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diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index 2254db0f00a5..227bec88021e 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -280,12 +280,9 @@ that is possible. mcelog ------ -In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility -as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log -machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check -events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged. -All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to -process machine checks. +On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to process and log machine check +events when CONFIG_X86_MCE is enabled. Machine check events are errors reported +by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged. Getting updated software ======================== diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl index 4017f147ba2f..2c425d70f7e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ hardware level details could be very different. <para>Systems need specialized hardware support to implement OTG, notably including a special <emphasis>Mini-AB</emphasis> jack -and associated transciever to support <emphasis>Dual-Role</emphasis> +and associated transceiver to support <emphasis>Dual-Role</emphasis> operation: they can act either as a host, using the standard Linux-USB host side driver stack, diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl index 46347f603353..59fb5c077541 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ <para> Each interrupt is described by an interrupt descriptor structure irq_desc. The interrupt is referenced by an 'unsigned int' numeric - value which selects the corresponding interrupt decription structure + value which selects the corresponding interrupt description structure in the descriptor structures array. The descriptor structure contains status information and pointers to the interrupt flow method and the interrupt chip structure @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi) <para> To avoid copies of identical implementations of IRQ chips the core provides a configurable generic interrupt chip - implementation. Developers should check carefuly whether the + implementation. Developers should check carefully whether the generic chip fits their needs before implementing the same functionality slightly differently themselves. </para> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 19f2a5a5a5b4..e584ee12a1e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ as it would be on UP. </para> <para> -There is a furthur optimization possible here: remember our original +There is a further optimization possible here: remember our original cache code, where there were no reference counts and the caller simply held the lock whenever using the object? This is still possible: if you hold the lock, no one can delete the object, so you don't need to diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl index deb71baed328..d7fcdc5a4379 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ and other resources, etc. <listitem> <para> - ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE is clared from qc->flags. + ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE is cleared from qc->flags. </para> </listitem> @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ and other resources, etc. <listitem> <para> - qc->waiting is claread & completed (in that order). + qc->waiting is cleared & completed (in that order). </para> </listitem> @@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ and other resources, etc. <para> Once sense data is acquired, this type of errors can be - handled similary to other SCSI errors. Note that sense data + handled similarly to other SCSI errors. Note that sense data may indicate ATA bus error (e.g. Sense Key 04h HARDWARE ERROR && ASC/ASCQ 47h/00h SCSI PARITY ERROR). In such cases, the error should be considered as an ATA bus error and diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media_api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/media_api.tmpl index 4decb46bfa76..03f9a1f8d413 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media_api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media_api.tmpl @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ several digital tv standards. While it is called as DVB API, in fact it covers several different video standards including DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C and ATSC. The API is currently being updated - to documment support also for DVB-S2, ISDB-T and ISDB-S.</para> + to document support also for DVB-S2, ISDB-T and ISDB-S.</para> <para>The third part covers the Remote Controller API.</para> <para>The fourth part covers the Media Controller API.</para> <para>For additional information and for the latest development code, diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl index cd11926e07c7..7da8f0402af5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ <listitem><para> [MTD Interface]</para><para> These functions provide the interface to the MTD kernel API. - They are not replacable and provide functionality + They are not replaceable and provide functionality which is complete hardware independent. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> @@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ </para></listitem> <listitem><para> [GENERIC]</para><para> - Generic functions are not replacable and provide functionality + Generic functions are not replaceable and provide functionality which is complete hardware independent. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> [DEFAULT]</para><para> Default functions provide hardware related functionality which is suitable for most of the implementations. These functions can be replaced by the - board driver if neccecary. Those functions are called via pointers in the + board driver if necessary. Those functions are called via pointers in the NAND chip description structure. The board driver can set the functions which should be replaced by board dependent functions before calling nand_scan(). If the function pointer is NULL on entry to nand_scan() then the pointer @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static void board_hwcontrol(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd) is set up nand_scan() is called. This function tries to detect and identify then chip. If a chip is found all the internal data fields are initialized accordingly. - The structure(s) have to be zeroed out first and then filled with the neccecary + The structure(s) have to be zeroed out first and then filled with the necessary information about the device. </para> <programlisting> @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ module_init(board_init); <sect1 id="Exit_function"> <title>Exit function</title> <para> - The exit function is only neccecary if the driver is + The exit function is only necessary if the driver is compiled as a module. It releases all resources which are held by the chip driver and unregisters the partitions in the MTD layer. @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip) in this case. See rts_from4.c and diskonchip.c for implementation reference. In those cases we must also use bad block tables on FLASH, because the ECC layout is - interferring with the bad block marker positions. + interfering with the bad block marker positions. See bad block table support for details. </para> </sect2> @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip) <para> nand_scan() calls the function nand_default_bbt(). nand_default_bbt() selects appropriate default - bad block table desriptors depending on the chip information + bad block table descriptors depending on the chip information which was retrieved by nand_scan(). </para> <para> @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip) <sect2 id="Flash_based_tables"> <title>Flash based tables</title> <para> - It may be desired or neccecary to keep a bad block table in FLASH. + It may be desired or necessary to keep a bad block table in FLASH. For AG-AND chips this is mandatory, as they have no factory marked bad blocks. They have factory marked good blocks. The marker pattern is erased when the block is erased to be reused. So in case of @@ -565,10 +565,10 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip) of the blocks. </para> <para> - The blocks in which the tables are stored are procteted against + The blocks in which the tables are stored are protected against accidental access by marking them bad in the memory bad block table. The bad block table management functions are allowed - to circumvernt this protection. + to circumvent this protection. </para> <para> The simplest way to activate the FLASH based bad block table support @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip) User defined tables are created by filling out a nand_bbt_descr structure and storing the pointer in the nand_chip structure member bbt_td before calling nand_scan(). - If a mirror table is neccecary a second structure must be + If a mirror table is necessary a second structure must be created and a pointer to this structure must be stored in bbt_md inside the nand_chip structure. If the bbt_md member is set to NULL then only the main table is used @@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip) <para> For automatic placement some blocks must be reserved for bad block table storage. The number of reserved blocks is defined - in the maxblocks member of the babd block table description structure. + in the maxblocks member of the bad block table description structure. Reserving 4 blocks for mirrored tables should be a reasonable number. This also limits the number of blocks which are scanned for the bad block table ident pattern. @@ -1068,11 +1068,11 @@ in this page</entry> <chapter id="filesystems"> <title>Filesystem support</title> <para> - The NAND driver provides all neccecary functions for a + The NAND driver provides all necessary functions for a filesystem via the MTD interface. </para> <para> - Filesystems must be aware of the NAND pecularities and + Filesystems must be aware of the NAND peculiarities and restrictions. One major restrictions of NAND Flash is, that you cannot write as often as you want to a page. The consecutive writes to a page, before erasing it again, are restricted to 1-3 writes, depending on the @@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ in this page</entry> #define NAND_BBT_VERSION 0x00000100 /* Create a bbt if none axists */ #define NAND_BBT_CREATE 0x00000200 -/* Write bbt if neccecary */ +/* Write bbt if necessary */ #define NAND_BBT_WRITE 0x00001000 /* Read and write back block contents when writing bbt */ #define NAND_BBT_SAVECONTENT 0x00002000 diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl index 346e552fa2cc..3b08a085d2c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ release regulators. Functions are provided to <link linkend='API-regulator-enable'>enable</link> and <link linkend='API-regulator-disable'>disable</link> the - reguator and to get and set the runtime parameters of the + regulator and to get and set the runtime parameters of the regulator. </para> <para> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl index 95618159e29b..bbe9c1fd5cef 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl @@ -766,10 +766,10 @@ framework to set up sysfs files for this region. Simply leave it alone. <para> The dynamic memory regions will be allocated when the UIO device file, <varname>/dev/uioX</varname> is opened. - Simiar to static memory resources, the memory region information for + Similar to static memory resources, the memory region information for dynamic regions is then visible via sysfs at <varname>/sys/class/uio/uioX/maps/mapY/*</varname>. - The dynmaic memory regions will be freed when the UIO device file is + The dynamic memory regions will be freed when the UIO device file is closed. When no processes are holding the device file open, the address returned to userspace is ~0. </para> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl index 8d57c1888dca..85fc0e28576f 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ <listitem><para>The Linux USB API supports synchronous calls for control and bulk messages. - It also supports asynchnous calls for all kinds of data transfer, + It also supports asynchronous calls for all kinds of data transfer, using request structures called "URBs" (USB Request Blocks). </para></listitem> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl index d0056a4e9c53..6f639d9530b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl @@ -5696,7 +5696,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime { suspending the PCM operations via <function>snd_pcm_suspend_all()</function> or <function>snd_pcm_suspend()</function>. It means that the PCM - streams are already stoppped when the register snapshot is + streams are already stopped when the register snapshot is taken. But, remember that you don't have to restart the PCM stream in the resume callback. It'll be restarted via trigger call with <constant>SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_RESUME</constant> diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c index c6a06b71594d..f40578026a04 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c @@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) break; case 'm': strncpy(cpumask, optarg, sizeof(cpumask)); + cpumask[sizeof(cpumask) - 1] = '\0'; maskset = 1; printf("cpumask %s maskset %d\n", cpumask, maskset); break; diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt index fd786ea13a1f..e182be5e3c83 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt @@ -60,12 +60,6 @@ If the driver needs to perform more complex initialization like getting and configuring GPIOs it can get its ACPI handle and extract this information from ACPI tables. -Currently the kernel is not able to automatically determine from which ACPI -device it should make the corresponding platform device so we need to add -the ACPI device explicitly to acpi_platform_device_ids list defined in -drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c. This limitation is only for the platform -devices, SPI and I2C devices are created automatically as described below. - DMA support ~~~~~~~~~~~ DMA controllers enumerated via ACPI should be registered in the system to diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt index e742d21dbd96..a69ffe1d54d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt @@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ New sysfs files for controlling P state selection have been added to /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/ max_perf_pct: limits the maximum P state that will be requested by - the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance. + the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance. The + available (P states) performance may be reduced by the no_turbo + setting described below. min_perf_pct: limits the minimum P state that will be requested by - the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance. + the driver stated as a percentage of the max (non-turbo) + performance level. no_turbo: limits the driver to selecting P states below the turbo frequency range. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt index 11f2330a6554..ad9f8ed4d9bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt @@ -6,5 +6,15 @@ following property: Required root node property: - - compatible: must contain either "marvell,armada380" or - "marvell,armada385" depending on the variant of the SoC being used. + - compatible: must contain "marvell,armada380" + +In addition, boards using the Marvell Armada 385 SoC shall have the +following property before the previous one: + +Required root node property: + +compatible: must contain "marvell,armada385" + +Example: + +compatible = "marvell,a385-rd", "marvell,armada385", "marvell,armada380"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt index 5216b419016a..8b4f7b7fe88b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt @@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ Required Properties: - reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped region. +Optional Properties: +- clocks: List of clock handles. The parent clocks of the input clocks to the + devices in this power domain are set to oscclk before power gating + and restored back after powering on a domain. This is required for + all domains which are powered on and off and not required for unused + domains. +- clock-names: The following clocks can be specified: + - oscclk: Oscillator clock. + - pclkN, clkN: Pairs of parent of input clock and input clock to the + devices in this power domain. Maximum of 4 pairs (N = 0 to 3) + are supported currently. + Node of a device using power domains must have a samsung,power-domain property defined with a phandle to respective power domain. @@ -19,6 +31,14 @@ Example: reg = <0x10023C00 0x10>; }; + mfc_pd: power-domain@10044060 { + compatible = "samsung,exynos4210-pd"; + reg = <0x10044060 0x20>; + clocks = <&clock CLK_FIN_PLL>, <&clock CLK_MOUT_SW_ACLK333>, + <&clock CLK_MOUT_USER_ACLK333>; + clock-names = "oscclk", "pclk0", "clk0"; + }; + Example of the node using power domain: node { diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt index b513cb8196fe..af527ee111c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt @@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Optional properties: - arm,filter-ranges : <start length> Starting address and length of window to filter. Addresses in the filter window are directed to the M1 port. Other addresses will go to the M0 port. +- arm,io-coherent : indicates that the system is operating in an hardware + I/O coherent mode. Valid only when the arm,pl310-cache compatible + string is used. - interrupts : 1 combined interrupt. - cache-id-part: cache id part number to be used if it is not present on hardware diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt index 5d49f2b37f68..832fe8cc24d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ adc@12D10000 { /* NTC thermistor is a hwmon device */ ncp15wb473@0 { - compatible = "ntc,ncp15wb473"; + compatible = "murata,ncp15wb473"; pullup-uv = <1800000>; pullup-ohm = <47000>; pulldown-ohm = <0>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt index f055515d2b62..366690cb86a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt @@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ Both required and optional properties listed below must be defined under node /cpus/cpu@0. Required properties: -- operating-points: Refer to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/opp.txt - for details +- None Optional properties: +- operating-points: Refer to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/opp.txt for + details. OPPs *must* be supplied either via DT, i.e. this property, or + populated at runtime. - clock-latency: Specify the possible maximum transition latency for clock, in unit of nanoseconds. - voltage-tolerance: Specify the CPU voltage tolerance in percentage. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt index c6f66674f19c..b117b2e9e1a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt @@ -3,11 +3,19 @@ NTC Thermistor hwmon sensors Requires node properties: - "compatible" value : one of - "ntc,ncp15wb473" - "ntc,ncp18wb473" - "ntc,ncp21wb473" - "ntc,ncp03wb473" - "ntc,ncp15wl333" + "murata,ncp15wb473" + "murata,ncp18wb473" + "murata,ncp21wb473" + "murata,ncp03wb473" + "murata,ncp15wl333" + +/* Usage of vendor name "ntc" is deprecated */ +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp15wb473" +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp18wb473" +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp21wb473" +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp03wb473" +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp15wl333" + - "pullup-uv" Pull up voltage in micro volts - "pullup-ohm" Pull up resistor value in ohms - "pulldown-ohm" Pull down resistor value in ohms @@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ Read more about iio bindings at Example: ncp15wb473@0 { - compatible = "ntc,ncp15wb473"; + compatible = "murata,ncp15wb473"; pullup-uv = <1800000>; pullup-ohm = <47000>; pulldown-ohm = <0>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt index 64fd7dec1bbc..b3556609a06f 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Required properties: - compatible: Must contain one of the following: + - "renesas,scifa-sh73a0" for SH73A0 (SH-Mobile AG5) SCIFA compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifb-sh73a0" for SH73A0 (SH-Mobile AG5) SCIFB compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifa-r8a73a4" for R8A73A4 (R-Mobile APE6) SCIFA compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifb-r8a73a4" for R8A73A4 (R-Mobile APE6) SCIFB compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifa-r8a7740" for R8A7740 (R-Mobile A1) SCIFA compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifb-r8a7740" for R8A7740 (R-Mobile A1) SCIFB compatible UART. + - "renesas,scif-r8a7778" for R8A7778 (R-Car M1) SCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scif-r8a7779" for R8A7779 (R-Car H1) SCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scif-r8a7790" for R8A7790 (R-Car H2) SCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scifa-r8a7790" for R8A7790 (R-Car H2) SCIFA compatible UART. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt index b82a268f1bd4..bee6ff204baf 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ Optional properties: - spi-max-frequency: Specifies maximum SPI clock frequency, Units - Hz. Definition as per Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt +- num-cs: total number of chipselects +- cs-gpios: should specify GPIOs used for chipselects. + The gpios will be referred to as reg = <index> in the SPI child + nodes. If unspecified, a single SPI device without a chip + select can be used. + SPI slave nodes must be children of the SPI master node and can contain properties described in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt index 4d7f3758d1b4..46a311e728a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ mosaixtech Mosaix Technologies, Inc. moxa Moxa mpl MPL AG mundoreader Mundo Reader S.L. +murata Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. mxicy Macronix International Co., Ltd. national National Semiconductor neonode Neonode Inc. diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 4e30ebaa9e5b..9af538be3751 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -1,6 +1,17 @@ Email clients info for Linux ====================================================================== +Git +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +These days most developers use `git send-email` instead of regular +email clients. The man page for this is quite good. On the receiving +end, maintainers use `git am` to apply the patches. + +If you are new to git then send your first patch to yourself. Save it +as raw text including all the headers. Run `git am raw_email.txt` and +then review the changelog with `git log`. When that works then send +the patch to the appropriate mailing list(s). + General Preferences ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patches for the Linux kernel are submitted via email, preferably as diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor b/Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor index 3bfda94096fd..057b77029f26 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Kernel driver ntc_thermistor ================= -Supported thermistors: +Supported thermistors from Murata: * Murata NTC Thermistors NCP15WB473, NCP18WB473, NCP21WB473, NCP03WB473, NCP15WL333 Prefixes: 'ncp15wb473', 'ncp18wb473', 'ncp21wb473', 'ncp03wb473', 'ncp15wl333' Datasheet: Publicly available at Murata @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Authors: Description ----------- -The NTC thermistor is a simple thermistor that requires users to provide the -resistance and lookup the corresponding compensation table to get the -temperature input. +The NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) thermistor is a simple thermistor +that requires users to provide the resistance and lookup the corresponding +compensation table to get the temperature input. The NTC driver provides lookup tables with a linear approximation function and four circuit models with an option not to use any of the four models. diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 884904975d0b..b7fa2f599459 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2790,6 +2790,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very large systems. + rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL] + Set required age in jiffies for a + given grace period before RCU starts + soliciting quiescent-state help from + rcu_note_context_switch(). + rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL] Set delay from grace-period initialization to first attempt to force quiescent states. @@ -3130,6 +3136,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. Format: <integer> + softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= + [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate + backtraces on all cpus. + Format: <integer> + sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt @@ -3521,7 +3532,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver will only send out the event without touching backlight brightness level. - default: 0 + default: 1 virtio_mmio.device= [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device. diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX index d13b9a9a9e00..d399ae1fc724 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ disk-shock-protection.txt - information on hard disk shock protection. dslm.c - Simple Disk Sleep Monitor program -hpfall.c - - (HP) laptop accelerometer program for disk protection. +freefall.c + - (HP/DELL) laptop accelerometer program for disk protection. laptop-mode.txt - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. sony-laptop.txt diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/hpfall.c b/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c index b85dbbac0499..aab2ff09e868 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/hpfall.c +++ b/Documentation/laptops/freefall.c @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ -/* Disk protection for HP machines. +/* Disk protection for HP/DELL machines. * * Copyright 2008 Eric Piel * Copyright 2009 Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> + * Copyright 2012 Sonal Santan + * Copyright 2014 Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> * * GPLv2. */ @@ -18,24 +20,31 @@ #include <signal.h> #include <sys/mman.h> #include <sched.h> +#include <syslog.h> -char unload_heads_path[64]; +static int noled; +static char unload_heads_path[64]; +static char device_path[32]; +static const char app_name[] = "FREE FALL"; -int set_unload_heads_path(char *device) +static int set_unload_heads_path(char *device) { char devname[64]; if (strlen(device) <= 5 || strncmp(device, "/dev/", 5) != 0) return -EINVAL; - strncpy(devname, device + 5, sizeof(devname)); + strncpy(devname, device + 5, sizeof(devname) - 1); + strncpy(device_path, device, sizeof(device_path) - 1); snprintf(unload_heads_path, sizeof(unload_heads_path) - 1, "/sys/block/%s/device/unload_heads", devname); return 0; } -int valid_disk(void) + +static int valid_disk(void) { int fd = open(unload_heads_path, O_RDONLY); + if (fd < 0) { perror(unload_heads_path); return 0; @@ -45,43 +54,54 @@ int valid_disk(void) return 1; } -void write_int(char *path, int i) +static void write_int(char *path, int i) { char buf[1024]; int fd = open(path, O_RDWR); + if (fd < 0) { perror("open"); exit(1); } + sprintf(buf, "%d", i); + if (write(fd, buf, strlen(buf)) != strlen(buf)) { perror("write"); exit(1); } + close(fd); } -void set_led(int on) +static void set_led(int on) { + if (noled) + return; write_int("/sys/class/leds/hp::hddprotect/brightness", on); } -void protect(int seconds) +static void protect(int seconds) { + const char *str = (seconds == 0) ? "Unparked" : "Parked"; + write_int(unload_heads_path, seconds*1000); + syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s %s disk head\n", str, device_path); } -int on_ac(void) +static int on_ac(void) { -// /sys/class/power_supply/AC0/online + /* /sys/class/power_supply/AC0/online */ + return 1; } -int lid_open(void) +static int lid_open(void) { -// /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state + /* /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state */ + return 1; } -void ignore_me(void) +static void ignore_me(int signum) { protect(0); set_led(0); @@ -90,6 +110,7 @@ void ignore_me(void) int main(int argc, char **argv) { int fd, ret; + struct stat st; struct sched_param param; if (argc == 1) @@ -111,7 +132,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) return EXIT_FAILURE; } - daemon(0, 0); + if (stat("/sys/class/leds/hp::hddprotect/brightness", &st)) + noled = 1; + + if (daemon(0, 0) != 0) { + perror("daemon"); + return EXIT_FAILURE; + } + + openlog(app_name, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL1); + param.sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO); sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m); mlockall(MCL_CURRENT|MCL_FUTURE); @@ -141,6 +171,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) alarm(20); } + closelog(); close(fd); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt index f304edb8fbe7..45134dc23854 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt @@ -209,15 +209,12 @@ If memory device is found, memory hotplug code will be called. 4.2 Notify memory hot-add event by hand ------------ -On powerpc, the firmware does not notify a memory hotplug event to the kernel. -Therefore, "probe" interface is supported to notify the event to the kernel. -This interface depends on CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE. - -CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE is supported on powerpc only. On x86, this config -option is disabled by default since ACPI notifies a memory hotplug event to -the kernel, which performs its hotplug operation as the result. Please -enable this option if you need the "probe" interface for testing purposes -on x86. +On some architectures, the firmware may not notify the kernel of a memory +hotplug event. Therefore, the memory "probe" interface is supported to +explicitly notify the kernel. This interface depends on +CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE and can be configured on powerpc, sh, and x86 +if hotplug is supported, although for x86 this should be handled by ACPI +notification. Probe interface is located at /sys/devices/system/memory/probe diff --git a/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c b/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c index f1ac2dae999e..ba1d50200c46 100644 --- a/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c +++ b/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ +#define _GNU_SOURCE #include <errno.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <inttypes.h> @@ -46,12 +47,14 @@ #define CLOCK_INVALID -1 #endif -/* When glibc offers the syscall, this will go away. */ +/* clock_adjtime is not available in GLIBC < 2.14 */ +#if !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 14) #include <sys/syscall.h> static int clock_adjtime(clockid_t id, struct timex *tx) { return syscall(__NR_clock_adjtime, id, tx); } +#endif static clockid_t get_clockid(int fd) { diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt index 85c362d8ea34..d1ab5e17eb13 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt @@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ STAC92HD83* hp-inv-led HP with broken BIOS for inverted mute LED auto BIOS setup (default) +STAC92HD95 +========== + hp-led LED support for HP laptops + hp-bass Bass HPF setup for HP Spectre 13 + STAC9872 ======== vaio VAIO laptop without SPDIF diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 708bb7f1b7e0..c14374e71775 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - shmall - shmmax [ sysv ipc ] - shmmni +- softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace - stop-a [ SPARC only ] - sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt - sysctl_writes_strict @@ -783,6 +784,22 @@ via the /proc/sys interface: ============================================================== +softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace: + +This value controls the soft lockup detector thread's behavior +when a soft lockup condition is detected as to whether or not +to gather further debug information. If enabled, each cpu will +be issued an NMI and instructed to capture stack trace. + +This feature is only applicable for architectures which support +NMI. + +0: do nothing. This is the default behavior. + +1: on detection capture more debug information. + +============================================================== + tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index bd4b34c03738..4415aa915681 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -702,7 +702,8 @@ The batch value of each per cpu pagelist is also updated as a result. It is set to pcp->high/4. The upper limit of batch is (PAGE_SHIFT * 8) The initial value is zero. Kernel does not use this value at boot time to set -the high water marks for each per cpu page list. +the high water marks for each per cpu page list. If the user writes '0' to this +sysctl, it will revert to this default behavior. ============================================================== diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl index 00e425faa2fd..78c9a7b2b58f 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl +++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ use constant HIGH_KSWAPD_REWAKEUP => 21; use constant HIGH_NR_SCANNED => 22; use constant HIGH_NR_TAKEN => 23; use constant HIGH_NR_RECLAIMED => 24; -use constant HIGH_NR_CONTIG_DIRTY => 25; my %perprocesspid; my %perprocess; @@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ my $regex_direct_end_default = 'nr_reclaimed=([0-9]*)'; my $regex_kswapd_wake_default = 'nid=([0-9]*) order=([0-9]*)'; my $regex_kswapd_sleep_default = 'nid=([0-9]*)'; my $regex_wakeup_kswapd_default = 'nid=([0-9]*) zid=([0-9]*) order=([0-9]*)'; -my $regex_lru_isolate_default = 'isolate_mode=([0-9]*) order=([0-9]*) nr_requested=([0-9]*) nr_scanned=([0-9]*) nr_taken=([0-9]*) contig_taken=([0-9]*) contig_dirty=([0-9]*) contig_failed=([0-9]*)'; +my $regex_lru_isolate_default = 'isolate_mode=([0-9]*) order=([0-9]*) nr_requested=([0-9]*) nr_scanned=([0-9]*) nr_taken=([0-9]*) file=([0-9]*)'; my $regex_lru_shrink_inactive_default = 'nid=([0-9]*) zid=([0-9]*) nr_scanned=([0-9]*) nr_reclaimed=([0-9]*) priority=([0-9]*) flags=([A-Z_|]*)'; my $regex_lru_shrink_active_default = 'lru=([A-Z_]*) nr_scanned=([0-9]*) nr_rotated=([0-9]*) priority=([0-9]*)'; my $regex_writepage_default = 'page=([0-9a-f]*) pfn=([0-9]*) flags=([A-Z_|]*)'; @@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ $regex_lru_isolate = generate_traceevent_regex( $regex_lru_isolate_default, "isolate_mode", "order", "nr_requested", "nr_scanned", "nr_taken", - "contig_taken", "contig_dirty", "contig_failed"); + "file"); $regex_lru_shrink_inactive = generate_traceevent_regex( "vmscan/mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive", $regex_lru_shrink_inactive_default, @@ -375,7 +374,6 @@ EVENT_PROCESS: } my $isolate_mode = $1; my $nr_scanned = $4; - my $nr_contig_dirty = $7; # To closer match vmstat scanning statistics, only count isolate_both # and isolate_inactive as scanning. isolate_active is rotation @@ -385,7 +383,6 @@ EVENT_PROCESS: if ($isolate_mode != 2) { $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_SCANNED} += $nr_scanned; } - $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_CONTIG_DIRTY} += $nr_contig_dirty; } elsif ($tracepoint eq "mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive") { $details = $6; if ($details !~ /$regex_lru_shrink_inactive/o) { @@ -539,13 +536,6 @@ sub dump_stats { } } } - if ($stats{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_CONTIG_DIRTY}) { - print " "; - my $count = $stats{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_CONTIG_DIRTY}; - if ($count != 0) { - print "contig-dirty=$count "; - } - } print "\n"; } |