two CPUs will be ignored.  A usage case is to combine the
+options for per-thread mode and per-CPU mode, e.g. the options ``–C 0,2`` and
+``––per–thread`` are specified together, the samples are recorded only when
+the profiled thread is scheduled on any of the listed CPUs.
+
+::
+
+              T1                      T2                 T1
+            +----+              +-----------+          +----+
+    CPU0    |xxxx|              |xxxxxxxxxxx|          |xxxx|
+            +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+-------->
+              |                       |                  |
+              v                       v                  v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 0                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                   T1
+                 +-----+
+    CPU1         |xxxxx|
+            -----+-----+--------------------------------------------->
+
+                                        T1              T3
+                                      +----+        +-------+
+    CPU2                              |xxxx|        |xxxxxxx|
+            --------------------------+----+--------+-------+-------->
+                                        |               |
+                                        v               v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 1                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                              T1
+                       +--------------+
+    CPU3               |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
+            -----------+--------------+------------------------------>
+
+            T1: Thread 1; T2: Thread 2; T3: Thread 3
+            x: Thread is in running state
+
+                Figure 5. Ring buffer for per-CPU mode
+
+2.2.4 System wide mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+By using option ``–a`` or ``––all–cpus``, perf collects samples on all CPUs
+for all tasks, we call it as the system wide mode, the command is::
+
+        perf record -a test_program
+
+Similar to the per-CPU mode, the perf event doesn't bind to any PID, and
+it maps to all CPUs in the system::
+
+   evsel::cpus::map[]    = { 0 .. _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN-1 }
+   evsel::threads::map[] = { -1 }
+   evsel::attr::inherit  = 0
+
+In the system wide mode, every CPU has its own ring buffer, all threads
+are monitored during the running state and the samples are recorded into
+the ring buffer belonging to the CPU which the events occurred on.
+
+::
+
+              T1                      T2                 T1
+            +----+              +-----------+          +----+
+    CPU0    |xxxx|              |xxxxxxxxxxx|          |xxxx|
+            +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+-------->
+              |                       |                  |
+              v                       v                  v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 0                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                   T1
+                 +-----+
+    CPU1         |xxxxx|
+            -----+-----+--------------------------------------------->
+                    |
+                    v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 1                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                                        T1              T3
+                                      +----+        +-------+
+    CPU2                              |xxxx|        |xxxxxxx|
+            --------------------------+----+--------+-------+-------->
+                                        |               |
+                                        v               v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 2                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                              T1
+                       +--------------+
+    CPU3               |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
+            -----------+--------------+------------------------------>
+                              |
+                              v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 3                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+            T1: Thread 1; T2: Thread 2; T3: Thread 3
+            x: Thread is in running state
+
+                Figure 6. Ring buffer for system wide mode
+
+2.3 Accessing buffer
+--------------------
+
+Based on the understanding of how the ring buffer is allocated in
+various modes, this section explains access the ring buffer.
+
+2.3.1 Producer-consumer model
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+In the Linux kernel, the PMU events can produce samples which are stored
+into the ring buffer; the perf command in user space consumes the
+samples by reading out data from the ring buffer and finally saves the
+data into the file for post analysis.  It’s a typical producer-consumer
+model for using the ring buffer.
+
+The perf process polls on the PMU events and sleeps when no events are
+incoming.  To prevent frequent exchanges between the kernel and user
+space, the kernel event core layer introduces a watermark, which is
+stored in the ``perf_buffer::watermark``.  When a sample is recorded into
+the ring buffer, and if the used buffer exceeds the watermark, the
+kernel wakes up the perf process to read samples from the ring buffer.
+
+::
+
+                       Perf
+                       / | Read samples
+             Polling  /  `--------------|               Ring buffer
+                     v                  v    ;---------------------v
+    +----------------+     +---------+---------+   +-------------------+
+    |Event wait queue|     |data_head|data_tail|   |***|***|   |   |***|
+    +----------------+     +---------+---------+   +-------------------+
+             ^                  ^ `------------------------^
+             | Wake up tasks    | Store samples
+          +-----------------------------+
+          |  Kernel event core layer    |
+          +-----------------------------+
+
+              * : the data is filled by the writer.
+
+                Figure 7. Writing and reading the ring buffer
+
+When the kernel event core layer notifies the user space, because
+multiple events might share the same ring buffer for recording samples,
+the core layer iterates every event associated with the ring buffer and
+wakes up tasks waiting on the event.  This is fulfilled by the kernel
+function ``ring_buffer_wakeup()``.
+
+After the perf process is woken up, it starts to check the ring buffers
+one by one, if it finds any ring buffer containing samples it will read
+out the samples for statistics or saving into the data file.  Given the
+perf process is able to run on any CPU, this leads to the ring buffer
+potentially being accessed from multiple CPUs simultaneously, which
+causes race conditions.  The race condition handling is described in the
+section :ref:`memory_synchronization`.
+
+2.3.2 Properties of the ring buffers
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Linux kernel supports two write directions for the ring buffer: forward and
+backward.  The forward writing saves samples from the beginning of the ring
+buffer, the backward writing stores data from the end of the ring buffer with
+the reversed direction.  The perf tool determines the writing direction.
+
+Additionally, the tool can map buffers in either read-write mode or read-only
+mode to the user space.
+
+The ring buffer in the read-write mode is mapped with the property
+``PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE``.  With the write permission, the perf tool
+updates the ``data_tail`` to indicate the data start position.  Combining
+with the head pointer ``data_head``, which works as the end position of
+the current data, the perf tool can easily know where read out the data
+from.
+
+Alternatively, in the read-only mode, only the kernel keeps to update
+the ``data_head`` while the user space cannot access the ``data_tail`` due
+to the mapping property ``PROT_READ``.
+
+As a result, the matrix below illustrates the various combinations of
+direction and mapping characteristics.  The perf tool employs two of these
+combinations to support buffer types: the non-overwrite buffer and the
+overwritable buffer.
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 1 1 1
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Mapping mode
+     - Forward
+     - Backward
+   * - read-write
+     - Non-overwrite ring buffer
+     - Not used
+   * - read-only
+     - Not used
+     - Overwritable ring buffer
+
+The non-overwrite ring buffer uses the read-write mapping with forward
+writing.  It starts to save data from the beginning of the ring buffer
+and wrap around when overflow, which is used with the read-write mode in
+the normal ring buffer.  When the consumer doesn't keep up with the
+producer, it would lose some data, the kernel keeps how many records it
+lost and generates the ``PERF_RECORD_LOST`` records in the next time
+when it finds a space in the ring buffer.
+
+The overwritable ring buffer uses the backward writing with the
+read-only mode.  It saves the data from the end of the ring buffer and
+the ``data_head`` keeps the position of current data, the perf always
+knows where it starts to read and until the end of the ring buffer, thus
+it don't need the ``data_tail``.  In this mode, it will not generate the
+``PERF_RECORD_LOST`` records.
+
+.. _writing_samples_into_buffer:
+
+2.3.3 Writing samples into buffer
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+When a sample is taken and saved into the ring buffer, the kernel
+prepares sample fields based on the sample type; then it prepares the
+info for writing ring buffer which is stored in the structure
+``perf_output_handle``.  In the end, the kernel outputs the sample into
+the ring buffer and updates the head pointer in the user page so the
+perf tool can see the latest value.
+
+The structure ``perf_output_handle`` serves as a temporary context for
+tracking the information related to the buffer.  The advantages of it is
+that it enables concurrent writing to the buffer by different events.
+For example, a software event and a hardware PMU event both are enabled
+for profiling, two instances of ``perf_output_handle`` serve as separate
+contexts for the software event and the hardware event respectively.
+This allows each event to reserve its own memory space for populating
+the record data.
+
+2.3.4 Reading samples from buffer
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+In the user space, the perf tool utilizes the ``perf_event_mmap_page``
+structure to handle the head and tail of the buffer.  It also uses
+``perf_mmap`` structure to keep track of a context for the ring buffer, this
+context includes information about the buffer's starting and ending
+addresses.  Additionally, the mask value can be utilized to compute the
+circular buffer pointer even for an overflow.
+
+Similar to the kernel, the perf tool in the user space first reads out
+the recorded data from the ring buffer, and then updates the buffer's
+tail pointer ``perf_event_mmap_page::data_tail``.
+
+.. _memory_synchronization:
+
+2.3.5 Memory synchronization
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The modern CPUs with relaxed memory model cannot promise the memory
+ordering, this means it’s possible to access the ring buffer and the
+``perf_event_mmap_page`` structure out of order.  To assure the specific
+sequence for memory accessing perf ring buffer, memory barriers are
+used to assure the data dependency.  The rationale for the memory
+synchronization is as below::
+
+  Kernel                          User space
+
+  if (LOAD ->data_tail) {         LOAD ->data_head
+                   (A)            smp_rmb()        (C)
+    STORE $data                   LOAD $data
+    smp_wmb()      (B)            smp_mb()         (D)
+    STORE ->data_head             STORE ->data_tail
+  }
+
+The comments in tools/include/linux/ring_buffer.h gives nice description
+for why and how to use memory barriers, here we will just provide an
+alternative explanation:
+
+(A) is a control dependency so that CPU assures order between checking
+pointer ``perf_event_mmap_page::data_tail`` and filling sample into ring
+buffer;
+
+(D) pairs with (A).  (D) separates the ring buffer data reading from
+writing the pointer ``data_tail``, perf tool first consumes samples and then
+tells the kernel that the data chunk has been released.  Since a reading
+operation is followed by a writing operation, thus (D) is a full memory
+barrier.
+
+(B) is a writing barrier in the middle of two writing operations, which
+makes sure that recording a sample must be prior to updating the head
+pointer.
+
+(C) pairs with (B).  (C) is a read memory barrier to ensure the head
+pointer is fetched before reading samples.
+
+To implement the above algorithm, the ``perf_output_put_handle()`` function
+in the kernel and two helpers ``ring_buffer_read_head()`` and
+``ring_buffer_write_tail()`` in the user space are introduced, they rely
+on memory barriers as described above to ensure the data dependency.
+
+Some architectures support one-way permeable barrier with load-acquire
+and store-release operations, these barriers are more relaxed with less
+performance penalty, so (C) and (D) can be optimized to use barriers
+``smp_load_acquire()`` and ``smp_store_release()`` respectively.
+
+If an architecture doesn’t support load-acquire and store-release in its
+memory model, it will roll back to the old fashion of memory barrier
+operations.  In this case, ``smp_load_acquire()`` encapsulates
+``READ_ONCE()`` + ``smp_mb()``, since ``smp_mb()`` is costly,
+``ring_buffer_read_head()`` doesn't invoke ``smp_load_acquire()`` and it uses
+the barriers ``READ_ONCE()`` + ``smp_rmb()`` instead.
+
+3. The mechanism of AUX ring buffer
+===================================
+
+In this chapter, we will explain the implementation of the AUX ring
+buffer.  In the first part it will discuss the connection between the
+AUX ring buffer and the regular ring buffer, then the second part will
+examine how the AUX ring buffer co-works with the regular ring buffer,
+as well as the additional features introduced by the AUX ring buffer for
+the sampling mechanism.
+
+3.1 The relationship between AUX and regular ring buffers
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+Generally, the AUX ring buffer is an auxiliary for the regular ring
+buffer.  The regular ring buffer is primarily used to store the event
+samples and every event format complies with the definition in the
+union ``perf_event``; the AUX ring buffer is for recording the hardware
+trace data and the trace data format is hardware IP dependent.
+
+The general use and advantage of the AUX ring buffer is that it is
+written directly by hardware rather than by the kernel.  For example,
+regular profile samples that write to the regular ring buffer cause an
+interrupt.  Tracing execution requires a high number of samples and
+using interrupts would be overwhelming for the regular ring buffer
+mechanism.  Having an AUX buffer allows for a region of memory more
+decoupled from the kernel and written to directly by hardware tracing.
+
+The AUX ring buffer reuses the same algorithm with the regular ring
+buffer for the buffer management.  The control structure
+``perf_event_mmap_page`` extends the new fields ``aux_head`` and ``aux_tail``
+for the head and tail pointers of the AUX ring buffer.
+
+During the initialisation phase, besides the mmap()-ed regular ring
+buffer, the perf tool invokes a second syscall in the
+``auxtrace_mmap__mmap()`` function for the mmap of the AUX buffer with
+non-zero file offset; ``rb_alloc_aux()`` in the kernel allocates pages
+correspondingly, these pages will be deferred to map into VMA when
+handling the page fault, which is the same lazy mechanism with the
+regular ring buffer.
+
+AUX events and AUX trace data are two different things.  Let's see an
+example::
+
+        perf record -a -e cycles -e cs_etm/@tmc_etr0/ -- sleep 2
+
+The above command enables two events: one is the event *cycles* from PMU
+and another is the AUX event *cs_etm* from Arm CoreSight, both are saved
+into the regular ring buffer while the CoreSight's AUX trace data is
+stored in the AUX ring buffer.
+
+As a result, we can see the regular ring buffer and the AUX ring buffer
+are allocated in pairs.  The perf in default mode allocates the regular
+ring buffer and the AUX ring buffer per CPU-wise, which is the same as
+the system wide mode, however, the default mode records samples only for
+the profiled program, whereas the latter mode profiles for all programs
+in the system.  For per-thread mode, the perf tool allocates only one
+regular ring buffer and one AUX ring buffer for the whole session.  For
+the per-CPU mode, the perf allocates two kinds of ring buffers for
+selected CPUs specified by the option ``-C``.
+
+The below figure demonstrates the buffers' layout in the system wide
+mode; if there are any activities on one CPU, the AUX event samples and
+the hardware trace data will be recorded into the dedicated buffers for
+the CPU.
+
+::
+
+              T1                      T2                 T1
+            +----+              +-----------+          +----+
+    CPU0    |xxxx|              |xxxxxxxxxxx|          |xxxx|
+            +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+-------->
+              |                       |                  |
+              v                       v                  v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 0                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+              |                       |                  |
+              v                       v                  v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |               AUX Ring buffer 0                     |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                   T1
+                 +-----+
+    CPU1         |xxxxx|
+            -----+-----+--------------------------------------------->
+                    |
+                    v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 1                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+                    |
+                    v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |               AUX Ring buffer 1                     |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                                        T1              T3
+                                      +----+        +-------+
+    CPU2                              |xxxx|        |xxxxxxx|
+            --------------------------+----+--------+-------+-------->
+                                        |               |
+                                        v               v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 2                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+                                        |               |
+                                        v               v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |               AUX Ring buffer 2                     |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+                              T1
+                       +--------------+
+    CPU3               |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
+            -----------+--------------+------------------------------>
+                              |
+                              v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |                  Ring buffer 3                      |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+                              |
+                              v
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+            |               AUX Ring buffer 3                     |
+            +-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+            T1: Thread 1; T2: Thread 2; T3: Thread 3
+            x: Thread is in running state
+
+                Figure 8. AUX ring buffer for system wide mode
+
+3.2 AUX events
+--------------
+
+Similar to ``perf_output_begin()`` and ``perf_output_end()``'s working for the
+regular ring buffer, ``perf_aux_output_begin()`` and ``perf_aux_output_end()``
+serve for the AUX ring buffer for processing the hardware trace data.
+
+Once the hardware trace data is stored into the AUX ring buffer, the PMU
+driver will stop hardware tracing by calling the ``pmu::stop()`` callback.
+Similar to the regular ring buffer, the AUX ring buffer needs to apply
+the memory synchronization mechanism as discussed in the section
+:ref:`memory_synchronization`.  Since the AUX ring buffer is managed by the
+PMU driver, the barrier (B), which is a writing barrier to ensure the trace
+data is externally visible prior to updating the head pointer, is asked
+to be implemented in the PMU driver.
+
+Then ``pmu::stop()`` can safely call the ``perf_aux_output_end()`` function to
+finish two things:
+
+- It fills an event ``PERF_RECORD_AUX`` into the regular ring buffer, this
+  event delivers the information of the start address and data size for a
+  chunk of hardware trace data has been stored into the AUX ring buffer;
+
+- Since the hardware trace driver has stored new trace data into the AUX
+  ring buffer, the argument *size* indicates how many bytes have been
+  consumed by the hardware tracing, thus ``perf_aux_output_end()`` updates the
+  header pointer ``perf_buffer::aux_head`` to reflect the latest buffer usage.
+
+At the end, the PMU driver will restart hardware tracing.  During this
+temporary suspending period, it will lose hardware trace data, which
+will introduce a discontinuity during decoding phase.
+
+The event ``PERF_RECORD_AUX`` presents an AUX event which is handled in the
+kernel, but it lacks the information for saving the AUX trace data in
+the perf file.  When the perf tool copies the trace data from AUX ring
+buffer to the perf data file, it synthesizes a ``PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE``
+event which is not a kernel ABI, it's defined by the perf tool to describe
+which portion of data in the AUX ring buffer is saved.  Afterwards, the perf
+tool reads out the AUX trace data from the perf file based on the
+``PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE`` events, and the ``PERF_RECORD_AUX`` event is used to
+decode a chunk of data by correlating with time order.
+
+3.3 Snapshot mode
+-----------------
+
+Perf supports snapshot mode for AUX ring buffer, in this mode, users
+only record AUX trace data at a specific time point which users are
+interested in.  E.g. below gives an example of how to take snapshots
+with 1 second interval with Arm CoreSight::
+
+  perf record -e cs_etm/@tmc_etr0/u -S -a program &
+  PERFPID=$!
+  while true; do
+      kill -USR2 $PERFPID
+      sleep 1
+  done
+
+The main flow for snapshot mode is:
+
+- Before a snapshot is taken, the AUX ring buffer acts in free run mode.
+  During free run mode the perf doesn't record any of the AUX events and
+  trace data;
+
+- Once the perf tool receives the *USR2* signal, it triggers the callback
+  function ``auxtrace_record::snapshot_start()`` to deactivate hardware
+  tracing.  The kernel driver then populates the AUX ring buffer with the
+  hardware trace data, and the event ``PERF_RECORD_AUX`` is stored in the
+  regular ring buffer;
+
+- Then perf tool takes a snapshot, ``record__read_auxtrace_snapshot()``
+  reads out the hardware trace data from the AUX ring buffer and saves it
+  into perf data file;
+
+- After the snapshot is finished, ``auxtrace_record::snapshot_finish()``
+  restarts the PMU event for AUX tracing.
+
+The perf only accesses the head pointer ``perf_event_mmap_page::aux_head``
+in snapshot mode and doesn’t touch tail pointer ``aux_tail``, this is
+because the AUX ring buffer can overflow in free run mode, the tail
+pointer is useless in this case.  Alternatively, the callback
+``auxtrace_record::find_snapshot()`` is introduced for making the decision
+of whether the AUX ring buffer has been wrapped around or not, at the
+end it fixes up the AUX buffer's head which are used to calculate the
+trace data size.
+
+As we know, the buffers' deployment can be per-thread mode, per-CPU
+mode, or system wide mode, and the snapshot can be applied to any of
+these modes.  Below is an example of taking snapshot with system wide
+mode.
+
+::
+
+                                         Snapshot is taken
+                                                 |
+                                                 v
+                        +------------------------+
+                        |  AUX Ring buffer 0     | <- aux_head
+                        +------------------------+
+                                                 v
+                +--------------------------------+
+                |          AUX Ring buffer 1     | <- aux_head
+                +--------------------------------+
+                                                 v
+    +--------------------------------------------+
+    |                      AUX Ring buffer 2     | <- aux_head
+    +--------------------------------------------+
+                                                 v
+         +---------------------------------------+
+         |                 AUX Ring buffer 3     | <- aux_head
+         +---------------------------------------+
+
+                Figure 9. Snapshot with system wide mode