Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-02-20-15-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:
 "There is no particular theme here - mainly quick hits all over the
  tree.

  Most notable is a set of zlib changes from Mikhail Zaslonko which
  enhances and fixes zlib's use of S390 hardware support: 'lib/zlib: Set
  of s390 DFLTCC related patches for kernel zlib'"

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-02-20-15-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (55 commits)
  Update CREDITS file entry for Jesper Juhl
  sparc: allow PM configs for sparc32 COMPILE_TEST
  hung_task: print message when hung_task_warnings gets down to zero.
  arch/Kconfig: fix indentation
  scripts/tags.sh: fix the Kconfig tags generation when using latest ctags
  nilfs2: prevent WARNING in nilfs_dat_commit_end()
  lib/zlib: remove redundation assignement of avail_in dfltcc_gdht()
  lib/Kconfig.debug: do not enable DEBUG_PREEMPT by default
  lib/zlib: DFLTCC always switch to software inflate for Z_PACKET_FLUSH option
  lib/zlib: DFLTCC support inflate with small window
  lib/zlib: Split deflate and inflate states for DFLTCC
  lib/zlib: DFLTCC not writing header bits when avail_out == 0
  lib/zlib: fix DFLTCC ignoring flush modes when avail_in == 0
  lib/zlib: fix DFLTCC not flushing EOBS when creating raw streams
  lib/zlib: implement switching between DFLTCC and software
  lib/zlib: adjust offset calculation for dfltcc_state
  nilfs2: replace WARN_ONs for invalid DAT metadata block requests
  scripts/spelling.txt: add "exsits" pattern and fix typo instances
  fs: gracefully handle ->get_block not mapping bh in __mpage_writepage
  cramfs: Kconfig: fix spelling & punctuation
  ...
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@@ -453,9 +453,10 @@ this allows system administrators to override the
kexec_load_disabled
===================
A toggle indicating if the ``kexec_load`` syscall has been disabled.
This value defaults to 0 (false: ``kexec_load`` enabled), but can be
set to 1 (true: ``kexec_load`` disabled).
A toggle indicating if the syscalls ``kexec_load`` and
``kexec_file_load`` have been disabled.
This value defaults to 0 (false: ``kexec_*load`` enabled), but can be
set to 1 (true: ``kexec_*load`` disabled).
Once true, kexec can no longer be used, and the toggle cannot be set
back to false.
This allows a kexec image to be loaded before disabling the syscall,
@@ -463,6 +464,24 @@ allowing a system to set up (and later use) an image without it being
altered.
Generally used together with the `modules_disabled`_ sysctl.
kexec_load_limit_panic
======================
This parameter specifies a limit to the number of times the syscalls
``kexec_load`` and ``kexec_file_load`` can be called with a crash
image. It can only be set with a more restrictive value than the
current one.
== ======================================================
-1 Unlimited calls to kexec. This is the default setting.
N Number of calls left.
== ======================================================
kexec_load_limit_reboot
=======================
Similar functionality as ``kexec_load_limit_panic``, but for a normal
image.
kptr_restrict
=============