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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-03-17 14:24:26 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-03-17 14:24:26 -0700
commit48d10bda1f2c69980601a61194015bb0790fb7ab (patch)
treee4ea2021560b1f18b335f6e8e20761fb9514cd1b /Documentation/DocBook
parent96b9b1c95660d4bc5510c5d798d3817ae9f0b391 (diff)
parentce53bfc4374cada8b645765e2b4ad5831e760932 (diff)
Merge tag 'usb-4.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb
Pull USB updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big USB patchset for 4.6-rc1. The normal mess is here, gadget and xhci fixes and updates, and lots of other driver updates and cleanups as well. Full details are in the shortlog. All have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues" * tag 'usb-4.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb: (266 commits) USB: core: let USB device know device node usb: devio: Add ioctl to disallow detaching kernel USB drivers. usb: gadget: f_acm: Fix configfs attr name usb: udc: lpc32xx: remove USB PLL and USB OTG clock management usb: udc: lpc32xx: remove direct access to clock controller registers usb: udc: lpc32xx: switch to clock prepare/unprepare model usb: renesas_usbhs: gadget: fix giveback status code in usbhsg_pipe_disable() usb: gadget: renesas_usb3: Use ARCH_RENESAS usb: dwc2: Fix issues in dwc2_complete_non_isoc_xfer_ddma() usb: dwc2: Add support for Lantiq ARX and XRX SoCs usb: phy: generic: Handle late registration of gadget usb: gadget: bdc_udc: fix race condition in bdc_udc_exit() usb: musb: core: added missing const qualifier to musb_hdrc_platform_data::config usb: dwc2: Move host-specific core functions into hcd.c usb: dwc2: Move register save and restore functions usb: dwc2: Use kmem_cache_free() usb: dwc2: host: If using uframe scheduler, end splits better usb: dwc2: host: Totally redo the microframe scheduler usb: dwc2: host: Properly set even/odd frame usb: dwc2: host: Add dwc2_hcd_get_future_frame_number() call ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
index 4cd5b2cd0f3d..bc776be0f19c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
@@ -732,6 +732,18 @@ usbdev_ioctl (int fd, int ifno, unsigned request, void *param)
or SET_INTERFACE.
</para></warning></listitem></varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>USBDEVFS_DROP_PRIVILEGES</term>
+ <listitem><para>This is used to relinquish the ability
+ to do certain operations which are considered to be
+ privileged on a usbfs file descriptor.
+ This includes claiming arbitrary interfaces, resetting
+ a device on which there are currently claimed interfaces
+ from other users, and issuing USBDEVFS_IOCTL calls.
+ The ioctl parameter is a 32 bit mask of interfaces
+ the user is allowed to claim on this file descriptor.
+ You may issue this ioctl more than one time to narrow
+ said mask.
+ </para></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>