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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst7
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 0f1fb7e86237..d246ad46d845 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1343,6 +1343,7 @@
current integrity status.
failslab=
+ fail_usercopy=
fail_page_alloc=
fail_make_request=[KNL]
General fault injection mechanism.
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst b/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst
index 640934b6f7b4..a137a0e6d068 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/xarray.rst
@@ -475,13 +475,15 @@ or iterations will move the index to the first index in the range.
Each entry will only be returned once, no matter how many indices it
occupies.
-Using xas_next() or xas_prev() with a multi-index xa_state
-is not supported. Using either of these functions on a multi-index entry
-will reveal sibling entries; these should be skipped over by the caller.
-
-Storing ``NULL`` into any index of a multi-index entry will set the entry
-at every index to ``NULL`` and dissolve the tie. Splitting a multi-index
-entry into entries occupying smaller ranges is not yet supported.
+Using xas_next() or xas_prev() with a multi-index xa_state is not
+supported. Using either of these functions on a multi-index entry will
+reveal sibling entries; these should be skipped over by the caller.
+
+Storing ``NULL`` into any index of a multi-index entry will set the
+entry at every index to ``NULL`` and dissolve the tie. A multi-index
+entry can be split into entries occupying smaller ranges by calling
+xas_split_alloc() without the xa_lock held, followed by taking the lock
+and calling xas_split().
Functions and structures
========================
diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst
index f850ad018b70..31ecfe44e5b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst
+++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Available fault injection capabilities
injects page allocation failures. (alloc_pages(), get_free_pages(), ...)
+- fail_usercopy
+
+ injects failures in user memory access functions. (copy_from_user(), get_user(), ...)
+
- fail_futex
injects futex deadlock and uaddr fault errors.
@@ -177,6 +181,7 @@ use the boot option::
failslab=
fail_page_alloc=
+ fail_usercopy=
fail_make_request=
fail_futex=
mmc_core.fail_request=<interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ How to add new fault injection capability
- debugfs entries
- failslab, fail_page_alloc, and fail_make_request use this way.
+ failslab, fail_page_alloc, fail_usercopy, and fail_make_request use this way.
Helper functions:
fault_create_debugfs_attr(name, parent, attr);