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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-types.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-types.xml index 1af384250910..0ee0f3386cdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-types.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-types.xml @@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ <entry>Connector for a RGB composite signal.</entry> </row> <row> - <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_F_CONN_TEST</constant></entry> - <entry>Connector for a test generator.</entry> - </row> - <row> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_F_CAM_SENSOR</constant></entry> <entry>Camera video sensor entity.</entry> </row> diff --git a/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt b/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt index 7b57fc087088..49585b6e1ea2 100644 --- a/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt +++ b/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Linux IOMMU Support The architecture spec can be obtained from the below location. -http://www.intel.com/technology/virtualization/ +http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/vt-directed-io-spec.pdf This guide gives a quick cheat sheet for some basic understanding. diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt index 65b3eac8856c..ff49cf901148 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This is the authoritative documentation on the design, interface and conventions of cgroup v2. It describes all userland-visible aspects of cgroup including core and specific controller behaviors. All future changes must be reflected in this document. Documentation for -v1 is available under Documentation/cgroup-legacy/. +v1 is available under Documentation/cgroup-v1/. CONTENTS @@ -843,6 +843,10 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. Amount of memory used to cache filesystem data, including tmpfs and shared memory. + sock + + Amount of memory used in network transmission buffers + file_mapped Amount of cached filesystem data mapped with mmap() diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt index a2bd593881ca..66422d663184 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Optional properties: during suspend. - ti,no-reset-on-init: When present, the module should not be reset at init - ti,no-idle-on-init: When present, the module should not be idled at init +- ti,no-idle: When present, the module is never allowed to idle. Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/rockchip,rk3036-cru.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/rockchip,rk3036-cru.txt index ace05992a262..20df350b9ef3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/rockchip,rk3036-cru.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/rockchip,rk3036-cru.txt @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ that they are defined using standard clock bindings with following clock-output-names: - "xin24m" - crystal input - required, - "ext_i2s" - external I2S clock - optional, - - "ext_gmac" - external GMAC clock - optional + - "rmii_clkin" - external EMAC clock - optional Example: Clock controller node: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt index 7803e77d85cb..007a5b46256a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt @@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ Main node required properties: 1 = edge triggered 4 = level triggered - Cells 4 and beyond are reserved for future use. When the 1st cell - has a value of 0 or 1, cells 4 and beyond act as padding, and may be - ignored. It is recommended that padding cells have a value of 0. + Cells 4 and beyond are reserved for future use and must have a value + of 0 if present. - reg : Specifies base physical address(s) and size of the GIC registers, in the following order: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,bcmgenet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,bcmgenet.txt index 451fef26b4df..10587bdadbbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,bcmgenet.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,bcmgenet.txt @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ethernet@f0b60000 { phy1: ethernet-phy@1 { max-speed = <1000>; reg = <0x1>; - compatible = "brcm,28nm-gphy", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22"; + compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22"; }; }; }; @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ ethernet@f0ba0000 { phy0: ethernet-phy@0 { max-speed = <1000>; reg = <0x0>; - compatible = "brcm,bcm53125", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22"; + compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22"; }; }; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt index 80411b2f0490..ecacfa44b1eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ Required properties: - compatible: should be "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v1" or "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v2". "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v1" is for hip05. "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v2" is for Hi1610 and Hi1612. -- dsa-name: dsa fabric name who provide this interface. - should be "dsafX", X is the dsaf id. - mode: dsa fabric mode string. only support one of dsaf modes like these: "2port-64vf", "6port-16rss", @@ -26,9 +24,8 @@ Required properties: Example: -dsa: dsa@c7000000 { +dsaf0: dsa@c7000000 { compatible = "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v1"; - dsa_name = "dsaf0"; mode = "6port-16rss"; interrupt-parent = <&mbigen_dsa>; reg = <0x0 0xC0000000 0x0 0x420000 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt index 41d19be7011e..e6a9d1c30878 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Required properties: - compatible: "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1" or "hisilicon,hns-nic-v2". "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1" is for hip05. "hisilicon,hns-nic-v2" is for Hi1610 and Hi1612. -- ae-name: accelerator name who provides this interface, - is simply a name referring to the name of name in the accelerator node. +- ae-handle: accelerator engine handle for hns, + specifies a reference to the associating hardware driver node. + see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt - port-id: is the index of port provided by DSAF (the accelerator). DSAF can connect to 8 PHYs. Port 0 to 1 are both used for adminstration purpose. They are called debug ports. @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ Example: ethernet@0{ compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1"; - ae-name = "dsaf0"; + ae-handle = <&dsaf0>; port-id = <0>; local-mac-address = [a2 14 e4 4b 56 76]; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt index aeea50c84e92..d0cb8693963b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt @@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ Required properties: - interrupts: interrupt for the device - phy: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. - phy-mode: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory -- clocks: a pointer to the reference clock for this device. +- clocks: List of clocks for this device. At least one clock is + mandatory for the core clock. If several clocks are given, then the + clock-names property must be used to identify them. Optional properties: - tx-csum-limit: maximum mtu supported by port that allow TX checksum. Value is presented in bytes. If not used, by default 1600B is set for "marvell,armada-370-neta" and 9800B for others. +- clock-names: List of names corresponding to clocks property; shall be + "core" for core clock and "bus" for the optional bus clock. + Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux-gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux-gpio.txt index 79384113c2b0..694987d3c17a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux-gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux-gpio.txt @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Example : phy11: ethernet-phy@1 { reg = <1>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ Example : }; phy12: ethernet-phy@2 { reg = <2>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ Example : }; phy13: ethernet-phy@3 { reg = <3>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -68,7 +65,6 @@ Example : }; phy14: ethernet-phy@4 { reg = <4>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -85,7 +81,6 @@ Example : phy21: ethernet-phy@1 { reg = <1>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -95,7 +90,6 @@ Example : }; phy22: ethernet-phy@2 { reg = <2>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -105,7 +99,6 @@ Example : }; phy23: ethernet-phy@3 { reg = <3>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -115,7 +108,6 @@ Example : }; phy24: ethernet-phy@4 { reg = <4>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux.txt index f65606f8d632..491f5bd55203 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-mux.txt @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Example : phy11: ethernet-phy@1 { reg = <1>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ Example : }; phy12: ethernet-phy@2 { reg = <2>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ Example : }; phy13: ethernet-phy@3 { reg = <3>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ Example : }; phy14: ethernet-phy@4 { reg = <4>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -94,7 +90,6 @@ Example : phy21: ethernet-phy@1 { reg = <1>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -104,7 +99,6 @@ Example : }; phy22: ethernet-phy@2 { reg = <2>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -114,7 +108,6 @@ Example : }; phy23: ethernet-phy@3 { reg = <3>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, @@ -124,7 +117,6 @@ Example : }; phy24: ethernet-phy@4 { reg = <4>; - compatible = "marvell,88e1149r"; marvell,reg-init = <3 0x10 0 0x5777>, <3 0x11 0 0x00aa>, <3 0x12 0 0x4105>, diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt index 525e1658f2da..bc1c3c8bf8fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/phy.txt @@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ Optional Properties: "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22" or "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45" for PHYs that implement IEEE802.3 clause 22 or IEEE802.3 clause 45 specifications. If neither of these are specified, the default is to - assume clause 22. The compatible list may also contain other - elements. + assume clause 22. If the phy's identifier is known then the list may contain an entry of the form: "ethernet-phy-idAAAA.BBBB" where @@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ Optional Properties: 4 hex digits. This is the chip vendor OUI bits 19:24, followed by 10 bits of a vendor specific ID. + The compatible list should not contain other values than those + listed here. + - max-speed: Maximum PHY supported speed (10, 100, 1000...) - broken-turn-around: If set, indicates the PHY device does not correctly diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt index 81a9f9e6b45f..c8ac222eac67 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ Example: "ch16", "ch17", "ch18", "ch19", "ch20", "ch21", "ch22", "ch23", "ch24"; - clocks = <&mstp8_clks R8A7795_CLK_ETHERAVB>; - power-domains = <&cpg_clocks>; + clocks = <&cpg CPG_MOD 812>; + power-domains = <&cpg>; phy-mode = "rgmii-id"; phy-handle = <&phy0>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci-rcar-gen2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci-rcar-gen2.txt index 4e8b90e43dd8..07a75094c5a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci-rcar-gen2.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci-rcar-gen2.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ OHCI and EHCI controllers. Required properties: - compatible: "renesas,pci-r8a7790" for the R8A7790 SoC; "renesas,pci-r8a7791" for the R8A7791 SoC; + "renesas,pci-r8a7793" for the R8A7793 SoC; "renesas,pci-r8a7794" for the R8A7794 SoC; "renesas,pci-rcar-gen2" for a generic R-Car Gen2 compatible device diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/rcar-pci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/rcar-pci.txt index 558fe528ae19..6cf99690eef9 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/rcar-pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/rcar-pci.txt @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Required properties: compatible: "renesas,pcie-r8a7779" for the R8A7779 SoC; "renesas,pcie-r8a7790" for the R8A7790 SoC; "renesas,pcie-r8a7791" for the R8A7791 SoC; + "renesas,pcie-r8a7793" for the R8A7793 SoC; "renesas,pcie-r8a7795" for the R8A7795 SoC; "renesas,pcie-rcar-gen2" for a generic R-Car Gen2 compatible device. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65217.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65217.txt index d18109657da6..4f05d208c95c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65217.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65217.txt @@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ Example: ti,pmic-shutdown-controller; regulators { - #address-cells = <1>; - #size-cells = <0>; - dcdc1_reg: dcdc1 { - reg = <0>; regulator-min-microvolt = <900000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <1800000>; regulator-boot-on; @@ -38,7 +34,6 @@ Example: }; dcdc2_reg: dcdc2 { - reg = <1>; regulator-min-microvolt = <900000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>; regulator-boot-on; @@ -46,7 +41,6 @@ Example: }; dcdc3_reg: dcc3 { - reg = <2>; regulator-min-microvolt = <900000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <1500000>; regulator-boot-on; @@ -54,7 +48,6 @@ Example: }; ldo1_reg: ldo1 { - reg = <3>; regulator-min-microvolt = <1000000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>; regulator-boot-on; @@ -62,7 +55,6 @@ Example: }; ldo2_reg: ldo2 { - reg = <4>; regulator-min-microvolt = <900000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>; regulator-boot-on; @@ -70,7 +62,6 @@ Example: }; ldo3_reg: ldo3 { - reg = <5>; regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>; regulator-boot-on; @@ -78,7 +69,6 @@ Example: }; ldo4_reg: ldo4 { - reg = <6>; regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>; regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>; regulator-boot-on; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/s3c-rtc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/s3c-rtc.txt index ac2fcd6ff4b8..1068ffce9f91 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/s3c-rtc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/s3c-rtc.txt @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Required properties: interrupt number is the rtc alarm interrupt and second interrupt number is the rtc tick interrupt. The number of cells representing a interrupt depends on the parent interrupt controller. +- clocks: Must contain a list of phandle and clock specifier for the rtc + and source clocks. +- clock-names: Must contain "rtc" and "rtc_src" entries sorted in the + same order as the clocks property. Example: @@ -21,4 +25,6 @@ Example: compatible = "samsung,s3c6410-rtc"; reg = <0x10070000 0x100>; interrupts = <44 0 45 0>; + clocks = <&clock CLK_RTC>, <&s2mps11_osc S2MPS11_CLK_AP>; + clock-names = "rtc", "rtc_src"; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt index 35ae1fb3537f..ed94c217c98d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Optional properties: - fsl,uart-has-rtscts : Indicate the uart has rts and cts - fsl,irda-mode : Indicate the uart supports irda mode - fsl,dte-mode : Indicate the uart works in DTE mode. The uart works - is DCE mode by default. + in DCE mode by default. Note: Each uart controller should have an alias correctly numbered in "aliases" node. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl-asoc-card.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl-asoc-card.txt index ce55c0a6f757..4da41bf1888e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl-asoc-card.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl-asoc-card.txt @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ The compatible list for this generic sound card currently: "fsl,imx-audio-sgtl5000" (compatible with Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/imx-audio-sgtl5000.txt) + "fsl,imx-audio-wm8960" + Required properties: - compatible : Contains one of entries in the compatible list. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt index 332e625f6ed0..e5ee3f159893 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ * Renesas R-Car Thermal Required properties: -- compatible : "renesas,thermal-<soctype>", "renesas,rcar-thermal" - as fallback. +- compatible : "renesas,thermal-<soctype>", + "renesas,rcar-gen2-thermal" (with thermal-zone) or + "renesas,rcar-thermal" (without thermal-zone) as fallback. Examples with soctypes are: - "renesas,thermal-r8a73a4" (R-Mobile APE6) - "renesas,thermal-r8a7779" (R-Car H1) @@ -36,3 +37,35 @@ thermal@e61f0000 { 0xe61f0300 0x38>; interrupts = <0 69 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>; }; + +Example (with thermal-zone): + +thermal-zones { + cpu_thermal: cpu-thermal { + polling-delay-passive = <1000>; + polling-delay = <5000>; + + thermal-sensors = <&thermal>; + + trips { + cpu-crit { + temperature = <115000>; + hysteresis = <0>; + type = "critical"; + }; + }; + cooling-maps { + }; + }; +}; + +thermal: thermal@e61f0000 { + compatible = "renesas,thermal-r8a7790", + "renesas,rcar-gen2-thermal", + "renesas,rcar-thermal"; + reg = <0 0xe61f0000 0 0x14>, <0 0xe61f0100 0 0x38>; + interrupts = <0 69 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>; + clocks = <&mstp5_clks R8A7790_CLK_THERMAL>; + power-domains = <&cpg_clocks>; + #thermal-sensor-cells = <0>; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt index c477af086e65..686a64bba775 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt @@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ filesystem. efivarfs is typically mounted like this, mount -t efivarfs none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars + +Due to the presence of numerous firmware bugs where removing non-standard +UEFI variables causes the system firmware to fail to POST, efivarfs +files that are not well-known standardized variables are created +as immutable files. This doesn't prevent removal - "chattr -i" will work - +but it does prevent this kind of failure from being accomplished +accidentally. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index fde9fd06fa98..843b045b4069 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.1) RssFile size of resident file mappings RssShmem size of resident shmem memory (includes SysV shm, mapping of tmpfs and shared anonymous mappings) - VmData size of data, stack, and text segments - VmStk size of data, stack, and text segments + VmData size of private data segments + VmStk size of stack segments VmExe size of text segment VmLib size of shared library code VmPTE size of page table entries @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ address perms offset dev inode pathname a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 -a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack:1001] +a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 a8008000-a800a000 r--p 00133000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 a800a000-a800b000 rw-p 00135000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 @@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ is not associated with a file: [heap] = the heap of the program [stack] = the stack of the main process - [stack:1001] = the stack of the thread with tid 1001 [vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object", the kernel system call handler @@ -396,10 +395,8 @@ is not associated with a file: The /proc/PID/task/TID/maps is a view of the virtual memory from the viewpoint of the individual tasks of a process. In this file you will see a mapping marked -as [stack] if that task sees it as a stack. This is a key difference from the -content of /proc/PID/maps, where you will see all mappings that are being used -as stack by all of those tasks. Hence, for the example above, the task-level -map, i.e. /proc/PID/task/TID/maps for thread 1001 will look like this: +as [stack] if that task sees it as a stack. Hence, for the example above, the +task-level map, i.e. /proc/PID/task/TID/maps for thread 1001 will look like this: 08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 8312 /opt/test 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 87d40a72f6a1..4324f2437e6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86] Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See - arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h for the valid bit + arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific ones should be. @@ -1496,6 +1496,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. could change it dynamically, usually by /sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel. + ignore_rlimit_data + Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings, + print warning at first misuse. Can be changed via + /sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data. + ihash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. @@ -2561,6 +2566,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nointroute [IA-64] + noinvpcid [X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature. + nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver @@ -3486,6 +3493,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot + rodata= [KNL] + on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default). + off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging. + root= [KNL] Root filesystem See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c. @@ -3523,6 +3534,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages. + schedstats= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics. + Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature + incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler + but is useful for debugging and performance tuning. + skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set. @@ -4230,6 +4246,17 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. The default value of this parameter is determined by the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT. + workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu + Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work + items queued without explicit CPU specified are put + on the local CPU. This guarantee is no longer true + and while local CPU is still preferred work items + may be put on foreign CPUs. This debug option + forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out + usages which depend on the now broken guarantee. + When enabled, memory and cache locality will be + impacted. + x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of default x2apic cluster mode on platforms supporting x2apic. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index ceb44a095a27..73b36d7c7b0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ tcp_fastopen - INTEGER tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER Number of times initial SYNs for an active TCP connection attempt - will be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 255. Default value + will be retransmitted. Should not be higher than 127. Default value is 6, which corresponds to 63seconds till the last retransmission with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout for an active TCP connection attempt will happen after 127seconds. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index a93b414672a7..f4444c94ff28 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - panic_on_stackoverflow - panic_on_unrecovered_nmi - panic_on_warn +- perf_cpu_time_max_percent +- perf_event_paranoid - pid_max - powersave-nap [ PPC only ] - printk @@ -639,6 +641,17 @@ allowed to execute. ============================================================== +perf_event_paranoid: + +Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged +users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 1. + + -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users +>=0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK +>=1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN + +============================================================== pid_max: @@ -760,6 +773,14 @@ rtsig-nr shows the number of RT signals currently queued. ============================================================== +sched_schedstats: + +Enables/disables scheduler statistics. Enabling this feature +incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler but is +useful for debugging and performance tuning. + +============================================================== + sg-big-buff: This file shows the size of the generic SCSI (sg) buffer. diff --git a/Documentation/timers/hpet.txt b/Documentation/timers/hpet.txt index 767392ffd31e..a484d2c109d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/hpet.txt +++ b/Documentation/timers/hpet.txt @@ -1,9 +1,7 @@ High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) hardware follows a specification -by Intel and Microsoft which can be found at - - http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf +by Intel and Microsoft, revision 1. Each HPET has one fixed-rate counter (at 10+ MHz, hence "High Precision") and up to 32 comparators. Normally three or more comparators are provided, diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 053f613fc9a9..07e4cdf02407 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ len must be a multiple of sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq). It must be > 0 and it must not exceed (max_vcpus + 32) * sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq), which is the maximum number of possibly pending cpu-local interrupts. -4.90 KVM_SMI +4.96 KVM_SMI Capability: KVM_CAP_X86_SMM Architectures: x86 diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt index daf9c0f742d2..c81731096a43 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt @@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ In the first case there are two additional complications: - if CR4.SMEP is enabled: since we've turned the page into a kernel page, the kernel may now execute it. We handle this by also setting spte.nx. If we get a user fetch or read fault, we'll change spte.u=1 and - spte.nx=gpte.nx back. + spte.nx=gpte.nx back. For this to work, KVM forces EFER.NX to 1 when + shadow paging is in use. - if CR4.SMAP is disabled: since the page has been changed to a kernel page, it can not be reused when CR4.SMAP is enabled. We set CR4.SMAP && !CR0.WP into shadow page's role to avoid this case. Note, diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt index 9f9ec9f76039..4e4b6f10d841 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt @@ -400,3 +400,7 @@ wm8350_wdt: nowayout: Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=kernel config parameter) ------------------------------------------------- +sun4v_wdt: +timeout_ms: Watchdog timeout in milliseconds 1..180000, default=60000) +nowayout: Watchdog cannot be stopped once started +------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt index d62bea6796da..c956d99cf1de 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt @@ -40,3 +40,28 @@ cp ../microcode.bin kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin (or AuthenticAMD.bin) find . | cpio -o -H newc >../ucode.cpio cd .. cat ucode.cpio /boot/initrd-3.5.0.img >/boot/initrd-3.5.0.ucode.img + +Builtin microcode +================= + +We can also load builtin microcode supplied through the regular firmware +builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Here's an example: + +CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y +CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin" +CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" + +This basically means, you have the following tree structure locally: + +/lib/firmware/ +|-- amd-ucode +... +| |-- microcode_amd_fam15h.bin +... +|-- intel-ucode +... +| |-- 06-3a-09 +... + +so that the build system can find those files and integrate them into +the final kernel image. The early loader finds them and applies them. diff --git a/Documentation/x86/exception-tables.txt b/Documentation/x86/exception-tables.txt index 32901aa36f0a..e396bcd8d830 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/exception-tables.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/exception-tables.txt @@ -290,3 +290,38 @@ Due to the way that the exception table is built and needs to be ordered, only use exceptions for code in the .text section. Any other section will cause the exception table to not be sorted correctly, and the exceptions will fail. + +Things changed when 64-bit support was added to x86 Linux. Rather than +double the size of the exception table by expanding the two entries +from 32-bits to 64 bits, a clever trick was used to store addresses +as relative offsets from the table itself. The assembly code changed +from: + .long 1b,3b +to: + .long (from) - . + .long (to) - . + +and the C-code that uses these values converts back to absolute addresses +like this: + + ex_insn_addr(const struct exception_table_entry *x) + { + return (unsigned long)&x->insn + x->insn; + } + +In v4.6 the exception table entry was expanded with a new field "handler". +This is also 32-bits wide and contains a third relative function +pointer which points to one of: + +1) int ex_handler_default(const struct exception_table_entry *fixup) + This is legacy case that just jumps to the fixup code +2) int ex_handler_fault(const struct exception_table_entry *fixup) + This case provides the fault number of the trap that occurred at + entry->insn. It is used to distinguish page faults from machine + check. +3) int ex_handler_ext(const struct exception_table_entry *fixup) + This case is used for uaccess_err ... we need to set a flag + in the task structure. Before the handler functions existed this + case was handled by adding a large offset to the fixup to tag + it as special. +More functions can easily be added. diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 68ed3114c363..0965a71f9942 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Machine check threshold to 1. Enabling this may make memory predictive failure analysis less effective if the bios sets thresholds for memory errors since we will not see details for all errors. + mce=recovery + Force-enable recoverable machine check code paths nomce (for compatibility with i386): same as mce=off |