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author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-11-18 16:13:41 -0700 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-11-18 16:13:41 -0700 |
commit | 917fef6f7ee8b2fe852692ac49771342bfef9433 (patch) | |
tree | b5932aab90d449841803b6f8679a4564ca2a6eaf /Documentation | |
parent | 0c9aa209579d41c9b8bf1fc39ce042bea2ec422d (diff) | |
parent | bc33b0ca11e3df467777a4fa7639ba488c9d4911 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'v4.9-rc4' into sound
Bring in -rc4 patches so I can successfully merge the sound doc changes.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
17 files changed, 130 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl index 4ba0a2a61926..640f65e79ef1 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl @@ -220,8 +220,11 @@ What: /sys/class/cxl/<card>/reset Date: October 2014 Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Description: write only - Writing 1 will issue a PERST to card which may cause the card - to reload the FPGA depending on load_image_on_perst. + Writing 1 will issue a PERST to card provided there are no + contexts active on any one of the card AFUs. This may cause + the card to reload the FPGA depending on load_image_on_perst. + Writing -1 will do a force PERST irrespective of any active + contexts on the card AFUs. Users: https://github.com/ibm-capi/libcxl What: /sys/class/cxl/<card>/perst_reloads_same_image (not in a guest) diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt index 89ecc8021178..9bd531aa2279 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt @@ -309,3 +309,4 @@ Version History with a reshape in progress. 1.9.0 Add support for RAID level takeover/reshape/region size and set size reduction. +1.9.1 Fix activation of existing RAID 4/10 mapped devices diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/uniphier-clock.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/uniphier-clock.txt index c7179d3b5c33..812163060fa3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/uniphier-clock.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/uniphier-clock.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Example: reg = <0x61840000 0x4000>; clock { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-clock"; + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-clock"; #clock-cells = <1>; }; @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ Provided clocks: 21: USB3 ch1 PHY1 -Media I/O (MIO) clock ---------------------- +Media I/O (MIO) clock, SD clock +------------------------------- Required properties: - compatible: should be one of the following: @@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ Required properties: "socionext,uniphier-ld4-mio-clock" - for LD4 SoC. "socionext,uniphier-pro4-mio-clock" - for Pro4 SoC. "socionext,uniphier-sld8-mio-clock" - for sLD8 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pro5-mio-clock" - for Pro5 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pxs2-mio-clock" - for PXs2/LD6b SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pro5-sd-clock" - for Pro5 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pxs2-sd-clock" - for PXs2/LD6b SoC. "socionext,uniphier-ld11-mio-clock" - for LD11 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld20-mio-clock" - for LD20 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld20-sd-clock" - for LD20 SoC. - #clock-cells: should be 1. Example: @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Example: reg = <0x59810000 0x800>; clock { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-mio-clock"; + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-mio-clock"; #clock-cells = <1>; }; @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Example: reg = <0x59820000 0x200>; clock { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-peri-clock"; + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-peri-clock"; #clock-cells = <1>; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/aspeed,ast2400-bt-bmc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/aspeed,ast2400-bt-bmc.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fbbacd958240 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/aspeed,ast2400-bt-bmc.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +* Aspeed BT (Block Transfer) IPMI interface + +The Aspeed SOCs (AST2400 and AST2500) are commonly used as BMCs +(BaseBoard Management Controllers) and the BT interface can be used to +perform in-band IPMI communication with their host. + +Required properties: + +- compatible : should be "aspeed,ast2400-bt-bmc" +- reg: physical address and size of the registers + +Optional properties: + +- interrupts: interrupt generated by the BT interface. without an + interrupt, the driver will operate in poll mode. + +Example: + + ibt@1e789140 { + compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-bt-bmc"; + reg = <0x1e789140 0x18>; + interrupts = <8>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/ipmi-smic.txt index d5f1a877ed3e..d5f1a877ed3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/ipmi-smic.txt diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt index bce52b2ec55e..6fd988c84c4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-net.txt @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Optional port properties: and - phy-handle: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. + - phy-mode: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. or diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-aspeed.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-aspeed.txt index 5e60ad18f147..2ad18c4ea55c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-aspeed.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-aspeed.txt @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ aspeed,ast2500-pinctrl, aspeed,g5-pinctrl: GPID0 GPID2 GPIE0 I2C10 I2C11 I2C12 I2C13 I2C14 I2C3 I2C4 I2C5 I2C6 I2C7 I2C8 I2C9 MAC1LINK MDIO1 MDIO2 OSCCLK PEWAKE PWM0 PWM1 PWM2 PWM3 PWM4 PWM5 PWM6 PWM7 -RGMII1 RGMII2 RMII1 RMII2 SD1 SPI1 TIMER4 TIMER5 TIMER6 TIMER7 TIMER8 +RGMII1 RGMII2 RMII1 RMII2 SD1 SPI1 SPI1DEBUG SPI1PASSTHRU TIMER4 TIMER5 TIMER6 +TIMER7 TIMER8 VGABIOSROM + Examples: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/uniphier-reset.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/uniphier-reset.txt index e6bbfccd56c3..5020524cddeb 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/uniphier-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/uniphier-reset.txt @@ -6,25 +6,25 @@ System reset Required properties: - compatible: should be one of the following: - "socionext,uniphier-sld3-reset" - for PH1-sLD3 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld4-reset" - for PH1-LD4 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pro4-reset" - for PH1-Pro4 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-sld8-reset" - for PH1-sLD8 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pro5-reset" - for PH1-Pro5 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pxs2-reset" - for ProXstream2/PH1-LD6b SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld11-reset" - for PH1-LD11 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld20-reset" - for PH1-LD20 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-sld3-reset" - for sLD3 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld4-reset" - for LD4 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pro4-reset" - for Pro4 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-sld8-reset" - for sLD8 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pro5-reset" - for Pro5 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pxs2-reset" - for PXs2/LD6b SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld11-reset" - for LD11 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld20-reset" - for LD20 SoC. - #reset-cells: should be 1. Example: sysctrl@61840000 { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-sysctrl", + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-sysctrl", "simple-mfd", "syscon"; reg = <0x61840000 0x4000>; reset { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-reset"; + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-reset"; #reset-cells = <1>; }; @@ -32,30 +32,30 @@ Example: }; -Media I/O (MIO) reset ---------------------- +Media I/O (MIO) reset, SD reset +------------------------------- Required properties: - compatible: should be one of the following: - "socionext,uniphier-sld3-mio-reset" - for PH1-sLD3 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld4-mio-reset" - for PH1-LD4 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pro4-mio-reset" - for PH1-Pro4 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-sld8-mio-reset" - for PH1-sLD8 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pro5-mio-reset" - for PH1-Pro5 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pxs2-mio-reset" - for ProXstream2/PH1-LD6b SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld11-mio-reset" - for PH1-LD11 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld20-mio-reset" - for PH1-LD20 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-sld3-mio-reset" - for sLD3 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld4-mio-reset" - for LD4 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pro4-mio-reset" - for Pro4 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-sld8-mio-reset" - for sLD8 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pro5-sd-reset" - for Pro5 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pxs2-sd-reset" - for PXs2/LD6b SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld11-mio-reset" - for LD11 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld20-sd-reset" - for LD20 SoC. - #reset-cells: should be 1. Example: mioctrl@59810000 { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-mioctrl", + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-mioctrl", "simple-mfd", "syscon"; reg = <0x59810000 0x800>; reset { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-mio-reset"; + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-mio-reset"; #reset-cells = <1>; }; @@ -68,24 +68,24 @@ Peripheral reset Required properties: - compatible: should be one of the following: - "socionext,uniphier-ld4-peri-reset" - for PH1-LD4 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pro4-peri-reset" - for PH1-Pro4 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-sld8-peri-reset" - for PH1-sLD8 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pro5-peri-reset" - for PH1-Pro5 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-pxs2-peri-reset" - for ProXstream2/PH1-LD6b SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld11-peri-reset" - for PH1-LD11 SoC. - "socionext,uniphier-ld20-peri-reset" - for PH1-LD20 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld4-peri-reset" - for LD4 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pro4-peri-reset" - for Pro4 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-sld8-peri-reset" - for sLD8 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pro5-peri-reset" - for Pro5 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-pxs2-peri-reset" - for PXs2/LD6b SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld11-peri-reset" - for LD11 SoC. + "socionext,uniphier-ld20-peri-reset" - for LD20 SoC. - #reset-cells: should be 1. Example: perictrl@59820000 { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-perictrl", + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-perictrl", "simple-mfd", "syscon"; reg = <0x59820000 0x200>; reset { - compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld20-peri-reset"; + compatible = "socionext,uniphier-ld11-peri-reset"; #reset-cells = <1>; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/cdns,uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/cdns,uart.txt index a3eb154c32ca..227bb770b027 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/cdns,uart.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/cdns,uart.txt @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ Binding for Cadence UART Controller Required properties: -- compatible : should be "cdns,uart-r1p8", or "xlnx,xuartps" +- compatible : + Use "xlnx,xuartps","cdns,uart-r1p8" for Zynq-7xxx SoC. + Use "xlnx,zynqmp-uart","cdns,uart-r1p12" for Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC. - reg: Should contain UART controller registers location and length. - interrupts: Should contain UART controller interrupts. - clocks: Must contain phandles to the UART clocks diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt index 1e4000d83aee..8d27d1a603e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt @@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ Required properties: - "renesas,scifb-r8a73a4" for R8A73A4 (R-Mobile APE6) SCIFB compatible UART. - "renesas,scifa-r8a7740" for R8A7740 (R-Mobile A1) SCIFA compatible UART. - "renesas,scifb-r8a7740" for R8A7740 (R-Mobile A1) SCIFB compatible UART. + - "renesas,scif-r8a7743" for R8A7743 (RZ/G1M) SCIF compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifa-r8a7743" for R8A7743 (RZ/G1M) SCIFA compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifb-r8a7743" for R8A7743 (RZ/G1M) SCIFB compatible UART. + - "renesas,hscif-r8a7743" for R8A7743 (RZ/G1M) HSCIF compatible UART. + - "renesas,scif-r8a7745" for R8A7745 (RZ/G1E) SCIF compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifa-r8a7745" for R8A7745 (RZ/G1E) SCIFA compatible UART. + - "renesas,scifb-r8a7745" for R8A7745 (RZ/G1E) SCIFB compatible UART. + - "renesas,hscif-r8a7745" for R8A7745 (RZ/G1E) HSCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scif-r8a7778" for R8A7778 (R-Car M1) SCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scif-r8a7779" for R8A7779 (R-Car H1) SCIF compatible UART. - "renesas,scif-r8a7790" for R8A7790 (R-Car H2) SCIF compatible UART. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/jcore,pit.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/jcore,pit.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..af5dd35469d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/jcore,pit.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +J-Core Programmable Interval Timer and Clocksource + +Required properties: + +- compatible: Must be "jcore,pit". + +- reg: Memory region(s) for timer/clocksource registers. For SMP, + there should be one region per cpu, indexed by the sequential, + zero-based hardware cpu number. + +- interrupts: An interrupt to assign for the timer. The actual pit + core is integrated with the aic and allows the timer interrupt + assignment to be programmed by software, but this property is + required in order to reserve an interrupt number that doesn't + conflict with other devices. + + +Example: + +timer@200 { + compatible = "jcore,pit"; + reg = < 0x200 0x30 0x500 0x30 >; + interrupts = < 0x48 >; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt index 455f2c310a1b..2c30a5479069 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt @@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ Refer to phy/phy-bindings.txt for generic phy consumer properties - g-use-dma: enable dma usage in gadget driver. - g-rx-fifo-size: size of rx fifo size in gadget mode. - g-np-tx-fifo-size: size of non-periodic tx fifo size in gadget mode. - -Deprecated properties: -- g-tx-fifo-size: size of periodic tx fifo per endpoint (except ep0) - in gadget mode. +- g-tx-fifo-size: size of periodic tx fifo per endpoint (except ep0) in gadget mode. Example: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 219ffd41a911..74329fd0add2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -395,32 +395,6 @@ is not associated with a file: or if empty, the mapping is anonymous. -The /proc/PID/task/TID/maps is a view of the virtual memory from the viewpoint -of the individual tasks of a process. In this file you will see a mapping marked -as [stack] if that task sees it as a stack. Hence, for the example above, the -task-level map, i.e. /proc/PID/task/TID/maps for thread 1001 will look like this: - -08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 8312 /opt/test -08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test -0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] -a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 -a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 -a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 -a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack] -a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 -a8008000-a800a000 r--p 00133000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 -a800a000-a800b000 rw-p 00135000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 -a800b000-a800e000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 -a800e000-a8022000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 14462 /lib/libpthread.so.0 -a8022000-a8023000 r--p 00013000 03:00 14462 /lib/libpthread.so.0 -a8023000-a8024000 rw-p 00014000 03:00 14462 /lib/libpthread.so.0 -a8024000-a8027000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 -a8027000-a8043000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 8317 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -a8043000-a8044000 r--p 0001b000 03:00 8317 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -a8044000-a8045000 rw-p 0001c000 03:00 8317 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -aff35000-aff4a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 -ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] - The /proc/PID/smaps is an extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption for each of the process's mappings. For each of mappings there is a series of lines such as the following: diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt index 40884c4fe40c..a0f61898d493 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Note that it only applies to the new descriptor-based interface. For a description of the deprecated integer-based GPIO interface please refer to gpio-legacy.txt (actually, there is no real mapping possible with the old interface; you just fetch an integer from somewhere and request the -corresponding GPIO. +corresponding GPIO). All platforms can enable the GPIO library, but if the platform strictly requires GPIO functionality to be present, it needs to select GPIOLIB from its @@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ The driver controlling "foo.0" will then be able to obtain its GPIOs as follows: Since the "led" GPIOs are mapped as active-high, this example will switch their signals to 1, i.e. enabling the LEDs. And for the "power" GPIO, which is mapped -as active-low, its actual signal will be 0 after this code. Contrary to the legacy -integer GPIO interface, the active-low property is handled during mapping and is -thus transparent to GPIO consumers. +as active-low, its actual signal will be 0 after this code. Contrary to the +legacy integer GPIO interface, the active-low property is handled during +mapping and is thus transparent to GPIO consumers. + +A set of functions such as gpiod_set_value() is available to work with +the new descriptor-oriented interface. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt index cdebc5c8705f..247a30ba8e17 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ A: There are always two trees (git repositories) in play. Both are driven Linus, and net-next is where the new code goes for the future release. You can find the trees here: - http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git - http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git Q: How often do changes from these trees make it to the mainline Linus tree? @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Q: So where are we now in this cycle? A: Load the mainline (Linus) page here: - http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git and note the top of the "tags" section. If it is rc1, it is early in the dev cycle. If it was tagged rc7 a week ago, then a release @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ A: Normally Greg Kroah-Hartman collects stable commits himself, but It contains the patches which Dave has selected, but not yet handed off to Greg. If Greg already has the patch, then it will be here: - http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git A quick way to find whether the patch is in this stable-queue is to simply clone the repo, and then git grep the mainline commit ID, e.g. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt index 4fb51d32fccc..399e4e866a9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt @@ -33,24 +33,6 @@ nf_conntrack_events - BOOLEAN If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will provide userspace with connection tracking events via ctnetlink. -nf_conntrack_events_retry_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) - default 15 - - This option is only relevant when "reliable connection tracking - events" are used. Normally, ctnetlink is "lossy", that is, - events are normally dropped when userspace listeners can't keep up. - - Userspace can request "reliable event mode". When this mode is - active, the conntrack will only be destroyed after the event was - delivered. If event delivery fails, the kernel periodically - re-tries to send the event to userspace. - - This is the maximum interval the kernel should use when re-trying - to deliver the destroy event. - - A higher number means there will be fewer delivery retries and it - will take longer for a backlog to be processed. - nf_conntrack_expect_max - INTEGER Maximum size of expectation table. Default value is nf_conntrack_buckets / 256. Minimum is 1. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt index f2491a8c68b4..e5dd9f4d6100 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt @@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ KVM Lock Overview 1. Acquisition Orders --------------------- -(to be written) +The acquisition orders for mutexes are as follows: + +- kvm->lock is taken outside vcpu->mutex + +- kvm->lock is taken outside kvm->slots_lock and kvm->irq_lock + +- kvm->slots_lock is taken outside kvm->irq_lock, though acquiring + them together is quite rare. + +For spinlocks, kvm_lock is taken outside kvm->mmu_lock. Everything +else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical sections. 2: Exception ------------ |