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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Per-node-per-memcgroup LRU (cgroup's private LRU) is guarded by
 lruvec->lru_lock; PG_lru bit of page->flags is cleared before
 isolating a page from its LRU under lruvec->lru_lock.
 
-2.7 Kernel Memory Extension (CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM)
+2.7 Kernel Memory Extension
 -----------------------------------------------
 
 With the Kernel memory extension, the Memory Controller is able to limit
@@ -386,8 +386,6 @@ U != 0, K >= U:
 
 a. Enable CONFIG_CGROUPS
 b. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG
-c. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP (to use swap extension)
-d. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM (to use kmem extension)
 
 3.1. Prepare the cgroups (see cgroups.txt, Why are cgroups needed?)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6043,12 +6043,6 @@
 			This parameter controls use of the Protected
 			Execution Facility on pSeries.
 
-	swapaccount=	[KNL]
-			Format: [0|1]
-			Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
-			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
-			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
-
 	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
 			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
 			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/index.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-========================
-Monitoring Data Accesses
-========================
+==========================
+DAMON: Data Access MONitor
+==========================
 
 :doc:`DAMON </mm/damon/index>` allows light-weight data access monitoring.
 Using DAMON, users can analyze the memory access patterns of their systems and

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/start.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/start.rst
@@ -29,16 +29,9 @@ called DAMON Operator (DAMO).  It is available at
 https://github.com/awslabs/damo.  The examples below assume that ``damo`` is on
 your ``$PATH``.  It's not mandatory, though.
 
-Because DAMO is using the debugfs interface (refer to :doc:`usage` for the
-detail) of DAMON, you should ensure debugfs is mounted.  Mount it manually as
-below::
-
-    # mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug/
-
-or append the following line to your ``/etc/fstab`` file so that your system
-can automatically mount debugfs upon booting::
-
-    debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs defaults 0 0
+Because DAMO is using the sysfs interface (refer to :doc:`usage` for the
+detail) of DAMON, you should ensure :doc:`sysfs </filesystems/sysfs>` is
+mounted.
 
 
 Recording Data Access Patterns

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@ the files as above.  Above is only for an example.
 debugfs Interface
 =================
 
+.. note::
+
+  DAMON debugfs interface will be removed after next LTS kernel is released, so
+  users should move to the :ref:`sysfs interface <sysfs_interface>`.
+
 DAMON exports eight files, ``attrs``, ``target_ids``, ``init_regions``,
 ``schemes``, ``monitor_on``, ``kdamond_pid``, ``mk_contexts`` and
 ``rm_contexts`` under its debugfs directory, ``<debugfs>/damon/``.

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
@@ -191,7 +191,14 @@ allocation failure to throttle the next allocation attempt::
 
 	/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/alloc_sleep_millisecs
 
-The khugepaged progress can be seen in the number of pages collapsed::
+The khugepaged progress can be seen in the number of pages collapsed (note
+that this counter may not be an exact count of the number of pages
+collapsed, since "collapsed" could mean multiple things: (1) A PTE mapping
+being replaced by a PMD mapping, or (2) All 4K physical pages replaced by
+one 2M hugepage. Each may happen independently, or together, depending on
+the type of memory and the failures that occur. As such, this value should
+be interpreted roughly as a sign of progress, and counters in /proc/vmstat
+consulted for more accurate accounting)::
 
 	/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/pages_collapsed
 
@@ -366,10 +373,9 @@ thp_split_pmd
 	page table entry.
 
 thp_zero_page_alloc
-	is incremented every time a huge zero page is
-	successfully allocated. It includes allocations which where
-	dropped due race with other allocation. Note, it doesn't count
-	every map of the huge zero page, only its allocation.
+	is incremented every time a huge zero page used for thp is
+	successfully allocated. Note, it doesn't count every map of
+	the huge zero page, only its allocation.
 
 thp_zero_page_alloc_failed
 	is incremented if kernel fails to allocate

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ core_pattern
 	%f      	executable filename
 	%E		executable path
 	%c		maximum size of core file by resource limit RLIMIT_CORE
+	%C		CPU the task ran on
 	%<OTHER>	both are dropped
 	========	==========================================
 

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ User Space Memory Access
 Memory Allocation Controls
 ==========================
 
-.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h
-   :internal:
-
 .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
    :doc: Page mobility and placement hints
 

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -612,6 +612,13 @@ Commit message
 
     See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes
 
+  **BAD_FIXES_TAG**
+    The Fixes: tag is malformed or does not follow the community conventions.
+    This can occur if the tag have been split into multiple lines (e.g., when
+    pasted in an email program with word wrapping enabled).
+
+    See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes
+
 
 Comparison style
 ----------------

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Documentation/dev-tools/testing-overview.rst
    kcov
    gcov
    kasan
+   kmsan
    ubsan
    kmemleak
    kcsan

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
@@ -111,9 +111,17 @@ parameter can be used to control panic and reporting behaviour:
   report or also panic the kernel (default: ``report``). The panic happens even
   if ``kasan_multi_shot`` is enabled.
 
-Hardware Tag-Based KASAN mode (see the section about various modes below) is
-intended for use in production as a security mitigation. Therefore, it supports
-additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features:
+Software and Hardware Tag-Based KASAN modes (see the section about various
+modes below) support altering stack trace collection behavior:
+
+- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
+  traces collection (default: ``on``).
+- ``kasan.stack_ring_size=<number of entries>`` specifies the number of entries
+  in the stack ring (default: ``32768``).
+
+Hardware Tag-Based KASAN mode is intended for use in production as a security
+mitigation. Therefore, it supports additional boot parameters that allow
+disabling KASAN altogether or controlling its features:
 
 - ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``).
 
@@ -132,9 +140,6 @@ additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features:
 - ``kasan.vmalloc=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables tagging of vmalloc
   allocations (default: ``on``).
 
-- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
-  traces collection (default: ``on``).
-
 Error reports
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~