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authorRadim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>2017-09-08 15:40:43 +0300
committerRadim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>2017-09-08 15:40:43 +0300
commit5f54c8b2d4fad95d1f8ecbe023ebe6038e6d3760 (patch)
treedaca83ea5f9af1bd158504bd0b5af89c5a99b7fa /Documentation
parent78809a68490d84eb632a215be2121d4b44c86954 (diff)
parentedd03602d97236e8fea13cd76886c576186aa307 (diff)
downloadlinux-5f54c8b2d4fad95d1f8ecbe023ebe6038e6d3760.tar.xz
Merge branch 'kvm-ppc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc
This fix was intended for 4.13, but didn't get in because both maintainers were on vacation. Paul Mackerras: "It adds mutual exclusion between list_add_rcu and list_del_rcu calls on the kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables list. Without this, userspace could potentially trigger corruption of the list and cause a host crash or worse."
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/efifb.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/printk-formats.txt19
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt b/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt
index a59916c29b33..1a85c1bdaf38 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt
@@ -27,5 +27,11 @@ You have to add the following kernel parameters in your elilo.conf:
Macbook Pro 17", iMac 20" :
video=efifb:i20
+Accepted options:
+
+nowc Don't map the framebuffer write combined. This can be used
+ to workaround side-effects and slowdowns on other CPU cores
+ when large amounts of console data are written.
+
--
Edgar Hucek <gimli@dark-green.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt b/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt
index b34fd94f7089..5eacc147ea87 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ pin controller?
This is done by registering "ranges" of pins, which are essentially
cross-reference tables. These are described in
-Documentation/pinctrl.txt
+Documentation/driver-api/pinctl.rst
While the pin allocation is totally managed by the pinctrl subsystem,
gpio (under gpiolib) is still maintained by gpio drivers. It may happen
diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
index 65ea5915178b..074670b98bac 100644
--- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -58,20 +58,23 @@ Symbols/Function Pointers
%ps versatile_init
%pB prev_fn_of_versatile_init+0x88/0x88
-For printing symbols and function pointers. The ``S`` and ``s`` specifiers
-result in the symbol name with (``S``) or without (``s``) offsets. Where
-this is used on a kernel without KALLSYMS - the symbol address is
-printed instead.
+The ``F`` and ``f`` specifiers are for printing function pointers,
+for example, f->func, &gettimeofday. They have the same result as
+``S`` and ``s`` specifiers. But they do an extra conversion on
+ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 architectures where the function pointers
+are actually function descriptors.
+
+The ``S`` and ``s`` specifiers can be used for printing symbols
+from direct addresses, for example, __builtin_return_address(0),
+(void *)regs->ip. They result in the symbol name with (``S``) or
+without (``s``) offsets. If KALLSYMS are disabled then the symbol
+address is printed instead.
The ``B`` specifier results in the symbol name with offsets and should be
used when printing stack backtraces. The specifier takes into
consideration the effect of compiler optimisations which may occur
when tail-call``s are used and marked with the noreturn GCC attribute.
-On ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 architectures function pointers are
-actually function descriptors which must first be resolved. The ``F`` and
-``f`` specifiers perform this resolution and then provide the same
-functionality as the ``S`` and ``s`` specifiers.
Kernel Pointers
===============