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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5ac1e01bbd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/ +Date: January 2008 +Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> +Description: + +Provide a place in sysfs for the backing_dev_info object. This allows +setting and retrieving various BDI specific variables. + +The <bdi> identifier can be either of the following: + +MAJOR:MINOR + + Device number for block devices, or value of st_dev on + non-block filesystems which provide their own BDI, such as NFS + and FUSE. + +default + + The default backing dev, used for non-block device backed + filesystems which do not provide their own BDI. + +Files under /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/ +--------------------------------- + +read_ahead_kb (read-write) + + Size of the read-ahead window in kilobytes + +min_ratio (read-write) + + Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the + total write-back cache that relates to its current average + writeout speed in relation to the other devices. + + The 'min_ratio' parameter allows assigning a minimum + percentage of the write-back cache to a particular device. + For example, this is useful for providing a minimum QoS. + +max_ratio (read-write) + + Allows limiting a particular device to use not more than the + given percentage of the write-back cache. This is useful in + situations where we want to avoid one device taking all or + most of the write-back cache. For example in case of an NFS + mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount which cannot + be trusted to play fair. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 83966e94cc3..0eb0d027eb3 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml videobook.xml \ kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml kgdb.xml \ gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \ genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \ - mac80211.xml + mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml ### # The build process is as follows (targets): diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/debugobjects.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/debugobjects.tmpl new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7f5f218015f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/debugobjects.tmpl @@ -0,0 +1,391 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> + +<book id="debug-objects-guide"> + <bookinfo> + <title>Debug objects life time</title> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <firstname>Thomas</firstname> + <surname>Gleixner</surname> + <affiliation> + <address> + <email>tglx@linutronix.de</email> + </address> + </affiliation> + </author> + </authorgroup> + + <copyright> + <year>2008</year> + <holder>Thomas Gleixner</holder> + </copyright> + + <legalnotice> + <para> + This documentation is free software; you can redistribute + it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public + License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. + </para> + + <para> + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be + useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied + warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + See the GNU General Public License for more details. + </para> + + <para> + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public + License along with this program; if not, write to the Free + Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, + MA 02111-1307 USA + </para> + + <para> + For more details see the file COPYING in the source + distribution of Linux. + </para> + </legalnotice> + </bookinfo> + +<toc></toc> + + <chapter id="intro"> + <title>Introduction</title> + <para> + debugobjects is a generic infrastructure to track the life time + of kernel objects and validate the operations on those. + </para> + <para> + debugobjects is useful to check for the following error patterns: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>Activation of uninitialized objects</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Initialization of active objects</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Usage of freed/destroyed objects</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para> + debugobjects is not changing the data structure of the real + object so it can be compiled in with a minimal runtime impact + and enabled on demand with a kernel command line option. + </para> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="howto"> + <title>Howto use debugobjects</title> + <para> + A kernel subsystem needs to provide a data structure which + describes the object type and add calls into the debug code at + appropriate places. The data structure to describe the object + type needs at minimum the name of the object type. Optional + functions can and should be provided to fixup detected problems + so the kernel can continue to work and the debug information can + be retrieved from a live system instead of hard core debugging + with serial consoles and stack trace transcripts from the + monitor. + </para> + <para> + The debug calls provided by debugobjects are: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>debug_object_init</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>debug_object_init_on_stack</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>debug_object_activate</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>debug_object_deactivate</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>debug_object_destroy</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>debug_object_free</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + Each of these functions takes the address of the real object and + a pointer to the object type specific debug description + structure. + </para> + <para> + Each detected error is reported in the statistics and a limited + number of errors are printk'ed including a full stack trace. + </para> + <para> + The statistics are available via debugfs/debug_objects/stats. + They provide information about the number of warnings and the + number of successful fixups along with information about the + usage of the internal tracking objects and the state of the + internal tracking objects pool. + </para> + </chapter> + <chapter id="debugfunctions"> + <title>Debug functions</title> + <sect1 id="prototypes"> + <title>Debug object function reference</title> +!Elib/debugobjects.c + </sect1> + <sect1 id="debug_object_init"> + <title>debug_object_init</title> + <para> + This function is called whenever the initialization function + of a real object is called. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is already tracked by debugobjects it is + checked, whether the object can be initialized. Initializing + is not allowed for active and destroyed objects. When + debugobjects detects an error, then it calls the fixup_init + function of the object type description structure if provided + by the caller. The fixup function can correct the problem + before the real initialization of the object happens. E.g. it + can deactivate an active object in order to prevent damage to + the subsystem. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is not yet tracked by debugobjects, + debugobjects allocates a tracker object for the real object + and sets the tracker object state to ODEBUG_STATE_INIT. It + verifies that the object is not on the callers stack. If it is + on the callers stack then a limited number of warnings + including a full stack trace is printk'ed. The calling code + must use debug_object_init_on_stack() and remove the object + before leaving the function which allocated it. See next + section. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="debug_object_init_on_stack"> + <title>debug_object_init_on_stack</title> + <para> + This function is called whenever the initialization function + of a real object which resides on the stack is called. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is already tracked by debugobjects it is + checked, whether the object can be initialized. Initializing + is not allowed for active and destroyed objects. When + debugobjects detects an error, then it calls the fixup_init + function of the object type description structure if provided + by the caller. The fixup function can correct the problem + before the real initialization of the object happens. E.g. it + can deactivate an active object in order to prevent damage to + the subsystem. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is not yet tracked by debugobjects + debugobjects allocates a tracker object for the real object + and sets the tracker object state to ODEBUG_STATE_INIT. It + verifies that the object is on the callers stack. + </para> + <para> + An object which is on the stack must be removed from the + tracker by calling debug_object_free() before the function + which allocates the object returns. Otherwise we keep track of + stale objects. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="debug_object_activate"> + <title>debug_object_activate</title> + <para> + This function is called whenever the activation function of a + real object is called. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is already tracked by debugobjects it is + checked, whether the object can be activated. Activating is + not allowed for active and destroyed objects. When + debugobjects detects an error, then it calls the + fixup_activate function of the object type description + structure if provided by the caller. The fixup function can + correct the problem before the real activation of the object + happens. E.g. it can deactivate an active object in order to + prevent damage to the subsystem. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is not yet tracked by debugobjects then + the fixup_activate function is called if available. This is + necessary to allow the legitimate activation of statically + allocated and initialized objects. The fixup function checks + whether the object is valid and calls the debug_objects_init() + function to initialize the tracking of this object. + </para> + <para> + When the activation is legitimate, then the state of the + associated tracker object is set to ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="debug_object_deactivate"> + <title>debug_object_deactivate</title> + <para> + This function is called whenever the deactivation function of + a real object is called. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is tracked by debugobjects it is checked, + whether the object can be deactivated. Deactivating is not + allowed for untracked or destroyed objects. + </para> + <para> + When the deactivation is legitimate, then the state of the + associated tracker object is set to ODEBUG_STATE_INACTIVE. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="debug_object_destroy"> + <title>debug_object_destroy</title> + <para> + This function is called to mark an object destroyed. This is + useful to prevent the usage of invalid objects, which are + still available in memory: either statically allocated objects + or objects which are freed later. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is tracked by debugobjects it is checked, + whether the object can be destroyed. Destruction is not + allowed for active and destroyed objects. When debugobjects + detects an error, then it calls the fixup_destroy function of + the object type description structure if provided by the + caller. The fixup function can correct the problem before the + real destruction of the object happens. E.g. it can deactivate + an active object in order to prevent damage to the subsystem. + </para> + <para> + When the destruction is legitimate, then the state of the + associated tracker object is set to ODEBUG_STATE_DESTROYED. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="debug_object_free"> + <title>debug_object_free</title> + <para> + This function is called before an object is freed. + </para> + <para> + When the real object is tracked by debugobjects it is checked, + whether the object can be freed. Free is not allowed for + active objects. When debugobjects detects an error, then it + calls the fixup_free function of the object type description + structure if provided by the caller. The fixup function can + correct the problem before the real free of the object + happens. E.g. it can deactivate an active object in order to + prevent damage to the subsystem. + </para> + <para> + Note that debug_object_free removes the object from the + tracker. Later usage of the object is detected by the other + debug checks. + </para> + </sect1> + </chapter> + <chapter id="fixupfunctions"> + <title>Fixup functions</title> + <sect1 id="debug_obj_descr"> + <title>Debug object type description structure</title> +!Iinclude/linux/debugobjects.h + </sect1> + <sect1 id="fixup_init"> + <title>fixup_init</title> + <para> + This function is called from the debug code whenever a problem + in debug_object_init is detected. The function takes the + address of the object and the state which is currently + recorded in the tracker. + </para> + <para> + Called from debug_object_init when the object state is: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para> + The function returns 1 when the fixup was successful, + otherwise 0. The return value is used to update the + statistics. + </para> + <para> + Note, that the function needs to call the debug_object_init() + function again, after the damage has been repaired in order to + keep the state consistent. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="fixup_activate"> + <title>fixup_activate</title> + <para> + This function is called from the debug code whenever a problem + in debug_object_activate is detected. + </para> + <para> + Called from debug_object_activate when the object state is: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>ODEBUG_STATE_NOTAVAILABLE</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para> + The function returns 1 when the fixup was successful, + otherwise 0. The return value is used to update the + statistics. + </para> + <para> + Note that the function needs to call the debug_object_activate() + function again after the damage has been repaired in order to + keep the state consistent. + </para> + <para> + The activation of statically initialized objects is a special + case. When debug_object_activate() has no tracked object for + this object address then fixup_activate() is called with + object state ODEBUG_STATE_NOTAVAILABLE. The fixup function + needs to check whether this is a legitimate case of a + statically initialized object or not. In case it is it calls + debug_object_init() and debug_object_activate() to make the + object known to the tracker and marked active. In this case + the function should return 0 because this is not a real fixup. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="fixup_destroy"> + <title>fixup_destroy</title> + <para> + This function is called from the debug code whenever a problem + in debug_object_destroy is detected. + </para> + <para> + Called from debug_object_destroy when the object state is: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para> + The function returns 1 when the fixup was successful, + otherwise 0. The return value is used to update the + statistics. + </para> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="fixup_free"> + <title>fixup_free</title> + <para> + This function is called from the debug code whenever a problem + in debug_object_free is detected. Further it can be called + from the debug checks in kfree/vfree, when an active object is + detected from the debug_check_no_obj_freed() sanity checks. + </para> + <para> + Called from debug_object_free() or debug_check_no_obj_freed() + when the object state is: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para> + The function returns 1 when the fixup was successful, + otherwise 0. The return value is used to update the + statistics. + </para> + </sect1> + </chapter> + <chapter id="bugs"> + <title>Known Bugs And Assumptions</title> + <para> + None (knock on wood). + </para> + </chapter> +</book> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 97618bed4d6..028a8444d95 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ kgdb is a source level debugger for linux kernel. It is used along with gdb to debug a linux kernel. The expectation is that gdb can be used to "break in" to the kernel to inspect memory, variables - and look through a cal stack information similar to what an + and look through call stack information similar to what an application developer would use gdb for. It is possible to place breakpoints in kernel code and perform some limited execution stepping. @@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ <chapter id="CompilingAKernel"> <title>Compiling a kernel</title> <para> - To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol>, look under the "Kernel debugging" - and then select "KGDB: kernel debugging with remote gdb". + To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should first turn on + "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers" + (CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL) in "General setup", then under the + "Kernel debugging" select "KGDB: kernel debugging with remote gdb". </para> <para> Next you should choose one of more I/O drivers to interconnect debugging diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/rapidio.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/rapidio.tmpl index b9e143e28c6..54eb26b5737 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/rapidio.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/rapidio.tmpl @@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ !Idrivers/rapidio/rio-sysfs.c </sect1> <sect1 id="PPC32_support"><title>PPC32 support</title> -!Iarch/powerpc/kernel/rio.c !Earch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c !Iarch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c </sect1> diff --git a/Documentation/braille-console.txt b/Documentation/braille-console.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..000b0fbdc10 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/braille-console.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ + Linux Braille Console + +To get early boot messages on a braille device (before userspace screen +readers can start), you first need to compile the support for the usual serial +console (see serial-console.txt), and for braille device (in Device Drivers - +Accessibility). + +Then you need to specify a console=brl, option on the kernel command line, the +format is: + + console=brl,serial_options... + +where serial_options... are the same as described in serial-console.txt + +So for instance you can use console=brl,ttyS0 if the braille device is connected +to the first serial port, and console=brl,ttyS0,115200 to override the baud rate +to 115200, etc. + +By default, the braille device will just show the last kernel message (console +mode). To review previous messages, press the Insert key to switch to the VT +review mode. In review mode, the arrow keys permit to browse in the VT content, +page up/down keys go at the top/bottom of the screen, and the home key goes back +to the cursor, hence providing very basic screen reviewing facility. + +Sound feedback can be obtained by adding the braille_console.sound=1 kernel +parameter. + +For simplicity, only one braille console can be enabled, other uses of +console=brl,... will be discarded. Also note that it does not interfere with +the console selection mecanism described in serial-console.txt + +For now, only the VisioBraille device is supported. + +Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 599fe55bf29..3c35d452b1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -138,6 +138,24 @@ Who: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> --------------------------- +What: find_task_by_pid +When: 2.6.26 +Why: With pid namespaces, calling this funciton will return the + wrong task when called from inside a namespace. + + The best way to save a task pid and find a task by this + pid later, is to find this task's struct pid pointer (or get + it directly from the task) and call pid_task() later. + + If someone really needs to get a task by its pid_t, then + he most likely needs the find_task_by_vpid() to get the + task from the same namespace as the current task is in, but + this may be not so in general. + +Who: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> + +--------------------------- + What: ACPI procfs interface When: July 2008 Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 2a99116edc4..dbc3c6a3650 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -463,11 +463,17 @@ SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB Dirty: 968 kB Writeback: 0 kB +AnonPages: 861800 kB Mapped: 280372 kB -Slab: 684068 kB +Slab: 284364 kB +SReclaimable: 159856 kB +SUnreclaim: 124508 kB +PageTables: 24448 kB +NFS_Unstable: 0 kB +Bounce: 0 kB +WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 7669796 kB Committed_AS: 100056 kB -PageTables: 24448 kB VmallocTotal: 112216 kB VmallocUsed: 428 kB VmallocChunk: 111088 kB @@ -503,8 +509,17 @@ VmallocChunk: 111088 kB on the disk Dirty: Memory which is waiting to get written back to the disk Writeback: Memory which is actively being written back to the disk + AnonPages: Non-file backed pages mapped into userspace page tables Mapped: files which have been mmaped, such as libraries Slab: in-kernel data structures cache +SReclaimable: Part of Slab, that might be reclaimed, such as caches + SUnreclaim: Part of Slab, that cannot be reclaimed on memory pressure + PageTables: amount of memory dedicated to the lowest level of page + tables. +NFS_Unstable: NFS pages sent to the server, but not yet committed to stable + storage + Bounce: Memory used for block device "bounce buffers" +WritebackTmp: Memory used by FUSE for temporary writeback buffers CommitLimit: Based on the overcommit ratio ('vm.overcommit_ratio'), this is the total amount of memory currently available to be allocated on the system. This limit is only adhered to @@ -531,8 +546,6 @@ Committed_AS: The amount of memory presently allocated on the system. above) will not be permitted. This is useful if one needs to guarantee that processes will not fail due to lack of memory once that memory has been successfully allocated. - PageTables: amount of memory dedicated to the lowest level of page - tables. VmallocTotal: total size of vmalloc memory area VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used VmallocChunk: largest contigious block of vmalloc area which is free diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83l785ts b/Documentation/hwmon/w83l785ts index 1841cedc25b..bd1fa9d4468 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83l785ts +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83l785ts @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Known Issues ------------ On some systems (Asus), the BIOS is known to interfere with the driver -and cause read errors. The driver will retry a given number of times +and cause read errors. Or maybe the W83L785TS-S chip is simply unreliable, +we don't really know. The driver will retry a given number of times (5 by default) and then give up, returning the old value (or 0 if there is no old value). It seems to work well enough so that you should not notice anything. Thanks to James Bolt for helping test this feature. diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index bfb0a552081..ee75cbace28 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ I2C device drivers using this binding model work just like any other kind of driver in Linux: they provide a probe() method to bind to those devices, and a remove() method to unbind. - static int foo_probe(struct i2c_client *client); + static int foo_probe(struct i2c_client *client, + const struct i2c_device_id *id); static int foo_remove(struct i2c_client *client); Remember that the i2c_driver does not create those client handles. The diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt index 00b950d1c19..c412c245848 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt @@ -377,27 +377,3 @@ config FOO limits FOO to module (=m) or disabled (=n). - -Build limited by a third config symbol which may be =y or =m -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -A common idiom that we see (and sometimes have problems with) is this: - -When option C in B (module or subsystem) uses interfaces from A (module -or subsystem), and both A and B are tristate (could be =y or =m if they -were independent of each other, but they aren't), then we need to limit -C such that it cannot be built statically if A is built as a loadable -module. (C already depends on B, so there is no dependency issue to -take care of here.) - -If A is linked statically into the kernel image, C can be built -statically or as loadable module(s). However, if A is built as loadable -module(s), then C must be restricted to loadable module(s) also. This -can be expressed in kconfig language as: - -config C - depends on A = y || A = B - -or for real examples, use this command in a kernel tree: - -$ find . -name Kconfig\* | xargs grep -ns "depends on.*=.*||.*=" | grep -v orig - diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index d0ac72cc19f..b8e52c0355d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ The syntax is: crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...][@offset] range=start-[end] + 'start' is inclusive and 'end' is exclusive. + For example: crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M @@ -253,10 +255,11 @@ This would mean: 1) if the RAM is smaller than 512M, then don't reserve anything (this is the "rescue" case) - 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G, then reserve 64M + 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G (exclusive), then reserve 64M 3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M + Boot into System Kernel ======================= diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 15d8216a934..cdd5b934f43 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -496,6 +496,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file switching to the matching ttyS device later. The options are the same as for ttyS, above. + If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille + device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance + console=brl,ttyS0 + For now, only VisioBraille is supported. + earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] @@ -556,6 +561,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally only useful to kernel developers. + debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging + decnet.addr= [HW,NET] Format: <area>[,<node>] See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. @@ -1087,9 +1094,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file mac5380= [HW,SCSI] Format: <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags> - mac53c9x= [HW,SCSI] Format: - <num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags> - machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector (machvec) in a generic kernel. Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 76cb428435d..01c6c3d8a7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver - Version 0.19 - January 06th, 2008 + Version 0.20 + April 09th, 2008 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel 2.6.22, and release 0.14. +The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module +names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues. + +"tpacpi" is used as a shorthand where "thinkpad-acpi" would be too +long due to length limitations on some Linux kernel versions. Status ------ @@ -571,6 +576,47 @@ netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all with hotkey_report_mode. +Brightness hotkey notes: + +These are the current sane choices for brightness key mapping in +thinkpad-acpi: + +For IBM and Lenovo models *without* ACPI backlight control (the ones on +which thinkpad-acpi will autoload its backlight interface by default, +and on which ACPI video does not export a backlight interface): + +1. Don't enable or map the brightness hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, as + these older firmware versions unfortunately won't respect the hotkey + mask for brightness keys anyway, and always reacts to them. This + usually work fine, unless X.org drivers are doing something to block + the BIOS. In that case, use (3) below. This is the default mode of + operation. + +2. Enable the hotkeys, but map them to something else that is NOT + KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP/DOWN or any other keycode that would cause + userspace to try to change the backlight level, and use that as an + on-screen-display hint. + +3. IF AND ONLY IF X.org drivers find a way to block the firmware from + automatically changing the brightness, enable the hotkeys and map + them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN, and feed that to + something that calls xbacklight. thinkpad-acpi will not be able to + change brightness in that case either, so you should disable its + backlight interface. + +For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control: + +1. Load up ACPI video and use that. ACPI video will report ACPI + events for brightness change keys. Do not mess with thinkpad-acpi + defaults in this case. thinkpad-acpi should not have anything to do + with backlight events in a scenario where ACPI video is loaded: + brightness hotkeys must be disabled, and the backlight interface is + to be kept disabled as well. This is the default mode of operation. + +2. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, + and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process + these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight). + Bluetooth --------- @@ -647,16 +693,31 @@ while others are still having problems. For more information: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000 -ThinkLight control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/light ------------------------------------------- +ThinkLight control +------------------ + +procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/light +sysfs attributes: as per LED class, for the "tpacpi::thinklight" LED -The current status of the ThinkLight can be found in this file. A few -models which do not make the status available will show it as -"unknown". The available commands are: +procfs notes: + +The ThinkLight status can be read and set through the procfs interface. A +few models which do not make the status available will show the ThinkLight +status as "unknown". The available commands are: echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light +sysfs notes: + +The ThinkLight sysfs interface is documented by the LED class +documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. The ThinkLight LED name +is "tpacpi::thinklight". + +Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the thinklight +cannot be read or if it is unknown, thinkpad-acpi will report it as "off". +It is impossible to know if the status returned through sysfs is valid. + Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock ------------------------------------------ @@ -815,28 +876,63 @@ The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is exported just as a debug tool. -LED control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/led ---------------------------------- +LED control +----------- + +procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/led +sysfs attributes: as per LED class, see below for names + +Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. On +some older ThinkPad models, it is possible to query the status of the +LED indicators as well. Newer ThinkPads cannot query the real status +of the LED indicators. -Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The -available commands are: +procfs notes: + +The available commands are: - echo '<led number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led - echo '<led number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led - echo '<led number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led + echo '<LED number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led + echo '<LED number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led + echo '<LED number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led -The <led number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be -controlled varies from model to model. Here is the mapping on the X40: +The <LED number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be +controlled varies from model to model. Here is the common ThinkPad +mapping: 0 - power 1 - battery (orange) 2 - battery (green) - 3 - UltraBase + 3 - UltraBase/dock 4 - UltraBay + 5 - UltraBase battery slot + 6 - (unknown) 7 - standby All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink. +sysfs notes: + +The ThinkPad LED sysfs interface is described in detail by the LED class +documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. + +The leds are named (in LED ID order, from 0 to 7): +"tpacpi::power", "tpacpi:orange:batt", "tpacpi:green:batt", +"tpacpi::dock_active", "tpacpi::bay_active", "tpacpi::dock_batt", +"tpacpi::unknown_led", "tpacpi::standby". + +Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the LED +indicators cannot be read due to an error, thinkpad-acpi will report it as +a brightness of zero (same as LED off). + +If the thinkpad firmware doesn't support reading the current status, +trying to read the current LED brightness will just return whatever +brightness was last written to that attribute. + +These LEDs can blink using hardware acceleration. To request that a +ThinkPad indicator LED should blink in hardware accelerated mode, use the +"timer" trigger, and leave the delay_on and delay_off parameters set to +zero (to request hardware acceleration autodetection). + ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep ---------------------------------- @@ -1090,6 +1186,15 @@ it there will be the following attributes: dim the display. +WARNING: + + Whatever you do, do NOT ever call thinkpad-acpi backlight-level change + interface and the ACPI-based backlight level change interface + (available on newer BIOSes, and driven by the Linux ACPI video driver) + at the same time. The two will interact in bad ways, do funny things, + and maybe reduce the life of the backlight lamps by needlessly kicking + its level up and down at every change. + Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume --------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index 4c1fc65a8b3..3be8ab2a886 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ struct device /* Any queues attached to this device */ struct virtqueue *vq; + /* Handle status being finalized (ie. feature bits stable). */ + void (*ready)(struct device *me); + /* Device-specific data. */ void *priv; }; @@ -925,24 +928,40 @@ static void enable_fd(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq) write(waker_fd, &vq->dev->fd, sizeof(vq->dev->fd)); } -/* When the Guest asks us to reset a device, it's is fairly easy. */ -static void reset_device(struct device *dev) +/* When the Guest tells us they updated the status field, we handle it. */ +static void update_device_status(struct device *dev) { struct virtqueue *vq; - verbose("Resetting device %s\n", dev->name); - /* Clear the status. */ - dev->desc->status = 0; + /* This is a reset. */ + if (dev->desc->status == 0) { + verbose("Resetting device %s\n", dev->name); - /* Clear any features they've acked. */ - memset(get_feature_bits(dev) + dev->desc->feature_len, 0, - dev->desc->feature_len); + /* Clear any features they've acked. */ + memset(get_feature_bits(dev) + dev->desc->feature_len, 0, + dev->desc->feature_len); - /* Zero out the virtqueues. */ - for (vq = dev->vq; vq; vq = vq->next) { - memset(vq->vring.desc, 0, - vring_size(vq->config.num, getpagesize())); - vq->last_avail_idx = 0; + /* Zero out the virtqueues. */ + for (vq = dev->vq; vq; vq = vq->next) { + memset(vq->vring.desc, 0, + vring_size(vq->config.num, getpagesize())); + vq->last_avail_idx = 0; + } + } else if (dev->desc->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FAILED) { + warnx("Device %s configuration FAILED", dev->name); + } else if (dev->desc->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) { + unsigned int i; + + verbose("Device %s OK: offered", dev->name); + for (i = 0; i < dev->desc->feature_len; i++) + verbose(" %08x", get_feature_bits(dev)[i]); + verbose(", accepted"); + for (i = 0; i < dev->desc->feature_len; i++) + verbose(" %08x", get_feature_bits(dev) + [dev->desc->feature_len+i]); + + if (dev->ready) + dev->ready(dev); } } @@ -954,9 +973,9 @@ static void handle_output(int fd, unsigned long addr) /* Check each device and virtqueue. */ for (i = devices.dev; i; i = i->next) { - /* Notifications to device descriptors reset the device. */ + /* Notifications to device descriptors update device status. */ if (from_guest_phys(addr) == i->desc) { - reset_device(i); + update_device_status(i); return; } @@ -1170,6 +1189,7 @@ static struct device *new_device(const char *name, u16 type, int fd, dev->handle_input = handle_input; dev->name = name; dev->vq = NULL; + dev->ready = NULL; /* Append to device list. Prepending to a single-linked list is * easier, but the user expects the devices to be arranged on the bus @@ -1398,7 +1418,7 @@ static bool service_io(struct device *dev) struct vblk_info *vblk = dev->priv; unsigned int head, out_num, in_num, wlen; int ret; - struct virtio_blk_inhdr *in; + u8 *in; struct virtio_blk_outhdr *out; struct iovec iov[dev->vq->vring.num]; off64_t off; @@ -1416,7 +1436,7 @@ static bool service_io(struct device *dev) head, out_num, in_num); out = convert(&iov[0], struct virtio_blk_outhdr); - in = convert(&iov[out_num+in_num-1], struct virtio_blk_inhdr); + in = convert(&iov[out_num+in_num-1], u8); off = out->sector * 512; /* The block device implements "barriers", where the Guest indicates @@ -1430,7 +1450,7 @@ static bool service_io(struct device *dev) * It'd be nice if we supported eject, for example, but we don't. */ if (out->type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_SCSI_CMD) { fprintf(stderr, "Scsi commands unsupported\n"); - in->status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP; + *in = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP; wlen = sizeof(*in); } else if (out->type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT) { /* Write */ @@ -1453,7 +1473,7 @@ static bool service_io(struct device *dev) errx(1, "Write past end %llu+%u", off, ret); } wlen = sizeof(*in); - in->status = (ret >= 0 ? VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK : VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR); + *in = (ret >= 0 ? VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK : VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR); } else { /* Read */ @@ -1466,10 +1486,10 @@ static bool service_io(struct device *dev) verbose("READ from sector %llu: %i\n", out->sector, ret); if (ret >= 0) { wlen = sizeof(*in) + ret; - in->status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK; + *in = VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK; } else { wlen = sizeof(*in); - in->status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR; + *in = VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR; } } diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt index 5e03610e186..6f12f1c79c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt @@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ Recommended soc5200 child nodes; populate as needed for your board name device_type compatible Description ---- ----------- ---------- ----------- gpt@<addr> gpt fsl,mpc5200-gpt General purpose timers +gpt@<addr> gpt fsl,mpc5200-gpt-gpio General purpose + timers in GPIO mode +gpio@<addr> fsl,mpc5200-gpio MPC5200 simple gpio + controller +gpio@<addr> fsl,mpc5200-gpio-wkup MPC5200 wakeup gpio + controller rtc@<addr> rtc mpc5200-rtc Real time clock mscan@<addr> mscan mpc5200-mscan CAN bus controller pci@<addr> pci mpc5200-pci PCI bridge @@ -225,6 +231,23 @@ PSC in i2s mode: The mpc5200 and mpc5200b PSCs are not compatible when in i2s mode. An 'mpc5200b-psc-i2s' node cannot include 'mpc5200-psc-i2s' in the compatible field. +7) GPIO controller nodes +Each GPIO controller node should have the empty property gpio-controller and +#gpio-cells set to 2. First cell is the GPIO number which is interpreted +according to the bit numbers in the GPIO control registers. The second cell +is for flags which is currently unsused. + +8) FEC nodes +The FEC node can specify one of the following properties to configure +the MII link: +"fsl,7-wire-mode" - An empty property that specifies the link uses 7-wire + mode instead of MII +"current-speed" - Specifies that the MII should be configured for a fixed + speed. This property should contain two cells. The + first cell specifies the speed in Mbps and the second + should be '0' for half duplex and '1' for full duplex +"phy-handle" - Contains a phandle to an Ethernet PHY. + IV - Extra Notes ================ diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas index 91c81db0ba7..716fcc1cafb 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas @@ -1,3 +1,25 @@ +1 Release Date : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT 2008 - + (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com) + Sumant Patro + Bo Yang + +2 Current Version : 00.00.03.20-RC1 +3 Older Version : 00.00.03.16 + +1. Rollback the sense info implementation + Sense buffer ptr data type in the ioctl path is reverted back + to u32 * as in previous versions of driver. + +2. Fixed the driver frame count. + When Driver sent wrong frame count to firmware. As this + particular command is sent to drive, FW is seeing continuous + chip resets and so the command will timeout. + +3. Add the new controller(1078DE) support to the driver + and Increase the max_wait to 60 from 10 in the controller + operational status. With this max_wait increase, driver will + make sure the FW will finish the pending cmd for KDUMP case. + 1 Release Date : Thur. Nov. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 - (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com) Sumant Patro diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt index d9f28be7540..70d68ce8640 100644 --- a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt @@ -108,10 +108,12 @@ and throttle appropriate devices. RO read only value RW read/write value -All thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal +Thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal. +Hwmon sysfs I/F extension is also available under /sys/class/hwmon +if hwmon is compiled in or built as a module. Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered: -|thermal_zone[0-*]: +/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]: |-----type: Type of the thermal zone |-----temp: Current temperature |-----mode: Working mode of the thermal zone @@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered: |-----trip_point_[0-*]_type: Trip point type Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered: -|cooling_device[0-*]: +/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device[0-*]: |-----type : Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...) |-----max_state: Maximum cooling state of the cooling device |-----cur_state: Current cooling state of the cooling device @@ -130,10 +132,19 @@ They represent the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated coolin They are created/removed for each thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful execution. -|thermal_zone[0-*] +/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*] |-----cdev[0-*]: The [0-*]th cooling device in the current thermal zone |-----cdev[0-*]_trip_point: Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with +Besides the thermal zone device sysfs I/F and cooling device sysfs I/F, +the generic thermal driver also creates a hwmon sysfs I/F for each _type_ of +thermal zone device. E.g. the generic thermal driver registers one hwmon class device +and build the associated hwmon sysfs I/F for all the registered ACPI thermal zones. +/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon[0-*]: + |-----name: The type of the thermal zone devices. + |-----temp[1-*]_input: The current temperature of thermal zone [1-*]. + |-----temp[1-*]_critical: The critical trip point of thermal zone [1-*]. +Please read Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface for additional information. *************************** * Thermal zone attributes * @@ -141,7 +152,10 @@ thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful e type Strings which represent the thermal zone type. This is given by thermal zone driver as part of registration. - Eg: "ACPI thermal zone" indicates it's a ACPI thermal device + Eg: "acpitz" indicates it's an ACPI thermal device. + In order to keep it consistent with hwmon sys attribute, + this should be a short, lowercase string, + not containing spaces nor dashes. RO Required @@ -218,7 +232,7 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this: /sys/class/thermal: |thermal_zone1: - |-----type: ACPI thermal zone + |-----type: acpitz |-----temp: 37000 |-----mode: kernel |-----trip_point_0_temp: 100000 @@ -243,3 +257,10 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this: |-----type: Fan |-----max_state: 2 |-----cur_state: 0 + +/sys/class/hwmon: + +|hwmon0: + |-----name: acpitz + |-----temp1_input: 37000 + |-----temp1_crit: 100000 diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 index 44d84dd15ad..67937df1e97 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ 127 -> Beholder BeholdTV 507 FM/RDS / BeholdTV 509 FM [0000:5071,0000:507B,5ace:5070,5ace:5090] 128 -> Beholder BeholdTV Columbus TVFM [0000:5201] 129 -> Beholder BeholdTV 607 / BeholdTV 609 [5ace:6070,5ace:6071,5ace:6072,5ace:6073,5ace:6090,5ace:6091,5ace:6092,5ace:6093] -130 -> Beholder BeholdTV M6 / BeholdTV M6 Extra [5ace:6190,5ace:6193] +130 -> Beholder BeholdTV M6 / BeholdTV M6 Extra [5ace:6190,5ace:6193,5ace:6191] 131 -> Twinhan Hybrid DTV-DVB 3056 PCI [1822:0022] 132 -> Genius TVGO AM11MCE 133 -> NXP Snake DVB-S reference design @@ -140,3 +140,4 @@ 139 -> Compro VideoMate T750 [185b:c900] 140 -> Avermedia DVB-S Pro A700 [1461:a7a1] 141 -> Avermedia DVB-S Hybrid+FM A700 [1461:a7a2] +142 -> Beholder BeholdTV H6 [5ace:6290] diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/cx18.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/cx18.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..077d56ec3f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/cx18.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Some notes regarding the cx18 driver for the Conexant CX23418 MPEG +encoder chip: + +1) The only hardware currently supported is the Hauppauge HVR-1600. + +2) Some people have problems getting the i2c bus to work. Cause unknown. + The symptom is that the eeprom cannot be read and the card is + unusable. + +3) The audio from the analog tuner is mono only. Probably caused by + incorrect audio register information in the datasheet. We are + waiting for updated information from Conexant. + +4) VBI (raw or sliced) has not yet been implemented. + +5) MPEG indexing is not yet implemented. + +6) The driver is still a bit rough around the edges, this should + improve over time. + + +Firmware: + +The firmware needs to be extracted from the Windows Hauppauge HVR-1600 +driver, available here: + +http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/install_cd/hauppauge_cd_3.4d1.zip + +Unzip, then copy the following files to the firmware directory +and rename them as follows: + +Drivers/Driver18/hcw18apu.rom -> v4l-cx23418-apu.fw +Drivers/Driver18/hcw18enc.rom -> v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw +Drivers/Driver18/hcw18mlC.rom -> v4l-cx23418-dig.fw diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c b/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c index d3ce295bffa..e4230ed16ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c +++ b/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct slabinfo { unsigned long alloc_from_partial, alloc_slab, free_slab, alloc_refill; unsigned long cpuslab_flush, deactivate_full, deactivate_empty; unsigned long deactivate_to_head, deactivate_to_tail; - unsigned long deactivate_remote_frees; + unsigned long deactivate_remote_frees, order_fallback; int numa[MAX_NODES]; int numa_partial[MAX_NODES]; } slabinfo[MAX_SLABS]; @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ int line = 0; void first_line(void) { if (show_activity) - printf("Name Objects Alloc Free %%Fast\n"); + printf("Name Objects Alloc Free %%Fast Fallb O\n"); else printf("Name Objects Objsize Space " "Slabs/Part/Cpu O/S O %%Fr %%Ef Flg\n"); @@ -573,11 +573,12 @@ void slabcache(struct slabinfo *s) total_alloc = s->alloc_fastpath + s->alloc_slowpath; total_free = s->free_fastpath + s->free_slowpath; - printf("%-21s %8ld %8ld %8ld %3ld %3ld \n", + printf("%-21s %8ld %10ld %10ld %3ld %3ld %5ld %1d\n", s->name, s->objects, total_alloc, total_free, total_alloc ? (s->alloc_fastpath * 100 / total_alloc) : 0, - total_free ? (s->free_fastpath * 100 / total_free) : 0); + total_free ? (s->free_fastpath * 100 / total_free) : 0, + s->order_fallback, s->order); } else printf("%-21s %8ld %7d %8s %14s %4d %1d %3ld %3ld %s\n", @@ -1188,6 +1189,7 @@ void read_slab_dir(void) slab->deactivate_to_head = get_obj("deactivate_to_head"); slab->deactivate_to_tail = get_obj("deactivate_to_tail"); slab->deactivate_remote_frees = get_obj("deactivate_remote_frees"); + slab->order_fallback = get_obj("order_fallback"); chdir(".."); if (slab->name[0] == ':') alias_targets++; |