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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-macro-language.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst4
7 files changed, 32 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
index 9120e59578dc..2c08c628febd 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ stable kernels.
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
| Cavium | ThunderX GICv3 | #23154 | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_23154 |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
+| Cavium | ThunderX GICv3 | #38539 | N/A |
++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
| Cavium | ThunderX Core | #27456 | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456 |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
| Cavium | ThunderX Core | #30115 | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_30115 |
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
index 790a15089f1f..56e5833e8a07 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
@@ -266,11 +266,15 @@ to use.
attached (via the dmaengine_desc_attach_metadata() helper to the descriptor.
From the DMA driver the following is expected for this mode:
+
- DMA_MEM_TO_DEV / DEV_MEM_TO_MEM
+
The data from the provided metadata buffer should be prepared for the DMA
controller to be sent alongside of the payload data. Either by copying to a
hardware descriptor, or highly coupled packet.
+
- DMA_DEV_TO_MEM
+
On transfer completion the DMA driver must copy the metadata to the client
provided metadata buffer before notifying the client about the completion.
After the transfer completion, DMA drivers must not touch the metadata
@@ -284,10 +288,14 @@ to use.
and dmaengine_desc_set_metadata_len() is provided as helper functions.
From the DMA driver the following is expected for this mode:
- - get_metadata_ptr
+
+ - get_metadata_ptr()
+
Should return a pointer for the metadata buffer, the maximum size of the
metadata buffer and the currently used / valid (if any) bytes in the buffer.
- - set_metadata_len
+
+ - set_metadata_len()
+
It is called by the clients after it have placed the metadata to the buffer
to let the DMA driver know the number of valid bytes provided.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.txt
index d54fa98ac158..78813c34ec47 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.txt
@@ -258,11 +258,11 @@ conditions.
| option | condition | size read write read write |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
| | good | fixed yes no yes yes |
- | remount-ro | read-only | fixed yes no yes no |
+ | remount-ro | read-only | as is yes no yes no |
| (default) | offline | 0 no no no no |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
| | good | fixed yes no yes yes |
- | zone-ro | read-only | fixed yes no yes no |
+ | zone-ro | read-only | as is yes no yes no |
| | offline | 0 no no no no |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
| | good | 0 no no yes yes |
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ conditions.
| | offline | 0 no no no no |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
| | good | fixed yes yes yes yes |
- | repair | read-only | fixed yes no yes no |
+ | repair | read-only | as is yes no yes no |
| | offline | 0 no no no no |
+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
@@ -307,8 +307,16 @@ condition changes. The defined behaviors are as follow:
* zone-offline
* repair
-The I/O error actions defined for each behavior are detailed in the previous
-section.
+The run-time I/O error actions defined for each behavior are detailed in the
+previous section. Mount time I/O errors will cause the mount operation to fail.
+The handling of read-only zones also differs between mount-time and run-time.
+If a read-only zone is found at mount time, the zone is always treated in the
+same manner as offline zones, that is, all accesses are disabled and the zone
+file size set to 0. This is necessary as the write pointer of read-only zones
+is defined as invalib by the ZBC and ZAC standards, making it impossible to
+discover the amount of data that has been written to the zone. In the case of a
+read-only zone discovered at run-time, as indicated in the previous section.
+the size of the zone file is left unchanged from its last updated value.
Zonefs User Space Tools
=======================
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
index f1e5dce86af7..510f38d7e78a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ This is solely useful to speed up test compiles.
KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
--------------------
For modules that use symbols from other modules.
-See more details in modules.txt.
+See more details in modules.rst.
ALLSOURCE_ARCHS
---------------
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-macro-language.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-macro-language.rst
index 35b3263b7e40..8b413ef9603d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-macro-language.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-macro-language.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ intermediate::
def_bool y
Then, Kconfig moves onto the evaluation stage to resolve inter-symbol
-dependency as explained in kconfig-language.txt.
+dependency as explained in kconfig-language.rst.
Variables
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
index 6bc126a14b3d..04d5c01a2e99 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
$(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options that
are used for assembler.
- From commandline AFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
+ From commandline AFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.rst).
KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL
$(CC) options specific for built-in
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options that
are used for $(CC).
- From commandline CFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
+ From commandline CFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.rst).
KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE
Options for $(LD) when linking modules
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options
used when linking modules. This is often a linker script.
- From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
+ From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.rst).
KBUILD_LDS
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
index 69fa48ee93d6..e0b45a257f21 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
@@ -470,9 +470,9 @@ build.
The syntax of the Module.symvers file is::
- <CRC> <Symbol> <Namespace> <Module> <Export Type>
+ <CRC> <Symbol> <Module> <Export Type> <Namespace>
- 0xe1cc2a05 usb_stor_suspend USB_STORAGE drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
+ 0xe1cc2a05 usb_stor_suspend drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL USB_STORAGE
The fields are separated by tabs and values may be empty (e.g.
if no namespace is defined for an exported symbol).