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author | Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com> | 2019-02-04 22:53:42 +0100 |
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committer | Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com> | 2019-02-04 22:53:42 +0100 |
commit | 6a8a2aa62da2fbe51f5449993fd366398048f465 (patch) | |
tree | 566c6fcc782eefbca054af8553371d09b9d0734c /Documentation | |
parent | IB/core: Remove ib_sg_dma_address() and ib_sg_dma_len() (diff) | |
parent | Linux 5.0-rc5 (diff) | |
download | linux-6a8a2aa62da2fbe51f5449993fd366398048f465.tar.xz linux-6a8a2aa62da2fbe51f5449993fd366398048f465.zip |
Merge tag 'v5.0-rc5' into rdma.git for-next
Linux 5.0-rc5
Needed to merge the include/uapi changes so we have an up to date
single-tree for these files. Patches already posted are also expected to
need this for dependencies.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
22 files changed, 194 insertions, 106 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst index 6780a6d81745..7cc9e368c1e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst @@ -157,12 +157,11 @@ Q: Does BPF have a stable ABI? ------------------------------ A: YES. BPF instructions, arguments to BPF programs, set of helper functions and their arguments, recognized return codes are all part -of ABI. However when tracing programs are using bpf_probe_read() helper -to walk kernel internal datastructures and compile with kernel -internal headers these accesses can and will break with newer -kernels. The union bpf_attr -> kern_version is checked at load time -to prevent accidentally loading kprobe-based bpf programs written -for a different kernel. Networking programs don't do kern_version check. +of ABI. However there is one specific exception to tracing programs +which are using helpers like bpf_probe_read() to walk kernel internal +data structures and compile with kernel internal headers. Both of these +kernel internals are subject to change and can break with newer kernels +such that the program needs to be adapted accordingly. Q: How much stack space a BPF program uses? ------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst b/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst index 6a6d67acaf69..5d54b27c6eba 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst @@ -108,12 +108,13 @@ some, but not all of the other indices changing. Sometimes you need to ensure that a subsequent call to :c:func:`xa_store` will not need to allocate memory. The :c:func:`xa_reserve` function -will store a reserved entry at the indicated index. Users of the normal -API will see this entry as containing ``NULL``. If you do not need to -use the reserved entry, you can call :c:func:`xa_release` to remove the -unused entry. If another user has stored to the entry in the meantime, -:c:func:`xa_release` will do nothing; if instead you want the entry to -become ``NULL``, you should use :c:func:`xa_erase`. +will store a reserved entry at the indicated index. Users of the +normal API will see this entry as containing ``NULL``. If you do +not need to use the reserved entry, you can call :c:func:`xa_release` +to remove the unused entry. If another user has stored to the entry +in the meantime, :c:func:`xa_release` will do nothing; if instead you +want the entry to become ``NULL``, you should use :c:func:`xa_erase`. +Using :c:func:`xa_insert` on a reserved entry will fail. If all entries in the array are ``NULL``, the :c:func:`xa_empty` function will return ``true``. @@ -183,6 +184,8 @@ Takes xa_lock internally: * :c:func:`xa_store_bh` * :c:func:`xa_store_irq` * :c:func:`xa_insert` + * :c:func:`xa_insert_bh` + * :c:func:`xa_insert_irq` * :c:func:`xa_erase` * :c:func:`xa_erase_bh` * :c:func:`xa_erase_irq` diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile index 6e5cef0ed6fb..50daa0b3b032 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile @@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ extra-y += $(DT_TMP_SCHEMA) quiet_cmd_mk_schema = SCHEMA $@ cmd_mk_schema = $(DT_MK_SCHEMA) $(DT_MK_SCHEMA_FLAGS) -o $@ $(filter-out FORCE, $^) -DT_DOCS = $(shell cd $(srctree)/$(src) && find * -name '*.yaml') +DT_DOCS = $(shell \ + cd $(srctree)/$(src) && \ + find * \( -name '*.yaml' ! -name $(DT_TMP_SCHEMA) \) \ + ) + DT_SCHEMA_FILES ?= $(addprefix $(src)/,$(DT_DOCS)) extra-y += $(patsubst $(src)/%.yaml,%.example.dts, $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES)) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt index 84262cdb8d29..96fa46cb133c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt @@ -235,4 +235,4 @@ cpus { =========================================== [1] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - CPUs bindings - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt index 8f0937db55c5..45730ba60af5 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt @@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ cpus { =========================================== [1] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - CPUs bindings - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml [2] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - PSCI bindings Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sp810.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sp810.txt index 1b2ab1ff5587..46652bf65147 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sp810.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sp810.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SP810 System Controller Required properties: - compatible: standard compatible string for a Primecell peripheral, - see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/primecell.txt + see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/primecell.yaml for more details should be: "arm,sp810", "arm,primecell" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/topology.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/topology.txt index de9eb0486630..b0d80c0fb265 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/topology.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/topology.txt @@ -472,4 +472,4 @@ cpus { =============================================================================== [1] ARM Linux kernel documentation - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/marvell,mmp2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/marvell,mmp2.txt index af376a01f2b7..23b52dc02266 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/marvell,mmp2.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/marvell,mmp2.txt @@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ Required Properties: Each clock is assigned an identifier and client nodes use this identifier to specify the clock which they consume. -All these identifier could be found in <dt-bindings/clock/marvell-mmp2.h>. +All these identifiers could be found in <dt-bindings/clock/marvell,mmp2.h>. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,pl11x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,pl11x.txt index ef89ab46b2c9..572fa2773ec4 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,pl11x.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/arm,pl11x.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ * ARM PrimeCell Color LCD Controller PL110/PL111 -See also Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/primecell.txt +See also Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/primecell.yaml Required properties: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/gpu.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/gpu.txt index ac8df3b871f9..f8759145ce1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/gpu.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/gpu.txt @@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Example: reg = <0x04300000 0x20000>; reg-names = "kgsl_3d0_reg_memory"; interrupts = <GIC_SPI 80 0>; - interrupt-names = "kgsl_3d0_irq"; clock-names = "core", "iface", diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.txt index 38ca2201e8ae..2e097b57f170 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.txt @@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ Required properties: "marvell,armada-8k-gpio" should be used for the Armada 7K and 8K SoCs (either from AP or CP), see - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/marvell/cp110-system-controller0.txt - and Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/marvell/ap806-system-controller.txt for specific details about the offset property. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt index b83bb8249074..a3be5298a5eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Sub-nodes: PPI affinity can be expressed as a single "ppi-partitions" node, containing a set of sub-nodes, each with the following property: - affinity: Should be a list of phandles to CPU nodes (as described in -Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt). + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml). GICv3 has one or more Interrupt Translation Services (ITS) that are used to route Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI) to the CPUs. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/olpc,ap-sp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/olpc,ap-sp.txt index 36603419d6f8..0e72183f52bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/olpc,ap-sp.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/olpc,ap-sp.txt @@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ Required properties: - compatible : "olpc,ap-sp" - reg : base address and length of SoC's WTM registers - interrupts : SP-AP interrupt -- clocks : phandle + clock-specifier for the clock that drives the WTM -- clock-names: should be "sp" Example: ap-sp@d4290000 { compatible = "olpc,ap-sp"; reg = <0xd4290000 0x1000>; interrupts = <40>; - clocks = <&soc_clocks MMP2_CLK_SP>; - clock-names = "sp"; } diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,glink.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,glink.txt index 0b8cc533ca83..cf759e5f9b10 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,glink.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,glink.txt @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ of these nodes are defined by the individual bindings for the specific function = EXAMPLE The following example represents the GLINK RPM node on a MSM8996 device, with the function for the "rpm_request" channel defined, which is used for -regualtors and root clocks. +regulators and root clocks. apcs_glb: mailbox@9820000 { compatible = "qcom,msm8996-apcs-hmss-global"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,smp2p.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,smp2p.txt index a35af2dafdad..49e1d72d3648 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,smp2p.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,smp2p.txt @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ processor ID) and a string identifier. - qcom,local-pid: Usage: required Value type: <u32> - Definition: specifies the identfier of the local endpoint of this edge + Definition: specifies the identifier of the local endpoint of this edge - qcom,remote-pid: Usage: required Value type: <u32> - Definition: specifies the identfier of the remote endpoint of this edge + Definition: specifies the identifier of the remote endpoint of this edge = SUBNODES Each SMP2P pair contain a set of inbound and outbound entries, these are diff --git a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt index 62af30511a95..60a5ec04e8f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt @@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ C. Boot options be preserved until there actually is some text is output to the console. This option causes fbcon to bind immediately to the fbdev device. +7. fbcon=logo-pos:<location> + + The only possible 'location' is 'center' (without quotes), and when + given, the bootup logo is moved from the default top-left corner + location to the center of the framebuffer. If more than one logo is + displayed due to multiple CPUs, the collected line of logos is moved + as a whole. + C. Attaching, Detaching and Unloading Before going on to how to attach, detach and unload the framebuffer console, an diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index 6a47629ef8ed..59e86de662cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ Contents: batman-adv can can_ucan_protocol - dpaa2/index - e100 - e1000 - e1000e - fm10k - igb - igbvf - ixgb - ixgbe - ixgbevf - i40e - iavf - ice + device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index + device_drivers/intel/e100 + device_drivers/intel/e1000 + device_drivers/intel/e1000e + device_drivers/intel/fm10k + device_drivers/intel/igb + device_drivers/intel/igbvf + device_drivers/intel/ixgb + device_drivers/intel/ixgbe + device_drivers/intel/ixgbevf + device_drivers/intel/i40e + device_drivers/intel/iavf + device_drivers/intel/ice kapi z8530book msg_zerocopy diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt index c9d052e0cf51..2df5894353d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt @@ -1000,51 +1000,6 @@ The kernel interface functions are as follows: size should be set when the call is begun. tx_total_len may not be less than zero. - (*) Check to see the completion state of a call so that the caller can assess - whether it needs to be retried. - - enum rxrpc_call_completion { - RXRPC_CALL_SUCCEEDED, - RXRPC_CALL_REMOTELY_ABORTED, - RXRPC_CALL_LOCALLY_ABORTED, - RXRPC_CALL_LOCAL_ERROR, - RXRPC_CALL_NETWORK_ERROR, - }; - - int rxrpc_kernel_check_call(struct socket *sock, struct rxrpc_call *call, - enum rxrpc_call_completion *_compl, - u32 *_abort_code); - - On return, -EINPROGRESS will be returned if the call is still ongoing; if - it is finished, *_compl will be set to indicate the manner of completion, - *_abort_code will be set to any abort code that occurred. 0 will be - returned on a successful completion, -ECONNABORTED will be returned if the - client failed due to a remote abort and anything else will return an - appropriate error code. - - The caller should look at this information to decide if it's worth - retrying the call. - - (*) Retry a client call. - - int rxrpc_kernel_retry_call(struct socket *sock, - struct rxrpc_call *call, - struct sockaddr_rxrpc *srx, - struct key *key); - - This attempts to partially reinitialise a call and submit it again while - reusing the original call's Tx queue to avoid the need to repackage and - re-encrypt the data to be sent. call indicates the call to retry, srx the - new address to send it to and key the encryption key to use for signing or - encrypting the packets. - - For this to work, the first Tx data packet must still be in the transmit - queue, and currently this is only permitted for local and network errors - and the call must not have been aborted. Any partially constructed Tx - packet is left as is and can continue being filled afterwards. - - It returns 0 if the call was requeued and an error otherwise. - (*) Get call RTT. u64 rxrpc_kernel_get_rtt(struct socket *sock, struct rxrpc_call *call); diff --git a/Documentation/networking/snmp_counter.rst b/Documentation/networking/snmp_counter.rst index b0dfdaaca512..fe8f741193be 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/snmp_counter.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/snmp_counter.rst @@ -336,7 +336,26 @@ time client replies ACK, this socket will get another chance to move to the accept queue. -TCP Fast Open +* TcpEstabResets +Defined in `RFC1213 tcpEstabResets`_. + +.. _RFC1213 tcpEstabResets: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1213#page-48 + +* TcpAttemptFails +Defined in `RFC1213 tcpAttemptFails`_. + +.. _RFC1213 tcpAttemptFails: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1213#page-48 + +* TcpOutRsts +Defined in `RFC1213 tcpOutRsts`_. The RFC says this counter indicates +the 'segments sent containing the RST flag', but in linux kernel, this +couner indicates the segments kerenl tried to send. The sending +process might be failed due to some errors (e.g. memory alloc failed). + +.. _RFC1213 tcpOutRsts: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1213#page-52 + + +TCP Fast Path ============ When kernel receives a TCP packet, it has two paths to handler the packet, one is fast path, another is slow path. The comment in kernel @@ -383,8 +402,6 @@ increase 1. TCP abort ======== - - * TcpExtTCPAbortOnData It means TCP layer has data in flight, but need to close the connection. So TCP layer sends a RST to the other side, indicate the @@ -545,7 +562,6 @@ packet yet, the sender would know packet 4 is out of order. The TCP stack of kernel will increase TcpExtTCPSACKReorder for both of the above scenarios. - DSACK ===== The DSACK is defined in `RFC2883`_. The receiver uses DSACK to report @@ -566,13 +582,63 @@ The TCP stack receives an out of order duplicate packet, so it sends a DSACK to the sender. * TcpExtTCPDSACKRecv -The TCP stack receives a DSACK, which indicate an acknowledged +The TCP stack receives a DSACK, which indicates an acknowledged duplicate packet is received. * TcpExtTCPDSACKOfoRecv The TCP stack receives a DSACK, which indicate an out of order duplicate packet is received. +invalid SACK and DSACK +==================== +When a SACK (or DSACK) block is invalid, a corresponding counter would +be updated. The validation method is base on the start/end sequence +number of the SACK block. For more details, please refer the comment +of the function tcp_is_sackblock_valid in the kernel source code. A +SACK option could have up to 4 blocks, they are checked +individually. E.g., if 3 blocks of a SACk is invalid, the +corresponding counter would be updated 3 times. The comment of the +`Add counters for discarded SACK blocks`_ patch has additional +explaination: + +.. _Add counters for discarded SACK blocks: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=18f02545a9a16c9a89778b91a162ad16d510bb32 + +* TcpExtTCPSACKDiscard +This counter indicates how many SACK blocks are invalid. If the invalid +SACK block is caused by ACK recording, the TCP stack will only ignore +it and won't update this counter. + +* TcpExtTCPDSACKIgnoredOld and TcpExtTCPDSACKIgnoredNoUndo +When a DSACK block is invalid, one of these two counters would be +updated. Which counter will be updated depends on the undo_marker flag +of the TCP socket. If the undo_marker is not set, the TCP stack isn't +likely to re-transmit any packets, and we still receive an invalid +DSACK block, the reason might be that the packet is duplicated in the +middle of the network. In such scenario, TcpExtTCPDSACKIgnoredNoUndo +will be updated. If the undo_marker is set, TcpExtTCPDSACKIgnoredOld +will be updated. As implied in its name, it might be an old packet. + +SACK shift +========= +The linux networking stack stores data in sk_buff struct (skb for +short). If a SACK block acrosses multiple skb, the TCP stack will try +to re-arrange data in these skb. E.g. if a SACK block acknowledges seq +10 to 15, skb1 has seq 10 to 13, skb2 has seq 14 to 20. The seq 14 and +15 in skb2 would be moved to skb1. This operation is 'shift'. If a +SACK block acknowledges seq 10 to 20, skb1 has seq 10 to 13, skb2 has +seq 14 to 20. All data in skb2 will be moved to skb1, and skb2 will be +discard, this operation is 'merge'. + +* TcpExtTCPSackShifted +A skb is shifted + +* TcpExtTCPSackMerged +A skb is merged + +* TcpExtTCPSackShiftFallback +A skb should be shifted or merged, but the TCP stack doesn't do it for +some reasons. + TCP out of order =============== * TcpExtTCPOFOQueue @@ -662,6 +728,60 @@ unacknowledged number (more strict than `RFC 5961 section 5.2`_). .. _RFC 5961 section 4.2: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5961#page-9 .. _RFC 5961 section 5.2: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5961#page-11 +TCP receive window +================= +* TcpExtTCPWantZeroWindowAdv +Depending on current memory usage, the TCP stack tries to set receive +window to zero. But the receive window might still be a no-zero +value. For example, if the previous window size is 10, and the TCP +stack receives 3 bytes, the current window size would be 7 even if the +window size calculated by the memory usage is zero. + +* TcpExtTCPToZeroWindowAdv +The TCP receive window is set to zero from a no-zero value. + +* TcpExtTCPFromZeroWindowAdv +The TCP receive window is set to no-zero value from zero. + + +Delayed ACK +========== +The TCP Delayed ACK is a technique which is used for reducing the +packet count in the network. For more details, please refer the +`Delayed ACK wiki`_ + +.. _Delayed ACK wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_delayed_acknowledgment + +* TcpExtDelayedACKs +A delayed ACK timer expires. The TCP stack will send a pure ACK packet +and exit the delayed ACK mode. + +* TcpExtDelayedACKLocked +A delayed ACK timer expires, but the TCP stack can't send an ACK +immediately due to the socket is locked by a userspace program. The +TCP stack will send a pure ACK later (after the userspace program +unlock the socket). When the TCP stack sends the pure ACK later, the +TCP stack will also update TcpExtDelayedACKs and exit the delayed ACK +mode. + +* TcpExtDelayedACKLost +It will be updated when the TCP stack receives a packet which has been +ACKed. A Delayed ACK loss might cause this issue, but it would also be +triggered by other reasons, such as a packet is duplicated in the +network. + +Tail Loss Probe (TLP) +=================== +TLP is an algorithm which is used to detect TCP packet loss. For more +details, please refer the `TLP paper`_. + +.. _TLP paper: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dukkipati-tcpm-tcp-loss-probe-01 + +* TcpExtTCPLossProbes +A TLP probe packet is sent. + +* TcpExtTCPLossProbeRecovery +A packet loss is detected and recovered by TLP. examples ======= diff --git a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt index 1be0b6f9e0cb..9d1432e0aaa8 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ is again deprecated and ts[2] holds a hardware timestamp if set. Hardware time stamping must also be initialized for each device driver that is expected to do hardware time stamping. The parameter is defined in -/include/linux/net_tstamp.h as: +include/uapi/linux/net_tstamp.h as: struct hwtstamp_config { int flags; /* no flags defined right now, must be zero */ @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ enum { HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V1_L4_EVENT, /* for the complete list of values, please check - * the include file /include/linux/net_tstamp.h + * the include file include/uapi/linux/net_tstamp.h */ }; diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt index 819caf8ca05f..58649bd4fcfc 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt @@ -56,26 +56,32 @@ of any kernel data structures. dentry-state: -From linux/fs/dentry.c: +From linux/include/linux/dcache.h: -------------------------------------------------------------- -struct { +struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat { int nr_dentry; int nr_unused; int age_limit; /* age in seconds */ int want_pages; /* pages requested by system */ - int dummy[2]; -} dentry_stat = {0, 0, 45, 0,}; --------------------------------------------------------------- - -Dentries are dynamically allocated and deallocated, and -nr_dentry seems to be 0 all the time. Hence it's safe to -assume that only nr_unused, age_limit and want_pages are -used. Nr_unused seems to be exactly what its name says. + int nr_negative; /* # of unused negative dentries */ + int dummy; /* Reserved for future use */ +}; +-------------------------------------------------------------- + +Dentries are dynamically allocated and deallocated. + +nr_dentry shows the total number of dentries allocated (active ++ unused). nr_unused shows the number of dentries that are not +actively used, but are saved in the LRU list for future reuse. + Age_limit is the age in seconds after which dcache entries can be reclaimed when memory is short and want_pages is nonzero when shrink_dcache_pages() has been called and the dcache isn't pruned yet. +nr_negative shows the number of unused dentries that are also +negative dentries which do not mapped to actual files. + ============================================================== dquot-max & dquot-nr: diff --git a/Documentation/x86/resctrl_ui.txt b/Documentation/x86/resctrl_ui.txt index e8e8d14d3c4e..c1f95b59e14d 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/resctrl_ui.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/resctrl_ui.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@intel.com> -This feature is enabled by the CONFIG_X86_RESCTRL and the x86 /proc/cpuinfo +This feature is enabled by the CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL and the x86 /proc/cpuinfo flag bits: RDT (Resource Director Technology) Allocation - "rdt_a" CAT (Cache Allocation Technology) - "cat_l3", "cat_l2" |