Jacob Keller a5e309febc Documentation/SubmittingPatches: describe the Fixes: tag ...

commit 8401aa1f59 upstream.

Update the SubmittingPatches process to include howto about the new
'Fixes:' tag to be used when a patch fixes an issue in a previous commit
(found by git-bisect for example).

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

2014-07-06 18:54:15 -07:00

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ABI

Merge tag 'for-linus-20130509' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd

2013-05-09 10:15:46 -07:00

accounting

doc: Remove unnecessary declarations from Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c

2012-11-26 14:22:21 +01:00

acpi

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma

2013-05-09 09:46:45 -07:00

aoe

aoe: allow user to disable target failure timeout

2012-12-17 17:15:25 -08:00

arm

Merge tag 'firmware-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc

2013-05-04 12:33:36 -07:00

arm64

arm64: Add simple earlyprintk support

2013-01-22 17:51:01 +00:00

auxdisplay

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backlight

backlight: lp855x: remove duplicate platform data

2013-04-29 18:28:19 -07:00

blackfin

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block

Documentation: cfq-iosched: update documentation help for cfq tunables

2013-04-09 14:57:06 +02:00

blockdev

nbd: update documentation and link to mailinglist

2013-02-27 19:10:22 -08:00

bus-devices

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cdrom

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cgroups

mm, memcg: add rss_huge stat to memory.stat

2013-05-07 18:38:26 -07:00

connector

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console

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cpu-freq

Merge branch 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-05-05 13:23:27 -07:00

cpuidle

cpuidle: make a single register function for all

2013-04-23 13:45:22 +02:00

cris

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crypto

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development-process

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device-mapper

DM RAID: Add message/status support for changing sync action

2013-04-24 11:42:43 +10:00

devicetree

ata: sata_mv: introduce compatible string "marvell, armada-370-sata"

2014-02-06 11:08:15 -08:00

DocBook

Documentation: fix DOCBOOKS=... building

2014-06-11 12:03:22 -07:00

driver-model

lib: devres: Introduce devm_ioremap_resource()

2013-01-22 09:41:43 -08:00

dvb

[media] get_dvb_firmware: Fix the location of firmware for Terratec HTC

2013-01-01 11:18:26 -02:00

early-userspace

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EDID

drm: Add 1600x1200 (UXGA) screen resolution to the built-in EDIDs

2013-04-12 14:06:16 +10:00

extcon

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fault-injection

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fb

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filesystems

mm, oom: base root bonus on current usage

2014-02-13 13:48:02 -08:00

firmware_class

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frv

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hid

HID: remove x bit from sensor doc

2012-12-14 08:48:59 +01:00

hwmon

hwmon: (k10temp) Add support for Fam16h (Kabini)

2013-09-07 22:09:59 -07:00

i2c

i2c: i801: enable Intel BayTrail SMBUS

2014-06-07 13:25:35 -07:00

i2o

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ia64

Fix example error_injection_tool

2013-04-02 09:39:55 -07:00

ide

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infiniband

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input

Input: elantech - fix touchpad initialization on Gigabyte U2442

2014-06-07 13:25:36 -07:00

ioctl

USB: cdc-wdm: implement IOCTL_WDM_MAX_COMMAND

2013-03-25 13:32:20 -07:00

isdn

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ja_JP

Documentation: Update stable address in Chinese and Japanese translations

2014-06-07 13:25:35 -07:00

kbuild

Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild

2013-05-07 07:59:19 -07:00

kdump

Add size restriction to the kdump documentation

2013-04-02 09:40:03 -07:00

ko_KR

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laptops

Documentation/laptops: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

2013-01-21 14:52:42 -08:00

leds

leds: lp55xx: configure the clock detection

2013-04-01 11:04:53 -07:00

m68k

block: remove refs to XD disks from documentation

2013-05-17 15:17:12 +02:00

make

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memory-devices

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metag

metag: Basic documentation

2013-03-02 20:09:50 +00:00

mips

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misc-devices

mei: bus: Add device enabling and disabling API

2013-04-08 16:57:15 -07:00

mmc

mmc: core: Add in support to expose PRV for v4 MMCs

2013-03-22 12:10:42 -04:00

mn10300

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mtd

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namespaces

userns: Recommend use of memory control groups.

2013-01-26 22:20:06 -08:00

netlabel

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networking

packet: fix send path when running with proto == 0

2014-01-15 15:28:46 -08:00

nfc

NFC: Update pn544 documentation

2013-01-10 01:27:46 +01:00

parisc

parisc: document the shadow registers

2013-07-21 18:21:26 -07:00

PCI

PCI/MSI: Enable multiple MSIs with pci_enable_msi_block_auto()

2013-01-24 17:25:13 +01:00

pcmcia

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power

PM / hibernate: Correct documentation

2013-05-14 01:58:43 +02:00

powerpc

powerpc/tm: Fix userspace stack corruption on signal delivery for active transactions

2013-06-01 08:29:23 +10:00

pps

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prctl

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pti

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ptp

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rapidio

rapidio: documentation update for enumeration changes

2013-05-24 16:22:50 -07:00

RCU

Merge commit '8700c95adb03' into timers/nohz

2013-05-02 17:54:19 +02:00

s390

s390/cio: add condev keyword to cio_ignore

2013-05-02 15:50:20 +02:00

scheduler

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scsi

[SCSI] qla2xxx: Update copyright dates information in LICENSE.qla2xxx file.

2013-04-06 11:31:30 +01:00

security

Smack: add support for modification of existing rules

2013-03-19 14:16:42 -07:00

serial

tty: Update serial core API documentation

2013-01-15 21:57:44 -08:00

sh

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sound

ALSA: hda - Add models for Dell headset jacks

2013-06-17 11:15:56 +02:00

spi

Documentation: remove __dev* attributes.

2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00

sysctl

perf: Drop sample rate when sampling is too slow

2014-06-11 12:03:26 -07:00

target

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thermal

Thermal: update documentation for thermal_zone_device_register

2013-04-27 09:16:04 +08:00

timers

nohz_full: Add documentation.

2013-04-27 16:41:43 -07:00

trace

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2013-04-30 09:36:50 -07:00

usb

USB: remove CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND from Documentation

2013-03-28 14:45:56 -07:00

vDSO

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video4linux

media: media: gspca: sn9c20x: add ID for Genius Look 1320 V2

2014-05-06 07:55:31 -07:00

virtual

Merge tag 'kvm-3.10-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

2013-05-05 14:47:31 -07:00

vm

mm: limit growth of 3% hardcoded other user reserve

2013-04-29 15:54:36 -07:00

w1

w1: w1_therm: Add force-pullup option for "broken" sensors

2013-02-18 13:55:24 -08:00

watchdog

watchdog: core: dt: add support for the timeout-sec dt property

2013-03-01 12:48:36 +01:00

wimax

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x86

Merge branch 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-04-30 08:35:20 -07:00

xtensa

xtensa: document MMUv3 setup sequence

2013-05-09 01:07:09 -07:00

zh_CN

Documentation: Update stable address in Chinese and Japanese translations

2014-06-07 13:25:35 -07:00

.gitignore

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00-INDEX

Merge tag 'metag-v3.9-rc1-v4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jhogan/metag

2013-03-03 12:06:09 -08:00

applying-patches.txt

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atomic_ops.txt

Documentation: Memory barrier semantics of atomic_xchg()

2013-01-08 14:14:55 -08:00

bad_memory.txt

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basic_profiling.txt

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bcache.txt

bcache: clarify free/available/unused space

2013-05-15 00:42:52 -07:00

binfmt_misc.txt

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braille-console.txt

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bt8xxgpio.txt

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btmrvl.txt

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BUG-HUNTING

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bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt

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cachetlb.txt

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Changes

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circular-buffers.txt

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clk.txt

clk: add clk_ignore_unused option to keep boot clocks on

2013-04-27 23:03:43 -07:00

coccinelle.txt

Coccinelle: Add support to the SPFLAGS variable

2013-04-08 15:42:03 +02:00

CodingStyle

Documentation: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

2013-01-11 11:38:03 -08:00

cpu-hotplug.txt

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cpu-load.txt

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cputopology.txt

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crc32.txt

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dcdbas.txt

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debugging-modules.txt

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debugging-via-ohci1394.txt

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dell_rbu.txt

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devices.txt

block: remove refs to XD disks from documentation

2013-05-17 15:17:12 +02:00

digsig.txt

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DMA-API-HOWTO.txt

Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix typo

2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00

DMA-API.txt

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DMA-attributes.txt

common: DMA-mapping: add DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS attribute

2012-11-29 03:30:34 -08:00

dma-buf-sharing.txt

dma-buf: replace dma_buf_export() with dma_buf_export_named()

2013-05-01 16:35:36 +05:30

DMA-ISA-LPC.txt

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dmaengine.txt

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dmatest.txt

dmatest: do not allow to interrupt ongoing tests

2013-06-08 02:13:44 +05:30

dontdiff

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dynamic-debug-howto.txt

dynamic_debug: dynamic hex dump

2013-01-17 12:19:09 -08:00

edac.txt

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eisa.txt

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email-clients.txt

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flexible-arrays.txt

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futex-requeue-pi.txt

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gcov.txt

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gpio.txt

Remove GENERIC_GPIO config option

2013-04-16 18:47:19 +09:00

highuid.txt

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HOWTO

HOWTO: fix double words typo

2012-12-10 15:54:27 +01:00

hw_random.txt

hwrng: Fix a wrong comment in Documentation/hw_random.txt

2013-03-10 18:16:36 +08:00

hwspinlock.txt

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init.txt

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initrd.txt

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intel_txt.txt

Documentation: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

2013-01-11 11:38:03 -08:00

Intel-IOMMU.txt

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io_ordering.txt

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io-mapping.txt

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iostats.txt

iostats.txt: add easy-to-find description for field 6

2013-04-29 15:18:50 +02:00

IPMI.txt

ipmi: add options to disable openfirmware and PCI scanning

2013-02-27 19:10:21 -08:00

IRQ-affinity.txt

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IRQ-domain.txt

irqdomain: update documentation

2012-12-05 23:52:10 +00:00

IRQ.txt

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irqflags-tracing.txt

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isapnp.txt

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java.txt

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kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

Kernel-doc: Convention: Use a "Return" section to describe return values

2012-11-27 21:08:57 +01:00

kernel-docs.txt

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kernel-parameters.txt

libata: disable a disk via libata.force params

2014-01-09 12:24:23 -08:00

kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt

kthread: Document ways of reducing OS jitter due to per-CPU kthreads

2013-04-27 16:52:47 -07:00

kmemcheck.txt

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kmemleak.txt

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kobject.txt

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kprobes.txt

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kref.txt

kref: Add kref_get_unless_zero documentation

2012-11-28 18:36:06 +10:00

ldm.txt

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local_ops.txt

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lockdep-design.txt

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lockstat.txt

locking/stat: Fix a typo

2013-02-19 08:42:37 +01:00

lockup-watchdogs.txt

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logo.gif

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logo.txt

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magic-number.txt

wanrouter: completely decouple obsolete code from kernel.

2013-01-31 19:20:33 -05:00

Makefile

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ManagementStyle

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md.txt

MD: Fix typos in MD documentation

2013-04-24 11:42:42 +10:00

media-framework.txt

[media] Documentation/media-framework.txt: fix a sentence

2013-02-08 13:27:13 -02:00

memory-barriers.txt

Documentation: Memory barrier semantics of atomic_xchg()

2013-01-08 14:14:55 -08:00

memory-hotplug.txt

hotplug: update nodemasks management

2012-12-12 17:38:33 -08:00

mono.txt

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mutex-design.txt

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nommu-mmap.txt

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numastat.txt

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oops-tracing.txt

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padata.txt

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parport-lowlevel.txt

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parport.txt

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percpu-rw-semaphore.txt

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pi-futex.txt

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pinctrl.txt

pinctrl: document the "GPIO mode" pitfall

2013-03-18 11:03:29 +01:00

pnp.txt

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preempt-locking.txt

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printk-formats.txt

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2013-04-30 13:47:37 -07:00

pwm.txt

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ramoops.txt

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rbtree.txt

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remoteproc.txt

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rfkill.txt

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robust-futex-ABI.txt

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robust-futexes.txt

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rpmsg.txt

Documentation: remove __dev* attributes.

2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00

rt-mutex-design.txt

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rt-mutex.txt

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rtc.txt

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SAK.txt

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SecurityBugs

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serial-console.txt

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sgi-ioc4.txt

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sgi-visws.txt

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SM501.txt

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smsc_ece1099.txt

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sparse.txt

Documentation/sparse.txt: document context annotations for lock checking

2012-12-17 17:15:23 -08:00

spinlocks.txt

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stable_api_nonsense.txt

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stable_kernel_rules.txt

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static-keys.txt

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SubmitChecklist

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SubmittingDrivers

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SubmittingPatches

Documentation/SubmittingPatches: describe the Fixes: tag

2014-07-06 18:54:15 -07:00

svga.txt

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sysfs-rules.txt

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sysrq.txt

Documentation/sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of sysrq key

2013-04-30 17:04:10 -07:00

this_cpu_ops.txt

percpu: add documentation on this_cpu operations

2013-04-04 10:24:53 -07:00

unaligned-memory-access.txt

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unicode.txt

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unshare.txt

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vfio.txt

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VGA-softcursor.txt

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vgaarbiter.txt

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video-output.txt

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vme_api.txt

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volatile-considered-harmful.txt

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workqueue.txt

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xz.txt

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zorro.txt

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