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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl index f508a8a..5e7d84b 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ </para> <programlisting> static struct mtd_info *board_mtd; -static unsigned long baseaddr; +static void __iomem *baseaddr; </programlisting> <para> Static example @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static unsigned long baseaddr; <programlisting> static struct mtd_info board_mtd; static struct nand_chip board_chip; -static unsigned long baseaddr; +static void __iomem *baseaddr; </programlisting> </sect1> <sect1 id="Partition_defines"> @@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ int __init board_init (void) } /* map physical address */ - baseaddr = (unsigned long)ioremap(CHIP_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS, 1024); - if(!baseaddr){ + baseaddr = ioremap(CHIP_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS, 1024); + if (!baseaddr) { printk("Ioremap to access NAND chip failed\n"); err = -EIO; goto out_mtd; @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ int __init board_init (void) goto out; out_ior: - iounmap((void *)baseaddr); + iounmap(baseaddr); out_mtd: kfree (board_mtd); out: @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void __exit board_cleanup (void) nand_release (board_mtd); /* unmap physical address */ - iounmap((void *)baseaddr); + iounmap(baseaddr); /* Free the MTD device structure */ kfree (board_mtd); diff --git a/Documentation/IO-mapping.txt b/Documentation/IO-mapping.txt index 78a4406..1b5aa10 100644 --- a/Documentation/IO-mapping.txt +++ b/Documentation/IO-mapping.txt @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ For such memory, you can do things like * access only the 640k-1MB area, so anything else * has to be remapped. */ - char * baseptr = ioremap(0xFC000000, 1024*1024); + void __iomem *baseptr = ioremap(0xFC000000, 1024*1024); /* write a 'A' to the offset 10 of the area */ writeb('A',baseptr+10); diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt b/Documentation/PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt index ecad88d..ecad88d 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt +++ b/Documentation/PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt diff --git a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX index 961a051..a406286 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ 00-INDEX - This file -as-iosched.txt - - Anticipatory IO scheduler barrier.txt - I/O Barriers biodoc.txt diff --git a/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt b/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 738b72b..0000000 --- a/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,172 +0,0 @@ -Anticipatory IO scheduler -------------------------- -Nick Piggin <piggin@cyberone.com.au> 13 Sep 2003 - -Attention! Database servers, especially those using "TCQ" disks should -investigate performance with the 'deadline' IO scheduler. Any system with high -disk performance requirements should do so, in fact. - -If you see unusual performance characteristics of your disk systems, or you -see big performance regressions versus the deadline scheduler, please email -me. Database users don't bother unless you're willing to test a lot of patches -from me ;) its a known issue. - -Also, users with hardware RAID controllers, doing striping, may find -highly variable performance results with using the as-iosched. The -as-iosched anticipatory implementation is based on the notion that a disk -device has only one physical seeking head. A striped RAID controller -actually has a head for each physical device in the logical RAID device. - -However, setting the antic_expire (see tunable parameters below) produces -very similar behavior to the deadline IO scheduler. - -Selecting IO schedulers ------------------------ -Refer to Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt for information on -selecting an io scheduler on a per-device basis. - -Anticipatory IO scheduler Policies ----------------------------------- -The as-iosched implementation implements several layers of policies -to determine when an IO request is dispatched to the disk controller. -Here are the policies outlined, in order of application. - -1. one-way Elevator algorithm. - -The elevator algorithm is similar to that used in deadline scheduler, with -the addition that it allows limited backward movement of the elevator -(i.e. seeks backwards). A seek backwards can occur when choosing between -two IO requests where one is behind the elevator's current position, and -the other is in front of the elevator's position. If the seek distance to -the request in back of the elevator is less than half the seek distance to -the request in front of the elevator, then the request in back can be chosen. -Backward seeks are also limited to a maximum of MAXBACK (1024*1024) sectors. -This favors forward movement of the elevator, while allowing opportunistic -"short" backward seeks. - -2. FIFO expiration times for reads and for writes. - -This is again very similar to the deadline IO scheduler. The expiration -times for requests on these lists is tunable using the parameters read_expire -and write_expire discussed below. When a read or a write expires in this way, -the IO scheduler will interrupt its current elevator sweep or read anticipation -to service the expired request. - -3. Read and write request batching - -A batch is a collection of read requests or a collection of write -requests. The as scheduler alternates dispatching read and write batches -to the driver. In the case a read batch, the scheduler submits read -requests to the driver as long as there are read requests to submit, and -the read batch time limit has not been exceeded (read_batch_expire). -The read batch time limit begins counting down only when there are -competing write requests pending. - -In the case of a write batch, the scheduler submits write requests to -the driver as long as there are write requests available, and the -write batch time limit has not been exceeded (write_batch_expire). -However, the length of write batches will be gradually shortened -when read batches frequently exceed their time limit. - -When changing between batch types, the scheduler waits for all requests -from the previous batch to complete before scheduling requests for the -next batch. - -The read and write fifo expiration times described in policy 2 above -are checked only when in scheduling IO of a batch for the corresponding -(read/write) type. So for example, the read FIFO timeout values are -tested only during read batches. Likewise, the write FIFO timeout -values are tested only during write batches. For this reason, -it is generally not recommended for the read batch time -to be longer than the write expiration time, nor for the write batch -time to exceed the read expiration time (see tunable parameters below). - -When the IO scheduler changes from a read to a write batch, -it begins the elevator from the request that is on the head of the -write expiration FIFO. Likewise, when changing from a write batch to -a read batch, scheduler begins the elevator from the first entry -on the read expiration FIFO. - -4. Read anticipation. - -Read anticipation occurs only when scheduling a read batch. -This implementation of read anticipation allows only one read request -to be dispatched to the disk controller at a time. In -contrast, many write requests may be dispatched to the disk controller -at a time during a write batch. It is this characteristic that can make -the anticipatory scheduler perform anomalously with controllers supporting -TCQ, or with hardware striped RAID devices. Setting the antic_expire -queue parameter (see below) to zero disables this behavior, and the -anticipatory scheduler behaves essentially like the deadline scheduler. - -When read anticipation is enabled (antic_expire is not zero), reads -are dispatched to the disk controller one at a time. -At the end of each read request, the IO scheduler examines its next -candidate read request from its sorted read list. If that next request -is from the same process as the request that just completed, -or if the next request in the queue is "very close" to the -just completed request, it is dispatched immediately. Otherwise, -statistics (average think time, average seek distance) on the process -that submitted the just completed request are examined. If it seems -likely that that process will submit another request soon, and that -request is likely to be near the just completed request, then the IO -scheduler will stop dispatching more read requests for up to (antic_expire) -milliseconds, hoping that process will submit a new request near the one -that just completed. If such a request is made, then it is dispatched -immediately. If the antic_expire wait time expires, then the IO scheduler -will dispatch the next read request from the sorted read queue. - -To decide whether an anticipatory wait is worthwhile, the scheduler -maintains statistics for each process that can be used to compute -mean "think time" (the time between read requests), and mean seek -distance for that process. One observation is that these statistics -are associated with each process, but those statistics are not associated -with a specific IO device. So for example, if a process is doing IO -on several file systems on separate devices, the statistics will be -a combination of IO behavior from all those devices. - - -Tuning the anticipatory IO scheduler ------------------------------------- -When using 'as', the anticipatory IO scheduler there are 5 parameters under -/sys/block/*/queue/iosched/. All are units of milliseconds. - -The parameters are: -* read_expire - Controls how long until a read request becomes "expired". It also controls the - interval between which expired requests are served, so set to 50, a request - might take anywhere < 100ms to be serviced _if_ it is the next on the - expired list. Obviously request expiration strategies won't make the disk - go faster. The result basically equates to the timeslice a single reader - gets in the presence of other IO. 100*((seek time / read_expire) + 1) is - very roughly the % streaming read efficiency your disk should get with - multiple readers. - -* read_batch_expire - Controls how much time a batch of reads is given before pending writes are - served. A higher value is more efficient. This might be set below read_expire - if writes are to be given higher priority than reads, but reads are to be - as efficient as possible when there are no writes. Generally though, it - should be some multiple of read_expire. - -* write_expire, and -* write_batch_expire are equivalent to the above, for writes. - -* antic_expire - Controls the maximum amount of time we can anticipate a good read (one - with a short seek distance from the most recently completed request) before - giving up. Many other factors may cause anticipation to be stopped early, - or some processes will not be "anticipated" at all. Should be a bit higher - for big seek time devices though not a linear correspondence - most - processes have only a few ms thinktime. - -In addition to the tunables above there is a read-only file named est_time -which, when read, will show: - - - The probability of a task exiting without a cooperating task - submitting an anticipated IO. - - - The current mean think time. - - - The seek distance used to determine if an incoming IO is better. - diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt index 8d2158a..6fab97e 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ a virtual address mapping (unlike the earlier scheme of virtual address do not have a corresponding kernel virtual address space mapping) and low-memory pages. -Note: Please refer to Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt for a discussion +Note: Please refer to Documentation/PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt for a discussion on PCI high mem DMA aspects and mapping of scatter gather lists, and support for 64 bit PCI. diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 5b5db08..2f93ac0 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -472,3 +472,52 @@ Why: These two features use non-standard interfaces. There are the Who: Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@gmail.com> ---------------------------- + +What: usbvideo quickcam_messenger driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.[ch] +Why: obsolete v4l1 driver replaced by gspca_stv06xx +Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: ov511 v4l1 driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/ov511.[ch] +Why: obsolete v4l1 driver replaced by gspca_ov519 +Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: w9968cf v4l1 driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/w9968cf*.[ch] +Why: obsolete v4l1 driver replaced by gspca_ov519 +Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: ovcamchip sensor framework +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/ovcamchip/* +Why: Only used by obsoleted v4l1 drivers +Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: stv680 v4l1 driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/stv680.[ch] +Why: obsolete v4l1 driver replaced by gspca_stv0680 +Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: zc0301 v4l driver +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/zc0301/* +Why: Duplicate functionality with the gspca_zc3xx driver, zc0301 only + supports 2 USB-ID's (because it only supports a limited set of + sensors) wich are also supported by the gspca_zc3xx driver + (which supports 53 USB-ID's in total) +Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index af6885c..e1def17 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ nobarrier This also requires an IO stack which can support also be used to enable or disable barriers, for consistency with other ext4 mount options. -inode_readahead=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum +inode_readahead_blks=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum number of inode table blocks that ext4's inode table readahead algorithm will pre-read into the buffer cache. The default value is 32 blocks. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt index 4949fca..839efd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ described in the man pages included in the package. Project web page: http://www.nilfs.org/en/ Download page: http://www.nilfs.org/en/download.html Git tree web page: http://www.nilfs.org/git/ -NILFS mailing lists: http://www.nilfs.org/mailman/listinfo/users +List info: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nilfs Caveats ======= diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 220cc63..0d07513 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status: CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 1 - Stack usage: 12 kB This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its @@ -231,7 +230,6 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.30-rc7) Mems_allowed_list Same as previous, but in "list format" voluntary_ctxt_switches number of voluntary context switches nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches number of non voluntary context switches - Stack usage: stack usage high water mark (round up to page size) .............................................................................. Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3) diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/amc6821 b/Documentation/hwmon/amc6821 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ced8359 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/amc6821 @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +Kernel driver amc6821 +===================== + +Supported chips: + Texas Instruments AMC6821 + Prefix: 'amc6821' + Addresses scanned: 0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e + Datasheet: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/amc6821.html + +Authors: + Tomaz Mertelj <tomaz.mertelj@guest.arnes.si> + + +Description +----------- + +This driver implements support for the Texas Instruments amc6821 chip. +The chip has one on-chip and one remote temperature sensor and one pwm fan +regulator. +The pwm can be controlled either from software or automatically. + +The driver provides the following sensor accesses in sysfs: + +temp1_input ro on-chip temperature +temp1_min rw " +temp1_max rw " +temp1_crit rw " +temp1_min_alarm ro " +temp1_max_alarm ro " +temp1_crit_alarm ro " + +temp2_input ro remote temperature +temp2_min rw " +temp2_max rw " +temp2_crit rw " +temp2_min_alarm ro " +temp2_max_alarm ro " +temp2_crit_alarm ro " +temp2_fault ro " + +fan1_input ro tachometer speed +fan1_min rw " +fan1_max rw " +fan1_fault ro " +fan1_div rw Fan divisor can be either 2 or 4. + +pwm1 rw pwm1 +pwm1_enable rw regulator mode, 1=open loop, 2=fan controlled + by remote temperature, 3=fan controlled by + combination of the on-chip temperature and + remote-sensor temperature, +pwm1_auto_channels_temp ro 1 if pwm_enable==2, 3 if pwm_enable==3 +pwm1_auto_point1_pwm ro Hardwired to 0, shared for both + temperature channels. +pwm1_auto_point2_pwm rw This value is shared for both temperature + channels. +pwm1_auto_point3_pwm rw Hardwired to 255, shared for both + temperature channels. + +temp1_auto_point1_temp ro Hardwired to temp2_auto_point1_temp + which is rw. Below this temperature fan stops. +temp1_auto_point2_temp rw The low-temperature limit of the proportional + range. Below this temperature + pwm1 = pwm1_auto_point2_pwm. It can go from + 0 degree C to 124 degree C in steps of + 4 degree C. Read it out after writing to get + the actual value. +temp1_auto_point3_temp rw Above this temperature fan runs at maximum + speed. It can go from temp1_auto_point2_temp. + It can only have certain discrete values + which depend on temp1_auto_point2_temp and + pwm1_auto_point2_pwm. Read it out after + writing to get the actual value. + +temp2_auto_point1_temp rw Must be between 0 degree C and 63 degree C and + it defines the passive cooling temperature. + Below this temperature the fan stops in + the closed loop mode. +temp2_auto_point2_temp rw The low-temperature limit of the proportional + range. Below this temperature + pwm1 = pwm1_auto_point2_pwm. It can go from + 0 degree C to 124 degree C in steps + of 4 degree C. + +temp2_auto_point3_temp rw Above this temperature fan runs at maximum + speed. It can only have certain discrete + values which depend on temp2_auto_point2_temp + and pwm1_auto_point2_pwm. Read it out after + writing to get actual value. + + +Module parameters +----------------- + +If your board has a BIOS that initializes the amc6821 correctly, you should +load the module with: init=0. + +If your board BIOS doesn't initialize the chip, or you want +different settings, you can set the following parameters: +init=1, +pwminv: 0 default pwm output, 1 inverts pwm output. + diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp index a7a18d4..6526eee 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Kernel driver k10temp Supported chips: * AMD Family 10h processors: - Socket F: Quad-Core/Six-Core/Embedded Opteron - Socket AM2+: Opteron, Phenom (II) X3/X4 + Socket F: Quad-Core/Six-Core/Embedded Opteron (but see below) + Socket AM2+: Quad-Core Opteron, Phenom (II) X3/X4, Athlon X2 (but see below) Socket AM3: Quad-Core Opteron, Athlon/Phenom II X2/X3/X4, Sempron II Socket S1G3: Athlon II, Sempron, Turion II * AMD Family 11h processors: @@ -36,10 +36,15 @@ Description This driver permits reading of the internal temperature sensor of AMD Family 10h and 11h processors. -All these processors have a sensor, but on older revisions of Family 10h -processors, the sensor may return inconsistent values (erratum 319). The -driver will refuse to load on these revisions unless you specify the -"force=1" module parameter. +All these processors have a sensor, but on those for Socket F or AM2+, +the sensor may return inconsistent values (erratum 319). The driver +will refuse to load on these revisions unless you specify the "force=1" +module parameter. + +Due to technical reasons, the driver can detect only the mainboard's +socket type, not the processor's actual capabilities. Therefore, if you +are using an AM3 processor on an AM2+ mainboard, you can safely use the +"force=1" parameter. There is one temperature measurement value, available as temp1_input in sysfs. It is measured in degrees Celsius with a resolution of 1/8th degree. diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt index 9473749..35cf64d 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt @@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ Following this convention is good because: (5) When following the convention, the driver code can use generic code to copy the parameters between user and kernel space. -This table lists ioctls visible from user land for Linux/i386. It contains -most drivers up to 2.3.14, but I know I am missing some. +This table lists ioctls visible from user land for Linux/x86. It contains +most drivers up to 2.6.31, but I know I am missing some. 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'J' 00-1F drivers/scsi/gdth_ioctl.h 'K' all linux/kd.h -'L' 00-1F linux/loop.h -'L' 20-2F driver/usb/misc/vstusb.h +'L' 00-1F linux/loop.h conflict! +'L' 10-1F drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.h conflict! +'L' 20-2F linux/usb/vstusb.h 'L' E0-FF linux/ppdd.h encrypted disk device driver <http://linux01.gwdg.de/~alatham/ppdd.html> -'M' all linux/soundcard.h +'M' all linux/soundcard.h conflict! +'M' 01-16 mtd/mtd-abi.h conflict! + and drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c +'M' 01-03 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h +'M' 00-0F drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.h conflict! 'N' 00-1F drivers/usb/scanner.h -'O' 00-02 include/mtd/ubi-user.h UBI -'P' all linux/soundcard.h +'O' 00-06 mtd/ubi-user.h UBI +'P' all linux/soundcard.h conflict! +'P' 60-6F sound/sscape_ioctl.h conflict! +'P' 00-0F drivers/usb/class/usblp.c conflict! 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'W' 00-1F linux/watchdog.h conflict! 'W' 00-1F linux/wanrouter.h conflict! -'X' all linux/xfs_fs.h +'W' 00-3F sound/asound.h conflict! +'X' all fs/xfs/xfs_fs.h conflict! + and fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.h + and include/linux/falloc.h + and linux/fs.h +'X' all fs/ocfs2/ocfs_fs.h conflict! +'X' 01 linux/pktcdvd.h conflict! 'Y' all linux/cyclades.h -'[' 00-07 linux/usb/usbtmc.h USB Test and Measurement Devices +'Z' 14-15 drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.h +'[' 00-07 linux/usb/tmc.h USB Test and Measurement Devices <mailto:gregkh@suse.de> -'a' all ATM on linux +'a' all linux/atm*.h, linux/sonet.h ATM on linux <http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/linux-atm/magic.html> -'b' 00-FF bit3 vme host bridge +'b' 00-FF conflict! bit3 vme host bridge <mailto:natalia@nikhefk.nikhef.nl> +'b' 00-0F media/bt819.h conflict! +'c' all linux/cm4000_cs.h conflict! 'c' 00-7F linux/comstats.h conflict! 'c' 00-7F linux/coda.h conflict! -'c' 80-9F arch/s390/include/asm/chsc.h -'c' A0-AF arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h +'c' 00-1F linux/chio.h conflict! +'c' 80-9F arch/s390/include/asm/chsc.h conflict! +'c' A0-AF arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h conflict! 'd' 00-FF linux/char/drm/drm/h conflict! +'d' 02-40 pcmcia/ds.h conflict! +'d' 10-3F drivers/media/video/dabusb.h conflict! +'d' C0-CF drivers/media/video/saa7191.h conflict! 'd' F0-FF linux/digi1.h 'e' all linux/digi1.h conflict! -'e' 00-1F net/irda/irtty.h conflict! -'f' 00-1F linux/ext2_fs.h -'h' 00-7F Charon filesystem +'e' 00-1F drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.h conflict! +'f' 00-1F linux/ext2_fs.h conflict! +'f' 00-1F linux/ext3_fs.h conflict! +'f' 00-0F fs/jfs/jfs_dinode.h conflict! +'f' 00-0F fs/ext4/ext4.h conflict! +'f' 00-0F linux/fs.h conflict! +'f' 00-0F fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h conflict! +'g' 00-0F linux/usb/gadgetfs.h +'g' 20-2F linux/usb/g_printer.h +'h' 00-7F conflict! Charon filesystem <mailto:zapman@interlan.net> -'i' 00-3F linux/i2o.h +'h' 00-1F linux/hpet.h conflict! +'i' 00-3F linux/i2o-dev.h conflict! +'i' 0B-1F linux/ipmi.h conflict! +'i' 80-8F linux/i8k.h 'j' 00-3F linux/joystick.h +'k' 00-0F linux/spi/spidev.h conflict! +'k' 00-05 video/kyro.h conflict! 'l' 00-3F linux/tcfs_fs.h transparent cryptographic file system <http://mikonos.dia.unisa.it/tcfs> 'l' 40-7F linux/udf_fs_i.h in development: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-udf/> -'m' 00-09 linux/mmtimer.h +'m' 00-09 linux/mmtimer.h conflict! 'm' all linux/mtio.h conflict! 'm' all linux/soundcard.h conflict! 'm' all linux/synclink.h conflict! +'m' 00-19 drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.h conflict! +'m' 00 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_ioctl.h conflict! 'm' 00-1F net/irda/irmod.h conflict! -'n' 00-7F linux/ncp_fs.h +'n' 00-7F linux/ncp_fs.h and fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c 'n' 80-8F linux/nilfs2_fs.h NILFS2 -'n' E0-FF video/matrox.h matroxfb +'n' E0-FF linux/matroxfb.h matroxfb 'o' 00-1F fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h OCFS2 -'o' 00-03 include/mtd/ubi-user.h conflict! (OCFS2 and UBI overlaps) -'o' 40-41 include/mtd/ubi-user.h UBI -'o' 01-A1 include/linux/dvb/*.h DVB +'o' 00-03 mtd/ubi-user.h conflict! (OCFS2 and UBI overlaps) +'o' 40-41 mtd/ubi-user.h UBI +'o' 01-A1 linux/dvb/*.h DVB 'p' 00-0F linux/phantom.h conflict! (OpenHaptics needs this) +'p' 00-1F linux/rtc.h conflict! 'p' 00-3F linux/mc146818rtc.h conflict! 'p' 40-7F linux/nvram.h -'p' 80-9F user-space parport +'p' 80-9F linux/ppdev.h user-space parport <mailto:tim@cyberelk.net> -'p' a1-a4 linux/pps.h LinuxPPS +'p' A1-A4 linux/pps.h LinuxPPS <mailto:giometti@linux.it> 'q' 00-1F linux/serio.h -'q' 80-FF Internet PhoneJACK, Internet LineJACK - <http://www.quicknet.net> -'r' 00-1F linux/msdos_fs.h +'q' 80-FF linux/telephony.h Internet PhoneJACK, Internet LineJACK + linux/ixjuser.h <http://www.quicknet.net> +'r' 00-1F linux/msdos_fs.h and fs/fat/dir.c 's' all linux/cdk.h 't' 00-7F linux/if_ppp.h 't' 80-8F linux/isdn_ppp.h +'t' 90 linux/toshiba.h 'u' 00-1F linux/smb_fs.h -'v' 00-1F linux/ext2_fs.h conflict! 'v' all linux/videodev.h conflict! +'v' 00-1F linux/ext2_fs.h conflict! +'v' 00-1F linux/fs.h conflict! +'v' 00-0F linux/sonypi.h conflict! +'v' C0-CF drivers/media/video/ov511.h conflict! +'v' C0-DF media/pwc-ioctl.h conflict! +'v' C0-FF linux/meye.h conflict! +'v' C0-CF drivers/media/video/zoran/zoran.h conflict! +'v' D0-DF drivers/media/video/cpia2/cpia2dev.h conflict! 'w' all CERN SCI driver 'y' 00-1F packet based user level communications <mailto:zapman@interlan.net> -'z' 00-3F CAN bus card +'z' 00-3F CAN bus card conflict! <mailto:hdstich@connectu.ulm.circular.de> -'z' 40-7F CAN bus card +'z' 40-7F CAN bus card conflict! <mailto:oe@port.de> +'z' 10-4F drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.h conflict! 0x80 00-1F linux/fb.h 0x81 00-1F linux/videotext.h +0x88 00-3F media/ovcamchip.h 0x89 00-06 arch/x86/include/asm/sockios.h 0x89 0B-DF linux/sockios.h 0x89 E0-EF linux/sockios.h SIOCPROTOPRIVATE range +0x89 E0-EF linux/dn.h PROTOPRIVATE range 0x89 F0-FF linux/sockios.h SIOCDEVPRIVATE range 0x8B all linux/wireless.h 0x8C 00-3F WiNRADiO driver <http://www.proximity.com.au/~brian/winradio/> 0x90 00 drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h +0x92 00-0F drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c 0x93 60-7F linux/auto_fs.h +0x94 all fs/btrfs/ioctl.h 0x99 00-0F 537-Addinboard driver <mailto:buk@buks.ipn.de> 0xA0 all linux/sdp/sdp.h Industrial Device Project @@ -192,17 +302,22 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments 0xAB 00-1F linux/nbd.h 0xAC 00-1F linux/raw.h 0xAD 00 Netfilter device in development: - <mailto:rusty@rustcorp.com.au> + <mailto:rusty@rustcorp.com.au> 0xAE all linux/kvm.h Kernel-based Virtual Machine <mailto:kvm@vger.kernel.org> 0xB0 all RATIO devices in development: <mailto:vgo@ratio.de> 0xB1 00-1F PPPoX <mailto:mostrows@styx.uwaterloo.ca> +0xC0 00-0F linux/usb/iowarrior.h 0xCB 00-1F CBM serial IEC bus in development: <mailto:michael.klein@puffin.lb.shuttle.de> +0xCD 01 linux/reiserfs_fs.h +0xCF 02 fs/cifs/ioctl.c +0xDB 00-0F drivers/char/mwave/mwavepub.h 0xDD 00-3F ZFCP device driver see drivers/s390/scsi/ <mailto:aherrman@de.ibm.com> -0xF3 00-3F video/sisfb.h sisfb (in development) +0xF3 00-3F drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.h sisfb (in development) <mailto:thomas@winischhofer.net> 0xF4 00-1F video/mbxfb.h mbxfb <mailto:raph@8d.com> +0xFD all linux/dm-ioctl.h diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt index 348b9e5..27a52b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt @@ -214,11 +214,13 @@ The format of the block comment is like this: * (section header: (section description)? )* (*)?*/ -The short function description ***cannot be multiline***, but the other -descriptions can be (and they can contain blank lines). If you continue -that initial short description onto a second line, that second line will -appear further down at the beginning of the description section, which is -almost certainly not what you had in mind. +All "description" text can span multiple lines, although the +function_name & its short description are traditionally on a single line. +Description text may also contain blank lines (i.e., lines that contain +only a "*"). + +"section header:" names must be unique per function (or struct, +union, typedef, enum). Avoid putting a spurious blank line after the function name, or else the description will be repeated! diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 5ba4d9d..736d456 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, - old_ordering, s4_nonvs } + old_ordering, s4_nonvs, sci_force_enable } See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on s3_bios and s3_mode. s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep @@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file of _PTS is used by default). s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the ACPI NVS memory during hibernation. + sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly + on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec, + but some broken systems don't work without it). acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI] Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index e1a1141..2811e45 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events { __u8 pad; } nmi; __u32 sipi_vector; - __u32 flags; /* must be zero */ + __u32 flags; }; 4.30 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS @@ -701,6 +701,14 @@ vcpu. See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure. +Fields that may be modified asynchronously by running VCPUs can be excluded +from the update. These fields are nmi.pending and sipi_vector. Keep the +corresponding bits in the flags field cleared to suppress overwriting the +current in-kernel state. The bits are: + +KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NMI_PENDING - transfer nmi.pending to the kernel +KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SIPI_VECTOR - transfer sipi_vector + 5. The kvm_run structure diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 169091f..75afa12 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1092,8 +1092,8 @@ WARNING: its level up and down at every change. -Volume control --------------- +Volume control (Console Audio control) +-------------------------------------- procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/volume ALSA: "ThinkPad Console Audio Control", default ID: "ThinkPadEC" @@ -1110,9 +1110,53 @@ the desktop environment to just provide on-screen-display feedback. Software volume control should be done only in the main AC97/HDA mixer. -This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models with a digital -volume knob (when available, not all models have it), as well as -mute/unmute control. The available commands are: + +About the ThinkPad Console Audio control: + +ThinkPads have a built-in amplifier and muting circuit that drives the +console headphone and speakers. This circuit is after the main AC97 +or HDA mixer in the audio path, and under exclusive control of the +firmware. + +ThinkPads have three special hotkeys to interact with the console +audio control: volume up, volume down and mute. + +It is worth noting that the normal way the mute function works (on +ThinkPads that do not have a "mute LED") is: + +1. Press mute to mute. It will *always* mute, you can press it as + many times as you want, and the sound will remain mute. + +2. Press either volume key to unmute the ThinkPad (it will _not_ + change the volume, it will just unmute). + +This is a very superior design when compared to the cheap software-only +mute-toggle solution found on normal consumer laptops: you can be +absolutely sure the ThinkPad will not make noise if you press the mute +button, no matter the previous state. + +The IBM ThinkPads, and the earlier Lenovo ThinkPads have variable-gain +amplifiers driving the speakers and headphone output, and the firmware +also handles volume control for the headphone and speakers on these +ThinkPads without any help from the operating system (this volume +control stage exists after the main AC97 or HDA mixer in the audio +path). + +The newer Lenovo models only have firmware mute control, and depend on +the main HDA mixer to do volume control (which is done by the operating +system). In this case, the volume keys are filtered out for unmute +key press (there are some firmware bugs in this area) and delivered as +normal key presses to the operating system (thinkpad-acpi is not +involved). + + +The ThinkPad-ACPI volume control: + +The preferred way to interact with the Console Audio control is the +ALSA interface. + +The legacy procfs interface allows one to read the current state, +and if volume control is enabled, accepts the following commands: echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume @@ -1121,12 +1165,10 @@ mute/unmute control. The available commands are: echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume The <level> number range is 0 to 14 although not all of them may be -distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the +distinct. To unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume), or the unmute command. -The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file. - You can use the volume_capabilities parameter to tell the driver whether your thinkpad has volume control or mute-only control: volume_capabilities=1 for mixers with mute and volume control, diff --git a/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt b/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt index 0643e3b..3c45d5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ for LILO parameters for doing this: This configures the first found 3c509 card for IRQ 10, base I/O 0x310, and transceiver type 3 (10base2). The flag "0x3c509" must be set to avoid conflicts with other card types when overriding the I/O address. When the driver is -loaded as a module, only the IRQ and transceiver setting may be overridden. -For example, setting two cards to 10base2/IRQ10 and AUI/IRQ11 is done by using -the xcvr and irq module options: +loaded as a module, only the IRQ may be overridden. For example, +setting two cards to IRQ10 and IRQ11 is done by using the irq module +option: - options 3c509 xcvr=3,1 irq=10,11 + options 3c509 irq=10,11 (2) Full-duplex mode @@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ operation. itself full-duplex capable. This is almost certainly one of two things: a full- duplex-capable Ethernet switch (*not* a hub), or a full-duplex-capable NIC on another system that's connected directly to the 3c509B via a crossover cable. + +Full-duplex mode can be enabled using 'ethtool'. /////Extremely important caution concerning full-duplex mode///// Understand that the 3c509B's hardware's full-duplex support is much more @@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ This insured that merely upgrading the driver from an earlier version would never automatically enable full-duplex mode in an existing installation; it must always be explicitly enabled via one of these code in order to be activated. + +The transceiver type can be changed using 'ethtool'. (4a) Interpretation of error messages and common problems diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt index 719a819..07301de 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ card*/pcm*/xrun_debug It takes an integer value, can be changed by writing to this file, such as - # cat 5 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/xrun_debug + # echo 5 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/xrun_debug The value consists of the following bit flags: bit 0 = Enable XRUN/jiffies debug messages diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt index 641a1ef..239f14b 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt @@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ size of the mcount call that is embedded in the function). For example, if the function foo() calls bar(), when the bar() function calls mcount(), the arguments mcount() will pass to the tracer are: "frompc" - the address bar() will use to return to foo() - "selfpc" - the address bar() (with _mcount() size adjustment) + "selfpc" - the address bar() (with mcount() size adjustment) Also keep in mind that this mcount function will be called *a lot*, so optimizing for the default case of no tracer will help the smooth running of your system when tracing is disabled. So the start of the mcount function is -typically the bare min with checking things before returning. That also means -the code flow should usually kept linear (i.e. no branching in the nop case). -This is of course an optimization and not a hard requirement. +typically the bare minimum with checking things before returning. That also +means the code flow should usually be kept linear (i.e. no branching in the nop +case). This is of course an optimization and not a hard requirement. Here is some pseudo code that should help (these functions should actually be implemented in assembly): @@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ some functions to save (hijack) and restore the return address. The mcount function should check the function pointers ftrace_graph_return (compare to ftrace_stub) and ftrace_graph_entry (compare to -ftrace_graph_entry_stub). If either of those are not set to the relevant stub +ftrace_graph_entry_stub). If either of those is not set to the relevant stub function, call the arch-specific function ftrace_graph_caller which in turn calls the arch-specific function prepare_ftrace_return. Neither of these -function names are strictly required, but you should use them anyways to stay +function names is strictly required, but you should use them anyway to stay consistent across the architecture ports -- easier to compare & contrast things. @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ but the first argument should be a pointer to the "frompc". Typically this is located on the stack. This allows the function to hijack the return address temporarily to have it point to the arch-specific function return_to_handler. That function will simply call the common ftrace_return_to_handler function and -that will return the original return address with which, you can return to the +that will return the original return address with which you can return to the original call site. Here is the updated mcount pseudo code: diff --git a/Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt index 162effb..664e738 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Check for lost events. Usage ----- -Make sure debugfs is mounted to /sys/kernel/debug. If not, (requires root privileges) +Make sure debugfs is mounted to /sys/kernel/debug. +If not (requires root privileges): $ mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug Check that the driver you are about to trace is not loaded. @@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ $ dmesg > dmesg.txt $ tar zcf pciid-nick-mmiotrace.tar.gz mydump.txt lspci.txt dmesg.txt and then send the .tar.gz file. The trace compresses considerably. Replace "pciid" and "nick" with the PCI ID or model name of your piece of hardware -under investigation and your nick name. +under investigation and your nickname. How Mmiotrace Works @@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ How Mmiotrace Works Access to hardware IO-memory is gained by mapping addresses from PCI bus by calling one of the ioremap_*() functions. Mmiotrace is hooked into the __ioremap() function and gets called whenever a mapping is created. Mapping is -an event that is recorded into the trace log. Note, that ISA range mappings +an event that is recorded into the trace log. Note that ISA range mappings are not caught, since the mapping always exists and is returned directly. MMIO accesses are recorded via page faults. Just before __ioremap() returns, @@ -122,11 +123,11 @@ Trace Log Format ---------------- The raw log is text and easily filtered with e.g. grep and awk. One record is -one line in the log. A record starts with a keyword, followed by keyword -dependant arguments. Arguments are separated by a space, or continue until the +one line in the log. A record starts with a keyword, followed by keyword- +dependent arguments. Arguments are separated by a space, or continue until the end of line. The format for version 20070824 is as follows: -Explanation Keyword Space separated arguments +Explanation Keyword Space-separated arguments --------------------------------------------------------------------------- read event R width, timestamp, map id, physical, value, PC, PID @@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ iounmap event UNMAP timestamp, map id, PC, PID marker MARK timestamp, text version VERSION the string "20070824" info for reader LSPCI one line from lspci -v -PCI address map PCIDEV space separated /proc/bus/pci/devices data +PCI address map PCIDEV space-separated /proc/bus/pci/devices data unk. opcode UNKNOWN timestamp, map id, physical, data, PC, PID Timestamp is in seconds with decimals. Physical is a PCI bus address, virtual diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ring-buffer-design.txt b/Documentation/trace/ring-buffer-design.txt index 5b1d23d..d299ff3 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ring-buffer-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ring-buffer-design.txt @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ head_page - a pointer to the page that the reader will use next tail_page - a pointer to the page that will be written to next -commit_page - a pointer to the page with the last finished non nested write. +commit_page - a pointer to the page with the last finished non-nested write. -cmpxchg - hardware assisted atomic transaction that performs the following: +cmpxchg - hardware-assisted atomic transaction that performs the following: A = B iff previous A == C @@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ The Generic Ring Buffer The ring buffer can be used in either an overwrite mode or in producer/consumer mode. -Producer/consumer mode is where the producer were to fill up the +Producer/consumer mode is where if the producer were to fill up the buffer before the consumer could free up anything, the producer will stop writing to the buffer. This will lose most recent events. -Overwrite mode is where the produce were to fill up the buffer +Overwrite mode is where if the producer were to fill up the buffer before the consumer could free up anything, the producer will overwrite the older data. This will lose the oldest events. -No two writers can write at the same time (on the same per cpu buffer), +No two writers can write at the same time (on the same per-cpu buffer), but a writer may interrupt another writer, but it must finish writing before the previous writer may continue. This is very important to the algorithm. The writers act like a "stack". The way interrupts works @@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ the interrupt doing a write as well. Readers can happen at any time. But no two readers may run at the same time, nor can a reader preempt/interrupt another reader. A reader -can not preempt/interrupt a writer, but it may read/consume from the +cannot preempt/interrupt a writer, but it may read/consume from the buffer at the same time as a writer is writing, but the reader must be on another processor to do so. A reader may read on its own processor and can be preempted by a writer. -A writer can preempt a reader, but a reader can not preempt a writer. +A writer can preempt a reader, but a reader cannot preempt a writer. But a reader can read the buffer at the same time (on another processor) as a writer. -The ring buffer is made up of a list of pages held together by a link list. +The ring buffer is made up of a list of pages held together by a linked list. At initialization a reader page is allocated for the reader that is not part of the ring buffer. @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ the head page. The reader has its own page to use. At start up time, this page is allocated but is not attached to the list. When the reader wants -to read from the buffer, if its page is empty (like it is on start up) +to read from the buffer, if its page is empty (like it is on start-up), it will swap its page with the head_page. The old reader page will become part of the ring buffer and the head_page will be removed. The page after the inserted page (old reader_page) will become the @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ The main pointers: commit page - the page that last finished a write. -The commit page only is updated by the outer most writer in the +The commit page only is updated by the outermost writer in the writer stack. A writer that preempts another writer will not move the commit page. @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ with the previous write. The commit pointer points to the last write location that was committed without preempting another write. When a write that preempted another write is committed, it only becomes a pending commit -and will not be a full commit till all writes have been committed. +and will not be a full commit until all writes have been committed. The commit page points to the page that has the last full commit. The tail page points to the page with the last write (before @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ be several pages ahead. If the tail page catches up to the commit page then no more writes may take place (regardless of the mode of the ring buffer: overwrite and produce/consumer). -The order of pages are: +The order of pages is: head page commit page @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ Possible scenario: There is a special case that the head page is after either the commit page and possibly the tail page. That is when the commit (and tail) page has been swapped with the reader page. This is because the head page is always -part of the ring buffer, but the reader page is not. When ever there +part of the ring buffer, but the reader page is not. Whenever there has been less than a full page that has been committed inside the ring buffer, and a reader swaps out a page, it will be swapping out the commit page. @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ and a reader swaps out a page, it will be swapping out the commit page. In this case, the head page will not move when the tail and commit move back into the ring buffer. -The reader can not swap a page into the ring buffer if the commit page +The reader cannot swap a page into the ring buffer if the commit page is still on that page. If the read meets the last commit (real commit not pending or reserved), then there is nothing more to read. The buffer is considered empty until another full commit finishes. @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ The main idea behind the lockless algorithm is to combine the moving of the head_page pointer with the swapping of pages with the reader. State flags are placed inside the pointer to the page. To do this, each page must be aligned in memory by 4 bytes. This will allow the 2 -least significant bits of the address to be used as flags. Since +least significant bits of the address to be used as flags, since they will always be zero for the address. To get the address, simply mask out the flags. @@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ When the reader tries to swap the page with the ring buffer, it will also use cmpxchg. If the flag bit in the pointer to the head page does not have the HEADER flag set, the compare will fail and the reader will need to look for the new head page and try again. -Note, the flag UPDATE and HEADER are never set at the same time. +Note, the flags UPDATE and HEADER are never set at the same time. The reader swaps the reader page as follows: @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ updated to the reader page. | +-----------------------------+ | +------------------------------------+ -Another important point. The page that the reader page points back to +Another important point: The page that the reader page points back to by its previous pointer (the one that now points to the new head page) never points back to the reader page. That is because the reader page is not part of the ring buffer. Traversing the ring buffer via the next pointers @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ not be able to swap the head page from the buffer, nor will it be able to move the head page, until the writer is finished with the move. This eliminates any races that the reader can have on the writer. The reader -must spin, and this is why the reader can not preempt the writer. +must spin, and this is why the reader cannot preempt the writer. tail page | @@ -659,9 +659,9 @@ before pushing the head page. If it is, then it can be assumed that the tail page wrapped the buffer, and we must drop new writes. This is not a race condition, because the commit page can only be moved -by the outter most writer (the writer that was preempted). +by the outermost writer (the writer that was preempted). This means that the commit will not move while a writer is moving the -tail page. The reader can not swap the reader page if it is also being +tail page. The reader cannot swap the reader page if it is also being used as the commit page. The reader can simply check that the commit is off the reader page. Once the commit page leaves the reader page it will never go back on it unless a reader does another swap with the @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ The write converts the head page pointer to UPDATE. --->| |<---| |<---| |<---| |<--- +---+ +---+ +---+ +---+ -But if a nested writer preempts here. It will see that the next +But if a nested writer preempts here, it will see that the next page is a head page, but it is also nested. It will detect that it is nested and will save that information. The detection is the fact that it sees the UPDATE flag instead of a HEADER or NORMAL @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ to NORMAL. --->| |<---| |<---| |<---| |<--- +---+ +---+ +---+ +---+ -After the nested writer finishes, the outer most writer will convert +After the nested writer finishes, the outermost writer will convert the UPDATE pointer to NORMAL. @@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ head page. +---+ +---+ +---+ +---+ The nested writer moves the tail page forward. But does not set the old -update page to NORMAL because it is not the outer most writer. +update page to NORMAL because it is not the outermost writer. tail page | @@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ It will return to the first writer. --->| |<---| |<---| |<---| |<--- +---+ +---+ +---+ +---+ -The first writer can not know atomically test if the tail page moved +The first writer cannot know atomically if the tail page moved while it updates the HEAD page. It will then update the head page to what it thinks is the new head page. @@ -923,9 +923,9 @@ if the tail page is either where it use to be or on the next page: --->| |<---| |<---| |<---| |<--- +---+ +---+ +---+ +---+ -If tail page != A and tail page does not equal B, then it must reset the -pointer back to NORMAL. The fact that it only needs to worry about -nested writers, it only needs to check this after setting the HEAD page. +If tail page != A and tail page != B, then it must reset the pointer +back to NORMAL. The fact that it only needs to worry about nested +writers means that it only needs to check this after setting the HEAD page. (first writer) @@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ nested writers, it only needs to check this after setting the HEAD page. +---+ +---+ +---+ +---+ Now the writer can update the head page. This is also why the head page must -remain in UPDATE and only reset by the outer most writer. This prevents +remain in UPDATE and only reset by the outermost writer. This prevents the reader from seeing the incorrect head page. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/tracepoint-analysis.txt b/Documentation/trace/tracepoint-analysis.txt index 5eb4e48..87bee3c 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/tracepoint-analysis.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/tracepoint-analysis.txt @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Tracepoints (see Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt) can be used without creating custom kernel modules to register probe functions using the event tracing infrastructure. -Simplistically, tracepoints will represent an important event that when can -be taken in conjunction with other tracepoints to build a "Big Picture" of +Simplistically, tracepoints represent important events that can be +taken in conjunction with other tracepoints to build a "Big Picture" of what is going on within the system. There are a large number of methods for gathering and interpreting these events. Lacking any current Best Practises, this document describes some of the methods that can be used. @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ calling will give a fair indication of the number of events available. -2.2 PCL +2.2 PCL (Performance Counters for Linux) ------- -Discovery and enumeration of all counters and events, including tracepoints +Discovery and enumeration of all counters and events, including tracepoints, are available with the perf tool. Getting a list of available events is a -simple case of +simple case of: $ perf list 2>&1 | grep Tracepoint ext4:ext4_free_inode [Tracepoint event] @@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ simple case of [ .... remaining output snipped .... ] -2. Enabling Events +3. Enabling Events ================== -2.1 System-Wide Event Enabling +3.1 System-Wide Event Enabling ------------------------------ See Documentation/trace/events.txt for a proper description on how events can be enabled system-wide. A short example of enabling all events related -to page allocation would look something like +to page allocation would look something like: $ for i in `find /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events -name "enable" | grep mm_`; do echo 1 > $i; done -2.2 System-Wide Event Enabling with SystemTap +3.2 System-Wide Event Enabling with SystemTap --------------------------------------------- In SystemTap, tracepoints are accessible using the kernel.trace() function @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ were allocating the pages. print_count() } -2.3 System-Wide Event Enabling with PCL +3.3 System-Wide Event Enabling with PCL --------------------------------------- By specifying the -a switch and analysing sleep, the system-wide events @@ -107,16 +107,16 @@ for a duration of time can be examined. Similarly, one could execute a shell and exit it as desired to get a report at that point. -2.4 Local Event Enabling +3.4 Local Event Enabling ------------------------ Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt describes how to enable events on a per-thread basis using set_ftrace_pid. -2.5 Local Event Enablement with PCL +3.5 Local Event Enablement with PCL ----------------------------------- -Events can be activate and tracked for the duration of a process on a local +Events can be activated and tracked for the duration of a process on a local basis using PCL such as follows. $ perf stat -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -e kmem:mm_page_free_direct \ @@ -131,18 +131,18 @@ basis using PCL such as follows. 0.973913387 seconds time elapsed -3. Event Filtering +4. Event Filtering ================== Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt covers in-depth how to filter events in ftrace. Obviously using grep and awk of trace_pipe is an option as well as any script reading trace_pipe. -4. Analysing Event Variances with PCL +5. Analysing Event Variances with PCL ===================================== Any workload can exhibit variances between runs and it can be important -to know what the standard deviation in. By and large, this is left to the +to know what the standard deviation is. By and large, this is left to the performance analyst to do it by hand. In the event that the discrete event occurrences are useful to the performance analyst, then perf can be used. @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ In the event that some higher-level event is required that depends on some aggregation of discrete events, then a script would need to be developed. Using --repeat, it is also possible to view how events are fluctuating over -time on a system wide basis using -a and sleep. +time on a system-wide basis using -a and sleep. $ perf stat -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -e kmem:mm_page_free_direct \ -e kmem:mm_pagevec_free \ @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ time on a system wide basis using -a and sleep. 1.002251757 seconds time elapsed ( +- 0.005% ) -5. Higher-Level Analysis with Helper Scripts +6. Higher-Level Analysis with Helper Scripts ============================================ When events are enabled the events that are triggering can be read from @@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ be gathered on-line as appropriate. Examples of post-processing might include o Reading information from /proc for the PID that triggered the event o Deriving a higher-level event from a series of lower-level events. - o Calculate latencies between two events + o Calculating latencies between two events Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl is an example script that can read trace_pipe from STDIN or a copy of a trace. When used -on-line, it can be interrupted once to generate a report without existing +on-line, it can be interrupted once to generate a report without exiting and twice to exit. Simplistically, the script just reads STDIN and counts up events but it @@ -212,12 +212,12 @@ also can do more such as processes, the parent process responsible for creating all the helpers can be identified -6. Lower-Level Analysis with PCL +7. Lower-Level Analysis with PCL ================================ -There may also be a requirement to identify what functions with a program +There may also be a requirement to identify what functions within a program were generating events within the kernel. To begin this sort of analysis, the -data must be recorded. At the time of writing, this required root +data must be recorded. At the time of writing, this required root: $ perf record -c 1 \ -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -e kmem:mm_page_free_direct \ @@ -253,11 +253,11 @@ perf report. # (For more details, try: perf report --sort comm,dso,symbol) # -According to this, the vast majority of events occured triggered on events -within the VDSO. With simple binaries, this will often be the case so lets +According to this, the vast majority of events triggered on events +within the VDSO. With simple binaries, this will often be the case so let's take a slightly different example. In the course of writing this, it was -noticed that X was generating an insane amount of page allocations so lets look -at it +noticed that X was generating an insane amount of page allocations so let's look +at it: $ perf record -c 1 -f \ -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -e kmem:mm_page_free_direct \ @@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ This was interrupted after a few seconds and # (For more details, try: perf report --sort comm,dso,symbol) # -So, almost half of the events are occuring in a library. To get an idea which -symbol. +So, almost half of the events are occurring in a library. To get an idea which +symbol: $ perf report --sort comm,dso,symbol # Samples: 27666 @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ symbol. 0.01% Xorg /opt/gfx-test/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.13.1 [.] get_fast_path 0.00% Xorg [kernel] [k] ftrace_trace_userstack -To see where within the function pixmanFillsse2 things are going wrong +To see where within the function pixmanFillsse2 things are going wrong: $ perf annotate pixmanFillsse2 [ ... ] diff --git a/Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt b/Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt index 987f9b0..43a9b06 100644 --- a/Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt +++ b/Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ I.2 libpciaccess ---------------- To use the vga arbiter char device it was implemented an API inside the -libpciaccess library. One fieldd was added to struct pci_device (each device +libpciaccess library. One field was added to struct pci_device (each device on the system): /* the type of resource decoded by the device */ |