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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2026-08-14 15:43:51 -0700
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Changes: Make expedited grace periods expedite normal RCU callbacks Miscellaneous fixes: * Improve diagnostic output with character task states. * Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design. * Move from kmalloc() to kmalloc_obj(). * Documentation updates. * Improve handling of RCU deferred quiescent states. * Clean up unused function arguments and structure fields. * Reduce show_rcu_gp_kthreads() stack space. Tasks RCU updates: * Clean up after SRCU re-implementation of Tasks Trace RCU. * Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design. * Add ->lazy_timer status to diagnostic output. * Remove an unnecessary memory barrier. * Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN. * Documentation updates. * Convert cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() from macro to static inline function. SRCU updates: * Add Rust helpers for SRCU. * Avoid losing queued work at cleanup_srcu_struct() time. Torture-test updates: * Preparation work for immediate RCU priority deboosting. * Test RCU readers from real interrupt handlers (as opposed to softirq). * Simplify code through use of cpumask_next_wrap(). * Improve diagnostic output with character task states. * Add rcutorture.nwriters parameter to allow lightweight stall testing, and rcutorture.stall_only to make doing so easier. * Test an RCU Tasks Trace grace period implying an RCU grace period. * Make RCU Tasks Trace torturing track reader batches. * Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN. * Plug a shuffle_tmp_mask memory leak on kthread spawn failure.
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+=================
+/proc/sys/crypto/
+=================
+
+These files show up in ``/proc/sys/crypto/``, depending on the
+kernel configuration:
+
+.. contents:: :local:
+
+fips_enabled
+============
+
+Read-only flag that indicates whether FIPS mode is enabled.
+
+- ``0``: FIPS mode is disabled (default).
+- ``1``: FIPS mode is enabled.
+
+This value is set at boot time via the ``fips=1`` kernel command line
+parameter. When enabled, the cryptographic API will restrict the use
+of certain algorithms and perform self-tests to ensure compliance with
+FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) requirements, such as
+FIPS 140-2 and the newer FIPS 140-3, depending on the kernel
+configuration and the module in use.
+
+fips_name
+=========
+
+Read-only file that contains the name of the FIPS module currently in use.
+The value is typically configured via the ``CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS_NAME``
+kernel configuration option.
+
+fips_version
+============
+
+Read-only file that contains the version string of the FIPS module.
+If ``CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS_CUSTOM_VERSION`` is set, it uses the value from
+``CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS_VERSION``. Otherwise, it defaults to the kernel
+release version (``UTS_RELEASE``).
+
+Copyright (c) 2026, Shubham Chakraborty <chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com>
+
+For general info and legal blurb, please look in
+Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst.
+
+.. See scripts/check-sysctl-docs to keep this up to date:
+.. scripts/check-sysctl-docs -vtable="crypto" \
+.. $(git grep -l register_sysctl_)