Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  therfore||therefore

Besides, tidy up comment blocks for 80-col wrapping.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-31-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  overwrien||overwritten

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-30-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  overwritting||overwriting

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-29-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  deintializing||deinitializing
  deintialize||deinitialize
  deintialized||deinitialized

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-28-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  disassocation||disassociation

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-27-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  omited||omitted
  omiting||omitting

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-26-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  explictely||explicitly

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-25-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  applys||applies

The "applyes" in drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_monitor.c is a different
pattern but it was fixed in this commit.  The "This functions" in the
same line was fixed as well.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-24-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  configuartion||configuration

While we are here, fix the "ouput" as well in the touched hunk in
drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drx_driver.h.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-23-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  overrided||overridden

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-22-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  comsume||consume
  comsumer||consumer
  comsuming||consuming

I see some variable names with this pattern, but this commit is only
touching comment blocks to avoid unexpected impact.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-19-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  initialiazation||initialization

While we are here, fix the "overriden" in the touched line in
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-17-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  intialization||initialization

The "inintialization" in drivers/acpi/spcr.c is a different pattern but
I fixed it as well in this commit.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-16-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  unneded||unneeded

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-15-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  neded||needed

While we are here, fix the "overriden", "wont", and "etc" in the same
hunk in drivers/media/usb/tm6000/tm6000-input.c.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-14-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  againt||against

While we are here, fix the "capabilites" as well in the touched hunk in
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-13-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  embeded||embedded

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-12-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  varible||variable

While we are here, tidy up the comment blocks that fit in a single line
for drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c and
net/sctp/transport.c.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-11-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  efective||effective

While we are here, fix the "addres" as well in the touched line in
arch/openrisc/kernel/entry.S.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-10-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Acked-by: NGeert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  algined||aligned

While we are here, fix the "appplication" in the touched line in
drivers/block/loop.c.  Also, fix the "may not naturally ..." to
"may not be naturally ..." in the touched line in mm/page_alloc.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-9-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  aligment||alignment

I did not touch the "N_BYTE_ALIGMENT" macro in
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/wifi.h to avoid unpredictable
impact.

I fixed "_aligment_handler" in arch/openrisc/kernel/entry.S because
it is surrounded by #if 0 ... #endif.  It is surely safe and I
confirmed "_alignment_handler" is correct.

I also fixed the "controler" I found in the same hunk in
arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-8-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  partiton||partition

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-7-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  an one||a one

I dropped the "an" before "one or more" in
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi_pcol.h.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-6-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  an union||a union

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-5-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  an user||a user
  an userspace||a userspace

I also added "userspace" to the list since it is a common word in Linux.
I found some instances for "an userfaultfd", but I did not add it to the
list.  I felt it is endless to find words that start with "user" such as
"userland" etc., so must draw a line somewhere.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-4-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  swithc||switch
  swithced||switched
  swithcing||switching

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-3-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix typos and add the following to the scripts/spelling.txt:

  swith||switch
  swithable||switchable
  swithed||switched
  swithing||switching

While we are here, fix the "update" to "updates" in the touched hunk in
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481573103-11329-2-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.comSigned-off-by: NMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Since i_blocksize() helper has been defined in fs.h, use it instead of
open-coding.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1485184655-3895-3-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jpSigned-off-by: NGeliang Tang <geliangtang@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NRyusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Use nilfs_btree_node_size() instead of open-coding.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1485184655-3895-2-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jpSigned-off-by: NGeliang Tang <geliangtang@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NRyusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Replace all 1 << inode->i_blkbits and (1 << inode->i_blkbits) in fs
branch.

This patch also fixes multiple checkpatch warnings: WARNING: Prefer
'unsigned int' to bare use of 'unsigned'

Thanks to Andrew Morton for suggesting more appropriate function instead
of macro.

[geliangtang@gmail.com: truncate: use i_blocksize()]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9c8b2cd83c8f5653805d43debde9fa8817e02fc4.1484895804.git.geliangtang@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481319905-10126-1-git-send-email-fabf@skynet.beSigned-off-by: NFabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Signed-off-by: NGeliang Tang <geliangtang@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Commit 50bed2e2 ("sg: disable interrupts inside sg_copy_buffer")
introduced disabling interrupts in sg_copy_buffer() since atomic uses of
miter required it due to use of kmap_atomic().

However, as commit 8290e2d2 ("scatterlist: atomic sg_mapping_iter()
no longer needs disabled IRQs") acknowledges disabling interrupts is no
longer needed for calls to kmap_atomic() and therefore unneeded for
miter ops either, so remove it from sg_copy_buffer().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1486040150-14109-3-git-send-email-gilad@benyossef.comSigned-off-by: NGilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: <ofir.drang@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Test the cheaper boolean expression with no side effects first.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1486040150-14109-2-git-send-email-gilad@benyossef.comSigned-off-by: NGilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: <ofir.drang@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The issue is described here, with a nice testcase:

    https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192931

The problem is that shmat() calls do_mmap_pgoff() with MAP_FIXED, and
the address rounded down to 0.  For the regular mmap case, the
protection mentioned above is that the kernel gets to generate the
address -- arch_get_unmapped_area() will always check for MAP_FIXED and
return that address.  So by the time we do security_mmap_addr(0) things
get funky for shmat().

The testcase itself shows that while a regular user crashes, root will
not have a problem attaching a nil-page.  There are two possible fixes
to this.  The first, and which this patch does, is to simply allow root
to crash as well -- this is also regular mmap behavior, ie when hacking
up the testcase and adding mmap(...  |MAP_FIXED).  While this approach
is the safer option, the second alternative is to ignore SHM_RND if the
rounded address is 0, thus only having MAP_SHARED flags.  This makes the
behavior of shmat() identical to the mmap() case.  The downside of this
is obviously user visible, but does make sense in that it maintains
semantics after the round-down wrt 0 address and mmap.

Passes shm related ltp tests.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1486050195-18629-1-git-send-email-dave@stgolabs.netSigned-off-by: NDavidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Reported-by: NGareth Evans <gareth.evans@contextis.co.uk>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170128235704.45302-1-luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.comSigned-off-by: NLuc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

sysv sem has two lock modes: One with per-semaphore locks, one lock mode
with a single global lock for the whole array.  When switching from the
per-semaphore locks to the global lock, all per-semaphore locks must be
scanned for ongoing operations.

The patch adds a hysteresis for switching from the global lock to the
per semaphore locks.  This reduces how often the per-semaphore locks
must be scanned.

Compared to the initial patch, this is a simplified solution: Setting
USE_GLOBAL_LOCK_HYSTERESIS to 1 restores the current behavior.

In theory, a workload with exactly 10 simple sops and then one complex
op now scales a bit worse, but this is pure theory: If there is
concurrency, the it won't be exactly 10:1:10:1:10:1:...  If there is no
concurrency, then there is no need for scalability.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1476851896-3590-3-git-send-email-manfred@colorfullife.comSigned-off-by: NManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: <1vier1@web.de>
Cc: kernel test robot <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
Cc: <felixh@informatik.uni-bremen.de>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

a) The ACQUIRE in spin_lock() applies to the read, not to the store, at
   least for powerpc.  This forces to add a smp_mb() into the fast path.

b) The memory barrier provided by spin_unlock_wait() is right now arch
   dependent.

Therefore: Use spin_lock()/spin_unlock() instead of spin_unlock_wait().

Advantage: faster single op semop calls(), observed +8.9% on x86.  (the
other solution would be arch dependencies in ipc/sem).

Disadvantage: slower complex op semop calls, if (and only if) there are
no sleeping operations.

The next patch adds hysteresis, this further reduces the probability
that the slow path is used.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1476851896-3590-2-git-send-email-manfred@colorfullife.comSigned-off-by: NManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: <1vier1@web.de>
Cc: kernel test robot <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
Cc: <felixh@informatik.uni-bremen.de>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Commit 4a9d4b02 ("switch fput to task_work_add") implements a
schedule_work() for completing fput(), but did not guarantee calling
__fput() after unpacking initramfs.  Because of this, there is a
possibility that during boot a driver can see ETXTBSY when it tries to
load a binary from initramfs as fput() is still pending on that binary.

This patch makes sure that fput() is completed after unpacking initramfs
and removes the call to flush_delayed_fput() in kernel_init() which
happens very late after unpacking initramfs.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170201140540.22051-1-lokeshvutla@ti.comSigned-off-by: NLokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@ti.com>
Reported-by: NMurali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@ti.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Tero Kristo <t-kristo@ti.com>
Cc: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com>
Cc: Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Keep fonts together and indented (in menu) as much as possible.  This
moves the Sparc font choices to the end of the menu since they have
different dependencies.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/de6d8977-c6d6-a82d-c953-f2a2fefdb8a5@infradead.orgSigned-off-by: NRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Enable CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY and CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE in Android
base config fragment.

Reviewed at https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/283659/
Reviewed at https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/278133/

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481113148-29204-2-git-send-email-amit.pundir@linaro.orgSigned-off-by: NAmit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@linaro.org>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The aio interface adds substantial attack surface for a feature that's
not being exposed by Android at all.  It's unlikely that anyone is using
the kernel feature directly either.  This feature is rarely used even on
servers.  The glibc POSIX aio calls really use thread pools.  The lack
of widespread usage also means this is relatively poorly audited/tested.

The kernel's aio rarely provides performance benefits over using a
thread pool and is quite incomplete in terms of system call coverage
along with having edge cases where blocking can occur.  Part of the
performance issue is the fact that it only supports direct io, not
buffered io.  The existing API is considered fundamentally flawed and
it's unlikely it will be expanded, but rather replaced:

  https://marc.info/?l=linux-aio&m=145255815216051&w=2

Since ext4 encryption means no direct io support, kernel aio isn't even
going to work properly on Android devices using file-based encryption.

Reviewed-at: https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/292158/

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481113148-29204-1-git-send-email-amit.pundir@linaro.orgSigned-off-by: NDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NAmit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@linaro.org>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>