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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2011-05-20 15:36:52 +1000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2011-05-20 15:36:52 +1000
commit880102e78547c1db158a17e36cf0cdd98e7ad710 (patch)
tree3fff9cc54c44dafe275cfabefb96c589e08d971d /Documentation
parent3d07f0e83d4323d2cd45cc583f7cf1957aca3cac (diff)
parent39ab05c8e0b519ff0a04a869f065746e6e8c3d95 (diff)
Merge remote branch 'origin/master' into merge
Manual merge of arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c and add missing scheduler_ipi() call to arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/interrupt.c Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi58
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl82
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/trace.txt278
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-model/bus.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-model/class.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-model/device.txt91
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-model/driver.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO129
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/devices.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/notifiers.txt51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt (renamed from Documentation/kvm/api.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt (renamed from Documentation/kvm/cpuid.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt (renamed from Documentation/kvm/locking.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt (renamed from Documentation/kvm/mmu.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt (renamed from Documentation/kvm/msr.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt (renamed from Documentation/kvm/ppc-pv.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/review-checklist.txt (renamed from Documentation/kvm/review-checklist.txt)2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/timekeeping.txt (renamed from Documentation/kvm/timekeeping.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/lguest/.gitignore (renamed from Documentation/lguest/.gitignore)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/lguest/Makefile (renamed from Documentation/lguest/Makefile)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/lguest/extract (renamed from Documentation/lguest/extract)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c (renamed from Documentation/lguest/lguest.c)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.txt (renamed from Documentation/lguest/lguest.txt)3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt (renamed from Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/zh_CN/email-clients.txt210
40 files changed, 716 insertions, 398 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index c17cd4bb229..1b777b96049 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -328,8 +328,6 @@ sysrq.txt
- info on the magic SysRq key.
telephony/
- directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
-uml/
- - directory with information about User Mode Linux.
unicode.txt
- info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
unshare.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 7564e88bfa4..e7be75b96e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -183,21 +183,21 @@ Description: Discover and change clock speed of CPUs
to learn how to control the knobs.
-What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X
-Date: August 2008
+What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index3/cache_disable_{0,1}
+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://support.amd.com/us/Embedded_TechDocs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3-28_5-28-09.pdf
- for formatting information and other details on the
- cache index disable.
-Users: joachim.deguara@amd.com
+Contact: discuss@x86-64.org
+Description: Disable L3 cache indices
+
+ These files exist in every CPU's cache/index3 directory. Each
+ cache_disable_{0,1} file corresponds to one disable slot which
+ can be used to disable a cache index. Reading from these files
+ on a processor with this functionality will return the currently
+ disabled index for that node. There is one L3 structure per
+ node, or per internal node on MCM machines. Writing a valid
+ index to one of these files will cause the specificed cache
+ index to be disabled.
+
+ All AMD processors with L3 caches provide this functionality.
+ For details, see BKDGs at
+ http://developer.amd.com/documentation/guides/Pages/default.aspx
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi
index ba9da9503c2..c78f9ab01e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ Description:
DMI is structured as a large table of entries, where
each entry has a common header indicating the type and
- length of the entry, as well as 'handle' that is
- supposed to be unique amongst all entries.
+ length of the entry, as well as a firmware-provided
+ 'handle' that is supposed to be unique amongst all
+ entries.
Some entries are required by the specification, but many
others are optional. In general though, users should
never expect to find a specific entry type on their
system unless they know for certain what their firmware
- is doing. Machine to machine will vary.
+ is doing. Machine to machine experiences will vary.
Multiple entries of the same type are allowed. In order
to handle these duplicate entry types, each entry is
@@ -67,25 +68,24 @@ Description:
and the two terminating nul characters.
type : The type of the entry. This value is the same
as found in the directory name. It indicates
- how the rest of the entry should be
- interpreted.
+ how the rest of the entry should be interpreted.
instance: The instance ordinal of the entry for the
given type. This value is the same as found
in the parent directory name.
- position: The position of the entry within the entirety
- of the entirety.
+ position: The ordinal position (zero-based) of the entry
+ within the entirety of the DMI entry table.
=== Entry Specialization ===
Some entry types may have other information available in
- sysfs.
+ sysfs. Not all types are specialized.
--- Type 15 - System Event Log ---
This entry allows the firmware to export a log of
events the system has taken. This information is
typically backed by nvram, but the implementation
- details are abstracted by this table. This entries data
+ details are abstracted by this table. This entry's data
is exported in the directory:
/sys/firmware/dmi/entries/15-0/system_event_log
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0faa0aaf4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+What: /sys/firmware/gsmi
+Date: March 2011
+Contact: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
+Description:
+ Some servers used internally at Google have firmware
+ that provides callback functionality via explicit SMI
+ triggers. Some of the callbacks are similar to those
+ provided by the EFI runtime services page, but due to
+ historical reasons this different entry-point has been
+ used.
+
+ The gsmi driver implements the kernel's abstraction for
+ these firmware callbacks. Currently, this functionality
+ is limited to handling the system event log and getting
+ access to EFI-style variables stored in nvram.
+
+ Layout:
+
+ /sys/firmware/gsmi/vars:
+
+ This directory has the same layout (and
+ underlying implementation as /sys/firmware/efi/vars.
+ See Documentation/ABI/*/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars
+ for more information on how to interact with
+ this structure.
+
+ /sys/firmware/gsmi/append_to_eventlog - write-only:
+
+ This file takes a binary blob and passes it onto
+ the firmware to be timestamped and appended to
+ the system eventlog. The binary format is
+ interpreted by the firmware and may change from
+ platform to platform. The only kernel-enforced
+ requirement is that the blob be prefixed with a
+ 32bit host-endian type used as part of the
+ firmware call.
+
+ /sys/firmware/gsmi/clear_config - write-only:
+
+ Writing any value to this file will cause the
+ entire firmware configuration to be reset to
+ "factory defaults". Callers should assume that
+ a reboot is required for the configuration to be
+ cleared.
+
+ /sys/firmware/gsmi/clear_eventlog - write-only:
+
+ This file is used to clear out a portion/the
+ whole of the system event log. Values written
+ should be values between 1 and 100 inclusive (in
+ ASCII) representing the fraction of the log to
+ clear. Not all platforms support fractional
+ clearing though, and this writes to this file
+ will error out if the firmware doesn't like your
+ submitted fraction.
+
+ Callers should assume that a reboot is needed
+ for this operation to complete.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b58e7c5365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+What: /sys/firmware/log
+Date: February 2011
+Contact: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
+Description:
+ The /sys/firmware/log is a binary file that represents a
+ read-only copy of the firmware's log if one is
+ available.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50a3033b5e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+What: /sys/kernel/fscaps
+Date: February 2011
+KernelVersion: 2.6.38
+Contact: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
+Description
+ Shows whether file system capabilities are honored
+ when executing a binary
+
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power
index 194ca446ac2..b464d12761b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power
@@ -158,3 +158,17 @@ Description:
successful, will make the kernel abort a subsequent transition
to a sleep state if any wakeup events are reported after the
write has returned.
+
+What: /sys/power/reserved_size
+Date: May 2011
+Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
+Description:
+ The /sys/power/reserved_size file allows user space to control
+ the amount of memory reserved for allocations made by device
+ drivers during the "device freeze" stage of hibernation. It can
+ be written a string representing a non-negative integer that
+ will be used as the amount of memory to reserve for allocations
+ made by device drivers' "freeze" callbacks, in bytes.
+
+ Reading from this file will display the current value, which is
+ set to 1 MB by default.
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
index 36f63d4a0a0..b638e50cf8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ X!Iinclude/linux/kobject.h
<chapter id="devdrivers">
<title>Device drivers infrastructure</title>
+ <sect1><title>The Basic Device Driver-Model Structures </title>
+!Iinclude/linux/device.h
+ </sect1>
<sect1><title>Device Drivers Base</title>
-<!--
-X!Iinclude/linux/device.h
--->
!Edrivers/base/driver.c
!Edrivers/base/core.c
!Edrivers/base/class.c
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl
index fb10fd08c05..b3422341d65 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@
<para>
Whenever an interrupt triggers, the lowlevel arch code calls into
the generic interrupt code by calling desc->handle_irq().
- This highlevel IRQ handling function only uses desc->chip primitives
- referenced by the assigned chip descriptor structure.
+ This highlevel IRQ handling function only uses desc->irq_data.chip
+ primitives referenced by the assigned chip descriptor structure.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="Highlevel_Driver_API">
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@
<listitem><para>enable_irq()</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>disable_irq_nosync() (SMP only)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>synchronize_irq() (SMP only)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>set_irq_type()</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>set_irq_wake()</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>set_irq_data()</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>set_irq_chip()</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>set_irq_chip_data()</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>irq_set_irq_type()</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>irq_set_irq_wake()</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>irq_set_handler_data()</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>irq_set_chip()</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>irq_set_chip_data()</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
See the autogenerated function documentation for details.
</para>
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@
<listitem><para>handle_fasteoi_irq</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>handle_simple_irq</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>handle_percpu_irq</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>handle_edge_eoi_irq</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>handle_bad_irq</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
The interrupt flow handlers (either predefined or architecture
specific) are assigned to specific interrupts by the architecture
@@ -241,13 +243,13 @@
<programlisting>
default_enable(struct irq_data *data)
{
- desc->chip->irq_unmask(data);
+ desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(data);
}
default_disable(struct irq_data *data)
{
if (!delay_disable(data))
- desc->chip->irq_mask(data);
+ desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask(data);
}
default_ack(struct irq_data *data)
@@ -284,9 +286,9 @@ noop(struct irq_data *data))
<para>
The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
<programlisting>
-desc->chip->irq_mask();
-handle_IRQ_event(desc->action);
-desc->chip->irq_unmask();
+desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_ack();
+handle_irq_event(desc->action);
+desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask();
</programlisting>
</para>
</sect3>
@@ -300,8 +302,8 @@ desc->chip->irq_unmask();
<para>
The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
<programlisting>
-handle_IRQ_event(desc->action);
-desc->chip->irq_eoi();
+handle_irq_event(desc->action);
+desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi();
</programlisting>
</para>
</sect3>
@@ -315,17 +317,17 @@ desc->chip->irq_eoi();
The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
<programlisting>
if (desc->status &amp; running) {
- desc->chip->irq_mask();
+ desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_ack();
desc->status |= pending | masked;
return;
}
-desc->chip->irq_ack();
+desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack();
desc->status |= running;
do {
if (desc->status &amp; masked)
- desc->chip->irq_unmask();
+ desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask();
desc->status &amp;= ~pending;
- handle_IRQ_event(desc->action);
+ handle_irq_event(desc->action);
} while (status &amp; pending);
desc->status &amp;= ~running;
</programlisting>
@@ -344,7 +346,7 @@ desc->status &amp;= ~running;
<para>
The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
<programlisting>
-handle_IRQ_event(desc->action);
+handle_irq_event(desc->action);
</programlisting>
</para>
</sect3>
@@ -362,12 +364,29 @@ handle_IRQ_event(desc->action);
<para>
The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
<programlisting>
-handle_IRQ_event(desc->action);
-if (desc->chip->irq_eoi)
- desc->chip->irq_eoi();
+if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack)
+ desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack();
+handle_irq_event(desc->action);
+if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi)
+ desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi();
</programlisting>
</para>
</sect3>
+ <sect3 id="EOI_Edge_IRQ_flow_handler">
+ <title>EOI Edge IRQ flow handler</title>
+ <para>
+ handle_edge_eoi_irq provides an abnomination of the edge
+ handler which is solely used to tame a badly wreckaged
+ irq controller on powerpc/cell.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3 id="BAD_IRQ_flow_handler">
+ <title>Bad IRQ flow handler</title>
+ <para>
+ handle_bad_irq is used for spurious interrupts which
+ have no real handler assigned..
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="Quirks_and_optimizations">
<title>Quirks and optimizations</title>
@@ -410,6 +429,7 @@ if (desc->chip->irq_eoi)
<listitem><para>irq_mask_ack() - Optional, recommended for performance</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_mask()</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_unmask()</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>irq_eoi() - Optional, required for eoi flow handlers</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_retrigger() - Optional</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_set_type() - Optional</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_set_wake() - Optional</para></listitem>
@@ -424,32 +444,24 @@ if (desc->chip->irq_eoi)
<chapter id="doirq">
<title>__do_IRQ entry point</title>
<para>
- The original implementation __do_IRQ() is an alternative entry
- point for all types of interrupts.
+ The original implementation __do_IRQ() was an alternative entry
+ point for all types of interrupts. It not longer exists.
</para>
<para>
This handler turned out to be not suitable for all
interrupt hardware and was therefore reimplemented with split
- functionality for egde/level/simple/percpu interrupts. This is not
+ functionality for edge/level/simple/percpu interrupts. This is not
only a functional optimization. It also shortens code paths for
interrupts.
</para>
- <para>
- To make use of the split implementation, replace the call to
- __do_IRQ by a call to desc->handle_irq() and associate
- the appropriate handler function to desc->handle_irq().
- In most cases the generic handler implementations should
- be sufficient.
- </para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="locking">
<title>Locking on SMP</title>
<para>
The locking of chip registers is up to the architecture that
- defines the chip primitives. There is a chip->lock field that can be used
- for serialization, but the generic layer does not touch it. The per-irq
- structure is protected via desc->lock, by the generic layer.
+ defines the chip primitives. The per-irq structure is
+ protected via desc->lock, by the generic layer.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="structs">
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
index 71b6f500ddb..1d7a885761f 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rcu.txt
RTFP.txt
- List of RCU papers (bibliography) going back to 1980.
stallwarn.txt
- - RCU CPU stall warnings (CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR)
+ - RCU CPU stall warnings (module parameter rcu_cpu_stall_suppress)
torture.txt
- RCU Torture Test Operation (CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST)
trace.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
index 862c08ef1fd..4e959208f73 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
Using RCU's CPU Stall Detector
-The CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR kernel config parameter enables
-RCU's CPU stall detector, which detects conditions that unduly delay
-RCU grace periods. The stall detector's idea of what constitutes
-"unduly delayed" is controlled by a set of C preprocessor macros:
+The rcu_cpu_stall_suppress module parameter enables RCU's CPU stall
+detector, which detects conditions that unduly delay RCU grace periods.
+This module parameter enables CPU stall detection by default, but
+may be overridden via boot-time parameter or at runtime via sysfs.
+The stall detector's idea of what constitutes "unduly delayed" is
+controlled by a set of kernel configuration variables and cpp macros:
-RCU_SECONDS_TILL_STALL_CHECK
+CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT
- This macro defines the period of time that RCU will wait from
- the beginning of a grace period until it issues an RCU CPU
- stall warning. This time period is normally ten seconds.
+ This kernel configuration parameter defines the period of time
+ that RCU will wait from the beginning of a grace period until it
+ issues an RCU CPU stall warning. This time period is normally
+ ten seconds.
RCU_SECONDS_TILL_STALL_RECHECK
This macro defines the period of time that RCU will wait after
issuing a stall warning until it issues another stall warning
- for the same stall. This time period is normally set to thirty
- seconds.
+ for the same stall. This time period is normally set to three
+ times the check interval plus thirty seconds.
RCU_STALL_RAT_DELAY
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
index 6a8c73f55b8..c078ad48f7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
@@ -10,34 +10,46 @@ for rcutree and next for rcutiny.
CONFIG_TREE_RCU and CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU debugfs Files and Formats
-These implementations of RCU provides five debugfs files under the
-top-level directory RCU: rcu/rcudata (which displays fields in struct
-rcu_data), rcu/rcudata.csv (which is a .csv spreadsheet version of
-rcu/rcudata), rcu/rcugp (which displays grace-period counters),
-rcu/rcuhier (which displays the struct rcu_node hierarchy), and
-rcu/rcu_pending (which displays counts of the reasons that the
-rcu_pending() function decided that there was core RCU work to do).
+These implementations of RCU provides several debugfs files under the
+top-level directory "rcu":
+
+rcu/rcudata:
+ Displays fields in struct rcu_data.
+rcu/rcudata.csv:
+ Comma-separated values spreadsheet version of rcudata.
+rcu/rcugp:
+ Displays grace-period counters.
+rcu/rcuhier:
+ Displays the struct rcu_node hierarchy.
+rcu/rcu_pending:
+ Displays counts of the reasons rcu_pending() decided that RCU had
+ work to do.
+rcu/rcutorture:
+ Displays rcutorture test progress.
+rcu/rcuboost:
+ Displays RCU boosting statistics. Only present if
+ CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y.
The output of "cat rcu/rcudata" looks as follows:
rcu_sched:
- 0 c=17829 g=17829 pq=1 pqc=17829 qp=0 dt=10951/1 dn=0 df=1101 of=0 ri=36 ql=0 b=10
- 1 c=17829 g=17829 pq=1 pqc=17829 qp=0 dt=16117/1 dn=0 df=1015 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 2 c=17829 g=17829 pq=1 pqc=17829 qp=0 dt=1445/1 dn=0 df=1839 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 3 c=17829 g=17829 pq=1 pqc=17829 qp=0 dt=6681/1 dn=0 df=1545 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 4 c=17829 g=17829 pq=1 pqc=17829 qp=0 dt=1003/1 dn=0 df=1992 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 5 c=17829 g=17830 pq=1 pqc=17829 qp=1 dt=3887/1 dn=0 df=3331 of=0 ri=4 ql=2 b=10
- 6 c=17829 g=17829 pq=1 pqc=17829 qp=0 dt=859/1 dn=0 df=3224 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 7 c=17829 g=17830 pq=0 pqc=17829 qp=1 dt=3761/1 dn=0 df=1818 of=0 ri=0 ql=2 b=10
+ 0 c=20972 g=20973 pq=1 pqc=20972 qp=0 dt=545/1/0 df=50 of=0 ri=0 ql=163 qs=NRW. kt=0/W/0 ktl=ebc3 b=10 ci=153737 co=0 ca=0
+ 1 c=20972 g=20973 pq=1 pqc=20972 qp=0 dt=967/1/0 df=58 of=0 ri=0 ql=634 qs=NRW. kt=0/W/1 ktl=58c b=10 ci=191037 co=0 ca=0
+ 2 c=20972 g=20973 pq=1 pqc=20972 qp=0 dt=1081/1/0 df=175 of=0 ri=0 ql=74 qs=N.W. kt=0/W/2 ktl=da94 b=10 ci=75991 co=0 ca=0
+ 3 c=20942 g=20943 pq=1 pqc=20942 qp=1 dt=1846/0/0 df=404 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/3 ktl=d1cd b=10 ci=72261 co=0 ca=0
+ 4 c=20972 g=20973 pq=1 pqc=20972 qp=0 dt=369/1/0 df=83 of=0 ri=0 ql=48 qs=N.W. kt=0/W/4 ktl=e0e7 b=10 ci=128365 co=0 ca=0
+ 5 c=20972 g=20973 pq=1 pqc=20972 qp=0 dt=381/1/0 df=64 of=0 ri=0 ql=169 qs=NRW. kt=0/W/5 ktl=fb2f b=10 ci=164360 co=0 ca=0
+ 6 c=20972 g=20973 pq=1 pqc=20972 qp=0 dt=1037/1/0 df=183 of=0 ri=0 ql=62 qs=N.W. kt=0/W/6 ktl=d2ad b=10 ci=65663 co=0 ca=0
+ 7 c=20897 g=20897 pq=1 pqc=20896 qp=0 dt=1572/0/0 df=382 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/7 ktl=cf15 b=10 ci=75006 co=0 ca=0
rcu_bh:
- 0 c=-275 g=-275 pq=1 pqc=-275 qp=0 dt=10951/1 dn=0 df=0 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 1 c=-275 g=-275 pq=1 pqc=-275 qp=0 dt=16117/1 dn=0 df=13 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 2 c=-275 g=-275 pq=1 pqc=-275 qp=0 dt=1445/1 dn=0 df=15 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 3 c=-275 g=-275 pq=1 pqc=-275 qp=0 dt=6681/1 dn=0 df=9 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 4 c=-275 g=-275 pq=1 pqc=-275 qp=0 dt=1003/1 dn=0 df=15 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 5 c=-275 g=-275 pq=1 pqc=-275 qp=0 dt=3887/1 dn=0 df=15 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 6 c=-275 g=-275 pq=1 pqc=-275 qp=0 dt=859/1 dn=0 df=15 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
- 7 c=-275 g=-275 pq=1 pqc=-275 qp=0 dt=3761/1 dn=0 df=15 of=0 ri=0 ql=0 b=10
+ 0 c=1480 g=1480 pq=1 pqc=1479 qp=0 dt=545/1/0 df=6 of=0 ri=1 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/0 ktl=ebc3 b=10 ci=0 co=0 ca=0
+ 1 c=1480 g=1480 pq=1 pqc=1479 qp=0 dt=967/1/0 df=3 of=0 ri=1 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/1 ktl=58c b=10 ci=151 co=0 ca=0
+ 2 c=1480 g=1480 pq=1 pqc=1479 qp=0 dt=1081/1/0 df=6 of=0 ri=1 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/2 ktl=da94 b=10 ci=0 co=0 ca=0
+ 3 c=1480 g=1480 pq=1 pqc=1479 qp=0 dt=1846/0/0 df=8 of=0 ri=1 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/3 ktl=d1cd b=10 ci=0 co=0 ca=0
+ 4 c=1480 g=1480 pq=1 pqc=1479 qp=0 dt=369/1/0 df=6 of=0 ri=1 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/4 ktl=e0e7 b=10 ci=0 co=0 ca=0
+ 5 c=1480 g=1480 pq=1 pqc=1479 qp=0 dt=381/1/0 df=4 of=0 ri=1 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/5 ktl=fb2f b=10 ci=0 co=0 ca=0
+ 6 c=1480 g=1480 pq=1 pqc=1479 qp=0 dt=1037/1/0 df=6 of=0 ri=1 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/6 ktl=d2ad b=10 ci=0 co=0 ca=0
+ 7 c=1474 g=1474 pq=1 pqc=1473 qp=0 dt=1572/0/0 df=8 of=0 ri=1 ql=0 qs=.... kt=0/W/7 ktl=cf15 b=10 ci=0 co=0 ca=0
The first section lists the rcu_data structures for rcu_sched, the second
for rcu_bh. Note that CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernels will have an
@@ -52,17 +64,18 @@ o The number at the beginning of each line is the CPU number.
substantially larger than the number of actual CPUs.
o "c" is the count of grace periods that this CPU believes have
- completed. CPUs in dynticks idle mode may lag quite a ways
- behind, for example, CPU 4 under "rcu_sched" above, which has
- slept through the past 25 RCU grace periods. It is not unusual
- to see CPUs lagging by thousands of grace periods.
+ completed. Offlined CPUs and CPUs in dynticks idle mode may
+ lag quite a ways behind, for example, CPU 6 under "rcu_sched"
+ above, which has been offline through not quite 40,000 RCU grace
+ periods. It is not unusual to see CPUs lagging by thousands of
+ grace periods.
o "g" is the count of grace periods that this CPU believes have
- started. Again, CPUs in dynticks idle mode may lag beh