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| author |   Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-06 08:13:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-06 08:13:18 +0200 |
| commit | 2c10c22af088ab5d94fae93ce3fe6436b2a208b4 (patch) | |
| tree | db27721001f194327ddbdcd6c983c4ec68b77c00 /Documentation | |
| parent | sched_rt.c: resch needed in rt_rq_enqueue() for the root rt_rq (diff) | |
| parent | Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-2c10c22af088ab5d94fae93ce3fe6436b2a208b4.tar.xz linux-dev-2c10c22af088ab5d94fae93ce3fe6436b2a208b4.zip | |
Merge branch 'linus' into sched/devel
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/HOWTO | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/anchors.txt | 12 |
6 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt index b463ecd0c7ce..c74fec8c2351 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ failure can be determined by: dma_addr_t dma_handle; dma_handle = pci_map_single(pdev, addr, size, direction); - if (pci_dma_mapping_error(dma_handle)) { + if (pci_dma_mapping_error(pdev, dma_handle)) { /* * reduce current DMA mapping usage, * delay and try again later or diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index c2371c5a98f9..48a3955f05fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ documentation files are also added which explain how to use the feature. When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages -maintainer at mtk.manpages@gmail.com. +maintainer at mtk.manpages@gmail.com, and CC the list +linux-api@vger.kernel.org. Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are required reading: diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index da10e0714241..21f0795af20f 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ kernel patches. 19: All new userspace interfaces are documented in Documentation/ABI/. See Documentation/ABI/README for more information. + Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to + linux-api@vger.kernel.org. 20: Check that it all passes `make headers_check'. diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt index 62d4af44ec4a..59df81c8da2b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt @@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ CDROMCLOSETRAY pendant of CDROMEJECT usage: - ioctl(fd, CDROMEJECT, 0); + ioctl(fd, CDROMCLOSETRAY, 0); inputs: none outputs: none error returns: - ENOSYS cd drive not capable of ejecting + ENOSYS cd drive not capable of closing the tray EBUSY other processes are accessing drive, or door is locked notes: diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 276a7e637822..e1ff0d920a5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX. softlockup_thresh: -This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance -threshold. The default threshold is 10s. If a cpu is locked up -for 10s, the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60s. +This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance threshold. The +default threshold is 60 seconds. If a cpu is locked up for 60 seconds, +the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60 seconds. Setting this +tunable to zero will disable the softlockup detection altogether. ============================================================== diff --git a/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt b/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt index 7304bcf5a306..5e6b64c20d25 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt @@ -42,9 +42,21 @@ This function kills all URBs associated with an anchor. The URBs are called in the reverse temporal order they were submitted. This way no data can be reordered. +usb_unlink_anchored_urbs() +-------------------------- + +This function unlinks all URBs associated with an anchor. The URBs +are processed in the reverse temporal order they were submitted. +This is similar to usb_kill_anchored_urbs(), but it will not sleep. +Therefore no guarantee is made that the URBs have been unlinked when +the call returns. They may be unlinked later but will be unlinked in +finite time. + usb_wait_anchor_empty_timeout() ------------------------------- This function waits for all URBs associated with an anchor to finish or a timeout, whichever comes first. Its return value will tell you whether the timeout was reached. + + |