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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/hugetlb.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt | 197 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 40 |
8 files changed, 61 insertions, 224 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/hugetlb.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/hugetlb.txt index a9faaca1f029..106245c3aecc 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/hugetlb.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/hugetlb.txt @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Brief summary of control files hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.limit_in_bytes # set/show limit of "hugepagesize" hugetlb usage hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.max_usage_in_bytes # show max "hugepagesize" hugetlb usage recorded - hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.usage_in_bytes # show current res_counter usage for "hugepagesize" hugetlb + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.usage_in_bytes # show current usage for "hugepagesize" hugetlb hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.failcnt # show the number of allocation failure due to HugeTLB limit For a system supporting two hugepage size (16M and 16G) the control diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt index 02ab997a1ed2..46b2b5080317 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ Memory Resource Controller +NOTE: This document is hopelessly outdated and it asks for a complete + rewrite. It still contains a useful information so we are keeping it + here but make sure to check the current code if you need a deeper + understanding. + NOTE: The Memory Resource Controller has generically been referred to as the memory controller in this document. Do not confuse memory controller used here with the memory controller that is used in hardware. @@ -52,9 +57,9 @@ Brief summary of control files. tasks # attach a task(thread) and show list of threads cgroup.procs # show list of processes cgroup.event_control # an interface for event_fd() - memory.usage_in_bytes # show current res_counter usage for memory + memory.usage_in_bytes # show current usage for memory (See 5.5 for details) - memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes # show current res_counter usage for memory+Swap + memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes # show current usage for memory+Swap (See 5.5 for details) memory.limit_in_bytes # set/show limit of memory usage memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes # set/show limit of memory+Swap usage @@ -116,16 +121,16 @@ The memory controller is the first controller developed. 2.1. Design -The core of the design is a counter called the res_counter. The res_counter -tracks the current memory usage and limit of the group of processes associated -with the controller. Each cgroup has a memory controller specific data -structure (mem_cgroup) associated with it. +The core of the design is a counter called the page_counter. The +page_counter tracks the current memory usage and limit of the group of +processes associated with the controller. Each cgroup has a memory controller +specific data structure (mem_cgroup) associated with it. 2.2. Accounting +--------------------+ - | mem_cgroup | - | (res_counter) | + | mem_cgroup | + | (page_counter) | +--------------------+ / ^ \ / | \ @@ -352,9 +357,8 @@ set: 0. Configuration a. Enable CONFIG_CGROUPS -b. Enable CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS -c. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG -d. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP (to use swap extension) +b. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG +c. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP (to use swap extension) d. Enable CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM (to use kmem extension) 1. Prepare the cgroups (see cgroups.txt, Why are cgroups needed?) diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 762ca54eb929..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,197 +0,0 @@ - - The Resource Counter - -The resource counter, declared at include/linux/res_counter.h, -is supposed to facilitate the resource management by controllers -by providing common stuff for accounting. - -This "stuff" includes the res_counter structure and routines -to work with it. - - - -1. Crucial parts of the res_counter structure - - a. unsigned long long usage - - The usage value shows the amount of a resource that is consumed - by a group at a given time. The units of measurement should be - determined by the controller that uses this counter. E.g. it can - be bytes, items or any other unit the controller operates on. - - b. unsigned long long max_usage - - The maximal value of the usage over time. - - This value is useful when gathering statistical information about - the particular group, as it shows the actual resource requirements - for a particular group, not just some usage snapshot. - - c. unsigned long long limit - - The maximal allowed amount of resource to consume by the group. In - case the group requests for more resources, so that the usage value - would exceed the limit, the resource allocation is rejected (see - the next section). - - d. unsigned long long failcnt - - The failcnt stands for "failures counter". This is the number of - resource allocation attempts that failed. - - c. spinlock_t lock - - Protects changes of the above values. - - - -2. Basic accounting routines - - a. void res_counter_init(struct res_counter *rc, - struct res_counter *rc_parent) - - Initializes the resource counter. As usual, should be the first - routine called for a new counter. - - The struct res_counter *parent can be used to define a hierarchical - child -> parent relationship directly in the res_counter structure, - NULL can be used to define no relationship. - - c. int res_counter_charge(struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val, - struct res_counter **limit_fail_at) - - When a resource is about to be allocated it has to be accounted - with the appropriate resource counter (controller should determine - which one to use on its own). This operation is called "charging". - - This is not very important which operation - resource allocation - or charging - is performed first, but - * if the allocation is performed first, this may create a - temporary resource over-usage by the time resource counter is - charged; - * if the charging is performed first, then it should be uncharged - on error path (if the one is called). - - If the charging fails and a hierarchical dependency exists, the - limit_fail_at parameter is set to the particular res_counter element - where the charging failed. - - d. u64 res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val) - - When a resource is released (freed) it should be de-accounted - from the resource counter it was accounted to. This is called - "uncharging". The return value of this function indicate the amount - of charges still present in the counter. - - The _locked routines imply that the res_counter->lock is taken. - - e. u64 res_counter_uncharge_until - (struct res_counter *rc, struct res_counter *top, - unsigned long val) - - Almost same as res_counter_uncharge() but propagation of uncharge - stops when rc == top. This is useful when kill a res_counter in - child cgroup. - - 2.1 Other accounting routines - - There are more routines that may help you with common needs, like - checking whether the limit is reached or resetting the max_usage - value. They are all declared in include/linux/res_counter.h. - - - -3. Analyzing the resource counter registrations - - a. If the failcnt value constantly grows, this means that the counter's - limit is too tight. Either the group is misbehaving and consumes too - many resources, or the configuration is not suitable for the group - and the limit should be increased. - - b. The max_usage value can be used to quickly tune the group. One may - set the limits to maximal values and either load the container with - a common pattern or leave one for a while. After this the max_usage - value shows the amount of memory the container would require during - its common activity. - - Setting the limit a bit above this value gives a pretty good - configuration that works in most of the cases. - - c. If the max_usage is much less than the limit, but the failcnt value - is growing, then the group tries to allocate a big chunk of resource - at once. - - d. If the max_usage is much less than the limit, but the failcnt value - is 0, then this group is given too high limit, that it does not - require. It is better to lower the limit a bit leaving more resource - for other groups. - - - -4. Communication with the control groups subsystem (cgroups) - -All the resource controllers that are using cgroups and resource counters -should provide files (in the cgroup filesystem) to work with the resource -counter fields. They are recommended to adhere to the following rules: - - a. File names - - Field name File name - --------------------------------------------------- - usage usage_in_<unit_of_measurement> - max_usage max_usage_in_<unit_of_measurement> - limit limit_in_<unit_of_measurement> - failcnt failcnt - lock no file :) - - b. Reading from file should show the corresponding field value in the - appropriate format. - - c. Writing to file - - Field Expected behavior - ---------------------------------- - usage prohibited - max_usage reset to usage - limit set the limit - failcnt reset to zero - - - -5. Usage example - - a. Declare a task group (take a look at cgroups subsystem for this) and - fold a res_counter into it - - struct my_group { - struct res_counter res; - - <other fields> - } - - b. Put hooks in resource allocation/release paths - - int alloc_something(...) - { - if (res_counter_charge(res_counter_ptr, amount) < 0) - return -ENOMEM; - - <allocate the resource and return to the caller> - } - - void release_something(...) - { - res_counter_uncharge(res_counter_ptr, amount); - - <release the resource> - } - - In order to keep the usage value self-consistent, both the - "res_counter_ptr" and the "amount" in release_something() should be - the same as they were in the alloc_something() when the releasing - resource was allocated. - - c. Provide the way to read res_counter values and set them (the cgroups - still can help with it). - - c. Compile and run :) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt index 5a0f02d34d95..4ba4dbd34289 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-omap.txt @@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ Required properties: - "ti,da830-rtc" - for RTC IP used similar to that on DA8xx SoC family. - "ti,am3352-rtc" - for RTC IP used similar to that on AM335x SoC family. This RTC IP has special WAKE-EN Register to enable - Wakeup generation for event Alarm. + Wakeup generation for event Alarm. It can also be + used to control an external PMIC via the + pmic_power_en pin. - reg: Address range of rtc register set - interrupts: rtc timer, alarm interrupts in order - interrupt-parent: phandle for the interrupt controller +Optional properties: +- system-power-controller: whether the rtc is controlling the system power + through pmic_power_en + Example: rtc@1c23000 { @@ -18,4 +24,5 @@ rtc@1c23000 { interrupts = <19 19>; interrupt-parent = <&intc>; + system-power-controller; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt index 0d354625299c..2417cb0b493b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ nxp NXP Semiconductors onnn ON Semiconductor Corp. opencores OpenCores.org panasonic Panasonic Corporation +pericom Pericom Technology Inc. phytec PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH picochip Picochip Ltd plathome Plat'Home Co., Ltd. diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index 6c0b9f27e465..bc4bd5a44b88 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -471,6 +471,13 @@ format. Crash is available on Dave Anderson's site at the following URL: http://people.redhat.com/~anderson/ +Trigger Kdump on WARN() +======================= + +The kernel parameter, panic_on_warn, calls panic() in all WARN() paths. This +will cause a kdump to occur at the panic() call. In cases where a user wants +to specify this during runtime, /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_warn can be set to 1 +to achieve the same behaviour. Contact ======= diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 838f3776c924..d6eb3636fe5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2509,6 +2509,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. timeout < 0: reboot immediately Format: <timeout> + panic_on_warn panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump + on a WARN(). + crash_kexec_post_notifiers Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 57baff5bdb80..b5d0c8501a18 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - overflowuid - panic - panic_on_oops -- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi - panic_on_stackoverflow +- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi +- panic_on_warn - pid_max - powersave-nap [ PPC only ] - printk @@ -527,19 +528,6 @@ the recommended setting is 60. ============================================================== -panic_on_unrecovered_nmi: - -The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is -to continue operation. For many environments such as scientific -computing it is preferable that the box is taken out and the error -dealt with than an uncorrected parity/ECC error get propagated. - -A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons -such as power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like -the existing panic controls already in that directory. - -============================================================== - panic_on_oops: Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered. @@ -563,6 +551,30 @@ This file shows up if CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW is enabled. ============================================================== +panic_on_unrecovered_nmi: + +The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is +to continue operation. For many environments such as scientific +computing it is preferable that the box is taken out and the error +dealt with than an uncorrected parity/ECC error get propagated. + +A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons +such as power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like +the existing panic controls already in that directory. + +============================================================== + +panic_on_warn: + +Calls panic() in the WARN() path when set to 1. This is useful to avoid +a kernel rebuild when attempting to kdump at the location of a WARN(). + +0: only WARN(), default behaviour. + +1: call panic() after printing out WARN() location. + +============================================================== + perf_cpu_time_max_percent: Hints to the kernel how much CPU time it should be allowed to |