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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4d637e1c4ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/bl_power +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Control BACKLIGHT power, values are FB_BLANK_* from fb.h + - FB_BLANK_UNBLANK (0) : power on. + - FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN (4) : power off +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/brightness +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Control the brightness for this <backlight>. Values + are between 0 and max_brightness. This file will also + show the brightness level stored in the driver, which + may not be the actual brightness (see actual_brightness). +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/actual_brightness +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Show the actual brightness by querying the hardware. +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/max_brightness +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Maximum brightness for <backlight>. +Users: HAL diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-lcd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-lcd new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..35906bf7aa7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-lcd @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +What: /sys/class/lcd/<lcd>/lcd_power +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Control LCD power, values are FB_BLANK_* from fb.h + - FB_BLANK_UNBLANK (0) : power on. + - FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN (4) : power off + +What: /sys/class/lcd/<lcd>/contrast +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Current contrast of this LCD device. Value is between 0 and + /sys/class/lcd/<lcd>/max_contrast. + +What: /sys/class/lcd/<lcd>/max_contrast +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Maximum contrast for this LCD device. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9e4541d71cb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/brightness +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Set the brightness of the LED. Most LEDs don't + have hardware brightness support so will just be turned on for + non-zero brightness settings. The value is between 0 and + /sys/class/leds/<led>/max_brightness. + +What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/max_brightness +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Maximum brightness level for this led, default is 255 (LED_FULL). + +What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/trigger +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Set the trigger for this LED. A trigger is a kernel based source + of led events. + You can change triggers in a similar manner to the way an IO + scheduler is chosen. Trigger specific parameters can appear in + /sys/class/leds/<led> once a given trigger is selected. + diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio index 8aab8092ad3..80f4c94c7be 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Description: /gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N /value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs /direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write: high, low + /edge ... r/w as: none, falling, rising, both /gpiochipN ... for each gpiochip; #N is its first GPIO /base ... (r/o) same as N /label ... (r/o) descriptive, not necessarily unique diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a1cb660c50c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + This file allows display switching. The value + is composed by 4 bits and defined as follow: + 4321 + |||`- LCD + ||`-- CRT + |`--- TV + `---- DVI + Ex: - 0 (0000b) means no display + - 3 (0011b) CRT+LCD. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/gps +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the gps device. 1 means on, 0 means off. +Users: Lapsus + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ledd +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Some models like the W1N have a LED display that can be + used to display several informations. + To control the LED display, use the following : + echo 0x0T000DDD > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ + where T control the 3 letters display, and DDD the 3 digits display. + The DDD table can be found in Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/bluetooth +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the bluetooth device. 1 means on, 0 means off. + This may control the led, the device or both. +Users: Lapsus + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/wlan +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the bluetooth device. 1 means on, 0 means off. + This may control the led, the device or both. +Users: Lapsus diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7445dfb321b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/disp +Date: May 2008 +KernelVersion: 2.6.26 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + This file allows display switching. + - 1 = LCD + - 2 = CRT + - 3 = LCD+CRT + If you run X11, you should use xrandr instead. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/camera +Date: May 2008 +KernelVersion: 2.6.26 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the camera. 1 means on, 0 means off. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/cardr +Date: May 2008 +KernelVersion: 2.6.26 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the card reader. 1 means on, 0 means off. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/cpufv +Date: Jun 2009 +KernelVersion: 2.6.31 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Change CPU clock configuration. + On the Eee PC 1000H there are three available clock configuration: + * 0 -> Super Performance Mode + * 1 -> High Performance Mode + * 2 -> Power Saving Mode + On Eee PC 701 there is only 2 available clock configurations. + Available configuration are listed in available_cpufv file. + Reading this file will show the raw hexadecimal value which + is defined as follow: + | 8 bit | 8 bit | + | `---- Current mode + `------------ Availables modes + For example, 0x301 means: mode 1 selected, 3 available modes. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/available_cpufv +Date: Jun 2009 +KernelVersion: 2.6.31 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + List available cpufv modes. diff --git a/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt b/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt index 21bc416d887..cf9431db873 100644 --- a/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt +++ b/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt @@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ Graphics Problems? ------------------ If you encounter issues with graphics devices, you can try adding option intel_iommu=igfx_off to turn off the integrated graphics engine. - -If it happens to be a PCI device included in the INCLUDE_ALL Engine, -then try enabling CONFIG_DMAR_GFX_WA to setup a 1-1 map. We hear -graphics drivers may be in process of using DMA api's in the near -future and at that time this option can be yanked out. +If this fixes anything, please ensure you file a bug reporting the problem. Some exceptions to IOVA ----------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c index aa73e72fd79..6e25c2659e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ error: } -int send_cmd(int sd, __u16 nlmsg_type, __u32 nlmsg_pid, +static int send_cmd(int sd, __u16 nlmsg_type, __u32 nlmsg_pid, __u8 genl_cmd, __u16 nla_type, void *nla_data, int nla_len) { @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int send_cmd(int sd, __u16 nlmsg_type, __u32 nlmsg_pid, * Probe the controller in genetlink to find the family id * for the TASKSTATS family */ -int get_family_id(int sd) +static int get_family_id(int sd) { struct { struct nlmsghdr n; @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int get_family_id(int sd) return id; } -void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) +static void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) { printf("\n\nCPU %15s%15s%15s%15s\n" " %15llu%15llu%15llu%15llu\n" @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) (unsigned long long)t->freepages_delay_total); } -void task_context_switch_counts(struct taskstats *t) +static void task_context_switch_counts(struct taskstats *t) { printf("\n\nTask %15s%15s\n" " %15llu%15llu\n", @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void task_context_switch_counts(struct taskstats *t) (unsigned long long)t->nvcsw, (unsigned long long)t->nivcsw); } -void print_cgroupstats(struct cgroupstats *c) +static void print_cgroupstats(struct cgroupstats *c) { printf("sleeping %llu, blocked %llu, running %llu, stopped %llu, " "uninterruptible %llu\n", (unsigned long long)c->nr_sleeping, @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void print_cgroupstats(struct cgroupstats *c) } -void print_ioacct(struct taskstats *t) +static void print_ioacct(struct taskstats *t) { printf("%s: read=%llu, write=%llu, cancelled_write=%llu\n", t->ac_comm, diff --git a/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c b/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c index 2caeea5e499..e7823ffb1ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c +++ b/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ unsigned char cfag12864b_buffer[CFAG12864B_SIZE]; * Unable to open: return = -1 * Unable to mmap: return = -2 */ -int cfag12864b_init(char *path) +static int cfag12864b_init(char *path) { cfag12864b_fd = open(path, O_RDWR); if (cfag12864b_fd == -1) @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int cfag12864b_init(char *path) /* * exit a cfag12864b framebuffer device */ -void cfag12864b_exit(void) +static void cfag12864b_exit(void) { munmap(cfag12864b_mem, CFAG12864B_SIZE); close(cfag12864b_fd); @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void cfag12864b_exit(void) /* * set (x, y) pixel */ -void cfag12864b_set(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) +static void cfag12864b_set(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) { if (CFAG12864B_CHECK(x, y)) cfag12864b_buffer[CFAG12864B_ADDRESS(x, y)] |= @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void cfag12864b_set(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) /* * unset (x, y) pixel */ -void cfag12864b_unset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) +static void cfag12864b_unset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) { if (CFAG12864B_CHECK(x, y)) cfag12864b_buffer[CFAG12864B_ADDRESS(x, y)] &= @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void cfag12864b_unset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) * Pixel off: return = 0 * Pixel on: return = 1 */ -unsigned char cfag12864b_isset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) +static unsigned char cfag12864b_isset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) { if (CFAG12864B_CHECK(x, y)) if (cfag12864b_buffer[CFAG12864B_ADDRESS(x, y)] & @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ unsigned char cfag12864b_isset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) /* * not (x, y) pixel */ -void cfag12864b_not(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) +static void cfag12864b_not(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) { if (cfag12864b_isset(x, y)) cfag12864b_unset(x, y); @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void cfag12864b_not(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) /* * fill (set all pixels) */ -void cfag12864b_fill(void) +static void cfag12864b_fill(void) { unsigned short i; @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void cfag12864b_fill(void) /* * clear (unset all pixels) */ -void cfag12864b_clear(void) +static void cfag12864b_clear(void) { unsigned short i; @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void cfag12864b_clear(void) * Pixel off: src[i] = 0 * Pixel on: src[i] > 0 */ -void cfag12864b_format(unsigned char * matrix) +static void cfag12864b_format(unsigned char * matrix) { unsigned char i, j, n; @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void cfag12864b_format(unsigned char * matrix) /* * blit buffer to lcd */ -void cfag12864b_blit(void) +static void cfag12864b_blit(void) { memcpy(cfag12864b_mem, cfag12864b_buffer, CFAG12864B_SIZE); } @@ -194,11 +194,10 @@ void cfag12864b_blit(void) */ #include <stdio.h> -#include <string.h> #define EXAMPLES 6 -void example(unsigned char n) +static void example(unsigned char n) { unsigned short i, j; unsigned char matrix[CFAG12864B_WIDTH * CFAG12864B_HEIGHT]; diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 6eb1a97e88c..455d4e6d346 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -408,6 +408,26 @@ You can attach the current shell task by echoing 0: # echo 0 > tasks +2.3 Mounting hierarchies by name +-------------------------------- + +Passing the name=<x> option when mounting a cgroups hierarchy +associates the given name with the hierarchy. This can be used when +mounting a pre-existing hierarchy, in order to refer to it by name +rather than by its set of active subsystems. Each hierarchy is either +nameless, or has a unique name. + +The name should match [\w.-]+ + +When passing a name=<x> option for a new hierarchy, you need to +specify subsystems manually; the legacy behaviour of mounting all +subsystems when none are explicitly specified is not supported when +you give a subsystem a name. + +The name of the subsystem appears as part of the hierarchy description +in /proc/mounts and /proc/<pid>/cgroups. + + 3. Kernel API ============= @@ -501,7 +521,7 @@ rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be called multiple times against a cgroup. int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, - struct task_struct *task) + struct task_struct *task, bool threadgroup) (cgroup_mutex held by caller) Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem @@ -509,14 +529,20 @@ returns an error, this will abort the attach operation. If a NULL task is passed, then a successful result indicates that *any* unspecified task can be moved into the cgroup. Note that this isn't called on a fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should -remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. +remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. If threadgroup is +true, then a successful result indicates that all threads in the given +thread's threadgroup can be moved together. void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, - struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task) + struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task, + bool threadgroup) (cgroup_mutex held by caller) Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking. +If threadgroup is true, the subsystem should take care of all threads +in the specified thread's threadgroup. Currently does not support any +subsystem that might need the old_cgrp for every thread in the group. void fork(struct cgroup_subsy *ss, struct task_struct *task) diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt index 23d1262c077..b871f2552b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt @@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ The reclaim algorithm has not been modified for cgroups, except that pages that are selected for reclaiming come from the per cgroup LRU list. +NOTE: Reclaim does not work for the root cgroup, since we cannot set any +limits on the root cgroup. + 2. Locking The memory controller uses the following hierarchy @@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ We can alter the memory limit: NOTE: We can use a suffix (k, K, m, M, g or G) to indicate values in kilo, mega or gigabytes. NOTE: We can write "-1" to reset the *.limit_in_bytes(unlimited). +NOTE: We cannot set limits on the root cgroup any more. # cat /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes 4194304 @@ -375,7 +379,42 @@ cgroups created below it. NOTE2: This feature can be enabled/disabled per subtree. -7. TODO +7. Soft limits + +Soft limits allow for greater sharing of memory. The idea behind soft limits +is to allow control groups to use as much of the memory as needed, provided + +a. There is no memory contention +b. They do not exceed their hard limit + +When the system detects memory contention or low memory control groups +are pushed back to their soft limits. If the soft limit of each control +group is very high, they are pushed back as much as possible to make +sure that one control group does not starve the others of memory. + +Please note that soft limits is a best effort feature, it comes with +no guarantees, but it does its best to make sure that when memory is +heavily contended for, memory is allocated based on the soft limit +hints/setup. Currently soft limit based reclaim is setup such that +it gets invoked from balance_pgdat (kswapd). + +7.1 Interface + +Soft limits can be setup by using the following commands (in this example we +assume a soft limit of 256 megabytes) + +# echo 256M > memory.soft_limit_in_bytes + +If we want to change this to 1G, we can at any time use + +# echo 1G > memory.soft_limit_in_bytes + +NOTE1: Soft limits take effect over a long period of time, since they involve |