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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/porting | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Controls.txt | 100 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 215 |
8 files changed, 270 insertions, 124 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl index 58ced2346e6..598c22f3b3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl @@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ } chip->port = pci_resource_start(pci, 0); if (request_irq(pci->irq, snd_mychip_interrupt, - IRQF_SHARED, "My Chip", chip)) { + IRQF_SHARED, KBUILD_MODNAME, chip)) { printk(KERN_ERR "cannot grab irq %d\n", pci->irq); snd_mychip_free(chip); return -EBUSY; @@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ /* pci_driver definition */ static struct pci_driver driver = { - .name = "My Own Chip", + .name = KBUILD_MODNAME, .id_table = snd_mychip_ids, .probe = snd_mychip_probe, .remove = __devexit_p(snd_mychip_remove), @@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ <programlisting> <![CDATA[ if (request_irq(pci->irq, snd_mychip_interrupt, - IRQF_SHARED, "My Chip", chip)) { + IRQF_SHARED, KBUILD_MODNAME, chip)) { printk(KERN_ERR "cannot grab irq %d\n", pci->irq); snd_mychip_free(chip); return -EBUSY; @@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ <programlisting> <![CDATA[ static struct pci_driver driver = { - .name = "My Own Chip", + .name = KBUILD_MODNAME, .id_table = snd_mychip_ids, .probe = snd_mychip_probe, .remove = __devexit_p(snd_mychip_remove), @@ -5816,7 +5816,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime { <programlisting> <![CDATA[ static struct pci_driver driver = { - .name = "My Chip", + .name = KBUILD_MODNAME, .id_table = snd_my_ids, .probe = snd_my_probe, .remove = __devexit_p(snd_my_remove), diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt index 9ad85df4b98..9d73cc0cadb 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ New accounting groups can be created under the parent group /sys/fs/cgroup. # cd /sys/fs/cgroup # mkdir g1 -# echo $$ > g1 +# echo $$ > g1/tasks The above steps create a new group g1 and move the current shell process (bash) into it. CPU time consumed by this bash and its children diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt index 5b0d78e55cc..5c51ed406d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ files describing that cpuset: - cpuset.sched_load_balance flag: if set, load balance within CPUs on that cpuset - cpuset.sched_relax_domain_level: the searching range when migrating tasks -In addition, the root cpuset only has the following file: +In addition, only the root cpuset has the following file: - cpuset.memory_pressure_enabled flag: compute memory_pressure? New cpusets are created using the mkdir system call or shell diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 57d827d6071..ca7e2529254 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ata *); void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *); void (*truncate) (struct inode *); int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int); - int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int, unsigned int); + int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int); int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *); int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *); int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int); @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ prototypes: int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *); int (*flush) (struct file *); int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *); - int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync); + int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync); int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync); int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int); int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); @@ -438,9 +438,7 @@ prototypes: locking rules: All may block except for ->setlease. - No VFS locks held on entry except for ->fsync and ->setlease. - -->fsync() has i_mutex on inode. + No VFS locks held on entry except for ->setlease. ->setlease has the file_list_lock held and must not sleep. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index 6e29954851a..7f8861d341e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -400,10 +400,31 @@ a file off. -- [mandatory] - --- -[mandatory] ->get_sb() is gone. Switch to use of ->mount(). Typically it's just a matter of switching from calling get_sb_... to mount_... and changing the function type. If you were doing it manually, just switch from setting ->mnt_root to some pointer to returning that pointer. On errors return ERR_PTR(...). + +-- +[mandatory] + ->permission(), generic_permission() and ->check_acl() have lost flags +argument; instead of passing IPERM_FLAG_RCU we add MAY_NOT_BLOCK into mask. + generic_permission() has also lost the check_acl argument; if you want +non-NULL to be used for that inode, put it into ->i_op->check_acl. + +-- +[mandatory] + If you implement your own ->llseek() you must handle SEEK_HOLE and +SEEK_DATA. You can hanle this by returning -EINVAL, but it would be nicer to +support it in some way. The generic handler assumes that the entire file is +data and there is a virtual hole at the end of the file. So if the provided +offset is less than i_size and SEEK_DATA is specified, return the same offset. +If the above is true for the offset and you are given SEEK_HOLE, return the end +of the file. If the offset is i_size or greater return -ENXIO in either case. + +[mandatory] + If you have your own ->fsync() you must make sure to call +filemap_write_and_wait_range() so that all dirty pages are synced out properly. +You must also keep in mind that ->fsync() is not called with i_mutex held +anymore, so if you require i_mutex locking you must make sure to take it and +release it yourself. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 88b9f5519af..eff6617c9a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ struct super_operations { ssize_t (*quota_read)(struct super_block *, int, char *, size_t, loff_t); ssize_t (*quota_write)(struct super_block *, int, const char *, size_t, loff_t); + int (*nr_cached_objects)(struct super_block *); + void (*free_cached_objects)(struct super_block *, int); }; All methods are called without any locks being held, unless otherwise @@ -301,6 +303,26 @@ or bottom half). quota_write: called by the VFS to write to filesystem quota file. + nr_cached_objects: called by the sb cache shrinking function for the + filesystem to return the number of freeable cached objects it contains. + Optional. + + free_cache_objects: called by the sb cache shrinking function for the + filesystem to scan the number of objects indicated to try to free them. + Optional, but any filesystem implementing this method needs to also + implement ->nr_cached_objects for it to be called correctly. + + We can't do anything with any errors that the filesystem might + encountered, hence the void return type. This will never be called if + the VM is trying to reclaim under GFP_NOFS conditions, hence this + method does not need to handle that situation itself. + + Implementations must include conditional reschedule calls inside any + scanning loop that is done. This allows the VFS to determine + appropriate scan batch sizes without having to worry about whether + implementations will cause holdoff problems due to large scan batch + sizes. + Whoever sets up the inode is responsible for filling in the "i_op" field. This is a pointer to a "struct inode_operations" which describes the methods that can be performed on individual inodes. @@ -333,8 +355,8 @@ struct inode_operations { void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *); void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *); void (*truncate) (struct inode *); - int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int); - int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int, unsigned int); + int (*permission) (struct inode *, int); + int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int); int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *); int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *); int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int); @@ -423,7 +445,7 @@ otherwise noted. permission: called by the VFS to check for access rights on a POSIX-like filesystem. - May be called in rcu-walk mode (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU). If in rcu-walk + May be called in rcu-walk mode (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK). If in rcu-walk mode, the filesystem must check the permission without blocking or storing to the inode. @@ -755,7 +777,7 @@ struct file_operations { int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *); int (*flush) (struct file *); int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *); - int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync); + int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int datasync); int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync); int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int); int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Controls.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Controls.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1482035243e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Controls.txt @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +This file explains the codec-specific mixer controls. + +Realtek codecs +-------------- + +* Channel Mode + This is an enum control to change the surround-channel setup, + appears only when the surround channels are available. + It gives the number of channels to be used, "2ch", "4ch", "6ch", + and "8ch". According to the configuration, this also controls the + jack-retasking of multi-I/O jacks. + +* Auto-Mute Mode + This is an enum control to change the auto-mute behavior of the + headphone and line-out jacks. If built-in speakers and headphone + and/or line-out jacks are available on a machine, this controls + appears. + When there are only either headphones or line-out jacks, it gives + "Disabled" and "Enabled" state. When enabled, the speaker is muted + automatically when a jack is plugged. + + When both headphone and line-out jacks are present, it gives + "Disabled", "Speaker Only" and "Line-Out+Speaker". When + speaker-only is chosen, plugging into a headphone or a line-out jack + mutes the speakers, but not line-outs. When line-out+speaker is + selected, plugging to a headphone jack mutes both speakers and + line-outs. + + +IDT/Sigmatel codecs +------------------- + +* Analog Loopback + This control enables/disables the analog-loopback circuit. This + appears only when "loopback" is set to true in a codec hint + (see HD-Audio.txt). Note that on some codecs the analog-loopback + and the normal PCM playback are exclusive, i.e. when this is on, you + won't hear any PCM stream. + +* Swap Center/LFE + Swaps the center and LFE channel order. Normally, the left + corresponds to the center and the right to the LFE. When this is + ON, the left to the LFE and the right to the center. + +* Headphone as Line Out + When this control is ON, treat the headphone jacks as line-out + jacks. That is, the headphone won't auto-mute the other line-outs, + and no HP-amp is set to the pins. + +* Mic Jack Mode, Line Jack Mode, etc + These enum controls the direction and the bias of the input jack + pins. Depending on the jack type, it can set as "Mic In" and "Line + In", for determining the input bias, or it can be set to "Line Out" + when the pin is a multi-I/O jack for surround channels. + + +VIA codecs +---------- + +* Smart 5.1 + An enum control to re-task the multi-I/O jacks for surround outputs. + When it's ON, the corresponding input jacks (usually a line-in and a + mic-in) are switched as the surround and the CLFE output jacks. + +* Independent HP + When this enum control is enabled, the headphone output is routed + from an individual stream (the third PCM such as hw:0,2) instead of + the primary stream. In the case the headphone DAC is shared with a + side or a CLFE-channel DAC, the DAC is switched to the headphone + automatically. + +* Loopback Mixing + An enum control to determine whether the analog-loopback route is + enabled or not. When it's enabled, the analog-loopback is mixed to + the front-channel. Also, the same route is used for the headphone + and speaker outputs. As a side-effect, when this mode is set, the + individual volume controls will be no longer available for + headphones and speakers because there is only one DAC connected to a + mixer widget. + +* Dynamic Power-Control + This control determines whether the dynamic power-control per jack + detection is enabled or not. When enabled, the widgets power state + (D0/D3) are changed dynamically depending on the jack plugging + state for saving power consumptions. However, if your system + doesn't provide a proper jack-detection, this won't work; in such a + case, turn this control OFF. + +* Jack Detect + This control is provided only for VT1708 codec which gives no proper + unsolicited event per jack plug. When this is on, the driver polls + the jack detection so that the headphone auto-mute can work, while + turning this off would reduce the power consumption. + + +Conexant codecs +--------------- + +* Auto-Mute Mode + See Reatek codecs. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 5e7cb39ad19..1c7fb0a94e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -17,23 +17,21 @@ before actually making adjustments. Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration) show up in /proc/sys/kernel: -- acpi_video_flags + - acct +- acpi_video_flags +- auto_msgmni - bootloader_type [ X86 only ] - bootloader_version [ X86 only ] - callhome [ S390 only ] -- auto_msgmni - core_pattern - core_pipe_limit - core_uses_pid - ctrl-alt-del -- dentry-state - dmesg_restrict - domainname - hostname - hotplug -- java-appletviewer [ binfmt_java, obsolete ] -- java-interpreter [ binfmt_java, obsolete ] - kptr_restrict - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] - l2cr [ PPC only ] @@ -48,10 +46,14 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - overflowgid - overflowuid - panic +- panic_on_oops +- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi - pid_max - powersave-nap [ PPC only ] -- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi - printk +- printk_delay +- printk_ratelimit +- printk_ratelimit_burst - randomize_va_space - real-root-dev ==> Documentation/initrd.txt - reboot-cmd [ SPARC only ] @@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - shmall - shmmax [ sysv ipc ] - shmmni +- softlockup_thresh - stop-a [ SPARC only ] - sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt - tainted @@ -71,15 +74,6 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: ============================================================== -acpi_video_flags: - -flags - -See Doc*/kernel/power/video.txt, it allows mode of video boot to be -set during run time. - -============================================================== - acct: highwater lowwater frequency @@ -97,6 +91,25 @@ valid for 30 seconds. ============================================================== +acpi_video_flags: + +flags + +See Doc*/kernel/power/video.txt, it allows mode of video boot to be +set during run time. + +============================================================== + +auto_msgmni: + +Enables/Disables automatic recomputing of msgmni upon memory add/remove +or upon ipc namespace creation/removal (see the msgmni description +above). Echoing "1" into this file enables msgmni automatic recomputing. +Echoing "0" turns it off. auto_msgmni default value is 1. + + +============================================================== + bootloader_type: x86 bootloader identification @@ -172,22 +185,24 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. core_pipe_limit: -This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe core -files to a user space helper (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|', -see above). When collecting cores via a pipe to an application, it is -occasionally useful for the collecting application to gather data about the -crashing process from its /proc/pid directory. In order to do this safely, the -kernel must wait for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the -crashing processes proc files prematurely. This in turn creates the possibility -that a misbehaving userspace collecting process can block the reaping of a -crashed process simply by never exiting. This sysctl defends against that. It -defines how many concurrent crashing processes may be piped to user space -applications in parallel. If this value is exceeded, then those crashing -processes above that value are noted via the kernel log and their cores are -skipped. 0 is a special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be -captured in parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting -process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crashing pid>/). This value defaults -to 0. +This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe +core files to a user space helper (when the first character of +core_pattern is a '|', see above). When collecting cores via a pipe +to an application, it is occasionally useful for the collecting +application to gather data about the crashing process from its +/proc/pid directory. In order to do this safely, the kernel must wait +for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the crashing +processes proc files prematurely. This in turn creates the +possibility that a misbehaving userspace collecting process can block +the reaping of a crashed process simply by never exiting. This sysctl +defends against that. It defines how many concurrent crashing +processes may be piped to user space applications in parallel. If +this value is exceeded, then those crashing processes above that value +are noted via the kernel log and their cores are skipped. 0 is a +special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be captured in +parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting +process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crashing pid>/). This +value defaults to 0. ============================================================== @@ -218,14 +233,14 @@ to decide what to do with it. dmesg_restrict: -This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented from using -dmesg(8) to view messages from the kernel's log buffer. When -dmesg_restrict is set to (0) there are no restrictions. When +This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented +from using dmesg(8) to view messages from the kernel's log buffer. +When dmesg_restrict is set to (0) there are no restrictions. When dmesg_restrict is set set to (1), users must have CAP_SYSLOG to use dmesg(8). -The kernel config option CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT sets the default -value of dmesg_restrict. +The kernel config option CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT sets the +default value of dmesg_restrict. ============================================================== @@ -256,13 +271,6 @@ Default value is "/sbin/hotplug". ============================================================== -l2cr: (PPC only) - -This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If -0, the cache is disabled. Enabled if nonzero. - -============================================================== - kptr_restrict: This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on @@ -283,6 +291,13 @@ kernel stack. ============================================================== +l2cr: (PPC only) + +This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If +0, the cache is disabled. Enabled if nonzero. + +============================================================== + modules_disabled: A toggle value indicating if modules are allowed to be loaded @@ -293,6 +308,21 @@ to false. ============================================================== +nmi_watchdog: + +Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is +non-zero the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all +online cpus to determine whether or not they are still functioning +properly. Currently, passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is +required for this function to work. + +If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel +parameter), the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By +disabling the NMI watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to +utilize. + +============================================================== + osrelease, ostype & version: # cat osrelease @@ -312,10 +342,10 @@ The only way to tune these values is to rebuild the kernel :-) overflowgid & overflowuid: -if your architecture did not always support 32-bit UIDs (i.e. arm, i386, -m68k, sh, and sparc32), a fixed UID and GID will be returned to -applications that use the old 16-bit UID/GID system calls, if the actual -UID or GID would exceed 65535. +if your architecture did not always support 32-bit UIDs (i.e. arm, +i386, m68k, sh, and sparc32), a fixed UID and GID will be returned to +applications that use the old 16-bit UID/GID system calls, if the +actual UID or GID would exceed 65535. These sysctls allow you to change the value of the fixed UID and GID. The default is 65534. @@ -324,9 +354,22 @@ The default is 65534. panic: -The value in this file represents the number of seconds the -kernel waits before rebooting on a panic. When you use the -software watchdog, the recommended setting is 60. +The value in this file represents the number of seconds the kernel +waits before rebooting on a panic. When you use the software watchdog, +the recommended setting is 60. + +============================================================== + +panic_on_unrecovered_nmi: + +The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is +to continue operation. For many environments such as scientific +computing it is preferable that the box is taken out and the error +dealt with than an uncorrected parity/ECC error get propagated. + +A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons +such as power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like +the existing panic controls already in that directory. ============================================================== @@ -376,6 +419,14 @@ the different loglevels. ============================================================== +printk_delay: + +Delay each printk message in printk_delay milliseconds + +Value from 0 - 10000 is allowed. + +============================================================== + printk_ratelimit: Some warning messages are rate limited. printk_ratelimit specifies @@ -395,15 +446,7 @@ send before ratelimiting kicks in. ============================================================== -printk_delay: - -Delay each printk message in printk_delay milliseconds - -Value from 0 - 10000 is allowed. - -============================================================== - -randomize-va-space: +randomize_va_space: This option can be used to select the type of process address space randomization that is used in the system, for architectures @@ -466,11 +509,11 @@ are doing anyway :) ============================================================== -shmmax: +shmmax: This value can be used to query and set the run time limit on the maximum shared memory segment size that can be created. -Shared memory segments up to 1Gb are now supported in the +Shared memory segments up to 1Gb are now supported in the kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX. ============================================================== @@ -484,7 +527,7 @@ tunable to zero will disable the softlockup detection altogether. ============================================================== -tainted: +tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which can be ORed together: @@ -509,49 +552,11 @@ can be ORed together: ============================================================== -auto_msgmni: - -Enables/Disables automatic recomputing of msgmni upon memory add/remove or -upon ipc namespace creation/removal (see the msgmni description above). -Echoing "1" into this file enables msgmni automatic recomputing. -Echoing "0" turns it off. -auto_msgmni default value is 1. - -============================================================== - -nmi_watchdog: - -Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero -the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to -determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently, -passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function -to work. - -If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the -NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog, -oprofile may have more registers to utilize. - -============================================================== - unknown_nmi_panic: -The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the value is -non-zero, unknown NMI is trapped and then panic occurs. At that time, kernel -debugging information is displayed on console. - -NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for example. -If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch. - -============================================================== - -panic_on_unrecovered_nmi: - -The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is to continue -operation. For many environments such as scientific computing it is preferable -that the box is taken out and the error dealt with than an uncorrected -parity/ECC error get propogated. - -A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons such as -power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like the existing -panic controls already in that directory. +The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the +value is non-zero, unknown NMI is trapped and then panic occurs. At +that time, kernel debugging information is displayed on console. +NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for +example. If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch. |