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2009-04-28slub: add Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slabDavid Rientjes1-0/+479
Adds documentation for the slub ABI. This is placed in the `testing' directory since the meanings of these files are still subject to change as slub is developed. Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
2009-04-21ACPI: add /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci_not counterLen Brown1-2/+6
This counter may prove useful in debugging some spurious interrupt issues seen in the field. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-04-13doc: use correct debugfs mountpointShen Feng1-3/+3
Use the default mountpoint of debugfs in the pktcdvd ABI. Signed-off-by: Shen Feng <shen@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: <balagi@justmail.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-05Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds1-0/+71
* 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (413 commits) tracing, net: fix net tree and tracing tree merge interaction tracing, powerpc: fix powerpc tree and tracing tree interaction ring-buffer: do not remove reader page from list on ring buffer free function-graph: allow unregistering twice trace: make argument 'mem' of trace_seq_putmem() const tracing: add missing 'extern' keywords to trace_output.h tracing: provide trace_seq_reserve() blktrace: print out BLK_TN_MESSAGE properly blktrace: extract duplidate code blktrace: fix memory leak when freeing struct blk_io_trace blktrace: fix blk_probes_ref chaos blktrace: make classic output more classic blktrace: fix off-by-one bug blktrace: fix the original blktrace blktrace: fix a race when creating blk_tree_root in debugfs blktrace: fix timestamp in binary output tracing, Text Edit Lock: cleanup tracing: filter fix for TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT events ftrace: Using FTRACE_WARN_ON() to check "freed record" in ftrace_release() x86: kretprobe-booster interrupt emulation code fix ... Fix up trivial conflicts in arch/parisc/include/asm/ftrace.h include/linux/memory.h kernel/extable.c kernel/module.c
2009-04-03Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lrg/voltage-2.6Linus Torvalds1-9/+48
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lrg/voltage-2.6: (32 commits) regulator: twl4030 VAUX3 supports 3.0V regulator: Support disabling of unused regulators by machines regulator: Don't increment use_count for boot_on regulators twl4030-regulator: expose VPLL2 regulator: refcount fixes regulator: Don't warn if we failed to get a regulator regulator: Allow boot_on regulators to be disabled by clients regulator: Implement list_voltage for WM835x LDOs and DCDCs twl4030-regulator: list more VAUX4 voltages regulator: Don't warn on omitted voltage constraints regulator: Implement list_voltage() for WM8400 DCDCs and LDOs MMC: regulator utilities regulator: twl4030 voltage enumeration (v2) regulator: twl4030 regulators regulator: get_status() grows kerneldoc regulator: enumerate voltages (v2) regulator: Fix get_mode() for WM835x DCDCs regulator: Allow regulators to set the initial operating mode regulator: Suggest use of datasheet supply or pin names for consumers regulator: email - update email address and regulator webpage. ...
2009-04-02Merge branch 'tracing/core-v2' into tracing-for-linusIngo Molnar1-0/+71
Conflicts: include/linux/slub_def.h lib/Kconfig.debug mm/slob.c mm/slub.c
2009-04-01Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4Linus Torvalds1-0/+81
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (33 commits) ext4: Regularize mount options ext4: fix locking typo in mballoc which could cause soft lockup hangs ext4: fix typo which causes a memory leak on error path jbd2: Update locking coments ext4: Rename pa_linear to pa_type ext4: add checks of block references for non-extent inodes ext4: Check for an valid i_mode when reading the inode from disk ext4: Use WRITE_SYNC for commits which are caused by fsync() ext4: Add auto_da_alloc mount option ext4: Use struct flex_groups to calculate get_orlov_stats() ext4: Use atomic_t's in struct flex_groups ext4: remove /proc tuning knobs ext4: Add sysfs support ext4: Track lifetime disk writes ext4: Fix discard of inode prealloc space with delayed allocation. ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on rename ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on close ext4: add EXT4_IOC_ALLOC_DA_BLKS ioctl ext4: Simplify delalloc code by removing mpage_da_writepages() ext4: Save stack space by removing fake buffer heads ...
2009-04-01Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds1-0/+70
* 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (88 commits) PCI: fix HT MSI mapping fix PCI: don't enable too much HT MSI mapping x86/PCI: make pci=lastbus=255 work when acpi is on PCI: save and restore PCIe 2.0 registers PCI: update fakephp for bus_id removal PCI: fix kernel oops on bridge removal PCI: fix conflict between SR-IOV and config space sizing powerpc/PCI: include pci.h in powerpc MSI implementation PCI Hotplug: schedule fakephp for feature removal PCI Hotplug: rename legacy_fakephp to fakephp PCI Hotplug: restore fakephp interface with complete reimplementation PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../remove PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/rescan PCI: Introduce pci_rescan_bus() PCI: do not enable bridges more than once PCI: do not initialize bridges more than once PCI: always scan child buses PCI: pci_scan_slot() returns newly found devices PCI: don't scan existing devices ... Fix trivial append-only conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
2009-03-31regulator: add get_status()David Brownell1-9/+48
Based on previous LKML discussions: * Update docs for regulator sysfs class attributes to highlight the fact that all current attributes are intended to be control inputs, including notably "state" and "opmode" which previously implied otherwise. * Define a new regulator driver get_status() method, which is the first method reporting regulator outputs instead of inputs. It can report on/off and error status; or instead of simply "on", report the actual operating mode. For the moment, this is a sysfs-only interface, not accessible to regulator clients. Such clients can use the current notification interfaces to detect errors, if the regulator reports them. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
2009-03-24Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris2-1/+44
2009-03-20PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescanAlex Chiang1-0/+10
This interface allows the user to force a rescan of the device's parent bus and all subordinate buses, and rediscover devices removed earlier from this part of the device tree. Cc: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org> Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2009-03-20PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../removeAlex Chiang1-0/+8
This patch adds an attribute named "remove" to a PCI device's sysfs directory. Writing a non-zero value to this attribute will remove the PCI device and any children of it. Trent Piepho wrote the original implementation and documentation. Thanks to Vegard Nossum for testing under kmemcheck and finding locking issues with the sysfs interface. Cc: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org> Tested-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2009-03-20PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/rescanAlex Chiang1-0/+9
This interface allows the user to force a rescan of all PCI buses in system, and rediscover devices that have been removed earlier. pci_bus_attrs implementation from Trent Piepho. Thanks to Vegard Nossum for discovering locking issues with the sysfs interface. Cc: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org> Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2009-03-20PCI: document SR-IOV sysfs entriesYu Zhao1-0/+27
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2009-03-20PCI: add remove_id sysfs entryChris Wright1-0/+16
This adds a remove_id sysfs entry to allow users of new_id to later remove the added dynid. One use case is management tools that want to dynamically bind/unbind devices to pci-stub driver while devices are assigned to KVM guests. Rather than having to track which driver was originally bound to the driver, a mangement tool can simply: Guest uses device Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2009-03-31ext4: Add sysfs supportTheodore Ts'o1-0/+81
Add basic sysfs support so that information about the mounted filesystem and various tuning parameters can be accessed via /sys/fs/ext4/<dev>/*. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-03-02Merge branches 'tracing/ftrace', 'tracing/mmiotrace' and 'linus' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar1-0/+43
2009-02-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds1-0/+43
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: PCI: AMD 813x B2 devices do not need boot interrupt quirk PCI: Enable PCIe AER only after checking firmware support PCI: pciehp: Handle interrupts that happen during initialization. PCI: don't enable too many HT MSI mappings PCI: add some sysfs ABI docs PCI quirk: enable MSI on 8132
2009-02-24PCI: add some sysfs ABI docsChris Wright1-0/+43
Add sysfs ABI docs for driver entries bind, unbind and new_id. These entries are pretty old, from 2.6.0 onwards AFAIK, so this documents current behaviour. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@hobbes.lan>
2009-02-19Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/blktraceIngo Molnar1-1/+1
Conflicts: block/blktrace.c Semantic merge: kernel/trace/blktrace.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-18Bernhard has movedBernhard Walle1-1/+1
Since I don't work for SUSE any more and the bwalle@suse.de address is invalid, correct it in the copyright headers and documentation. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@gmx.de> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris3-83/+118
Conflicts: fs/namei.c Manually merged per: diff --cc fs/namei.c index 734f2b5,bbc15c2..0000000 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@@ -860,9 -848,8 +849,10 @@@ static int __link_path_walk(const char nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE; err = exec_permission_lite(inode); if (err == -EAGAIN) - err = vfs_permission(nd, MAY_EXEC); + err = inode_permission(nd->path.dentry->d_inode, + MAY_EXEC); + if (!err) + err = ima_path_check(&nd->path, MAY_EXEC); if (err) break; @@@ -1525,14 -1506,9 +1509,14 @@@ int may_open(struct path *path, int acc flag &= ~O_TRUNC; } - error = vfs_permission(nd, acc_mode); + error = inode_permission(inode, acc_mode); if (error) return error; + - error = ima_path_check(&nd->path, ++ error = ima_path_check(path, + acc_mode & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC)); + if (error) + return error; /* * An append-only file must be opened in append mode for writing. */ Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-02-06integrity: IMA policyMimi Zohar1-0/+61
Support for a user loadable policy through securityfs with support for LSM specific policy data. - free invalid rule in ima_parse_add_rule() Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-01-11Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc1' into tracing/urgentIngo Molnar2-77/+110
2009-01-08regulator: sysfs attribute reduction (v2)David Brownell1-76/+60
Clean up the sysfs interface to regulators by only exposing the attributes that can be properly displayed. For example: when a particular regulator method is needed to display the value, only create that attribute when that method exists. This cleaned-up interface is much more comprehensible. Most regulators only support a subset of the possible methods, so often more than half the attributes would be meaningless. Many "not defined" values are no longer necessary. (But handling of out-of-range values still looks a bit iffy.) Documentation is updated to reflect that few of the attributes are *always* present, and to briefly explain why a regulator may not have a given attribute. This adds object code, about a dozen bytes more than was removed by the preceding patch, but saves a bunch of per-regulator data associated with the now-removed attributes. So there's a net reduction in memory footprint. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
2009-01-06mm: show node to memory section relationship with symlinks in sysfsGary Hade1-1/+50
Show node to memory section relationship with symlinks in sysfs Add /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY symlinks for all the memory sections located on nodeX. For example: /sys/devices/system/node/node1/memory135 -> ../../memory/memory135 indicates that memory section 135 resides on node1. Also revises documentation to cover this change as well as updating Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory to include descriptions of memory hotremove files 'phys_device', 'phys_index', and 'state' that were previously not described there. In addition to it always being a good policy to provide users with the maximum possible amount of physical location information for resources that can be hot-added and/or hot-removed, the following are some (but likely not all) of the user benefits provided by this change. Immediate: - Provides information needed to determine the specific node on which a defective DIMM is located. This will reduce system downtime when the node or defective DIMM is swapped out. - Prevents unintended onlining of a memory section that was previously offlined due to a defective DIMM. This could happen during node hot-add when the user or node hot-add assist script onlines _all_ offlined sections due to user or script inability to identify the specific memory sections located on the hot-added node. The consequences of reintroducing the defective memory could be ugly. - Provides information needed to vary the amount and distribution of memory on specific nodes for testing or debugging purposes. Future: - Will provide information needed to identify the memory sections that need to be offlined prior to physical removal of a specific node. Symlink creation during boot was tested on 2-node x86_64, 2-node ppc64, and 2-node ia64 systems. Symlink creation during physical memory hot-add tested on a 2-node x86_64 system. Signed-off-by: Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/kmemtrace2Ingo Molnar1-6/+8
2008-12-29kmemtrace: Fix typos in documentation.Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu1-1/+1
Corrected the ABI description and the kmemtrace usage guide. Thanks to Randy Dunlap for noticing these errors. Signed-off-by: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
2008-12-29kmemtrace: Additional documentation.Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu1-0/+71
Documented kmemtrace's ABI, purpose and design. Also includes a short usage guide, FAQ, as well as a link to the userspace application's Git repository, which is currently hosted at repo.or.cz. Signed-off-by: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
2008-11-19Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-upstreamDavid Vrabel2-8/+96
2008-11-19uwb: add basic radio managerDavid Vrabel1-6/+8
The UWB radio manager coordinates the use of the radio between the PALs that may be using it. PALs request use of the radio with uwb_radio_start() and the radio manager will start beaconing if its not already doing so. When the last PAL has called uwb_radio_stop() beaconing will be stopped. In the future, the radio manager will have a more sophisticated channel selection algorithm, probably following the Channel Selection Policy from the WiMedia Alliance when it is finalized. For now, channel 9 (BG1, TFC1) is selected. The user may override the channel selected by the radio manager and may force the radio to stop beaconing. The WUSB Host Controller PAL makes use of this and there are two new debug PAL commands that can be used for testing. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>
2008-11-12Add c2 port supportRodolfo Giometti1-0/+88
C2port implements a two wire serial communication protocol (bit banging) designed to enable in-system programming, debugging, and boundary-scan testing on low pin-count Silicon Labs devices. Currently this code supports only flash programming through sysfs interface but extensions shoud be easy to add. Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-28ACPI: bugfix reporting of event handler statusZhang Rui1-8/+8
Introduce a new flag showing whether the event has an event handler/method. For all the GPEs and Fixed Events, 1. ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE is cleared, it's an "invalid" ACPI event. 2. Both ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE and ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE are set, it's "disabled". 3. Both ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE and ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_ENABLE are set, it's "enabled". 4. Both ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE and ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_WAKE_ENABLE are set, it's "wake_enabled". Among other things, this prevents incorrect reporting of ACPI events as being "invalid" when it's really just (temporarily) "disabled". Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-10-20Merge branch 'master' into for-upstreamDavid Vrabel5-21/+168
Conflicts: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb drivers/Makefile
2008-10-17USB: Export if an interface driver supports autosuspend.Sarah Sharp1-0/+16
Create a new sysfs file per interface named supports_autosuspend. This file returns true if an interface driver's .supports_autosuspend flag is set. It also returns true if the interface is unclaimed (since the USB core will autosuspend a device if an interface is not claimed). This new sysfs file will be useful for user space scripts to test whether a USB device correctly auto-suspends. Signed-off-by: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-10-17USB: add USB test and measurement class driverGreg Kroah-Hartman1-0/+62
This driver was originaly written by Stefan Kopp, but massively reworked by Greg for submission. Thanks to Felipe Balbi <me@felipebalbi.com> for lots of work in cleaning up this driver. Thanks to Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> for reviewing previous versions and pointing out problems. Cc: Stefan Kopp <stefan_kopp@agilent.com> Cc: Marcel Janssen <korgull@home.nl> Cc: Felipe Balbi <me@felipebalbi.com> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-10-17USB: Added driver for a Delcom USB 7-segment LED DisplayHarrison Metzger1-0/+43
Added basic support for a Delcom USB 7-segment LED Display Signed-off by: Harrison Metzger <harrisonmetz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-10-16profiling: dynamically enable readprofile at runtimeDave Hansen1-0/+13
Way too often, I have a machine that exhibits some kind of crappy behavior. The CPU looks wedged in the kernel or it is spending way too much system time and I wonder what is responsible. I try to run readprofile. But, of course, Ubuntu doesn't enable it by default. Dang! The reason we boot-time enable it is that it takes a big bufffer that we generally can only bootmem alloc. But, does it hurt to at least try and runtime-alloc it? To use: echo 2 > /sys/kernel/profile Then run readprofile like normal. This should fix the compile issue with allmodconfig. I've compile-tested on a bunch more configs now including a few more architectures. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-13regulator: Export regulator name via sysfsMark Brown1-0/+13
Provide a new file 'name' in the regulator sysfs class with a human readable name for the regulator for use in applications. Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
2008-10-13regulator: update email address for Liam GirdwoodLiam Girdwood1-21/+21
Additionally added another web resource for voltage regulators. Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
2008-09-17uwb: document UWB and WUSB sysfs filesDavid Vrabel5-0/+340
Add some brief documentation on the UWB and WUSB related sysfs files. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>
2008-09-13Documentation/ABI: /sys/class/gpioDavid Brownell1-0/+26
Provide summary ABI docs about the /sys/class/gpio files. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-09-02sysfs: document files in /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/Russ Anderson1-0/+27
Document files in /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/. Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com> Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30regulator: documentation - ABILiam Girdwood1-0/+315
This adds documentation describing the sysfs ABI used by the regulator framework. Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lg@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
2008-07-24memory-hotplug: add sysfs removable attribute for hotplug memory removeBadari Pulavarty1-0/+24
Memory may be hot-removed on a per-memory-block basis, particularly on POWER where the SPARSEMEM section size often matches the memory-block size. A user-level agent must be able to identify which sections of memory are likely to be removable before attempting the potentially expensive operation. This patch adds a file called "removable" to the memory directory in sysfs to help such an agent. In this patch, a memory block is considered removable if; o It contains only MOVABLE pageblocks o It contains only pageblocks with free pages regardless of pageblock type On the other hand, a memory block starting with a PageReserved() page will never be considered removable. Without this patch, the user-agent is forced to choose a memory block to remove randomly. Sample output of the sysfs files: ./memory/memory0/removable: 0 ./memory/memory1/removable: 0 ./memory/memory2/removable: 0 ./memory/memory3/removable: 0 ./memory/memory4/removable: 0 ./memory/memory5/removable: 0 ./memory/memory6/removable: 0 ./memory/memory7/removable: 1 ./memory/memory8/removable: 0 ./memory/memory9/removable: 0 ./memory/memory10/removable: 0 ./memory/memory11/removable: 0 ./memory/memory12/removable: 0 ./memory/memory13/removable: 0 ./memory/memory14/removable: 0 ./memory/memory15/removable: 0 ./memory/memory16/removable: 0 ./memory/memory17/removable: 1 ./memory/memory18/removable: 1 ./memory/memory19/removable: 1 ./memory/memory20/removable: 1 ./memory/memory21/removable: 1 ./memory/memory22/removable: 1 Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-24hugetlb: new sysfs interfaceNishanth Aravamudan1-0/+15
Provide new hugepages user APIs that are more suited to multiple hstates in sysfs. There is a new directory, /sys/kernel/hugepages. Underneath that directory there will be a directory per-supported hugepage size, e.g.: /sys/kernel/hugepages/hugepages-64kB /sys/kernel/hugepages/hugepages-16384kB /sys/kernel/hugepages/hugepages-16777216kB corresponding to 64k, 16m and 16g respectively. Within each hugepages-size directory there are a number of files, corresponding to the tracked counters in the hstate, e.g.: /sys/kernel/hugepages/hugepages-64/nr_hugepages /sys/kernel/hugepages/hugepages-64/nr_overcommit_hugepages /sys/kernel/hugepages/hugepages-64/free_hugepages /sys/kernel/hugepages/hugepages-64/resv_hugepages /sys/kernel/hugepages/hugepages-64/surplus_hugepages Of these files, the first two are read-write and the latter three are read-only. The size of the hugepage being manipulated is trivially deducible from the enclosing directory and is always expressed in kB (to match meminfo). [dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com: fix build] [nacc@us.ibm.com: hugetlb: hang off of /sys/kernel/mm rather than /sys/kernel] [nacc@us.ibm.com: hugetlb: remove CONFIG_SYSFS dependency] Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-24mm: create /sys/kernel/mmNishanth Aravamudan1-0/+6
Add a kobject to create /sys/kernel/mm when sysfs is mounted. The kobject will exist regardless. This will allow for the hugepage related sysfs directories to exist under the mm "subsystem" directory. Add an ABI file appropriately. [kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com: fix build] Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-21sysfs: add /sys/dev/{char,block} to lookup sysfs path by major:minorDan Williams1-0/+20
Why?: There are occasions where userspace would like to access sysfs attributes for a device but it may not know how sysfs has named the device or the path. For example what is the sysfs path for /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160827AS_5MT004CK? With this change a call to stat(2) returns the major:minor then userspace can see that /sys/dev/block/8:32 links to /sys/block/sdc. What are the alternatives?: 1/ Add an ioctl to return the path: Doable, but sysfs is meant to reduce the need to proliferate ioctl interfaces into the kernel, so this seems counter productive. 2/ Use udev to create these symlinks: Also doable, but it adds a udev dependency to utilities that might be running in a limited environment like an initramfs. 3/ Do a full-tree search of sysfs. [kay.sievers@vrfy.org: fix duplicate registrations] [kay.sievers@vrfy.org: cleanup suggestions] Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Reviewed-by: SL Baur <steve@xemacs.org> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-16ACPI: Enhance /sys/firmware/interrupts to allow enable/disable/clear from user-spaceZhang Rui1-40/+87
Allow users to enable/disable/clear a specific & valid GPE/Fixed Event in user space. This is useful for debugging, especially for some interrupt storm issues. All wakeup GPEs are disabled and they can not be enabled at runtime, and we mark them as invalid. All GPEs that don't have a _Lxx/_Exx method are marked as invalid. All Fixed Events that don't have an event handler are marked as invalid and they can't be enabled until an event handler is registered. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ling Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-07-14Merge branch 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds1-0/+71
* 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (821 commits) x86: make 64bit hpet_set_mapping to use ioremap too, v2 x86: get x86_phys_bits early x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix #4 x86: change _node_to_cpumask_ptr to return const ptr x86: I/O APIC: remove an IRQ2-mask hack x86: fix numaq_tsc_disable calling x86, e820: remove end_user_pfn x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #3 x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #2 x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #1 x86_64: fix delayed signals x86: remove conflicting nx6325 and nx6125 quirks x86: Recover timer_ack lost in the merge of the NMI watchdog x86: I/O APIC: Never configure IRQ2 x86: L-APIC: Always fully configure IRQ0 x86: L-APIC: Set IRQ0 as edge-triggered x86: merge dwarf2 headers x86: use AS_CFI instead of UNWIND_INFO x86: use ignore macro instead of hash comment x86: use matching CFI_ENDPROC ...