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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 8dfc6708a257..f607367e642f 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -328,8 +328,6 @@ sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key. telephony/ - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. -time_interpolators.txt - - info on time interpolators. uml/ - directory with information about User Mode Linux. unicode.txt @@ -346,8 +344,6 @@ vm/ - directory with info on the Linux vm code. volatile-considered-harmful.txt - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used -voyager.txt - - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture. w1/ - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. watchdog/ diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5def20b9019e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +What: /sys/firmware/efi/vars +Date: April 2004 +Contact: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> +Description: + This directory exposes interfaces for interactive with + EFI variables. For more information on EFI variables, + see 'Variable Services' in the UEFI specification + (section 7.2 in specification version 2.3 Errata D). + + In summary, EFI variables are named, and are classified + into separate namespaces through the use of a vendor + GUID. They also have an arbitrary binary value + associated with them. + + The efivars module enumerates these variables and + creates a separate directory for each one found. Each + directory has a name of the form "<key>-<vendor guid>" + and contains the following files: + + attributes: A read-only text file enumerating the + EFI variable flags. Potential values + include: + + EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE + EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS + EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS + EFI_VARIABLE_HARDWARE_ERROR_RECORD + EFI_VARIABLE_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS + + See the EFI documentation for an + explanation of each of these variables. + + data: A read-only binary file that can be read + to attain the value of the EFI variable + + guid: The vendor GUID of the variable. This + should always match the GUID in the + variable's name. + + raw_var: A binary file that can be read to obtain + a structure that contains everything + there is to know about the variable. + For structure definition see "struct + efi_variable" in the kernel sources. + + This file can also be written to in + order to update the value of a variable. + For this to work however, all fields of + the "struct efi_variable" passed must + match byte for byte with the structure + read out of the file, save for the value + portion. + + **Note** the efi_variable structure + read/written with this file contains a + 'long' type that may change widths + depending on your underlying + architecture. + + size: As ASCII representation of the size of + the variable's value. + + + In addition, two other magic binary files are provided + in the top-level directory and are used for adding and + removing variables: + + new_var: Takes a "struct efi_variable" and + instructs the EFI firmware to create a + new variable. + + del_var: Takes a "struct efi_variable" and + instructs the EFI firmware to remove any + variable that has a matching vendor GUID + and variable key name. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore b/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f1fb2a004264 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +Where: /dev/pstore/... +Date: January 2011 +Kernel Version: 2.6.38 +Contact: tony.luck@intel.com +Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage. + + Platforms that provide a mechanism to preserve some data + across system reboots can register with this driver to + provide a generic interface to show records captured in + the dying moments. In the case of a panic the last part + of the console log is captured, but other interesting + data can also be saved. + + # mount -t pstore - /dev/pstore + + $ ls -l /dev/pstore + total 0 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 7896 Nov 30 15:38 dmesg-erst-1 + + Different users of this interface will result in different + filename prefixes. Currently two are defined: + + "dmesg" - saved console log + "mce" - architecture dependent data from fatal h/w error + + Once the information in a file has been read, removing + the file will signal to the underlying persistent storage + device that it can reclaim the space for later re-use. + + $ rm /dev/pstore/dmesg-erst-1 + + The expectation is that all files in /dev/pstore + will be saved elsewhere and erased from persistent store + soon after boot to free up space ready for the next + catastrophe. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power index 7628cd1bc36a..8ffbc25376a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power @@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ Description: "disabled" to it. For the devices that are not capable of generating system wakeup - events this file contains "\n". In that cases the user space - cannot modify the contents of this file and the device cannot be - enabled to wake up the system. + events this file is not present. In that case the device cannot + be enabled to wake up the system from sleep states. What: /sys/devices/.../power/control Date: January 2009 @@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ Description: The /sys/devices/.../wakeup_count attribute contains the number of signaled wakeup events associated with the device. This attribute is read-only. If the device is not enabled to wake up - the system from sleep states, this attribute is empty. + the system from sleep states, this attribute is not present. What: /sys/devices/.../power/wakeup_active_count Date: September 2010 @@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ Description: number of times the processing of wakeup events associated with the device was completed (at the kernel level). This attribute is read-only. If the device is not enabled to wake up the - system from sleep states, this attribute is empty. + system from sleep states, this attribute is not present. What: /sys/devices/.../power/wakeup_hit_count Date: September 2010 @@ -105,7 +104,8 @@ Description: number of times the processing of a wakeup event associated with the device might prevent the system from entering a sleep state. This attribute is read-only. If the device is not enabled to - wake up the system from sleep states, this attribute is empty. + wake up the system from sleep states, this attribute is not + present. What: /sys/devices/.../power/wakeup_active Date: September 2010 @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Description: or 0, depending on whether or not a wakeup event associated with the device is being processed (1). This attribute is read-only. If the device is not enabled to wake up the system from sleep - states, this attribute is empty. + states, this attribute is not present. What: /sys/devices/.../power/wakeup_total_time_ms Date: September 2010 @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Description: the total time of processing wakeup events associated with the device, in milliseconds. This attribute is read-only. If the device is not enabled to wake up the system from sleep states, - this attribute is empty. + this attribute is not present. What: /sys/devices/.../power/wakeup_max_time_ms Date: September 2010 @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Description: the maximum time of processing a single wakeup event associated with the device, in milliseconds. This attribute is read-only. If the device is not enabled to wake up the system from sleep - states, this attribute is empty. + states, this attribute is not present. What: /sys/devices/.../power/wakeup_last_time_ms Date: September 2010 @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Description: signaling the last wakeup event associated with the device, in milliseconds. This attribute is read-only. If the device is not enabled to wake up the system from sleep states, this - attribute is empty. + attribute is not present. What: /sys/devices/.../power/autosuspend_delay_ms Date: September 2010 diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ba9da9503c23 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +What: /sys/firmware/dmi/ +Date: February 2011 +Contact: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com> +Description: + Many machines' firmware (x86 and ia64) export DMI / + SMBIOS tables to the operating system. Getting at this + information is often valuable to userland, especially in + cases where there are OEM extensions used. + + The kernel itself does not rely on the majority of the + information in these tables being correct. It equally + cannot ensure that the data as exported to userland is + without error either. + + DMI is structured as a large table of entries, where + each entry has a common header indicating the type and + length of the entry, as well as 'handle' that is + supposed to be unique amongst all entries. + + Some entries are required by the specification, but many + others are optional. In general though, users should + never expect to find a specific entry type on their + system unless they know for certain what their firmware + is doing. Machine to machine will vary. + + Multiple entries of the same type are allowed. In order + to handle these duplicate entry types, each entry is + assigned by the operating system an 'instance', which is + derived from an entry type's ordinal position. That is + to say, if there are 'N' multiple entries with the same type + 'T' in the DMI tables (adjacent or spread apart, it + doesn't matter), they will be represented in sysfs as + entries "T-0" through "T-(N-1)": + + Example entry directories: + + /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/17-0 + /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/17-1 + /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/17-2 + /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/17-3 + ... + + Instance numbers are used in lieu of the firmware + assigned entry handles as the kernel itself makes no + guarantees that handles as exported are unique, and + there are likely firmware images that get this wrong in + the wild. + + Each DMI entry in sysfs has the common header values + exported as attributes: + + handle : The 16bit 'handle' that is assigned to this + entry by the firmware. This handle may be + referred to by other entries. + length : The length of the entry, as presented in the + entry itself. Note that this is _not the + total count of bytes associated with the + entry_. This value represents the length of + the "formatted" portion of the entry. This + "formatted" region is sometimes followed by + the "unformatted" region composed of nul + terminated strings, with termination signalled + by a two nul characters in series. + raw : The raw bytes of the entry. This includes the + "formatted" portion of the entry, the + "unformatted" strings portion of the entry, + and the two terminating nul characters. + type : The type of the entry. This value is the same + as found in the directory name. It indicates + how the rest of the entry should be + interpreted. + instance: The instance ordinal of the entry for the + given type. This value is the same as found + in the parent directory name. + position: The position of the entry within the entirety + of the entirety. + + === Entry Specialization === + + Some entry types may have other information available in + sysfs. + + --- Type 15 - System Event Log --- + + This entry allows the firmware to export a log of + events the system has taken. This information is + typically backed by nvram, but the implementation + details are abstracted by this table. This entries data + is exported in the directory: + + /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/15-0/system_event_log + + and has the following attributes (documented in the + SMBIOS / DMI specification under "System Event Log (Type 15)": + + area_length + header_start_offset + data_start_offset + access_method + status + change_token + access_method_address + header_format + per_log_type_descriptor_length + type_descriptors_supported_count + + As well, the kernel exports the binary attribute: + + raw_event_log : The raw binary bits of the event log + as described by the DMI entry. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-pstore b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-pstore new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8e659d854805 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-pstore @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +What: /sys/fs/pstore/kmsg_bytes +Date: January 2011 +Kernel Version: 2.6.38 +Contact: "Tony Luck" <tony.luck@intel.com> +Description: + Controls amount of console log that will be saved + to persistent store on oops/panic. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-at91 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-at91 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4cc6a865ae66 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-at91 @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +What: /sys/devices/platform/at91_can/net/<iface>/mb0_id +Date: January 2011 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: Marc Kleine-Budde <kernel@pengutronix.de> +Description: + Value representing the can_id of mailbox 0. + + Default: 0x7ff (standard frame) + + Due to a chip bug (errata 50.2.6.3 & 50.3.5.3 in + "AT91SAM9263 Preliminary 6249H-ATARM-27-Jul-09") the + contents of mailbox 0 may be send under certain + conditions (even if disabled or in rx mode). + + The workaround in the errata suggests not to use the + mailbox and load it with an unused identifier. + + In order to use an extended can_id add the + CAN_EFF_FLAG (0x80000000U) to the can_id. Example: + + - standard id 0x7ff: + echo 0x7ff > /sys/class/net/can0/mb0_id + + - extended id 0x1fffffff: + echo 0x9fffffff > /sys/class/net/can0/mb0_id diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-kim b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-kim new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c1653271872a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-kim @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +What: /sys/devices/platform/kim/dev_name +Date: January 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: "Pavan Savoy" <pavan_savoy@ti.com> +Description: + Name of the UART device at which the WL128x chip + is connected. example: "/dev/ttyS0". + The device name flows down to architecture specific board + initialization file from the SFI/ATAGS bootloader + firmware. The name exposed is read from the user-space + dameon and opens the device when install is requested. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/kim/baud_rate +Date: January 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: "Pavan Savoy" <pavan_savoy@ti.com> +Description: + The maximum reliable baud-rate the host can support. + Different platforms tend to have different high-speed + UART configurations, so the baud-rate needs to be set + locally and also sent across to the WL128x via a HCI-VS + command. The entry is read and made use by the user-space + daemon when the ldisc install is requested. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/kim/flow_cntrl +Date: January 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: "Pavan Savoy" <pavan_savoy@ti.com> +Description: + The WL128x makes use of flow control mechanism, and this + entry most often should be 1, the host's UART is required + to have the capability of flow-control, or else this + entry can be made use of for exceptions. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/kim/install +Date: January 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: "Pavan Savoy" <pavan_savoy@ti.com> +Description: + When one of the protocols Bluetooth, FM or GPS wants to make + use of the shared UART transport, it registers to the shared + transport driver, which will signal the user-space for opening, + configuring baud and install line discipline via this sysfs + entry. This entry would be polled upon by the user-space + daemon managing the UART, and is notified about the change + by the sysfs_notify. The value would be '1' when UART needs + to be opened/ldisc installed, and would be '0' when UART + is no more required and needs to be closed. diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index 8bb37237ebd2..1cd3478e5834 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ There are a number of driver model diagnostic macros in <linux/device.h> which you should use to make sure messages are matched to the right device and driver, and are tagged with the right level: dev_err(), dev_warn(), dev_info(), and so forth. For messages that aren't associated with a -particular device, <linux/kernel.h> defines pr_debug() and pr_info(). +particular device, <linux/printk.h> defines pr_debug() and pr_info(). Coming up with good debugging messages can be quite a challenge; and once you have them, they can be a huge help for remote troubleshooting. Such @@ -819,6 +819,3 @@ language C, URL: http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/ Kernel CodingStyle, by greg@kroah.com at OLS 2002: http://www.kroah.com/linux/talks/ols_2002_kernel_codingstyle_talk/html/ --- -Last updated on 2007-July-13. - diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl index 35447e081736..36f63d4a0a06 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl @@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ X!Isound/sound_firmware.c <chapter id="uart16x50"> <title>16x50 UART Driver</title> !Iinclude/linux/serial_core.h -!Edrivers/serial/serial_core.c -!Edrivers/serial/8250.c +!Edrivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c +!Edrivers/tty/serial/8250.c </chapter> <chapter id="fbdev"> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl index 2861055afd7a..c27915893974 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ services. </para> <para> - The core of every DRM driver is struct drm_device. Drivers - will typically statically initialize a drm_device structure, + The core of every DRM driver is struct drm_driver. Drivers + will typically statically initialize a drm_driver structure, then pass it to drm_init() at load time. </para> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ <title>Driver initialization</title> <para> Before calling the DRM initialization routines, the driver must - first create and fill out a struct drm_device structure. + first create and fill out a struct drm_driver structure. </para> <programlisting> static struct drm_driver driver = { diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl index 5e87ad58c0b5..f51f28531b8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl @@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ </sect1> </chapter> + <chapter id="fs_events"> + <title>Events based on file descriptors</title> +!Efs/eventfd.c + </chapter> + <chapter id="sysfs"> <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title> !Efs/sysfs/file.c diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index cfaac34c4557..6ef692667e2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt @@ -849,6 +849,37 @@ All: lockdep-checked RCU-protected pointer access See the comment headers in the source code (or the docbook generated from them) for more information. +However, given that there are no fewer than four families of RCU APIs +in the Linux kernel, how do you choose which one to use? The following +list can be helpful: + +a. Will readers need to block? If so, you need SRCU. + +b. What about the -rt patchset? If readers would need to block + in an non-rt kernel, you need SRCU. If readers would block + in a -rt kernel, but not in a non-rt kernel, SRCU is not + necessary. + +c. Do you need to treat NMI handlers, hardirq handlers, + and code segments with preemption disabled (whether + via preempt_disable(), local_irq_save(), local_bh_disable(), + or some other mechanism) as if they were explicit RCU readers? + If so, you need RCU-sched. + +d. Do you need RCU grace periods to complete even in the face + of softirq monopolization of one or more of the CPUs? For + example, is your code subject to network-based denial-of-service + attacks? If so, you need RCU-bh. + +e. Is your workload too update-intensive for normal use of + RCU, but inappropriate for other synchronization mechanisms? + If so, consider SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU. But please be careful! + +f. Otherwise, use RCU. + +Of course, this all assumes that you have determined that RCU is in fact +the right tool for your job. + 8. ANSWERS TO QUICK QUIZZES diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/Makefile b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8771d832cf8c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +BIN := vrl4 + +.PHONY: all +all: $(BIN) + +.PHONY: clean +clean: + rm -f *.o $(BIN) diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/vrl4.c b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/vrl4.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e8a191358ad2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/vrl4.c @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@ +/* + * vrl4 format generator + * + * Copyright (C) 2010 Simon Horman + * + * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public + * License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive + * for more details. + */ + +/* + * usage: vrl4 < zImage > out + * dd if=out of=/dev/sdx bs=512 seek=1 # Write the image to sector 1 + * + * Reads a zImage from stdin and writes a vrl4 image to stdout. + * In practice this means writing a padded vrl4 header to stdout followed + * by the zImage. + * + * The padding places the zImage at ALIGN bytes into the output. + * The vrl4 uses ALIGN + START_BASE as the start_address. + * This is where the mask ROM will jump to after verifying the header. + * + * The header sets copy_size to min(sizeof(zImage), MAX_BOOT_PROG_LEN) + ALIGN. + * That is, the mask ROM will load the padded header (ALIGN bytes) + * And then MAX_BOOT_PROG_LEN bytes of the image, or the entire image, + * whichever is smaller. + * + * The zImage is not modified in any way. + */ + +#define _BSD_SOURCE +#include <endian.h> +#include <unistd.h> +#include <stdint.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <errno.h> + +struct hdr { + uint32_t magic1; + uint32_t reserved1; + uint32_t magic2; + uint32_t reserved2; + uint16_t copy_size; + uint16_t boot_options; + uint32_t reserved3; + uint32_t start_address; + uint32_t reserved4; + uint32_t reserved5; + char reserved6[308]; +}; + +#define DECLARE_HDR(h) \ + struct hdr (h) = { \ + .magic1 = htole32(0xea000000), \ + .reserved1 = htole32(0x56), \ + .magic2 = htole32(0xe59ff008), \ + .reserved3 = htole16(0x1) } + +/* Align to 512 bytes, the MMCIF sector size */ +#define ALIGN_BITS 9 +#define ALIGN (1 << ALIGN_BITS) + +#define START_BASE 0xe55b0000 + +/* + * With an alignment of 512 the header uses the first sector. + * There is a 128 sector (64kbyte) limit on the data loaded by the mask ROM. + * So there are 127 sectors left for the boot programme. But in practice + * Only a small portion of a zImage is needed, 16 sectors should be more + * than enough. + * + * Note that this sets how much of the zImage is copied by the mask ROM. + * The entire zImage is present after the header and is loaded + * by the code in the boot program (which is the first portion of the zImage). + */ +#define MAX_BOOT_PROG_LEN (16 * 512) + +#define ROUND_UP(x) ((x + ALIGN - 1) & ~(ALIGN - 1)) + +ssize_t do_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count) +{ + size_t offset = 0; + ssize_t l; + + while (offset < count) { + l = read(fd, buf + offset, count - offset); + if (!l) + break; + if (l < 0) { + if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) + continue; + perror("read"); + return -1; + } + offset += l; + } + + return offset; +} + +ssize_t do_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) +{ + size_t offset = 0; + ssize_t l; + + while (offset < count) { + l = write(fd, buf + offset, count - offset); + if (l < 0) { + if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) + continue; + perror("write"); + return -1; + } + offset += l; + } + + return offset; +} + +ssize_t write_zero(int fd, size_t len) +{ + size_t i = len; + + while (i--) { + const char x = 0; + if (do_write(fd, &x, 1) < 0) + return -1; + } + + return len; +} + +int main(void) +{ + DECLARE_HDR(hdr); + char boot_program[MAX_BOOT_PROG_LEN]; + size_t aligned_hdr_len, alligned_prog_len; + ssize_t prog_len; + + prog_len = do_read(0, boot_program, sizeof(boot_program)); + if (prog_len <= 0) + return -1; + + aligned_hdr_len = ROUND_UP(sizeof(hdr)); + hdr.start_address = htole32(START_BASE + aligned_hdr_len); + alligned_prog_len = ROUND_UP(prog_len); + hdr.copy_size = htole16(aligned_hdr_len + alligned_prog_len); + + if (do_write(1, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) < 0) + return -1; + if (write_zero(1, aligned_hdr_len - sizeof(hdr)) < 0) + return -1; + + if (do_write(1, boot_program, prog_len) < 0) + return 1; + + /* Write out the rest of the kernel */ + while (1) { + prog_len = do_read(0, boot_program, sizeof(boot_program)); + if (prog_len < 0) + return 1; + if (prog_len == 0) + break; + if (do_write(1, boot_program, prog_len) < 0) + return 1; + } + + return 0; +} diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..efff8ae2713d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +ROM-able zImage boot from MMC +----------------------------- + +An ROM-able zImage compiled with ZBOOT_ROM_MMCIF may be written to MMC and +SuperH Mobile ARM will to boot directly from the MMCIF hardware block. + +This is achieved by the mask ROM loading the first portion of the image into +MERAM and then jumping to it. This portion contains loader code which +copies the entire image to SDRAM and jumps to it. From there the zImage +boot code proceeds as normal, uncompressing the image into its final +location and then jumping to it. + +This code has been tested on an AP4EB board using the developer 1A eMMC +boot mode which is configured using the following jumper settings. +The board used for testing required a patched mask ROM in order for +this mode to function. + + 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 + x|x|x|x|x| |x| +S4 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- + | | | | |x| |x on + +The zImage must be written to the MMC card at sector 1 (512 bytes) in +vrl4 format. A utility vrl4 is supplied to accomplish this. + +e.g. + vrl4 < zImage | dd of=/dev/sdX bs=512 seek=1 + +A dual-voltage MMC 4.0 card was used for testing. diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 44b8b7af8019..cbdfb7d9455b 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ To mount a cgroup hierarchy with all available subsystems, type: The "xxx" is not interpreted by the cgroup code, but will appear in /proc/mounts so may be any useful identifying string that you like. +Note: Some subsystems do not work without some user input first. For instance, +if cpusets are enabled the user will have to populate the cpus and mems files +for each new cgroup created before that group can be used. + To mount a cgroup hierarchy with just the cpuset and memory subsystems, type: # mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,memory hier1 /dev/cgroup @@ -426,6 +430,14 @@ You can attach the current shell task by echoing 0: # echo 0 > tasks +Note: Since every task is always a member of exactly one cgroup in each +mounted hierarchy, to remove a task from its current cgroup you must +move it into a new cgroup (possibly the root cgroup) by writing to the +new cgroup's tasks file. + +Note: If the ns cgroup is active, moving a process to another cgroup can +fail. + 2.3 Mounting hierarchies by name -------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX b/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b78f691fd847 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Documentation for device trees, a data structure by which bootloaders pass +hardware layout to Linux in a device-independent manner, simplifying hardware +probing. This subsystem is maintained by Grant Likely +<grant.likely@secretlab.ca> and has a mailing list at +https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss + +00-INDEX + - this file +booting-without-of.txt + - Booting Linux without Open Firmware, describes history and format of device trees. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/sata.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/fsl-sata.txt index b46bcf46c3d8..b46bcf46c3d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/sata.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/fsl-sata.txt diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/eeprom.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom.txt index 4342c10de1bf..4342c10de1bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/eeprom.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom.txt diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/8xxx_gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/8xxx_gpio.txt index b0019eb5330e..b0019eb5330e 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/8xxx_gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/8xxx_gpio.txt diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt index edaa84d288a1..edaa84d288a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/led.txt index 064db928c3c1..064db928c3c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/led.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/led.txt diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ce4100-i2c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ce4100-i2c.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..569b16248514 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/ce4100-i2c.txt @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +CE4100 I2C +---------- + +CE4100 has one PCI device which is described as the I2C-Controller. This +PCI device has three PCI-bars, each bar contains a complete I2C +controller. So we have a total of three independent I2C-Controllers +which share only an interrupt line. +The driver is probed via the PCI-ID and is gathering the information of +attached devices from the devices tree. +Grant Likely recommended to use the ranges property to map the PCI-Bar +number to its physical address and to use this to find the child nodes +of the specific I2C controller. This were his exact words: + + Here's where the magic happens. Each entry in + ranges describes how the parent pci address space + (middle group of 3) is translated to the local + address space (first group of 2) and the size of + each range (last cell). In this particular case, + the first cell of the local address is chosen to be + 1:1 mapped to the BARs, and the second is the + offset from be base of the BAR (which would be + non-zero if you had 2 or more devices mapped off + the same BAR) + + ranges allows the address mapping to be described + in a way that the OS can interpret without + requiring custom device driver code. + +This is an example which is used on FalconFalls: +------------------------------------------------ + i2c-controller@b,2 { + #address-cells = <2>; + #size-cells = <1>; + compatible = "pci8086,2e68.2", + "pci8086,2e68", + "pciclass,ff0000", + "pciclass,ff00"; + + reg = <0x15a00 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0>; + interrupts = <16 1>; + + /* as described by Grant, the first number in the group of + * three is the bar number followed by the 64bit bar address + * followed by size of the mapping. The bar address + * requires also a valid translation in parents ranges + * property. + */ + ranges = <0 0 0x02000000 0 0xdffe0500 0x100 + 1 0 0x02000000 0 0xdffe0600 0x100 + 2 0 0x02000000 0 0xdffe0700 0x100>; + + i2c@0 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + compatible = "intel,ce4100-i2c-controller"; + + /* The first number in the reg property is the + * number of the bar + */ + reg = <0 0 0x100>; + + /* This I2C controller has no devices */ + }; + + i2c@1 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + compatible = "intel,ce4100-i2c-controller"; + reg = <1 0 0x100>; + + /* This I2C controller has one gpio controller */ + gpio@26 { + #gpio-cells = <2>; + compatible = "ti,pcf8575"; + reg = <0x26>; + gpio-controller; + }; + }; + + i2c@2 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + compatible = "intel,ce4100-i2c-controller"; + reg = <2 0 0x100>; + + gpio@26 { + #gpio-cells = <2>; + compatible = "ti,pcf8575"; + reg = <0x26>; + gpio-controller; + }; + }; + }; diff --git 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a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/nintendo/wii.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/nintendo/wii.txt index a7e155a023b8..a7e155a023b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/nintendo/wii.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/nintendo/wii.txt diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7382989b3052 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ + Motorola mc146818 compatible RTC +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Required properties: + - compatible : "motorola,mc146818" + - reg : should contain registers location and length. + +Optional properties: + - interrupts : should contain interrupt. + - interrupt-parent : interrupt source phandle. + - ctrl-reg : Contains the initial value of the control register also + called "Register B". + - freq-reg : Contains the initial value of the frequency register also + called "Regsiter A". + +"Register A" and "B" are usually initialized by the firmware (BIOS for +instance). If this is not done, it can be performed by the driver. + +ISA Example: + + rtc@70 { + compatible = "motorola,mc146818"; + interrupts = <8 3>; + interrupt-parent = <&ioapic1>; + ctrl-reg = <2>; + freq-reg = <0x26>; + reg = <1 0x70 2>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/altera_jtaguart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/altera_jtaguart.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c152f65f9a28 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/altera_jtaguart.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Altera JTAG UART + +Required properties: +- compatible : should be "ALTR,juart-1.0" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/altera_uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/altera_uart.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..71cae3f70100 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/altera_uart.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Altera UART + +Required properties: +- compatible : should be "ALTR,uart-1.0" + +Optional properties: +- clock-frequency : frequency of the clock input to the UART diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/altera_ps2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/altera_ps2.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4d9eecc2ef7d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/altera_ps2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Altera UP PS/2 controller + +Required properties: +- compatible : should be "ALTR,ps2-1.0". diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/spi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/fsl-spi.txt index 777abd7399d5..777abd7399d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/spi.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/fsl-spi.txt diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/spi-bus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt index e782add2e457..e782add2e457 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/spi-bus.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/usb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl-usb.txt index bd5723f0b67e..bd5723f0b67e 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/usb.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl-usb.txt diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/usb-ehci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-ehci.txt index fa18612f757b..fa18612f757b 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/usb-ehci.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-ehci.txt diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/ce4100.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/ce4100.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b49ae593a60b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/ce4100.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +CE4100 Device Tree Bindings +--------------------------- + +The CE4100 SoC uses for in core peripherals the following compatible +format: <vendor>,<chip>-<device>. +Many of the "generic" devices like HPET or IO APIC have the ce4100 +name in their compatible property because they first appeared in this +SoC. + +The CPU node +------------ + cpu@0 { + device_type = "cpu"; + compatible = "intel,ce4100"; + reg = <0>; + lapic = <&lapic0>; + }; + +The reg property describes the CPU number. The lapic property points to +the local APIC timer. + +The SoC node +------------ + +This node describes the in-core peripherals. Required property: + compatible = "intel,ce4100-cp"; + +The PCI node +------------ +This node describes the PCI bus on the SoC. Its property should be + compatible = "intel,ce4100-pci", "pci"; + +If the OS is using the IO-APIC for interrupt routing then the reported +interrupt numbers for devices is no longer true. In order to obtain the +correct interrupt number, the child node which represents the device has +to contain the interrupt property. Besides the interrupt property it has +to contain at least the reg property containing the PCI bus address and +compatible property according to "PCI Bus Binding Revision 2.1". diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/interrupt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/interrupt.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7d19f494f19a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/interrupt.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Interrupt chips +--------------- + +* Intel I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IO APIC) + + Required properties: + -------------------- + compatible = "intel,ce4100-ioapic"; + #interrupt-cells = <2>; + + Device's interrupt property: + + interrupts = <P S>; + + The first number (P) represents the interrupt pin which is wired to the + IO APIC. The second number (S) represents the sense of interrupt which + should be configured and can be one of: + 0 - Edge Rising + 1 - Level Low + 2 - Level High + 3 - Edge Falling + +* Local APIC + Required property: + + compatible = "intel,ce4100-lapic"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/timer.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c688af58e3bd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/x86/timer.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Timers +------ + +* High Precision Event Timer (HPET) + Required property: + compatible = "intel,ce4100-hpet"; diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/xilinx.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/xilinx.txt index 299d0923537b..299d0923537b 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/xilinx.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/xilinx.txt diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt index 7400d7555dc3..55fd2623445b 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Table of Contents I - Introduction 1) Entry point for arch/powerpc - 2) Board support + 2) Entry point for arch/x86 II - The DT block format 1) Header @@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ 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) PHY nodes - b) Interrupt controllers - c) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes - d) Xilinx IP cores - e) USB EHCI controllers - f) MDIO on GPIOs - g) SPI busses VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices 1) interrupts property @@ -123,7 +116,7 @@ Revision Information I - Introduction ================ -During the recent development of the Linux/ppc64 kernel, and more +During the development of the Linux/ppc64 kernel, and more specifically, the addition of new platform types outside of the old IBM pSeries/iSeries pair, it was decided to enforce some strict rules regarding the kernel entry and bootloader <-> kernel interfaces, in @@ -146,7 +139,7 @@ section III, but, for example, the kernel does not require you to create a node for every PCI device in the system. It is a requirement to have a node for PCI host bridges in order to provide interrupt routing informations and memory/IO ranges, among others. It is also -recommended to define nodes for on chip devices and other busses that +recommended to define nodes for on chip devices and other buses that don't specifically fit in an existing OF specification. This creates a great flexibility in the way the kernel can then probe those and match drivers to device, without having to hard code all sorts of tables. It @@ -158,7 +151,7 @@ it with special cases. 1) Entry point for arch/powerpc ------------------------------- - There is one and one single entry point to the kernel, at the start + There is one single entry point to the kernel, at the start of the kernel image. That entry point supports two calling conventions: @@ -210,12 +203,6 @@ it with special cases. with all CPUs. The way to do that with method b) will be described in a later revision of this document. - -2) Board support ----------------- - -64-bit kernels: - Board supports (platforms) are not exclusive config options. An arbitrary set of board supports can be built in a single kernel image. The kernel will "know" what set of functions to use for a @@ -234,48 +221,30 @@ it with special cases. containing the various callbacks that the generic code will use to get to your platform specific code - c) Add a reference to your "ppc_md" structure in the - "machines" table in arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c if you are - a 64-bit platform. - - d) request and get assigned a platform number (see PLATFORM_* - constants in arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h - -32-bit embedded kernels: - - Currently, board support is essentially an exclusive config option. - The kernel is configured for a single platform. Part of the reason - for this is to keep kernels on embedded systems small and efficient; - part of this is due to the fact the code is already that way. In the - future, a kernel may support multiple platforms, but only if the + A kernel image may support multiple platforms, but only if the platforms feature the same core architecture. A single kernel build cannot support both configurations with Book E and configurations with classic Powerpc architectures. - 32-bit embedded platforms that are moved into arch/powerpc using a - flattened device tree should adopt the merged tree practice of - setting ppc_md up dynamically, even though the kernel is currently - built with support for only a single platform at a time. This allows - unification of the setup code, and will make it easier to go to a - multiple-platform-support model in the future. - -NOTE: I believe the above will be true once Ben's done with the merge -of the boot sequences.... someone speak up if this is wrong! - - To add a 32-bit embedded platform support, follow the instructions - for 64-bit platforms above, with the exception that the Kconfig - option should be set up such that the kernel builds exclusively for - the platform selected. The processor type for the platform should - enable another config option to select the specific board - supported. - -NOTE: If Ben doesn't merge the setup files, may need to change this to -point to setup_32.c +2) Entry point for arch/x86 +------------------------------- + There is one single 32bit entry point to the kernel at code32_start, + the decompressor (the real mode entry point goes to the same 32bit + entry point once it switched into protected mode). That entry point + supports one calling convention which is documented in + Documentation/x86/boot.txt + The physical pointer to the device-tree block (defined in chapter II) + is passed via setup_data which requires at least boot protocol 2.09. + The type filed is defined as - I will describe later the boot process and various callbacks that - your platform should implement. + #define SETUP_DTB 2 + This device-tree is used as an extension to the "boot page". As such it + does not parse / consider data which is already covered by the boot + page. This includes memory size, reserved ranges, command line arguments + or initrd address. It simply holds information which can not be retrieved + otherwise like interrupt routing or a list of devices behind an I2C bus. II - The DT block format ======================== @@ -300,8 +269,8 @@ the block to RAM before passing it to the kernel. 1) Header --------- - The kernel is entered with r3 pointing to an area of memory that is - roughly described in arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h by the structure + The kernel is passed the physical address pointing to an area of memory + that is roughly described in include/linux/of_fdt.h by the structure boot_param_header: struct boot_param_header { @@ -339,7 +308,7 @@ struct boot_param_header { All values in this header are in big endian format, the various fields in this header are defined more precisely below. All "offset" values are in bytes from the start of the header; that is - from the value of r3. + from the physical base address of the device tree block. - magic @@ -437,7 +406,7 @@ struct boot_param_header { ------------------------------ - r3 -> | struct boot_param_header | + base -> | struct boot_param_header | ------------------------------ | (alignment gap) (*) | ------------------------------ @@ -457,7 +426,7 @@ struct boot_param_header { -----> ------------------------------ | | - --- (r3 + totalsize) + --- (base + totalsize) (*) The alignment gaps are not necessarily present; their presence and size are dependent on the various alignment requirements of @@ -500,7 +469,7 @@ the device-tree structure. It is typically used to represent "path" in the device-tree. More details about the actual format of these will be below. -The kernel powerpc generic code does not make any formal use of the +The kernel generic code does not make any formal use of the unit address (though some board support code may do) so the only real requirement here for the unit address is to ensure uniqueness of the node unit name at a given level of the tree. Nodes with no notion @@ -518,20 +487,21 @@ path to the root node is "/". Every node which actually represents an actual device (that is, a node which isn't only a virtual "container" for more nodes, like "/cpus" -is) is also required to have a "device_type" property indicating the -type of node . +is) is also required to have a "compatible" property indicating the +specific hardware and an optional list of devices it is fully +backwards compatible with. Finally, every node that can be referenced from a property in another -node is required to have a "linux,phandle" property. Real open -firmware implementations provide a unique "phandle" value for every -node that the "prom_init()" trampoline code turns into -"linux,phandle" properties. However, this is made optional if the -flattened device tree is used directly. An example of a node +node is required to have either a "phandle" or a "linux,phandle" +property. Real Open Firmware implementations provide a unique +"phandle" value for every node that the "prom_init()" trampoline code +turns into "linux,phandle" properties. However, this is made optional +if the flattened device tree is used directly. An example of a node referencing another node via "phandle" is when laying out the interrupt tree which will be described in a further version of this document. -This "linux, phandle" property is a 32-bit value that uniquely +The "phandle" property is a 32-bit value that uniquely identifies a node. You are free to use whatever values or system of values, internal pointers, or whatever to generate these, the only requirement is that every node for which you provide that property has @@ -694,7 +664,7 @@ made of 3 cells, the bottom two containing the actual address itself while the top cell contains address space indication, flags, and pci bus & device numbers. -For busses that support dynamic allocation, it's the accepted practice +For buses that support dynamic allocation, it's the accepted practice to then not provide the address in "reg" (keep it 0) though while providing a flag indicating the address is dynamically allocated, and then, to provide a separate "assigned-addresses" property that @@ -711,7 +681,7 @@ prom_parse.c file of the recent kernels for your bus type. The "reg" property only defines addresses and sizes (if #size-cells is non-0) within a given bus. In order to translate addresses upward (that is into parent bus addresses, and possibly into CPU physical -addresses), all busses must contain a "ranges" property. If the +addresses), all buses must contain a "ranges" property. If the "ranges" property is missing at a given level, it's assumed that translation isn't possible, i.e., the registers are not visible on the parent bus. The format of the "ranges" property for a bus is a list @@ -727,9 +697,9 @@ example, for a PCI host controller, that would be a CPU address. For a PCI<->ISA bridge, that would be a PCI address. It defines the base address in the parent bus where the beginning of that range is mapped. -For a new 64-bit powerpc board, I recommend either the 2/2 format or +For new 64-bit board support, I recommend either the 2/2 format or Apple's 2/1 format which is slightly more compact since sizes usually -fit in a single 32-bit word. New 32-bit powerpc boards should use a +fit in a single 32-bit word. New 32-bit board support should use a 1/1 format, unless the processor supports physical addresses greater than 32-bits, in which case a 2/1 format is recommended. @@ -754,7 +724,7 @@ of their actual names. While earlier users of Open Firmware like OldWorld macintoshes tended to use the actual device name for the "name" property, it's nowadays considered a good practice to use a name that is closer to the device -class (often equal to device_type). For example, nowadays, ethernet +class (often equal to device_type). For example, nowadays, Ethernet controllers are named "ethernet", an additional "model" property defining precisely the chip type/model, and "compatible" property defining the family in case a single driver can driver more than one @@ -772,7 +742,7 @@ is present). 4) Note about node and property names and character set ------------------------------------------------------- -While open firmware provides more flexible usage of 8859-1, this +While Open Firmware provides more flexible usage of 8859-1, this specification enforces more strict rules. Nodes and properties should be comprised only of ASCII characters 'a' to 'z', '0' to '9', ',', '.', '_', '+', '#', '?', and '-'. Node names additionally @@ -792,7 +762,7 @@ address which can extend beyond that limit. -------------------------------- These are all that are currently required. However, it is strongly recommended that you expose PCI host bridges as documented in the - PCI binding to open firmware, and your interrupt tree as documented + PCI binding to Open Firmware, and your interrupt tree as documented in OF interrupt tree specification. a) The root node @@ -802,20 +772,12 @@ address which can extend beyond that limit. - model : this is your board name/model - #address-cells : address representation for "root" devices - #size-cells: the size representation for "root" devices - - device_type : This property shouldn't be necessary. However, if - you decide to create a device_type for your root node, make sure it - is _not_ "chrp" unless your platform is a pSeries or PAPR compliant - one for 64-bit, or a CHRP-type machine for 32-bit as this will - matched by the kernel this way. - - Additionally, some recommended properties are: - - compatible : the board "family" generally finds its way here, for example, if you have 2 board models with a similar layout, that typically get driven by the same platform code in the - kernel, you would use a different "model" property but put a - value in "compatible". The kernel doesn't directly use that - value but it is generally useful. + kernel, you would specify the exact board model in the + compatible property followed by an entry that represents the SoC + model. The root node is also generally where you add additional properties specific to your board like the serial number if any, that sort of @@ -841,8 +803,11 @@ address which can extend beyond that limit. So under /cpus, you are supposed to create a node for every CPU on the machine. There is no specific restriction on the name of the - CPU, though It's common practice to call it PowerPC,<name>. For + CPU, though it's common to call it <architecture>,<core>. For example, Apple uses PowerPC,G5 while IBM uses PowerPC,970FX. + However, the Generic Names convention suggests that it would be + better to simply use 'cpu' for each cpu node and use the compatible + property to identify the specific cpu core. Required properties: @@ -923,7 +888,7 @@ compatibility. e) The /chosen node - This node is a bit "special". Normally, that's where open firmware + This node is a bit "special". Normally, that's where Open Firmware puts some variable environment information, like the arguments, or the default input/output devices. @@ -940,11 +905,7 @@ compatibility. console device if any. Typically, if you have serial devices on your board, you may want to put the full path to the one set as the default console in the firmware here, for the kernel to pick - it up as its own default console. If you look at the function - set_preferred_console() in arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c, you'll see - that the kernel tries to find out the default console and has - knowledge of various types like 8250 serial ports. You may want - to extend this function to add your own. + it up as its own default console. Note that u-boot creates and fills in the chosen node for platforms that use it. @@ -955,23 +916,23 @@ compatibility. f) the /soc<SOCname> node - This node is used to represent a system-on-a-chip (SOC) and must be - present if the processor is a SOC. The top-level soc node contains - information that is global to all devices on the SOC. The node name - should contain a unit address for the SOC, which is the base address - of the memory-mapped register set for the SOC. The name of an soc + This node is used to represent a system-on-a-chip (SoC) and must be + present if the processor is a SoC. The top-level soc node contains + information that is global to all devices on the SoC. The node name + should contain a unit address for the SoC, which is the base address + of the memory-mapped register set for the SoC. The name of an SoC node should start with "soc", and the remainder of the name should represent the part number for the soc. For example, the MPC8540's soc node would be called "soc8540". Required properties: - - device_type : Should be "soc" - ranges : Should be defined as specified in 1) to describe the - translation of SOC addresses for memory mapped SOC registers. - - bus-frequency: Contains the bus frequency for the SOC node. + translation of SoC addresses for memory mapped SoC registers. + - bus-frequency: Contains the bus frequency for the SoC node. Typically, the value of this field is filled in by the boot loader. + - compatible : Exact model of the SoC Recommended properties: @@ -1155,12 +1116,13 @@ while all this has been defined and implemented. - An example of code for iterating nodes & retrieving properties directly from the flattened tree format can be found in the kernel - file arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c, look at scan_flat_dt() function, + file drivers/of/fdt.c. Look at the of_scan_flat_dt() function, its usage in early_init_devtree(), and the corresponding various early_init_dt_scan_*() callbacks. That code can be re-used in a GPL bootloader, and as the author of that code, I would be happy to discuss possible free licensing to any vendor who wishes to integrate all or part of this code into a non-GPL bootloader. + (reference needed; who is 'I' here? ---gcl Jan 31, 2011) @@ -1203,18 +1165,19 @@ MPC8540. 2) Representing devices without a current OF specification ---------------------------------------------------------- -Currently, there are many devices on SOCs that do not have a standard -representation pre-defined as part of the open firmware -specifications, mainly because the boards that contain these SOCs are -not currently booted using open firmware. This section contains -descriptions for the SOC devices for which new nodes have been -defined; this list will expand as more and more SOC-containing -platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. +Currently, there are many devices on SoCs that do not have a standard +representation defined as part of the Open Firmware specifications, +mainly because the boards that contain these SoCs are not currently +booted using Open Firmware. Binding documentation for new devices +should be added to the Documentation/devicetree/bindings directory. +That directory will expand as device tree support is added to more and +more SoCs. + VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices =================================================== -The device tree represents the busses and devices of a hardware +The device tree represents the buses and devices of a hardware system in a form similar to the physical bus topology of the hardware. diff --git a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt index 58ea64a96165..e6c4b757025b 100644 --- a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt +++ b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt @@ -205,12 +205,20 @@ of the characters: The flags are: +f + Include the function name in the printed message +l + Include line number in the printed message +m + Include module name in the printed message p Causes a printk() message to be emitted to dmesg +t + Include thread ID in messages not generated from interrupt context -Note the regexp ^[-+=][scp]+$ matches a flags specification. +Note the regexp ^[-+=][flmpt]+$ matches a flags specification. Note also that there is no convenient syntax to remove all -the flags at once, you need to use "-psc". +the flags at once, you need to use "-flmpt". Debug messages during boot process diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index b959659c5df4..f487c6918d78 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> --------------------------- +What: AR9170USB +When: 2.6.40 + +Why: This driver is deprecated and the firmware is no longer + maintained. The replacement driver "carl9170" has been + around for a while, so the devices are still supported. + +Who: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> + +--------------------------- + What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM When: July 2009 @@ -603,3 +614,34 @@ Why: The adm9240, w83792d and w83793 hardware monitoring drivers have Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> ---------------------------- + +What: xt_connlimit rev 0 +When: 2012 +Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> +Files: net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c + +---------------------------- + +What: noswapaccount kernel command line parameter +When: 2.6.40 +Why: The original implementation of memsw feature enabled by + CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP could be disabled by the noswapaccount + kernel parameter (introduced in 2.6.29-rc1). Later on, this decision + turned out to be not ideal because we cannot have the feature compiled + in and disabled by default and let only interested to enable it + (e.g. general distribution kernels might need it). Therefore we have + added swapaccount[=0|1] parameter (introduced in 2.6.37) which provides + the both possibilities. If we remove noswapaccount we will have + less command line parameters with the same functionality and we + can also cleanup the parameter handling a bit (). +Who: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> + +---------------------------- + +What: ipt_addrtype match include file +When: 2012 +Why: superseded by xt_addrtype +Who: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> +Files: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_addrtype.h + +---------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt index 6ef8cf3bc9a3..933bc66ccff1 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt @@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ Note, a technical ChangeLog aimed at kernel hackers is in fs/ntfs/ChangeLog. 2.1.30: - Fix writev() (it kept writing the first segment over and over again instead of moving onto subsequent segments). + - Fix crash in ntfs_mft_record_alloc() when mapping the new extent mft + record failed. 2.1.29: - Fix a deadlock when mounting read-write. 2.1.28: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt index 5d1335faec2d..f806e50aaa63 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt @@ -39,10 +39,12 @@ userspace. Top-level directories in sysfs represent the common ancestors of object hierarchies; i.e. the subsystems the objects belong to. -Sysfs internally stores the kobject that owns the directory in the -->d_fsdata pointer of the directory's dentry. This allows sysfs to do -reference counting directly on the kobject when the file is opened and -closed. +Sysfs internally stores a pointer to the kobject that implements a +directory in the sysfs_dirent object associated with the directory. In +the past this kobject pointer has been used by sysfs to do reference +counting directly on the kobject whenever the file is opened or closed. +With the current sysfs implementation the kobject reference count is +only modified directly by the function sysfs_schedule_callback(). Attributes @@ -208,9 +210,9 @@ Other notes: is 4096. - show() methods should return the number of bytes printed into the - buffer. This is the return value of snprintf(). + buffer. This is the return value of scnprintf(). -- show() should always use snprintf(). +- show() should always use scnprintf(). - store() should return the number of bytes used from the buffer. If the entire buffer has been used, just return the count argument. @@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ A very simple (and naive) implementation of a device attribute is: static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) { - return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dev->name); + return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dev->name); } static ssize_t store_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 index 0e76ef12e4c6..a22ecf48f255 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Supported chips: * JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensor chips Prefix: 'jc42' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1f - Datasheet: - + Datasheet: + http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/4_01_04R19.pdf Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> @@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ Author: Description ----------- -This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors. +This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors, +which are used on many DDR3 memory modules for mobile devices and servers. Some +systems use the sensor to prevent memory overheating by automatically throttling +the memory controller. + The driver auto-detects the chips listed above, but can be manually instantiated to support other JC 42.4 compliant chips. @@ -81,15 +86,19 @@ limits. The chip supports only a single register to configure the hysteresis, which applies to all limits. This register can be written by writing into temp1_crit_hyst. Other hysteresis attributes are read-only. +If the BIOS has configured the sensor for automatic temperature management, it +is likely that it has locked the registers, i.e., that the temperature limits +cannot be changed. + Sysfs entries ------------- temp1_input Temperature (RO) -temp1_min Minimum temperature (RW) -temp1_max Maximum temperature (RW) -temp1_crit Critical high temperature (RW) +temp1_min Minimum temperature (RO or RW) +temp1_max Maximum temperature (RO or RW) +temp1_crit Critical high temperature (RO or RW) -temp1_crit_hyst Critical hysteresis temperature (RW) +temp1_crit_hyst Critical hysteresis temperature (RO or RW) temp1_max_hyst Maximum hysteresis temperature (RO) temp1_min_alarm Temperature low alarm diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp index 6526eee525a6..d2b56a4fd1f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Supported chips: Socket S1G3: Athlon II, Sempron, Turion II * AMD Family 11h processors: Socket S1G2: Athlon (X2), Sempron (X2), Turion X2 (Ultra) +* AMD Family 12h processors: "Llano" +* AMD Family 14h processors: "Brazos" (C/E/G-Series) Prefix: 'k10temp' Addresses scanned: PCI space @@ -17,10 +19,14 @@ Supported chips: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/31116.pdf BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 11h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41256.pdf + BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors: + http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43170.pdf Revision Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41322.pdf Revision Guide for AMD Family 11h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41788.pdf + Revision Guide for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors: + http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/47534.pdf AMD Family 11h Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet for Notebooks: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43373.pdf AMD Family 10h Server and Workstation Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet: @@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ Description ----------- This driver permits reading of the internal temperature sensor of AMD -Family 10h and 11h processors. +Family 10h/11h/12h/14h processors. All these processors have a sensor, but on those for Socket F or AM2+, the sensor may return inconsistent values (erratum 319). The driver diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b72e071a3e5b..738c6fda3fb0 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ parameter is applicable: AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. + DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. + DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. - DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. - DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime FB The frame buffer device is enabled. GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. @@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. +Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel +parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_ +multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30 +bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. + acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface @@ -545,16 +550,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] - crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] - [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to - hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic. + crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]] + [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' + upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical + memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel + image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset + is selected automatically. Check + Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details. crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory in the running system. The syntax of range is start-[end] where start and end are both a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also - Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example. + Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example. cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] Format: <dma> @@ -1262,10 +1271,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 6 (KERN_INFO) informational 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages - log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes. - Format: { n | nk | nM } - n must be a power of two. The default size - is set in the kernel config file. + log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, + in bytes. n must be a power of two. The default + size is set in the kernel config file. logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. This may be used to provide more screen space for @@ -2436,6 +2444,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency 0: no polling (default) + threadirqs [KNL] + Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those + marked explicitely IRQF_NO_THREAD. + topology= [S390] Format: {off | on} Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu diff --git a/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt b/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt index 09b55e461740..69686ad12c66 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt +++ b/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt @@ -127,14 +127,15 @@ This is because process A's keyrings can't simply be attached to of them, and (b) it requires the same UID/GID/Groups all the way through. -====================== -NEGATIVE INSTANTIATION -====================== +==================================== +NEGATIVE INSTANTIATION AND REJECTION +==================================== Rather than instantiating a key, it is possible for the possessor of an authorisation key to negatively instantiate a key that's under construction. This is a short duration placeholder that causes any attempt at re-requesting -the key whilst it exists to fail with error ENOKEY. +the key whilst it exists to fail with error ENOKEY if negated or the specified +error if rejected. This is provided to prevent excessive repeated spawning of /sbin/request-key processes for a key that will never be obtainable. diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt index e4dbbdb1bd96..6523a9e6f293 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/keys.txt @@ -637,6 +637,9 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are: long keyctl(KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE, key_serial_t key, const void *payload, size_t plen, key_serial_t keyring); + long keyctl(KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV, key_serial_t key, + const struct iovec *payload_iov, unsigned ioc, + key_serial_t keyring); If the kernel calls back to userspace to complete the instantiation of a key, userspace should use this call to supply data for the key before the @@ -652,11 +655,16 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are: The payload and plen arguments describe the payload data as for add_key(). + The payload_iov and ioc arguments describe the payload data in an iovec + array instead of a single buffer. + (*) Negatively instantiate a partially constructed key. long keyctl(KEYCTL_NEGATE, key_serial_t key, unsigned timeout, key_serial_t keyring); + long keyctl(KEYCTL_REJECT, key_serial_t key, + unsigned timeout, unsigned error, key_serial_t keyring); If the kernel calls back to userspace to complete the instantiation of a key, userspace should use this call mark the key as negative before the @@ -669,6 +677,10 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are: that keyring, however all the constraints applying in KEYCTL_LINK apply in this case too. + If the key is rejected, future searches for it will return the specified + error code until the rejected key expires. Negating the key is the same + as rejecting the key with ENOKEY as the error code. + (*) Set the default request-key destination keyring. @@ -1062,6 +1074,13 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory: viable. + (*) int (*vet_description)(const char *description); + + This optional method is called to vet a key description. If the key type + doesn't approve of the key description, it may return an error, otherwise + it should return 0. + + (*) int (*instantiate)(struct key *key, const void *data, size_t datalen); This method is called to attach a payload to a key during construction. @@ -1231,10 +1250,11 @@ hand the request off to (perhaps a path held in placed in another key by, for example, the KDE desktop manager). The program (or whatever it calls) should finish construction of the key by -calling KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE, which also permits it to cache the key in one of -the keyrings (probably the session ring) before returning. Alternatively, the -key can be marked as negative with KEYCTL_NEGATE; this also permits the key to -be cached in one of the keyrings. +calling KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE or KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV, which also permits it to +cache the key in one of the keyrings (probably the session ring) before +returning. Alternatively, the key can be marked as negative with KEYCTL_NEGATE +or KEYCTL_REJECT; this also permits the key to be cached in one of the +keyrings. If it returns with the key remaining in the unconstructed state, the key will be marked as being negative, it will be added to the session keyring, and an diff --git a/Documentation/kref.txt b/Documentation/kref.txt index ae203f91ee9b..48ba715d5a63 100644 --- a/Documentation/kref.txt +++ b/Documentation/kref.txt @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static struct my_data *get_entry() struct my_data *entry = NULL; mutex_lock(&mutex); if (!list_empty(&q)) { - entry = container_of(q.next, struct my_q_entry, link); + entry = container_of(q.next, struct my_data, link); kref_get(&entry->refcount); } mutex_unlock(&mutex); diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 631ad2f1b229..f0d3a8026a56 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Contents: - SMP barrier pairing. - Examples of memory barrier sequences. - Read memory barriers vs load speculation. + - Transitivity (*) Explicit kernel barriers. @@ -959,6 +960,63 @@ the speculation will be cancelled and the value reloaded: retrieved : : +-------+ +TRANSITIVITY +------------ + +Transitivity is a deeply intuitive notion about ordering that is not +always provided by real computer systems. The following example +demonstrates transitivity (also called "cumulativity"): + + CPU 1 CPU 2 CPU 3 + ======================= ======================= ======================= + { X = 0, Y = 0 } + STORE X=1 LOAD X STORE Y=1 + <general barrier> <general barrier> + LOAD Y LOAD X + +Suppose that CPU 2's load from X returns 1 and its load from Y returns 0. +This indicates that CPU 2's load from X in some sense follows CPU 1's +store to X and that CPU 2's load from Y in some sense preceded CPU 3's +store to Y. The question is then "Can CPU 3's load from X return 0?" + +Because CPU 2's load from X in some sense came after CPU 1's store, it +is natural to expect that CPU 3's load from X must therefore return 1. +This expectation is an example of transitivity: if a load executing on +CPU A follows a load from the same variable executing on CPU B, then +CPU A's load must either return the same value that CPU B's load did, +or must return some later value. + +In the Linux kernel, use of general memory barriers guarantees +transitivity. Therefore, in the above example, if CPU 2's load from X +returns 1 and its load from Y returns 0, then CPU 3's load from X must +also return 1. + +However, transitivity is -not- guaranteed for read or write barriers. +For example, suppose that CPU 2's general barrier in the above example +is changed to a read barrier as shown below: + + CPU 1 CPU 2 CPU 3 + ======================= ======================= ======================= + { X = 0, Y = 0 } + STORE X=1 LOAD X STORE Y=1 + <read barrier> <general barrier> + LOAD Y LOAD X + +This substitution destroys transitivity: in this example, it is perfectly +legal for CPU 2's load from X to return 1, its load from Y to return 0, +and CPU 3's load from X to return 0. + +The key point is that although CPU 2's read barrier orders its pair +of loads, it does not guarantee to order CPU 1's store. Therefore, if +this example runs on a system where CPUs 1 and 2 share a store buffer +or a level of cache, CPU 2 might have early access to CPU 1's writes. +General barriers are therefore required to ensure that all CPUs agree +on the combined order of CPU 1's and CPU 2's accesses. + +To reiterate, if your code requires transitivity, use general barriers +throughout. + + ======================== EXPLICIT KERNEL BARRIERS ======================== diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt index 57e7e9cc1870..8f485d72cf25 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt @@ -126,36 +126,51 @@ config options. -------------------------------- 4 sysfs files for memory hotplug -------------------------------- -All sections have their device information under /sys/devices/system/memory as +All sections have their device information in sysfs. Each section is part of +a memory block under /sys/devices/system/memory as /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX -(XXX is section id.) +(XXX is the section id.) -Now, XXX is defined as start_address_of_section / section_size. +Now, XXX is defined as (start_address_of_section / section_size) of the first +section contained in the memory block. The files 'phys_index' and +'end_phys_index' under each directory report the beginning and end section id's +for the memory block covered by the sysfs directory. It is expected that all +memory sections in this range are present and no memory holes exist in the +range. Currently there is no way to determine if there is a memory hole, but +the existence of one should not affect the hotplug capabilities of the memory +block. For example, assume 1GiB section size. A device for a memory starting at 0x100000000 is /sys/device/system/memory/memory4 (0x100000000 / 1Gib = 4) This device covers address range [0x100000000 ... 0x140000000) -Under each section, you can see 4 files. +Under each section, you can see 4 or 5 files, the end_phys_index file being +a recent addition and not present on older kernels. -/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/phys_index +/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/start_phys_index +/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/end_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 - at read: contains online/offline state of memory. - 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. +'phys_index' : read-only and contains section id of the first section + in the memory block, same as XXX. +'end_phys_index' : read-only and contains section id of the last section + in the memory block. +'state' : read-write + at read: contains online/offline state of memory. + at write: user can specify "online", "offline" command + which will be performed on al sections in the block. +'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 block is removable or not + removable. A value of 1 indicates that the memory + block is removable and a value of 0 indicates that + it is not removable. A memory block is removable only if + every section in the block is removable. NOTE: These directories/files appear after physical memory hotplug phase. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index fe5c099b8fc8..4edd78dfb362 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ decnet.txt - info on using the DECnet networking layer in Linux. depca.txt - the Digital DEPCA/EtherWORKS DE1?? and DE2?? LANCE Ethernet driver -dgrs.txt - - the Digi International RightSwitch SE-X Ethernet driver dmfe.txt - info on the Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver. e100.txt @@ -50,8 +48,6 @@ e1000.txt - info on Intel's E1000 line of gigabit ethernet boards eql.txt - serial IP load balancing -ethertap.txt - - the Ethertap user space packet reception and transmission driver ewrk3.txt - the Digital EtherWORKS 3 DE203/4/5 Ethernet driver filter.txt @@ -104,8 +100,6 @@ tuntap.txt - TUN/TAP device driver, allowing user space Rx/Tx of packets. vortex.txt - info on using 3Com Vortex (3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597) Ethernet cards. -wavelan.txt - - AT&T GIS (nee NCR) WaveLAN card: An Ethernet-like radio transceiver x25.txt - general info on X.25 development. x25-iface.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/Makefile b/Documentation/networking/Makefile index 5aba7a33aeeb..24c308dd3fd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/networking/Makefile @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ obj- := dummy.o # List of programs to build hostprogs-y := ifenslave +HOSTCFLAGS_ifenslave.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include + # Tell kbuild to always build the programs always := $(hostprogs-y) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt index 77f0cdd5b0dd..18afcd8afd51 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[state: 21-11-2010] +[state: 27-01-2011] BATMAN-ADV ---------- @@ -67,15 +67,16 @@ All mesh wide settings can be found in batman's own interface folder: # ls /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/ -# aggregated_ogms bonding fragmentation orig_interval -# vis_mode +# aggregated_ogms gw_bandwidth hop_penalty +# bonding gw_mode orig_interval +# fragmentation gw_sel_class vis_mode There is a special folder for debugging informations: # ls /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/ -# originators socket transtable_global transtable_local -# vis_data +# gateways socket transtable_global vis_data +# originators softif_neigh transtable_local Some of the files contain all sort of status information regard- @@ -230,9 +231,8 @@ CONTACT Please send us comments, experiences, questions, anything :) IRC: #batman on irc.freenode.org -Mailing-list: b.a.t.m.a.n@b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org - (optional subscription at - https://lists.open-mesh.org/mm/listinfo/b.a.t.m.a.n) +Mailing-list: b.a.t.m.a.n@open-mesh.org (optional subscription + at https://lists.open-mesh.org/mm/listinfo/b.a.t.m.a.n) You can also contact the Authors: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 5dc638791d97..b36e741e94db 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Table of Contents 3.3 Configuring Bonding Manually with Ifenslave 3.3.1 Configuring Multiple Bonds Manually 3.4 Configuring Bonding Manually via Sysfs -3.5 Overriding Configuration for Special Cases +3.5 Configuration with Interfaces Support +3.6 Overriding Configuration for Special Cases 4. Querying Bonding Configuration 4.1 Bonding Configuration @@ -161,8 +162,8 @@ onwards) do not have /usr/include/linux symbolically linked to the default kernel source include directory. SECOND IMPORTANT NOTE: - If you plan to configure bonding using sysfs, you do not need -to use ifenslave. + If you plan to configure bonding using sysfs or using the +/etc/network/interfaces file, you do not need to use ifenslave. 2. Bonding Driver Options ========================= @@ -779,22 +780,26 @@ resend_igmp You can configure bonding using either your distro's network initialization scripts, or manually using either ifenslave or the -sysfs interface. Distros generally use one of two packages for the -network initialization scripts: initscripts or sysconfig. Recent -versions of these packages have support for bonding, while older +sysfs interface. Distros generally use one of three packages for the +network initialization scripts: initscripts, sysconfig or interfaces. +Recent versions of these packages have support for bonding, while older versions do not. We will first describe the options for configuring bonding for -distros using versions of initscripts and sysconfig with full or -partial support for bonding, then provide information on enabling +distros using versions of initscripts, sysconfig and interfaces with full +or partial support for bonding, then provide information on enabling bonding without support from the network initialization scripts (i.e., older versions of initscripts or sysconfig). - If you're unsure whether your distro uses sysconfig or -initscripts, or don't know if it's new enough, have no fear. + If you're unsure whether your distro uses sysconfig, +initscripts or interfaces, or don't know if it's new enough, have no fear. Determining this is fairly straightforward. - First, issue the command: + First, look for a file called interfaces in /etc/network directory. +If this file is present in your system, then your system use interfaces. See +Configuration with Interfaces Support. + + Else, issue the command: $ rpm -qf /sbin/ifup @@ -1327,8 +1332,62 @@ echo 2000 > /sys/class/net/bond1/bonding/arp_interval echo +eth2 > /sys/class/net/bond1/bonding/slaves echo +eth3 > /sys/class/net/bond1/bonding/slaves -3.5 Overriding Configuration for Special Cases +3.5 Configuration with Interfaces Support +----------------------------------------- + + This section applies to distros which use /etc/network/interfaces file +to describe network interface configuration, most notably Debian and it's +derivatives. + + The ifup and ifdown commands on Debian don't support bonding out of +the box. The ifenslave-2.6 package should be installed to provide bonding +support. Once installed, this package will provide bond-* options to be used +into /etc/network/interfaces. + + Note that ifenslave-2.6 package will load the bonding module and use +the ifenslave command when appropriate. + +Example Configurations +---------------------- + +In /etc/network/interfaces, the following stanza will configure bond0, in +active-backup mode, with eth0 and eth1 as slaves. + +auto bond0 +iface bond0 inet dhcp + bond-slaves eth0 eth1 + bond-mode active-backup + bond-miimon 100 + bond-primary eth0 eth1 + +If the above configuration doesn't work, you might have a system using +upstart for system startup. This is most notably true for recent +Ubuntu versions. The following stanza in /etc/network/interfaces will +produce the same result on those systems. + +auto bond0 +iface bond0 inet dhcp + bond-slaves none + bond-mode active-backup + bond-miimon 100 + +auto eth0 +iface eth0 inet manual + bond-master bond0 + bond-primary eth0 eth1 + +auto eth1 +iface eth1 inet manual + bond-master bond0 + bond-primary eth0 eth1 + +For a full list of bond-* supported options in /etc/network/interfaces and some +more advanced examples tailored to you particular distros, see the files in +/usr/share/doc/ifenslave-2.6. + +3.6 Overriding Configuration for Special Cases ---------------------------------------------- + When using the bonding driver, the physical port which transmits a frame is typically selected by the bonding driver, and is not relevant to the user or system administrator. The output port is simply selected using the policies of @@ -2499,18 +2558,15 @@ enslaved. 16. Resources and Links ======================= -The latest version of the bonding driver can be found in the latest + The latest version of the bonding driver can be found in the latest version of the linux kernel, found on http://kernel.org -The latest version of this document can be found in either the latest -kernel source (named Documentation/networking/bonding.txt), or on the -bonding sourceforge site: - -http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/bonding + The latest version of this document can be found in the latest kernel +source (named Documentation/networking/bonding.txt). -Discussions regarding the bonding driver take place primarily on the -bonding-devel mailing list, hosted at sourceforge.net. If you have -questions or problems, post them to the list. The list address is: + Discussions regarding the usage of the bonding driver take place on the +bonding-devel mailing list, hosted at sourceforge.net. If you have questions or +problems, post them to the list. The list address is: bonding-devel@lists.sourceforge.net @@ -2519,6 +2575,17 @@ be found at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bonding-devel + Discussions regarding the developpement of the bonding driver take place +on the main Linux network mailing list, hosted at vger.kernel.org. The list +address is: + +netdev@vger.kernel.org + + The administrative interface (to subscribe or unsubscribe) can +be found at: + +http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#netdev + Donald Becker's Ethernet Drivers and diag programs may be found at : - http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.scyld.com/network/ diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt index aefd1e681804..04ca06325b08 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt @@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ before the more general line given above as the first match is the one taken. create dns_resolver foo:* * /usr/sbin/dns.foo %k - ===== USAGE ===== @@ -104,6 +103,14 @@ implemented in the module can be called after doing: returned also. +=============================== +READING DNS KEYS FROM USERSPACE +=============================== + +Keys of dns_resolver type can be read from userspace using keyctl_read() or +"keyctl read/print/pipe". + + ========= MECHANISM ========= diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index d99940dcfc44..d3d653a5f9b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ tcp_cookie_size - INTEGER tcp_dsack - BOOLEAN Allows TCP to send "duplicate" SACKs. -tcp_ecn - BOOLEAN +tcp_ecn - INTEGER Enable Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in TCP. ECN is only used when both ends of the TCP flow support it. It is useful to avoid losses due to congestion (when the bottleneck router supports @@ -280,6 +280,17 @@ tcp_max_orphans - INTEGER more aggressively. Let me to remind again: each orphan eats up to ~64K of unswappable memory. +tcp_max_ssthresh - INTEGER + Limited Slow-Start for TCP with large congestion windows (cwnd) defined in + RFC3742. Limited slow-start is a mechanism to limit growth of the cwnd + on the region where cwnd is larger than tcp_max_ssthresh. TCP increases cwnd + by at most tcp_max_ssthresh segments, and by at least tcp_max_ssthresh/2 + segments per RTT when the cwnd is above tcp_max_ssthresh. + If TCP connection increased cwnd to thousands (or tens of thousands) segments, + and thousands of packets were being dropped during slow-start, you can set + tcp_max_ssthresh to improve performance for new TCP connection. + Default: 0 (off) + tcp_max_syn_backlog - INTEGER Maximal number of remembered connection requests, which are still did not receive an acknowledgment from connecting client. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt b/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt index 24ad2adba6e5..81003581f47a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt @@ -154,9 +154,28 @@ connections, one per accept()'d socket. write(cfd, msg, msglen); } -Connections are established between two endpoints by a "third party" -application. This means that both endpoints are passive; so connect() -is not possible. +Connections are traditionally established between two endpoints by a +"third party" application. This means that both endpoints are passive. + + +As of Linux kernel version 2.6.39, it is also possible to connect +two endpoints directly, using connect() on the active side. This is +intended to support the newer Nokia Wireless Modem API, as found in +e.g. the Nokia Slim Modem in the ST-Ericsson U8500 platform: + + struct sockaddr_spn spn; + int fd; + + fd = socket(PF_PHONET, SOCK_SEQPACKET, PN_PROTO_PIPE); + memset(&spn, 0, sizeof(spn)); + spn.spn_family = AF_PHONET; + spn.spn_obj = ...; + spn.spn_dev = ...; + spn.spn_resource = 0xD9; + connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&spn, sizeof(spn)); + /* normal I/O here ... */ + close(fd); + WARNING: When polling a connected pipe socket for writability, there is an @@ -181,45 +200,9 @@ The pipe protocol provides two socket options at the SOL_PNPIPE level: interface index of the network interface created by PNPIPE_ENCAP, or zero if encapsulation is off. - -Phonet Pipe-controller Implementation -------------------------------------- - -Phonet Pipe-controller is enabled by selecting the CONFIG_PHONET_PIPECTRLR Kconfig -option. It is useful when communicating with those Nokia Modems which do not -implement Pipe controller in them e.g. Nokia Slim Modem used in ST-Ericsson -U8500 platform. - -The implementation is based on the Data Connection Establishment Sequence -depicted in 'Nokia Wireless Modem API - Wireless_modem_user_guide.pdf' -document. - -It allows a phonet sequenced socket (host-pep) to initiate a Pipe connection -between itself and a remote pipe-end point (e.g. modem). - -The implementation adds socket options at SOL_PNPIPE level: - - PNPIPE_PIPE_HANDLE - It accepts an integer argument for setting value of pipe handle. - - PNPIPE_ENABLE accepts one integer value (int). If set to zero, the pipe - is disabled. If the value is non-zero, the pipe is enabled. If the pipe - is not (yet) connected, ENOTCONN is error is returned. - -The implementation also adds socket 'connect'. On calling the 'connect', pipe -will be created between the source socket and the destination, and the pipe -state will be set to PIPE_DISABLED. - -After a pipe has been created and enabled successfully, the Pipe data can be -exchanged between the host-pep and remote-pep (modem). - -User-space would typically follow below sequence with Pipe controller:- --socket --bind --setsockopt for PNPIPE_PIPE_HANDLE --connect --setsockopt for PNPIPE_ENCAP_IP --setsockopt for PNPIPE_ENABLE + PNPIPE_HANDLE is a read-only integer value. It contains the underlying + identifier ("pipe handle") of the pipe. This is only defined for + socket descriptors that are already connected or being connected. Authors diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt index 57080cd74575..f023ba6bba62 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Device Power Management -Copyright (c) 2010 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. +Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. Copyright (c) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> @@ -159,18 +159,18 @@ matter, and the kernel is responsible for keeping track of it. By contrast, whether or not a wakeup-capable device should issue wakeup events is a policy decision, and it is managed by user space through a sysfs attribute: the power/wakeup file. User space can write the strings "enabled" or "disabled" to -set or clear the should_wakeup flag, respectively. Reads from the file will -return the corresponding string if can_wakeup is true, but if can_wakeup is -false then reads will return an empty string, to indicate that the device -doesn't support wakeup events. (But even though the file appears empty, writes -will still affect the should_wakeup flag.) +set or clear the "should_wakeup" flag, respectively. This file is only present +for wakeup-capable devices (i.e. devices whose "can_wakeup" flags are set) +and is created (or removed) by device_set_wakeup_capable(). Reads from the +file will return the corresponding string. The device_may_wakeup() routine returns true only if both flags are set. -Drivers should check this routine when putting devices in a low-power state -during a system sleep transition, to see whether or not to enable the devices' -wakeup mechanisms. However for runtime power management, wakeup events should -be enabled whenever the device and driver both support them, regardless of the -should_wakeup flag. +This information is used by subsystems, like the PCI bus type code, to see +whether or not to enable the devices' wakeup mechanisms. If device wakeup +mechanisms are enabled or disabled directly by drivers, they also should use +device_may_wakeup() to decide what to do during a system sleep transition. +However for runtime power management, wakeup events should be enabled whenever +the device and driver both support them, regardless of the should_wakeup flag. /sys/devices/.../power/control files @@ -249,23 +249,18 @@ various phases always run after tasks have been frozen and before they are unfrozen. Furthermore, the *_noirq phases run at a time when IRQ handlers have been disabled (except for those marked with the IRQ_WAKEUP flag). -Most phases use bus, type, and class callbacks (that is, methods defined in -dev->bus->pm, dev->type->pm, and dev->class->pm). The prepare and complete -phases are exceptions; they use only bus callbacks. When multiple callbacks -are used in a phase, they are invoked in the order: <class, type, bus> during -power-down transitions and in the opposite order during power-up transitions. -For example, during the suspend phase the PM core invokes - - dev->class->pm.suspend(dev); - dev->type->pm.suspend(dev); - dev->bus->pm.suspend(dev); - -before moving on to the next device, whereas during the resume phase the core -invokes - - dev->bus->pm.resume(dev); - dev->type->pm.resume(dev); - dev->class->pm.resume(dev); +All phases use bus, type, or class callbacks (that is, methods defined in +dev->bus->pm, dev->type->pm, or dev->class->pm). These callbacks are mutually +exclusive, so if the device type provides a struct dev_pm_ops object pointed to +by its pm field (i.e. both dev->type and dev->type->pm are defined), the +callbacks included in that object (i.e. dev->type->pm) will be used. Otherwise, +if the class provides a struct dev_pm_ops object pointed to by its pm field +(i.e. both dev->class and dev->class->pm are defined), the PM core will use the +callbacks from that object (i.e. dev->class->pm). Finally, if the pm fields of +both the device type and class objects are NULL (or those objects do not exist), +the callbacks provided by the bus (that is, the callbacks from dev->bus->pm) +will be used (this allows device types to override callbacks provided by bus +types or classes if necessary). These callbacks may in turn invoke device- or driver-specific methods stored in dev->driver->pm, but they don't have to. @@ -507,6 +502,49 @@ routines. Nevertheless, different callback pointers are used in case there is a situation where it actually matters. +Device Power Domains +-------------------- +Sometimes devices share reference clocks or other power resources. In those +cases it generally is not possible to put devices into low-power states +individually. Instead, a set of devices sharing a power resource can be put +into a low-power state together at the same time by turning off the shared +power resource. Of course, they also need to be put into the full-power state +together, by turning the shared power resource on. A set of devices with this +property is often referred to as a power domain. + +Support for power domains is provided through the pwr_domain field of struct +device. This field is a pointer to an object of type struct dev_power_domain, +defined in include/linux/pm.h, providing a set of power management callbacks +analogous to the subsystem-level and device driver callbacks that are executed +for the given device during all power transitions, in addition to the respective +subsystem-level callbacks. Specifically, the power domain "suspend" callbacks +(i.e. ->runtime_suspend(), ->suspend(), ->freeze(), ->poweroff(), etc.) are +executed after the analogous subsystem-level callbacks, while the power domain +"resume" callbacks (i.e. ->runtime_resume(), ->resume(), ->thaw(), ->restore, +etc.) are executed before the analogous subsystem-level callbacks. Error codes +returned by the "suspend" and "resume" power domain callbacks are ignored. + +Power domain ->runtime_idle() callback is executed before the subsystem-level +->runtime_idle() callback and the result returned by it is not ignored. Namely, +if it returns error code, the subsystem-level ->runtime_idle() callback will not +be called and the helper function rpm_idle() executing it will return error +code. This mechanism is intended to help platforms where saving device state +is a time consuming operation and should only be carried out if all devices +in the power domain are idle, before turning off the shared power resource(s). +Namely, the power domain ->runtime_idle() callback may return error code until +the pm_runtime_idle() helper (or its asychronous version) has been called for +all devices in the power domain (it is recommended that the returned error code +be -EBUSY in those cases), preventing the subsystem-level ->runtime_idle() +callback from being run prematurely. + +The support for device power domains is only relevant to platforms needing to +use the same subsystem-level (e.g. platform bus type) and device driver power +management callbacks in many different power domain configurations and wanting +to avoid incorporating the support for power domains into the subsystem-level +callbacks. The other platforms need not implement it or take it into account +in any way. + + System Devices -------------- System devices (sysdevs) follow a slightly different API, which can be found in diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt index ffe55ffa540a..654097b130b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Run-time Power Management Framework for I/O Devices -(C) 2009 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. +(C) 2009-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. (C) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> 1. Introduction @@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ struct dev_pm_ops { }; The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks are -executed by the PM core for either the bus type, or device type (if the bus -type's callback is not defined), or device class (if the bus type's and device -type's callbacks are not defined) of given device. The bus type, device type -and device class callbacks are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what -follows. +executed by the PM core for either the device type, or the class (if the device +type's struct dev_pm_ops object does not exist), or the bus type (if the +device type's and class' struct dev_pm_ops objects do not exist) of the given +device (this allows device types to override callbacks provided by bus types or +classes if necessary). The bus type, device type and class callbacks are +referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows. By default, the callbacks are always invoked in process context with interrupts enabled. However, subsystems can use the pm_runtime_irq_safe() helper function diff --git a/Documentation/power/states.txt b/Documentation/power/states.txt index 34800cc521bf..4416b28630df 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/states.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/states.txt @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ setup via another operating system for it to use. Despite the inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume. -For suspend-to-disk, a mechanism called swsusp called 'swsusp' (Swap -Suspend) is used to write memory contents to free swap space. -swsusp has some restrictive requirements, but should work in most -cases. Some, albeit outdated, documentation can be found in -Documentation/power/swsusp.txt. Alternatively, userspace can do most -of the actual suspend to disk work, see userland-swsusp.txt. +For suspend-to-disk, a mechanism called 'swsusp' (Swap Suspend) is used +to write memory contents to free swap space. swsusp has some restrictive +requirements, but should work in most cases. Some, albeit outdated, +documentation can be found in Documentation/power/swsusp.txt. +Alternatively, userspace can do most of the actual suspend to disk work, +see userland-swsusp.txt. Once memory state is written to disk, the system may either enter a low-power state (like ACPI S4), or it may simply power down. Powering diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX b/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX index e3960b8c8689..5620fb5ac425 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX @@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ please mail me. 00-INDEX - this file -booting-without-of.txt - - Booting the Linux/ppc kernel without Open Firmware cpu_features.txt - info on how we support a variety of CPUs with minimal compile-time options. @@ -16,8 +14,6 @@ hvcs.txt - IBM "Hypervisor Virtual Console Server" Installation Guide mpc52xx.txt - Linux 2.6.x on MPC52xx family -mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt - - MPC5200 Device Tree Bindings sound.txt - info on sound support under Linux/PPC zImage_layout.txt diff --git a/Documentation/rtc.txt b/Documentation/rtc.txt index 9104c1062084..250160469d83 100644 --- a/Documentation/rtc.txt +++ b/Documentation/rtc.txt @@ -178,38 +178,29 @@ RTC class framework, but can't be supported by the older driver. setting the longer alarm time and enabling its IRQ using a single request (using the same model as EFI firmware). - * RTC_UIE_ON, RTC_UIE_OFF ... if the RTC offers IRQs, it probably - also offers update IRQs whenever the "seconds" counter changes. - If needed, the RTC framework can emulate this mechanism. + * RTC_UIE_ON, RTC_UIE_OFF ... if the RTC offers IRQs, the RTC framework + will emulate this mechanism. - * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF, RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ ... another - feature often accessible with an IRQ line is a periodic IRQ, issued - at settable frequencies (usually 2^N Hz). + * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF, RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ ... these icotls + are emulated via a kernel hrtimer. In many cases, the RTC alarm can be a system wake event, used to force Linux out of a low power sleep state (or hibernation) back to a fully operational state. For example, a system could enter a deep power saving state until it's time to execute some scheduled tasks. -Note that many of these ioctls need not actually be implemented by your -driver. The common rtc-dev interface handles many of these nicely if your -driver returns ENOIOCTLCMD. Some common examples: +Note that many of these ioctls are handled by the common rtc-dev interface. +Some common examples: * RTC_RD_TIME, RTC_SET_TIME: the read_time/set_time functions will be called with appropriate values. - * RTC_ALM_SET, RTC_ALM_READ, RTC_WKALM_SET, RTC_WKALM_RD: the - set_alarm/read_alarm functions will be called. + * RTC_ALM_SET, RTC_ALM_READ, RTC_WKALM_SET, RTC_WKALM_RD: gets or sets + the alarm rtc_timer. May call the set_alarm driver function. - * RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ: the irq_set_freq function will be called - to set the frequency while the framework will handle the read for you - since the frequency is stored in the irq_freq member of the rtc_device - structure. Your driver needs to initialize the irq_freq member during - init. Make sure you check the requested frequency is in range of your - hardware in the irq_set_freq function. If it isn't, return -EINVAL. If - you cannot actually change the frequency, do not define irq_set_freq. + * RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ: These are emulated by the generic code. - * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF: the irq_set_state function will be called. + * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF: These are also emulated by the generic code. If all else fails, check out the rtc-test.c driver! diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt index 01e69404ee5e..1cd5d51bc761 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Version 15 of schedstats dropped counters for some sched_yield: +yld_exp_empty, yld_act_empty and yld_both_empty. Otherwise, it is +identical to version 14. + Version 14 of schedstats includes support for sched_domains, which hit the mainline kernel in 2.6.20 although it is identical to the stats from version 12 which was in the kernel from 2.6.13-2.6.19 (version 13 never saw a kernel @@ -28,32 +32,25 @@ to write their own scripts, the fields are described here. CPU statistics -------------- -cpu<N> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 - -NOTE: In the sched_yield() statistics, the active queue is considered empty - if it has only one process in it, since obviously the process calling - sched_yield() is that process. +cpu<N> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -First four fields are sched_yield() statistics: - 1) # of times both the active and the expired queue were empty - 2) # of times just the active queue was empty - 3) # of times just the expired queue was empty - 4) # of times sched_yield() was called +First field is a sched_yield() statistic: + 1) # of times sched_yield() was called Next three are schedule() statistics: - 5) # of times we switched to the expired queue and reused it - 6) # of times schedule() was called - 7) # of times schedule() left the processor idle + 2) # of times we switched to the expired queue and reused it + 3) # of times schedule() was called + 4) # of times schedule() left the processor idle Next two are try_to_wake_up() statistics: - 8) # of times try_to_wake_up() was called - 9) # of times try_to_wake_up() was called to wake up the local cpu + 5) # of times try_to_wake_up() was called + 6) # of times try_to_wake_up() was called to wake up the local cpu Next three are statistics describing scheduling latency: - 10) sum of all time spent running by tasks on this processor (in jiffies) - 11) sum of all time spent waiting to run by tasks on this processor (in + 7) sum of all time spent running by tasks on this processor (in jiffies) + 8) sum of all time spent waiting to run by tasks on this processor (in jiffies) - 12) # of timeslices run on this cpu + 9) # of timeslices run on this cpu Domain statistics diff --git a/Documentation/serial/n_gsm.txt b/Documentation/serial/n_gsm.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..397f41a1f153 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/serial/n_gsm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +n_gsm.c GSM 0710 tty multiplexor HOWTO +=================================================== + +This line discipline implements the GSM 07.10 multiplexing protocol +detailed in the following 3GPP document : +http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/07_series/07.10/0710-720.zip + +This document give some hints on how to use this driver with GPRS and 3G +modems connected to a physical serial port. + +How to use it +------------- +1- initialize the modem in 0710 mux mode (usually AT+CMUX= command) through +its serial port. Depending on the modem used, you can pass more or less +parameters to this command, +2- switch the serial line to using the n_gsm line discipline by using +TIOCSETD ioctl, +3- configure the mux using GSMIOC_GETCONF / GSMIOC_SETCONF ioctl, + +Major parts of the initialization program : +(a good starting point is util-linux-ng/sys-utils/ldattach.c) +#include <linux/gsmmux.h> +#define N_GSM0710 21 /* GSM 0710 Mux */ +#define DEFAULT_SPEED B115200 +#define SERIAL_PORT /dev/ttyS0 + + int ldisc = N_GSM0710; + struct gsm_config c; + struct termios configuration; + + /* open the serial port connected to the modem */ + fd = open(SERIAL_PORT, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY); + + /* configure the serial port : speed, flow control ... */ + + /* send the AT commands to switch the modem to CMUX mode + and check that it's succesful (should return OK) */ + write(fd, "AT+CMUX=0\r", 10); + + /* experience showed that some modems need some time before + being able to answer to the first MUX packet so a delay + may be needed here in some case */ + sleep(3); + + /* use n_gsm line discipline */ + ioctl(fd, TIOCSETD, &ldisc); + + /* get n_gsm configuration */ + ioctl(fd, GSMIOC_GETCONF, &c); + /* we are initiator and need encoding 0 (basic) */ + c.initiator = 1; + c.encapsulation = 0; + /* our modem defaults to a maximum size of 127 bytes */ + c.mru = 127; + c.mtu = 127; + /* set the new configuration */ + ioctl(fd, GSMIOC_SETCONF, &c); + + /* and wait for ever to keep the line discipline enabled */ + daemon(0,0); + pause(); + +4- create the devices corresponding to the "virtual" serial ports (take care, +each modem has its configuration and some DLC have dedicated functions, +for example GPS), starting with minor 1 (DLC0 is reserved for the management +of the mux) + +MAJOR=`cat /proc/devices |grep gsmtty | awk '{print $1}` +for i in `seq 1 4`; do + mknod /dev/ttygsm$i c $MAJOR $i +done + +5- use these devices as plain serial ports. +for example, it's possible : +- and to use gnokii to send / receive SMS on ttygsm1 +- to use ppp to establish a datalink on ttygsm2 + +6- first close all virtual ports before closing the physical port. + +Additional Documentation +------------------------ +More practical details on the protocol and how it's supported by industrial +modems can be found in the following documents : +http://www.telit.com/module/infopool/download.php?id=616 +http://www.u-blox.com/images/downloads/Product_Docs/LEON-G100-G200-MuxImplementation_ApplicationNote_%28GSM%20G1-CS-10002%29.pdf +http://www.sierrawireless.com/Support/Downloads/AirPrime/WMP_Series/~/media/Support_Downloads/AirPrime/Application_notes/CMUX_Feature_Application_Note-Rev004.ashx +http://wm.sim.com/sim/News/photo/2010721161442.pdf + +11-03-08 - Eric Bénard - <eric@eukrea.com> diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt index 16ae4300c747..0caf77e59be4 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt @@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Conexant 5066 ============= laptop Basic Laptop config (default) hp-laptop HP laptops, e g G60 + asus Asus K52JU, Lenovo G560 dell-laptop Dell laptops dell-vostro Dell Vostro olpc-xo-1_5 OLPC XO 1.5 diff --git a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt index 178c831b907d..2e3c64b1a6a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt +++ b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ to change the variables it has to get an exclusive write lock. The routines look the same as above: - rwlock_t xxx_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED; + rwlock_t xxx_lock = __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(xxx_lock); unsigned long flags; @@ -196,25 +196,3 @@ appropriate: For static initialization, use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() / DEFINE_RWLOCK() or __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED() / __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED() as appropriate. - -SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED and RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED are deprecated. These interfere -with lockdep state tracking. - -Most of the time, you can simply turn: - static spinlock_t xxx_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; -into: - static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xxx_lock); - -Static structure member variables go from: - - struct foo bar { - .lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; - }; - -to: - - struct foo bar { - .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(bar.lock); - }; - -Declaration of static rw_locks undergo a similar transformation. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt index 62682500878a..4af0614147ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt @@ -88,20 +88,19 @@ you might want to raise the limit. file-max & file-nr: -The kernel allocates file handles dynamically, but as yet it -doesn't free them again. - The value in file-max denotes the maximum number of file- handles that the Linux kernel will allocate. When you get lots of error messages about running out of file handles, you might want to increase this limit. -Historically, the three values in file-nr denoted the number of -allocated file handles, the number of allocated but unused file -handles, and the maximum number of file handles. Linux 2.6 always -reports 0 as the number of free file handles -- this is not an -error, it just means that the number of allocated file handles -exactly matches the number of used file handles. +Historically,the kernel was able to allocate file handles +dynamically, but not to free them again. The three values in +file-nr denote the number of allocated file handles, the number +of allocated but unused file handles, and the maximum number of +file handles. Linux 2.6 always reports 0 as the number of free +file handles -- this is not an error, it just means that the +number of allocated file handles exactly matches the number of +used file handles. Attempts to allocate more file descriptors than file-max are reported with printk, look for "VFS: file-max limit <number> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt index dc52bd442c92..79fcafc7fd64 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt @@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ You need very few things to get the syscalls tracing in an arch. - Support the TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT thread flags. - Put the trace_sys_enter() and trace_sys_exit() tracepoints calls from ptrace in the ptrace syscalls tracing path. +- If the system call table on this arch is more complicated than a simple array + of addresses of the system calls, implement an arch_syscall_addr to return + the address of a given system call. +- If the symbol names of the system calls do not match the function names on + this arch, define ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_MATCH_SYM_NAME in asm/ftrace.h and + implement arch_syscall_match_sym_name with the appropriate logic to return + true if the function name corresponds with the symbol name. - Tag this arch as HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index 557c1edeccaf..1ebc24cf9a55 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files: tracers listed here can be configured by echoing their name into current_tracer. - tracing_enabled: + tracing_on: - 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. + This sets or displays whether writing to the trace + ring buffer is enabled. Echo 0 into this file to disable + the tracer or 1 to enable it. trace: @@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured. to draw a graph of function calls similar to C code source. - "sched_switch" - - Traces the context switches and wakeups between tasks. - "irqsoff" Traces the areas that disable interrupts and saves @@ -273,39 +269,6 @@ format, the function name that was traced "path_put" and the parent function that called this function "path_walk". The timestamp is the time at which the function was entered. -The sched_switch tracer also includes tracing of task wakeups -and context switches. - - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R + 2916:115:S - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R + 10:115:S - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R ==> 10:115:R - events/1-10 [01] 1453.070013: 10:115:S ==> 2916:115:R - kondemand/1-2916 [01] 1453.070013: 2916:115:S ==> 7:115:R - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:S ==> 0:140:R - -Wake ups are represented by a "+" and the context switches are -shown as "==>". The format is: - - Context switches: - - Previous task Next Task - - <pid>:<prio>:<state> ==> <pid>:<prio>:<state> - - Wake ups: - - Current task Task waking up - - <pid>:<prio>:<state> + <pid>:<prio>:<state> - -The prio is the internal kernel priority, which is the inverse -of the priority that is usually displayed by user-space tools. -Zero represents the highest priority (99). Prio 100 starts the -"nice" priorities with 100 being equal to nice -20 and 139 being -nice 19. The prio "140" is reserved for the idle task which is -the lowest priority thread (pid 0). - - Latency trace format -------------------- @@ -491,78 +454,10 @@ x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6] latencies, as described in "Latency trace format". -sched_switch ------------- - -This tracer simply records schedule switches. Here is an example -of how to use it. - - # echo sched_switch > current_tracer - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled - # sleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled - # cat trace - -# tracer: sched_switch -# -# TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION -# | | | | | - bash-3997 [01] 240.132281: 3997:120:R + 4055:120:R - bash-3997 [01] 240.132284: 3997:120:R ==> 4055:120:R - sleep-4055 [01] 240.132371: 4055:120:S ==> 3997:120:R - bash-3997 [01] 240.132454: 3997:120:R + 4055:120:S - bash-3997 [01] 240.132457: 3997:120:R ==> 4055:120:R - sleep-4055 [01] 240.132460: 4055:120:D ==> 3997:120:R - bash-3997 [01] 240.132463: 3997:120:R + 4055:120:D - bash-3997 [01] 240.132465: 3997:120:R ==> 4055:120:R - <idle>-0 [00] 240.132589: 0:140:R + 4:115:S - <idle>-0 [00] 240.132591: 0:140:R ==> 4:115:R - ksoftirqd/0-4 [00] 240.132595: 4:115:S ==> 0:140:R - <idle>-0 [00] 240.132598: 0:140:R + 4:115:S - <idle>-0 [00] 240.132599: 0:140:R ==> 4:115:R - ksoftirqd/0-4 [00] 240.132603: 4:115:S ==> 0:140:R - sleep-4055 [01] 240.133058: 4055:120:S ==> 3997:120:R - [...] - - -As we have discussed previously about this format, the header -shows the name of the trace and points to the options. The -"FUNCTION" is a misnomer since here it represents the wake ups -and context switches. - -The sched_switch file only lists the wake ups (represented with -'+') and context switches ('==>') with the previous task or -current task first followed by the next task or task waking up. -The format for both of these is PID:KERNEL-PRIO:TASK-STATE. -Remember that the KERNEL-PRIO is the inverse of the actual -priority with zero (0) being the highest priority and the nice -values starting at 100 (nice -20). Below is a quick chart to map -the kernel priority to user land priorities. - - Kernel Space User Space - =============================================================== - 0(high) to 98(low) user RT priority 99(high) to 1(low) - with SCHED_RR or SCHED_FIFO - --------------------------------------------------------------- - 99 sched_priority is not used in scheduling - decisions(it must be specified as 0) - --------------------------------------------------------------- - 100(high) to 139(low) user nice -20(high) to 19(low) - --------------------------------------------------------------- - 140 idle task priority - --------------------------------------------------------------- - -The task states are: - - R - running : wants to run, may not actually be running - S - sleep : process is waiting to be woken up (handles signals) - D - disk sleep (uninterruptible sleep) : process must be woken up - (ignores signals) - T - stopped : process suspended - t - traced : process is being traced (with something like gdb) - Z - zombie : process waiting to be cleaned up - X - unknown - + overwrite - This controls what happens when the trace buffer is + full. If "1" (default), the oldest events are + discarded and overwritten. If "0", then the newest + events are discarded. ftrace_enabled -------------- @@ -607,10 +502,10 @@ an example: # echo irqsoff > current_tracer # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: irqsoff # @@ -715,10 +610,10 @@ is much like the irqsoff tracer. # echo preemptoff > current_tracer # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: preemptoff # @@ -863,10 +758,10 @@ tracers. # echo preemptirqsoff > current_tracer # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: preemptirqsoff # @@ -1026,9 +921,9 @@ Instead of performing an 'ls', we will run 'sleep 1' under # echo wakeup > current_tracer # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # chrt -f 5 sleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: wakeup # @@ -1140,9 +1035,9 @@ ftrace_enabled is set; otherwise this tracer is a nop. # sysctl kernel.ftrace_enabled=1 # echo function > current_tracer - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: function # @@ -1180,7 +1075,7 @@ int trace_fd; [...] int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { [...] - trace_fd = open(tracing_file("tracing_enabled"), O_WRONLY); + trace_fd = open(tracing_file("tracing_on"), O_WRONLY); [...] if (condition_hit()) { write(trace_fd, "0", 1); @@ -1631,9 +1526,9 @@ If I am only interested in sys_nanosleep and hrtimer_interrupt: # echo sys_nanosleep hrtimer_interrupt \ > set_ftrace_filter # echo function > current_tracer - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: ftrace # @@ -1879,9 +1774,9 @@ different. The trace is live. # echo function > current_tracer # cat trace_pipe > /tmp/trace.out & [1] 4153 - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: function # diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt index 5f77d94598dd..6d27ab8d6e9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt @@ -42,11 +42,25 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**) NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG. FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types - (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64) and string are supported. + (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), "string" and bitfield + are supported. (*) only for return probe. (**) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures. +Types +----- +Several types are supported for fetch-args. Kprobe tracer will access memory +by given type. Prefix 's' and 'u' means those types are signed and unsigned +respectively. Traced arguments are shown in decimal (signed) or hex (unsigned). +String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from +kernel space. This means it will fail and store NULL if the string container +has been paged out. +Bitfield is another special type, which takes 3 parameters, bit-width, bit- +offset, and container-size (usually 32). The syntax is; + + b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size> + Per-Probe Event Filtering ------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt index 66f92d1194c1..a4efa0462f05 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt @@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Controller Drivers (HCD). So, if HCD is buggy, the traces reported by usbmon may not correspond to bus transactions precisely. This is the same situation as with tcpdump. +Two APIs are currently implemented: "text" and "binary". The binary API +is available through a character device in /dev namespace and is an ABI. +The text API is deprecated since 2.6.35, but available for convenience. + * How to use usbmon to collect raw text traces Unlike the packet socket, usbmon has an interface which provides traces @@ -162,39 +166,11 @@ Here is the list of words, from left to right: not machine words, but really just a byte stream split into words to make it easier to read. Thus, the last word may contain from one to four bytes. The length of collected data is limited and can be less than the data length - report in Data Length word. - -Here is an example of code to read the data stream in a well known programming -language: - -class ParsedLine { - int data_len; /* Available length of data */ - byte data[]; - - void parseData(StringTokenizer st) { - int availwords = st.countTokens(); - data = new byte[availwords * 4]; - data_len = 0; - while (st.hasMoreTokens()) { - String data_str = st.nextToken(); - int len = data_str.length() / 2; - int i; - int b; // byte is signed, apparently?! XXX - for (i = 0; i < len; i++) { - // data[data_len] = Byte.parseByte( - // data_str.substring(i*2, i*2 + 2), - // 16); - b = Integer.parseInt( - data_str.substring(i*2, i*2 + 2), - 16); - if (b >= 128) - b *= -1; - data[data_len] = (byte) b; - data_len++; - } - } - } -} + reported in the Data Length word. In the case of an Isochronous input (Zi) + completion where the received data is sparse in the buffer, the length of + the collected data can be greater than the Data Length value (because Data + Length counts only the bytes that were received whereas the Data words + contain the entire transfer buffer). Examples: diff --git a/Documentation/workqueue.txt b/Documentation/workqueue.txt index 996a27d9b8db..01c513fac40e 100644 --- a/Documentation/workqueue.txt +++ b/Documentation/workqueue.txt @@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ resources, scheduled and executed. * Long running CPU intensive workloads which can be better managed by the system scheduler. - WQ_FREEZEABLE + WQ_FREEZABLE - A freezeable wq participates in the freeze phase of the system + A freezable wq participates in the freeze phase of the system suspend operations. Work items on the wq are drained and no new work item starts execution until thawed. diff --git a/Documentation/zh_CN/SecurityBugs b/Documentation/zh_CN/SecurityBugs new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d21eb07fe943 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/zh_CN/SecurityBugs @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Chinese translated version of Documentation/SecurityBugs + +If you have any comment or update to the content, please contact the +original document maintainer directly. However, if you have a problem +communicating in English you can also ask the Chinese maintainer for +help. Contact the Chinese maintainer if this translation is outdated +or if there is a problem with the translation. + +Chinese maintainer: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com> +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +Documentation/SecurityBugs 的中文翻译 + +如果想评论或更新本文的内容，请直接联系原文档的维护者。如果你使用英文 +交流有困难的话，也可以向中文版维护者求助。如果本翻译更新不及时或者翻 +译存在问题，请联系中文版维护者。 + +中文版维护者： 贾威威 Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com> +中文版翻译者： 贾威威 Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com> +中文版校译者： 贾威威 Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com> + + +以下为正文 +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +Linux内核开发者认为安全非常重要。因此，我们想要知道当一个有关于 +安全的漏洞被发现的时候，并且它可能会被尽快的修复或者公开。请把这个安全 +漏洞报告给Linux内核安全团队。 + +1) 联系 + +linux内核安全团队可以通过email<security@kernel.org>来联系。这是 +一组独立的安全工作人员，可以帮助改善漏洞报告并且公布和取消一个修复。安 +全团队有可能会从部分的维护者那里引进额外的帮助来了解并且修复安全漏洞。 +当遇到任何漏洞，所能提供的信息越多就越能诊断和修复。如果你不清楚什么 +是有帮助的信息，那就请重温一下REPORTING-BUGS文件中的概述过程。任 +何攻击性的代码都是非常有用的，未经报告者的同意不会被取消，除非它已经 +被公布于众。 + +2) 公开 + +Linux内核安全团队的宗旨就是和漏洞提交者一起处理漏洞的解决方案直 +到公开。我们喜欢尽快地完全公开漏洞。当一个漏洞或者修复还没有被完全地理 +解，解决方案没有通过测试或者供应商协调，可以合理地延迟公开。然而，我们 +期望这些延迟尽可能的短些，是可数的几天，而不是几个星期或者几个月。公开 +日期是通过安全团队和漏洞提供者以及供应商洽谈后的结果。公开时间表是从很 +短（特殊的，它已经被公众所知道）到几个星期。作为一个基本的默认政策，我 +们所期望通知公众的日期是7天的安排。 + +3) 保密协议 + +Linux内核安全团队不是一个正式的团体，因此不能加入任何的保密协议。 diff --git a/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmitChecklist new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..951415bbab0c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmitChecklist @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +Chinese translated version of Documentation/SubmitChecklist + +If you have any comment or update to the content, please contact the +original document maintainer directly. 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Contact the Chinese maintainer, if this +translation is outdated or there is problem with translation. + +Chinese maintainer: Jia Wei Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com> +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +Documentation/magic-number.txt的中文翻译 + +如果想评论或更新本文的内容，请直接发信到LKML。如果你使用英文交流有困难的话，也可 +以向中文版维护者求助。如果本翻译更新不及时或者翻译存在问题，请联系中文版维护者。 + +中文版维护者： 贾威威 Jia Wei Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com> +中文版翻译者： 贾威威 Jia Wei Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com> +中文版校译者： 贾威威 Jia Wei Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com> + +以下为正文 +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +这个文件是有关当前使用的魔术值注册表。当你给一个结构添加了一个魔术值，你也应该把这个魔术值添加到这个文件，因为我们最好把用于各种结构的魔术值统一起来。 + +使用魔术值来保护内核数据结构是一个非常好的主意。这就允许你在运行期检查(a)一个结构是否已经被攻击，或者(b)你已经给一个例行程序通过了一个错误的结构。后一种情况特别地有用---特别是当你通过一个空指针指向结构体的时候。tty源码，例如，经常通过特定驱动使用这种方法并且反复地排列特定方面的结构。 + +使用魔术值的方法是在结构的开始处声明的，如下： + +struct tty_ldisc { + int magic; + ... +}; + +当你以后给内核添加增强功能的时候，请遵守这条规则！这样就会节省数不清的调试时间，特别是一些古怪的情况，例如，数组超出范围并且重新写了超出部分。遵守这个规则，这些情况可以被快速地，安全地避免。 + + Theodore Ts'o + 31 Mar 94 + +给当前的Linux 2.1.55添加魔术表。 + + Michael Chastain + <mailto:mec@shout.net> + 22 Sep 1997 + +现在应该最新的Linux 2.1.112.因为在特性冻结期间，不能在2.2.x前改变任何东西。这些条目被数域所排序。 + + Krzysztof G.Baranowski + <mailto: kgb@knm.org.pl> + 29 Jul 1998 + +更新魔术表到Linux 2.5.45。刚好越过特性冻结，但是有可能还会有一些新的魔术值在2.6.x之前融入到内核中。 + + Petr Baudis + <pasky@ucw.cz> + 03 Nov 2002 + +更新魔术表到Linux 2.5.74。 + + Fabian Frederick + <ffrederick@users.sourceforge.net> + 09 Jul 2003 + +魔术名 地址 结构 所在文件 +=========================================================================== +PG_MAGIC 'P' pg_{read,write}_hdr include/linux/pg.h +CMAGIC 0x0111 user include/linux/a.out.h +MKISS_DRIVER_MAGIC 0x04bf mkiss_channel drivers/net/mkiss.h +RISCOM8_MAGIC 0x0907 riscom_port drivers/char/riscom8.h +SPECIALIX_MAGIC 0x0907 specialix_port drivers/char/specialix_io8.h +HDLC_MAGIC 0x239e n_hdlc drivers/char/n_hdlc.c +APM_BIOS_MAGIC 0x4101 apm_user arch/i386/kernel/apm.c +CYCLADES_MAGIC 0x4359 cyclades_port include/linux/cyclades.h +DB_MAGIC 0x4442 fc_info drivers/net/iph5526_novram.c +DL_MAGIC 0x444d fc_info drivers/net/iph5526_novram.c +FASYNC_MAGIC 0x4601 fasync_struct include/linux/fs.h +FF_MAGIC 0x4646 fc_info drivers/net/iph5526_novram.c +ISICOM_MAGIC 0x4d54 isi_port include/linux/isicom.h +PTY_MAGIC 0x5001 drivers/char/pty.c +PPP_MAGIC 0x5002 ppp include/linux/if_pppvar.h +SERIAL_MAGIC 0x5301 async_struct include/linux/serial.h +SSTATE_MAGIC 0x5302 serial_state include/linux/serial.h +SLIP_MAGIC 0x5302 slip drivers/net/slip.h +STRIP_MAGIC 0x5303 strip drivers/net/strip.c +X25_ASY_MAGIC 0x5303 x25_asy drivers/net/x25_asy.h +SIXPACK_MAGIC 0x5304 sixpack drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.h +AX25_MAGIC 0x5316 ax_disp drivers/net/mkiss.h +ESP_MAGIC 0x53ee esp_struct drivers/char/esp.h +TTY_MAGIC 0x5401 tty_struct include/linux/tty.h +MGSL_MAGIC 0x5401 mgsl_info drivers/char/synclink.c +TTY_DRIVER_MAGIC 0x5402 tty_driver include/linux/tty_driver.h +MGSLPC_MAGIC 0x5402 mgslpc_info drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c +TTY_LDISC_MAGIC 0x5403 tty_ldisc include/linux/tty_ldisc.h +USB_SERIAL_MAGIC 0x6702 usb_serial drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.h +FULL_DUPLEX_MAGIC 0x6969 drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c +USB_BLUETOOTH_MAGIC 0x6d02 usb_bluetooth drivers/usb/class/bluetty.c +RFCOMM_TTY_MAGIC 0x6d02 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c +USB_SERIAL_PORT_MAGIC 0x7301 usb_serial_port drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.h +CG_MAGIC 0x00090255 ufs_cylinder_group include/linux/ufs_fs.h +A2232_MAGIC 0x000a2232 gs_port drivers/char/ser_a2232.h +RPORT_MAGIC 0x00525001 r_port drivers/char/rocket_int.h +LSEMAGIC 0x05091998 lse drivers/fc4/fc.c +GDTIOCTL_MAGIC 0x06030f07 gdth_iowr_str drivers/scsi/gdth_ioctl.h +RIEBL_MAGIC 0x09051990 drivers/net/atarilance.c +RIO_MAGIC 0x12345678 gs_port drivers/char/rio/rio_linux.c +SX_MAGIC 0x12345678 gs_port drivers/char/sx.h +NBD_REQUEST_MAGIC 0x12560953 nbd_request include/linux/nbd.h +RED_MAGIC2 0x170fc2a5 (any) mm/slab.c +BAYCOM_MAGIC 0x19730510 baycom_state drivers/net/baycom_epp.c +ISDN_X25IFACE_MAGIC 0x1e75a2b9 isdn_x25iface_proto_data + drivers/isdn/isdn_x25iface.h +ECP_MAGIC 0x21504345 cdkecpsig include/linux/cdk.h +LSOMAGIC 0x27091997 lso drivers/fc4/fc.c +LSMAGIC 0x2a3b4d2a ls drivers/fc4/fc.c +WANPIPE_MAGIC 0x414C4453 sdla_{dump,exec} include/linux/wanpipe.h +CS_CARD_MAGIC 0x43525553 cs_card sound/oss/cs46xx.c +LABELCL_MAGIC 0x4857434c labelcl_info_s include/asm/ia64/sn/labelcl.h +ISDN_ASYNC_MAGIC 0x49344C01 modem_info include/linux/isdn.h +CTC_ASYNC_MAGIC 0x49344C01 ctc_tty_info drivers/s390/net/ctctty.c +ISDN_NET_MAGIC 0x49344C02 isdn_net_local_s drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net_lib.h +SAVEKMSG_MAGIC2 0x4B4D5347 savekmsg arch/*/amiga/config.c +STLI_BOARDMAGIC 0x4bc6c825 stlibrd include/linux/istallion.h +CS_STATE_MAGIC 0x4c4f4749 cs_state sound/oss/cs46xx.c +SLAB_C_MAGIC 0x4f17a36d kmem_cache mm/slab.c +COW_MAGIC 0x4f4f4f4d cow_header_v1 arch/um/drivers/ubd_user.c +I810_CARD_MAGIC 0x5072696E i810_card sound/oss/i810_audio.c +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 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 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 +FW_HEADER_MAGIC 0x65726F66 fw_header drivers/atm/fore200e.h +SLOT_MAGIC 0x67267321 slot drivers/hotplug/cpqphp.h +SLOT_MAGIC 0x67267322 slot drivers/hotplug/acpiphp.h +LO_MAGIC 0x68797548 nbd_device include/linux/nbd.h +OPROFILE_MAGIC 0x6f70726f super_block drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.h +M3_STATE_MAGIC 0x734d724d m3_state sound/oss/maestro3.c +STL_PANELMAGIC 0x7ef621a1 stlpanel include/linux/stallion.h +VMALLOC_MAGIC 0x87654320 snd_alloc_track sound/core/memory.c +KMALLOC_MAGIC 0x87654321 snd_alloc_track sound/core/memory.c +PWC_MAGIC 0x89DC10AB pwc_device drivers/usb/media/pwc.h +NBD_REPLY_MAGIC 0x96744668 nbd_reply include/linux/nbd.h +STL_BOARDMAGIC 0xa2267f52 stlbrd include/linux/stallion.h +ENI155_MAGIC 0xa54b872d midway_eprom drivers/atm/eni.h +SCI_MAGIC 0xbabeface gs_port drivers/char/sh-sci.h +CODA_MAGIC 0xC0DAC0DA coda_file_info include/linux/coda_fs_i.h +DPMEM_MAGIC 0xc0ffee11 gdt_pci_sram drivers/scsi/gdth.h +STLI_PORTMAGIC 0xe671c7a1 stliport include/linux/istallion.h +YAM_MAGIC 0xF10A7654 yam_port drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c +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 arch/mips/include/asm/sn/nmi.h + +请注意，在声音记忆管理中仍然有每一些被定义的驱动魔术值。查看include/sound/sndmagic.h来获取他们完整的列表信息。很多OSS声音驱动拥有自己从声卡PCI ID构建的魔术值-他们也没有被列在这里。 + +IrDA子系统也使用了大量的自己的魔术值，查看include/net/irda/irda.h来获取他们完整的信息。 + +HFS是另外一个比较大的使用魔术值的文件系统-你可以在fs/hfs/hfs.h中找到他们。 |