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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpic.txt | 42 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt | 14 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpic.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpic.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..71e39cf3215b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpic.txt | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ | |||
1 | * OpenPIC and its interrupt numbers on Freescale's e500/e600 cores | ||
2 | |||
3 | The OpenPIC specification does not specify which interrupt source has to | ||
4 | become which interrupt number. This is up to the software implementation | ||
5 | of the interrupt controller. The only requirement is that every | ||
6 | interrupt source has to have an unique interrupt number / vector number. | ||
7 | To accomplish this the current implementation assigns the number zero to | ||
8 | the first source, the number one to the second source and so on until | ||
9 | all interrupt sources have their unique number. | ||
10 | Usually the assigned vector number equals the interrupt number mentioned | ||
11 | in the documentation for a given core / CPU. This is however not true | ||
12 | for the e500 cores (MPC85XX CPUs) where the documentation distinguishes | ||
13 | between internal and external interrupt sources and starts counting at | ||
14 | zero for both of them. | ||
15 | |||
16 | So what to write for external interrupt source X or internal interrupt | ||
17 | source Y into the device tree? Here is an example: | ||
18 | |||
19 | The memory map for the interrupt controller in the MPC8544[0] shows, | ||
20 | that the first interrupt source starts at 0x5_0000 (PIC Register Address | ||
21 | Map-Interrupt Source Configuration Registers). This source becomes the | ||
22 | number zero therefore: | ||
23 | External interrupt 0 = interrupt number 0 | ||
24 | External interrupt 1 = interrupt number 1 | ||
25 | External interrupt 2 = interrupt number 2 | ||
26 | ... | ||
27 | Every interrupt number allocates 0x20 bytes register space. So to get | ||
28 | its number it is sufficient to shift the lower 16bits to right by five. | ||
29 | So for the external interrupt 10 we have: | ||
30 | 0x0140 >> 5 = 10 | ||
31 | |||
32 | After the external sources, the internal sources follow. The in core I2C | ||
33 | controller on the MPC8544 for instance has the internal source number | ||
34 | 27. Oo obtain its interrupt number we take the lower 16bits of its memory | ||
35 | address (0x5_0560) and shift it right: | ||
36 | 0x0560 >> 5 = 43 | ||
37 | |||
38 | Therefore the I2C device node for the MPC8544 CPU has to have the | ||
39 | interrupt number 43 specified in the device tree. | ||
40 | |||
41 | [0] MPC8544E PowerQUICCTM III, Integrated Host Processor Family Reference Manual | ||
42 | MPC8544ERM Rev. 1 10/2007 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt b/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt index 6ef2a8652e17..aa82ee4a5a87 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt | |||
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ | |||
1 | Subsystem Trace Points: kmem | 1 | Subsystem Trace Points: kmem |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | The tracing system kmem captures events related to object and page allocation | 3 | The kmem tracing system captures events related to object and page allocation |
4 | within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are four major subheadings. | 4 | within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are five major subheadings. |
5 | 5 | ||
6 | o Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type (kmalloc) | 6 | o Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type (kmalloc) |
7 | o Slab allocation of small objects of known type | 7 | o Slab allocation of small objects of known type |
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are four major subheadings. | |||
9 | o Per-CPU Allocator Activity | 9 | o Per-CPU Allocator Activity |
10 | o External Fragmentation | 10 | o External Fragmentation |
11 | 11 | ||
12 | This document will describe what each of the tracepoints are and why they | 12 | This document describes what each of the tracepoints is and why they |
13 | might be useful. | 13 | might be useful. |
14 | 14 | ||
15 | 1. Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type | 15 | 1. Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type |
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ kmem_cache_free call_site=%lx ptr=%p | |||
34 | These events are similar in usage to the kmalloc-related events except that | 34 | These events are similar in usage to the kmalloc-related events except that |
35 | it is likely easier to pin the event down to a specific cache. At the time | 35 | it is likely easier to pin the event down to a specific cache. At the time |
36 | of writing, no information is available on what slab is being allocated from, | 36 | of writing, no information is available on what slab is being allocated from, |
37 | but the call_site can usually be used to extrapolate that information | 37 | but the call_site can usually be used to extrapolate that information. |
38 | 38 | ||
39 | 3. Page allocation | 39 | 3. Page allocation |
40 | ================== | 40 | ================== |
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ event indicating whether it is for a percpu_refill or not. | |||
80 | When the per-CPU list is too full, a number of pages are freed, each one | 80 | When the per-CPU list is too full, a number of pages are freed, each one |
81 | which triggers a mm_page_pcpu_drain event. | 81 | which triggers a mm_page_pcpu_drain event. |
82 | 82 | ||
83 | The individual nature of the events are so that pages can be tracked | 83 | The individual nature of the events is so that pages can be tracked |
84 | between allocation and freeing. A number of drain or refill pages that occur | 84 | between allocation and freeing. A number of drain or refill pages that occur |
85 | consecutively imply the zone->lock being taken once. Large amounts of PCP | 85 | consecutively imply the zone->lock being taken once. Large amounts of per-CPU |
86 | refills and drains could imply an imbalance between CPUs where too much work | 86 | refills and drains could imply an imbalance between CPUs where too much work |
87 | is being concentrated in one place. It could also indicate that the per-CPU | 87 | is being concentrated in one place. It could also indicate that the per-CPU |
88 | lists should be a larger size. Finally, large amounts of refills on one CPU | 88 | lists should be a larger size. Finally, large amounts of refills on one CPU |
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ is important. | |||
102 | 102 | ||
103 | Large numbers of this event implies that memory is fragmenting and | 103 | Large numbers of this event implies that memory is fragmenting and |
104 | high-order allocations will start failing at some time in the future. One | 104 | high-order allocations will start failing at some time in the future. One |
105 | means of reducing the occurange of this event is to increase the size of | 105 | means of reducing the occurrence of this event is to increase the size of |
106 | min_free_kbytes in increments of 3*pageblock_size*nr_online_nodes where | 106 | min_free_kbytes in increments of 3*pageblock_size*nr_online_nodes where |
107 | pageblock_size is usually the size of the default hugepage size. | 107 | pageblock_size is usually the size of the default hugepage size. |