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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-pid-oom_adj b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-pid-oom_adj new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..cf63f264ce0f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-pid-oom_adj @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +What: /proc/<pid>/oom_adj +When: August 2012 +Why: /proc/<pid>/oom_adj allows userspace to influence the oom killer's + badness heuristic used to determine which task to kill when the kernel + is out of memory. + + The badness heuristic has since been rewritten since the introduction of + this tunable such that its meaning is deprecated. The value was + implemented as a bitshift on a score generated by the badness() + function that did not have any precise units of measure. With the + rewrite, the score is given as a proportion of available memory to the + task allocating pages, so using a bitshift which grows the score + exponentially is, thus, impossible to tune with fine granularity. + + A much more powerful interface, /proc/<pid>/oom_score_adj, was + introduced with the oom killer rewrite that allows users to increase or + decrease the badness() score linearly. This interface will replace + /proc/<pid>/oom_adj. + + A warning will be emitted to the kernel log if an application uses this + deprecated interface. After it is printed once, future warnings will be + suppressed until the kernel is rebooted. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rbd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rbd new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..90a87e2a572b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rbd @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +What: /sys/bus/rbd/ +Date: November 2010 +Contact: Yehuda Sadeh <yehuda@hq.newdream.net>, + Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net> +Description: + +Being used for adding and removing rbd block devices. + +Usage: <mon ip addr> <options> <pool name> <rbd image name> [snap name] + + $ echo "192.168.0.1 name=admin rbd foo" > /sys/bus/rbd/add + +The snapshot name can be "-" or omitted to map the image read/write. A <dev-id> +will be assigned for any registered block device. If snapshot is used, it will +be mapped read-only. + +Removal of a device: + + $ echo <dev-id> > /sys/bus/rbd/remove + +Entries under /sys/bus/rbd/devices/<dev-id>/ +-------------------------------------------- + +client_id + + The ceph unique client id that was assigned for this specific session. + +major + + The block device major number. + +name + + The name of the rbd image. + +pool + + The pool where this rbd image resides. The pool-name pair is unique + per rados system. + +size + + The size (in bytes) of the mapped block device. + +refresh + + Writing to this file will reread the image header data and set + all relevant datastructures accordingly. + +current_snap + + The current snapshot for which the device is mapped. + +create_snap + + Create a snapshot: + + $ echo <snap-name> > /sys/bus/rbd/devices/<dev-id>/snap_create + +rollback_snap + + Rolls back data to the specified snapshot. This goes over the entire + list of rados blocks and sends a rollback command to each. + + $ echo <snap-name> > /sys/bus/rbd/devices/<dev-id>/snap_rollback + +snap_* + + A directory per each snapshot + + +Entries under /sys/bus/rbd/devices/<dev-id>/snap_<snap-name> +------------------------------------------------------------- + +id + + The rados internal snapshot id assigned for this snapshot + +size + + The size of the image when this snapshot was taken. + + diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop index 1d775390e856..41ff8ae4dee0 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop @@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ Date: January 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.20 Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> Description: - Control the bluetooth device. 1 means on, 0 means off. + Control the wlan device. 1 means on, 0 means off. This may control the led, the device or both. Users: Lapsus + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus_laptop/wimax +Date: October 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.37 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the wimax device. 1 means on, 0 means off. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus_laptop/wwan +Date: October 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.37 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the wwan (3G) device. 1 means on, 0 means off. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-wmi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-wmi new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e4b5fef5fadd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-wmi @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-wmi/cpufv +Date: Oct 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.37 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Change CPU clock configuration (write-only). + There are three available clock configuration: + * 0 -> Super Performance Mode + * 1 -> High Performance Mode + * 2 -> Power Saving Mode diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/sh.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/sh.tmpl index d858d92cf6d9..4a38f604fa66 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/sh.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/sh.tmpl @@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ </sect2> </sect1> </chapter> - <chapter id="clk"> - <title>Clock Framework Extensions</title> -!Iinclude/linux/sh_clk.h - </chapter> <chapter id="mach"> <title>Machine Specific Interfaces</title> <sect1 id="dreamcast"> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl index 4d4ce0e61e42..b4665b9c40b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ </orgname> <address> - <email>hjk@linutronix.de</email> + <email>hjk@hansjkoch.de</email> </address> </affiliation> </author> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ GPL version 2. <para>If you know of any translations for this document, or you are interested in translating it, please email me -<email>hjk@linutronix.de</email>. +<email>hjk@hansjkoch.de</email>. </para> </sect1> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ interested in translating it, please email me <title>Feedback</title> <para>Find something wrong with this document? (Or perhaps something right?) I would love to hear from you. Please email me at - <email>hjk@linutronix.de</email>.</para> + <email>hjk@hansjkoch.de</email>.</para> </sect1> </chapter> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt index a851118775d8..6a8c73f55b80 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt @@ -1,18 +1,22 @@ CONFIG_RCU_TRACE debugfs Files and Formats -The rcutree implementation of RCU provides debugfs trace output that -summarizes counters and state. This information is useful for debugging -RCU itself, and can sometimes also help to debug abuses of RCU. -The following sections describe the debugfs files and formats. +The rcutree and rcutiny implementations of RCU provide debugfs trace +output that summarizes counters and state. This information is useful for +debugging RCU itself, and can sometimes also help to debug abuses of RCU. +The following sections describe the debugfs files and formats, first +for rcutree and next for rcutiny. -Hierarchical RCU debugfs Files and Formats +CONFIG_TREE_RCU and CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU debugfs Files and Formats -This implementation of RCU provides three debugfs files under the +These implementations of RCU provides five debugfs files under the top-level directory RCU: rcu/rcudata (which displays fields in struct -rcu_data), rcu/rcugp (which displays grace-period counters), and -rcu/rcuhier (which displays the struct rcu_node hierarchy). +rcu_data), rcu/rcudata.csv (which is a .csv spreadsheet version of +rcu/rcudata), rcu/rcugp (which displays grace-period counters), +rcu/rcuhier (which displays the struct rcu_node hierarchy), and +rcu/rcu_pending (which displays counts of the reasons that the +rcu_pending() function decided that there was core RCU work to do). The output of "cat rcu/rcudata" looks as follows: @@ -130,7 +134,8 @@ o "ci" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been invoked for been registered in absence of CPU-hotplug activity. o "co" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been orphaned due to - this CPU going offline. + this CPU going offline. These orphaned callbacks have been moved + to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU. o "ca" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been adopted due to other CPUs going offline. Note that ci+co-ca+ql is the number of @@ -168,12 +173,12 @@ o "gpnum" is the number of grace periods that have started. It is The output of "cat rcu/rcuhier" looks as follows, with very long lines: -c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6 oqlen=0 +c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6 1/1 .>. 0:127 ^0 3/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3 3/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 2/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3 rcu_bh: -c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0 oqlen=0 +c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0 0/1 .>. 0:127 ^0 0/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3 0/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 0/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3 @@ -212,11 +217,6 @@ o "fqlh" is the number of calls to force_quiescent_state() that exited immediately (without even being counted in nfqs above) due to contention on ->fqslock. -o "oqlen" is the number of callbacks on the "orphan" callback - list. RCU callbacks are placed on this list by CPUs going - offline, and are "adopted" either by the CPU helping the outgoing - CPU or by the next rcu_barrier*() call, whichever comes first. - o Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct rcu_node. Each line represents one level of the hierarchy, from root to leaves. It is best to think of the rcu_data structures @@ -326,3 +326,115 @@ o "nn" is the number of times that this CPU needed nothing. Alert readers will note that the rcu "nn" number for a given CPU very closely matches the rcu_bh "np" number for that same CPU. This is due to short-circuit evaluation in rcu_pending(). + + +CONFIG_TINY_RCU and CONFIG_TINY_PREEMPT_RCU debugfs Files and Formats + +These implementations of RCU provides a single debugfs file under the +top-level directory RCU, namely rcu/rcudata, which displays fields in +rcu_bh_ctrlblk, rcu_sched_ctrlblk and, for CONFIG_TINY_PREEMPT_RCU, +rcu_preempt_ctrlblk. + +The output of "cat rcu/rcudata" is as follows: + +rcu_preempt: qlen=24 gp=1097669 g197/p197/c197 tasks=... + ttb=. btg=no ntb=184 neb=0 nnb=183 j=01f7 bt=0274 + normal balk: nt=1097669 gt=0 bt=371 b=0 ny=25073378 nos=0 + exp balk: bt=0 nos=0 +rcu_sched: qlen: 0 +rcu_bh: qlen: 0 + +This is split into rcu_preempt, rcu_sched, and rcu_bh sections, with the +rcu_preempt section appearing only in CONFIG_TINY_PREEMPT_RCU builds. +The last three lines of the rcu_preempt section appear only in +CONFIG_RCU_BOOST kernel builds. The fields are as follows: + +o "qlen" is the number of RCU callbacks currently waiting either + for an RCU grace period or waiting to be invoked. This is the + only field present for rcu_sched and rcu_bh, due to the + short-circuiting of grace period in those two cases. + +o "gp" is the number of grace periods that have completed. + +o "g197/p197/c197" displays the grace-period state, with the + "g" number being the number of grace periods that have started + (mod 256), the "p" number being the number of grace periods + that the CPU has responded to (also mod 256), and the "c" + number being the number of grace periods that have completed + (once again mode 256). + + Why have both "gp" and "g"? Because the data flowing into + "gp" is only present in a CONFIG_RCU_TRACE kernel. + +o "tasks" is a set of bits. The first bit is "T" if there are + currently tasks that have recently blocked within an RCU + read-side critical section, the second bit is "N" if any of the + aforementioned tasks are blocking the current RCU grace period, + and the third bit is "E" if any of the aforementioned tasks are + blocking the current expedited grace period. Each bit is "." + if the corresponding condition does not hold. + +o "ttb" is a single bit. It is "B" if any of the blocked tasks + need to be priority boosted and "." otherwise. + +o "btg" indicates whether boosting has been carried out during + the current grace period, with "exp" indicating that boosting + is in progress for an expedited grace period, "no" indicating + that boosting has not yet started for a normal grace period, + "begun" indicating that boosting has bebug for a normal grace + period, and "done" indicating that boosting has completed for + a normal grace period. + +o "ntb" is the total number of tasks subjected to RCU priority boosting + periods since boot. + +o "neb" is the number of expedited grace periods that have had + to resort to RCU priority boosting since boot. + +o "nnb" is the number of normal grace periods that have had + to resort to RCU priority boosting since boot. + +o "j" is the low-order 12 bits of the jiffies counter in hexadecimal. + +o "bt" is the low-order 12 bits of the value that the jiffies counter + will have at the next time that boosting is scheduled to begin. + +o In the line beginning with "normal balk", the fields are as follows: + + o "nt" is the number of times that the system balked from + boosting because there were no blocked tasks to boost. + Note that the system will balk from boosting even if the + grace period is overdue when the currently running task + is looping within an RCU read-side critical section. + There is no point in boosting in this case, because + boosting a running task won't make it run any faster. + + o "gt" is the number of times that the system balked + from boosting because, although there were blocked tasks, + none of them were preventing the current grace period + from completing. + + o "bt" is the number of times that the system balked + from boosting because boosting was already in progress. + + o "b" is the number of times that the system balked from + boosting because boosting had already completed for + the grace period in question. + + o "ny" is the number of times that the system balked from + boosting because it was not yet time to start boosting + the grace period in question. + + o "nos" is the number of times that the system balked from + boosting for inexplicable ("not otherwise specified") + reasons. This can actually happen due to races involving + increments of the jiffies counter. + +o In the line beginning with "exp balk", the fields are as follows: + + o "bt" is the number of times that the system balked from + boosting because there were no blocked tasks to boost. + + o "nos" is the number of times that the system balked from + boosting for inexplicable ("not otherwise specified") + reasons. diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c index a2976a6de033..e9c77788a39d 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c @@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) default: fprintf(stderr, "Unknown nla_type %d\n", na->nla_type); + case TASKSTATS_TYPE_NULL: break; } na = (struct nlattr *) (GENLMSG_DATA(&msg) + len); diff --git a/Documentation/arm/OMAP/DSS b/Documentation/arm/OMAP/DSS index 0af0e9eed5d6..888ae7b83ae4 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/OMAP/DSS +++ b/Documentation/arm/OMAP/DSS @@ -255,9 +255,10 @@ framebuffer parameters. Kernel boot arguments --------------------- -vram=<size> - - Amount of total VRAM to preallocate. For example, "10M". omapfb - allocates memory for framebuffers from VRAM. +vram=<size>[,<physaddr>] + - Amount of total VRAM to preallocate and optionally a physical start + memory address. For example, "10M". omapfb allocates memory for + framebuffers from VRAM. omapfb.mode=<display>:<mode>[,...] - Default video mode for specified displays. For example, diff --git a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt index d5af3f630814..71cfbdc0f74d 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ you can do so by typing: As of the Linux 2.6.10 kernel, it is now possible to change the IO scheduler for a given block device on the fly (thus making it possible, for instance, to set the CFQ scheduler for the system default, but -set a specific device to use the anticipatory or noop schedulers - which +set a specific device to use the deadline or noop schedulers - which can improve that device's throughput). To set a specific scheduler, simply do this: @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" - the list of valid names will be displayed, with the currently selected scheduler in brackets: # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler -noop anticipatory deadline [cfq] -# echo anticipatory > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler +noop deadline [cfq] +# echo deadline > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler -noop [anticipatory] deadline cfq +noop [deadline] cfq diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process index 97726eba6102..911a45186340 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The stages that a patch goes through are, generally: inclusion, it should be accepted by a relevant subsystem maintainer - though this acceptance is not a guarantee that the patch will make it all the way to the mainline. The patch will show up in the maintainer's - subsystem tree and into the staging trees (described below). When the + subsystem tree and into the -next trees (described below). When the process works, this step leads to more extensive review of the patch and the discovery of any problems resulting from the integration of this patch with work being done by others. @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ finding the right maintainer. Sending patches directly to Linus is not normally the right way to go. -2.4: STAGING TREES +2.4: NEXT TREES The chain of subsystem trees guides the flow of patches into the kernel, but it also raises an interesting question: what if somebody wants to look @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ changes land in the mainline kernel. One could pull changes from all of the interesting subsystem trees, but that would be a big and error-prone job. -The answer comes in the form of staging trees, where subsystem trees are +The answer comes in the form of -next trees, where subsystem trees are collected for testing and review. The older of these trees, maintained by Andrew Morton, is called "-mm" (for memory management, which is how it got started). The -mm tree integrates patches from a long list of subsystem @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ directory at: Use of the MMOTM tree is likely to be a frustrating experience, though; there is a definite chance that it will not even compile. -The other staging tree, started more recently, is linux-next, maintained by +The other -next tree, started more recently, is linux-next, maintained by Stephen Rothwell. The linux-next tree is, by design, a snapshot of what the mainline is expected to look like after the next merge window closes. Linux-next trees are announced on the linux-kernel and linux-next mailing @@ -303,12 +303,25 @@ volatility of linux-next tends to make it a difficult development target. See http://lwn.net/Articles/289013/ for more information on this topic, and stay tuned; much is still in flux where linux-next is involved. -Besides the mmotm and linux-next trees, the kernel source tree now contains -the drivers/staging/ directory and many sub-directories for drivers or -filesystems that are on their way to being added to the kernel tree -proper, but they remain in drivers/staging/ while they still need more -work. - +2.4.1: STAGING TREES + +The kernel source tree now contains the drivers/staging/ directory, where +many sub-directories for drivers or filesystems that are on their way to +being added to the kernel tree live. They remain in drivers/staging while +they still need more work; once complete, they can be moved into the +kernel proper. This is a way to keep track of drivers that aren't +up to Linux kernel coding or quality standards, but people may want to use +them and track development. + +Greg Kroah-Hartman currently (as of 2.6.36) maintains the staging tree. +Drivers that still need work are sent to him, with each driver having +its own subdirectory in drivers/staging/. Along with the driver source +files, a TODO file should be present in the directory as well. The TODO +file lists the pending work that the driver needs for acceptance into +the kernel proper, as well as a list of people that should be Cc'd for any +patches to the driver. Staging drivers that don't currently build should +have their config entries depend upon CONFIG_BROKEN. Once they can +be successfully built without outside patches, CONFIG_BROKEN can be removed. 2.5: TOOLS diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index d9bcffd59433..470d3dba1a69 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ aic7*reg_print.c* aic7*seq.h* aicasm aicdb.h* +altivec1.c +altivec2.c +altivec4.c +altivec8.c asm-offsets.h asm_offsets.h autoconf.h* @@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ btfixupprep build bvmlinux bzImage* +capflags.c classlist.h* comp*.log compile.h* @@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ devlist.h* docproc elf2ecoff elfconfig.h* +evergreen_reg_safe.h fixdep flask.h fore200e_mkfirm @@ -108,9 +114,16 @@ genksyms *_gray256.c ihex2fw ikconfig.h* +inat-tables.c initramfs_data.cpio initramfs_data.cpio.gz initramfs_list +int16.c +int1.c +int2.c +int32.c +int4.c +int8.c kallsyms kconfig keywords.c @@ -140,6 +153,7 @@ mkprep mktables mktree modpost +modules.builtin modules.order modversions.h* ncscope.* @@ -153,14 +167,23 @@ pca200e.bin pca200e_ecd.bin2 piggy.gz piggyback +piggy.S pnmtologo ppc_defs.h* pss_boot.h qconf +r100_reg_safe.h +r200_reg_safe.h +r300_reg_safe.h +r420_reg_safe.h +r600_reg_safe.h raid6altivec*.c raid6int*.c raid6tables.c relocs +rn50_reg_safe.h +rs600_reg_safe.h +rv515_reg_safe.h series setup setup.bin @@ -169,6 +192,7 @@ sImage sm_tbl* split-include syscalltab.h +tables.c tags tftpboot.img timeconst.h @@ -190,6 +214,7 @@ vmlinux vmlinux-* vmlinux.aout vmlinux.lds +voffset.h vsyscall.lds vsyscall_32.lds wanxlfw.inc @@ -200,3 +225,4 @@ wakeup.elf wakeup.lds zImage* zconf.hash.c +zoffset.h diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c66912bfe866..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ - -Device Interfaces - -Introduction -~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Device interfaces are the logical interfaces of device classes that correlate -directly to userspace interfaces, like device nodes. - -Each device class may have multiple interfaces through which you can -access the same device. An input device may support the mouse interface, -the 'evdev' interface, and the touchscreen interface. A SCSI disk would -support the disk interface, the SCSI generic interface, and possibly a raw -device interface. - -Device interfaces are registered with the class they belong to. As devices -are added to the class, they are added to each interface registered with -the class. The interface is responsible for determining whether the device -supports the interface or not. - - -Programming Interface -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -struct device_interface { - char * name; - rwlock_t lock; - u32 devnum; - struct device_class * devclass; - - struct list_head node; - struct driver_dir_entry dir; - - int (*add_device)(struct device *); - int (*add_device)(struct intf_data *); -}; - -int interface_register(struct device_interface *); -void interface_unregister(struct device_interface *); - - -An interface must specify the device class it belongs to. It is added -to that class's list of interfaces on registration. - - -Interfaces can be added to a device class at any time. Whenever it is -added, each device in the class is passed to the interface's -add_device callback. When an interface is removed, each device is -removed from the interface. - - -Devices -~~~~~~~ -Once a device is added to a device class, it is added to each -interface that is registered with the device class. The class -is expected to place a class-specific data structure in -struct device::class_data. The interface can use that (along with -other fields of struct device) to determine whether or not the driver -and/or device support that particular interface. - - -Data -~~~~ - -struct intf_data { - struct list_head node; - struct device_interface * intf; - struct device * dev; - u32 intf_num; -}; - -int interface_add_data(struct interface_data *); - -The interface is responsible for allocating and initializing a struct -intf_data and calling interface_add_data() to add it to the device's list -of interfaces it belongs to. This list will be iterated over when the device -is removed from the class (instead of all possible interfaces for a class). -This structure should probably be embedded in whatever per-device data -structure the interface is allocating anyway. - -Devices are enumerated within the interface. This happens in interface_add_data() -and the enumerated value is stored in the struct intf_data for that device. - -sysfs -~~~~~ -Each interface is given a directory in the directory of the device -class it belongs to: - -Interfaces get a directory in the class's directory as well: - - class/ - `-- input - |-- devices - |-- drivers - |-- mouse - `-- evdev - -When a device is added to the interface, a symlink is created that points -to the device's directory in the physical hierarchy: - - class/ - `-- input - |-- devices - | `-- 1 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:1f.0/usb_bus/00:1f.2-1:0/ - |-- drivers - | `-- usb:usb_mouse -> ../../../bus/drivers/usb_mouse/ - |-- mouse - | `-- 1 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:1f.0/usb_bus/00:1f.2-1:0/ - `-- evdev - `-- 1 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:1f.0/usb_bus/00:1f.2-1:0/ - - -Future Plans -~~~~~~~~~~~~ -A device interface is correlated directly with a userspace interface -for a device, specifically a device node. For instance, a SCSI disk -exposes at least two interfaces to userspace: the standard SCSI disk -interface and the SCSI generic interface. It might also export a raw -device interface. - -Many interfaces have a major number associated with them and each -device gets a minor number. Or, multiple interfaces might share one -major number, and each will receive a range of minor numbers (like in -the case of input devices). - -These major and minor numbers could be stored in the interface -structure. Major and minor allocations could happen when the interface -is registered with the class, or via a helper function. - diff --git a/Documentation/edac.txt b/Documentation/edac.txt index 0b875e8da969..9ee774de57cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/edac.txt +++ b/Documentation/edac.txt @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ csrow3. The representation of the above is reflected in the directory tree in EDAC's sysfs interface. Starting in directory /sys/devices/system/edac/mc each memory controller will be represented -by its own 'mcX' directory, where 'X" is the index of the MC. +by its own 'mcX' directory, where 'X' is the index of the MC. ..../edac/mc/ @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ by its own 'mcX' directory, where 'X" is the index of the MC. .... Under each 'mcX' directory each 'csrowX' is again represented by a -'csrowX', where 'X" is the csrow index: +'csrowX', where 'X' is the csrow index: .../mc/mc0/ @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ EDAC control and attribute files. In 'mcX' directories are EDAC control and attribute files for -this 'X" instance of the memory controllers: +this 'X' instance of the memory controllers: Counter reset control file: @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Sdram memory scrubbing rate: 'csrowX' DIRECTORIES In the 'csrowX' directories are EDAC control and attribute files for -this 'X" instance of csrow: +this 'X' instance of csrow: Total Uncorrectable Errors count attribute file: diff --git a/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX b/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX index a618fd99c9f0..30a70542e823 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX @@ -4,33 +4,41 @@ please mail me. Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> 00-INDEX - - this file + - this file. arkfb.txt - info on the fbdev driver for ARK Logic chips. aty128fb.txt - info on the ATI Rage128 frame buffer driver. cirrusfb.txt - info on the driver for Cirrus Logic chipsets. +cmap_xfbdev.txt + - an introduction to fbdev's cmap structures. deferred_io.txt - an introduction to deferred IO. +efifb.txt + - info on the EFI platform driver for Intel based Apple computers. +ep93xx-fb.txt + - info on the driver for EP93xx LCD controller. fbcon.txt - intro to and usage guide for the framebuffer console (fbcon). framebuffer.txt - introduction to frame buffer devices. -imacfb.txt - - info on the generic EFI platform driver for Intel based Macs. +gxfb.txt + - info on the framebuffer driver for AMD Geode GX2 based processors. intel810.txt - documentation for the Intel 810/815 framebuffer driver. intelfb.txt - docs for Intel 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/945G fb driver. internals.txt - quick overview of frame buffer device internals. +lxfb.txt + - info on the framebuffer driver for AMD Geode LX based processors. matroxfb.txt - info on the Matrox framebuffer driver for Alpha, Intel and PPC. +metronomefb.txt + - info on the driver for the Metronome display controller. modedb.txt - info on the video mode database. -matroxfb.txt - - info on the Matrox frame buffer driver. pvr2fb.txt - info on the PowerVR 2 frame buffer driver. pxafb.txt @@ -39,13 +47,23 @@ s3fb.txt - info on the fbdev driver for S3 Trio/Virge chips. sa1100fb.txt - information about the driver for the SA-1100 LCD controller. +sh7760fb.txt + - info on the SH7760/SH7763 integrated LCDC Framebuffer driver. sisfb.txt - info on the framebuffer device driver for various SiS chips. sstfb.txt - info on the frame buffer driver for 3dfx' Voodoo Graphics boards. tgafb.txt - - info on the TGA (DECChip 21030) frame buffer driver + - info on the TGA (DECChip 21030) frame buffer driver. +tridentfb.txt + info on the framebuffer driver for some Trident chip based cards. +uvesafb.txt + - info on the userspace VESA (VBE2+ compliant) frame buffer device. vesafb.txt - - info on the VESA frame buffer device + - info on the VESA frame buffer device. +viafb.modes + - list of modes for VIA Integration Graphic Chip. +viafb.txt + - info on the VIA Integration Graphic Chip console framebuffer driver. vt8623fb.txt - info on the fb driver for the graphics core in VIA VT8623 chipsets. diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d8f36f984faa..6c2f55e05f13 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -554,3 +554,13 @@ Why: This is a legacy interface which have been replaced by a more Who: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> ---------------------------- + +What: i2c_adapter.id +When: June 2011 +Why: This field is deprecated. I2C device drivers shouldn't change their + behavior based on the underlying I2C adapter. Instead, the I2C + adapter driver should instantiate the I2C devices and provide the + needed platform-specific information. +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +---------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index a91f30890011..33fa3e5d38fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ prototypes: char *(*d_dname)((struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen); locking rules: - none have BKL dcache_lock rename_lock ->d_lock may block d_revalidate: no no no yes d_hash no no no yes @@ -42,18 +41,23 @@ ata *); int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *); int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int); - int (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *); + void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *); + void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *); void (*truncate) (struct inode *); int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *); + int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int); int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *); int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *); int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int); ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t); ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t); int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *); + void (*truncate_range)(struct inode *, loff_t, loff_t); + long (*fallocate)(struct inode *inode, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len); + int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start, u64 len); locking rules: - all may block, none have BKL + all may block i_mutex(inode) lookup: yes create: yes @@ -66,19 +70,24 @@ rmdir: yes (both) (see below) rename: yes (all) (see below) readlink: no follow_link: no +put_link: no truncate: yes (see below) setattr: yes permission: no +check_acl: no getattr: no setxattr: yes getxattr: no listxattr: no removexattr: yes +truncate_range: yes +fallocate: no +fiemap: no Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on victim. cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem. ->truncate() is never called directly - it's a callback, not a -method. It's called by vmtruncate() - library function normally used by +method. It's called by vmtruncate() - deprecated library function used by ->setattr(). Locking information above applies to that call (i.e. is inherited from ->setattr() - vmtruncate() is used when ATTR_SIZE had been passed). @@ -91,7 +100,7 @@ prototypes: struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb); void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *); void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *); - int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int); + int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc); int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *); void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *); void (*put_super) (struct super_block *); @@ -105,10 +114,10 @@ prototypes: int (*show_options)(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *); ssize_t (*quota_read)(struct super_block *, int, char *, size_t, loff_t); ssize_t (*quota_write)(struct super_block *, int, const char *, size_t, loff_t); + int (*bdev_try_to_free_page)(struct super_block*, struct page*, gfp_t); locking rules: All may block [not true, see below] - None have BKL s_umount alloc_inode: destroy_inode: @@ -127,6 +136,7 @@ umount_begin: no show_options: no (namespace_sem) quota_read: no (see below) quota_write: no (see below) +bdev_try_to_free_page: no (see below) ->statfs() has s_umount (shared) when called by ustat(2) (native or compat), but that's an accident of bad API; s_umount is used to pin @@ -139,19 +149,25 @@ be the only ones operating on the quota file by the quota code (via dqio_sem) (unless an admin really wants to screw up something and writes to quota files with quotas on). For other details about locking see also dquot_operations section. +->bdev_try_to_free_page is called from the ->releasepage handler of +the block device inode. See there for more details. --------------------------- file_system_type --------------------------- prototypes: int (*get_sb) (struct file_system_type *, int, const char *, void *, struct vfsmount *); + struct dentry *(*mount) (struct file_system_type *, int, + const char *, void *); void (*kill_sb) (struct super_block *); locking rules: - may block BKL -get_sb yes no -kill_sb yes no + may block +get_sb yes +mount yes +kill_sb yes ->get_sb() returns error or 0 with locked superblock attached to the vfsmount (exclusive on ->s_umount). +->mount() returns ERR_PTR or the root dentry. ->kill_sb() takes a write-locked superblock, does all shutdown work on it, unlocks and drops the reference. @@ -173,28 +189,38 @@ prototypes: sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); + void (*freepage)(struct page *); int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs); - int (*launder_page) (struct page *); + int (*get_xip_mem)(struct address_space *, pgoff_t, int, void **, + unsigned long *); + int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *); + int (*launder_page)(struct page *); + int (*is_partially_uptodate)(struct page *, read_descriptor_t *, unsigned long); + int (*error_remove_page)(struct address_space *, struct page *); locking rules: - All except set_page_dirty may block - - BKL PageLocked(page) i_mutex -writepage: no yes, unlocks (see below) -readpage: no yes, unlocks -sync_page: no maybe -writepages: no -set_page_dirty no no -readpages: no -write_begin: no locks the page yes -write_end: no yes, unlocks yes -perform_write: no n/a yes -bmap: no -invalidatepage: no yes -releasepage: no yes -direct_IO: no -launder_page: no yes + All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block + + PageLocked(page) i_mutex +writepage: yes, unlocks (see below) +readpage: yes, unlocks +sync_page: maybe +writepages: +set_page_dirty no +readpages: +write_begin: locks the page yes +write_end: yes, unlocks yes +bmap: +invalidatepage: yes +releasepage: yes +freepage: yes +direct_IO: +get_xip_mem: maybe +migratepage: yes (both) +launder_page: yes +is_partially_uptodate: yes +error_remove_page: yes ->write_begin(), ->write_end(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage() may be called from the request handler (/dev/loop). @@ -274,9 +300,8 @@ under spinlock (it cannot block) and is sometimes called with the page not locked. ->bmap() is currently used by legacy ioctl() (FIBMAP) provided by some -filesystems and by the swapper. The latter will eventually go away. All -instances do not actually need the BKL. Please, keep it that way and don't -breed new callers. +filesystems and by the swapper. The latter will eventually go away. Please, +keep it that way and don't breed new callers. ->invalidatepage() is called when the filesystem must attempt to drop some or all of the buffers from the page when it is being truncated. It @@ -288,53 +313,46 @@ buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it. It returns zero to indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero, the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers. + ->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page +from the page cache. + ->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page getting mapped back in and redirtied, it needs to be kept locked across the entire operation. - Note: currently almost all instances of address_space methods are -using BKL for internal serialization and that's one of the worst sources -of contention. Normally they are calling library functions (in fs/buffer.c) -and pass foo_get_block() as a callback (on local block-based filesystems, -indeed). BKL is not needed for library stuff and is usually taken by -foo_get_block(). It's an overkill, since block bitmaps can be protected by -internal fs locking and real critical areas are much smaller than the areas -filesystems protect now. - ----------------------- file_lock_operations ------------------------------ prototypes: - void (*fl_insert)(struct file_lock *); /* lock insertion callback */ - void (*fl_remove)(struct file_lock *); /* lock removal callback */ void (*fl_copy_lock)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *); void (*fl_release_private)(struct file_lock *); locking rules: - BKL may block -fl_insert: yes no -fl_remove: yes no -fl_copy_lock: yes no -fl_release_private: yes yes + file_lock_lock may block +fl_copy_lock: yes no +fl_release_private: maybe no ----------------------- lock_manager_operations --------------------------- prototypes: int (*fl_compare_owner)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *); void (*fl_notify)(struct file_lock *); /* unblock callback */ + int (*fl_grant)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *, int); void (*fl_release_private)(struct file_lock *); void (*fl_break)(struct file_lock *); /* break_lease callback */ + int (*fl_mylease)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *); + int (*fl_change)(struct file_lock **, int); locking rules: - BKL may block -fl_compare_owner: yes no -fl_notify: yes no -fl_release_private: yes yes -fl_break: yes no - - Currently only NFSD and NLM provide instances of this class. None of the -them block. If you have out-of-tree instances - please, show up. Locking -in that area will change. + file_lock_lock may block +fl_compare_owner: yes no +fl_notify: yes no +fl_grant: no no +fl_release_private: maybe no +fl_break: yes no +fl_mylease: yes no +fl_change yes no + --------------------------- buffer_head ----------------------------------- prototypes: void (*b_end_io)(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate); @@ -359,17 +377,17 @@ prototypes: void (*swap_slot_free_notify) (struct block_device *, unsigned long); locking rules: - BKL bd_mutex -open: no yes -release: no yes -ioctl: no no -compat_ioctl: no no -direct_access: no no -media_changed: no no -unlock_native_capacity: no no -revalidate_disk: no no -getgeo: no no -swap_slot_free_notify: no no (see below) + bd_mutex +open: yes +release: yes +ioctl: no +compat_ioctl: no +direct_access: no +media_changed: no +unlock_native_capacity: no +revalidate_disk: no +getgeo: no +swap_slot_free_notify: no (see below) media_changed, unlock_native_capacity and revalidate_disk are called only from check_disk_change(). @@ -408,34 +426,21 @@ prototypes: unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); int (*check_flags)(int); + int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); + ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, loff_t *, + size_t, unsigned int); + ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, loff_t *, struct pipe_inode_info *, + size_t, unsigned int); + int (*setlease)(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **); }; locking rules: - All may block. - BKL -llseek: no (see below) -read: no -aio_read: no -write: no -aio_write: no -readdir: no -poll: no -unlocked_ioctl: no -compat_ioctl: no -mmap: no -open: no -flush: no -release: no -fsync: no (see below) -aio_fsync: no -fasync: no -lock: yes -readv: no -writev: no -sendfile: no -sendpage: no -get_unmapped_area: no -check_flags: no + All may block except for ->setlease. + No VFS locks held on entry except for ->fsync and ->setlease. + +->fsync() has i_mutex on inode. + +->setlease has the file_list_lock held and must not sleep. ->llseek() locking has moved from llseek to the individual llseek implementations. If your fs is not using generic_file_llseek, you @@ -445,17 +450,10 @@ 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. -Note: ext2_release() was *the* source of contention on fs-intensive -loads and dropping BKL on ->release() helps to get rid of that (we still -grab BKL for cases when we close a file that had been opened r/w, but that -can and should be done using the internal locking with smaller critical areas). -Current worst offender is ext2_get_block()... - -->fasync() is called without BKL protection, and 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 mapped to -zero in the VFS layer. +->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 +mapped to zero in the VFS layer. ->readdir() and ->ioctl() on directories must be changed. Ideally we would move ->readdir() to inode_operations and use a separate method for directory @@ -466,8 +464,6 @@ components. And there are other reasons why the current interface is a mess... ->read on directories probably must go away - we should just enforce -EISDIR in sys_read() and friends. -->fsync() has i_mutex on inode. - --------------------------- dquot_operations ------------------------------- prototypes: int (*write_dquot) (struct dquot *); @@ -502,12 +498,12 @@ prototypes: int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int); locking rules: - BKL mmap_sem PageLocked(page) -open: no yes -close: no yes -fault: no yes can return with page locked -page_mkwrite: no yes can return with page locked -access: no yes + mmap_sem PageLocked(page) +open: yes +close: yes +fault: yes can return with page locked +page_mkwrite: yes can return with page locked +access: yes ->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about to be faulted in. The filesystem must find and return the page associated @@ -534,6 +530,3 @@ VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP VMAs. (if you break something or notice that it is broken and do not fix it yourself - at least put it here) - -ipc/shm.c::shm_delete() - may need BKL. -->read() and ->write() in many drivers are (probably) missing BKL. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c index d428cc9f07f3..fd53869f5633 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static ssize_t childless_storeme_write(struct childless *childless, char *p = (char *) page; tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10); - if (!p || (*p && (*p != '\n'))) + if ((*p != '\0') && (*p != '\n')) return -EINVAL; if (tmp > INT_MAX) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index ed7e5efc06d8..20899e095e7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ struct address_space_operations { sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); + void (*freepage)(struct page *); ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs); struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t, @@ -660,11 +661,10 @@ struct address_space_operations { releasepage: releasepage is called on PagePrivate pages to indicate that the page should be freed if possible. ->releasepage should remove any private data from the page and clear the - PagePrivate flag. It may also remove the page from the - address_space. If this fails for some reason, it may indicate - failure with a 0 return value. - This is used in two distinct though related cases. The first - is when the VM finds a clean page with no active users and + PagePrivate flag. If releasepage() fails for some reason, it must + indicate failure with a 0 return value. + releasepage() is used in two distinct though related cases. The + first is when the VM finds a clean page with no active users and wants to make it a free page. If ->releasepage succeeds, the page will be removed from the address_space and become free. @@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ struct address_space_operations { need to ensure this. Possibly it can clear the PageUptodate bit if it cannot free private data yet. + freepage: freepage is called once the page is no longer visible in + the page cache in order to allow the cleanup of any private + data. Since it may be called by the memory reclaimer, it + should not assume that the original address_space mapping still + exists, and it should not block. + direct_IO: called by the generic read/write routines to perform direct_IO - that is IO requests which bypass the page cache and transfer data directly between the storage and the diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt index 96d0df28bed3..7445bf335dae 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt @@ -794,17 +794,6 @@ designed. Roadmap: -2.6.37 Remove experimental tag from mount option - => should be roughly 6 months after initial merge - => enough time to: - => gain confidence and fix problems reported by early - adopters (a.k.a. guinea pigs) - => address worst performance regressions and undesired - behaviours - => start tuning/optimising code for parallelism - => start tuning/optimising algorithms consuming - excessive CPU time - 2.6.39 Switch default mount option to use delayed logging => should be roughly 12 months after initial merge => enough time to shake out remaining problems before next round of diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt index 9633da01ff46..792faa3c06cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt @@ -617,6 +617,16 @@ and have the following read/write attributes: is configured as an output, this value may be written; any nonzero value is treated as high. + If the pin can be configured as interrupt-generating interrupt + and if it has been configured to generate interrupts (see the + description of "edge"), you can poll(2) on that file and + poll(2) will return whenever the interrupt was triggered. If + you use poll(2), set the events POLLPRI and POLLERR. If you + use select(2), set the file descriptor in exceptfds. After + poll(2) returns, either lseek(2) to the beginning of the sysfs + file and read the new value or close the file and re-open it + to read the value. + "edge" ... reads as either "none", "rising", "falling", or "both". Write these strings to select the signal edge(s) that will make poll(2) on the "value" file return. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm93 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm93 index ac711f357faf..7a10616d0b44 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm93 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm93 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Authors: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Ported to 2.6 by Eric J. Bowersox <ericb@aspsys.com> Adapted to 2.6.20 by Carsten Emde <ce@osadl.org> - Modified for mainline integration by Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> + Modified for mainline integration by Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> Module Parameters ----------------- diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 b/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 index 8be7beb9e3e8..c565650fcfc6 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Supported chips: Datasheet: http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6650-MAX6651.pdf Authors: - Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> + Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> John Morris <john.morris@spirentcom.com> Claus Gindhart <claus.gindhart@kontron.com> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt index 715eaaf1519d..9a8674629a07 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ Notes: Further information in http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive2/ - * Title: "Linux Device Drivers, 3nd Edition" + * Title: "Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition" Authors: Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates. Date: 2005. @@ -592,14 +592,6 @@ Pages: 600. ISBN: 0-13-101908-2 - * Title: "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD UNIX - Operating System" - Author: Marshall Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, - John S. Quarterman. - Publisher: Addison-Wesley. - Date: 1996. - ISBN: 0-201-54979-4 - * Title: "Programming for the real world - POSIX.4" Author: Bill O. Gallmeister. Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.. @@ -610,28 +602,13 @@ POSIX. Good reference. * Title: "UNIX Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric - Multiprocesssing and Caching for Kernel Programmers" + Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers" Author: Curt Schimmel. Publisher: Addison Wesley. Date: June, 1994. Pages: 432. ISBN: 0-201-63338-8 - * Title: "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD UNIX - Operating System" - Author: Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. - Karels, John S. Quarterman. - Publisher: Addison-Wesley. - Date: 1989 (reprinted with corrections on October, 1990). - ISBN: 0-201-06196-1 - - * Title: "The Design of the UNIX Operating System" - Author: Maurice J. Bach. - Publisher: Prentice Hall. - Date: 1986. - Pages: 471. - ISBN: 0-13-201757-1 - MISCELLANEOUS: * Name: linux/Documentation diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index ed45e9802aa8..d6496fde6180 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c. elevator= [IOSCHED] - Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"} + Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"} See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. @@ -1579,20 +1579,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels Format: [panic,][num] - Valid num: 0,1,2 + Valid num: 0 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off - 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog - 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using - a performance counter. Note: This will use one - performance counter and the local APIC's performance - vector. When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box quickly up again. - Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following - symbolic names: lapic and ioapic - Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic netpoll.carrier_timeout= [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that @@ -1622,6 +1614,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any IOAPICs that may be present in the system. + noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation. + nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem on "Classic" PPC cores. @@ -1759,7 +1753,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem - nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector. + nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector (NMI watchdog). nowb [ARM] @@ -2175,11 +2169,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device during initialization. - resource_alloc_from_bottom - Allocate new resources from the beginning of available - space, not the end. If you need to use this, please - report a bug. - resume= [SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspend @@ -2385,6 +2374,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file improve throughput, but will also increase the amount of memory reserved for use by the client. + swapaccount[=0|1] + [KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource + controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable + it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt) + swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs switches= [HW,M68k] diff --git a/Documentation/leds-class.txt b/Documentation/leds-class.txt index 8fd5ca2ae32d..58b266bd1846 100644 --- a/Documentation/leds-class.txt +++ b/Documentation/leds-class.txt @@ -60,15 +60,18 @@ Hardware accelerated blink of LEDs Some LEDs can be programmed to blink without any CPU interaction. To support this feature, a LED driver can optionally implement the -blink_set() function (see <linux/leds.h>). If implemented, triggers can -attempt to use it before falling back to software timers. The blink_set() -function should return 0 if the blink setting is supported, or -EINVAL -otherwise, which means that LED blinking will be handled by software. - -The blink_set() function should choose a user friendly blinking -value if it is called with *delay_on==0 && *delay_off==0 parameters. In -this case the driver should give back the chosen value through delay_on -and delay_off parameters to the leds subsystem. +blink_set() function (see <linux/leds.h>). To set an LED to blinking, +however, it is better to use use the API function led_blink_set(), +as it will check and implement software fallback if necessary. + +To turn off blinking again, use the API function led_brightness_set() +as that will not just set the LED brightness but also stop any software +timers that may have been required for blinking. + +The blink_set() function should choose a user friendly blinking value +if it is called with *delay_on==0 && *delay_off==0 parameters. In this +case the driver should give back the chosen value through delay_on and +delay_off parameters to the leds subsystem. Setting the brightness to zero with brightness_set() callback function should completely turn off the LED and cancel the previously programmed diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5521.txt b/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5521.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c4d8d151e0fe --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5521.txt @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +Kernel driver for lp5521 +======================== + +* National Semiconductor LP5521 led driver chip +* Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LP/LP5521.html + +Authors: Mathias Nyman, Yuri Zaporozhets, Samu Onkalo +Contact: Samu Onkalo (samu.p.onkalo-at-nokia.com) + +Description +----------- + +LP5521 can drive up to 3 channels. Leds can be controlled directly via +the led class control interface. Channels have generic names: +lp5521:channelx, where x is 0 .. 2 + +All three channels can be also controlled using the engine micro programs. +More details of the instructions can be found from the public data sheet. + +Control interface for the engines: +x is 1 .. 3 +enginex_mode : disabled, load, run +enginex_load : store program (visible only in engine load mode) + +Example (start to blink the channel 2 led): +cd /sys/class/leds/lp5521:channel2/device +echo "load" > engine3_mode +echo "037f4d0003ff6000" > engine3_load +echo "run" > engine3_mode + +stop the engine: +echo "disabled" > engine3_mode + +sysfs contains a selftest entry. +The test communicates with the chip and checks that +the clock mode is automatically set to the requested one. + +Each channel has its own led current settings. +/sys/class/leds/lp5521:channel0/led_current - RW +/sys/class/leds/lp5521:channel0/max_current - RO +Format: 10x mA i.e 10 means 1.0 mA + +example platform data: + +Note: chan_nr can have values between 0 and 2. + +static struct lp5521_led_config lp5521_led_config[] = { + { + .chan_nr = 0, + .led_current = 50, + .max_current = 130, + }, { + .chan_nr = 1, + .led_current = 0, + .max_current = 130, + }, { + .chan_nr = 2, + .led_current = 0, + .max_current = 130, + } +}; + +static int lp5521_setup(void) +{ + /* setup HW resources */ +} + +static void lp5521_release(void) +{ + /* Release HW resources */ +} + +static void lp5521_enable(bool state) +{ + /* Control of chip enable signal */ +} + +static struct lp5521_platform_data lp5521_platform_data = { + .led_config = lp5521_led_config, + .num_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(lp5521_led_config), + .clock_mode = LP5521_CLOCK_EXT, + .setup_resources = lp5521_setup, + .release_resources = lp5521_release, + .enable = lp5521_enable, +}; + +If the current is set to 0 in the platform data, that channel is +disabled and it is not visible in the sysfs. diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5523.txt b/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5523.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fad2feb8b7ce --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-lp5523.txt @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +Kernel driver for lp5523 +======================== + +* National Semiconductor LP5523 led driver chip +* Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LP/LP5523.html + +Authors: Mathias Nyman, Yuri Zaporozhets, Samu Onkalo +Contact: Samu Onkalo (samu.p.onkalo-at-nokia.com) + +Description +----------- +LP5523 can drive up to 9 channels. Leds can be controlled directly via +the led class control interface. Channels have generic names: +lp5523:channelx where x is 0...8 + +The chip provides 3 engines. Each engine can control channels without +interaction from the main CPU. Details of the micro engine code can be found +from the public data sheet. Leds can be muxed to different channels. + +Control interface for the engines: +x is 1 .. 3 +enginex_mode : disabled, load, run +enginex_load : microcode load (visible only in load mode) +enginex_leds : led mux control (visible only in load mode) + +cd /sys/class/leds/lp5523:channel2/device +echo "load" > engine3_mode +echo "9d80400004ff05ff437f0000" > engine3_load +echo "111111111" > engine3_leds +echo "run" > engine3_mode + +sysfs contains a selftest entry. It measures each channel +voltage level and checks if it looks reasonable. If the level is too high, +the led is missing; if the level is too low, there is a short circuit. + +Selftest uses always the current from the platform data. + +Each channel contains led current settings. +/sys/class/leds/lp5523:channel2/led_current - RW +/sys/class/leds/lp5523:channel2/max_current - RO +Format: 10x mA i.e 10 means 1.0 mA + +Example platform data: + +Note - chan_nr can have values between 0 and 8. + +static struct lp5523_led_config lp5523_led_config[] = { + { + .chan_nr = 0, + .led_current = 50, + .max_current = 130, + }, +... + }, { + .chan_nr = 8, + .led_current = 50, + .max_current = 130, + } +}; + +static int lp5523_setup(void) +{ + /* Setup HW resources */ +} + +static void lp5523_release(void) +{ + /* Release HW resources */ +} + +static void lp5523_enable(bool state) +{ + /* Control chip enable signal */ +} + +static struct lp5523_platform_data lp5523_platform_data = { + .led_config = lp5523_led_config, + .num_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(lp5523_led_config), + .clock_mode = LP5523_CLOCK_EXT, + .setup_resources = lp5523_setup, + .release_resources = lp5523_release, + .enable = lp5523_enable, +}; diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index c7165f4cb792..3c5e465296e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ ip_no_pmtu_disc - BOOLEAN min_pmtu - INTEGER default 562 - minimum discovered Path MTU +route/max_size - INTEGER + Maximum number of routes allowed in the kernel. Increase + this when using large numbers of interfaces and/or routes. + +neigh/default/gc_thresh3 - INTEGER + Maximum number of neighbor entries allowed. Increase this + when using large numbers of interfaces and when communicating + with large numbers of directly-connected peers. + mtu_expires - INTEGER Time, in seconds, that cached PMTU information is kept. @@ -135,6 +144,7 @@ tcp_adv_win_scale - INTEGER Count buffering overhead as bytes/2^tcp_adv_win_scale (if tcp_adv_win_scale > 0) or bytes-bytes/2^(-tcp_adv_win_scale), if it is <= 0. + Possible values are [-31, 31], inclusive. Default: 2 tcp_allowed_congestion_control - STRING diff --git a/Documentation/power/opp.txt b/Documentation/power/opp.txt index 44d87ad3cea9..cd445582d1f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/opp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/opp.txt @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Typical usage of the OPP library is as follows: SoC framework -> modifies on required cases certain OPPs -> OPP layer -> queries to search/retrieve information -> +Architectures that provide a SoC framework for OPP should select ARCH_HAS_OPP +to make the OPP layer available. + OPP layer expects each domain to be represented by a unique device pointer. SoC framework registers a set of initial OPPs per device with the OPP layer. This list is expected to be an optimally small number typically around 5 per device. diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt index 489e9bacd165..41cc7b30d7dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt @@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: zero) bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev); - - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended', or false - otherwise + - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' and its + 'power.disable_depth' field is equal to zero, or false otherwise void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev); - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage diff --git a/Documentation/rbtree.txt b/Documentation/rbtree.txt index 221f38be98f4..19f8278c3854 100644 --- a/Documentation/rbtree.txt +++ b/Documentation/rbtree.txt @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ three rotations, respectively, to balance the tree), with slightly slower To quote Linux Weekly News: There are a number of red-black trees in use in the kernel. - The anticipatory, deadline, and CFQ I/O schedulers all employ - rbtrees to track requests; the packet CD/DVD driver does the same. + The deadline and CFQ I/O schedulers employ rbtrees to + track requests; the packet CD/DVD driver does the same. The high-resolution timer code uses an rbtree to organize outstanding timer requests. The ext3 filesystem tracks directory entries in a red-black tree. Virtual memory areas (VMAs) are tracked with red-black diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt index 570ef2b3d79b..df322c103466 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt @@ -1044,9 +1044,9 @@ Details: /** - * queuecommand - queue scsi command, invoke 'done' on completion + * queuecommand - queue scsi command, invoke scp->scsi_done on completion + * @shost: pointer to the scsi host object * @scp: pointer to scsi command object - * @done: function pointer to be invoked on completion * * Returns 0 on success. * @@ -1074,42 +1074,45 @@ Details: * * Other types of errors that are detected immediately may be * flagged by setting scp->result to an appropriate value, - * invoking the 'done' callback, and then returning 0 from this - * function. If the command is not performed immediately (and the - * LLD is starting (or will start) the given command) then this - * function should place 0 in scp->result and return 0. + * invoking the scp->scsi_done callback, and then returning 0 + * from this function. If the command is not performed + * immediately (and the LLD is starting (or will start) the given + * command) then this function should place 0 in scp->result and + * return 0. * * Command ownership. If the driver returns zero, it owns the - * command and must take responsibility for ensuring the 'done' - * callback is executed. Note: the driver may call done before - * returning zero, but after it has called done, it may not - * return any value other than zero. If the driver makes a - * non-zero return, it must not execute the command's done - * callback at any time. - * - * Locks: struct Scsi_Host::host_lock held on entry (with "irqsave") - * and is expected to be held on return. + * command and must take responsibility for ensuring the + * scp->scsi_done callback is executed. Note: the driver may + * call scp->scsi_done before returning zero, but after it has + * called scp->scsi_done, it may not return any value other than + * zero. If the driver makes a non-zero return, it must not + * execute the command's scsi_done callback at any time. + * + * Locks: up to and including 2.6.36, struct Scsi_Host::host_lock + * held on entry (with "irqsave") and is expected to be + * held on return. From 2.6.37 onwards, queuecommand is + * called without any locks held. * * Calling context: in interrupt (soft irq) or process context * - * Notes: This function should be relatively fast. Normally it will - * not wait for IO to complete. Hence the 'done' callback is invoked - * (often directly from an interrupt service routine) some time after - * this function has returned. In some cases (e.g. pseudo adapter - * drivers that manufacture the response to a SCSI INQUIRY) - * the 'done' callback may be invoked before this function returns. - * If the 'done' callback is not invoked within a certain period - * the SCSI mid level will commence error processing. - * If a status of CHECK CONDITION is placed in "result" when the - * 'done' callback is invoked, then the LLD driver should - * perform autosense and fill in the struct scsi_cmnd::sense_buffer + * Notes: This function should be relatively fast. Normally it + * will not wait for IO to complete. Hence the scp->scsi_done + * callback is invoked (often directly from an interrupt service + * routine) some time after this function has returned. In some + * cases (e.g. pseudo adapter drivers that manufacture the + * response to a SCSI INQUIRY) the scp->scsi_done callback may be + * invoked before this function returns. If the scp->scsi_done + * callback is not invoked within a certain period the SCSI mid + * level will commence error processing. If a status of CHECK + * CONDITION is placed in "result" when the scp->scsi_done + * callback is invoked, then the LLD driver should perform + * autosense and fill in the struct scsi_cmnd::sense_buffer * array. The scsi_cmnd::sense_buffer array is zeroed prior to * the mid level queuing a command to an LLD. * * Defined in: LLD **/ - int queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd * scp, - void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *)) + int queuecommand(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct scsi_cmnd * scp) /** diff --git a/Documentation/sh/clk.txt b/Documentation/sh/clk.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 114b595cfa97..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/sh/clk.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -Clock framework on SuperH architecture - -The framework on SH extends existing API by the function clk_set_rate_ex, -which prototype is as follows: - - clk_set_rate_ex (struct clk *clk, unsigned long rate, int algo_id) - -The algo_id parameter is used to specify algorithm used to recalculate clocks, -adjanced to clock, specified as first argument. It is assumed that algo_id==0 -means no changes to adjanced clock - -Internally, the clk_set_rate_ex forwards request to clk->ops->set_rate method, -if it is present in ops structure. The method should set the clock rate and adjust -all needed clocks according to the passed algo_id. -Exact values for algo_id are machine-dependent. For the sh7722, the following -values are defined: - - NO_CHANGE = 0, - IUS_N1_N1, /* I:U = N:1, U:Sh = N:1 */ - IUS_322, /* I:U:Sh = 3:2:2 */ - IUS_522, /* I:U:Sh = 5:2:2 */ - IUS_N11, /* I:U:Sh = N:1:1 */ - SB_N1, /* Sh:B = N:1 */ - SB3_N1, /* Sh:B3 = N:1 */ - SB3_32, /* Sh:B3 = 3:2 */ - SB3_43, /* Sh:B3 = 4:3 */ - SB3_54, /* Sh:B3 = 5:4 */ - BP_N1, /* B:P = N:1 */ - IP_N1 /* I:P = N:1 */ - -Each of these constants means relation between clocks that can be set via the FRQCR -register diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 3894eaa23486..209e1584c3dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - core_uses_pid - ctrl-alt-del - dentry-state +- dmesg_restrict - domainname - hostname - hotplug @@ -213,6 +214,19 @@ to decide what to do with it. ============================================================== +dmesg_restrict: + +This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented from using +dmesg(8) to view messages from the kernel's log buffer. When +dmesg_restrict is set to (0) there are no restrictions. When +dmesg_restrict is set set to (1), users must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN to use +dmesg(8). + +The kernel config option CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT sets the default +value of dmesg_restrict. + +============================================================== + domainname & hostname: These files can be used to set the NIS/YP domainname and the diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events-power.txt b/Documentation/trace/events-power.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..96d87b67fe37 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/trace/events-power.txt @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ + + Subsystem Trace Points: power + +The power tracing system captures events related to power transitions +within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are three major subheadings: + + o Power state switch which reports events related to suspend (S-states), + cpuidle (C-states) and cpufreq (P-states) + o System clock related changes + o Power domains related changes and transitions + +This document describes what each of the tracepoints is and why they +might be useful. + +Cf. include/trace/events/power.h for the events definitions. + +1. Power state switch events +============================ + +1.1 New trace API +----------------- + +A 'cpu' event class gathers the CPU-related events: cpuidle and +cpufreq. + +cpu_idle "state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" +cpu_frequency "state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + +A suspend event is used to indicate the system going in and out of the +suspend mode: + +machine_suspend "state=%lu" + + +Note: the value of '-1' or '4294967295' for state means an exit from the current state, +i.e. trace_cpu_idle(4, smp_processor_id()) means that the system +enters the idle state 4, while trace_cpu_idle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id()) +means that the system exits the previous idle state. + +The event which has 'state=4294967295' in the trace is very important to the user +space tools which are using it to detect the end of the current state, and so to +correctly draw the states diagrams and to calculate accurate statistics etc. + +1.2 DEPRECATED trace API +------------------------ + +A new Kconfig option CONFIG_EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED with the default value of +'y' has been created. This allows the legacy trace power API to be used conjointly +with the new trace API. +The Kconfig option, the old trace API (in include/trace/events/power.h) and the +old trace points will disappear in a future release (namely 2.6.41). + +power_start "type=%lu state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" +power_frequency "type=%lu state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" +power_end "cpu_id=%lu" + +The 'type' parameter takes one of those macros: + . POWER_NONE = 0, + . POWER_CSTATE = 1, /* C-State */ + . POWER_PSTATE = 2, /* Fequency change or DVFS */ + +The 'state' parameter is set depending on the type: + . Target C-state for type=POWER_CSTATE, + . Target frequency for type=POWER_PSTATE, + +power_end is used to indicate the exit of a state, corresponding to the latest +power_start event. + +2. Clocks events +================ +The clock events are used for clock enable/disable and for +clock rate change. + +clock_enable "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" +clock_disable "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" +clock_set_rate "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + +The first parameter gives the clock name (e.g. "gpio1_iclk"). +The second parameter is '1' for enable, '0' for disable, the target +clock rate for set_rate. + +3. Power domains events +======================= +The power domain events are used for power domains transitions + +power_domain_target "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + +The first parameter gives the power domain name (e.g. "mpu_pwrdm"). +The second parameter is the power domain target state. + diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl index b3e73ddb1567..12cecc83cd91 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl +++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl @@ -373,9 +373,18 @@ EVENT_PROCESS: print " $regex_lru_isolate/o\n"; next; } + my $isolate_mode = $1; my $nr_scanned = $4; my $nr_contig_dirty = $7; - $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_SCANNED} += $nr_scanned; + + # To closer match vmstat scanning statistics, only count isolate_both + # and isolate_inactive as scanning. isolate_active is rotation + # isolate_inactive == 0 + # isolate_active == 1 + # isolate_both == 2 + if ($isolate_mode != 1) { + $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_SCANNED} += $nr_scanned; + } $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_CONTIG_DIRTY} += $nr_contig_dirty; } elsif ($tracepoint eq "mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive") { $details = $5; |