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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-06 02:13:18 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-06 02:13:18 -0400
commit2c10c22af088ab5d94fae93ce3fe6436b2a208b4 (patch)
treedb27721001f194327ddbdcd6c983c4ec68b77c00 /Documentation
parentf6121f4f8708195e88cbdf8dd8d171b226b3f858 (diff)
parentfec6ed1d1f9b78a6acb4a3eb2c46c812ac2e96f0 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into sched/devel
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/HOWTO3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmitChecklist2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/anchors.txt12
6 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
index b463ecd0c7ce..c74fec8c2351 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ failure can be determined by:
740 dma_addr_t dma_handle; 740 dma_addr_t dma_handle;
741 741
742 dma_handle = pci_map_single(pdev, addr, size, direction); 742 dma_handle = pci_map_single(pdev, addr, size, direction);
743 if (pci_dma_mapping_error(dma_handle)) { 743 if (pci_dma_mapping_error(pdev, dma_handle)) {
744 /* 744 /*
745 * reduce current DMA mapping usage, 745 * reduce current DMA mapping usage,
746 * delay and try again later or 746 * delay and try again later or
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index c2371c5a98f9..48a3955f05fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ documentation files are also added which explain how to use the feature.
77When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to 77When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to
78userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or 78userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or
79a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages 79a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages
80maintainer at mtk.manpages@gmail.com. 80maintainer at mtk.manpages@gmail.com, and CC the list
81linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
81 82
82Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are 83Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are
83required reading: 84required reading:
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index da10e0714241..21f0795af20f 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ kernel patches.
67 67
6819: All new userspace interfaces are documented in Documentation/ABI/. 6819: All new userspace interfaces are documented in Documentation/ABI/.
69 See Documentation/ABI/README for more information. 69 See Documentation/ABI/README for more information.
70 Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to
71 linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
70 72
7120: Check that it all passes `make headers_check'. 7320: Check that it all passes `make headers_check'.
72 74
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt
index 62d4af44ec4a..59df81c8da2b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt
@@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ CDROMCLOSETRAY pendant of CDROMEJECT
271 271
272 usage: 272 usage:
273 273
274 ioctl(fd, CDROMEJECT, 0); 274 ioctl(fd, CDROMCLOSETRAY, 0);
275 275
276 inputs: none 276 inputs: none
277 277
278 outputs: none 278 outputs: none
279 279
280 error returns: 280 error returns:
281 ENOSYS cd drive not capable of ejecting 281 ENOSYS cd drive not capable of closing the tray
282 EBUSY other processes are accessing drive, or door is locked 282 EBUSY other processes are accessing drive, or door is locked
283 283
284 notes: 284 notes:
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 276a7e637822..e1ff0d920a5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX.
351 351
352softlockup_thresh: 352softlockup_thresh:
353 353
354This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance 354This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance threshold. The
355threshold. The default threshold is 10s. If a cpu is locked up 355default threshold is 60 seconds. If a cpu is locked up for 60 seconds,
356for 10s, the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60s. 356the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60 seconds. Setting this
357tunable to zero will disable the softlockup detection altogether.
357 358
358============================================================== 359==============================================================
359 360
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt b/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt
index 7304bcf5a306..5e6b64c20d25 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt
@@ -42,9 +42,21 @@ This function kills all URBs associated with an anchor. The URBs
42are called in the reverse temporal order they were submitted. 42are called in the reverse temporal order they were submitted.
43This way no data can be reordered. 43This way no data can be reordered.
44 44
45usb_unlink_anchored_urbs()
46--------------------------
47
48This function unlinks all URBs associated with an anchor. The URBs
49are processed in the reverse temporal order they were submitted.
50This is similar to usb_kill_anchored_urbs(), but it will not sleep.
51Therefore no guarantee is made that the URBs have been unlinked when
52the call returns. They may be unlinked later but will be unlinked in
53finite time.
54
45usb_wait_anchor_empty_timeout() 55usb_wait_anchor_empty_timeout()
46------------------------------- 56-------------------------------
47 57
48This function waits for all URBs associated with an anchor to finish 58This function waits for all URBs associated with an anchor to finish
49or a timeout, whichever comes first. Its return value will tell you 59or a timeout, whichever comes first. Its return value will tell you
50whether the timeout was reached. 60whether the timeout was reached.
61
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