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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst index 83ae3b79a643..a648b423ba0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ read-side critical sections that follow the idle period (the oval near the bottom of the diagram above). Plumbing this into the full grace-period execution is described -`below <#Forcing%20Quiescent%20States>`__. +`below <Forcing Quiescent States_>`__. CPU-Hotplug Interface ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ mask to detect CPUs having gone offline since the beginning of this grace period. Plumbing this into the full grace-period execution is described -`below <#Forcing%20Quiescent%20States>`__. +`below <Forcing Quiescent States_>`__. Forcing Quiescent States ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ from other CPUs. | RCU. But this diagram is complex enough as it is, so simplicity | | overrode accuracy. You can think of it as poetic license, or you can | | think of it as misdirection that is resolved in the | -| `stitched-together diagram <#Putting%20It%20All%20Together>`__. | +| `stitched-together diagram <Putting It All Together_>`__. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Grace-Period Cleanup @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ maintain ordering. For example, if the callback function wakes up a task that runs on some other CPU, proper ordering must in place in both the callback function and the task being awakened. To see why this is important, consider the top half of the `grace-period -cleanup <#Grace-Period%20Cleanup>`__ diagram. The callback might be +cleanup`_ diagram. The callback might be running on a CPU corresponding to the leftmost leaf ``rcu_node`` structure, and awaken a task that is to run on a CPU corresponding to the rightmost leaf ``rcu_node`` structure, and the grace-period kernel diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst index e8c84fcc0507..d4c9a016074b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ requirements: #. `Other RCU Flavors`_ #. `Possible Future Changes`_ -This is followed by a `summary <#Summary>`__, however, the answers to +This is followed by a summary_, however, the answers to each quick quiz immediately follows the quiz. Select the big white space with your mouse to see the answer. @@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ memory barriers. | case, voluntary context switch) within an RCU read-side critical | | section. However, sleeping locks may be used within userspace RCU | | read-side critical sections, and also within Linux-kernel sleepable | -| RCU `(SRCU) <#Sleepable%20RCU>`__ read-side critical sections. In | +| RCU `(SRCU) <Sleepable RCU_>`__ read-side critical sections. In | | addition, the -rt patchset turns spinlocks into a sleeping locks so | | that the corresponding critical sections can be preempted, which also | | means that these sleeplockified spinlocks (but not other sleeping | @@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ non-preemptible (``CONFIG_PREEMPT=n``) kernels, and thus `tiny RCU <https://lkml.kernel.org/g/20090113221724.GA15307@linux.vnet.ibm.com>`__ was born. Josh Triplett has since taken over the small-memory banner with his `Linux kernel tinification <https://tiny.wiki.kernel.org/>`__ -project, which resulted in `SRCU <#Sleepable%20RCU>`__ becoming optional +project, which resulted in `SRCU <Sleepable RCU_>`__ becoming optional for those kernels not needing it. The remaining performance requirements are, for the most part, @@ -1457,8 +1457,8 @@ will vary as the value of ``HZ`` varies, and can also be changed using the relevant Kconfig options and kernel boot parameters. RCU currently does not do much sanity checking of these parameters, so please use caution when changing them. Note that these forward-progress measures -are provided only for RCU, not for `SRCU <#Sleepable%20RCU>`__ or `Tasks -RCU <#Tasks%20RCU>`__. +are provided only for RCU, not for `SRCU <Sleepable RCU_>`__ or `Tasks +RCU`_. RCU takes the following steps in ``call_rcu()`` to encourage timely invocation of callbacks when any given non-\ ``rcu_nocbs`` CPU has @@ -1477,8 +1477,8 @@ encouragement was provided: Again, these are default values when running at ``HZ=1000``, and can be overridden. Again, these forward-progress measures are provided only for -RCU, not for `SRCU <#Sleepable%20RCU>`__ or `Tasks -RCU <#Tasks%20RCU>`__. Even for RCU, callback-invocation forward +RCU, not for `SRCU <Sleepable RCU_>`__ or `Tasks +RCU`_. Even for RCU, callback-invocation forward progress for ``rcu_nocbs`` CPUs is much less well-developed, in part because workloads benefiting from ``rcu_nocbs`` CPUs tend to invoke ``call_rcu()`` relatively infrequently. If workloads emerge that need @@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ Hotplug CPU The Linux kernel supports CPU hotplug, which means that CPUs can come and go. It is of course illegal to use any RCU API member from an -offline CPU, with the exception of `SRCU <#Sleepable%20RCU>`__ read-side +offline CPU, with the exception of `SRCU <Sleepable RCU_>`__ read-side critical sections. This requirement was present from day one in DYNIX/ptx, but on the other hand, the Linux kernel's CPU-hotplug implementation is “interesting.” @@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ handles these states differently: However, RCU must be reliably informed as to whether any given CPU is currently in the idle loop, and, for ``NO_HZ_FULL``, also whether that CPU is executing in usermode, as discussed -`earlier <#Energy%20Efficiency>`__. It also requires that the +`earlier <Energy Efficiency_>`__. It also requires that the scheduling-clock interrupt be enabled when RCU needs it to be: #. If a CPU is either idle or executing in usermode, and RCU believes it @@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ Performance, Scalability, Response Time, and Reliability ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Expanding on the `earlier -discussion <#Performance%20and%20Scalability>`__, RCU is used heavily by +discussion <Performance and Scalability_>`__, RCU is used heavily by hot code paths in performance-critical portions of the Linux kernel's networking, security, virtualization, and scheduling code paths. RCU must therefore use efficient implementations, especially in its diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst index 7a864131e5ea..59cd902e3549 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Here is what the fields mean: - ``name`` is an identifier string. A new /proc file will be created with this - ``name below /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc``; cannot contain slashes ``/`` for + name below ``/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc``; cannot contain slashes ``/`` for obvious reasons. - ``type`` is the type of recognition. Give ``M`` for magic and ``E`` for extension. @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Here is what the fields mean: ``F`` - fix binary The usual behaviour of binfmt_misc is to spawn the binary lazily when the misc format file is invoked. However, - this doesn``t work very well in the face of mount namespaces and + this doesn't work very well in the face of mount namespaces and changeroots, so the ``F`` mode opens the binary as soon as the emulation is installed and uses the opened image to spawn the emulator, meaning it is always available once installed, diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst index 9b90efcc3a35..452b7dcd7f6b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ get the boot configuration data. Because of this "piggyback" method, there is no need to change or update the boot loader and the kernel image itself as long as the boot loader passes the correct initrd file size. If by any chance, the boot -loader passes a longer size, the kernel feils to find the bootconfig data. +loader passes a longer size, the kernel fails to find the bootconfig data. To do this operation, Linux kernel provides "bootconfig" command under tools/bootconfig, which allows admin to apply or delete the config file diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst index 06fb1b4aa849..682ab28b5c94 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ The kernel's command-line parameters ==================================== -The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as -implemented by the __setup(), core_param() and module_param() macros +The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented +by the __setup(), early_param(), core_param() and module_param() macros and sorted into English Dictionary order (defined as ignoring all punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a case insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index c722ec19cd00..a10b545c2070 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ ftrace_filter=[function-list] [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function - tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated + tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated list of functions. This list can be changed at run time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs tracing directory. @@ -1399,13 +1399,13 @@ ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list] [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced by the function graph tracer at boot up. - function-list is a comma separated list of functions + function-list is a comma-separated list of functions that can be changed at run time by the set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory. ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list] [FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in - function-list. This list is a comma separated list of + function-list. This list is a comma-separated list of functions that can be changed at run time by the set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory. @@ -2421,7 +2421,7 @@ when set. Format: <int> - libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma + libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma- separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link or device. Basically, it matches @@ -5145,7 +5145,7 @@ stacktrace_filter=[function-list] [FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer - will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated + will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated list of functions. This list can be changed at run time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing @@ -5348,7 +5348,7 @@ trace_event=[event-list] [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a - comma separated list of trace events to enable. See + comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See also Documentation/trace/events.rst trace_options=[option-list] @@ -5972,6 +5972,10 @@ This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which has equivalent effect for XEN platform. + xen_no_vector_callback + [KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen + event channel interrupts. + xen_scrub_pages= [XEN] Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst index fa0974fbeae7..b966fcff993b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pages either asynchronously or synchronously, depending on the state of the system. When the system is not loaded, most of the memory is free and allocation requests will be satisfied immediately from the free pages supply. As the load increases, the amount of the free pages goes -down and when it reaches a certain threshold (high watermark), an +down and when it reaches a certain threshold (low watermark), an allocation request will awaken the ``kswapd`` daemon. It will asynchronously scan memory pages and either just free them if the data they contain is available elsewhere, or evict to the backing storage diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst index 69171b1799f2..f1c9d20bd42d 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ How Linux keeps everything from happening at the same time. See .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - atomic_ops refcount-vs-atomic irq/index local_ops diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-bcdma.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-bcdma.yaml index b15f68c499cb..df29d59d13a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-bcdma.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-bcdma.yaml @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) +# Copyright (C) 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated +# Author: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> %YAML 1.2 --- $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/dma/ti/k3-bcdma.yaml# @@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# title: Texas Instruments K3 DMSS BCDMA Device Tree Bindings maintainers: - - Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> + - Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@gmail.com> description: | The Block Copy DMA (BCDMA) is intended to perform similar functions as the TR diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-pktdma.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-pktdma.yaml index b13ab60cd740..ea19d12a9337 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-pktdma.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-pktdma.yaml @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) +# Copyright (C) 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated +# Author: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> %YAML 1.2 --- $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/dma/ti/k3-pktdma.yaml# @@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# title: Texas Instruments K3 DMSS PKTDMA Device Tree Bindings maintainers: - - Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> + - Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@gmail.com> description: | The Packet DMA (PKTDMA) is intended to perform similar functions as the packet diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-udma.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-udma.yaml index 9a87fd9041eb..6a09bbf83d46 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-udma.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/k3-udma.yaml @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) +# Copyright (C) 2019 Texas Instruments Incorporated +# Author: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> %YAML 1.2 --- $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/dma/ti/k3-udma.yaml# @@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# title: Texas Instruments K3 NAVSS Unified DMA Device Tree Bindings maintainers: - - Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> + - Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@gmail.com> description: | The UDMA-P is intended to perform similar (but significantly upgraded) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml index 244befb6402a..de9dd574a2f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ allOf: enum: - renesas,etheravb-r8a774a1 - renesas,etheravb-r8a774b1 + - renesas,etheravb-r8a774e1 - renesas,etheravb-r8a7795 - renesas,etheravb-r8a7796 - renesas,etheravb-r8a77961 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml index b2f6083f556a..dfbf5fe4547a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml @@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ properties: * snps,route-dcbcp, DCB Control Packets * snps,route-up, Untagged Packets * snps,route-multi-broad, Multicast & Broadcast Packets - * snps,priority, RX queue priority (Range 0x0 to 0xF) + * snps,priority, bitmask of the tagged frames priorities assigned to + the queue snps,mtl-tx-config: $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle @@ -188,7 +189,10 @@ properties: * snps,idle_slope, unlock on WoL * snps,high_credit, max write outstanding req. limit * snps,low_credit, max read outstanding req. limit - * snps,priority, TX queue priority (Range 0x0 to 0xF) + * snps,priority, bitmask of the priorities assigned to the queue. + When a PFC frame is received with priorities matching the bitmask, + the queue is blocked from transmitting for the pause time specified + in the PFC frame. snps,reset-gpio: deprecated: true diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/nxp,pf8x00-regulator.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/nxp,pf8x00-regulator.yaml index a6c259ce9785..956156fe52a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/nxp,pf8x00-regulator.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/nxp,pf8x00-regulator.yaml @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ description: | properties: compatible: enum: - - nxp,pf8x00 + - nxp,pf8100 + - nxp,pf8121a + - nxp,pf8200 reg: maxItems: 1 @@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ examples: #size-cells = <0>; pmic@8 { - compatible = "nxp,pf8x00"; + compatible = "nxp,pf8100"; reg = <0x08>; regulators { diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/qcom,rpmh-regulator.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/qcom,rpmh-regulator.txt index b8f0b7809c02..7d462b899473 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/qcom,rpmh-regulator.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/qcom,rpmh-regulator.txt @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ First Level Nodes - PMIC Definition: Must be one of below: "qcom,pm8005-rpmh-regulators" "qcom,pm8009-rpmh-regulators" + "qcom,pm8009-1-rpmh-regulators" "qcom,pm8150-rpmh-regulators" "qcom,pm8150l-rpmh-regulators" "qcom,pm8350-rpmh-regulators" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/ti,j721e-usb.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/ti,j721e-usb.yaml index 388245b91a55..148b3fb4ceaf 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/ti,j721e-usb.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/ti,j721e-usb.yaml @@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ maintainers: properties: compatible: - items: + oneOf: - const: ti,j721e-usb + - const: ti,am64-usb + - items: + - const: ti,j721e-usb + - const: ti,am64-usb reg: description: module registers diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst index 2fb2ff297d69..36ac2166ad67 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst @@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3. those versions, you should run ``pip install 'docutils==0.12'``. #) It is recommended to use the RTD theme for html output. Depending - on the Sphinx version, it should be installed in separate, + on the Sphinx version, it should be installed separately, with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``. - #) Some ReST pages contain math expressions. Due to the way Sphinx work, + #) Some ReST pages contain math expressions. Due to the way Sphinx works, those expressions are written using LaTeX notation. It needs texlive - installed with amdfonts and amsmath in order to evaluate them. + installed with amsfonts and amsmath in order to evaluate them. In summary, if you want to install Sphinx version 1.7.9, you should do:: @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Sphinx Build ============ The usual way to generate the documentation is to run ``make htmldocs`` or -``make pdfdocs``. There are also other formats available, see the documentation +``make pdfdocs``. There are also other formats available: see the documentation section of ``make help``. The generated documentation is placed in format-specific subdirectories under ``Documentation/output``. @@ -303,17 +303,17 @@ and *targets* (e.g. a ref to ``:ref:`last row <last row>``` / :ref:`last row - head col 3 - head col 4 - * - column 1 + * - row 1 - field 1.1 - field 1.2 with autospan - * - column 2 + * - row 2 - field 2.1 - :rspan:`1` :cspan:`1` field 2.2 - 3.3 * .. _`last row`: - - column 3 + - row 3 Rendered as: @@ -325,17 +325,17 @@ Rendered as: - head col 3 - head col 4 - * - column 1 + * - row 1 - field 1.1 - field 1.2 with autospan - * - column 2 + * - row 2 - field 2.1 - :rspan:`1` :cspan:`1` field 2.2 - 3.3 * .. _`last row`: - - column 3 + - row 3 Cross-referencing ----------------- @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ Figures & Images If you want to add an image, you should use the ``kernel-figure`` and ``kernel-image`` directives. E.g. to insert a figure with a scalable -image format use SVG (:ref:`svg_image_example`):: +image format, use SVG (:ref:`svg_image_example`):: .. kernel-figure:: svg_image.svg :alt: simple SVG image @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ image format use SVG (:ref:`svg_image_example`):: SVG image example -The kernel figure (and image) directive support **DOT** formatted files, see +The kernel figure (and image) directive supports **DOT** formatted files, see * DOT: http://graphviz.org/pdf/dotguide.pdf * Graphviz: http://www.graphviz.org/content/dot-language @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ A simple example (:ref:`hello_dot_file`):: DOT's hello world example -Embed *render* markups (or languages) like Graphviz's **DOT** is provided by the +Embedded *render* markups (or languages) like Graphviz's **DOT** are provided by the ``kernel-render`` directives.:: .. kernel-render:: DOT @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ Embed *render* markups (or languages) like Graphviz's **DOT** is provided by the } How this will be rendered depends on the installed tools. If Graphviz is -installed, you will see an vector image. If not the raw markup is inserted as +installed, you will see a vector image. If not, the raw markup is inserted as *literal-block* (:ref:`hello_dot_render`). .. _hello_dot_render: @@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ installed, you will see an vector image. If not the raw markup is inserted as The *render* directive has all the options known from the *figure* directive, plus option ``caption``. If ``caption`` has a value, a *figure* node is -inserted. If not, a *image* node is inserted. A ``caption`` is also needed, if -you want to refer it (:ref:`hello_svg_render`). +inserted. If not, an *image* node is inserted. A ``caption`` is also needed, if +you want to refer to it (:ref:`hello_svg_render`). Embedded **SVG**:: diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst index e588bccf5158..c042176e1707 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/einj.rst @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ The following files belong to it: 0x00000010 Memory Uncorrectable non-fatal 0x00000020 Memory Uncorrectable fatal 0x00000040 PCI Express Correctable - 0x00000080 PCI Express Uncorrectable fatal - 0x00000100 PCI Express Uncorrectable non-fatal + 0x00000080 PCI Express Uncorrectable non-fatal + 0x00000100 PCI Express Uncorrectable fatal 0x00000200 Platform Correctable 0x00000400 Platform Uncorrectable non-fatal 0x00000800 Platform Uncorrectable fatal diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst index 922b3c8db666..749f518389c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sbtsi_temp.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later Kernel driver sbtsi_temp -================== +======================== Supported hardware: diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst index d36768cf1250..9f6a11881951 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ more details, with real examples. explicitly added to $(targets). Assignments to $(targets) are without $(obj)/ prefix. if_changed may be - used in conjunction with custom rules as defined in "3.9 Custom Rules". + used in conjunction with custom rules as defined in "3.11 Custom Rules". Note: It is a typical mistake to forget the FORCE prerequisite. Another common pitfall is that whitespace is sometimes significant; for diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst index 6ed806e6061b..c3448929a824 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst @@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ spinlock, but you may block holding a mutex. If you can't lock a mutex, your task will suspend itself, and be woken up when the mutex is released. This means the CPU can do something else while you are waiting. There are many cases when you simply can't sleep (see -`What Functions Are Safe To Call From Interrupts? <#sleeping-things>`__), +`What Functions Are Safe To Call From Interrupts?`_), and so have to use a spinlock instead. Neither type of lock is recursive: see -`Deadlock: Simple and Advanced <#deadlock>`__. +`Deadlock: Simple and Advanced`_. Locks and Uniprocessor Kernels ------------------------------ @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ perfect world). Note that you can also use spin_lock_irq() or spin_lock_irqsave() here, which stop hardware interrupts -as well: see `Hard IRQ Context <#hard-irq-context>`__. +as well: see `Hard IRQ Context`_. This works perfectly for UP as well: the spin lock vanishes, and this macro simply becomes local_bh_disable() @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ The Same Softirq ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The same softirq can run on the other CPUs: you can use a per-CPU array -(see `Per-CPU Data <#per-cpu-data>`__) for better performance. If you're +(see `Per-CPU Data`_) for better performance. If you're going so far as to use a softirq, you probably care about scalable performance enough to justify the extra complexity. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst index d3fcf536d14e..61e850460e18 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst @@ -164,46 +164,56 @@ Devlink health reporters NPA Reporters ------------- -The NPA reporters are responsible for reporting and recovering the following group of errors +The NPA reporters are responsible for reporting and recovering the following group of errors: + 1. GENERAL events + - Error due to operation of unmapped PF. - Error due to disabled alloc/free for other HW blocks (NIX, SSO, TIM, DPI and AURA). + 2. ERROR events + - Fault due to NPA_AQ_INST_S read or NPA_AQ_RES_S write. - AQ Doorbell Error. + 3. RAS events + - RAS Error Reporting for NPA_AQ_INST_S/NPA_AQ_RES_S. + 4. RVU events + - Error due to unmapped slot. -Sample Output -------------- -~# devlink health -pci/0002:01:00.0: - reporter hw_npa_intr - state healthy error 2872 recover 2872 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:39:09 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true - reporter hw_npa_gen - state healthy error 2872 recover 2872 last_dump_date 2020-12-11 last_dump_time 04:43:04 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true - reporter hw_npa_err - state healthy error 2871 recover 2871 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:39:17 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true - reporter hw_npa_ras - state healthy error 0 recover 0 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:32:40 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true +Sample Output:: + + ~# devlink health + pci/0002:01:00.0: + reporter hw_npa_intr + state healthy error 2872 recover 2872 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:39:09 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true + reporter hw_npa_gen + state healthy error 2872 recover 2872 last_dump_date 2020-12-11 last_dump_time 04:43:04 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true + reporter hw_npa_err + state healthy error 2871 recover 2871 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:39:17 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true + reporter hw_npa_ras + state healthy error 0 recover 0 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:32:40 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true Each reporter dumps the + - Error Type - Error Register value - Reason in words -For eg: -~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_gen - NPA_AF_GENERAL: - NPA General Interrupt Reg : 1 - NIX0: free disabled RX -~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_intr - NPA_AF_RVU: - NPA RVU Interrupt Reg : 1 - Unmap Slot Error -~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_err - NPA_AF_ERR: - NPA Error Interrupt Reg : 4096 - AQ Doorbell Error +For example:: + + ~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_gen + NPA_AF_GENERAL: + NPA General Interrupt Reg : 1 + NIX0: free disabled RX + ~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_intr + NPA_AF_RVU: + NPA RVU Interrupt Reg : 1 + Unmap Slot Error + ~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_err + NPA_AF_ERR: + NPA Error Interrupt Reg : 4096 + AQ Doorbell Error diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst index 4b9ed5874d5a..ae2ae37cd921 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ netdev FAQ ========== -Q: What is netdev? ------------------- -A: It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff. This +What is netdev? +--------------- +It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff. This includes anything found under net/ (i.e. core code like IPv6) and drivers/net (i.e. hardware specific drivers) in the Linux source tree. @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ Aside from subsystems like that mentioned above, all network-related Linux development (i.e. RFC, review, comments, etc.) takes place on netdev. -Q: How do the changes posted to netdev make their way into Linux? ------------------------------------------------------------------ -A: There are always two trees (git repositories) in play. Both are +How do the changes posted to netdev make their way into Linux? +-------------------------------------------------------------- +There are always two trees (git repositories) in play. Both are driven by David Miller, the main network maintainer. There is the ``net`` tree, and the ``net-next`` tree. As you can probably guess from the names, the ``net`` tree is for fixes to existing code already in the @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ for the future release. You can find the trees here: - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git -Q: How often do changes from these trees make it to the mainline Linus tree? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A: To understand this, you need to know a bit of background information on +How often do changes from these trees make it to the mainline Linus tree? +------------------------------------------------------------------------- +To understand this, you need to know a bit of background information on the cadence of Linux development. Each new release starts off with a two week "merge window" where the main maintainers feed their new stuff to Linus for merging into the mainline tree. After the two weeks, the @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ focus for ``net`` is on stabilization and bug fixes. Finally, the vX.Y gets released, and the whole cycle starts over. -Q: So where are we now in this cycle? +So where are we now in this cycle? +---------------------------------- Load the mainline (Linus) page here: @@ -91,9 +92,9 @@ and note the top of the "tags" section. If it is rc1, it is early in the dev cycle. If it was tagged rc7 a week ago, then a release is probably imminent. -Q: How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A: Firstly, think whether you have a bug fix or new "next-like" content. +How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in? +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +Firstly, think whether you have a bug fix or new "next-like" content. Then once decided, assuming that you use git, use the prefix flag, i.e. :: @@ -105,48 +106,45 @@ in the above is just the subject text of the outgoing e-mail, and you can manually change it yourself with whatever MUA you are comfortable with. -Q: I sent a patch and I'm wondering what happened to it? --------------------------------------------------------- -Q: How can I tell whether it got merged? -A: Start by looking at the main patchworks queue for netdev: +I sent a patch and I'm wondering what happened to it - how can I tell whether it got merged? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Start by looking at the main patchworks queue for netdev: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/ The "State" field will tell you exactly where things are at with your patch. -Q: The above only says "Under Review". How can I find out more? ----------------------------------------------------------------- -A: Generally speaking, the patches get triaged quickly (in less than +The above only says "Under Review". How can I find out more? +------------------------------------------------------------- +Generally speaking, the patches get triaged quickly (in less than 48h). So be patient. Asking the maintainer for status updates on your patch is a good way to ensure your patch is ignored or pushed to the bottom of the priority list. -Q: I submitted multiple versions of the patch series ----------------------------------------------------- -Q: should I directly update patchwork for the previous versions of these -patch series? -A: No, please don't interfere with the patch status on patchwork, leave +I submitted multiple versions of the patch series. Should I directly update patchwork for the previous versions of these patch series? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +No, please don't interfere with the patch status on patchwork, leave it to the maintainer to figure out what is the most recent and current version that should be applied. If there is any doubt, the maintainer will reply and ask what should be done. -Q: I made changes to only a few patches in a patch series should I resend only those changed? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A: No, please resend the entire patch series and make sure you do number your +I made changes to only a few patches in a patch series should I resend only those changed? +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +No, please resend the entire patch series and make sure you do number your patches such that it is clear this is the latest and greatest set of patches that can be applied. -Q: I submitted multiple versions of a patch series and it looks like a version other than the last one has been accepted, what should I do? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A: There is no revert possible, once it is pushed out, it stays like that. +I submitted multiple versions of a patch series and it looks like a version other than the last one has been accepted, what should I do? +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +There is no revert possible, once it is pushed out, it stays like that. Please send incremental versions on top of what has been merged in order to fix the patches the way they would look like if your latest patch series was to be merged. -Q: How can I tell what patches are queued up for backporting to the various stable releases? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A: Normally Greg Kroah-Hartman collects stable commits himself, but for +How can I tell what patches are queued up for backporting to the various stable releases? +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Normally Greg Kroah-Hartman collects stable commits himself, but for networking, Dave collects up patches he deems critical for the networking subsystem, and then hands them off to Greg. @@ -169,11 +167,9 @@ simply clone the repo, and then git grep the mainline commit ID, e.g. releases/3.9.8/ipv6-fix-possible-crashes-in-ip6_cork_release.patch stable/stable-queue$ -Q: I see a network patch and I think it should be backported to stable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Q: Should I request it via stable@vger.kernel.org like the references in -the kernel's Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst file say? -A: No, not for networking. Check the stable queues as per above first +I see a network patch and I think it should be backported to stable. Should I request it via stable@vger.kernel.org like the references in the kernel's Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst file say? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +No, not for networking. Check the stable queues as per above first to see if it is already queued. If not, then send a mail to netdev, listing the upstream commit ID and why you think it should be a stable candidate. @@ -190,11 +186,9 @@ mainline, the better the odds that it is an OK candidate for stable. So scrambling to request a commit be added the day after it appears should be avoided. -Q: I have created a network patch and I think it should be backported to stable. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Q: Should I add a Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org like the references in the -kernel's Documentation/ directory say? -A: No. See above answer. In short, if you think it really belongs in +I have created a network patch and I think it should be backported to stable. Should I add a Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org like the references in the kernel's Documentation/ directory say? +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +No. See above answer. In short, if you think it really belongs in stable, then ensure you write a decent commit log that describes who gets impacted by the bug fix and how it manifests itself, and when the bug was introduced. If you do that properly, then the commit will get @@ -207,18 +201,18 @@ marker line as described in :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <the_canonical_patch_format>` to temporarily embed that information into the patch that you send. -Q: Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases? ------------------------------------------------------------------- -A: Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the +Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases? +--------------------------------------------------------------- +Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the last two stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch maintainer is supposed to take care of them. If you find any patch is missing from an earlier stable branch, please notify stable@vger.kernel.org with either a commit ID or a formal patch backported, and CC Dave and other relevant networking developers. -Q: Is the comment style convention different for the networking content? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -A: Yes, in a largely trivial way. Instead of this:: +Is the comment style convention different for the networking content? +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +Yes, in a largely trivial way. Instead of this:: /* * foobar blah blah blah @@ -231,32 +225,30 @@ it is requested that you make it look like this:: * another line of text */ -Q: I am working in existing code that has the former comment style and not the latter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Q: Should I submit new code in the former style or the latter? -A: Make it the latter style, so that eventually all code in the domain +I am working in existing code that has the former comment style and not the latter. Should I submit new code in the former style or the latter? +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Make it the latter style, so that eventually all code in the domain of netdev is of this format. -Q: I found a bug that might have possible security implications or similar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Q: Should I mail the main netdev maintainer off-list?** -A: No. The current netdev maintainer has consistently requested that +I found a bug that might have possible security implications or similar. Should I mail the main netdev maintainer off-list? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +No. The current netdev maintainer has consistently requested that people use the mailing lists and not reach out directly. If you aren't OK with that, then perhaps consider mailing security@kernel.org or reading about http://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros as possible alternative mechanisms. -Q: What level of testing is expected before I submit my change? ---------------------------------------------------------------- -A: If your changes are against ``net-next``, the expectation is that you +What level of testing is expected before I submit my change? +------------------------------------------------------------ +If your changes are against ``net-next``, the expectation is that you have tested by layering your changes on top of ``net-next``. Ideally you will have done run-time testing specific to your change, but at a minimum, your changes should survive an ``allyesconfig`` and an ``allmodconfig`` build without new warnings or failures. -Q: How do I post corresponding changes to user space components? ----------------------------------------------------------------- -A: User space code exercising kernel features should be posted +How do I post corresponding changes to user space components? +------------------------------------------------------------- +User space code exercising kernel features should be posted alongside kernel patches. This gives reviewers a chance to see how any new interface is used and how well it works. @@ -280,9 +272,9 @@ to the mailing list, e.g.:: Posting as one thread is discouraged because it confuses patchwork (as of patchwork 2.2.2). -Q: Any other tips to help ensure my net/net-next patch gets OK'd? ------------------------------------------------------------------ -A: Attention to detail. Re-read your own work as if you were the +Any other tips to help ensure my net/net-next patch gets OK'd? +-------------------------------------------------------------- +Attention to detail. Re-read your own work as if you were the reviewer. You can start with using ``checkpatch.pl``, perhaps even with the ``--strict`` flag. But do not be mindlessly robotic in doing so. If your change is a bug fix, make sure your commit log indicates the diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst index 5a85fcc80c76..17bdcb746dcf 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst @@ -10,18 +10,177 @@ Introduction The following is a random collection of documentation regarding network devices. -struct net_device allocation rules -================================== +struct net_device lifetime rules +================================ Network device structures need to persist even after module is unloaded and must be allocated with alloc_netdev_mqs() and friends. If device has registered successfully, it will be freed on last use -by free_netdev(). This is required to handle the pathologic case cleanly -(example: rmmod mydriver </sys/class/net/myeth/mtu ) +by free_netdev(). This is required to handle the pathological case cleanly +(example: ``rmmod mydriver </sys/class/net/myeth/mtu``) -alloc_netdev_mqs()/alloc_netdev() reserve extra space for driver +alloc_netdev_mqs() / alloc_netdev() reserve extra space for driver private data which gets freed when the network device is freed. If separately allocated data is attached to the network device -(netdev_priv(dev)) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that. +(netdev_priv()) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that. + +There are two groups of APIs for registering struct net_device. +First group can be used in normal contexts where ``rtnl_lock`` is not already +held: register_netdev(), unregister_netdev(). +Second group can be used when ``rtnl_lock`` is already held: +register_netdevice(), unregister_netdevice(), free_netdevice(). + +Simple drivers +-------------- + +Most drivers (especially device drivers) handle lifetime of struct net_device +in context where ``rtnl_lock`` is not held (e.g. driver probe and remove paths). + +In that case the struct net_device registration is done using +the register_netdev(), and unregister_netdev() functions: + +.. code-block:: c + + int probe() + { + struct my_device_priv *priv; + int err; + + dev = alloc_netdev_mqs(...); + if (!dev) + return -ENOMEM; + priv = netdev_priv(dev); + + /* ... do all device setup before calling register_netdev() ... + */ + + err = register_netdev(dev); + if (err) + goto err_undo; + + /* net_device is visible to the user! */ + + err_undo: + /* ... undo the device setup ... */ + free_netdev(dev); + return err; + } + + void remove() + { + unregister_netdev(dev); + free_netdev(dev); + } + +Note that after calling register_netdev() the device is visible in the system. +Users can open it and start sending / receiving traffic immediately, +or run any other callback, so all initialization must be done prior to +registration. + +unregister_netdev() closes the device and waits for all users to be done +with it. The memory of struct net_device itself may still be referenced +by sysfs but all operations on that device will fail. + +free_netdev() can be called after unregister_netdev() returns on when +register_netdev() failed. + +Device management under RTNL +---------------------------- + +Registering struct net_device while in context which already holds +the ``rtnl_lock`` requires extra care. In those scenarios most drivers +will want to make use of struct net_device's ``needs_free_netdev`` +and ``priv_destructor`` members for freeing of state. + +Example flow of netdev handling under ``rtnl_lock``: + +.. code-block:: c + + static void my_setup(struct net_device *dev) + { + dev->needs_free_netdev = true; + } + + static void my_destructor(struct net_device *dev) + { + some_obj_destroy(priv->obj); + some_uninit(priv); + } + + int create_link() + { + struct my_device_priv *priv; + int err; + + ASSERT_RTNL(); + + dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*priv), "net%d", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, my_setup); + if (!dev) + return -ENOMEM; + priv = netdev_priv(dev); + + /* Implicit constructor */ + err = some_init(priv); + if (err) + goto err_free_dev; + + priv->obj = some_obj_create(); + if (!priv->obj) { + err = -ENOMEM; + goto err_some_uninit; + } + /* End of constructor, set the destructor: */ + dev->priv_destructor = my_destructor; + + err = register_netdevice(dev); + if (err) + /* register_netdevice() calls destructor on failure */ + goto err_free_dev; + + /* If anything fails now unregister_netdevice() (or unregister_netdev()) + * will take care of calling my_destructor and free_netdev(). + */ + + return 0; + + err_some_uninit: + some_uninit(priv); + err_free_dev: + free_netdev(dev); + return err; + } + +If struct net_device.priv_destructor is set it will be called by the core +some time after unregister_netdevice(), it will also be called if +register_netdevice() fails. The callback may be invoked with or without +``rtnl_lock`` held. + +There is no explicit constructor callback, driver "constructs" the private +netdev state after allocating it and before registration. + +Setting struct net_device.needs_free_netdev makes core call free_netdevice() +automatically after unregister_netdevice() when all references to the device +are gone. It only takes effect after a successful call to register_netdevice() +so if register_netdevice() fails driver is responsible for calling +free_netdev(). + +free_netdev() is safe to call on error paths right after unregister_netdevice() +or when register_netdevice() fails. Parts of netdev (de)registration process +happen after ``rtnl_lock`` is released, therefore in those cases free_netdev() +will defer some of the processing until ``rtnl_lock`` is released. + +Devices spawned from struct rtnl_link_ops should never free the +struct net_device directly. + +.ndo_init and .ndo_uninit +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``.ndo_init`` and ``.ndo_uninit`` callbacks are called during net_device +registration and de-registration, under ``rtnl_lock``. Drivers can use +those e.g. when parts of their init process need to run under ``rtnl_lock``. + +``.ndo_init`` runs before device is visible in the system, ``.ndo_uninit`` +runs during de-registering after device is closed but other subsystems +may still have outstanding references to the netdevice. MTU === @@ -64,8 +223,8 @@ ndo_do_ioctl: Context: process ndo_get_stats: - Synchronization: dev_base_lock rwlock. - Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock + Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore, dev_base_lock rwlock, or RCU. + Context: atomic (can't sleep under rwlock or RCU) ndo_start_xmit: Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.rst b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.rst index 6c009ceb1183..500ef60b1b82 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.rst @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Abstract ======== This file documents the mmap() facility available with the PACKET -socket interface on 2.4/2.6/3.x kernels. This type of sockets is used for +socket interface. This type of sockets is used for i) capture network traffic with utilities like tcpdump, ii) transmit network traffic, or any other that needs raw @@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ Please send your comments to Why use PACKET_MMAP =================== -In Linux 2.4/2.6/3.x if PACKET_MMAP is not enabled, the capture process is very +Non PACKET_MMAP capture process (plain AF_PACKET) is very inefficient. It uses very limited buffers and requires one system call to capture each packet, it requires two if you want to get packet's timestamp (like libpcap always does). -In the other hand PACKET_MMAP is very efficient. PACKET_MMAP provides a size +On the other hand PACKET_MMAP is very efficient. PACKET_MMAP provides a size configurable circular buffer mapped in user space that can be used to either send or receive packets. This way reading packets just needs to wait for them, most of the time there is no need to issue a single system call. Concerning @@ -252,8 +252,7 @@ PACKET_MMAP setting constraints In kernel versions prior to 2.4.26 (for the 2.4 branch) and 2.6.5 (2.6 branch), the PACKET_MMAP buffer could hold only 32768 frames in a 32 bit architecture or -16384 in a 64 bit architecture. For information on these kernel versions -see http://pusa.uv.es/~ulisses/packet_mmap/packet_mmap.pre-2.4.26_2.6.5.txt +16384 in a 64 bit architecture. Block size limit ---------------- @@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ and the following flags apply: Capture process ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - from include/linux/if_packet.h +From include/linux/if_packet.h:: #define TP_STATUS_COPY (1 << 1) #define TP_STATUS_LOSING (1 << 2) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst b/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst index 0f55c6d540f9..9af3334d9ad0 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ TLS device feature flags only control adding of new TLS connection offloads, old connections will remain active after flags are cleared. TLS encryption cannot be offloaded to devices without checksum calculation -offload. Hence, TLS TX device feature flag requires NETIF_F_HW_CSUM being set. +offload. Hence, TLS TX device feature flag requires TX csum offload being set. Disabling the latter implies clearing the former. Disabling TX checksum offload should not affect old connections, and drivers should make sure checksum calculation does not break for them. diff --git a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst index c27e59d2f702..0825dc496f22 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst @@ -249,10 +249,8 @@ features; most of these are found in the "kernel hacking" submenu. Several of these options should be turned on for any kernel used for development or testing purposes. In particular, you should turn on: - - ENABLE_MUST_CHECK and FRAME_WARN to get an - extra set of warnings for problems like the use of deprecated interfaces - or ignoring an important return value from a function. The output - generated by these warnings can be verbose, but one need not worry about + - FRAME_WARN to get warnings for stack frames larger than a given amount. + The output generated can be verbose, but one need not worry about warnings from other parts of the kernel. - DEBUG_OBJECTS will add code to track the lifetime of various objects diff --git a/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst b/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst index 73bbd59afc33..e6365836fa8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst +++ b/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ core/oss The codes for PCM and mixer OSS emulation modules are stored in this directory. The rawmidi OSS emulation is included in the ALSA rawmidi code since it's quite small. The sequencer code is stored in -``core/seq/oss`` directory (see `below <#core-seq-oss>`__). +``core/seq/oss`` directory (see `below <core/seq/oss_>`__). core/seq ~~~~~~~~ @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ where ``enable[dev]`` is the module option. Each time the ``probe`` callback is called, check the availability of the device. If not available, simply increment the device index and returns. dev will be incremented also later (`step 7 -<#set-the-pci-driver-data-and-return-zero>`__). +<7) Set the PCI driver data and return zero._>`__). 2) Create a card instance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -450,10 +450,10 @@ field contains the information shown in ``/proc/asound/cards``. 5) Create other components, such as mixer, MIDI, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Here you define the basic components such as `PCM <#PCM-Interface>`__, -mixer (e.g. `AC97 <#API-for-AC97-Codec>`__), MIDI (e.g. -`MPU-401 <#MIDI-MPU401-UART-Interface>`__), and other interfaces. -Also, if you want a `proc file <#Proc-Interface>`__, define it here, +Here you define the basic components such as `PCM <PCM Interface_>`__, +mixer (e.g. `AC97 <API for AC97 Codec_>`__), MIDI (e.g. +`MPU-401 <MIDI (MPU401-UART) Interface_>`__), and other interfaces. +Also, if you want a `proc file <Proc Interface_>`__, define it here, too. 6) Register the card instance. @@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ The allocation of an interrupt source is done like this: chip->irq = pci->irq; where :c:func:`snd_mychip_interrupt()` is the interrupt handler -defined `later <#pcm-interface-interrupt-handler>`__. Note that +defined `later <PCM Interrupt Handler_>`__. Note that ``chip->irq`` should be defined only when :c:func:`request_irq()` succeeded. @@ -3104,7 +3104,7 @@ processing the output stream in the irq handler. If the MPU-401 interface shares its interrupt with the other logical devices on the card, set ``MPU401_INFO_IRQ_HOOK`` (see -`below <#MIDI-Interrupt-Handler>`__). +`below <MIDI Interrupt Handler_>`__). Usually, the port address corresponds to the command port and port + 1 corresponds to the data port. If not, you may change the ``cport`` diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 70254eaa5229..c136e254b496 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -392,9 +392,14 @@ This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. Errors: - ===== ============================= + ======= ============================================================== EINTR an unmasked signal is pending - ===== ============================= + ENOEXEC the vcpu hasn't been initialized or the guest tried to execute + instructions from device memory (arm64) + ENOSYS data abort outside memslots with no syndrome info and + KVM_CAP_ARM_NISV_TO_USER not enabled (arm64) + EPERM SVE feature set but not finalized (arm64) + ======= ============================================================== This ioctl is used to run a guest virtual cpu. While there are no explicit parameters, there is an implicit parameter block that can be |