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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-09-06 09:36:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-09-06 09:36:28 -0700 |
| commit | 2e515bf096c245ba87f20ab4b4ea20f911afaeda (patch) | |
| tree | 8ce40f811092844ea9da683804db6e2afa410808 /Documentation | |
| parent | 22e04f6b4b04a8afe9af9239224591d06ba3b24d (diff) | |
| parent | f8ea61e63442c25cbe6ddee48979b444f1f2a01c (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
Pull trivial tree from Jiri Kosina:
"The usual trivial updates all over the tree -- mostly typo fixes and
documentation updates"
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (52 commits)
doc: Documentation/cputopology.txt fix typo
treewide: Convert retrun typos to return
Fix comment typo for init_cma_reserved_pageblock
Documentation/trace: Correcting and extending tracepoint documentation
mm/hotplug: fix a typo in Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
power: Documentation: Update s2ram link
doc: fix a typo in Documentation/00-INDEX
Documentation/printk-formats.txt: No casts needed for u64/s64
doc: Fix typo "is is" in Documentations
treewide: Fix printks with 0x%#
zram: doc fixes
Documentation/kmemcheck: update kmemcheck documentation
doc: documentation/hwspinlock.txt fix typo
PM / Hibernate: add section for resume options
doc: filesystems : Fix typo in Documentations/filesystems
scsi/megaraid fixed several typos in comments
ppc: init_32: Fix error typo "CONFIG_START_KERNEL"
treewide: Add __GFP_NOWARN to k.alloc calls with v.alloc fallbacks
page_isolation: Fix a comment typo in test_pages_isolated()
doc: fix a typo about irq affinity
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
60 files changed, 121 insertions, 83 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 0c4cc688e89..38f8444bdd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ IPMI.txt IRQ-affinity.txt - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. IRQ-domain.txt - - info on inerrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains. + - info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains. IRQ.txt - description of what an IRQ is. Intel-IOMMU.txt diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram index ec93fe33baa..3f0b9ae61d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram @@ -5,20 +5,21 @@ Description: The disksize file is read-write and specifies the disk size which represents the limit on the *uncompressed* worth of data that can be stored in this disk. + Unit: bytes What: /sys/block/zram<id>/initstate Date: August 2010 Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> Description: - The disksize file is read-only and shows the initialization + The initstate file is read-only and shows the initialization state of the device. What: /sys/block/zram<id>/reset Date: August 2010 Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> Description: - The disksize file is write-only and allows resetting the - device. The reset operation frees all the memory assocaited + The reset file is write-only and allows resetting the + device. The reset operation frees all the memory associated with this device. What: /sys/block/zram<id>/num_reads @@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> Description: The notify_free file is read-only and specifies the number of swap slot free notifications received by this device. These - notifications are send to a swap block device when a swap slot + notifications are sent to a swap block device when a swap slot is freed. This statistic is applicable only when this disk is being used as a swap disk. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-parm.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-parm.xml index 9058224d1bb..f4e28e7d475 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-parm.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-parm.xml @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ devices.</para> <row> <entry>&v4l2-fract;</entry> <entry><structfield>timeperframe</structfield></entry> - <entry><para>This is is the desired period between + <entry><para>This is the desired period between successive frames captured by the driver, in seconds. The field is intended to skip frames on the driver side, saving I/O bandwidth.</para><para>Applications store here the desired frame @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ applications must set the array to zero.</entry> <row> <entry>&v4l2-fract;</entry> <entry><structfield>timeperframe</structfield></entry> - <entry>This is is the desired period between + <entry>This is the desired period between successive frames output by the driver, in seconds.</entry> </row> <row> diff --git a/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt b/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt index 7890fae1852..01a675175a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt +++ b/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ i.e counters for the CPU0-3 did not change. Here is an example of limiting that same irq (44) to cpus 1024 to 1031: -[root@moon 44]# echo 1024-1031 > smp_affinity -[root@moon 44]# cat smp_affinity +[root@moon 44]# echo 1024-1031 > smp_affinity_list +[root@moon 44]# cat smp_affinity_list 1024-1031 Note that to do this with a bitmask would require 32 bitmasks of zero diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 6e97e73d87b..26b1e31d5a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch. If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by number and URL. +If you want to refer to a specific commit, don't just refer to the +SHA-1 ID of the commit. Please also include the oneline summary of +the commit, to make it easier for reviewers to know what it is about. +Example: + + Commit e21d2170f36602ae2708 ("video: remove unnecessary + platform_set_drvdata()") removed the unnecessary + platform_set_drvdata(), but left the variable "dev" unused, + delete it. + 3) Separate your changes. diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt index d977778b5e6..aca4e69121b 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ passing those. One idea is to return this in _DSM method like: Return (Local0) } -Then the at25 SPI driver can get this configation by calling _DSM on its +Then the at25 SPI driver can get this configuration by calling _DSM on its ACPI handle like: struct acpi_buffer output = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL }; diff --git a/Documentation/arm/OMAP/omap_pm b/Documentation/arm/OMAP/omap_pm index 9012bb03909..4ae915a9f89 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/OMAP/omap_pm +++ b/Documentation/arm/OMAP/omap_pm @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ to NULL. Drivers should use the following idiom: The most common usage of these functions will probably be to specify the maximum time from when an interrupt occurs, to when the device becomes accessible. To accomplish this, driver writers should use the -set_max_mpu_wakeup_lat() function to to constrain the MPU wakeup +set_max_mpu_wakeup_lat() function to constrain the MPU wakeup latency, and the set_max_dev_wakeup_lat() function to constrain the device wakeup latency (from clk_enable() to accessibility). For example, diff --git a/Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt b/Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt index 9887f0414c1..f3bc72945cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ one, this value should be decreased relative to fifo_expire_async. group_idle ----------- This parameter forces idling at the CFQ group level instead of CFQ -queue level. This was introduced after after a bottleneck was observed +queue level. This was introduced after a bottleneck was observed in higher end storage due to idle on sequential queue and allow dispatch from a single queue. The idea with this parameter is that it can be run with slice_idle=0 and group_idle=8, so that idling does not happen on individual diff --git a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt index 9b728dc1753..d79b008e4a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt +++ b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ changes occur: interface must make sure that any previous page table modifications for the address space 'vma->vm_mm' in the range 'start' to 'end-1' will be visible to the cpu. That is, after - running, here will be no entries in the TLB for 'mm' for + running, there will be no entries in the TLB for 'mm' for virtual addresses in the range 'start' to 'end-1'. The "vma" is the backing store being used for the region. @@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ maps this page at its virtual address. void flush_icache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page) All the functionality of flush_icache_page can be implemented in - flush_dcache_page and update_mmu_cache. In 2.7 the hope is to - remove this interface completely. + flush_dcache_page and update_mmu_cache. In the future, the hope + is to remove this interface completely. The final category of APIs is for I/O to deliberately aliased address ranges inside the kernel. Such aliases are set up by use of the diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt index 902d3151f52..0aad6deb2d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt +++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ to /proc/cpuinfo. 4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings: - internel kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same + internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same core as cpuX 5) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings: diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process index 4823577c650..2e0617936e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ mainline get there via -mm. The current -mm patch is available in the "mmotm" (-mm of the moment) directory at: - http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ + http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/ Use of the MMOTM tree is likely to be a frustrating experience, though; there is a definite chance that it will not even compile. @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ the mainline is expected to look like after the next merge window closes. Linux-next trees are announced on the linux-kernel and linux-next mailing lists when they are assembled; they can be downloaded from: - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sfr/linux-next/ + http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/ Some information about linux-next has been gathered at: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ste-u300.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ste-u300.txt index 69b5ab0b5f4..d11d80006a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ste-u300.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ste-u300.txt @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This contains the board-specific information. - compatible: must be "stericsson,s365". - vana15-supply: the regulator supplying the 1.5V to drive the board. -- syscon: a pointer to the syscon node so we can acccess the +- syscon: a pointer to the syscon node so we can access the syscon registers to set the board as self-powered. Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/vexpress-sysreg.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/vexpress-sysreg.txt index 9cf3f25544c..5580e9c4bd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/vexpress-sysreg.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/vexpress-sysreg.txt @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ numbers - see motherboard's TRM for more details. The node describing a config device must refer to the sysreg node via "arm,vexpress,config-bridge" phandle (can be also defined in the node's parent) and relies on the board topology properties - see main vexpress -node documentation for more details. It must must also define the -following property: +node documentation for more details. It must also define the following +property: - arm,vexpress-sysreg,func : must contain two cells: - first cell defines function number (eg. 1 for clock generator, 2 for voltage regulators etc.) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/c6x/dscr.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/c6x/dscr.txt index d847758f2b2..b0e97144cfb 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/c6x/dscr.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/c6x/dscr.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TI C6X SoCs contain a region of miscellaneous registers which provide various function for SoC control or status. Details vary considerably among from SoC to SoC with no two being alike. -In general, the Device State Configuraion Registers (DSCR) will provide one or +In general, the Device State Configuration Registers (DSCR) will provide one or more configuration registers often protected by a lock register where one or more key values must be written to a lock register in order to unlock the configuration register for writes. These configuration register may be used to diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clk-exynos-audss.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clk-exynos-audss.txt index a1201802f90..75e2e1999f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clk-exynos-audss.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clk-exynos-audss.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The Samsung Audio Subsystem clock controller generates and supplies clocks to Audio Subsystem block available in the S5PV210 and Exynos SoCs. The clock -binding described here is applicable to all SoC's in Exynos family. +binding described here is applicable to all SoCs in Exynos family. Required Properties: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,nomadik.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,nomadik.txt index 7fc09773de4..40e0cf1f7b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,nomadik.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,nomadik.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Optional properties for the SRC node: - disable-mxtal: if present this will disable the MXTALO, i.e. the driver output for the main (~19.2 MHz) chrystal, if the board has its own circuitry for providing this - osciallator + oscillator PLL nodes: these nodes represent the two PLLs on the system, diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/atmel-dma.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/atmel-dma.txt index c280a0e6f42..e1f343c7a34 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/atmel-dma.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/atmel-dma.txt @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ dma0: dma@ffffec00 { DMA clients connected to the Atmel DMA controller must use the format described in the dma.txt file, using a three-cell specifier for each channel: -a phandle plus two interger cells. +a phandle plus two integer cells. The three cells in order are: 1. A phandle pointing to the DMA controller. 2. The memory interface (16 most significant bits), the peripheral interface (16 less significant bits). 3. Parameters for the at91 DMA configuration register which are device -dependant: +dependent: - bit 7-0: peripheral identifier for the hardware handshaking interface. The identifier can be different for tx and rx. - bit 11-8: FIFO configuration. 0 for half FIFO, 1 for ALAP, 1 for ASAP. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-dma.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-dma.txt index 2717ecb47db..7bd8847d639 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-dma.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-dma.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Clients have to specify the DMA requests with phandles in a list. Required properties: - dmas: List of one or more DMA request specifiers. One DMA request specifier consists of a phandle to the DMA controller followed by the integer - specifiying the request line. + specifying the request line. - dma-names: List of string identifiers for the DMA requests. For the correct names, have a look at the specific client driver. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ste-dma40.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ste-dma40.txt index bea5b73a739..a8c21c256ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ste-dma40.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ste-dma40.txt @@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ Each dmas request consists of 4 cells: 1. A phandle pointing to the DMA controller 2. Device Type 3. The DMA request line number (only when 'use fixed channel' is set) - 4. A 32bit mask specifying; mode, direction and endianess [NB: This list will grow] + 4. A 32bit mask specifying; mode, direction and endianness [NB: This list will grow] 0x00000001: Mode: Logical channel when unset Physical channel when set 0x00000002: Direction: Memory to Device when unset Device to Memory when set - 0x00000004: Endianess: + 0x00000004: Endianness: Little endian when unset Big endian when set 0x00000008: Use fixed channel: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/cros-ec.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/cros-ec.txt index e0e59c58a1f..5f229c5f6da 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/cros-ec.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/cros-ec.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Google's ChromeOS EC is a Cortex-M device which talks to the AP and implements various function such as keyboard and battery charging. The EC can be connect through various means (I2C, SPI, LPC) and the -compatible string used depends on the inteface. Each connection method has +compatible string used depends on the interface. Each connection method has its own driver which connects to the top level interface-agnostic EC driver. Other Linux driver (such as cros-ec-keyb for the matrix keyboard) connect to the top-level driver. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/atmel-can.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/atmel-can.txt index 72cf0c5daff..14e52a0d86e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/atmel-can.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/atmel-can.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Required properties: Example: can0: can@f000c000 { - compatbile = "atmel,at91sam9x5-can"; + compatible = "atmel,at91sam9x5-can"; reg = <0xf000c000 0x300>; interrupts = <40 4 5> }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt index 648d60eb9fd..7ccae490ff6 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/atmel,at91-pinctrl.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Bank: 3 (A, B and C) 0xffffffff 0x7fff3ccf /* pioB */ 0xffffffff 0x007fffff /* pioC */ -For each peripheral/bank we will descibe in a u32 if a pin can can be +For each peripheral/bank we will descibe in a u32 if a pin can be configured in it by putting 1 to the pin bit (1 << pin) Let's take the pioA on peripheral B diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt index 1e753c69fc8..32b1fa1f2a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ UART node. Required properties: - rs485-rts-delay: prop-encoded-array <a b> where: - * a is the delay beteween rts signal and beginning of data sent in milliseconds. + * a is the delay between rts signal and beginning of data sent in milliseconds. it corresponds to the delay before sending data. * b is the delay between end of data sent and rts signal in milliseconds it corresponds to the delay after sending data and actual release of the line. diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt index 0b23261561d..e31a2a9d2b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt +++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ Access to a dma_buf from the kernel context involves three steps: When the importer is done accessing the range specified in begin_cpu_access, it needs to announce this to the exporter (to facilitate cache flushing and - unpinning of any pinned resources). The result of of any dma_buf kmap calls + unpinning of any pinned resources). The result of any dma_buf kmap calls after end_cpu_access is undefined. Interface: diff --git a/Documentation/early-userspace/README b/Documentation/early-userspace/README index 661a73fad39..93e63a9af30 100644 --- a/Documentation/early-userspace/README +++ b/Documentation/early-userspace/README @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ Where's this all leading? The klibc distribution contains some of the necessary software to make early userspace useful. The klibc distribution is currently -maintained separately from the kernel, but this may change early in -the 2.7 era (it missed the boat for 2.5). +maintained separately from the kernel. You can obtain somewhat infrequent snapshots of klibc from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/klibc/ diff --git a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt index 99ea58e65ef..4a9739abc86 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ C. Boot options C. Attaching, Detaching and Unloading -Before going on on how to attach, detach and unload the framebuffer console, an +Before going on how to attach, detach and unload the framebuffer console, an illustration of the dependencies may help. The console layer, as with most subsystems, needs a driver that interfaces with diff --git a/Documentation/fb/viafb.modes b/Documentation/fb/viafb.modes index 02e5b487f00..2a547da2e5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/viafb.modes +++ b/Documentation/fb/viafb.modes @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ mode "640x480-60" # 160 chars 800 lines # Blank Time 4.798 us 0.564 ms # 50 chars 28 lines -# Polarity negtive positive +# Polarity negative positive # mode "1280x800-60" # D: 83.500 MHz, H: 49.702 kHz, V: 60.00 Hz diff --git a/Documentation/fb/viafb.txt b/Documentation/fb/viafb.txt index 444e34b52ae..1cb2462a71c 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/viafb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/viafb.txt @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Start viafb with default settings: #modprobe viafb - Start viafb with with user options: + Start viafb with user options: #modprobe viafb viafb_mode=800x600 viafb_bpp=16 viafb_refresh=60 viafb_active_dev=CRT+DVI viafb_dvi_port=DVP1 viafb_mode1=1024x768 viafb_bpp=16 viafb_refresh1=60 diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt index b349d57b76e..9dae5940743 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Unless otherwise specified, all options default to off. device=<devicepath> Specify a device during mount so that ioctls on the control device - can be avoided. Especialy useful when trying to mount a multi-device + can be avoided. Especially useful when trying to mount a multi-device setup as root. May be specified multiple times for multiple devices. discard diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index b91cfaaf6a0..919a3293aaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Ext4 Filesystem =============== -Ext4 is an an advanced level of the ext3 filesystem which incorporates +Ext4 is an advanced level of the ext3 filesystem which incorporates scalability and reliability enhancements for supporting large filesystems (64 bit) in keeping with increasing disk capacities and state-of-the-art feature requirements. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting index 09994c24728..e543b1a619c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ For a filesystem to be exportable it must: 2/ make sure that d_splice_alias is used rather than d_add when ->lookup finds an inode for a given parent and name. - If inode is NULL, d_splice_alias(inode, dentry) is eqivalent to + If inode is NULL, d_splice_alias(inode, dentry) is equivalent to d_add(dentry, inode), NULL diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt index 52ae07f5f57..adc81a35fe2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct pnfs_layout_hdr ---------------------- The on-the-wire command LAYOUTGET corresponds to struct pnfs_layout_segment, usually referred to by the variable name lseg. -Each nfs_inode may hold a pointer to a cache of of these layout +Each nfs_inode may hold a pointer to a cache of these layout segments in nfsi->layout, of type struct pnfs_layout_hdr. We reference the header for the inode pointing to it, across each diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/qnx6.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/qnx6.txt index 99e90184a72..40867978913 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/qnx6.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/qnx6.txt @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Bitmap system area ------------------ The bitmap itself is divided into three parts. -First the system area, that is split into two halfs. +First the system area, that is split into two halves. Then userspace. The requirement for a static, fixed preallocated system area comes from how diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt index 510b722667a..33e2f369473 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Semantics Each relay channel has one buffer per CPU, each buffer has one or more sub-buffers. Messages are written to the first sub-buffer until it is -too full to contain a new message, in which case it it is written to +too full to contain a new message, in which case it is written to the next (if available). Messages are never split across sub-buffers. At this point, userspace can be notified so it empties the first sub-buffer, while the kernel continues writing to the next. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-tagging.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-tagging.txt index caaaf1266d8..eb843e49c5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-tagging.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-tagging.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ flag between KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE and KOBJ_NS_TYPES, and s_ns will point to the namespace to which it belongs. Each sysfs superblock's sysfs_super_info contains an array void -*ns[KOBJ_NS_TYPES]. When a a task in a tagging namespace +*ns[KOBJ_NS_TYPES]. When a task in a tagging namespace kobj_nstype first mounts sysfs, a new superblock is created. It will be differentiated from other sysfs mounts by having its s_fs_info->ns[kobj_nstype] set to the new namespace. Note that diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt index 12525b17d9e..5be51fd888b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ default behaviour. If the memory cost of 8 log buffers is too high on small systems, then it may be reduced at some cost to performance on metadata intensive workloads. The logbsize option below - controls the size of each buffer and so is also relevent to + controls the size of each buffer and so is also relevant to this case. logbsize=value diff --git a/Documentation/fmc/carrier.txt b/Documentation/fmc/carrier.txt index 173f6d65c88..5e4f1dd3e98 100644 --- a/Documentation/fmc/carrier.txt +++ b/Documentation/fmc/carrier.txt @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ The individual methods perform the following tasks: methods: for example the SPEC driver may define that its carrier I2C memory is seen at offset 1M and the internal SPI flash is seen at offset 16M. This multiplexing of several flash memories in the - same address space is is carrier-specific and should only be used + same address space is carrier-specific and should only be used by a driver that has verified the `carrier_name' field. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet index 8d2be8a0b1e..86c0b1251c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/abituguru-datasheet @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Byte 1: min threshold (scale as bank 0x26) -Warning for the adventerous +Warning for the adventurous =========================== A word of caution to those who want to experiment and see if they can figure diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches index 46286460462..3d1bac399a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ How to Get Your Patch Accepted Into the Hwmon Subsystem ------------------------------------------------------- -This text is is a collection of suggestions for people writing patches or +This text is a collection of suggestions for people writing patches or drivers for the hwmon subsystem. Following these suggestions will greatly increase the chances of your change being accepted. diff --git a/Documentation/hwspinlock.txt b/Documentation/hwspinlock.txt index a903ee5e977..62f7d4ea6e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwspinlock.txt +++ b/Documentation/hwspinlock.txt @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ int hwspinlock_example2(void) locks). Should be called from a process context (this function might sleep). Returns the address of hwspinlock on success, or NULL on error (e.g. - if the hwspinlock is sill in use). + if the hwspinlock is still in use). 5. Important structs diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients b/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients index d6991625c40..8e5fbd88c7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients @@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ static int example_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c_client, Update the detach method, by changing the name to _remove and to delete the i2c_detach_client call. It is possible that you -can also remove the ret variable as it is not not needed for -any of the core functions. +can also remove the ret variable as it is not needed for any +of the core functions. - static int example_detach(struct i2c_client *client) + static int example_remove(struct i2c_client *client) diff --git a/Documentation/kmemcheck.txt b/Documentation/kmemcheck.txt index c28f82895d6..9398a501fdb 100644 --- a/Documentation/kmemcheck.txt +++ b/Documentation/kmemcheck.txt @@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ information from the kmemcheck warnings, which is extremely valuable in debugging a problem. This option is not mandatory, however, because it slows down the compilation process and produces a much bigger kernel image. -Now the kmemcheck menu should be visible (under "Kernel hacking" / "kmemcheck: -trap use of uninitialized memory"). Here follows a description of the -kmemcheck configuration variables: +Now the kmemcheck menu should be visible (under "Kernel hacking" / "Memory +Debugging" / "kmemcheck: trap use of uninitialized memory"). Here follows +a description of the kmemcheck configuration variables: o CONFIG_KMEMCHECK diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-lm3556.txt b/Documentation/leds/leds-lm3556.txt index d9eb91b5191..62278e871b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/leds/leds-lm3556.txt +++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-lm3556.txt @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ To register the chip at address 0x63 on specific adapter, set the platform data according to include/linux/platform_data/leds-lm3556.h, set the i2c board info Example: - static struct i2c_board_info __initdata board_i2c_ch4[] = { + static struct i2c_board_info board_i2c_ch4[] __initdata = { { I2C_BOARD_INFO(LM3556_NAME, 0x63), .platform_data = &lm3556_pdata, diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-lp3944.txt b/Documentation/leds/leds-lp3944.txt index c6eda18b15e..e88ac3b60c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/leds/leds-lp3944.txt +++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-lp3944.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ registered using the i2c_board_info mechanism. To register the chip at address 0x60 on adapter 0, set the platform data according to include/linux/leds-lp3944.h, set the i2c board info: - static struct i2c_board_info __initdata a910_i2c_board_info[] = { + static struct i2c_board_info a910_i2c_board_info[] __initdata = { { I2C_BOARD_INFO("lp3944", 0x60), .platform_data = &a910_lp3944_leds, diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt index 8fd254c7358..58340d50f8a 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ a recent addition and not present on older kernels. at read: contains online/offline state of memory. at write: user can specify "online_kernel", "online_movable", "online", "offline" command - which will be performed on al sections in the block. + which will be performed on all sections in the block. 'phys_device' : read-only: designed to show the name of physical memory device. This is not well implemented now. 'removable' : read-only: contains an integer value indicating diff --git a/Documentation/mtd/nand_ecc.txt b/Documentation/mtd/nand_ecc.txt index 990efd7a981..e129b2479ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/mtd/nand_ecc.txt +++ b/Documentation/mtd/nand_ecc.txt @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ THe code within the for loop was changed to: } As you can see tmppar is used to accumulate the parity within a for -iteration. In the last 3 statements is is added to par and, if needed, +iteration. In the last 3 statements is added to par and, if needed, to rp12 and rp14. While making the changes I also found that I could exploit that tmppar diff --git a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt index 262acf56fa7..e9b54de8fdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ use the PM_TRACE mechanism documented in Documentation/power/s2ram.txt . To verify that the STR works, it is generally more convenient to use the s2ram tool available from http://suspend.sf.net and documented at -http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_RAM. +http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_RAM (S2RAM_LINK). Namely, after writing "freezer", "devices", "platform", "processors", or "core" into /sys/power/pm_test (available if the kernel is compiled with @@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ Among other things, the testing with the help of /sys/power/pm_test may allow you to identify drivers that fail to suspend or resume their devices. They should be unloaded every time before an STR transition. -Next, you can follow the instructions at http://en.opensuse.org/s2ram to test -the system, but if it does not work "out of the box", you may need to boot it -with "init=/bin/bash" and test s2ram in the minimal configuration. In that -case, you may be able to search for failing drivers by following the procedure +Next, you can follow the instructions at S2RAM_LINK to test the system, but if +it does not work "out of the box", you may need to boot it with +"init=/bin/bash" and test s2ram in the minimal configuration. In that case, +you may be able to search for failing drivers by following the procedure analogous to the one described in section 1. If you find some failing drivers, you will have to unload them every time before an STR transition (ie. before you run s2ram), and please report the problems with them. diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt index 0b4b63e7e9b..079160e22bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt @@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ echo N > /sys/power/image_size before suspend (it is limited to 500 MB by default). +. The resume process checks for the presence of the resume device, +if found, it then checks the contents for the hibernation image signature. +If both are found, it resumes the hibernation image. + +. The resume process may be triggered in two ways: + 1) During lateinit: If resume=/dev/your_swap_partition is specified on + the kernel command line, lateinit runs the resume process. If the + resume device has not been probed yet, the resume process fails and + bootup continues. + 2) Manually from an initrd or initramfs: May be run from + the init script by using the /sys/power/resume file. It is vital + that this be done prior to remounting any filesystems (even as + read-only) otherwise data may be corrupted. Article about goals and implementation of Software Suspend for Linux ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -326,7 +339,7 @@ Q: How can distributions ship a swsusp-supporting kernel with modular disk drivers (especially SATA)? A: Well, it can be done, load the drivers, then do echo into -/sys/power/disk/resume file from initrd. Be sure not to mount +/sys/power/resume file from initrd. Be sure not to mount anything, not even read-only mount, or you are going to lose your data. diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt index 9552a3299ec..445ad743ec8 100644 --- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ IPv4 addresses: %pI4 1.2.3.4 %pi4 001.002.003.004 - %p[Ii][hnbl] + %p[Ii]4[hnbl] For printing IPv4 dot-separated decimal addresses. The 'I4' and 'i4' specifiers result in a printed address with ('i4') or without ('I4') @@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ struct va_format: u64 SHOULD be printed with %llu/%llx, (unsigned long long): - printk("%llu", (unsigned long long)u64_var); + printk("%llu", u64_var); s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long): - printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var); + printk("%lld", s64_var); If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., sector_t, blkcnt_t) or is architecture-dependent for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a diff --git a/Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt b/Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt index 717f5aa388b..28fbd877f85 100644 --- a/Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt +++ b/Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ initialization. ------------------------------------------- RapidIO subsystem code organization allows addition of new enumeration/discovery -methods as new configuration options without significant impact to to the core +methods as new configuration options without significant impact to the core RapidIO code. A new enumeration/discovery method has to be attached to one or more mport diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/hptiop.txt b/Documentation/scsi/hptiop.txt index 4a4f47e759c..12ecfd308e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/hptiop.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/hptiop.txt @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ To send a request to the controller: generated. - The host read the outbound list copy pointer shadow register and compare - with previous saved read ponter N. If they are different, the host will + with previous saved read pointer N. If they are different, the host will read the (N+1)th outbound list unit. The host get the index of the request from the (N+1)th outbound list diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/README.maya44 b/Documentation/sound/alsa/README.maya44 index 0e41576fa13..67b2ea1cc31 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/README.maya44 +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/README.maya44 @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Mic Phantom+48V: switch for +48V phantom power for electrostatic microphones on Make sure this is not turned on while any other source is connected to input 1/2. It might damage the source and/or the maya44 card. -Mic/Line input: if switch is is on, input jack 1/2 is microphone input (mono), otherwise line input (stereo). +Mic/Line input: if switch is on, input jack 1/2 is microphone input (mono), otherwise line input (stereo). Bypass: analogue bypass from ADC input to output for channel 1+2. Same as "Monitor" in the windows driver. Bypass 1: same for channel 3+4. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/compress_offload.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/compress_offload.txt index 0bcc5515591..fd74ff26376 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/compress_offload.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/compress_offload.txt @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The main requirements are: Design -The new API shares a number of concepts with with the PCM API for flow +The new API shares a number of concepts with the PCM API for flow control. Start, pause, resume, drain and stop commands have the same semantics no matter what the content is. @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ the settings should remain the exception. The timestamp becomes a multiple field structure. It lists the number of bytes transferred, the number of samples processed and the number of samples rendered/grabbed. All these values can be used to determine -the avarage bitrate, figure out if the ring buffer needs to be +the average bitrate, figure out if the ring buffer needs to be refilled or the delay due to decoding/encoding/io on the DSP. Note that the list of codecs/profiles/modes was derived from the diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index c1a1fd636bf..a5f985ee182 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ versions of the sysfs interface. at device creation and removal - the unique key to the device at that point in time - the kernel's path to the device directory without the leading - /sys, and always starting with with a slash + /sys, and always starting with a slash - all elements of a devpath must be real directories. Symlinks pointing to /sys/devices must always be resolved to their real target and the target path must be used to access the device. diff --git a/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.py b/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.py index 3fe0d812dce..54d29c1320e 100755 --- a/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.py +++ b/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.py @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def tcm_mod_build_configfs(proto_ident, fabric_mod_dir_var, fabric_mod_name): buf += " int ret;\n\n" buf += " if (strstr(name, \"tpgt_\") != name)\n" buf += " return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);\n" - buf += " if (strict_strtoul(name + 5, 10, &tpgt) || tpgt > UINT_MAX)\n" + buf += " if (kstrtoul(name + 5, 10, &tpgt) || tpgt > UINT_MAX)\n" buf += " return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);\n\n" buf += " tpg = kzalloc(sizeof(struct " + fabric_mod_name + "_tpg), GFP_KERNEL);\n" buf += " if (!tpg) {\n" diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index b937c6e2163..ea2d35d64d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ Here are the available options: function as well as the function being traced. print-parent: - bash-4000 [01] 1477.606694: simple_strtoul <-strict_strtoul + bash-4000 [01] 1477.606694: simple_strtoul <-kstrtoul noprint-parent: bash-4000 [01] 1477.606694: simple_strtoul @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ Here are the available options: latency-format option is enabled. bash 4000 1 0 00000000 00010a95 [58127d26] 1720.415ms \ - (+0.000ms): simple_strtoul (strict_strtoul) + (+0.000ms): simple_strtoul (kstrtoul) raw - This will display raw numbers. This option is best for use with user applications that can translate the raw diff --git a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt index da49437d5ae..ac4170dd0f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt @@ -40,7 +40,13 @@ Two elements are required for tracepoints : In order to use tracepoints, you should include linux/tracepoint.h. -In include/trace/subsys.h : +In include/trace/events/subsys.h : + +#undef TRACE_SYSTEM +#define TRACE_SYSTEM subsys + +#if !defined(_TRACE_SUBSYS_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ) +#define _TRACE_SUBSYS_H #include <linux/tracepoint.h> @@ -48,10 +54,16 @@ DECLARE_TRACE(subsys_eventname, TP_PROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p), TP_ARGS(firstarg, p)); +#endif /* _TRACE_SUBSYS_H */ + +/* This part must be outside protection */ +#include <trace/define_trace.h> + In subsys/file.c (where the tracing statement must be added) : -#include <trace/subsys.h> +#include <trace/events/subsys.h> +#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_eventname); void somefct(void) @@ -72,6 +84,9 @@ Where : - TP_ARGS(firstarg, p) are the parameters names, same as found in the prototype. +- if you use the header in multiple source files, #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS + should appear only in one source file. + Connecting a function (probe) to a tracepoint is done by providing a probe (function to call) for the specific tracepoint through register_trace_subsys_eventname(). Removing a probe is done through diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index ef925eaa146..858aecf21db 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ incompatible change are allowed. However, there is an extension facility that allows backward-compatible extensions to the API to be queried and used. -The extension mechanism is not based on on the Linux version number. +The extension mechanism is not based on the Linux version number. Instead, kvm defines extension identifiers and a facility to query whether a particular extension identifier is available. If it is, a set of ioctls is available for application use. diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index fc66d42422e..f4f268c2b82 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Protocol 2.11: (Kernel 3.6) Added a field for offset of EFI handover protocol entry point. Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.8) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields - to struct boot_params for for loading bzImage and ramdisk + to struct boot_params for loading bzImage and ramdisk above 4G in 64bit. **** MEMORY LAYOUT diff --git a/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches index 0f4385a62a4..be0bd472506 100644 --- a/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Majordomo lists of VGER.KERNEL.ORG at: <http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html> 如果改动影响了用户空间和内核之间的接口，请给 MAN-PAGES 的维护者（列在 -MAITAINERS 文件里的）发送一个手册页（man-pages）补丁，或者至少通知一下改 +MAINTAINERS 文件里的）发送一个手册页（man-pages）补丁，或者至少通知一下改 变，让一些信息有途径进入手册页。 即使在第四步的时候，维护者没有作出回应，也要确认在修改他们的代码的时候 |