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Linus Torvalds 642e53ead6 Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle are:

   - Various NUMA scheduling updates: harmonize the load-balancer and
     NUMA placement logic to not work against each other. The intended
     result is better locality, better utilization and fewer migrations.

   - Introduce Thermal Pressure tracking and optimizations, to improve
     task placement on thermally overloaded systems.

   - Implement frequency invariant scheduler accounting on (some) x86
     CPUs. This is done by observing and sampling the 'recent' CPU
     frequency average at ~tick boundaries. The CPU provides this data
     via the APERF/MPERF MSRs. This hopefully makes our capacity
     estimates more precise and keeps tasks on the same CPU better even
     if it might seem overloaded at a lower momentary frequency. (As
     usual, turbo mode is a complication that we resolve by observing
     the maximum frequency and renormalizing to it.)

   - Add asymmetric CPU capacity wakeup scan to improve capacity
     utilization on asymmetric topologies. (big.LITTLE systems)

   - PSI fixes and optimizations.

   - RT scheduling capacity awareness fixes & improvements.

   - Optimize the CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED constraints code.

   - Misc fixes, cleanups and optimizations - see the changelog for
     details"

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (62 commits)
  threads: Update PID limit comment according to futex UAPI change
  sched/fair: Fix condition of avg_load calculation
  sched/rt: cpupri_find: Trigger a full search as fallback
  kthread: Do not preempt current task if it is going to call schedule()
  sched/fair: Improve spreading of utilization
  sched: Avoid scale real weight down to zero
  psi: Move PF_MEMSTALL out of task->flags
  MAINTAINERS: Add maintenance information for psi
  psi: Optimize switching tasks inside shared cgroups
  psi: Fix cpu.pressure for cpu.max and competing cgroups
  sched/core: Distribute tasks within affinity masks
  sched/fair: Fix enqueue_task_fair warning
  thermal/cpu-cooling, sched/core: Move the arch_set_thermal_pressure() API to generic scheduler code
  sched/rt: Remove unnecessary push for unfit tasks
  sched/rt: Allow pulling unfitting task
  sched/rt: Optimize cpupri_find() on non-heterogenous systems
  sched/rt: Re-instate old behavior in select_task_rq_rt()
  sched/rt: cpupri_find: Implement fallback mechanism for !fit case
  sched/fair: Fix reordering of enqueue/dequeue_task_fair()
  sched/fair: Fix runnable_avg for throttled cfs
  ...
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Documentation Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-30 17:01:51 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
arch Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-30 17:01:51 -07:00
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certs certs: Add wrapper function to check blacklisted binary hash 2019-11-12 12:25:50 +11:00
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ipc Revert "ipc,sem: remove uneeded sem_undo_list lock usage in exit_sem()" 2020-02-21 11:22:15 -08:00
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mm mm/sparse: fix kernel crash with pfn_section_valid check 2020-03-29 09:47:06 -07:00
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samples media: rename VFL_TYPE_GRABBER to _VIDEO 2020-02-24 16:52:39 +01:00
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virt KVM/arm fixes for 5.6, take #1 2020-02-28 11:50:06 +01:00
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COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Hand MIPS over to Thomas 2020-02-24 22:43:18 -08:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-30 17:01:51 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.6 2020-03-29 15:25:41 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.