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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst | 21 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 81d1d5a74728..19f4423e70d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4713,6 +4713,8 @@ prevent spurious wakeup); n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a pause after every control message); + o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra + delay after resetting its port); Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij usbhid.mousepoll= diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst index 47153e64dfb5..7eca9026a9ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ data structures necessary to handle the given policy and, possibly, to add a governor ``sysfs`` interface to it. Next, the governor is started by invoking its ``->start()`` callback. -That callback it expected to register per-CPU utilization update callbacks for +That callback is expected to register per-CPU utilization update callbacks for all of the online CPUs belonging to the given policy with the CPU scheduler. The utilization update callbacks will be invoked by the CPU scheduler on important events, like task enqueue and dequeue, on every iteration of the diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst index 164bf71149fd..30187d49dc2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst @@ -32,16 +32,17 @@ Disclosure and embargoed information The security list is not a disclosure channel. For that, see Coordination below. -Once a robust fix has been developed, our preference is to release the -fix in a timely fashion, treating it no differently than any of the other -thousands of changes and fixes the Linux kernel project releases every -month. - -However, at the request of the reporter, we will postpone releasing the -fix for up to 5 business days after the date of the report or after the -embargo has lifted; whichever comes first. The only exception to that -rule is if the bug is publicly known, in which case the preference is to -release the fix as soon as it's available. +Once a robust fix has been developed, the release process starts. Fixes +for publicly known bugs are released immediately. + +Although our preference is to release fixes for publicly undisclosed bugs +as soon as they become available, this may be postponed at the request of +the reporter or an affected party for up to 7 calendar days from the start +of the release process, with an exceptional extension to 14 calendar days +if it is agreed that the criticality of the bug requires more time. The +only valid reason for deferring the publication of a fix is to accommodate +the logistics of QA and large scale rollouts which require release +coordination. Whilst embargoed information may be shared with trusted individuals in order to develop a fix, such information will not be published alongside |