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2007-10-10[NET]: Make NAPI polling independent of struct net_device objects.Stephen Hemminger
Several devices have multiple independant RX queues per net device, and some have a single interrupt doorbell for several queues. In either case, it's easier to support layouts like that if the structure representing the poll is independant from the net device itself. The signature of the ->poll() call back goes from: int foo_poll(struct net_device *dev, int *budget) to int foo_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) The caller is returned the number of RX packets processed (or the number of "NAPI credits" consumed if you want to get abstract). The callee no longer messes around bumping dev->quota, *budget, etc. because that is all handled in the caller upon return. The napi_struct is to be embedded in the device driver private data structures. Furthermore, it is the driver's responsibility to disable all NAPI instances in it's ->stop() device close handler. Since the napi_struct is privatized into the driver's private data structures, only the driver knows how to get at all of the napi_struct instances it may have per-device. With lots of help and suggestions from Rusty Russell, Roland Dreier, Michael Chan, Jeff Garzik, and Jamal Hadi Salim. Bug fixes from Thomas Graf, Roland Dreier, Peter Zijlstra, Joseph Fannin, Scott Wood, Hans J. Koch, and Michael Chan. [ Ported to current tree and all drivers converted. Integrated Stephen's follow-on kerneldoc additions, and restored poll_list handling to the old style to fix mutual exclusion issues. -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-08-22PCI: Document pci_iomap()Rolf Eike Beer
This useful interface is hardly mentioned anywhere in the in-tree documentation. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-08-09remove dubious legal statment from uio-howtoAlan Cox
UIO currently contains a rather dubious statement which wants removing. The actual questions around whether user space code that depends tightly on kernel GPL code designed to co-work with it are derivative works of the kernel is extremely complex, and since we don't have space for either a masters length essay on legal issues or need to start flamewars lets simply remove the comment and leave law to lawyers Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <tovalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-31docbook bad file referencesRandy Dunlap
Fix docbook warnings: Warning(linux-2.6.22-git12//drivers/base/power/main.c): no structured comments found Warning(linux-2.6.22-git12//include/linux/splice.h): no structured comments found Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-31pnp: fix kernel-doc warningsRandy Dunlap
Fix PNP docbook warnings: Warning(linux-2623-rc1g4//drivers/pnp/core.c): no structured comments found Warning(linux-2623-rc1g4//drivers/pnp/driver.c): no structured comments found Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-27docbook: add pipes, other fixesRandy Dunlap
Fix some typos in pipe.c and splice.c. Add pipes API to kernel-api.tmpl. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-22DocBook: Change a headline in kernel-locking to list all three main types of ↵Linus Nilsson
locking. Change a headline to reflect that there are three main types of kernel locking, not two. Signed-off-by: Linus Nilsson <lajnold@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-22Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (60 commits) [SCSI] libsas: make ATA functions selectable by a config option [SCSI] bsg: unexport sg v3 helper functions [SCSI] bsg: fix bsg_unregister_queue [SCSI] bsg: make class backlinks [SCSI] 3w-9xxx: add support for 9690SA [SCSI] bsg: fix bsg_register_queue error path [SCSI] ESP: Increase ESP_BUS_TIMEOUT to 275. [SCSI] libsas: fix scr_read/write users and update the libata documentation [SCSI] mpt fusion: update Kconfig help [SCSI] scsi_transport_sas: add destructor for bsg [SCSI] iscsi_tcp: buggered kmalloc() [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.02.00-k2. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Add ISP25XX support. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Use pci_try_set_mwi(). [SCSI] qla2xxx: Use PCI-X/PCI-Express read control interfaces. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Re-factor isp_operations to static structures. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Validate mid-layer 'underflow' during check-condition handling. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Correct setting of 'current' and 'supported' speeds during FDMI registration. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Generalize iIDMA support. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Generalize FW-Interface-2 support. ...
2007-07-20[SCSI] libsas: fix scr_read/write users and update the libata documentationJames Bottomley
This fixes up the usage in libsas (which are easy to miss, since they're only in the scsi-misc tree) ... and also corrects the documentation on the point of what these two function pointers actually return. Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2007-07-19docbook: don't reference file without kernel-docRandy Dunlap
Remove include/linux/rmap.h from kernel-api.tmpl since it no longer contains kernel-doc. Fixes this warning: Warning(linux-2.6.22//include/linux/rmap.h): no structured comments found Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19kernel-doc: add tools doc in MakefileRandy Dunlap
Add kernel-doc tools info in Makefile. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-18UIO: DocumentationHans J. Koch
Documentation for the UIO interface From: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-17CRC7 supportJan Nikitenko
Add CRC7 routines, used for example in MMC over SPI communication. Kerneldoc updates [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix funny mix of const and non-const] Signed-off-by: Jan Nikitenko <jan.nikitenko@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-16update procfs-guide doc of read_funcC. Scott Ananian
The procfs-guide claims that 'the parameter start doesn't seem to be used anywhere in the kernel'. This is out of date. In linux/fs/proc/generic.c we find a very nice description of the parameters to read_func. The appended patch replaces the bogus description with this (as far as I know) accurate one. Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-12i2c: Add kernel documentationDavid Brownell
Generate I2C kerneldoc; fix various glitches and add "context" sections to that documentation. Most I2C and SMBus functions still have no kerneldoc. Let me suggest providing kerneldoc for all the i2c_smbus_*() functions as a small and mostly self-contained project for anyone so inclined. :) Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-07-10splice: completely document external interface with kerneldocJens Axboe
Also add fs/splice.c as a kerneldoc target with a smaller blurb that should be expanded to better explain the overview of splice. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-05-22USB: remove usb DocBook warningsDavid Brownell
This just removes some warnings generated by the Docbook tools when turning USB (host and peripheral side) kerneldoc into HTML; they're all about missing ID attributes. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-05-17docbook: make kernel-locking table readableRandy Dunlap
Andi Kleen pointed out to me that the kernel locking cheat sheet table entries are unreadable. Make table entries smaller so that pdf and ps output is readable (columns were being overwritten and garbled) by using abbreviations. This allows the tables to fit on one page cleanly. Add a Legend for the abbreviations: SLIS: spin_lock_irqsave SLI: spin_lock_irq SL: spin_lock SLBH: spin_lock_bh DI: down_interruptible Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09devres: kernel-doc and DocBookRandy Dunlap
Make devres.c ready for adding to DocBook. Add devres.c to DocBook. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-05-08SPI kerneldocDavid Brownell
Various documentation updates for the SPI infrastructure, to clarify things that may not have been clear, to cope with lack of editing, and fix omissions. Also, plug SPI into the kernel-api DocBook template, and fix all the resulting glitches in document generation. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08docbook: librs typo fixesRandy Dunlap
librs docbook typo fixes. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08kernel-doc: generate main index page when building 'htmldocs'Borislav Petkov
A patch for kernel-doc that enables the generation of a global, TOC-like index.html page after building 'htmldocs' Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@yahoo.de> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-02kernel-doc: alphabetically-sorted entries in index.html of 'htmldocs'Randy Dunlap
Make docbook index.html contain sorted output. I prefer to let the computer do it. This also avoids people not reading the comment(s). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2007-05-02kbuild: fix make mrproper for Documentation/DocBook/manSam Ravnborg
"make mandocs" generate > 2000 files in Documentation/DocBook/man and this caused kbuild to barf out during make mrproper like this: make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=Documentation/DocBook make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=Documentation/DocBook/man/ make[2]: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long make[2]: *** [__clean] Error 127 make[1]: *** [Documentation/DocBook/man/] Error 2 make: *** [_mrproper_Documentation/DocBook] Error 2 The man directory were solely used for output so the fix is to remove it entirely during the make mrproper process. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
2007-04-28phy layer: add kernel-doc + DocBookRandy Dunlap
Convert function documentation in drivers/net/phy/ to kernel-doc and add it to DocBook. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] fix DocBook buildDon Mullis
Fix DocBook build. Regression was introduced by gregkh-usb-usb-linux-usb_ch9h-becomes-linux-usb-ch9h.patch Tested by `make htmldocs`. Signed-off-by: Don Mullis <dwm@meer.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] docbook: add edd firmware interfacesRandy Dunlap
Cleanup kernel-doc notation in drivers/firmware/edd.c. Add edd.c to DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] DocBook/HTML: Generate chapter/section level TOCs for functionsPavel Pisa
Simple increase of section TOC level generation significantly enhances navigation experience through generated kernel API documentation. This change restores back state from SGML tools time. Signed-off-by: Pavel Pisa <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-01-19libata doc: "error : unterminated entity reference exceptions"Robert P. J. Day
Fix libata.tmpl to not generate "error : unterminated entity reference exceptions" errors anymore when running "make htmldocs". Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-30[PATCH] respect srctree/objtree in Documentation/DocBook/MakefileMike Frysinger
The KERNELDOC and DOCPROC variables are relative to the $(srctree)/$(objtree) and expect to be run only from there ... attached patch adds proper srctree/objtree prefixes to both variables. Acked-by: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-17[DocBook]: Fix two typos in generic IRQ docs.David S. Miller
desc-status --> desc->status Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-12-08Merge rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6Dmitry Torokhov
Conflicts: drivers/usb/input/hid.h
2006-12-07[PATCH] kernel-api book: remove videodev chapterRandy Dunlap
Remove the videodev chapter from the kernel-api book. It's done much better in the videobook kernel-doc. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] kernel-doc: add fusion and i2o to kernel-api bookRandy Dunlap
Add Fusion and I2O message-based device interfaces to kernel-api book. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-06[PATCH] Clean up 'make help' output for documentation targets.Jesper Juhl
Here's a patch that cleans up the "make help" output a bit for the documentation targets. Currently the documentation targets are listed completely different than all the other targets : Documentation targets: Linux kernel internal documentation in different formats: xmldocs (XML DocBook), psdocs (Postscript), pdfdocs (PDF) htmldocs (HTML), mandocs (man pages, use installmandocs to install) with this patch they are more in line with the rest of the output : Documentation targets: Linux kernel internal documentation in different formats: htmldocs - HTML installmandocs - install man pages generated by mandocs mandocs - man pages pdfdocs - PDF psdocs - Postscript xmldocs - XML DocBook Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-01usb: writing_usb_driver free urb cleanupMariusz Kozlowski
Allright. As Greg KH suggested I split this big patch into smaller ones to make the changes easier to review. Having no better idea how to split that I split it on a 'patch per file' basis. All those patches clean redundant 'if' before usb_unlink/free/kill_urb(): if (urb) usb_free_urb(urb); /* unlink / free / kill */ I decided not to touch bigger 'if's like if (urb) { usb_kill_urb(urb); usb_free_urb(urb); urb = NULL; } as that would be probably too intrusive. One of patches also fixes drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c memleak I found when digging the code. All those patches are against 2.6.19-rc4. Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-11-24Input: add to kernel-api docbookRandy Dunlap
Add input subsystem to kernel-api docbook. Enhance some function and parameter comments. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2006-11-03[PATCH] docbook: merge journal-api into filesystems.tmplRandy Dunlap
Move journal-api into filesystems.tmpl as a Chapter. Applies on top of the previous docbook: make a filesystems book patch. Remove trailing whitespace from journal-api chapter. Align some of the tags. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-30[PATCH] docbook: make a filesystems bookRandy Dunlap
Make a filesystems DocBook book/file by moving all filesystems info from kernel-api.tmpl. Will also merge journal-api.tmpl into it soon (with permission from Roger Gammans). Localizes filesystem info and reduces size of the huge (produced) kernel-api output files. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-04Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev * 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev: [libata] pata_artop: kill gcc warning [PATCH] libata: turn off NCQ if queue depth is adjusted to 1 [PATCH] libata: cosmetic changes to constants [libata] DocBook minor updates, fixes [libata] PCI ID table cleanup in various drivers [libata] Print out Status register, if a BSY-sleep takes too long [libata] init probe_ent->private_data in a common location [libata] minor PCI IDE probe fixes and cleanups [libata] Use new PCI_VDEVICE() macro to dramatically shorten ID lists [PATCH] Fix reference of uninitialised memory in ata_device_add()
2006-10-04[PATCH] page_alloc: fix kernel-doc and func. declarationRandy Dunlap
Fix kernel-doc and function declaration (missing "void") in mm/page_alloc.c. Add mm/page_alloc.c to kernel-api.tmpl in DocBook. mm/page_alloc.c:2589:38: warning: non-ANSI function declaration of function 'remove_all_active_ranges' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-03Documentation: remove duplicated wordsPaolo Ornati
Remove many duplicated words under Documentation/ and do other small cleanups. Examples: "and and" --> "and" "in in" --> "in" "the the" --> "the" "the the" --> "to the" ... Signed-off-by: Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03remove mentionings of devfs in documentationAdrian Bunk
Now that devfs is removed, there's no longer any need to document how to do this or that with devfs. This patch includes some improvements by Joe Perches. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03[PATCH] kernel-doc for kernel/resource.cRandy Dunlap
Add kernel-doc function headers in kernel/resource.c and use them in DocBook. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-03[PATCH] kernel-doc for kernel/dma.cRandy Dunlap
Add kernel-doc function headers in kernel/dma.c and use it in DocBook. Clean up kernel-doc in mca_dma.h (the colon (':') represents a section header). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-30Merge branch 'master' into upstreamJeff Garzik
2006-09-29[PATCH] cdev documentationJonathan Corbet
Add some documentation comments for the cdev interface. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Acked-by: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Include documentation for functions in drivers/base/class.cRolf Eike Beer
drivers/base/class.c is omitted by "make *docs". Add it to get documentation for class_create() and friends for free. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kernel-doc: move filesystems togetherRandy Dunlap
Move all VFS + filesystem docs together. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kernel-doc for relay interfaceRandy Dunlap
Add relay interface support to DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl. Fix typos etc. in relay.c and relayfs.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>