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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-17 09:04:38 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-17 09:04:38 -0400 |
commit | 54e514b91b95d6441c12a7955addfb9f9d2afc65 (patch) | |
tree | 8b73d901bd2a6ec5a31f34a8954e5ea92216dd6c /Documentation | |
parent | 4fc8adcfec3da639da76e8314c9ccefe5bf9a045 (diff) | |
parent | 6c8c90319c0bb1c9e0b68e721359b89ae4f28465 (diff) |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge third patchbomb from Andrew Morton:
- various misc things
- a couple of lib/ optimisations
- provide DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL()
- checkpatch updates
- rtc tree
- befs, nilfs2, hfs, hfsplus, fatfs, adfs, affs, bfs
- ptrace fixes
- fork() fixes
- seccomp cleanups
- more mmap_sem hold time reductions from Davidlohr
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (138 commits)
proc: show locks in /proc/pid/fdinfo/X
docs: add missing and new /proc/PID/status file entries, fix typos
drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c: make IO endian agnostic
Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c: fix warning
drivers/rtc/rtc-s5m.c: allow usage on device type different than main MFD type
.gitignore: ignore *.tar
MAINTAINERS: add Mediatek SoC mailing list
tomoyo: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file
powerpc/oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for exe_file
oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file
mips: ip32: add platform data hooks to use DS1685 driver
lib/Kconfig: fix up HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE help text
x86: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
sparc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
powerpc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
parisc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
mips: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
microblaze: use asm-generic for seccomp.h
arm: use asm-generic for seccomp.h
seccomp: allow COMPAT sigreturn overrides
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingStyle | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/digicolor-rtc.txt | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/stmp3xxx-rtc.txt | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 21 |
7 files changed, 72 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index 449a8a19fc21..4d4f06d47e06 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle | |||
@@ -659,6 +659,19 @@ macros using parameters. | |||
659 | #define CONSTANT 0x4000 | 659 | #define CONSTANT 0x4000 |
660 | #define CONSTEXP (CONSTANT | 3) | 660 | #define CONSTEXP (CONSTANT | 3) |
661 | 661 | ||
662 | 5) namespace collisions when defining local variables in macros resembling | ||
663 | functions: | ||
664 | |||
665 | #define FOO(x) \ | ||
666 | ({ \ | ||
667 | typeof(x) ret; \ | ||
668 | ret = calc_ret(x); \ | ||
669 | (ret); \ | ||
670 | )} | ||
671 | |||
672 | ret is a common name for a local variable - __foo_ret is less likely | ||
673 | to collide with an existing variable. | ||
674 | |||
662 | The cpp manual deals with macros exhaustively. The gcc internals manual also | 675 | The cpp manual deals with macros exhaustively. The gcc internals manual also |
663 | covers RTL which is used frequently with assembly language in the kernel. | 676 | covers RTL which is used frequently with assembly language in the kernel. |
664 | 677 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 447671bd2927..b03a832a08e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |||
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ The canonical patch message body contains the following: | |||
614 | 614 | ||
615 | - An empty line. | 615 | - An empty line. |
616 | 616 | ||
617 | - The body of the explanation, which will be copied to the | 617 | - The body of the explanation, line wrapped at 75 columns, which will |
618 | permanent changelog to describe this patch. | 618 | be copied to the permanent changelog to describe this patch. |
619 | 619 | ||
620 | - The "Signed-off-by:" lines, described above, which will | 620 | - The "Signed-off-by:" lines, described above, which will |
621 | also go in the changelog. | 621 | also go in the changelog. |
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/digicolor-rtc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/digicolor-rtc.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d464986012cd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/digicolor-rtc.txt | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ | |||
1 | Conexant Digicolor Real Time Clock controller | ||
2 | |||
3 | This binding currently supports the CX92755 SoC. | ||
4 | |||
5 | Required properties: | ||
6 | - compatible: should be "cnxt,cx92755-rtc" | ||
7 | - reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped | ||
8 | region. | ||
9 | - interrupts: rtc alarm interrupt | ||
10 | |||
11 | Example: | ||
12 | |||
13 | rtc@f0000c30 { | ||
14 | compatible = "cnxt,cx92755-rtc"; | ||
15 | reg = <0xf0000c30 0x18>; | ||
16 | interrupts = <25>; | ||
17 | }; | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/stmp3xxx-rtc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/stmp3xxx-rtc.txt index b800070fe6e9..fa6a94226669 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/stmp3xxx-rtc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/stmp3xxx-rtc.txt | |||
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Required properties: | |||
7 | region. | 7 | region. |
8 | - interrupts: rtc alarm interrupt | 8 | - interrupts: rtc alarm interrupt |
9 | 9 | ||
10 | Optional properties: | ||
11 | - stmp,crystal-freq: override crystal frequency as determined from fuse bits. | ||
12 | Only <32000> and <32768> are possible for the hardware. Use <0> for | ||
13 | "no crystal". | ||
14 | |||
10 | Example: | 15 | Example: |
11 | 16 | ||
12 | rtc@80056000 { | 17 | rtc@80056000 { |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index a07ba61662ed..8e36c7e3c345 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |||
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ contains details information about the process itself. Its fields are | |||
200 | explained in Table 1-4. | 200 | explained in Table 1-4. |
201 | 201 | ||
202 | (for SMP CONFIG users) | 202 | (for SMP CONFIG users) |
203 | For making accounting scalable, RSS related information are handled in | 203 | For making accounting scalable, RSS related information are handled in an |
204 | asynchronous manner and the vaule may not be very precise. To see a precise | 204 | asynchronous manner and the value may not be very precise. To see a precise |
205 | snapshot of a moment, you can see /proc/<pid>/smaps file and scan page table. | 205 | snapshot of a moment, you can see /proc/<pid>/smaps file and scan page table. |
206 | It's slow but very precise. | 206 | It's slow but very precise. |
207 | 207 | ||
208 | Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 2.6.30-rc7) | 208 | Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 3.20.0) |
209 | .............................................................................. | 209 | .............................................................................. |
210 | Field Content | 210 | Field Content |
211 | Name filename of the executable | 211 | Name filename of the executable |
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 2.6.30-rc7) | |||
213 | in an uninterruptible wait, Z is zombie, | 213 | in an uninterruptible wait, Z is zombie, |
214 | T is traced or stopped) | 214 | T is traced or stopped) |
215 | Tgid thread group ID | 215 | Tgid thread group ID |
216 | Ngid NUMA group ID (0 if none) | ||
216 | Pid process id | 217 | Pid process id |
217 | PPid process id of the parent process | 218 | PPid process id of the parent process |
218 | TracerPid PID of process tracing this process (0 if not) | 219 | TracerPid PID of process tracing this process (0 if not) |
@@ -220,6 +221,10 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 2.6.30-rc7) | |||
220 | Gid Real, effective, saved set, and file system GIDs | 221 | Gid Real, effective, saved set, and file system GIDs |
221 | FDSize number of file descriptor slots currently allocated | 222 | FDSize number of file descriptor slots currently allocated |
222 | Groups supplementary group list | 223 | Groups supplementary group list |
224 | NStgid descendant namespace thread group ID hierarchy | ||
225 | NSpid descendant namespace process ID hierarchy | ||
226 | NSpgid descendant namespace process group ID hierarchy | ||
227 | NSsid descendant namespace session ID hierarchy | ||
223 | VmPeak peak virtual memory size | 228 | VmPeak peak virtual memory size |
224 | VmSize total program size | 229 | VmSize total program size |
225 | VmLck locked memory size | 230 | VmLck locked memory size |
@@ -1704,6 +1709,10 @@ A typical output is | |||
1704 | flags: 0100002 | 1709 | flags: 0100002 |
1705 | mnt_id: 19 | 1710 | mnt_id: 19 |
1706 | 1711 | ||
1712 | All locks associated with a file descriptor are shown in its fdinfo too. | ||
1713 | |||
1714 | lock: 1: FLOCK ADVISORY WRITE 359 00:13:11691 0 EOF | ||
1715 | |||
1707 | The files such as eventfd, fsnotify, signalfd, epoll among the regular pos/flags | 1716 | The files such as eventfd, fsnotify, signalfd, epoll among the regular pos/flags |
1708 | pair provide additional information particular to the objects they represent. | 1717 | pair provide additional information particular to the objects they represent. |
1709 | 1718 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c index 94f574b0fdb2..135b3f592b83 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c +++ b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c | |||
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void hex_dump(const void *src, size_t length, size_t line_size, char *pre | |||
80 | * Unescape - process hexadecimal escape character | 80 | * Unescape - process hexadecimal escape character |
81 | * converts shell input "\x23" -> 0x23 | 81 | * converts shell input "\x23" -> 0x23 |
82 | */ | 82 | */ |
83 | int unespcape(char *_dst, char *_src, size_t len) | 83 | static int unescape(char *_dst, char *_src, size_t len) |
84 | { | 84 | { |
85 | int ret = 0; | 85 | int ret = 0; |
86 | char *src = _src; | 86 | char *src = _src; |
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) | |||
304 | size = strlen(input_tx+1); | 304 | size = strlen(input_tx+1); |
305 | tx = malloc(size); | 305 | tx = malloc(size); |
306 | rx = malloc(size); | 306 | rx = malloc(size); |
307 | size = unespcape((char *)tx, input_tx, size); | 307 | size = unescape((char *)tx, input_tx, size); |
308 | transfer(fd, tx, rx, size); | 308 | transfer(fd, tx, rx, size); |
309 | free(rx); | 309 | free(rx); |
310 | free(tx); | 310 | free(tx); |
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 99d7eb3a1416..c831001c45f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |||
@@ -872,6 +872,27 @@ can be ORed together: | |||
872 | 872 | ||
873 | ============================================================== | 873 | ============================================================== |
874 | 874 | ||
875 | threads-max | ||
876 | |||
877 | This value controls the maximum number of threads that can be created | ||
878 | using fork(). | ||
879 | |||
880 | During initialization the kernel sets this value such that even if the | ||
881 | maximum number of threads is created, the thread structures occupy only | ||
882 | a part (1/8th) of the available RAM pages. | ||
883 | |||
884 | The minimum value that can be written to threads-max is 20. | ||
885 | The maximum value that can be written to threads-max is given by the | ||
886 | constant FUTEX_TID_MASK (0x3fffffff). | ||
887 | If a value outside of this range is written to threads-max an error | ||
888 | EINVAL occurs. | ||
889 | |||
890 | The value written is checked against the available RAM pages. If the | ||
891 | thread structures would occupy too much (more than 1/8th) of the | ||
892 | available RAM pages threads-max is reduced accordingly. | ||
893 | |||
894 | ============================================================== | ||
895 | |||
875 | unknown_nmi_panic: | 896 | unknown_nmi_panic: |
876 | 897 | ||
877 | The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the | 898 | The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the |