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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-olpc16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-dm25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-samsung-laptop18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt65
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/verity.txt194
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-omap.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-twl4030.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/sodaville.txt48
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/ti-omap-hsmmc.txt33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt120
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/files.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpio.txt40
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i8011
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt259
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/Makefile8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/hugepage-mmap.c91
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/hugepage-shm.c98
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/map_hugetlb.c77
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page-types.c1102
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt11
27 files changed, 884 insertions, 1449 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-olpc b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-olpc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd76cc6d55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-olpc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+What: /sys/kernel/debug/olpc-ec/cmd
+Date: Dec 2011
+KernelVersion: 3.4
+Contact: devel@lists.laptop.org
+Description:
+
+A generic interface for executing OLPC Embedded Controller commands and
+reading their responses.
+
+To execute a command, write data with the format: CC:N A A A A
+CC is the (hex) command, N is the count of expected reply bytes, and A A A A
+are optional (hex) arguments.
+
+To read the response (if any), read from the generic node after executing
+a command. Hex reply bytes will be returned, *whether or not* they came from
+the immediately previous command.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-dm b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87ca5691e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-dm
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+What: /sys/block/dm-<num>/dm/name
+Date: January 2009
+KernelVersion: 2.6.29
+Contact: dm-devel@redhat.com
+Description: Device-mapper device name.
+ Read-only string containing mapped device name.
+Users: util-linux, device-mapper udev rules
+
+What: /sys/block/dm-<num>/dm/uuid
+Date: January 2009
+KernelVersion: 2.6.29
+Contact: dm-devel@redhat.com
+Description: Device-mapper device UUID.
+ Read-only string containing DM-UUID or empty string
+ if DM-UUID is not set.
+Users: util-linux, device-mapper udev rules
+
+What: /sys/block/dm-<num>/dm/suspended
+Date: June 2009
+KernelVersion: 2.6.31
+Contact: dm-devel@redhat.com
+Description: Device-mapper device suspend state.
+ Contains the value 1 while the device is suspended.
+ Otherwise it contains 0. Read-only attribute.
+Users: util-linux, device-mapper udev rules
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-samsung-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-samsung-laptop
index e82e7c2b8f8..678819a3f8b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-samsung-laptop
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-samsung-laptop
@@ -17,3 +17,21 @@ Description: Some Samsung laptops have different "performance levels"
Specifically, not all support the "overclock" option,
and it's still unknown if this value even changes
anything, other than making the user feel a bit better.
+
+What: /sys/devices/platform/samsung/battery_life_extender
+Date: December 1, 2011
+KernelVersion: 3.3
+Contact: Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@gmail.com>
+Description: Max battery charge level can be modified, battery cycle
+ life can be extended by reducing the max battery charge
+ level.
+ 0 means normal battery mode (100% charge)
+ 1 means battery life extender mode (80% charge)
+
+What: /sys/devices/platform/samsung/usb_charge
+Date: December 1, 2011
+KernelVersion: 3.3
+Contact: Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@gmail.com>
+Description: Use your USB ports to charge devices, even
+ when your laptop is powered off.
+ 1 means enabled, 0 means disabled.
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 9b4bc5c76f3..30b656ece7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
obj-m := DocBook/ accounting/ auxdisplay/ connector/ \
filesystems/ filesystems/configfs/ ia64/ laptops/ networking/ \
- pcmcia/ spi/ timers/ vm/ watchdog/src/
+ pcmcia/ spi/ timers/ watchdog/src/
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
index 1ff044d87ca..3370bc4d7b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
@@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ less sharing than average you'll need a larger-than-average metadata device.
As a guide, we suggest you calculate the number of bytes to use in the
metadata device as 48 * $data_dev_size / $data_block_size but round it up
-to 2MB if the answer is smaller. The largest size supported is 16GB.
+to 2MB if the answer is smaller. If you're creating large numbers of
+snapshots which are recording large amounts of change, you may find you
+need to increase this.
-If you're creating large numbers of snapshots which are recording large
-amounts of change, you may need find you need to increase this.
+The largest size supported is 16GB: If the device is larger,
+a warning will be issued and the excess space will not be used.
Reloading a pool table
----------------------
@@ -167,6 +169,38 @@ ii) Using an internal snapshot.
dmsetup create snap --table "0 2097152 thin /dev/mapper/pool 1"
+External snapshots
+------------------
+
+You can use an external _read only_ device as an origin for a
+thinly-provisioned volume. Any read to an unprovisioned area of the
+thin device will be passed through to the origin. Writes trigger
+the allocation of new blocks as usual.
+
+One use case for this is VM hosts that want to run guests on
+thinly-provisioned volumes but have the base image on another device
+(possibly shared between many VMs).
+
+You must not write to the origin device if you use this technique!
+Of course, you may write to the thin device and take internal snapshots
+of the thin volume.
+
+i) Creating a snapshot of an external device
+
+ This is the same as creating a thin device.
+ You don't mention the origin at this stage.
+
+ dmsetup message /dev/mapper/pool 0 "create_thin 0"
+
+ii) Using a snapshot of an external device.
+
+ Append an extra parameter to the thin target specifying the origin:
+
+ dmsetup create snap --table "0 2097152 thin /dev/mapper/pool 0 /dev/image"
+
+ N.B. All descendants (internal snapshots) of this snapshot require the
+ same extra origin parameter.
+
Deactivation
------------
@@ -189,7 +223,13 @@ i) Constructor
<low water mark (blocks)> [<number of feature args> [<arg>]*]
Optional feature arguments:
- - 'skip_block_zeroing': skips the zeroing of newly-provisioned blocks.
+
+ skip_block_zeroing: Skip the zeroing of newly-provisioned blocks.
+
+ ignore_discard: Disable discard support.
+
+ no_discard_passdown: Don't pass discards down to the underlying
+ data device, but just remove the mapping.
Data block size must be between 64KB (128 sectors) and 1GB
(2097152 sectors) inclusive.
@@ -237,16 +277,6 @@ iii) Messages
Deletes a thin device. Irreversible.
- trim <dev id> <new size in sectors>
-
- Delete mappings from the end of a thin device. Irreversible.
- You might want to use this if you're reducing the size of
- your thinly-provisioned device. In many cases, due to the
- sharing of blocks between devices, it is not possible to
- determine in advance how much space 'trim' will release. (In
- future a userspace tool might be able to perform this
- calculation.)
-
set_transaction_id <current id> <new id>
Userland volume managers, such as LVM, need a way to
@@ -262,7 +292,7 @@ iii) Messages
i) Constructor
- thin <pool dev> <dev id>
+ thin <pool dev> <dev id> [<external origin dev>]
pool dev:
the thin-pool device, e.g. /dev/mapper/my_pool or 253:0
@@ -271,6 +301,11 @@ i) Constructor
the internal device identifier of the device to be
activated.
+ external origin dev:
+ an optional block device outside the pool to be treated as a
+ read-only snapshot origin: reads to unprovisioned areas of the
+ thin target will be mapped to this device.
+
The pool doesn't store any size against the thin devices. If you
load a thin target that is smaller than you've been using previously,
then you'll have no access to blocks mapped beyond the end. If you
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/verity.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/verity.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32e48797a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/verity.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+dm-verity
+==========
+
+Device-Mapper's "verity" target provides transparent integrity checking of
+block devices using a cryptographic digest provided by the kernel crypto API.
+This target is read-only.
+
+Construction Parameters
+=======================
+ <version> <dev> <hash_dev> <hash_start>
+ <data_block_size> <hash_block_size>
+ <num_data_blocks> <hash_start_block>
+ <algorithm> <digest> <salt>
+
+<version>
+ This is the version number of the on-disk format.
+
+ 0 is the original format used in the Chromium OS.
+ The salt is appended when hashing, digests are stored continuously and
+ the rest of the block is padded with zeros.
+
+ 1 is the current format that should be used for new devices.
+ The salt is prepended when hashing and each digest is
+ padded with zeros to the power of two.
+
+<dev>
+ This is the device containing the data the integrity of which needs to be
+ checked. It may be specified as a path, like /dev/sdaX, or a device number,
+ <major>:<minor>.
+
+<hash_dev>
+ This is the device that that supplies the hash tree data. It may be
+ specified similarly to the device path and may be the same device. If the
+ same device is used, the hash_start should be outside of the dm-verity
+ configured device size.
+
+<data_block_size>
+ The block size on a data device. Each block corresponds to one digest on
+ the hash device.
+
+<hash_block_size>
+ The size of a hash block.
+
+<num_data_blocks>
+ The number of data blocks on the data device. Additional blocks are
+ inaccessible. You can place hashes to the same partition as data, in this
+ case hashes are placed after <num_data_blocks>.
+
+<hash_start_block>
+ This is the offset, in <hash_block_size>-blocks, from the start of hash_dev
+ to the root block of the hash tree.
+
+<algorithm>
+ The cryptographic hash algorithm used for this device. This should
+ be the name of the algorithm, like "sha1".
+
+<digest>
+ The hexadecimal encoding of the cryptographic hash of the root hash block
+ and the salt. This hash should be trusted as there is no other authenticity
+ beyond this point.
+
+<salt>
+ The hexadecimal encoding of the salt value.
+
+Theory of operation
+===================
+
+dm-verity is meant to be setup as part of a verified boot path. This
+may be anything ranging from a boot using tboot or trustedgrub to just
+booting from a known-good device (like a USB drive or CD).
+
+When a dm-verity device is configured, it is expected that the caller
+has been authenticated in some way (cryptographic signatures, etc).
+After instantiation, all hashes will be verified on-demand during
+disk access. If they cannot be verified up to the root node of the
+tree, the root hash, then the I/O will fail. This should identify
+tampering with any data on the device and the hash data.
+
+Cryptographic hashes are used to assert the integrity of the device on a
+per-block basis. This allows for a lightweight hash computation on first read
+into the page cache. Block hashes are stored linearly-aligned to the nearest
+block the size of a page.
+
+Hash Tree
+---------
+
+Each node in the tree is a cryptographic hash. If it is a leaf node, the hash
+is of some block data on disk. If it is an intermediary node, then the hash is
+of a number of child nodes.
+
+Each entry in the tree is a collection of neighboring nodes that fit in one
+block. The number is determined based on block_size and the size of the
+selected cryptographic digest algorithm. The hashes are linearly-ordered in
+this entry and any unaligned trailing space is ignored but included when
+calculating the parent node.
+
+The tree looks something like:
+
+alg = sha256, num_blocks = 32768, block_size = 4096
+
+ [ root ]
+ / . . . \
+ [entry_0] [entry_1]
+ / . . . \ . . . \
+ [entry_0_0] . . . [entry_0_127] . . . . [entry_1_127]
+ / ... \ / . . . \ / \
+ blk_0 ... blk_127 blk_16256 blk_16383 blk_32640 . . . blk_32767
+
+
+On-disk format
+==============
+
+Below is the recommended on-disk format. The verity kernel code does not
+read the on-disk header. It only reads the hash blocks which directly
+follow the header. It is expected that a user-space tool will verify the
+integrity of the verity_header and then call dmsetup with the correct
+parameters. Alternatively, the header can be omitted and the dmsetup
+parameters can be passed via the kernel command-line in a rooted chain
+of trust where the command-line is verified.
+
+The on-disk format is especially useful in cases where the hash blocks
+are on a separate partition. The magic number allows easy identification
+of the partition contents. Alternatively, the hash blocks can be stored
+in the same partition as the data to be verified. In such a configuration
+the filesystem on the partition would be sized a little smaller than
+the full-partition, leaving room for the hash blocks.
+
+struct superblock {
+ uint8_t signature[8]
+ "verity\0\0";
+
+ uint8_t version;
+ 1 - current format
+
+ uint8_t data_block_bits;
+ log2(data block size)
+
+ uint8_t hash_block_bits;
+ log2(hash block size)
+
+ uint8_t pad1[1];
+ zero padding
+
+ uint16_t salt_size;
+ big-endian salt size
+
+ uint8_t pad2[2];
+ zero padding
+
+ uint32_t data_blocks_hi;
+ big-endian high 32 bits of the 64-bit number of data blocks
+
+ uint32_t data_blocks_lo;
+ big-endian low 32 bits of the 64-bit number of data blocks
+
+ uint8_t algorithm[16];
+ cryptographic algorithm
+
+ uint8_t salt[384];
+ salt (the salt size is specified above)
+
+ uint8_t pad3[88];
+ zero padding to 512-byte boundary
+}
+
+Directly following the header (and with sector number padded to the next hash
+block boundary) are the hash blocks which are stored a depth at a time
+(starting from the root), sorted in order of increasing index.
+
+Status
+======
+V (for Valid) is returned if every check performed so far was valid.
+If any check failed, C (for Corruption) is returned.
+
+Example
+=======
+
+Setup a device:
+ dmsetup create vroot --table \
+ "0 2097152 "\
+ "verity 1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 4096 4096 2097152 1 "\
+ "4392712ba01368efdf14b05c76f9e4df0d53664630b5d48632ed17a137f39076 "\
+ "1234000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+
+A command line tool veritysetup is available to compute or verify
+the hash tree or activate the kernel driver. This is available from
+the LVM2 upstream repository and may be supplied as a package called
+device-mapper-verity-tools:
+ git://sources.redhat.com/git/lvm2
+ http://sourceware.org/git/?p=lvm2.git
+ http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/verity?cvsroot=lvm2
+
+veritysetup -a vroot /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 \
+ 4392712ba01368efdf14b05c76f9e4df0d53664630b5d48632ed17a137f39076
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-omap.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bff51a2fee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-omap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+OMAP GPIO controller bindings
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible:
+ - "ti,omap2-gpio" for OMAP2 controllers
+ - "ti,omap3-gpio" for OMAP3 controllers
+ - "ti,omap4-gpio" for OMAP4 controllers
+- #gpio-cells : Should be two.
+ - first cell is the pin number
+ - second cell is used to specify optional parameters (unused)
+- gpio-controller : Marks the device node as a GPIO controller.
+- #interrupt-cells : Should be 2.
+- interrupt-controller: Mark the device node as an interrupt controller
+ The first cell is the GPIO number.
+ The second cell is used to specify flags:
+ bits[3:0] trigger type and level flags:
+ 1 = low-to-high edge triggered.
+ 2 = high-to-low edge triggered.
+ 4 = active high level-sensitive.
+ 8 = active low level-sensitive.
+
+OMAP specific properties:
+- ti,hwmods: Name of the hwmod associated to the GPIO:
+ "gpio<X>", <X> being the 1-based instance number from the HW spec
+
+
+Example:
+
+gpio4: gpio4 {
+ compatible = "ti,omap4-gpio";
+ ti,hwmods = "gpio4";
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ #interrupt-cells = <2>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-twl4030.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-twl4030.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16695d9cf1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-twl4030.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+twl4030 GPIO controller bindings
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible:
+ - "ti,twl4030-gpio" for twl4030 GPIO controller
+- #gpio-cells : Should be two.
+ - first cell is the pin number
+ - second cell is used to specify optional parameters (unused)
+- gpio-controller : Marks the device node as a GPIO controller.
+- #interrupt-cells : Should be 2.
+- interrupt-controller: Mark the device node as an interrupt controller
+ The first cell is the GPIO number.
+ The second cell is not used.
+
+Example:
+
+twl_gpio: gpio {
+ compatible = "ti,twl4030-gpio";
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ #interrupt-cells = <2>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/sodaville.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/sodaville.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..563eff22b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/sodaville.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+GPIO controller on CE4100 / Sodaville SoCs
+==========================================
+
+The bindings for CE4100's GPIO controller match the generic description
+which is covered by the gpio.txt file in this folder.
+
+The only additional property is the intel,muxctl property which holds the
+value which is written into the MUXCNTL register.
+
+There is no compatible property for now because the driver is probed via
+PCI id (vendor 0x8086 device 0x2e67).
+
+The interrupt specifier consists of two cells encoded as follows:
+ - <1st cell>: The interrupt-number that identifies the interrupt source.
+ - <2nd cell>: The level-sense information, encoded as follows:
+ 4 - active high level-sensitive
+ 8 - active low level-sensitive
+
+Example of the GPIO device and one user:
+
+ pcigpio: gpio@b,1 {
+ /* two cells for GPIO and interrupt */
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ #interrupt-cells = <2>;
+ compatible = "pci8086,2e67.2",
+ "pci8086,2e67",
+ "pciclassff0000",
+ "pciclassff00";
+
+ reg = <0x15900 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0>;
+ /* Interrupt line of the gpio device */
+ interrupts = <15 1>;
+ /* It is an interrupt and GPIO controller itself */
+ interrupt-controller;
+ gpio-controller;
+ intel,muxctl = <0>;
+ };
+
+ testuser@20 {
+ compatible = "example,testuser";
+ /* User the 11th GPIO line as an active high triggered
+ * level interrupt
+ */
+ interrupts = <11 8>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&pcigpio>;
+ /* Use this GPIO also with the gpio functions */
+ gpios = <&pcigpio 11 0>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/ti-omap-hsmmc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/ti-omap-hsmmc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbd4368ab8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/ti-omap-hsmmc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+* TI Highspeed MMC host controller for OMAP
+
+The Highspeed MMC Host Controller on TI OMAP family
+provides an interface for MMC, SD, and SDIO types of memory cards.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible:
+ Should be "ti,omap2-hsmmc", for OMAP2 controllers
+ Should be "ti,omap3-hsmmc", for OMAP3 controllers
+ Should be "ti,omap4-hsmmc", for OMAP4 controllers
+- ti,hwmods: Must be "mmc<n>", n is controller instance starting 1
+- reg : should contain hsmmc registers location and length
+
+Optional properties:
+ti,dual-volt: boolean, supports dual voltage cards
+<supply-name>-supply: phandle to the regulator device tree node
+"supply-name" examples are "vmmc", "vmmc_aux" etc
+ti,bus-width: Number of data lines, default assumed is 1 if the property is missing.
+cd-gpios: GPIOs for card detection
+wp-gpios: GPIOs for write protection
+ti,non-removable: non-removable slot (like eMMC)
+ti,needs-special-reset: Requires a special softreset sequence
+
+Example:
+ mmc1: mmc@0x4809c000 {
+ compatible = "ti,omap4-hsmmc";
+ reg = <0x4809c000 0x400>;
+ ti,hwmods = "mmc1";
+ ti,dual-volt;
+ ti,bus-width = <4>;
+ vmmc-supply = <&vmmc>; /* phandle to regulator node */
+ ti,non-removable;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
index 225f96d88f5..3bbd5c51605 100644
--- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ The buffer-user
*IMPORTANT*: [see https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/12/20/211 for more details]
For this first version, A buffer shared using the dma_buf sharing API:
- *may* be exported to user space using "mmap" *ONLY* by exporter, outside of
- this framework.
-- may be used *ONLY* by importers that do not need CPU access to the buffer.
+ this framework.
+- with this new iteration of the dma-buf api cpu access from the kernel has been
+ enable, see below for the details.
+
+dma-buf operations for device dma only
+--------------------------------------
The dma_buf buffer sharing API usage contains the following steps:
@@ -219,10 +223,120 @@ NOTES:
If the exporter chooses not to allow an attach() operation once a
map_dma_buf() API has been called, it simply returns an error.
-Miscellaneous notes:
+Kernel cpu access to a dma-buf buffer object
+--------------------------------------------
+
+The motivation to allow cpu access from the kernel to a dma-buf object from the
+importers side are:
+- fallback operations, e.g. if the devices is connected to a usb bus and the
+ kernel needs to shuffle the data around first before sending it away.
+- full transparency for existing users on the importer side, i.e. userspace
+ should not notice the difference between a normal object from that subsystem
+ and an imported one backed by a dma-buf. This is really important for drm
+ opengl drivers that expect to still use all the existing upload/download
+ paths.
+
+Access to a dma_buf from the kernel context involves three steps:
+
+1. Prepare access, which invalidate any necessary caches and make the object
+ available for cpu access.
+2. Access the object page-by-page with the dma_buf map apis
+3. Finish access, which will flush any necessary cpu caches and free reserved
+ resources.
+
+1. Prepare access
+
+ Before an importer can access a dma_buf object with the cpu from the kernel
+ context, it needs to notify the exporter of the access that is about to
+ happen.
+
+ Interface:
+ int dma_buf_begin_cpu_access(struct dma_buf *dmabuf,
+ size_t start, size_t len,
+ enum dma_data_direction direction)
+
+ This allows the exporter to ensure that the memory is actually available for
+ cpu access - the exporter might need to allocate or swap-in and pin the
+ backing storage. The exporter also needs to ensure that cpu access is
+ coherent for the given range and access direction. The range and access
+ direction can be used by the exporter to optimize the cache flushing, i.e.
+ access outside of the range or with a different direction (read instead of
+ write) might return stale or even bogus data (e.g. when the exporter needs to
+ copy the data to temporary storage).
+
+ This step might fail, e.g. in oom conditions.
+
+2. Accessing the buffer
+
+ To support dma_buf objects residing in highmem cpu access is page-based using
+ an api similar to kmap. Accessing a dma_buf is done in aligned chunks of
+ PAGE_SIZE size. Before accessing a chunk it needs to be mapped, which returns
+ a pointer in kernel virtual address space. Afterwards the chunk needs to be
+ unmapped again. There is no limit on how often a given chunk can be mapped
+ and unmapped, i.e. the importer does not need to call begin_cpu_access again
+ before mapping the same chunk again.
+
+ Interfaces:
+ void *dma_buf_kmap(struct dma_buf *, unsigned long);
+ void dma_buf_kunmap(struct dma_buf *, unsigned long, void *);
+
+ There are also atomic variants of these interfaces. Like for kmap they
+ facilitate non-blocking fast-paths. Neither the importer nor the exporter (in
+ the callback) is allowed to block when using these.
+
+ Interfaces:
+ void *dma_buf_kmap_atomic(struct dma_buf *, unsigned long);
+ void dma_buf_kunmap_atomic(struct dma_buf *, unsigned long, void *);
+
+ For importers all the restrictions of using kmap apply, like the limited
+ supply of kmap_atomic slots. Hence an importer shall only hold onto at most 2
+ atomic dma_buf kmaps at the same time (in any given process context).
+
+ dma_buf kmap calls outside of the range specified in begin_cpu_access are
+ undefined. If the range is not PAGE_SIZE aligned, kmap needs to succeed on
+ the partial chunks at the beginning and end but may return stale or bogus
+ data outside of the range (in these partial chunks).
+
+ Note that these calls need to always succeed. The exporter needs to complete
+ any preparations that might fail in begin_cpu_access.
+
+3. Finish access
+
+ When the importer is done accessing the range specified in begin_cpu_access,
+ it needs to announce this to the exporter (to facilitate cache flushing and
+ unpinning of any pinned resources). The result of of any dma_buf kmap calls
+ after end_cpu_access is undefined.
+
+ Interface:
+ void dma_buf_end_cpu_access(struct dma_buf *dma_buf,
+ size_t start, size_t len,
+ enum dma_data_direction dir);
+
+
+Miscellaneous notes
+-------------------
+
- Any exporters or users of the dma-buf buffer sharing framework must have
a 'select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER' in their respective Kconfigs.
+- In order to avoid fd leaks on exec, the FD_CLOEXEC flag must be set
+ on the file descriptor. This is not just a resource leak, but a
+ potential security hole. It could give the newly exec'd application
+ access to buffers, via the leaked fd, to which it should otherwise
+ not be permitted access.
+
+ The problem with doing this via a separate fcntl() call, versus doing it
+ atomically when the fd is created, is that this is inherently racy in a
+ multi-threaded app[3]. The issue is made worse when it is library code
+ opening/creating the file descriptor, as the application may not even be
+ aware of the fd's.
+
+ To avoid this problem, userspace must have a way to request O_CLOEXEC
+ flag be set when the dma-buf fd is created. So any API provided by
+ the exporting driver to create a dmabuf fd must provide a way to let
+ userspace control setting of O_CLOEXEC flag passed in to dma_buf_fd().
+
References:
[1] struct dma_buf_ops in include/linux/dma-buf.h
[2] All interfaces mentioned above defined in include/linux/dma-buf.h
+[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/236486/
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
index ac2facc50d2..46dfc6b038c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ the fdtable structure -
if (fd >= 0) {
/* locate_fd() may have expanded fdtable, load the ptr */
fdt = files_fdtable(files);
- FD_SET(fd, fdt->open_fds);
- FD_CLR(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+ __set_open_fd(fd, fdt);
+ __clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
.....
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt
index 792faa3c06c..620a07844e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt
@@ -271,9 +271,26 @@ Some platforms may also use knowledge about what GPIOs are active for
power management, such as by powering down unused chip sectors and, more
easily, gating off unused clocks.
-Note that requesting a GPIO does NOT cause it to be configured in any
-way; it just marks that GPIO as in use. Separate code must handle any
-pin setup (e.g. controlling which pin the GPIO uses, pullup/pulldown).
+For GPIOs that use pins known to the pinctrl subsystem, that subsystem should
+be informed of their use; a gpiolib driver's .request() operation may call
+pinctrl_request_gpio(), and a gpiolib driver's .free() operation may call
+pinctrl_free_gpio(). The pinctrl subsystem allows a pinctrl_request_gpio()
+to succeed concurrently with a pin or pingroup being "owned" by a device for
+pin multiplexing.
+
+Any programming of pin multiplexing hardware that is needed to route the
+GPIO signal to the appropriate pin should