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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/printk-formats.txt | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 7 |
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt index 07a250498fbb..f569db58f64a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Required properties: - reg: I2C address +Optional properties: +- smbus-timeout-disable: When set, the smbus timeout function will be disabled. + This is not supported on all chips. + Example: temp-sensor@1a { diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt index 361789df51ec..aa0a776c817a 100644 --- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ How to get printk format specifiers right :Author: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> :Author: Andrew Murray <amurray@mpc-data.co.uk> - Integer types ============= @@ -45,6 +44,18 @@ return from vsnprintf. Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p. The kernel supports the following extended format specifiers for pointer types: +Pointer Types +============= + +Pointers printed without a specifier extension (i.e unadorned %p) are +hashed to give a unique identifier without leaking kernel addresses to user +space. On 64 bit machines the first 32 bits are zeroed. If you _really_ +want the address see %px below. + +:: + + %p abcdef12 or 00000000abcdef12 + Symbols/Function Pointers ========================= @@ -85,18 +96,32 @@ Examples:: printk("Faulted at %pS\n", (void *)regs->ip); printk(" %s%pB\n", (reliable ? "" : "? "), (void *)*stack); - Kernel Pointers =============== :: - %pK 0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef + %pK 01234567 or 0123456789abcdef For printing kernel pointers which should be hidden from unprivileged users. The behaviour of ``%pK`` depends on the ``kptr_restrict sysctl`` - see Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt for more details. +Unmodified Addresses +==================== + +:: + + %px 01234567 or 0123456789abcdef + +For printing pointers when you _really_ want to print the address. Please +consider whether or not you are leaking sensitive information about the +Kernel layout in memory before printing pointers with %px. %px is +functionally equivalent to %lx. %px is preferred to %lx because it is more +uniquely grep'able. If, in the future, we need to modify the way the Kernel +handles printing pointers it will be nice to be able to find the call +sites. + Struct Resources ================ diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index b920423f88cb..5025ff9307e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be retained. -Note: the value of dirty_bytes also must be set greater than -dirty_background_bytes or the amount of memory corresponding to -dirty_background_ratio. - ============================================================== dirty_expire_centisecs @@ -181,9 +177,6 @@ generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty data. The total available memory is not equal to total system memory. -Note: dirty_ratio must be set greater than dirty_background_ratio or -ratio corresponding to dirty_background_bytes. - ============================================================== dirty_writeback_centisecs |