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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2019-07-03 10:50:21 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2019-07-03 10:50:21 +0200
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downloadlinux-341924049558e5f7c1a148a2c461a417933d35d9.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'timers/vdso' into timers/core
so the hyper-v clocksource update can be applied.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-siox22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-qmi4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml168
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/sifive.yaml25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/rds.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt48
11 files changed, 263 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-siox b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-siox
index fed7c3765a4e..c2a403f20b90 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-siox
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-siox
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X/active
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
On reading represents the current state of the bus. If it
contains a "0" the bus is stopped and connected devices are
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description:
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X/device_add
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Write-only file. Write
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ Description:
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X/device_remove
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Write-only file. A single write removes the last device in the siox chain.
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X/poll_interval_ns
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Defines the interval between two poll cycles in nano seconds.
Note this is rounded to jiffies on writing. On reading the current value
@@ -41,33 +41,33 @@ Description:
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X-Y/connected
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Read-only value. "0" means the Yth device on siox bus X isn't "connected" i.e.
communication with it is not ensured. "1" signals a working connection.
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X-Y/inbytes
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Read-only value reporting the inbytes value provided to siox-X/device_add
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X-Y/status_errors
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Counts the number of time intervals when the read status byte doesn't yield the
expected value.
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X-Y/type
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Read-only value reporting the type value provided to siox-X/device_add.
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X-Y/watchdog
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Read-only value reporting if the watchdog of the siox device is
active. "0" means the watchdog is not active and the device is expected to
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ Description:
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X-Y/watchdog_errors
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Read-only value reporting the number to time intervals when the
watchdog was active.
What: /sys/bus/siox/devices/siox-X-Y/outbytes
KernelVersion: 4.16
-Contact: Gavin Schenk <g.schenk@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+Contact: Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@eckelmann.de>, Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Description:
Read-only value reporting the outbytes value provided to siox-X/device_add.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-qmi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-qmi
index 7122d6264c49..c310db4ccbc2 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-qmi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-qmi
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Contact: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Description:
Unsigned integer.
- Write a number ranging from 1 to 127 to add a qmap mux
+ Write a number ranging from 1 to 254 to add a qmap mux
based network device, supported by recent Qualcomm based
modems.
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ Contact: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Description:
Unsigned integer.
- Write a number ranging from 1 to 127 to delete a previously
+ Write a number ranging from 1 to 254 to delete a previously
created qmap mux based network device.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt
index 188c8bd4eb67..5a0111d4de58 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/microchip,mcp251x.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Required properties:
- compatible: Should be one of the following:
- "microchip,mcp2510" for MCP2510.
- "microchip,mcp2515" for MCP2515.
+ - "microchip,mcp25625" for MCP25625.
- reg: SPI chip select.
- clocks: The clock feeding the CAN controller.
- interrupts: Should contain IRQ line for the CAN controller.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27f02ec4bb45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR MIT)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/riscv/cpus.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: RISC-V bindings for 'cpus' DT nodes
+
+maintainers:
+ - Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
+ - Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@sifive.com>
+
+allOf:
+ - $ref: /schemas/cpus.yaml#
+
+properties:
+ $nodename:
+ const: cpus
+ description: Container of cpu nodes
+
+ '#address-cells':
+ const: 1
+ description: |
+ A single unsigned 32-bit integer uniquely identifies each RISC-V
+ hart in a system. (See the "reg" node under the "cpu" node,
+ below).
+
+ '#size-cells':
+ const: 0
+
+patternProperties:
+ '^cpu@[0-9a-f]+$':
+ properties:
+ compatible:
+ type: array
+ items:
+ - enum:
+ - sifive,rocket0
+ - sifive,e5
+ - sifive,e51
+ - sifive,u54-mc
+ - sifive,u54
+ - sifive,u5
+ - const: riscv
+ description:
+ Identifies that the hart uses the RISC-V instruction set
+ and identifies the type of the hart.
+
+ mmu-type:
+ allOf:
+ - $ref: "/schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string"
+ - enum:
+ - riscv,sv32
+ - riscv,sv39
+ - riscv,sv48
+ description:
+ Identifies the MMU address translation mode used on this
+ hart. These values originate from the RISC-V Privileged
+ Specification document, available from
+ https://riscv.org/specifications/
+
+ riscv,isa:
+ allOf:
+ - $ref: "/schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string"
+ - enum:
+ - rv64imac
+ - rv64imafdc
+ description:
+ Identifies the specific RISC-V instruction set architecture
+ supported by the hart. These are documented in the RISC-V
+ User-Level ISA document, available from
+ https://riscv.org/specifications/
+
+ timebase-frequency:
+ type: integer
+ minimum: 1
+ description:
+ Specifies the clock frequency of the system timer in Hz.
+ This value is common to all harts on a single system image.
+
+ interrupt-controller:
+ type: object
+ description: Describes the CPU's local interrupt controller
+
+ properties:
+ '#interrupt-cells':
+ const: 1
+
+ compatible:
+ const: riscv,cpu-intc
+
+ interrupt-controller: true
+
+ required:
+ - '#interrupt-cells'
+ - compatible
+ - interrupt-controller
+
+ required:
+ - riscv,isa
+ - timebase-frequency
+ - interrupt-controller
+
+examples:
+ - |
+ // Example 1: SiFive Freedom U540G Development Kit
+ cpus {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ timebase-frequency = <1000000>;
+ cpu@0 {
+ clock-frequency = <0>;
+ compatible = "sifive,rocket0", "riscv";
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ i-cache-block-size = <64>;
+ i-cache-sets = <128>;
+ i-cache-size = <16384>;
+ reg = <0>;
+ riscv,isa = "rv64imac";
+ cpu_intc0: interrupt-controller {
+ #interrupt-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
+ interrupt-controller;
+ };
+ };
+ cpu@1 {
+ clock-frequency = <0>;
+ compatible = "sifive,rocket0", "riscv";
+ d-cache-block-size = <64>;
+ d-cache-sets = <64>;
+ d-cache-size = <32768>;
+ d-tlb-sets = <1>;
+ d-tlb-size = <32>;
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ i-cache-block-size = <64>;
+ i-cache-sets = <64>;
+ i-cache-size = <32768>;
+ i-tlb-sets = <1>;
+ i-tlb-size = <32>;
+ mmu-type = "riscv,sv39";
+ reg = <1>;
+ riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
+ tlb-split;
+ cpu_intc1: interrupt-controller {
+ #interrupt-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
+ interrupt-controller;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ - |
+ // Example 2: Spike ISA Simulator with 1 Hart
+ cpus {
+ cpu@0 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ reg = <0>;
+ compatible = "riscv";
+ riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
+ mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
+ interrupt-controller {
+ #interrupt-cells = <1>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+ compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
+ };
+ };
+ };
+...
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/sifive.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/sifive.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d17dc2f3f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/sifive.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR MIT)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/riscv/sifive.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: SiFive SoC-based boards
+
+maintainers:
+ - Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
+ - Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@sifive.com>
+
+description:
+ SiFive SoC-based boards
+
+properties:
+ $nodename:
+ const: '/'
+ compatible:
+ items:
+ - enum:
+ - sifive,freedom-unleashed-a00
+ - const: sifive,fu540-c000
+ - const: sifive,fu540
+...
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst
index 25f50eace28b..8fecfa11d4ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ fields of ``struct uio_mem``:
- ``int memtype``: Required if the mapping is used. Set this to
``UIO_MEM_PHYS`` if you you have physical memory on your card to be
mapped. Use ``UIO_MEM_LOGICAL`` for logical memory (e.g. allocated
- with :c:func:`kmalloc()`). There's also ``UIO_MEM_VIRTUAL`` for
- virtual memory.
+ with :c:func:`__get_free_pages()` but not kmalloc()). There's also
+ ``UIO_MEM_VIRTUAL`` for virtual memory.
- ``phys_addr_t addr``: Required if the mapping is used. Fill in the
address of your memory block. This address is the one that appears in
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt
index 60a5ec04e8f0..5a865437b33f 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ C. Boot options
Select the initial font to use. The value 'name' can be any of the
compiled-in fonts: 10x18, 6x10, 7x14, Acorn8x8, MINI4x6,
- PEARL8x8, ProFont6x11, SUN12x22, SUN8x16, VGA8x16, VGA8x8.
+ PEARL8x8, ProFont6x11, SUN12x22, SUN8x16, TER16x32, VGA8x16, VGA8x8.
Note, not all drivers can handle font with widths not divisible by 8,
such as vga16fb.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst b/Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst
index e14d7d40fc75..50bccbf68308 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst
@@ -316,16 +316,16 @@ A: When a netdev of a physical NIC is initialized, Linux usually
all the traffic, you can force the netdev to only have 1 queue, queue
id 0, and then bind to queue 0. You can use ethtool to do this::
- sudo ethtool -L <interface> combined 1
+ sudo ethtool -L <interface> combined 1
If you want to only see part of the traffic, you can program the
NIC through ethtool to filter out your traffic to a single queue id
that you can bind your XDP socket to. Here is one example in which
UDP traffic to and from port 4242 are sent to queue 2::
- sudo ethtool -N <interface> rx-flow-hash udp4 fn
- sudo ethtool -N <interface> flow-type udp4 src-port 4242 dst-port \
- 4242 action 2
+ sudo ethtool -N <interface> rx-flow-hash udp4 fn
+ sudo ethtool -N <interface> flow-type udp4 src-port 4242 dst-port \
+ 4242 action 2
A number of other ways are possible all up to the capabilitites of
the NIC you have.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 14fe93049d28..22f6b8b1110a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ tcp_base_mss - INTEGER
Path MTU discovery (MTU probing). If MTU probing is enabled,
this is the initial MSS used by the connection.
+tcp_min_snd_mss - INTEGER
+ TCP SYN and SYNACK messages usually advertise an ADVMSS option,
+ as described in RFC 1122 and RFC 6691.
+ If this ADVMSS option is smaller than tcp_min_snd_mss,
+ it is silently capped to tcp_min_snd_mss.
+
+ Default : 48 (at least 8 bytes of payload per segment)
+
tcp_congestion_control - STRING
Set the congestion control algorithm to be used for new
connections. The algorithm "reno" is always available, but
@@ -772,6 +780,14 @@ tcp_challenge_ack_limit - INTEGER
in RFC 5961 (Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks)
Default: 100
+tcp_rx_skb_cache - BOOLEAN
+ Controls a per TCP socket cache of one skb, that might help
+ performance of some workloads. This might be dangerous
+ on systems with a lot of TCP sockets, since it increases
+ memory usage.
+
+ Default: 0 (disabled)
+
UDP variables:
udp_l3mdev_accept - BOOLEAN
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rds.txt b/Documentation/networking/rds.txt
index 0235ae69af2a..f2a0147c933d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/rds.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/rds.txt
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ Multipath RDS (mprds)
a common (to all paths) part, and a per-path struct rds_conn_path. All
I/O workqs and reconnect threads are driven from the rds_conn_path.
Transports such as TCP that are multipath capable may then set up a
- TPC socket per rds_conn_path, and this is managed by the transport via
+ TCP socket per rds_conn_path, and this is managed by the transport via
the transport privatee cp_transport_data pointer.
Transports announce themselves as multipath capable by setting the
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index ba6c42c576dd..2a4531bb06bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ yet and must be cleared on entry.
4.35 KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION
-Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_MEM
+Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY
Architectures: all
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_userspace_memory_region (in)
@@ -3857,43 +3857,59 @@ Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_nested_state (in/out)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Errors:
- E2BIG: the total state size (including the fixed-size part of struct
- kvm_nested_state) exceeds the value of 'size' specified by
+ E2BIG: the total state size exceeds the value of 'size' specified by
the user; the size required will be written into size.
struct kvm_nested_state {
__u16 flags;
__u16 format;
__u32 size;
+
union {
- struct kvm_vmx_nested_state vmx;
- struct kvm_svm_nested_state svm;
+ struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr vmx;
+ struct kvm_svm_nested_state_hdr svm;
+
+ /* Pad the header to 128 bytes. */
__u8 pad[120];
- };
- __u8 data[0];
+ } hdr;
+
+ union {
+ struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data vmx[0];
+ struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm[0];
+ } data;
};
#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_GUEST_MODE 0x00000001
#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_RUN_PENDING 0x00000002
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS 0x00000004
-#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_SMM_GUEST_MODE 0x00000001
-#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_SMM_VMXON 0x00000002
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_VMX 0
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_SVM 1
-struct kvm_vmx_nested_state {
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE 0x1000
+
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_SMM_GUEST_MODE 0x00000001
+#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_SMM_VMXON 0x00000002
+
+struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr {
__u64 vmxon_pa;
- __u64 vmcs_pa;
+ __u64 vmcs12_pa;
struct {
__u16 flags;
} smm;
};
+struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data {
+ __u8 vmcs12[KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE];
+ __u8 shadow_vmcs12[KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE];
+};
+
This ioctl copies the vcpu's nested virtualization state from the kernel to
userspace.
-The maximum size of the state, including the fixed-size part of struct
-kvm_nested_state, can be retrieved by passing KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE to
-the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl().
+The maximum size of the state can be retrieved by passing KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE
+to the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl().
4.115 KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE
@@ -3903,8 +3919,8 @@ Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_nested_state (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
-This copies the vcpu's kvm_nested_state struct from userspace to the kernel. For
-the definition of struct kvm_nested_state, see KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE.
+This copies the vcpu's kvm_nested_state struct from userspace to the kernel.
+For the definition of struct kvm_nested_state, see KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE.
4.116 KVM_(UN)REGISTER_COALESCED_MMIO