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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-10-15 01:09:32 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-10-15 01:09:32 +0200 |
commit | fe151462bd0f7ad0e758f1cdcbeb6426e3d1ee8e (patch) | |
tree | 8a55db7c58314d1c598a77f85bc172bd0cdf0f1a /Documentation/driver-api | |
parent | Merge tag 'tty-5.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gre... (diff) | |
parent | regmap: debugfs: use semicolons rather than commas to separate statements (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'driver-core-5.10-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 driver core patches for 5.10-rc1
They include a lot of different things, all related to the driver core
and/or some driver logic:
- sysfs common write functions to make it easier to audit sysfs
attributes
- device connection cleanups and fixes
- devm helpers for a few functions
- NOIO allocations for when devices are being removed
- minor cleanups and fixes
All have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues"
* tag 'driver-core-5.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (31 commits)
regmap: debugfs: use semicolons rather than commas to separate statements
platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: do not create a static struct device
drivers core: node: Use a more typical macro definition style for ACCESS_ATTR
drivers core: Use sysfs_emit for shared_cpu_map_show and shared_cpu_list_show
mm: and drivers core: Convert hugetlb_report_node_meminfo to sysfs_emit
drivers core: Miscellaneous changes for sysfs_emit
drivers core: Reindent a couple uses around sysfs_emit
drivers core: Remove strcat uses around sysfs_emit and neaten
drivers core: Use sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at for show(device *...) functions
sysfs: Add sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at to format sysfs output
dyndbg: use keyword, arg varnames for query term pairs
driver core: force NOIO allocations during unplug
platform_device: switch to simpler IDA interface
driver core: platform: Document return type of more functions
Revert "driver core: Annotate dev_err_probe() with __must_check"
Revert "test_firmware: Test platform fw loading on non-EFI systems"
iio: adc: xilinx-xadc: use devm_krealloc()
hwmon: pmbus: use more devres helpers
devres: provide devm_krealloc()
syscore: Use pm_pr_dbg() for syscore_{suspend,resume}()
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/device_connection.rst | 43 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/index.rst | 1 |
4 files changed, 2 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/device_connection.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/device_connection.rst deleted file mode 100644 index ba364224c349..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/device_connection.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -================== -Device connections -================== - -Introduction ------------- - -Devices often have connections to other devices that are outside of the direct -child/parent relationship. A serial or network communication controller, which -could be a PCI device, may need to be able to get a reference to its PHY -component, which could be attached for example to the I2C bus. Some device -drivers need to be able to control the clocks or the GPIOs for their devices, -and so on. - -Device connections are generic descriptions of any type of connection between -two separate devices. - -Device connections alone do not create a dependency between the two devices. -They are only descriptions which are not tied to either of the devices directly. -A dependency between the two devices exists only if one of the two endpoint -devices requests a reference to the other. The descriptions themselves can be -defined in firmware (not yet supported) or they can be built-in. - -Usage ------ - -Device connections should exist before device ``->probe`` callback is called for -either endpoint device in the description. If the connections are defined in -firmware, this is not a problem. It should be considered if the connection -descriptions are "built-in", and need to be added separately. - -The connection description consists of the names of the two devices with the -connection, i.e. the endpoints, and unique identifier for the connection which -is needed if there are multiple connections between the two devices. - -After a description exists, the devices in it can request reference to the other -endpoint device, or they can request the description itself. - -API ---- - -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/devcon.c - :functions: device_connection_find_match device_connection_find device_connection_add device_connection_remove diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst index eaaaafc21134..f318a5c0033c 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst @@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ MEM devm_kmalloc() devm_kmalloc_array() devm_kmemdup() + devm_krealloc() devm_kstrdup() devm_kvasprintf() devm_kzalloc() diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst index 036383dad6d6..5f04c3bcdf0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ fallback mechanism: supported for request_firmware_into_buf(). * Firmware is not accessible through typical means: + * It cannot be installed into the root filesystem * The firmware provides very unique device specific data tailored for the unit gathered with local information. An example is calibration diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst index 5ef2cfe3a16b..6e7c702e0268 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ available subsections can be seen below. pm/index clk device-io - device_connection dma-buf device_link component |