Merge tag 'driver-core-5.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the "big" set of changes to the driver core, and some drivers
  using the changes, for 5.9-rc1.

  "Biggest" thing in here is the device link exposure in sysfs, to help
  to tame the madness that is SoC device tree representations and driver
  interactions with it.

  Other stuff in here that is interesting is:

   - device probe log helper so that drivers can report problems in a
     unified way easier.

   - devres functions added

   - DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_* macro added to make it harder to write
     incorrect sysfs file permissions

   - documentation cleanups

   - ability for debugfs to be present in the kernel, yet not exposed to
     userspace. Needed for systems that want it enabled, but do not
     trust users, so they can still use some kernel functions that were
     otherwise disabled.

   - other minor fixes and cleanups

  The patches outside of drivers/base/ all have acks from the respective
  subsystem maintainers to go through this tree instead of theirs.

  All of these have been in linux-next with no reported issues"

* tag 'driver-core-5.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (39 commits)
  drm/bridge: lvds-codec: simplify error handling
  drm/bridge/sii8620: fix resource acquisition error handling
  driver core: add deferring probe reason to devices_deferred property
  driver core: add device probe log helper
  driver core: Avoid binding drivers to dead devices
  Revert "test_firmware: Test platform fw loading on non-EFI systems"
  firmware_loader: EFI firmware loader must handle pre-allocated buffer
  selftest/firmware: Add selftest timeout in settings
  test_firmware: Test platform fw loading on non-EFI systems
  driver core: Change delimiter in devlink device's name to "--"
  debugfs: Add access restriction option
  tracefs: Remove unnecessary debug_fs checks.
  driver core: Fix probe_count imbalance in really_probe()
  kobject: remove unused KOBJ_MAX action
  driver core: Fix sleeping in invalid context during device link deletion
  driver core: Add waiting_for_supplier sysfs file for devices
  driver core: Add state_synced sysfs file for devices that support it
  driver core: Expose device link details in sysfs
  driver core: Drop mention of obsolete bus rwsem from kernel-doc
  debugfs: file: Remove unnecessary cast in kfree()
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index ff5018b39ed0..254bfafdcbcd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -832,6 +832,21 @@
 			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
 			on: enable the feature
 
+	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
+			and debugfs internal clients.
+			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
+			on: 	All functions are enabled.
+			no-mount:
+				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
+			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
+				its content. There is nothing to mount.
+			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
+			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
+				or directories within debugfs.
+				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
+				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
+			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
+
 	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
 
 	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]