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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-06 03:09:16 +0900
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-06 03:09:16 +0900
commit11126c611e10abb18b6f1ed0300c0548c3906b54 (patch)
tree246227ad730c1e68f5a9c03db57cd4592abe7687 /Documentation
parent67966e088b0c7dc926f4ce19565ebf208e18d058 (diff)
parent33e2a4227ddff7c18921ac175fae3ab0e3ff8a76 (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb)
Merge misc patches from Andrew Morton: "The MM tree is rather stuck while I wait to find out what the heck is happening with sched/numa. Probably I'll need to route around all the code which was added to -next, sigh. So this is "everything else", or at least most of it - other small bits are still awaiting resolutions of various kinds." * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (180 commits) lib/decompress.c add __init to decompress_method and data kernel/resource.c: fix stack overflow in __reserve_region_with_split() omfs: convert to use beXX_add_cpu() taskstats: cgroupstats_user_cmd() may leak on error aoe: update aoe-internal version number to 50 aoe: update documentation to better reflect aoe-plus-udev usage aoe: remove unused code aoe: make dynamic block minor numbers the default aoe: update and specify AoE address guards and error messages aoe: retain static block device numbers for backwards compatibility aoe: support more AoE addresses with dynamic block device minor numbers aoe: update documentation with new URL and VM settings reference aoe: update copyright year in touched files aoe: update internal version number to 49 aoe: remove unused code and add cosmetic improvements aoe: increase net_device reference count while using it aoe: associate frames with the AoE storage target aoe: disallow unsupported AoE minor addresses aoe: do revalidation steps in order aoe: failover remote interface based on aoe_deadsecs parameter ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/CodingStyle10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt58
-rw-r--r--Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh41
-rw-r--r--Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/aoe/status.sh3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/fsl-sec4.txt51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/snvs-rtc.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/printk-formats.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rtc.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt2
10 files changed, 109 insertions, 91 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
index cb9258b8fd3..495e5ba1634 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -454,6 +454,16 @@ The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
* with beginning and ending almost-blank lines.
*/
+For files in net/ and drivers/net/ the preferred style for long (multi-line)
+comments is a little different.
+
+ /* The preferred comment style for files in net/ and drivers/net
+ * looks like this.
+ *
+ * It is nearly the same as the generally preferred comment style,
+ * but there is no initial almost-blank line.
+ */
+
It's also important to comment data, whether they are basic types or derived
types. To this end, use just one data declaration per line (no commas for
multiple data declarations). This leaves you room for a small comment on each
diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt
index 5f5aa16047f..bfc9cb19abc 100644
--- a/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
-The EtherDrive (R) HOWTO for users of 2.6 kernels is found at ...
+ATA over Ethernet is a network protocol that provides simple access to
+block storage on the LAN.
- http://www.coraid.com/SUPPORT/EtherDrive-HBA
+ http://support.coraid.com/documents/AoEr11.txt
- It has many tips and hints!
+The EtherDrive (R) HOWTO for 2.6 and 3.x kernels is found at ...
+
+ http://support.coraid.com/support/linux/EtherDrive-2.6-HOWTO.html
+
+It has many tips and hints! Please see, especially, recommended
+tunings for virtual memory:
+
+ http://support.coraid.com/support/linux/EtherDrive-2.6-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.19
The aoetools are userland programs that are designed to work with this
driver. The aoetools are on sourceforge.
@@ -23,20 +31,12 @@ CREATING DEVICE NODES
There is a udev-install.sh script that shows how to install these
rules on your system.
- If you are not using udev, two scripts are provided in
- Documentation/aoe as examples of static device node creation for
- using the aoe driver.
-
- rm -rf /dev/etherd
- sh Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh /dev/etherd
-
- ... or to make just one shelf's worth of block device nodes ...
-
- sh Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh /dev/etherd 0
-
There is also an autoload script that shows how to edit
/etc/modprobe.d/aoe.conf to ensure that the aoe module is loaded when
- necessary.
+ necessary. Preloading the aoe module is preferable to autoloading,
+ however, because AoE discovery takes a few seconds. It can be
+ confusing when an AoE device is not present the first time the a
+ command is run but appears a second later.
USING DEVICE NODES
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ USING DEVICE NODES
"echo > /dev/etherd/discover" tells the driver to find out what AoE
devices are available.
- These character devices may disappear and be replaced by sysfs
- counterparts. Using the commands in aoetools insulates users from
- these implementation details.
+ In the future these character devices may disappear and be replaced
+ by sysfs counterparts. Using the commands in aoetools insulates
+ users from these implementation details.
The block devices are named like this:
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ USING SYSFS
The netif attribute is the network interface on the localhost
through which we are communicating with the remote AoE device.
- There is a script in this directory that formats this information
- in a convenient way. Users with aoetools can use the aoe-stat
+ There is a script in this directory that formats this information in
+ a convenient way. Users with aoetools should use the aoe-stat
command.
root@makki root# sh Documentation/aoe/status.sh
@@ -121,3 +121,21 @@ DRIVER OPTIONS
usage example for the module parameter.
modprobe aoe_iflist="eth1 eth3"
+
+ The aoe_deadsecs module parameter determines the maximum number of
+ seconds that the driver will wait for an AoE device to provide a
+ response to an AoE command. After aoe_deadsecs seconds have
+ elapsed, the AoE device will be marked as "down".
+
+ The aoe_maxout module parameter has a default of 128. This is the
+ maximum number of unresponded packets that will be sent to an AoE
+ target at one time.
+
+ The aoe_dyndevs module parameter defaults to 1, meaning that the
+ driver will assign a block device minor number to a discovered AoE
+ target based on the order of its discovery. With dynamic minor
+ device numbers in use, a greater range of AoE shelf and slot
+ addresses can be supported. Users with udev will never have to
+ think about minor numbers. Using aoe_dyndevs=0 allows device nodes
+ to be pre-created using a static minor-number scheme with the
+ aoe-mkshelf script in the aoetools.
diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh b/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 44c0ab70243..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-n_shelves=${n_shelves:-10}
-n_partitions=${n_partitions:-16}
-
-if test "$#" != "1"; then
- echo "Usage: sh `basename $0` {dir}" 1>&2
- echo " n_partitions=16 sh `basename $0` {dir}" 1>&2
- exit 1
-fi
-dir=$1
-
-MAJOR=152
-
-echo "Creating AoE devnode files in $dir ..."
-
-set -e
-
-mkdir -p $dir
-
-# (Status info is in sysfs. See status.sh.)
-# rm -f $dir/stat
-# mknod -m 0400 $dir/stat c $MAJOR 1
-rm -f $dir/err
-mknod -m 0400 $dir/err c $MAJOR 2
-rm -f $dir/discover
-mknod -m 0200 $dir/discover c $MAJOR 3
-rm -f $dir/interfaces
-mknod -m 0200 $dir/interfaces c $MAJOR 4
-rm -f $dir/revalidate
-mknod -m 0200 $dir/revalidate c $MAJOR 5
-rm -f $dir/flush
-mknod -m 0200 $dir/flush c $MAJOR 6
-
-export n_partitions
-mkshelf=`echo $0 | sed 's!mkdevs!mkshelf!'`
-i=0
-while test $i -lt $n_shelves; do
- sh -xc "sh $mkshelf $dir $i"
- i=`expr $i + 1`
-done
diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh b/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 32615814271..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-if test "$#" != "2"; then
- echo "Usage: sh `basename $0` {dir} {shelfaddress}" 1>&2
- echo " n_partitions=16 sh `basename $0` {dir} {shelfaddress}" 1>&2
- exit 1
-fi
-n_partitions=${n_partitions:-16}
-dir=$1
-shelf=$2
-nslots=16
-maxslot=`echo $nslots 1 - p | dc`
-MAJOR=152
-
-set -e
-
-minor=`echo $nslots \* $shelf \* $n_partitions | bc`
-endp=`echo $n_partitions - 1 | bc`
-for slot in `seq 0 $maxslot`; do
- for part in `seq 0 $endp`; do
- name=e$shelf.$slot
- test "$part" != "0" && name=${name}p$part
- rm -f $dir/$name
- mknod -m 0660 $dir/$name b $MAJOR $minor
-
- minor=`expr $minor + 1`
- done
-done
diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/status.sh b/Documentation/aoe/status.sh
index 751f3be514b..eeec7baae57 100644
--- a/Documentation/aoe/status.sh
+++ b/Documentation/aoe/status.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
#! /bin/sh
# collate and present sysfs information about AoE storage
+#
+# A more complete version of this script is aoe-stat, in the
+# aoetools.
set -e
format="%8s\t%8s\t%8s\n"
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/fsl-sec4.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/fsl-sec4.txt
index bf57ecd5d73..bd7ce120bc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/fsl-sec4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/fsl-sec4.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
-Run Time Integrity Check (RTIC) Node
-Run Time Integrity Check (RTIC) Memory Node
-Secure Non-Volatile Storage (SNVS) Node
+ -Secure Non-Volatile Storage (SNVS) Low Power (LP) RTC Node
-Full Example
NOTE: the SEC 4 is also known as Freescale's Cryptographic Accelerator
@@ -294,6 +295,27 @@ Secure Non-Volatile Storage (SNVS) Node
address and length of the SEC4 configuration
registers.
+ - #address-cells
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <u32>
+ Definition: A standard property. Defines the number of cells
+ for representing physical addresses in child nodes. Must
+ have a value of 1.
+
+ - #size-cells
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <u32>
+ Definition: A standard property. Defines the number of cells
+ for representing the size of physical addresses in
+ child nodes. Must have a value of 1.
+
+ - ranges
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ range of the SNVS register space. A triplet that includes
+ the child address, parent address, & length.
+
- interrupts
Usage: required
Value type: <prop_encoded-array>
@@ -314,11 +336,34 @@ EXAMPLE
sec_mon@314000 {
compatible = "fsl,sec-v4.0-mon";
reg = <0x314000 0x1000>;
+ ranges = <0 0x314000 0x1000>;
interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
interrupts = <93 2>;
};
=====================================================================
+Secure Non-Volatile Storage (SNVS) Low Power (LP) RTC Node
+
+ A SNVS child node that defines SNVS LP RTC.
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include "fsl,sec-v4.0-mon-rtc-lp".
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical
+ address and length of the SNVS LP configuration registers.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ sec_mon_rtc_lp@314000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,sec-v4.0-mon-rtc-lp";
+ reg = <0x34 0x58>;
+ };
+
+=====================================================================
FULL EXAMPLE
crypto: crypto@300000 {
@@ -390,8 +435,14 @@ FULL EXAMPLE
sec_mon: sec_mon@314000 {
compatible = "fsl,sec-v4.0-mon";
reg = <0x314000 0x1000>;
+ ranges = <0 0x314000 0x1000>;
interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
interrupts = <93 2>;
+
+ sec_mon_rtc_lp@34 {
+ compatible = "fsl,sec-v4.0-mon-rtc-lp";
+ reg = <0x34 0x58>;
+ };
};
=====================================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/snvs-rtc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/snvs-rtc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb61ed77ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/snvs-rtc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/fsl-sec4.txt for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
index 7561d7ed8e1..8ffb274367c 100644
--- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ MAC/FDDI addresses:
%pMR 05:04:03:02:01:00
%pMF 00-01-02-03-04-05
%pm 000102030405
+ %pmR 050403020100
For printing 6-byte MAC/FDDI addresses in hex notation. The 'M' and 'm'
specifiers result in a printed address with ('M') or without ('m') byte
diff --git a/Documentation/rtc.txt b/Documentation/rtc.txt
index 250160469d8..32aa4002de4 100644
--- a/Documentation/rtc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rtc.txt
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ three different userspace interfaces:
* /sys/class/rtc/rtcN ... sysfs attributes support readonly
access to some RTC attributes.
- * /proc/driver/rtc ... the first RTC (rtc0) may expose itself
- using a procfs interface. More information is (currently) shown
+ * /proc/driver/rtc ... the system clock RTC may expose itself
+ using a procfs interface. If there is no RTC for the system clock,
+ rtc0 is used by default. More information is (currently) shown
here than through sysfs.
The RTC Class framework supports a wide variety of RTCs, ranging from those
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 6d78841fd41..2907ba6c360 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name.
%p pid
%u uid
%g gid
+ %d dump mode, matches PR_SET_DUMPABLE and
+ /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable
%s signal number
%t UNIX time of dump
%h hostname