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-rw-r--r--Documentation/00-INDEX44
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-c2port88
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator136
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DMA-API.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl304
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl101
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl99
-rw-r--r--Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt (renamed from Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/PCI/pci.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt304
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt167
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/trace.txt413
-rw-r--r--Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/acpi/debug.txt148
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm/mem_alignment2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm/pxa/mfp.txt286
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bad_memory.txt45
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blackfin/bfin-gpio-notes.txt71
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/biodoc.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960 (renamed from Documentation/README.DAC960)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt (renamed from Documentation/cciss.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/cpqarray.txt (renamed from Documentation/cpqarray.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt (renamed from Documentation/floppy.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt (renamed from Documentation/nbd.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt (renamed from Documentation/paride.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt (renamed from Documentation/ramdisk.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/c2port.txt90
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt (renamed from Documentation/cpusets.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt (renamed from Documentation/controllers/devices.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt342
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt (renamed from Documentation/controllers/memory.txt)135
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt (renamed from Documentation/controllers/resource_counter.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cputopology.txt48
-rw-r--r--Documentation/credentials.txt582
-rw-r--r--Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt96
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dell_rbu.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/development-process/4.Coding6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dmaengine.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt69
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt92
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt72
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt91
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt132
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt85
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/files.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt301
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt225
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ftrace.txt314
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/adt746267
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/adt747019
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/adt747587
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg89
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/it8720
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d53
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/lm7012
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/lm852
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ltc424581
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ics932s40131
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/input-programming.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/walkera0701.txt109
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt (renamed from Documentation/ioctl-number.txt)12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt133
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt188
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt303
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kobject.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kprobes.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/lguest.c66
-rw-r--r--Documentation/local_ops.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lockstat.txt51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/magic-number.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/markers.txt29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/README.ipw22002
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/bonding.txt68
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dccp.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/driver.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/phy.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt65
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/ndfc.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/board.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/printk-formats.txt35
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rfkill.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/s390/cds.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/cxgb3i.txt85
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/00-INDEX24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ (renamed from Documentation/README.cycladesZ)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/computone.txt (renamed from Documentation/computone.txt)2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt (renamed from Documentation/digiepca.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/hayes-esp.txt (renamed from Documentation/hayes-esp.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio (renamed from Documentation/moxa-smartio)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt (renamed from Documentation/riscom8.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/rocket.txt (renamed from Documentation/rocket.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/specialix.txt (renamed from Documentation/specialix.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/stallion.txt (renamed from Documentation/stallion.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/sx.txt (renamed from Documentation/sx.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/tty.txt (renamed from Documentation/tty.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sh/kgdb.txt179
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt325
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt356
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt577
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/spi/spi-summary2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt616
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysrq.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tracepoints.txt94
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/power-management.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/API.html43
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx238851
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx885
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa71344
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/README.cx8812
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt119
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt521
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/unevictable-lru.txt63
-rw-r--r--Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/w1/masters/mxc-w111
-rw-r--r--Documentation/w1/masters/omap-hdq46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/w1/w1.netlink164
-rw-r--r--Documentation/wimax/README.i2400m260
-rw-r--r--Documentation/wimax/README.wimax81
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/pat.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt2
185 files changed, 8870 insertions, 2068 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index edef85ce119..2a39aeba146 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -42,14 +42,8 @@ IRQ.txt
- description of what an IRQ is.
ManagementStyle
- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
-MSI-HOWTO.txt
- - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
RCU/
- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
-README.DAC960
- - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.
-README.cycladesZ
- - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
SAK.txt
- info on Secure Attention Keys.
SM501.txt
@@ -86,20 +80,16 @@ blackfin/
- directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
block/
- info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
+blockdev/
+ - info on block devices & drivers
cachetlb.txt
- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
-cciss.txt
- - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
cdrom/
- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
-computone.txt
- - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
connector/
- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
console/
- documentation on Linux console drivers.
-cpqarray.txt
- - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
cpu-freq/
- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -126,8 +116,6 @@ device-mapper/
- directory with info on Device Mapper.
devices.txt
- plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
-digiepca.txt
- - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
dontdiff
- file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
driver-model/
@@ -152,14 +140,10 @@ filesystems/
- info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
firmware_class/
- request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
-floppy.txt
- - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.
frv/
- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
gpio.txt
- overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.
-hayes-esp.txt
- - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
highuid.txt
- notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
timers/
@@ -186,8 +170,6 @@ io_ordering.txt
- info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
ioctl/
- directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
-ioctl-number.txt
- - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.
iostats.txt
- info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
irqflags-tracing.txt
@@ -250,14 +232,10 @@ mips/
- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
mono.txt
- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
-moxa-smartio
- - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
mutex-design.txt
- info on the generic mutex subsystem.
namespaces/
- directory with various information about namespaces
-nbd.txt
- - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
netlabel/
- directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
networking/
@@ -270,8 +248,6 @@ numastat.txt
- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
oops-tracing.txt
- how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
-paride.txt
- - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
parisc/
- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
parport.txt
@@ -290,20 +266,16 @@ powerpc/
- directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
preempt-locking.txt
- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
+printk-formats.txt
+ - how to get printk format specifiers right
prio_tree.txt
- info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.
-ramdisk.txt
- - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
rbtree.txt
- info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
-riscom8.txt
- - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
robust-futex-ABI.txt
- documentation of the robust futex ABI.
robust-futexes.txt
- a description of what robust futexes are.
-rocket.txt
- - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
rt-mutex-design.txt
- description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
rt-mutex.txt
@@ -332,8 +304,6 @@ sparc/
- directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
sparse.txt
- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
-specialix.txt
- - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
spi/
- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
spinlocks.txt
@@ -342,14 +312,10 @@ stable_api_nonsense.txt
- info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
stable_kernel_rules.txt
- rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
-stallion.txt
- - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
svga.txt
- short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
sysfs-rules.txt
- How not to use sysfs.
-sx.txt
- - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
sysctl/
- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
sysrq.txt
@@ -358,8 +324,6 @@ telephony/
- directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
time_interpolators.txt
- info on time interpolators.
-tty.txt
- - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
uml/
- directory with information about User Mode Linux.
unicode.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-c2port b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-c2port
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..716cffc457e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-c2port
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+What: /sys/class/c2port/
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/ directory will contain files and
+ directories that will provide a unified interface to
+ the C2 port interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/ directory is related to X-th
+ C2 port into the system. Each directory will contain files to
+ manage and control its C2 port.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/access
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/access file enable the access
+ to the C2 port from the system. No commands can be sent
+ till this entry is set to 0.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/dev_id
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/dev_id file show the device ID
+ of the connected micro.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_access
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_access file enable the
+ access to the on-board flash of the connected micro.
+ No commands can be sent till this entry is set to 0.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_block_size
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_block_size file show
+ the on-board flash block size of the connected micro.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_blocks_num
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_blocks_num file show
+ the on-board flash blocks number of the connected micro.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_data
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_data file export
+ the content of the on-board flash of the connected micro.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_erase
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_erase file execute
+ the "erase" command on the on-board flash of the connected
+ micro.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_erase
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_erase file show the
+ on-board flash size of the connected micro.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/reset
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/reset file execute a "reset"
+ command on the connected micro.
+
+What: /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/rev_id
+Date: October 2008
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/rev_id file show the revision ID
+ of the connected micro.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator
index 3731f6f29bc..873ef1fc156 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
- state. This holds the regulator output state.
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
+ state. This reports the regulator enable status, for
+ regulators which can report that value.
This will be one of the following strings:
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ Description:
'disabled' means the regulator output is OFF and is not
supplying power to the system..
- 'unknown' means software cannot determine the state.
+ 'unknown' means software cannot determine the state, or
+ the reported state is invalid.
NOTE: this field can be used in conjunction with microvolts
and microamps to determine regulator output levels.
@@ -53,9 +55,10 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
microvolts. This holds the regulator output voltage setting
- measured in microvolts (i.e. E-6 Volts).
+ measured in microvolts (i.e. E-6 Volts), for regulators
+ which can report that voltage.
NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator
output voltage level as this value is the same regardless of
@@ -67,9 +70,10 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
microamps. This holds the regulator output current limit
- setting measured in microamps (i.e. E-6 Amps).
+ setting measured in microamps (i.e. E-6 Amps), for regulators
+ which can report that current.
NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator
output current level as this value is the same regardless of
@@ -81,8 +85,9 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
- opmode. This holds the regulator operating mode setting.
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
+ opmode. This holds the current regulator operating mode,
+ for regulators which can report it.
The opmode value can be one of the following strings:
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ Description:
'standby'
'unknown'
- The modes are described in include/linux/regulator/regulator.h
+ The modes are described in include/linux/regulator/consumer.h
NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator
output operating mode as this value is the same regardless of
@@ -104,9 +109,10 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
min_microvolts. This holds the minimum safe working regulator
- output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts.
+ output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts,
+ for regulators which support voltage constraints.
NOTE: this will return the string 'constraint not defined' if
the power domain has no min microvolts constraint defined by
@@ -118,9 +124,10 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
max_microvolts. This holds the maximum safe working regulator
- output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts.
+ output voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts,
+ for regulators which support voltage constraints.
NOTE: this will return the string 'constraint not defined' if
the power domain has no max microvolts constraint defined by
@@ -132,10 +139,10 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
min_microamps. This holds the minimum safe working regulator
output current limit setting for this domain measured in
- microamps.
+ microamps, for regulators which support current constraints.
NOTE: this will return the string 'constraint not defined' if
the power domain has no min microamps constraint defined by
@@ -147,10 +154,10 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
max_microamps. This holds the maximum safe working regulator
output current limit setting for this domain measured in
- microamps.
+ microamps, for regulators which support current constraints.
NOTE: this will return the string 'constraint not defined' if
the power domain has no max microamps constraint defined by
@@ -185,7 +192,7 @@ Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
requested_microamps. This holds the total requested load
current in microamps for this regulator from all its consumer
devices.
@@ -204,125 +211,102 @@ Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_mem_microvolts. This holds the regulator output
voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts when
- the system is suspended to memory.
-
- NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if
- the power domain has no suspend to memory voltage defined by
- platform code.
+ the system is suspended to memory, for voltage regulators
+ implementing suspend voltage configuration constraints.
What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_disk_microvolts
Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_disk_microvolts. This holds the regulator output
voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts when
- the system is suspended to disk.
-
- NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if
- the power domain has no suspend to disk voltage defined by
- platform code.
+ the system is suspended to disk, for voltage regulators
+ implementing suspend voltage configuration constraints.
What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_standby_microvolts
Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_standby_microvolts. This holds the regulator output
voltage setting for this domain measured in microvolts when
- the system is suspended to standby.
-
- NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if
- the power domain has no suspend to standby voltage defined by
- platform code.
+ the system is suspended to standby, for voltage regulators
+ implementing suspend voltage configuration constraints.
What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_mem_mode
Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_mem_mode. This holds the regulator operating mode
setting for this domain when the system is suspended to
- memory.
-
- NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if
- the power domain has no suspend to memory mode defined by
- platform code.
+ memory, for regulators implementing suspend mode
+ configuration constraints.
What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_disk_mode
Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_disk_mode. This holds the regulator operating mode
- setting for this domain when the system is suspended to disk.
-
- NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if
- the power domain has no suspend to disk mode defined by
- platform code.
+ setting for this domain when the system is suspended to disk,
+ for regulators implementing suspend mode configuration
+ constraints.
What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_standby_mode
Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_standby_mode. This holds the regulator operating mode
setting for this domain when the system is suspended to
- standby.
-
- NOTE: this will return the string 'not defined' if
- the power domain has no suspend to standby mode defined by
- platform code.
+ standby, for regulators implementing suspend mode
+ configuration constraints.
What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_mem_state
Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_mem_state. This holds the regulator operating state
- when suspended to memory.
-
- This will be one of the following strings:
+ when suspended to memory, for regulators implementing suspend
+ configuration constraints.
- 'enabled'
- 'disabled'
- 'not defined'
+ This will be one of the same strings reported by
+ the "state" attribute.
What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_disk_state
Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_disk_state. This holds the regulator operating state
- when suspended to disk.
-
- This will be one of the following strings:
+ when suspended to disk, for regulators implementing
+ suspend configuration constraints.
- 'enabled'
- 'disabled'
- 'not defined'
+ This will be one of the same strings reported by
+ the "state" attribute.
What: /sys/class/regulator/.../suspend_standby_state
Date: May 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Description:
- Each regulator directory will contain a field called
+ Some regulator directories will contain a field called
suspend_standby_state. This holds the regulator operating
- state when suspended to standby.
-
- This will be one of the following strings:
+ state when suspended to standby, for regulators implementing
+ suspend configuration constraints.
- 'enabled'
- 'disabled'
- 'not defined'
+ This will be one of the same strings reported by
+ the "state" attribute.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc
index a0d18dbeb7a..6a5fd072849 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc
@@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ Contact: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Write:
- <channel> [<bpst offset>]
+ <channel>
- to start beaconing on a specific channel, or stop
- beaconing if <channel> is -1. Valid channels depends
- on the radio controller's supported band groups.
+ to force a specific channel to be used when beaconing,
+ or, if <channel> is -1, to prohibit beaconing. If
+ <channel> is 0, then the default channel selection
+ algorithm will be used. Valid channels depends on the
+ radio controller's supported band groups.
- <bpst offset> may be used to try and join a specific
- beacon group if more than one was found during a scan.
+ Reading returns the currently active channel, or -1 if
+ the radio controller is not beaconing.
What: /sys/class/uwb_rc/uwbN/scan
Date: July 2008
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
index 7a16fe1e227..9fe91c02ee4 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Description:
internal state of the kernel memory blocks. Files could be
added or removed dynamically to represent hot-add/remove
operations.
-
Users: hotplug memory add/remove tools
https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/
@@ -19,6 +18,56 @@ Description:
This is useful for a user-level agent to determine
identify removable sections of the memory before attempting
potentially expensive hot-remove memory operation
+Users: hotplug memory remove tools
+ https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/
+
+What: /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_device
+Date: September 2008
+Contact: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>
+Description:
+ The file /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_device
+ is read-only and is designed to show the name of physical
+ memory device. Implementation is currently incomplete.
+What: /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_index
+Date: September 2008
+Contact: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>
+Description:
+ The file /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_index
+ is read-only and contains the section ID in hexadecimal
+ which is equivalent to decimal X contained in the
+ memory section directory name.
+
+What: /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state
+Date: September 2008
+Contact: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>
+Description:
+ The file /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state
+ is read-write. When read, it's contents show the
+ online/offline state of the memory section. When written,
+ root can toggle the the online/offline state of a removable
+ memory section (see removable file description above)
+ using the following commands.
+ # echo online > /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state
+ # echo offline > /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state
+
+ For example, if /sys/devices/system/memory/memory22/removable
+ contains a value of 1 and
+ /sys/devices/system/memory/memory22/state contains the
+ string "online" the following command can be executed by
+ by root to offline that section.
+ # echo offline > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory22/state
Users: hotplug memory remove tools
https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/
+
+What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY
+Date: September 2008
+Contact: Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com>
+Description:
+ When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled
+ /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY is a symbolic link that
+ points to the corresponding /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryY
+ memory section directory. For example, the following symbolic
+ link is created for memory section 9 on node0.
+ /sys/devices/system/node/node0/memory9 -> ../../memory/memory9
+
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi
index f27be7d1a49..e8ffc70ffe1 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Description:
error - an interrupt that can't be accounted for above.
- invalid: it's either a wakeup GPE or a GPE/Fixed Event that
+ invalid: it's either a GPE or a Fixed Event that
doesn't have an event handler.
disable: the GPE/Fixed Event is valid but disabled.
@@ -117,30 +117,30 @@ Description:
and other user space applications so that the machine won't shutdown
when pressing the power button.
# cat ff_pwr_btn
- 0
+ 0 enabled
# press the power button for 3 times;
# cat ff_pwr_btn
- 3
+ 3 enabled
# echo disable > ff_pwr_btn
# cat ff_pwr_btn
- disable
+ 3 disabled
# press the power button for 3 times;
# cat ff_pwr_btn
- disable
+ 3 disabled
# echo enable > ff_pwr_btn
# cat ff_pwr_btn
- 4
+ 4 enabled
/*
* this is because the status bit is set even if the enable bit is cleared,
* and it triggers an ACPI fixed event when the enable bit is set again
*/
# press the power button for 3 times;
# cat ff_pwr_btn
- 7
+ 7 enabled
# echo disable > ff_pwr_btn
# press the power button for 3 times;
# echo clear > ff_pwr_btn /* clear the status bit */
# echo disable > ff_pwr_btn
# cat ff_pwr_btn
- 7
+ 7 enabled
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
index b8e86460046..52441694fe0 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
@@ -170,16 +170,15 @@ Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not.
u64
dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev)
-After setting the mask with dma_set_mask(), this API returns the
-actual mask (within that already set) that the platform actually
-requires to operate efficiently. Usually this means the returned mask
+This API returns the mask that the platform requires to
+operate efficiently. Usually this means the returned mask
is the minimum required to cover all of memory. Examining the
required mask gives drivers with variable descriptor sizes the
opportunity to use smaller descriptors as necessary.
Requesting the required mask does not alter the current mask. If you
-wish to take advantage of it, you should issue another dma_set_mask()
-call to lower the mask again.
+wish to take advantage of it, you should issue a dma_set_mask()
+call to set the mask to the value returned.
Part Id - Streaming DMA mappings
@@ -316,12 +315,10 @@ reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later).
pci_map_sg(struct pci_dev *hwdev, struct scatterlist *sg,
int nents, int direction)
-Maps a scatter gather list from the block layer.
-
Returns: the number of physical segments mapped (this may be shorter
-than <nents> passed in if the block layer determines that some
-elements of the scatter/gather list are physically adjacent and thus
-may be mapped with a single entry).
+than <nents> passed in if some elements of the scatter/gather list are
+physically or virtually adjacent and an IOMMU maps them with a single
+entry).
Please note that the sg cannot be mapped again if it has been mapped once.
The mapping process is allowed to destroy information in the sg.
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
index c74fec8c235..b2a4d6d244d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mapped only for the time they are actually used and unmapped after the DMA
transfer.
The following API will work of course even on platforms where no such
-hardware exists, see e.g. include/asm-i386/pci.h for how it is implemented on
+hardware exists, see e.g. arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h for how it is implemented on
top of the virt_to_bus interface.
First of all, you should make sure
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 9b1f6ca100d..dc3154e4927 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
# To add a new book the only step required is to add the book to the
# list of DOCBOOKS.
-DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml \
+DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml mcabook.xml \
kernel-hacking.xml kernel-locking.xml deviceiobook.xml \
procfs-guide.xml writing_usb_driver.xml networking.xml \
kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml kgdb.xml \
gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \
genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \
- mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml
+ mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml
###
# The build process is as follows (targets):
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl
index f24f9e85e4a..59ad69a9d77 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@
!Enet/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
!Enet/sunrpc/clnt.c
</sect1>
+ <sect1><title>WiMAX</title>
+!Enet/wimax/op-msg.c
+!Enet/wimax/op-reset.c
+!Enet/wimax/op-rfkill.c
+!Enet/wimax/stack.c
+!Iinclude/net/wimax.h
+!Iinclude/linux/wimax.h
+ </sect1>
</chapter>
<chapter id="netdev">
@@ -98,9 +106,6 @@
X!Enet/core/wireless.c
</sect1>
-->
- <sect1><title>Synchronous PPP</title>
-!Edrivers/net/wan/syncppp.c
- </sect1>
</chapter>
</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53f4f8d3b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
+
+<book id="regulator-api">
+ <bookinfo>
+ <title>Voltage and current regulator API</title>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Liam</firstname>
+ <surname>Girdwood</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <address>
+ <email>lrg@slimlogic.co.uk</email>
+ </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Mark</firstname>
+ <surname>Brown</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>Wolfson Microelectronics</orgname>
+ <address>
+ <email>broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com</email>
+ </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2007-2008</year>
+ <holder>Wolfson Microelectronics</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2008</year>
+ <holder>Liam Girdwood</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+ <legalnotice>
+ <para>
+ This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
+ it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
+ useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+ warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
+ Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ MA 02111-1307 USA
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For more details see the file COPYING in the source
+ distribution of Linux.
+ </para>
+ </legalnotice>
+ </bookinfo>
+
+<toc></toc>
+
+ <chapter id="intro">
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+ <para>
+ This framework is designed to provide a standard kernel
+ interface to control voltage and current regulators.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The intention is to allow systems to dynamically control
+ regulator power output in order to save power and prolong
+ battery life. This applies to both voltage regulators (where
+ voltage output is controllable) and current sinks (where current
+ limit is controllable).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that additional (and currently more complete) documentation
+ is available in the Linux kernel source under
+ <filename>Documentation/power/regulator</filename>.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect1 id="glossary">
+ <title>Glossary</title>
+ <para>
+ The regulator API uses a number of terms which may not be
+ familiar:
+ </para>
+ <glossary>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Regulator</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Electronic device that supplies power to other devices. Most
+ regulators can enable and disable their output and some can also
+ control their output voltage or current.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Consumer</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Electronic device which consumes power provided by a regulator.
+ These may either be static, requiring only a fixed supply, or
+ dynamic, requiring active management of the regulator at
+ runtime.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Power Domain</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The electronic circuit supplied by a given regulator, including
+ the regulator and all consumer devices. The configuration of
+ the regulator is shared between all the components in the
+ circuit.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Power Management Integrated Circuit</glossterm>
+ <acronym>PMIC</acronym>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ An IC which contains numerous regulators and often also other
+ subsystems. In an embedded system the primary PMIC is often
+ equivalent to a combination of the PSU and southbridge in a
+ desktop system.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossary>
+ </sect1>
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="consumer">
+ <title>Consumer driver interface</title>
+ <para>
+ This offers a similar API to the kernel clock framework.
+ Consumer drivers use <link
+ linkend='API-regulator-get'>get</link> and <link
+ linkend='API-regulator-put'>put</link> operations to acquire and
+ release regulators. Functions are
+ provided to <link linkend='API-regulator-enable'>enable</link>
+ and <link linkend='API-regulator-disable'>disable</link> the
+ reguator and to get and set the runtime parameters of the
+ regulator.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When requesting regulators consumers use symbolic names for their
+ supplies, such as "Vcc", which are mapped into actual regulator
+ devices by the machine interface.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ A stub version of this API is provided when the regulator
+ framework is not in use in order to minimise the need to use
+ ifdefs.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect1 id="consumer-enable">
+ <title>Enabling and disabling</title>
+ <para>
+ The regulator API provides reference counted enabling and
+ disabling of regulators. Consumer devices use the <function><link
+ linkend='API-regulator-enable'>regulator_enable</link></function>
+ and <function><link
+ linkend='API-regulator-disable'>regulator_disable</link>
+ </function> functions to enable and disable regulators. Calls
+ to the two functions must be balanced.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that since multiple consumers may be using a regulator and
+ machine constraints may not allow the regulator to be disabled
+ there is no guarantee that calling
+ <function>regulator_disable</function> will actually cause the
+ supply provided by the regulator to be disabled. Consumer
+ drivers should assume that the regulator may be enabled at all
+ times.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="consumer-config">
+ <title>Configuration</title>
+ <para>
+ Some consumer devices may need to be able to dynamically
+ configure their supplies. For example, MMC drivers may need to
+ select the correct operating voltage for their cards. This may
+ be done while the regulator is enabled or disabled.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <function><link
+ linkend='API-regulator-set-voltage'>regulator_set_voltage</link>
+ </function> and <function><link
+ linkend='API-regulator-set-current-limit'
+ >regulator_set_current_limit</link>
+ </function> functions provide the primary interface for this.
+ Both take ranges of voltages and currents, supporting drivers
+ that do not require a specific value (eg, CPU frequency scaling
+ normally permits the CPU to use a wider range of supply
+ voltages at lower frequencies but does not require that the
+ supply voltage be lowered). Where an exact value is required
+ both minimum and maximum values should be identical.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="consumer-callback">
+ <title>Callbacks</title>
+ <para>
+ Callbacks may also be <link
+ linkend='API-regulator-register-notifier'>registered</link>
+ for events such as regulation failures.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="driver">
+ <title>Regulator driver interface</title>
+ <para>
+ Drivers for regulator chips <link
+ linkend='API-regulator-register'>register</link> the regulators
+ with the regulator core, providing operations structures to the
+ core. A <link
+ linkend='API-regulator-notifier-call-chain'>notifier</link> interface
+ allows error conditions to be reported to the core.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Registration should be triggered by explicit setup done by the
+ platform, supplying a <link
+ linkend='API-struct-regulator-init-data'>struct
+ regulator_init_data</link> for the regulator containing
+ <link linkend='machine-constraint'>constraint</link> and
+ <link linkend='machine-supply'>supply</link> information.
+ </para>
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="machine">
+ <title>Machine interface</title>
+ <para>
+ This interface provides a way to define how regulators are
+ connected to consumers on a given system and what the valid
+ operating parameters are for the system.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect1 id="machine-supply">
+ <title>Supplies</title>
+ <para>
+ Regulator supplies are specified using <link
+ linkend='API-struct-regulator-consumer-supply'>struct
+ regulator_consumer_supply</link>. This is done at
+ <link linkend='driver'>driver registration
+ time</link> as part of the machine constraints.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="machine-constraint">
+ <title>Constraints</title>
+ <para>
+ As well as definining the connections the machine interface
+ also provides constraints definining the operations that
+ clients are allowed to perform and the parameters that may be
+ set. This is required since generally regulator devices will
+ offer more flexibility than it is safe to use on a given
+ system, for example supporting higher supply voltages than the
+ consumers are rated for.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This is done at <link linkend='driver'>driver
+ registration time</link> by providing a <link
+ linkend='API-struct-regulation-constraints'>struct
+ regulation_constraints</link>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The constraints may also specify an initial configuration for the
+ regulator in the constraints, which is particularly useful for
+ use with static consumers.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+ </chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="api">
+ <title>API reference</title>
+ <para>
+ Due to limitations of the kernel documentation framework and the
+ existing layout of the source code the entire regulator API is
+ documented here.
+ </para>
+!Iinclude/linux/regulator/consumer.h
+!Iinclude/linux/regulator/machine.h
+!Iinclude/linux/regulator/driver.h
+!Edrivers/regulator/core.c
+ </chapter>
+</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index df87d1b9360..b787e4721c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ GPL version 2.
<revhistory>
<revision>
+ <revnumber>0.6</revnumber>
+ <date>2008-12-05</date>
+ <authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Added description of portio sysfs attributes.</revremark>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
<revnumber>0.5</revnumber>
<date>2008-05-22</date>
<authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
@@ -318,6 +324,54 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
offset = N * getpagesize();
</programlisting>
+<para>
+ Sometimes there is hardware with memory-like regions that can not be
+ mapped with the technique described here, but there are still ways to
+ access them from userspace. The most common example are x86 ioports.
+ On x86 systems, userspace can access these ioports using
+ <function>ioperm()</function>, <function>iopl()</function>,
+ <function>inb()</function>, <function>outb()</function>, and similar
+ functions.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Since these ioport regions can not be mapped, they will not appear under
+ <filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/maps/</filename> like the normal memory
+ described above. Without information about the port regions a hardware
+ has to offer, it becomes difficult for the userspace part of the
+ driver to find out which ports belong to which UIO device.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To address this situation, the new directory
+ <filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename> was added. It only
+ exists if the driver wants to pass information about one or more port
+ regions to userspace. If that is the case, subdirectories named
+ <filename>port0</filename>, <filename>port1</filename>, and so on,
+ will appear underneath
+ <filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename>.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains three read-only
+ files that show start, size, and type of the port region:
+</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+ <para>
+ <filename>start</filename>: The first port of this region.
+ </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <para>
+ <filename>size</filename>: The number of ports in this region.
+ </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <para>
+ <filename>porttype</filename>: A string describing the type of port.
+ </para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+
</sect1>
</chapter>
@@ -339,12 +393,12 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
-<varname>char *name</varname>: Required. The name of your driver as
+<varname>const char *name</varname>: Required. The name of your driver as
it will appear in sysfs. I recommend using the name of your module for this.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
-<varname>char *version</varname>: Required. This string appears in
+<varname>const char *version</varname>: Required. This string appears in
<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/version</filename>.
</para></listitem>
@@ -356,6 +410,13 @@ See the description below for details.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
+<varname>struct uio_port port[ MAX_UIO_PORTS_REGIONS ]</varname>: Required
+if you want to pass information about ioports to userspace. For each port
+region you need to fill one of the <varname>uio_port</varname> structures.
+See the description below for details.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
<varname>long irq</varname>: Required. If your hardware generates an
interrupt, it's your modules task to determine the irq number during
initialization. If you don't have a hardware generated interrupt but
@@ -448,6 +509,42 @@ Please do not touch the <varname>kobj</varname> element of
<varname>struct uio_mem</varname>! It is used by the UIO framework
to set up sysfs files for this mapping. Simply leave it alone.
</para>
+
+<para>
+Sometimes, your device can have one or more port regions which can not be
+mapped to userspace. But if there are other possibilities for userspace to
+access these ports, it makes sense to make information about the ports
+available in sysfs. For each region, you have to set up a
+<varname>struct uio_port</varname> in the <varname>port[]</varname> array.
+Here's a description of the fields of <varname>struct uio_port</varname>:
+</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>
+<varname>char *porttype</varname>: Required. Set this to one of the predefined
+constants. Use <varname>UIO_PORT_X86</varname> for the ioports found in x86
+architectures.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+<varname>unsigned long start</varname>: Required if the port region is used.
+Fill in the number of the first port of this region.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+<varname>unsigned long size</varname>: Fill in the number of ports in this
+region. If <varname>size</varname> is zero, the region is considered unused.
+Note that you <emphasis>must</emphasis> initialize <varname>size</varname>
+with zero for all unused regions.
+</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>
+Please do not touch the <varname>portio</varname> element of
+<varname>struct uio_port</varname>! It is used internally by the UIO
+framework to set up sysfs files for this region. Simply leave it alone.
+</para>
+
</sect1>
<sect1 id="adding_irq_handler">
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c93db122f0..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
-
-<book id="WANGuide">
- <bookinfo>
- <title>Synchronous PPP and Cisco HDLC Programming Guide</title>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <firstname>Alan</firstname>
- <surname>Cox</surname>
- <affiliation>
- <address>
- <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email>
- </address>
- </affiliation>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
-
- <copyright>
- <year>2000</year>
- <holder>Alan Cox</holder>
- </copyright>
-
- <legalnotice>
- <para>
- This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
- it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
- version.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
- useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
- warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
- Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
- MA 02111-1307 USA
- </para>
-
- <para>
- For more details see the file COPYING in the source
- distribution of Linux.
- </para>
- </legalnotice>
- </bookinfo>
-
-<toc></toc>
-
- <chapter id="intro">
- <title>Introduction</title>
- <para>
- The syncppp drivers in Linux provide a fairly complete
- implementation of Cisco HDLC and a minimal implementation of
- PPP. The longer term goal is to switch the PPP layer to the
- generic PPP interface that is new in Linux 2.3.x. The API should
- remain unchanged when this is done, but support will then be
- available for IPX, compression and other PPP features
- </para>
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="bugs">
- <title>Known Bugs And Assumptions</title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>PPP is minimal</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The current PPP implementation is very basic, although sufficient
- for most wan usages.
- </para>
- </listitem></varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term>Cisco HDLC Quirks</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Currently we do not end all packets with the correct Cisco multicast
- or unicast flags. Nothing appears to mind too much but this should
- be corrected.
- </para>
- </listitem></varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- </para>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="pubfunctions">
- <title>Public Functions Provided</title>
-!Edrivers/net/wan/syncppp.c
- </chapter>
-
-</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX b/Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX
index 49f43946c6b..812b17fe3ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
00-INDEX
- this file
+MSI-HOWTO.txt
+ - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
PCI-DMA-mapping.txt
- info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms
PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
index 256defd7e17..256defd7e17 100644
--- a/Documentation/MSI-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
index fd4907a2968..7f6de6ea5b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ NOTE: pci_enable_device() can fail! Check the return value.
pci_set_master() will enable DMA by setting the bus master bit
in the PCI_COMMAND register. It also fixes the latency timer value if
-it's set to something bogus by the BIOS.
+it's set to something bogus by the BIOS. pci_clear_master() will
+disable DMA by clearing the bus master bit.
If the PCI device can use the PCI Memory-Write-Invalidate transaction,
call pci_set_mwi(). This enables the PCI_COMMAND bit for Mem-Wr-Inval
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
index 461481dfb7c..9bb62f7b89c 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ rcuref.txt
- Reference-count design for elements of lists/arrays protected by RCU
rcu.txt
- RCU Concepts
+rcubarrier.txt
+ - Unloading modules that use RCU callbacks
RTFP.txt
- List of RCU papers (bibliography) going back to 1980.
torture.txt
- RCU Torture Test Operation (CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST)
+trace.txt
+ - CONFIG_RCU_TRACE debugfs files and formats
UP.txt
- RCU on Uniprocessor Systems
whatisRCU.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..909602d409b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+RCU and Unloadable Modules
+
+[Originally published in LWN Jan. 14, 2007: http://lwn.net/Articles/217484/]
+
+RCU (read-copy update) is a synchronization mechanism that can be thought
+of as a replacement for read-writer locking (among other things), but with
+very low-overhead readers that are immune to deadlock, priority inversion,
+and unbounded latency. RCU read-side critical sections are delimited
+by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), which, in non-CONFIG_PREEMPT
+kernels, generate no code whatsoever.
+
+This means that RCU writers are unaware of the presence of concurrent
+readers, so that RCU updates to shared data must be undertaken quite
+carefully, leaving an old version of the data structure in place until all
+pre-existing readers have finished. These old versions are needed because
+such readers might hold a reference to them. RCU updates can therefore be
+rather expensive, and RCU is thus best suited for read-mostly situations.
+
+How can an RCU writer possibly determine when all readers are finished,
+given that readers might well leave absolutely no trace of their
+presence? There is a synchronize_rcu() primitive that blocks until all
+pre-existing readers have completed. An updater wishing to delete an
+element p from a linked list might do the following, while holding an
+appropriate lock, of course:
+
+ list_del_rcu(p);
+ synchronize_rcu();
+ kfree(p);
+
+But the above code cannot be used in IRQ context -- the call_rcu()
+primitive must be used instead. This primitive takes a pointer to an
+rcu_head struct placed within the RCU-protected data structure and
+another pointer to a function that may be invoked later to free that
+structure. Code to delete an element p from the linked list from IRQ
+context might then be as follows:
+
+ list_del_rcu(p);
+ call_rcu(&p->rcu, p_callback);
+
+Since call_rcu() never blocks, this code can safely be used from within
+IRQ context. The function p_callback() might be defined as follows:
+
+ static void p_callback(struct rcu_head *rp)
+ {
+ struct pstruct *p = container_of(rp, struct pstruct, rcu);
+
+ kfree(p);
+ }
+
+
+Unloading Modules That Use call_rcu()
+
+But what if p_callback is defined in an unloadable module?
+
+If we unload the module while some RCU callbacks are pending,
+the CPUs executing these callbacks are going to be severely
+disappointed when they are later invoked, as fancifully depicted at
+http://lwn.net/images/ns/kernel/rcu-drop.jpg.
+
+We could try placing a synchronize_rcu() in the module-exit code path,
+but this is not sufficient. Although synchronize_rcu() does wait for a
+grace period to elapse, it does not wait for the callbacks to complete.
+
+One might be tempted to try several back-to-back synchronize_rcu()
+calls, but this is still not guaranteed to work. If there is a very
+heavy RCU-callback load, then some of the callbacks might be deferred
+in order to allow other processing to proceed. Such deferral is required
+in realtime kernels in order to avoid excessive scheduling latencies.
+
+
+rcu_barrier()
+
+We instead need the rcu_barrier() primitive. This primitive is similar
+to synchronize_rcu(), but instead of waiting solely for a grace
+period to elapse, it also waits for all outstanding RCU callbacks to
+complete. Pseudo-code using rcu_barrier() is as follows:
+
+ 1. Prevent any new RCU callbacks from being posted.
+ 2. Execute rcu_barrier().
+ 3. Allow the module to be unloaded.
+
+Quick Quiz #1: Why is there no srcu_barrier()?
+
+The rcutorture module makes use of rcu_barrier in its exit function
+as follows:
+
+ 1 static void
+ 2 rcu_torture_cleanup(void)
+ 3 {
+ 4 int i;
+ 5
+ 6 fullstop = 1;
+ 7 if (shuffler_task != NULL) {
+ 8 VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_shuffle task");
+ 9 kthread_stop(shuffler_task);
+10 }
+11 shuffler_task = NULL;
+12
+13 if (writer_task != NULL) {
+14 VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_writer task");
+15 kthread_stop(writer_task);
+16 }
+17 writer_task = NULL;
+18
+19 if (reader_tasks != NULL) {
+20 for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++) {
+21 if (reader_tasks[i] != NULL) {
+22 VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING(
+23 "Stopping rcu_torture_reader task");
+24 kthread_stop(reader_tasks[i]);
+25 }
+26 reader_tasks[i] = NULL;
+27 }
+28 kfree(reader_tasks);
+29 reader_tasks = NULL;
+30 }
+31 rcu_torture_current = NULL;
+32
+33 if (fakewriter_tasks != NULL) {
+34 for (i = 0; i < nfakewriters; i++) {
+35 if (fakewriter_tasks[i] != NULL) {
+36 VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING(
+37 "Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter task");
+38 kthread_stop(fakewriter_tasks[i]);
+39 }
+40 fakewriter_tasks[i] = NULL;
+41 }
+42 kfree(fakewriter_tasks);
+43 fakewriter_tasks = NULL;
+44 }
+45
+46 if (stats_task != NULL) {
+47 VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_stats task");
+48 kthread_stop(stats_task);
+49 }
+50 stats_task = NULL;
+51
+52 /* Wait for all RCU callbacks to fire. */
+53 rcu_barrier();
+54
+55 rcu_torture_stats_print(); /* -After- the stats thread is stopped! */
+56
+57 if (cur_ops->cleanup != NULL)
+58 cur_ops->cleanup();
+59 if (atomic_read(&n_rcu_torture_error))
+60 rcu_torture_print_module_parms("End of test: FAILURE");
+61 else
+62 rcu_torture_print_module_parms("End of test: SUCCESS");
+63 }
+
+Line 6 sets a global variable that prevents any RCU callbacks from
+re-posting themselves. This will not be necessary in most cases, since
+RCU callbacks rarely include calls to call_rcu(). However, the rcutorture
+module is an exception to this rule, and therefore needs to set this
+global variable.
+
+Lines 7-50 stop all the kernel tasks associated with the rcutorture
+module. Therefore, once execution reaches line 53, no more rcutorture
+RCU callbacks will be posted. The rcu_barrier() call on line 53 waits
+for any pre-existing callbacks to complete.
+
+Then lines 55-62 print status and do operation-specific cleanup, and
+then return, permitting the module-unload operation to be completed.
+
+Quick Quiz #2: Is there any other situation where rcu_barrier() might
+ be required?
+
+Your module might have additional complications. For example, if your
+module invokes call_rcu() from timers, you will need to first cancel all
+the timers, and only then invoke rcu_barrier() to wait for any remaining
+RCU callbacks to complete.
+
+
+Implementing rcu_barrier()
+
+Dipankar Sarma's implementation of rcu_barrier() makes use of the fact
+that RCU callbacks are never reordered once queued on one of the per-CPU
+queues. His implementation queues an RCU callback on each of the per-CPU
+callback queues, and then waits until they have all started executing, at
+which point, all earlier RCU callbacks are guaranteed to have completed.
+
+The original code for rcu_barrier() was as follows:
+
+ 1 void rcu_barrier(void)
+ 2 {
+ 3 BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
+ 4 /* Take cpucontrol mutex to protect against CPU hotplug */
+ 5 mutex_lock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
+ 6 init_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
+ 7 atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 0);
+ 8 on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, NULL, 0, 1);
+ 9 wait_for_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
+10 mutex_unlock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
+11 }
+
+Line 3 verifies that the caller is in process context, and lines 5 and 10
+use rcu_barrier_mutex to ensure that only one rcu_barrier() is using the
+global completion and counters at a time, which are initialized on lines
+6 and 7. Line 8 causes each CPU to invoke rcu_barrier_func(), which is
+shown below. Note that the final "1" in on_each_cpu()'s argument list
+ensures that all the calls to rcu_barrier_func() will have completed
+before on_each_cpu() returns. Line 9 then waits for the completion.
+
+This code was rewritten in 2008 to support rcu_barrier_bh() and
+rcu_barrier_sched() in addition to the original rcu_barrier().
+
+The rcu_barrier_func() runs on each CPU, where it invokes call_rcu()
+to post an RCU callback, as follows:
+
+ 1 static void rcu_barrier_func(void *notused)
+ 2 {
+ 3 int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ 4 struct rcu_data *rdp = &per_cpu(rcu_data, cpu);
+ 5 struct rcu_head *head;
+ 6
+ 7 head = &rdp->barrier;
+ 8 atomic_inc(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count);
+ 9 call_rcu(head, rcu_barrier_callback);
+10 }
+
+Lines 3 and 4 locate RCU's internal per-CPU rcu_data structure,
+which contains the struct rcu_head that needed for the later call to
+call_rcu(). Line 7 picks up a pointer to this struct rcu_head, and line
+8 increments a global counter. This counter will later be decremented
+by the callback. Line 9 then registers the rcu_barrier_callback() on
+the current CPU's queue.
+
+The rcu_barrier_callback() function simply atomically decrements the
+rcu_barrier_cpu_count variable and finalizes the completion when it
+reaches zero, as follows:
+
+ 1 static void rcu_barrier_callback(struct rcu_head *notused)
+ 2 {
+ 3 if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count))
+ 4 complete(&rcu_barrier_completion);
+ 5 }
+
+Quick Quiz #3: What happens if CPU 0's rcu_barrier_func() executes
+ immediately (thus incrementing rcu_barrier_cpu_count to the
+ value one), but the other CPU's rcu_barrier_func() invocations
+ are delayed for a full grace period? Couldn't this result in
+ rcu_barrier() returning prematurely?
+
+
+rcu_barrier() Summary
+
+The rcu_barrier() primitive has seen relatively little use, since most
+code using RCU is in the core kernel rather than in modules. However, if
+you are using RCU from an unloadable module, you need to use rcu_barrier()
+so that your module may be safely unloaded.
+
+
+Answers to Quick Quizzes
+
+Quick Quiz #1: Why is there no srcu_barrier()?
+
+Answer: Since there is no call_srcu(), there can be no outstanding SRCU
+ callbacks. Therefore, there is no need to wait for them.
+
+Quick Quiz #2: Is there any other situation where rcu_barrier() might
+ be required?
+
+Answer: Interestingly enough, rcu_barrier() was not originally
+ implemented for module unloading. Nikita Danilov was using
+ RCU in a filesystem, which resulted in a similar situation at
+ filesystem-unmount time. Dipankar Sarma coded up rcu_barrier()
+ in response, so that Nikita could invoke it during the
+ filesystem-unmount process.
+
+ Much later, yours truly hit the RCU module-unload problem when
+ implementing rcutorture, and found that rcu_barrier() solves
+ this problem as well.
+
+Quick Quiz #3: What happens if CPU 0's rcu_barrier_func() executes
+ immediately (thus incrementing rcu_barrier_cpu_count to the
+ value one), but the other CPU's rcu_barrier_func() invocations
+ are delayed for a full grace period? Couldn't this result in
+ rcu_barrier() returning prematurely?
+
+Answer: This cannot happen. The reason is that on_each_cpu() has its last
+ argument, the wait flag, set to "1". This flag is passed through
+ to smp_call_function() and further to smp_call_function_on_cpu(),
+ causing this latter to spin until the cross-CPU invocation of
+ rcu_barrier_func() has completed. This by itself would prevent
+ a grace period from completing on non-CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels,
+ since each CPU must undergo a context switch (or other quiescent
+ state) before the grace period can complete. However, this is
+ of no use in CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels.
+
+ Therefore, on_each_cpu() disables preemption across its call
+ to smp_call_function() and also across the local call to
+ rcu_barrier_func(). This prevents the local CPU from context
+ switching, again preventing grace periods from completing. This
+ means that all CPUs have executed rcu_barrier_func() before
+ the first rcu_barrier_callback() can possibly execute, in turn
+ preventing rcu_barrier_cpu_count from prematurely reaching zero.
+
+ Currently, -rt implementations of RCU keep but a single global
+ queue for RCU callbacks, and thus do not suffer from this
+ problem. However, when the -rt RCU eventually does have per-CPU
+ callback queues, things will have to change. One simple change
+ is to add an rcu_read_lock() before line 8 of rcu_barrier()
+ and an rcu_read_unlock() after line 8 of this same function. If
+ you can think of a better change, please let me know!
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..239f542d48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+Using hlist_nulls to protect read-mostly linked lists and
+objects using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU allocations.
+
+Please read the basics in Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt
+
+Using special makers (called 'nulls') is a convenient way
+to solve following problem :
+
+A typical RCU linked list managing objects which are
+allocated with SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU kmem_cache can
+use following algos :
+
+1) Lookup algo
+--------------
+rcu_read_lock()
+begin:
+obj = lockless_lookup(key);
+if (obj) {
+ if (!try_get_ref(obj)) // might fail for free objects
+ goto begin;
+ /*
+ * Because a writer could delete object, and a writer could
+ * reuse these object before the RCU grace period, we
+ * must check key after geting the reference on object
+ */
+ if (obj->key != key) { // not the object we expected
+ put_ref(obj);
+ goto begin;
+ }
+}
+rcu_read_unlock();
+
+Beware that lockless_lookup(key) cannot use traditional hlist_for_each_entry_rcu()
+but a version with an additional memory barrier (smp_rmb())
+
+lockless_lookup(key)
+{
+ struct hlist_node *node, *next;
+ for (pos = rcu_dereference((head)->first);
+ pos && ({ next = pos->next; smp_rmb(); prefetch(next); 1; }) &&
+ ({ tpos = hlist_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1; });
+ pos = rcu_dereference(next))
+ if (obj->key == key)
+ return obj;
+ return NULL;
+
+And note the traditional hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() misses this smp_rmb() :
+
+ struct hlist_node *node;
+ for (pos = rcu_dereference((head)->first);
+ pos && ({ prefetch(pos->next); 1; }) &&
+ ({ tpos = hlist_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1; });
+ pos = rcu_dereference(pos->next))
+ if (obj->key == key)
+ return obj;
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+Quoting Corey Minyard :
+
+"If the object is moved from one list to another list in-between the
+ time the hash is calculated and the next field is accessed, and the
+ object has moved to the end of a new list, the traversal will not
+ complete properly on the list it should have, since the object will
+ be on the end of the new list and there's not a way to tell it's on a
+ new list and restart the list traversal. I think that this can be
+ solved by pre-fetching the "next" field (with proper barriers) before
+ checking the key."
+
+2) Insert algo :
+----------------
+
+We need to make sure a reader cannot read the new 'obj->obj_next' value
+and previous value of 'obj->key'. Or else, an item could be deleted
+from a chain, and inserted into another chain. If new chain was empty
+before the move, 'next' pointer is NULL, and lockless reader can
+not detect it missed following items in original chain.
+
+/*
+ * Please note that new inserts are done at the head of list,
+ * not in the middle or end.
+ */
+obj = kmem_cache_alloc(...);
+lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
+obj->key = key;
+atomic_inc(&obj->refcnt);
+/*
+ * we need to make sure obj->key is updated before obj->next
+ */
+smp_wmb();
+hlist_add_head_rcu(&obj->obj_node, list);
+unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock()
+
+
+3) Remove algo
+--------------
+Nothing special here, we can use a standard RCU hlist deletion.
+But thanks to SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, beware a deleted object can be reused
+very very fast (before the end of RCU grace period)
+
+if (put_last_reference_on(obj) {
+ lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
+ hlist_del_init_rcu(&obj->obj_node);
+ unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock()
+ kmem_cache_free(cachep, obj);
+}
+
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+With hlist_nulls we can avoid extra smp_rmb() in lockless_lookup()
+and extra smp_wmb() in insert function.
+
+For example, if we choose to store the slot number as the 'nulls'
+end-of-list marker for each slot of the hash table, we can detect
+a race (some writer did a delete and/or a move of an object
+to another chain) checking the final 'nulls' value if
+the lookup met the end of chain. If final 'nulls' value
+is not the slot number, then we must restart the lookup at
+the begining. If the object was moved to same chain,
+then the reader doesnt care : It might eventually
+scan the list again without harm.
+
+
+1) lookup algo
+
+ head = &table[slot];
+ rcu_read_lock();
+begin:
+ hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(obj, node, head, member) {
+ if (obj->key == key) {
+ if (!try_get_ref(obj)) // might fail for free objects
+ goto begin;
+ if (obj->key != key) { // not the object we expected
+ put_ref(obj);
+ goto begin;
+ }
+ goto out;
+ }
+/*
+ * if the nulls value we got at the end of this lookup is
+ * not the expected one, we must restart lookup.
+ * We probably met an item that was moved to another chain.
+ */
+ if (get_nulls_value(node) != slot)
+ goto begin;
+ obj = NULL;
+
+out:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+2) Insert function :
+--------------------
+
+/*
+ * Please note that new inserts are done at the head of list,
+ * not in the middle or end.
+ */
+obj = kmem_cache_alloc(cachep);
+lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
+obj->key = key;
+atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1);
+/*
+ * insert obj in RCU way (readers might be traversing chain)
+ */
+hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&obj->obj_node, list);
+unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock()
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..068848240a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+CONFIG_RCU_TRACE debugfs Files and Formats
+
+
+The rcupreempt and rcutree implementations of RCU provide debugfs trace
+output that summarizes counters and state. This information is useful for
+debugging RCU itself, and can sometimes also help to debug abuses of RCU.
+Note that the rcuclassic implementation of RCU does not provide debugfs
+trace output.
+
+The following sections describe the debugfs files and formats for
+preemptable RCU (rcupreempt) and hierarchical RCU (rcutree).
+
+
+Preemptable RCU debugfs Files and Formats
+
+This implementation of RCU provides three debugfs files under the
+top-level directory RCU: rcu/rcuctrs (which displays the per-CPU
+counters used by preemptable RCU) rcu/rcugp (which displays grace-period
+counters), and rcu/rcustats (which internal counters for debugging RCU).
+
+The output of "cat rcu/rcuctrs" looks as follows:
+
+CPU last cur F M
+ 0 5 -5 0 0
+ 1 -1 0 0 0
+ 2 0 1 0 0
+ 3 0 1 0 0
+ 4 0 1 0 0
+ 5 0 1 0 0
+ 6 0 2 0 0
+ 7 0 -1 0 0
+ 8 0 1 0 0
+ggp = 26226, state = waitzero
+
+The per-CPU fields are as follows:
+
+o "CPU" gives the CPU number. Offline CPUs are not displayed.
+
+o "last" gives the value of the counter that is being decremented
+ for the current grace period phase. In the example above,
+ the counters sum to 4, indicating that there are still four
+ RCU read-side critical sections still running that started
+ before the last counter flip.
+
+o "cur" gives the value of the counter that is currently being
+ both incremented (by rcu_read_lock()) and decremented (by
+ rcu_read_unlock()). In the example above, the counters sum to
+ 1, indicating that there is only one RCU read-side critical section
+ still running that started after the last counter flip.
+
+o "F" indicates whether RCU is waiting for this CPU to acknowledge
+ a counter flip. In the above example, RCU is not waiting on any,
+ which is consistent with the state being "waitzero" rather than
+ "waitack".
+
+o "M" indicates whether RCU is waiting for this CPU to execute a
+ memory barrier. In the above example, RCU is not waiting on any,
+ which is consistent with the state being "waitzero" rather than
+ "waitmb".
+
+o "ggp" is the global grace-period counter.
+
+o "state" is the RCU state, which can be one of the following:
+
+ o "idle": there is no grace period in progress.
+
+ o "waitack": RCU just incremented the global grace-period
+ counter, which has the effect of reversing the roles of
+ the "last" and "cur" counters above, and is waiting for
+ all the CPUs to acknowledge the flip. Once the flip has
+ been acknowledged, CPUs will no longer be incrementing
+ what are now the "last" counters, so that their sum will
+ decrease monotonically down to zero.
+
+ o "waitzero": RCU is waiting for the sum of the "last" counters
+ to decrease to zero.
+
+ o "waitmb": RCU is waiting for each CPU to execute a memory
+ barrier, which ensures that instructions from a given CPU's
+ last RCU read-side critical section cannot be reordered
+ with instructions following the memory-barrier instruction.
+
+The output of "cat rcu/rcugp" looks as follows:
+
+oldggp=48870 newggp=48873
+
+Note that reading from this file provokes a synchronize_rcu(). The
+"oldggp" value is that of "ggp" from rcu/rcuctrs above, taken before
+executing the synchronize_rcu(), and the "newggp" value is also the
+"ggp" value, but taken after the synchronize_rcu() command returns.
+
+
+The output of "cat rcu/rcugp" looks as follows:
+
+na=1337955 nl=40 wa=1337915 wl=44 da=1337871 dl=0 dr=1337871 di=1337871
+1=50989 e1=6138 i1=49722 ie1=82 g1=49640 a1=315203 ae1=265563 a2=49640
+z1=1401244 ze1=1351605 z2=49639 m1=5661253 me1=5611614 m2=49639
+
+These are counters tracking internal preemptable-RCU events, however,
+some of them may be useful for debugging algorithms using RCU. In
+particular, the "nl", "wl", and "dl" values track the number of RCU
+callbacks in various states. The fields are as follows:
+
+o "na" is the total number of RCU callbacks that have been enqueued
+ since boot.
+
+o "nl" is the number of RCU callbacks waiting for the previous
+ grace period to end so that they can start waiting on the next
+ grace period.
+
+o "wa" is the total number of RCU callbacks that have started waiting
+ for a grace period since boot. "na" should be roughly equal to
+ "nl" plus "wa".
+
+o "wl" is the number of RCU callbacks currently waiting for their
+ grace period to end.
+
+o "da" is the total number of RCU callbacks whose grace periods
+ have completed since boot. "wa" should be roughly equal to
+ "wl" plus "da".
+
+o "dr" is the total number of RCU callbacks that have been removed
+ from the list of callbacks ready to invoke. "dr" should be roughly
+ equal to "da".
+
+o "di" is the total number of RCU callbacks that have been invoked
+ since boot. "di" should be roughly equal to "da", though some
+ early versions of preemptable RCU had a bug so that only the
+ last CPU's count of invocations was displayed, rather than the
+ sum of all CPU's counts.
+
+o "1" is the number of calls to rcu_try_flip(). This should be
+ roughly equal to the sum of "e1", "i1", "a1", "z1", and "m1"
+ described below. In other words, the number of times that
+ the state machine is visited should be equal to the sum of the
+ number of times that each state is visited plus the number of
+ times that the state-machine lock acquisition failed.
+
+o "e1" is the number of times that rcu_try_flip() was unable to
+ acquire the fliplock.
+
+o "i1" is the number of calls to rcu_try_flip_idle().
+
+o "ie1" is the number of times rcu_try_flip_idle() exited early
+ due to the calling CPU having no work for RCU.
+
+o "g1" is the number of times that rcu_try_flip_idle() decided
+ to start a new grace period. "i1" should be roughly equal to
+ "ie1" plus "g1".
+
+o "a1" is the number of calls to rcu_try_flip_waitack().
+
+o "ae1" is the number of times that rcu_try_flip_waitack() found
+ that at least one CPU had not yet acknowledge the new grace period
+ (AKA "counter flip").
+
+o "a2" is the number of time rcu_try_flip_waitack() found that
+ all CPUs had acknowledged. "a1" should be roughly equal to
+ "ae1" plus "a2". (This particular output was collected on
+ a 128-CPU machine, hence the smaller-than-usual fraction of
+ calls to rcu_try_flip_waitack() finding all CPUs having already
+ acknowledged.)
+
+o "z1" is the number of calls to rcu_try_flip_waitzero().
+
+o "ze1" is the number of times that rcu_try_flip_waitzero() found
+ that not all of the old RCU read-side critical sections had
+ completed.
+
+o "z2" is the number of times that rcu_try_flip_waitzero() finds
+ the sum of the counters equal to zero, in other words, that
+ all of the old RCU read-side critical sections had completed.
+ The value of "z1" should be roughly equal to "ze1" plus
+ "z2".
+
+o "m1" is the number of calls to rcu_try_flip_waitmb().
+
+o "me1" is the number of times that rcu_try_flip_waitmb() finds
+ that at least one CPU has not yet executed a memory barrier.
+
+o "m2" is the number of times that rcu_try_flip_waitmb() finds that
+ all CPUs have executed a memory barrier.
+
+
+Hierarchical RCU debugfs Files and Formats
+
+This implementation of RCU provides three debugfs files under the
+top-level directory RCU: rcu/rcudata (which displays fields in struct
+rcu_data), rcu/rcugp (which displays grace-period counters), and
+rcu/rcuhier (which displays the struct rcu_node hierarchy).
+
+The output of "cat rcu/rcudata" looks as follows:
+
+rcu:
+ 0 c=4011 g=4012 pq=1 pqc=4011 qp=0 rpfq=1 rp=3c2a dt=23301/73 dn=2 df=1882 of=0 ri=2126 ql=2 b=10
+ 1 c=4011 g=4012 pq=1 pqc=4011 qp=0 rpfq=3 rp=39a6 dt=78073/1 dn=2 df=1402 of=0 ri=1875 ql=46 b=10
+ 2 c=4010 g=4010 pq=1 pqc=4010 qp=0 rpfq=-5 rp=1d12 dt=16646/0 dn=2 df=3140 of=0 ri=2080 ql=0 b=10
+ 3 c=4012 g=4013 pq=1 pqc=4012 qp=1 rpfq=3 rp=2b50 dt=21159/1 dn=2 df=2230 of=0 ri=1923 ql=72 b=10
+ 4 c=4012 g=4013 pq=1 pqc=4012 qp=1 rpfq=3 rp=1644 dt=5783/1 dn=2 df=3348 of=0 ri=2805 ql=7 b=10
+ 5 c=4012 g=4013 pq=0 pqc=4011 qp=1 rpfq=3 rp=1aac dt=5879/1 dn=2 df=3140 of=0 ri=2066 ql=10 b=10
+ 6 c=4012 g=4013 pq=1 pqc=4012 qp=1 rpfq=3 rp=ed8 dt=5847/1 dn=2 df=3797 of=0 ri=1266 ql=10 b=10
+ 7 c=4012 g=4013 pq=1 pqc=4012 qp=1 rpfq=3 rp=1fa2 dt=6199/1 dn=2 df=2795 of=0 ri=2162 ql=28 b=10
+rcu_bh:
+ 0 c=-268 g=-268 pq=1 pqc=-268 qp=0 rpfq=-145 rp=21d6 dt=23301/73 dn=2 df=0 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
+ 1 c=-268 g=-268 pq=1 pqc=-268 qp=1 rpfq=-170 rp=20ce dt=78073/1 dn=2 df=26 of=0 ri=5 ql=0 b=10
+ 2 c=-268 g=-268 pq=1 pqc=-268 qp=1 rpfq=-83 rp=fbd dt=16646/0 dn=2 df=28 of=0 ri=4 ql=0 b=10
+ 3 c=-268 g=-268 pq=1 pqc=-268 qp=0 rpfq=-105 rp=178c dt=21159/1 dn=2 df=28 of=0 ri=2 ql=0 b=10
+ 4 c=-268 g=-268 pq=1 pqc=-268 qp=1 rpfq=-30 rp=b54 dt=5783/1 dn=2 df=32 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
+ 5 c=-268 g=-268 pq=1 pqc=-268 qp=1 rpfq=-29 rp=df5 dt=5879/1 dn=2 df=30 of=0 ri=3 ql=0 b=10
+ 6 c=-268 g=-268 pq=1 pqc=-268 qp=1 rpfq=-28 rp=788 dt=5847/1 dn=2 df=32 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
+ 7 c=-268 g=-268 pq=1 pqc=-268 qp=1 rpfq=-53 rp=1098 dt=6199/1 dn=2 df=30 of=0 ri=3 ql=0 b=10
+
+The first section lists the rcu_data structures for rcu, the second for
+rcu_bh. Each section has one line per CPU, or eight for this 8-CPU system.
+The fields are as follows:
+
+o The number at the beginning of each line is the CPU number.
+ CPUs numbers followed by an exclamation mark are offline,
+ but have been online at least once since boot. There will be
+ no output for CPUs that have never been online, which can be
+ a good thing in the surprisingly common case where NR_CPUS is
+ substantially larger than the number of actual CPUs.
+
+o "c" is the count of grace periods that this CPU believes have
+ completed. CPUs in dynticks idle mode may lag quite a ways
+ behind, for example, CPU 4 under "rcu" above, which has slept
+ through the past 25 RCU grace periods. It is not unusual to
+ see CPUs lagging by thousands of grace periods.
+
+o "g" is the count of grace periods that this CPU believes have
+ started. Again, CPUs in dynticks idle mode may lag behind.
+ If the "c" and "g" values are equal, this CPU has already
+ reported a quiescent state for the last RCU grace period that
+ it is aware of, otherwise, the CPU believes that it owes RCU a
+ quiescent state.
+
+o "pq" indicates that this CPU has passed through a quiescent state
+ for the current grace period. It is possible for "pq" to be
+ "1" and "c" different than "g", which indicates that although
+ the CPU has passed through a quiescent state, either (1) this
+ CPU has not yet reported that fact, (2) some other CPU has not
+ yet reported for this grace period, or (3) both.
+
+o "pqc" indicates which grace period the last-observed quiescent
+ state for this CPU corresponds to. This is important for handling
+ the race between CPU 0 reporting an extended dynticks-idle
+ quiescent state for CPU 1 and CPU 1 suddenly waking up and
+ reporting its own quiescent state. If CPU 1 was the last CPU
+ for the current grace period, then the CPU that loses this race
+ will attempt to incorrectly mark CPU 1 as having checked in for
+ the next grace period!
+
+o "qp" indicates that RCU still expects a quiescent state from
+ this CPU.
+
+o "rpfq" is the number of rcu_pending() calls on this CPU required
+ to induce this CPU to invoke force_quiescent_state().
+
+o "rp" is low-order four hex digits of the count of how many times
+ rcu_pending() has been invoked on this CPU.
+
+o "dt" is the current value of the dyntick counter that is incremented
+ when entering or leaving dynticks idle state, either by the
+ scheduler or by irq. The number after the "/" is the interrupt
+ nesting depth when in dyntick-idle state, or one greater than
+ the interrupt-nesting depth otherwise.
+
+ This field is displayed only for CONFIG_NO_HZ kernels.
+
+o "dn" is the current value of the dyntick counter that is incremented
+ when entering or leaving dynticks idle state via NMI. If both
+ the "dt" and "dn" values are even, then this CPU is in dynticks
+ idle mode and may be ignored by RCU. If either of these two
+ counters is odd, then RCU must be alert to the possibility of
+ an RCU read-side critical section running on this CPU.
+
+ This field is displayed only for CONFIG_NO_HZ kernels.
+
+o "df" is the number of times that some other CPU has forced a
+ quiescent state on behalf of this CPU due to this CPU being in
+ dynticks-idle state.
+
+ This field is displayed only for CONFIG_NO_HZ kernels.
+
+o "of" is the number of times that some other CPU has forced a
+ quiescent state on behalf of this CPU due to this CPU being
+ offline. In a perfect world, this might neve happen, but it
+ turns out that offlining and onlining a CPU can take several grace
+ periods, and so there is likely to be an extended period of time
+ when RCU believes that the CPU is online when it really is not.
+ Please note that erring in the other direction (RCU believing a
+ CPU is offline when it is really alive and kicking) is a fatal
+ error, so it makes sense to err conservatively.
+
+o "ri" is the number of times that RCU has seen fit to send a
+ reschedule IPI to this CPU in order to get it to report a
+ quiescent state.
+
+o "ql" is the number of RCU callbacks currently residing on
+ this CPU. This is the total number of callbacks, regardless
+ of what state they are in (new, waiting for grace period to
+ start, waiting for grace period to end, ready to invoke).
+
+o "b" is the batch limit for this CPU. If more than this number
+ of RCU callbacks is ready to invoke, then the remainder will
+ be deferred.
+
+
+The output of "cat rcu/rcugp" looks as follows:
+
+rcu: completed=33062 gpnum=33063
+rcu_bh: completed=464 gpnum=464
+
+Again, this output is for both "rcu" and "rcu_bh". The fields are
+taken from the rcu_state structure, and are as follows:
+
+o "completed" is the number of grace periods that have completed.
+ It is comparable to the "c" field from rcu/rcudata in that a
+ CPU whose "c" field matches the value of "completed" is aware
+ that the corresponding RCU grace period has completed.
+
+o "gpnum" is the number of grace periods that have started. It is
+ comparable to the "g" field from rcu/rcudata in that a CPU
+ whose "g" field matches the value of "gpnum" is aware that the
+ corresponding RCU grace period has started.
+
+ If these two fields are equal (as they are for "rcu_bh" above),
+ then there is no grace period in progress, in other words, RCU
+ is idle. On the other hand, if the two fields differ (as they
+ do for "rcu" above), then an RCU grace period is in progress.
+
+
+The output of "cat rcu/rcuhier" looks as follows, with very long lines:
+
+c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6
+1/1 0:127 ^0
+3/3 0:35 ^0 0/0 36:71 ^1 0/0 72:107 ^2 0/0 108:127 ^3
+3/3f 0:5 ^0 2/3 6:11 ^1 0/0 12:17 ^2 0/0 18:23 ^3 0/0 24:29 ^4 0/0 30:35 ^5 0/0 36:41 ^0 0/0 42:47 ^1 0/0 48:53 ^2 0/0 54:59 ^3 0/0 60:65 ^4 0/0 66:71 ^5 0/0 72:77 ^0 0/0 78:83 ^1 0/0 84:89 ^2 0/0 90:95 ^3 0/0 96:101 ^4 0/0 102:107 ^5 0/0 108:113 ^0 0/0 114:119 ^1 0/0 120:125 ^2 0/0 126:127 ^3
+rcu_bh:
+c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0
+0/1 0:127 ^0
+0/3 0:35 ^0 0/0 36:71 ^1 0/0 72:107 ^2 0/0 108:127 ^3
+0/3f 0:5 ^0 0/3 6:11 ^1 0/0 12:17 ^2 0/0 18:23 ^3 0/0 24:29 ^4 0/0 30:35 ^5 0/0 36:41 ^0 0/0 42:47 ^1 0/0 48:53 ^2 0/0 54:59 ^3 0/0 60:65 ^4 0/0 66:71 ^5 0/0 72:77 ^0 0/0 78:83 ^1 0/0 84:89 ^2 0/0 90:95 ^3 0/0 96:101 ^4 0/0 102:107 ^5 0/0 108:113 ^0 0/0 114:119 ^1 0/0 120:125 ^2 0/0 126:127 ^3
+
+This is once again split into "rcu" and "rcu_bh" portions. The fields are
+as follows:
+
+o "c" is exactly the same as "completed" under rcu/rcugp.
+
+o "g" is exactly the same as "gpnum" under rcu/rcugp.
+
+o "s" is the "signaled" state that drives force_quiescent_state()'s
+ state machine.
+
+o "jfq" is the number of jiffies remaining for this grace period
+ before force_quiescent_state() is invoked to help push things
+ along. Note that CPUs in dyntick-idle mode thoughout the grace
+ period will not report on their own, but rather must be check by
+ some other CPU via force_quiescent_state().
+
+o "j" is the low-order four hex digits of the jiffies counter.
+ Yes, Paul did run into a number of problems that turned out to
+ be due to the jiffies counter no longer counting. Why do you ask?
+
+o "nfqs" is the number of calls to force_quiescent_state() since
+ boot.
+
+o "nfqsng" is the number of useless calls to force_quiescent_state(),
+ where there wasn't actually a grace period active. This can
+ happen due to races. The number in parentheses is the difference
+ between "nfqs" and "nfqsng", or the number of times that
+ force_quiescent_state() actually did some real work.
+
+o "fqlh" is the number of calls to force_quiescent_state() that
+ exited immediately (without even being counted in nfqs above)
+ due to contention on ->fqslock.
+
+o Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct
+ rcu_node. Each line represents one level of the hierarchy, from
+ root to leaves. It is best to think of the rcu_data structures
+ as forming yet another level after the leaves. Note that there
+ might be either one, two, or three levels of rcu_node structures,
+ depending on the relationship between CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT and
+ CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
+
+ o The numbers separated by the "/" are the qsmask followed
+ by the qsmaskinit. The qsmask will have one bit
+ set for each entity in the next lower level that
+ has not yet checked in for the current grace period.
+ The qsmaskinit will have one bit for each entity that is
+ currently expected to check in during each grace period.
+ The value of qsmaskinit is assigned to that of qsmask
+ at the beginning of each grace period.
+
+ For example, for "rcu", the qsmask of the first entry
+ of the lowest level is 0x14, meaning that we are still
+ waiting for CPUs 2 and 4 to check in for the current
+ grace period.
+
+ o The numbers separated by the ":" are the range of CPUs
+ served by this struct rcu_node. This can be helpful
+ in working out how the hierarchy is wired together.
+
+ For example, the first entry at the lowest level shows
+ "0:5", indicating that it covers CPUs 0 through 5.
+
+ o The number after the "^" indicates the bit in the
+ next higher level rcu_node structure that this
+ rcu_node structure corresponds to.
+
+ For example, the first entry at the lowest level shows
+ "^0", indicating that it corresponds to bit zero in
+ the first entry at the middle level.
diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
index cc49400b4af..7ea231172c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
goto err;
}
}
+ if (!maskset && !tid && !containerset) {
+ usage();
+ goto err;
+ }
do {
int i;
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt b/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65bf47c46b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+ ACPI Debug Output
+
+
+The ACPI CA, the Linux ACPI core, and some ACPI drivers can generate debug
+output. This document describes how to use this facility.
+
+Compile-time configuration
+--------------------------
+
+ACPI debug output is globally enabled by CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG. If this config
+option is turned off, the debug messages are not even built into the
+kernel.
+
+Boot- and run-time configuration
+--------------------------------
+
+When CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y, you can select the component and level of messages
+you're interested in. At boot-time, use the acpi.debug_layer and
+acpi.debug_level kernel command line options. After boot, you can use the
+debug_layer and debug_level files in /sys/module/acpi/parameters/ to control
+the debug messages.
+
+debug_layer (component)
+-----------------------
+
+The "debug_layer" is a mask that selects components of interest, e.g., a
+specific driver or part of the ACPI interpreter. To build the debug_layer
+bitmask, look for the "#define _COMPONENT" in an ACPI source file.
+
+You can set the debug_layer mask at boot-time using the acpi.debug_layer
+command line argument, and you can change it after boot by writing values
+to /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer.
+
+The possible components are defined in include/acpi/acoutput.h and
+include/acpi/acpi_drivers.h. Reading /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer
+shows the supported mask values, currently these:
+
+ ACPI_UTILITIES 0x00000001
+ ACPI_HARDWARE 0x00000002
+ ACPI_EVENTS 0x00000004
+ ACPI_TABLES 0x00000008
+ ACPI_NAMESPACE 0x00000010
+ ACPI_PARSER 0x00000020
+ ACPI_DISPATCHER 0x00000040
+ ACPI_EXECUTER 0x00000080
+ ACPI_RESOURCES 0x00000100
+ ACPI_CA_DEBUGGER 0x00000200
+ ACPI_OS_SERVICES 0x00000400
+ ACPI_CA_DISASSEMBLER 0x00000800
+ ACPI_COMPILER 0x00001000
+ ACPI_TOOLS 0x00002000
+ ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT 0x00010000
+ ACPI_AC_COMPONENT 0x00020000
+ ACPI_BATTERY_COMPONENT 0x00040000
+ ACPI_BUTTON_COMPONENT 0x00080000
+ ACPI_SBS_COMPONENT 0x00100000
+ ACPI_FAN_COMPONENT 0x00200000
+ ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT 0x00400000
+ ACPI_POWER_COMPONENT 0x00800000
+ ACPI_CONTAINER_COMPONENT 0x01000000
+ ACPI_SYSTEM_COMPONENT 0x02000000
+ ACPI_THERMAL_COMPONENT 0x04000000
+ ACPI_MEMORY_DEVICE_COMPONENT 0x08000000
+ ACPI_VIDEO_COMPONENT 0x10000000
+ ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT 0x20000000
+
+debug_level
+-----------
+
+The "debug_level" is a mask that selects different types of messages, e.g.,
+those related to initialization, method execution, informational messages, etc.
+To build debug_level, look at the level specified in an ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT()
+statement.
+
+The ACPI interpreter uses several different levels, but the Linux
+ACPI core and ACPI drivers generally only use ACPI_LV_INFO.
+
+You can set the debug_level mask at boot-time using the acpi.debug_level
+command line argument, and you can change it after boot by writing values
+to /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level.
+
+The possible levels are defined in include/acpi/acoutput.h. Reading
+/sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level shows the supported mask values,
+currently these:
+
+ ACPI_LV_INIT 0x00000001
+ ACPI_LV_DEBUG_OBJECT 0x00000002
+ ACPI_LV_INFO 0x00000004
+ ACPI_LV_INIT_NAMES 0x00000020
+ ACPI_LV_PARSE 0x00000040
+ ACPI_LV_LOAD 0x00000080
+ ACPI_LV_DISPATCH 0x00000100
+ ACPI_LV_EXEC 0x00000200
+ ACPI_LV_NAMES 0x00000400
+ ACPI_LV_OPREGION 0x00000800
+ ACPI_LV_BFIELD 0x00001000
+ ACPI_LV_TABLES 0x00002000
+ ACPI_LV_VALUES 0x00004000
+ ACPI_LV_OBJECTS 0x00008000
+ ACPI_LV_RESOURCES 0x00010000
+ ACPI_LV_USER_REQUESTS 0x00020000
+ ACPI_LV_PACKAGE 0x00040000
+ ACPI_LV_ALLOCATIONS 0x00100000
+ ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS 0x00200000
+ ACPI_LV_OPTIMIZATIONS 0x00400000
+ ACPI_LV_MUTEX 0x01000000
+ ACPI_LV_THREADS 0x02000000
+ ACPI_LV_IO 0x04000000
+ ACPI_LV_INTERRUPTS 0x08000000
+ ACPI_LV_AML_DISASSEMBLE 0x10000000
+ ACPI_LV_VERBOSE_INFO 0x20000000
+ ACPI_LV_FULL_TABLES 0x40000000
+ ACPI_LV_EVENTS 0x80000000
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+For example, drivers/acpi/bus.c contains this:
+
+ #define _COMPONENT ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT
+ ...
+ ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Device insertion detected\n"));
+
+To turn on this message, set the ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT bit in acpi.debug_layer
+and the ACPI_LV_INFO bit in acpi.debug_level. (The ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT
+statement uses ACPI_DB_INFO, which is macro based on the ACPI_LV_INFO
+definition.)
+
+Enable all AML "Debug" output (stores to the Debug object while interpreting
+AML) during boot:
+
+ acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
+
+Enable PCI and PCI interrupt routing debug messages:
+
+ acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4
+
+Enable all ACPI hardware-related messages:
+
+ acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
+
+Enable all ACPI_DB_INFO messages after boot:
+
+ # echo 0x4 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level
+
+Show all valid component values:
+
+ # cat /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment
index d145ccca169..c7c7a114c78 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment
+++ b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ real bad - it changes the behaviour of all unaligned instructions in user
space, and might cause programs to fail unexpectedly.
To change the alignment trap behavior, simply echo a number into
-/proc/sys/debug/alignment. The number is made up from various bits:
+/proc/cpu/alignment. The number is made up from various bits:
bit behavior when set
--- -----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/pxa/mfp.txt b/Documentation/arm/pxa/mfp.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a179e5bc02c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm/pxa/mfp.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+ MFP Configuration for PXA2xx/PXA3xx Processors
+
+ Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com>
+
+MFP stands for Multi-Function Pin, which is the pin-mux logic on PXA3xx and
+later PXA series processors. This document describes the existing MFP API,
+and how board/platform driver authors could make use of it.
+
+ Basic Concept
+===============
+
+Unlike the GPIO alternate function settings on PXA25x and PXA27x, a new MFP
+mechanism is introduced from PXA3xx to completely move the pin-mux functions
+out of the GPIO controller. In addition to pin-mux configurations, the MFP
+also controls the low power state, driving strength, pull-up/down and event
+detection of each pin. Below is a diagram of internal connections between
+the MFP logic and the remaining SoC peripherals:
+
+ +--------+
+ | |--(GPIO19)--+
+ | GPIO | |
+ | |--(GPIO...) |
+ +--------+ |
+ | +---------+
+ +--------+ +------>| |
+ | PWM2 |--(PWM_OUT)-------->| MFP |
+ +--------+ +------>| |-------> to external PAD
+ | +---->| |
+ +--------+ | | +-->| |
+ | SSP2 |---(TXD)----+ | | +---------+
+ +--------+ | |
+ | |
+ +--------+ | |
+ | Keypad |--(MKOUT4)----+ |
+ +--------+ |
+ |
+ +--------+ |
+ | UART2 |---(TXD)--------+
+ +--------+
+
+NOTE: the external pad is named as MFP_PIN_GPIO19, it doesn't necessarily
+mean it's dedicated for GPIO19, only as a hint that internally this pin
+can be routed from GPIO19 of the GPIO controller.
+
+To better understand the change from PXA25x/PXA27x GPIO alternate function
+to this new MFP mechanism, here are several key points:
+
+ 1. GPIO controller on PXA3xx is now a dedicated controller, same as other
+ internal controllers like PWM, SSP and UART, with 128 internal signals
+ which can be routed to external through one or more MFPs (e.g. GPIO<0>
+ can be routed through either MFP_PIN_GPIO0 as well as MFP_PIN_GPIO0_2,
+ see arch/arm/mach-pxa/mach/include/mfp-pxa300.h)
+
+ 2. Alternate function configuration is removed from this GPIO controller,
+ the remaining functions are pure GPIO-specific, i.e.
+
+ - GPIO signal level control
+ - GPIO direction control
+ - GPIO level change detection
+
+ 3. Low power state for each pin is now controlled by MFP, this means the
+ PGSRx registers on PXA2xx are now useless on PXA3xx
+
+ 4. Wakeup detection is now controlled by MFP, PWER does not control the
+ wakeup from GPIO(s) any more, depending on the sleeping state, ADxER
+ (as defined in pxa3xx-regs.h) controls the wakeup from MFP
+
+NOTE: with such a clear separation of MFP and GPIO, by GPIO<xx> we normally
+mean it is a GPIO signal, and by MFP<xxx> or pin xxx, we mean a physical
+pad (or ball).
+
+ MFP API Usage
+===============
+
+For board code writers, here are some guidelines:
+
+1. include ONE of the following header files in your <board>.c:
+
+ - #include <mach/mfp-pxa25x.h>
+ - #include <mach/mfp-pxa27x.h>
+ - #include <mach/mfp-pxa300.h>
+ - #include <mach/mfp-pxa320.h>
+ - #include <mach/mfp-pxa930.h>
+
+ NOTE: only one file in your <board>.c, depending on the processors used,
+ because pin configuration definitions may conflict in these file (i.e.
+ same name, different meaning and settings on different processors). E.g.
+ for zylonite platform, which support both PXA300/PXA310 and PXA320, two
+ separate files are introduced: zylonite_pxa300.c and zylonite_pxa320.c
+ (in addition to handle MFP configuration differences, they also handle
+ the other differences between the two combinations).
+
+ NOTE: PXA300 and PXA310 are almost identical in pin configurations (with
+ PXA310 supporting some additional ones), thus the difference is actually
+ covered in a single mfp-pxa300.h.
+
+2. prepare an array for the initial pin configurations, e.g.:
+
+ static unsigned long mainstone_pin_config[] __initdata = {
+ /* Chip Select */
+ GPIO15_nCS_1,
+
+ /* LCD - 16bpp Active TFT */
+ GPIOxx_TFT_LCD_16BPP,
+ GPIO16_PWM0_OUT, /* Backlight */
+
+ /* MMC */
+ GPIO32_MMC_CLK,
+ GPIO112_MMC_CMD,
+ GPIO92_MMC_DAT_0,
+ GPIO109_MMC_DAT_1,
+ GPIO110_MMC_DAT_2,
+ GPIO111_MMC_DAT_3,
+
+ ...
+
+ /* GPIO */
+ GPIO1_GPIO | WAKEUP_ON_EDGE_BOTH,
+ };
+
+ a) once the pin configurations are passed to pxa{2xx,3xx}_mfp_config(),
+ and written to the actual registers, they are useless and may discard,
+ adding '__initdata' will help save some additional bytes here.
+
+ b) when there is only one possible pin configurations for a component,
+ some simplified definitions can be used, e.g. GPIOxx_TFT_LCD_16BPP on
+ PXA25x and PXA27x processors
+
+ c) if by board design, a pin can be configured to wake up the system
+ from low power state, it can be 'OR'ed with any of:
+
+ WAKEUP_ON_EDGE_BOTH
+ WAKEUP_ON_EDGE_RISE
+ WAKEUP_ON_EDGE_FALL
+ WAKEUP_ON_LEVEL_HIGH - specifically for enabling of keypad GPIOs,
+
+ to indicate that this pin has the capability of wake-up the system,
+ and on which edge(s). This, however, doesn't necessarily mean the
+ pin _will_ wakeup the system, it will only when set_irq_wake() is
+ invoked with the corresponding GPIO IRQ (GPIO_IRQ(xx) or gpio_to_irq())
+ and eventually calls gpio_set_wake() for the actual register setting.
+
+ d) although PXA3xx MFP supports edge detection on each pin, the
+ internal logic will only wakeup the system when those specific bits
+ in ADxER registers are set, which can be well mapped to the
+ corresponding peripheral, thus set_irq_wake() can be called with
+ the peripheral IRQ to enable the wakeup.
+
+
+ MFP on PXA3xx
+===============
+
+Every external I/O pad on PXA3xx (excluding those for special purpose) has
+one MFP logic associated, and is controlled by one MFP register (MFPR).
+
+The MFPR has the following bit definitions (for PXA300/PXA310/PXA320):
+
+ 31 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
+ +-------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
+ | RESERVED |PS|PU|PD| DRIVE |SS|SD|SO|EC|EF|ER|--| AF_SEL |
+ +-------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
+
+ Bit 3: RESERVED
+ Bit 4: EDGE_RISE_EN - enable detection of rising edge on this pin
+ Bit 5: EDGE_FALL_EN - enable detection of falling edge on this pin
+ Bit 6: EDGE_CLEAR - disable edge detection on this pin
+ Bit 7: SLEEP_OE_N - enable outputs during low power modes
+ Bit 8: SLEEP_DATA - output data on the pin during low power modes
+ Bit 9: SLEEP_SEL - selection control for low power modes signals
+ Bit 13: PULLDOWN_EN - enable the internal pull-down resistor on this pin
+ Bit 14: PULLUP_EN - enable the internal pull-up resistor on this pin
+ Bit 15: PULL_SEL - pull state controlled by selected alternate function
+ (0) or by PULL{UP,DOWN}_EN bits (1)
+
+ Bit 0 - 2: AF_SEL - alternate function selection, 8 possibilities, from 0-7
+ Bit 10-12: DRIVE - drive strength and slew rate
+ 0b000 - fast 1mA
+ 0b001 - fast 2mA
+ 0b002 - fast 3mA
+ 0b003 - fast 4mA
+ 0b004 - slow 6mA
+ 0b005 - fast 6mA
+ 0b006 - slow 10mA
+ 0b007 - fast 10mA
+
+ MFP Design for PXA2xx/PXA3xx
+==============================
+
+Due to the difference of pin-mux handling between PXA2xx and PXA3xx, a unified
+MFP API is introduced to cover both series of processors.
+
+The basic idea of this design is to introduce definitions for all possible pin
+configurations, these definitions are processor and platform independent, and
+the actual API invoked to convert these definitions into register settings and
+make them effective there-after.
+
+ Files Involved
+ --------------
+
+ - arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/mfp.h
+
+ for
+ 1. Unified pin definitions - enum constants for all configurable pins
+ 2. processor-neutral bit definitions for a possible MFP configuration
+
+ - arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/mfp-pxa3xx.h
+
+ for PXA3xx specific MFPR register bit definitions and PXA3xx common pin
+ configurations
+
+ - arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/mfp-pxa2xx.h
+
+ for PXA2xx specific definitions and PXA25x/PXA27x common pin configurations
+
+ - arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/mfp-pxa25x.h
+ arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/mfp-pxa27x.h
+ arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/mfp-pxa300.h
+ arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/mfp-pxa320.h
+ arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/mfp-pxa930.h
+
+ for processor specific definitions
+
+ - arch/arm/mach-pxa/mfp-pxa3xx.c
+ - arch/arm/mach-pxa/mfp-pxa2xx.c
+
+ for implementation of the pin configuration to take effect for the actual
+ processor.
+
+ Pin Configuration
+ -----------------
+
+ The following comments are copied from mfp.h (see the actual source code
+ for most updated info)
+
+ /*
+ * a possible MFP configuration is represented by a 32-bit integer
+ *
+ * bit 0.. 9 - MFP Pin Number (1024 Pins Maximum)
+ * bit 10..12 - Alternate Function Selection
+ * bit 13..15 - Drive Strength
+ * bit 16..18 - Low Power Mode State
+ * bit 19..20 - Low Power Mode Edge Detection
+ * bit 21..22 - Run Mode Pull State
+ *
+ * to facilitate the definition, the following macros are provided
+ *
+ * MFP_CFG_DEFAULT - default MFP configuration value, with
+ * alternate function = 0,
+ * drive strength = fast 3mA (MFP_DS03X)
+ * low power mode = default
+ * edge detection = none
+ *
+ * MFP_CFG - default MFPR value with alternate function
+ * MFP_CFG_DRV - default MFPR value with alternate function and
+ * pin drive strength
+ * MFP_CFG_LPM - default MFPR value with alternate function and
+ * low power mode
+ * MFP_CFG_X - default MFPR value with alternate function,
+ * pin drive strength and low power mode
+ */
+
+ Examples of pin configurations are:
+
+ #define GPIO94_SSP3_RXD MFP_CFG_X(GPIO94, AF1, DS08X, FLOAT)
+
+ which reads GPIO94 can be configured as SSP3_RXD, with alternate function
+ selection of 1, driving strength of 0b101, and a float state in low power
+ modes.
+
+ NOTE: this is the default setting of this pin being configured as SSP3_RXD
+ which can be modified a bit in board code, though it is not recommended to
+ do so, simply because this default setting is usually carefully encoded,
+ and is supposed to work in most cases.
+
+ Register Settings
+ -----------------
+
+ Register settings on PXA3xx for a pin configuration is actually very
+ straight-forward, most bits can be converted directly into MFPR value
+ in a easier way. Two sets of MFPR values are calculated: the run-time
+ ones and the low power mode ones, to allow different settings.
+
+ The conversion from a generic pin configuration to the actual register
+ settings on PXA2xx is a bit complicated: many registers are involved,
+ including GAFRx, GPDRx, PGSRx, PWER, PKWR, PFER and PRER. Please see
+ mfp-pxa2xx.c for how the conversion is made.
diff --git a/Documentation/bad_memory.txt b/Documentation/bad_memory.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df841621320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bad_memory.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+March 2008
+Jan-Simon Moeller, dl9pf@gmx.de
+
+
+How to deal with bad memory e.g. reported by memtest86+ ?
+#########################################################
+
+There are three possibilities I know of:
+
+1) Reinsert/swap the memory modules
+
+2) Buy new modules (best!) or try to exchange the memory
+ if you have spare-parts
+
+3) Use BadRAM or memmap
+
+This Howto is about number 3) .
+
+
+BadRAM
+######
+BadRAM is the actively developed and available as kernel-patch
+here: http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/
+
+For more details see the BadRAM documentation.
+
+memmap
+######
+
+memmap is already in the kernel and usable as kernel-parameter at
+boot-time. Its syntax is slightly strange and you may need to
+calculate the values by yourself!
+
+Syntax to exclude a memory area (see kernel-parameters.txt for details):
+memmap=<size>$<address>
+
+Example: memtest86+ reported here errors at address 0x18691458, 0x18698424 and
+ some others. All had 0x1869xxxx in common, so I chose a pattern of
+ 0x18690000,0xffff0000.
+
+With the numbers of the example above:
+memmap=64K$0x18690000
+ or
+memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
+
diff --git a/Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX b/Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX
index 7cb3b356b24..d6840a91e1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ cachefeatures.txt
Filesystems
- Requirements for mounting the root file system.
+
+bfin-gpio-note.txt
+ - Notes in developing/using bfin-gpio driver.
diff --git a/Documentation/blackfin/bfin-gpio-notes.txt b/Documentation/blackfin/bfin-gpio-notes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9898c7ded7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/blackfin/bfin-gpio-notes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * File: Documentation/blackfin/bfin-gpio-note.txt
+ * Based on:
+ * Author:
+ *
+ * Created: $Id: bfin-gpio-note.txt 2008-11-24 16:42 grafyang $
+ * Description: This file contains the notes in developing/using bfin-gpio.
+ *
+ *
+ * Rev:
+ *
+ * Modified:
+ * Copyright 2004-2008 Analog Devices Inc.
+ *
+ * Bugs: Enter bugs at http://blackfin.uclinux.org/
+ *
+ */
+
+
+1. Blackfin GPIO introduction
+
+ There are many GPIO pins on Blackfin. Most of these pins are muxed to
+ multi-functions. They can be configured as peripheral, or just as GPIO,
+ configured to input with interrupt enabled, or output.
+
+ For detailed information, please see "arch/blackfin/kernel/bfin_gpio.c",
+ or the relevant HRM.
+
+
+2. Avoiding resource conflict
+
+ Followed function groups are used to avoiding resource conflict,
+ - Use the pin as peripheral,
+ int peripheral_request(unsigned short per, const char *label);
+ int peripheral_request_list(const unsigned short per[], const char *label);
+ void peripheral_free(unsigned short per);
+ void peripheral_free_list(const unsigned short per[]);
+ - Use the pin as GPIO,
+ int bfin_gpio_request(unsigned gpio, const char *label);
+ void bfin_gpio_free(unsigned gpio);
+ - Use the pin as GPIO interrupt,
+ int bfin_gpio_irq_request(unsigned gpio, const char *label);
+ void bfin_gpio_irq_free(unsigned gpio);
+
+ The request functions will record the function state for a certain pin,
+ the free functions will clear it's function state.
+ Once a pin is requested, it can't be requested again before it is freed by
+ previous caller, otherwise kernel will dump stacks, and the request
+ function fail.
+ These functions are wrapped by other functions, most of the users need not
+ care.
+
+
+3. But there are some exceptions
+ - Kernel permit the identical GPIO be requested both as GPIO and GPIO
+ interrut.
+ Some drivers, like gpio-keys, need this behavior. Kernel only print out
+ warning messages like,
+ bfin-gpio: GPIO 24 is already reserved by gpio-keys: BTN0, and you are
+configuring it as IRQ!
+
+ Note: Consider the case that, if there are two drivers need the
+ identical GPIO, one of them use it as GPIO, the other use it as
+ GPIO interrupt. This will really cause resource conflict. So if
+ there is any abnormal driver behavior, please check the bfin-gpio
+ warning messages.
+
+ - Kernel permit the identical GPIO be requested from the same driver twice.
+
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 4dbb8be1c99..3c5434c83da 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ I/O scheduler, a.k.a. elevator, is implemented in two layers. Generic dispatch
queue and specific I/O schedulers. Unless stated otherwise, elevator is used
to refer to both parts and I/O scheduler to specific I/O schedulers.
-Block layer implements generic dispatch queue in ll_rw_blk.c and elevator.c.
+Block layer implements generic dispatch queue in block/*.c.
The generic dispatch queue is responsible for properly ordering barrier
requests, requeueing, handling non-fs requests and all other subtleties.
@@ -926,8 +926,8 @@ be built inside the kernel. Each queue can choose different one and can also
change to another one dynamically.
A block layer call to the i/o scheduler follows the convention elv_xxx(). This
-calls elevator_xxx_fn in the elevator switch (drivers/block/elevator.c). Oh,
-xxx and xxx might not match exactly, but use your imagination. If an elevator
+calls elevator_xxx_fn in the elevator switch (block/elevator.c). Oh, xxx
+and xxx might not match exactly, but use your imagination. If an elevator
doesn't implement a function, the switch does nothing or some minimal house
keeping work.
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX b/Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86f054c4701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+00-INDEX
+ - this file
+README.DAC960
+ - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.
+cciss.txt
+ - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
+cpqarray.txt
+ - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
+floppy.txt
+ - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.
+nbd.txt
+ - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
+paride.txt
+ - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
+ramdisk.txt
+ - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
diff --git a/Documentation/README.DAC960 b/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960
index 0e8f618ab53..0e8f618ab53 100644
--- a/Documentation/README.DAC960
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960
diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
index 89698e8df7d..89698e8df7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/cciss.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/cpqarray.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cpqarray.txt
index c7154e20ef5..c7154e20ef5 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpqarray.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cpqarray.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/floppy.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt
index 6ccab88705c..6ccab88705c 100644
--- a/Documentation/floppy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/nbd.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt
index aeb93ffe641..aeb93ffe641 100644
--- a/Documentation/nbd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/paride.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt
index e4312676bdd..e4312676bdd 100644
--- a/Documentation/paride.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/ramdisk.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
index 6c820baa19a..6c820baa19a 100644
--- a/Documentation/ramdisk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/c2port.txt b/Documentation/c2port.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9bf93ea439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/c2port.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+ C2 port support
+ ---------------
+
+(C) Copyright 2007 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com>
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+This driver implements the support for Linux of Silicon Labs (Silabs)
+C2 Interface used for in-system programming of micro controllers.
+
+By using this driver you can reprogram the in-system flash without EC2
+or EC3 debug adapter. This solution is also useful in those systems
+where the micro controller is connected via special GPIOs pins.
+
+References
+----------
+
+The C2 Interface main references are at (http://www.silabs.com)
+Silicon Laboratories site], see:
+
+- AN127: FLASH Programming via the C2 Interface at
+http://www.silabs.com/public/documents/tpub_doc/anote/Microcontrollers/Small_Form_Factor/en/an127.pdf, and
+
+- C2 Specification at
+http://www.silabs.com/public/documents/tpub_doc/spec/Microcontrollers/en/C2spec.pdf,
+
+however it implements a two wire serial communication protocol (bit
+banging) designed to enable in-system programming, debugging, and
+boundary-scan testing on low pin-count Silicon Labs devices. Currently
+this code supports only flash programming but extensions are easy to
+add.
+
+Using the driver
+----------------
+
+Once the driver is loaded you can use sysfs support to get C2port's
+info or read/write in-system flash.
+
+# ls /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/
+access flash_block_size flash_erase rev_id
+dev_id flash_blocks_num flash_size subsystem/
+flash_access flash_data reset uevent
+
+Initially the C2port access is disabled since you hardware may have
+such lines multiplexed with other devices so, to get access to the
+C2port, you need the command:
+
+# echo 1 > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/access
+
+after that you should read the device ID and revision ID of the
+connected micro controller:
+
+# cat /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/dev_id
+8
+# cat /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/rev_id
+1
+
+However, for security reasons, the in-system flash access in not
+enabled yet, to do so you need the command:
+
+# echo 1 > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/flash_access
+
+After that you can read the whole flash:
+
+# cat /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/flash_data > image
+
+erase it:
+
+# echo 1 > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/flash_erase
+
+and write it:
+
+# cat image > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/flash_data
+
+after writing you have to reset the device to execute the new code:
+
+# echo 1 > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/reset
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index d9014aa0eb6..d9e5d6f41b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
CGROUPS
-------
-Written by Paul Menage <menage@google.com> based on Documentation/cpusets.txt
+Written by Paul Menage <menage@google.com> based on
+Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt
Original copyright statements from cpusets.txt:
Portions Copyright (C) 2004 BULL SA.
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ On their own, the only use for cgroups is for simple job
tracking. The intention is that other subsystems hook into the generic
cgroup support to provide new attributes for cgroups, such as
accounting/limiting the resources which processes in a cgroup can
-access. For example, cpusets (see Documentation/cpusets.txt) allows
+access. For example, cpusets (see Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt) allows
you to associate a set of CPUs and a set of memory nodes with the
tasks in each cgroup.
@@ -227,7 +228,6 @@ Each cgroup is represented by a directory in the cgroup file system
containing the following files describing that cgroup:
- tasks: list of tasks (by pid) attached to that cgroup
- - releasable flag: cgroup currently removeable?
- notify_on_release flag: run the release agent on exit?
- release_agent: the path to use for release notifications (this file
exists in the top cgroup only)
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Now you want to do something with this cgroup.
In this directory you can find several files:
# ls
-notify_on_release releasable tasks
+notify_on_release tasks
(plus whatever files added by the attached subsystems)
Now attach your shell to this cgroup:
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ newly-created cgroup if an error occurs after this subsystem's
create() method has been called for the new cgroup).
void pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
-(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called before checking the reference count on each subsystem. This may
be useful for subsystems which have some extra references even if
@@ -498,6 +497,7 @@ remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex.
void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
+(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any
post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking.
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ void exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
Called during task exit.
int populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called after creation of a cgroup to allow a subsystem to populate
the cgroup directory with file entries. The subsystem should make
@@ -520,6 +521,7 @@ method can return an error code, the error code is currently not
always handled well.
void post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any paramater
initialization which might be required before a task could attach. For
@@ -527,7 +529,7 @@ example in cpusets, no task may attach before 'cpus' and 'mems' are set
up.
void bind(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *root)
-(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
+(cgroup_mutex and ss->hierarchy_mutex held by caller)
Called when a cgroup subsystem is rebound to a different hierarchy
and root cgroup. Currently this will only involve movement between
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb775fbe43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+CPU Accounting Controller
+-------------------------
+
+The CPU accounting controller is used to group tasks using cgroups and
+account the CPU usage of these groups of tasks.
+
+The CPU accounting controller supports multi-hierarchy groups. An accounting
+group accumulates the CPU usage of all of its child groups and the tasks
+directly present in its group.
+
+Accounting groups can be created by first mounting the cgroup filesystem.
+
+# mkdir /cgroups
+# mount -t cgroup -ocpuacct none /cgroups
+
+With the above step, the initial or the parent accounting group
+becomes visible at /cgroups. At bootup, this group includes all the
+tasks in the system. /cgroups/tasks lists the tasks in this cgroup.
+/cgroups/cpuacct.usage gives the CPU time (in nanoseconds) obtained by
+this group which is essentially the CPU time obtained by all the tasks
+in the system.
+
+New accounting groups can be created under the parent group /cgroups.
+
+# cd /cgroups
+# mkdir g1
+# echo $$ > g1
+
+The above steps create a new group g1 and move the current shell
+process (bash) into it. CPU time consumed by this bash and its children
+can be obtained from g1/cpuacct.usage and the same is accumulated in
+/cgroups/cpuacct.usage also.
diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt
index 5c86c258c79..5c86c258c79 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt
index 7cc6e6a6067..7cc6e6a6067 100644
--- a/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt
index c50ab58b72e..41f37fea127 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- The cgroup freezer is useful to batch job management system which start
+The cgroup freezer is useful to batch job management system which start
and stop sets of tasks in order to schedule the resources of a machine
according to the desires of a system administrator. This sort of program
is often used on HPC clusters to schedule access to the cluster as a
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ whole. The cgroup freezer uses cgroups to describe the set of tasks to
be started/stopped by the batch job management system. It also provides
a means to start and stop the tasks composing the job.
- The cgroup freezer will also be useful for checkpointing running groups
+The cgroup freezer will also be useful for checkpointing running groups
of tasks. The freezer allows the checkpoint code to obtain a consistent
image of the tasks by attempting to force the tasks in a cgroup into a
quiescent state. Once the tasks are quiescent another task can
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ recoverable error occur. This also allows the checkpointed tasks to be
migrated between nodes in a cluster by copying the gathered information
to another node and restarting the tasks there.
- Sequences of SIGSTOP and SIGCONT are not always sufficient for stopping
+Sequences of SIGSTOP and SIGCONT are not always sufficient for stopping
and resuming tasks in userspace. Both of these signals are observable
from within the tasks we wish to freeze. While SIGSTOP cannot be caught,
blocked, or ignored it can be seen by waiting or ptracing parent tasks.
@@ -37,26 +37,29 @@ demonstrate this problem using nested bash shells:
<at this point 16990 exits and causes 16644 to exit too>
- This happens because bash can observe both signals and choose how it
+This happens because bash can observe both signals and choose how it
responds to them.
- Another example of a program which catches and responds to these
+Another example of a program which catches and responds to these
signals is gdb. In fact any program designed to use ptrace is likely to
have a problem with this method of stopping and resuming tasks.
- In contrast, the cgroup freezer uses the kernel freezer code to
+In contrast, the cgroup freezer uses the kernel freezer code to
prevent the freeze/unfreeze cycle from becoming visible to the tasks
being frozen. This allows the bash example above and gdb to run as
expected.
- The freezer subsystem in the container filesystem defines a file named
+The freezer subsystem in the container filesystem defines a file named
freezer.state. Writing "FROZEN" to the state file will freeze all tasks in the
cgroup. Subsequently writing "THAWED" will unfreeze the tasks in the cgroup.
Reading will return the current state.
+Note freezer.state doesn't exist in root cgroup, which means root cgroup
+is non-freezable.
+
* Examples of usage :
- # mkdir /containers/freezer
+ # mkdir /containers
# mount -t cgroup -ofreezer freezer /containers
# mkdir /containers/0
# echo $some_pid > /containers/0/tasks
@@ -94,6 +97,6 @@ things happens:
the freezer.state file
2) Userspace retries the freezing operation by writing "FROZEN" to
the freezer.state file (writing "FREEZING" is not legal
- and returns EIO)
+ and returns EINVAL)
3) The tasks that blocked the cgroup from entering the "FROZEN"
state disappear from the cgroup's set of tasks.
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19533f93b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+Memory Resource Controller(Memcg) Implementation Memo.
+Last Updated: 2008/12/15
+Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.28-rc8-mm.
+
+Because VM is getting complex (one of reasons is memcg...), memcg's behavior
+is complex. This is a document for memcg's internal behavior.
+Please note that implementation details can be changed.
+
+(*) Topics on API should be in Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
+
+0. How to record usage ?
+ 2 objects are used.
+
+ page_cgroup ....an object per page.
+ Allocated at boot or memory hotplug. Freed at memory hot removal.
+
+ swap_cgroup ... an entry per swp_entry.
+ Allocated at swapon(). Freed at swapoff().
+
+ The page_cgroup has USED bit and double count against a page_cgroup never
+ occurs. swap_cgroup is used only when a charged page is swapped-out.
+
+1. Charge
+
+ a page/swp_entry may be charged (usage += PAGE_SIZE) at
+
+ mem_cgroup_newpage_charge()
+ Called at new page fault and Copy-On-Write.
+
+ mem_cgroup_try_charge_swapin()
+ Called at do_swap_page() (page fault on swap entry) and swapoff.
+ Followed by charge-commit-cancel protocol. (With swap accounting)
+ At commit, a charge recorded in swap_cgroup is removed.
+
+ mem_cgroup_cache_charge()
+ Called at add_to_page_cache()
+
+ mem_cgroup_cache_charge_swapin()
+ Called at shmem's swapin.
+
+ mem_cgroup_prepare_migration()
+ Called before migration. "extra" charge is done and followed by
+ charge-commit-cancel protocol.
+ At commit, charge against oldpage or newpage will be committed.
+
+2. Uncharge
+ a page/swp_entry may be uncharged (usage -= PAGE_SIZE) by
+
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_page()
+ Called when an anonymous page is fully unmapped. I.e., mapcount goes
+ to 0. If the page is SwapCache, uncharge is delayed until
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache().
+
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page()
+ Called when a page-cache is deleted from radix-tree. If the page is
+ SwapCache, uncharge is delayed until mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache().
+
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache()
+ Called when SwapCache is removed from radix-tree. The charge itself
+ is moved to swap_cgroup. (If mem+swap controller is disabled, no
+ charge to swap occurs.)
+
+ mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap()
+ Called when swp_entry's refcnt goes down to 0. A charge against swap
+ disappears.
+
+ mem_cgroup_end_migration(old, new)
+ At success of migration old is uncharged (if necessary), a charge
+ to new page is committed. At failure, charge to old page is committed.
+
+3. charge-commit-cancel
+ In some case, we can't know this "charge" is valid or not at charging
+ (because of races).
+ To handle such case, there are charge-commit-cancel functions.
+ mem_cgroup_try_charge_XXX
+ mem_cgroup_commit_charge_XXX
+ mem_cgroup_cancel_charge_XXX
+ these are used in swap-in and migration.
+
+ At try_charge(), there are no flags to say "this page is charged".
+ at this point, usage += PAGE_SIZE.
+
+ At commit(), the function checks the page should be charged or not
+ and set flags or avoid charging.(usage -= PAGE_SIZE)
+
+ At cancel(), simply usage -= PAGE_SIZE.
+
+Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y.
+
+4. Anonymous
+ Anonymous page is newly allocated at
+ - page fault into MAP_ANONYMOUS mapping.
+ - Copy-On-Write.
+ It is charged right after it's allocated before doing any page table
+ related operations. Of course, it's uncharged when another page is used
+ for the fault address.
+
+ At freeing anonymous page (by exit() or munmap()), zap_pte() is called
+ and pages for ptes are freed one by one.(see mm/memory.c). Uncharges
+ are done at page_remove_rmap() when page_mapcount() goes down to 0.
+
+ Another page freeing is by page-reclaim (vmscan.c) and anonymous
+ pages are swapped out. In this case, the page is marked as
+ PageSwapCache(). uncharge() routine doesn't uncharge the page marked
+ as SwapCache(). It's delayed until __delete_from_swap_cache().
+
+ 4.1 Swap-in.
+ At swap-in, the page is taken from swap-cache. There are 2 cases.
+
+ (a) If the SwapCache is newly allocated and read, it has no charges.
+ (b) If the SwapCache has been mapped by processes, it has been
+ charged already.
+
+ This swap-in is one of the most complicated work. In do_swap_page(),
+ following events occur when pte is unchanged.
+
+ (1) the page (SwapCache) is looked up.
+ (2) lock_page()
+ (3) try_charge_swapin()
+ (4) reuse_swap_page() (may call delete_swap_cache())
+ (5) commit_charge_swapin()
+ (6) swap_free().
+
+ Considering following situation for example.
+
+ (A) The page has not been charged before (2) and reuse_swap_page()
+ doesn't call delete_from_swap_cache().
+ (B) The page has not been charged before (2) and reuse_swap_page()
+ calls delete_from_swap_cache().
+ (C) The page has been charged before (2) and reuse_swap_page() doesn't
+ call delete_from_swap_cache().
+ (D) The page has been charged before (2) and reuse_swap_page() calls
+ delete_from_swap_cache().
+
+ memory.usage/memsw.usage changes to this page/swp_entry will be
+ Case (A) (B) (C) (D)
+ Event
+ Before (2) 0/ 1 0/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1
+ ===========================================
+ (3) +1/+1 +1/+1 +1/+1 +1/+1
+ (4) - 0/ 0 - -1/ 0
+ (5) 0/-1 0/ 0 -1/-1 0/ 0
+ (6) - 0/-1 - 0/-1
+ ===========================================
+ Result 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1
+
+ In any cases, charges to this page should be 1/ 1.
+
+ 4.2 Swap-out.
+ At swap-out, typical state transition is below.
+
+ (a) add to swap cache. (marked as SwapCache)
+ swp_entry's refcnt += 1.
+ (b) fully unmapped.
+ swp_entry's refcnt += # of ptes.
+ (c) write back to swap.
+ (d) delete from swap cache. (remove from SwapCache)
+ swp_entry's refcnt -= 1.
+
+
+ At (b), the page is marked as SwapCache and not uncharged.
+ At (d), the page is removed from SwapCache and a charge in page_cgroup
+ is moved to swap_cgroup.
+
+ Finally, at task exit,
+ (e) zap_pte() is called and swp_entry's refcnt -=1 -> 0.
+ Here, a charge in swap_cgroup disappears.
+
+5. Page Cache
+ Page Cache is charged at
+ - add_to_page_cache_locked().
+
+ uncharged at
+ - __remove_from_page_cache().
+
+ The logic is very clear. (About migration, see below)
+ Note: __remove_from_page_cache() is called by remove_from_page_cache()
+ and __remove_mapping().
+
+6. Shmem(tmpfs) Page Cache
+ Memcg's charge/uncharge have special handlers of shmem. The best way
+ to understand shmem's page state transition is to read mm/shmem.c.
+ But brief explanation of the behavior of memcg around shmem will be
+ helpful to understand the logic.
+
+ Shmem's page (just leaf page, not direct/indirect block) can be on
+ - radix-tree of shmem's inode.
+ - SwapCache.
+ - Both on radix-tree and SwapCache. This happens at swap-in
+ and swap-out,
+
+ It's charged when...
+ - A new page is added to shmem's radix-tree.
+ - A swp page is read. (move a charge from swap_cgroup to page_cgroup)
+ It's uncharged when
+ - A page is removed from radix-tree and not SwapCache.
+ - When SwapCache is removed, a charge is moved to swap_cgroup.
+ - When swp_entry's refcnt goes down to 0, a charge in swap_cgroup
+ disappears.
+
+7. Page Migration
+ One of the most complicated functions is page-migration-handler.
+ Memcg has 2 routines. Assume that we are migrating a page's contents
+ from OLDPAGE to NEWPAGE.
+
+ Usual migration logic is..
+ (a) remove the page from LRU.
+ (b) allocate NEWPAGE (migration target)
+ (c) lock by lock_page().
+ (d) unmap all mappings.
+ (e-1) If necessary, replace entry in radix-tree.
+ (e-2) move contents of a page.
+ (f) map all mappings again.
+ (g) pushback the page to LRU.
+ (-) OLDPAGE will be freed.
+
+ Before (g), memcg should complete all necessary charge/uncharge to
+ NEWPAGE/OLDPAGE.
+
+ The point is....
+ - If OLDPAGE is anonymous, all charges will be dropped at (d) because
+ try_to_unmap() drops all mapcount and the page will not be
+ SwapCache.
+
+ - If OLDPAGE is SwapCache, charges will be kept at (g) because
+ __delete_from_swap_cache() isn't called at (e-1)
+
+ - If OLDPAGE is page-cache, charges will be kept at (g) because
+ remove_from_swap_cache() isn't called at (e-1)
+
+ memcg provides following hooks.
+
+ - mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(OLDPAGE)
+ Called after (b) to account a charge (usage += PAGE_SIZE) against
+ memcg which OLDPAGE belongs to.
+
+ - mem_cgroup_end_migration(OLDPAGE, NEWPAGE)
+ Called after (f) before (g).
+ If OLDPAGE is used, commit OLDPAGE again. If OLDPAGE is already
+ charged, a charge by prepare_migration() is automatically canceled.
+ If NEWPAGE is used, commit NEWPAGE and uncharge OLDPAGE.
+
+ But zap_pte() (by exit or munmap) can be called while migration,
+ we have to check if OLDPAGE/NEWPAGE is a valid page after commit().
+
+8. LRU
+ Each memcg has its own private LRU. Now, it's handling is under global
+ VM's control (means that it's handled under global zone->lru_lock).
+ Almost all routines around memcg's LRU is called by global LRU's
+ list management functions under zone->lru_lock().
+
+ A special function is mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(). This scans
+ memcg's private LRU and call __isolate_lru_page() to extract a page
+ from LRU.
+ (By __isolate_lru_page(), the page is removed from both of global and
+ private LRU.)
+
+
+9. Typical Tests.
+
+ Tests for racy cases.
+
+ 9.1 Small limit to memcg.
+ When you do test to do racy case, it's good test to set memcg's limit
+ to be very small rather than GB. Many races found in the test under
+ xKB or xxMB limits.
+ (Memory behavior under GB and Memory behavior under MB shows very
+ different situation.)
+
+ 9.2 Shmem
+ Historically, memcg's shmem handling was poor and we saw some amount
+ of troubles here. This is because shmem is page-cache but can be
+ SwapCache. Test with shmem/tmpfs is always good test.
+
+ 9.3 Migration
+ For NUMA, migration is an another special case. To do easy test, cpuset
+ is useful. Following is a sample script to do migration.
+
+ mount -t cgroup -o cpuset none /opt/cpuset
+
+ mkdir /opt/cpuset/01
+ echo 1 > /opt/cpuset/01/cpuset.cpus
+ echo 0 > /opt/cpuset/01/cpuset.mems
+ echo 1 > /opt/cpuset/01/cpuset.memory_migrate
+ mkdir /opt/cpuset/02
+ echo 1 > /opt/cpuset/02/cpuset.cpus
+ echo 1 > /opt/cpuset/02/cpuset.mems
+ echo 1 > /opt/cpuset/02/cpuset.memory_migrate
+
+ In above set, when you moves a task from 01 to 02, page migration to
+ node 0 to node 1 will occur. Following is a script to migrate all
+ under cpuset.
+ --
+ move_task()
+ {
+ for pid in $1
+ do
+ /bin/echo $pid >$2/tasks 2>/dev/null
+ echo -n $pid
+ echo -n " "
+ done
+ echo END
+ }
+
+ G1_TASK=`cat ${G1}/tasks`
+ G2_TASK=`cat ${G2}/tasks`
+ move_task "${G1_TASK}" ${G2} &
+ --
+ 9.4 Memory hotplug.
+ memory hotplug test is one of good test.
+ to offline memory, do following.
+ # echo offline > /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/state
+ (XXX is the place of memory)
+ This is an easy way to test page migration, too.
+
+ 9.5 mkdir/rmdir
+ When using hierarchy, mkdir/rmdir test should be done.
+ Use tests like the following.
+
+ echo 1 >/opt/cgroup/01/memory/use_hierarchy
+ mkdir /opt/cgroup/01/child_a
+ mkdir /opt/cgroup/01/child_b
+
+ set limit to 01.
+ add limit to 01/child_b
+ run jobs under child_a and child_b
+
+ create/delete following groups at random while jobs are running.
+ /opt/cgroup/01/child_a/child_aa
+ /opt/cgroup/01/child_b/child_bb
+ /opt/cgroup/01/child_c
+
+ running new jobs in new group is also good.
+
+ 9.6 Mount with other subsystems.
+ Mounting with other subsystems is a good test because there is a
+ race and lock dependency with other cgroup subsystems.
+
+ example)
+ # mount -t cgroup none /cgroup -t cpuset,memory,cpu,devices
+
+ and do task move, mkdir, rmdir etc...under this.
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
index 1c07547d3f8..e1501964df1 100644
--- a/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
@@ -137,7 +137,32 @@ behind this approach is that a cgroup that aggressively uses a shared
page will eventually get charged for it (once it is uncharged from
the cgroup that brought it in -- this will happen on memory pressure).
-2.4 Reclaim
+Exception: If CONFIG_CGROUP_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP is not used..
+When you do swapoff and make swapped-out pages of shmem(tmpfs) to
+be backed into memory in force, charges for pages are accounted against the
+caller of swapoff rather than the users of shmem.
+
+
+2.4 Swap Extension (CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP)
+Swap Extension allows you to record charge for swap. A swapped-in page is
+charged back to original page allocator if possible.
+
+When swap is accounted, following files are added.
+ - memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes.
+ - memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes.
+
+usage of mem+swap is limited by memsw.limit_in_bytes.
+
+Note: why 'mem+swap' rather than swap.
+The global LRU(kswapd) can swap out arbitrary pages. Swap-out means
+to move account from memory to swap...there is no change in usage of
+mem+swap.
+
+In other words, when we want to limit the usage of swap without affecting
+global LRU, mem+swap limit is better than just limiting swap from OS point
+of view.
+
+2.5 Reclaim
Each cgroup maintains a per cgroup LRU that consists of an active
and inactive list. When a cgroup goes over its limit, we first try
@@ -207,12 +232,6 @@ exceeded.
The memory.stat file gives accounting information. Now, the number of
caches, RSS and Active pages/Inactive pages are shown.
-The memory.force_empty gives an interface to drop *all* charges by force.
-
-# echo 1 > memory.force_empty
-
-will drop all charges in cgroup. Currently, this is maintained for test.
-
4. Testing
Balbir posted lmbench, AIM9, LTP and vmmstress results [10] and [11].
@@ -242,10 +261,106 @@ reclaimed.
A cgroup can be removed by rmdir, but as discussed in sections 4.1 and 4.2, a
cgroup might have some charge associated with it, even though all
-tasks have migrated away from it. Such charges are automatically dropped at
-rmdir() if there are no tasks.
+tasks have migrated away from it.
+Such charges are freed(at default) or moved to its parent. When moved,
+both of RSS and CACHES are moved to parent.
+If both of them are busy, rmdir() returns -EBUSY. See 5.1 Also.
+
+Charges recorded in swap information is not updated at removal of cgroup.
+Recorded information is discarded and a cgroup which uses swap (swapcache)
+will be charged as a new owner of it.
+
+
+5. Misc. interfaces.
+
+5.1 force_empty
+ memory.force_empty interface is provided to make cgroup's memory usage empty.
+ You can use this interface only when the cgroup has no tasks.
+ When writing anything to this
+
+ # echo 0 > memory.force_empty
+
+ Almost all pages tracked by this memcg will be unmapped and freed. Some of
+ pages cannot be freed because it's locked or in-use. Such pages are moved
+ to parent and this cgroup will be empty. But this may return -EBUSY in
+ some too busy case.
+
+ Typical use case of this interface is that calling this before rmdir().
+ Because rmdir() moves all pages to parent, some out-of-use page caches can be
+ moved to the parent. If you want to avoid that, force_empty will be useful.
+
+5.2 stat file
+ memory.stat file includes following statistics (now)
+ cache - # of pages from page-cache and shmem.
+ rss - # of pages from anonymous memory.
+ pgpgin - # of event of charging
+ pgpgout - # of event of uncharging
+ active_anon - # of pages on active lru of anon, shmem.
+ inactive_anon - # of pages on active lru of anon, shmem
+ active_file - # of pages on active lru of file-cache
+ inactive_file - # of pages on inactive lru of file cache
+ unevictable - # of pages cannot be reclaimed.(mlocked etc)
+
+ Below is depend on CONFIG_DEBUG_VM.
+ inactive_ratio - VM inernal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c)
+ recent_rotated_anon - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
+ recent_rotated_file - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
+ recent_scanned_anon - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
+ recent_scanned_file - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
+
+ Memo:
+ recent_rotated means recent frequency of lru rotation.
+ recent_scanned means recent # of scans to lru.
+ showing for better debug please see the code for meanings.
+
+
+5.3 swappiness
+ Similar to /proc/sys/vm/swappiness, but affecting a hierarchy of groups only.
+
+ Following cgroup's swapiness can't be changed.
+ - root cgroup (uses /proc/sys/vm/swappiness).
+ - a cgroup which uses hierarchy and it has child cgroup.
+ - a cgroup which uses hierarchy and not the root of hierarchy.
+
+
+6. Hierarchy support
+
+The memory controller supports a deep hierarchy and hierarchical accounting.
+The hierarchy is created by creating the appropriate cgroups in the
+cgroup filesystem. Consider for example, the following cgroup filesystem
+hierarchy
+
+ root
+ / | \
+ / | \
+ a b c
+ | \
+ | \
+ d e
+
+In the diagram above, with hierarchical accounting enabled, all memory
+usage of e, is accounted to its ancestors up until the root (i.e, c and root),
+that has memory.use_hierarchy enabled. If one of the ancestors goes over its
+limit, the reclaim algorithm reclaims from the tasks in the ancestor and the
+children of the ancestor.
+
+6.1 Enabling hierarchical accounting and reclaim
+
+The memory controller by default disables the hierarchy feature. Support
+can be enabled by writing 1 to memory.use_hierarchy file of the root cgroup
+
+# echo 1 > memory.use_hierarchy
+
+The feature can be disabled by
+
+# echo 0 > memory.use_hierarchy
+
+NOTE1: Enabling/disabling will fail if the cgroup already has other
+cgroups created below it.
+
+NOTE2: This feature can be enabled/disabled per subtree.
-5. TODO
+7. TODO
1. Add support for accounting huge pages (as a separate controller)
2. Make per-cgroup scanner reclaim not-shared pages first
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/resource_counter.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt
index f196ac1d7d2..f196ac1d7d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/controllers/resource_counter.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
index 6c442d8426b..e3443ddcfb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Contents:
1.3 sparc64
1.4 ppc
1.5 SuperH
+1.6 Blackfin
2. "Policy" / "Governor"?
2.1 Policy
@@ -92,10 +93,19 @@ Several "PowerBook" and "iBook2" notebooks are supported.
1.5 SuperH
----------
-The following SuperH processors are supported by cpufreq:
+All SuperH processors supporting rate rounding through the clock
+framework are supported by cpufreq.
-SH-3
-SH-4
+1.6 Blackfin
+------------
+
+The following Blackfin processors are supported by cpufreq:
+
+BF522, BF523, BF524, BF525, BF526, BF527, Rev 0.1 or higher
+BF531, BF532, BF533, Rev 0.3 or higher
+BF534, BF536, BF537, Rev 0.2 or higher
+BF561, Rev 0.3 or higher
+BF542, BF544, BF547, BF548, BF549, Rev 0.1 or higher
2. "Policy" / "Governor" ?
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index 94bbc27ddd4..9d620c153b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -50,16 +50,17 @@ additional_cpus=n (*) Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets
cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus
(*) Option valid only for following architectures
-- x86_64, ia64
+- ia64
-ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT
-to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation
-should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the
-apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesn't
-mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this
-parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map.
+ia64 uses the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT to
+determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation
+should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely
+on the apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event
+BIOS doesn't mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could
+use this parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the
+cpu_possible_map.
-possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus.
+possible_cpus=n [s390,x86_64] use this to set hotpluggable cpus.
This option sets possible_cpus bits in
cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set
constant even if the machine gets rebooted.
diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
index bd699da2466..45932ec21ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
@@ -31,3 +31,51 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
2) core_id: 0
3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU
4) core_siblings: just the given CPU
+
+Additionally, cpu topology information is provided under
+/sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files. The internal
+source for the output is in brackets ("[]").
+
+ kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel configuration.
+ [NR_CPUS-1]
+
+ offline: cpus that are not online because they have been
+ HOTPLUGGED off (see cpu-hotplug.txt) or exceed the limit
+ of cpus allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max
+ above). [~cpu_online_mask + cpus >= NR_CPUS]
+
+ online: cpus that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask]
+
+ possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be
+ brought online if they are present. [cpu_possible_mask]
+
+ present: cpus that have been identified as being present in the
+ system. [cpu_present_mask]
+
+The format for the above output is compatible with cpulist_parse()
+[see <linux/cpumask.h>]. Some examples follow.
+
+In this example, there are 64 cpus in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed
+the kernel max which is limited to 0..31 by the NR_CPUS config option
+being 32. Note also that cpus 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be
+brought online as they are both present and possible.
+
+ kernel_max: 31
+ offline: 2,4-31,32-63
+ online: 0-1,3
+ possible: 0-31
+ present: 0-31
+
+In this example, the NR_CPUS config option is 128, but the kernel was
+started with possible_cpus=144. There are 4 cpus in the system and cpu2
+was manually taken offline (and is the only cpu that can be brought
+online.)
+
+ kernel_max: 127
+ offline: 2,4-127,128-143
+ online: 0-1,3
+ possible: 0-127
+ present: 0-3
+
+See cpu-hotplug.txt for the possible_cpus=NUM kernel start parameter
+as well as more information on the various cpumask's.
diff --git a/Documentation/credentials.txt b/Documentation/credentials.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df03169782e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/credentials.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,582 @@
+ ====================
+ CREDENTIALS IN LINUX
+ ====================
+
+By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
+
+Contents:
+
+ (*) Overview.
+
+ (*) Types of credentials.
+
+ (*) File markings.
+
+ (*) Task credentials.
+
+ - Immutable credentials.
+ - Accessing task credentials.
+ - Accessing another task's credentials.
+ - Altering credentials.
+ - Managing credentials.
+
+ (*) Open file credentials.
+
+ (*) Overriding the VFS's use of credentials.
+
+
+========
+OVERVIEW
+========
+
+There are several parts to the security check performed by Linux when one
+object acts upon another:
+
+ (1) Objects.
+
+ Objects are things in the system that may be acted upon directly by
+ userspace programs. Linux has a variety of actionable objects, including:
+
+ - Tasks
+ - Files/inodes
+ - Sockets
+ - Message queues
+ - Shared memory segments
+ - Semaphores
+ - Keys
+
+ As a part of the description of all these objects there is a set of
+ credentials. What's in the set depends on the type of object.
+
+ (2) Object ownership.
+
+ Amongst the credentials of most objects, there will be a subset that
+ indicates the ownership of that object. This is used for resource
+ accounting and limitation (disk quotas and task rlimits for example).
+
+ In a standard UNIX filesystem, for instance, this will be defined by the
+ UID marked on the inode.
+
+ (3) The objective context.
+
+ Also amongst the credentials of those objects, there will be a subset that
+ indicates the 'objective context' of that object. This may or may not be
+ the same set as in (2) - in standard UNIX files, for instance, this is the
+ defined by the UID and the GID marked on the inode.
+
+ The objective context is used as part of the security calculation that is
+ carried out when an object is acted upon.
+
+ (4) Subjects.
+
+ A subject is an object that is acting upon another object.
+
+ Most of the objects in the system are inactive: they don't act on other
+ objects within the system. Processes/tasks are the obvious exception:
+ they do stuff; they access and manipulate things.
+
+ Objects other than tasks may under some circumstances also be subjects.
+ For instance an open file may send SIGIO to a task using the UID and EUID
+ given to it by a task that called fcntl(F_SETOWN) upon it. In this case,
+ the file struct will have a subjective context too.
+
+ (5) The subjective context.
+
+ A subject has an additional interpretation of its credentials. A subset
+ of its credentials forms the 'subjective context'. The subjective context
+ is used as part of the security calculation that is carried out when a
+ subject acts.
+
+ A Linux task, for example, has the FSUID, FSGID and the supplementary
+ group list for when it is acting upon a file - which are quite separate
+ from the real UID and GID that normally form the objective context of the
+ task.
+
+ (6) Actions.
+
+ Linux has a number of actions available that a subject may perform upon an
+ object. The set of actions available depends on the nature of the subject
+ and the object.
+
+ Actions include reading, writing, creating and deleting files; forking or
+ signalling and tracing tasks.
+
+ (7) Rules, access control lists and security calculations.
+
+ When a subject acts upon an object, a security calculation is made. This
+ involves taking the subjective context, the objective context and the
+ action, and searching one or more sets of rules to see whether the subject
+ is granted or denied permission to act in the desired manner on the
+ object, given those contexts.
+
+ There are two main sources of rules:
+
+ (a) Discretionary access control (DAC):
+
+ Sometimes the object will include sets of rules as part of its
+ description. This is an 'Access Control List' or 'ACL'. A Linux
+ file may supply more than one ACL.
+
+ A traditional UNIX file, for example, includes a permissions mask that
+ is an abbreviated ACL with three fixed classes of subject ('user',
+ 'group' and 'other'), each of which may be granted certain privileges
+ ('read', 'write' and 'execute' - whatever those map to for the object
+ in question). UNIX file permissions do not allow the arbitrary
+ specification of subjects, however, and so are of limited use.
+
+ A Linux file might also sport a POSIX ACL. This is a list of rules
+ that grants various permissions to arbitrary subjects.
+
+ (b) Mandatory access control (MAC):
+
+ The system as a whole may have one or more sets of rules that get
+ applied to all subjects and objects, regardless of their source.
+ SELinux and Smack are examples of this.
+
+ In the case of SELinux and Smack, each object is given a label as part
+ of its credentials. When an action is requested, they take the
+ subject label, the object label and the action and look for a rule
+ that says that this action is either granted or denied.
+
+
+====================
+TYPES OF CREDENTIALS
+====================
+
+The Linux kernel supports the following types of credentials:
+
+ (1) Traditional UNIX credentials.
+
+ Real User ID
+ Real Group ID
+
+ The UID and GID are carried by most, if not all, Linux objects, even if in
+ some cases it has to be invented (FAT or CIFS files for example, which are
+ derived from Windows). These (mostly) define the objective context of
+ that object, with tasks being slightly different in some cases.
+
+ Effective, Saved and FS User ID
+ Effective, Saved and FS Group ID
+ Supplementary groups
+
+ These are additional credentials used by tasks only. Usually, an
+ EUID/EGID/GROUPS will be used as the subjective context, and real UID/GID
+ will be used as the objective. For tasks, it should be noted that this is
+ not always true.
+
+ (2) Capabilities.
+
+ Set of permitted capabilities
+ Set of inheritable capabilities
+ Set of effective capabilities
+ Capability bounding set
+
+ These are only carried by tasks. They indicate superior capabilities
+ granted piecemeal to a task that an ordinary task wouldn't otherwise have.
+ These are manipulated implicitly by changes to the traditional UNIX
+ credentials, but can also be manipulated directly by the capset() system
+ call.
+
+ The permitted capabilities are those caps that the process might grant
+ itself to its effective or permitted sets through capset(). This
+ inheritable set might also be so constrained.
+
+ The effective capabilities are the ones that a task is actually allowed to
+ make use of itself.
+
+ The inheritable capabilities are the ones that may get passed across
+ execve().
+
+ The bounding set limits the capabilities that may be inherited across
+ execve(), especially when a binary is executed that will execute as UID 0.
+
+ (3) Secure management flags (securebits).
+
+ These are only carried by tasks. These govern the way the above
+ credentials are manipulated and inherited over certain operations such as
+ execve(). They aren't used directly as objective or subjective
+ credentials.
+
+ (4) Keys and keyrings.
+
+ These are only carried by tasks. They carry and cache security tokens
+ that don't fit into the other standard UNIX credentials. They are for
+ making such things as network filesystem keys available to the file
+ accesses performed by processes, without the necessity of ordinary
+ programs having to know about security details involved.
+
+ Keyrings are a special type of key. They carry sets of other keys and can
+ be searched for the desired key. Each process may subscribe to a number
+ of keyrings:
+
+ Per-thread keying
+ Per-process keyring
+ Per-session keyring
+
+ When a process accesses a key, if not already present, it will normally be
+ cached on one of these keyrings for future accesses to find.
+
+ For more information on using keys, see Documentation/keys.txt.
+
+ (5) LSM
+
+ The Linux Security Module allows extra controls to be placed over the
+ operations that a task may do. Currently Linux supports two main
+ alternate LSM options: SELinux and Smack.
+
+ Both work by labelling the objects in a system and then applying sets of
+ rules (policies) that say what operations a task with one label may do to
+ an object with another label.
+
+ (6) AF_KEY
+
+ This is a socket-based approach to credential management for networking
+ stacks [RFC 2367]. It isn't discussed by this document as it doesn't
+ interact directly with task and file credentials; rather it keeps system
+ level credentials.
+
+
+When a file is opened, part of the opening task's subjective context is
+recorded in the file struct created. This allows operations using that file
+struct to use those credentials instead of the subjective context of the task
+that issued the operation. An example of this would be a file opened on a
+network filesystem where the credentials of the opened file should be presented
+to the server, regardless of who is actually doing a read or a write upon it.
+
+
+=============
+FILE MARKINGS
+=============
+
+Files on disk or obtained over the network may have annotations that form the
+objective security context of that file. Depending on the type of filesystem,
+this may include one or more of the following:
+
+ (*) UNIX UID, GID, mode;
+
+ (*) Windows user ID;
+
+ (*) Access control list;
+
+ (*) LSM security label;
+
+ (*) UNIX exec privilege escalation bits (SUID/SGID);
+
+ (*) File capabilities exec privilege escalation bits.
+
+These are compared to the task's subjective security context, and certain
+operations allowed or disallowed as a result. In the case of execve(), the
+privilege escalation bits come into play, and may allow the resulting process
+extra privileges, based on the annotations on the executable file.
+
+
+================
+TASK CREDENTIALS
+================
+
+In Linux, all of a task's credentials are held in (uid, gid) or through
+(groups, keys, LSM security) a refcounted structure of type 'struct cred'.
+Each task points to its credentials by a pointer called 'cred' in its
+task_struct.
+
+Once a set of credentials has been prepared and committed, it may not be
+changed, barring the following exceptions:
+
+ (1) its reference count may be changed;
+
+ (2) the reference count on the group_info struct it points to may be changed;
+
+ (3) the reference count on the security data it points to may be changed;
+
+ (4) the reference count on any keyrings it points to may be changed;
+
+ (5) any keyrings it points to may be revoked, expired or have their security
+ attributes changed; and
+
+ (6) the contents of any keyrings to which it points may be changed (the whole
+ point of keyrings being a shared set of credentials, modifiable by anyone
+ with appropriate access).
+
+To alter anything in the cred struct, the copy-and-replace principle must be
+adhered to. First take a copy, then alter the copy and then use RCU to change
+the task pointer to make it point to the new copy. There are wrappers to aid
+with this (see below).
+
+A task may only alter its _own_ credentials; it is no longer permitted for a
+task to alter another's credentials. This means the capset() system call is no
+longer permitted to take any PID other than the one of the current process.
+Also keyctl_instantiate() and keyctl_negate() functions no longer permit
+attachment to process-specific keyrings in the requesting process as the
+instantiating process may need to create them.
+
+
+IMMUTABLE CREDENTIALS
+---------------------
+
+Once a set of credentials has been made public (by calling commit_creds() for
+example), it must be considered immutable, barring two exceptions:
+
+ (1) The reference count may be altered.
+
+ (2) Whilst the keyring subscriptions of a set of credentials may not be
+ changed, the keyrings subscribed to may have their contents altered.
+
+To catch accidental credential alteration at compile time, struct task_struct
+has _const_ pointers to its credential sets, as does struct file. Furthermore,
+certain functions such as get_cred() and put_cred() operate on const pointers,
+thus rendering casts unnecessary, but require to temporarily ditch the const
+qualification to be able to alter the reference count.
+
+
+ACCESSING TASK CREDENTIALS
+--------------------------
+
+A task being able to alter only its own credentials permits the current process
+to read or replace its own credentials without the need for any form of locking
+- which simplifies things greatly. It can just call:
+
+ const struct cred *current_cred()
+
+to get a pointer to its credentials structure, and it doesn't have to release
+it afterwards.
+
+There are convenience wrappers for retrieving specific aspects of a task's
+credentials (the value is simply returned in each case):
+
+ uid_t current_uid(void) Current's real UID
+ gid_t current_gid(void) Current's real GID
+ uid_t current_euid(void) Current's effective UID
+ gid_t current_egid(void) Current's effective GID
+ uid_t current_fsuid(void) Current's file access UID
+ gid_t current_fsgid(void) Current's file access GID
+ kernel_cap_t current_cap(void) Current's effective capabilities
+ void *current_security(void) Current's LSM security pointer
+ struct user_struct *current_user(void) Current's user account
+
+There are also convenience wrappers for retrieving specific associated pairs of
+a task's credentials:
+
+ void current_uid_gid(uid_t *, gid_t *);
+ void current_euid_egid(uid_t *, gid_t *);
+ void current_fsuid_fsgid(uid_t *, gid_t *);
+
+which return these pairs of values through their arguments after retrieving
+them from the current task's credentials.
+
+
+In addition, there is a function for obtaining a reference on the current
+process's current set of credentials:
+
+ const struct cred *get_current_cred(void);
+
+and functions for getting references to one of the credentials that don't
+actually live in struct cred:
+
+ struct user_struct *get_current_user(void);
+ struct group_info *get_current_groups(void);
+
+which get references to the current process's user accounting structure and
+supplementary groups list respectively.
+
+Once a reference has been obtained, it must be released with put_cred(),
+free_uid() or put_group_info() as appropriate.
+
+
+ACCESSING ANOTHER TASK'S CREDENTIALS
+------------------------------------
+
+Whilst a task may access its own credentials without the need for locking, the
+same is not true of a task wanting to access another task's credentials. It
+must use the RCU read lock and rcu_dereference().
+
+The rcu_dereference() is wrapped by:
+
+ const struct cred *__task_cred(struct task_struct *task);
+
+This should be used inside the RCU read lock, as in the following example:
+
+ void foo(struct task_struct *t, struct foo_data *f)
+ {
+ const struct cred *tcred;
+ ...
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ tcred = __task_cred(t);
+ f->uid = tcred->uid;
+ f->gid = tcred->gid;
+ f->groups = get_group_info(tcred->groups);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ ...
+ }
+
+A function need not get RCU read lock to use __task_cred() if it is holding a
+spinlock at the time as this implicitly holds the RCU read lock.
+
+Should it be necessary to hold another task's credentials for a long period of
+time, and possibly to sleep whilst doing so, then the caller should get a
+reference on them using:
+
+ const struct cred *get_task_cred(struct task_struct *task);
+
+This does all the RCU magic inside of it. The caller must call put_cred() on
+the credentials so obtained when they're finished with.
+
+There are a couple of convenience functions to access bits of another task's
+credentials, hiding the RCU magic from the caller:
+
+ uid_t task_uid(task) Task's real UID
+ uid_t task_euid(task) Task's effective UID
+
+If the caller is holding a spinlock or the RCU read lock at the time anyway,
+then:
+
+ __task_cred(task)->uid
+ __task_cred(task)->euid
+
+should be used instead. Similarly, if multiple aspects of a task's credentials
+need to be accessed, RCU read lock or a spinlock should be used, __task_cred()
+called, the result stored in a temporary pointer and then the credential
+aspects called from that before dropping the lock. This prevents the
+potentially expensive RCU magic from being invoked multiple times.
+
+Should some other single aspect of another task's credentials need to be
+accessed, then this can be used:
+
+ task_cred_xxx(task, member)
+
+where 'member' is a non-pointer member of the cred struct. For instance:
+
+ uid_t task_cred_xxx(task, suid);
+
+will retrieve 'struct cred::suid' from the task, doing the appropriate RCU
+magic. This may not be used for pointer members as what they point to may
+disappear the moment the RCU read lock is dropped.
+
+
+ALTERING CREDENTIALS
+--------------------
+
+As previously mentioned, a task may only alter its own credentials, and may not
+alter those of another task. This means that it doesn't need to use any
+locking to alter its own credentials.
+
+To alter the current process's credentials, a function should first prepare a
+new set of credentials by calling:
+
+ struct cred *prepare_creds(void);
+
+this locks current->cred_replace_mutex and then allocates and constructs a
+duplicate of the current process's credentials, returning with the mutex still
+held if successful. It returns NULL if not successful (out of memory).
+
+The mutex prevents ptrace() from altering the ptrace state of a process whilst
+security checks on credentials construction and changing is taking place as
+the ptrace state may alter the outcome, particularly in the case of execve().
+
+The new credentials set should be altered appropriately, and any security
+checks and hooks done. Both the current and the proposed sets of credentials
+are available for this purpose as current_cred() will return the current set
+still at this point.
+
+
+When the credential set is ready, it should be committed to the current process
+by calling:
+
+ int commit_creds(struct cred *new);
+
+This will alter various aspects of the credentials and the process, giving the
+LSM a chance to do likewise, then it will use rcu_assign_pointer() to actually
+commit the new credentials to current->cred, it will release
+current->cred_replace_mutex to allow ptrace() to take place, and it will notify
+the scheduler and others of the changes.
+
+This function is guaranteed to return 0, so that it can be tail-called at the
+end of such functions as sys_setresuid().
+
+Note that this function consumes the caller's reference to the new credentials.
+The caller should _not_ call put_cred() on the new credentials afterwards.
+
+Furthermore, once this function has been called on a new set of credentials,
+those credentials may _not_ be changed further.
+
+
+Should the security checks fail or some other error occur after prepare_creds()
+has been called, then the following function should be invoked:
+
+ void abort_creds(struct cred *new);
+
+This releases the lock on current->cred_replace_mutex that prepare_creds() got
+and then releases the new credentials.
+
+
+A typical credentials alteration function would look something like this:
+
+ int alter_suid(uid_t suid)
+ {
+ struct cred *new;
+ int ret;
+
+ new = prepare_creds();
+ if (!new)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ new->suid = suid;
+ ret = security_alter_suid(new);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ abort_creds(new);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return commit_creds(new);
+ }
+
+
+MANAGING CREDENTIALS
+--------------------
+
+There are some functions to help manage credentials:
+
+ (*) void put_cred(const struct cred *cred);
+
+ This releases a reference to the given set of credentials. If the
+ reference count reaches zero, the credentials will be scheduled for
+ destruction by the RCU system.
+
+ (*) const struct cred *get_cred(const struct cred *cred);
+
+ This gets a reference on a live set of credentials, returning a pointer to
+ that set of credentials.
+
+ (*) struct cred *get_new_cred(struct cred *cred);
+
+ This gets a reference on a set of credentials that is under construction
+ and is thus still mutable, returning a pointer to that set of credentials.
+
+
+=====================
+OPEN FILE CREDENTIALS
+=====================
+
+When a new file is opened, a reference is obtained on the opening task's
+credentials and this is attached to the file struct as 'f_cred' in place of
+'f_uid' and 'f_gid'. Code that used to access file->f_uid and file->f_gid
+should now access file->f_cred->fsuid and file->f_cred->fsgid.
+
+It is safe to access f_cred without the use of RCU or locking because the
+pointer will not change over the lifetime of the file struct, and nor will the
+contents of the cred struct pointed to, barring the exceptions listed above
+(see the Task Credentials section).
+
+
+=======================================
+OVERRIDING THE VFS'S USE OF CREDENTIALS
+=======================================
+
+Under some circumstances it is desirable to override the credentials used by
+the VFS, and that can be done by calling into such as vfs_mkdir() with a
+different set of credentials. This is done in the following places:
+
+ (*) sys_faccessat().
+
+ (*) do_coredump().
+
+ (*) nfs4recover.c.
diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
index c1e9545c59b..9f59fcbf5d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
3.6 Constraints
3.7 Example
-4 DRIVER DEVELOPER NOTES
+4 DMAENGINE DRIVER DEVELOPER NOTES
4.1 Conformance points
-4.2 "My application needs finer control of hardware channels"
+4.2 "My application needs exclusive control of hardware channels"
5 SOURCE
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ ops_run_* and ops_complete_* routines in drivers/md/raid5.c for more
implementation examples.
4 DRIVER DEVELOPMENT NOTES
+
4.1 Conformance points:
There are a few conformance points required in dmaengine drivers to
accommodate assumptions made by applications using the async_tx API:
@@ -158,58 +159,49 @@ accommodate assumptions made by applications using the async_tx API:
3/ Use async_tx_run_dependencies() in the descriptor clean up path to
handle submission of dependent operations
-4.2 "My application needs finer control of hardware channels"
-This requirement seems to arise from cases where a DMA engine driver is
-trying to support device-to-memory DMA. The dmaengine and async_tx
-implementations were designed for offloading memory-to-memory
-operations; however, there are some capabilities of the dmaengine layer
-that can be used for platform-specific channel management.
-Platform-specific constraints can be handled by registering the
-application as a 'dma_client' and implementing a 'dma_event_callback' to
-apply a filter to the available channels in the system. Before showing
-how to implement a custom dma_event callback some background of
-dmaengine's client support is required.
-
-The following routines in dmaengine support multiple clients requesting
-use of a channel:
-- dma_async_client_register(struct dma_client *client)
-- dma_async_client_chan_request(struct dma_client *client)
-
-dma_async_client_register takes a pointer to an initialized dma_client
-structure. It expects that the 'event_callback' and 'cap_mask' fields
-are already initialized.
-
-dma_async_client_chan_request triggers dmaengine to notify the client of
-all channels that satisfy the capability mask. It is up to the client's
-event_callback routine to track how many channels the client needs and
-how many it is currently using. The dma_event_callback routine returns a
-dma_state_client code to let dmaengine know the status of the
-allocation.
-
-Below is the example of how to extend this functionality for
-platform-specific filtering of the available channels beyond the
-standard capability mask:
-
-static enum dma_state_client
-my_dma_client_callback(struct dma_client *client,
- struct dma_chan *chan, enum dma_state state)
-{
- struct dma_device *dma_dev;
- struct my_platform_specific_dma *plat_dma_dev;
-
- dma_dev = chan->device;
- plat_dma_dev = container_of(dma_dev,
- struct my_platform_specific_dma,
- dma_dev);
-
- if (!plat_dma_dev->platform_specific_capability)
- return DMA_DUP;
-
- . . .
-}
+4.2 "My application needs exclusive control of hardware channels"
+Primarily this requirement arises from cases where a DMA engine driver
+is being used to support device-to-memory operations. A channel that is
+performing these operations cannot, for many platform specific reasons,
+be shared. For these cases the dma_request_channel() interface is
+provided.
+
+The interface is:
+struct dma_chan *dma_request_channel(dma_cap_mask_t mask,
+ dma_filter_fn filter_fn,
+ void *filter_param);
+
+Where dma_filter_fn is defined as:
+typedef bool (*dma_filter_fn)(struct dma_chan *chan, void *filter_param);
+
+When the optional 'filter_fn' parameter is set to NULL
+dma_request_channel simply returns the first channel that satisfies the
+capability mask. Otherwise, when the mask parameter is insufficient for
+specifying the necessary channel, the filter_fn routine can be used to
+disposition the available channels in the system. The filter_fn routine
+is called once for each free channel in the system. Upon seeing a
+suitable channel filter_fn returns DMA_ACK which flags that channel to
+be the return value from dma_request_channel. A channel allocated via
+this interface is exclusive to the caller, until dma_release_channel()
+is called.
+
+The DMA_PRIVATE capability flag is used to tag dma devices that should
+not be used by the general-purpose allocator. It can be set at
+initialization time if it is known that a channel will always be
+private. Alternatively, it is set when dma_request_channel() finds an
+unused "public" channel.
+
+A couple caveats to note when implementing a driver and consumer:
+1/ Once a channel has been privately allocated it will no longer be
+ considered by the general-purpose allocator even after a call to
+ dma_release_channel().
+2/ Since capabilities are specified at the device level a dma_device
+ with multiple channels will either have all channels public, or all
+ channels private.
5 SOURCE
-include/linux/dmaengine.h: core header file for DMA drivers and clients
+
+include/linux/dmaengine.h: core header file for DMA drivers and api users
drivers/dma/dmaengine.c: offload engine channel management routines
drivers/dma/: location for offload engine drivers
include/linux/async_tx.h: core header file for the async_tx api
diff --git a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
index 2c0d631de0c..c11b931f8f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Until this step is completed the driver cannot be unloaded.
Also echoing either mono ,packet or init in to image_type will free up the
memory allocated by the driver.
-If an user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2;
-it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries to disappear.
+If a user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2;
+it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries disappear.
The entries can be recreated by doing the following
echo init > /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/image_type
NOTE: echoing init in image_type does not change it original value.
diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding b/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding
index 014aca8f14e..a5a3450faaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding
+++ b/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding
@@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ say, this can be a large job, so it is best to be sure that the
justification is solid.
When making an incompatible API change, one should, whenever possible,
-ensure that code which has not been updated is caught by the compiler.
+ensure that code which has not been updated is caught by the compiler.
This will help you to be sure that you have found all in-tree uses of that
interface. It will also alert developers of out-of-tree code that there is
a change that they need to respond to. Supporting out-of-tree code is not
something that kernel developers need to be worried about, but we also do
-not have to make life harder for out-of-tree developers than it it needs to
-be.
+not have to make life harder for out-of-tree developers than it needs to
+be.
diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c1c2f63c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/dmaengine.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt b/Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdf6ee4b2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+How to set up the Technisat devices
+===================================
+
+1) Find out what device you have
+================================
+
+First start your linux box with a shipped kernel:
+lspci -vvv for a PCI device (lsusb -vvv for an USB device) will show you for example:
+02:0b.0 Network controller: Techsan Electronics Co Ltd B2C2 FlexCopII DVB chip / Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card (rev 02)
+
+dmesg | grep frontend may show you for example:
+DVB: registering frontend 0 (Conexant CX24123/CX24109)...
+
+2) Kernel compilation:
+======================
+
+If the Technisat is the only TV device in your box get rid of unnecessary modules and check this one:
+"Multimedia devices" => "Customise analog and hybrid tuner modules to build"
+In this directory uncheck every driver which is activated there.
+
+Then please activate:
+2a) Main module part:
+
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 Air/Sky/Cable2PC PCI" in case of a PCI card OR
+c.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 Air/Sky/Cable2PC USB" in case of an USB 1.1 adapter
+d.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters" => "Enable debug for the B2C2 FlexCop drivers"
+Notice: d.) is helpful for troubleshooting
+
+2b) Frontend module part:
+
+1.) Revision 2.3:
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Zarlink VP310/MT312/ZL10313 based"
+
+2.) Revision 2.6:
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "ST STV0299 based"
+
+3.) Revision 2.7:
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Samsung S5H1420 based"
+c.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Integrant ITD1000 Zero IF tuner for DVB-S/DSS"
+d.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "ISL6421 SEC controller"
+
+4.) Revision 2.8:
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Conexant CX24113/CX24128 tuner for DVB-S/DSS"
+c.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Conexant CX24123 based"
+d.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "ISL6421 SEC controller"
+
+5.) DVB-T card:
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Zarlink MT352 based"
+
+6.) DVB-C card:
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "ST STV0297 based"
+
+7.) ATSC card 1st generation:
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Broadcom BCM3510"
+
+8.) ATSC card 2nd generation:
+a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
+b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "NxtWave Communications NXT2002/NXT2004 based"
+c.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "LG Electronics LGDT3302/LGDT3303 based"
+
+Author: Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@gmx.de> December 2008
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt b/Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt
index db9b8500b43..d143a0a749f 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/pxafb.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ The driver supports the following options, either via
options=<OPTIONS> when modular or video=pxafb:<OPTIONS> when built in.
For example:
- modprobe pxafb options=mode:640x480-8,passive
+ modprobe pxafb options=vmem:2M,mode:640x480-8,passive
or on the kernel command line
- video=pxafb:mode:640x480-8,passive
+ video=pxafb:vmem:2M,mode:640x480-8,passive
+
+vmem: VIDEO_MEM_SIZE
+ Amount of video memory to allocate (can be suffixed with K or M
+ for kilobytes or megabytes)
mode:XRESxYRES[-BPP]
XRES == LCCR1_PPL + 1
@@ -52,3 +56,87 @@ outputen:POLARITY
pixclockpol:POLARITY
pixel clock polarity
0 => falling edge, 1 => rising edge
+
+
+Overlay Support for PXA27x and later LCD controllers
+====================================================
+
+ PXA27x and later processors support overlay1 and overlay2 on-top of the
+ base framebuffer (although under-neath the base is also possible). They
+ support palette and no-palette RGB formats, as well as YUV formats (only
+ available on overlay2). These overlays have dedicated DMA channels and
+ behave in a similar way as a framebuffer.
+
+ However, there are some differences between these overlay framebuffers
+ and normal framebuffers, as listed below:
+
+ 1. overlay can start at a 32-bit word aligned position within the base
+ framebuffer, which means they have a start (x, y). This information
+ is encoded into var->nonstd (no, var->xoffset and var->yoffset are
+ not for such purpose).
+
+ 2. overlay framebuffer is allocated dynamically according to specified
+ 'struct fb_var_screeninfo', the amount is decided by:
+
+ var->xres_virtual * var->yres_virtual * bpp
+
+ bpp = 16 -- for RGB565 or RGBT555
+ = 24 -- for YUV444 packed
+ = 24 -- for YUV444 planar
+ = 16 -- for YUV422 planar (1 pixel = 1 Y + 1/2 Cb + 1/2 Cr)
+ = 12 -- for YUV420 planar (1 pixel = 1 Y + 1/4 Cb + 1/4 Cr)
+
+ NOTE:
+
+ a. overlay does not support panning in x-direction, thus
+ var->xres_virtual will always be equal to var->xres
+
+ b. line length of overlay(s) must be on a 32-bit word boundary,
+ for YUV planar modes, it is a requirement for the component
+ with minimum bits per pixel, e.g. for YUV420, Cr component
+ for one pixel is actually 2-bits, it means the line length
+ should be a multiple of 16-pixels
+
+ c. starting horizontal position (XPOS) should start on a 32-bit
+ word boundary, otherwise the fb_check_var() will just fail.
+
+ d. the rectangle of the overlay should be within the base plane,
+ otherwise fail
+
+ Applications should follow the sequence below to operate an overlay
+ framebuffer:
+
+ a. open("/dev/fb[1-2]", ...)
+ b. ioctl(fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, ...)
+ c. modify 'var' with desired parameters:
+ 1) var->xres and var->yres
+ 2) larger var->yres_virtual if more memory is required,
+ usually for double-buffering
+ 3) var->nonstd for starting (x, y) and color format
+ 4) var->{red, green, blue, transp} if RGB mode is to be used
+ d. ioctl(fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, ...)
+ e. ioctl(fd, FBIOGET_FSCREENINFO, ...)
+ f. mmap
+ g. ...
+
+ 3. for YUV planar formats, these are actually not supported within the
+ framebuffer framework, application has to take care of the offsets
+ and lengths of each component within the framebuffer.
+
+ 4. var->nonstd is used to pass starting (x, y) position and color format,
+ the detailed bit fields are shown below:
+
+ 31 23 20 10 0
+ +-----------------+---+----------+----------+
+ | ... unused ... |FOR| XPOS | YPOS |
+ +-----------------+---+----------+----------+
+
+ FOR - color format, as defined by OVERLAY_FORMAT_* in pxafb.h
+ 0 - RGB
+ 1 - YUV444 PACKED
+ 2 - YUV444 PLANAR
+ 3 - YUV422 PLANAR
+ 4 - YUR420 PLANAR
+
+ XPOS - starting horizontal position
+ YPOS - starting vertical position
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 05d71b4b943..5ddbe350487 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -56,30 +56,6 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
---------------------------
-What: old tuner-3036 i2c driver
-When: 2.6.28
-Why: This driver is for VERY old i2c-over-parallel port teletext receiver
- boxes. Rather then spending effort on converting this driver to V4L2,
- and since it is extremely unlikely that anyone still uses one of these
- devices, it was decided to drop it.
-Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
- Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
-
- ---------------------------
-
-What: V4L2 dpc7146 driver
-When: 2.6.28
-Why: Old driver for the dpc7146 demonstration board that is no longer
- relevant. The last time this was tested on actual hardware was
- probably around 2002. Since this is a driver for a demonstration
- board the decision was made to remove it rather than spending a
- lot of effort continually updating this driver to stay in sync
- with the latest internal V4L2 or I2C API.
-Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
- Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
-
----------------------------
-
What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
When: November 2005
Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
@@ -144,13 +120,6 @@ Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---------------------------
-What: eepro100 network driver
-When: January 2007
-Why: replaced by the e100 driver
-Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
----------------------------
-
What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports
(temporary transition config option provided until then)
The transition config option will also be removed at the same time.
@@ -268,18 +237,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
---------------------------
-What: init_mm export
-When: 2.6.26
-Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to
- work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved
- by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code
- of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such
- code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some
- out-of-tree driver.
-Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: usedac i386 kernel parameter
When: 2.6.27
Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination
@@ -353,17 +310,28 @@ Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl>
---------------------------
-What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI)
-When: 2.6.29
-Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which
- eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more
- efficient in every way.
-Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
-
----------------------------
-
What: i2c_attach_client(), i2c_detach_client(), i2c_driver->detach_client()
When: 2.6.29 (ideally) or 2.6.30 (more likely)
Why: Deprecated by the new (standard) device driver binding model. Use
i2c_driver->probe() and ->remove() instead.
Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: fscher and fscpos drivers
+When: June 2009
+Why: Deprecated by the new fschmd driver.
+Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
+ Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: SELinux "compat_net" functionality
+When: 2.6.30 at the earliest
+Why: In 2.6.18 the Secmark concept was introduced to replace the "compat_net"
+ network access control functionality of SELinux. Secmark offers both
+ better performance and greater flexibility than the "compat_net"
+ mechanism. Now that the major Linux distributions have moved to
+ Secmark, it is time to deprecate the older mechanism and start the
+ process of removing the old code.
+Who: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 23d2f4460de..ec6a9392a17 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ prototypes:
void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
- void (*write_super_lockfs) (struct super_block *);
- void (*unlockfs) (struct super_block *);
+ int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
+ int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
int (*statfs) (struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
int (*remount_fs) (struct super_block *, int *, char *);
void (*clear_inode) (struct inode *);
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ delete_inode: no
put_super: yes yes no
write_super: no yes read
sync_fs: no no read
-write_super_lockfs: ?
-unlockfs: ?
+freeze_fs: ?
+unfreeze_fs: ?
statfs: no no no
remount_fs: yes yes maybe (see below)
clear_inode: no
@@ -394,11 +394,10 @@ prototypes:
unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long,
unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
int (*check_flags)(int);
- int (*dir_notify)(struct file *, unsigned long);
};
locking rules:
- All except ->poll() may block.
+ All may block.
BKL
llseek: no (see below)
read: no
@@ -424,7 +423,6 @@ sendfile: no
sendpage: no
get_unmapped_area: no
check_flags: no
-dir_notify: no
->llseek() locking has moved from llseek to the individual llseek
implementations. If your fs is not using generic_file_llseek, you
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64087c34327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+
+ BTRFS
+ =====
+
+Btrfs is a new copy on write filesystem for Linux aimed at
+implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance,
+repair and easy administration. Initially developed by Oracle, Btrfs
+is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone.
+
+Linux has a wealth of filesystems to choose from, but we are facing a
+number of challenges with scaling to the large storage subsystems that
+are becoming common in today's data centers. Filesystems need to scale
+in their ability to address and manage large storage, and also in
+their ability to detect, repair and tolerate errors in the data stored
+on disk. Btrfs is under heavy development, and is not suitable for
+any uses other than benchmarking and review. The Btrfs disk format is
+not yet finalized.
+
+The main Btrfs features include:
+
+ * Extent based file storage (2^64 max file size)
+ * Space efficient packing of small files
+ * Space efficient indexed directories
+ * Dynamic inode allocation
+ * Writable snapshots
+ * Subvolumes (separate internal filesystem roots)
+ * Object level mirroring and striping
+ * Checksums on data and metadata (multiple algorithms available)
+ * Compression
+ * Integrated multiple device support, with several raid algorithms
+ * Online filesystem check (not yet implemented)
+ * Very fast offline filesystem check
+ * Efficient incremental backup and FS mirroring (not yet implemented)
+ * Online filesystem defragmentation
+
+
+
+ MAILING LIST
+ ============
+
+There is a Btrfs mailing list hosted on vger.kernel.org. You can
+find details on how to subscribe here:
+
+http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-btrfs
+
+Mailing list archives are available from gmane:
+
+http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs
+
+
+
+ IRC
+ ===
+
+Discussion of Btrfs also occurs on the #btrfs channel of the Freenode
+IRC network.
+
+
+
+ UTILITIES
+ =========
+
+Userspace tools for creating and manipulating Btrfs file systems are
+available from the git repository at the following location:
+
+ http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-progs-unstable.git
+ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-progs-unstable.git
+
+These include the following tools:
+
+mkfs.btrfs: create a filesystem
+
+btrfsctl: control program to create snapshots and subvolumes:
+
+ mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
+ btrfsctl -s new_subvol_name /mnt
+ btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_default /mnt/default
+ btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_new_subvol /mnt/new_subvol_name
+ btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_a_snapshot /mnt/snapshot_of_new_subvol
+ ls /mnt
+ default snapshot_of_a_snapshot snapshot_of_new_subvol
+ new_subvol_name snapshot_of_default
+
+ Snapshots and subvolumes cannot be deleted right now, but you can
+ rm -rf all the files and directories inside them.
+
+btrfsck: do a limited check of the FS extent trees.
+
+btrfs-debug-tree: print all of the FS metadata in text form. Example:
+
+ btrfs-debug-tree /dev/sda2 >& big_output_file
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68dffd87f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+
+To support containers, we now allow multiple instances of devpts filesystem,
+such that indices of ptys allocated in one instance are independent of indices
+allocated in other instances of devpts.
+
+To preserve backward compatibility, this support for multiple instances is
+enabled only if:
+
+ - CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y, and
+ - '-o newinstance' mount option is specified while mounting devpts
+
+IOW, devpts now supports both single-instance and multi-instance semantics.
+
+If CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=n, there is no change in behavior and
+this referred to as the "legacy" mode. In this mode, the new mount options
+(-o newinstance and -o ptmxmode) will be ignored with a 'bogus option' message
+on console.
+
+If CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y and devpts is mounted without the
+'newinstance' option (as in current start-up scripts) the new mount binds
+to the initial kernel mount of devpts. This mode is referred to as the
+'single-instance' mode and the current, single-instance semantics are
+preserved, i.e PTYs are common across the system.
+
+The only difference between this single-instance mode and the legacy mode
+is the presence of new, '/dev/pts/ptmx' node with permissions 0000, which
+can safely be ignored.
+
+If CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y and 'newinstance' option is specified,
+the mount is considered to be in the multi-instance mode and a new instance
+of the devpts fs is created. Any ptys created in this instance are independent
+of ptys in other instances of devpts. Like in the single-instance mode, the
+/dev/pts/ptmx node is present. To effectively use the multi-instance mode,
+open of /dev/ptmx must be a redirected to '/dev/pts/ptmx' using a symlink or
+bind-mount.
+
+Eg: A container startup script could do the following:
+
+ $ chmod 0666 /dev/pts/ptmx
+ $ rm /dev/ptmx
+ $ ln -s pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx
+ $ ns_exec -cm /bin/bash
+
+ # We are now in new container
+
+ $ umount /dev/pts
+ $ mount -t devpts -o newinstance lxcpts /dev/pts
+ $ sshd -p 1234
+
+where 'ns_exec -cm /bin/bash' calls clone() with CLONE_NEWNS flag and execs
+/bin/bash in the child process. A pty created by the sshd is not visible in
+the original mount of /dev/pts.
+
+User-space changes
+------------------
+
+In multi-instance mode (i.e '-o newinstance' mount option is specified at least
+once), following user-space issues should be noted.
+
+1. If -o newinstance mount option is never used, /dev/pts/ptmx can be ignored
+ and no change is needed to system-startup scripts.
+
+2. To effectively use multi-instance mode (i.e -o newinstance is specified)
+ administrators or startup scripts should "redirect" open of /dev/ptmx to
+ /dev/pts/ptmx using either a bind mount or symlink.
+
+ $ mount -t devpts -o newinstance devpts /dev/pts
+
+ followed by either
+
+ $ rm /dev/ptmx
+ $ ln -s pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx
+ $ chmod 666 /dev/pts/ptmx
+ or
+ $ mount -o bind /dev/pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx
+
+3. The '/dev/ptmx -> pts/ptmx' symlink is the preferred method since it
+ enables better error-reporting and treats both single-instance and
+ multi-instance mounts similarly.
+
+ But this method requires that system-startup scripts set the mode of
+ /dev/pts/ptmx correctly (default mode is 0000). The scripts can set the
+ mode by, either
+
+ - adding ptmxmode mount option to devpts entry in /etc/fstab, or
+ - using 'chmod 0666 /dev/pts/ptmx'
+
+4. If multi-instance mode mount is needed for containers, but the system
+ startup scripts have not yet been updated, container-startup scripts
+ should bind mount /dev/ptmx to /dev/pts/ptmx to avoid breaking single-
+ instance mounts.
+
+ Or, in general, container-startup scripts should use:
+
+ mount -t devpts -o newinstance -o ptmxmode=0666 devpts /dev/pts
+ if [ ! -L /dev/ptmx ]; then
+ mount -o bind /dev/pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx
+ fi
+
+ When all devpts mounts are multi-instance, /dev/ptmx can permanently be
+ a symlink to pts/ptmx and the bind mount can be ignored.
+
+5. A multi-instance mount that is not accompanied by the /dev/ptmx to
+ /dev/pts/ptmx redirection would result in an unusable/unreachable pty.
+
+ mount -t devpts -o newinstance lxcpts /dev/pts
+
+ immediately followed by:
+
+ open("/dev/ptmx")
+
+ would create a pty, say /dev/pts/7, in the initial kernel mount.
+ But /dev/pts/7 would be invisible in the new mount.
+
+6. The permissions for /dev/pts/ptmx node should be specified when mounting
+ /dev/pts, using the '-o ptmxmode=%o' mount option (default is 0000).
+
+ mount -t devpts -o newinstance -o ptmxmode=0644 devpts /dev/pts
+
+ The permissions can be later be changed as usual with 'chmod'.
+
+ chmod 666 /dev/pts/ptmx
+
+7. A mount of devpts without the 'newinstance' option results in binding to
+ initial kernel mount. This behavior while preserving legacy semantics,
+ does not provide strict isolation in a container environment. i.e by
+ mounting devpts without the 'newinstance' option, a container could
+ get visibility into the 'host' or root container's devpts.
+
+ To workaround this and have strict isolation, all mounts of devpts,
+ including the mount in the root container, should use the newinstance
+ option.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 174eaff7ded..cec829bc729 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -58,13 +58,22 @@ Note: More extensive information for getting started with ext4 can be
# mount -t ext4 /dev/hda1 /wherever
- - When comparing performance with other filesystems, remember that
- ext3/4 by default offers higher data integrity guarantees than most.
- So when comparing with a metadata-only journalling filesystem, such
- as ext3, use `mount -o data=writeback'. And you might as well use
- `mount -o nobh' too along with it. Making the journal larger than
- the mke2fs default often helps performance with metadata-intensive
- workloads.
+ - When comparing performance with other filesystems, it's always
+ important to try multiple workloads; very often a subtle change in a
+ workload parameter can completely change the ranking of which
+ filesystems do well compared to others. When comparing versus ext3,
+ note that ext4 enables write barriers by default, while ext3 does
+ not enable write barriers by default. So it is useful to use
+ explicitly specify whether barriers are enabled or not when via the
+ '-o barriers=[0|1]' mount option for both ext3 and ext4 filesystems
+ for a fair comparison. When tuning ext3 for best benchmark numbers,
+ it is often worthwhile to try changing the data journaling mode; '-o
+ data=writeback,nobh' can be faster for some workloads. (Note
+ however that running mounted with data=writeback can potentially
+ leave stale data exposed in recently written files in case of an
+ unclean shutdown, which could be a security exposure in some
+ situations.) Configuring the filesystem with a large journal can
+ also be helpful for metadata-intensive workloads.
2. Features
===========
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ Note: More extensive information for getting started with ext4 can be
* ability to use filesystems > 16TB (e2fsprogs support not available yet)
* extent format reduces metadata overhead (RAM, IO for access, transactions)
* extent format more robust in face of on-disk corruption due to magics,
-* internal redunancy in tree
+* internal redundancy in tree
* improved file allocation (multi-block alloc)
* fix 32000 subdirectory limit
* nsec timestamps for mtime, atime, ctime, create time
@@ -116,10 +125,11 @@ grouping of bitmaps and inode tables. Some test results available here:
When mounting an ext4 filesystem, the following option are accepted:
(*) == default
-extents (*) ext4 will use extents to address file data. The
- file system will no longer be mountable by ext3.
-
-noextents ext4 will not use extents for newly created files
+ro Mount filesystem read only. Note that ext4 will
+ replay the journal (and thus write to the
+ partition) even when mounted "read only". The
+ mount options "ro,noload" can be used to prevent
+ writes to the filesystem.
journal_checksum Enable checksumming of the journal transactions.
This will allow the recovery code in e2fsck and the
@@ -134,17 +144,17 @@ journal_async_commit Commit block can be written to disk without waiting
journal=update Update the ext4 file system's journal to the current
format.
-journal=inum When a journal already exists, this option is ignored.
- Otherwise, it specifies the number of the inode which
- will represent the ext4 file system's journal file.
-
journal_dev=devnum When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
have changed, this option allows the user to specify
the new journal location. The journal device is
identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
in devnum.
-noload Don't load the journal on mounting.
+noload Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that
+ if the filesystem was not unmounted cleanly,
+ skipping the journal replay will lead to the
+ filesystem containing inconsistencies that can
+ lead to any number of problems.
data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior to being
written into the main file system.
@@ -219,9 +229,12 @@ minixdf Make 'df' act like Minix.
debug Extra debugging information is sent to syslog.
-errors=remount-ro(*) Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
+errors=remount-ro Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
errors=continue Keep going on a filesystem error.
errors=panic Panic and halt the machine if an error occurs.
+ (These mount options override the errors behavior
+ specified in the superblock, which can be configured
+ using tune2fs)
data_err=ignore(*) Just print an error message if an error occurs
in a file data buffer in ordered mode.
@@ -261,6 +274,42 @@ delalloc (*) Deferring block allocation until write-out time.
nodelalloc Disable delayed allocation. Blocks are allocation
when data is copied from user to page cache.
+max_batch_time=usec Maximum amount of time ext4 should wait for
+ additional filesystem operations to be batch
+ together with a synchronous write operation.
+ Since a synchronous write operation is going to
+ force a commit and then a wait for the I/O
+ complete, it doesn't cost much, and can be a
+ huge throughput win, we wait for a small amount
+ of time to see if any other transactions can
+ piggyback on the synchronous write. The
+ algorithm used is designed to automatically tune
+ for the speed of the disk, by measuring the
+ amount of time (on average) that it takes to
+ finish committing a transaction. Call this time
+ the "commit time". If the time that the
+ transactoin has been running is less than the
+ commit time, ext4 will try sleeping for the
+ commit time to see if other operations will join
+ the transaction. The commit time is capped by
+ the max_batch_time, which defaults to 15000us
+ (15ms). This optimization can be turned off
+ entirely by setting max_batch_time to 0.
+
+min_batch_time=usec This parameter sets the commit time (as
+ described above) to be at least min_batch_time.
+ It defaults to zero microseconds. Increasing
+ this parameter may improve the throughput of
+ multi-threaded, synchronous workloads on very
+ fast disks, at the cost of increasing latency.
+
+journal_ioprio=prio The I/O priority (from 0 to 7, where 0 is the
+ highest priorty) which should be used for I/O
+ operations submitted by kjournald2 during a
+ commit operation. This defaults to 3, which is
+ a slightly higher priority than the default I/O
+ priority.
+
Data Mode
=========
There are 3 different data modes:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
index bb0142f6108..ac2facc50d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ the fdtable structure -
5. Handling of the file structures is special. Since the look-up
of the fd (fget()/fget_light()) are lock-free, it is possible
that look-up may race with the last put() operation on the
- file structure. This is avoided using atomic_inc_not_zero()
+ file structure. This is avoided using atomic_long_inc_not_zero()
on ->f_count :
rcu_read_lock();
file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
if (file) {
- if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
+ if (atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
*fput_needed = 1;
else
/* Didn't get the reference, someone's freed */
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ the fdtable structure -
....
return file;
- atomic_inc_not_zero() detects if refcounts is already zero or
+ atomic_long_inc_not_zero() detects if refcounts is already zero or
goes to zero during increment. If it does, we fail
fget()/fget_light().
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
index 4340cc82579..c2a0871280a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
@@ -28,13 +28,9 @@ Manish Singh <manish.singh@oracle.com>
Caveats
=======
Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
- - extended attributes
- quotas
- - cluster aware flock
- - cluster aware lockf
- Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
- Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
- - POSIX ACLs
Mount options
=============
@@ -82,3 +78,5 @@ inode64 Indicates that Ocfs2 is allowed to create inodes at
bits of significance.
user_xattr (*) Enables Extended User Attributes.
nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes.
+acl Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
+noacl (*) Disables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index bcceb99b81d..bbebc3a43ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Table of Contents
2.14 /proc/<pid>/io - Display the IO accounting fields
2.15 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter - Core dump filtering settings
2.16 /proc/<pid>/mountinfo - Information about mounts
+ 2.17 /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preface
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc
statm Process memory status information
status Process status in human readable form
wchan If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, a pre-decoded wchan
+ stack Report full stack trace, enable via CONFIG_STACKTRACE
smaps Extension based on maps, the rss size for each mapped file
..............................................................................
@@ -1338,10 +1340,13 @@ nmi_watchdog
Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero
the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to
-determine whether or not they are still functioning properly.
+determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently,
+passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function
+to work.
-Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI
-watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
+If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the
+NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog,
+oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
msgmni
------
@@ -1366,268 +1371,8 @@ auto_msgmni default value is 1.
2.4 /proc/sys/vm - The virtual memory subsystem
-----------------------------------------------
-The files in this directory can be used to tune the operation of the virtual
-memory (VM) subsystem of the Linux kernel.
-
-vfs_cache_pressure
-------------------
-
-Controls the tendency of the kernel to reclaim the memory which is used for
-caching of directory and inode objects.
-
-At the default value of vfs_cache_pressure=100 the kernel will attempt to
-reclaim dentries and inodes at a "fair" rate with respect to pagecache and
-swapcache reclaim. Decreasing vfs_cache_pressure causes the kernel to prefer
-to retain dentry and inode caches. Increasing vfs_cache_pressure beyond 100
-causes the kernel to prefer to reclaim dentries and inodes.
-
-dirty_background_ratio
-----------------------
-
-Contains, as a percentage of the dirtyable system memory (free pages + mapped
-pages + file cache, not including locked pages and HugePages), the number of
-pages at which the pdflush background writeback daemon will start writing out
-dirty data.
-
-dirty_ratio
------------------
-
-Contains, as a percentage of the dirtyable system memory (free pages + mapped
-pages + file cache, not including locked pages and HugePages), the number of
-pages at which a process which is generating disk writes will itself start
-writing out dirty data.
-
-dirty_writeback_centisecs
--------------------------
-
-The pdflush writeback daemons will periodically wake up and write `old' data
-out to disk. This tunable expresses the interval between those wakeups, in
-100'ths of a second.
-
-Setting this to zero disables periodic writeback altogether.
-
-dirty_expire_centisecs
-----------------------
-
-This tunable is used to define when dirty data is old enough to be eligible
-for writeout by the pdflush daemons. It is expressed in 100'ths of a second.
-Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this interval will be
-written out next time a pdflush daemon wakes up.
-
-highmem_is_dirtyable
---------------------
-
-Only present if CONFIG_HIGHMEM is set.
-
-This defaults to 0 (false), meaning that the ratios set above are calculated
-as a percentage of lowmem only. This protects against excessive scanning
-in page reclaim, swapping and general VM distress.
-
-Setting this to 1 can be useful on 32 bit machines where you want to make
-random changes within an MMAPed file that is larger than your available
-lowmem without causing large quantities of random IO. Is is safe if the
-behavior of all programs running on the machine is known and memory will
-not be otherwise stressed.
-
-legacy_va_layout
-----------------
-
-If non-zero, this sysctl disables the new 32-bit mmap mmap layout - the kernel
-will use the legacy (2.4) layout for all processes.
-
-lowmem_reserve_ratio
----------------------
-
-For some specialised workloads on highmem machines it is dangerous for
-the kernel to allow process memory to be allocated from the "lowmem"
-zone. This is because that memory could then be pinned via the mlock()
-system call, or by unavailability of swapspace.
-
-And on large highmem machines this lack of reclaimable lowmem memory
-can be fatal.
-
-So the Linux page allocator has a mechanism which prevents allocations
-which _could_ use highmem from using too much lowmem. This means that
-a certain amount of lowmem is defended from the possibility of being
-captured into pinned user memory.
-
-(The same argument applies to the old 16 megabyte ISA DMA region. This
-mechanism will also defend that region from allocations which could use
-highmem or lowmem).
-
-The `lowmem_reserve_ratio' tunable determines how aggressive the kernel is
-in defending these lower zones.
-
-If you have a machine which uses highmem or ISA DMA and your
-applications are using mlock(), or if you are running with no swap then
-you probably should change the lowmem_reserve_ratio setting.
-
-The lowmem_reserve_ratio is an array. You can see them by reading this file.
--
-% cat /proc/sys/vm/lowmem_reserve_ratio
-256 256 32
--
-Note: # of this elements is one fewer than number of zones. Because the highest
- zone's value is not necessary for following calculation.
-
-But, these values are not used directly. The kernel calculates # of protection
-pages for each zones from them. These are shown as array of protection pages
-in /proc/zoneinfo like followings. (This is an example of x86-64 box).
-Each zone has an array of protection pages like this.
-
--
-Node 0, zone DMA
- pages free 1355
- min 3
- low 3
- high 4
- :
- :
- numa_other 0
- protection: (0, 2004, 2004, 2004)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- pagesets
- cpu: 0 pcp: 0
- :
--
-These protections are added to score to judge whether this zone should be used
-for page allocation or should be reclaimed.
-
-In this example, if normal pages (index=2) are required to this DMA zone and
-pages_high is used for watermark, the kernel judges this zone should not be
-used because pages_free(1355) is smaller than watermark + protection[2]
-(4 + 2004 = 2008). If this protection value is 0, this zone would be used for
-normal page requirement. If requirement is DMA zone(index=0), protection[0]
-(=0) is used.
-
-zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following expression.
-
-(i < j):
- zone[i]->protection[j]
- = (total sums of present_pages from zone[i+1] to zone[j] on the node)
- / lowmem_reserve_ratio[i];
-(i = j):
- (should not be protected. = 0;
-(i > j):
- (not necessary, but looks 0)
-
-The default values of lowmem_reserve_ratio[i] are
- 256 (if zone[i] means DMA or DMA32 zone)
- 32 (others).
-As above expression, they are reciprocal number of ratio.
-256 means 1/256. # of protection pages becomes about "0.39%" of total present
-pages of higher zones on the node.
-
-If you would like to protect more pages, smaller values are effective.
-The minimum value is 1 (1/1 -> 100%).
-
-page-cluster
-------------
-
-page-cluster controls the number of pages which are written to swap in
-a single attempt. The swap I/O size.
-
-It is a logarithmic value - setting it to zero means "1 page", setting
-it to 1 means "2 pages", setting it to 2 means "4 pages", etc.
-
-The default value is three (eight pages at a time). There may be some
-small benefits in tuning this to a different value if your workload is
-swap-intensive.
-
-overcommit_memory
------------------
-
-Controls overcommit of system memory, possibly allowing processes
-to allocate (but not use) more memory than is actually available.
-
-
-0 - Heuristic overcommit handling. Obvious overcommits of
- address space are refused. Used for a typical system. It
- ensures a seriously wild allocation fails while allowing
- overcommit to reduce swap usage. root is allowed to
- allocate slightly more memory in this mode. This is the
- default.
-
-1 - Always overcommit. Appropriate for some scientific
- applications.
-
-2 - Don't overcommit. The total address space commit
- for the system is not permitted to exceed swap plus a
- configurable percentage (default is 50) of physical RAM.
- Depending on the percentage you use, in most situations
- this means a process will not be killed while attempting
- to use already-allocated memory but will receive errors
- on memory allocation as appropriate.
-
-overcommit_ratio
-----------------
-
-Percentage of physical memory size to include in overcommit calculations
-(see above.)
-
-Memory allocation limit = swapspace + physmem * (overcommit_ratio / 100)
-
- swapspace = total size of all swap areas
- physmem = size of physical memory in system
-
-nr_hugepages and hugetlb_shm_group
-----------------------------------
-
-nr_hugepages configures number of hugetlb page reserved for the system.
-
-hugetlb_shm_group contains group id that is allowed to create SysV shared
-memory segment using hugetlb page.
-
-hugepages_treat_as_movable
---------------------------
-
-This parameter is only useful when kernelcore= is specified at boot time to
-create ZONE_MOVABLE for pages that may be reclaimed or migrated. Huge pages
-are not movable so are not normally allocated from ZONE_MOVABLE. A non-zero
-value written to hugepages_treat_as_movable allows huge pages to be allocated
-from ZONE_MOVABLE.
-
-Once enabled, the ZONE_MOVABLE is treated as an area of memory the huge
-pages pool can easily grow or shrink within. Assuming that applications are
-not running that mlock() a lot of memory, it is likely the huge pages pool
-can grow to the size of ZONE_MOVABLE by repeatedly entering the desired value
-into nr_hugepages and triggering page reclaim.
-
-laptop_mode
------------
-
-laptop_mode is a knob that controls "laptop mode". All the things that are
-controlled by this knob are discussed in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt.
-
-block_dump
-----------
-
-block_dump enables block I/O debugging when set to a nonzero value. More
-information on block I/O debugging is in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt.
-
-swap_token_timeout
-------------------
-
-This file contains valid hold time of swap out protection token. The Linux
-VM has token based thrashing control mechanism and uses the token to prevent
-unnecessary page faults in thrashing situation. The unit of the value is
-second. The value would be useful to tune thrashing behavior.
-
-drop_caches
------------
-
-Writing to this will cause the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and
-inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
-
-To free pagecache:
- echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
-To free dentries and inodes:
- echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
-To free pagecache, dentries and inodes:
- echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
-
-As this is a non-destructive operation and dirty objects are not freeable, the
-user should run `sync' first.
+Please see: Documentation/sysctls/vm.txt for a description of these
+entries.
2.5 /proc/sys/dev - Device specific parameters
@@ -2483,4 +2228,30 @@ For more information on mount propagation see:
Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
+2.17 /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+This directory contains configuration options for the epoll(7) interface.
+
+max_user_instances
+------------------
+
+This is the maximum number of epoll file descriptors that a single user can
+have open at a given time. The default value is 128, and should be enough
+for normal users.
+
+max_user_watches
+----------------
+
+Every epoll file descriptor can store a number of files to be monitored
+for event readiness. Each one of these monitored files constitutes a "watch".
+This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are
+allowed for each user.
+Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes
+on a 64bit one.
+The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/32 of the available
+low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
+
+
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
index 62fe9b1e089..a8273d5fad2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ The 2.6 kernel build process always creates a gzipped cpio format initramfs
archive and links it into the resulting kernel binary. By default, this
archive is empty (consuming 134 bytes on x86).
-The config option CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE (for some reason buried under
-devices->block devices in menuconfig, and living in usr/Kconfig) can be used
-to specify a source for the initramfs archive, which will automatically be
-incorporated into the resulting binary. This option can point to an existing
-gzipped cpio archive, a directory containing files to be archived, or a text
-file specification such as the following example:
+The config option CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE (in General Setup in menuconfig,
+and living in usr/Kconfig) can be used to specify a source for the
+initramfs archive, which will automatically be incorporated into the
+resulting binary. This option can point to an existing gzipped cpio
+archive, a directory containing files to be archived, or a text file
+specification such as the following example:
dir /dev 755 0 0
nod /dev/console 644 0 0 c 5 1
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e79e4a7a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+SQUASHFS 4.0 FILESYSTEM
+=======================
+
+Squashfs is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux.
+It uses zlib compression to compress files, inodes and directories.
+Inodes in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to minimise
+data overhead. Block sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum
+of 1Mbytes (default block size 128K).
+
+Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for archival
+use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in constrained
+block device/memory systems (e.g. embedded systems) where low overhead is
+needed.
+
+Mailing list: squashfs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+Web site: www.squashfs.org
+
+1. FILESYSTEM FEATURES
+----------------------
+
+Squashfs filesystem features versus Cramfs:
+
+ Squashfs Cramfs
+
+Max filesystem size: 2^64 16 MiB
+Max file size: ~ 2 TiB 16 MiB
+Max files: unlimited unlimited
+Max directories: unlimited unlimited
+Max entries per directory: unlimited unlimited
+Max block size: 1 MiB 4 KiB
+Metadata compression: yes no
+Directory indexes: yes no
+Sparse file support: yes no
+Tail-end packing (fragments): yes no
+Exportable (NFS etc.): yes no
+Hard link support: yes no
+"." and ".." in readdir: yes no
+Real inode numbers: yes no
+32-bit uids/gids: yes no
+File creation time: yes no
+Xattr and ACL support: no no
+
+Squashfs compresses data, inodes and directories. In addition, inode and
+directory data are highly compacted, and packed on byte boundaries. Each
+compressed inode is on average 8 bytes in length (the exact length varies on
+file type, i.e. regular file, directory, symbolic link, and block/char device
+inodes have different sizes).
+
+2. USING SQUASHFS
+-----------------
+
+As squashfs is a read-only filesystem, the mksquashfs program must be used to
+create populated squashfs filesystems. This and other squashfs utilities
+can be obtained from http://www.squashfs.org. Usage instructions can be
+obtained from this site also.
+
+
+3. SQUASHFS FILESYSTEM DESIGN
+-----------------------------
+
+A squashfs filesystem consists of seven parts, packed together on a byte
+alignment:
+
+ ---------------
+ | superblock |
+ |---------------|
+ | datablocks |
+ | & fragments |
+ |---------------|
+ | inode table |
+ |---------------|
+ | directory |
+ | table |
+ |---------------|
+ | fragment |
+ | table |
+ |---------------|
+ | export |
+ | table |
+ |---------------|
+ | uid/gid |
+ | lookup table |
+ ---------------
+
+Compressed data blocks are written to the filesystem as files are read from
+the source directory, and checked for duplicates. Once all file data has been
+written the completed inode, directory, fragment, export and uid/gid lookup
+tables are written.
+
+3.1 Inodes
+----------
+
+Metadata (inodes and directories) are compressed in 8Kbyte blocks. Each
+compressed block is prefixed by a two byte length, the top bit is set if the
+block is uncompressed. A block will be uncompressed if the -noI option is set,
+or if the compressed block was larger than the uncompressed block.
+
+Inodes are packed into the metadata blocks, and are not aligned to block
+boundaries, therefore inodes overlap compressed blocks. Inodes are identified
+by a 48-bit number which encodes the location of the compressed metadata block
+containing the inode, and the byte offset into that block where the inode is
+placed (<block, offset>).
+
+To maximise compression there are different inodes for each file type
+(regular file, directory, device, etc.), the inode contents and length
+varying with the type.
+
+To further maximise compression, two types of regular file inode and
+directory inode are defined: inodes optimised for frequently occurring
+regular files and directories, and extended types where extra
+information has to be stored.
+
+3.2 Directories
+---------------
+
+Like inodes, directories are packed into compressed metadata blocks, stored
+in a directory table. Directories are accessed using the start address of
+the metablock containing the directory and the offset into the
+decompressed block (<block, offset>).
+
+Directories are organised in a slightly complex way, and are not simply
+a list of file names. The organisation takes advantage of the
+fact that (in most cases) the inodes of the files will be in the same
+compressed metadata block, and therefore, can share the start block.
+Directories are therefore organised in a two level list, a directory
+header containing the shared start block value, and a sequence of directory
+entries, each of which share the shared start block. A new directory header
+is written once/if the inode start block changes. The directory
+header/directory entry list is repeated as many times as necessary.
+
+Directories are sorted, and can contain a directory index to speed up
+file lookup. Directory indexes store one entry per metablock, each entry
+storing the index/filename mapping to the first directory header
+in each metadata block. Directories are sorted in alphabetical order,
+and at lookup the index is scanned linearly looking for the first filename
+alphabetically larger than the filename being looked up. At this point the
+location of the metadata block the filename is in has been found.
+The general idea of the index is ensure only one metadata block needs to be
+decompressed to do a lookup irrespective of the length of the directory.
+This scheme has the advantage that it doesn't require extra memory overhead
+and doesn't require much extra storage on disk.
+
+3.3 File data
+-------------
+
+Regular files consist of a sequence of contiguous compressed blocks, and/or a
+compressed fragment block (tail-end packed block). The compressed size
+of each datablock is stored in a block list contained within the
+file inode.
+
+To speed up access to datablocks when reading 'large' files (256 Mbytes or
+larger), the code implements an index cache that caches the mapping from
+block index to datablock location on disk.
+
+The index cache allows Squashfs to handle large files (up to 1.75 TiB) while
+retaining a simple and space-efficient block list on disk. The cache
+is split into slots, caching up to eight 224 GiB files (128 KiB blocks).
+Larger files use multiple slots, with 1.75 TiB files using all 8 slots.
+The index cache is designed to be memory efficient, and by default uses
+16 KiB.
+
+3.4 Fragment lookup table
+-------------------------
+
+Regular files can contain a fragment index which is mapped to a fragment
+location on disk and compressed size using a fragment lookup table. This
+fragment lookup table is itself stored compressed into metadata blocks.
+A second index table is used to locate these. This second index table for
+speed of access (and because it is small) is read at mount time and cached
+in memory.
+
+3.5 Uid/gid lookup table
+------------------------
+
+For space efficiency regular files store uid and gid indexes, which are
+converted to 32-bit uids/gids using an id look up table. This table is
+stored compressed into metadata blocks. A second index table is used to
+locate these. This second index table for speed of access (and because it
+is small) is read at mount time and cached in memory.
+
+3.6 Export table
+----------------
+
+To enable Squashfs filesystems to be exportable (via NFS etc.) filesystems
+can optionally (disabled with the -no-exports Mksquashfs option) contain
+an inode number to inode disk location lookup table. This is required to
+enable Squashfs to map inode numbers passed in filehandles to the inode
+location on disk, which is necessary when the export code reinstantiates
+expired/flushed inodes.
+
+This table is stored compressed into metadata blocks. A second index table is
+used to locate these. This second index table for speed of access (and because
+it is small) is read at mount time and cached in memory.
+
+
+4. TODOS AND OUTSTANDING ISSUES
+-------------------------------
+
+4.1 Todo list
+-------------
+
+Implement Xattr and ACL support. The Squashfs 4.0 filesystem layout has hooks
+for these but the code has not been written. Once the code has been written
+the existing layout should not require modification.
+
+4.2 Squashfs internal cache
+---------------------------
+
+Blocks in Squashfs are compressed. To avoid repeatedly decompressing
+recently accessed data Squashfs uses two small metadata and fragment caches.
+
+The cache is not used for file datablocks, these are decompressed and cached in
+the page-cache in the normal way. The cache is used to temporarily cache
+fragment and metadata blocks which have been read as a result of a metadata
+(i.e. inode or directory) or fragment access. Because metadata and fragments
+are packed together into blocks (to gain greater compression) the read of a
+particular piece of metadata or fragment will retrieve other metadata/fragments
+which have been packed with it, these because of locality-of-reference may be
+read in the near future. Temporarily caching them ensures they are available
+for near future access without requiring an additional read and decompress.
+
+In the future this internal cache may be replaced with an implementation which
+uses the kernel page cache. Because the page cache operates on page sized
+units this may introduce additional complexity in terms of locking and
+associated race conditions.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
index dd84ea3c10d..84da2a4ba25 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ no_chk_data_crc skip checking of CRCs on data nodes in order to
of this option is that corruption of the contents
of a file can go unnoticed.
chk_data_crc (*) do not skip checking CRCs on data nodes
+compr=none override default compressor and set it to "none"
+compr=lzo override default compressor and set it to "lzo"
+compr=zlib override default compressor and set it to "zlib"
Quick usage instructions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 5579bda58a6..deeeed0faa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ struct super_operations {
void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
- void (*write_super_lockfs) (struct super_block *);
- void (*unlockfs) (struct super_block *);
+ int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
+ int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
int (*statfs) (struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
int (*remount_fs) (struct super_block *, int *, char *);
void (*clear_inode) (struct inode *);
@@ -270,11 +270,11 @@ or bottom half).
a superblock. The second parameter indicates whether the method
should wait until the write out has been completed. Optional.
- write_super_lockfs: called when VFS is locking a filesystem and
+ freeze_fs: called when VFS is locking a filesystem and
forcing it into a consistent state. This method is currently
used by the Logical Volume Manager (LVM).
- unlockfs: called when VFS is unlocking a filesystem and making it writable
+ unfreeze_fs: called when VFS is unlocking a filesystem and making it writable
again.
statfs: called when the VFS needs to get filesystem statistics. This
@@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ struct file_operations {
ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t, loff_t *, int);
unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
int (*check_flags)(int);
- int (*dir_notify)(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg);
int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int);
ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
@@ -800,8 +799,6 @@ otherwise noted.
check_flags: called by the fcntl(2) system call for F_SETFL command
- dir_notify: called by the fcntl(2) system call for F_NOTIFY command
-
flock: called by the flock(2) system call
splice_write: called by the VFS to splice data from a pipe to a file. This
@@ -931,7 +928,7 @@ manipulate dentries:
d_lookup: look up a dentry given its parent and path name component
It looks up the child of that given name from the dcache
hash table. If it is found, the reference count is incremented
- and the dentry is returned. The caller must use d_put()
+ and the dentry is returned. The caller must use dput()
to free the dentry when it finishes using it.
For further information on dentry locking, please refer to the document
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt
index 0a1668ba260..9878f50d6ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt
@@ -229,10 +229,6 @@ The following sysctls are available for the XFS filesystem:
ISGID bit is cleared if the irix_sgid_inherit compatibility sysctl
is set.
- fs.xfs.restrict_chown (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1)
- Controls whether unprivileged users can use chown to "give away"
- a file to another user.
-
fs.xfs.inherit_sync (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1)
Setting this to "1" will cause the "sync" flag set
by the xfs_io(8) chattr command on a directory to be
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt
index 3cc4010521a..0466ee56927 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xip.txt
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ The block device operation is optional, these block devices support it as of
today:
- dcssblk: s390 dcss block device driver
-An address space operation named get_xip_page is used to retrieve reference
-to a struct page. To address the target page, a reference to an address_space,
-and a sector number is provided. A 3rd argument indicates whether the
-function should allocate blocks if needed.
+An address space operation named get_xip_mem is used to retrieve references
+to a page frame number and a kernel address. To obtain these values a reference
+to an address_space is provided. This function assigns values to the kmem and
+pfn parameters. The third argument indicates whether the function should allocate
+blocks if needed.
This address space operation is mutually exclusive with readpage&writepage that
do page cache read/write operations.
diff --git a/Documentation/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/ftrace.txt
index ea5a827395d..803b1318b13 100644
--- a/Documentation/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ftrace.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Copyright 2008 Red Hat Inc.
Reviewers: Elias Oltmanns, Randy Dunlap, Andrew Morton,
John Kacur, and David Teigland.
-Written for: 2.6.27-rc1
+Written for: 2.6.28-rc2
Introduction
------------
@@ -50,26 +50,26 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
Note: all time values are in microseconds.
- current_tracer : This is used to set or display the current tracer
+ current_tracer: This is used to set or display the current tracer
that is configured.
- available_tracers : This holds the different types of tracers that
+ available_tracers: This holds the different types of tracers that
have been compiled into the kernel. The tracers
listed here can be configured by echoing their name
into current_tracer.
- tracing_enabled : This sets or displays whether the current_tracer
+ tracing_enabled: This sets or displays whether the current_tracer
is activated and tracing or not. Echo 0 into this
file to disable the tracer or 1 to enable it.
- trace : This file holds the output of the trace in a human readable
+ trace: This file holds the output of the trace in a human readable
format (described below).
- latency_trace : This file shows the same trace but the information
+ latency_trace: This file shows the same trace but the information
is organized more to display possible latencies
in the system (described below).
- trace_pipe : The output is the same as the "trace" file but this
+ trace_pipe: The output is the same as the "trace" file but this
file is meant to be streamed with live tracing.
Reads from this file will block until new data
is retrieved. Unlike the "trace" and "latency_trace"
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
tracer is not adding more data, they will display
the same information every time they are read.
- iter_ctrl : This file lets the user control the amount of data
+ trace_options: This file lets the user control the amount of data
that is displayed in one of the above output
files.
- trace_max_latency : Some of the tracers record the max latency.
+ trace_max_latency: Some of the tracers record the max latency.
For example, the time interrupts are disabled.
This time is saved in this file. The max trace
will also be stored, and displayed by either
@@ -94,29 +94,26 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
only be recorded if the latency is greater than
the value in this file. (in microseconds)
- trace_entries : This sets or displays the number of trace
- entries each CPU buffer can hold. The tracer buffers
- are the same size for each CPU. The displayed number
- is the size of the CPU buffer and not total size. The
+ buffer_size_kb: This sets or displays the number of kilobytes each CPU
+ buffer can hold. The tracer buffers are the same size
+ for each CPU. The displayed number is the size of the
+ CPU buffer and not total size of all buffers. The
trace buffers are allocated in pages (blocks of memory
that the kernel uses for allocation, usually 4 KB in size).
- Since each entry is smaller than a page, if the last
- allocated page has room for more entries than were
- requested, the rest of the page is used to allocate
- entries.
+ If the last page allocated has room for more bytes
+ than requested, the rest of the page will be used,
+ making the actual allocation bigger than requested.
+ (Note, the size may not be a multiple of the page size due
+ to buffer managment overhead.)
This can only be updated when the current_tracer
- is set to "none".
+ is set to "nop".
- NOTE: It is planned on changing the allocated buffers
- from being the number of possible CPUS to
- the number of online CPUS.
-
- tracing_cpumask : This is a mask that lets the user only trace
+ tracing_cpumask: This is a mask that lets the user only trace
on specified CPUS. The format is a hex string
representing the CPUS.
- set_ftrace_filter : When dynamic ftrace is configured in (see the
+ set_ftrace_filter: When dynamic ftrace is configured in (see the
section below "dynamic ftrace"), the code is dynamically
modified (code text rewrite) to disable calling of the
function profiler (mcount). This lets tracing be configured
@@ -130,14 +127,13 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
be traced. If a function exists in both set_ftrace_filter
and set_ftrace_notrace, the function will _not_ be traced.
- available_filter_functions : When a function is encountered the first
- time by the dynamic tracer, it is recorded and
- later the call is converted into a nop. This file
- lists the functions that have been recorded
- by the dynamic tracer and these functions can
- be used to set the ftrace filter by the above
- "set_ftrace_filter" file. (See the section "dynamic ftrace"
- below for more details).
+ set_ftrace_pid: Have the function tracer only trace a single thread.
+
+ available_filter_functions: This lists the functions that ftrace
+ has processed and can trace. These are the function
+ names that you can pass to "set_ftrace_filter" or
+ "set_ftrace_notrace". (See the section "dynamic ftrace"
+ below for more details.)
The Tracers
@@ -145,7 +141,7 @@ The Tracers
Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured.
- ftrace - function tracer that uses mcount to trace all functions.
+ function - function tracer that uses mcount to trace all functions.
sched_switch - traces the context switches between tasks.
@@ -166,8 +162,8 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured.
the highest priority task to get scheduled after
it has been woken up.
- none - This is not a tracer. To remove all tracers from tracing
- simply echo "none" into current_tracer.
+ nop - This is not a tracer. To remove all tracers from tracing
+ simply echo "nop" into current_tracer.
Examples of using the tracer
@@ -182,7 +178,7 @@ Output format:
Here is an example of the output format of the file "trace"
--------
-# tracer: ftrace
+# tracer: function
#
# TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
# | | | | |
@@ -192,7 +188,7 @@ Here is an example of the output format of the file "trace"
--------
A header is printed with the tracer name that is represented by the trace.
-In this case the tracer is "ftrace". Then a header showing the format. Task
+In this case the tracer is "function". Then a header showing the format. Task
name "bash", the task PID "4251", the CPU that it was running on
"01", the timestamp in <secs>.<usecs> format, the function name that was
traced "path_put" and the parent function that called this function
@@ -322,23 +318,23 @@ The above is mostly meaningful for kernel developers.
The rest is the same as the 'trace' file.
-iter_ctrl
----------
+trace_options
+-------------
-The iter_ctrl file is used to control what gets printed in the trace
+The trace_options file is used to control what gets printed in the trace
output. To see what is available, simply cat the file:
- cat /debug/tracing/iter_ctrl
+ cat /debug/tracing/trace_options
print-parent nosym-offset nosym-addr noverbose noraw nohex nobin \
- noblock nostacktrace nosched-tree
+ noblock nostacktrace nosched-tree nouserstacktrace nosym-userobj
To disable one of the options, echo in the option prepended with "no".
- echo noprint-parent > /debug/tracing/iter_ctrl
+ echo noprint-parent > /debug/tracing/trace_options
To enable an option, leave off the "no".
- echo sym-offset > /debug/tracing/iter_ctrl
+ echo sym-offset > /debug/tracing/trace_options
Here are the available options:
@@ -384,6 +380,20 @@ Here are the available options:
When a trace is recorded, so is the stack of functions.
This allows for back traces of trace sites.
+ userstacktrace - This option changes the trace.
+ It records a stacktrace of the current userspace thread.
+
+ sym-userobj - when user stacktrace are enabled, look up which object the
+ address belongs to, and print a relative address
+ This is especially useful when ASLR is on, otherwise you don't
+ get a chance to resolve the address to object/file/line after the app is no
+ longer running
+
+ The lookup is performed when you read trace,trace_pipe,latency_trace. Example:
+
+ a.out-1623 [000] 40874.465068: /root/a.out[+0x480] <-/root/a.out[+0
+x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6]
+
sched-tree - TBD (any users??)
@@ -1003,22 +1013,20 @@ is the stack for the hard interrupt. This hides the fact that NEED_RESCHED
has been set. We do not see the 'N' until we switch back to the task's
assigned stack.
-ftrace
-------
+function
+--------
-ftrace is not only the name of the tracing infrastructure, but it
-is also a name of one of the tracers. The tracer is the function
-tracer. Enabling the function tracer can be done from the
-debug file system. Make sure the ftrace_enabled is set otherwise
-this tracer is a nop.
+This tracer is the function tracer. Enabling the function tracer
+can be done from the debug file system. Make sure the ftrace_enabled is
+set; otherwise this tracer is a nop.
# sysctl kernel.ftrace_enabled=1
- # echo ftrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+ # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
# echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
# usleep 1
# echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
# cat /debug/tracing/trace
-# tracer: ftrace
+# tracer: function
#
# TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
# | | | | |
@@ -1040,10 +1048,10 @@ this tracer is a nop.
[...]
-Note: ftrace uses ring buffers to store the above entries. The newest data
-may overwrite the oldest data. Sometimes using echo to stop the trace
-is not sufficient because the tracing could have overwritten the data
-that you wanted to record. For this reason, it is sometimes better to
+Note: function tracer uses ring buffers to store the above entries.
+The newest data may overwrite the oldest data. Sometimes using echo to
+stop the trace is not sufficient because the tracing could have overwritten
+the data that you wanted to record. For this reason, it is sometimes better to
disable tracing directly from a program. This allows you to stop the
tracing at the point that you hit the part that you are interested in.
To disable the tracing directly from a C program, something like following
@@ -1067,6 +1075,83 @@ For simple one time traces, the above is sufficent. For anything else,
a search through /proc/mounts may be needed to find where the debugfs
file-system is mounted.
+
+Single thread tracing
+---------------------
+
+By writing into /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid you can trace a
+single thread. For example:
+
+# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
+no pid
+# echo 3111 > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
+# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
+3111
+# echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+# cat /debug/tracing/trace | head
+ # tracer: function
+ #
+ # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
+ # | | | | |
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254676: finish_task_switch <-thread_return
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254681: hrtimer_cancel <-schedule_hrtimeout_range
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254682: hrtimer_try_to_cancel <-hrtimer_cancel
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254683: lock_hrtimer_base <-hrtimer_try_to_cancel
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254685: fget_light <-do_sys_poll
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254686: pipe_poll <-do_sys_poll
+# echo -1 > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
+# cat /debug/tracing/trace |head
+ # tracer: function
+ #
+ # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
+ # | | | | |
+ ##### CPU 3 buffer started ####
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957688: free_poll_entry <-poll_freewait
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957689: remove_wait_queue <-free_poll_entry
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957691: fput <-free_poll_entry
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957692: audit_syscall_exit <-sysret_audit
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957693: path_put <-audit_syscall_exit
+
+If you want to trace a function when executing, you could use
+something like this simple program:
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ if (argc < 1)
+ exit(-1);
+
+ if (fork() > 0) {
+ int fd, ffd;
+ char line[64];
+ int s;
+
+ ffd = open("/debug/tracing/current_tracer", O_WRONLY);
+ if (ffd < 0)
+ exit(-1);
+ write(ffd, "nop", 3);
+
+ fd = open("/debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid", O_WRONLY);
+ s = sprintf(line, "%d\n", getpid());
+ write(fd, line, s);
+
+ write(ffd, "function", 8);
+
+ close(fd);
+ close(ffd);
+
+ execvp(argv[1], argv+1);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
dynamic ftrace
--------------
@@ -1077,18 +1162,31 @@ every kernel function, produced by the -pg switch in gcc), starts
of pointing to a simple return. (Enabling FTRACE will include the
-pg switch in the compiling of the kernel.)
-When dynamic ftrace is initialized, it calls kstop_machine to make
-the machine act like a uniprocessor so that it can freely modify code
-without worrying about other processors executing that same code. At
-initialization, the mcount calls are changed to call a "record_ip"
-function. After this, the first time a kernel function is called,
-it has the calling address saved in a hash table.
-
-Later on the ftraced kernel thread is awoken and will again call
-kstop_machine if new functions have been recorded. The ftraced thread
-will change all calls to mcount to "nop". Just calling mcount
-and having mcount return has shown a 10% overhead. By converting
-it to a nop, there is no measurable overhead to the system.
+At compile time every C file object is run through the
+recordmcount.pl script (located in the scripts directory). This
+script will process the C object using objdump to find all the
+locations in the .text section that call mcount. (Note, only
+the .text section is processed, since processing other sections
+like .init.text may cause races due to those sections being freed).
+
+A new section called "__mcount_loc" is created that holds references
+to all the mcount call sites in the .text section. This section is
+compiled back into the original object. The final linker will add
+all these references into a single table.
+
+On boot up, before SMP is initialized, the dynamic ftrace code
+scans this table and updates all the locations into nops. It also
+records the locations, which are added to the available_filter_functions
+list. Modules are processed as they are loaded and before they are
+executed. When a module is unloaded, it also removes its functions from
+the ftrace function list. This is automatic in the module unload
+code, and the module author does not need to worry about it.
+
+When tracing is enabled, kstop_machine is called to prevent races
+with the CPUS executing code being modified (which can cause the
+CPU to do undesireable things), and the nops are patched back
+to calls. But this time, they do not call mcount (which is just
+a function stub). They now call into the ftrace infrastructure.
One special side-effect to the recording of the functions being
traced is that we can now selectively choose which functions we
@@ -1153,7 +1251,11 @@ These are the only wild cards which are supported.
<match>*<match> will not work.
- # echo hrtimer_* > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
+Note: It is better to use quotes to enclose the wild cards, otherwise
+ the shell may expand the parameters into names of files in the local
+ directory.
+
+ # echo 'hrtimer_*' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
Produces:
@@ -1208,7 +1310,7 @@ Again, now we want to append.
# echo sys_nanosleep > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
sys_nanosleep
- # echo hrtimer_* >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
+ # echo 'hrtimer_*' >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
hrtimer_run_queues
hrtimer_run_pending
@@ -1251,36 +1353,6 @@ Produces:
We can see that there's no more lock or preempt tracing.
-ftraced
--------
-
-As mentioned above, when dynamic ftrace is configured in, a kernel
-thread wakes up once a second and checks to see if there are mcount
-calls that need to be converted into nops. If there are not any, then
-it simply goes back to sleep. But if there are some, it will call
-kstop_machine to convert the calls to nops.
-
-There may be a case in which you do not want this added latency.
-Perhaps you are doing some audio recording and this activity might
-cause skips in the playback. There is an interface to disable
-and enable the "ftraced" kernel thread.
-
- # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/ftraced_enabled
-
-This will disable the calling of kstop_machine to update the
-mcount calls to nops. Remember that there is a large overhead
-to calling mcount. Without this kernel thread, that overhead will
-exist.
-
-If there are recorded calls to mcount, any write to the ftraced_enabled
-file will cause the kstop_machine to run. This means that a
-user can manually perform the updates when they want to by simply
-echoing a '0' into the ftraced_enabled file.
-
-The updates are also done at the beginning of enabling a tracer
-that uses ftrace function recording.
-
-
trace_pipe
----------
@@ -1289,14 +1361,14 @@ on the tracing is different. Every read from trace_pipe is consumed.
This means that subsequent reads will be different. The trace
is live.
- # echo ftrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+ # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
# cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > /tmp/trace.out &
[1] 4153
# echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
# usleep 1
# echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
# cat /debug/tracing/trace
-# tracer: ftrace
+# tracer: function
#
# TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
# | | | | |
@@ -1317,48 +1389,36 @@ is live.
Note, reading the trace_pipe file will block until more input is added.
By changing the tracer, trace_pipe will issue an EOF. We needed
-to set the ftrace tracer _before_ cating the trace_pipe file.
+to set the function tracer _before_ we "cat" the trace_pipe file.
trace entries
-------------
Having too much or not enough data can be troublesome in diagnosing
-an issue in the kernel. The file trace_entries is used to modify
+an issue in the kernel. The file buffer_size_kb is used to modify
the size of the internal trace buffers. The number listed
is the number of entries that can be recorded per CPU. To know
the full size, multiply the number of possible CPUS with the
number of entries.
- # cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
-65620
+ # cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
+1408 (units kilobytes)
Note, to modify this, you must have tracing completely disabled. To do that,
-echo "none" into the current_tracer. If the current_tracer is not set
-to "none", an EINVAL error will be returned.
-
- # echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
- # echo 100000 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries
- # cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
-100045
-
-
-Notice that we echoed in 100,000 but the size is 100,045. The entries
-are held in individual pages. It allocates the number of pages it takes
-to fulfill the request. If more entries may fit on the last page
-then they will be added.
-
- # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries
- # cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
-85
+echo "nop" into the current_tracer. If the current_tracer is not set
+to "nop", an EINVAL error will be returned.
-This shows us that 85 entries can fit in a single page.
+ # echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+ # echo 10000 > /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
+ # cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
+10000 (units kilobytes)
The number of pages which will be allocated is limited to a percentage
of available memory. Allocating too much will produce an error.
- # echo 1000000000000 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries
+ # echo 1000000000000 > /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
-bash: echo: write error: Cannot allocate memory
- # cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
+ # cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
85
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet
index aef5a9b3684..d9251efdcec 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ a sensor.
Notice that some banks have both a read and a write address this is how the
uGuru determines if a read from or a write to the bank is taking place, thus
when reading you should always use the read address and when writing the
-write address. The write address is always one (1) more then the read address.
+write address. The write address is always one (1) more than the read address.
uGuru ready
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Once all bytes have been read data will hold 0x09, but there is no reason to
test for this. Notice that the number of bytes is bank address dependent see
above and below.
-After completing a successfull read it is advised to put the uGuru back in
+After completing a successful read it is advised to put the uGuru back in
ready mode, so that it is ready for the next read / write cycle. This way
if your program / driver is unloaded and later loaded again the detection
algorithm described above will still work.
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ don't ask why this is the way it is.
Once DATA holds 0x01 read CMD it should hold 0xAC now.
-After completing a successfull write it is advised to put the uGuru back in
+After completing a successful write it is advised to put the uGuru back in
ready mode, so that it is ready for the next read / write cycle. This way
if your program / driver is unloaded and later loaded again the detection
algorithm described above will still work.
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Bit 3: Beep if alarm (RW)
Bit 4: 1 if alarm cause measured temp is over the warning threshold (R)
Bit 5: 1 if alarm cause measured volt is over the max threshold (R)
Bit 6: 1 if alarm cause measured volt is under the min threshold (R)
-Bit 7: Volt sensor: Shutdown if alarm persist for more then 4 seconds (RW)
+Bit 7: Volt sensor: Shutdown if alarm persist for more than 4 seconds (RW)
Temp sensor: Shutdown if temp is over the shutdown threshold (RW)
* This bit is only honored/used by the uGuru if a temp sensor is connected
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Byte 0:
Alarm behaviour for the selected sensor. A 1 enables the described behaviour.
Bit 0: Give an alarm if measured rpm is under the min threshold (RW)
Bit 3: Beep if alarm (RW)
-Bit 7: Shutdown if alarm persist for more then 4 seconds (RW)
+Bit 7: Shutdown if alarm persist for more than 4 seconds (RW)
Byte 1:
min threshold (scale as bank 0x26)
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7462 b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7462
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec660b32827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7462
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+Kernel driver adt7462
+======================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * Analog Devices ADT7462
+ Prefix: 'adt7462'
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x58, 0x5C
+ Datasheet: Publicly available at the Analog Devices website
+
+Author: Darrick J. Wong
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This driver implements support for the Analog Devices ADT7462 chip family.
+
+This chip is a bit of a beast. It has 8 counters for measuring fan speed. It
+can also measure 13 voltages or 4 temperatures, or various combinations of the
+two. See the chip documentation for more details about the exact set of
+configurations. This driver does not allow one to configure the chip; that is
+left to the system designer.
+
+A sophisticated control system for the PWM outputs is designed into the ADT7462
+that allows fan speed to be adjusted automatically based on any of the three
+temperature sensors. Each PWM output is individually adjustable and
+programmable. Once configured, the ADT7462 will adjust the PWM outputs in
+response to the measured temperatures without further host intervention. This
+feature can also be disabled for manual control of the PWM's.
+
+Each of the measured inputs (voltage, temperature, fan speed) has
+corresponding high/low limit values. The ADT7462 will signal an ALARM if
+any measured value exceeds either limit.
+
+The ADT7462 samples all inputs continuously. The driver will not read
+the registers more often than once every other second. Further,
+configuration data is only read once per minute.
+
+Special Features
+----------------
+
+The ADT7462 have a 10-bit ADC and can therefore measure temperatures
+with 0.25 degC resolution.
+
+The Analog Devices datasheet is very detailed and describes a procedure for
+determining an optimal configuration for the automatic PWM control.
+
+The driver will report sensor labels when it is able to determine that
+information from the configuration registers.
+
+Configuration Notes
+-------------------
+
+Besides standard interfaces driver adds the following:
+
+* PWM Control
+
+* pwm#_auto_point1_pwm and temp#_auto_point1_temp and
+* pwm#_auto_point2_pwm and temp#_auto_point2_temp -
+
+point1: Set the pwm speed at a lower temperature bound.
+point2: Set the pwm speed at a higher temperature bound.
+
+The ADT7462 will scale the pwm between the lower and higher pwm speed when
+the temperature is between the two temperature boundaries. PWM values range
+from 0 (off) to 255 (full speed). Fan speed will be set to maximum when the
+temperature sensor associated with the PWM control exceeds temp#_max.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7470 b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7470
index 75d13ca147c..8ce4aa0a0f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7470
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7470
@@ -31,15 +31,11 @@ Each of the measured inputs (temperature, fan speed) has corresponding high/low
limit values. The ADT7470 will signal an ALARM if any measured value exceeds
either limit.
-The ADT7470 DOES NOT sample all inputs continuously. A single pin on the
-ADT7470 is connected to a multitude of thermal diodes, but the chip must be
-instructed explicitly to read the multitude of diodes. If you want to use
-automatic fan control mode, you must manually read any of the temperature
-sensors or the fan control algorithm will not run. The chip WILL NOT DO THIS
-AUTOMATICALLY; this must be done from userspace. This may be a bug in the chip
-design, given that many other AD chips take care of this. The driver will not
-read the registers more often than once every 5 seconds. Further,
-configuration data is only read once per minute.
+The ADT7470 samples all inputs continuously. A kernel thread is started up for
+the purpose of periodically querying the temperature sensors, thus allowing the
+automatic fan pwm control to set the fan speed. The driver will not read the
+registers more often than once every 5 seconds. Further, configuration data is
+only read once per minute.
Special Features
----------------
@@ -72,5 +68,6 @@ pwm#_auto_point2_temp.
Notes
-----
-As stated above, the temperature inputs must be read periodically from
-userspace in order for the automatic pwm algorithm to run.
+The temperature inputs no longer need to be read periodically from userspace in
+order for the automatic pwm algorithm to run. This was the case for earlier
+versions of the driver.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7475 b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7475
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2b1abec850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7475
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+This describes the interface for the ADT7475 driver:
+
+(there are 4 fans, numbered fan1 to fan4):
+
+fanX_input Read the current speed of the fan (in RPMs)
+fanX_min Read/write the minimum speed of the fan. Dropping
+ below this sets an alarm.
+
+(there are three PWMs, numbered pwm1 to pwm3):
+
+pwmX Read/write the current duty cycle of the PWM. Writes
+ only have effect when auto mode is turned off (see
+ below). Range is 0 - 255.
+
+pwmX_enable Fan speed control method:
+
+ 0 - No control (fan at full speed)
+ 1 - Manual fan speed control (using pwm[1-*])
+ 2 - Automatic fan speed control
+
+pwmX_auto_channels_temp Select which channels affect this PWM
+
+ 1 - TEMP1 controls PWM
+ 2 - TEMP2 controls PWM
+ 4 - TEMP3 controls PWM
+ 6 - TEMP2 and TEMP3 control PWM
+ 7 - All three inputs control PWM
+
+pwmX_freq Read/write the PWM frequency in Hz. The number
+ should be one of the following:
+
+ 11 Hz
+ 14 Hz
+ 22 Hz
+ 29 Hz
+ 35 Hz
+ 44 Hz
+ 58 Hz
+ 88 Hz
+
+pwmX_auto_point1_pwm Read/write the minimum PWM duty cycle in automatic mode
+
+pwmX_auto_point2_pwm Read/write the maximum PWM duty cycle in automatic mode
+
+(there are three temperature settings numbered temp1 to temp3):
+
+tempX_input Read the current temperature. The value is in milli
+ degrees of Celsius.
+
+tempX_max Read/write the upper temperature limit - exceeding this
+ will cause an alarm.
+
+tempX_min Read/write the lower temperature limit - exceeding this
+ will cause an alarm.
+
+tempX_offset Read/write the temperature adjustment offset
+
+tempX_crit Read/write the THERM limit for remote1.
+
+tempX_crit_hyst Set the temperature value below crit where the
+ fans will stay on - this helps drive the temperature
+ low enough so it doesn't stay near the edge and
+ cause THERM to keep tripping.
+
+tempX_auto_point1_temp Read/write the minimum temperature where the fans will
+ turn on in automatic mode.
+
+tempX_auto_point2_temp Read/write the maximum temperature over which the fans
+ will run in automatic mode. tempX_auto_point1_temp
+ and tempX_auto_point2_temp together define the
+ range of automatic control.
+
+tempX_alarm Read a 1 if the max/min alarm is set
+tempX_fault Read a 1 if either temp1 or temp3 diode has a fault
+
+(There are two voltage settings, in1 and in2):
+
+inX_input Read the current voltage on VCC. Value is in
+ millivolts.
+
+inX_min read/write the minimum voltage limit.
+ Dropping below this causes an alarm.
+
+inX_max read/write the maximum voltage limit.
+ Exceeding this causes an alarm.
+
+inX_alarm Read a 1 if the max/min alarm is set.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg b/Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8321267b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+Kernel driver f71882fg
+======================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * Fintek F71882FG and F71883FG
+ Prefix: 'f71882fg'
+ Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
+ Datasheet: Available from the Fintek website
+ * Fintek F71862FG and F71863FG
+ Prefix: 'f71862fg'
+ Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
+ Datasheet: Available from the Fintek website
+ * Fintek F8000
+ Prefix: 'f8000'
+ Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
+ Datasheet: Not public
+
+Author: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+Fintek F718xxFG/F8000 Super I/O chips include complete hardware monitoring
+capabilities. They can monitor up to 9 voltages (3 for the F8000), 4 fans and
+3 temperature sensors.
+
+These chips also have fan controlling features, using either DC or PWM, in
+three different modes (one manual, two automatic).
+
+The driver assumes that no more than one chip is present, which seems
+reasonable.
+
+
+Monitoring
+----------
+
+The Voltage, Fan and Temperature Monitoring uses the standard sysfs
+interface as documented in sysfs-interface, without any exceptions.
+
+
+Fan Control
+-----------
+
+Both PWM (pulse-width modulation) and DC fan speed control methods are
+supported. The right one to use depends on external circuitry on the
+motherboard, so the driver assumes that the BIOS set the method
+properly.
+
+There are 2 modes to specify the speed of the fan, PWM duty cycle (or DC
+voltage) mode, where 0-100% duty cycle (0-100% of 12V) is specified. And RPM
+mode where the actual RPM of the fan (as measured) is controlled and the speed
+gets specified as 0-100% of the fan#_full_speed file.
+
+Since both modes work in a 0-100% (mapped to 0-255) scale, there isn't a
+whole lot of a difference when modifying fan control settings. The only
+important difference is that in RPM mode the 0-100% controls the fan speed
+between 0-100% of fan#_full_speed. It is assumed that if the BIOS programs
+RPM mode, it will also set fan#_full_speed properly, if it does not then
+fan control will not work properly, unless you set a sane fan#_full_speed
+value yourself.
+
+Switching between these modes requires re-initializing a whole bunch of
+registers, so the mode which the BIOS has set is kept. The mode is
+printed when loading the driver.
+
+Three different fan control modes are supported; the mode number is written
+to the pwm#_enable file. Note that not all modes are supported on all
+chips, and some modes may only be available in RPM / PWM mode on the F8000.
+Writing an unsupported mode will result in an invalid parameter error.
+
+* 1: Manual mode
+ You ask for a specific PWM duty cycle / DC voltage or a specific % of
+ fan#_full_speed by writing to the pwm# file. This mode is only
+ available on the F8000 if the fan channel is in RPM mode.
+
+* 2: Normal auto mode
+ You can define a number of temperature/fan speed trip points, which % the
+ fan should run at at this temp and which temp a fan should follow using the
+ standard sysfs interface. The number and type of trip points is chip
+ depended, see which files are available in sysfs.
+ Fan/PWM channel 3 of the F8000 is always in this mode!
+
+* 3: Thermostat mode (Only available on the F8000 when in duty cycle mode)
+ The fan speed is regulated to keep the temp the fan is mapped to between
+ temp#_auto_point2_temp and temp#_auto_point3_temp.
+
+Both of the automatic modes require that pwm1 corresponds to fan1, pwm2 to
+fan2 and pwm3 to fan3.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/it87 b/Documentation/hwmon/it87
index 042c0415140..659315d98e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/it87
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/it87
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Supported chips:
Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8718F_V0.2.zip
http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8718F_V0%203_(for%20C%20version).zip
+ * IT8720F
+ Prefix: 'it8720'
+ Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
+ Datasheet: Not yet publicly available.
* SiS950 [clone of IT8705F]
Prefix: 'it87'
Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ Description
-----------
This driver implements support for the IT8705F, IT8712F, IT8716F,
-IT8718F, IT8726F and SiS950 chips.
+IT8718F, IT8720F, IT8726F and SiS950 chips.
These chips are 'Super I/O chips', supporting floppy disks, infrared ports,
joysticks and other miscellaneous stuff. For hardware monitoring, they
@@ -84,19 +88,19 @@ the IT8716F and late IT8712F have 6. They are shared with other functions
though, so the functionality may not be available on a given system.
The driver dumbly assume it is there.
-The IT8718F also features VID inputs (up to 8 pins) but the value is
-stored in the Super-I/O configuration space. Due to technical limitations,
+The IT8718F and IT8720F also features VID inputs (up to 8 pins) but the value
+is stored in the Super-I/O configuration space. Due to technical limitations,
this value can currently only be read once at initialization time, so
the driver won't notice and report changes in the VID value. The two
upper VID bits share their pins with voltage inputs (in5 and in6) so you
can't have both on a given board.
-The IT8716F, IT8718F and later IT8712F revisions have support for
+The IT8716F, IT8718F, IT8720F and later IT8712F revisions have support for
2 additional fans. The additional fans are supported by the driver.
-The IT8716F and IT8718F, and late IT8712F and IT8705F also have optional
-16-bit tachometer counters for fans 1 to 3. This is better (no more fan
-clock divider mess) but not compatible with the older chips and
+The IT8716F, IT8718F and IT8720F, and late IT8712F and IT8705F also have
+optional 16-bit tachometer counters for fans 1 to 3. This is better (no more
+fan clock divider mess) but not compatible with the older chips and
revisions. The 16-bit tachometer mode is enabled by the driver when one
of the above chips is detected.
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ zero'; this is important for negative voltage measurements. All voltage
inputs can measure voltages between 0 and 4.08 volts, with a resolution of
0.016 volt. The battery voltage in8 does not have limit registers.
-The VID lines (IT8712F/IT8716F/IT8718F) encode the core voltage value:
+The VID lines (IT8712F/IT8716F/IT8718F/IT8720F) encode the core voltage value:
the voltage level your processor should work with. This is hardcoded by
the mainboard and/or processor itself. It is a value in volts.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d b/Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fcfc4a7ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+Kernel driver lis3lv02d
+==================
+
+Supported chips:
+
+ * STMicroelectronics LIS3LV02DL and LIS3LV02DQ
+
+Author:
+ Yan Burman <burman.yan@gmail.com>
+ Eric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net>
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This driver provides support for the accelerometer found in various HP
+laptops sporting the feature officially called "HP Mobile Data
+Protection System 3D" or "HP 3D DriveGuard". It detect automatically
+laptops with this sensor. Known models (for now the HP 2133, nc6420,
+nc2510, nc8510, nc84x0, nw9440 and nx9420) will have their axis
+automatically oriented on standard way (eg: you can directly play
+neverball). The accelerometer data is readable via
+/sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d.
+
+Sysfs attributes under /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/:
+position - 3D position that the accelerometer reports. Format: "(x,y,z)"
+calibrate - read: values (x, y, z) that are used as the base for input
+ class device operation.
+ write: forces the base to be recalibrated with the current
+ position.
+rate - reports the sampling rate of the accelerometer device in HZ
+
+This driver also provides an absolute input class device, allowing
+the laptop to act as a pinball machine-esque joystick.
+
+Axes orientation
+----------------
+
+For better compatibility between the various laptops. The values reported by
+the accelerometer are converted into a "standard" organisation of the axes
+(aka "can play neverball out of the box"):
+ * When the laptop is horizontal the position reported is about 0 for X and Y
+and a positive value for Z
+ * If the left side is elevated, X increases (becomes positive)
+ * If the front side (where the touchpad is) is elevated, Y decreases
+ (becomes negative)
+ * If the laptop is put upside-down, Z becomes negative
+
+If your laptop model is not recognized (cf "dmesg"), you can send an
+email to the authors to add it to the database. When reporting a new
+laptop, please include the output of "dmidecode" plus the value of
+/sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position in these four cases.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm70 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm70
index 2bdd3feebf5..0d240291e3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm70
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm70
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
Kernel driver lm70
==================
-Supported chip:
+Supported chips:
* National Semiconductor LM70
Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM70.html
+ * Texas Instruments TMP121/TMP123
+ Information: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tmp121.html
Author:
Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan@designergraphix.com>
@@ -25,6 +27,14 @@ complement digital temperature (sent via the SIO line), is available in the
driver for interpretation. This driver makes use of the kernel's in-core
SPI support.
+As a real (in-tree) example of this "SPI protocol driver" interfacing
+with a "SPI master controller driver", see drivers/spi/spi_lm70llp.c
+and its associated documentation.
+
+The TMP121/TMP123 are very similar; main differences are 4 wire SPI inter-
+face (read only) and 13-bit temperature data (0.0625 degrees celsius reso-
+lution).
+
Thanks to
---------
Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> for mentoring the hwmon-side driver
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm85 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm85
index 40062074129..a13680871bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm85
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm85
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ configured individually according to the following options.
temperature. (PWM value from 0 to 255)
* pwm#_auto_pwm_minctl - this flags selects for temp#_auto_temp_off temperature
- the bahaviour of fans. Write 1 to let fans spinning at
+ the behaviour of fans. Write 1 to let fans spinning at
pwm#_auto_pwm_min or write 0 to let them off.
NOTE: It has been reported that there is a bug in the LM85 that causes the flag
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bae7a3adc5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+Kernel driver ltc4245
+=====================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * Linear Technology LTC4245
+ Prefix: 'ltc4245'
+ Addresses scanned: 0x20-0x3f
+ Datasheet:
+ http://www.linear.com/pc/downloadDocument.do?navId=H0,C1,C1003,C1006,C1140,P19392,D13517
+
+Author: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The LTC4245 controller allows a board to be safely inserted and removed
+from a live backplane in multiple supply systems such as CompactPCI and
+PCI Express.
+
+
+Usage Notes
+-----------
+
+This driver does not probe for LTC4245 devices, due to the fact that some
+of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will need to use
+the "force" parameter to tell the driver where to find the device.
+
+Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4245 at address 0x23
+on I2C bus #1:
+$ modprobe ltc4245 force=1,0x23
+
+
+Sysfs entries
+-------------
+
+The LTC4245 has built-in limits for over and under current warnings. This
+makes it very likely that the reference circuit will be used.
+
+This driver uses the values in the datasheet to change the register values
+into the values specified in the sysfs-interface document. The current readings
+rely on the sense resistors listed in Table 2: "Sense Resistor Values".
+
+in1_input 12v input voltage (mV)
+in2_input 5v input voltage (mV)
+in3_input 3v input voltage (mV)
+in4_input Vee (-12v) input voltage (mV)
+
+in1_min_alarm 12v input undervoltage alarm
+in2_min_alarm 5v input undervoltage alarm
+in3_min_alarm 3v input undervoltage alarm
+in4_min_alarm Vee (-12v) input undervoltage alarm
+
+curr1_input 12v current (mA)
+curr2_input 5v current (mA)
+curr3_input 3v current (mA)
+curr4_input Vee (-12v) current (mA)
+
+curr1_max_alarm 12v overcurrent alarm
+curr2_max_alarm 5v overcurrent alarm
+curr3_max_alarm 3v overcurrent alarm
+curr4_max_alarm Vee (-12v) overcurrent alarm
+
+in5_input 12v output voltage (mV)
+in6_input 5v output voltage (mV)
+in7_input 3v output voltage (mV)
+in8_input Vee (-12v) output voltage (mV)
+
+in5_min_alarm 12v output undervoltage alarm
+in6_min_alarm 5v output undervoltage alarm
+in7_min_alarm 3v output undervoltage alarm
+in8_min_alarm Vee (-12v) output undervoltage alarm
+
+in9_input GPIO #1 voltage data
+in10_input GPIO #2 voltage data
+in11_input GPIO #3 voltage data
+
+power1_input 12v power usage (mW)
+power2_input 5v power usage (mW)
+power3_input 3v power usage (mW)
+power4_input Vee (-12v) power usage (mW)
diff --git a/Documentation/ics932s401 b/Documentation/ics932s401
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07a739f406d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ics932s401
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Kernel driver ics932s401
+======================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * IDT ICS932S401
+ Prefix: 'ics932s401'
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x69
+ Datasheet: Publically available at the IDT website
+
+Author: Darrick J. Wong
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This driver implements support for the IDT ICS932S401 chip family.
+
+This chip has 4 clock outputs--a base clock for the CPU (which is likely
+multiplied to get the real CPU clock), a system clock, a PCI clock, a USB
+clock, and a reference clock. The driver reports selected and actual
+frequency. If spread spectrum mode is enabled, the driver also reports by what
+percent the clock signal is being spread, which should be between 0 and -0.5%.
+All frequencies are reported in KHz.
+
+The ICS932S401 monitors all inputs continuously. The driver will not read
+the registers more often than once every other second.
+
+Special Features
+----------------
+
+The clocks could be reprogrammed to increase system speed. I will not help you
+do this, as you risk damaging your system!
diff --git a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
index d5885468b07..98152bcd515 100644
--- a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ unplug old device(s) and plug new device(s)
# echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/scan
done
+
+NOTE: please make sure that partitions are unmounted and that there are
+no other active references to devices before doing "delete_devices" step,
+also do not attempt "scan" step on devices currently in use -- otherwise
+results may be unpredictable and lead to data loss if you're unlucky
diff --git a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
index 81905e81585..7f8b9d97bc4 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ pressed or released a BUTTON_IRQ happens. The driver could look like:
static struct input_dev *button_dev;
-static void button_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy, struct pt_regs *fp)
+static irqreturn_t button_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy)
{
input_report_key(button_dev, BTN_0, inb(BUTTON_PORT) & 1);
input_sync(button_dev);
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
}
static int __init button_init(void)
diff --git a/Documentation/input/walkera0701.txt b/Documentation/input/walkera0701.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f4289efc5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/input/walkera0701.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+
+Walkera WK-0701 transmitter is supplied with a ready to fly Walkera
+helicopters such as HM36, HM37, HM60. The walkera0701 module enables to use
+this transmitter as joystick
+
+Devel homepage and download:
+http://zub.fei.tuke.sk/walkera-wk0701/
+
+or use cogito:
+cg-clone http://zub.fei.tuke.sk/GIT/walkera0701-joystick
+
+
+Connecting to PC:
+
+At back side of transmitter S-video connector can be found. Modulation
+pulses from processor to HF part can be found at pin 2 of this connector,
+pin 3 is GND. Between pin 3 and CPU 5k6 resistor can be found. To get
+modulation pulses to PC, signal pulses must be amplified.
+
+Cable: (walkera TX to parport)
+
+Walkera WK-0701 TX S-VIDEO connector:
+ (back side of TX)
+ __ __ S-video: canon25
+ / |_| \ pin 2 (signal) NPN parport
+ / O 4 3 O \ pin 3 (GND) LED ________________ 10 ACK
+ ( O 2 1 O ) | C
+ \ ___ / 2 ________________________|\|_____|/
+ | [___] | |/| B |\
+ ------- 3 __________________________________|________________ 25 GND
+ E
+
+
+I use green LED and BC109 NPN transistor.
+
+Software:
+
+Build kernel with walkera0701 module. Module walkera0701 need exclusive
+access to parport, modules like lp must be unloaded before loading
+walkera0701 module, check dmesg for error messages. Connect TX to PC by
+cable and run jstest /dev/input/js0 to see values from TX. If no value can
+be changed by TX "joystick", check output from /proc/interrupts. Value for
+(usually irq7) parport must increase if TX is on.
+
+
+
+Technical details:
+
+Driver use interrupt from parport ACK input bit to measure pulse length
+using hrtimers.
+
+Frame format:
+Based on walkera WK-0701 PCM Format description by Shaul Eizikovich.
+(downloaded from http://www.smartpropoplus.com/Docs/Walkera_Wk-0701_PCM.pdf)
+
+Signal pulses:
+ (ANALOG)
+ SYNC BIN OCT
+ +---------+ +------+
+ | | | |
+--+ +------+ +---
+
+Frame:
+ SYNC , BIN1, OCT1, BIN2, OCT2 ... BIN24, OCT24, BIN25, next frame SYNC ..
+
+pulse length:
+ Binary values: Analog octal values:
+
+ 288 uS Binary 0 318 uS 000
+ 438 uS Binary 1 398 uS 001
+ 478 uS 010
+ 558 uS 011
+ 638 uS 100
+ 1306 uS SYNC 718 uS 101
+ 798 uS 110
+ 878 uS 111
+
+24 bin+oct values + 1 bin value = 24*4+1 bits = 97 bits
+
+(Warning, pulses on ACK ar inverted by transistor, irq is rised up on sync
+to bin change or octal value to bin change).
+
+Binary data representations:
+
+One binary and octal value can be grouped to nibble. 24 nibbles + one binary
+values can be sampled between sync pulses.
+
+Values for first four channels (analog joystick values) can be found in
+first 10 nibbles. Analog value is represented by one sign bit and 9 bit
+absolute binary value. (10 bits per channel). Next nibble is checksum for
+first ten nibbles.
+
+Next nibbles 12 .. 21 represents four channels (not all channels can be
+directly controlled from TX). Binary representations ar the same as in first
+four channels. In nibbles 22 and 23 is a special magic number. Nibble 24 is
+checksum for nibbles 12..23.
+
+After last octal value for nibble 24 and next sync pulse one additional
+binary value can be sampled. This bit and magic number is not used in
+software driver. Some details about this magic numbers can be found in
+Walkera_Wk-0701_PCM.pdf.
+
+Checksum calculation:
+
+Summary of octal values in nibbles must be same as octal value in checksum
+nibble (only first 3 bits are used). Binary value for checksum nibble is
+calculated by sum of binary values in checked nibbles + sum of octal values
+in checked nibbles divided by 8. Only bit 0 of this sum is used.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX b/Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2fe4d4729e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+00-INDEX
+ - this file
+cdrom.txt
+ - summary of CDROM ioctl calls
+hdio.txt
+ - summary of HDIO_ ioctl calls
+ioctl-decoding.txt
+ - how to decode the bits of an IOCTL code
+ioctl-number.txt
+ - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
index b880ce5dbd3..f1d63990332 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
'B' C0-FF advanced bbus
<mailto:maassen@uni-freiburg.de>
'C' all linux/soundcard.h
-'D' all asm-s390/dasd.h
+'D' all arch/s390/include/asm/dasd.h
'E' all linux/input.h
'F' all linux/fb.h
'H' all linux/hiddev.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
<http://linux01.gwdg.de/~alatham/ppdd.html>
'M' all linux/soundcard.h
'N' 00-1F drivers/usb/scanner.h
+'O' 00-02 include/mtd/ubi-user.h UBI
'P' all linux/soundcard.h
'Q' all linux/soundcard.h
'R' 00-1F linux/random.h
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
'S' 80-81 scsi/scsi_ioctl.h conflict!
'S' 82-FF scsi/scsi.h conflict!
'T' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
-'T' all asm-i386/ioctls.h conflict!
+'T' all arch/x86/include/asm/ioctls.h conflict!
'U' 00-EF linux/drivers/usb/usb.h
'V' all linux/vt.h
'W' 00-1F linux/watchdog.h conflict!
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
<mailto:natalia@nikhefk.nikhef.nl>
'c' 00-7F linux/comstats.h conflict!
'c' 00-7F linux/coda.h conflict!
-'c' 80-9F asm-s390/chsc.h
+'c' 80-9F arch/s390/include/asm/chsc.h
'd' 00-FF linux/char/drm/drm/h conflict!
'd' 00-DF linux/video_decoder.h conflict!
'd' F0-FF linux/digi1.h
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
'n' 00-7F linux/ncp_fs.h
'n' E0-FF video/matrox.h matroxfb
'o' 00-1F fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h OCFS2
+'o' 00-03 include/mtd/ubi-user.h conflict! (OCFS2 and UBI overlaps)
+'o' 40-41 include/mtd/ubi-user.h UBI
+'o' 01-A1 include/linux/dvb/*.h DVB
'p' 00-0F linux/phantom.h conflict! (OpenHaptics needs this)
'p' 00-3F linux/mc146818rtc.h conflict!
'p' 40-7F linux/nvram.h
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
<mailto:oe@port.de>
0x80 00-1F linux/fb.h
0x81 00-1F linux/videotext.h
-0x89 00-06 asm-i386/sockios.h
+0x89 00-06 arch/x86/include/asm/sockios.h
0x89 0B-DF linux/sockios.h
0x89 E0-EF linux/sockios.h SIOCPROTOPRIVATE range
0x89 F0-FF linux/sockios.h SIOCDEVPRIVATE range
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX b/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX
index 11464428545..e8d2b6d83a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
00-INDEX
- - this file: info on the kernel build process
+ - this file: info on the kernel build process
+kbuild.txt
+ - developer information on kbuild
+kconfig.txt
+ - usage help for make *config
kconfig-language.txt
- specification of Config Language, the language in Kconfig files
makefiles.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..923f9ddee8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+Environment variables
+
+KCPPFLAGS
+--------------------------------------------------
+Additional options to pass when preprocessing. The preprocessing options
+will be used in all cases where kbuild do preprocessing including
+building C files and assembler files.
+
+KAFLAGS
+--------------------------------------------------
+Additional options to the assembler.
+
+KCFLAGS
+--------------------------------------------------
+Additional options to the C compiler.
+
+KBUILD_VERBOSE
+--------------------------------------------------
+Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assinged same values as "V=...".
+See make help for the full list.
+Setting "V=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_VERBOSE.
+
+KBUILD_EXTMOD
+--------------------------------------------------
+Set the directory to look for the kernel source when building external
+modules.
+The directory can be specified in several ways:
+1) Use "M=..." on the command line
+2) Environmnet variable KBUILD_EXTMOD
+3) Environmnet variable SUBDIRS
+The possibilities are listed in the order they take precedence.
+Using "M=..." will always override the others.
+
+KBUILD_OUTPUT
+--------------------------------------------------
+Specify the output directory when building the kernel.
+The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...".
+Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT
+
+ARCH
+--------------------------------------------------
+Set ARCH to the architecture to be built.
+In most cases the name of the architecture is the same as the
+directory name found in the arch/ directory.
+But some architectures suach as x86 and sparc has aliases.
+x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit
+sparc: sparc for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit
+
+CROSS_COMPILE
+--------------------------------------------------
+Specify an optional fixed part of the binutils filename.
+CROSS_COMPILE can be a part of the filename or the full path.
+
+CROSS_COMPILE is also used for ccache is some setups.
+
+CF
+--------------------------------------------------
+Additional options for sparse.
+CF is often used on the command-line like this:
+
+ make CF=-Wbitwise C=2
+
+INSTALL_PATH
+--------------------------------------------------
+INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system map
+images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values
+
+
+MODLIB
+--------------------------------------------------
+Specify where to install modules.
+The default value is:
+
+ $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)
+
+The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored.
+
+INSTALL_MOD_PATH
+--------------------------------------------------
+INSTALL_MOD_PATH specifies a prefix to MODLIB for module directory
+relocations required by build roots. This is not defined in the
+makefile but the argument can be passed to make if needed.
+
+INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
+--------------------------------------------------
+INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be
+stripped after they are installed. If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
+the default option --strip-debug will be used. Otherwise,
+INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command.
+
+INSTALL_FW_PATH
+--------------------------------------------------
+INSTALL_FW_PATH specify where to install the firmware blobs.
+The default value is:
+
+ $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware
+
+The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored.
+
+INSTALL_HDR_PATH
+--------------------------------------------------
+INSTALL_HDR_PATH specify where to install user space headers when
+executing "make headers_*".
+The default value is:
+
+ $(objtree)/usr
+
+$(objtree) is the directory where output files are saved.
+The output directory is often set using "O=..." on the commandline.
+
+The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored.
+
+KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN
+--------------------------------------------------
+KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid error out in case of undefined
+symbols in the final module linking stage.
+
+KBUILD_MODPOST_FINAL
+--------------------------------------------------
+KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL can be set to skip the final link of modules.
+This is solely usefull to speed up test compiles.
+
+KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
+--------------------------------------------------
+For modules use symbols from another modules.
+See more details in modules.txt.
+
+ALLSOURCE_ARCHS
+--------------------------------------------------
+For tags/TAGS/cscope targets, you can specify more than one archs
+to be included in the databases, separated by blankspace. e.g.
+
+ $ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS="x86 mips arm" tags
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26a7c0a9319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+This file contains some assistance for using "make *config".
+
+Use "make help" to list all of the possible configuration targets.
+
+The xconfig ('qconf') and menuconfig ('mconf') programs also
+have embedded help text. Be sure to check it for navigation,
+search, and other general help text.
+
+======================================================================
+General
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+New kernel releases often introduce new config symbols. Often more
+important, new kernel releases may rename config symbols. When
+this happens, using a previously working .config file and running
+"make oldconfig" won't necessarily produce a working new kernel
+for you, so you may find that you need to see what NEW kernel
+symbols have been introduced.
+
+To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use
+
+ cp user/some/old.config .config
+ yes "" | make oldconfig >conf.new
+
+and the config program will list as (NEW) any new symbols that have
+unknown values. Of course, the .config file is also updated with
+new (default) values, so you can use:
+
+ grep "(NEW)" conf.new
+
+to see the new config symbols or you can 'diff' the previous and
+new .config files to see the differences:
+
+ diff .config.old .config | less
+
+(Yes, we need something better here.)
+
+
+======================================================================
+menuconfig
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+SEARCHING for CONFIG symbols
+
+Searching in menuconfig:
+
+ The Search function searches for kernel configuration symbol
+ names, so you have to know something close to what you are
+ looking for.
+
+ Example:
+ /hotplug
+ This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
+ e.g., HOTPLUG, HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
+
+ For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
+ <Help>) and Enter. This will tell you that you can also use
+ regular expressions (regexes) in the search string, so if you
+ are not interested in MEMORY_HOTPLUG, you could try
+
+ /^hotplug
+
+
+______________________________________________________________________
+Color Themes for 'menuconfig'
+
+It is possible to select different color themes using the variable
+MENUCONFIG_COLOR. To select a theme use:
+
+ make MENUCONFIG_COLOR=<theme> menuconfig
+
+Available themes are:
+ mono => selects colors suitable for monochrome displays
+ blackbg => selects a color scheme with black background
+ classic => theme with blue background. The classic look
+ bluetitle => a LCD friendly version of classic. (default)
+
+______________________________________________________________________
+Environment variables in 'menuconfig'
+
+KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG
+--------------------------------------------------
+(partially based on lkml email from/by Rob Landley, re: miniconfig)
+--------------------------------------------------
+The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can
+also use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG as a flag or a
+filename that contains config symbols that the user requires to be
+set to a specific value. If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG is used without a
+filename, "make *config" checks for a file named
+"all{yes/mod/no/random}.config" (corresponding to the *config command
+that was used) for symbol values that are to be forced. If this file
+is not found, it checks for a file named "all.config" to contain forced
+values.
+
+This enables you to create "miniature" config (miniconfig) or custom
+config files containing just the config symbols that you are interested
+in. Then the kernel config system generates the full .config file,
+including dependencies of your miniconfig file, based on the miniconfig
+file.
+
+This 'KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG' file is a config file which contains
+(usually a subset of all) preset config symbols. These variable
+settings are still subject to normal dependency checks.
+
+Examples:
+ KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=custom-notebook.config make allnoconfig
+or
+ KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=mini.config make allnoconfig
+or
+ make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=mini.config allnoconfig
+
+These examples will disable most options (allnoconfig) but enable or
+disable the options that are explicitly listed in the specified
+mini-config files.
+
+KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE
+--------------------------------------------------
+If this variable has a non-blank value, it prevents silent kernel
+config udpates (requires explicit updates).
+
+KCONFIG_CONFIG
+--------------------------------------------------
+This environment variable can be used to specify a default kernel config
+file name to override the default name of ".config".
+
+KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG
+--------------------------------------------------
+If you set KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG in the environment, Kconfig will not
+break symlinks when .config is a symlink to somewhere else.
+
+KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP
+--------------------------------------------------
+If this environment variable exists and is non-null, the timestamp line
+in generated .config files is omitted.
+
+KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG
+--------------------------------------------------
+This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
+"auto.conf" file. Its default value is "include/config/auto.conf".
+
+KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER
+--------------------------------------------------
+This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
+"autoconf.h" (header) file. Its default value is "include/linux/autoconf.h".
+
+______________________________________________________________________
+menuconfig User Interface Options
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+MENUCONFIG_MODE
+--------------------------------------------------
+This mode shows all sub-menus in one large tree.
+
+Example:
+ MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu make menuconfig
+
+======================================================================
+xconfig
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Searching in xconfig:
+
+ The Search function searches for kernel configuration symbol
+ names, so you have to know something close to what you are
+ looking for.
+
+ Example:
+ Ctrl-F hotplug
+ or
+ Menu: File, Search, hotplug
+
+ lists all config symbol entries that contain "hotplug" in
+ the symbol name. In this Search dialog, you may change the
+ config setting for any of the entries that are not grayed out.
+ You can also enter a different search string without having
+ to return to the main menu.
+
+
+======================================================================
+gconfig
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Searching in gconfig:
+
+ None (gconfig isn't maintained as well as xconfig or menuconfig);
+ however, gconfig does have a few more viewing choices than
+ xconfig does.
+
+###
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 7a7753321a2..51104f9194a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -383,6 +383,20 @@ more details, with real examples.
to prerequisites are referenced with $(src) (because they are not
generated files).
+ $(kecho)
+ echoing information to user in a rule is often a good practice
+ but when execution "make -s" one does not expect to see any output
+ except for warnings/errors.
+ To support this kbuild define $(kecho) which will echo out the
+ text following $(kecho) to stdout except if "make -s" is used.
+
+ Example:
+ #arch/blackfin/boot/Makefile
+ $(obj)/vmImage: $(obj)/vmlinux.gz
+ $(call if_changed,uimage)
+ @$(kecho) 'Kernel: $@ is ready'
+
+
--- 3.11 $(CC) support functions
The kernel may be built with several different versions of
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
index 1821c077b43..b1096da953c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ following files:
# Module specific targets
genbin:
- echo "X" > 8123_bin_shipped
+ echo "X" > 8123_bin.o_shipped
In example 2, we are down to two fairly simple files and for simple
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ following files:
# Module specific targets
genbin:
- echo "X" > 8123_bin_shipped
+ echo "X" > 8123_bin.o_shipped
endif
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index c6841eee959..d73fbd2b2b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ The @argument descriptions must begin on the very next line following
this opening short function description line, with no intervening
empty comment lines.
+If a function parameter is "..." (varargs), it should be listed in
+kernel-doc notation as:
+ * @...: description
+
+
Example kernel-doc data structure comment.
/**
@@ -282,6 +287,32 @@ struct my_struct {
};
+Including documentation blocks in source files
+----------------------------------------------
+
+To facilitate having source code and comments close together, you can
+include kernel-doc documentation blocks that are free-form comments
+instead of being kernel-doc for functions, structures, unions,
+enums, or typedefs. This could be used for something like a
+theory of operation for a driver or library code, for example.
+
+This is done by using a DOC: section keyword with a section title. E.g.:
+
+/**
+ * DOC: Theory of Operation
+ *
+ * The whizbang foobar is a dilly of a gizmo. It can do whatever you
+ * want it to do, at any time. It reads your mind. Here's how it works.
+ *
+ * foo bar splat
+ *
+ * The only drawback to this gizmo is that is can sometimes damage
+ * hardware, software, or its subject(s).
+ */
+
+DOC: sections are used in SGML templates files as indicated below.
+
+
How to make new SGML template files
-----------------------------------
@@ -302,6 +333,9 @@ exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL.
!F<filename> <function [functions...]> is replaced by the
documentation, in <filename>, for the functions listed.
+!P<filename> <section title> is replaced by the contents of the DOC:
+section titled <section title> from <filename>.
+Spaces are allowed in <section title>; do not quote the <section title>.
Tim.
*/ <twaugh@redhat.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c86c0745971..8511d3532c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ parameter is applicable:
SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled.
SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
+ FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
+ UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
USB USB support is enabled.
USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading
strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
strictly ACPI specification compliant.
+ rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
@@ -149,16 +152,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
default: 0
acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
- Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, old_ordering }
- See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode.
+ Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
+ old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
+ See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
+ s3_bios and s3_mode.
s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
used during resume from hibernation.
old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
- control method, wrt putting devices into low power
- states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS is
- used by default).
+ control method, with respect to putting devices into
+ low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
+ of _PTS is used by default).
+ s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
+ ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
Format: { level | edge | high | low }
@@ -193,64 +200,50 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
- acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
+ acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
that require a timer override, but don't have
HPET
- acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI]
- Format: <int>
- Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer,
- 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time
- debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set
- via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer.
- CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output.
- Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable debug output
- for specific parts of the ACPI subsystem:
- 0x01 utilities 0x02 hardware 0x04 events 0x08 tables
- 0x10 namespace 0x20 parser 0x40 dispatcher
- 0x80 executer 0x100 resources 0x200 acpica debugger
- 0x400 os services 0x800 acpica disassembler.
- The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex.
- Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
- output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
-
- acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI]
+ acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI]
+ acpi_backlight=vendor
+ acpi_backlight=video
+ If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
+ (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
+ of the ACPI video.ko driver.
+
+ acpi_display_output= [HW,ACPI]
+ acpi_display_output=vendor
+ acpi_display_output=video
+ See above.
+
+ acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
+ acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
Format: <int>
- Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level,
- which corresponds to the level in an ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT
- statement. After system has booted up, this mask
- can be set via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level.
-
- CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce
- any output. The number can be in decimal or prefixed
- with 0x in hex. Some of these options produce so much
- output that the system is unusable.
-
- The following global components are defined by the
- ACPI CA:
- 0x01 error
- 0x02 warn
- 0x04 init
- 0x08 debug object
- 0x10 info
- 0x20 init names
- 0x40 parse
- 0x80 load
- 0x100 dispatch
- 0x200 execute
- 0x400 names
- 0x800 operation region
- 0x1000 bfield
- 0x2000 tables
- 0x4000 values
- 0x8000 objects
- 0x10000 resources
- 0x20000 user requests
- 0x40000 package
- The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex.
- Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
- output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
+ CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
+ debug output. Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
+ _COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
+ #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
+ Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
+ ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
+ ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
+ The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See
+ Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
+ debug layers and levels.
+
+ Enable processor driver info messages:
+ acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
+ Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
+ acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
+ Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
+ object while interpreting AML:
+ acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
+ Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
+ acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
+
+ Some values produce so much output that the system is
+ unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
+ if you need to capture more output.
acpi.power_nocheck= [HW,ACPI]
Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state.
@@ -311,7 +304,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Possible values are:
isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far
as possible, will get its own protection
- domain)
+ domain) [default]
+ share - put every device behind one IOMMU into the
+ same protection domain
fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
flushed before they will be reused, which
@@ -480,8 +475,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
- include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h for the valid bit numbers.
- Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
+ arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h for the valid bit
+ numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
ones should be.
Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
@@ -562,6 +557,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
to work with serial and VGA consoles.
+ coredump_filter=
+ [KNL] Change the default value for
+ /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
+ See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
+
cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
Format:
<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
digiepca= [HW,SERIAL]
See drivers/char/README.epca and
- Documentation/digiepca.txt.
+ Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt.
disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c.
floppy= [HW]
- See Documentation/floppy.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
force_pal_cache_flush
[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
@@ -765,6 +765,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
+ ftrace=[tracer]
+ [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+ as early as possible in order to facilitate early
+ boot debugging.
+
+ ftrace_dump_on_oops
+ [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -826,6 +834,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
+ hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
+ terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
+
i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
@@ -872,17 +883,19 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
idle= [X86]
- Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
- Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance
- of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system
- run hot. Not recommended.
- idle=mwait. On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but the kernel chose
- to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle
- loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same
- as idle=poll.
- idle=halt. Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
+ Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
+ Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
+ improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
+ will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
+ Not recommended.
+ idle=mwait: On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but
+ the kernel chose to not use it because it doesn't save
+ as much power as a normal idle loop, use the
+ MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be
+ the same as idle=poll.
+ idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
- idle=nomwait. Disable mwait for CPU C-states
+ idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
@@ -913,6 +926,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
inttest= [IA64]
+ iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
+ strict regions from userspace.
+ relaxed
+
iommu= [x86]
off
force
@@ -1064,8 +1081,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
disabled it.
- lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in
- C2 power state.
+ lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer
+ in C2 power state.
libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control
libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
@@ -1117,8 +1134,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
If there are multiple matching configurations changing
the same attribute, the last one is used.
+ lmb=debug [KNL] Enable lmb debug messages.
+
load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
- See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
Format: <integer>
@@ -1210,8 +1229,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
the IO APIC.
- max_addr=[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or
- equal to this physical address is ignored.
+ max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than
+ or equal to this physical address is ignored.
max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe.
Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.
@@ -1311,6 +1330,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
mga= [HW,DRM]
+ min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
+ physical address is ignored.
+
mminit_loglevel=
[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
@@ -1405,7 +1427,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
when a NMI is triggered.
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
- nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ Format: [panic,][num]
+ Valid num: 0,1,2
+ 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
+ 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
+ 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
+ a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance
+ counter and the local APIC's performance vector.
+ When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
+ This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
+ quickly up again.
+ Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
+ symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
+ Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
@@ -1461,6 +1496,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
use it.
+ no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The
+ only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
+ is to be setuid root or executed by root.
+
nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
@@ -1530,6 +1569,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
+ noswapaccount [KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource
+ controller. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt)
+
nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
@@ -1549,6 +1591,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
+ ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
+ See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
+ info.
+
olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
command is not properly ACKed, override the length
@@ -1613,7 +1659,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
pcd. [PARIDE]
See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
- See also Documentation/paride.txt.
+ See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
@@ -1638,6 +1684,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
+ noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
+ Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
+ should never be necessary.
+ ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
+ primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
+ boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
+ when the system masks IRQs.
+ noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
+ boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
+ a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
+ The opposite of ioapicreroute.
biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
on several machines and they hang the machine
@@ -1714,7 +1771,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
pd. [PARIDE]
- See Documentation/paride.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
boot time.
@@ -1722,10 +1779,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
pf. [PARIDE]
- See Documentation/paride.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
pg. [PARIDE]
- See Documentation/paride.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
@@ -1762,10 +1819,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
autoconfiguration.
Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
- dynamic_printk
- Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
- CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. These can also
- be switched on/off via <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
+ dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
+ CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
+ These can also be switched on/off via
+ <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
print-fatal-signals=
[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
@@ -1795,7 +1852,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
before loading.
- See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
@@ -1815,7 +1872,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
<io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
pt. [PARIDE]
- See Documentation/paride.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
pty.legacy_count=
[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
@@ -1829,10 +1886,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See Documentation/md.txt.
ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM]
- See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
- See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
+ See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT]
Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
@@ -1853,7 +1910,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
reboot= [BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
- See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
+ See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
relax_domain_level=
[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
@@ -2164,7 +2221,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See Documentation/sonypi.txt
specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter
- See Documentation/specialix.txt.
+ See Documentation/serial/specialix.txt.
spia_io_base= [HW,MTD]
spia_fio_base=
@@ -2177,6 +2234,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
+ stacktrace [FTRACE]
+ Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
+
sti= [PARISC,HW]
Format: <num>
Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
@@ -2250,7 +2310,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI]
-1: disable all passive trip points
- <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this value
+ <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
+ value
thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI]
Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
@@ -2261,12 +2322,27 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See comment before function dc390_setup() in
drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.
+ topology= [S390]
+ Format: {off | on}
+ Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
+ topology informations if the hardware supports these.
+ The scheduler will make use of these informations and
+ e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
+ Default is off.
+
tp720= [HW,PS2]
trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
Format:
<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
+ tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
+ Format: <string>
+ [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
+ disables clocksource verification at runtime.
+ Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
+ hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+
turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
TurboGraFX parallel port interface
Format:
@@ -2323,6 +2399,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
usbhid.mousepoll=
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
+ usb-storage.delay_use=
+ [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
+ scanned for Logical Units (default 5).
+
+ usb-storage.quirks=
+ [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
+ override the built-in unusual_devs list. List
+ entries are separated by commas. Each entry has
+ the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
+ and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
+ Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
+ to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
+ a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
+ of sense data);
+ c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
+ device capacity by one sector);
+ h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
+ reported device capacity by one
+ sector if the number is odd);
+ i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
+ device);
+ l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
+ unlock ejectable media);
+ m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
+ than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
+ o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
+ reported by the device);
+ r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
+ bogus residue values);
+ s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
+ Logical Unit);
+ w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
+ medium is write-protected).
+ Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
+
add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
kernel's map of available physical RAM.
@@ -2383,8 +2494,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
- norandmaps Don't use address space randomization
- Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+ norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
+ echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
______________________________________________________________________
diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
index f5d2aad65a6..b2e374586bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ the name of the kobject, call kobject_rename():
int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name);
-Note kobject_rename does perform any locking or have a solid notion of
-what names are valid so the provide must provide their own sanity checking
+kobject_rename does not perform any locking or have a solid notion of
+what names are valid so the caller must provide their own sanity checking
and serialization.
There is a function called kobject_set_name() but that is legacy cruft and
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
index a79633d702b..48b3de90eb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
@@ -497,7 +497,10 @@ The first column provides the kernel address where the probe is inserted.
The second column identifies the type of probe (k - kprobe, r - kretprobe
and j - jprobe), while the third column specifies the symbol+offset of
the probe. If the probed function belongs to a module, the module name
-is also specified.
+is also specified. Following columns show probe status. If the probe is on
+a virtual address that is no longer valid (module init sections, module
+virtual addresses that correspond to modules that've been unloaded),
+such probes are marked with [GONE].
/debug/kprobes/enabled: Turn kprobes ON/OFF
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 71f0fe1fc1b..41bc99fa188 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
- Version 0.21
- May 29th, 2008
+ Version 0.22
+ November 23rd, 2008
Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers.
This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release
0.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was
moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel
-2.6.22, and release 0.14.
+2.6.22, and release 0.14. It was moved to drivers/platform/x86 for
+kernel 2.6.29 and release 0.22.
The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module
names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues.
@@ -1412,6 +1413,24 @@ Sysfs notes:
rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to
Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
+EXPERIMENTAL: UWB
+-----------------
+
+This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively
+tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet. The feature may not
+work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply
+the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
+
+sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw"
+
+This feature exports an rfkill controller for the UWB device, if one is
+present and enabled in the BIOS.
+
+Sysfs notes:
+
+ rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to
+ Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
+
Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
------------------------------------
@@ -1475,7 +1494,7 @@ Sysfs interface changelog:
0x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
support. If you must, use it to know you should not
- start an userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
+ start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
unneeded/undesired in the first place).
0x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index 804520633fc..f2dbbf3bdea 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -481,51 +481,6 @@ static unsigned long load_initrd(const char *name, unsigned long mem)
/* We return the initrd size. */
return len;
}
-
-/* Once we know how much memory we have we can construct simple linear page
- * tables which set virtual == physical which will get the Guest far enough
- * into the boot to create its own.
- *
- * We lay them out of the way, just below the initrd (which is why we need to
- * know its size here). */
-static unsigned long setup_pagetables(unsigned long mem,
- unsigned long initrd_size)
-{
- unsigned long *pgdir, *linear;
- unsigned int mapped_pages, i, linear_pages;
- unsigned int ptes_per_page = getpagesize()/sizeof(void *);
-
- mapped_pages = mem/getpagesize();
-
- /* Each PTE page can map ptes_per_page pages: how many do we need? */
- linear_pages = (mapped_pages + ptes_per_page-1)/ptes_per_page;
-
- /* We put the toplevel page directory page at the top of memory. */
- pgdir = from_guest_phys(mem) - initrd_size - getpagesize();
-
- /* Now we use the next linear_pages pages as pte pages */
- linear = (void *)pgdir - linear_pages*getpagesize();
-
- /* Linear mapping is easy: put every page's address into the mapping in
- * order. PAGE_PRESENT contains the flags Present, Writable and
- * Executable. */
- for (i = 0; i < mapped_pages; i++)
- linear[i] = ((i * getpagesize()) | PAGE_PRESENT);
-
- /* The top level points to the linear page table pages above. */
- for (i = 0; i < mapped_pages; i += ptes_per_page) {
- pgdir[i/ptes_per_page]
- = ((to_guest_phys(linear) + i*sizeof(void *))
- | PAGE_PRESENT);
- }
-
- verbose("Linear mapping of %u pages in %u pte pages at %#lx\n",
- mapped_pages, linear_pages, to_guest_phys(linear));
-
- /* We return the top level (guest-physical) address: the kernel needs
- * to know where it is. */
- return to_guest_phys(pgdir);
-}
/*:*/
/* Simple routine to roll all the commandline arguments together with spaces
@@ -548,13 +503,13 @@ static void concat(char *dst, char *args[])
/*L:185 This is where we actually tell the kernel to initialize the Guest. We
* saw the arguments it expects when we looked at initialize() in lguest_user.c:
- * the base of Guest "physical" memory, the top physical page to allow, the
- * top level pagetable and the entry point for the Guest. */
-static int tell_kernel(unsigned long pgdir, unsigned long start)
+ * the base of Guest "physical" memory, the top physical page to allow and the
+ * entry point for the Guest. */
+static int tell_kernel(unsigned long start)
{
unsigned long args[] = { LHREQ_INITIALIZE,
(unsigned long)guest_base,
- guest_limit / getpagesize(), pgdir, start };
+ guest_limit / getpagesize(), start };
int fd;
verbose("Guest: %p - %p (%#lx)\n",
@@ -1030,7 +985,7 @@ static void update_device_status(struct device *dev)
/* Zero out the virtqueues. */
for (vq = dev->vq; vq; vq = vq->next) {
memset(vq->vring.desc, 0,
- vring_size(vq->config.num, getpagesize()));
+ vring_size(vq->config.num, LGUEST_VRING_ALIGN));
lg_last_avail(vq) = 0;
}
} else if (dev->desc->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FAILED) {
@@ -1211,7 +1166,7 @@ static void add_virtqueue(struct device *dev, unsigned int num_descs,
void *p;
/* First we need some memory for this virtqueue. */
- pages = (vring_size(num_descs, getpagesize()) + getpagesize() - 1)
+ pages = (vring_size(num_descs, LGUEST_VRING_ALIGN) + getpagesize() - 1)
/ getpagesize();
p = get_pages(pages);
@@ -1228,7 +1183,7 @@ static void add_virtqueue(struct device *dev, unsigned int num_descs,
vq->config.pfn = to_guest_phys(p) / getpagesize();
/* Initialize the vring. */
- vring_init(&vq->vring, num_descs, p, getpagesize());
+ vring_init(&vq->vring, num_descs, p, LGUEST_VRING_ALIGN);
/* Append virtqueue to this device's descriptor. We use
* device_config() to get the end of the device's current virtqueues;
@@ -1941,7 +1896,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
/* Memory, top-level pagetable, code startpoint and size of the
* (optional) initrd. */
- unsigned long mem = 0, pgdir, start, initrd_size = 0;
+ unsigned long mem = 0, start, initrd_size = 0;
/* Two temporaries and the /dev/lguest file descriptor. */
int i, c, lguest_fd;
/* The boot information for the Guest. */
@@ -2040,9 +1995,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
boot->hdr.type_of_loader = 0xFF;
}
- /* Set up the initial linear pagetables, starting below the initrd. */
- pgdir = setup_pagetables(mem, initrd_size);
-
/* The Linux boot header contains an "E820" memory map: ours is a
* simple, single region. */
boot->e820_entries = 1;
@@ -2064,7 +2016,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
/* We tell the kernel to initialize the Guest: this returns the open
* /dev/lguest file descriptor. */
- lguest_fd = tell_kernel(pgdir, start);
+ lguest_fd = tell_kernel(start);
/* We clone off a thread, which wakes the Launcher whenever one of the
* input file descriptors needs attention. We call this the Waker, and
diff --git a/Documentation/local_ops.txt b/Documentation/local_ops.txt
index f4f8b1c6c8b..23045b8b50f 100644
--- a/Documentation/local_ops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/local_ops.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void do_test_timer(unsigned long data)
int cpu;
/* Increment the counters */
- on_each_cpu(test_each, NULL, 0, 1);
+ on_each_cpu(test_each, NULL, 1);
/* Read all the counters */
printk("Counters read from CPU %d\n", smp_processor_id());
for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
diff --git a/Documentation/lockstat.txt b/Documentation/lockstat.txt
index 4ba4664ce5c..9cb9138f7a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/lockstat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/lockstat.txt
@@ -71,35 +71,50 @@ Look at the current lock statistics:
# less /proc/lock_stat
-01 lock_stat version 0.2
+01 lock_stat version 0.3
02 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
03 class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total
04 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
05
-06 &inode->i_data.tree_lock-W: 15 21657 0.18 1093295.30 11547131054.85 58 10415 0.16 87.51 6387.60
-07 &inode->i_data.tree_lock-R: 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 23302 231198 0.25 8.45 98023.38
-08 --------------------------
-09 &inode->i_data.tree_lock 0 [<ffffffff8027c08f>] add_to_page_cache+0x5f/0x190
-10
-11 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
-12
-13 dcache_lock: 1037 1161 0.38 45.32 774.51 6611 243371 0.15 306.48 77387.24
-14 -----------
-15 dcache_lock 180 [<ffffffff802c0d7e>] sys_getcwd+0x11e/0x230
-16 dcache_lock 165 [<ffffffff802c002a>] d_alloc+0x15a/0x210
-17 dcache_lock 33 [<ffffffff8035818d>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x4d/0x70
-18 dcache_lock 1 [<ffffffff802beef8>] shrink_dcache_parent+0x18/0x130
+06 &mm->mmap_sem-W: 233 538 18446744073708 22924.27 607243.51 1342 45806 1.71 8595.89 1180582.34
+07 &mm->mmap_sem-R: 205 587 18446744073708 28403.36 731975.00 1940 412426 0.58 187825.45 6307502.88
+08 ---------------
+09 &mm->mmap_sem 487 [<ffffffff8053491f>] do_page_fault+0x466/0x928
+10 &mm->mmap_sem 179 [<ffffffff802a6200>] sys_mprotect+0xcd/0x21d
+11 &mm->mmap_sem 279 [<ffffffff80210a57>] sys_mmap+0x75/0xce
+12 &mm->mmap_sem 76 [<ffffffff802a490b>] sys_munmap+0x32/0x59
+13 ---------------
+14 &mm->mmap_sem 270 [<ffffffff80210a57>] sys_mmap+0x75/0xce
+15 &mm->mmap_sem 431 [<ffffffff8053491f>] do_page_fault+0x466/0x928
+16 &mm->mmap_sem 138 [<ffffffff802a490b>] sys_munmap+0x32/0x59
+17 &mm->mmap_sem 145 [<ffffffff802a6200>] sys_mprotect+0xcd/0x21d
+18
+19 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
+20
+21 dcache_lock: 621 623 0.52 118.26 1053.02 6745 91930 0.29 316.29 118423.41
+22 -----------
+23 dcache_lock 179 [<ffffffff80378274>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x34/0x54
+24 dcache_lock 113 [<ffffffff802cc17b>] d_alloc+0x19a/0x1eb
+25 dcache_lock 99 [<ffffffff802ca0dc>] d_rehash+0x1b/0x44
+26 dcache_lock 104 [<ffffffff802cbca0>] d_instantiate+0x36/0x8a
+27 -----------
+28 dcache_lock 192 [<ffffffff80378274>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x34/0x54
+29 dcache_lock 98 [<ffffffff802ca0dc>] d_rehash+0x1b/0x44
+30 dcache_lock 72 [<ffffffff802cc17b>] d_alloc+0x19a/0x1eb
+31 dcache_lock 112 [<ffffffff802cbca0>] d_instantiate+0x36/0x8a
This excerpt shows the first two lock class statistics. Line 01 shows the
output version - each time the format changes this will be updated. Line 02-04
-show the header with column descriptions. Lines 05-10 and 13-18 show the actual
+show the header with column descriptions. Lines 05-18 and 20-31 show the actual
statistics. These statistics come in two parts; the actual stats separated by a
-short separator (line 08, 14) from the contention points.
+short separator (line 08, 13) from the contention points.
-The first lock (05-10) is a read/write lock, and shows two lines above the
+The first lock (05-18) is a read/write lock, and shows two lines above the
short separator. The contention points don't match the column descriptors,
-they have two: contentions and [<IP>] symbol.
+they have two: contentions and [<IP>] symbol. The second set of contention
+points are the points we're contending with.
+The integer part of the time values is in us.
View the top contending locks:
diff --git a/Documentation/magic-number.txt b/Documentation/magic-number.txt
index 95070028d15..505f1960754 100644
--- a/Documentation/magic-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/magic-number.txt
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ TRIDENT_CARD_MAGIC 0x5072696E trident_card sound/oss/trident.c
ROUTER_MAGIC 0x524d4157 wan_device include/linux/wanrouter.h
SCC_MAGIC 0x52696368 gs_port drivers/char/scc.h
SAVEKMSG_MAGIC1 0x53415645 savekmsg arch/*/amiga/config.c
-GDA_MAGIC 0x58464552 gda include/asm-mips64/sn/gda.h
+GDA_MAGIC 0x58464552 gda arch/mips/include/asm/sn/gda.h
RED_MAGIC1 0x5a2cf071 (any) mm/slab.c
STL_PORTMAGIC 0x5a7182c9 stlport include/linux/stallion.h
EEPROM_MAGIC_VALUE 0x5ab478d2 lanai_dev drivers/atm/lanai.c
HDLCDRV_MAGIC 0x5ac6e778 hdlcdrv_state include/linux/hdlcdrv.h
EPCA_MAGIC 0x5c6df104 channel include/linux/epca.h
PCXX_MAGIC 0x5c6df104 channel drivers/char/pcxx.h
-KV_MAGIC 0x5f4b565f kernel_vars_s include/asm-mips64/sn/klkernvars.h
+KV_MAGIC 0x5f4b565f kernel_vars_s arch/mips/include/asm/sn/klkernvars.h
I810_STATE_MAGIC 0x63657373 i810_state sound/oss/i810_audio.c
TRIDENT_STATE_MAGIC 0x63657373 trient_state sound/oss/trident.c
M3_CARD_MAGIC 0x646e6f50 m3_card sound/oss/maestro3.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ CCB_MAGIC 0xf2691ad2 ccb drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c
QUEUE_MAGIC_FREE 0xf7e1c9a3 queue_entry drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c
QUEUE_MAGIC_USED 0xf7e1cc33 queue_entry drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c
HTB_CMAGIC 0xFEFAFEF1 htb_class net/sched/sch_htb.c
-NMI_MAGIC 0x48414d4d455201 nmi_s include/asm-mips64/sn/nmi.h
+NMI_MAGIC 0x48414d4d455201 nmi_s arch/mips/include/asm/sn/nmi.h
Note that there are also defined special per-driver magic numbers in sound
memory management. See include/sound/sndmagic.h for complete list of them. Many
diff --git a/Documentation/markers.txt b/Documentation/markers.txt
index 089f6138fcd..d2b3d0e91b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/markers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/markers.txt
@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ to call) for the specific marker through marker_probe_register() and can be
activated by calling marker_arm(). Marker deactivation can be done by calling
marker_disarm() as many times as marker_arm() has been called. Removing a probe
is done through marker_probe_unregister(); it will disarm the probe.
-marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of the module exit
-function to make sure there is no caller left using the probe. This, and the
-fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure that probe
-removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section below for a
-sample probe module.
+
+marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called between probe unregistration and
+the first occurrence of
+- the end of module exit function,
+ to make sure there is no caller left using the probe;
+- the free of any resource used by the probes,
+ to make sure the probes wont be accessing invalid data.
+This, and the fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure
+that probe removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section
+below for a sample probe module.
The marker mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same marker.
Markers can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and
@@ -70,6 +75,20 @@ a printk warning which identifies the inconsistency:
"Format mismatch for probe probe_name (format), marker (format)"
+Another way to use markers is to simply define the marker without generating any
+function call to actually call into the marker. This is useful in combination
+with tracepoint probes in a scheme like this :
+
+void probe_tracepoint_name(unsigned int arg1, struct task_struct *tsk);
+
+DEFINE_MARKER_TP(marker_eventname, tracepoint_name, probe_tracepoint_name,
+ "arg1 %u pid %d");
+
+notrace void probe_tracepoint_name(unsigned int arg1, struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ struct marker *marker = &GET_MARKER(kernel_irq_entry);
+ /* write data to trace buffers ... */
+}
* Probe / marker example
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
index 168117bd6ee..4c2ecf537a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ config options.
This option can be kernel module too.
--------------------------------
-3 sysfs files for memory hotplug
+4 sysfs files for memory hotplug
--------------------------------
All sections have their device information under /sys/devices/system/memory as
@@ -138,11 +138,12 @@ For example, assume 1GiB section size. A device for a memory starting at
(0x100000000 / 1Gib = 4)
This device covers address range [0x100000000 ... 0x140000000)
-Under each section, you can see 3 files.
+Under each section, you can see 4 files.
/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/phys_index
/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/phys_device
/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/state
+/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/removable
'phys_index' : read-only and contains section id, same as XXX.
'state' : read-write
@@ -150,10 +151,20 @@ Under each section, you can see 3 files.
at write: user can specify "online", "offline" command
'phys_device': read-only: designed to show the name of physical memory device.
This is not well implemented now.
+'removable' : read-only: contains an integer value indicating
+ whether the memory section is removable or not
+ removable. A value of 1 indicates that the memory
+ section is removable and a value of 0 indicates that
+ it is not removable.
NOTE:
These directories/files appear after physical memory hotplug phase.
+If CONFIG_NUMA is enabled the
+/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX memory section
+directories can also be accessed via symbolic links located in
+the /sys/devices/system/node/node* directories. For example:
+/sys/devices/system/node/node0/memory9 -> ../../memory/memory9
--------------------------------
4. Physical memory hot-add phase
@@ -365,7 +376,6 @@ node if necessary.
- allowing memory hot-add to ZONE_MOVABLE. maybe we need some switch like
sysctl or new control file.
- showing memory section and physical device relationship.
- - showing memory section and node relationship (maybe good for NUMA)
- showing memory section is under ZONE_MOVABLE or not
- test and make it better memory offlining.
- support HugeTLB page migration and offlining.
diff --git a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
index 25a6ed1aaa5..8ace35ebdcd 100644
--- a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
+++ b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ FILES, CONFIGS AND COMPATABILITY
Two files are introduced:
- a) 'include/asm-mips/mach-au1x00/au1xxx_ide.h'
+ a) 'arch/mips/include/asm/mach-au1x00/au1xxx_ide.h'
containes : struct _auide_hwif
timing parameters for PIO mode 0/1/2/3/4
timing parameters for MWDMA 0/1/2
@@ -52,14 +52,12 @@ Two files are introduced:
b) 'drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c'
contains the functionality of the AU1XXX IDE driver
-Four configs variables are introduced:
+Following extra configs variables are introduced:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_PIO_DBDMA - enable the PIO+DBDMA mode
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA - enable the MWDMA mode
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTABLE_ON - set Burstable FIFO in DBDMA
controller
- CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ - maximum transfer size
- per descriptor
SUPPORTED IDE MODES
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
@@ -105,7 +102,6 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
index 4f2a40f1dbc..80c728522c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
+++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Where the supported parameter are:
driver. If disabled, the driver will not attempt to scan
for and associate to a network until it has been configured with
one or more properties for the target network, for example configuring
- the network SSID. Default is 1 (auto-associate)
+ the network SSID. Default is 0 (do not auto-associate)
Example: % modprobe ipw2200 associate=0
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index 688dfe1e6b7..5ede7473b42 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,48 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g.,
The parameters are as follows:
+ad_select
+
+ Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The
+ possible values and their effects are:
+
+ stable or 0
+
+ The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate
+ bandwidth.
+
+ Reselection of the active aggregator occurs only when all
+ slaves of the active aggregator are down or the active
+ aggregator has no slaves.
+
+ This is the default value.
+
+ bandwidth or 1
+
+ The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate
+ bandwidth. Reselection occurs if:
+
+ - A slave is added to or removed from the bond
+
+ - Any slave's link state changes
+
+ - Any slave's 802.3ad association state changes
+
+ - The bond's adminstrative state changes to up
+
+ count or 2
+
+ The active aggregator is chosen by the largest number of
+ ports (slaves). Reselection occurs as described under the
+ "bandwidth" setting, above.
+
+ The bandwidth and count selection policies permit failover of
+ 802.3ad aggregations when partial failure of the active aggregator
+ occurs. This keeps the aggregator with the highest availability
+ (either in bandwidth or in number of ports) active at all times.
+
+ This option was added in bonding version 3.4.0.
+
arp_interval
Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds.
@@ -551,6 +593,16 @@ num_grat_arp
affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for
bonding version 3.3.0.
+num_unsol_na
+
+ Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements
+ to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued
+ immediately after the failover.
+
+ The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option
+ affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for
+ bonding version 3.4.0.
+
primary
A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the
@@ -922,17 +974,19 @@ USERCTL=no
NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration.
For later versions of initscripts, such as that found with Fedora
-7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible, and,
-indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0
+7 (or later) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible,
+and, indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0
file, e.g. a line of the format:
-BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.254"
+BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=192.168.1.254"
will configure the bond with the specified options. The options
specified in BONDING_OPTS are identical to the bonding module parameters
-except for the arp_ip_target field. Each target should be included as a
-separate option and should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be
-added to the list of queried targets, e.g.,
+except for the arp_ip_target field when using versions of initscripts older
+than and 8.57 (Fedora 8) and 8.45.19 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2). When
+using older versions each target should be included as a separate option and
+should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be added to the list of
+queried targets, e.g.,
arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.1 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.2
@@ -940,7 +994,7 @@ added to the list of queried targets, e.g.,
options via BONDING_OPTS, it is not necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf or
/etc/modprobe.conf.
- For older versions of initscripts that do not support
+ For even older versions of initscripts that do not support
BONDING_OPTS, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or
/etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding module
with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought up. The
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
index 39131a3c78f..7a3bb1abb83 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,24 @@ can be set before calling bind().
DCCP_SOCKOPT_GET_CUR_MPS is read-only and retrieves the current maximum packet
size (application payload size) in bytes, see RFC 4340, section 14.
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_AVAILABLE_CCIDS is also read-only and returns the list of CCIDs
+supported by the endpoint (see include/linux/dccp.h for symbolic constants).
+The caller needs to provide a sufficiently large (> 2) array of type uint8_t.
+
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_CCID is write-only and sets both the TX and RX CCIDs at the same
+time, combining the operation of the next two socket options. This option is
+preferrable over the latter two, since often applications will use the same
+type of CCID for both directions; and mixed use of CCIDs is not currently well
+understood. This socket option takes as argument at least one uint8_t value, or
+an array of uint8_t values, which must match available CCIDS (see above). CCIDs
+must be registered on the socket before calling connect() or listen().
+
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_TX_CCID is read/write. It returns the current CCID (if set) or sets
+the preference list for the TX CCID, using the same format as DCCP_SOCKOPT_CCID.
+Please note that the getsockopt argument type here is `int', not uint8_t.
+
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_RX_CCID is analogous to DCCP_SOCKOPT_TX_CCID, but for the RX CCID.
+
DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVER_TIMEWAIT enables the server (listening socket) to hold
timewait state when closing the connection (RFC 4340, 8.3). The usual case is
that the closing server sends a CloseReq, whereupon the client holds timewait
@@ -115,20 +133,12 @@ retries2
importance for retransmitted acknowledgments and feature negotiation,
data packets are never retransmitted. Analogue of tcp_retries2.
-send_ndp = 1
- Whether or not to send NDP count options (sec. 7.7.2).
-
-send_ackvec = 1
- Whether or not to send Ack Vector options (sec. 11.5).
-
-ack_ratio = 2
- The default Ack Ratio (sec. 11.3) to use.
-
tx_ccid = 2
- Default CCID for the sender-receiver half-connection.
+ Default CCID for the sender-receiver half-connection. Depending on the
+ choice of CCID, the Send Ack Vector feature is enabled automatically.
rx_ccid = 2
- Default CCID for the receiver-sender half-connection.
+ Default CCID for the receiver-sender half-connection; see tx_ccid.
seq_window = 100
The initial sequence window (sec. 7.5.2).
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
index ea72d2e66ca..03283daa64f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Transmit path guidelines:
static int drv_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev)
{
- struct drv *dp = dev->priv;
+ struct drv *dp = netdev_priv(dev);
lock_tx(dp);
...
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt
index 31bc8b759b7..4eb3cc40b70 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Generic HDLC layer currently supports:
-1. Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT, Cisco and no LMI).
+1. Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT, Cisco and no LMI)
- Normal (routed) and Ethernet-bridged (Ethernet device emulation)
interfaces can share a single PVC.
- ARP support (no InARP support in the kernel - there is an
experimental InARP user-space daemon available on:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/).
-2. raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation.
-3. Cisco HDLC.
-4. PPP (uses syncppp.c).
+2. raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation
+3. Cisco HDLC
+4. PPP
5. X.25 (uses X.25 routines).
Generic HDLC is a protocol driver only - it needs a low-level driver
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index d84932650fd..c7712787933 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ min_adv_mss - INTEGER
The advertised MSS depends on the first hop route MTU, but will
never be lower than this setting.
+rt_cache_rebuild_count - INTEGER
+ The per net-namespace route cache emergency rebuild threshold.
+ Any net-namespace having its route cache rebuilt due to
+ a hash bucket chain being too long more than this many times
+ will have its route caching disabled
+
IP Fragmentation:
ipfrag_high_thresh - INTEGER
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
index 2ff8ccb8dc3..24ac91d5669 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
+++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ associates with the AP. hostapd and wpa_supplicant are used to take
care of WPA2-PSK authentication. In addition, hostapd is also
processing access point side of association.
-Please note that the current Linux kernel does not enable AP mode, so a
-simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection:
-http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch
-
# Build mac80211_hwsim as part of kernel configuration
@@ -65,3 +61,8 @@ hostapd hostapd.conf
# Run wpa_supplicant (station) for wlan1
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf
+
+
+More test cases are available in hostap.git:
+git://w1.fi/srv/git/hostap.git and mac80211_hwsim/tests subdirectory
+(http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=tree;f=mac80211_hwsim/tests)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index d0f71fc7f78..a2ab6a0b116 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ There are routines in net_init.c to handle the common cases of
alloc_etherdev, alloc_netdev. These reserve extra space for driver
private data which gets freed when the network device is freed. If
separately allocated data is attached to the network device
-(dev->priv) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that.
+(netdev_priv(dev)) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that.
MTU
===
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
index 8df6a7b0e66..88bb71b46da 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Letting the PHY Abstraction Layer do Everything
static void adjust_link(struct net_device *dev);
Next, you need to know the device name of the PHY connected to this device.
- The name will look something like, "phy0:0", where the first number is the
+ The name will look something like, "0:00", where the first number is the
bus id, and the second is the PHY's address on that bus. Typically,
the bus is responsible for making its ID unique.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
index a96989a8ff3..dcf31648414 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
@@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ are expected to do this during initialization.
r = zd_reg2alpha2(mac->regdomain, alpha2);
if (!r)
- regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, alpha2, NULL);
+ regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, alpha2);
Example code - drivers providing a built in regulatory domain:
--------------------------------------------------------------
+[NOTE: This API is not currently available, it can be added when required]
+
If you have regulatory information you can obtain from your
driver and you *need* to use this we let you build a regulatory domain
structure and pass it to the wireless core. To do this you should
@@ -167,7 +169,6 @@ struct ieee80211_regdomain mydriver_jp_regdom = {
Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
- int r;
struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd;
int size_of_regd;
int num_rules = mydriver_jp_regdom.n_reg_rules;
@@ -178,17 +179,12 @@ Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
rd = kzalloc(size_of_regd, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rd)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return -ENOMEM;
memcpy(rd, &mydriver_jp_regdom, sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain));
- for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++) {
- memcpy(&rd->reg_rules[i], &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i],
- sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
- }
- r = regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, NULL, rd);
- if (r) {
- kfree(rd);
- return r;
- }
-
+ for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++)
+ memcpy(&rd->reg_rules[i],
+ &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i],
+ sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
+ regulatory_struct_hint(rd);
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
index c3669a3fb4a..60d05eb77c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ A client would issue an operation by:
MSG_MORE should be set in msghdr::msg_flags on all but the last part of
the request. Multiple requests may be made simultaneously.
- If a call is intended to go to a destination other then the default
+ If a call is intended to go to a destination other than the default
specified through connect(), then msghdr::msg_name should be set on the
first request message of that call.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
index 839cbb71388..c0aab985bad 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ As mentioned above, main purpose of TUN/TAP driver is tunneling.
It is used by VTun (http://vtun.sourceforge.net).
Another interesting application using TUN/TAP is pipsecd
-(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), an userspace IPSec
+(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), a userspace IPSec
implementation that can use complete kernel routing (unlike FreeS/WAN).
3. How does Virtual network device actually work ?
diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
index 90aa4531cb6..bf9f80a9828 100644
--- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance.
On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with
a boot time parameter.
+It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to
+/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable
+the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter
+at boot time.
+
NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally
on x86 SMP boxes.
diff --git a/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt b/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt
index 7714f57caad..b565e8279d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt
@@ -109,12 +109,18 @@ and it's also much more restricted in the latter case:
FURTHER NOTES ON NO-MMU MMAP
============================
- (*) A request for a private mapping of less than a page in size may not return
- a page-aligned buffer. This is because the kernel calls kmalloc() to
- allocate the buffer, not get_free_page().
+ (*) A request for a private mapping of a file may return a buffer that is not
+ page-aligned. This is because XIP may take place, and the data may not be
+ paged aligned in the backing store.
- (*) A list of all the mappings on the system is visible through /proc/maps in
- no-MMU mode.
+ (*) A request for an anonymous mapping will always be page aligned. If
+ possible the size of the request should be a power of two otherwise some
+ of the space may be wasted as the kernel must allocate a power-of-2
+ granule but will only discard the excess if appropriately configured as
+ this has an effect on fragmentation.
+
+ (*) A list of all the private copy and anonymous mappings on the system is
+ visible through /proc/maps in no-MMU mode.
(*) A list of all the mappings in use by a process is visible through
/proc/<pid>/maps in no-MMU mode.
@@ -242,3 +248,18 @@ PROVIDING SHAREABLE BLOCK DEVICE SUPPORT
Provision of shared mappings on block device files is exactly the same as for
character devices. If there isn't a real device underneath, then the driver
should allocate sufficient contiguous memory to honour any supported mapping.
+
+
+=================================
+ADJUSTING PAGE TRIMMING BEHAVIOUR
+=================================
+
+NOMMU mmap automatically rounds up to the nearest power-of-2 number of pages
+when performing an allocation. This can have adverse effects on memory
+fragmentation, and as such, is left configurable. The default behaviour is to
+aggressively trim allocations and discard any excess pages back in to the page
+allocator. In order to retain finer-grained control over fragmentation, this
+behaviour can either be disabled completely, or bumped up to a higher page
+watermark where trimming begins.
+
+Page trimming behaviour is configurable via the sysctl `vm.nr_trim_pages'.
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index 02ea9a971b8..0ab0230cbcb 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -41,25 +41,14 @@ Table of Contents
VI - System-on-a-chip devices and nodes
1) Defining child nodes of an SOC
2) Representing devices without a current OF specification
- a) MDIO IO device
- b) Gianfar-compatible ethernet nodes
- c) PHY nodes
- d) Interrupt controllers
- e) I2C
- f) Freescale SOC USB controllers
- g) Freescale SOC SEC Security Engines
- h) Board Control and Status (BCSR)
- i) Freescale QUICC Engine module (QE)
- j) CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash
- k) Global Utilities Block
- l) Freescale Communications Processor Module
- m) Chipselect/Local Bus
- n) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes
- o) Xilinx IP cores
- p) Freescale Synchronous Serial Interface
- q) USB EHCI controllers
- r) MDIO on GPIOs
- s) SPI busses
+ a) PHY nodes
+ b) Interrupt controllers
+ c) CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash
+ d) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes
+ e) Xilinx IP cores
+ f) USB EHCI controllers
+ g) MDIO on GPIOs
+ h) SPI busses
VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips
1) The /system-controller node
@@ -1830,41 +1819,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
big-endian;
};
- r) Freescale Display Interface Unit
-
- The Freescale DIU is a LCD controller, with proper hardware, it can also
- drive DVI monitors.
-
- Required properties:
- - compatible : should be "fsl-diu".
- - reg : should contain at least address and length of the DIU register
- set.
- - Interrupts : one DIU interrupt should be describe here.
-
- Example (MPC8610HPCD)
- display@2c000 {
- compatible = "fsl,diu";
- reg = <0x2c000 100>;
- interrupts = <72 2>;
- interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
- };
-
- s) Freescale on board FPGA
-
- This is the memory-mapped registers for on board FPGA.
-
- Required properities:
- - compatible : should be "fsl,fpga-pixis".
- - reg : should contain the address and the lenght of the FPPGA register
- set.
-
- Example (MPC8610HPCD)
- board-control@e8000000 {
- compatible = "fsl,fpga-pixis";
- reg = <0xe8000000 32>;
- };
-
- r) MDIO on GPIOs
+ g) MDIO on GPIOs
Currently defined compatibles:
- virtual,gpio-mdio
@@ -1884,7 +1839,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
&qe_pio_c 6>;
};
- s) SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) busses
+ h) SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) busses
SPI busses can be described with a node for the SPI master device
and a set of child nodes for each SPI slave on the bus. For this
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt
index 472739880e8..ffa4183fdb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ anyways).
After detecting the processor type, the kernel patches out sections of code
that shouldn't be used by writing nop's over it. Using cpufeatures requires
-just 2 macros (found in include/asm-ppc/cputable.h), as seen in head.S
+just 2 macros (found in arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h), as seen in head.S
transfer_to_handler:
#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/ndfc.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/ndfc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..869f0b5f16e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/ndfc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+AMCC NDFC (NanD Flash Controller)
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : "ibm,ndfc".
+- reg : should specify chip select and size used for the chip (0x2000).
+
+Optional properties:
+- ccr : NDFC config and control register value (default 0).
+- bank-settings : NDFC bank configuration register value (default 0).
+
+Notes:
+- partition(s) - follows the OF MTD standard for partitions
+
+Example:
+
+ndfc@1,0 {
+ compatible = "ibm,ndfc";
+ reg = <0x00000001 0x00000000 0x00002000>;
+ ccr = <0x00001000>;
+ bank-settings = <0x80002222>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ nand {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ partition@0 {
+ label = "kernel";
+ reg = <0x00000000 0x00200000>;
+ };
+ partition@200000 {
+ label = "root";
+ reg = <0x00200000 0x03E00000>;
+ };
+ };
+};
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/board.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/board.txt
index 81a917ef96e..6c974d28eeb 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/board.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/board.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This is the memory-mapped registers for on board FPGA.
Required properities:
- compatible : should be "fsl,fpga-pixis".
-- reg : should contain the address and the lenght of the FPPGA register
+- reg : should contain the address and the length of the FPPGA register
set.
Example (MPC8610HPCD):
@@ -27,3 +27,33 @@ Example (MPC8610HPCD):
compatible = "fsl,fpga-pixis";
reg = <0xe8000000 32>;
};
+
+* Freescale BCSR GPIO banks
+
+Some BCSR registers act as simple GPIO controllers, each such
+register can be represented by the gpio-controller node.
+
+Required properities:
+- compatible : Should be "fsl,<board>-bcsr-gpio".
+- reg : Should contain the address and the length of the GPIO bank
+ register.
+- #gpio-cells : Should be two. The first cell is the pin number and the
+ second cell is used to specify optional paramters (currently unused).
+- gpio-controller : Marks the port as GPIO controller.
+
+Example:
+
+ bcsr@1,0 {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc8360mds-bcsr";
+ reg = <1 0 0x8000>;
+ ranges = <0 1 0 0x8000>;
+
+ bcsr13: gpio-controller@d {
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc8360mds-bcsr-gpio";
+ reg = <0xd 1>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ };
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt
index cf55fa4112d..7fa4b27574b 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
The MDIO is a bus to which the PHY devices are connected. For each
device that exists on this bus, a child node should be created. See
-the definition of the PHY node below for an example of how to define
-a PHY.
+the definition of the PHY node in booting-without-of.txt for an example
+of how to define a PHY.
Required properties:
- reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ Example:
};
};
+* TBI Internal MDIO bus
+
+As of this writing, every tsec is associated with an internal TBI PHY.
+This PHY is accessed through the local MDIO bus. These buses are defined
+similarly to the mdio buses, except they are compatible with "fsl,gianfar-tbi".
+The TBI PHYs underneath them are similar to normal PHYs, but the reg property
+is considered instructive, rather than descriptive. The reg property should
+be chosen so it doesn't interfere with other PHYs on the bus.
* Gianfar-compatible ethernet nodes
diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b5a5ddbc3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+If variable is of Type, use printk format specifier:
+---------------------------------------------------------
+ int %d or %x
+ unsigned int %u or %x
+ long %ld or %lx
+ unsigned long %lu or %lx
+ long long %lld or %llx
+ unsigned long long %llu or %llx
+ size_t %zu or %zx
+ ssize_t %zd or %zx
+
+Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p.
+
+u64 SHOULD be printed with %llu/%llx, (unsigned long long):
+
+ printk("%llu", (unsigned long long)u64_var);
+
+s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long):
+
+ printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var);
+
+If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., sector_t,
+blkcnt_t, phys_addr_t, resource_size_t) or is architecture-dependent
+for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a format specifier of its largest
+possible type and explicitly cast to it. Example:
+
+ printk("test: sector number/total blocks: %llu/%llu\n",
+ (unsigned long long)sector, (unsigned long long)blockcount);
+
+Reminder: sizeof() result is of type size_t.
+
+Thank you for your cooperation and attention.
+
+
+By Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/rfkill.txt b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
index b65f0799df4..4d3ee317a4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/rfkill.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
@@ -191,12 +191,20 @@ Userspace input handlers (uevents) or kernel input handlers (rfkill-input):
to tell the devices registered with the rfkill class to change
their state (i.e. translates the input layer event into real
action).
+
* rfkill-input implements EPO by handling EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 0
(power off all transmitters) in a special way: it ignores any
overrides and local state cache and forces all transmitters to the
RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED state (including those which are already
- supposed to be BLOCKED). Note that the opposite event (power on all
- transmitters) is handled normally.
+ supposed to be BLOCKED).
+ * rfkill EPO will remain active until rfkill-input receives an
+ EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 1 event. While the EPO is active, transmitters
+ are locked in the blocked state (rfkill will refuse to unblock them).
+ * rfkill-input implements different policies that the user can
+ select for handling EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 1. It will unlock rfkill,
+ and either do nothing (leave transmitters blocked, but now unlocked),
+ restore the transmitters to their state before the EPO, or unblock
+ them all.
Userspace uevent handler or kernel platform-specific drivers hooked to the
rfkill notifier chain:
@@ -331,11 +339,9 @@ class to get a sysfs interface :-)
correct event for your switch/button. These events are emergency power-off
events when they are trying to turn the transmitters off. An example of an
input device which SHOULD generate *_RFKILL_ALL events is the wireless-kill
-switch in a laptop which is NOT a hotkey, but a real switch that kills radios
-in hardware, even if the O.S. has gone to lunch. An example of an input device
-which SHOULD NOT generate *_RFKILL_ALL events by default, is any sort of hot
-key that does nothing by itself, as well as any hot key that is type-specific
-(e.g. the one for WLAN).
+switch in a laptop which is NOT a hotkey, but a real sliding/rocker switch.
+An example of an input device which SHOULD NOT generate *_RFKILL_ALL events by
+default, is any sort of hot key that is type-specific (e.g. the one for WLAN).
3.1 Guidelines for wireless device drivers
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt b/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt
index d30a281c570..10711d9f078 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ Syscalls are implemented on Linux for S390 by the Supervisor call instruction (S
possibilities of these as the instruction is made up of a 0xA opcode & the second byte being
the syscall number. They are traced using the simple command.
TR SVC <Optional value or range>
-the syscalls are defined in linux/include/asm-s390/unistd.h
+the syscalls are defined in linux/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
e.g. to trace all file opens just do
TR SVC 5 ( as this is the syscall number of open )
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/cds.txt b/Documentation/s390/cds.txt
index c4b7b2bd369..480a78ef5a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/cds.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/cds.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ platform. Some of the interface routines are specific to Linux/390 and some
of them can be found on other Linux platforms implementations too.
Miscellaneous function prototypes, data declarations, and macro definitions
can be found in the architecture specific C header file
-linux/include/asm-s390/irq.h.
+linux/arch/s390/include/asm/irq.h.
Overview of CDS interface concepts
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt b/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt
index e0542097369..2d10053dd97 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ S390 Debug Feature
==================
files: arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
- include/asm-s390/debug.h
+ arch/s390/include/asm/debug.h
Description:
------------
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt
index 941615a9769..d43dbcbd163 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Context switch
By default, the switch_to arch function is called with the runqueue
locked. This is usually not a problem unless switch_to may need to
take the runqueue lock. This is usually due to a wake up operation in
-the context switch. See include/asm-ia64/system.h for an example.
+the context switch. See arch/ia64/include/asm/system.h for an example.
To request the scheduler call switch_to with the runqueue unlocked,
you must `#define __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW` in a header file
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ disabled. Interrupts may be enabled over the call if it is likely to
introduce a significant interrupt latency by adding the line
`#define __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW` in the same place as for
unlocked context switches. This define also implies
-`__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW`. See include/asm-arm/system.h for an
+`__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW`. See arch/arm/include/asm/system.h for an
example.
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
index eb471c7a905..6f33593e59e 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ CPU bandwidth control purposes:
This options needs CONFIG_CGROUPS to be defined, and lets the administrator
create arbitrary groups of tasks, using the "cgroup" pseudo filesystem. See
- Documentation/cgroups.txt for more information about this filesystem.
+ Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt for more information about this filesystem.
Only one of these options to group tasks can be chosen and not both.
@@ -273,3 +273,24 @@ task groups and modify their CPU share using the "cgroups" pseudo filesystem.
# #Launch gmplayer (or your favourite movie player)
# echo <movie_player_pid> > multimedia/tasks
+
+8. Implementation note: user namespaces
+
+User namespaces are intended to be hierarchical. But they are currently
+only partially implemented. Each of those has ramifications for CFS.
+
+First, since user namespaces are hierarchical, the /sys/kernel/uids
+presentation is inadequate. Eventually we will likely want to use sysfs
+tagging to provide private views of /sys/kernel/uids within each user
+namespace.
+
+Second, the hierarchical nature is intended to support completely
+unprivileged use of user namespaces. So if using user groups, then
+we want the users in a user namespace to be children of the user
+who created it.
+
+That is currently unimplemented. So instead, every user in a new
+user namespace will receive 1024 shares just like any user in the
+initial user namespace. Note that at the moment creation of a new
+user namespace requires each of CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SETUID, and
+CAP_SETGID.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc
index ae3f962a7cf..ff19a52fe00 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ Changes from 20040920 to 20041018
I/O completion path a little more, especially taking care of
fast-pathing the non-error case. Also removes tons of dead
members and defines from lpfc_scsi.h - e.g. lpfc_target is down
- to nothing more then the lpfc_nodelist pointer.
+ to nothing more than the lpfc_nodelist pointer.
* Added binary sysfs file to issue mbox commands
* Replaced #if __BIG_ENDIAN with #if __BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD for
compatibility with the user space applications.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx
index a9f721aeb11..8b278c10edf 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Sun Sep 24 21:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
Wed Jul 26 23:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
* version ncr53c8xx-3.4.1
- - Provide OpenFirmare path through the proc FS on PPC.
+ - Provide OpenFirmware path through the proc FS on PPC.
- Remove trailing argument #2 from a couple of #undefs.
Sun Jul 09 16:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx
index ef985ec348e..02ffbc1e8a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Sun Sep 24 21:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
Wed Jul 26 23:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
* version sym53c8xx-1.7.1
- - Provide OpenFirmare path through the proc FS on PPC.
+ - Provide OpenFirmware path through the proc FS on PPC.
- Download of on-chip SRAM using memcpy_toio() doesn't work
on PPC. Restore previous method (MEMORY MOVE from SCRIPTS).
- Remove trailing argument #2 from a couple of #undefs.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/cxgb3i.txt b/Documentation/scsi/cxgb3i.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8141fa01978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/cxgb3i.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+Chelsio S3 iSCSI Driver for Linux
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+The Chelsio T3 ASIC based Adapters (S310, S320, S302, S304, Mezz cards, etc.
+series of products) supports iSCSI acceleration and iSCSI Direct Data Placement
+(DDP) where the hardware handles the expensive byte touching operations, such
+as CRC computation and verification, and direct DMA to the final host memory
+destination:
+
+ - iSCSI PDU digest generation and verification
+
+ On transmitting, Chelsio S3 h/w computes and inserts the Header and
+ Data digest into the PDUs.
+ On receiving, Chelsio S3 h/w computes and verifies the Header and
+ Data digest of the PDUs.
+
+ - Direct Data Placement (DDP)
+
+ S3 h/w can directly place the iSCSI Data-In or Data-Out PDU's
+ payload into pre-posted final destination host-memory buffers based
+ on the Initiator Task Tag (ITT) in Data-In or Target Task Tag (TTT)
+ in Data-Out PDUs.
+
+ - PDU Transmit and Recovery
+
+ On transmitting, S3 h/w accepts the complete PDU (header + data)
+ from the host driver, computes and inserts the digests, decomposes
+ the PDU into multiple TCP segments if necessary, and transmit all
+ the TCP segments onto the wire. It handles TCP retransmission if
+ needed.
+
+ On receving, S3 h/w recovers the iSCSI PDU by reassembling TCP
+ segments, separating the header and data, calculating and verifying
+ the digests, then forwards the header to the host. The payload data,
+ if possible, will be directly placed into the pre-posted host DDP
+ buffer. Otherwise, the payload data will be sent to the host too.
+
+The cxgb3i driver interfaces with open-iscsi initiator and provides the iSCSI
+acceleration through Chelsio hardware wherever applicable.
+
+Using the cxgb3i Driver
+=======================
+
+The following steps need to be taken to accelerates the open-iscsi initiator:
+
+1. Load the cxgb3i driver: "modprobe cxgb3i"
+
+ The cxgb3i module registers a new transport class "cxgb3i" with open-iscsi.
+
+ * in the case of recompiling the kernel, the cxgb3i selection is located at
+ Device Drivers
+ SCSI device support --->
+ [*] SCSI low-level drivers --->
+ <M> Chelsio S3xx iSCSI support
+
+2. Create an interface file located under /etc/iscsi/ifaces/ for the new
+ transport class "cxgb3i".
+
+ The content of the file should be in the following format:
+ iface.transport_name = cxgb3i
+ iface.net_ifacename = <ethX>
+ iface.ipaddress = <iscsi ip address>
+
+ * if iface.ipaddress is specified, <iscsi ip address> needs to be either the
+ same as the ethX's ip address or an address on the same subnet. Make
+ sure the ip address is unique in the network.
+
+3. edit /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
+ The default setting for MaxRecvDataSegmentLength (131072) is too big,
+ replace "node.conn[0].iscsi.MaxRecvDataSegmentLength" to be a value no
+ bigger than 15360 (for example 8192):
+
+ node.conn[0].iscsi.MaxRecvDataSegmentLength = 8192
+
+ * The login would fail for a normal session if MaxRecvDataSegmentLength is
+ too big. A error message in the format of
+ "cxgb3i: ERR! MaxRecvSegmentLength <X> too big. Need to be <= <Y>."
+ would be logged to dmesg.
+
+4. To direct open-iscsi traffic to go through cxgb3i's accelerated path,
+ "-I <iface file name>" option needs to be specified with most of the
+ iscsiadm command. <iface file name> is the transport interface file created
+ in step 2.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt
index 38d324d62b2..e5b071d4661 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Vport States:
This is equivalent to a driver "attach" on an adapter, which is
independent of the adapter's link state.
- Instantiation of the vport on the FC link via ELS traffic, etc.
- This is equivalent to a "link up" and successfull link initialization.
+ This is equivalent to a "link up" and successful link initialization.
Further information can be found in the interfaces section below for
Vport Creation.
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Vport Creation:
This is equivalent to a driver "attach" on an adapter, which is
independent of the adapter's link state.
- Instantiation of the vport on the FC link via ELS traffic, etc.
- This is equivalent to a "link up" and successfull link initialization.
+ This is equivalent to a "link up" and successful link initialization.
The LLDD's vport_create() function will not synchronously wait for both
parts to be fully completed before returning. It must validate that the
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX b/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07dcdb0d2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+00-INDEX
+ - this file.
+README.cycladesZ
+ - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
+computone.txt
+ - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
+digiepca.txt
+ - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
+hayes-esp.txt
+ - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
+moxa-smartio
+ - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
+riscom8.txt
+ - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
+rocket.txt
+ - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
+specialix.txt
+ - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
+stallion.txt
+ - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
+sx.txt
+ - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
+tty.txt
+ - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
diff --git a/Documentation/README.cycladesZ b/Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ
index 024a69443cc..024a69443cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/README.cycladesZ
+++ b/Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ
diff --git a/Documentation/computone.txt b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
index 5e2a0c76bfa..c57ea4781e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/computone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ shar archive to make it easier to extract the script from the documentation.
To create the ip2mkdev shell script change to a convenient directory (/tmp
works just fine) and run the following command:
- unshar Documentation/computone.txt
+ unshar Documentation/serial/computone.txt
(This file)
You should now have a file ip2mkdev in your current working directory with
diff --git a/Documentation/digiepca.txt b/Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt
index f2560e22f2c..f2560e22f2c 100644
--- a/Documentation/digiepca.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/hayes-esp.txt b/Documentation/serial/hayes-esp.txt
index 09b5d585675..09b5d585675 100644
--- a/Documentation/hayes-esp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/hayes-esp.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/moxa-smartio b/Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio
index 5337e80a5b9..5337e80a5b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/moxa-smartio
+++ b/Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio
diff --git a/Documentation/riscom8.txt b/Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt
index 14f61fdad7c..14f61fdad7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/riscom8.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/rocket.txt b/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
index 1d858299043..1d858299043 100644
--- a/Documentation/rocket.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/specialix.txt b/Documentation/serial/specialix.txt
index 6eb6f3a3331..6eb6f3a3331 100644
--- a/Documentation/specialix.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/specialix.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/stallion.txt b/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt
index 5c4902d9a5b..5c4902d9a5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/stallion.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/sx.txt b/Documentation/serial/sx.txt
index cb4efa0fb5c..cb4efa0fb5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/sx.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
index 8e65c4498c5..8e65c4498c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/tty.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/sh/kgdb.txt b/Documentation/sh/kgdb.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 05b4ba89d28..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/sh/kgdb.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,179 +0,0 @@
-
-This file describes the configuration and behavior of KGDB for the SH
-kernel. Based on a description from Henry Bell <henry.bell@st.com>, it
-has been modified to account for quirks in the current implementation.
-
-Version
-=======
-
-This version of KGDB was written for 2.4.xx kernels for the SH architecture.
-Further documentation is available from the linux-sh project website.
-
-
-Debugging Setup: Host
-======================
-
-The two machines will be connected together via a serial line - this
-should be a null modem cable i.e. with a twist.
-
-On your DEVELOPMENT machine, go to your kernel source directory and
-build the kernel, enabling KGDB support in the "kernel hacking" section.
-This includes the KGDB code, and also makes the kernel be compiled with
-the "-g" option set -- necessary for debugging.
-
-To install this new kernel, use the following installation procedure.
-
-Decide on which tty port you want the machines to communicate, then
-cable them up back-to-back using the null modem. On the DEVELOPMENT
-machine, you may wish to create an initialization file called .gdbinit
-(in the kernel source directory or in your home directory) to execute
-commonly-used commands at startup.
-
-A minimal .gdbinit might look like this:
-
- file vmlinux
- set remotebaud 115200
- target remote /dev/ttyS0
-
-Change the "target" definition so that it specifies the tty port that
-you intend to use. Change the "remotebaud" definition to match the
-data rate that you are going to use for the com line (115200 is the
-default).
-
-Debugging Setup: Target
-========================
-
-By default, the KGDB stub will communicate with the host GDB using
-ttySC1 at 115200 baud, 8 databits, no parity; these defaults can be
-changed in the kernel configuration. As the kernel starts up, KGDB will
-initialize so that breakpoints, kernel segfaults, and so forth will
-generally enter the debugger.
-
-This behavior can be modified by including the "kgdb" option in the
-kernel command line; this option has the general form:
-
- kgdb=<ttyspec>,<action>
-
-The <ttyspec> indicates the port to use, and can optionally specify
-baud, parity and databits -- e.g. "ttySC0,9600N8" or "ttySC1,19200".
-
-The <action> can be "halt" or "disabled". The "halt" action enters the
-debugger via a breakpoint as soon as kgdb is initialized; the "disabled"
-action causes kgdb to ignore kernel segfaults and such until explicitly
-entered by a breakpoint in the code or by external action (sysrq or NMI).
-
-(Both <ttyspec> and <action> can appear alone, w/o the separating comma.)
-
-For example, if you wish to debug early in kernel startup code, you
-might specify the halt option:
-
- kgdb=halt
-
-Boot the TARGET machine, which will appear to hang.
-
-On your DEVELOPMENT machine, cd to the source directory and run the gdb
-program. (This is likely to be a cross GDB which runs on your host but
-is built for an SH target.) If everything is working correctly you
-should see gdb print out a few lines indicating that a breakpoint has
-been taken. It will actually show a line of code in the target kernel
-inside the gdbstub activation code.
-
-NOTE: BE SURE TO TERMINATE OR SUSPEND any other host application which
-may be using the same serial port (for example, a terminal emulator you
-have been using to connect to the target boot code.) Otherwise, data
-from the target may not all get to GDB!
-
-You can now use whatever gdb commands you like to set breakpoints.
-Enter "continue" to start your target machine executing again. At this
-point the target system will run at full speed until it encounters
-your breakpoint or gets a segment violation in the kernel, or whatever.
-
-Serial Ports: KGDB, Console
-============================
-
-This version of KGDB may not gracefully handle conflict with other
-drivers in the kernel using the same port. If KGDB is configured on the
-same port (and with the same parameters) as the kernel console, or if
-CONFIG_SH_KGDB_CONSOLE is configured, things should be fine (though in
-some cases console messages may appear twice through GDB). But if the
-KGDB port is not the kernel console and used by another serial driver
-which assumes different serial parameters (e.g. baud rate) KGDB may not
-recover.
-
-Also, when KGDB is entered via sysrq-g (requires CONFIG_KGDB_SYSRQ) and
-the kgdb port uses the same port as the console, detaching GDB will not
-restore the console to working order without the port being re-opened.
-
-Another serious consequence of this is that GDB currently CANNOT break
-into KGDB externally (e.g. via ^C or <BREAK>); unless a breakpoint or
-error is encountered, the only way to enter KGDB after the initial halt
-(see above) is via NMI (CONFIG_KGDB_NMI) or sysrq-g (CONFIG_KGDB_SYSRQ).
-
-Code is included for the basic Hitachi Solution Engine boards to allow
-the use of ttyS0 for KGDB if desired; this is less robust, but may be
-useful in some cases. (This cannot be selected using the config file,
-but only through the kernel command line, e.g. "kgdb=ttyS0", though the
-configured defaults for baud rate etc. still apply if not overridden.)
-
-If gdbstub Does Not Work
-========================
-
-If it doesn't work, you will have to troubleshoot it. Do the easy
-things first like double checking your cabling and data rates. You
-might try some non-kernel based programs to see if the back-to-back
-connection works properly. Just something simple like cat /etc/hosts
-/dev/ttyS0 on one machine and cat /dev/ttyS0 on the other will tell you
-if you can send data from one machine to the other. There is no point
-in tearing out your hair in the kernel if the line doesn't work.
-
-If you need to debug the GDB/KGDB communication itself, the gdb commands
-"set debug remote 1" and "set debug serial 1" may be useful, but be
-warned: they produce a lot of output.
-
-Threads
-=======
-
-Each process in a target machine is seen as a gdb thread. gdb thread related
-commands (info threads, thread n) can be used. CONFIG_KGDB_THREAD must
-be defined for this to work.
-
-In this version, kgdb reports PID_MAX (32768) as the process ID for the
-idle process (pid 0), since GDB does not accept 0 as an ID.
-
-Detaching (exiting KGDB)
-=========================
-
-There are two ways to resume full-speed target execution: "continue" and
-"detach". With "continue", GDB inserts any specified breakpoints in the
-target code and resumes execution; the target is still in "gdb mode".
-If a breakpoint or other debug event (e.g. NMI) happens, the target
-halts and communicates with GDB again, which is waiting for it.
-
-With "detach", GDB does *not* insert any breakpoints; target execution
-is resumed and GDB stops communicating (does not wait for the target).
-In this case, the target is no longer in "gdb mode" -- for example,
-console messages no longer get sent separately to the KGDB port, or
-encapsulated for GDB. If a debug event (e.g. NMI) occurs, the target
-will re-enter "gdb mode" and will display this fact on the console; you
-must give a new "target remote" command to gdb.
-
-NOTE: TO AVOID LOSSING CONSOLE MESSAGES IN CASE THE KERNEL CONSOLE AND
-KGDB USING THE SAME PORT, THE TARGET WAITS FOR ANY INPUT CHARACTER ON
-THE KGDB PORT AFTER A DETACH COMMAND. For example, after the detach you
-could start a terminal emulator on the same host port and enter a <cr>;
-however, this program must then be terminated or suspended in order to
-use GBD again if KGDB is re-entered.
-
-
-Acknowledgements
-================
-
-This code was mostly generated by Henry Bell <henry.bell@st.com>;
-largely from KGDB by Amit S. Kale <akale@veritas.com> - extracts from
-code by Glenn Engel, Jim Kingdon, David Grothe <dave@gcom.com>, Tigran
-Aivazian <tigran@sco.com>, William Gatliff <bgat@open-widgets.com>, Ben
-Lee, Steve Chamberlain and Benoit Miller <fulg@iname.com> are also
-included.
-
-Jeremy Siegel
-<jsiegel@mvista.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index e0e54a27fc1..841a9365d5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
model - force the model name
position_fix - Fix DMA pointer (0 = auto, 1 = use LPIB, 2 = POSBUF)
probe_mask - Bitmask to probe codecs (default = -1, meaning all slots)
+ probe_only - Only probing and no codec initialization (default=off);
+ Useful to check the initial codec status for debugging
bdl_pos_adj - Specifies the DMA IRQ timing delay in samples.
Passing -1 will make the driver to choose the appropriate
value based on the controller chip.
@@ -772,322 +774,23 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe.
+ See Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt for more details about
+ HD-audio driver.
+
Each codec may have a model table for different configurations.
If your machine isn't listed there, the default (usually minimal)
configuration is set up. You can pass "model=<name>" option to
specify a certain model in such a case. There are different
- models depending on the codec chip.
-
- Model name Description
- ---------- -----------
- ALC880
- 3stack 3-jack in back and a headphone out
- 3stack-digout 3-jack in back, a HP out and a SPDIF out
- 5stack 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front
- 5stack-digout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, a SPDIF out
- 6stack 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
- 6stack-digout 6-jack with a SPDIF out
- w810 3-jack
- z71v 3-jack (HP shared SPDIF)
- asus 3-jack (ASUS Mobo)
- asus-w1v ASUS W1V
- asus-dig ASUS with SPDIF out
- asus-dig2 ASUS with SPDIF out (using GPIO2)
- uniwill 3-jack
- fujitsu Fujitsu Laptops (Pi1536)
- F1734 2-jack
- lg LG laptop (m1 express dual)
- lg-lw LG LW20/LW25 laptop
- tcl TCL S700
- clevo Clevo laptops (m520G, m665n)
- medion Medion Rim 2150
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can be
- adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC260
- hp HP machines
- hp-3013 HP machines (3013-variant)
- hp-dc7600 HP DC7600
- fujitsu Fujitsu S7020
- acer Acer TravelMate
- will Will laptops (PB V7900)
- replacer Replacer 672V
- basic fixed pin assignment (old default model)
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can
- adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC262
- fujitsu Fujitsu Laptop
- hp-bpc HP xw4400/6400/8400/9400 laptops
- hp-bpc-d7000 HP BPC D7000
- hp-tc-t5735 HP Thin Client T5735
- hp-rp5700 HP RP5700
- benq Benq ED8
- benq-t31 Benq T31
- hippo Hippo (ATI) with jack detection, Sony UX-90s
- hippo_1 Hippo (Benq) with jack detection
- sony-assamd Sony ASSAMD
- toshiba-s06 Toshiba S06
- toshiba-rx1 Toshiba RX1
- ultra Samsung Q1 Ultra Vista model
- lenovo-3000 Lenovo 3000 y410
- nec NEC Versa S9100
- basic fixed pin assignment w/o SPDIF
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC267/268
- quanta-il1 Quanta IL1 mini-notebook
- 3stack 3-stack model
- toshiba Toshiba A205
- acer Acer laptops
- acer-aspire Acer Aspire One
- dell Dell OEM laptops (Vostro 1200)
- zepto Zepto laptops
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can
- adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC269
- basic Basic preset
- quanta Quanta FL1
- eeepc-p703 ASUS Eeepc P703 P900A
- eeepc-p901 ASUS Eeepc P901 S101
-
- ALC662/663
- 3stack-dig 3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
- 3stack-6ch 3-stack (6-channel)
- 3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
- 6stack-dig 6-stack with SPDIF
- lenovo-101e Lenovo laptop
- eeepc-p701 ASUS Eeepc P701
- eeepc-ep20 ASUS Eeepc EP20
- ecs ECS/Foxconn mobo
- m51va ASUS M51VA
- g71v ASUS G71V
- h13 ASUS H13
- g50v ASUS G50V
- asus-mode1 ASUS
- asus-mode2 ASUS
- asus-mode3 ASUS
- asus-mode4 ASUS
- asus-mode5 ASUS
- asus-mode6 ASUS
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC882/885
- 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
- 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
- arima Arima W820Di1
- targa Targa T8, MSI-1049 T8
- asus-a7j ASUS A7J
- asus-a7m ASUS A7M
- macpro MacPro support
- mbp3 Macbook Pro rev3
- imac24 iMac 24'' with jack detection
- w2jc ASUS W2JC
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC883/888
- 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
- 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
- 3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel
- 3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
- 6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board
- acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
- acer-aspire Acer Aspire 9810
- medion Medion Laptops
- medion-md2 Medion MD2
- targa-dig Targa/MSI
- targa-2ch-dig Targs/MSI with 2-channel
- laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
- lenovo-101e Lenovo 101E
- lenovo-nb0763 Lenovo NB0763
- lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195
- lenovo-sky Lenovo Sky
- haier-w66 Haier W66
- 3stack-hp HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards)
- 6stack-dell Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530)
- mitac Mitac 8252D
- clevo-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series
- fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515
- 3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC861/660
- 3stack 3-jack
- 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
- 6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF I/O
- 3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660)
- uniwill-m31 Uniwill M31 laptop
- toshiba Toshiba laptop support
- asus Asus laptop support
- asus-laptop ASUS F2/F3 laptops
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC861VD/660VD
- 3stack 3-jack
- 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF OUT
- 6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF OUT
- 3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660VD)
- 3stack-660-digout 3-jack with SPDIF OUT (for ALC660VD)
- lenovo Lenovo 3000 C200
- dallas Dallas laptops
- hp HP TX1000
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- CMI9880
- minimal 3-jack in back
- min_fp 3-jack in back, 2-jack in front
- full 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
- full_dig 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF I/O
- allout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF out
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- AD1882 / AD1882A
- 3stack 3-stack mode (default)
- 6stack 6-stack mode
-
- AD1884A / AD1883 / AD1984A / AD1984B
- desktop 3-stack desktop (default)
- laptop laptop with HP jack sensing
- mobile mobile devices with HP jack sensing
- thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad X300
-
- AD1884
- N/A
-
- AD1981
- basic 3-jack (default)
- hp HP nx6320
- thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T60/X60/Z60
- toshiba Toshiba U205
-
- AD1983
- N/A
-
- AD1984
- basic default configuration
- thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T61/X61
- dell Dell T3400
-
- AD1986A
- 6stack 6-jack, separate surrounds (default)
- 3stack 3-stack, shared surrounds
- laptop 2-channel only (FSC V2060, Samsung M50)
- laptop-eapd 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung R65, ASUS A6J)
- laptop-automute 2-channel with EAPD and HP-automute (Lenovo N100)
- ultra 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung Ultra tablet PC)
-
- AD1988/AD1988B/AD1989A/AD1989B
- 6stack 6-jack
- 6stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
- 3stack 3-jack
- 3stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
- laptop 3-jack with hp-jack automute
- laptop-dig ditto with SPDIF
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- Conexant 5045
- laptop-hpsense Laptop with HP sense (old model laptop)
- laptop-micsense Laptop with Mic sense (old model fujitsu)
- laptop-hpmicsense Laptop with HP and Mic senses
- benq Benq R55E
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls
- can be adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
-
- Conexant 5047
- laptop Basic Laptop config
- laptop-hp Laptop config for some HP models (subdevice 30A5)
- laptop-eapd Laptop config with EAPD support
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls
- can be adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
-
- Conexant 5051
- laptop Basic Laptop config (default)
- hp HP Spartan laptop
-
- STAC9200
- ref Reference board
- dell-d21 Dell (unknown)
- dell-d22 Dell (unknown)
- dell-d23 Dell (unknown)
- dell-m21 Dell Inspiron 630m, Dell Inspiron 640m
- dell-m22 Dell Latitude D620, Dell Latitude D820
- dell-m23 Dell XPS M1710, Dell Precision M90
- dell-m24 Dell Latitude 120L
- dell-m25 Dell Inspiron E1505n
- dell-m26 Dell Inspiron 1501
- dell-m27 Dell Inspiron E1705/9400
- gateway Gateway laptops with EAPD control
- panasonic Panasonic CF-74
-
- STAC9205/9254
- ref Reference board
- dell-m42 Dell (unknown)
- dell-m43 Dell Precision
- dell-m44 Dell Inspiron
-
- STAC9220/9221
- ref Reference board
- 3stack D945 3stack
- 5stack D945 5stack + SPDIF
- intel-mac-v1 Intel Mac Type 1
- intel-mac-v2 Intel Mac Type 2
- intel-mac-v3 Intel Mac Type 3
- intel-mac-v4 Intel Mac Type 4
- intel-mac-v5 Intel Mac Type 5
- intel-mac-auto Intel Mac (detect type according to subsystem id)
- macmini Intel Mac Mini (equivalent with type 3)
- macbook Intel Mac Book (eq. type 5)
- macbook-pro-v1 Intel Mac Book Pro 1st generation (eq. type 3)
- macbook-pro Intel Mac Book Pro 2nd generation (eq. type 3)
- imac-intel Intel iMac (eq. type 2)
- imac-intel-20 Intel iMac (newer version) (eq. type 3)
- dell-d81 Dell (unknown)
- dell-d82 Dell (unknown)
- dell-m81 Dell (unknown)
- dell-m82 Dell XPS M1210
-
- STAC9202/9250/9251
- ref Reference board, base config
- m2-2 Some Gateway MX series laptops
- m6 Some Gateway NX series laptops
- pa6 Gateway NX860 series
-
- STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
- ref Reference board
- 3stack D965 3stack
- 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
- dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520
- dell-bios Fixes with Dell BIOS setup
-
- STAC92HD71B*
- ref Reference board
- dell-m4-1 Dell desktops
- dell-m4-2 Dell desktops
-
- STAC92HD73*
- ref Reference board
- dell-m6 Dell desktops
-
- STAC9872
- vaio Setup for VAIO FE550G/SZ110
- vaio-ar Setup for VAIO AR
+ models depending on the codec chip. The list of available models
+ is found in HD-Audio-Models.txt
The model name "genric" is treated as a special case. When this
model is given, the driver uses the generic codec parser without
"codec-patch". It's sometimes good for testing and debugging.
If the default configuration doesn't work and one of the above
- matches with your device, report it together with the PCI
- subsystem ID (output of "lspci -nv") to ALSA BTS or alsa-devel
+ matches with your device, report it together with alsa-info.sh
+ output (with --no-upload option) to kernel bugzilla or alsa-devel
ML (see the section "Links and Addresses").
power_save and power_save_controller options are for power-saving
@@ -1647,7 +1350,8 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
* AuzenTech X-Meridian
* Bgears b-Enspirer
* Club3D Theatron DTS
- * HT-Omega Claro
+ * HT-Omega Claro (plus)
+ * HT-Omega Claro halo (XT)
* Razer Barracuda AC-1
* Sondigo Inferno
@@ -2404,8 +2108,11 @@ Links and Addresses
ALSA project homepage
http://www.alsa-project.org
- ALSA Bug Tracking System
- https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/bugs/
+ Kernel Bugzilla
+ http://bugzilla.kernel.org/
ALSA Developers ML
mailto:alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
+
+ alsa-info.sh script
+ http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64eb1100eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+ Model name Description
+ ---------- -----------
+ALC880
+======
+ 3stack 3-jack in back and a headphone out
+ 3stack-digout 3-jack in back, a HP out and a SPDIF out
+ 5stack 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front
+ 5stack-digout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, a SPDIF out
+ 6stack 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
+ 6stack-digout 6-jack with a SPDIF out
+ w810 3-jack
+ z71v 3-jack (HP shared SPDIF)
+ asus 3-jack (ASUS Mobo)
+ asus-w1v ASUS W1V
+ asus-dig ASUS with SPDIF out
+ asus-dig2 ASUS with SPDIF out (using GPIO2)
+ uniwill 3-jack
+ fujitsu Fujitsu Laptops (Pi1536)
+ F1734 2-jack
+ lg LG laptop (m1 express dual)
+ lg-lw LG LW20/LW25 laptop
+ tcl TCL S700
+ clevo Clevo laptops (m520G, m665n)
+ medion Medion Rim 2150
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can be
+ adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC260
+======
+ hp HP machines
+ hp-3013 HP machines (3013-variant)
+ hp-dc7600 HP DC7600
+ fujitsu Fujitsu S7020
+ acer Acer TravelMate
+ will Will laptops (PB V7900)
+ replacer Replacer 672V
+ basic fixed pin assignment (old default model)
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can
+ adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC262
+======
+ fujitsu Fujitsu Laptop
+ hp-bpc HP xw4400/6400/8400/9400 laptops
+ hp-bpc-d7000 HP BPC D7000
+ hp-tc-t5735 HP Thin Client T5735
+ hp-rp5700 HP RP5700
+ benq Benq ED8
+ benq-t31 Benq T31
+ hippo Hippo (ATI) with jack detection, Sony UX-90s
+ hippo_1 Hippo (Benq) with jack detection
+ sony-assamd Sony ASSAMD
+ toshiba-s06 Toshiba S06
+ toshiba-rx1 Toshiba RX1
+ ultra Samsung Q1 Ultra Vista model
+ lenovo-3000 Lenovo 3000 y410
+ nec NEC Versa S9100
+ basic fixed pin assignment w/o SPDIF
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC267/268
+==========
+ quanta-il1 Quanta IL1 mini-notebook
+ 3stack 3-stack model
+ toshiba Toshiba A205
+ acer Acer laptops
+ acer-dmic Acer laptops with digital-mic
+ acer-aspire Acer Aspire One
+ dell Dell OEM laptops (Vostro 1200)
+ zepto Zepto laptops
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can
+ adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC269
+======
+ basic Basic preset
+ quanta Quanta FL1
+ eeepc-p703 ASUS Eeepc P703 P900A
+ eeepc-p901 ASUS Eeepc P901 S101
+ fujitsu FSC Amilo
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC662/663
+==========
+ 3stack-dig 3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
+ 3stack-6ch 3-stack (6-channel)
+ 3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
+ 6stack-dig 6-stack with SPDIF
+ lenovo-101e Lenovo laptop
+ eeepc-p701 ASUS Eeepc P701
+ eeepc-ep20 ASUS Eeepc EP20
+ ecs ECS/Foxconn mobo
+ m51va ASUS M51VA
+ g71v ASUS G71V
+ h13 ASUS H13
+ g50v ASUS G50V
+ asus-mode1 ASUS
+ asus-mode2 ASUS
+ asus-mode3 ASUS
+ asus-mode4 ASUS
+ asus-mode5 ASUS
+ asus-mode6 ASUS
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC882/885
+==========
+ 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
+ 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
+ arima Arima W820Di1
+ targa Targa T8, MSI-1049 T8
+ asus-a7j ASUS A7J
+ asus-a7m ASUS A7M
+ macpro MacPro support
+ mbp3 Macbook Pro rev3
+ imac24 iMac 24'' with jack detection
+ w2jc ASUS W2JC
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC883/888
+==========
+ 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
+ 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
+ 3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel
+ 3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
+ 6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board
+ acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
+ acer-aspire Acer Aspire 9810
+ acer-aspire-4930g Acer Aspire 4930G
+ medion Medion Laptops
+ medion-md2 Medion MD2
+ targa-dig Targa/MSI
+ targa-2ch-dig Targs/MSI with 2-channel
+ laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
+ lenovo-101e Lenovo 101E
+ lenovo-nb0763 Lenovo NB0763
+ lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195
+ lenovo-sky Lenovo Sky
+ haier-w66 Haier W66
+ 3stack-hp HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards)
+ 6stack-dell Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530)
+ mitac Mitac 8252D
+ clevo-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series
+ fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515
+ fujitsu-xa3530 Fujitsu AMILO XA3530
+ 3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC861/660
+==========
+ 3stack 3-jack
+ 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
+ 6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF I/O
+ 3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660)
+ uniwill-m31 Uniwill M31 laptop
+ toshiba Toshiba laptop support
+ asus Asus laptop support
+ asus-laptop ASUS F2/F3 laptops
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC861VD/660VD
+==============
+ 3stack 3-jack
+ 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF OUT
+ 6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF OUT
+ 3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660VD)
+ 3stack-660-digout 3-jack with SPDIF OUT (for ALC660VD)
+ lenovo Lenovo 3000 C200
+ dallas Dallas laptops
+ hp HP TX1000
+ asus-v1s ASUS V1Sn
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+CMI9880
+=======
+ minimal 3-jack in back
+ min_fp 3-jack in back, 2-jack in front
+ full 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
+ full_dig 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF I/O
+ allout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF out
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+AD1882 / AD1882A
+================
+ 3stack 3-stack mode (default)
+ 6stack 6-stack mode
+
+AD1884A / AD1883 / AD1984A / AD1984B
+====================================
+ desktop 3-stack desktop (default)
+ laptop laptop with HP jack sensing
+ mobile mobile devices with HP jack sensing
+ thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad X300
+
+AD1884
+======
+ N/A
+
+AD1981
+======
+ basic 3-jack (default)
+ hp HP nx6320
+ thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T60/X60/Z60
+ toshiba Toshiba U205
+
+AD1983
+======
+ N/A
+
+AD1984
+======
+ basic default configuration
+ thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T61/X61
+ dell Dell T3400
+
+AD1986A
+=======
+ 6stack 6-jack, separate surrounds (default)
+ 3stack 3-stack, shared surrounds
+ laptop 2-channel only (FSC V2060, Samsung M50)
+ laptop-eapd 2-channel with EAPD (ASUS A6J)
+ laptop-automute 2-channel with EAPD and HP-automute (Lenovo N100)
+ ultra 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung Ultra tablet PC)
+ samsung 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung R65)
+
+AD1988/AD1988B/AD1989A/AD1989B
+==============================
+ 6stack 6-jack
+ 6stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
+ 3stack 3-jack
+ 3stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
+ laptop 3-jack with hp-jack automute
+ laptop-dig ditto with SPDIF
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+Conexant 5045
+=============
+ laptop-hpsense Laptop with HP sense (old model laptop)
+ laptop-micsense Laptop with Mic sense (old model fujitsu)
+ laptop-hpmicsense Laptop with HP and Mic senses
+ benq Benq R55E
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls
+ can be adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+
+Conexant 5047
+=============
+ laptop Basic Laptop config
+ laptop-hp Laptop config for some HP models (subdevice 30A5)
+ laptop-eapd Laptop config with EAPD support
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls
+ can be adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+
+Conexant 5051
+=============
+ laptop Basic Laptop config (default)
+ hp HP Spartan laptop
+
+STAC9200
+========
+ ref Reference board
+ dell-d21 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-d22 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-d23 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-m21 Dell Inspiron 630m, Dell Inspiron 640m
+ dell-m22 Dell Latitude D620, Dell Latitude D820
+ dell-m23 Dell XPS M1710, Dell Precision M90
+ dell-m24 Dell Latitude 120L
+ dell-m25 Dell Inspiron E1505n
+ dell-m26 Dell Inspiron 1501
+ dell-m27 Dell Inspiron E1705/9400
+ gateway-m4 Gateway laptops with EAPD control
+ gateway-m4-2 Gateway laptops with EAPD control
+ panasonic Panasonic CF-74
+
+STAC9205/9254
+=============
+ ref Reference board
+ dell-m42 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-m43 Dell Precision
+ dell-m44 Dell Inspiron
+
+STAC9220/9221
+=============
+ ref Reference board
+ 3stack D945 3stack
+ 5stack D945 5stack + SPDIF
+ intel-mac-v1 Intel Mac Type 1
+ intel-mac-v2 Intel Mac Type 2
+ intel-mac-v3 Intel Mac Type 3
+ intel-mac-v4 Intel Mac Type 4
+ intel-mac-v5 Intel Mac Type 5
+ intel-mac-auto Intel Mac (detect type according to subsystem id)
+ macmini Intel Mac Mini (equivalent with type 3)
+ macbook Intel Mac Book (eq. type 5)
+ macbook-pro-v1 Intel Mac Book Pro 1st generation (eq. type 3)
+ macbook-pro Intel Mac Book Pro 2nd generation (eq. type 3)
+ imac-intel Intel iMac (eq. type 2)
+ imac-intel-20 Intel iMac (newer version) (eq. type 3)
+ ecs202 ECS/PC chips
+ dell-d81 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-d82 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-m81 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-m82 Dell XPS M1210
+
+STAC9202/9250/9251
+==================
+ ref Reference board, base config
+ m1 Some Gateway MX series laptops (NX560XL)
+ m1-2 Some Gateway MX series laptops (MX6453)
+ m2 Some Gateway MX series laptops (M255)
+ m2-2 Some Gateway MX series laptops
+ m3 Some Gateway MX series laptops
+ m5 Some Gateway MX series laptops (MP6954)
+ m6 Some Gateway NX series laptops
+
+STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
+=======================
+ ref Reference board
+ ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection
+ 3stack D965 3stack
+ 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
+ dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520
+ dell-bios Fixes with Dell BIOS setup
+
+STAC92HD71B*
+============
+ ref Reference board
+ dell-m4-1 Dell desktops
+ dell-m4-2 Dell desktops
+ dell-m4-3 Dell desktops
+ hp-m4 HP dv laptops
+
+STAC92HD73*
+===========
+ ref Reference board
+ no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection
+ dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics
+ dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics
+ dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics
+ dell-eq Dell desktops/laptops
+
+STAC92HD83*
+===========
+ ref Reference board
+
+STAC9872
+========
+ vaio Setup for VAIO FE550G/SZ110
+ vaio-ar Setup for VAIO AR
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d68fff7183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,577 @@
+MORE NOTES ON HD-AUDIO DRIVER
+=============================
+ Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
+
+
+GENERAL
+-------
+
+HD-audio is the new standard on-board audio component on modern PCs
+after AC97. Although Linux has been supporting HD-audio since long
+time ago, there are often problems with new machines. A part of the
+problem is broken BIOS, and the rest is the driver implementation.
+This document explains the brief trouble-shooting and debugging
+methods for the HD-audio hardware.
+
+The HD-audio component consists of two parts: the controller chip and
+the codec chips on the HD-audio bus. Linux provides a single driver
+for all controllers, snd-hda-intel. Although the driver name contains
+a word of a well-known harware vendor, it's not specific to it but for
+all controller chips by other companies. Since the HD-audio
+controllers are supposed to be compatible, the single snd-hda-driver
+should work in most cases. But, not surprisingly, there are known
+bugs and issues specific to each controller type. The snd-hda-intel
+driver has a bunch of workarounds for these as described below.
+
+A controller may have multiple codecs. Usually you have one audio
+codec and optionally one modem codec. In theory, there might be
+multiple audio codecs, e.g. for analog and digital outputs, and the
+driver might not work properly because of conflict of mixer elements.
+This should be fixed in future if such hardware really exists.
+
+The snd-hda-intel driver has several different codec parsers depending
+on the codec. It has a generic parser as a fallback, but this
+functionality is fairly limited until now. Instead of the generic
+parser, usually the codec-specific parser (coded in patch_*.c) is used
+for the codec-specific implementations. The details about the
+codec-specific problems are explained in the later sections.
+
+If you are interested in the deep debugging of HD-audio, read the
+HD-audio specification at first. The specification is found on
+Intel's web page, for example:
+
+- http://www.intel.com/standards/hdaudio/
+
+
+HD-AUDIO CONTROLLER
+-------------------
+
+DMA-Position Problem
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The most common problem of the controller is the inaccurate DMA
+pointer reporting. The DMA pointer for playback and capture can be
+read in two ways, either via a LPIB register or via a position-buffer
+map. As default the driver tries to read from the io-mapped
+position-buffer, and falls back to LPIB if the position-buffer appears
+dead. However, this detection isn't perfect on some devices. In such
+a case, you can change the default method via `position_fix` option.
+
+`position_fix=1` means to use LPIB method explicitly.
+`position_fix=2` means to use the position-buffer. 0 is the default
+value, the automatic check and fallback to LPIB as described in the
+above. If you get a problem of repeated sounds, this option might
+help.
+
+In addition to that, every controller is known to be broken regarding
+the wake-up timing. It wakes up a few samples before actually
+processing the data on the buffer. This caused a lot of problems, for
+example, with ALSA dmix or JACK. Since 2.6.27 kernel, the driver puts
+an artificial delay to the wake up timing. This delay is controlled
+via `bdl_pos_adj` option.
+
+When `bdl_pos_adj` is a negative value (as default), it's assigned to
+an appropriate value depending on the controller chip. For Intel
+chips, it'd be 1 while it'd be 32 for others. Usually this works.
+Only in case it doesn't work and you get warning messages, you should
+change this parameter to other values.
+
+
+Codec-Probing Problem
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+A less often but a more severe problem is the codec probing. When
+BIOS reports the available codec slots wrongly, the driver gets
+confused and tries to access the non-existing codec slot. This often
+results in the total screw-up, and destructs the further communication
+with the codec chips. The symptom appears usually as error messages
+like:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode:
+ last cmd=0x12345678
+ hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode:
+ last cmd=0x12345678
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The first line is a warning, and this is usually relatively harmless.
+It means that the codec response isn't notified via an IRQ. The
+driver uses explicit polling method to read the response. It gives
+very slight CPU overhead, but you'd unlikely notice it.
+
+The second line is, however, a fatal error. If this happens, usually
+it means that something is really wrong. Most likely you are
+accessing a non-existing codec slot.
+
+Thus, if the second error message appears, try to narrow the probed
+codec slots via `probe_mask` option. It's a bitmask, and each bit
+corresponds to the codec slot. For example, to probe only the first
+slot, pass `probe_mask=1`. For the first and the third slots, pass
+`probe_mask=5` (where 5 = 1 | 4), and so on.
+
+Since 2.6.29 kernel, the driver has a more robust probing method, so
+this error might happen rarely, though.
+
+
+Interrupt Handling
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+In rare but some cases, the interrupt isn't properly handled as
+default. You would notice this by the DMA transfer error reported by
+ALSA PCM core, for example. Using MSI might help in such a case.
+Pass `enable_msi=1` option for enabling MSI.
+
+
+HD-AUDIO CODEC
+--------------
+
+Model Option
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The most common problem regarding the HD-audio driver is the
+unsupported codec features or the mismatched device configuration.
+Most of codec-specific code has several preset models, either to
+override the BIOS setup or to provide more comprehensive features.
+
+The driver checks PCI SSID and looks through the static configuration
+table until any matching entry is found. If you have a new machine,
+you may see a message like below:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC880, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Even if you see such a message, DON'T PANIC. Take a deep breath and
+keep your towel. First of all, it's an informational message, no
+warning, no error. This means that the PCI SSID of your device isn't
+listed in the known preset model (white-)list. But, this doesn't mean
+that the driver is broken. Many codec-drivers provide the automatic
+configuration mechanism based on the BIOS setup.
+
+The HD-audio codec has usually "pin" widgets, and BIOS sets the default
+configuration of each pin, which indicates the location, the
+connection type, the jack color, etc. The HD-audio driver can guess
+the right connection judging from these default configuration values.
+However -- some codec-support codes, such as patch_analog.c, don't
+support the automatic probing (yet as of 2.6.28). And, BIOS is often,
+yes, pretty often broken. It sets up wrong values and screws up the
+driver.
+
+The preset model is provided basically to overcome such a situation.
+When the matching preset model is found in the white-list, the driver
+assumes the static configuration of that preset and builds the mixer
+elements and PCM streams based on the static information. Thus, if
+you have a newer machine with a slightly different PCI SSID from the
+existing one, you may have a good chance to re-use the same model.
+You can pass the `model` option to specify the preset model instead of
+PCI SSID look-up.
+
+What `model` option values are available depends on the codec chip.
+Check your codec chip from the codec proc file (see "Codec Proc-File"
+section below). It will show the vendor/product name of your codec
+chip. Then, see Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Modelstxt file,
+the section of HD-audio driver. You can find a list of codecs
+and `model` options belonging to each codec. For example, for Realtek
+ALC262 codec chip, pass `model=ultra` for devices that are compatible
+with Samsung Q1 Ultra.
+
+Thus, the first thing you can do for any brand-new, unsupported and
+non-working HD-audio hardware is to check HD-audio codec and several
+different `model` option values. If you have a luck, some of them
+might suit with your device well.
+
+Some codecs such as ALC880 have a special model option `model=test`.
+This configures the driver to provide as many mixer controls as
+possible for every single pin feature except for the unsolicited
+events (and maybe some other specials). Adjust each mixer element and
+try the I/O in the way of trial-and-error until figuring out the whole
+I/O pin mappings.
+
+Note that `model=generic` has a special meaning. It means to use the
+generic parser regardless of the codec. Usually the codec-specific
+parser is much better than the generic parser (as now). Thus this
+option is more about the debugging purpose.
+
+
+Speaker and Headphone Output
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+One of the most frequent (and obvious) bugs with HD-audio is the
+silent output from either or both of a built-in speaker and a
+headphone jack. In general, you should try a headphone output at
+first. A speaker output often requires more additional controls like
+the external amplifier bits. Thus a headphone output has a slightly
+better chance.
+
+Before making a bug report, double-check whether the mixer is set up
+correctly. The recent version of snd-hda-intel driver provides mostly
+"Master" volume control as well as "Front" volume (where Front
+indicates the front-channels). In addition, there can be individual
+"Headphone" and "Speaker" controls.
+
+Ditto for the speaker output. There can be "External Amplifier"
+switch on some codecs. Turn on this if present.
+
+Another related problem is the automatic mute of speaker output by
+headphone plugging. This feature is implemented in most cases, but
+not on every preset model or codec-support code.
+
+In anyway, try a different model option if you have such a problem.
+Some other models may match better and give you more matching
+functionality. If none of the available models works, send a bug
+report. See the bug report section for details.
+
+If you are masochistic enough to debug the driver problem, note the
+following:
+
+- The speaker (and the headphone, too) output often requires the
+ external amplifier. This can be set usually via EAPD verb or a
+ certain GPIO. If the codec pin supports EAPD, you have a better
+ chance via SET_EAPD_BTL verb (0x70c). On others, GPIO pin (mostly
+ it's either GPIO0 or GPIO1) may turn on/off EAPD.
+- Some Realtek codecs require special vendor-specific coefficients to
+ turn on the amplifier. See patch_realtek.c.
+- IDT codecs may have extra power-enable/disable controls on each
+ analog pin. See patch_sigmatel.c.
+- Very rare but some devices don't accept the pin-detection verb until
+ triggered. Issuing GET_PIN_SENSE verb (0xf09) may result in the
+ codec-communication stall. Some examples are found in
+ patch_realtek.c.
+
+
+Capture Problems
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The capture problems are often because of missing setups of mixers.
+Thus, before submitting a bug report, make sure that you set up the
+mixer correctly. For example, both "Capture Volume" and "Capture
+Switch" have to be set properly in addition to the right "Capture
+Source" or "Input Source" selection. Some devices have "Mic Boost"
+volume or switch.
+
+When the PCM device is opened via "default" PCM (without pulse-audio
+plugin), you'll likely have "Digital Capture Volume" control as well.
+This is provided for the extra gain/attenuation of the signal in
+software, especially for the inputs without the hardware volume
+control such as digital microphones. Unless really needed, this
+should be set to exactly 50%, corresponding to 0dB -- neither extra
+gain nor attenuation. When you use "hw" PCM, i.e., a raw access PCM,
+this control will have no influence, though.
+
+It's known that some codecs / devices have fairly bad analog circuits,
+and the recorded sound contains a certain DC-offset. This is no bug
+of the driver.
+
+Most of modern laptops have no analog CD-input connection. Thus, the
+recording from CD input won't work in many cases although the driver
+provides it as the capture source. Use CDDA instead.
+
+The automatic switching of the built-in and external mic per plugging
+is implemented on some codec models but not on every model. Partly
+because of my laziness but mostly lack of testers. Feel free to
+submit the improvement patch to the author.
+
+
+Direct Debugging
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+If no model option gives you a better result, and you are a tough guy
+to fight against evil, try debugging via hitting the raw HD-audio
+codec verbs to the device. Some tools are available: hda-emu and
+hda-analyzer. The detailed description is found in the sections
+below. You'd need to enable hwdep for using these tools. See "Kernel
+Configuration" section.
+
+
+OTHER ISSUES
+------------
+
+Kernel Configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+In general, I recommend you to enable the sound debug option,
+`CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y`, no matter whether you are debugging or not.
+This enables snd_printd() macro and others, and you'll get additional
+kernel messages at probing.
+
+In addition, you can enable `CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE=y`. But this
+will give you far more messages. Thus turn this on only when you are
+sure to want it.
+
+Don't forget to turn on the appropriate `CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_*`
+options. Note that each of them corresponds to the codec chip, not
+the controller chip. Thus, even if lspci shows the Nvidia controller,
+you may need to choose the option for other vendors. If you are
+unsure, just select all yes.
+
+`CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP` is a useful option for debugging the driver.
+When this is enabled, the driver creates hardware-dependent devices
+(one per each codec), and you have a raw access to the device via
+these device files. For example, `hwC0D2` will be created for the
+codec slot #2 of the first card (#0). For debug-tools such as
+hda-verb and hda-analyzer, the hwdep device has to be enabled.
+Thus, it'd be better to turn this on always.
+
+`CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG` is a new option, and this depends on the
+hwdep option above. When enabled, you'll have some sysfs files under
+the corresponding hwdep directory. See "HD-audio reconfiguration"
+section below.
+
+`CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE` option enables the power-saving feature.
+See "Power-saving" section below.
+
+
+Codec Proc-File
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The codec proc-file is a treasure-chest for debugging HD-audio.
+It shows most of useful information of each codec widget.
+
+The proc file is located in /proc/asound/card*/codec#*, one file per
+each codec slot. You can know the codec vendor, product id and
+names, the type of each widget, capabilities and so on.
+This file, however, doesn't show the jack sensing state, so far. This
+is because the jack-sensing might be depending on the trigger state.
+
+This file will be picked up by the debug tools, and also it can be fed
+to the emulator as the primary codec information. See the debug tools
+section below.
+
+This proc file can be also used to check whether the generic parser is
+used. When the generic parser is used, the vendor/product ID name
+will appear as "Realtek ID 0262", instead of "Realtek ALC262".
+
+
+HD-Audio Reconfiguration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+This is an experimental feature to allow you re-configure the HD-audio
+codec dynamically without reloading the driver. The following sysfs
+files are available under each codec-hwdep device directory (e.g.
+/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0):
+
+vendor_id::
+ Shows the 32bit codec vendor-id hex number. You can change the
+ vendor-id value by writing to this file.
+subsystem_id::
+ Shows the 32bit codec subsystem-id hex number. You can change the
+ subsystem-id value by writing to this file.
+revision_id::
+ Shows the 32bit codec revision-id hex number. You can change the
+ revision-id value by writing to this file.
+afg::
+ Shows the AFG ID. This is read-only.
+mfg::
+ Shows the MFG ID. This is read-only.
+name::
+ Shows the codec name string. Can be changed by writing to this
+ file.
+modelname::
+ Shows the currently set `model` option. Can be changed by writing
+ to this file.
+init_verbs::
+ The extra verbs to execute at initialization. You can add a verb by
+ writing to this file. Pass tree numbers, nid, verb and parameter.
+hints::
+ Shows hint strings for codec parsers for any use. Right now it's
+ not used.
+reconfig::
+ Triggers the codec re-configuration. When any value is written to
+ this file, the driver re-initialize and parses the codec tree
+ again. All the changes done by the sysfs entries above are taken
+ into account.
+clear::
+ Resets the codec, removes the mixer elements and PCM stuff of the
+ specified codec, and clear all init verbs and hints.
+
+
+Power-Saving
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The power-saving is a kind of auto-suspend of the device. When the
+device is inactive for a certain time, the device is automatically
+turned off to save the power. The time to go down is specified via
+`power_save` module option, and this option can be changed dynamically
+via sysfs.
+
+The power-saving won't work when the analog loopback is enabled on
+some codecs. Make sure that you mute all unneeded signal routes when
+you want the power-saving.
+
+The power-saving feature might cause audible click noises at each
+power-down/up depending on the device. Some of them might be
+solvable, but some are hard, I'm afraid. Some distros such as
+openSUSE enables the power-saving feature automatically when the power
+cable is unplugged. Thus, if you hear noises, suspect first the
+power-saving. See /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save to
+check the current value. If it's non-zero, the feature is turned on.
+
+
+Development Tree
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The latest development codes for HD-audio are found on sound git tree:
+
+- git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git
+
+The master branch or for-next branches can be used as the main
+development branches in general while the HD-audio specific patches
+are committed in topic/hda branch.
+
+If you are using the latest Linus tree, it'd be better to pull the
+above GIT tree onto it. If you are using the older kernels, an easy
+way to try the latest ALSA code is to build from the snapshot
+tarball. There are daily tarballs and the latest snapshot tarball.
+All can be built just like normal alsa-driver release packages, that
+is, installed via the usual spells: configure, make and make
+install(-modules). See INSTALL in the package. The snapshot tarballs
+are found at:
+
+- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/
+
+
+Sending a Bug Report
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+If any model or module options don't work for your device, it's time
+to send a bug report to the developers. Give the following in your
+bug report:
+
+- Hardware vendor, product and model names
+- Kernel version (and ALSA-driver version if you built externally)
+- `alsa-info.sh` output; run with `--no-upload` option. See the
+ section below about alsa-info
+
+If it's a regression, at best, send alsa-info outputs of both working
+and non-working kernels. This is really helpful because we can
+compare the codec registers directly.
+
+Send a bug report either the followings:
+
+kernel-bugzilla::
+ http://bugme.linux-foundation.org/
+alsa-devel ML::
+ alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
+
+
+DEBUG TOOLS
+-----------
+
+This section describes some tools available for debugging HD-audio
+problems.
+
+alsa-info
+~~~~~~~~~
+The script `alsa-info.sh` is a very useful tool to gather the audio
+device information. You can fetch the latest version from:
+
+- http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
+
+Run this script as root, and it will gather the important information
+such as the module lists, module parameters, proc file contents
+including the codec proc files, mixer outputs and the control
+elements. As default, it will store the information onto a web server
+on alsa-project.org. But, if you send a bug report, it'd be better to
+run with `--no-upload` option, and attach the generated file.
+
+There are some other useful options. See `--help` option output for
+details.
+
+
+hda-verb
+~~~~~~~~
+hda-verb is a tiny program that allows you to access the HD-audio
+codec directly. You can execute a raw HD-audio codec verb with this.
+This program accesses the hwdep device, thus you need to enable the
+kernel config `CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y` beforehand.
+
+The hda-verb program takes four arguments: the hwdep device file, the
+widget NID, the verb and the parameter. When you access to the codec
+on the slot 2 of the card 0, pass /dev/snd/hwC0D2 to the first
+argument, typically. (However, the real path name depends on the
+system.)
+
+The second parameter is the widget number-id to access. The third
+parameter can be either a hex/digit number or a string corresponding
+to a verb. Similarly, the last parameter is the value to write, or
+can be a string for the parameter type.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ % hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x12 0x701 2
+ nid = 0x12, verb = 0x701, param = 0x2
+ value = 0x0
+
+ % hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x0 PARAMETERS VENDOR_ID
+ nid = 0x0, verb = 0xf00, param = 0x0
+ value = 0x10ec0262
+
+ % hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 2 set_a 0xb080
+ nid = 0x2, verb = 0x300, param = 0xb080
+ value = 0x0
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Although you can issue any verbs with this program, the driver state
+won't be always updated. For example, the volume values are usually
+cached in the driver, and thus changing the widget amp value directly
+via hda-verb won't change the mixer value.
+
+The hda-verb program is found in the ftp directory:
+
+- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/misc/
+
+Also a git repository is available:
+
+- git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/hda-verb.git
+
+See README file in the tarball for more details about hda-verb
+program.
+
+
+hda-analyzer
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+hda-analyzer provides a graphical interface to access the raw HD-audio
+control, based on pyGTK2 binding. It's a more powerful version of
+hda-verb. The program gives you an easy-to-use GUI stuff for showing
+the widget information and adjusting the amp values, as well as the
+proc-compatible output.
+
+The hda-analyzer is a part of alsa.git repository in
+alsa-project.org:
+
+- http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa.git;a=tree;f=hda-analyzer
+
+
+Codecgraph
+~~~~~~~~~~
+Codecgraph is a utility program to generate a graph and visualizes the
+codec-node connection of a codec chip. It's especially useful when
+you analyze or debug a codec without a proper datasheet. The program
+parses the given codec proc file and converts to SVG via graphiz
+program.
+
+The tarball and GIT trees are found in the web page at:
+
+- http://helllabs.org/codecgraph/
+
+
+hda-emu
+~~~~~~~
+hda-emu is an HD-audio emulator. The main purpose of this program is
+to debug an HD-audio codec without the real hardware. Thus, it
+doesn't emulate the behavior with the real audio I/O, but it just
+dumps the codec register changes and the ALSA-driver internal changes
+at probing and operating the HD-audio driver.
+
+The program requires a codec proc-file to simulate. Get a proc file
+for the target codec beforehand, or pick up an example codec from the
+codec proc collections in the tarball. Then, run the program with the
+proc file, and the hda-emu program will start parsing the codec file
+and simulates the HD-audio driver:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ % hda-emu codecs/stac9200-dell-d820-laptop
+ # Parsing..
+ hda_codec: Unknown model for STAC9200, using BIOS defaults
+ hda_codec: pin nid 08 bios pin config 40c003fa
+ ....
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The program gives you only a very dumb command-line interface. You
+can get a proc-file dump at the current state, get a list of control
+(mixer) elements, set/get the control element value, simulate the PCM
+operation, the jack plugging simulation, etc.
+
+The package is found in:
+
+- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/misc/
+
+A git repository is available:
+
+- git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/hda-emu.git
+
+See README file in the tarball for more details about hda-emu
+program.
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
index f738b296440..bba2dbb79d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ card*/codec#*
Shows the general codec information and the attribute of each
widget node.
+card*/eld#*
+ Available for HDMI or DisplayPort interfaces.
+ Shows ELD(EDID Like Data) info retrieved from the attached HDMI sink,
+ and describes its audio capabilities and configurations.
+
+ Some ELD fields may be modified by doing `echo name hex_value > eld#*`.
+ Only do this if you are sure the HDMI sink provided value is wrong.
+ And if that makes your HDMI audio work, please report to us so that we
+ can fix it in future kernel releases.
+
Sequencer Information
---------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt
index f370e7db86a..bab7711ce96 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ the audio subsystem with the kernel as a platform device and is represented by
the following struct:-
/* SoC machine */
-struct snd_soc_machine {
+struct snd_soc_card {
char *name;
int (*probe)(struct platform_device *pdev);
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai_link corgi_dai = {
.ops = &corgi_ops,
};
-struct snd_soc_machine then sets up the machine with it's DAIs. e.g.
+struct snd_soc_card then sets up the machine with it's DAIs. e.g.
/* corgi audio machine driver */
-static struct snd_soc_machine snd_soc_machine_corgi = {
+static struct snd_soc_card snd_soc_corgi = {
.name = "Corgi",
.dai_link = &corgi_dai,
.num_links = 1,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static struct wm8731_setup_data corgi_wm8731_setup = {
/* corgi audio subsystem */
static struct snd_soc_device corgi_snd_devdata = {
- .machine = &snd_soc_machine_corgi,
+ .machine = &snd_soc_corgi,
.platform = &pxa2xx_soc_platform,
.codec_dev = &soc_codec_dev_wm8731,
.codec_data = &corgi_wm8731_setup,
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp b/Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp
index 154bd02220b..34a9cfd746b 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp
+++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp
@@ -13,10 +13,20 @@ Description
This driver provides glue code connecting a National Semiconductor LM70 LLP
temperature sensor evaluation board to the kernel's SPI core subsystem.
+This is a SPI master controller driver. It can be used in conjunction with
+(layered under) the LM70 logical driver (a "SPI protocol driver").
In effect, this driver turns the parallel port interface on the eval board
into a SPI bus with a single device, which will be driven by the generic
LM70 driver (drivers/hwmon/lm70.c).
+
+Hardware Interfacing
+--------------------
+The schematic for this particular board (the LM70EVAL-LLP) is
+available (on page 4) here:
+
+ http://www.national.com/appinfo/tempsensors/files/LM70LLPEVALmanual.pdf
+
The hardware interfacing on the LM70 LLP eval board is as follows:
Parallel LM70 LLP
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
index 8bae2f018d3..0f5122eb282 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
+++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ So for example arch/.../mach-*/board-*.c files might have code like:
/* if your mach-* infrastructure doesn't support kernels that can
* run on multiple boards, pdata wouldn't benefit from "__init".
*/
- static struct mysoc_spi_data __init pdata = { ... };
+ static struct mysoc_spi_data __initdata pdata = { ... };
static __init board_init(void)
{
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index d79eeda7a69..3197fc83bc5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-Documentation for /proc/sys/vm/* kernel version 2.2.10
+Documentation for /proc/sys/vm/* kernel version 2.6.29
(c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org>
+ (c) 2008 Peter W. Morreale <pmorreale@novell.com>
For general info and legal blurb, please look in README.
==============================================================
This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in
-/proc/sys/vm and is valid for Linux kernel version 2.2.
+/proc/sys/vm and is valid for Linux kernel version 2.6.29.
The files in this directory can be used to tune the operation
of the virtual memory (VM) subsystem of the Linux kernel and
@@ -16,178 +17,274 @@ Default values and initialization routines for most of these
files can be found in mm/swap.c.
Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
-- overcommit_memory
-- page-cluster
-- dirty_ratio
+
+- block_dump
+- dirty_background_bytes
- dirty_background_ratio
+- dirty_bytes
- dirty_expire_centisecs
+- dirty_ratio
- dirty_writeback_centisecs
-- highmem_is_dirtyable (only if CONFIG_HIGHMEM set)
+- drop_caches
+- hugepages_treat_as_movable
+- hugetlb_shm_group
+- laptop_mode
+- legacy_va_layout
+- lowmem_reserve_ratio
- max_map_count
- min_free_kbytes
-- laptop_mode
-- block_dump
-- drop-caches
-- zone_reclaim_mode
-- min_unmapped_ratio
- min_slab_ratio
-- panic_on_oom
-- oom_dump_tasks
-- oom_kill_allocating_task
-- mmap_min_address
-- numa_zonelist_order
+- min_unmapped_ratio
+- mmap_min_addr
- nr_hugepages
- nr_overcommit_hugepages
+- nr_pdflush_threads
+- nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n)
+- numa_zonelist_order
+- oom_dump_tasks
+- oom_kill_allocating_task
+- overcommit_memory
+- overcommit_ratio
+- page-cluster
+- panic_on_oom
+- percpu_pagelist_fraction
+- stat_interval
+- swappiness
+- vfs_cache_pressure
+- zone_reclaim_mode
+
==============================================================
-dirty_ratio, dirty_background_ratio, dirty_expire_centisecs,
-dirty_writeback_centisecs, highmem_is_dirtyable,
-vfs_cache_pressure, laptop_mode, block_dump, swap_token_timeout,
-drop-caches, hugepages_treat_as_movable:
+block_dump
-See Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+block_dump enables block I/O debugging when set to a nonzero value. More
+information on block I/O debugging is in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt.
==============================================================
-overcommit_memory:
+dirty_background_bytes
-This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment.
+Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
+daemon will start writeback.
-When this flag is 0, the kernel attempts to estimate the amount
-of free memory left when userspace requests more memory.
+If dirty_background_bytes is written, dirty_background_ratio becomes a function
+of its value (dirty_background_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
-When this flag is 1, the kernel pretends there is always enough
-memory until it actually runs out.
+==============================================================
-When this flag is 2, the kernel uses a "never overcommit"
-policy that attempts to prevent any overcommit of memory.
+dirty_background_ratio
-This feature can be very useful because there are a lot of
-programs that malloc() huge amounts of memory "just-in-case"
-and don't use much of it.
+Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which
+the pdflush background writeback daemon will start writing out dirty data.
-The default value is 0.
+==============================================================
-See Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting and
-security/commoncap.c::cap_vm_enough_memory() for more information.
+dirty_bytes
+
+Contains the amount of dirty memory at which a process generating disk writes
+will itself start writeback.
+
+If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value
+(dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
==============================================================
-overcommit_ratio:
+dirty_expire_centisecs
-When overcommit_memory is set to 2, the committed address
-space is not permitted to exceed swap plus this percentage
-of physical RAM. See above.
+This tunable is used to define when dirty data is old enough to be eligible
+for writeout by the pdflush daemons. It is expressed in 100'ths of a second.
+Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this interval will be
+written out next time a pdflush daemon wakes up.
+
+==============================================================
+
+dirty_ratio
+
+Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which
+a process which is generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty
+data.
==============================================================
-page-cluster:
+dirty_writeback_centisecs
-The Linux VM subsystem avoids excessive disk seeks by reading
-multiple pages on a page fault. The number of pages it reads
-is dependent on the amount of memory in your machine.
+The pdflush writeback daemons will periodically wake up and write `old' data
+out to disk. This tunable expresses the interval between those wakeups, in
+100'ths of a second.
-The number of pages the kernel reads in at once is equal to
-2 ^ page-cluster. Values above 2 ^ 5 don't make much sense
-for swap because we only cluster swap data in 32-page groups.
+Setting this to zero disables periodic writeback altogether.
==============================================================
-max_map_count:
+drop_caches
-This file contains the maximum number of memory map areas a process
-may have. Memory map areas are used as a side-effect of calling
-malloc, directly by mmap and mprotect, and also when loading shared
-libraries.
+Writing to this will cause the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and
+inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
-While most applications need less than a thousand maps, certain
-programs, particularly malloc debuggers, may consume lots of them,
-e.g., up to one or two maps per allocation.
+To free pagecache:
+ echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+To free dentries and inodes:
+ echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+To free pagecache, dentries and inodes:
+ echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
-The default value is 65536.
+As this is a non-destructive operation and dirty objects are not freeable, the
+user should run `sync' first.
==============================================================
-min_free_kbytes:
+hugepages_treat_as_movable
-This is used to force the Linux VM to keep a minimum number
-of kilobytes free. The VM uses this number to compute a pages_min
-value for each lowmem zone in the system. Each lowmem zone gets
-a number of reserved free pages based proportionally on its size.
+This parameter is only useful when kernelcore= is specified at boot time to
+create ZONE_MOVABLE for pages that may be reclaimed or migrated. Huge pages
+are not movable so are not normally allocated from ZONE_MOVABLE. A non-zero
+value written to hugepages_treat_as_movable allows huge pages to be allocated
+from ZONE_MOVABLE.
-Some minimal amount of memory is needed to satisfy PF_MEMALLOC
-allocations; if you set this to lower than 1024KB, your system will
-become subtly broken, and prone to deadlock under high loads.
-
-Setting this too high will OOM your machine instantly.
+Once enabled, the ZONE_MOVABLE is treated as an area of memory the huge
+pages pool can easily grow or shrink within. Assuming that applications are
+not running that mlock() a lot of memory, it is likely the huge pages pool
+can grow to the size of ZONE_MOVABLE by repeatedly entering the desired value
+into nr_hugepages and triggering page reclaim.
==============================================================
-percpu_pagelist_fraction
+hugetlb_shm_group
-This is the fraction of pages at most (high mark pcp->high) in each zone that
-are allocated for each per cpu page list. The min value for this is 8. It
-means that we don't allow more than 1/8th of pages in each zone to be
-allocated in any single per_cpu_pagelist. This entry only changes the value
-of hot per cpu pagelists. User can specify a number like 100 to allocate
-1/100th of each zone to each per cpu page list.
+hugetlb_shm_group contains group id that is allowed to create SysV
+shared memory segment using hugetlb page.
-The batch value of each per cpu pagelist is also updated as a result. It is
-set to pcp->high/4. The upper limit of batch is (PAGE_SHIFT * 8)
+==============================================================
-The initial value is zero. Kernel does not use this value at boot time to set
-the high water marks for each per cpu page list.
+laptop_mode
-===============================================================
+laptop_mode is a knob that controls "laptop mode". All the things that are
+controlled by this knob are discussed in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt.
-zone_reclaim_mode:
+==============================================================
-Zone_reclaim_mode allows someone to set more or less aggressive approaches to
-reclaim memory when a zone runs out of memory. If it is set to zero then no
-zone reclaim occurs. Allocations will be satisfied from other zones / nodes
-in the system.
+legacy_va_layout
-This is value ORed together of
+If non-zero, this sysctl disables the new 32-bit mmap mmap layout - the kernel
+will use the legacy (2.4) layout for all processes.
-1 = Zone reclaim on
-2 = Zone reclaim writes dirty pages out
-4 = Zone reclaim swaps pages
+==============================================================
-zone_reclaim_mode is set during bootup to 1 if it is determined that pages
-from remote zones will cause a measurable performance reduction. The
-page allocator will then reclaim easily reusable pages (those page
-cache pages that are currently not used) before allocating off node pages.
+lowmem_reserve_ratio
+
+For some specialised workloads on highmem machines it is dangerous for
+the kernel to allow process memory to be allocated from the "lowmem"
+zone. This is because that memory could then be pinned via the mlock()
+system call, or by unavailability of swapspace.
+
+And on large highmem machines this lack of reclaimable lowmem memory
+can be fatal.
+
+So the Linux page allocator has a mechanism which prevents allocations
+which _could_ use highmem from using too much lowmem. This means that
+a certain amount of lowmem is defended from the possibility of being
+captured into pinned user memory.
+
+(The same argument applies to the old 16 megabyte ISA DMA region. This
+mechanism will also defend that region from allocations which could use
+highmem or lowmem).
+
+The `lowmem_reserve_ratio' tunable determines how aggressive the kernel is
+in defending these lower zones.
+
+If you have a machine which uses highmem or ISA DMA and your
+applications are using mlock(), or if you are running with no swap then
+you probably should change the lowmem_reserve_ratio setting.
+
+The lowmem_reserve_ratio is an array. You can see them by reading this file.
+-
+% cat /proc/sys/vm/lowmem_reserve_ratio
+256 256 32
+-
+Note: # of this elements is one fewer than number of zones. Because the highest
+ zone's value is not necessary for following calculation.
+
+But, these values are not used directly. The kernel calculates # of protection
+pages for each zones from them. These are shown as array of protection pages
+in /proc/zoneinfo like followings. (This is an example of x86-64 box).
+Each zone has an array of protection pages like this.
+
+-
+Node 0, zone DMA
+ pages free 1355
+ min 3
+ low 3
+ high 4
+ :
+ :
+ numa_other 0
+ protection: (0, 2004, 2004, 2004)
+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ pagesets
+ cpu: 0 pcp: 0
+ :
+-
+These protections are added to score to judge whether this zone should be used
+for page allocation or should be reclaimed.
+
+In this example, if normal pages (index=2) are required to this DMA zone and
+pages_high is used for watermark, the kernel judges this zone should not be
+used because pages_free(1355) is smaller than watermark + protection[2]
+(4 + 2004 = 2008). If this protection value is 0, this zone would be used for
+normal page requirement. If requirement is DMA zone(index=0), protection[0]
+(=0) is used.
+
+zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following expression.
+
+(i < j):
+ zone[i]->protection[j]
+ = (total sums of present_pages from zone[i+1] to zone[j] on the node)
+ / lowmem_reserve_ratio[i];
+(i = j):
+ (should not be protected. = 0;
+(i > j):
+ (not necessary, but looks 0)
+
+The default values of lowmem_reserve_ratio[i] are
+ 256 (if zone[i] means DMA or DMA32 zone)
+ 32 (others).
+As above expression, they are reciprocal number of ratio.
+256 means 1/256. # of protection pages becomes about "0.39%" of total present
+pages of higher zones on the node.
+
+If you would like to protect more pages, smaller values are effective.
+The minimum value is 1 (1/1 -> 100%).
-It may be beneficial to switch off zone reclaim if the system is
-used for a file server and all of memory should be used for caching files
-from disk. In that case the caching effect is more important than
-data locality.
+==============================================================
-Allowing zone reclaim to write out pages stops processes that are
-writing large amounts of data from dirtying pages on other nodes. Zone
-reclaim will write out dirty pages if a zone fills up and so effectively
-throttle the process. This may decrease the performance of a single process
-since it cannot use all of system memory to buffer the outgoing writes
-anymore but it preserve the memory on other nodes so that the performance
-of other processes running on other nodes will not be affected.
+max_map_count:
-Allowing regular swap effectively restricts allocations to the local
-node unless explicitly overridden by memory policies or cpuset
-configurations.
+This file contains the maximum number of memory map areas a process
+may have. Memory map areas are used as a side-effect of calling
+malloc, directly by mmap and mprotect, and also when loading shared
+libraries.
-=============================================================
+While most applications need less than a thousand maps, certain
+programs, particularly malloc debuggers, may consume lots of them,
+e.g., up to one or two maps per allocation.
-min_unmapped_ratio:
+The default value is 65536.
-This is available only on NUMA kernels.
+==============================================================
-A percentage of the total pages in each zone. Zone reclaim will only
-occur if more than this percentage of pages are file backed and unmapped.
-This is to insure that a minimal amount of local pages is still available for
-file I/O even if the node is overallocated.
+min_free_kbytes:
-The default is 1 percent.
+This is used to force the Linux VM to keep a minimum number
+of kilobytes free. The VM uses this number to compute a pages_min
+value for each lowmem zone in the system. Each lowmem zone gets
+a number of reserved free pages based proportionally on its size.
+
+Some minimal amount of memory is needed to satisfy PF_MEMALLOC
+allocations; if you set this to lower than 1024KB, your system will
+become subtly broken, and prone to deadlock under high loads.
+
+Setting this too high will OOM your machine instantly.
=============================================================
@@ -209,82 +306,73 @@ and may not be fast.
=============================================================
-panic_on_oom
+min_unmapped_ratio:
-This enables or disables panic on out-of-memory feature.
+This is available only on NUMA kernels.
-If this is set to 0, the kernel will kill some rogue process,
-called oom_killer. Usually, oom_killer can kill rogue processes and
-system will survive.
+A percentage of the total pages in each zone. Zone reclaim will only
+occur if more than this percentage of pages are file backed and unmapped.
+This is to insure that a minimal amount of local pages is still available for
+file I/O even if the node is overallocated.
-If this is set to 1, the kernel panics when out-of-memory happens.
-However, if a process limits using nodes by mempolicy/cpusets,
-and those nodes become memory exhaustion status, one process
-may be killed by oom-killer. No panic occurs in this case.
-Because other nodes' memory may be free. This means system total status
-may be not fatal yet.
+The default is 1 percent.
-If this is set to 2, the kernel panics compulsorily even on the
-above-mentioned.
+==============================================================
-The default value is 0.
-1 and 2 are for failover of clustering. Please select either
-according to your policy of failover.
+mmap_min_addr
-=============================================================
+This file indicates the amount of address space which a user process will
+be restricted from mmaping. Since kernel null dereference bugs could
+accidentally operate based on the information in the first couple of pages
+of memory userspace processes should not be allowed to write to them. By
+default this value is set to 0 and no protections will be enforced by the
+security module. Setting this value to something like 64k will allow the
+vast majority of applications to work correctly and provide defense in depth
+against future potential kernel bugs.
-oom_dump_tasks
+==============================================================
-Enables a system-wide task dump (excluding kernel threads) to be
-produced when the kernel performs an OOM-killing and includes such
-information as pid, uid, tgid, vm size, rss, cpu, oom_adj score, and
-name. This is helpful to determine why the OOM killer was invoked
-and to identify the rogue task that caused it.
+nr_hugepages
-If this is set to zero, this information is suppressed. On very
-large systems with thousands of tasks it may not be feasible to dump
-the memory state information for each one. Such systems should not
-be forced to incur a performance penalty in OOM conditions when the
-information may not be desired.
+Change the minimum size of the hugepage pool.
-If this is set to non-zero, this information is shown whenever the
-OOM killer actually kills a memory-hogging task.
+See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
-The default value is 0.
+==============================================================
-=============================================================
+nr_overcommit_hugepages
-oom_kill_allocating_task
+Change the maximum size of the hugepage pool. The maximum is
+nr_hugepages + nr_overcommit_hugepages.
-This enables or disables killing the OOM-triggering task in
-out-of-memory situations.
+See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
-If this is set to zero, the OOM killer will scan through the entire
-tasklist and select a task based on heuristics to kill. This normally
-selects a rogue memory-hogging task that frees up a large amount of
-memory when killed.
+==============================================================
-If this is set to non-zero, the OOM killer simply kills the task that
-triggered the out-of-memory condition. This avoids the expensive
-tasklist scan.
+nr_pdflush_threads
-If panic_on_oom is selected, it takes precedence over whatever value
-is used in oom_kill_allocating_task.
+The current number of pdflush threads. This value is read-only.
+The value changes according to the number of dirty pages in the system.
-The default value is 0.
+When neccessary, additional pdflush threads are created, one per second, up to
+nr_pdflush_threads_max.
==============================================================
-mmap_min_addr
+nr_trim_pages
-This file indicates the amount of address space which a user process will
-be restricted from mmaping. Since kernel null dereference bugs could
-accidentally operate based on the information in the first couple of pages
-of memory userspace processes should not be allowed to write to them. By
-default this value is set to 0 and no protections will be enforced by the
-security module. Setting this value to something like 64k will allow the
-vast majority of applications to work correctly and provide defense in depth
-against future potential kernel bugs.
+This is available only on NOMMU kernels.
+
+This value adjusts the excess page trimming behaviour of power-of-2 aligned
+NOMMU mmap allocations.
+
+A value of 0 disables trimming of allocations entirely, while a value of 1
+trims excess pages aggressively. Any value >= 1 acts as the watermark where
+trimming of allocations is initiated.
+
+The default value is 1.
+
+See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information.
==============================================================
@@ -333,17 +421,199 @@ this is causing problems for your system/application.
==============================================================
-nr_hugepages
+oom_dump_tasks
-Change the minimum size of the hugepage pool.
+Enables a system-wide task dump (excluding kernel threads) to be
+produced when the kernel performs an OOM-killing and includes such
+information as pid, uid, tgid, vm size, rss, cpu, oom_adj score, and
+name. This is helpful to determine why the OOM killer was invoked
+and to identify the rogue task that caused it.
-See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
+If this is set to zero, this information is suppressed. On very
+large systems with thousands of tasks it may not be feasible to dump
+the memory state information for each one. Such systems should not
+be forced to incur a performance penalty in OOM conditions when the
+information may not be desired.
+
+If this is set to non-zero, this information is shown whenever the
+OOM killer actually kills a memory-hogging task.
+
+The default value is 0.
==============================================================
-nr_overcommit_hugepages
+oom_kill_allocating_task
-Change the maximum size of the hugepage pool. The maximum is
-nr_hugepages + nr_overcommit_hugepages.
+This enables or disables killing the OOM-triggering task in
+out-of-memory situations.
-See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
+If this is set to zero, the OOM killer will scan through the entire
+tasklist and select a task based on heuristics to kill. This normally
+selects a rogue memory-hogging task that frees up a large amount of
+memory when killed.
+
+If this is set to non-zero, the OOM killer simply kills the task that
+triggered the out-of-memory condition. This avoids the expensive
+tasklist scan.
+
+If panic_on_oom is selected, it takes precedence over whatever value
+is used in oom_kill_allocating_task.
+
+The default value is 0.
+
+==============================================================
+
+overcommit_memory:
+
+This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment.
+
+When this flag is 0, the kernel attempts to estimate the amount
+of free memory left when userspace requests more memory.
+
+When this flag is 1, the kernel pretends there is always enough
+memory until it actually runs out.
+
+When this flag is 2, the kernel uses a "never overcommit"
+policy that attempts to prevent any overcommit of memory.
+
+This feature can be very useful because there are a lot of
+programs that malloc() huge amounts of memory "just-in-case"
+and don't use much of it.
+
+The default value is 0.
+
+See Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting and
+security/commoncap.c::cap_vm_enough_memory() for more information.
+
+==============================================================
+
+overcommit_ratio:
+
+When overcommit_memory is set to 2, the committed address
+space is not permitted to exceed swap plus this percentage
+of physical RAM. See above.
+
+==============================================================
+
+page-cluster
+
+page-cluster controls the number of pages which are written to swap in
+a single attempt. The swap I/O size.
+
+It is a logarithmic value - setting it to zero means "1 page", setting
+it to 1 means "2 pages", setting it to 2 means "4 pages", etc.
+
+The default value is three (eight pages at a time). There may be some
+small benefits in tuning this to a different value if your workload is
+swap-intensive.
+
+=============================================================
+
+panic_on_oom
+
+This enables or disables panic on out-of-memory feature.
+
+If this is set to 0, the kernel will kill some rogue process,
+called oom_killer. Usually, oom_killer can kill rogue processes and
+system will survive.
+
+If this is set to 1, the kernel panics when out-of-memory happens.
+However, if a process limits using nodes by mempolicy/cpusets,
+and those nodes become memory exhaustion status, one process
+may be killed by oom-killer. No panic occurs in this case.
+Because other nodes' memory may be free. This means system total status
+may be not fatal yet.
+
+If this is set to 2, the kernel panics compulsorily even on the
+above-mentioned.
+
+The default value is 0.
+1 and 2 are for failover of clustering. Please select either
+according to your policy of failover.
+
+=============================================================
+
+percpu_pagelist_fraction
+
+This is the fraction of pages at most (high mark pcp->high) in each zone that
+are allocated for each per cpu page list. The min value for this is 8. It
+means that we don't allow more than 1/8th of pages in each zone to be
+allocated in any single per_cpu_pagelist. This entry only changes the value
+of hot per cpu pagelists. User can specify a number like 100 to allocate
+1/100th of each zone to each per cpu page list.
+
+The batch value of each per cpu pagelist is also updated as a result. It is
+set to pcp->high/4. The upper limit of batch is (PAGE_SHIFT * 8)
+
+The initial value is zero. Kernel does not use this value at boot time to set
+the high water marks for each per cpu page list.
+
+==============================================================
+
+stat_interval
+
+The time interval between which vm statistics are updated. The default
+is 1 second.
+
+==============================================================
+
+swappiness
+
+This control is used to define how aggressive the kernel will swap
+memory pages. Higher values will increase agressiveness, lower values
+descrease the amount of swap.
+
+The default value is 60.
+
+==============================================================
+
+vfs_cache_pressure
+------------------
+
+Controls the tendency of the kernel to reclaim the memory which is used for
+caching of directory and inode objects.
+
+At the default value of vfs_cache_pressure=100 the kernel will attempt to
+reclaim dentries and inodes at a "fair" rate with respect to pagecache and
+swapcache reclaim. Decreasing vfs_cache_pressure causes the kernel to prefer
+to retain dentry and inode caches. Increasing vfs_cache_pressure beyond 100
+causes the kernel to prefer to reclaim dentries and inodes.
+
+==============================================================
+
+zone_reclaim_mode:
+
+Zone_reclaim_mode allows someone to set more or less aggressive approaches to
+reclaim memory when a zone runs out of memory. If it is set to zero then no
+zone reclaim occurs. Allocations will be satisfied from other zones / nodes
+in the system.
+
+This is value ORed together of
+
+1 = Zone reclaim on
+2 = Zone reclaim writes dirty pages out
+4 = Zone reclaim swaps pages
+
+zone_reclaim_mode is set during bootup to 1 if it is determined that pages
+from remote zones will cause a measurable performance reduction. The
+page allocator will then reclaim easily reusable pages (those page
+cache pages that are currently not used) before allocating off node pages.
+
+It may be beneficial to switch off zone reclaim if the system is
+used for a file server and all of memory should be used for caching files
+from disk. In that case the caching effect is more important than
+data locality.
+
+Allowing zone reclaim to write out pages stops processes that are
+writing large amounts of data from dirtying pages on other nodes. Zone
+reclaim will write out dirty pages if a zone fills up and so effectively
+throttle the process. This may decrease the performance of a single process
+since it cannot use all of system memory to buffer the outgoing writes
+anymore but it preserve the memory on other nodes so that the performance
+of other processes running on other nodes will not be affected.
+
+Allowing regular swap effectively restricts allocations to the local
+node unless explicitly overridden by memory policies or cpuset
+configurations.
+
+============ End of Document =================================
diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt
index 10a0263ebb3..9e592c718af 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysrq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysrq.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
Linux Magic System Request Key Hacks
Documentation for sysrq.c
-Last update: 2007-AUG-04
* What is the magic SysRq key?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -211,6 +210,24 @@ within a function called by handle_sysrq, you must be aware that you are in
a lock (you are also in an interrupt handler, which means don't sleep!), so
you must call __handle_sysrq_nolock instead.
+* When I hit a SysRq key combination only the header appears on the console?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Sysrq output is subject to the same console loglevel control as all
+other console output. This means that if the kernel was booted 'quiet'
+as is common on distro kernels the output may not appear on the actual
+console, even though it will appear in the dmesg buffer, and be accessible
+via the dmesg command and to the consumers of /proc/kmsg. As a specific
+exception the header line from the sysrq command is passed to all console
+consumers as if the current loglevel was maximum. If only the header
+is emitted it is almost certain that the kernel loglevel is too low.
+Should you require the output on the console channel then you will need
+to temporarily up the console loglevel using alt-sysrq-8 or:
+
+ echo 8 > /proc/sysrq-trigger
+
+Remember to return the loglevel to normal after triggering the sysrq
+command you are interested in.
+
* I have more questions, who can I ask?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And I'll answer any questions about the registration system you got, also
diff --git a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
index 5d354e16749..6f0a044f5b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
@@ -3,28 +3,30 @@
Mathieu Desnoyers
-This document introduces Linux Kernel Tracepoints and their use. It provides
-examples of how to insert tracepoints in the kernel and connect probe functions
-to them and provides some examples of probe functions.
+This document introduces Linux Kernel Tracepoints and their use. It
+provides examples of how to insert tracepoints in the kernel and
+connect probe functions to them and provides some examples of probe
+functions.
* Purpose of tracepoints
-A tracepoint placed in code provides a hook to call a function (probe) that you
-can provide at runtime. A tracepoint can be "on" (a probe is connected to it) or
-"off" (no probe is attached). When a tracepoint is "off" it has no effect,
-except for adding a tiny time penalty (checking a condition for a branch) and
-space penalty (adding a few bytes for the function call at the end of the
-instrumented function and adds a data structure in a separate section). When a
-tracepoint is "on", the function you provide is called each time the tracepoint
-is executed, in the execution context of the caller. When the function provided
-ends its execution, it returns to the caller (continuing from the tracepoint
-site).
+A tracepoint placed in code provides a hook to call a function (probe)
+that you can provide at runtime. A tracepoint can be "on" (a probe is
+connected to it) or "off" (no probe is attached). When a tracepoint is
+"off" it has no effect, except for adding a tiny time penalty
+(checking a condition for a branch) and space penalty (adding a few
+bytes for the function call at the end of the instrumented function
+and adds a data structure in a separate section). When a tracepoint
+is "on", the function you provide is called each time the tracepoint
+is executed, in the execution context of the caller. When the function
+provided ends its execution, it returns to the caller (continuing from
+the tracepoint site).
You can put tracepoints at important locations in the code. They are
lightweight hooks that can pass an arbitrary number of parameters,
-which prototypes are described in a tracepoint declaration placed in a header
-file.
+which prototypes are described in a tracepoint declaration placed in a
+header file.
They can be used for tracing and performance accounting.
@@ -42,14 +44,16 @@ In include/trace/subsys.h :
#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
-DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_eventname,
- TPPTOTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p),
+DECLARE_TRACE(subsys_eventname,
+ TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p),
TPARGS(firstarg, p));
In subsys/file.c (where the tracing statement must be added) :
#include <trace/subsys.h>
+DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_eventname);
+
void somefct(void)
{
...
@@ -61,31 +65,41 @@ Where :
- subsys_eventname is an identifier unique to your event
- subsys is the name of your subsystem.
- eventname is the name of the event to trace.
-- TPPTOTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p) is the prototype of the function
- called by this tracepoint.
-- TPARGS(firstarg, p) are the parameters names, same as found in the prototype.
-Connecting a function (probe) to a tracepoint is done by providing a probe
-(function to call) for the specific tracepoint through
-register_trace_subsys_eventname(). Removing a probe is done through
-unregister_trace_subsys_eventname(); it will remove the probe sure there is no
-caller left using the probe when it returns. Probe removal is preempt-safe
-because preemption is disabled around the probe call. See the "Probe example"
-section below for a sample probe module.
-
-The tracepoint mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same
-tracepoint, but a single definition must be made of a given tracepoint name over
-all the kernel to make sure no type conflict will occur. Name mangling of the
-tracepoints is done using the prototypes to make sure typing is correct.
-Verification of probe type correctness is done at the registration site by the
-compiler. Tracepoints can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions,
-and unrolled loops as well as regular functions.
-
-The naming scheme "subsys_event" is suggested here as a convention intended
-to limit collisions. Tracepoint names are global to the kernel: they are
-considered as being the same whether they are in the core kernel image or in
-modules.
+- TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p) is the prototype of the
+ function called by this tracepoint.
+- TPARGS(firstarg, p) are the parameters names, same as found in the
+ prototype.
+
+Connecting a function (probe) to a tracepoint is done by providing a
+probe (function to call) for the specific tracepoint through
+register_trace_subsys_eventname(). Removing a probe is done through
+unregister_trace_subsys_eventname(); it will remove the probe.
+
+tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of
+the module exit function to make sure there is no caller left using
+the probe. This, and the fact that preemption is disabled around the
+probe call, make sure that probe removal and module unload are safe.
+See the "Probe example" section below for a sample probe module.
+
+The tracepoint mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the
+same tracepoint, but a single definition must be made of a given
+tracepoint name over all the kernel to make sure no type conflict will
+occur. Name mangling of the tracepoints is done using the prototypes
+to make sure typing is correct. Verification of probe type correctness
+is done at the registration site by the compiler. Tracepoints can be
+put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and unrolled loops
+as well as regular functions.
+
+The naming scheme "subsys_event" is suggested here as a convention
+intended to limit collisions. Tracepoint names are global to the
+kernel: they are considered as being the same whether they are in the
+core kernel image or in modules.
+
+If the tracepoint has to be used in kernel modules, an
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL() or EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL() can be
+used to export the defined tracepoints.
* Probe / tracepoint example
diff --git a/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt b/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt
index 5bbbe209622..cde23b4a12a 100644
--- a/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $ echo mmiotrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
$ cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > mydump.txt &
Start X or whatever.
$ echo "X is up" > /debug/tracing/trace_marker
-$ echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
Check for lost events.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ which action. It is recommended to place descriptive markers about what you
do.
Shut down mmiotrace (requires root privileges):
-$ echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
The 'cat' process exits. If it does not, kill it by issuing 'fg' command and
pressing ctrl+c.
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ are:
$ cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
gives you a number. Approximately double this number and write it back, for
instance:
+$ echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
$ echo 128000 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries
+$ echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
Then start again from the top.
If you are doing a trace for a driver project, e.g. Nouveau, you should also
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt
index 9b22bd14c34..eac7df94d8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ modules.
Then you must load the gadget serial driver. To load it as an
ACM device (recommended for interoperability), do this:
- modprobe g_serial use_acm=1
+ modprobe g_serial
To load it as a vendor specific bulk in/out device, do this:
- modprobe g_serial
+ modprobe g_serial use_acm=0
This will also automatically load the underlying gadget peripheral
controller driver. This must be done each time you reboot the gadget
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt b/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt
index e48ea1d5101..ad642615ad4 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt
@@ -313,11 +313,13 @@ three of the methods listed above. In addition, a driver indicates
that it supports autosuspend by setting the .supports_autosuspend flag
in its usb_driver structure. It is then responsible for informing the
USB core whenever one of its interfaces becomes busy or idle. The
-driver does so by calling these three functions:
+driver does so by calling these five functions:
int usb_autopm_get_interface(struct usb_interface *intf);
void usb_autopm_put_interface(struct usb_interface *intf);
int usb_autopm_set_interface(struct usb_interface *intf);
+ int usb_autopm_get_interface_async(struct usb_interface *intf);
+ void usb_autopm_put_interface_async(struct usb_interface *intf);
The functions work by maintaining a counter in the usb_interface
structure. When intf->pm_usage_count is > 0 then the interface is
@@ -330,10 +332,12 @@ associated with the device itself rather than any of its interfaces.
This field is used only by the USB core.)
The driver owns intf->pm_usage_count; it can modify the value however
-and whenever it likes. A nice aspect of the usb_autopm_* routines is
-that the changes they make are protected by the usb_device structure's
-PM mutex (udev->pm_mutex); however drivers may change pm_usage_count
-without holding the mutex.
+and whenever it likes. A nice aspect of the non-async usb_autopm_*
+routines is that the changes they make are protected by the usb_device
+structure's PM mutex (udev->pm_mutex); however drivers may change
+pm_usage_count without holding the mutex. Drivers using the async
+routines are responsible for their own synchronization and mutual
+exclusion.
usb_autopm_get_interface() increments pm_usage_count and
attempts an autoresume if the new value is > 0 and the
@@ -348,6 +352,14 @@ without holding the mutex.
is suspended, and it attempts an autosuspend if the value is
<= 0 and the device isn't suspended.
+ usb_autopm_get_interface_async() and
+ usb_autopm_put_interface_async() do almost the same things as
+ their non-async counterparts. The differences are: they do
+ not acquire the PM mutex, and they use a workqueue to do their
+ jobs. As a result they can be called in an atomic context,
+ such as an URB's completion handler, but when they return the
+ device will not generally not yet be in the desired state.
+
There also are a couple of utility routines drivers can use:
usb_autopm_enable() sets pm_usage_cnt to 0 and then calls
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
index 077e9032d0c..fafcd472326 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ it and 002/048 sometime later.
These files can be read as binary data. The binary data consists
of first the device descriptor, then the descriptors for each
-configuration of the device. That information is also shown in
-text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later.
+configuration of the device. Multi-byte fields in the device and
+configuration descriptors, but not other descriptors, are converted
+to host endianness by the kernel. This information is also shown
+in text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later.
These files may also be used to write user-level drivers for the USB
devices. You would open the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD file read/write,
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
index 2917ce4ffdc..270481906dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ if usbmon is built into the kernel.
Verify that bus sockets are present.
# ls /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon
-0s 0t 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u
+0s 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u
#
-Now you can choose to either use the sockets numbered '0' (to capture packets on
-all buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2.
+Now you can choose to either use the socket '0u' (to capture packets on all
+buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2.
+This allows to filter away annoying devices that talk continuously.
2. Find which bus connects to the desired device
@@ -99,8 +100,9 @@ on the event type, but there is a set of words, common for all types.
Here is the list of words, from left to right:
-- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs is normally a kernel mode address
- of the URB structure in hexadecimal.
+- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs, and is normally an in-kernel address
+ of the URB structure in hexadecimal, but can be a sequence number or any
+ other unique string, within reason.
- Timestamp in microseconds, a decimal number. The timestamp's resolution
depends on available clock, and so it can be much worse than a microsecond
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf b/Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf
index 2e78b70f3ad..426ddaaef96 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf
+++ b/Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ case $1 in
start)
for dev in ${2:-$hdevs}
do
- uwb_rc=$(readlink -f $dev/uwb_rc)
- if cat $uwb_rc/beacon | grep -q -- "-1"
- then
- echo 13 0 > $uwb_rc/beacon
- echo I: started beaconing on ch 13 on $(basename $uwb_rc) >&2
- fi
echo $host_CHID > $dev/wusb_chid
echo I: started host $(basename $dev) >&2
done
@@ -95,9 +89,6 @@ case $1 in
do
echo 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > $dev/wusb_chid
echo I: stopped host $(basename $dev) >&2
- uwb_rc=$(readlink -f $dev/uwb_rc)
- echo -1 | cat > $uwb_rc/beacon
- echo I: stopped beaconing on $(basename $uwb_rc) >&2
done
;;
set-chid)
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/API.html b/Documentation/video4linux/API.html
index afbe9ae7ee9..d749d41f647 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/API.html
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/API.html
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
-<TITLE>V4L API</TITLE>
-<H1>Video For Linux APIs</H1>
-<table border=0>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<A HREF=http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/video4linux/API/V4L1_API.html>
-V4L original API</a>
-</td><td>
-Obsoleted by V4L2 API
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<A HREF=http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/video4linux/API/V4L2_API>
-V4L2 API</a>
-</td><td>
-Should be used for new projects
-</td></tr>
-</table>
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
+ <head>
+ <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-2" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
+ <title>V4L API</title>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+ <h1>Video For Linux APIs</h1>
+ <table border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/video4linux/API/V4L1_API.html">V4L original API</a>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ Obsoleted by V4L2 API
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/video4linux/API/V4L2_API">V4L2 API</a>
+ </td>
+ <td>Should be used for new projects
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
index 60ba6683603..0d93fa1ac25 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
103 -> Grand X-Guard / Trust 814PCI [0304:0102]
104 -> Nebula Electronics DigiTV [0071:0101]
105 -> ProVideo PV143 [aa00:1430,aa00:1431,aa00:1432,aa00:1433,aa03:1433]
-106 -> PHYTEC VD-009-X1 MiniDIN (bt878)
-107 -> PHYTEC VD-009-X1 Combi (bt878)
+106 -> PHYTEC VD-009-X1 VD-011 MiniDIN (bt878)
+107 -> PHYTEC VD-009-X1 VD-011 Combi (bt878)
108 -> PHYTEC VD-009 MiniDIN (bt878)
109 -> PHYTEC VD-009 Combi (bt878)
110 -> IVC-100 [ff00:a132]
@@ -151,3 +151,6 @@
150 -> Geovision GV-600 [008a:763c]
151 -> Kozumi KTV-01C
152 -> Encore ENL TV-FM-2 [1000:1801]
+153 -> PHYTEC VD-012 (bt878)
+154 -> PHYTEC VD-012-X1 (bt878)
+155 -> PHYTEC VD-012-X2 (bt878)
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885
index 64823ccacd6..35ea130e989 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
10 -> DViCO FusionHDTV7 Dual Express [18ac:d618]
11 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express [18ac:db78]
12 -> Leadtek Winfast PxDVR3200 H [107d:6681]
+ 13 -> Compro VideoMate E650F [185b:e800]
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88
index a5227e308f4..0d08f1edcf6 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
1 -> Hauppauge WinTV 34xxx models [0070:3400,0070:3401]
2 -> GDI Black Gold [14c7:0106,14c7:0107]
3 -> PixelView [1554:4811]
- 4 -> ATI TV Wonder Pro [1002:00f8]
+ 4 -> ATI TV Wonder Pro [1002:00f8,1002:00f9]
5 -> Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert [107d:6611,107d:6613]
6 -> AverTV Studio 303 (M126) [1461:000b]
7 -> MSI TV-@nywhere Master [1462:8606]
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@
73 -> TeVii S420 DVB-S [d420:9022]
74 -> Prolink Pixelview Global Extreme [1554:4976]
75 -> PROF 7300 DVB-S/S2 [B033:3033]
+ 76 -> SATTRADE ST4200 DVB-S/S2 [b200:4200]
+ 77 -> TBS 8910 DVB-S [8910:8888]
+ 78 -> Prof 6200 DVB-S [b022:3022]
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx
index 187cc48d092..75bded8a4aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
0 -> Unknown EM2800 video grabber (em2800) [eb1a:2800]
- 1 -> Unknown EM2750/28xx video grabber (em2820/em2840) [eb1a:2820,eb1a:2860,eb1a:2861,eb1a:2870,eb1a:2881,eb1a:2883]
+ 1 -> Unknown EM2750/28xx video grabber (em2820/em2840) [eb1a:2820,eb1a:2821,eb1a:2860,eb1a:2861,eb1a:2870,eb1a:2881,eb1a:2883]
2 -> Terratec Cinergy 250 USB (em2820/em2840) [0ccd:0036]
3 -> Pinnacle PCTV USB 2 (em2820/em2840) [2304:0208]
4 -> Hauppauge WinTV USB 2 (em2820/em2840) [2040:4200,2040:4201]
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
11 -> Terratec Hybrid XS (em2880) [0ccd:0042]
12 -> Kworld PVR TV 2800 RF (em2820/em2840)
13 -> Terratec Prodigy XS (em2880) [0ccd:0047]
- 14 -> Pixelview Prolink PlayTV USB 2.0 (em2820/em2840) [eb1a:2821]
+ 14 -> Pixelview Prolink PlayTV USB 2.0 (em2820/em2840)
15 -> V-Gear PocketTV (em2800)
- 16 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 (em2883) [2040:6513,2040:6517,2040:651b,2040:651f]
+ 16 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 (em2883) [2040:6513,2040:6517,2040:651b]
17 -> Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (em2880) [2304:0227]
18 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 900 (R2) (em2880) [2040:6502]
19 -> PointNix Intra-Oral Camera (em2860)
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
26 -> Hercules Smart TV USB 2.0 (em2820/em2840)
27 -> Pinnacle PCTV USB 2 (Philips FM1216ME) (em2820/em2840)
28 -> Leadtek Winfast USB II Deluxe (em2820/em2840)
- 29 -> Pinnacle Dazzle DVC 100 (em2820/em2840)
30 -> Videology 20K14XUSB USB2.0 (em2820/em2840)
31 -> Usbgear VD204v9 (em2821)
32 -> Supercomp USB 2.0 TV (em2821)
@@ -57,3 +56,5 @@
56 -> Pinnacle Hybrid Pro (2) (em2882) [2304:0226]
57 -> Kworld PlusTV HD Hybrid 330 (em2883) [eb1a:a316]
58 -> Compro VideoMate ForYou/Stereo (em2820/em2840) [185b:2041]
+ 60 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 850 (em2883) [2040:651f]
+ 61 -> Pixelview PlayTV Box 4 USB 2.0 (em2820/em2840)
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
index dc67eef38ff..b8d470596b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
9 -> Medion 5044
10 -> Kworld/KuroutoShikou SAA7130-TVPCI
11 -> Terratec Cinergy 600 TV [153b:1143]
- 12 -> Medion 7134 [16be:0003]
+ 12 -> Medion 7134 [16be:0003,16be:5000]
13 -> Typhoon TV+Radio 90031
14 -> ELSA EX-VISION 300TV [1048:226b]
15 -> ELSA EX-VISION 500TV [1048:226a]
@@ -151,3 +151,5 @@
150 -> Zogis Real Angel 220
151 -> ADS Tech Instant HDTV [1421:0380]
152 -> Asus Tiger Rev:1.00 [1043:4857]
+153 -> Kworld Plus TV Analog Lite PCI [17de:7128]
+154 -> Avermedia AVerTV GO 007 FM Plus [1461:f31d]
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88 b/Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88
index 06a33a4f52f..35fae23f883 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
cx8800 release notes
====================
@@ -10,25 +9,24 @@ current status
video
- Basically works.
- - Some minor image quality glitches.
- - For now only capture, overlay support isn't completed yet.
+ - For now, only capture and read(). Overlay isn't supported.
audio
- The chip specs for the on-chip TV sound decoder are next
to useless :-/
- Neverless the builtin TV sound decoder starts working now,
- at least for PAL-BG. Other TV norms need other code ...
+ at least for some standards.
FOR ANY REPORTS ON THIS PLEASE MENTION THE TV NORM YOU ARE
USING.
- Most tuner chips do provide mono sound, which may or may not
be useable depending on the board design. With the Hauppauge
cards it works, so there is mono sound available as fallback.
- audio data dma (i.e. recording without loopback cable to the
- sound card) should be possible, but there is no code yet ...
+ sound card) is supported via cx88-alsa.
vbi
- - some code present. Doesn't crash any more, but also doesn't
- work yet ...
+ - Code present. Works for NTSC closed caption. PAL and other
+ TV norms may or may not work.
how to add support for new cards
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
index 004818fab04..1c58a763014 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ ov519 045e:028c Micro$oft xbox cam
spca508 0461:0815 Micro Innovation IC200
sunplus 0461:0821 Fujifilm MV-1
zc3xx 0461:0a00 MicroInnovation WebCam320
+stv06xx 046d:0840 QuickCam Express
+stv06xx 046d:0850 LEGO cam / QuickCam Web
+stv06xx 046d:0870 Dexxa WebCam USB
spca500 046d:0890 Logitech QuickCam traveler
vc032x 046d:0892 Logitech Orbicam
vc032x 046d:0896 Logitech Orbicam
+vc032x 046d:0897 Logitech QuickCam for Dell notebooks
+zc3xx 046d:089d Logitech QuickCam E2500
zc3xx 046d:08a0 Logitech QC IM
zc3xx 046d:08a1 Logitech QC IM 0x08A1 +sound
zc3xx 046d:08a2 Labtec Webcam Pro
@@ -169,6 +174,9 @@ spca500 06bd:0404 Agfa CL20
spca500 06be:0800 Optimedia
sunplus 06d6:0031 Trust 610 LCD PowerC@m Zoom
spca506 06e1:a190 ADS Instant VCD
+ov534 06f8:3002 Hercules Blog Webcam
+ov534 06f8:3003 Hercules Dualpix HD Weblog
+sonixj 06f8:3004 Hercules Classic Silver
spca508 0733:0110 ViewQuest VQ110
spca508 0130:0130 Clone Digital Webcam 11043
spca501 0733:0401 Intel Create and Share
@@ -199,7 +207,8 @@ sunplus 08ca:2050 Medion MD 41437
sunplus 08ca:2060 Aiptek PocketDV5300
tv8532 0923:010f ICM532 cams
mars 093a:050f Mars-Semi Pc-Camera
-pac207 093a:2460 PAC207 Qtec Webcam 100
+pac207 093a:2460 Qtec Webcam 100
+pac207 093a:2461 HP Webcam
pac207 093a:2463 Philips SPC 220 NC
pac207 093a:2464 Labtec Webcam 1200
pac207 093a:2468 PAC207
@@ -213,10 +222,13 @@ pac7311 093a:2603 PAC7312
pac7311 093a:2608 Trust WB-3300p
pac7311 093a:260e Gigaware VGA PC Camera, Trust WB-3350p, SIGMA cam 2350
pac7311 093a:260f SnakeCam
+pac7311 093a:2620 Apollo AC-905
pac7311 093a:2621 PAC731x
+pac7311 093a:2622 Genius Eye 312
pac7311 093a:2624 PAC7302
pac7311 093a:2626 Labtec 2200
pac7311 093a:262a Webcam 300k
+pac7311 093a:262c Philips SPC 230 NC
zc3xx 0ac8:0302 Z-star Vimicro zc0302
vc032x 0ac8:0321 Vimicro generic vc0321
vc032x 0ac8:0323 Vimicro Vc0323
@@ -249,11 +261,13 @@ sonixj 0c45:60c0 Sangha Sn535
sonixj 0c45:60ec SN9C105+MO4000
sonixj 0c45:60fb Surfer NoName
sonixj 0c45:60fc LG-LIC300
+sonixj 0c45:60fe Microdia Audio
sonixj 0c45:6128 Microdia/Sonix SNP325
sonixj 0c45:612a Avant Camera
sonixj 0c45:612c Typhoon Rasy Cam 1.3MPix
sonixj 0c45:6130 Sonix Pccam
sonixj 0c45:6138 Sn9c120 Mo4000
+sonixj 0c45:613a Microdia Sonix PC Camera
sonixj 0c45:613b Surfer SN-206
sonixj 0c45:613c Sonix Pccam168
sonixj 0c45:6143 Sonix Pccam168
@@ -263,6 +277,9 @@ etoms 102c:6251 Qcam xxxxxx VGA
zc3xx 10fd:0128 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k 0x0128
spca561 10fd:7e50 FlyCam Usb 100
zc3xx 10fd:8050 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k
+ov534 1415:2000 Sony HD Eye for PS3 (SLEH 00201)
+pac207 145f:013a Trust WB-1300N
+vc032x 15b8:6002 HP 2.0 Megapixel rz406aa
spca501 1776:501c Arowana 300K CMOS Camera
t613 17a1:0128 TASCORP JPEG Webcam, NGS Cyclops
vc032x 17ef:4802 Lenovo Vc0323+MI1310_SOC
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49679e6aaa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+Driver for USB radios for the Silicon Labs Si470x FM Radio Receivers
+
+Copyright (c) 2008 Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>
+
+
+Information from Silicon Labs
+=============================
+Silicon Laboratories is the manufacturer of the radio ICs, that nowadays are the
+most often used radio receivers in cell phones. Usually they are connected with
+I2C. But SiLabs also provides a reference design, which integrates this IC,
+together with a small microcontroller C8051F321, to form a USB radio.
+Part of this reference design is also a radio application in binary and source
+code. The software also contains an automatic firmware upgrade to the most
+current version. Information on these can be downloaded here:
+http://www.silabs.com/usbradio
+
+
+Supported ICs
+=============
+The following ICs have a very similar register set, so that they are or will be
+supported somewhen by the driver:
+- Si4700: FM radio receiver
+- Si4701: FM radio receiver, RDS Support
+- Si4702: FM radio receiver
+- Si4703: FM radio receiver, RDS Support
+- Si4704: FM radio receiver, no external antenna required
+- Si4705: FM radio receiver, no external antenna required, RDS support, Dig I/O
+- Si4706: Enhanced FM RDS/TMC radio receiver, no external antenna required, RDS
+ Support
+- Si4707: Dedicated weather band radio receiver with SAME decoder, RDS Support
+- Si4708: Smallest FM receivers
+- Si4709: Smallest FM receivers, RDS Support
+More information on these can be downloaded here:
+http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBFMRadioRD.aspx
+
+
+Supported USB devices
+=====================
+Currently the following USB radios (vendor:product) with the Silicon Labs si470x
+chips are known to work:
+- 10c4:818a: Silicon Labs USB FM Radio Reference Design
+- 06e1:a155: ADS/Tech FM Radio Receiver (formerly Instant FM Music) (RDX-155-EF)
+- 1b80:d700: KWorld USB FM Radio SnapMusic Mobile 700 (FM700)
+- 10c5:819a: DealExtreme USB Radio
+
+
+Software
+========
+Testing is usually done with most application under Debian/testing:
+- fmtools - Utility for managing FM tuner cards
+- gnomeradio - FM-radio tuner for the GNOME desktop
+- gradio - GTK FM radio tuner
+- kradio - Comfortable Radio Application for KDE
+- radio - ncurses-based radio application
+
+There is also a library libv4l, which can be used. It's going to have a function
+for frequency seeking, either by using hardware functionality as in radio-si470x
+or by implementing a function as we currently have in every of the mentioned
+programs. Somewhen the radio programs should make use of libv4l.
+
+For processing RDS information, there is a project ongoing at:
+http://rdsd.berlios.de/
+
+There is currently no project for making TMC sentences human readable.
+
+
+Audio Listing
+=============
+USB Audio is provided by the ALSA snd_usb_audio module. It is recommended to
+also select SND_USB_AUDIO, as this is required to get sound from the radio. For
+listing you have to redirect the sound, for example using one of the following
+commands.
+
+If you just want to test audio (very poor quality):
+cat /dev/dsp1 > /dev/dsp
+
+If you use OSS try:
+sox -2 --endian little -r 96000 -t oss /dev/dsp1 -t oss /dev/dsp
+
+If you use arts try:
+arecord -D hw:1,0 -r96000 -c2 -f S16_LE | artsdsp aplay -B -
+
+
+Module Parameters
+=================
+After loading the module, you still have access to some of them in the sysfs
+mount under /sys/module/radio_si470x/parameters. The contents of read-only files
+(0444) are not updated, even if space, band and de are changed using private
+video controls. The others are runtime changeable.
+
+
+Errors
+======
+Increase tune_timeout, if you often get -EIO errors.
+
+When timed out or band limit is reached, hw_freq_seek returns -EAGAIN.
+
+If you get any errors from snd_usb_audio, please report them to the ALSA people.
+
+
+Open Issues
+===========
+V4L minor device allocation and parameter setting is not perfect. A solution is
+currently under discussion.
+
+There is an USB interface for downloading/uploading new firmware images. Support
+for it can be implemented using the request_firmware interface.
+
+There is a RDS interrupt mode. The driver is already using the same interface
+for polling RDS information, but is currently not using the interrupt mode.
+
+There is a LED interface, which can be used to override the LED control
+programmed in the firmware. This can be made available using the LED support
+functions in the kernel.
+
+
+Other useful information and links
+==================================
+http://www.silabs.com/usbradio
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff124374e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,521 @@
+Overview of the V4L2 driver framework
+=====================================
+
+This text documents the various structures provided by the V4L2 framework and
+their relationships.
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+The V4L2 drivers tend to be very complex due to the complexity of the
+hardware: most devices have multiple ICs, export multiple device nodes in
+/dev, and create also non-V4L2 devices such as DVB, ALSA, FB, I2C and input
+(IR) devices.
+
+Especially the fact that V4L2 drivers have to setup supporting ICs to
+do audio/video muxing/encoding/decoding makes it more complex than most.
+Usually these ICs are connected to the main bridge driver through one or
+more I2C busses, but other busses can also be used. Such devices are
+called 'sub-devices'.
+
+For a long time the framework was limited to the video_device struct for
+creating V4L device nodes and video_buf for handling the video buffers
+(note that this document does not discuss the video_buf framework).
+
+This meant that all drivers had to do the setup of device instances and
+connecting to sub-devices themselves. Some of this is quite complicated
+to do right and many drivers never did do it correctly.
+
+There is also a lot of common code that could never be refactored due to
+the lack of a framework.
+
+So this framework sets up the basic building blocks that all drivers
+need and this same framework should make it much easier to refactor
+common code into utility functions shared by all drivers.
+
+
+Structure of a driver
+---------------------
+
+All drivers have the following structure:
+
+1) A struct for each device instance containing the device state.
+
+2) A way of initializing and commanding sub-devices (if any).
+
+3) Creating V4L2 device nodes (/dev/videoX, /dev/vbiX, /dev/radioX and
+ /dev/vtxX) and keeping track of device-node specific data.
+
+4) Filehandle-specific structs containing per-filehandle data.
+
+This is a rough schematic of how it all relates:
+
+ device instances
+ |
+ +-sub-device instances
+ |
+ \-V4L2 device nodes
+ |
+ \-filehandle instances
+
+
+Structure of the framework
+--------------------------
+
+The framework closely resembles the driver structure: it has a v4l2_device
+struct for the device instance data, a v4l2_subdev struct to refer to
+sub-device instances, the video_device struct stores V4L2 device node data
+and in the future a v4l2_fh struct will keep track of filehandle instances
+(this is not yet implemented).
+
+
+struct v4l2_device
+------------------
+
+Each device instance is represented by a struct v4l2_device (v4l2-device.h).
+Very simple devices can just allocate this struct, but most of the time you
+would embed this struct inside a larger struct.
+
+You must register the device instance:
+
+ v4l2_device_register(struct device *dev, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
+
+Registration will initialize the v4l2_device struct and link dev->driver_data
+to v4l2_dev. Registration will also set v4l2_dev->name to a value derived from
+dev (driver name followed by the bus_id, to be precise). You may change the
+name after registration if you want.
+
+The first 'dev' argument is normally the struct device pointer of a pci_dev,
+usb_device or platform_device.
+
+You unregister with:
+
+ v4l2_device_unregister(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
+
+Unregistering will also automatically unregister all subdevs from the device.
+
+Sometimes you need to iterate over all devices registered by a specific
+driver. This is usually the case if multiple device drivers use the same
+hardware. E.g. the ivtvfb driver is a framebuffer driver that uses the ivtv
+hardware. The same is true for alsa drivers for example.
+
+You can iterate over all registered devices as follows:
+
+static int callback(struct device *dev, void *p)
+{
+ struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ /* test if this device was inited */
+ if (v4l2_dev == NULL)
+ return 0;
+ ...
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int iterate(void *p)
+{
+ struct device_driver *drv;
+ int err;
+
+ /* Find driver 'ivtv' on the PCI bus.
+ pci_bus_type is a global. For USB busses use usb_bus_type. */
+ drv = driver_find("ivtv", &pci_bus_type);
+ /* iterate over all ivtv device instances */
+ err = driver_for_each_device(drv, NULL, p, callback);
+ put_driver(drv);
+ return err;
+}
+
+Sometimes you need to keep a running counter of the device instance. This is
+commonly used to map a device instance to an index of a module option array.
+
+The recommended approach is as follows:
+
+static atomic_t drv_instance = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+static int __devinit drv_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
+ const struct pci_device_id *pci_id)
+{
+ ...
+ state->instance = atomic_inc_return(&drv_instance) - 1;
+}
+
+
+struct v4l2_subdev
+------------------
+
+Many drivers need to communicate with sub-devices. These devices can do all
+sort of tasks, but most commonly they handle audio and/or video muxing,
+encoding or decoding. For webcams common sub-devices are sensors and camera
+controllers.
+
+Usually these are I2C devices, but not necessarily. In order to provide the
+driver with a consistent interface to these sub-devices the v4l2_subdev struct
+(v4l2-subdev.h) was created.
+
+Each sub-device driver must have a v4l2_subdev struct. This struct can be
+stand-alone for simple sub-devices or it might be embedded in a larger struct
+if more state information needs to be stored. Usually there is a low-level
+device struct (e.g. i2c_client) that contains the device data as setup
+by the kernel. It is recommended to store that pointer in the private
+data of v4l2_subdev using v4l2_set_subdevdata(). That makes it easy to go
+from a v4l2_subdev to the actual low-level bus-specific device data.
+
+You also need a way to go from the low-level struct to v4l2_subdev. For the
+common i2c_client struct the i2c_set_clientdata() call is used to store a
+v4l2_subdev pointer, for other busses you may have to use other methods.
+
+From the bridge driver perspective you load the sub-device module and somehow
+obtain the v4l2_subdev pointer. For i2c devices this is easy: you call
+i2c_get_clientdata(). For other busses something similar needs to be done.
+Helper functions exists for sub-devices on an I2C bus that do most of this
+tricky work for you.
+
+Each v4l2_subdev contains function pointers that sub-device drivers can
+implement (or leave NULL if it is not applicable). Since sub-devices can do
+so many different things and you do not want to end up with a huge ops struct
+of which only a handful of ops are commonly implemented, the function pointers
+are sorted according to category and each category has its own ops struct.
+
+The top-level ops struct contains pointers to the category ops structs, which
+may be NULL if the subdev driver does not support anything from that category.
+
+It looks like this:
+
+struct v4l2_subdev_core_ops {
+ int (*g_chip_ident)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_dbg_chip_ident *chip);
+ int (*log_status)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);
+ int (*init)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, u32 val);
+ ...
+};
+
+struct v4l2_subdev_tuner_ops {
+ ...
+};
+
+struct v4l2_subdev_audio_ops {
+ ...
+};
+
+struct v4l2_subdev_video_ops {
+ ...
+};
+
+struct v4l2_subdev_ops {
+ const struct v4l2_subdev_core_ops *core;
+ const struct v4l2_subdev_tuner_ops *tuner;
+ const struct v4l2_subdev_audio_ops *audio;
+ const struct v4l2_subdev_video_ops *video;
+};
+
+The core ops are common to all subdevs, the other categories are implemented
+depending on the sub-device. E.g. a video device is unlikely to support the
+audio ops and vice versa.
+
+This setup limits the number of function pointers while still making it easy
+to add new ops and categories.
+
+A sub-device driver initializes the v4l2_subdev struct using:
+
+ v4l2_subdev_init(subdev, &ops);
+
+Afterwards you need to initialize subdev->name with a unique name and set the
+module owner. This is done for you if you use the i2c helper functions.
+
+A device (bridge) driver needs to register the v4l2_subdev with the
+v4l2_device:
+
+ int err = v4l2_device_register_subdev(device, subdev);
+
+This can fail if the subdev module disappeared before it could be registered.
+After this function was called successfully the subdev->dev field points to
+the v4l2_device.
+
+You can unregister a sub-device using:
+
+ v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(subdev);
+
+Afterwards the subdev module can be unloaded and subdev->dev == NULL.
+
+You can call an ops function either directly:
+
+ err = subdev->ops->core->g_chip_ident(subdev, &chip);
+
+but it is better and easier to use this macro:
+
+ err = v4l2_subdev_call(subdev, core, g_chip_ident, &chip);
+
+The macro will to the right NULL pointer checks and returns -ENODEV if subdev
+is NULL, -ENOIOCTLCMD if either subdev->core or subdev->core->g_chip_ident is
+NULL, or the actual result of the subdev->ops->core->g_chip_ident ops.
+
+It is also possible to call all or a subset of the sub-devices:
+
+ v4l2_device_call_all(dev, 0, core, g_chip_ident, &chip);
+
+Any subdev that does not support this ops is skipped and error results are
+ignored. If you want to check for errors use this:
+
+ err = v4l2_device_call_until_err(dev, 0, core, g_chip_ident, &chip);
+
+Any error except -ENOIOCTLCMD will exit the loop with that error. If no
+errors (except -ENOIOCTLCMD) occured, then 0 is returned.
+
+The second argument to both calls is a group ID. If 0, then all subdevs are
+called. If non-zero, then only those whose group ID match that value will
+be called. Before a bridge driver registers a subdev it can set subdev->grp_id
+to whatever value it wants (it's 0 by default). This value is owned by the
+bridge driver and the sub-device driver will never modify or use it.
+
+The group ID gives the bridge driver more control how callbacks are called.
+For example, there may be multiple audio chips on a board, each capable of
+changing the volume. But usually only one will actually be used when the
+user want to change the volume. You can set the group ID for that subdev to
+e.g. AUDIO_CONTROLLER and specify that as the group ID value when calling
+v4l2_device_call_all(). That ensures that it will only go to the subdev
+that needs it.
+
+The advantage of using v4l2_subdev is that it is a generic struct and does
+not contain any knowledge about the underlying hardware. So a driver might
+contain several subdevs that use an I2C bus, but also a subdev that is
+controlled through GPIO pins. This distinction is only relevant when setting
+up the device, but once the subdev is registered it is completely transparent.
+
+
+I2C sub-device drivers
+----------------------
+
+Since these drivers are so common, special helper functions are available to
+ease the use of these drivers (v4l2-common.h).
+
+The recommended method of adding v4l2_subdev support to an I2C driver is to
+embed the v4l2_subdev struct into the state struct that is created for each
+I2C device instance. Very simple devices have no state struct and in that case
+you can just create a v4l2_subdev directly.
+
+A typical state struct would look like this (where 'chipname' is replaced by
+the name of the chip):
+
+struct chipname_state {
+ struct v4l2_subdev sd;
+ ... /* additional state fields */
+};
+
+Initialize the v4l2_subdev struct as follows:
+
+ v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(&state->sd, client, subdev_ops);
+
+This function will fill in all the fields of v4l2_subdev and ensure that the
+v4l2_subdev and i2c_client both point to one another.
+
+You should also add a helper inline function to go from a v4l2_subdev pointer
+to a chipname_state struct:
+
+static inline struct chipname_state *to_state(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
+{
+ return container_of(sd, struct chipname_state, sd);
+}
+
+Use this to go from the v4l2_subdev struct to the i2c_client struct:
+
+ struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
+
+And this to go from an i2c_client to a v4l2_subdev struct:
+
+ struct v4l2_subdev *sd = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+
+Finally you need to make a command function to make driver->command()
+call the right subdev_ops functions:
+
+static int subdev_command(struct i2c_client *client, unsigned cmd, void *arg)
+{
+ return v4l2_subdev_command(i2c_get_clientdata(client), cmd, arg);
+}
+
+If driver->command is never used then you can leave this out. Eventually the
+driver->command usage should be removed from v4l.
+
+Make sure to call v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd) when the remove() callback
+is called. This will unregister the sub-device from the bridge driver. It is
+safe to call this even if the sub-device was never registered.
+
+
+The bridge driver also has some helper functions it can use:
+
+struct v4l2_subdev *sd = v4l2_i2c_new_subdev(adapter, "module_foo", "chipid", 0x36);
+
+This loads the given module (can be NULL if no module needs to be loaded) and
+calls i2c_new_device() with the given i2c_adapter and chip/address arguments.
+If all goes well, then it registers the subdev with the v4l2_device. It gets
+the v4l2_device by calling i2c_get_adapdata(adapter), so you should make sure
+that adapdata is set to v4l2_device when you setup the i2c_adapter in your
+driver.
+
+You can also use v4l2_i2c_new_probed_subdev() which is very similar to
+v4l2_i2c_new_subdev(), except that it has an array of possible I2C addresses
+that it should probe. Internally it calls i2c_new_probed_device().
+
+Both functions return NULL if something went wrong.
+
+
+struct video_device
+-------------------
+
+The actual device nodes in the /dev directory are created using the
+video_device struct (v4l2-dev.h). This struct can either be allocated
+dynamically or embedded in a larger struct.
+
+To allocate it dynamically use:
+
+ struct video_device *vdev = video_device_alloc();
+
+ if (vdev == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ vdev->release = video_device_release;
+
+If you embed it in a larger struct, then you must set the release()
+callback to your own function:
+
+ struct video_device *vdev = &my_vdev->vdev;
+
+ vdev->release = my_vdev_release;
+
+The release callback must be set and it is called when the last user
+of the video device exits.
+
+The default video_device_release() callback just calls kfree to free the
+allocated memory.
+
+You should also set these fields:
+
+- v4l2_dev: set to the v4l2_device parent device.
+- name: set to something descriptive and unique.
+- fops: set to the v4l2_file_operations struct.
+- ioctl_ops: if you use the v4l2_ioctl_ops to simplify ioctl maintenance
+ (highly recommended to use this and it might become compulsory in the
+ future!), then set this to your v4l2_ioctl_ops struct.
+
+If you use v4l2_ioctl_ops, then you should set either .unlocked_ioctl or
+.ioctl to video_ioctl2 in your v4l2_file_operations struct.
+
+The v4l2_file_operations struct is a subset of file_operations. The main
+difference is that the inode argument is omitted since it is never used.
+
+
+video_device registration
+-------------------------
+
+Next you register the video device: this will create the character device
+for you.
+
+ err = video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_GRABBER, -1);
+ if (err) {
+ video_device_release(vdev); /* or kfree(my_vdev); */
+ return err;
+ }
+
+Which device is registered depends on the type argument. The following
+types exist:
+
+VFL_TYPE_GRABBER: videoX for video input/output devices
+VFL_TYPE_VBI: vbiX for vertical blank data (i.e. closed captions, teletext)
+VFL_TYPE_RADIO: radioX for radio tuners
+VFL_TYPE_VTX: vtxX for teletext devices (deprecated, don't use)
+
+The last argument gives you a certain amount of control over the device
+kernel number used (i.e. the X in videoX). Normally you will pass -1 to
+let the v4l2 framework pick the first free number. But if a driver creates
+many devices, then it can be useful to have different video devices in
+separate ranges. For example, video capture devices start at 0, video
+output devices start at 16.
+
+So you can use the last argument to specify a minimum kernel number and
+the v4l2 framework will try to pick the first free number that is equal
+or higher to what you passed. If that fails, then it will just pick the
+first free number.
+
+Whenever a device node is created some attributes are also created for you.
+If you look in /sys/class/video4linux you see the devices. Go into e.g.
+video0 and you will see 'name' and 'index' attributes. The 'name' attribute
+is the 'name' field of the video_device struct. The 'index' attribute is
+a device node index that can be assigned by the driver, or that is calculated
+for you.
+
+If you call video_register_device(), then the index is just increased by
+1 for each device node you register. The first video device node you register
+always starts off with 0.
+
+Alternatively you can call video_register_device_index() which is identical
+to video_register_device(), but with an extra index argument. Here you can
+pass a specific index value (between 0 and 31) that should be used.
+
+Users can setup udev rules that utilize the index attribute to make fancy
+device names (e.g. 'mpegX' for MPEG video capture device nodes).
+
+After the device was successfully registered, then you can use these fields:
+
+- vfl_type: the device type passed to video_register_device.
+- minor: the assigned device minor number.
+- num: the device kernel number (i.e. the X in videoX).
+- index: the device index number (calculated or set explicitly using
+ video_register_device_index).
+
+If the registration failed, then you need to call video_device_release()
+to free the allocated video_device struct, or free your own struct if the
+video_device was embedded in it. The vdev->release() callback will never
+be called if the registration failed, nor should you ever attempt to
+unregister the device if the registration failed.
+
+
+video_device cleanup
+--------------------
+
+When the video device nodes have to be removed, either during the unload
+of the driver or because the USB device was disconnected, then you should
+unregister them:
+
+ video_unregister_device(vdev);
+
+This will remove the device nodes from sysfs (causing udev to remove them
+from /dev).
+
+After video_unregister_device() returns no new opens can be done.
+
+However, in the case of USB devices some application might still have one
+of these device nodes open. You should block all new accesses to read,
+write, poll, etc. except possibly for certain ioctl operations like
+queueing buffers.
+
+When the last user of the video device node exits, then the vdev->release()
+callback is called and you can do the final cleanup there.
+
+
+video_device helper functions
+-----------------------------
+
+There are a few useful helper functions:
+
+You can set/get driver private data in the video_device struct using:
+
+void *video_get_drvdata(struct video_device *dev);
+void video_set_drvdata(struct video_device *dev, void *data);
+
+Note that you can safely call video_set_drvdata() before calling
+video_register_device().
+
+And this function:
+
+struct video_device *video_devdata(struct file *file);
+
+returns the video_device belonging to the file struct.
+
+The final helper function combines video_get_drvdata with
+video_devdata:
+
+void *video_drvdata(struct file *file);
+
+You can go from a video_device struct to the v4l2_device struct using:
+
+struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = vdev->v4l2_dev;
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/unevictable-lru.txt b/Documentation/vm/unevictable-lru.txt
index 125eed560e5..0706a7282a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/unevictable-lru.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/unevictable-lru.txt
@@ -137,13 +137,6 @@ shrink_page_list() where they will be detected when vmscan walks the reverse
map in try_to_unmap(). If try_to_unmap() returns SWAP_MLOCK, shrink_page_list()
will cull the page at that point.
-Note that for anonymous pages, shrink_page_list() attempts to add the page to
-the swap cache before it tries to unmap the page. To avoid this unnecessary
-consumption of swap space, shrink_page_list() calls try_to_munlock() to check
-whether any VM_LOCKED vmas map the page without attempting to unmap the page.
-If try_to_munlock() returns SWAP_MLOCK, shrink_page_list() will cull the page
-without consuming swap space. try_to_munlock() will be described below.
-
To "cull" an unevictable page, vmscan simply puts the page back on the lru
list using putback_lru_page()--the inverse operation to isolate_lru_page()--
after dropping the page lock. Because the condition which makes the page
@@ -190,8 +183,8 @@ several places:
in the VM_LOCKED flag being set for the vma.
3) in the fault path, if mlocked pages are "culled" in the fault path,
and when a VM_LOCKED stack segment is expanded.
-4) as mentioned above, in vmscan:shrink_page_list() with attempting to
- reclaim a page in a VM_LOCKED vma--via try_to_unmap() or try_to_munlock().
+4) as mentioned above, in vmscan:shrink_page_list() when attempting to
+ reclaim a page in a VM_LOCKED vma via try_to_unmap().
Mlocked pages become unlocked and rescued from the unevictable list when:
@@ -260,9 +253,9 @@ mlock_fixup() filters several classes of "special" vmas:
2) vmas mapping hugetlbfs page are already effectively pinned into memory.
We don't need nor want to mlock() these pages. However, to preserve the
- prior behavior of mlock()--before the unevictable/mlock changes--mlock_fixup()
- will call make_pages_present() in the hugetlbfs vma range to allocate the
- huge pages and populate the ptes.
+ prior behavior of mlock()--before the unevictable/mlock changes--
+ mlock_fixup() will call make_pages_present() in the hugetlbfs vma range
+ to allocate the huge pages and populate the ptes.
3) vmas with VM_DONTEXPAND|VM_RESERVED are generally user space mappings of
kernel pages, such as the vdso page, relay channel pages, etc. These pages
@@ -322,7 +315,7 @@ __mlock_vma_pages_range()--the same function used to mlock a vma range--
passing a flag to indicate that munlock() is being performed.
Because the vma access protections could have been changed to PROT_NONE after
-faulting in and mlocking some pages, get_user_pages() was unreliable for visiting
+faulting in and mlocking pages, get_user_pages() was unreliable for visiting
these pages for munlocking. Because we don't want to leave pages mlocked(),
get_user_pages() was enhanced to accept a flag to ignore the permissions when
fetching the pages--all of which should be resident as a result of previous
@@ -416,8 +409,8 @@ Mlocked Pages: munmap()/exit()/exec() System Call Handling
When unmapping an mlocked region of memory, whether by an explicit call to
munmap() or via an internal unmap from exit() or exec() processing, we must
munlock the pages if we're removing the last VM_LOCKED vma that maps the pages.
-Before the unevictable/mlock changes, mlocking did not mark the pages in any way,
-so unmapping them required no processing.
+Before the unevictable/mlock changes, mlocking did not mark the pages in any
+way, so unmapping them required no processing.
To munlock a range of memory under the unevictable/mlock infrastructure, the
munmap() hander and task address space tear down function call
@@ -517,12 +510,10 @@ couldn't be mlocked.
Mlocked pages: try_to_munlock() Reverse Map Scan
TODO/FIXME: a better name might be page_mlocked()--analogous to the
-page_referenced() reverse map walker--especially if we continue to call this
-from shrink_page_list(). See related TODO/FIXME below.
+page_referenced() reverse map walker.
-When munlock_vma_page()--see "Mlocked Pages: munlock()/munlockall() System
-Call Handling" above--tries to munlock a page, or when shrink_page_list()
-encounters an anonymous page that is not yet in the swap cache, they need to
+When munlock_vma_page()--see "Mlocked Pages: munlock()/munlockall()
+System Call Handling" above--tries to munlock a page, it needs to
determine whether or not the page is mapped by any VM_LOCKED vma, without
actually attempting to unmap all ptes from the page. For this purpose, the
unevictable/mlock infrastructure introduced a variant of try_to_unmap() called
@@ -535,10 +526,7 @@ for VM_LOCKED vmas. When such a vma is found for anonymous pages and file
pages mapped in linear VMAs, as in the try_to_unmap() case, the functions
attempt to acquire the associated mmap semphore, mlock the page via
mlock_vma_page() and return SWAP_MLOCK. This effectively undoes the
-pre-clearing of the page's PG_mlocked done by munlock_vma_page() and informs
-shrink_page_list() that the anonymous page should be culled rather than added
-to the swap cache in preparation for a try_to_unmap() that will almost
-certainly fail.
+pre-clearing of the page's PG_mlocked done by munlock_vma_page.
If try_to_unmap() is unable to acquire a VM_LOCKED vma's associated mmap
semaphore, it will return SWAP_AGAIN. This will allow shrink_page_list()
@@ -557,10 +545,7 @@ However, the scan can terminate when it encounters a VM_LOCKED vma and can
successfully acquire the vma's mmap semphore for read and mlock the page.
Although try_to_munlock() can be called many [very many!] times when
munlock()ing a large region or tearing down a large address space that has been
-mlocked via mlockall(), overall this is a fairly rare event. In addition,
-although shrink_page_list() calls try_to_munlock() for every anonymous page that
-it handles that is not yet in the swap cache, on average anonymous pages will
-have very short reverse map lists.
+mlocked via mlockall(), overall this is a fairly rare event.
Mlocked Page: Page Reclaim in shrink_*_list()
@@ -588,8 +573,8 @@ Some examples of these unevictable pages on the LRU lists are:
munlock_vma_page() was forced to let the page back on to the normal
LRU list for vmscan to handle.
-shrink_inactive_list() also culls any unevictable pages that it finds
-on the inactive lists, again diverting them to the appropriate zone's unevictable
+shrink_inactive_list() also culls any unevictable pages that it finds on
+the inactive lists, again diverting them to the appropriate zone's unevictable
lru list. shrink_inactive_list() should only see SHM_LOCKed pages that became
SHM_LOCKed after shrink_active_list() had moved them to the inactive list, or
pages mapped into VM_LOCKED vmas that munlock_vma_page() couldn't isolate from
@@ -597,19 +582,7 @@ the lru to recheck via try_to_munlock(). shrink_inactive_list() won't notice
the latter, but will pass on to shrink_page_list().
shrink_page_list() again culls obviously unevictable pages that it could
-encounter for similar reason to shrink_inactive_list(). As already discussed,
-shrink_page_list() proactively looks for anonymous pages that should have
-PG_mlocked set but don't--these would not be detected by page_evictable()--to
-avoid adding them to the swap cache unnecessarily. File pages mapped into
+encounter for similar reason to shrink_inactive_list(). Pages mapped into
VM_LOCKED vmas but without PG_mlocked set will make it all the way to
-try_to_unmap(). shrink_page_list() will divert them to the unevictable list when
-try_to_unmap() returns SWAP_MLOCK, as discussed above.
-
-TODO/FIXME: If we can enhance the swap cache to reliably remove entries
-with page_count(page) > 2, as long as all ptes are mapped to the page and
-not the swap entry, we can probably remove the call to try_to_munlock() in
-shrink_page_list() and just remove the page from the swap cache when
-try_to_unmap() returns SWAP_MLOCK. Currently, remove_exclusive_swap_page()
-doesn't seem to allow that.
-
-
+try_to_unmap(). shrink_page_list() will divert them to the unevictable list
+when try_to_unmap() returns SWAP_MLOCK, as discussed above.
diff --git a/Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX b/Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX
index 7b0ceaaad7a..d63fa024ac0 100644
--- a/Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ ds2482
- The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor DS2482 provides 1-wire busses.
ds2490
- The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor DS2490 builds USB <-> W1 bridges.
+mxc_w1
+ - W1 master controller driver found on Freescale MX2/MX3 SoCs
w1-gpio
- GPIO 1-wire bus master driver.
diff --git a/Documentation/w1/masters/mxc-w1 b/Documentation/w1/masters/mxc-w1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97f6199a7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/w1/masters/mxc-w1
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Kernel driver mxc_w1
+====================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * Freescale MX27, MX31 and probably other i.MX SoCs
+ Datasheets:
+ http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/data_sheet/MCIMX31.pdf?fpsp=1
+ http://www.freescale.com/files/dsp/MCIMX27.pdf?fpsp=1
+
+Author: Originally based on Freescale code, prepared for mainline by
+ Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/w1/masters/omap-hdq b/Documentation/w1/masters/omap-hdq
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca722e09b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/w1/masters/omap-hdq
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Kernel driver for omap HDQ/1-wire module.
+========================================
+
+Supported chips:
+================
+ HDQ/1-wire controller on the TI OMAP 2430/3430 platforms.
+
+A useful link about HDQ basics:
+===============================
+http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/slua408/slua408.pdf
+
+Description:
+============
+The HDQ/1-Wire module of TI OMAP2430/3430 platforms implement the hardware
+protocol of the master functions of the Benchmark HDQ and the Dallas
+Semiconductor 1-Wire protocols. These protocols use a single wire for
+communication between the master (HDQ/1-Wire controller) and the slave
+(HDQ/1-Wire external compliant device).
+
+A typical application of the HDQ/1-Wire module is the communication with battery
+monitor (gas gauge) integrated circuits.
+
+The controller supports operation in both HDQ and 1-wire mode. The essential
+difference between the HDQ and 1-wire mode is how the slave device responds to
+initialization pulse.In HDQ mode, the firmware does not require the host to
+create an initialization pulse to the slave.However, the slave can be reset by
+using an initialization pulse (also referred to as a break pulse).The slave
+does not respond with a presence pulse as it does in the 1-Wire protocol.
+
+Remarks:
+========
+The driver (drivers/w1/masters/omap_hdq.c) supports the HDQ mode of the
+controller. In this mode, as we can not read the ID which obeys the W1
+spec(family:id:crc), a module parameter can be passed to the driver which will
+be used to calculate the CRC and pass back an appropriate slave ID to the W1
+core.
+
+By default the master driver and the BQ slave i/f
+driver(drivers/w1/slaves/w1_bq27000.c) sets the ID to 1.
+Please note to load both the modules with a different ID if required, but note
+that the ID used should be same for both master and slave driver loading.
+
+e.g:
+insmod omap_hdq.ko W1_ID=2
+inamod w1_bq27000.ko F_ID=2
+
diff --git a/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink b/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
index 3640c7c87d4..804445f745e 100644
--- a/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
+++ b/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
@@ -5,69 +5,157 @@ Message types.
=============
There are three types of messages between w1 core and userspace:
-1. Events. They are generated each time new master or slave device found
- either due to automatic or requested search.
-2. Userspace commands. Includes read/write and search/alarm search comamnds.
+1. Events. They are generated each time new master or slave device
+ found either due to automatic or requested search.
+2. Userspace commands.
3. Replies to userspace commands.
Protocol.
========
-[struct cn_msg] - connector header. It's length field is equal to size of the attached data.
+[struct cn_msg] - connector header.
+ Its length field is equal to size of the attached data
[struct w1_netlink_msg] - w1 netlink header.
__u8 type - message type.
- W1_SLAVE_ADD/W1_SLAVE_REMOVE - slave add/remove events.
- W1_MASTER_ADD/W1_MASTER_REMOVE - master add/remove events.
- W1_MASTER_CMD - userspace command for bus master device (search/alarm search).
- W1_SLAVE_CMD - userspace command for slave device (read/write/ search/alarm search
- for bus master device where given slave device found).
+ W1_LIST_MASTERS
+ list current bus masters
+ W1_SLAVE_ADD/W1_SLAVE_REMOVE
+ slave add/remove events
+ W1_MASTER_ADD/W1_MASTER_REMOVE
+ master add/remove events
+ W1_MASTER_CMD
+ userspace command for bus master
+ device (search/alarm search)
+ W1_SLAVE_CMD
+ userspace command for slave device
+ (read/write/touch)
__u8 res - reserved
- __u16 len - size of attached to this header data.
+ __u16 len - size of data attached to this header data
union {
- __u8 id; - slave unique device id
+ __u8 id[8]; - slave unique device id
struct w1_mst {
- __u32 id; - master's id.
+ __u32 id; - master's id
__u32 res; - reserved
} mst;
} id;
-[strucrt w1_netlink_cmd] - command for gived master or slave device.
+[struct w1_netlink_cmd] - command for given master or slave device.
__u8 cmd - command opcode.
- W1_CMD_READ - read command.
- W1_CMD_WRITE - write command.
- W1_CMD_SEARCH - search command.
- W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH - alarm search command.
+ W1_CMD_READ - read command
+ W1_CMD_WRITE - write command
+ W1_CMD_TOUCH - touch command
+ (write and sample data back to userspace)
+ W1_CMD_SEARCH - search command
+ W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH - alarm search command
__u8 res - reserved
- __u16 len - length of data for this command.
- For read command data must be allocated like for write command.
- __u8 data[0] - data for this command.
+ __u16 len - length of data for this command
+ For read command data must be allocated like for write command
+ __u8 data[0] - data for this command
-Each connector message can include one or more w1_netlink_msg with zero of more attached w1_netlink_cmd messages.
+Each connector message can include one or more w1_netlink_msg with
+zero or more attached w1_netlink_cmd messages.
-For event messages there are no w1_netlink_cmd embedded structures, only connector header
-and w1_netlink_msg strucutre with "len" field being zero and filled type (one of event types)
-and id - either 8 bytes of slave unique id in host order, or master's id, which is assigned
-to bus master device when it is added to w1 core.
+For event messages there are no w1_netlink_cmd embedded structures,
+only connector header and w1_netlink_msg strucutre with "len" field
+being zero and filled type (one of event types) and id:
+either 8 bytes of slave unique id in host order,
+or master's id, which is assigned to bus master device
+when it is added to w1 core.
+
+Currently replies to userspace commands are only generated for read
+command request. One reply is generated exactly for one w1_netlink_cmd
+read request. Replies are not combined when sent - i.e. typical reply
+messages looks like the following:
-Currently replies to userspace commands are only generated for read command request.
-One reply is generated exactly for one w1_netlink_cmd read request.
-Replies are not combined when sent - i.e. typical reply messages looks like the following:
[cn_msg][w1_netlink_msg][w1_netlink_cmd]
-cn_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) + sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + cmd->len;
+cn_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) +
+ sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) +
+ cmd->len;
w1_netlink_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + cmd->len;
w1_netlink_cmd.len = cmd->len;
+Replies to W1_LIST_MASTERS should send a message back to the userspace
+which will contain list of all registered master ids in the following
+format:
+
+ cn_msg (CN_W1_IDX.CN_W1_VAL as id, len is equal to sizeof(struct
+ w1_netlink_msg) plus number of masters multipled by 4)
+ w1_netlink_msg (type: W1_LIST_MASTERS, len is equal to
+ number of masters multiplied by 4 (u32 size))
+ id0 ... idN
+
+ Each message is at most 4k in size, so if number of master devices
+ exceeds this, it will be split into several messages,
+ cn.seq will be increased for each one.
+
+W1 search and alarm search commands.
+request:
+[cn_msg]
+ [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD
+ id is equal to the bus master id to use for searching]
+ [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_SEARCH or W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH]
+
+reply:
+ [cn_msg, ack = 1 and increasing, 0 means the last message,
+ seq is equal to the request seq]
+ [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD]
+ [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_SEARCH or W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH
+ len is equal to number of IDs multiplied by 8]
+ [64bit-id0 ... 64bit-idN]
+Length in each header corresponds to the size of the data behind it, so
+w1_netlink_cmd->len = N * 8; where N is number of IDs in this message.
+ Can be zero.
+w1_netlink_msg->len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + N * 8;
+cn_msg->len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) +
+ sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) +
+ N*8;
+
+W1 reset command.
+[cn_msg]
+ [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD
+ id is equal to the bus master id to use for searching]
+ [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_RESET]
+
+
+Command status replies.
+======================
+
+Each command (either root, master or slave with or without w1_netlink_cmd
+structure) will be 'acked' by the w1 core. Format of the reply is the same
+as request message except that length parameters do not account for data
+requested by the user, i.e. read/write/touch IO requests will not contain
+data, so w1_netlink_cmd.len will be 0, w1_netlink_msg.len will be size
+of the w1_netlink_cmd structure and cn_msg.len will be equal to the sum
+of the sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) and sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd).
+If reply is generated for master or root command (which do not have
+w1_netlink_cmd attached), reply will contain only cn_msg and w1_netlink_msg
+structires.
+
+w1_netlink_msg.status field will carry positive error value
+(EINVAL for example) or zero in case of success.
+
+All other fields in every structure will mirror the same parameters in the
+request message (except lengths as described above).
+
+Status reply is generated for every w1_netlink_cmd embedded in the
+w1_netlink_msg, if there are no w1_netlink_cmd structures,
+reply will be generated for the w1_netlink_msg.
+
+All w1_netlink_cmd command structures are handled in every w1_netlink_msg,
+even if there were errors, only length mismatch interrupts message processing.
+
Operation steps in w1 core when new command is received.
=======================================================
-When new message (w1_netlink_msg) is received w1 core detects if it is master of slave request,
-according to w1_netlink_msg.type field.
+When new message (w1_netlink_msg) is received w1 core detects if it is
+master or slave request, according to w1_netlink_msg.type field.
Then master or slave device is searched for.
-When found, master device (requested or those one on where slave device is found) is locked.
-If slave command is requested, then reset/select procedure is started to select given device.
+When found, master device (requested or those one on where slave device
+is found) is locked. If slave command is requested, then reset/select
+procedure is started to select given device.
Then all requested in w1_netlink_msg operations are performed one by one.
If command requires reply (like read command) it is sent on command completion.
@@ -82,8 +170,8 @@ Connector [1] specific documentation.
Each connector message includes two u32 fields as "address".
w1 uses CN_W1_IDX and CN_W1_VAL defined in include/linux/connector.h header.
Each message also includes sequence and acknowledge numbers.
-Sequence number for event messages is appropriate bus master sequence number increased with
-each event message sent "through" this master.
+Sequence number for event messages is appropriate bus master sequence number
+increased with each event message sent "through" this master.
Sequence number for userspace requests is set by userspace application.
Sequence number for reply is the same as was in request, and
acknowledge number is set to seq+1.
@@ -93,6 +181,6 @@ Additional documantion, source code examples.
============================================
1. Documentation/connector
-2. http://tservice.net.ru/~s0mbre/archive/w1
-This archive includes userspace application w1d.c which
-uses read/write/search commands for all master/slave devices found on the bus.
+2. http://www.ioremap.net/archive/w1
+This archive includes userspace application w1d.c which uses
+read/write/search commands for all master/slave devices found on the bus.
diff --git a/Documentation/wimax/README.i2400m b/Documentation/wimax/README.i2400m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7dffd8919cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/wimax/README.i2400m
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+
+ Driver for the Intel Wireless Wimax Connection 2400m
+
+ (C) 2008 Intel Corporation < linux-wimax@intel.com >
+
+ This provides a driver for the Intel Wireless WiMAX Connection 2400m
+ and a basic Linux kernel WiMAX stack.
+
+1. Requirements
+
+ * Linux installation with Linux kernel 2.6.22 or newer (if building
+ from a separate tree)
+ * Intel i2400m Echo Peak or Baxter Peak; this includes the Intel
+ Wireless WiMAX/WiFi Link 5x50 series.
+ * build tools:
+ + Linux kernel development package for the target kernel; to
+ build against your currently running kernel, you need to have
+ the kernel development package corresponding to the running
+ image installed (usually if your kernel is named
+ linux-VERSION, the development package is called
+ linux-dev-VERSION or linux-headers-VERSION).
+ + GNU C Compiler, make
+
+2. Compilation and installation
+
+2.1. Compilation of the drivers included in the kernel
+
+ Configure the kernel; to enable the WiMAX drivers select Drivers >
+ Networking Drivers > WiMAX device support. Enable all of them as
+ modules (easier).
+
+ If USB or SDIO are not enabled in the kernel configuration, the options
+ to build the i2400m USB or SDIO drivers will not show. Enable said
+ subsystems and go back to the WiMAX menu to enable the drivers.
+
+ Compile and install your kernel as usual.
+
+2.2. Compilation of the drivers distributed as an standalone module
+
+ To compile
+
+$ cd source/directory
+$ make
+
+ Once built you can load and unload using the provided load.sh script;
+ load.sh will load the modules, load.sh u will unload them.
+
+ To install in the default kernel directories (and enable auto loading
+ when the device is plugged):
+
+$ make install
+$ depmod -a
+
+ If your kernel development files are located in a non standard
+ directory or if you want to build for a kernel that is not the
+ currently running one, set KDIR to the right location:
+
+$ make KDIR=/path/to/kernel/dev/tree
+
+ For more information, please contact linux-wimax@intel.com.
+
+3. Installing the firmware
+
+ The firmware can be obtained from http://linuxwimax.org or might have
+ been supplied with your hardware.
+
+ It has to be installed in the target system:
+ *
+$ cp FIRMWAREFILE.sbcf /lib/firmware/i2400m-fw-BUSTYPE-1.3.sbcf
+
+ * NOTE: if your firmware came in an .rpm or .deb file, just install
+ it as normal, with the rpm (rpm -i FIRMWARE.rpm) or dpkg
+ (dpkg -i FIRMWARE.deb) commands. No further action is needed.
+ * BUSTYPE will be usb or sdio, depending on the hardware you have.
+ Each hardware type comes with its own firmware and will not work
+ with other types.
+
+4. Design
+
+ This package contains two major parts: a WiMAX kernel stack and a
+ driver for the Intel i2400m.
+
+ The WiMAX stack is designed to provide for common WiMAX control
+ services to current and future WiMAX devices from any vendor; please
+ see README.wimax for details.
+
+ The i2400m kernel driver is broken up in two main parts: the bus
+ generic driver and the bus-specific drivers. The bus generic driver
+ forms the drivercore and contain no knowledge of the actual method we
+ use to connect to the device. The bus specific drivers are just the
+ glue to connect the bus-generic driver and the device. Currently only
+ USB and SDIO are supported. See drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h for
+ more information.
+
+ The bus generic driver is logically broken up in two parts: OS-glue and
+ hardware-glue. The OS-glue interfaces with Linux. The hardware-glue
+ interfaces with the device on using an interface provided by the
+ bus-specific driver. The reason for this breakup is to be able to
+ easily reuse the hardware-glue to write drivers for other OSes; note
+ the hardware glue part is written as a native Linux driver; no
+ abstraction layers are used, so to port to another OS, the Linux kernel
+ API calls should be replaced with the target OS's.
+
+5. Usage
+
+ To load the driver, follow the instructions in the install section;
+ once the driver is loaded, plug in the device (unless it is permanently
+ plugged in). The driver will enumerate the device, upload the firmware
+ and output messages in the kernel log (dmesg, /var/log/messages or
+ /var/log/kern.log) such as:
+
+...
+i2400m_usb 5-4:1.0: firmware interface version 8.0.0
+i2400m_usb 5-4:1.0: WiMAX interface wmx0 (00:1d:e1:01:94:2c) ready
+
+ At this point the device is ready to work.
+
+ Current versions require the Intel WiMAX Network Service in userspace
+ to make things work. See the network service's README for instructions
+ on how to scan, connect and disconnect.
+
+5.1. Module parameters
+
+ Module parameters can be set at kernel or module load time or by
+ echoing values:
+
+$ echo VALUE > /sys/module/MODULENAME/parameters/PARAMETERNAME
+
+ To make changes permanent, for example, for the i2400m module, you can
+ also create a file named /etc/modprobe.d/i2400m containing:
+
+options i2400m idle_mode_disabled=1
+
+ To find which parameters are supported by a module, run:
+
+$ modinfo path/to/module.ko
+
+ During kernel bootup (if the driver is linked in the kernel), specify
+ the following to the kernel command line:
+
+i2400m.PARAMETER=VALUE
+
+5.1.1. i2400m: idle_mode_disabled
+
+ The i2400m module supports a parameter to disable idle mode. This
+ parameter, once set, will take effect only when the device is
+ reinitialized by the driver (eg: following a reset or a reconnect).
+
+5.2. Debug operations: debugfs entries
+
+ The driver will register debugfs entries that allow the user to tweak
+ debug settings. There are three main container directories where
+ entries are placed, which correspond to the three blocks a i2400m WiMAX
+ driver has:
+ * /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:DEVNAME/ for the generic WiMAX stack
+ controls
+ * /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:DEVNAME/i2400m for the i2400m generic
+ driver controls
+ * /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:DEVNAME/i2400m-usb (or -sdio) for the
+ bus-specific i2400m-usb or i2400m-sdio controls).
+
+ Of course, if debugfs is mounted in a directory other than
+ /sys/kernel/debug, those paths will change.
+
+5.2.1. Increasing debug output
+
+ The files named *dl_* indicate knobs for controlling the debug output
+ of different submodules:
+ *
+# find /sys/kernel/debug/wimax\:wmx0 -name \*dl_\*
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_tx
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_rx
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_notif
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_fw
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_usb
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_tx
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_rx
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_rfkill
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_netdev
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_fw
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_debugfs
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_driver
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_control
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_stack
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_rfkill
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_reset
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_msg
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_id_table
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_debugfs
+
+ By reading the file you can obtain the current value of said debug
+ level; by writing to it, you can set it.
+
+ To increase the debug level of, for example, the i2400m's generic TX
+ engine, just write:
+
+$ echo 3 > /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_tx
+
+ Increasing numbers yield increasing debug information; for details of
+ what is printed and the available levels, check the source. The code
+ uses 0 for disabled and increasing values until 8.
+
+5.2.2. RX and TX statistics
+
+ The i2400m/rx_stats and i2400m/tx_stats provide statistics about the
+ data reception/delivery from the device:
+
+$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/rx_stats
+45 1 3 34 3104 48 480
+
+ The numbers reported are
+ * packets/RX-buffer: total, min, max
+ * RX-buffers: total RX buffers received, accumulated RX buffer size
+ in bytes, min size received, max size received
+
+ Thus, to find the average buffer size received, divide accumulated
+ RX-buffer / total RX-buffers.
+
+ To clear the statistics back to 0, write anything to the rx_stats file:
+
+$ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m_rx_stats
+
+ Likewise for TX.
+
+ Note the packets this debug file refers to are not network packet, but
+ packets in the sense of the device-specific protocol for communication
+ to the host. See drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/tx.c.
+
+5.2.3. Tracing messages received from user space
+
+ To echo messages received from user space into the trace pipe that the
+ i2400m driver creates, set the debug file i2400m/trace_msg_from_user to
+ 1:
+ *
+$ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/trace_msg_from_user
+
+5.2.4. Performing a device reset
+
+ By writing a 0, a 1 or a 2 to the file
+ /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/reset, the driver performs a warm (without
+ disconnecting from the bus), cold (disconnecting from the bus) or bus
+ (bus specific) reset on the device.
+
+5.2.5. Asking the device to enter power saving mode
+
+ By writing any value to the /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0 file, the
+ device will attempt to enter power saving mode.
+
+6. Troubleshooting
+
+6.1. Driver complains about 'i2400m-fw-usb-1.2.sbcf: request failed'
+
+ If upon connecting the device, the following is output in the kernel
+ log:
+
+i2400m_usb 5-4:1.0: fw i2400m-fw-usb-1.3.sbcf: request failed: -2
+
+ This means that the driver cannot locate the firmware file named
+ /lib/firmware/i2400m-fw-usb-1.2.sbcf. Check that the file is present in
+ the right location.
diff --git a/Documentation/wimax/README.wimax b/Documentation/wimax/README.wimax
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b78c4378084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/wimax/README.wimax
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+
+ Linux kernel WiMAX stack
+
+ (C) 2008 Intel Corporation < linux-wimax@intel.com >
+
+ This provides a basic Linux kernel WiMAX stack to provide a common
+ control API for WiMAX devices, usable from kernel and user space.
+
+1. Design
+
+ The WiMAX stack is designed to provide for common WiMAX control
+ services to current and future WiMAX devices from any vendor.
+
+ Because currently there is only one and we don't know what would be the
+ common services, the APIs it currently provides are very minimal.
+ However, it is done in such a way that it is easily extensible to
+ accommodate future requirements.
+
+ The stack works by embedding a struct wimax_dev in your device's
+ control structures. This provides a set of callbacks that the WiMAX
+ stack will call in order to implement control operations requested by
+ the user. As well, the stack provides API functions that the driver
+ calls to notify about changes of state in the device.
+
+ The stack exports the API calls needed to control the device to user
+ space using generic netlink as a marshalling mechanism. You can access
+ them using your own code or use the wrappers provided for your
+ convenience in libwimax (in the wimax-tools package).
+
+ For detailed information on the stack, please see
+ include/linux/wimax.h.
+
+2. Usage
+
+ For usage in a driver (registration, API, etc) please refer to the
+ instructions in the header file include/linux/wimax.h.
+
+ When a device is registered with the WiMAX stack, a set of debugfs
+ files will appear in /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmxX can tweak for
+ control.
+
+2.1. Obtaining debug information: debugfs entries
+
+ The WiMAX stack is compiled, by default, with debug messages that can
+ be used to diagnose issues. By default, said messages are disabled.
+
+ The drivers will register debugfs entries that allow the user to tweak
+ debug settings.
+
+ Each driver, when registering with the stack, will cause a debugfs
+ directory named wimax:DEVICENAME to be created; optionally, it might
+ create more subentries below it.
+
+2.1.1. Increasing debug output
+
+ The files named *dl_* indicate knobs for controlling the debug output
+ of different submodules of the WiMAX stack:
+ *
+# find /sys/kernel/debug/wimax\:wmx0 -name \*dl_\*
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_stack
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_rfkill
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_reset
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_msg
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_id_table
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_debugfs
+/sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/.... # other driver specific files
+
+ NOTE: Of course, if debugfs is mounted in a directory other than
+ /sys/kernel/debug, those paths will change.
+
+ By reading the file you can obtain the current value of said debug
+ level; by writing to it, you can set it.
+
+ To increase the debug level of, for example, the id-table submodule,
+ just write:
+
+$ echo 3 > /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_id_table
+
+ Increasing numbers yield increasing debug information; for details of
+ what is printed and the available levels, check the source. The code
+ uses 0 for disabled and increasing values until 8.
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 83c0033ee9e..7b4596ac412 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Protocol 2.07: (Kernel 2.6.24) Added paravirtualised boot protocol.
and KEEP_SEGMENTS flag in load_flags.
Protocol 2.08: (Kernel 2.6.26) Added crc32 checksum and ELF format
- payload. Introduced payload_offset and payload length
+ payload. Introduced payload_offset and payload_length
fields to aid in locating the payload.
Protocol 2.09: (Kernel 2.6.26) Added a field of 64-bit physical
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
3 SYSLINUX
4 EtherBoot
5 ELILO
- 7 GRuB
+ 7 GRUB
8 U-BOOT
9 Xen
A Gujin
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ Type: read
Offset/size: 0x248/4
Protocol: 2.08+
- If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the end of the
- real-mode code to the payload.
+ If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the beginning
+ of the protected-mode code to the payload.
The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and
uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
index c93ff5f4c0d..cf08c9fff3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,30 @@ pci proc | -- | -- | WC |
| | | |
-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Advanced APIs for drivers
+-------------------------
+A. Exporting pages to users with remap_pfn_range, io_remap_pfn_range,
+vm_insert_pfn
+
+Drivers wanting to export some pages to userspace do it by using mmap
+interface and a combination of
+1) pgprot_noncached()
+2) io_remap_pfn_range() or remap_pfn_range() or vm_insert_pfn()
+
+With PAT support, a new API pgprot_writecombine is being added. So, drivers can
+continue to use the above sequence, with either pgprot_noncached() or
+pgprot_writecombine() in step 1, followed by step 2.
+
+In addition, step 2 internally tracks the region as UC or WC in memtype
+list in order to ensure no conflicting mapping.
+
+Note that this set of APIs only works with IO (non RAM) regions. If driver
+wants to export a RAM region, it has to do set_memory_uc() or set_memory_wc()
+as step 0 above and also track the usage of those pages and use set_memory_wb()
+before the page is freed to free pool.
+
+
+
Notes:
-- in the above table mean "Not suggested usage for the API". Some of the --'s
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index f6d561a1a9b..34c13040a71 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ Timing
Report when timer interrupts are lost because some code turned off
interrupts for too long.
- nmi_watchdog=NUMBER[,panic]
- NUMBER can be:
- 0 don't use an NMI watchdog
- 1 use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
- 2 use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using a performance counter. Note
- This will use one performance counter and the local APIC's performance
- vector.
- When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
- This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
- quickly up again.
-
nohpet
Don't use the HPET timer.
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index efce7509736..29b52b14d0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables:
0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm
hole caused by [48:63] sign extension
ffff800000000000 - ffff80ffffffffff (=40 bits) guard hole
-ffff810000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=46 bits) direct mapping of all phys. memory
+ffff880000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=57 TB) direct mapping of all phys. memory
ffffc10000000000 - ffffc1ffffffffff (=40 bits) hole
ffffc20000000000 - ffffe1ffffffffff (=45 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space
ffffe20000000000 - ffffe2ffffffffff (=40 bits) virtual memory map (1TB)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
index 169ad423a3d..4f913857b8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ protocol of kernel. These should be filled by bootloader or 16-bit
real-mode setup code of the kernel. References/settings to it mainly
are in:
- include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
+ arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h
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