linux-toradex.git/Documentation/scheduler, branch v3.14.4

Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files

2014-02-11T00:01:40+00:00

Some of the 00-INDEX files are somewhat outdated and some folders does
not contain 00-INDEX at all.  Only outdated (with the notably exception
of spi) indexes are touched here, the 169 folders without 00-INDEX has
not been touched.

New 00-INDEX
 - spi/* was added in a series of commits dating back to 2006

Added files (missing in (*/)00-INDEX)
 - dmatest.txt was added by commit 851b7e16a07d ("dmatest: run test via
   debugfs")
 - this_cpu_ops.txt was added by commit a1b2a555d637 ("percpu: add
   documentation on this_cpu operations")
 - ww-mutex-design.txt was added by commit 040a0a371005 ("mutex: Add
   support for wound/wait style locks")
 - bcache.txt was added by commit cafe56359144 ("bcache: A block layer
   cache")
 - kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt was added by commit 49717cb40410
   ("kthread: Document ways of reducing OS jitter due to per-CPU
   kthreads")
 - phy.txt was added by commit ff764963479a ("drivers: phy: add generic
   PHY framework")
 - block/null_blk was added by commit 12f8f4fc0314 ("null_blk:
   documentation")
 - module-signing.txt was added by commit 3cafea307642 ("Add
   Documentation/module-signing.txt file")
 - assoc_array.txt was added by commit 3cb989501c26 ("Add a generic
   associative array implementation.")
 - arm/IXP4xx was part of the initial repo
 - arm/cluster-pm-race-avoidance.txt was added by commit 7fe31d28e839
   ("ARM: mcpm: introduce helpers for platform coherency exit/setup")
 - arm/firmware.txt was added by commit 7366b92a77fc ("ARM: Add
   interface for registering and calling firmware-specific operations")
 - arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt was added by commit 2afd0a05241d ("ARM:
   7825/1: document the use of NEON in kernel mode")
 - arm/tcm.txt was added by commit bc581770cfdd ("ARM: 5580/2: ARM TCM
   (Tightly-Coupled Memory) support v3")
 - arm/vlocks.txt was added by commit 9762f12d3e05 ("ARM: mcpm: Add
   baremetal voting mutexes")
 - blackfin/gptimers-example.c, Makefile was added by commit
   4b60779d5ea7 ("Blackfin: add an example showing how to use the
   gptimers API")
 - devicetree/usage-model.txt was added by commit 31134efc681a ("dt:
   Linux DT usage model documentation")
 - fb/api.txt was added by commit fb21c2f42879 ("fbdev: Add FOURCC-based
   format configuration API")
 - fb/sm501.txt was added by commit e6a049807105 ("video, sm501: add
   edid and commandline support")
 - fb/udlfb.txt was added by commit 96f8d864afd6 ("fbdev: move udlfb out
   of staging.")
 - filesystems/Makefile was added by commit 1e0051ae48a2
   ("Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files")
 - filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt was added by commit
   8a4c6e19cfed ("nfsd: document kernel interfaces for nfsd
   configuration")
 - ide/warm-plug-howto.txt was added by commit f74c91413ec6 ("ide: add
   warm-plug support for IDE devices (take 2)")
 - laptops/Makefile was added by commit d49129accc21
   ("Documentation/laptop/: split txt and source files")
 - leds/leds-blinkm.txt was added by commit b54cf35a7f65 ("LEDS: add
   BlinkM RGB LED driver, documentation and update MAINTAINERS")
 - leds/ledtrig-oneshot.txt was added by commit 5e417281cde2 ("leds: add
   oneshot trigger")
 - leds/ledtrig-transient.txt was added by commit 44e1e9f8e705 ("leds:
   add new transient trigger for one shot timer activation")
 - m68k/README.buddha was part of the initial repo
 - networking/LICENSE.(qla3xxx|qlcnic|qlge) was added by commits
   40839129f779, c4e84bde1d59, 5a4faa873782
 - networking/Makefile was added by commit 3794f3e812ef ("docsrc: build
   Documentation/ sources")
 - networking/i40evf.txt was added by commit 105bf2fe6b32 ("i40evf: add
   driver to kernel build system")
 - networking/ipsec.txt was added by commit b3c6efbc36e2 ("xfrm: Add
   file to document IPsec corner case")
 - networking/mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt was added by commit
   3cd7920a2be8 ("mac80211: add auth/assoc/deauth flow diagram")
 - networking/netlink_mmap.txt was added by commit 5683264c3981
   ("netlink: add documentation for memory mapped I/O")
 - networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt was added by commit c9f9e0e1597f
   ("netfilter: doc: add nf_conntrack sysctl api documentation") lan)
 - networking/team.txt was added by commit 3d249d4ca7d0 ("net: introduce
   ethernet teaming device")
 - networking/vxlan.txt was added by commit d342894c5d2f ("vxlan:
   virtual extensible lan")
 - power/runtime_pm.txt was added by commit 5e928f77a09a ("PM: Introduce
   core framework for run-time PM of I/O devices (rev.  17)")
 - power/charger-manager.txt was added by commit 3bb3dbbd56ea
   ("power_supply: Add initial Charger-Manager driver")
 - RCU/lockdep-splat.txt was added by commit d7bd2d68aa2e ("rcu:
   Document interpretation of RCU-lockdep splats")
 - s390/kvm.txt was added by 5ecee4b (KVM: s390: API documentation)
 - s390/qeth.txt was added by commit b4d72c08b358 ("qeth: bridgeport
   support - basic control")
 - scheduler/sched-bwc.txt was added by commit 88ebc08ea9f7 ("sched: Add
   documentation for bandwidth control")
 - scsi/advansys.txt was added by commit 4bd6d7f35661 ("[SCSI] advansys:
   Move documentation to Documentation/scsi")
 - scsi/bfa.txt was added by commit 1ec90174bdb4 ("[SCSI] bfa: add
   readme file")
 - scsi/bnx2fc.txt was added by commit 12b8fc10eaf4 ("[SCSI] bnx2fc: Add
   driver documentation")
 - scsi/cxgb3i.txt was added by commit c3673464ebc0 ("[SCSI] cxgb3i: Add
   cxgb3i iSCSI driver.")
 - scsi/hpsa.txt was added by commit 992ebcf14f3c ("[SCSI] hpsa: Add
   hpsa.txt to Documentation/scsi")
 - scsi/link_power_management_policy.txt was added by commit
   ca77329fb713 ("[libata] Link power management infrastructure")
 - scsi/osd.txt was added by commit 78e0c621deca ("[SCSI] osd:
   Documentation for OSD library")
 - scsi/scsi-parameter.txt was created/moved by commit 163475fb111c
   ("Documentation: move SCSI parameters to their own text file")
 - serial/driver was part of the initial repo
 - serial/n_gsm.txt was added by commit 323e84122ec6 ("n_gsm: add a
   documentation")
 - timers/Makefile was added by commit 3794f3e812ef ("docsrc: build
   Documentation/ sources")
 - virt/kvm/s390.txt was added by commit d9101fca3d57 ("KVM: s390:
   diagnose call documentation")
 - vm/split_page_table_lock was added by commit 49076ec2ccaf ("mm:
   dynamically allocate page->ptl if it cannot be embedded to struct
   page")
 - w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04 was added by commit fbf7f7b4e2ae ("w1: Add
   1-wire slave device driver for DS28E04-100")
 - w1/masters/omap-hdq was added by commit e0a29382c6f5 ("hdq:
   documentation for OMAP HDQ")
 - x86/early-microcode.txt was added by commit 0d91ea86a895 ("x86, doc:
   Documentation for early microcode loading")
 - x86/earlyprintk.txt was added by commit a1aade478862 ("x86/doc:
   mini-howto for using earlyprintk=dbgp")
 - x86/entry_64.txt was added by commit 8b4777a4b50c ("x86-64: Document
   some of entry_64.S")
 - x86/pat.txt was added by commit d27554d874c7 ("x86: PAT
   documentation")

Moved files
 - arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt was moved out of arch/arm/kernel by
   commit 37b8304642c7 ("ARM: kuser: move interface documentation out of
   the source code")
 - efi-stub.txt was moved out of x86/ and down into Documentation/ in
   commit 4172fe2f8a47 ("EFI stub documentation updates")
 - laptops/hpfall.c was moved out of hwmon/ and into laptops/ in commit
   efcfed9bad88 ("Move hp_accel to drivers/platform/x86")
 - commit 5616c23ad9cd ("x86: doc: move x86-generic documentation from
   Doc/x86/i386"):
   * x86/usb-legacy-support.txt
   * x86/boot.txt
   * x86/zero_page.txt
 - power/video_extension.txt was moved to acpi in commit 70e66e4df191
   ("ACPI / video: move video_extension.txt to Documentation/acpi")

Removed files (left in 00-INDEX)
 - memory.txt was removed by commit 00ea8990aadf ("memory.txt: remove
   stray information")
 - gpio.txt was moved to gpio/ in commit fd8e198cfcaa ("Documentation:
   gpiolib: document new interface")
 - networking/DLINK.txt was removed by commit 168e06ae26dd
   ("drivers/net: delete old parallel port de600/de620 drivers")
 - serial/hayes-esp.txt was removed by commit f53a2ade0bb9 ("tty: esp:
   remove broken driver")
 - s390/TAPE was removed by commit 9e280f669308 ("[S390] remove tape
   block docu")
 - vm/locking was removed by commit 57ea8171d2bc ("mm: documentation:
   remove hopelessly out-of-date locking doc")
 - laptops/acer-wmi.txt was remvoed by commit 020036678e81 ("acer-wmi:
   Delete out-of-date documentation")

Typos/misc issues
 - rpc-server-gss.txt was added as knfsd-rpcgss.txt in commit
   030d794bf498 ("SUNRPC: Use gssproxy upcall for server RPCGSS
   authentication.")
 - commit b88cf73d9278 ("net: add missing entries to
   Documentation/networking/00-INDEX")
   * generic-hdlc.txt was added as generic_hdlc.txt
   * spider_net.txt was added as spider-net.txt
 - w1/master/mxc-w1 was added as mxc_w1 by commit a5fd9139f74c ("w1: add
   1-wire master driver for i.MX27 / i.MX31")
 - s390/zfcpdump.txt was added as zfcpdump by commit 6920c12a407e
   ("[S390] Add Documentation/s390/00-INDEX.")

Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad 
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney 	[rcu bits]
Acked-by: Rob Landley 
Cc: Jiri Kosina 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Rob Herring 
Cc: David S. Miller 
Cc: Mark Brown 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Gleb Natapov 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Len Brown 
Cc: James Bottomley 
Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

sched/deadline: Add sched_dl documentation

2014-01-28T12:08:40+00:00

Add in Documentation/scheduler/ some hints about the design
choices, the usage and the future possible developments of the
sched_dl scheduling class and of the SCHED_DEADLINE policy.

Reviewed-by: Henrik Austad 
Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli 
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli 
[ Re-wrote sections 2 and 3. ]
Signed-off-by: Luca Abeni 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390821615-23247-1-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge tag 'h8300-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging

2013-11-12T05:13:14+00:00

Pull h8300 platform removal from Guenter Roeck:
 "The patch series has been in -next for more than one relase cycle.  I
  did get a number of Acks, and no objections.

  H8/300 has been dead for several years, the kernel for it has not
  compiled for ages, and recent versions of gcc for it are broken.
  Remove support for it"

* tag 'h8300-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging:
  CREDITS: Add Yoshinori Sato for h8300
  fs/minix: Drop dependency on H8300
  Drop remaining references to H8/300 architecture
  Drop MAINTAINERS entry for H8/300
  watchdog: Drop references to H8300 architecture
  net/ethernet: Drop H8/300 Ethernet driver
  net/ethernet: smsc9194: Drop conditional code for H8/300
  ide: Drop H8/300 driver
  Drop support for Renesas H8/300 (h8300) architecture

Drop support for Renesas H8/300 (h8300) architecture

2013-09-17T01:19:04+00:00

H8/300 has been dead for several years, and the kernel for it
has not compiled for ages. Drop support for it.

Cc: Yoshinori Sato 
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck

sched/Documentation: Update sched-design-CFS.txt documentation

2013-09-12T17:14:17+00:00

2bd2d6f2dc ("sched: Replace use of entity_key()") had remove the
entity_key() which function is to subtract a tasks vruntime by
its groups minvruntime as the rbtree key.
The phrase "there is a subtraction using rq->cfs.min_vruntime
to account for possible wraparounds" in documentation feels strange
and meaningless. So remove it.

Signed-off-by: Li Bin 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378706740-7500-1-git-send-email-huawei.libin@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation

2013-06-19T10:58:42+00:00

Most of the stuff from kernel/sched.c was moved to kernel/sched/core.c long time
back and the comments/Documentation never got updated.

I figured it out when I was going through sched-domains.txt and so thought of
fixing it globally.

I haven't crossed check if the stuff that is referenced in sched/core.c by all
these files is still present and hasn't changed as that wasn't the motive behind
this patch.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cdff76a265326ab8d71922a1db5be599f20aad45.1370329560.git.viresh.kumar@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Remove __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW

2012-09-13T14:52:04+00:00

Now that the last architecture to use this has stopped doing so (ARM,
thanks Catalin!) we can remove this complexity from the scheduler
core.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Oleg Nesterov 
Cc: Catalin Marinas 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-g9p2a1w81xxbrze25v9zpzbf@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Remove stale power aware scheduling remnants and dysfunctional knobs

2012-05-17T11:48:56+00:00

It's been broken forever (i.e. it's not scheduling in a power
aware fashion), as reported by Suresh and others sending
patches, and nobody cares enough to fix it properly ...
so remove it to make space free for something better.

There's various problems with the code as it stands today, first
and foremost the user interface which is bound to topology
levels and has multiple values per level. This results in a
state explosion which the administrator or distro needs to
master and almost nobody does.

Furthermore large configuration state spaces aren't good, it
means the thing doesn't just work right because it's either
under so many impossibe to meet constraints, or even if
there's an achievable state workloads have to be aware of
it precisely and can never meet it for dynamic workloads.

So pushing this kind of decision to user-space was a bad idea
even with a single knob - it's exponentially worse with knobs
on every node of the topology.

There is a proposal to replace the user interface with a single
3 state knob:

 sched_balance_policy := { performance, power, auto }

where 'auto' would be the preferred default which looks at things
like Battery/AC mode and possible cpufreq state or whatever the hw
exposes to show us power use expectations - but there's been no
progress on it in the past many months.

Aside from that, the actual implementation of the various knobs
is known to be broken. There have been sporadic attempts at
fixing things but these always stop short of reaching a mergable
state.

Therefore this wholesale removal with the hopes of spurring
people who care to come forward once again and work on a
coherent replacement.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Suresh Siddha 
Cc: Arjan van de Ven 
Cc: Vincent Guittot 
Cc: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1326104915.2442.53.camel@twins
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Update documentation and comments

2012-05-07T13:04:18+00:00

Change sched_*.c to sched/*.c in documentation and comments.

Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4F795CAC.9080206@ct.jp.nec.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Remove sched_switch

2012-01-27T12:28:53+00:00

Currently we don't utilize the sched_switch field anymore.

But, simply removing sched_switch field from the middle of the
sched_stat output will break tools.

So, to stay compatible we hardcode it to zero and remove the
field from the scheduler data structures.

Update the schedstat documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1327422836.27181.5.camel@localhost.localdomain
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar