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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index 99983e67c13c..da95513571ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Description: Discover CPUs in the same CPU frequency coordination domain What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index3/cache_disable_{0,1} Date: August 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.27 -Contact: discuss@x86-64.org +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Description: Disable L3 cache indices These files exist in every CPU's cache/index3 directory. Each diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index 653d5d739d7f..31d1d658827f 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -505,7 +505,10 @@ at module load time (for a module) with: The addresses are normal I2C addresses. The adapter is the string name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name. -It is *NOT* i2c-<n> itself. +It is *NOT* i2c-<n> itself. Also, the comparison is done ignoring +spaces, so if the name is "This is an I2C chip" you can say +adapter_name=ThisisanI2cchip. This is because it's hard to pass in +spaces in kernel parameters. The debug flags are bit flags for each BMC found, they are: IPMI messages: 1, driver state: 2, timing: 4, I2C probe: 8 diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt index 750401f91341..15dfce708ebf 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ input driver: GPIO support ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACPI 5 introduced two new resources to describe GPIO connections: GpioIo -and GpioInt. These resources are used be used to pass GPIO numbers used by +and GpioInt. These resources can be used to pass GPIO numbers used by the device to the driver. ACPI 5.1 extended this with _DSD (Device Specific Data) which made it possible to name the GPIOs among other things. diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/gpio-properties.txt b/Documentation/acpi/gpio-properties.txt index ae36fcf86dc7..f35dad11f0de 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/gpio-properties.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/gpio-properties.txt @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ _DSD Device Properties Related to GPIO -------------------------------------- -With the release of ACPI 5.1 and the _DSD configuration objecte names -can finally be given to GPIOs (and other things as well) returned by -_CRS. Previously, we were only able to use an integer index to find +With the release of ACPI 5.1, the _DSD configuration object finally +allows names to be given to GPIOs (and other things as well) returned +by _CRS. Previously, we were only able to use an integer index to find the corresponding GPIO, which is pretty error prone (it depends on the _CRS output ordering, for example). diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt index 974624ea68f6..161448da959d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ provided by Arteris. Required properties: - compatible : Should be "ti,omap3-l3-smx" for OMAP3 family Should be "ti,omap4-l3-noc" for OMAP4 family + Should be "ti,omap5-l3-noc" for OMAP5 family Should be "ti,dra7-l3-noc" for DRA7 family Should be "ti,am4372-l3-noc" for AM43 family - reg: Contains L3 register address range for each noc domain. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/silabs,si5351.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/silabs,si5351.txt index c40711e8e8f7..28b28309f535 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/silabs,si5351.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/silabs,si5351.txt @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Required properties: - #clock-cells: from common clock binding; shall be set to 1. - clocks: from common clock binding; list of parent clock handles, shall be xtal reference clock or xtal and clkin for - si5351c only. + si5351c only. Corresponding clock input names are "xtal" and + "clkin" respectively. - #address-cells: shall be set to 1. - #size-cells: shall be set to 0. @@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ i2c-master-node { /* connect xtal input to 25MHz reference */ clocks = <&ref25>; + clock-names = "xtal"; /* connect xtal input as source of pll0 and pll1 */ silabs,pll-source = <0 0>, <1 0>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-mxs-dma.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-mxs-dma.txt index a4873e5e3e36..e30e184f50c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-mxs-dma.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-mxs-dma.txt @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dma_apbx: dma-apbx@80024000 { 80 81 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77>; - interrupt-names = "auart4-rx", "aurat4-tx", "spdif-tx", "empty", + interrupt-names = "auart4-rx", "auart4-tx", "spdif-tx", "empty", "saif0", "saif1", "i2c0", "i2c1", "auart0-rx", "auart0-tx", "auart1-rx", "auart1-tx", "auart2-rx", "auart2-tx", "auart3-rx", "auart3-tx"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/m25p80.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt index f20b111b502a..2bee68103b01 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/m25p80.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Required properties: is not Linux-only, but in case of Linux, see the "m25p_ids" table in drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c for the list of supported chips. - Must also include "nor-jedec" for any SPI NOR flash that can be - identified by the JEDEC READ ID opcode (0x9F). + Must also include "jedec,spi-nor" for any SPI NOR flash that can + be identified by the JEDEC READ ID opcode (0x9F). - reg : Chip-Select number - spi-max-frequency : Maximum frequency of the SPI bus the chip can operate at @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Example: flash: m25p80@0 { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <1>; - compatible = "spansion,m25p80", "nor-jedec"; + compatible = "spansion,m25p80", "jedec,spi-nor"; reg = <0>; spi-max-frequency = <40000000>; m25p,fast-read; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cdns-emac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cdns-emac.txt index abd67c13d344..4451ee973223 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cdns-emac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cdns-emac.txt @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Required properties: - compatible: Should be "cdns,[<chip>-]{emac}" Use "cdns,at91rm9200-emac" Atmel at91rm9200 SoC. - or the generic form: "cdns,emac". + Use "cdns,zynq-gem" Xilinx Zynq-7xxx SoC. + Or the generic form: "cdns,emac". - reg: Address and length of the register set for the device - interrupts: Should contain macb interrupt - phy-mode: see ethernet.txt file in the same directory. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..be789685a1c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/abracon,abx80x.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Abracon ABX80X I2C ultra low power RTC/Alarm chip + +The Abracon ABX80X family consist of the ab0801, ab0803, ab0804, ab0805, ab1801, +ab1803, ab1804 and ab1805. The ab0805 is the superset of ab080x and the ab1805 +is the superset of ab180x. + +Required properties: + + - "compatible": should one of: + "abracon,abx80x" + "abracon,ab0801" + "abracon,ab0803" + "abracon,ab0804" + "abracon,ab0805" + "abracon,ab1801" + "abracon,ab1803" + "abracon,ab1804" + "abracon,ab1805" + Using "abracon,abx80x" will enable chip autodetection. + - "reg": I2C bus address of the device + +Optional properties: + +The abx804 and abx805 have a trickle charger that is able to charge the +connected battery or supercap. Both the following properties have to be defined +and valid to enable charging: + + - "abracon,tc-diode": should be "standard" (0.6V) or "schottky" (0.3V) + - "abracon,tc-resistor": should be <0>, <3>, <6> or <11>. 0 disables the output + resistor, the other values are in ohm. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/tmp401 b/Documentation/hwmon/tmp401 index 8eb88e974055..711f75e189eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/tmp401 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/tmp401 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Supported chips: Datasheet: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tmp432.html * Texas Instruments TMP435 Prefix: 'tmp435' - Addresses scanned: I2C 0x37, 0x48 - 0x4f + Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48 - 0x4f Datasheet: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tmp435.html Authors: diff --git a/Documentation/kasan.txt b/Documentation/kasan.txt index 092fc10961fe..4692241789b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/kasan.txt +++ b/Documentation/kasan.txt @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ a fast and comprehensive solution for finding use-after-free and out-of-bounds bugs. KASan uses compile-time instrumentation for checking every memory access, -therefore you will need a certain version of GCC > 4.9.2 +therefore you will need a gcc version of 4.9.2 or later. KASan could detect out +of bounds accesses to stack or global variables, but only if gcc 5.0 or later was +used to built the kernel. Currently KASan is supported only for x86_64 architecture and requires that the kernel be built with the SLUB allocator. @@ -23,8 +25,8 @@ To enable KASAN configure kernel with: and choose between CONFIG_KASAN_OUTLINE and CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE. Outline/inline is compiler instrumentation types. The former produces smaller binary the -latter is 1.1 - 2 times faster. Inline instrumentation requires GCC 5.0 or -latter. +latter is 1.1 - 2 times faster. Inline instrumentation requires a gcc version +of 5.0 or later. Currently KASAN works only with the SLUB memory allocator. For better bug detection and nicer report, enable CONFIG_STACKTRACE and put diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f6befa9855c1..61ab1628a057 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3787,6 +3787,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. READ_CAPACITY_16 command); f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes command, uas only); + g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than + 240 sectors at a time, uas only); h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the reported device capacity by one sector if the number is odd); diff --git a/Documentation/module-signing.txt b/Documentation/module-signing.txt index 09c2382ad055..c72702ec1ded 100644 --- a/Documentation/module-signing.txt +++ b/Documentation/module-signing.txt @@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ Most notably, in the x509.genkey file, the req_distinguished_name section should be altered from the default: [ req_distinguished_name ] - O = Magrathea - CN = Glacier signing key - emailAddress = slartibartfast@magrathea.h2g2 + #O = Unspecified company + CN = Build time autogenerated kernel key + #emailAddress = unspecified.user@unspecified.company The generated RSA key size can also be set with: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt index 639ddf0ece9b..9ed15f86c17c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt @@ -18,3 +18,12 @@ platform_labels - INTEGER Possible values: 0 - 1048575 Default: 0 + +conf/<interface>/input - BOOL + Control whether packets can be input on this interface. + + If disabled, packets will be discarded without further + processing. + + 0 - disabled (default) + not 0 - enabled diff --git a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt index cbfac0949635..59f4db2a0c85 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ following is true: - The current CPU's queue head counter >= the recorded tail counter value in rps_dev_flow[i] -- The current CPU is unset (equal to RPS_NO_CPU) +- The current CPU is unset (>= nr_cpu_ids) - The current CPU is offline After this check, the packet is sent to the (possibly updated) current diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt index ba0a2a4a54ba..ded69794a5c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt @@ -74,23 +74,22 @@ Causes of transaction aborts Syscalls ======== -Syscalls made from within an active transaction will not be performed and the -transaction will be doomed by the kernel with the failure code TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL -| TM_CAUSE_PERSISTENT. +Performing syscalls from within transaction is not recommended, and can lead +to unpredictable results. -Syscalls made from within a suspended transaction are performed as normal and -the transaction is not explicitly doomed by the kernel. However, what the -kernel does to perform the syscall may result in the transaction being doomed -by the hardware. The syscall is performed in suspended mode so any side -effects will be persistent, independent of transaction success or failure. No -guarantees are provided by the kernel about which syscalls will affect -transaction success. +Syscalls do not by design abort transactions, but beware: The kernel code will +not be running in transactional state. The effect of syscalls will always +remain visible, but depending on the call they may abort your transaction as a +side-effect, read soon-to-be-aborted transactional data that should not remain +invisible, etc. If you constantly retry a transaction that constantly aborts +itself by calling a syscall, you'll have a livelock & make no progress. -Care must be taken when relying on syscalls to abort during active transactions -if the calls are made via a library. Libraries may cache values (which may -give the appearance of success) or perform operations that cause transaction -failure before entering the kernel (which may produce different failure codes). -Examples are glibc's getpid() and lazy symbol resolution. +Simple syscalls (e.g. sigprocmask()) "could" be OK. Even things like write() +from, say, printf() should be OK as long as the kernel does not access any +memory that was accessed transactionally. + +Consider any syscalls that happen to work as debug-only -- not recommended for +production use. Best to queue them up till after the transaction is over. Signals @@ -177,7 +176,8 @@ kernel aborted a transaction: TM_CAUSE_RESCHED Thread was rescheduled. TM_CAUSE_TLBI Software TLB invalid. TM_CAUSE_FAC_UNAV FP/VEC/VSX unavailable trap. - TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL Syscall from active transaction. + TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL Currently unused; future syscalls that must abort + transactions for consistency will use this. TM_CAUSE_SIGNAL Signal delivered. TM_CAUSE_MISC Currently unused. TM_CAUSE_ALIGNMENT Alignment fault. diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt index 1e52d67d0abf..dbe6623fed1c 100644 --- a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt +++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt @@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ TTY_IO_ERROR If set, causes all subsequent userspace read/write TTY_OTHER_CLOSED Device is a pty and the other side has closed. +TTY_OTHER_DONE Device is a pty and the other side has closed and + all pending input processing has been completed. + TTY_NO_WRITE_SPLIT Prevent driver from splitting up writes into smaller chunks. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt index 53838d9c6295..c59bd9bc41ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt @@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information: Contains the value of cr4.smep && !cr0.wp for which the page is valid (pages for which this is true are different from other pages; see the treatment of cr0.wp=0 below). + role.smap_andnot_wp: + Contains the value of cr4.smap && !cr0.wp for which the page is valid + (pages for which this is true are different from other pages; see the + treatment of cr0.wp=0 below). gfn: Either the guest page table containing the translations shadowed by this page, or the base page frame for linear translations. See role.direct. @@ -344,10 +348,16 @@ on fault type: (user write faults generate a #PF) -In the first case there is an additional complication if CR4.SMEP is -enabled: since we've turned the page into a kernel page, the kernel may now -execute it. We handle this by also setting spte.nx. If we get a user -fetch or read fault, we'll change spte.u=1 and spte.nx=gpte.nx back. +In the first case there are two additional complications: +- if CR4.SMEP is enabled: since we've turned the page into a kernel page, + the kernel may now execute it. We handle this by also setting spte.nx. + If we get a user fetch or read fault, we'll change spte.u=1 and + spte.nx=gpte.nx back. +- if CR4.SMAP is disabled: since the page has been changed to a kernel + page, it can not be reused when CR4.SMAP is enabled. We set + CR4.SMAP && !CR0.WP into shadow page's role to avoid this case. Note, + here we do not care the case that CR4.SMAP is enabled since KVM will + directly inject #PF to guest due to failed permission check. To prevent an spte that was converted into a kernel page with cr0.wp=0 from being written by the kernel after cr0.wp has changed to 1, we make |
