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author | James Morris <jmorris@macbook.(none)> | 2009-12-03 12:03:40 +0530 |
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committer | James Morris <jmorris@macbook.(none)> | 2009-12-03 12:03:40 +0530 |
commit | c84d6efd363a3948eb32ec40d46bab6338580454 (patch) | |
tree | 3ba7ac46e6626fe8ac843834588609eb6ccee5c6 /Documentation | |
parent | 7539cf4b92be4aecc573ea962135f246a7a33401 (diff) | |
parent | 22763c5cf3690a681551162c15d34d935308c8d7 (diff) |
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss index 0a92a7c93a6..4f29e5f1ebf 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss @@ -31,3 +31,31 @@ Date: March 2009 Kernel Version: 2.6.30 Contact: iss_storagedev@hp.com Description: A symbolic link to /sys/block/cciss!cXdY + +Where: /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/rescan +Date: August 2009 +Kernel Version: 2.6.31 +Contact: iss_storagedev@hp.com +Description: Kicks of a rescan of the controller to discover logical + drive topology changes. + +Where: /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/lunid +Date: August 2009 +Kernel Version: 2.6.31 +Contact: iss_storagedev@hp.com +Description: Displays the 8-byte LUN ID used to address logical + drive Y of controller X. + +Where: /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/raid_level +Date: August 2009 +Kernel Version: 2.6.31 +Contact: iss_storagedev@hp.com +Description: Displays the RAID level of logical drive Y of + controller X. + +Where: /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/usage_count +Date: August 2009 +Kernel Version: 2.6.31 +Contact: iss_storagedev@hp.com +Description: Displays the usage count (number of opens) of logical drive Y + of controller X. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-usb_host b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc index 46b66ad1f1b..4e8106f7cfd 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-usb_host +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -What: /sys/class/usb_host/usb_hostN/wusb_chid +What: /sys/class/uwb_rc/uwbN/wusbhc/wusb_chid Date: July 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.27 Contact: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Description: Set an all zero CHID to stop the host controller. -What: /sys/class/usb_host/usb_hostN/wusb_trust_timeout +What: /sys/class/uwb_rc/uwbN/wusbhc/wusb_trust_timeout Date: July 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.27 Contact: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-cache_disable b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-cache_disable deleted file mode 100644 index 175bb4f7051..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-cache_disable +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X -Date: August 2008 -KernelVersion: 2.6.27 -Contact: mark.langsdorf@amd.com -Description: These files exist in every cpu's cache index directories. - There are currently 2 cache_disable_# files in each - directory. Reading from these files on a supported - processor will return that cache disable index value - for that processor and node. Writing to one of these - files will cause the specificed cache index to be disabled. - - Currently, only AMD Family 10h Processors support cache index - disable, and only for their L3 caches. See the BIOS and - Kernel Developer's Guide at - http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3.20_2-4-09.pdf - for formatting information and other details on the - cache index disable. -Users: joachim.deguara@amd.com diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a703b9e9aeb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/ +Date: pre-git history +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> +Description: + A collection of both global and individual CPU attributes + + Individual CPU attributes are contained in subdirectories + named by the kernel's logical CPU number, e.g.: + + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/ + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_mc_power_savings + /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_smt_power_savings +Date: June 2006 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> +Description: Discover and adjust the kernel's multi-core scheduler support. + + Possible values are: + + 0 - No power saving load balance (default value) + 1 - Fill one thread/core/package first for long running threads + 2 - Also bias task wakeups to semi-idle cpu package for power + savings + + sched_mc_power_savings is dependent upon SCHED_MC, which is + itself architecture dependent. + + sched_smt_power_savings is dependent upon SCHED_SMT, which + is itself architecture dependent. + + The two files are independent of each other. It is possible + that one file may be present without the other. + + Introduced by git commit 5c45bf27. + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/kernel_max + /sys/devices/system/cpu/offline + /sys/devices/system/cpu/online + /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible + /sys/devices/system/cpu/present +Date: December 2008 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> +Description: CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to + hotplug. Briefly: + + kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel + configuration. + + offline: cpus that are not online because they have been + HOTPLUGGED off or exceed the limit of cpus allowed by the + kernel configuration (kernel_max above). + + online: cpus that are online and being scheduled. + + possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be + brought online if they are present. + + present: cpus that have been identified as being present in + the system. + + See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information. + + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node +Date: October 2009 +Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org> +Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to + + When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points + to the corresponding NUMA node directory. + + For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42 + in NUMA node 2: + + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2 + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_id + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings_list + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/physical_package_id + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings_list +Date: December 2008 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> +Description: CPU topology files that describe a logical CPU's relationship + to other cores and threads in the same physical package. + + One cpu# directory is created per logical CPU in the system, + e.g. /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/. + + Briefly, the files above are: + + core_id: the CPU core ID of cpu#. Typically it is the + hardware platform's identifier (rather than the kernel's). + The actual value is architecture and platform dependent. + + core_siblings: internal kernel map of cpu#'s hardware threads + within the same physical_package_id. + + core_siblings_list: human-readable list of the logical CPU + numbers within the same physical_package_id as cpu#. + + physical_package_id: physical package id of cpu#. Typically + corresponds to a physical socket number, but the actual value + is architecture and platform dependent. + + thread_siblings: internel kernel map of cpu#'s hardware + threads within the same core as cpu# + + thread_siblings_list: human-readable list of cpu#'s hardware + threads within the same core as cpu# + + See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information. + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro +Date: September 2007 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> +Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism + + Various CPUs today support multiple idle levels that are + differentiated by varying exit latencies and power + consumption during idle. + + Idle policy (governor) is differentiated from idle mechanism + (driver) + + current_driver: displays current idle mechanism + + current_governor_ro: displays current idle policy + + See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information. + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X +Date: August 2008 +KernelVersion: 2.6.27 +Contact: mark.langsdorf@amd.com +Description: These files exist in every cpu's cache index directories. + There are currently 2 cache_disable_# files in each + directory. Reading from these files on a supported + processor will return that cache disable index value + for that processor and node. Writing to one of these + files will cause the specificed cache index to be disabled. + + Currently, only AMD Family 10h Processors support cache index + disable, and only for their L3 caches. See the BIOS and + Kernel Developer's Guide at + http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3.20_2-4-09.pdf + for formatting information and other details on the + cache index disable. +Users: joachim.deguara@amd.com diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index b7f9d3b4bbf..72651f788f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ your e-mail client so that it sends your patches untouched. When sending patches to Linus, always follow step #7. Large changes are not appropriate for mailing lists, and some -maintainers. If your patch, uncompressed, exceeds 40 kB in size, +maintainers. If your patch, uncompressed, exceeds 300 kB in size, it is preferred that you store your patch on an Internet-accessible server, and provide instead a URL (link) pointing to your patch. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/tcm.txt b/Documentation/arm/tcm.txt index 074f4be6667..77fd9376e6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/tcm.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm/tcm.txt @@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ TCM location and size. Notice that this is not a MMU table: you actually move the physical location of the TCM around. At the place you put it, it will mask any underlying RAM from the CPU so it is usually wise not to overlap any physical RAM with -the TCM. The TCM memory exists totally outside the MMU and will -override any MMU mappings. +the TCM. -Code executing inside the ITCM does not "see" any MMU mappings -and e.g. register accesses must be made to physical addresses. +The TCM memory can then be remapped to another address again using +the MMU, but notice that the TCM if often used in situations where +the MMU is turned off. To avoid confusion the current Linux +implementation will map the TCM 1 to 1 from physical to virtual +memory in the location specified by the machine. TCM is used for a few things: diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 455d4e6d346..0b33bfe7dde 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -227,7 +227,14 @@ as the path relative to the root of the cgroup file system. Each cgroup is represented by a directory in the cgroup file system containing the following files describing that cgroup: - - tasks: list of tasks (by pid) attached to that cgroup + - tasks: list of tasks (by pid) attached to that cgroup. This list + is not guaranteed to be sorted. Writing a thread id into this file + moves the thread into this cgroup. + - cgroup.procs: list of tgids in the cgroup. This list is not + guaranteed to be sorted or free of duplicate tgids, and userspace + should sort/uniquify the list if this property is required. + Writing a tgid into this file moves all threads with that tgid into + this cgroup. - notify_on_release flag: run the release agent on exit? - release_agent: the path to use for release notifications (this file exists in the top cgroup only) @@ -374,7 +381,7 @@ Now you want to do something with this cgroup. In this directory you can find several files: # ls -notify_on_release tasks +cgroup.procs notify_on_release tasks (plus whatever files added by the attached subsystems) Now attach your shell to this cgroup: diff --git a/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c b/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c index 1711adc3337..b07add3467f 100644 --- a/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c +++ b/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static char cn_test_name[] = "cn_test"; static struct sock *nls; static struct timer_list cn_test_timer; -static void cn_test_callback(struct cn_msg *msg) +static void cn_test_callback(struct cn_msg *msg, struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp) { pr_info("%s: %lu: idx=%x, val=%x, seq=%u, ack=%u, len=%d: %s.\n", __func__, jiffies, msg->id.idx, msg->id.val, diff --git a/Documentation/connector/connector.txt b/Documentation/connector/connector.txt index 81e6bf6ead5..78c9466a9aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/connector/connector.txt +++ b/Documentation/connector/connector.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ handling, etc... The Connector driver allows any kernelspace agents to use netlink based networking for inter-process communication in a significantly easier way: -int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name, void (*callback) (void *)); +int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name, void (*callback) (struct cn_msg *, struct netlink_skb_parms *)); void cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 __group, int gfp_mask); struct cb_id @@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ struct cn_msg Connector interfaces. /*****************************************/ -int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name, void (*callback) (void *)); +int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name, void (*callback) (struct cn_msg *, struct netlink_skb_parms *)); Registers new callback with connector core. struct cb_id *id - unique connector's user identifier. It must be registered in connector.h for legal in-kernel users. char *name - connector's callback symbolic name. - void (*callback) (void *) - connector's callback. - Argument must be dereferenced to struct cn_msg *. + void (*callback) (struct cn..) - connector's callback. + cn_msg and the sender's credentials void cn_del_callback(struct cb_id *id); diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt index b41f3e58aef..f1c5c4bccd3 100644 --- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt +++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt @@ -1,15 +1,28 @@ -Export cpu topology info via sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar +Export CPU topology info via sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar to /proc/cpuinfo. 1) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id: -represent the physical package id of cpu X; + + physical package id of cpuX. Typically corresponds to a physical + socket number, but the actual value is architecture and platform + dependent. + 2) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_id: -represent the cpu core id to cpu X; + + the CPU core ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's + identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is + architecture and platform dependent. + 3) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings: -represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same core; + + internel kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same + core as cpuX + 4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings: -represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same physical package; + + internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same + physical_package_id. To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file, drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 attributes. @@ -32,32 +45,32 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h: 3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU 4) core_siblings: just the given CPU -Additionally, cpu topology information is provided under +Additionally, CPU topology information is provided under /sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files. The internal source for the output is in brackets ("[]"). - kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel configuration. + kernel_max: the maximum CPU index allowed by the kernel configuration. [NR_CPUS-1] - offline: cpus that are not online because they have been + offline: CPUs that are not online because they have been HOTPLUGGED off (see cpu-hotplug.txt) or exceed the limit - of cpus allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max + of CPUs allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max above). [~cpu_online_mask + cpus >= NR_CPUS] - online: cpus that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask] + online: CPUs that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask] - possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be + possible: CPUs that have been allocated resources and can be brought online if they are present. [cpu_possible_mask] - present: cpus that have been identified as being present in the + present: CPUs that have been identified as being present in the system. [cpu_present_mask] The format for the above output is compatible with cpulist_parse() [see <linux/cpumask.h>]. Some examples follow. -In this example, there are 64 cpus in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed +In this example, there are 64 CPUs in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed the kernel max which is limited to 0..31 by the NR_CPUS config option -being 32. Note also that cpus 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be +being 32. Note also that CPUs 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be brought online as they are both present and possible. kernel_max: 31 @@ -67,8 +80,8 @@ brought online as they are both present and possible. present: 0-31 In this example, the NR_CPUS config option is 128, but the kernel was -started with possible_cpus=144. There are 4 cpus in the system and cpu2 -was manually taken offline (and is the only cpu that can be brought +started with possible_cpus=144. There are 4 CPUs in the system and cpu2 +was manually taken offline (and is the only CPU that can be brought online.) kernel_max: 127 @@ -78,4 +91,4 @@ online.) present: 0-3 See cpu-hotplug.txt for the possible_cpus=NUM kernel start parameter -as well as more information on the various cpumask's. +as well as more information on the various cpumasks. diff --git a/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt b/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt index 59a91e5c690..611f5a5499b 100644 --- a/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt +++ b/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt @@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ be used to view the printk buffer of a remote machine, even with live update. Bernhard Kaindl enhanced firescope to support accessing 64-bit machines from 32-bit firescope and vice versa: -- ftp://ftp.suse.de/private/bk/firewire/tools/firescope-0.2.2.tar.bz2 +- http://halobates.de/firewire/firescope-0.2.2.tar.bz2 and he implemented fast system dump (alpha version - read README.txt): -- ftp://ftp.suse.de/private/bk/firewire/tools/firedump-0.1.tar.bz2 +- http://halobates.de/firewire/firedump-0.1.tar.bz2 There is also a gdb proxy for firewire which allows to use gdb to access data which can be referenced from symbols found by gdb in vmlinux: -- ftp://ftp.suse.de/private/bk/firewire/tools/fireproxy-0.33.tar.bz2 +- http://halobates.de/firewire/fireproxy-0.33.tar.bz2 The latest version of this gdb proxy (fireproxy-0.34) can communicate (not yet stable) with kgdb over an memory-based communication module (kgdbom). @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Step-by-step instructions for using firescope with early OHCI initialization: Notes ----- -Documentation and specifications: ftp://ftp.suse.de/private/bk/firewire/docs +Documentation and specifications: http://halobates.de/firewire/ FireWire is a trademark of Apple Inc. - for more information please refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire diff --git a/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt b/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt index b3e3a035683..fe79e3c8847 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt @@ -312,10 +312,8 @@ and to the following documentation: 8. Mailing list --------------- -There are several frame buffer device related mailing lists at SourceForge: - - linux-fbdev-announce@lists.sourceforge.net, for announcements, - - linux-fbdev-user@lists.sourceforge.net, for generic user support, - - linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, for project developers. +There is a frame buffer device related mailing list at kernel.org: +linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org. Point your web browser to http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-fbdev/ for subscription information and archive browsing. diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 89a47b5aff0..bc693fffabe 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -418,6 +418,14 @@ When: 2.6.33 Why: Should be implemented in userspace, policy daemon. Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> +--------------------------- + +What: CONFIG_INOTIFY +When: 2.6.33 +Why: last user (audit) will be converted to the newer more generic + and more easily maintained fsnotify subsystem +Who: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> + ---------------------------- What: lock_policy_rwsem_* and unlock_policy_rwsem_* will not be @@ -451,3 +459,33 @@ Why: OSS sound_core grabs all legacy minors (0-255) of SOUND_MAJOR will also allow making ALSA OSS emulation independent of sound_core. The dependency will be broken then too. Who: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> + +---------------------------- + +What: Support for VMware's guest paravirtuliazation technique [VMI] will be + dropped. +When: 2.6.37 or earlier. +Why: With the recent innovations in CPU hardware acceleration technologies + from Intel and AMD, VMware ran a few experiments to compare these + techniques to guest paravirtualization technique on VMware's platform. + These hardware assisted virtualization techniques have outperformed the + performance benefits provided by VMI in most of the workloads. VMware + expects that these hardware features will be ubiquitous in a couple of + years, as a result, VMware has started a phased retirement of this + feature from the hypervisor. We will be removing this feature from the + Kernel too. Right now we are targeting 2.6.37 but can retire earlier if + technical reasons (read opportunity to remove major chunk of pvops) + arise. + + Please note that VMI has always been an optimization and non-VMI kernels + still work fine on VMware's platform. + Latest versions of VMware's product which support VMI are, + Workstation 7.0 and VSphere 4.0 on ESX side, future maintainence + releases for these products will continue supporting VMI. + + For more details about VMI retirement take a look at this, + http://blogs.vmware.com/guestosguide/2009/09/vmi-retirement.html + +Who: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com> + +---------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/fscache.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/fscache.txt index 9e94b9491d8..a91e2e2095b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/fscache.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/fscache.txt @@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ proc files. neg=N Number of negative lookups made pos=N Number of positive lookups made crt=N Number of objects created by lookup + tmo=N Number of lookups timed out and requeued Updates n=N Number of update cookie requests seen nul=N Number of upd reqs given a NULL parent run=N Number of upd reqs granted CPU time @@ -250,8 +251,10 @@ proc files. ok=N Number of successful alloc reqs |