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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | 27 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpusets.txt | 41 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt | 30 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt | 234 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 26 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kprobes.txt | 81 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas | 23 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page_migration | 118 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 4 |
17 files changed, 530 insertions, 124 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt index 08c5d04f3086..57a09f99ecb0 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | |||
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ | |||
11 | Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> | 11 | Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> |
12 | ia64/x86_64: | 12 | ia64/x86_64: |
13 | Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> | 13 | Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> |
14 | s390: | ||
15 | Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> | ||
14 | 16 | ||
15 | Authors: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> | 17 | Authors: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> |
16 | Lots of feedback: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>, | 18 | Lots of feedback: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>, |
@@ -44,9 +46,28 @@ maxcpus=n Restrict boot time cpus to n. Say if you have 4 cpus, using | |||
44 | maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the | 46 | maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the |
45 | other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info. | 47 | other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info. |
46 | 48 | ||
47 | additional_cpus=n [x86_64 only] use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. | 49 | additional_cpus*=n Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets |
48 | This option sets | 50 | cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus |
49 | cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus | 51 | |
52 | (*) Option valid only for following architectures | ||
53 | - x86_64, ia64, s390 | ||
54 | |||
55 | ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT | ||
56 | to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation | ||
57 | should only rely on this to count the #of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the | ||
58 | apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesnt | ||
59 | mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this | ||
60 | parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. | ||
61 | |||
62 | s390 uses the number of cpus it detects at IPL time to also the number of bits | ||
63 | in cpu_possible_map. If it is desired to add additional cpus at a later time | ||
64 | the number should be specified using this option or the possible_cpus option. | ||
65 | |||
66 | possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. | ||
67 | This option sets possible_cpus bits in | ||
68 | cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set | ||
69 | constant even if the machine gets rebooted. | ||
70 | This option overrides additional_cpus. | ||
50 | 71 | ||
51 | CPU maps and such | 72 | CPU maps and such |
52 | ----------------- | 73 | ----------------- |
diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt index 990998ee10b6..30c41459953c 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt | |||
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ | |||
4 | Copyright (C) 2004 BULL SA. | 4 | Copyright (C) 2004 BULL SA. |
5 | Written by Simon.Derr@bull.net | 5 | Written by Simon.Derr@bull.net |
6 | 6 | ||
7 | Portions Copyright (c) 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. | 7 | Portions Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. |
8 | Modified by Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> | 8 | Modified by Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> |
9 | Modified by Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> | ||
9 | 10 | ||
10 | CONTENTS: | 11 | CONTENTS: |
11 | ========= | 12 | ========= |
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ This can be especially valuable on: | |||
90 | 91 | ||
91 | These subsets, or "soft partitions" must be able to be dynamically | 92 | These subsets, or "soft partitions" must be able to be dynamically |
92 | adjusted, as the job mix changes, without impacting other concurrently | 93 | adjusted, as the job mix changes, without impacting other concurrently |
93 | executing jobs. | 94 | executing jobs. The location of the running jobs pages may also be moved |
95 | when the memory locations are changed. | ||
94 | 96 | ||
95 | The kernel cpuset patch provides the minimum essential kernel | 97 | The kernel cpuset patch provides the minimum essential kernel |
96 | mechanisms required to efficiently implement such subsets. It | 98 | mechanisms required to efficiently implement such subsets. It |
@@ -102,8 +104,8 @@ memory allocator code. | |||
102 | 1.3 How are cpusets implemented ? | 104 | 1.3 How are cpusets implemented ? |
103 | --------------------------------- | 105 | --------------------------------- |
104 | 106 | ||
105 | Cpusets provide a Linux kernel (2.6.7 and above) mechanism to constrain | 107 | Cpusets provide a Linux kernel mechanism to constrain which CPUs and |
106 | which CPUs and Memory Nodes are used by a process or set of processes. | 108 | Memory Nodes are used by a process or set of processes. |
107 | 109 | ||
108 | The Linux kernel already has a pair of mechanisms to specify on which | 110 | The Linux kernel already has a pair of mechanisms to specify on which |
109 | CPUs a task may be scheduled (sched_setaffinity) and on which Memory | 111 | CPUs a task may be scheduled (sched_setaffinity) and on which Memory |
@@ -371,22 +373,17 @@ cpusets memory placement policy 'mems' subsequently changes. | |||
371 | If the cpuset flag file 'memory_migrate' is set true, then when | 373 | If the cpuset flag file 'memory_migrate' is set true, then when |
372 | tasks are attached to that cpuset, any pages that task had | 374 | tasks are attached to that cpuset, any pages that task had |
373 | allocated to it on nodes in its previous cpuset are migrated | 375 | allocated to it on nodes in its previous cpuset are migrated |
374 | to the tasks new cpuset. Depending on the implementation, | 376 | to the tasks new cpuset. The relative placement of the page within |
375 | this migration may either be done by swapping the page out, | 377 | the cpuset is preserved during these migration operations if possible. |
376 | so that the next time the page is referenced, it will be paged | 378 | For example if the page was on the second valid node of the prior cpuset |
377 | into the tasks new cpuset, usually on the node where it was | 379 | then the page will be placed on the second valid node of the new cpuset. |
378 | referenced, or this migration may be done by directly copying | 380 | |
379 | the pages from the tasks previous cpuset to the new cpuset, | ||
380 | where possible to the same node, relative to the new cpuset, | ||
381 | as the node that held the page, relative to the old cpuset. | ||
382 | Also if 'memory_migrate' is set true, then if that cpusets | 381 | Also if 'memory_migrate' is set true, then if that cpusets |
383 | 'mems' file is modified, pages allocated to tasks in that | 382 | 'mems' file is modified, pages allocated to tasks in that |
384 | cpuset, that were on nodes in the previous setting of 'mems', | 383 | cpuset, that were on nodes in the previous setting of 'mems', |
385 | will be moved to nodes in the new setting of 'mems.' Again, | 384 | will be moved to nodes in the new setting of 'mems.' |
386 | depending on the implementation, this might be done by swapping, | 385 | Pages that were not in the tasks prior cpuset, or in the cpusets |
387 | or by direct copying. In either case, pages that were not in | 386 | prior 'mems' setting, will not be moved. |
388 | the tasks prior cpuset, or in the cpusets prior 'mems' setting, | ||
389 | will not be moved. | ||
390 | 387 | ||
391 | There is an exception to the above. If hotplug functionality is used | 388 | There is an exception to the above. If hotplug functionality is used |
392 | to remove all the CPUs that are currently assigned to a cpuset, | 389 | to remove all the CPUs that are currently assigned to a cpuset, |
@@ -434,16 +431,6 @@ and then start a subshell 'sh' in that cpuset: | |||
434 | # The next line should display '/Charlie' | 431 | # The next line should display '/Charlie' |
435 | cat /proc/self/cpuset | 432 | cat /proc/self/cpuset |
436 | 433 | ||
437 | In the case that a change of cpuset includes wanting to move already | ||
438 | allocated memory pages, consider further the work of IWAMOTO | ||
439 | Toshihiro <iwamoto@valinux.co.jp> for page remapping and memory | ||
440 | hotremoval, which can be found at: | ||
441 | |||
442 | http://people.valinux.co.jp/~iwamoto/mh.html | ||
443 | |||
444 | The integration of cpusets with such memory migration is not yet | ||
445 | available. | ||
446 | |||
447 | In the future, a C library interface to cpusets will likely be | 434 | In the future, a C library interface to cpusets will likely be |
448 | available. For now, the only way to query or modify cpusets is | 435 | available. For now, the only way to query or modify cpusets is |
449 | via the cpuset file system, using the various cd, mkdir, echo, cat, | 436 | via the cpuset file system, using the various cd, mkdir, echo, cat, |
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt index df6c05453cb5..52ed462061df 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt | |||
@@ -111,4 +111,8 @@ source: linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv | |||
111 | If you have problems with this please do ask on the mailing list. | 111 | If you have problems with this please do ask on the mailing list. |
112 | 112 | ||
113 | -- | 113 | -- |
114 | Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham | 114 | Authors: Richard Walker, |
115 | Jamie Honan, | ||
116 | Michael Hunold, | ||
117 | Manu Abraham, | ||
118 | Michael Krufky | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index b730d765b525..81bc51369f59 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |||
@@ -171,3 +171,21 @@ Why: The ISA interface is faster and should be always available. The I2C | |||
171 | probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see | 171 | probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see |
172 | bug #5889.) | 172 | bug #5889.) |
173 | Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 173 | Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> |
174 | |||
175 | --------------------------- | ||
176 | |||
177 | What: mount/umount uevents | ||
178 | When: February 2007 | ||
179 | Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know | ||
180 | when a file system has been mounted or unmounted. Userspace should | ||
181 | poll the /proc/mounts file instead to detect this properly. | ||
182 | Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | ||
183 | |||
184 | --------------------------- | ||
185 | |||
186 | What: Support for NEC DDB5074 and DDB5476 evaluation boards. | ||
187 | When: June 2006 | ||
188 | Why: Board specific code doesn't build anymore since ~2.6.0 and no | ||
189 | users have complained indicating there is no more need for these | ||
190 | boards. This should really be considered a last call. | ||
191 | Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt index 614de3124901..251168587899 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt | |||
@@ -457,6 +457,12 @@ ChangeLog | |||
457 | 457 | ||
458 | Note, a technical ChangeLog aimed at kernel hackers is in fs/ntfs/ChangeLog. | 458 | Note, a technical ChangeLog aimed at kernel hackers is in fs/ntfs/ChangeLog. |
459 | 459 | ||
460 | 2.1.26: | ||
461 | - Implement support for sector sizes above 512 bytes (up to the maximum | ||
462 | supported by NTFS which is 4096 bytes). | ||
463 | - Enhance support for NTFS volumes which were supported by Windows but | ||
464 | not by Linux due to invalid attribute list attribute flags. | ||
465 | - A few minor updates and bug fixes. | ||
460 | 2.1.25: | 466 | 2.1.25: |
461 | - Write support is now extended with write(2) being able to both | 467 | - Write support is now extended with write(2) being able to both |
462 | overwrite existing file data and to extend files. Also, if a write | 468 | overwrite existing file data and to extend files. Also, if a write |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt index dbe4d87d2615..1773106976a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt | |||
@@ -79,15 +79,27 @@ that instance in a system with many cpus making intensive use of it. | |||
79 | 79 | ||
80 | 80 | ||
81 | tmpfs has a mount option to set the NUMA memory allocation policy for | 81 | tmpfs has a mount option to set the NUMA memory allocation policy for |
82 | all files in that instance: | 82 | all files in that instance (if CONFIG_NUMA is enabled) - which can be |
83 | mpol=interleave prefers to allocate memory from each node in turn | 83 | adjusted on the fly via 'mount -o remount ...' |
84 | mpol=default prefers to allocate memory from the local node | ||
85 | mpol=bind prefers to allocate from mpol_nodelist | ||
86 | mpol=preferred prefers to allocate from first node in mpol_nodelist | ||
87 | 84 | ||
88 | The following mount option is used in conjunction with mpol=interleave, | 85 | mpol=default prefers to allocate memory from the local node |
89 | mpol=bind or mpol=preferred: | 86 | mpol=prefer:Node prefers to allocate memory from the given Node |
90 | mpol_nodelist: nodelist suitable for parsing with nodelist_parse. | 87 | mpol=bind:NodeList allocates memory only from nodes in NodeList |
88 | mpol=interleave prefers to allocate from each node in turn | ||
89 | mpol=interleave:NodeList allocates from each node of NodeList in turn | ||
90 | |||
91 | NodeList format is a comma-separated list of decimal numbers and ranges, | ||
92 | a range being two hyphen-separated decimal numbers, the smallest and | ||
93 | largest node numbers in the range. For example, mpol=bind:0-3,5,7,9-15 | ||
94 | |||
95 | Note that trying to mount a tmpfs with an mpol option will fail if the | ||
96 | running kernel does not support NUMA; and will fail if its nodelist | ||
97 | specifies a node >= MAX_NUMNODES. If your system relies on that tmpfs | ||
98 | being mounted, but from time to time runs a kernel built without NUMA | ||
99 | capability (perhaps a safe recovery kernel), or configured to support | ||
100 | fewer nodes, then it is advisable to omit the mpol option from automatic | ||
101 | mount options. It can be added later, when the tmpfs is already mounted | ||
102 | on MountPoint, by 'mount -o remount,mpol=Policy:NodeList MountPoint'. | ||
91 | 103 | ||
92 | 104 | ||
93 | To specify the initial root directory you can use the following mount | 105 | To specify the initial root directory you can use the following mount |
@@ -109,4 +121,4 @@ RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root. | |||
109 | Author: | 121 | Author: |
110 | Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01 | 122 | Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01 |
111 | Updated: | 123 | Updated: |
112 | Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 13 March 2005 | 124 | Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 19 February 2006 |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt index 4e92feb6b507..24c7a9c41f0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt | |||
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ OPTIONS | |||
57 | 57 | ||
58 | port=n port to connect to on the remote server | 58 | port=n port to connect to on the remote server |
59 | 59 | ||
60 | timeout=n request timeouts (in ms) (default 60000ms) | ||
61 | |||
62 | noextend force legacy mode (no 9P2000.u semantics) | 60 | noextend force legacy mode (no 9P2000.u semantics) |
63 | 61 | ||
64 | uid attempt to mount as a particular uid | 62 | uid attempt to mount as a particular uid |
@@ -74,10 +72,16 @@ OPTIONS | |||
74 | RESOURCES | 72 | RESOURCES |
75 | ========= | 73 | ========= |
76 | 74 | ||
77 | The Linux version of the 9P server, along with some client-side utilities | 75 | The Linux version of the 9P server is now maintained under the npfs project |
78 | can be found at http://v9fs.sf.net (along with a CVS repository of the | 76 | on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/npfs). |
79 | development branch of this module). There are user and developer mailing | 77 | |
80 | lists here, as well as a bug-tracker. | 78 | There are user and developer mailing lists available through the v9fs project |
79 | on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs). | ||
80 | |||
81 | News and other information is maintained on SWiK (http://swik.net/v9fs). | ||
82 | |||
83 | Bug reports may be issued through the kernel.org bugzilla | ||
84 | (http://bugzilla.kernel.org) | ||
81 | 85 | ||
82 | For more information on the Plan 9 Operating System check out | 86 | For more information on the Plan 9 Operating System check out |
83 | http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9 | 87 | http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9 |
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0ed9b0a779bc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@ | |||
1 | ================================= | ||
2 | INTERNAL KERNEL ABI FOR FR-V ARCH | ||
3 | ================================= | ||
4 | |||
5 | The internal FRV kernel ABI is not quite the same as the userspace ABI. A number of the registers | ||
6 | are used for special purposed, and the ABI is not consistent between modules vs core, and MMU vs | ||
7 | no-MMU. | ||
8 | |||
9 | This partly stems from the fact that FRV CPUs do not have a separate supervisor stack pointer, and | ||
10 | most of them do not have any scratch registers, thus requiring at least one general purpose | ||
11 | register to be clobbered in such an event. Also, within the kernel core, it is possible to simply | ||
12 | jump or call directly between functions using a relative offset. This cannot be extended to modules | ||
13 | for the displacement is likely to be too far. Thus in modules the address of a function to call | ||
14 | must be calculated in a register and then used, requiring two extra instructions. | ||
15 | |||
16 | This document has the following sections: | ||
17 | |||
18 | (*) System call register ABI | ||
19 | (*) CPU operating modes | ||
20 | (*) Internal kernel-mode register ABI | ||
21 | (*) Internal debug-mode register ABI | ||
22 | (*) Virtual interrupt handling | ||
23 | |||
24 | |||
25 | ======================== | ||
26 | SYSTEM CALL REGISTER ABI | ||
27 | ======================== | ||
28 | |||
29 | When a system call is made, the following registers are effective: | ||
30 | |||
31 | REGISTERS CALL RETURN | ||
32 | =============== ======================= ======================= | ||
33 | GR7 System call number Preserved | ||
34 | GR8 Syscall arg #1 Return value | ||
35 | GR9-GR13 Syscall arg #2-6 Preserved | ||
36 | |||
37 | |||
38 | =================== | ||
39 | CPU OPERATING MODES | ||
40 | =================== | ||
41 | |||
42 | The FR-V CPU has three basic operating modes. In order of increasing capability: | ||
43 | |||
44 | (1) User mode. | ||
45 | |||
46 | Basic userspace running mode. | ||
47 | |||
48 | (2) Kernel mode. | ||
49 | |||
50 | Normal kernel mode. There are many additional control registers available that may be | ||
51 | accessed in this mode, in addition to all the stuff available to user mode. This has two | ||
52 | submodes: | ||
53 | |||
54 | (a) Exceptions enabled (PSR.T == 1). | ||
55 | |||
56 | Exceptions will invoke the appropriate normal kernel mode handler. On entry to the | ||
57 | handler, the PSR.T bit will be cleared. | ||
58 | |||
59 | (b) Exceptions disabled (PSR.T == 0). | ||
60 | |||
61 | No exceptions or interrupts may happen. Any mandatory exceptions will cause the CPU to | ||
62 | halt unless the CPU is told to jump into debug mode instead. | ||
63 | |||
64 | (3) Debug mode. | ||
65 | |||
66 | No exceptions may happen in this mode. Memory protection and management exceptions will be | ||
67 | flagged for later consideration, but the exception handler won't be invoked. Debugging traps | ||
68 | such as hardware breakpoints and watchpoints will be ignored. This mode is entered only by | ||
69 | debugging events obtained from the other two modes. | ||
70 | |||
71 | All kernel mode registers may be accessed, plus a few extra debugging specific registers. | ||
72 | |||
73 | |||
74 | ================================= | ||
75 | INTERNAL KERNEL-MODE REGISTER ABI | ||
76 | ================================= | ||
77 | |||
78 | There are a number of permanent register assignments that are set up by entry.S in the exception | ||
79 | prologue. Note that there is a complete set of exception prologues for each of user->kernel | ||
80 | transition and kernel->kernel transition. There are also user->debug and kernel->debug mode | ||
81 | transition prologues. | ||
82 | |||
83 | |||
84 | REGISTER FLAVOUR USE | ||
85 | =============== ======= ==================================================== | ||
86 | GR1 Supervisor stack pointer | ||
87 | GR15 Current thread info pointer | ||
88 | GR16 GP-Rel base register for small data | ||
89 | GR28 Current exception frame pointer (__frame) | ||
90 | GR29 Current task pointer (current) | ||
91 | GR30 Destroyed by kernel mode entry | ||
92 | GR31 NOMMU Destroyed by debug mode entry | ||
93 | GR31 MMU Destroyed by TLB miss kernel mode entry | ||
94 | CCR.ICC2 Virtual interrupt disablement tracking | ||
95 | CCCR.CC3 Cleared by exception prologue (atomic op emulation) | ||
96 | SCR0 MMU See mmu-layout.txt. | ||
97 | SCR1 MMU See mmu-layout.txt. | ||
98 | SCR2 MMU Save for EAR0 (destroyed by icache insns in debug mode) | ||
99 | SCR3 MMU Save for GR31 during debug exceptions | ||
100 | DAMR/IAMR NOMMU Fixed memory protection layout. | ||
101 | DAMR/IAMR MMU See mmu-layout.txt. | ||
102 | |||
103 | |||
104 | Certain registers are also used or modified across function calls: | ||
105 | |||
106 | REGISTER CALL RETURN | ||
107 | =============== =============================== =============================== | ||
108 | GR0 Fixed Zero - | ||
109 | GR2 Function call frame pointer | ||
110 | GR3 Special Preserved | ||
111 | GR3-GR7 - Clobbered | ||
112 | GR8 Function call arg #1 Return value (or clobbered) | ||
113 | GR9 Function call arg #2 Return value MSW (or clobbered) | ||
114 | GR10-GR13 Function call arg #3-#6 Clobbered | ||
115 | GR14 - Clobbered | ||
116 | GR15-GR16 Special Preserved | ||
117 | GR17-GR27 - Preserved | ||
118 | GR28-GR31 Special Only accessed explicitly | ||
119 | LR Return address after CALL Clobbered | ||
120 | CCR/CCCR - Mostly Clobbered | ||
121 | |||
122 | |||
123 | ================================ | ||
124 | INTERNAL DEBUG-MODE REGISTER ABI | ||
125 | ================================ | ||
126 | |||
127 | This is the same as the kernel-mode register ABI for functions calls. The difference is that in | ||
128 | debug-mode there's a different stack and a different exception frame. Almost all the global | ||
129 | registers from kernel-mode (including the stack pointer) may be changed. | ||
130 | |||
131 | REGISTER FLAVOUR USE | ||
132 | =============== ======= ==================================================== | ||
133 | GR1 Debug stack pointer | ||
134 | GR16 GP-Rel base register for small data | ||
135 | GR31 Current debug exception frame pointer (__debug_frame) | ||
136 | SCR3 MMU Saved value of GR31 | ||
137 | |||
138 | |||
139 | Note that debug mode is able to interfere with the kernel's emulated atomic ops, so it must be | ||
140 | exceedingly careful not to do any that would interact with the main kernel in this regard. Hence | ||
141 | the debug mode code (gdbstub) is almost completely self-contained. The only external code used is | ||
142 | the sprintf family of functions. | ||
143 | |||
144 | Futhermore, break.S is so complicated because single-step mode does not switch off on entry to an | ||
145 | exception. That means unless manually disabled, single-stepping will blithely go on stepping into | ||
146 | things like interrupts. See gdbstub.txt for more information. | ||
147 | |||
148 | |||
149 | ========================== | ||
150 | VIRTUAL INTERRUPT HANDLING | ||
151 | ========================== | ||
152 | |||
153 | Because accesses to the PSR is so slow, and to disable interrupts we have to access it twice (once | ||
154 | to read and once to write), we don't actually disable interrupts at all if we don't have to. What | ||
155 | we do instead is use the ICC2 condition code flags to note virtual disablement, such that if we | ||
156 | then do take an interrupt, we note the flag, really disable interrupts, set another flag and resume | ||
157 | execution at the point the interrupt happened. Setting condition flags as a side effect of an | ||
158 | arithmetic or logical instruction is really fast. This use of the ICC2 only occurs within the | ||
159 | kernel - it does not affect userspace. | ||
160 | |||
161 | The flags we use are: | ||
162 | |||
163 | (*) CCR.ICC2.Z [Zero flag] | ||
164 | |||
165 | Set to virtually disable interrupts, clear when interrupts are virtually enabled. Can be | ||
166 | modified by logical instructions without affecting the Carry flag. | ||
167 | |||
168 | (*) CCR.ICC2.C [Carry flag] | ||
169 | |||
170 | Clear to indicate hardware interrupts are really disabled, set otherwise. | ||
171 | |||
172 | |||
173 | What happens is this: | ||
174 | |||
175 | (1) Normal kernel-mode operation. | ||
176 | |||
177 | ICC2.Z is 0, ICC2.C is 1. | ||
178 | |||
179 | (2) An interrupt occurs. The exception prologue examines ICC2.Z and determines that nothing needs | ||
180 | doing. This is done simply with an unlikely BEQ instruction. | ||
181 | |||
182 | (3) The interrupts are disabled (local_irq_disable) | ||
183 | |||
184 | ICC2.Z is set to 1. | ||
185 | |||
186 | (4) If interrupts were then re-enabled (local_irq_enable): | ||
187 | |||
188 | ICC2.Z would be set to 0. | ||
189 | |||
190 | A TIHI #2 instruction (trap #2 if condition HI - Z==0 && C==0) would be used to trap if | ||
191 | interrupts were now virtually enabled, but physically disabled - which they're not, so the | ||
192 | trap isn't taken. The kernel would then be back to state (1). | ||
193 | |||
194 | (5) An interrupt occurs. The exception prologue examines ICC2.Z and determines that the interrupt | ||
195 | shouldn't actually have happened. It jumps aside, and there disabled interrupts by setting | ||
196 | PSR.PIL to 14 and then it clears ICC2.C. | ||
197 | |||
198 | (6) If interrupts were then saved and disabled again (local_irq_save): | ||
199 | |||
200 | ICC2.Z would be shifted into the save variable and masked off (giving a 1). | ||
201 | |||
202 | ICC2.Z would then be set to 1 (thus unchanged), and ICC2.C would be unaffected (ie: 0). | ||
203 | |||
204 | (7) If interrupts were then restored from state (6) (local_irq_restore): | ||
205 | |||
206 | ICC2.Z would be set to indicate the result of XOR'ing the saved value (ie: 1) with 1, which | ||
207 | gives a result of 0 - thus leaving ICC2.Z set. | ||
208 | |||
209 | ICC2.C would remain unaffected (ie: 0). | ||
210 | |||
211 | A TIHI #2 instruction would be used to again assay the current state, but this would do | ||
212 | nothing as Z==1. | ||
213 | |||
214 | (8) If interrupts were then enabled (local_irq_enable): | ||
215 | |||
216 | ICC2.Z would be cleared. ICC2.C would be left unaffected. Both flags would now be 0. | ||
217 | |||
218 | A TIHI #2 instruction again issued to assay the current state would then trap as both Z==0 | ||
219 | [interrupts virtually enabled] and C==0 [interrupts really disabled] would then be true. | ||
220 | |||
221 | (9) The trap #2 handler would simply enable hardware interrupts (set PSR.PIL to 0), set ICC2.C to | ||
222 | 1 and return. | ||
223 | |||
224 | (10) Immediately upon returning, the pending interrupt would be taken. | ||
225 | |||
226 | (11) The interrupt handler would take the path of actually processing the interrupt (ICC2.Z is | ||
227 | clear, BEQ fails as per step (2)). | ||
228 | |||
229 | (12) The interrupt handler would then set ICC2.C to 1 since hardware interrupts are definitely | ||
230 | enabled - or else the kernel wouldn't be here. | ||
231 | |||
232 | (13) On return from the interrupt handler, things would be back to state (1). | ||
233 | |||
234 | This trap (#2) is only available in kernel mode. In user mode it will result in SIGILL. | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf index 5d23776e9907..bbeaba680443 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf | |||
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Module Parameters | |||
36 | (default is 1) | 36 | (default is 1) |
37 | Use 'init=0' to bypass initializing the chip. | 37 | Use 'init=0' to bypass initializing the chip. |
38 | Try this if your computer crashes when you load the module. | 38 | Try this if your computer crashes when you load the module. |
39 | * reset: int | ||
40 | (default is 0) | ||
41 | The driver used to reset the chip on load, but does no more. Use | ||
42 | 'reset=1' to restore the old behavior. Report if you need to do this. | ||
39 | 43 | ||
40 | Description | 44 | Description |
41 | ----------- | 45 | ----------- |
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 84370363da80..fc99075e0af4 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -335,6 +335,12 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
335 | timesource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. | 335 | timesource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. |
336 | Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } | 336 | Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } |
337 | 337 | ||
338 | disable_8254_timer | ||
339 | enable_8254_timer | ||
340 | [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing | ||
341 | over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The | ||
342 | kernel tries to set a sensible default. | ||
343 | |||
338 | hpet= [IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT. | 344 | hpet= [IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT. |
339 | Format: disable | 345 | Format: disable |
340 | 346 | ||
@@ -1034,6 +1040,8 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1034 | 1040 | ||
1035 | nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception | 1041 | nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception |
1036 | 1042 | ||
1043 | nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling | ||
1044 | |||
1037 | noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. | 1045 | noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. |
1038 | 1046 | ||
1039 | noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap | 1047 | noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap |
@@ -1133,6 +1141,8 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1133 | Mechanism 1. | 1141 | Mechanism 1. |
1134 | conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration | 1142 | conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration |
1135 | Mechanism 2. | 1143 | Mechanism 2. |
1144 | nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI | ||
1145 | Configuration | ||
1136 | nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to | 1146 | nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to |
1137 | order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is | 1147 | order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is |
1138 | done to get a device order compatible with | 1148 | done to get a device order compatible with |
@@ -1280,6 +1290,19 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1280 | New name for the ramdisk parameter. | 1290 | New name for the ramdisk parameter. |
1281 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | 1291 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. |
1282 | 1292 | ||
1293 | rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished | ||
1294 | RCU callbacks to process in one batch. | ||
1295 | |||
1296 | rcu.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued | ||
1297 | RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. | ||
1298 | |||
1299 | rcu.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued | ||
1300 | RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled. | ||
1301 | |||
1302 | rcu.rsinterval= [KNL,BOOT,SMP] Set the number of additional | ||
1303 | RCU callbacks to queued before forcing reschedule | ||
1304 | on all cpus. | ||
1305 | |||
1283 | rdinit= [KNL] | 1306 | rdinit= [KNL] |
1284 | Format: <full_path> | 1307 | Format: <full_path> |
1285 | Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, | 1308 | Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, |
@@ -1636,6 +1659,9 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1636 | Format: | 1659 | Format: |
1637 | <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] | 1660 | <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] |
1638 | 1661 | ||
1662 | norandmaps Don't use address space randomization | ||
1663 | Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space | ||
1664 | |||
1639 | 1665 | ||
1640 | ______________________________________________________________________ | 1666 | ______________________________________________________________________ |
1641 | Changelog: | 1667 | Changelog: |
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index 0ea5a0c6e827..2c3b1eae4280 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt | |||
@@ -136,17 +136,20 @@ Kprobes, jprobes, and return probes are implemented on the following | |||
136 | architectures: | 136 | architectures: |
137 | 137 | ||
138 | - i386 | 138 | - i386 |
139 | - x86_64 (AMD-64, E64MT) | 139 | - x86_64 (AMD-64, EM64T) |
140 | - ppc64 | 140 | - ppc64 |
141 | - ia64 (Support for probes on certain instruction types is still in progress.) | 141 | - ia64 (Does not support probes on instruction slot1.) |
142 | - sparc64 (Return probes not yet implemented.) | 142 | - sparc64 (Return probes not yet implemented.) |
143 | 143 | ||
144 | 3. Configuring Kprobes | 144 | 3. Configuring Kprobes |
145 | 145 | ||
146 | When configuring the kernel using make menuconfig/xconfig/oldconfig, | 146 | When configuring the kernel using make menuconfig/xconfig/oldconfig, |
147 | ensure that CONFIG_KPROBES is set to "y". Under "Kernel hacking", | 147 | ensure that CONFIG_KPROBES is set to "y". Under "Instrumentation |
148 | look for "Kprobes". You may have to enable "Kernel debugging" | 148 | Support", look for "Kprobes". |
149 | (CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL) before you can enable Kprobes. | 149 | |
150 | So that you can load and unload Kprobes-based instrumentation modules, | ||
151 | make sure "Loadable module support" (CONFIG_MODULES) and "Module | ||
152 | unloading" (CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD) are set to "y". | ||
150 | 153 | ||
151 | You may also want to ensure that CONFIG_KALLSYMS and perhaps even | 154 | You may also want to ensure that CONFIG_KALLSYMS and perhaps even |
152 | CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL are set to "y", since kallsyms_lookup_name() | 155 | CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL are set to "y", since kallsyms_lookup_name() |
@@ -262,18 +265,18 @@ at any time after the probe has been registered. | |||
262 | 265 | ||
263 | 5. Kprobes Features and Limitations | 266 | 5. Kprobes Features and Limitations |
264 | 267 | ||
265 | As of Linux v2.6.12, Kprobes allows multiple probes at the same | 268 | Kprobes allows multiple probes at the same address. Currently, |
266 | address. Currently, however, there cannot be multiple jprobes on | 269 | however, there cannot be multiple jprobes on the same function at |
267 | the same function at the same time. | 270 | the same time. |
268 | 271 | ||
269 | In general, you can install a probe anywhere in the kernel. | 272 | In general, you can install a probe anywhere in the kernel. |
270 | In particular, you can probe interrupt handlers. Known exceptions | 273 | In particular, you can probe interrupt handlers. Known exceptions |
271 | are discussed in this section. | 274 | are discussed in this section. |
272 | 275 | ||
273 | For obvious reasons, it's a bad idea to install a probe in | 276 | The register_*probe functions will return -EINVAL if you attempt |
274 | the code that implements Kprobes (mostly kernel/kprobes.c and | 277 | to install a probe in the code that implements Kprobes (mostly |
275 | arch/*/kernel/kprobes.c). A patch in the v2.6.13 timeframe instructs | 278 | kernel/kprobes.c and arch/*/kernel/kprobes.c, but also functions such |
276 | Kprobes to reject such requests. | 279 | as do_page_fault and notifier_call_chain). |
277 | 280 | ||
278 | If you install a probe in an inline-able function, Kprobes makes | 281 | If you install a probe in an inline-able function, Kprobes makes |
279 | no attempt to chase down all inline instances of the function and | 282 | no attempt to chase down all inline instances of the function and |
@@ -290,18 +293,14 @@ from the accidental ones. Don't drink and probe. | |||
290 | 293 | ||
291 | Kprobes makes no attempt to prevent probe handlers from stepping on | 294 | Kprobes makes no attempt to prevent probe handlers from stepping on |
292 | each other -- e.g., probing printk() and then calling printk() from a | 295 | each other -- e.g., probing printk() and then calling printk() from a |
293 | probe handler. As of Linux v2.6.12, if a probe handler hits a probe, | 296 | probe handler. If a probe handler hits a probe, that second probe's |
294 | that second probe's handlers won't be run in that instance. | 297 | handlers won't be run in that instance, and the kprobe.nmissed member |
295 | 298 | of the second probe will be incremented. | |
296 | In Linux v2.6.12 and previous versions, Kprobes' data structures are | 299 | |
297 | protected by a single lock that is held during probe registration and | 300 | As of Linux v2.6.15-rc1, multiple handlers (or multiple instances of |
298 | unregistration and while handlers are run. Thus, no two handlers | 301 | the same handler) may run concurrently on different CPUs. |
299 | can run simultaneously. To improve scalability on SMP systems, | 302 | |
300 | this restriction will probably be removed soon, in which case | 303 | Kprobes does not use mutexes or allocate memory except during |
301 | multiple handlers (or multiple instances of the same handler) may | ||
302 | run concurrently on different CPUs. Code your handlers accordingly. | ||
303 | |||
304 | Kprobes does not use semaphores or allocate memory except during | ||
305 | registration and unregistration. | 304 | registration and unregistration. |
306 | 305 | ||
307 | Probe handlers are run with preemption disabled. Depending on the | 306 | Probe handlers are run with preemption disabled. Depending on the |
@@ -316,11 +315,18 @@ address instead of the real return address for kretprobed functions. | |||
316 | (As far as we can tell, __builtin_return_address() is used only | 315 | (As far as we can tell, __builtin_return_address() is used only |
317 | for instrumentation and error reporting.) | 316 | for instrumentation and error reporting.) |
318 | 317 | ||
319 | If the number of times a function is called does not match the | 318 | If the number of times a function is called does not match the number |
320 | number of times it returns, registering a return probe on that | 319 | of times it returns, registering a return probe on that function may |
321 | function may produce undesirable results. We have the do_exit() | 320 | produce undesirable results. We have the do_exit() case covered. |
322 | and do_execve() cases covered. do_fork() is not an issue. We're | 321 | do_execve() and do_fork() are not an issue. We're unaware of other |
323 | unaware of other specific cases where this could be a problem. | 322 | specific cases where this could be a problem. |
323 | |||
324 | If, upon entry to or exit from a function, the CPU is running on | ||
325 | a stack other than that of the current task, registering a return | ||
326 | probe on that function may produce undesirable results. For this | ||
327 | reason, Kprobes doesn't support return probes (or kprobes or jprobes) | ||
328 | on the x86_64 version of __switch_to(); the registration functions | ||
329 | return -EINVAL. | ||
324 | 330 | ||
325 | 6. Probe Overhead | 331 | 6. Probe Overhead |
326 | 332 | ||
@@ -347,14 +353,12 @@ k = 0.77 usec; j = 1.31; r = 1.26; kr = 1.45; jr = 1.99 | |||
347 | 353 | ||
348 | 7. TODO | 354 | 7. TODO |
349 | 355 | ||
350 | a. SystemTap (http://sourceware.org/systemtap): Work in progress | 356 | a. SystemTap (http://sourceware.org/systemtap): Provides a simplified |
351 | to provide a simplified programming interface for probe-based | 357 | programming interface for probe-based instrumentation. Try it out. |
352 | instrumentation. | 358 | b. Kernel return probes for sparc64. |
353 | b. Improved SMP scalability: Currently, work is in progress to handle | 359 | c. Support for other architectures. |
354 | multiple kprobes in parallel. | 360 | d. User-space probes. |
355 | c. Kernel return probes for sparc64. | 361 | e. Watchpoint probes (which fire on data references). |
356 | d. Support for other architectures. | ||
357 | e. User-space probes. | ||
358 | 362 | ||
359 | 8. Kprobes Example | 363 | 8. Kprobes Example |
360 | 364 | ||
@@ -411,8 +415,7 @@ int init_module(void) | |||
411 | printk("Couldn't find %s to plant kprobe\n", "do_fork"); | 415 | printk("Couldn't find %s to plant kprobe\n", "do_fork"); |
412 | return -1; | 416 | return -1; |
413 | } | 417 | } |
414 | ret = register_kprobe(&kp); | 418 | if ((ret = register_kprobe(&kp) < 0)) { |
415 | if (ret < 0) { | ||
416 | printk("register_kprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret); | 419 | printk("register_kprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret); |
417 | return -1; | 420 | return -1; |
418 | } | 421 | } |
diff --git a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README index a7e4c4ea3560..afb31c141d9d 100644 --- a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README +++ b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README | |||
@@ -95,11 +95,13 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y | |||
95 | CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y | 95 | CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y |
96 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX=y | 96 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX=y |
97 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA=y | 97 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA=y |
98 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTABLE_ON=y | ||
99 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128 | 98 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128 |
100 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y | 99 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y |
101 | CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y | 100 | CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y |
102 | 101 | ||
102 | Also define 'IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTMODE' in 'drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c' to enable | ||
103 | the burst support on DBDMA controller. | ||
104 | |||
103 | If the used system need the USB support enable the following kernel configs for | 105 | If the used system need the USB support enable the following kernel configs for |
104 | high IDE to USB throughput. | 106 | high IDE to USB throughput. |
105 | 107 | ||
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128 | |||
115 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y | 117 | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y |
116 | CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y | 118 | CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y |
117 | 119 | ||
120 | Also undefine 'IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTMODE' in 'drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c' to | ||
121 | disable the burst support on DBDMA controller. | ||
118 | 122 | ||
119 | ADD NEW HARD DISC TO WHITE OR BLACK LIST | 123 | ADD NEW HARD DISC TO WHITE OR BLACK LIST |
120 | ---------------------------------------- | 124 | ---------------------------------------- |
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas index f8c16cbf56ba..2dafa63bd370 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas | |||
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ | |||
1 | 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> | ||
2 | 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 | ||
3 | 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04 | ||
4 | |||
5 | i. Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) controller, device id : 0x60 added. | ||
6 | During initialization, depending on the device id, the template members | ||
7 | are initialized with function pointers specific to the ppc or | ||
8 | xscale controllers. | ||
9 | |||
10 | -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> | ||
11 | |||
12 | 1 Release Date : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro | ||
13 | <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> | ||
14 | 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 | ||
15 | 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.02 | ||
16 | i. Register 16 byte CDB capability with scsi midlayer | ||
17 | |||
18 | "Ths patch properly registers the 16 byte command length capability of the | ||
19 | megaraid_sas controlled hardware with the scsi midlayer. All megaraid_sas | ||
20 | hardware supports 16 byte CDB's." | ||
21 | |||
22 | -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@dell.com> | ||
23 | |||
1 | 1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> | 24 | 1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> |
2 | 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02 | 25 | 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02 |
3 | 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01 | 26 | 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01 |
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 9f11d36a8c10..b0c7ab93dcb9 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |||
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ before actually making adjustments. | |||
16 | 16 | ||
17 | Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration) | 17 | Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration) |
18 | show up in /proc/sys/kernel: | 18 | show up in /proc/sys/kernel: |
19 | - acpi_video_flags | ||
19 | - acct | 20 | - acct |
20 | - core_pattern | 21 | - core_pattern |
21 | - core_uses_pid | 22 | - core_uses_pid |
@@ -57,6 +58,15 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: | |||
57 | 58 | ||
58 | ============================================================== | 59 | ============================================================== |
59 | 60 | ||
61 | acpi_video_flags: | ||
62 | |||
63 | flags | ||
64 | |||
65 | See Doc*/kernel/power/video.txt, it allows mode of video boot to be | ||
66 | set during run time. | ||
67 | |||
68 | ============================================================== | ||
69 | |||
60 | acct: | 70 | acct: |
61 | 71 | ||
62 | highwater lowwater frequency | 72 | highwater lowwater frequency |
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 index 8a352597830f..da4fb890165f 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 | |||
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ | |||
13 | 12 -> Medion 7134 [16be:0003] | 13 | 12 -> Medion 7134 [16be:0003] |
14 | 13 -> Typhoon TV+Radio 90031 | 14 | 13 -> Typhoon TV+Radio 90031 |
15 | 14 -> ELSA EX-VISION 300TV [1048:226b] | 15 | 14 -> ELSA EX-VISION 300TV [1048:226b] |
16 | 15 -> ELSA EX-VISION 500TV [1048:226b] | 16 | 15 -> ELSA EX-VISION 500TV [1048:226a] |
17 | 16 -> ASUS TV-FM 7134 [1043:4842,1043:4830,1043:4840] | 17 | 16 -> ASUS TV-FM 7134 [1043:4842,1043:4830,1043:4840] |
18 | 17 -> AOPEN VA1000 POWER [1131:7133] | 18 | 17 -> AOPEN VA1000 POWER [1131:7133] |
19 | 18 -> BMK MPEX No Tuner | 19 | 18 -> BMK MPEX No Tuner |
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ | |||
75 | 74 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum Mini2 [14c0:1212] | 75 | 74 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum Mini2 [14c0:1212] |
76 | 75 -> AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 [1461:1044] | 76 | 75 -> AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 [1461:1044] |
77 | 76 -> SKNet MonsterTV Mobile [1131:4ee9] | 77 | 76 -> SKNet MonsterTV Mobile [1131:4ee9] |
78 | 77 -> Pinnacle PCTV 110i (saa7133) [11bd:002e] | 78 | 77 -> Pinnacle PCTV 40i/50i/110i (saa7133) [11bd:002e] |
79 | 78 -> ASUSTeK P7131 Dual [1043:4862] | 79 | 78 -> ASUSTeK P7131 Dual [1043:4862] |
80 | 79 -> Sedna/MuchTV PC TV Cardbus TV/Radio (ITO25 Rev:2B) | 80 | 79 -> Sedna/MuchTV PC TV Cardbus TV/Radio (ITO25 Rev:2B) |
81 | 80 -> ASUS Digimatrix TV [1043:0210] | 81 | 80 -> ASUS Digimatrix TV [1043:0210] |
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_migration b/Documentation/vm/page_migration index c52820fcf500..0dd4ef30c361 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page_migration +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_migration | |||
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ is running. | |||
12 | 12 | ||
13 | Page migration allows a process to manually relocate the node on which its | 13 | Page migration allows a process to manually relocate the node on which its |
14 | pages are located through the MF_MOVE and MF_MOVE_ALL options while setting | 14 | pages are located through the MF_MOVE and MF_MOVE_ALL options while setting |
15 | a new memory policy. The pages of process can also be relocated | 15 | a new memory policy via mbind(). The pages of process can also be relocated |
16 | from another process using the sys_migrate_pages() function call. The | 16 | from another process using the sys_migrate_pages() function call. The |
17 | migrate_pages function call takes two sets of nodes and moves pages of a | 17 | migrate_pages function call takes two sets of nodes and moves pages of a |
18 | process that are located on the from nodes to the destination nodes. | 18 | process that are located on the from nodes to the destination nodes. |
19 | 19 | Page migration functions are provided by the numactl package by Andi Kleen | |
20 | Manual migration is very useful if for example the scheduler has relocated | 20 | (a version later than 0.9.3 is required. Get it from |
21 | ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ak). numactl provided libnuma which | ||
22 | provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page migration. | ||
23 | cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the pages of | ||
24 | a process are located. See also the numa_maps manpage in the numactl package. | ||
25 | |||
26 | Manual migration is useful if for example the scheduler has relocated | ||
21 | a process to a processor on a distant node. A batch scheduler or an | 27 | a process to a processor on a distant node. A batch scheduler or an |
22 | administrator may detect the situation and move the pages of the process | 28 | administrator may detect the situation and move the pages of the process |
23 | nearer to the new processor. At some point in the future we may have | 29 | nearer to the new processor. At some point in the future we may have |
@@ -25,10 +31,12 @@ some mechanism in the scheduler that will automatically move the pages. | |||
25 | 31 | ||
26 | Larger installations usually partition the system using cpusets into | 32 | Larger installations usually partition the system using cpusets into |
27 | sections of nodes. Paul Jackson has equipped cpusets with the ability to | 33 | sections of nodes. Paul Jackson has equipped cpusets with the ability to |
28 | move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset. This allows automatic | 34 | move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See ../cpusets.txt). |
29 | control over locality of a process. If a task is moved to a new cpuset | 35 | Cpusets allows the automation of process locality. If a task is moved to |
30 | then also all its pages are moved with it so that the performance of the | 36 | a new cpuset then also all its pages are moved with it so that the |
31 | process does not sink dramatically (as is the case today). | 37 | performance of the process does not sink dramatically. Also the pages |
38 | of processes in a cpuset are moved if the allowed memory nodes of a | ||
39 | cpuset are changed. | ||
32 | 40 | ||
33 | Page migration allows the preservation of the relative location of pages | 41 | Page migration allows the preservation of the relative location of pages |
34 | within a group of nodes for all migration techniques which will preserve a | 42 | within a group of nodes for all migration techniques which will preserve a |
@@ -37,22 +45,26 @@ process. This is necessary in order to preserve the memory latencies. | |||
37 | Processes will run with similar performance after migration. | 45 | Processes will run with similar performance after migration. |
38 | 46 | ||
39 | Page migration occurs in several steps. First a high level | 47 | Page migration occurs in several steps. First a high level |
40 | description for those trying to use migrate_pages() and then | 48 | description for those trying to use migrate_pages() from the kernel |
41 | a low level description of how the low level details work. | 49 | (for userspace usage see the Andi Kleen's numactl package mentioned above) |
50 | and then a low level description of how the low level details work. | ||
42 | 51 | ||
43 | A. Use of migrate_pages() | 52 | A. In kernel use of migrate_pages() |
44 | ------------------------- | 53 | ----------------------------------- |
45 | 54 | ||
46 | 1. Remove pages from the LRU. | 55 | 1. Remove pages from the LRU. |
47 | 56 | ||
48 | Lists of pages to be migrated are generated by scanning over | 57 | Lists of pages to be migrated are generated by scanning over |
49 | pages and moving them into lists. This is done by | 58 | pages and moving them into lists. This is done by |
50 | calling isolate_lru_page() or __isolate_lru_page(). | 59 | calling isolate_lru_page(). |
51 | Calling isolate_lru_page increases the references to the page | 60 | Calling isolate_lru_page increases the references to the page |
52 | so that it cannot vanish under us. | 61 | so that it cannot vanish while the page migration occurs. |
62 | It also prevents the swapper or other scans to encounter | ||
63 | the page. | ||
53 | 64 | ||
54 | 2. Generate a list of newly allocates page to move the contents | 65 | 2. Generate a list of newly allocates page. These pages will contain the |
55 | of the first list to. | 66 | contents of the pages from the first list after page migration is |
67 | complete. | ||
56 | 68 | ||
57 | 3. The migrate_pages() function is called which attempts | 69 | 3. The migrate_pages() function is called which attempts |
58 | to do the migration. It returns the moved pages in the | 70 | to do the migration. It returns the moved pages in the |
@@ -63,13 +75,17 @@ A. Use of migrate_pages() | |||
63 | 4. The leftover pages of various types are returned | 75 | 4. The leftover pages of various types are returned |
64 | to the LRU using putback_to_lru_pages() or otherwise | 76 | to the LRU using putback_to_lru_pages() or otherwise |
65 | disposed of. The pages will still have the refcount as | 77 | disposed of. The pages will still have the refcount as |
66 | increased by isolate_lru_pages()! | 78 | increased by isolate_lru_pages() if putback_to_lru_pages() is not |
79 | used! The kernel may want to handle the various cases of failures in | ||
80 | different ways. | ||
67 | 81 | ||
68 | B. Operation of migrate_pages() | 82 | B. How migrate_pages() works |
69 | -------------------------------- | 83 | ---------------------------- |
70 | 84 | ||
71 | migrate_pages does several passes over its list of pages. A page is moved | 85 | migrate_pages() does several passes over its list of pages. A page is moved |
72 | if all references to a page are removable at the time. | 86 | if all references to a page are removable at the time. The page has |
87 | already been removed from the LRU via isolate_lru_page() and the refcount | ||
88 | is increased so that the page cannot be freed while page migration occurs. | ||
73 | 89 | ||
74 | Steps: | 90 | Steps: |
75 | 91 | ||
@@ -79,36 +95,40 @@ Steps: | |||
79 | 95 | ||
80 | 3. Make sure that the page has assigned swap cache entry if | 96 | 3. Make sure that the page has assigned swap cache entry if |
81 | it is an anonyous page. The swap cache reference is necessary | 97 | it is an anonyous page. The swap cache reference is necessary |
82 | to preserve the information contain in the page table maps. | 98 | to preserve the information contain in the page table maps while |
99 | page migration occurs. | ||
83 | 100 | ||
84 | 4. Prep the new page that we want to move to. It is locked | 101 | 4. Prep the new page that we want to move to. It is locked |
85 | and set to not being uptodate so that all accesses to the new | 102 | and set to not being uptodate so that all accesses to the new |
86 | page immediately lock while we are moving references. | 103 | page immediately lock while the move is in progress. |
87 | 104 | ||
88 | 5. All the page table references to the page are either dropped (file backed) | 105 | 5. All the page table references to the page are either dropped (file |
89 | or converted to swap references (anonymous pages). This should decrease the | 106 | backed pages) or converted to swap references (anonymous pages). |
90 | reference count. | 107 | This should decrease the reference count. |
91 | 108 | ||
92 | 6. The radix tree lock is taken | 109 | 6. The radix tree lock is taken. This will cause all processes trying |
110 | to reestablish a pte to block on the radix tree spinlock. | ||
93 | 111 | ||
94 | 7. The refcount of the page is examined and we back out if references remain | 112 | 7. The refcount of the page is examined and we back out if references remain |
95 | otherwise we know that we are the only one referencing this page. | 113 | otherwise we know that we are the only one referencing this page. |
96 | 114 | ||
97 | 8. The radix tree is checked and if it does not contain the pointer to this | 115 | 8. The radix tree is checked and if it does not contain the pointer to this |
98 | page then we back out. | 116 | page then we back out because someone else modified the mapping first. |
99 | 117 | ||
100 | 9. The mapping is checked. If the mapping is gone then a truncate action may | 118 | 9. The mapping is checked. If the mapping is gone then a truncate action may |
101 | be in progress and we back out. | 119 | be in progress and we back out. |
102 | 120 | ||
103 | 10. The new page is prepped with some settings from the old page so that accesses | 121 | 10. The new page is prepped with some settings from the old page so that |
104 | to the new page will be discovered to have the correct settings. | 122 | accesses to the new page will be discovered to have the correct settings. |
105 | 123 | ||
106 | 11. The radix tree is changed to point to the new page. | 124 | 11. The radix tree is changed to point to the new page. |
107 | 125 | ||
108 | 12. The reference count of the old page is dropped because the reference has now | 126 | 12. The reference count of the old page is dropped because the radix tree |
109 | been removed. | 127 | reference is gone. |
110 | 128 | ||
111 | 13. The radix tree lock is dropped. | 129 | 13. The radix tree lock is dropped. With that lookups become possible again |
130 | and other processes will move from spinning on the tree lock to sleeping on | ||
131 | the locked new page. | ||
112 | 132 | ||
113 | 14. The page contents are copied to the new page. | 133 | 14. The page contents are copied to the new page. |
114 | 134 | ||
@@ -119,11 +139,37 @@ Steps: | |||
119 | 139 | ||
120 | 17. Queued up writeback on the new page is triggered. | 140 | 17. Queued up writeback on the new page is triggered. |
121 | 141 | ||
122 | 18. If swap pte's were generated for the page then remove them again. | 142 | 18. If swap pte's were generated for the page then replace them with real |
143 | ptes. This will reenable access for processes not blocked by the page lock. | ||
144 | |||
145 | 19. The page locks are dropped from the old and new page. | ||
146 | Processes waiting on the page lock can continue. | ||
147 | |||
148 | 20. The new page is moved to the LRU and can be scanned by the swapper | ||
149 | etc again. | ||
150 | |||
151 | TODO list | ||
152 | --------- | ||
153 | |||
154 | - Page migration requires the use of swap handles to preserve the | ||
155 | information of the anonymous page table entries. This means that swap | ||
156 | space is reserved but never used. The maximum number of swap handles used | ||
157 | is determined by CHUNK_SIZE (see mm/mempolicy.c) per ongoing migration. | ||
158 | Reservation of pages could be avoided by having a special type of swap | ||
159 | handle that does not require swap space and that would only track the page | ||
160 | references. Something like that was proposed by Marcelo Tosatti in the | ||
161 | past (search for migration cache on lkml or linux-mm@kvack.org). | ||
123 | 162 | ||
124 | 19. The locks are dropped from the old and new page. | 163 | - Page migration unmaps ptes for file backed pages and requires page |
164 | faults to reestablish these ptes. This could be optimized by somehow | ||
165 | recording the references before migration and then reestablish them later. | ||
166 | However, there are several locking challenges that have to be overcome | ||
167 | before this is possible. | ||
125 | 168 | ||
126 | 20. The new page is moved to the LRU. | 169 | - Page migration generates read ptes for anonymous pages. Dirty page |
170 | faults are required to make the pages writable again. It may be possible | ||
171 | to generate a pte marked dirty if it is known that the page is dirty and | ||
172 | that this process has the only reference to that page. | ||
127 | 173 | ||
128 | Christoph Lameter, December 19, 2005. | 174 | Christoph Lameter, March 8, 2006. |
129 | 175 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 153740f460a6..1921353259ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | |||
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ APICs | |||
52 | apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally | 52 | apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally |
53 | broken. | 53 | broken. |
54 | 54 | ||
55 | disable_8254_timer / enable_8254_timer | ||
56 | Enable interrupt 0 timer routing over the 8254 in addition to over | ||
57 | the IO-APIC. The kernel tries to set a sensible default. | ||
58 | |||
55 | Early Console | 59 | Early Console |
56 | 60 | ||
57 | syntax: earlyprintk=vga | 61 | syntax: earlyprintk=vga |