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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 38f8444bdd0e..07de7e19b4ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ DMA-ISA-LPC.txt - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. DMA-attributes.txt - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have +dmatest.txt + - how to compile, configure and use the dmatest system. DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. EDID/ @@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ arm/ - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. arm64/ - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. +assoc_array.txt + - generic associative array intro. atomic_ops.txt - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. auxdisplay/ @@ -87,6 +91,8 @@ bad_memory.txt - how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions. basic_profiling.txt - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. +bcache.txt + - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance. binfmt_misc.txt - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. blackfin/ @@ -171,6 +177,8 @@ early-userspace/ - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. edac.txt - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction +efi-stub.txt + - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems. eisa.txt - info on EISA bus support. email-clients.txt @@ -195,8 +203,8 @@ futex-requeue-pi.txt - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex gcov.txt - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel -gpio.txt - - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. +gpio/ + - gpio related documentation hid/ - directory with information on human interface devices highuid.txt @@ -255,6 +263,8 @@ kernel-docs.txt - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. kernel-parameters.txt - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. +kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt + - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter. kmemcheck.txt - info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory. kmemleak.txt @@ -299,8 +309,6 @@ memory-devices/ - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver memory-hotplug.txt - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. -memory.txt - - info on typical Linux memory problems. metag/ - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture. mips/ @@ -311,6 +319,8 @@ mmc/ - directory with info about the MMC subsystem mn10300/ - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port +module-signing.txt + - Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules. mtd/ - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash) mono.txt @@ -343,6 +353,8 @@ pcmcia/ - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. percpu-rw-semaphore.txt - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading +phy.txt + - Description of the generic PHY framework. pi-futex.txt - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. pinctrl.txt @@ -431,6 +443,8 @@ sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key. target/ - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules +this_cpu_ops.txt + - List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations. thermal/ - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) trace/ @@ -469,6 +483,8 @@ wimax/ - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections workqueue.txt - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation +ww-mutex-design.txt + - Intro to Mutex wait/would deadlock handling.s x86/x86_64/ - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. xtensa/ diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt index a8d01005f480..10a93696e55a 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt @@ -82,7 +82,19 @@ Most of the hard work is done for the driver in the PCI layer. It simply has to request that the PCI layer set up the MSI capability for this device. -4.2.1 pci_enable_msi_range +4.2.1 pci_enable_msi + +int pci_enable_msi(struct pci_dev *dev) + +A successful call allocates ONE interrupt to the device, regardless +of how many MSIs the device supports. The device is switched from +pin-based interrupt mode to MSI mode. The dev->irq number is changed +to a new number which represents the message signaled interrupt; +consequently, this function should be called before the driver calls +request_irq(), because an MSI is delivered via a vector that is +different from the vector of a pin-based interrupt. + +4.2.2 pci_enable_msi_range int pci_enable_msi_range(struct pci_dev *dev, int minvec, int maxvec) @@ -147,6 +159,11 @@ static int foo_driver_enable_msi(struct pci_dev *pdev, int nvec) return pci_enable_msi_range(pdev, nvec, nvec); } +Note, unlike pci_enable_msi_exact() function, which could be also used to +enable a particular number of MSI-X interrupts, pci_enable_msi_range() +returns either a negative errno or 'nvec' (not negative errno or 0 - as +pci_enable_msi_exact() does). + 4.2.1.3 Single MSI mode The most notorious example of the request type described above is @@ -158,7 +175,27 @@ static int foo_driver_enable_single_msi(struct pci_dev *pdev) return pci_enable_msi_range(pdev, 1, 1); } -4.2.2 pci_disable_msi +Note, unlike pci_enable_msi() function, which could be also used to +enable the single MSI mode, pci_enable_msi_range() returns either a +negative errno or 1 (not negative errno or 0 - as pci_enable_msi() +does). + +4.2.3 pci_enable_msi_exact + +int pci_enable_msi_exact(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec) + +This variation on pci_enable_msi_range() call allows a device driver to +request exactly 'nvec' MSIs. + +If this function returns a negative number, it indicates an error and +the driver should not attempt to request any more MSI interrupts for +this device. + +By contrast with pci_enable_msi_range() function, pci_enable_msi_exact() +returns zero in case of success, which indicates MSI interrupts have been +successfully allocated. + +4.2.4 pci_disable_msi void pci_disable_msi(struct pci_dev *dev) @@ -172,7 +209,7 @@ on any interrupt for which it previously called request_irq(). Failure to do so results in a BUG_ON(), leaving the device with MSI enabled and thus leaking its vector. -4.2.3 pci_msi_vec_count +4.2.4 pci_msi_vec_count int pci_msi_vec_count(struct pci_dev *dev) @@ -257,8 +294,8 @@ possible, likely up to the limit returned by pci_msix_vec_count() function: static int foo_driver_enable_msix(struct foo_adapter *adapter, int nvec) { - return pci_enable_msi_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries, - 1, nvec); + return pci_enable_msix_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries, + 1, nvec); } Note the value of 'minvec' parameter is 1. As 'minvec' is inclusive, @@ -269,8 +306,8 @@ In this case the function could look like this: static int foo_driver_enable_msix(struct foo_adapter *adapter, int nvec) { - return pci_enable_msi_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries, - FOO_DRIVER_MINIMUM_NVEC, nvec); + return pci_enable_msix_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries, + FOO_DRIVER_MINIMUM_NVEC, nvec); } 4.3.1.2 Exact number of MSI-X interrupts @@ -282,10 +319,15 @@ parameters: static int foo_driver_enable_msix(struct foo_adapter *adapter, int nvec) { - return pci_enable_msi_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries, - nvec, nvec); + return pci_enable_msix_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries, + nvec, nvec); } +Note, unlike pci_enable_msix_exact() function, which could be also used to +enable a particular number of MSI-X interrupts, pci_enable_msix_range() +returns either a negative errno or 'nvec' (not negative errno or 0 - as +pci_enable_msix_exact() does). + 4.3.1.3 Specific requirements to the number of MSI-X interrupts As noted above, there could be devices that can not operate with just any @@ -332,7 +374,64 @@ Note how pci_enable_msix_range() return value is analized for a fallback - any error code other than -ENOSPC indicates a fatal error and should not be retried. -4.3.2 pci_disable_msix +4.3.2 pci_enable_msix_exact + +int pci_enable_msix_exact(struct pci_dev *dev, + struct msix_entry *entries, int nvec) + +This variation on pci_enable_msix_range() call allows a device driver to +request exactly 'nvec' MSI-Xs. + +If this function returns a negative number, it indicates an error and +the driver should not attempt to allocate any more MSI-X interrupts for +this device. + +By contrast with pci_enable_msix_range() function, pci_enable_msix_exact() +returns zero in case of success, which indicates MSI-X interrupts have been +successfully allocated. + +Another version of a routine that enables MSI-X mode for a device with +specific requirements described in chapter 4.3.1.3 might look like this: + +/* + * Assume 'minvec' and 'maxvec' are non-zero + */ +static int foo_driver_enable_msix(struct foo_adapter *adapter, + int minvec, int maxvec) +{ + int rc; + + minvec = roundup_pow_of_two(minvec); + maxvec = rounddown_pow_of_two(maxvec); + + if (minvec > maxvec) + return -ERANGE; + +retry: + rc = pci_enable_msix_exact(adapter->pdev, + adapter->msix_entries, maxvec); + + /* + * -ENOSPC is the only error code allowed to be analyzed + */ + if (rc == -ENOSPC) { + if (maxvec == 1) + return -ENOSPC; + + maxvec /= 2; + + if (minvec > maxvec) + return -ENOSPC; + + goto retry; + } else if (rc < 0) { + return rc; + } + + return maxvec; +} + +4.3.3 pci_disable_msix void pci_disable_msix(struct pci_dev *dev) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX index 1d7a885761f5..fa57139f50bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ listRCU.txt - Using RCU to Protect Read-Mostly Linked Lists lockdep.txt - RCU and lockdep checking +lockdep-splat.txt + - RCU Lockdep splats explained. NMI-RCU.txt - Using RCU to Protect Dynamic NMI Handlers rcubarrier.txt diff --git a/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX index 36420e116c90..a94090cc785d 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Booting - requirements for booting Interrupts - ARM Interrupt subsystem documentation +IXP4xx + - Intel IXP4xx Network processor. msm - MSM specific documentation Netwinder @@ -24,8 +26,16 @@ SPEAr - ST SPEAr platform Linux Overview VFP/ - Release notes for Linux Kernel Vector Floating Point support code +cluster-pm-race-avoidance.txt + - Algorithm for CPU and Cluster setup/teardown empeg/ - Ltd's Empeg MP3 Car Audio Player +firmware.txt + - Secure firmware registration and calling. +kernel_mode_neon.txt + - How to use NEON instructions in kernel mode +kernel_user_helpers.txt + - Helper functions in kernel space made available for userspace. mem_alignment - alignment abort handler documentation memory.txt @@ -34,3 +44,7 @@ nwfpe/ - NWFPE floating point emulator documentation swp_emulation - SWP/SWPB emulation handler/logging description +tcm.txt + - ARM Tightly Coupled Memory +vlocks.txt + - Voting locks, low-level mechanism relying on memory system atomic writes. diff --git a/Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX b/Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX index 2df0365f2dff..c54fcdd4ae9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ 00-INDEX - This file - +Makefile + - Makefile for gptimers example file. bfin-gpio-notes.txt - Notes in developing/using bfin-gpio driver. - bfin-spi-notes.txt - Notes for using bfin spi bus driver. +gptimers-example.c + - gptimers example diff --git a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX index 929d9904f74b..e840b47613f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ deadline-iosched.txt - Deadline IO scheduler tunables ioprio.txt - Block io priorities (in CFQ scheduler) +null_blk.txt + - Null block for block-layer benchmarking. queue-sysfs.txt - Queue's sysfs entries request.txt diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt index e6b72d355151..68c0f517c60e 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt @@ -124,12 +124,11 @@ the default being 204800 sectors (or 100MB). Updating on-disk metadata ------------------------- -On-disk metadata is committed every time a REQ_SYNC or REQ_FUA bio is -written. If no such requests are made then commits will occur every -second. This means the cache behaves like a physical disk that has a -write cache (the same is true of the thin-provisioning target). If -power is lost you may lose some recent writes. The metadata should -always be consistent in spite of any crash. +On-disk metadata is committed every time a FLUSH or FUA bio is written. +If no such requests are made then commits will occur every second. This +means the cache behaves like a physical disk that has a volatile write +cache. If power is lost you may lose some recent writes. The metadata +should always be consistent in spite of any crash. The 'dirty' state for a cache block changes far too frequently for us to keep updating it on the fly. So we treat it as a hint. In normal diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt index 8a7a3d46e0da..05a27e9442bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt @@ -116,6 +116,35 @@ Resuming a device with a new table itself triggers an event so the userspace daemon can use this to detect a situation where a new table already exceeds the threshold. +A low water mark for the metadata device is maintained in the kernel and +will trigger a dm event if free space on the metadata device drops below +it. + +Updating on-disk metadata +------------------------- + +On-disk metadata is committed every time a FLUSH or FUA bio is written. +If no such requests are made then commits will occur every second. This +means the thin-provisioning target behaves like a physical disk that has +a volatile write cache. If power is lost you may lose some recent +writes. The metadata should always be consistent in spite of any crash. + +If data space is exhausted the pool will either error or queue IO +according to the configuration (see: error_if_no_space). If metadata +space is exhausted or a metadata operation fails: the pool will error IO +until the pool is taken offline and repair is performed to 1) fix any +potential inconsistencies and 2) clear the flag that imposes repair. +Once the pool's metadata device is repaired it may be resized, which +will allow the pool to return to normal operation. Note that if a pool +is flagged as needing repair, the pool's data and metadata devices +cannot be resized until repair is performed. It should also be noted +that when the pool's metadata space is exhausted the current metadata +transaction is aborted. Given that the pool will cache IO whose +completion may have already been acknowledged to upper IO layers +(e.g. filesystem) it is strongly suggested that consistency checks +(e.g. fsck) be performed on those layers when repair of the pool is +required. + Thin provisioning ----------------- @@ -258,10 +287,9 @@ ii) Status should register for the event and then check the target's status. held metadata root: - The location, in sectors, of the metadata root that has been + The location, in blocks, of the metadata root that has been 'held' for userspace read access. '-' indicates there is no - held root. This feature is not yet implemented so '-' is - always returned. + held root. discard_passdown|no_discard_passdown Whether or not discards are actually being passed down to the diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX b/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX index b78f691fd847..8c4102c6a5e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX @@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss - this file booting-without-of.txt - Booting Linux without Open Firmware, describes history and format of device trees. +usage-model.txt + - How Linux uses DT and what DT aims to solve.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt index 34dc40cffdfd..af9b4a0d902b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Boards: compatible = "ti,omap3-beagle", "ti,omap3" - OMAP3 Tobi with Overo : Commercial expansion board with daughter board - compatible = "ti,omap3-tobi", "ti,omap3-overo", "ti,omap3" + compatible = "gumstix,omap3-overo-tobi", "gumstix,omap3-overo", "ti,omap3" - OMAP4 SDP : Software Development Board compatible = "ti,omap4-sdp", "ti,omap4430" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,cpg-mstp-clocks.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,cpg-mstp-clocks.txt index a6a352c2771e..5992dceec7af 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,cpg-mstp-clocks.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,cpg-mstp-clocks.txt @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ Required Properties: must appear in the same order as the output clocks. - #clock-cells: Must be 1 - clock-output-names: The name of the clocks as free-form strings - - renesas,indices: Indices of the gate clocks into the group (0 to 31) + - renesas,clock-indices: Indices of the gate clocks into the group (0 to 31) -The clocks, clock-output-names and renesas,indices properties contain one +The clocks, clock-output-names and renesas,clock-indices properties contain one entry per gate clock. The MSTP groups are sparsely populated. Unimplemented gate clocks must not be declared. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-sdma.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-sdma.txt index 68b83ecc3850..ee9be9961524 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-sdma.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-sdma.txt @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ * Freescale Smart Direct Memory Access (SDMA) Controller for i.MX Required properties: -- compatible : Should be "fsl,imx31-sdma", "fsl,imx31-to1-sdma", - "fsl,imx31-to2-sdma", "fsl,imx35-sdma", "fsl,imx35-to1-sdma", - "fsl,imx35-to2-sdma", "fsl,imx51-sdma", "fsl,imx53-sdma" or - "fsl,imx6q-sdma". The -to variants should be preferred since they - allow to determnine the correct ROM script addresses needed for - the driver to work without additional firmware. +- compatible : Should be one of + "fsl,imx25-sdma" + "fsl,imx31-sdma", "fsl,imx31-to1-sdma", "fsl,imx31-to2-sdma" + "fsl,imx35-sdma", "fsl,imx35-to1-sdma", "fsl,imx35-to2-sdma" + "fsl,imx51-sdma" + "fsl,imx53-sdma" + "fsl,imx6q-sdma" + The -to variants should be preferred since they allow to determnine the + correct ROM script addresses needed for the driver to work without additional + firmware. - reg : Should contain SDMA registers location and length - interrupts : Should contain SDMA interrupt - #dma-cells : Must be <3>. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/lsi,zevio-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/lsi,zevio-intc.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aee38e7c13e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/lsi,zevio-intc.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +TI-NSPIRE interrupt controller + +Required properties: +- compatible: Compatible property value should be "lsi,zevio-intc". + +- reg: Physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped + region. + +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller + +Example: + +interrupt-controller { + compatible = "lsi,zevio-intc"; + interrupt-controller; + reg = <0xDC000000 0x1000>; + #interrupt-cells = <1>; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/atmel-hsmci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/atmel-hsmci.txt |