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130 files changed, 706 insertions, 366 deletions
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de> <external.Oleksij.Rempel@de.bosch.com> Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de> <fixed-term.Oleksij.Rempel@de.bosch.com> Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de> <o.rempel@pengutronix.de> Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de> <ore@pengutronix.de> +Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> <pali.rohar@gmail.com> Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org> Paul Burton <paulburton@kernel.org> <paul.burton@imgtec.com> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-laptop index 8c6a0b8e1131..9b917c7453de 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-laptop +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-laptop @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ What: /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight/als_enabled Date: December 2014 KernelVersion: 3.19 Contact: Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@gmail.com>, - Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> + Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> Description: This file allows to control the automatic keyboard illumination mode on some systems that have an ambient @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ What: /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight/als_setting Date: December 2014 KernelVersion: 3.19 Contact: Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@gmail.com>, - Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> + Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> Description: This file allows to specifiy the on/off threshold value, as reported by the ambient light sensor. @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ What: /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight/start_triggers Date: December 2014 KernelVersion: 3.19 Contact: Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@gmail.com>, - Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> + Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> Description: This file allows to control the input triggers that turn on the keyboard backlight illumination that is @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ What: /sys/class/leds/dell::kbd_backlight/stop_timeout Date: December 2014 KernelVersion: 3.19 Contact: Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@gmail.com>, - Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> + Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> Description: This file allows to specify the interval after which the keyboard illumination is disabled because of inactivity. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 2ad7d7c26060..f2a93c8679e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1471,6 +1471,14 @@ hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT. + hugetlb_cma= [HW] The size of a cma area used for allocation + of gigantic hugepages. + Format: nn[KMGTPE] + + Reserve a cma area of given size and allocate gigantic + hugepages using the cma allocator. If enabled, the + boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped. + hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot. hugepagesz= [HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages. On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 335696d3360d..39c95c0e13d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -446,6 +446,27 @@ Notes: successful IPC object allocation. If an IPC object allocation syscall fails, it is undefined if the value remains unmodified or is reset to -1. +modprobe: +========= + +The path to the usermode helper for autoloading kernel modules, by +default "/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel +requests a module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown +filesystem type to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request +the corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper. +This usermode helper should insert the needed module into the kernel. + +This sysctl only affects module autoloading. It has no effect on the +ability to explicitly insert modules. + +If this sysctl is set to the empty string, then module autoloading is +completely disabled. The kernel will not try to execute a usermode +helper at all, nor will it call the kernel_module_request LSM hook. + +If CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER=y is set in the kernel configuration, +then the configured static usermode helper overrides this sysctl, +except tha |