linux-toradex.git/Documentation/block, branch v6.9-rc4 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules Documentation: block: ioprio: Update schedulers 2024-01-18T15:21:14+00:00 Christian Loehle christian.loehle@arm.com 2024-01-18T09:29:56+00:00 b2e792ae883a0aa976d4176dfa7dc933263440ea This doc hasn't been touched in a while, in the meantime some new io schedulers were added (e.g. all of mq), some with ioprio support. Also reword the introduction to remove reference to CFQ and the limitation that io priorities only work on reads, which is no longer true. Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a86cfdc8-016f-40f1-8b58-0cb15d2a792c@arm.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
This doc hasn't been touched in a while, in the meantime some
new io schedulers were added (e.g. all of mq), some with ioprio
support.

Also reword the introduction to remove reference to CFQ and the
limitation that io priorities only work on reads, which is no longer
true.

Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a86cfdc8-016f-40f1-8b58-0cb15d2a792c@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Merge tag 'docs-6.7' of git://git.lwn.net/linux 2023-11-02T03:11:41+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2023-11-02T03:11:41+00:00 babe393974de0351c0e6cca50f5f84edaf8d7fa1 Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "The number of commits for documentation is not huge this time around, but there are some significant changes nonetheless: - Some more Spanish-language and Chinese translations - The much-discussed documentation of the confidential-computing threat model - Powerpc and RISCV documentation move under Documentation/arch - these complete this particular bit of documentation churn - A large traditional-Chinese documentation update - A new document on backporting and conflict resolution - Some kernel-doc and Sphinx fixes Plus the usual smattering of smaller updates and typo fixes" * tag 'docs-6.7' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (40 commits) scripts/kernel-doc: Fix the regex for matching -Werror flag docs: backporting: address feedback Documentation: driver-api: pps: Update PPS generator documentation speakup: Document USB support doc: blk-ioprio: Bring the doc in line with the implementation docs: usb: fix reference to nonexistent file in UVC Gadget docs: doc-guide: mention 'make refcheckdocs' Documentation: fix typo in dynamic-debug howto scripts/kernel-doc: match -Werror flag strictly Documentation/sphinx: Remove the repeated word "the" in comments. docs: sparse: add SPDX-License-Identifier docs/zh_CN: Add subsystem-apis Chinese translation docs/zh_TW: update contents for zh_TW docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to commenters docs: add backporting and conflict resolution document docs: move riscv under arch docs: update link to powerpc/vmemmap_dedup.rst mm/memory-hotplug: fix typo in documentation docs: move powerpc under arch PCI: Update the devres documentation regarding to pcim_*() ... 
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "The number of commits for documentation is not huge this time around,
  but there are some significant changes nonetheless:

   - Some more Spanish-language and Chinese translations

   - The much-discussed documentation of the confidential-computing
     threat model

   - Powerpc and RISCV documentation move under Documentation/arch -
     these complete this particular bit of documentation churn

   - A large traditional-Chinese documentation update

   - A new document on backporting and conflict resolution

   - Some kernel-doc and Sphinx fixes

  Plus the usual smattering of smaller updates and typo fixes"

* tag 'docs-6.7' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (40 commits)
  scripts/kernel-doc: Fix the regex for matching -Werror flag
  docs: backporting: address feedback
  Documentation: driver-api: pps: Update PPS generator documentation
  speakup: Document USB support
  doc: blk-ioprio: Bring the doc in line with the implementation
  docs: usb: fix reference to nonexistent file in UVC Gadget
  docs: doc-guide: mention 'make refcheckdocs'
  Documentation: fix typo in dynamic-debug howto
  scripts/kernel-doc: match -Werror flag strictly
  Documentation/sphinx: Remove the repeated word "the" in comments.
  docs: sparse: add SPDX-License-Identifier
  docs/zh_CN: Add subsystem-apis Chinese translation
  docs/zh_TW: update contents for zh_TW
  docs: submitting-patches: encourage direct notifications to commenters
  docs: add backporting and conflict resolution document
  docs: move riscv under arch
  docs: update link to powerpc/vmemmap_dedup.rst
  mm/memory-hotplug: fix typo in documentation
  docs: move powerpc under arch
  PCI: Update the devres documentation regarding to pcim_*()
  ...
docs: block: blk-mq.rst: correct places -> place 2023-09-22T11:30:21+00:00 Kuan-Wei Chiu visitorckw@gmail.com 2023-09-02T16:41:21+00:00 41bd33df4e180bfe9d206685270cff34a9a71d62 Corrected a typo in the blk-mq.rst documentation where 'places' was incorrectly used instead of 'place'. Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20230902164121.2653109-1-visitorckw@gmail.com> 
Corrected a typo in the blk-mq.rst documentation where 'places' was
incorrectly used instead of 'place'.

Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20230902164121.2653109-1-visitorckw@gmail.com>
Documentation: Drop or replace remaining mentions of IA64 2023-09-11T08:13:18+00:00 Ard Biesheuvel ardb@kernel.org 2023-01-13T17:32:57+00:00 944834901adc94b3a44d1dd153eb739a937e52d2 Drop or update mentions of IA64, as appropriate. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> 
Drop or update mentions of IA64, as appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Merge tag 'docs-6.6' of git://git.lwn.net/linux 2023-08-31T03:05:42+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2023-08-31T03:05:42+00:00 cd99b9eb4b702563c5ac7d26b632a628f5a832a5 Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "Documentation work keeps chugging along; this includes: - Work from Carlos Bilbao to integrate rustdoc output into the generated HTML documentation. This took some work to figure out how to do it without slowing the docs build and without creating people who don't have Rust installed, but Carlos got there - Move the loongarch and mips architecture documentation under Documentation/arch/ - Some more maintainer documentation from Jakub ... plus the usual assortment of updates, translations, and fixes" * tag 'docs-6.6' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (56 commits) Docu: genericirq.rst: fix irq-example input: docs: pxrc: remove reference to phoenix-sim Documentation: serial-console: Fix literal block marker docs/mm: remove references to hmm_mirror ops and clean typos docs/zh_CN: correct regi_chg(),regi_add() to region_chg(),region_add() Documentation: Fix typos Documentation/ABI: Fix typos scripts: kernel-doc: fix macro handling in enums scripts: kernel-doc: parse DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_[ADDR|LEN] Documentation: riscv: Update boot image header since EFI stub is supported Documentation: riscv: Add early boot document Documentation: arm: Add bootargs to the table of added DT parameters docs: kernel-parameters: Refer to the correct bitmap function doc: update params of memhp_default_state= docs: Add book to process/kernel-docs.rst docs: sparse: fix invalid link addresses docs: vfs: clean up after the iterate() removal docs: Add a section on surveys to the researcher guidelines docs: move mips under arch docs: move loongarch under arch ... 
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "Documentation work keeps chugging along; this includes:

   - Work from Carlos Bilbao to integrate rustdoc output into the
     generated HTML documentation. This took some work to figure out how
     to do it without slowing the docs build and without creating people
     who don't have Rust installed, but Carlos got there

   - Move the loongarch and mips architecture documentation under
     Documentation/arch/

   - Some more maintainer documentation from Jakub

  ... plus the usual assortment of updates, translations, and fixes"

* tag 'docs-6.6' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (56 commits)
  Docu: genericirq.rst: fix irq-example
  input: docs: pxrc: remove reference to phoenix-sim
  Documentation: serial-console: Fix literal block marker
  docs/mm: remove references to hmm_mirror ops and clean typos
  docs/zh_CN: correct regi_chg(),regi_add() to region_chg(),region_add()
  Documentation: Fix typos
  Documentation/ABI: Fix typos
  scripts: kernel-doc: fix macro handling in enums
  scripts: kernel-doc: parse DEFINE_DMA_UNMAP_[ADDR|LEN]
  Documentation: riscv: Update boot image header since EFI stub is supported
  Documentation: riscv: Add early boot document
  Documentation: arm: Add bootargs to the table of added DT parameters
  docs: kernel-parameters: Refer to the correct bitmap function
  doc: update params of memhp_default_state=
  docs: Add book to process/kernel-docs.rst
  docs: sparse: fix invalid link addresses
  docs: vfs: clean up after the iterate() removal
  docs: Add a section on surveys to the researcher guidelines
  docs: move mips under arch
  docs: move loongarch under arch
  ...
Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18T17:29:03+00:00 Bjorn Helgaas bhelgaas@google.com 2023-08-14T21:28:22+00:00 d56b699d76d1b352f7a3d3a0a3e91c79b8612d94 Fix typos in Documentation. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814212822.193684-4-helgaas@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
Fix typos in Documentation.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814212822.193684-4-helgaas@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
mm/page_io: introduce bio_first_folio_all() 2023-08-18T17:12:45+00:00 ZhangPeng zhangpeng362@huawei.com 2023-07-21T03:44:44+00:00 6d2790d95d7cffaf0def36270032ce5228dd43a5 Introduce bio_first_folio_all() to return a folio, which makes it easier to use. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230721034451.16412-4-zhangpeng362@huawei.com Signed-off-by: ZhangPeng <zhangpeng362@huawei.com> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com> Cc: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com> Cc: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> 
Introduce bio_first_folio_all() to return a folio, which makes it easier
to use.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230721034451.16412-4-zhangpeng362@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: ZhangPeng <zhangpeng362@huawei.com>
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Cc: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com>
Cc: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/block: drop the request.rst file 2023-05-12T17:04:58+00:00 Randy Dunlap rdunlap@infradead.org 2023-05-07T18:26:06+00:00 56cdea92ed915f8eb37575331fb4a269991e8026 Documentation/block/request.rst is outdated and should be removed. Also delete its entry in the block/index.rst file. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230507182606.12647-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
Documentation/block/request.rst is outdated and should be removed.
Also delete its entry in the block/index.rst file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230507182606.12647-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
blk-crypto: remove blk_crypto_insert_cloned_request() 2023-03-16T15:35:09+00:00 Eric Biggers ebiggers@google.com 2023-03-15T18:39:05+00:00 435c0e999689b7f383d0a27978cdaa08669cf134 blk_crypto_insert_cloned_request() is the same as blk_crypto_rq_get_keyslot(), so just use that directly. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230315183907.53675-2-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
blk_crypto_insert_cloned_request() is the same as
blk_crypto_rq_get_keyslot(), so just use that directly.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230315183907.53675-2-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
block: stub out and deprecated the capability attribute on the gendisk 2023-02-06T15:44:55+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2023-02-03T15:02:09+00:00 e81cd5a983bb35dabd38ee472cf3fea1c63e0f23 The capability attribute was added in 2017 to expose the kernel internal GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY to userspace without ever adding a value to an UAPI header, and without ever setting it in any driver until it was finally removed in Linux 5.7. Deprecate the file and always return 0 instead of exposing the other internal and frequently renumbered other gendisk flags. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230203150209.3199115-1-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
The capability attribute was added in 2017 to expose the kernel internal
GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY to userspace without ever adding a value to
an UAPI header, and without ever setting it in any driver until it was
finally removed in Linux 5.7.

Deprecate the file and always return 0 instead of exposing the other
internal and frequently renumbered other gendisk flags.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230203150209.3199115-1-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>