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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 30b327a116e..fc8e7c7d182 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ i386/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. -ide.txt - - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). infiniband/ - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. initrd.txt @@ -227,8 +225,6 @@ kprobes.txt - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. kref.txt - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. -laptop-mode.txt - - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. laptops/ - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation. ldm.txt @@ -303,12 +299,8 @@ pcmcia/ - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. pi-futex.txt - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes. -pm.txt - - info on Linux power management support. pnp.txt - Linux Plug and Play documentation. -power_supply_class.txt - - Tells userspace about battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply properties power/ - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. powerpc/ diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl index f31601e8bd8..dc0f30c3e57 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl @@ -361,12 +361,14 @@ X!Edrivers/pnp/system.c <chapter id="blkdev"> <title>Block Devices</title> !Eblock/blk-core.c +!Iblock/blk-core.c !Eblock/blk-map.c !Iblock/blk-sysfs.c !Eblock/blk-settings.c !Eblock/blk-exec.c !Eblock/blk-barrier.c !Eblock/blk-tag.c +!Iblock/blk-tag.c </chapter> <chapter id="chrdev"> diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt b/Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt index 5008f256a2d..febbb1ba4d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt @@ -1,15 +1,7 @@ -Linux supports two methods of overriding the BIOS DSDT: +Linux supports a method of overriding the BIOS DSDT: CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT builds the image into the kernel. -CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD adds the image to the initrd. - -When to use these methods is described in detail on the +When to use this method is described in detail on the Linux/ACPI home page: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/overridingDSDT.php - -Note that if both options are used, the DSDT supplied -by the INITRD method takes precedence. - -Documentation/initramfs-add-dsdt.sh is provided for convenience -for use with the CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD method. diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/initramfs-add-dsdt.sh b/Documentation/acpi/initramfs-add-dsdt.sh deleted file mode 100755 index 17ef6e838e1..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/acpi/initramfs-add-dsdt.sh +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/bash -# Adds a DSDT file to the initrd (if it's an initramfs) -# first argument is the name of archive -# second argument is the name of the file to add -# The file will be copied as /DSDT.aml - -# 20060126: fix "Premature end of file" with some old cpio (Roland Robic) -# 20060205: this time it should really work - -# check the arguments -if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then - program_name=$(basename $0) - echo "\ -$program_name: too few arguments -Usage: $program_name initrd-name.img DSDT-to-add.aml -Adds a DSDT file to an initrd (in initramfs format) - - initrd-name.img: filename of the initrd in initramfs format - DSDT-to-add.aml: filename of the DSDT file to add - " 1>&2 - exit 1 -fi - -# we should check it's an initramfs - -tempcpio=$(mktemp -d) -# cleanup on exit, hangup, interrupt, quit, termination -trap 'rm -rf $tempcpio' 0 1 2 3 15 - -# extract the archive -gunzip -c "$1" > "$tempcpio"/initramfs.cpio || exit 1 - -# copy the DSDT file at the root of the directory so that we can call it "/DSDT.aml" -cp -f "$2" "$tempcpio"/DSDT.aml - -# add the file -cd "$tempcpio" -(echo DSDT.aml | cpio --quiet -H newc -o -A -O "$tempcpio"/initramfs.cpio) || exit 1 -cd "$OLDPWD" - -# re-compress the archive -gzip -c "$tempcpio"/initramfs.cpio > "$1" - diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd b/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd index 29721bfcde1..91c0dcc6fa5 100644 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd +++ b/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ This driver provides the following features: --------------- 0. The ide-cd relies on the ide disk driver. See - Documentation/ide.txt for up-to-date information on the ide + Documentation/ide/ide.txt for up-to-date information on the ide driver. 1. Make sure that the ide and ide-cd drivers are compiled into the @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ This driver provides the following features: Depending on what type of IDE interface you have, you may need to specify additional configuration options. See - Documentation/ide.txt. + Documentation/ide/ide.txt. 2. You should also ensure that the iso9660 filesystem is either compiled into the kernel or available as a loadable module. You @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ This driver provides the following features: on the primary IDE interface are called `hda' and `hdb', respectively. The drives on the secondary interface are called `hdc' and `hdd'. (Interfaces at other locations get other letters - in the third position; see Documentation/ide.txt.) + in the third position; see Documentation/ide/ide.txt.) If you want your CDROM drive to be found automatically by the driver, you should make sure your IDE interface uses either the @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ This driver provides the following features: be jumpered as `master'. (If for some reason you cannot configure your system in this manner, you can probably still use the driver. You may have to pass extra configuration information to the kernel - when you boot, however. See Documentation/ide.txt for more + when you boot, however. See Documentation/ide/ide.txt for more information.) 4. Boot the system. If the drive is recognized, you should see a @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ TEST This section discusses some common problems encountered when trying to use the driver, and some possible solutions. Note that if you are experiencing problems, you should probably also review -Documentation/ide.txt for current information about the underlying +Documentation/ide/ide.txt for current information about the underlying IDE support code. Some of these items apply only to earlier versions of the driver, but are mentioned here for completeness. @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ from the driver. a. Drive is not detected during booting. - Review the configuration instructions above and in - Documentation/ide.txt, and check how your hardware is + Documentation/ide/ide.txt, and check how your hardware is configured. - If your drive is the only device on an IDE interface, it should @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ a. Drive is not detected during booting. - If your IDE interface is not at the standard addresses of 0x170 or 0x1f0, you'll need to explicitly inform the driver using a - lilo option. See Documentation/ide.txt. (This feature was + lilo option. See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. (This feature was added around kernel version 1.3.30.) - If the autoprobing is not finding your drive, you can tell the @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ a. Drive is not detected during booting. Support for some interfaces needing extra initialization is provided in later 1.3.x kernels. You may need to turn on additional kernel configuration options to get them to work; - see Documentation/ide.txt. + see Documentation/ide/ide.txt. Even if support is not available for your interface, you may be able to get it to work with the following procedure. First boot @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ c. System hangups. be worked around by specifying the `serialize' option when booting. Recent kernels should be able to detect the need for this automatically in most cases, but the detection is not - foolproof. See Documentation/ide.txt for more information + foolproof. See Documentation/ide/ide.txt for more information about the `serialize' option and the CMD640B. - Note that many MS-DOS CDROM drivers will work with such buggy diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt b/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt index 6015347b41e..866b9cd9a95 100644 --- a/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -Memory Controller +Memory Resource Controller + +NOTE: The Memory Resource Controller has been generically been referred +to as the memory controller in this document. Do not confuse memory controller +used here with the memory controller that is used in hardware. Salient features @@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ The memory controller uses the following hierarchy a. Enable CONFIG_CGROUPS b. Enable CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS -c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT +c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR 1. Prepare the cgroups # mkdir -p /cgroups @@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT Since now we're in the 0 cgroup, We can alter the memory limit: -# echo -n 4M > /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes +# echo 4M > /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes NOTE: We can use a suffix (k, K, m, M, g or G) to indicate values in kilo, mega or gigabytes. @@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ number of factors, such as rounding up to page boundaries or the total availability of memory on the system. The user is required to re-read this file after a write to guarantee the value committed by the kernel. -# echo -n 1 > memory.limit_in_bytes +# echo 1 > memory.limit_in_bytes # cat memory.limit_in_bytes 4096 @@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ caches, RSS and Active pages/Inactive pages are shown. The memory.force_empty gives an interface to drop *all* charges by force. -# echo -n 1 > memory.force_empty +# echo 1 > memory.force_empty will drop all charges in cgroup. Currently, this is maintained for test. diff --git a/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt b/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt index de4804e8b39..c360d4e91b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt +++ b/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt @@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ available (notebooks) or too slow for extensive debug information (like ACPI). Drivers ------- -The OHCI-1394 drivers in drivers/firewire and drivers/ieee1394 initialize -the OHCI-1394 controllers to a working state and can be used to enable -physical DMA. By default you only have to load the driver, and physical -DMA access will be granted to all remote nodes, but it can be turned off -when using the ohci1394 driver. - -Because these drivers depend on the PCI enumeration to be completed, an -initialization routine which can runs pretty early (long before console_init(), +The ohci1394 driver in drivers/ieee1394 initializes the OHCI-1394 controllers +to a working state and enables physical DMA by default for all remote nodes. +This can be turned off by ohci1394's module parameter phys_dma=0. + +The alternative firewire-ohci driver in drivers/firewire uses filtered physical +DMA, hence is not yet suitable for remote debugging. + +Because ohci1394 depends on the PCI enumeration to be completed, an +initialization routine which runs pretty early (long before console_init() which makes the printk buffer appear on the console can be called) was written. To activate it, enable CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT (Kernel hacking menu: diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 7279595b96c..9119d037c2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- +What: ide-tape driver +When: July 2008 +Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c +Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no + reason is an effort no one wants to make. +Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov + <petkovbb@googlemail.com> + +--------------------------- + What: libata spindown skipping and warning When: Dec 2008 Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin @@ -279,3 +289,15 @@ Why: Largely unmaintained and almost entirely unused. File system is largely pointless as without a lot of work only the most trivial of Solaris binaries can work with the emulation code. Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> + +--------------------------- + +What: init_mm export +When: 2.6.26 +Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to + work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved + by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code + of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such + code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some + out-of-tree driver. +Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 5681e2fa149..518ebe609e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1506,13 +1506,13 @@ laptop_mode ----------- laptop_mode is a knob that controls "laptop mode". All the things that are -controlled by this knob are discussed in Documentation/laptop-mode.txt. +controlled by this knob are discussed in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt. block_dump ---------- block_dump enables block I/O debugging when set to a nonzero value. More -information on block I/O debugging is in Documentation/laptop-mode.txt. +information on block I/O debugging is in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt. swap_token_timeout ------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt index 8da724e2a0f..54630095aa3 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ GPIO Interfaces This provides an overview of GPIO access conventions on Linux. +These calls use the gpio_* naming prefix. No other calls should use that +prefix, or the related __gpio_* prefix. + What is a GPIO? =============== @@ -69,11 +72,13 @@ in this document, but drivers acting as clients to the GPIO interface must not care how it's implemented.) That said, if the convention is supported on their platform, drivers should -use it when possible. Platforms should declare GENERIC_GPIO support in -Kconfig (boolean true), which multi-platform drivers can depend on when -using the include file: +use it when possible. Platforms must declare GENERIC_GPIO support in their +Kconfig (boolean true), and provide an <asm/gpio.h> file. Drivers that can't +work without standard GPIO calls should have Kconfig entries which depend +on GENERIC_GPIO. The GPIO calls are available, either as "real code" or as +optimized-away stubs, when drivers use the include file: - #include <asm/gpio.h> + #include <linux/gpio.h> If you stick to this convention then it'll be easier for other developers to see what your code is doing, and help maintain it. @@ -316,6 +321,9 @@ pulldowns integrated on some platforms. Not all platforms support them, or support them in the same way; and any given board might use external pullups (or pulldowns) so that the on-chip ones should not be used. (When a circuit needs 5 kOhm, on-chip 100 kOhm resistors won't do.) +Likewise drive strength (2 mA vs 20 mA) and voltage (1.8V vs 3.3V) is a +platform-specific issue, as are models like (not) having a one-to-one +correspondence between configurable pins and GPIOs. There are other system-specific mechanisms that are not specified here, like the aforementioned options for input de-glitching and wire-OR output. diff --git a/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX b/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d6b778842b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +00-INDEX + - this file +ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004 + - ide-cd changelog +ChangeLog.ide-floppy.1996-2002 + - ide-floppy changelog +ChangeLog.ide-tape.1995-2002 + - ide-tape changelog +ide-tape.txt + - info on the IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver +ide.txt + - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt index 94e2e3b9e77..e3b3425328b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ ============================================================================== - + The hdparm utility can be used to control various IDE features on a running system. It is packaged separately. Please Look for it on popular linux FTP sites. - + *** IMPORTANT NOTICES: BUGGY IDE CHIPSETS CAN CORRUPT DATA!! @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Common pitfalls: ================================================================================ -This is the multiple IDE interface driver, as evolved from hd.c. +This is the multiple IDE interface driver, as evolved from hd.c. It supports up to 9 IDE interfaces per default, on one or more IRQs (usually 14 & 15). There can be up to two drives per interface, as per the ATA-6 spec. @@ -215,17 +215,17 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line -------------------------------------------------------- "hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "h", such as "hdc". - + "idex=" is recognized for all "x" from "0" to "3", such as "ide1". "hdx=noprobe" : drive may be present, but do not probe for it - + "hdx=none" : drive is NOT present, ignore cmos and do not probe - + "hdx=nowerr" : ignore the WRERR_STAT bit on this drive - + "hdx=cdrom" : drive is present, and is a cdrom drive - + "hdx=cyl,head,sect" : disk drive is present, with specified geometry "hdx=remap" : remap access of sector 0 to sector 1 (for EZDrive) @@ -258,12 +258,10 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line As for VLB, it is safest to not specify it. Bigger values are safer than smaller ones. - "idex=noprobe" : do not attempt to access/use this interface - "idex=base" : probe for an interface at the addr specified, where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170 and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206 - + "idex=base,ctl" : specify both base and ctl "idex=base,ctl,irq" : specify base, ctl, and irq number @@ -274,7 +272,7 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line to take effect. "idex=four" : four drives on idex and ide(x^1) share same ports - + "idex=reset" : reset interface after probe "idex=ata66" : informs the interface that it has an 80c cable @@ -309,53 +307,6 @@ are detected automatically). ================================================================================ -IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver -------------------------------- - -This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver and works in co-operation -with linux/drivers/block/ide.c. - -The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the -request-list for the block device interface. The character device -interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them -to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion. - -Pipelined operation mode is now supported on both reads and writes. - -The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the -tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c. - -The character device interface consists of the following devices: - - ht0 major 37, minor 0 first IDE tape, rewind on close. - ht1 major 37, minor 1 second IDE tape, rewind on close. - ... - nht0 major 37, minor 128 first IDE tape, no rewind on close. - nht1 major 37, minor 129 second IDE tape, no rewind on close. - ... - -Run /dev/MAKEDEV to create the above entries. - -The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by -include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device. - -General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask -flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface, -as any other ide device. - -Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or -the character device interface. - -Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the -following scenario: - - 1. ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode. - 2. No buffering is performed by the user backup program. - - - -================================================================================ - Some Terminology ---------------- IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics, meaning that each drive has a built-in diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9a5b6658c65..622f7849edb 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not strictly ACPI specification compliant. - See also Documentation/pm.txt, pci=noacpi + See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] Format: <int> @@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file acpi_no_auto_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT - acpi_no_initrd_override [KNL,ACPI] - Disable loading custom ACPI tables from the initramfs - acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" @@ -712,7 +709,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect> hd?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - hd?lun= See Documentation/ide.txt. + hd?lun= See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no @@ -766,14 +763,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ide= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler or ide=reverse - See Documentation/ide.txt. + See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. ide?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem Format: ide?=noprobe or chipset specific parameters. - See Documentation/ide.txt. + See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed - See Documentation/ide.txt. + See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. idle= [X86] Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index 83f515c2905..be89f393274 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ code mapping. The Kprobes API includes a "register" function and an "unregister" function for each type of probe. Here are terse, mini-man-page specifications for these functions and the associated probe handlers -that you'll write. See the latter half of this document for examples. +that you'll write. See the files in the samples/kprobes/ sub-directory +for examples. 4.1 register_kprobe @@ -420,249 +421,15 @@ e. Watchpoint probes (which fire on data references). 8. Kprobes Example -Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of kprobes to dump a -stack trace and selected i386 registers when do_fork() is called. ------ cut here ----- -/*kprobe_example.c*/ -#include <linux/kernel.h> -#include <linux/module.h> -#include <linux/kprobes.h> -#include <linux/sched.h> - -/*For each probe you need to allocate a kprobe structure*/ -static struct kprobe kp; - -/*kprobe pre_handler: called just before the probed instruction is executed*/ -int handler_pre(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs) -{ - printk("pre_handler: p->addr=0x%p, eip=%lx, eflags=0x%lx\n", - p->addr, regs->eip, regs->eflags); - dump_stack(); - return 0; -} - -/*kprobe post_handler: called after the probed instruction is executed*/ -void handler_post(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags) -{ - printk("post_handler: p->addr=0x%p, eflags=0x%lx\n", - p->addr, regs->eflags); -} - -/* fault_handler: this is called if an exception is generated for any - * instruction within the pre- or post-handler, or when Kprobes - * single-steps the probed instruction. - */ -int handler_fault(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr) -{ - printk("fault_handler: p->addr=0x%p, trap #%dn", - p->addr, trapnr); - /* Return 0 because we don't handle the fault. */ - return 0; -} - -static int __init kprobe_init(void) -{ - int ret; - kp.pre_handler = handler_pre; - kp.post_handler = handler_post; - kp.fault_handler = handler_fault; - kp.symbol_name = "do_fork"; - - ret = register_kprobe(&kp); - if (ret < 0) { - printk("register_kprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret); - return ret; - } - printk("kprobe registered\n"); - return 0; -} - -static void __exit kprobe_exit(void) -{ - unregister_kprobe(&kp); - printk("kprobe unregistered\n"); -} - -module_init(kprobe_init) -module_exit(kprobe_exit) -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); ------ cut here ----- - -You can build the kernel module, kprobe-example.ko, using the following -Makefile: ------ cut here ----- -obj-m := kprobe-example.o -KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build -PWD := $(shell pwd) -default: - $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules -clean: - rm -f *.mod.c *.ko *.o ------ cut here ----- - -$ make -$ su - -... -# insmod kprobe-example.ko - -You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the console -whenever do_fork() is invoked to create a new process. +See samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c 9. Jprobes Example -Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of jprobes to dump -the arguments of do_fork(). ------ cut here ----- -/*jprobe-example.c */ -#include <linux/kernel.h> -#include <linux/module.h> -#include <linux/fs.h> -#include <linux/uio.h> -#include <linux/kprobes.h> - -/* - * Jumper probe for do_fork. - * Mirror principle enables access to arguments of the probed routine - * from the probe handler. - */ - -/* Proxy routine having the same arguments as actual do_fork() routine */ -long jdo_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start, - struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long stack_size, - int __user * parent_tidptr, int __user * child_tidptr) -{ - printk("jprobe: clone_flags=0x%lx, stack_size=0x%lx, regs=0x%p\n", - clone_flags, stack_size, regs); - /* Always end with a call to jprobe_return(). */ - jprobe_return(); - /*NOTREACHED*/ - return 0; -} - -static struct jprobe my_jprobe = { - .entry = jdo_fork -}; - -static int __init jprobe_init(void) -{ - int ret; - my_jprobe.kp.symbol_name = "do_fork"; - - if ((ret = register_jprobe(&my_jprobe)) <0) { - printk("register_jprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret); - return -1; - } - printk("Planted jprobe at %p, handler addr %p\n", - my_jprobe.kp.addr, my_jprobe.entry); - return 0; -} - -static void __exit jprobe_exit(void) -{ - unregister_jprobe(&my_jprobe); - printk("jprobe unregistered\n"); -} - -module_init(jprobe_init) -module_exit(jprobe_exit) -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); ------ cut here ----- - -Build and insert the kernel module as shown in the above kprobe -example. You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on -the console whenever do_fork() is invoked to create a new process. -(Some messages may be suppressed if syslogd is configured to -eliminate duplicate messages.) +See samples/kprobes/jprobe_example.c 10. Kretprobes Example -Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of return probes to -report failed calls to sys_open(). ------ cut here ----- -/*kretprobe-example.c*/ -#include <linux/kernel.h> -#include <linux/module.h> -#include <linux/kprobes.h> -#include <linux/ktime.h> - -/* per-instance private data */ -struct my_data { - ktime_t entry_stamp; -}; - -static const char *probed_func = "sys_open"; - -/* Timestamp function entry. */ -static int entry_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs) -{ - struct my_data *data; - - if(!current->mm) - return 1; /* skip kernel threads */ - - data = (struct my_data *)ri->data; - data->entry_stamp = ktime_get(); - return 0; -} - -/* If the probed function failed, log the return value and duration. - * Duration may turn out to be zero consistently, depending upon the - * granularity of time accounting on the platform. */ -static int return_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs) -{ - int retval = regs_return_value(regs); - struct my_data *data = (struct my_data *)ri->data; - s64 delta; - ktime_t now; - - if (retval < 0) { - now = ktime_get(); - delta = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(now, data->entry_stamp)); - printk("%s: return val = %d (duration = %lld ns)\n", - probed_func, retval, delta); - } - return 0; -} - -static struct kretprobe my_kretprobe = { - .handler = return_handler, - .entry_handler = entry_handler, - .data_size = sizeof(struct my_data), - .maxactive = 20, /* probe up to 20 instances concurrently */ -}; - -static int __init kretprobe_init(void) -{ - int ret; - my_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name = (char *)probed_func; - - if ((ret = register_kretprobe(&my_kretprobe)) < 0) { - printk("register_kretprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret); - return -1; - } - printk("Kretprobe active on %s\n", my_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name); - return 0; -} - -static void __exit kretprobe_exit(void) -{ - unregister_kretprobe(&my_kretprobe); - printk("kretprobe unregistered\n"); - /* nmissed > 0 suggests that maxactive was set too low. */ - printk("Missed probing %d instances of %s\n", - my_kretprobe.nmissed, probed_func); -} - -module_init(kretprobe_init) -module_exit(kretprobe_exit) -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); ------ cut here ----- - -Build and insert the kernel module as shown in the above kprobe -example. You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the -console whenever sys_open() returns a negative value. (Some messages -may be suppressed if syslogd is configured to eliminate duplicate -messages.) +See samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c For additional information on Kprobes, refer to the following URLs: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes.html?ca=dgr-lnxw42Kprobe diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX index 729c2c062e1..ee5692b26dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ - This file acer-wmi.txt - information on the Acer Laptop WMI Extras driver. +laptop-mode.txt + - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. sony-laptop.txt - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme. sonypi.txt diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt index 68ef0fc0478..79b7dbd2214 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DSDT. To send me the DSDT, as root/sudo: -cat /sys/firmware/acpi/DSDT > dsdt +cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > dsdt And send me the resulting 'dsdt' file. @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ can be added to acer-wmi. The LED is exposed through the LED subsystem, and can be found in: -/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/leds/acer-mail:green/ +/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/leds/acer-wmi::mail/ The mail LED is autodetected, so if you don't have one, the LED device won't be registered. diff --git a/Documentation/laptop-mode.txt b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt index eeedee11c8c..eeedee11c8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptop-mode.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index 0f23d67f958..bec5a32e409 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -486,9 +486,12 @@ static void concat(char *dst, char *args[]) unsigned int i, len = 0; for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) { + if (i) { + strcat(dst+len, " "); + len++; + } strcpy(dst+len, args[i]); - strcat(dst+len, " "); - len += strlen(args[i]) + 1; + len += strlen(args[i]); } /* In case it's empty. */ dst[len] = '\0'; diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt index 72b20c63959..d2c2e6e2b22 100644 --- a/Documentation/pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/pci.txt @@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an -all-zero entry. Each entry consists of: +all-zero entry; use of the macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE is the preferred +method of declaring the table. Each entry consists of: vendor,device Vendor and device ID to match (or PCI_ANY_ID) @@ -191,7 +192,8 @@ Tips on when/where to use the above attributes: o Do not mark the struct pci_driver. - o The ID table array should be marked __devinitdata. + o The ID table array should be marked __devinitconst; this is done + automatically if the table is declared with DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(). o The probe() and remove() functions should be marked __devinit and __devexit respectively. All initialization functions diff --git a/Documentation/power/00-INDEX b/Documentation/power/00-INDEX index 8db4e41a052..a55d7f1c836 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/power/00-INDEX @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ notifiers.txt - Registering suspend notifiers in device drivers pci.txt - How the PCI Subsystem Does Power Management +pm.txt + - info on Linux power management support. +pm_qos_interface.txt + - info on Linux PM Quality of Service interface +power_supply_class.txt + - Tells userspace about battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply properties s2ram.txt - How to get suspend to ram working (and debug it when it isn't) states.txt diff --git a/Documentation/pm.txt b/Documentation/power/pm.txt index da8589a0e07..be841507e43 100644 --- a/Documentation/pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/pm.txt @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void pm_unregister_all(pm_callback cback); * EINVAL if the request is not supported * EBUSY if the device is now busy and cannot handle the request * ENOMEM if the device was unable to handle the request due to memory - * + * * Details: The device request callback will be called before the * device/system enters a suspend state (ACPI D1-D3) or * or after the device/system resumes from suspend (ACPI D0). diff --git a/Documentation/pm_qos_interface.txt b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt index 49adb1a3351..49adb1a3351 100644 --- a/Documentation/pm_qos_interface.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt diff --git a/Documentation/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt index a8686e5a685..a8686e5a685 100644 --- a/Documentation/power_supply_class.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt index 442e14d35de..01e69404ee5 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-stats.txt @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ of idleness (idle, busy, and newly idle): /proc/<pid>/schedstat ---------------- -schedstats also adds a new /proc/<pid/schedstat file to include some of +schedstats also adds a new /proc/<pid>/schedstat file to include some of the same information on a per-process level. There are three fields in this file correlating for that process to: 1) time spent on the cpu diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr index de2bcacfa87..038a3e6ecaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr @@ -109,4 +109,10 @@ ** 8.replace pci_alloc_consistent()/pci_free_consistent() with kmalloc()/kfree() in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() ** 9. fix the release of dma memory for type B in arcmsr_free_ccb_pool() ** 10.fix the arcmsr_polling_hbb_ccbdone() +** 1.20.00.15 02/27/2008 Erich Chen & Nick Cheng +** 1.arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() is called from atomic context under the +** queuecommand scsi_host_template handler. James Bottomley pointed out +** that the current GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA flags are wrong: firstly we are in +** atomic context, secondly this memory is not used for DMA. +** Also removed some unneeded casts. Thanks to Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> ************************************************************************** diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt index ba9c2da5a8c..d9f28be7540 100644 --- a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt @@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ 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 RO - Optional + Required temp Current temperature as reported by thermal zone (sensor) - Unit: degree Celsius + Unit: millidegree Celsius RO Required @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ mode One of the predefined values in [kernel, user] charge of the thermal management. trip_point_[0-*]_temp The temperature above which trip point will be fired - Unit: degree Celsius + Unit: millidegree Celsius RO Optional @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ type String which represents the type of device eg. For memory controller device on intel_menlow platform: this should be "Memory controller" RO - Optional + Required max_state The maximum permissible cooling state of this cooling device. RO @@ -219,16 +219,16 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this: |thermal_zone1: |-----type: ACPI thermal zone - |-----temp: 37 + |-----temp: 37000 |-----mode: kernel - |-----trip_point_0_temp: 100 + |-----trip_point_0_temp: 100000 |-----trip_point_0_type: critical - |-----trip_point_1_temp: 80 + |-----trip_point_1_temp: 80000 |-----trip_point_1_type: passive - |-----trip_point_2_temp: 70 - |-----trip_point_2_type: active[0] - |-----trip_point_3_temp: 60 - |-----trip_point_3_type: active[1] + |-----trip_point_2_temp: 70000 + |-----trip_point_2_type: active0 + |-----trip_point_3_temp: 60000 + |-----trip_point_3_type: active1 |-----cdev0: --->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device0 |-----cdev0_trip_point: 1 /* cdev0 can be used for passive */ |-----cdev1: --->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device3 diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt index a7408593829..4273ca2b86b 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ usb-help.txt -2000-July-12 +2008-Mar-7 For USB help other than the readme files that are located in Documentation/usb/*, see the following: @@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ Linux-USB project: http://www.linux-usb.org Linux USB Guide: http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net Linux-USB device overview (working devices and drivers): http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ - -The Linux-USB mailing lists are: - linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net for general user help - linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net for developer discussions + +The Linux-USB mailing list is at linux-usb@vger.kernel.org ### diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt index dcf8bcf846d..7c13f22a0c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt @@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ F.e. in order to boot just with sanity checks and red zoning one would specify: Trying to find an issue in the dentry cache? Try - slub_debug=,dentry_cache + slub_debug=,dentry to only enable debugging on the dentry cache. Red zoning and tracking may realign the slab. We can just apply sanity checks to the dentry cache with - slub_debug=F,dentry_cache + slub_debug=F,dentry In case you forgot to enable debugging on the kernel command line: It is possible to enable debugging manually when the kernel is up. Look at the |