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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps6586x.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pinctrl.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/Yama.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/w1/slaves/w1_therm2
15 files changed, 83 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop
index 814b01354c4..b31e782bd98 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop
@@ -5,4 +5,15 @@ Contact: "Ike Panhc <ike.pan@canonical.com>"
Description:
Control the power of camera module. 1 means on, 0 means off.
+What: /sys/devices/platform/ideapad/fan_mode
+Date: June 2012
+KernelVersion: 3.6
+Contact: "Maxim Mikityanskiy <maxtram95@gmail.com>"
+Description:
+ Change fan mode
+ There are four available modes:
+ * 0 -> Super Silent Mode
+ * 1 -> Standard Mode
+ * 2 -> Dust Cleaning
+ * 4 -> Efficient Thermal Dissipation Mode
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
index 3fca32c4192..25b58efd955 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ all your transactions.
</para>
<para>
-Then at umount time , in your put_super() (2.4) or write_super() (2.5)
-you can then call journal_destroy() to clean up your in-core journal object.
+Then at umount time , in your put_super() you can then call journal_destroy()
+to clean up your in-core journal object.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml
index 72039512790..701138f1209 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-tuner.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ the structure refers to a radio tuner the
<constant>V4L2_TUNER_CAP_NORM</constant> flags can't be used.</para>
<para>If multiple frequency bands are supported, then
<structfield>capability</structfield> is the union of all
-<structfield>capability></structfield> fields of each &v4l2-frequency-band;.
+<structfield>capability</structfield> fields of each &v4l2-frequency-band;.
</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps6586x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps6586x.txt
index d156e1b5db1..da80c2ae091 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps6586x.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps6586x.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Required properties:
- regulators: list of regulators provided by this controller, must have
property "regulator-compatible" to match their hardware counterparts:
sm[0-2], ldo[0-9] and ldo_rtc
-- sm0-supply: The input supply for the SM0.
-- sm1-supply: The input supply for the SM1.
-- sm2-supply: The input supply for the SM2.
+- vin-sm0-supply: The input supply for the SM0.
+- vin-sm1-supply: The input supply for the SM1.
+- vin-sm2-supply: The input supply for the SM2.
- vinldo01-supply: The input supply for the LDO1 and LDO2
- vinldo23-supply: The input supply for the LDO2 and LDO3
- vinldo4-supply: The input supply for the LDO4
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ Example:
#gpio-cells = <2>;
gpio-controller;
- sm0-supply = <&some_reg>;
- sm1-supply = <&some_reg>;
- sm2-supply = <&some_reg>;
+ vin-sm0-supply = <&some_reg>;
+ vin-sm1-supply = <&some_reg>;
+ vin-sm2-supply = <&some_reg>;
vinldo01-supply = <...>;
vinldo23-supply = <...>;
vinldo4-supply = <...>;
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 0f103e39b4f..e540a24e5d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ prototypes:
int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
- void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ write_inode:
drop_inode: !!!inode->i_lock!!!
evict_inode:
put_super: write
-write_super: read
sync_fs: read
freeze_fs: write
unfreeze_fs: write
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 2bef2b3843d..0742feebc6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -94,9 +94,8 @@ protected.
---
[mandatory]
-BKL is also moved from around sb operations. ->write_super() Is now called
-without BKL held. BKL should have been shifted into individual fs sb_op
-functions. If you don't need it, remove it.
+BKL is also moved from around sb operations. BKL should have been shifted into
+individual fs sb_op functions. If you don't need it, remove it.
---
[informational]
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index ead764b2728..de1e6c4dccf 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ errors=panic|continue|remount-ro
without doing anything or remount the partition in
read-only mode (default behavior).
+discard -- If set, issues discard/TRIM commands to the block
+ device when blocks are freed. This is useful for SSD devices
+ and sparse/thinly-provisoned LUNs.
+
+nfs -- This option maintains an index (cache) of directory
+ inodes by i_logstart which is used by the nfs-related code to
+ improve look-ups.
+
+ Enable this only if you want to export the FAT filesystem
+ over NFS
+
<bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
TODO
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 065aa2dc083..2ee133e030c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ struct super_operations {
void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
- void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
@@ -273,9 +272,6 @@ or bottom half).
put_super: called when the VFS wishes to free the superblock
(i.e. unmount). This is called with the superblock lock held
- write_super: called when the VFS superblock needs to be written to
- disc. This method is optional
-
sync_fs: called when VFS is writing out all dirty data associated with
a superblock. The second parameter indicates whether the method
should wait until the write out has been completed. Optional.
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
index 0bf25eebce9..4ebbfc3f1c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ MINIMUM_BATTERY_MINUTES=10
#
# Allowed dirty background ratio, in percent. Once DIRTY_RATIO has been
-# exceeded, the kernel will wake pdflush which will then reduce the amount
-# of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low, so once
-# some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
+# exceeded, the kernel will wake flusher threads which will then reduce the
+# amount of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low,
+# so once some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
#
#DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=5
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@ CPU_MAXFREQ=${CPU_MAXFREQ:-'slowest'}
#
# Allowed dirty background ratio, in percent. Once DIRTY_RATIO has been
-# exceeded, the kernel will wake pdflush which will then reduce the amount
-# of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low, so once
-# some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
+# exceeded, the kernel will wake flusher threads which will then reduce the
+# amount of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio. Set this nice and low,
+# so once some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
#
DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=${DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO:-'5'}
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
index 8d022073e3e..2e9e0ae2cd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
@@ -51,8 +51,23 @@ Built-in netconsole starts immediately after the TCP stack is
initialized and attempts to bring up the supplied dev at the supplied
address.
-The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>',
-'nc -l -u <port>' or syslogd.
+The remote host has several options to receive the kernel messages,
+for example:
+
+1) syslogd
+
+2) netcat
+
+ On distributions using a BSD-based netcat version (e.g. Fedora,
+ openSUSE and Ubuntu) the listening port must be specified without
+ the -p switch:
+
+ 'nc -u -l -p <port>' / 'nc -u -l <port>' or
+ 'netcat -u -l -p <port>' / 'netcat -u -l <port>'
+
+3) socat
+
+ 'socat udp-recv:<port> -'
Dynamic reconfiguration:
========================
diff --git a/Documentation/pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/pinctrl.txt
index e40f4b4e197..1479aca2374 100644
--- a/Documentation/pinctrl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pinctrl.txt
@@ -840,9 +840,9 @@ static unsigned long i2c_pin_configs[] = {
static struct pinctrl_map __initdata mapping[] = {
PIN_MAP_MUX_GROUP("foo-i2c.0", PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT, "pinctrl-foo", "i2c0", "i2c0"),
- PIN_MAP_MUX_CONFIGS_GROUP("foo-i2c.0", PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT, "pinctrl-foo", "i2c0", i2c_grp_configs),
- PIN_MAP_MUX_CONFIGS_PIN("foo-i2c.0", PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT, "pinctrl-foo", "i2c0scl", i2c_pin_configs),
- PIN_MAP_MUX_CONFIGS_PIN("foo-i2c.0", PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT, "pinctrl-foo", "i2c0sda", i2c_pin_configs),
+ PIN_MAP_CONFIGS_GROUP("foo-i2c.0", PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT, "pinctrl-foo", "i2c0", i2c_grp_configs),
+ PIN_MAP_CONFIGS_PIN("foo-i2c.0", PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT, "pinctrl-foo", "i2c0scl", i2c_pin_configs),
+ PIN_MAP_CONFIGS_PIN("foo-i2c.0", PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT, "pinctrl-foo", "i2c0sda", i2c_pin_configs),
};
Finally, some devices expect the mapping table to contain certain specific
diff --git a/Documentation/security/Yama.txt b/Documentation/security/Yama.txt
index e369de2d48c..dd908cf64ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/Yama.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/Yama.txt
@@ -46,14 +46,13 @@ restrictions, it can call prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, PR_SET_PTRACER_ANY, ...)
so that any otherwise allowed process (even those in external pid namespaces)
may attach.
-These restrictions do not change how ptrace via PTRACE_TRACEME operates.
-
-The sysctl settings are:
+The sysctl settings (writable only with CAP_SYS_PTRACE) are:
0 - classic ptrace permissions: a process can PTRACE_ATTACH to any other
process running under the same uid, as long as it is dumpable (i.e.
did not transition uids, start privileged, or have called
- prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE...) already).
+ prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE...) already). Similarly, PTRACE_TRACEME is
+ unchanged.
1 - restricted ptrace: a process must have a predefined relationship
with the inferior it wants to call PTRACE_ATTACH on. By default,
@@ -61,12 +60,13 @@ The sysctl settings are:
classic criteria is also met. To change the relationship, an
inferior can call prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, debugger, ...) to declare
an allowed debugger PID to call PTRACE_ATTACH on the inferior.
+ Using PTRACE_TRACEME is unchanged.
2 - admin-only attach: only processes with CAP_SYS_PTRACE may use ptrace
- with PTRACE_ATTACH.
+ with PTRACE_ATTACH, or through children calling PTRACE_TRACEME.
-3 - no attach: no processes may use ptrace with PTRACE_ATTACH. Once set,
- this sysctl cannot be changed to a lower value.
+3 - no attach: no processes may use ptrace with PTRACE_ATTACH nor via
+ PTRACE_TRACEME. Once set, this sysctl value cannot be changed.
The original children-only logic was based on the restrictions in grsecurity.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index dcc2a94ae34..078701fdbd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ huge pages although processes will also directly compact memory as required.
dirty_background_bytes
-Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
-daemon will start writeback.
+Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the background kernel
+flusher threads will start writeback.
Note: dirty_background_bytes is the counterpart of dirty_background_ratio. Only
one of them may be specified at a time. When one sysctl is written it is
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ other appears as 0 when read.
dirty_background_ratio
Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which
-the pdflush background writeback daemon will start writing out dirty data.
+the background kernel flusher threads will start writing out dirty data.
==============================================================
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ retained.
dirty_expire_centisecs
This tunable is used to define when dirty data is old enough to be eligible
-for writeout by the pdflush daemons. It is expressed in 100'ths of a second.
-Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this interval will be
-written out next time a pdflush daemon wakes up.
+for writeout by the kernel flusher threads. It is expressed in 100'ths
+of a second. Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this
+interval will be written out next time a flusher thread wakes up.
==============================================================
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ data.
dirty_writeback_centisecs
-The pdflush writeback daemons will periodically wake up and write `old' data
+The kernel flusher threads will periodically wake up and write `old' data
out to disk. This tunable expresses the interval between those wakeups, in
100'ths of a second.
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
index f8551b3879f..4ac359b7aa1 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
@@ -299,11 +299,17 @@ map_hugetlb.c.
*******************************************************************
/*
- * hugepage-shm: see Documentation/vm/hugepage-shm.c
+ * map_hugetlb: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/map_hugetlb.c
*/
*******************************************************************
/*
- * hugepage-mmap: see Documentation/vm/hugepage-mmap.c
+ * hugepage-shm: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-shm.c
+ */
+
+*******************************************************************
+
+/*
+ * hugepage-mmap: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mmap.c
*/
diff --git a/Documentation/w1/slaves/w1_therm b/Documentation/w1/slaves/w1_therm
index 0403aaaba87..874a8ca93fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/w1/slaves/w1_therm
+++ b/Documentation/w1/slaves/w1_therm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Kernel driver w1_therm
Supported chips:
* Maxim ds18*20 based temperature sensors.
+ * Maxim ds1825 based temperature sensors.
Author: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ supported family codes:
W1_THERM_DS18S20 0x10
W1_THERM_DS1822 0x22
W1_THERM_DS18B20 0x28
+W1_THERM_DS1825 0x3B
Support is provided through the sysfs w1_slave file. Each open and
read sequence will initiate a temperature conversion then provide two