Linus Torvalds 66ec24c5d7 Merge tag 's390-7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux
Pull s390 updates from Vasily Gorbik:

 - Add a cpuidle driver with polling and enabled wait states using the
   existing CPU idle infrastructure and idle governor to improve latency
   for frequent sleep/wakeup cycles. Remove the obsolete tick delay
   heuristic and generic arch_needs_cpu() hook. Add the corresponding
   driver entry to MAINTAINERS

 - Add kCFI support using the generic support provided by Clang

 - Enable Clang CONTEXT_ANALYSIS for various architecture code and for
   char, PCI, CIO and virtio drivers. Add required lock annotations,
   exclude unsupported mm helpers and remove conditional PCI locking

 - Fix secure storage access exception handling and reintroduce
   DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS previously removed as a workaround

 - Fix cpum_cf perf crashes when CPUs are brought online while per-task
   events are active. Allocate and remove per-CPU counter data from CPU
   hotplug callbacks

 - Fix a deadlock when an s390dbf debug area is unregistered while one
   of its debugfs files is being written to

 - Fix MVIY_PERCPU() with binutils older than 2.39, where an assembler
   macro silently omitted an instruction needed to repair interrupted
   operations after CPU migration

 - Remove/replace cond_resched() calls which are no-ops with the
   supported s390 preemption models

 - Fix AP queue depth and maximum message length decoding according to
   the architecture. Current hardware is not affected, but future
   hardware could report values which were handled incorrectly

 - Reflect the configured CPU state in cpu_enabled_mask so deconfigured
   CPUs are not presented as available for onlining

 - Restore the vDSO GNU_EH_FRAME program header which was lost when the
   build switched to direct linker invocation, and mark it read-only

 - Add SCLP action qualifiers used by Spyre for card initialization,
   recoverable error and telemetry reporting

 - Move KMSAN interrupt flag helpers out of line to fix
   -Wstatic-in-inline build warnings

 - Use level-specific page table entry accessors for hugetlb entries and
   ptep_get() when accessing crashed kernel memory in kdump

 - Make forced AP bus rescans killable so that a user process blocked
   behind an ongoing scan can still be terminated with SIGKILL

 - Rework pkey ioctl error paths to remove duplicated cleanup code and
   avoid freeing error pointers

 - Allow the protected guest SWIOTLB buffer to be allocated outside the
   first 2GB. Also enable dynamic SWIOTLB growth and the coherent atomic
   pool fallback to improve I/O behavior when the initial pool is
   exhausted

 - Add program check statistics and spinlock contention tracepoints.
   Increase the lockdep chain capacity to keep lockdep enabled for
   complex code paths such as btrfs

 - Simplify IPL, trap and syscall code and remove the obsolete
   unistd_32.h generation entry

* tag 's390-7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux: (59 commits)
  s390/percpu: Fix MVIY_PERCPU() with older binutils
  s390/debug: Fix deadlock during unregister
  s390/cpum_cf: Handle CPU hotplug via prepare/dead callbacks
  s390: Enable CONTEXT_ANALYSIS for various directories
  s390/mm: Add __context_unsafe() attribute to gmap helper functions
  s390/mm: Add __context_unsafe() attribute to do_secure_storage_access()
  s390/sysinfo: Add context analysis attributes
  s390/irqflags: Add out-of-line definitions of arch_local_irq_*() for KMSAN
  s390/virtio: Enable CONTEXT_ANALYSIS
  s390/cio: Enable CONTEXT_ANALYSIS
  s390/vfio_ccw: Add __must_hold() attribute to vfio_ccw_sch_quiesce()
  s390/pci: Enable CONTEXT_ANALYSIS
  s390/pci: Rework __zpci_event_availability() to remove conditional locking
  s390/pci: Rework __zpci_event_error() to remove conditional locking
  s390/char: Enable CONTEXT_ANALYSIS
  s390/con3215: Add __must_hold() attribute to raw3215_make_room()
  s390/ap: Fix MAPML computation
  s390/cio: Remove cond_resched() calls
  s390: Remove cond_resched() calls
  KVM: s390: Remove cond_resched() calls
  ...
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Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
* Build the kernel: See Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer: Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher: Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert: Hardening and vulnerability analysis
* Backport/Maintenance Engineer: Maintaining stable kernels
* System Administrator: Configuring and troubleshooting
* Maintainer: Leading subsystems and reviewing patches
* Hardware Vendor: Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer: Packaging kernels for distros
* AI Coding Assistant: LLMs and AI-powered development tools


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

Write drivers and support new hardware:

* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux
kernel:

* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with.


Communication and Support
=========================

* Mailing Lists: https://lore.kernel.org/
* IRC: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net
* Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
* MAINTAINERS file: Lists subsystem maintainers and mailing lists
* Email Clients: Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
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