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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
| commit | bdab18633a302c82b5e5d5dbc4e38b0baf9c0837 (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipgrafted
Pull futex fix from Ingo Molnar:
- Also allocate a default private futex hash on vfork() as well, to
avoid races with (private) futex waiters (Peter Zijlstra)
* tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a68b1bea5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +===================================== +The Linux kernel user-space API guide +===================================== + +.. _man-pages: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ + +While much of the kernel's user-space API is documented elsewhere +(particularly in the man-pages_ project), some user-space information can +also be found in the kernel tree itself. This manual is intended to be the +place where this information is gathered. + + +System calls +============ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + unshare + futex2 + ebpf/index + ioctl/index + mseal + rseq + +Security-related interfaces +=========================== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + no_new_privs + seccomp_filter + landlock + lsm + mfd_noexec + spec_ctrl + tee + check_exec + +Devices and I/O +=============== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + accelerators/ocxl + dma-buf-heaps + dma-buf-alloc-exchange + fwctl/index + gpio/index + iommufd + media/index + dcdbas + vduse + isapnp + +Everything else +=============== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + ELF + liveupdate + netlink/index + sysfs-platform_profile + vduse + futex2 + perf_ring_buffer + ntsync |
