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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qca,ath79-pll.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/topology.txt | 208 |
9 files changed, 257 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qca,ath79-pll.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qca,ath79-pll.txt index e0fc2c11dd00..241fb0545b9e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qca,ath79-pll.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qca,ath79-pll.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Binding for Qualcomm Atheros AR7xxx/AR9XXX PLL controller The PPL controller provides the 3 main clocks of the SoC: CPU, DDR and AHB. Required Properties: -- compatible: has to be "qca,<soctype>-cpu-intc" and one of the following +- compatible: has to be "qca,<soctype>-pll" and one of the following fallbacks: - "qca,ar7100-pll" - "qca,ar7240-pll" @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Optional properties: Example: - memory-controller@18050000 { - compatible = "qca,ar9132-ppl", "qca,ar9130-pll"; + pll-controller@18050000 { + compatible = "qca,ar9132-pll", "qca,ar9130-pll"; reg = <0x18050000 0x20>; clock-names = "ref"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt index 08a4a32c8eb0..0326154c7925 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/img,pistachio-pinctrl.txt @@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ mfio80 ddr_debug, mips_trace_data, mips_debug mfio81 dreq0, mips_trace_data, eth_debug mfio82 dreq1, mips_trace_data, eth_debug mfio83 mips_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, usb_debug -mfio84 sys_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, usb_debug -mfio85 wifi_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, sdhost_debug -mfio86 bt_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, sdhost_debug -mfio87 rpu_v_pll_lock, dreq2, socif_debug -mfio88 rpu_l_pll_lock, dreq3, socif_debug -mfio89 audio_pll_lock, dreq4, dreq5 +mfio84 audio_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, usb_debug +mfio85 rpu_v_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, sdhost_debug +mfio86 rpu_l_pll_lock, mips_trace_data, sdhost_debug +mfio87 sys_pll_lock, dreq2, socif_debug +mfio88 wifi_pll_lock, dreq3, socif_debug +mfio89 bt_pll_lock, dreq4, dreq5 tck trstn tdi diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt index 31f53f0ab957..4006298f6707 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ the update lasts only as long as the inode is cached in memory, after which the timestamp reverts to 1970, i.e. moves backwards in time. Currently, cramfs must be written and read with architectures of the -same endianness, and can be read only by kernels with PAGE_CACHE_SIZE +same endianness, and can be read only by kernels with PAGE_SIZE == 4096. At least the latter of these is a bug, but it hasn't been decided what the best fix is. For the moment if you have larger pages you can just change the #define in mkcramfs.c, so long as you don't diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt index d392e1505f17..d9c11d25bf02 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ size: The limit of allocated bytes for this tmpfs instance. The default is half of your physical RAM without swap. If you oversize your tmpfs instances the machine will deadlock since the OOM handler will not be able to free that memory. -nr_blocks: The same as size, but in blocks of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE. +nr_blocks: The same as size, but in blocks of PAGE_SIZE. nr_inodes: The maximum number of inodes for this instance. The default is half of the number of your physical RAM pages, or (on a machine with highmem) the number of lowmem RAM pages, diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index b02a7d598258..4164bd6397a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -708,9 +708,9 @@ struct address_space_operations { from the address space. This generally corresponds to either a truncation, punch hole or a complete invalidation of the address space (in the latter case 'offset' will always be 0 and 'length' - will be PAGE_CACHE_SIZE). Any private data associated with the page + will be PAGE_SIZE). Any private data associated with the page should be updated to reflect this truncation. If offset is 0 and - length is PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, then the private data should be released, + length is PAGE_SIZE, then the private data should be released, because the page must be able to be completely discarded. This may be done by calling the ->releasepage function, but in this case the release MUST succeed. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt index 3b196c304b73..ba698c56919d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ Bridge layer out at the switch hardware for the switch to (re) learn MAC addresses behind this port. -- port_stp_update: bridge layer function invoked when a given switch port STP +- port_stp_state_set: bridge layer function invoked when a given switch port STP state is computed by the bridge layer and should be propagated to switch hardware to forward/block/learn traffic. The switch driver is responsible for computing a STP state change based on current and asked parameters and perform @@ -542,6 +542,12 @@ Bridge layer Bridge VLAN filtering --------------------- +- port_vlan_prepare: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge prepares the + configuration of a VLAN on the given port. If the operation is not supported + by the hardware, this function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge + code to fallback to a software implementation. No hardware setup must be done + in this function. See port_vlan_add for this and details. + - port_vlan_add: bridge layer function invoked when a VLAN is configured (tagged or untagged) for the given switch port @@ -552,6 +558,12 @@ Bridge VLAN filtering function that the driver has to call for each VLAN the given port is a member of. A switchdev object is used to carry the VID and bridge flags. +- port_fdb_prepare: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge prepares the + installation of a Forwarding Database entry. If the operation is not + supported, this function should return -EOPNOTSUPP to inform the bridge code + to fallback to a software implementation. No hardware setup must be done in + this function. See port_fdb_add for this and details. + - port_fdb_add: bridge layer function invoked when the bridge wants to install a Forwarding Database entry, the switch hardware should be programmed with the specified address in the specified VLAN Id in the forwarding database @@ -565,6 +577,10 @@ of DSA, would be the its port-based VLAN, used by the associated bridge device. the specified MAC address from the specified VLAN ID if it was mapped into this port forwarding database +- port_fdb_dump: bridge layer function invoked with a switchdev callback + function that the driver has to call for each MAC address known to be behind + the given port. A switchdev object is used to carry the VID and FDB info. + TODO ==== diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt b/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt index ec8f934c2eb2..d58d78df9ca2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt @@ -37,14 +37,27 @@ radiotap headers and used to control injection: HT rate for the transmission (only for devices without own rate control). Also some flags are parsed - IEEE80211_TX_RC_SHORT_GI: use short guard interval - IEEE80211_TX_RC_40_MHZ_WIDTH: send in HT40 mode + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_SGI: use short guard interval + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_BW_40: send in HT40 mode * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DATA_RETRIES number of retries when either IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE or IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS was used + * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT + + VHT mcs and number of streams used in the transmission (only for devices + without own rate control). Also other fields are parsed + + flags field + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_SGI: use short guard interval + + bandwidth field + 1: send using 40MHz channel width + 4: send using 80MHz channel width + 11: send using 160MHz channel width + The injection code can also skip all other currently defined radiotap fields facilitating replay of captured radiotap headers directly. diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt index 7328cf85236c..1fd1fbe9ce95 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt @@ -586,6 +586,10 @@ drivers to make their ->remove() callbacks avoid races with runtime PM directly, but also it allows of more flexibility in the handling of devices during the removal of their drivers. +Drivers in ->remove() callback should undo the runtime PM changes done +in ->probe(). Usually this means calling pm_runtime_disable(), +pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() etc. + The user space can effectively disallow the driver of the device to power manage it at run time by changing the value of its /sys/devices/.../power/control attribute to "on", which causes pm_runtime_forbid() to be called. In principle, diff --git a/Documentation/x86/topology.txt b/Documentation/x86/topology.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..06afac252f5b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/x86/topology.txt @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@ +x86 Topology +============ + +This documents and clarifies the main aspects of x86 topology modelling and +representation in the kernel. Update/change when doing changes to the +respective code. + +The architecture-agnostic topology definitions are in +Documentation/cputopology.txt. This file holds x86-specific +differences/specialities which must not necessarily apply to the generic +definitions. Thus, the way to read up on Linux topology on x86 is to start +with the generic one and look at this one in parallel for the x86 specifics. + +Needless to say, code should use the generic functions - this file is *only* +here to *document* the inner workings of x86 topology. + +Started by Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> and Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>. + +The main aim of the topology facilities is to present adequate interfaces to +code which needs to know/query/use the structure of the running system wrt +threads, cores, packages, etc. + +The kernel does not care about the concept of physical sockets because a +socket has no relevance to software. It's an electromechanical component. In +the past a socket always contained a single package (see below), but with the +advent of Multi Chip Modules (MCM) a socket can hold more than one package. So +there might be still references to sockets in the code, but they are of +historical nature and should be cleaned up. + +The topology of a system is described in the units of: + + - packages + - cores + - threads + +* Package: + + Packages contain a number of cores plus shared resources, e.g. DRAM + controller, shared caches etc. + + AMD nomenclature for package is 'Node'. + + Package-related topology information in the kernel: + + - cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores: + + The number of cores in a package. This information is retrieved via CPUID. + + - cpuinfo_x86.phys_proc_id: + + The physical ID of the package. This information is retrieved via CPUID + and deduced from the APIC IDs of the cores in the package. + + - cpuinfo_x86.logical_id: + + The logical ID of the package. As we do not trust BIOSes to enumerate the + packages in a consistent way, we introduced the concept of logical package + ID so we can sanely calculate the number of maximum possible packages in + the system and have the packages enumerated linearly. + + - topology_max_packages(): + + The maximum possible number of packages in the system. Helpful for per + package facilities to preallocate per package information. + + +* Cores: + + A core consists of 1 or more threads. It does not matter whether the threads + are SMT- or CMT-type threads. + + AMDs nomenclature for a CMT core is "Compute Unit". The kernel always uses + "core". + + Core-related topology information in the kernel: + + - smp_num_siblings: + + The number of threads in a core. The number of threads in a package can be + calculated by: + + threads_per_package = cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores * smp_num_siblings + + +* Threads: + + A thread is a single scheduling unit. It's the equivalent to a logical Linux + CPU. + + AMDs nomenclature for CMT threads is "Compute Unit Core". The kernel always + uses "thread". + + Thread-related topology information in the kernel: + + - topology_core_cpumask(): + + The cpumask contains all online threads in the package to which a thread + belongs. + + The number of online threads is also printed in /proc/cpuinfo "siblings." + + - topology_sibling_mask(): + + The cpumask contains all online threads in the core to which a thread + belongs. + + - topology_logical_package_id(): + + The logical package ID to which a thread belongs. + + - topology_physical_package_id(): + + The physical package ID to which a thread belongs. + + - topology_core_id(); + + The ID of the core to which a thread belongs. It is also printed in /proc/cpuinfo + "core_id." + + + +System topology examples + +Note: + +The alternative Linux CPU enumeration depends on how the BIOS enumerates the +threads. Many BIOSes enumerate all threads 0 first and then all threads 1. +That has the "advantage" that the logical Linux CPU numbers of threads 0 stay +the same whether threads are enabled or not. That's merely an implementation +detail and has no practical impact. + +1) Single Package, Single Core + + [package 0] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + +2) Single Package, Dual Core + + a) One thread per core + + [package 0] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 1 + + b) Two threads per core + + [package 0] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 1 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 2 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 3 + + Alternative enumeration: + + [package 0] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 2 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 1 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 3 + + AMD nomenclature for CMT systems: + + [node 0] -> [Compute Unit 0] -> [Compute Unit Core 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + -> [Compute Unit Core 1] -> Linux CPU 1 + -> [Compute Unit 1] -> [Compute Unit Core 0] -> Linux CPU 2 + -> [Compute Unit Core 1] -> Linux CPU 3 + +4) Dual Package, Dual Core + + a) One thread per core + + [package 0] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 1 + + [package 1] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 2 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 3 + + b) Two threads per core + + [package 0] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 1 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 2 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 3 + + [package 1] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 4 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 5 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 6 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 7 + + Alternative enumeration: + + [package 0] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 4 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 1 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 5 + + [package 1] -> [core 0] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 2 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 6 + -> [core 1] -> [thread 0] -> Linux CPU 3 + -> [thread 1] -> Linux CPU 7 + + AMD nomenclature for CMT systems: + + [node 0] -> [Compute Unit 0] -> [Compute Unit Core 0] -> Linux CPU 0 + -> [Compute Unit Core 1] -> Linux CPU 1 + -> [Compute Unit 1] -> [Compute Unit Core 0] -> Linux CPU 2 + -> [Compute Unit Core 1] -> Linux CPU 3 + + [node 1] -> [Compute Unit 0] -> [Compute Unit Core 0] -> Linux CPU 4 + -> [Compute Unit Core 1] -> Linux CPU 5 + -> [Compute Unit 1] -> [Compute Unit Core 0] -> Linux CPU 6 + -> [Compute Unit Core 1] -> Linux CPU 7 |