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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/decnet.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 |
11 files changed, 37 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst b/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst index 6eb9d3f090cd..93cb65d52720 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst @@ -101,16 +101,6 @@ changes occur: translations for software managed TLB configurations. The sparc64 port currently does this. -6) ``void tlb_migrate_finish(struct mm_struct *mm)`` - - This interface is called at the end of an explicit - process migration. This interface provides a hook - to allow a platform to update TLB or context-specific - information for the address space. - - The ia64 sn2 platform is one example of a platform - that uses this interface. - Next, we have the cache flushing interfaces. In general, when Linux is changing an existing virtual-->physical mapping to a new value, the sequence will be in one of the following forms:: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt index 24c5cdaba8d2..ca83dcc84fb8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Required properties: Optional properties: - phy-handle: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. If absent, davinci_emac driver defaults to 100/FULL. +- nvmem-cells: phandle, reference to an nvmem node for the MAC address +- nvmem-cell-names: string, should be "mac-address" if nvmem is to be used - ti,davinci-rmii-en: 1 byte, 1 means use RMII - ti,davinci-no-bd-ram: boolean, does EMAC have BD RAM? diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt index cfc376bc977a..a68621580584 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt @@ -10,15 +10,14 @@ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/phy-bindings.txt. the boot program; should be used in cases where the MAC address assigned to the device by the boot program is different from the "local-mac-address" property; -- nvmem-cells: phandle, reference to an nvmem node for the MAC address; -- nvmem-cell-names: string, should be "mac-address" if nvmem is to be used; - max-speed: number, specifies maximum speed in Mbit/s supported by the device; - max-frame-size: number, maximum transfer unit (IEEE defined MTU), rather than the maximum frame size (there's contradiction in the Devicetree Specification). - phy-mode: string, operation mode of the PHY interface. This is now a de-facto standard property; supported values are: - * "internal" + * "internal" (Internal means there is not a standard bus between the MAC and + the PHY, something proprietary is being used to embed the PHY in the MAC.) * "mii" * "gmii" * "sgmii" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt index 174f292d8a3e..8b80515729d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Required properties: Optional elements: 'tsu_clk' - clocks: Phandles to input clocks. +Optional properties: +- nvmem-cells: phandle, reference to an nvmem node for the MAC address +- nvmem-cell-names: string, should be "mac-address" if nvmem is to be used + Optional properties for PHY child node: - reset-gpios : Should specify the gpio for phy reset - magic-packet : If present, indicates that the hardware supports waking diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst index 79beb807996b..4a74cf6f2797 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst @@ -370,11 +370,15 @@ autosuspend the interface's device. When the usage counter is = 0 then the interface is considered to be idle, and the kernel may autosuspend the device. -Drivers need not be concerned about balancing changes to the usage -counter; the USB core will undo any remaining "get"s when a driver -is unbound from its interface. As a corollary, drivers must not call -any of the ``usb_autopm_*`` functions after their ``disconnect`` -routine has returned. +Drivers must be careful to balance their overall changes to the usage +counter. Unbalanced "get"s will remain in effect when a driver is +unbound from its interface, preventing the device from going into +runtime suspend should the interface be bound to a driver again. On +the other hand, drivers are allowed to achieve this balance by calling +the ``usb_autopm_*`` functions even after their ``disconnect`` routine +has returned -- say from within a work-queue routine -- provided they +retain an active reference to the interface (via ``usb_get_intf`` and +``usb_put_intf``). Drivers using the async routines are responsible for their own synchronization and mutual exclusion. diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst index f460031d8531..177ac44fa0fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ the remote via /dev/input/event devices. - .. row 78 - - ``KEY_SCREEN`` + - ``KEY_ASPECT_RATIO`` - Select screen aspect ratio @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ the remote via /dev/input/event devices. - .. row 79 - - ``KEY_ZOOM`` + - ``KEY_FULL_SCREEN`` - Put device into zoom/full screen mode diff --git a/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt b/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt index e12a4900cf72..d192f8b9948b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt @@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ you'll need the following options as well... CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTER (to be able to add/delete routes) CONFIG_NETFILTER (will be required for the DECnet routing daemon) - CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTE_FWMARK is optional - Don't turn on SIOCGIFCONF support for DECnet unless you are really sure that you need it, in general you won't and it can cause ifconfig to malfunction. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index acdfb5d2bcaa..c4ac35234f05 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ tcp_min_rtt_wlen - INTEGER minimum RTT when it is moved to a longer path (e.g., due to traffic engineering). A longer window makes the filter more resistant to RTT inflations such as transient congestion. The unit is seconds. + Possible values: 0 - 86400 (1 day) Default: 300 tcp_moderate_rcvbuf - BOOLEAN @@ -1336,6 +1337,7 @@ tag - INTEGER Default value is 0. xfrm4_gc_thresh - INTEGER + (Obsolete since linux-4.14) The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv4 destination cache entries. At twice this value the system will refuse new allocations. @@ -1919,6 +1921,7 @@ echo_ignore_all - BOOLEAN Default: 0 xfrm6_gc_thresh - INTEGER + (Obsolete since linux-4.14) The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv6 destination cache entries. At twice this value the system will refuse new allocations. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst index 8c7a713cf657..642fa963be3c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ version that should be applied. If there is any doubt, the maintainer will reply and ask what should be done. Q: I made changes to only a few patches in a patch series should I resend only those changed? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A: No, please resend the entire patch series and make sure you do number your patches such that it is clear this is the latest and greatest set of patches that can be applied. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 6af24cdb25cc..3f13d8599337 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -866,14 +866,14 @@ The intent is that compaction has less work to do in the future and to increase the success rate of future high-order allocations such as SLUB allocations, THP and hugetlbfs pages. -To make it sensible with respect to the watermark_scale_factor parameter, -the unit is in fractions of 10,000. The default value of 15,000 means -that up to 150% of the high watermark will be reclaimed in the event of -a pageblock being mixed due to fragmentation. The level of reclaim is -determined by the number of fragmentation events that occurred in the -recent past. If this value is smaller than a pageblock then a pageblocks -worth of pages will be reclaimed (e.g. 2MB on 64-bit x86). A boost factor -of 0 will disable the feature. +To make it sensible with respect to the watermark_scale_factor +parameter, the unit is in fractions of 10,000. The default value of +15,000 on !DISCONTIGMEM configurations means that up to 150% of the high +watermark will be reclaimed in the event of a pageblock being mixed due +to fragmentation. The level of reclaim is determined by the number of +fragmentation events that occurred in the recent past. If this value is +smaller than a pageblock then a pageblocks worth of pages will be reclaimed +(e.g. 2MB on 64-bit x86). A boost factor of 0 will disable the feature. ============================================================= diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 67068c47c591..64b38dfcc243 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ cpu's hardware control block. 4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) Capability: basic -Architectures: x86 +Architectures: all Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in/out) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -3810,7 +3810,7 @@ to I/O ports. 4.117 KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) Capability: KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT -Architectures: x86 +Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -3830,8 +3830,9 @@ The ioctl clears the dirty status of pages in a memory slot, according to the bitmap that is passed in struct kvm_clear_dirty_log's dirty_bitmap field. Bit 0 of the bitmap corresponds to page "first_page" in the memory slot, and num_pages is the size in bits of the input bitmap. -Both first_page and num_pages must be a multiple of 64. For each bit -that is set in the input bitmap, the corresponding page is marked "clean" +first_page must be a multiple of 64; num_pages must also be a multiple of +64 unless first_page + num_pages is the size of the memory slot. For each +bit that is set in the input bitmap, the corresponding page is marked "clean" in KVM's dirty bitmap, and dirty tracking is re-enabled for that page (for example via write-protection, or by clearing the dirty bit in a page table entry). @@ -4799,7 +4800,7 @@ and injected exceptions. 7.18 KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT -Architectures: all +Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not With this capability enabled, KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG will not automatically |