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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/Changes2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/Makefile38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media-indices.tmpl4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl626
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/procfs_example.c201
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml35
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/v4l2.xml26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/videodev2.h.xml116
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-enum-dv-presets.xml238
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-enuminput.xml36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-enumoutput.xml36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-preset.xml111
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.xml224
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-std.xml6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-query-dv-preset.xml85
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-querystd.xml6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmitChecklist5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt60
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/viafb.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/Exporting)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/knfsd-stats.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/knfsd-stats.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfs.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfs41-server.txt)9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/rpc-cache.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/rpc-cache.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpio.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/lis3lv02d55
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/writing-clients2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/misc-devices/ad525x_dpot.txt57
-rw-r--r--Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/ppc440spe-adma.txt93
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/sh_mobile_ceu_camera.txt157
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt262
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/ksm.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page-types.c68
52 files changed, 1771 insertions, 1068 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
index 9fe91c02ee40..bf1627b02a03 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ Description:
Users: hotplug memory remove tools
https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/
+
+What: /sys/devices/system/memoryX/nodeY
+Date: October 2009
+Contact: Linux Memory Management list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
+Description:
+ When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that
+ points to the corresponding NUMA node directory.
+
+ For example, the following symbolic link is created for
+ memory section 9 on node0:
+ /sys/devices/system/memory/memory9/node0 -> ../../node/node0
+
+
What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY
Date: September 2008
Contact: Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com>
@@ -70,4 +83,3 @@ Description:
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-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 2aae06fcbed7..84a710f87c64 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@ Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2
+What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
+Date: October 2009
+Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
+Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to
+
+ When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points
+ to the corresponding NUMA node directory.
+
+ For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42
+ in NUMA node 2:
+
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2
+
+
What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_id
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings_list
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index 6d0f1efc5bf6..f08b313cd235 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
o udev 081 # udevinfo -V
o grub 0.93 # grub --version
o mcelog 0.6
+o iptables 1.4.1 # iptables -V
+
Kernel compilation
==================
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index ab8300f67182..325cfd1d6d99 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml mcabook.xml device-drivers.xml \
kernel-hacking.xml kernel-locking.xml deviceiobook.xml \
- procfs-guide.xml writing_usb_driver.xml networking.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 \
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ PS_METHOD = $(prefer-db2x)
###
# The targets that may be used.
-PHONY += xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs cleandocs media
+PHONY += xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs cleandocs xmldoclinks
BOOKS := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(DOCBOOKS))
-xmldocs: $(BOOKS)
+xmldocs: $(BOOKS) xmldoclinks
sgmldocs: xmldocs
PS := $(patsubst %.xml, %.ps, $(BOOKS))
@@ -45,15 +45,24 @@ PDF := $(patsubst %.xml, %.pdf, $(BOOKS))
pdfdocs: $(PDF)
HTML := $(sort $(patsubst %.xml, %.html, $(BOOKS)))
-htmldocs: media $(HTML)
+htmldocs: $(HTML)
$(call build_main_index)
+ $(call build_images)
MAN := $(patsubst %.xml, %.9, $(BOOKS))
mandocs: $(MAN)
-media:
- mkdir -p $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/
- cp $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/*.png $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/*.gif $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/
+build_images = mkdir -p $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/ && \
+ cp $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/*.png $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/*.gif $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/
+
+xmldoclinks:
+ifneq ($(objtree),$(srctree))
+ for dep in dvb media-entities.tmpl media-indices.tmpl v4l; do \
+ rm -f $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/$$dep \
+ && ln -s $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/$$dep $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/ \
+ || exit; \
+ done
+endif
installmandocs: mandocs
mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man9/
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ KERNELDOC = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc
DOCPROC = $(objtree)/scripts/basic/docproc
XMLTOFLAGS = -m $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl
-#XMLTOFLAGS += --skip-validation
+XMLTOFLAGS += --skip-validation
###
# DOCPROC is used for two purposes:
@@ -101,17 +110,6 @@ endif
# Changes in kernel-doc force a rebuild of all documentation
$(BOOKS): $(KERNELDOC)
-###
-# procfs guide uses a .c file as example code.
-# This requires an explicit dependency
-C-procfs-example = procfs_example.xml
-C-procfs-example2 = $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(C-procfs-example))
-$(obj)/procfs-guide.xml: $(C-procfs-example2)
-
-# List of programs to build
-##oops, this is a kernel module::hostprogs-y := procfs_example
-obj-m += procfs_example.o
-
# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
always := $(hostprogs-y)
@@ -238,7 +236,7 @@ clean-files := $(DOCBOOKS) \
$(patsubst %.xml, %.pdf, $(DOCBOOKS)) \
$(patsubst %.xml, %.html, $(DOCBOOKS)) \
$(patsubst %.xml, %.9, $(DOCBOOKS)) \
- $(C-procfs-example) $(index)
+ $(index)
clean-dirs := $(patsubst %.xml,%,$(DOCBOOKS)) man
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl
index bb5ab741220e..c725cb852c54 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-ENUMINPUT "<link linkend='vidioc-enuminput'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-ENUMOUTPUT "<link linkend='vidioc-enumoutput'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUMOUTPUT</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-ENUMSTD "<link linkend='vidioc-enumstd'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUMSTD</constant></link>">
+<!ENTITY VIDIOC-ENUM-DV-PRESETS "<link linkend='vidioc-enum-dv-presets'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUM_DV_PRESETS</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-ENUM-FMT "<link linkend='vidioc-enum-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-ENUM-FRAMEINTERVALS "<link linkend='vidioc-enum-frameintervals'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-ENUM-FRAMESIZES "<link linkend='vidioc-enum-framesizes'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES</constant></link>">
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-G-AUDOUT "<link linkend='vidioc-g-audioout'><constant>VIDIOC_G_AUDOUT</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-G-CROP "<link linkend='vidioc-g-crop'><constant>VIDIOC_G_CROP</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-G-CTRL "<link linkend='vidioc-g-ctrl'><constant>VIDIOC_G_CTRL</constant></link>">
+<!ENTITY VIDIOC-G-DV-PRESET "<link linkend='vidioc-g-dv-preset'><constant>VIDIOC_G_DV_PRESET</constant></link>">
+<!ENTITY VIDIOC-G-DV-TIMINGS "<link linkend='vidioc-g-dv-timings'><constant>VIDIOC_G_DV_TIMINGS</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-G-ENC-INDEX "<link linkend='vidioc-g-enc-index'><constant>VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-G-EXT-CTRLS "<link linkend='vidioc-g-ext-ctrls'><constant>VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-G-FBUF "<link linkend='vidioc-g-fbuf'><constant>VIDIOC_G_FBUF</constant></link>">
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-QUERYCTRL "<link linkend='vidioc-queryctrl'><constant>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-QUERYMENU "<link linkend='vidioc-queryctrl'><constant>VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-QUERYSTD "<link linkend='vidioc-querystd'><constant>VIDIOC_QUERYSTD</constant></link>">
+<!ENTITY VIDIOC-QUERY-DV-PRESET "<link linkend='vidioc-query-dv-preset'><constant>VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_PRESET</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-REQBUFS "<link linkend='vidioc-reqbufs'><constant>VIDIOC_REQBUFS</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-STREAMOFF "<link linkend='vidioc-streamon'><constant>VIDIOC_STREAMOFF</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-STREAMON "<link linkend='vidioc-streamon'><constant>VIDIOC_STREAMON</constant></link>">
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-S-AUDOUT "<link linkend='vidioc-g-audioout'><constant>VIDIOC_S_AUDOUT</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-S-CROP "<link linkend='vidioc-g-crop'><constant>VIDIOC_S_CROP</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-S-CTRL "<link linkend='vidioc-g-ctrl'><constant>VIDIOC_S_CTRL</constant></link>">
+<!ENTITY VIDIOC-S-DV-PRESET "<link linkend='vidioc-g-dv-preset'><constant>VIDIOC_S_DV_PRESET</constant></link>">
+<!ENTITY VIDIOC-S-DV-TIMINGS "<link linkend='vidioc-g-dv-timings'><constant>VIDIOC_S_DV_TIMINGS</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-S-EXT-CTRLS "<link linkend='vidioc-g-ext-ctrls'><constant>VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-S-FBUF "<link linkend='vidioc-g-fbuf'><constant>VIDIOC_S_FBUF</constant></link>">
<!ENTITY VIDIOC-S-FMT "<link linkend='vidioc-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_S_FMT</constant></link>">
@@ -118,6 +124,7 @@
<!-- Structures -->
<!ENTITY v4l2-audio "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-audio'>v4l2_audio</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-audioout "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-audioout'>v4l2_audioout</link>">
+<!ENTITY v4l2-bt-timings "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-bt-timings'>v4l2_bt_timings</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-buffer "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-buffer'>v4l2_buffer</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-capability "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-capability'>v4l2_capability</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-captureparm "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-captureparm'>v4l2_captureparm</link>">
@@ -128,6 +135,9 @@
<!ENTITY v4l2-dbg-chip-ident "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dbg-chip-ident'>v4l2_dbg_chip_ident</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-dbg-match "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dbg-match'>v4l2_dbg_match</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-dbg-register "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dbg-register'>v4l2_dbg_register</link>">
+<!ENTITY v4l2-dv-enum-preset "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dv-enum-preset'>v4l2_dv_enum_preset</link>">
+<!ENTITY v4l2-dv-preset "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dv-preset'>v4l2_dv_preset</link>">
+<!ENTITY v4l2-dv-timings "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dv-timings'>v4l2_dv_timings</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-enc-idx "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-enc-idx'>v4l2_enc_idx</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-enc-idx-entry "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-enc-idx-entry'>v4l2_enc_idx_entry</link>">
<!ENTITY v4l2-encoder-cmd "struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-encoder-cmd'>v4l2_encoder_cmd</link>">
@@ -243,6 +253,10 @@
<!ENTITY sub-enumaudioout SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enumaudioout.xml">
<!ENTITY sub-enuminput SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enuminput.xml">
<!ENTITY sub-enumoutput SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enumoutput.xml">
+<!ENTITY sub-enum-dv-presets SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enum-dv-presets.xml">
+<!ENTITY sub-g-dv-preset SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-g-dv-preset.xml">
+<!ENTITY sub-query-dv-preset SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-query-dv-preset.xml">
+<!ENTITY sub-g-dv-timings SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.xml">
<!ENTITY sub-enumstd SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enumstd.xml">
<!ENTITY sub-g-audio SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-g-audio.xml">
<!ENTITY sub-g-audioout SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-g-audioout.xml">
@@ -333,6 +347,10 @@
<!ENTITY enumaudioout SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enumaudioout.xml">
<!ENTITY enuminput SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enuminput.xml">
<!ENTITY enumoutput SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enumoutput.xml">
+<!ENTITY enum-dv-presets SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enum-dv-presets.xml">
+<!ENTITY g-dv-preset SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-g-dv-preset.xml">
+<!ENTITY query-dv-preset SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-query-dv-preset.xml">
+<!ENTITY g-dv-timings SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-g-dv-timings.xml">
<!ENTITY enumstd SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-enumstd.xml">
<!ENTITY g-audio SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-g-audio.xml">
<!ENTITY g-audioout SYSTEM "v4l/vidioc-g-audioout.xml">
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media-indices.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/media-indices.tmpl
index 9e30a236d74f..78d6031de001 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media-indices.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media-indices.tmpl
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
<indexentry><primaryie>enum&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-preemphasis'>v4l2_preemphasis</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-audio'>v4l2_audio</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-audioout'>v4l2_audioout</link></primaryie></indexentry>
+<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-bt-timings'>v4l2_bt_timings</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-buffer'>v4l2_buffer</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-capability'>v4l2_capability</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-captureparm'>v4l2_captureparm</link></primaryie></indexentry>
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dbg-chip-ident'>v4l2_dbg_chip_ident</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dbg-match'>v4l2_dbg_match</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dbg-register'>v4l2_dbg_register</link></primaryie></indexentry>
+<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dv-enum-preset'>v4l2_dv_enum_preset</link></primaryie></indexentry>
+<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dv-preset'>v4l2_dv_preset</link></primaryie></indexentry>
+<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-dv-timings'>v4l2_dv_timings</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-enc-idx'>v4l2_enc_idx</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-enc-idx-entry'>v4l2_enc_idx_entry</link></primaryie></indexentry>
<indexentry><primaryie>struct&nbsp;<link linkend='v4l2-encoder-cmd'>v4l2_encoder_cmd</link></primaryie></indexentry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eba4b7af73d..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,626 +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" [
-<!ENTITY procfsexample SYSTEM "procfs_example.xml">
-]>
-
-<book id="LKProcfsGuide">
- <bookinfo>
- <title>Linux Kernel Procfs Guide</title>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <firstname>Erik</firstname>
- <othername>(J.A.K.)</othername>
- <surname>Mouw</surname>
- <affiliation>
- <address>
- <email>mouw@nl.linux.org</email>
- </address>
- </affiliation>
- </author>
- <othercredit>
- <contrib>
- This software and documentation were written while working on the
- LART computing board
- (<ulink url="http://www.lartmaker.nl/">http://www.lartmaker.nl/</ulink>),
- which was sponsored by the Delt University of Technology projects
- Mobile Multi-media Communications and Ubiquitous Communications.
- </contrib>
- </othercredit>
- </authorgroup>
-
- <revhistory>
- <revision>
- <revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
- <date>May 30, 2001</date>
- <revremark>Initial revision posted to linux-kernel</revremark>
- </revision>
- <revision>
- <revnumber>1.1</revnumber>
- <date>June 3, 2001</date>
- <revremark>Revised after comments from linux-kernel</revremark>
- </revision>
- </revhistory>
-
- <copyright>
- <year>2001</year>
- <holder>Erik Mouw</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 documentation 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>
-
-
-
-
- <preface id="Preface">
- <title>Preface</title>
-
- <para>
- This guide describes the use of the procfs file system from
- within the Linux kernel. The idea to write this guide came up on
- the #kernelnewbies IRC channel (see <ulink
- url="http://www.kernelnewbies.org/">http://www.kernelnewbies.org/</ulink>),
- when Jeff Garzik explained the use of procfs and forwarded me a
- message Alexander Viro wrote to the linux-kernel mailing list. I
- agreed to write it up nicely, so here it is.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- I'd like to thank Jeff Garzik
- <email>jgarzik@pobox.com</email> and Alexander Viro
- <email>viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk</email> for their input,
- Tim Waugh <email>twaugh@redhat.com</email> for his <ulink
- url="http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/docbook/selfdocbook/">Selfdocbook</ulink>,
- and Marc Joosen <email>marcj@historia.et.tudelft.nl</email> for
- proofreading.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Erik
- </para>
- </preface>
-
-
-
-
- <chapter id="intro">
- <title>Introduction</title>
-
- <para>
- The <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> file system
- (procfs) is a special file system in the linux kernel. It's a
- virtual file system: it is not associated with a block device
- but exists only in memory. The files in the procfs are there to
- allow userland programs access to certain information from the
- kernel (like process information in <filename
- class="directory">/proc/[0-9]+/</filename>), but also for debug
- purposes (like <filename>/proc/ksyms</filename>).
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This guide describes the use of the procfs file system from
- within the Linux kernel. It starts by introducing all relevant
- functions to manage the files within the file system. After that
- it shows how to communicate with userland, and some tips and
- tricks will be pointed out. Finally a complete example will be
- shown.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Note that the files in <filename
- class="directory">/proc/sys</filename> are sysctl files: they
- don't belong to procfs and are governed by a completely
- different API described in the Kernel API book.
- </para>
- </chapter>
-
-
-
-
- <chapter id="managing">
- <title>Managing procfs entries</title>
-
- <para>
- This chapter describes the functions that various kernel
- components use to populate the procfs with files, symlinks,
- device nodes, and directories.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- A minor note before we start: if you want to use any of the
- procfs functions, be sure to include the correct header file!
- This should be one of the first lines in your code:
- </para>
-
- <programlisting>
-#include &lt;linux/proc_fs.h&gt;
- </programlisting>
-
-
-
-
- <sect1 id="regularfile">
- <title>Creating a regular file</title>
-
- <funcsynopsis>
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>struct proc_dir_entry* <function>create_proc_entry</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>const char* <parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
- <paramdef>mode_t <parameter>mode</parameter></paramdef>
- <paramdef>struct proc_dir_entry* <parameter>parent</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
- </funcsynopsis>
-
- <para>
- This function creates a regular file with the name
- <parameter>name</parameter>, file mode
- <parameter>mode</parameter> in the directory
- <parameter>parent</parameter>. To create a file in the root of
- the procfs, use <constant>NULL</constant> as
- <parameter>parent</parameter> parameter. When successful, the