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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst | 43 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst | 162 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/gpio/bt8xxgpio.rst (renamed from Documentation/driver-api/bt8xxgpio.rst) | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/gpio/driver.rst | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/gpio/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/index.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/infiniband.rst | 127 |
10 files changed, 291 insertions, 85 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst index 1b5020ec6517..bc2d89af88ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst @@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ State machine :c:func:`driver_bound()`.) * Before a consumer device is probed, presence of supplier drivers is - verified by checking that links to suppliers are in ``DL_STATE_AVAILABLE`` + verified by checking the consumer device is not in the wait_for_suppliers + list and by checking that links to suppliers are in ``DL_STATE_AVAILABLE`` state. The state of the links is updated to ``DL_STATE_CONSUMER_PROBE``. (Call to :c:func:`device_links_check_suppliers()` from :c:func:`really_probe()`.) diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst index b541e97c7ab1..c78db28519f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst @@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ Kernel Functions and Structures Reference Reservation Objects ------------------- -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c :doc: Reservation Object Overview -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c :export: -.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/reservation.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dma-resv.h :internal: DMA Fences diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst index a100bef54952..13046fcf0a5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst @@ -314,8 +314,13 @@ IOMAP devm_ioport_unmap() devm_ioremap() devm_ioremap_nocache() + devm_ioremap_uc() devm_ioremap_wc() devm_ioremap_resource() : checks resource, requests memory region, ioremaps + devm_ioremap_resource_wc() + devm_platform_ioremap_resource() : calls devm_ioremap_resource() for platform device + devm_platform_ioremap_resource_wc() + devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname() devm_iounmap() pcim_iomap() pcim_iomap_regions() : do request_region() and iomap() on multiple BARs diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst index 11d281506a04..baa6a85c8287 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst @@ -169,6 +169,49 @@ A driver's probe() may return a negative errno value to indicate that the driver did not bind to this device, in which case it should have released all resources it allocated:: + void (*sync_state)(struct device *dev); + +sync_state is called only once for a device. It's called when all the consumer +devices of the device have successfully probed. The list of consumers of the +device is obtained by looking at the device links connecting that device to its +consumer devices. + +The first attempt to call sync_state() is made during late_initcall_sync() to +give firmware and drivers time to link devices to each other. During the first +attempt at calling sync_state(), if all the consumers of the device at that +point in time have already probed successfully, sync_state() is called right +away. If there are no consumers of the device during the first attempt, that +too is considered as "all consumers of the device have probed" and sync_state() +is called right away. + +If during the first attempt at calling sync_state() for a device, there are +still consumers that haven't probed successfully, the sync_state() call is +postponed and reattempted in the future only when one or more consumers of the +device probe successfully. If during the reattempt, the driver core finds that +there are one or more consumers of the device that haven't probed yet, then +sync_state() call is postponed again. + +A typical use case for sync_state() is to have the kernel cleanly take over +management of devices from the bootloader. For example, if a device is left on +and at a particular hardware configuration by the bootloader, the device's +driver might need to keep the device in the boot configuration until all the +consumers of the device have probed. Once all the consumers of the device have +probed, the device's driver can synchronize the hardware state of the device to +match the aggregated software state requested by all the consumers. Hence the +name sync_state(). + +While obvious examples of resources that can benefit from sync_state() include +resources such as regulator, sync_state() can also be useful for complex +resources like IOMMUs. For example, IOMMUs with multiple consumers (devices +whose addresses are remapped by the IOMMU) might need to keep their mappings +fixed at (or additive to) the boot configuration until all its consumers have +probed. + +While the typical use case for sync_state() is to have the kernel cleanly take +over management of devices from the bootloader, the usage of sync_state() is +not restricted to that. Use it whenever it makes sense to take an action after +all the consumers of a device have probed. + int (*remove) (struct device *dev); remove is called to unbind a driver from a device. This may be diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst index 8382f01a53e3..e622f8f6e56a 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Generic Counter Interface Introduction ============ -Counter devices are prevalent within a diverse spectrum of industries. +Counter devices are prevalent among a diverse spectrum of industries. The ubiquitous presence of these devices necessitates a common interface and standard of interaction and exposure. This driver API attempts to resolve the issue of duplicate code found among existing counter device @@ -26,23 +26,72 @@ the Generic Counter interface. There are three core components to a counter: -* Count: - Count data for a set of Signals. - * Signal: - Input data that is evaluated by the counter to determine the count - data. + Stream of data to be evaluated by the counter. * Synapse: - The association of a Signal with a respective Count. + Association of a Signal, and evaluation trigger, with a Count. + +* Count: + Accumulation of the effects of connected Synapses. + +SIGNAL +------ +A Signal represents a stream of data. This is the input data that is +evaluated by the counter to determine the count data; e.g. a quadrature +signal output line of a rotary encoder. Not all counter devices provide +user access to the Signal data, so exposure is optional for drivers. + +When the Signal data is available for user access, the Generic Counter +interface provides the following available signal values: + +* SIGNAL_LOW: + Signal line is in a low state. + +* SIGNAL_HIGH: + Signal line is in a high state. + +A Signal may be associated with one or more Counts. + +SYNAPSE +------- +A Synapse represents the association of a Signal with a Count. Signal +data affects respective Count data, and the Synapse represents this +relationship. + +The Synapse action mode specifies the Signal data condition that +triggers the respective Count's count function evaluation to update the +count data. The Generic Counter interface provides the following +available action modes: + +* None: + Signal does not trigger the count function. In Pulse-Direction count + function mode, this Signal is evaluated as Direction. + +* Rising Edge: + Low state transitions to high state. + +* Falling Edge: + High state transitions to low state. + +* Both Edges: + Any state transition. + +A counter is defined as a set of input signals associated with count +data that are generated by the evaluation of the state of the associated +input signals as defined by the respective count functions. Within the +context of the Generic Counter interface, a counter consists of Counts +each associated with a set of Signals, whose respective Synapse +instances represent the count function update conditions for the +associated Counts. + +A Synapse associates one Signal with one Count. COUNT ----- -A Count represents the count data for a set of Signals. The Generic -Counter interface provides the following available count data types: - -* COUNT_POSITION: - Unsigned integer value representing position. +A Count represents the accumulation of the effects of connected +Synapses; i.e. the count data for a set of Signals. The Generic +Counter interface represents the count data as a natural number. A Count has a count function mode which represents the update behavior for the count data. The Generic Counter interface provides the following @@ -86,60 +135,7 @@ available count function modes: Any state transition on either quadrature pair signals updates the respective count. Quadrature encoding determines the direction. -A Count has a set of one or more associated Signals. - -SIGNAL ------- -A Signal represents a counter input data; this is the input data that is -evaluated by the counter to determine the count data; e.g. a quadrature -signal output line of a rotary encoder. Not all counter devices provide -user access to the Signal data. - -The Generic Counter interface provides the following available signal -data types for when the Signal data is available for user access: - -* SIGNAL_LEVEL: - Signal line state level. The following states are possible: - - - SIGNAL_LEVEL_LOW: - Signal line is in a low state. - - - SIGNAL_LEVEL_HIGH: - Signal line is in a high state. - -A Signal may be associated with one or more Counts. - -SYNAPSE -------- -A Synapse represents the association of a Signal with a respective -Count. Signal data affects respective Count data, and the Synapse -represents this relationship. - -The Synapse action mode specifies the Signal data condition which -triggers the respective Count's count function evaluation to update the -count data. The Generic Counter interface provides the following -available action modes: - -* None: - Signal does not trigger the count function. In Pulse-Direction count - function mode, this Signal is evaluated as Direction. - -* Rising Edge: - Low state transitions to high state. - -* Falling Edge: - High state transitions to low state. - -* Both Edges: - Any state transition. - -A counter is defined as a set of input signals associated with count -data that are generated by the evaluation of the state of the associated -input signals as defined by the respective count functions. Within the -context of the Generic Counter interface, a counter consists of Counts -each associated with a set of Signals, whose respective Synapse -instances represent the count function update conditions for the -associated Counts. +A Count has a set of one or more associated Synapses. Paradigm ======== @@ -286,10 +282,36 @@ if device memory-managed registration is desired. Extension sysfs attributes can be created for auxiliary functionality and data by passing in defined counter_device_ext, counter_count_ext, and counter_signal_ext structures. In these cases, the -counter_device_ext structure is used for global configuration of the -respective Counter device, while the counter_count_ext and -counter_signal_ext structures allow for auxiliary exposure and -configuration of a specific Count or Signal respectively. +counter_device_ext structure is used for global/miscellaneous exposure +and configuration of the respective Counter device, while the +counter_count_ext and counter_signal_ext structures allow for auxiliary +exposure and configuration of a specific Count or Signal respectively. + +Determining the type of extension to create is a matter of scope. + +* Signal extensions are attributes that expose information/control + specific to a Signal. These types of attributes will exist under a + Signal's directory in sysfs. + + For example, if you have an invert feature for a Signal, you can have + a Signal extension called "invert" that toggles that feature: + /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/signalY/invert + +* Count extensions are attributes that expose information/control + specific to a Count. These type of attributes will exist under a + Count's directory in sysfs. + + For example, if you want to pause/unpause a Count from updating, you + can have a Count extension called "enable" that toggles such: + /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/countY/enable + +* Device extensions are attributes that expose information/control + non-specific to a particular Count or Signal. This is where you would + put your global features or other miscellanous functionality. + + For example, if your device has an overtemp sensor, you can report the + chip overheated via a device extension called "error_overtemp": + /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/error_overtemp Architecture ============ diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/bt8xxgpio.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/bt8xxgpio.rst index a845feb074de..d7e75f1234e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/bt8xxgpio.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/bt8xxgpio.rst @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ A driver for a selfmade cheap BT8xx based PCI GPIO-card (bt8xxgpio) =================================================================== -For advanced documentation, see http://www.bu3sch.de/btgpio.php +For advanced documentation, see https://bues.ch/cms/unmaintained/btgpio.html A generic digital 24-port PCI GPIO card can be built out of an ordinary Brooktree bt848, bt849, bt878 or bt879 based analog TV tuner card. The diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/driver.rst index 3fdb32422f8a..10ef357ef658 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/driver.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/driver.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GPIO Driver Interface This document serves as a guide for writers of GPIO chip drivers. Each GPIO controller driver needs to include the following header, which defines -the structures used to define a GPIO driver: +the structures used to define a GPIO driver:: #include <linux/gpio/driver.h> @@ -398,12 +398,15 @@ provided. A big portion of overhead code will be managed by gpiolib, under the assumption that your interrupts are 1-to-1-mapped to the GPIO line index: - GPIO line offset Hardware IRQ - 0 0 - 1 1 - 2 2 - ... ... - ngpio-1 ngpio-1 +.. csv-table:: + :header: GPIO line offset, Hardware IRQ + + 0,0 + 1,1 + 2,2 + ...,... + ngpio-1, ngpio-1 + If some GPIO lines do not have corresponding IRQs, the bitmask valid_mask and the flag need_valid_mask in gpio_irq_chip can be used to mask off some @@ -413,7 +416,9 @@ The preferred way to set up the helpers is to fill in the struct gpio_irq_chip inside struct gpio_chip before adding the gpio_chip. If you do this, the additional irq_chip will be set up by gpiolib at the same time as setting up the rest of the GPIO functionality. The following -is a typical example of a cascaded interrupt handler using gpio_irq_chip: +is a typical example of a cascaded interrupt handler using gpio_irq_chip:: + +.. code-block:: c /* Typical state container with dynamic irqchip */ struct my_gpio { @@ -448,7 +453,9 @@ is a typical example of a cascaded interrupt handler using gpio_irq_chip: return devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, &g->gc, g); The helper support using hierarchical interrupt controllers as well. -In this case the typical set-up will look like this: +In this case the typical set-up will look like this:: + +.. code-block:: c /* Typical state container with dynamic irqchip */ struct my_gpio { diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/index.rst index c5b8467f9104..5b61032aa4ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/index.rst @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Contents: board drivers-on-gpio legacy + bt8xxgpio Core ==== diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst index 38e638abe3eb..3bcd9a13fbb3 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ available subsections can be seen below. device_link component message-based + infiniband sound frame-buffer regulator @@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ available subsections can be seen below. fpga/index acpi/index backlight/lp855x-driver.rst - bt8xxgpio connector console dcdbas diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/infiniband.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/infiniband.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1a3116f32ff0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/infiniband.rst @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +=========================================== +InfiniBand and Remote DMA (RDMA) Interfaces +=========================================== + +Introduction and Overview +========================= + +TBD + +InfiniBand core interfaces +========================== + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/cq.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/device.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/packer.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/ud_header.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/fmr_pool.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/core/umem_odp.c + :export: + +RDMA Verbs transport library +============================ + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/rc.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/ah.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/vt.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/cq.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mcast.c + :export: + +Upper Layer Protocols +===================== + +iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) +-------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c + :functions: iscsi_iser_pdu_alloc iser_initialize_task_headers \ + iscsi_iser_task_init iscsi_iser_mtask_xmit iscsi_iser_task_xmit \ + iscsi_iser_cleanup_task iscsi_iser_check_protection \ + iscsi_iser_conn_create iscsi_iser_conn_bind \ + iscsi_iser_conn_start iscsi_iser_conn_stop \ + iscsi_iser_session_destroy iscsi_iser_session_create \ + iscsi_iser_set_param iscsi_iser_ep_connect iscsi_iser_ep_poll \ + iscsi_iser_ep_disconnect + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_initiator.c + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c + :internal: + +Omni-Path (OPA) Virtual NIC support +----------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_internal.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_encap.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_vema_iface.c + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_vema.c + :internal: + +InfiniBand SCSI RDMA protocol target support +-------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c + :internal: + +iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) target support +----------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c + :internal: + |
