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-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/deprecated.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst10
5 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
index 2e7017bef4b8..c2121c1e55d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ The -mm patches are experimental patches released by Andrew Morton.
In the past, -mm tree were used to also test subsystem patches, but this
function is now done via the
-`linux-next <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html>`
+`linux-next` (https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html)
tree. The Subsystem maintainers push their patches first to linux-next,
and, during the merge window, sends them directly to Linus.
diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
index 9d83b8db8874..8ced754a5a0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ Paraphrasing Linus's current `guidance <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwQEd
up to Linus's scrutiny, maybe you can use "%px", along with making sure
you have sensible permissions.
-And finally, know that a toggle for "%p" hashing will `not be accepted <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwieC1-nAs+NFq9RTwaR8ef9hWa4MjNBWL41F-8wM49eA@mail.gmail.com/>`_.
+If you are debugging something where "%p" hashing is causing problems,
+you can temporarily boot with the debug flag "`no_hash_pointers
+<https://git.kernel.org/linus/5ead723a20e0447bc7db33dc3070b420e5f80aa6>`_".
Variable Length Arrays (VLAs)
-----------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
index 22d9ace5df2a..da9527502ef0 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
@@ -126,15 +126,17 @@ On-line docs
describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
Card Services.
- * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
+ * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
- :Author: Ori Pomerantz.
- :URL: https://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html
- :Date: 2001
+ :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram,
+ Jim Huang.
+ :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
+ :Date: 2021
:Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
interrupt handlers .
- :Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
- programming. Lots of examples.
+ :Description: A very nice GPL book on the topic of modules
+ programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
+ actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
* Title: **Global spinlock list and usage**
diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
index 8f8f1fee92b8..29e7d7b1cd44 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
@@ -944,12 +944,11 @@ have on your keyring::
uid [ unknown] Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
sub rsa2048 2011-09-20 [E]
-Next, open the `PGP pathfinder`_. In the "From" field, paste the key
-fingerprint of Linus Torvalds from the output above. In the "To" field,
-paste the key-id you found via ``gpg --search`` of the unknown key, and
-check the results:
-
-- `Finding paths to Linus`_
+Next, find a trust path from Linus Torvalds to the key-id you found via ``gpg
+--search`` of the unknown key. For this, you can use several tools including
+https://github.com/mricon/wotmate,
+https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/pgpkeys.git/tree/graphs, and
+https://the.earth.li/~noodles/pathfind.html.
If you get a few decent trust paths, then it's a pretty good indication
that it is a valid key. You can add it to your keyring from the
@@ -962,6 +961,3 @@ administrators of the PGP Pathfinder service to not be malicious (in
fact, this goes against :ref:`devs_not_infra`). However, if you
do not carefully maintain your own web of trust, then it is a marked
improvement over blindly trusting keyservers.
-
-.. _`PGP pathfinder`: https://pgp.cs.uu.nl/
-.. _`Finding paths to Linus`: https://pgp.cs.uu.nl/paths/79BE3E4300411886/to/C94035C21B4F2AEB.html
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 0852bcf73630..8ad6b93f91e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew
Morton ([email protected]) serves as a maintainer of last resort.
You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a copy
-of your patch set. [email protected] functions as a list of
-last resort, but the volume on that list has caused a number of developers
-to tune it out. Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a subsystem-specific
-list; your patch will probably get more attention there. Please do not
-spam unrelated lists, though.
+of your patch set. [email protected] should be used by default
+for all patches, but the volume on that list has caused a number of
+developers to tune it out. Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a
+subsystem-specific list; your patch will probably get more attention there.
+Please do not spam unrelated lists, though.
Many kernel-related lists are hosted on vger.kernel.org; you can find a
list of them at http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html. There are