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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-03-14 22:31:55 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-03-14 22:31:55 -0400
commit85dcce7a73f1cc59f7a96fe52713b1630f4ca272 (patch)
tree6c645923eb2f0152073b90685ce80e46cfb7afed /Documentation
parent4c4e4113db249c828fffb286bc95ffb255e081f5 (diff)
parenta4ecdf82f8ea49f7d3a072121dcbd0bf3a7cb93a (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts: drivers/net/usb/r8152.c drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c Both the r8152 and netback conflicts were simple overlapping changes. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/brcm,bcm11351-pinctrl.txt (renamed from Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/brcm,capri-pinctrl.txt)8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt52
5 files changed, 73 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
index e6b72d35515..68c0f517c60 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
@@ -124,12 +124,11 @@ the default being 204800 sectors (or 100MB).
Updating on-disk metadata
-------------------------
-On-disk metadata is committed every time a REQ_SYNC or REQ_FUA bio is
-written. If no such requests are made then commits will occur every
-second. This means the cache behaves like a physical disk that has a
-write cache (the same is true of the thin-provisioning target). If
-power is lost you may lose some recent writes. The metadata should
-always be consistent in spite of any crash.
+On-disk metadata is committed every time a FLUSH or FUA bio is written.
+If no such requests are made then commits will occur every second. This
+means the cache behaves like a physical disk that has a volatile write
+cache. If power is lost you may lose some recent writes. The metadata
+should always be consistent in spite of any crash.
The 'dirty' state for a cache block changes far too frequently for us
to keep updating it on the fly. So we treat it as a hint. In normal
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
index 8a7a3d46e0d..05a27e9442b 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,35 @@ Resuming a device with a new table itself triggers an event so the
userspace daemon can use this to detect a situation where a new table
already exceeds the threshold.
+A low water mark for the metadata device is maintained in the kernel and
+will trigger a dm event if free space on the metadata device drops below
+it.
+
+Updating on-disk metadata
+-------------------------
+
+On-disk metadata is committed every time a FLUSH or FUA bio is written.
+If no such requests are made then commits will occur every second. This
+means the thin-provisioning target behaves like a physical disk that has
+a volatile write cache. If power is lost you may lose some recent
+writes. The metadata should always be consistent in spite of any crash.
+
+If data space is exhausted the pool will either error or queue IO
+according to the configuration (see: error_if_no_space). If metadata
+space is exhausted or a metadata operation fails: the pool will error IO
+until the pool is taken offline and repair is performed to 1) fix any
+potential inconsistencies and 2) clear the flag that imposes repair.
+Once the pool's metadata device is repaired it may be resized, which
+will allow the pool to return to normal operation. Note that if a pool
+is flagged as needing repair, the pool's data and metadata devices
+cannot be resized until repair is performed. It should also be noted
+that when the pool's metadata space is exhausted the current metadata
+transaction is aborted. Given that the pool will cache IO whose
+completion may have already been acknowledged to upper IO layers
+(e.g. filesystem) it is strongly suggested that consistency checks
+(e.g. fsck) be performed on those layers when repair of the pool is
+required.
+
Thin provisioning
-----------------
@@ -258,10 +287,9 @@ ii) Status
should register for the event and then check the target's status.
held metadata root:
- The location, in sectors, of the metadata root that has been
+ The location, in blocks, of the metadata root that has been
'held' for userspace read access. '-' indicates there is no
- held root. This feature is not yet implemented so '-' is
- always returned.
+ held root.
discard_passdown|no_discard_passdown
Whether or not discards are actually being passed down to the
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/brcm,capri-pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/brcm,bcm11351-pinctrl.txt
index 9e9e9ef9f85..c119debe6ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/brcm,capri-pinctrl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/brcm,bcm11351-pinctrl.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Broadcom Capri Pin Controller
+Broadcom BCM281xx Pin Controller
This is a pin controller for the Broadcom BCM281xx SoC family, which includes
BCM11130, BCM11140, BCM11351, BCM28145, and BCM28155 SoCs.
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ BCM11130, BCM11140, BCM11351, BCM28145, and BCM28155 SoCs.
Required Properties:
-- compatible: Must be "brcm,capri-pinctrl".
+- compatible: Must be "brcm,bcm11351-pinctrl"
- reg: Base address of the PAD Controller register block and the size
of the block.
For example, the following is the bare minimum node:
pinctrl@35004800 {
- compatible = "brcm,capri-pinctrl";
+ compatible = "brcm,bcm11351-pinctrl";
reg = <0x35004800 0x430>;
};
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Optional Properties (for HDMI pins):
Example:
// pin controller node
pinctrl@35004800 {
- compatible = "brcm,capri-pinctrl";
+ compatible = "brcmbcm11351-pinctrl";
reg = <0x35004800 0x430>;
// pin configuration node
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
index 1404674c0a0..6fea79efb4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ TP_STATUS_COPY : This flag indicates that the frame (and associated
enabled previously with setsockopt() and
the PACKET_COPY_THRESH option.
- The number of frames than can be buffered to
+ The number of frames that can be buffered to
be read with recvfrom is limited like a normal socket.
See the SO_RCVBUF option in the socket (7) man page.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt
index 661d3c316a1..048c92b487f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt
@@ -21,26 +21,38 @@ has such a feature).
SO_TIMESTAMPING:
-Instructs the socket layer which kind of information is wanted. The
-parameter is an integer with some of the following bits set. Setting
-other bits is an error and doesn't change the current state.
-
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE: try to obtain send time stamp in hardware
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE: if SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE is off or
- fails, then do it in software
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE: return the original, unmodified time stamp
- as generated by the hardware
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE: if SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE is off or
- fails, then do it in software
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE: return original raw hardware time stamp
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE: return hardware time stamp transformed to
- the system time base
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE: return system time stamp generated in
- software
-
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX/RX determine how time stamps are generated.
-SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW/SYS determine how they are reported in the
-following control message:
+Instructs the socket layer which kind of information should be collected
+and/or reported. The parameter is an integer with some of the following
+bits set. Setting other bits is an error and doesn't change the current
+state.
+
+Four of the bits are requests to the stack to try to generate
+timestamps. Any combination of them is valid.
+
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE: try to obtain send time stamps in hardware
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE: try to obtain send time stamps in software
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE: try to obtain receive time stamps in hardware
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE: try to obtain receive time stamps in software
+
+The other three bits control which timestamps will be reported in a
+generated control message. If none of these bits are set or if none of
+the set bits correspond to data that is available, then the control
+message will not be generated:
+
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE: report systime if available
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE: report hwtimetrans if available
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE: report hwtimeraw if available
+
+It is worth noting that timestamps may be collected for reasons other
+than being requested by a particular socket with
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_[TR]X_(HARD|SOFT)WARE. For example, most drivers that
+can generate hardware receive timestamps ignore
+SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE. It is still a good idea to set that flag
+in case future drivers pay attention.
+
+If timestamps are reported, they will appear in a control message with
+cmsg_level==SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type==SO_TIMESTAMPING, and a payload like
+this:
struct scm_timestamping {
struct timespec systime;