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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-10-07 09:43:11 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-10-07 09:43:11 +0200
commitd4f8f217b8a5d5bd02af979650418dca4caec472 (patch)
treeaf047bfa9729c975e24cb7624107574e884d3a57 /Documentation
parentrcu: Add advice to PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY kernel config parameter (diff)
parentrcu: move check from rcu_dereference_bh to rcu_read_lock_bh_held (diff)
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Merge branch 'rcu/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu into core/rcu
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpio.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/Makefile3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/lguest.c23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mutex-design.txt3
7 files changed, 55 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
index d7884b13fb11..f66f4df18690 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
@@ -1955,6 +1955,12 @@ machines due to caching.
</sect1>
</chapter>
+ <chapter id="apiref">
+ <title>Mutex API reference</title>
+!Iinclude/linux/mutex.h
+!Ekernel/mutex.c
+ </chapter>
+
<chapter id="references">
<title>Further reading</title>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
index e8473eae2a20..b57a9ede3224 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
@@ -104,4 +104,9 @@
<title>Block IO</title>
!Iinclude/trace/events/block.h
</chapter>
+
+ <chapter id="workqueue">
+ <title>Workqueue</title>
+!Iinclude/trace/events/workqueue.h
+ </chapter>
</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt
index d96a6dba5748..9633da01ff46 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt
@@ -109,17 +109,19 @@ use numbers 2000-2063 to identify GPIOs in a bank of I2C GPIO expanders.
If you want to initialize a structure with an invalid GPIO number, use
some negative number (perhaps "-EINVAL"); that will never be valid. To
-test if a number could reference a GPIO, you may use this predicate:
+test if such number from such a structure could reference a GPIO, you
+may use this predicate:
int gpio_is_valid(int number);
A number that's not valid will be rejected by calls which may request
or free GPIOs (see below). Other numbers may also be rejected; for
-example, a number might be valid but unused on a given board.
-
-Whether a platform supports multiple GPIO controllers is currently a
-platform-specific implementation issue.
+example, a number might be valid but temporarily unused on a given board.
+Whether a platform supports multiple GPIO controllers is a platform-specific
+implementation issue, as are whether that support can leave "holes" in the space
+of GPIO numbers, and whether new controllers can be added at runtime. Such issues
+can affect things including whether adjacent GPIO numbers are both valid.
Using GPIOs
-----------
@@ -480,12 +482,16 @@ To support this framework, a platform's Kconfig will "select" either
ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB or ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
and arrange that its <asm/gpio.h> includes <asm-generic/gpio.h> and defines
three functions: gpio_get_value(), gpio_set_value(), and gpio_cansleep().
-They may also want to provide a custom value for ARCH_NR_GPIOS.
-ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB means that the gpio-lib code will always get compiled
+It may also provide a custom value for ARCH_NR_GPIOS, so that it better
+reflects the number of GPIOs in actual use on that platform, without
+wasting static table space. (It should count both built-in/SoC GPIOs and
+also ones on GPIO expanders.
+
+ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB means that the gpiolib code will always get compiled
into the kernel on that architecture.
-ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB means the gpio-lib code defaults to off and the user
+ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB means the gpiolib code defaults to off and the user
can enable it and build it into the kernel optionally.
If neither of these options are selected, the platform does not support
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2c85c0692b01..8dd7248508a9 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1974,15 +1974,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
+ pcie_ports= [PCIE] PCIe ports handling:
+ auto Ask the BIOS whether or not to use native PCIe services
+ associated with PCIe ports (PME, hot-plug, AER). Use
+ them only if that is allowed by the BIOS.
+ native Use native PCIe services associated with PCIe ports
+ unconditionally.
+ compat Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe
+ ports driver.
+
pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
- Format: {auto|force}[,nomsi]
- auto Use native PCIe PME signaling if the BIOS allows the
- kernel to control PCIe config registers of root ports.
- force Use native PCIe PME signaling even if the BIOS refuses
- to allow the kernel to control the relevant PCIe config
- registers.
nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
- all PCIe root ports use INTx for everything).
+ all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
@@ -2629,8 +2632,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
nics -- unplug network devices
all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
- ignore -- continue loading the Xen platform PCI driver even
- if the version check failed
+ unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
+ unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
+ the unplug protocol
+ never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
Format:
diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/Makefile b/Documentation/lguest/Makefile
index 28c8cdfcafd8..bebac6b4f332 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
# This creates the demonstration utility "lguest" which runs a Linux guest.
-CFLAGS:=-m32 -Wall -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -O3 -I../../include -I../../arch/x86/include -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+# Missing headers? Add "-I../../include -I../../arch/x86/include"
+CFLAGS:=-m32 -Wall -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
all: lguest
diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index e9ce3c554514..8a6a8c6d4980 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
#include <limits.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <signal.h>
-#include "linux/lguest_launcher.h"
-#include "linux/virtio_config.h"
-#include "linux/virtio_net.h"
-#include "linux/virtio_blk.h"
-#include "linux/virtio_console.h"
-#include "linux/virtio_rng.h"
-#include "linux/virtio_ring.h"
-#include "asm/bootparam.h"
+#include <linux/virtio_config.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_net.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_blk.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_console.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_rng.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_ring.h>
+#include <asm/bootparam.h>
+#include "../../include/linux/lguest_launcher.h"
/*L:110
* We can ignore the 42 include files we need for this program, but I do want
* to draw attention to the use of kernel-style types.
@@ -1447,14 +1447,15 @@ static void add_to_bridge(int fd, const char *if_name, const char *br_name)
static void configure_device(int fd, const char *tapif, u32 ipaddr)
{
struct ifreq ifr;
- struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr;
+ struct sockaddr_in sin;
memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, tapif);
/* Don't read these incantations. Just cut & paste them like I did! */
- sin->sin_family = AF_INET;
- sin->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(ipaddr);
+ sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
+ sin.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(ipaddr);
+ memcpy(&ifr.ifr_addr, &sin, sizeof(sin));
if (ioctl(fd, SIOCSIFADDR, &ifr) != 0)
err(1, "Setting %s interface address", tapif);
ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_UP;
diff --git a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt
index c91ccc0720fa..38c10fd7f411 100644
--- a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ firstly, there's nothing wrong with semaphores. But if the simpler
mutex semantics are sufficient for your code, then there are a couple
of advantages of mutexes:
- - 'struct mutex' is smaller on most architectures: .e.g on x86,
+ - 'struct mutex' is smaller on most architectures: E.g. on x86,
'struct semaphore' is 20 bytes, 'struct mutex' is 16 bytes.
A smaller structure size means less RAM footprint, and better
CPU-cache utilization.
@@ -136,3 +136,4 @@ the APIs of 'struct mutex' have been streamlined:
void mutex_lock_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass);
int mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(struct mutex *lock,
unsigned int subclass);
+ int atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(atomic_t *cnt, struct mutex *lock);