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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl index 640f65e79ef1..8e69345c37cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl @@ -244,3 +244,11 @@ Description: read only Returns 1 if the psl timebase register is synchronized with the core timebase register, 0 otherwise. Users: https://github.com/ibm-capi/libcxl + +What: /sys/class/cxl/<card>/tunneled_ops_supported +Date: May 2018 +Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org +Description: read only + Returns 1 if tunneled operations are supported in capi mode, + 0 otherwise. +Users: https://github.com/ibm-capi/libcxl diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index 025b7cf3768d..bd4975e132d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2 + /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass Date: January 2018 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Description: Information about CPU vulnerabilities diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 6d4a666748dd..cc0ac035b8fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2679,6 +2679,9 @@ allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent to spectre_v2=off. + nospec_store_bypass_disable + [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability + noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. @@ -4024,6 +4027,48 @@ Not specifying this option is equivalent to spectre_v2=auto. + spec_store_bypass_disable= + [HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation + (Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability) + + Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a + a common industry wide performance optimization known + as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores + to the same memory location may not be observed by + later loads during speculative execution. The idea + is that such stores are unlikely and that they can + be detected prior to instruction retirement at the + end of a particular speculation execution window. + + In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded + store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for + example to read memory to which the attacker does not + directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code). + + This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store + Bypass optimization is used. + + on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass + off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass + auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an + implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and + picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the + CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the + CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is + architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below. + prctl - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread + via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled + for a process by default. The state of the control + is inherited on fork. + seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads + will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out. + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to + spec_store_bypass_disable=auto. + + Default mitigations: + X86: If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl" + spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] spia_fio_base= spia_pedr= diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst index d2b6fda3d67b..ab2fe0eda1d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ feature enabled.] In this mode ``intel_pstate`` registers utilization update callbacks with the CPU scheduler in order to run a P-state selection algorithm, either -``powersave`` or ``performance``, depending on the ``scaling_cur_freq`` policy +``powersave`` or ``performance``, depending on the ``scaling_governor`` policy setting in ``sysfs``. The current CPU frequency information to be made available from the ``scaling_cur_freq`` policy attribute in ``sysfs`` is periodically updated by those utilization update callbacks too. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst index 1e5c0f00cb2f..dbf5acd49f35 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Sleep States That Can Be Supported ================================== Depending on its configuration and the capabilities of the platform it runs on, -the Linux kernel can support up to four system sleep states, includig +the Linux kernel can support up to four system sleep states, including hibernation and up to three variants of system suspend. The sleep states that can be supported by the kernel are listed below. diff --git a/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt b/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt index 733927a7b501..07f147381f32 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt @@ -71,13 +71,16 @@ use_per_node_hctx=[0/1]: Default: 0 1: The multi-queue block layer is instantiated with a hardware dispatch queue for each CPU node in the system. -use_lightnvm=[0/1]: Default: 0 - Register device with LightNVM. Requires blk-mq and CONFIG_NVM to be enabled. - no_sched=[0/1]: Default: 0 0: nullb* use default blk-mq io scheduler. 1: nullb* doesn't use io scheduler. +blocking=[0/1]: Default: 0 + 0: Register as a non-blocking blk-mq driver device. + 1: Register as a blocking blk-mq driver device, null_blk will set + the BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING flag, indicating that it sometimes/always + needs to block in its ->queue_rq() function. + shared_tags=[0/1]: Default: 0 0: Tag set is not shared. 1: Tag set shared between devices for blk-mq. Only makes sense with diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.txt b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.txt index 1a0b704e1a38..da57601153a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.txt +++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.txt @@ -557,6 +557,14 @@ A: Although LLVM IR generation and optimization try to stay architecture pulls in some header files containing file scope host assembly codes. - You can add "-fno-jump-tables" to work around the switch table issue. - Otherwise, you can use bpf target. + Otherwise, you can use bpf target. Additionally, you _must_ use bpf target + when: + + - Your program uses data structures with pointer or long / unsigned long + types that interface with BPF helpers or context data structures. Access + into these structures is verified by the BPF verifier and may result + in verification failures if the native architecture is not aligned with + the BPF architecture, e.g. 64-bit. An example of this is + BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG require '-target bpf' Happy BPF hacking! diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt index 4bcd4b7f79f9..3d01948ea061 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt @@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ i) Constructor data device, but just remove the mapping. read_only: Don't allow any changes to be made to the pool - metadata. + metadata. This mode is only available after the + thin-pool has been created and first used in full + read/write mode. It cannot be specified on initial + thin-pool creation. error_if_no_space: Error IOs, instead of queueing, if no space. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt index f4006d3c9fdf..c760ecb81381 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ compatible: Optional properties: - dma-coherent : Present if dma operations are coherent - clocks : a list of phandle + clock specifier pairs -- resets : a list of phandle + reset specifier pairs - target-supply : regulator for SATA target power - phys : reference to the SATA PHY node - phy-names : must be "sata-phy" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.txt index 557fa765adcb..5d2519af4bb5 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.txt @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Display Timings require specific display timings. The panel-timing subnode expresses those timings as specified in the timing subnode section of the display timing bindings defined in - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/display-timing.txt. + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/display-timing.txt. Connectivity diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt index aadfb236d53a..61315eaa7660 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Required Properties: - "renesas,dmac-r8a7794" (R-Car E2) - "renesas,dmac-r8a7795" (R-Car H3) - "renesas,dmac-r8a7796" (R-Car M3-W) + - "renesas,dmac-r8a77965" (R-Car M3-N) - "renesas,dmac-r8a77970" (R-Car V3M) - "renesas,dmac-r8a77980" (R-Car V3H) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt index 23e3abc3fdef..c88919480d37 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Required properties: - compatible: atmel,maxtouch + The following compatibles have been used in various products but are + deprecated: + atmel,qt602240_ts + atmel,atmel_mxt_ts + atmel,atmel_mxt_tp + atmel,mXT224 + - reg: The I2C address of the device - interrupts: The sink for the touchpad's IRQ output diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/rcar_canfd.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/rcar_canfd.txt index 93c3a6ae32f9..ac71daa46195 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/rcar_canfd.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/rcar_canfd.txt @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Required properties: - compatible: Must contain one or more of the following: - "renesas,rcar-gen3-canfd" for R-Car Gen3 compatible controller. - "renesas,r8a7795-canfd" for R8A7795 (R-Car H3) compatible controller. - - "renesas,r8a7796-canfd" for R8A7796 (R-Car M3) compatible controller. + - "renesas,r8a7796-canfd" for R8A7796 (R-Car M3-W) compatible controller. + - "renesas,r8a77970-canfd" for R8A77970 (R-Car V3M) compatible controller. + - "renesas,r8a77980-canfd" for R8A77980 (R-Car V3H) compatible controller. When compatible with the generic version, nodes must list the SoC-specific version corresponding to the platform first, followed by the diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/b53.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/b53.txt index 8acf51a4dfa8..47a6a7fe0b86 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/b53.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/b53.txt @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Required properties: "brcm,bcm53128" "brcm,bcm5365" "brcm,bcm5395" + "brcm,bcm5389" "brcm,bcm5397" "brcm,bcm5398" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt index 1814fa13f6ab..fc019df0d863 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-pp2.txt @@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ Required properties: - main controller clock (for both armada-375-pp2 and armada-7k-pp2) - GOP clock (for both armada-375-pp2 and armada-7k-pp2) - MG clock (only for armada-7k-pp2) + - MG Core clock (only for armada-7k-pp2) - AXI clock (only for armada-7k-pp2) -- clock-names: names of used clocks, must be "pp_clk", "gop_clk", "mg_clk" - and "axi_clk" (the 2 latter only for armada-7k-pp2). +- clock-names: names of used clocks, must be "pp_clk", "gop_clk", "mg_clk", + "mg_core_clk" and "axi_clk" (the 3 latter only for armada-7k-pp2). The ethernet ports are represented by subnodes. At least one port is required. @@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ cpm_ethernet: ethernet@0 { compatible = "marvell,armada-7k-pp22"; reg = <0x0 0x100000>, <0x129000 0xb000>; clocks = <&cpm_syscon0 1 3>, <&cpm_syscon0 1 9>, - <&cpm_syscon0 1 5>, <&cpm_syscon0 1 18>; - clock-names = "pp_clk", "gop_clk", "gp_clk", "axi_clk"; + <&cpm_syscon0 1 5>, <&cpm_syscon0 1 6>, <&cpm_syscon0 1 18>; + clock-names = "pp_clk", "gop_clk", "mg_clk", "mg_core_clk", "axi_clk"; eth0: eth0 { interrupts = <ICU_GRP_NSR 39 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>, diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ksz90x1.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ksz90x1.txt index 42a248301615..e22d8cfea687 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ksz90x1.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel-ksz90x1.txt @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ KSZ9031: - txd2-skew-ps : Skew control of TX data 2 pad - txd3-skew-ps : Skew control of TX data 3 pad + - micrel,force-master: + Boolean, force phy to master mode. Only set this option if the phy + reference clock provided at CLK125_NDO pin is used as MAC reference + clock because the clock jitter in slave mode is to high (errata#2). + Attention: The link partner must be configurable as slave otherwise + no link will be established. + Examples: mdio { diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt index c306f55d335b..890526dbfc26 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,ravb.txt @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Required properties: - "renesas,etheravb-r8a7795" for the R8A7795 SoC. - "renesas,etheravb-r8a7796" for the R8A7796 SoC. + - "renesas,etheravb-r8a77965" for the R8A77965 SoC. - "renesas,etheravb-r8a77970" for the R8A77970 SoC. - "renesas,etheravb-r8a77980" for the R8A77980 SoC. - "renesas,etheravb-r8a77995" for the R8A77995 SoC. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt index ed5eb547afc8..64bc5c2a76da 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/allwinner,sunxi-pinctrl.txt @@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ pins it needs, and how they should be configured, with regard to muxer configuration, drive strength and pullups. If one of these options is not set, its actual value will be unspecified. -This driver supports the generic pin multiplexing and configuration -bindings. For details on each properties, you can refer to -./pinctrl-bindings.txt. +Allwinner A1X Pin Controller supports the generic pin multiplexing and +configuration bindings. For details on each properties, you can refer to + ./pinctrl-bindings.txt. Required sub-node properties: - pins diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt index a006ea4d065f..106808b55b6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Required properties: - "renesas,hscif-r8a7795" for R8A7795 (R-Car H3) HSCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scif-r8a7796" for R8A7796 (R-Car M3-W) SCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,hscif-r8a7796" for R8A7796 (R-Car M3-W) HSCIF compatible UART. + - "renesas,scif-r8a77965" for R8A77965 (R-Car M3-N) SCIF compatible UART. + - "renesas,hscif-r8a77965" for R8A77965 (R-Car M3-N) HSCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scif-r8a77970" for R8A77970 (R-Car V3M) SCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,hscif-r8a77970" for R8A77970 (R-Car V3M) HSCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scif-r8a77980" for R8A77980 (R-Car V3H) SCIF compatible UART. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt index b5f978a4cac6..a38d8bfae19c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ karo Ka-Ro electronics GmbH keithkoep Keith & Koep GmbH keymile Keymile GmbH khadas Khadas +kiebackpeter Kieback & Peter GmbH kinetic Kinetic Technologies kingnovel Kingnovel Technology Co., Ltd. kosagi Sutajio Ko-Usagi PTE Ltd. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt index a4feb6dde8cd..725fb8d255c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt @@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ Finally, if you need to remove all overlays in one-go, just call of_overlay_remove_all() which will remove every single one in the correct order. +In addition, there is the option to register notifiers that get called on +overlay operations. See of_overlay_notifier_register/unregister and +enum of_overlay_notify_action for details. + +Note that a notifier callback is not supposed to store pointers to a device +tree node or its content beyond OF_OVERLAY_POST_REMOVE corresponding to the +respective node it received. + Overlay DTS Format ------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/parse-headers.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/parse-headers.rst index 96a0423d5dba..82a3e43b6864 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/parse-headers.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/parse-headers.rst @@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ BUGS **** -Report bugs to Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> +Report bugs to Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> COPYRIGHT ********* -Copyright (c) 2016 by Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>. +Copyright (c) 2016 by Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>. License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 75d2d57e2c44..15853d522941 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -69,31 +69,31 @@ prototypes: locking rules: all may block - i_mutex(inode) -lookup: yes -create: yes -link: yes (both) -mknod: yes -symlink: yes -mkdir: yes -unlink: yes (both) -rmdir: yes (both) (see below) -rename: yes (all) (see below) + i_rwsem(inode) +lookup: shared +create: exclusive +link: exclusive (both) +mknod: exclusive +symlink: exclusive +mkdir: exclusive +unlink: exclusive (both) +rmdir: exclusive (both)(see below) +rename: exclusive (all) (see below) readlink: no get_link: no -setattr: yes +setattr: exclusive permission: no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode) get_acl: no getattr: no listxattr: no fiemap: no update_time: no -atomic_open: yes +atomic_open: exclusive tmpfile: no - Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on -victim. + Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_rwsem + exclusive on victim. cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem. See Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking for more detailed discussion @@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ prototypes: locking rules: all may block - i_mutex(inode) + i_rwsem(inode) list: no get: no -set: yes +set: exclusive --------------------------- super_operations --------------------------- prototypes: @@ -217,14 +217,14 @@ prototypes: locking rules: All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block - PageLocked(page) i_mutex + PageLocked(page) i_rwsem writepage: yes, unlocks (see below) readpage: yes, unlocks writepages: set_page_dirty no readpages: -write_begin: locks the page yes -write_end: yes, unlocks yes +write_begin: locks the page exclusive +write_end: yes, unlocks exclusive bmap: invalidatepage: yes releasepage: yes @@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ prototypes: ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *); ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *); int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *); + int (*iterate_shared) (struct file *, struct dir_context *); unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *); long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); @@ -480,6 +481,10 @@ mutex or just to use i_size_read() instead. Note: this does not protect the file->f_pos against concurrent modifications since this is something the userspace has to take care about. +->iterate() is called with i_rwsem exclusive. + +->iterate_shared() is called with i_rwsem at least shared. + ->fasync() is responsible for maintaining the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags. Most instances call fasync_helper(), which does that maintenance, so it's not normally something one needs to worry about. Return values > 0 will be diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores index c269aaa2f26a..9e1dfe7553ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Kernel driver i2c-ocores Supported adapters: * OpenCores.org I2C controller by Richard Herveille (see datasheet link) - Datasheet: http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/i2c/overview + https://opencores.org/project/i2c/overview Author: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/keytable.c.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/keytable.c.rst index e6ce1e3f5a78..217237f93b37 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/keytable.c.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/keytable.c.rst @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ file: uapi/v4l/keytable.c /* keytable.c - This program allows checking/replacing keys at IR - Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> + Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2grab.c.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2grab.c.rst index 5aabd0b7b089..f0d0ab6abd41 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2grab.c.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2grab.c.rst @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ file: media/v4l/v4l2grab.c .. code-block:: c /* V4L2 video picture grabber - Copyright (C) 2009 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> + Copyright (C) 2009 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.txt b/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.txt index 091d20273dcb..61daf4b39600 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.txt @@ -300,12 +300,6 @@ unattached instance are: The ioctl calls available on an instance of /dev/ppp attached to a channel are: -* PPPIOCDETACH detaches the instance from the channel. This ioctl is - deprecated since the same effect can be achieved by closing the - instance. In order to prevent possible races this ioctl will fail - with an EINVAL error if more than one file descriptor refers to this - instance (i.e. as a result of dup(), dup2() or fork()). - * PPPIOCCONNECT connects this channel to a PPP interface. The argument should point to an int containing the interface unit number. It will return an EINVAL error if the channel is already diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt index 11e447bdb3a5..1b7436932a2b 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt @@ -82,24 +82,13 @@ function 1. invokes optional hostt->eh_timed_out() callback. Return value can be one of - - BLK_EH_HANDLED - This indicates that eh_timed_out() dealt with the timeout. - The command is passed back to the block layer and completed - via __blk_complete_requests(). - - *NOTE* After returning BLK_EH_HANDLED the SCSI layer is - assumed to be finished with the command, and no other - functions from the SCSI layer will be called. So this - should typically only be returned if the eh_timed_out() - handler raced with normal completion. - - BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER This indicates that more time is required to finish the command. Timer is restarted. This action is counted as a retry and only allowed scmd->allowed + 1(!) times. Once the - limit is reached, action for BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED is taken instead. + limit is reached, action for BLK_EH_DONE is taken instead. - - BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED + - BLK_EH_DONE eh_timed_out() callback did not handle the command. Step #2 is taken. diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl b/Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl index a958d8b5e99d..d410f47567e9 100755 --- a/Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/parse-headers.pl @@ -387,11 +387,11 @@ tree for more details. =head1 BUGS -Report bugs to Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> +Report bugs to Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> =head1 COPYRIGHT -Copyright (c) 2016 by Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>. +Copyright (c) 2016 by Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>. License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt index 698660b7f21f..c77c0f060864 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 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. -Maintainer: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> +Maintainer: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> Chinese maintainer: Fu Wei <tekkamanninja@gmail.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt 的中文翻译 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt 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。 -英文版维护者： Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> +英文版维护者： Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> 中文版维护者： 傅炜 Fu Wei <tekkamanninja@gmail.com> 中文版翻译者： 傅炜 Fu Wei <tekkamanninja@gmail.com> 中文版校译者： 傅炜 Fu Wei <tekkamanninja@gmail.com> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst index 7b2eb1b7d4ca..a3233da7fa88 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ place where this information is gathered. no_new_privs seccomp_filter unshare + spec_ctrl .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..32f3d55c54b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +=================== +Speculation Control +=================== + +Quite some CPUs have speculation-related misfeatures which are in +fact vulnerabilities causing data leaks in various forms even across +privilege domains. + +The kernel provides mitigation for such vulnerabilities in various +forms. Some of these mitigations are compile-time configurable and some +can be supplied on the kernel command line. + +There is also a class of mitigations which are very expensive, but they can +be restricted to a certain set of processes or tasks in controlled +environments. The mechanism to control these mitigations is via +:manpage:`prctl(2)`. + +There are two prctl options which are related to this: + + * PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL + + * PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL + +PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL +----------------------- + +PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL returns the state of the speculation misfeature +which is selected with arg2 of prctl(2). The return value uses bits 0-3 with +the following meaning: + +==== ===================== =================================================== +Bit Define Description +==== ===================== =================================================== +0 PR_SPEC_PRCTL Mitigation can be controlled per task by + PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL. +1 PR_SPEC_ENABLE The speculation feature is enabled, mitigation is + disabled. +2 PR_SPEC_DISABLE The speculation feature is disabled, mitigation is + enabled. +3 PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE Same as PR_SPEC_DISABLE, but cannot be undone. A + subsequent prctl(..., PR_SPEC_ENABLE) will fail. +==== ===================== =================================================== + +If all bits are 0 the CPU is not affected by the speculation misfeature. + +If PR_SPEC_PRCTL is set, then the per-task control of the mitigation is +available. If not set, prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL) for the speculation +misfeature will fail. + +PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL +----------------------- + +PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL allows to control the speculation misfeature, which +is selected by arg2 of :manpage:`prctl(2)` per task. arg3 is used to hand +in the control value, i.e. either PR_SPEC_ENABLE or PR_SPEC_DISABLE or +PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE. + +Common error codes +------------------ +======= ================================================================= +Value Meaning +======= ================================================================= +EINVAL The prctl is not implemented by the architecture or unused + prctl(2) arguments are not 0. + +ENODEV arg2 is selecting a not supported speculation misfeature. +======= ================================================================= + +PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL error codes +----------------------------------- +======= ================================================================= +Value Meaning +======= ================================================================= +0 Success + +ERANGE arg3 is incorrect, i.e. it's neither PR_SPEC_ENABLE nor + PR_SPEC_DISABLE nor PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE. + +ENXIO Control of the selected speculation misfeature is not possible. + See PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL. + +EPERM Speculation was disabled with PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE and caller + tried to enable it again. +======= ================================================================= + +Speculation misfeature controls +------------------------------- +- PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS: Speculative Store Bypass + + Invocations: + * prctl(PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, 0, 0, 0); + * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_ENABLE, 0, 0); + * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_DISABLE, 0, 0); + * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE, 0, 0); diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt index d4f33eb805dd..ab022dcd0911 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT || 24 || host will warn if no guest-side flag || value || meaning ================================================================================== -KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED || 0 || guest checks this feature bit to - || || determine if there is vCPU pinning - || || and there is no vCPU over-commitment, +KVM_HINTS_REALTIME || 0 || guest checks this feature bit to + || || determine that vCPUs are never + || || preempted for an unlimited time, || || allowing optimizations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |