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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6434f0df012 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +What: security/ima/policy +Date: May 2008 +Contact: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com> +Description: + The Trusted Computing Group(TCG) runtime Integrity + Measurement Architecture(IMA) maintains a list of hash + values of executables and other sensitive system files + loaded into the run-time of this system. At runtime, + the policy can be constrained based on LSM specific data. + Policies are loaded into the securityfs file ima/policy + by opening the file, writing the rules one at a time and + then closing the file. The new policy takes effect after + the file ima/policy is closed. + + rule format: action [condition ...] + + action: measure | dont_measure + condition:= base | lsm + base: [[func=] [mask=] [fsmagic=] [uid=]] + lsm: [[subj_user=] [subj_role=] [subj_type=] + [obj_user=] [obj_role=] [obj_type=]] + + base: func:= [BPRM_CHECK][FILE_MMAP][INODE_PERMISSION] + mask:= [MAY_READ] [MAY_WRITE] [MAY_APPEND] [MAY_EXEC] + fsmagic:= hex value + uid:= decimal value + lsm: are LSM specific + + default policy: + # PROC_SUPER_MAGIC + dont_measure fsmagic=0x9fa0 + # SYSFS_MAGIC + dont_measure fsmagic=0x62656572 + # DEBUGFS_MAGIC + dont_measure fsmagic=0x64626720 + # TMPFS_MAGIC + dont_measure fsmagic=0x01021994 + # SECURITYFS_MAGIC + dont_measure fsmagic=0x73636673 + + measure func=BPRM_CHECK + measure func=FILE_MMAP mask=MAY_EXEC + measure func=INODE_PERM mask=MAY_READ uid=0 + + The default policy measures all executables in bprm_check, + all files mmapped executable in file_mmap, and all files + open for read by root in inode_permission. + + Examples of LSM specific definitions: + + SELinux: + # SELINUX_MAGIC + dont_measure fsmagic=0xF97CFF8C + + dont_measure obj_type=var_log_t + dont_measure obj_type=auditd_log_t + measure subj_user=system_u func=INODE_PERM mask=MAY_READ + measure subj_role=system_r func=INODE_PERM mask=MAY_READ + + Smack: + measure subj_user=_ func=INODE_PERM mask=MAY_READ diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 1462ed86d40..a3a83d38f96 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml mcabook.xml device-drivers.xml \ kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml kgdb.xml \ gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \ genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \ - mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml + mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \ + alsa-driver-api.xml writing-an-alsa-driver.xml ### # The build process is as follows (targets): diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl index 9d644f7e241..0230a96f056 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> - -<book> -<?dbhtml filename="index.html"> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> <!-- ****************************************************** --> <!-- Header --> <!-- ****************************************************** --> +<book id="ALSA-Driver-API"> <bookinfo> <title>The ALSA Driver API</title> @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ </bookinfo> +<toc></toc> + <chapter><title>Management of Cards and Devices</title> <sect1><title>Card Management</title> !Esound/core/init.c @@ -71,6 +73,10 @@ !Esound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c !Esound/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c </sect1> + <sect1><title>Virtual Master Control API</title> +!Esound/core/vmaster.c +!Iinclude/sound/control.h + </sect1> </chapter> <chapter><title>MIDI API</title> <sect1><title>Raw MIDI API</title> @@ -89,6 +95,9 @@ <sect1><title>Hardware-Dependent Devices API</title> !Esound/core/hwdep.c </sect1> + <sect1><title>Jack Abstraction Layer API</title> +!Esound/core/jack.c + </sect1> <sect1><title>ISA DMA Helpers</title> !Esound/core/isadma.c </sect1> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl index 3a882d9a90a..c671a016809 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl @@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ desc->chip->end(); used in the generic IRQ layer. </para> !Iinclude/linux/irq.h +!Iinclude/linux/interrupt.h </chapter> <chapter id="pubfunctions"> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl index 77c3c202991..fbeaffc1dcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl @@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ </authorgroup> <copyright> - <year>2007</year> - <year>2008</year> + <year>2007-2009</year> <holder>Johannes Berg</holder> </copyright> @@ -165,8 +164,8 @@ usage should require reading the full document. !Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame format </sect1> <sect1> - <title>Alignment issues</title> - <para>TBD</para> + <title>Packet alignment</title> +!Pnet/mac80211/rx.c Packet alignment </sect1> <sect1> <title>Calling into mac80211 from interrupts</title> @@ -223,6 +222,17 @@ usage should require reading the full document. !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_flags </chapter> + <chapter id="powersave"> + <title>Powersave support</title> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support + </chapter> + + <chapter id="beacon-filter"> + <title>Beacon filter support</title> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Beacon filter support +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_loss + </chapter> + <chapter id="qos"> <title>Multiple queues and QoS support</title> <para>TBD</para> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl index 52e1b79ce0e..8f6e3b2403c 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl @@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ GPL version 2. <revhistory> <revision> + <revnumber>0.8</revnumber> + <date>2008-12-24</date> + <authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials> + <revremark>Added name attributes in mem and portio sysfs directories. + </revremark> + </revision> + <revision> <revnumber>0.7</revnumber> <date>2008-12-23</date> <authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials> @@ -303,12 +310,19 @@ interested in translating it, please email me appear if the size of the mapping is not 0. </para> <para> - Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains two read-only files - that show start address and size of the memory: + Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains four read-only files + that show attributes of the memory: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> + <filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this mapping. This + is optional, the string can be empty. Drivers can set this to make it + easier for userspace to find the correct mapping. + </para> +</listitem> +<listitem> + <para> <filename>addr</filename>: The address of memory that can be mapped. </para> </listitem> @@ -366,12 +380,19 @@ offset = N * getpagesize(); <filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename>. </para> <para> - Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains three read-only - files that show start, size, and type of the port region: + Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains four read-only + files that show name, start, size, and type of the port region: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> + <filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this port region. + The string is optional and can be empty. Drivers can set it to make it + easier for userspace to find a certain port region. + </para> +</listitem> +<listitem> + <para> <filename>start</filename>: The first port of this region. </para> </listitem> diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl index 87a7c07ab65..46b08fef374 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> - -<book> -<?dbhtml filename="index.html"> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> <!-- ****************************************************** --> <!-- Header --> <!-- ****************************************************** --> +<book id="Writing-an-ALSA-Driver"> <bookinfo> <title>Writing an ALSA Driver</title> <author> @@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ } /* (2) */ - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0); - if (card == NULL) - return -ENOMEM; + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card); + if (err < 0) + return err; /* (3) */ err = snd_mychip_create(card, pci, &chip); @@ -590,8 +590,9 @@ <programlisting> <![CDATA[ struct snd_card *card; + int err; .... - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card); ]]> </programlisting> </informalexample> @@ -809,26 +810,28 @@ <para> As mentioned above, to create a card instance, call - <function>snd_card_new()</function>. + <function>snd_card_create()</function>. <informalexample> <programlisting> <![CDATA[ struct snd_card *card; - card = snd_card_new(index, id, module, extra_size); + int err; + err = snd_card_create(index, id, module, extra_size, &card); ]]> </programlisting> </informalexample> </para> <para> - The function takes four arguments, the card-index number, the + The function takes five arguments, the card-index number, the id string, the module pointer (usually <constant>THIS_MODULE</constant>), - and the size of extra-data space. The last argument is used to + the size of extra-data space, and the pointer to return the + card instance. The extra_size argument is used to allocate card->private_data for the chip-specific data. Note that these data - are allocated by <function>snd_card_new()</function>. + are allocated by <function>snd_card_create()</function>. </para> </section> @@ -915,15 +918,16 @@ </para> <section id="card-management-chip-specific-snd-card-new"> - <title>1. Allocating via <function>snd_card_new()</function>.</title> + <title>1. Allocating via <function>snd_card_create()</function>.</title> <para> As mentioned above, you can pass the extra-data-length - to the 4th argument of <function>snd_card_new()</function>, i.e. + to the 4th argument of <function>snd_card_create()</function>, i.e. <informalexample> <programlisting> <![CDATA[ - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, sizeof(struct mychip)); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, + sizeof(struct mychip), &card); ]]> </programlisting> </informalexample> @@ -952,8 +956,8 @@ <para> After allocating a card instance via - <function>snd_card_new()</function> (with - <constant>NULL</constant> on the 4th arg), call + <function>snd_card_create()</function> (with + <constant>0</constant> on the 4th arg), call <function>kzalloc()</function>. <informalexample> @@ -961,7 +965,7 @@ <![CDATA[ struct snd_card *card; struct mychip *chip; - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, NULL); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card); ..... chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL); ]]> @@ -5750,8 +5754,9 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime { .... struct snd_card *card; struct mychip *chip; + int err; .... - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, NULL); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card); .... chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL); .... @@ -5763,7 +5768,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime { </informalexample> When you created the chip data with - <function>snd_card_new()</function>, it's anyway accessible + <function>snd_card_create()</function>, it's anyway accessible via <structfield>private_data</structfield> field. <informalexample> @@ -5775,9 +5780,10 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime { .... struct snd_card *card; struct mychip *chip; + int err; .... - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, - sizeof(struct mychip)); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, + sizeof(struct mychip), &card); .... chip = card->private_data; .... diff --git a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt index 634c952e196..d5af3f63081 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt @@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ noop anticipatory deadline [cfq] # echo anticipatory > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler noop [anticipatory] deadline cfq - -Each io queue has a set of io scheduler tunables associated with it. These -tunables control how the io scheduler works. You can find these entries -in: - -/sys/block/<device>/queue/iosched diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index 5b0cfa67aff..ce73f3eb5dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt @@ -117,10 +117,28 @@ accessible parameters: sampling_rate: measured in uS (10^-6 seconds), this is how often you want the kernel to look at the CPU usage and to make decisions on what to do about the frequency. Typically this is set to values of -around '10000' or more. - -show_sampling_rate_(min|max): the minimum and maximum sampling rates -available that you may set 'sampling_rate' to. +around '10000' or more. It's default value is (cmp. with users-guide.txt): +transition_latency * 1000 +The lowest value you can set is: +transition_latency * 100 or it may get restricted to a value where it +makes not sense for the kernel anymore to poll that often which depends +on your HZ config variable (HZ=1000: max=20000us, HZ=250: max=5000). +Be aware that transition latency is in ns and sampling_rate is in us, so you +get the same sysfs value by default. +Sampling rate should always get adjusted considering the transition latency +To set the sampling rate 750 times as high as the transition latency +in the bash (as said, 1000 is default), do: +echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 750 / 1000)) \ + >ondemand/sampling_rate + +show_sampling_rate_(min|max): THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT. +You can use wider ranges now and the general +cpuinfo_transition_latency variable (cmp. with user-guide.txt) can be +used to obtain exactly the same info: +show_sampling_rate_min = transtition_latency * 500 / 1000 +show_sampling_rate_max = transtition_latency * 500000 / 1000 +(divided by 1000 is to illustrate that sampling rate is in us and +transition latency is exported ns). up_threshold: defines what the average CPU usage between the samplings of 'sampling_rate' needs to be for the kernel to make a decision on diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt index 917918f84fc..75f41193f3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt @@ -152,6 +152,18 @@ cpuinfo_min_freq : this file shows the minimum operating frequency the processor can run at(in kHz) cpuinfo_max_freq : this file shows the maximum operating frequency the processor can run at(in kHz) +cpuinfo_transition_latency The time it takes on this CPU to + switch between two frequencies in nano + seconds. If unknown or known to be + that high that the driver does not + work with the ondemand governor, -1 + (CPUFREQ_ETERNAL) will be returned. + Using this information can be useful + to choose an appropriate polling + frequency for a kernel governor or + userspace daemon. Make sure to not + switch the frequency too often + resulting in performance loss. scaling_driver : this file shows what cpufreq driver is used to set the frequency on this CPU diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt index 45932ec21ce..b41f3e58aef 100644 --- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt +++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h: #define topology_physical_package_id(cpu) #define topology_core_id(cpu) -#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu) -#define topology_core_siblings(cpu) +#define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu) +#define topology_core_cpumask(cpu) The type of **_id is int. -The type of siblings is cpumask_t. +The type of siblings is (const) struct cpumask *. To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index 2be08240ee8..62254d4510c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -3145,6 +3145,12 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 1 = /dev/blockrom1 Second ROM card's translation layer interface ... +260 char OSD (Object-based-device) SCSI Device + 0 = /dev/osd0 First OSD Device + 1 = /dev/osd1 Second OSD Device + ... + 255 = /dev/osd255 256th OSD Device + **** ADDITIONAL /dev DIRECTORY ENTRIES This section details additional entries that should or may exist in diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index 1e89a51ea49..88519daab6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ aic7*reg_print.c* aic7*seq.h* aicasm aicdb.h* -asm asm-offsets.h asm_offsets.h autoconf.h* diff --git a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..674c5663d34 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt @@ -0,0 +1,240 @@ + +Introduction +============ + +This document describes how to use the dynamic debug (ddebug) feature. + +Dynamic debug is designed to allow you to dynamically enable/disable kernel +code to obtain additional kernel information. Currently, if +CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set, then all pr_debug()/dev_debug() calls can be +dynamically enabled per-callsite. + +Dynamic debug has even more useful features: + + * Simple query language allows turning on and off debugging statements by + matching any combination of: + + - source filename + - function name + - line number (including ranges of line numbers) + - module name + - format string + + * Provides a debugfs control file: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control which can be + read to display the complete list of known debug statements, to help guide you + +Controlling dynamic debug Behaviour +=============================== + +The behaviour of pr_debug()/dev_debug()s are controlled via writing to a +control file in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, you must first mount the debugfs +filesystem, in order to make use of this feature. Subsequently, we refer to the +control file as: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control. For example, if you want to +enable printing from source file 'svcsock.c', line 1603 you simply do: + +nullarbor:~ # echo 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > + <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control + +If you make a mistake with the syntax, the write will fail thus: + +nullarbor:~ # echo 'file svcsock.c wtf 1 +p' > + <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control +-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument + +Viewing Dynamic Debug Behaviour +=========================== + +You can view the currently configured behaviour of all the debug statements +via: + +nullarbor:~ # cat <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control +# filename:lineno [module]function flags format +/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:323 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_cleanup - "SVCRDMA Module Removed, deregister RPC RDMA transport\012" +/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:341 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init - "\011max_inline : %d\012" +/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:340 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init - "\011sq_depth : %d\012" +/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:338 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init - "\011max_requests : %d\012" +... + + +You can also apply standard Unix text manipulation filters to this +data, e.g. + +nullarbor:~ # grep -i rdma <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control | wc -l +62 + +nullarbor:~ # grep -i tcp <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control | wc -l +42 + +Note in particular that the third column shows the enabled behaviour +flags for each debug statement callsite (see below for definitions of the +flags). The default value, no extra behaviour enabled, is "-". So +you can view all the debug statement callsites with any non-default flags: + +nullarbor:~ # awk '$3 != "-"' <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control +# filename:lineno [module]function flags format +/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c:1603 [sunrpc]svc_send p "svc_process: st_sendto returned %d\012" + + +Command Language Reference +========================== + +At the lexical level, a command comprises a sequence of words separated +by whitespace characters. Note that newlines are treated as word +separators and do *not* end a command or allow multiple commands to +be done together. So these are all equivalent: + +nullarbor:~ # echo -c 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > + <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control +nullarbor:~ # echo -c ' file svcsock.c line 1603 +p ' > + <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control +nullarbor:~ # echo -c 'file svcsock.c\nline 1603 +p' > + <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control +nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > + <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control + +Commands are bounded by a write() system call. If you want to do +multiple commands you need to do a separate "echo" for each, like: + +nullarbor:~ # echo 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > /proc/dprintk ;\ +> echo 'file svcsock.c line 1563 +p' > /proc/dprintk + +or even like: + +nullarbor:~ # ( +> echo 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' ;\ +> echo 'file svcsock.c line 1563 +p' ;\ +> ) > /proc/dprintk + +At the syntactical level, a command comprises a sequence of match +specifications, followed by a flags change specification. + +command ::= match-spec* flags-spec + +The match-spec's are used to choose a subset of the known dprintk() +callsites to which to apply the flags-spec. Think of them as a query +with implicit ANDs between each pair. Note that an empty list of +match-specs is possible, but is not very useful because it will not +match any debug statement callsites. + +A match specification comprises a keyword, which controls the attribute +of the callsite to be compared, and a value to compare against. Possible +keywords are: + +match-spec ::= 'func' stri |