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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-events | 62 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/atomic_ops.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r--[-rwxr-xr-x] | Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 83 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt | 4 |
12 files changed, 225 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-events b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-events new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0adeb524c0d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-events @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +What: /sys/devices/cpu/events/ + /sys/devices/cpu/events/branch-misses + /sys/devices/cpu/events/cache-references + /sys/devices/cpu/events/cache-misses + /sys/devices/cpu/events/stalled-cycles-frontend + /sys/devices/cpu/events/branch-instructions + /sys/devices/cpu/events/stalled-cycles-backend + /sys/devices/cpu/events/instructions + /sys/devices/cpu/events/cpu-cycles + +Date: 2013/01/08 + +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> + +Description: Generic performance monitoring events + + A collection of performance monitoring events that may be + supported by many/most CPUs. These events can be monitored + using the 'perf(1)' tool. + + The contents of each file would look like: + + event=0xNNNN + + where 'N' is a hex digit and the number '0xNNNN' shows the + "raw code" for the perf event identified by the file's + "basename". + + +What: /sys/devices/cpu/events/PM_LD_MISS_L1 + /sys/devices/cpu/events/PM_LD_REF_L1 + /sys/devices/cpu/events/PM_CYC + /sys/devices/cpu/events/PM_BRU_FIN + /sys/devices/cpu/events/PM_GCT_NOSLOT_CYC + /sys/devices/cpu/events/PM_BRU_MPRED + /sys/devices/cpu/events/PM_INST_CMPL + /sys/devices/cpu/events/PM_CMPLU_STALL + +Date: 2013/01/08 + +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> + Linux Powerpc mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org> + +Description: POWER-systems specific performance monitoring events + + A collection of performance monitoring events that may be + supported by the POWER CPU. These events can be monitored + using the 'perf(1)' tool. + + These events may not be supported by other CPUs. + + The contents of each file would look like: + + event=0xNNNN + + where 'N' is a hex digit and the number '0xNNNN' shows the + "raw code" for the perf event identified by the file's + "basename". + + Further, multiple terms like 'event=0xNNNN' can be specified + and separated with comma. All available terms are defined in + the /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<dev>/format file. diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt index 53e6fca146d..a09178086c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt @@ -127,15 +127,42 @@ on the number of vectors that can be allocated; pci_enable_msi_block() returns as soon as it finds any constraint that doesn't allow the call to succeed. -4.2.3 pci_disable_msi +4.2.3 pci_enable_msi_block_auto + +int pci_enable_msi_block_auto(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned int *count) + +This variation on pci_enable_msi() call allows a device driver to request +the maximum possible number of MSIs. The MSI specification only allows +interrupts to be allocated in powers of two, up to a maximum of 2^5 (32). + +If this function returns a positive number, it indicates that it has +succeeded and the returned value is the number of allocated interrupts. In +this case, the function enables MSI on this device and updates dev->irq to +be the lowest of the new interrupts assigned to it. The other interrupts +assigned to the device are in the range dev->irq to dev->irq + returned +value - 1. + +If this function returns a negative number, it indicates an error and +the driver should not attempt to request any more MSI interrupts for +this device. + +If the device driver needs to know the number of interrupts the device +supports it can pass the pointer count where that number is stored. The +device driver must decide what action to take if pci_enable_msi_block_auto() +succeeds, but returns a value less than the number of interrupts supported. +If the device driver does not need to know the number of interrupts +supported, it can set the pointer count to NULL. + +4.2.4 pci_disable_msi void pci_disable_msi(struct pci_dev *dev) This function should be used to undo the effect of pci_enable_msi() or -pci_enable_msi_block(). Calling it restores dev->irq to the pin-based -interrupt number and frees the previously allocated message signaled -interrupt(s). The interrupt may subsequently be assigned to another -device, so drivers should not cache the value of dev->irq. +pci_enable_msi_block() or pci_enable_msi_block_auto(). Calling it restores +dev->irq to the pin-based interrupt number and frees the previously +allocated message signaled interrupt(s). The interrupt may subsequently be +assigned to another device, so drivers should not cache the value of +dev->irq. Before calling this function, a device driver must always call free_irq() on any interrupt for which it previously called request_irq(). diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt index 27f2b21a9d5..d9ca5be9b47 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt @@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ This performs an atomic exchange operation on the atomic variable v, setting the given new value. It returns the old value that the atomic variable v had just before the operation. +atomic_xchg requires explicit memory barriers around the operation. + int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *v, int old, int new); This performs an atomic compare exchange operation on the atomic value v, diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt index 728c38c242d..56fb62b09fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt @@ -141,3 +141,4 @@ Version History 1.2.0 Handle creation of arrays that contain failed devices. 1.3.0 Added support for RAID 10 1.3.1 Allow device replacement/rebuild for RAID 10 +1.3.2 Fix/improve redundancy checking for RAID10 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt index 3a268127b05..bc50899e0c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ PA31 TXD4 Required properties for pin configuration node: - atmel,pins: 4 integers array, represents a group of pins mux and config setting. The format is atmel,pins = <PIN_BANK PIN_BANK_NUM PERIPH CONFIG>. - The PERIPH 0 means gpio. + The PERIPH 0 means gpio, PERIPH 1 is periph A, PERIPH 2 is periph B... + PIN_BANK 0 is pioA, PIN_BANK 1 is pioB... Bits used for CONFIG: PULL_UP (1 << 0): indicate this pin need a pull up. @@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ pinctrl@fffff400 { pinctrl_dbgu: dbgu-0 { atmel,pins = <1 14 0x1 0x0 /* PB14 periph A */ - 1 15 0x1 0x1>; /* PB15 periph with pullup */ + 1 15 0x1 0x1>; /* PB15 periph A with pullup */ }; }; }; diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt index 8fbd8b46ee3..dcf338e62b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt @@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ consists of multiple segments as described below. align with the zone size <-| |-> align with the segment size _________________________________________________________________________ - | | | Node | Segment | Segment | | - | Superblock | Checkpoint | Address | Info. | Summary | Main | - | (SB) | (CP) | Table (NAT) | Table (SIT) | Area (SSA) | | + | | | Segment | Node | Segment | | + | Superblock | Checkpoint | Info. | Address | Summary | Main | + | (SB) | (CP) | Table (SIT) | Table (NAT) | Area (SSA) | | |____________|_____2______|______N______|______N______|______N_____|__N___| . . . . @@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ consists of multiple segments as described below. : It contains file system information, bitmaps for valid NAT/SIT sets, orphan inode lists, and summary entries of current active segments. -- Node Address Table (NAT) - : It is composed of a block address table for all the node blocks stored in - Main area. - - Segment Information Table (SIT) : It contains segment information such as valid block count and bitmap for the validity of all the blocks. +- Node Address Table (NAT) + : It is composed of a block address table for all the node blocks stored in + Main area. + - Segment Summary Area (SSA) : It contains summary entries which contains the owner information of all the data and node blocks stored in Main area. @@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ For file system consistency, each CP points to which NAT and SIT copies are valid, as shown as below. +--------+----------+---------+ - | CP | NAT | SIT | + | CP | SIT | NAT | +--------+----------+---------+ . . . . . . . . . . . . +-------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ - | CP #0 | CP #1 | NAT #0 | NAT #1 | SIT #0 | SIT #1 | + | CP #0 | CP #1 | SIT #0 | SIT #1 | NAT #0 | NAT #1 | +-------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | ^ ^ | | | diff --git a/Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt b/Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt index 948b0989c43..948b0989c43 100755..100644 --- a/Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt +++ b/Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 363e348bff9..6c723811c0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. real-time workloads. It can also improve energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors. - rcu_nocbs_poll [KNL,BOOT] + rcu_nocb_poll [KNL,BOOT] Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads, diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 3c4e1b3b80a..fa5d8a9ae20 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -1685,6 +1685,7 @@ explicit lock operations, described later). These include: xchg(); cmpxchg(); + atomic_xchg(); atomic_cmpxchg(); atomic_inc_return(); atomic_dec_return(); diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index 6f51fed45f2..53d6a3c51d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -1842,6 +1842,89 @@ an error. # cat buffer_size_kb 85 +Snapshot +-------- +CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT makes a generic snapshot feature +available to all non latency tracers. (Latency tracers which +record max latency, such as "irqsoff" or "wakeup", can't use +this feature, since those are already using the snapshot +mechanism internally.) + +Snapshot preserves a current trace buffer at a particular point +in time without stopping tracing. Ftrace swaps the current +buffer with a spare buffer, and tracing continues in the new +current (=previous spare) buffer. + +The following debugfs files in "tracing" are related to this +feature: + + snapshot: + + This is used to take a snapshot and to read the output + of the snapshot. Echo 1 into this file to allocate a + spare buffer and to take a snapshot (swap), then read + the snapshot from this file in the same format as + "trace" (described above in the section "The File + System"). Both reads snapshot and tracing are executable + in parallel. When the spare buffer is allocated, echoing + 0 frees it, and echoing else (positive) values clear the + snapshot contents. + More details are shown in the table below. + + status\input | 0 | 1 | else | + --------------+------------+------------+------------+ + not allocated |(do nothing)| alloc+swap | EINVAL | + --------------+------------+------------+------------+ + allocated | free | swap | clear | + --------------+------------+------------+------------+ + +Here is an example of using the snapshot feature. + + # echo 1 > events/sched/enable + # echo 1 > snapshot + # cat snapshot +# tracer: nop +# +# entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 71/71 #P:8 +# +# _-----=> irqs-off +# / _----=> need-resched +# | / _---=> hardirq/softirq +# || / _--=> preempt-depth +# ||| / delay +# TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION +# | | | |||| | | + <idle>-0 [005] d... 2440.603828: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/5 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=snapshot-test-2 next_pid=2242 next_prio=120 + sleep-2242 [005] d... 2440.603846: sched_switch: prev_comm=snapshot-test-2 prev_pid=2242 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/5:1 next_pid=60 next_prio=120 +[...] + <idle>-0 [002] d... 2440.707230: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/2 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=snapshot-test-2 next_pid=2229 next_prio=120 + + # cat trace +# tracer: nop +# +# entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 77/77 #P:8 +# +# _-----=> irqs-off +# / _----=> need-resched +# | / _---=> hardirq/softirq +# || / _--=> preempt-depth +# ||| / delay +# TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION +# | | | |||| | | + <idle>-0 [007] d... 2440.707395: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/7 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=snapshot-test-2 next_pid=2243 next_prio=120 + snapshot-test-2-2229 [002] d... 2440.707438: sched_switch: prev_comm=snapshot-test-2 prev_pid=2229 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper/2 next_pid=0 next_prio=120 +[...] + + +If you try to use this snapshot feature when current tracer is +one of the latency tracers, you will get the following results. + + # echo wakeup > current_tracer + # echo 1 > snapshot +bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy + # cat snapshot +cat: snapshot: Device or resource busy + ----------- More details can be found in the source code, in the diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 406d82d5d2b..b443f1de0e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Protocol 2.10: (Kernel 2.6.31) Added a protocol for relaxed alignment Protocol 2.11: (Kernel 3.6) Added a field for offset of EFI handover protocol entry point. +Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields + to struct boot_params for for loading bzImage and ramdisk + above 4G in 64bit. + **** MEMORY LAYOUT The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or @@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel 0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not 0235/1 2.10+ min_alignment Minimum alignment, as a power of two -0236/2 N/A pad3 Unused +0236/2 2.12+ xloadflags Boot protocol option flags 0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line 023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture 0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data @@ -386,6 +390,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ F Special (0xFF = undefined) 10 Reserved 11 Minimal Linux Bootloader <http://sebastian-plotz.blogspot.de> + 12 OVMF UEFI virtualization stack Please contact <hpa@zytor.com> if you need a bootloader ID value assigned. @@ -582,6 +587,27 @@ Protocol: 2.10+ misaligned kernel. Therefore, a loader should typically try each power-of-two alignment from kernel_alignment down to this alignment. +Field name: xloadflags +Type: read +Offset/size: 0x236/2 +Protocol: 2.12+ + + This field is a bitmask. + + Bit 0 (read): XLF_KERNEL_64 + - If 1, this kernel has the legacy 64-bit entry point at 0x200. + + Bit 1 (read): XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G + - If 1, kernel/boot_params/cmdline/ramdisk can be above 4G. + + Bit 2 (read): XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_32 + - If 1, the kernel supports the 32-bit EFI handoff entry point + given at handover_offset. + + Bit 3 (read): XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_64 + - If 1, the kernel supports the 64-bit EFI handoff entry point + given at handover_offset + 0x200. + Field name: cmdline_size Type: read Offset/size: 0x238/4 diff --git a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt index cf5437deda8..199f453cb4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 090/010 ALL hd1_info hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!! 0A0/010 ALL sys_desc_table System description table (struct sys_desc_table) 0B0/010 ALL olpc_ofw_header OLPC's OpenFirmware CIF and friends +0C0/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_image ramdisk_image high 32bits +0C4/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_size ramdisk_size high 32bits +0C8/004 ALL ext_cmd_line_ptr cmd_line_ptr high 32bits 140/080 ALL edid_info Video mode setup (struct edid_info) 1C0/020 ALL efi_info EFI 32 information (struct efi_info) 1E0/004 ALL alk_mem_k Alternative mem check, in KB @@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 1E9/001 ALL eddbuf_entries Number of entries in eddbuf (below) 1EA/001 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries Number of entries in edd_mbr_sig_buffer (below) +1EF/001 ALL sentinel Used to detect broken bootloaders 290/040 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buffer EDD MBR signatures 2D0/A00 ALL e820_map E820 memory map table (array of struct e820entry) |