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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lguest/lguest.c | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bridge.txt | 2 |
7 files changed, 83 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi index 5ac1e01bbd48..5f500977b42f 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ MAJOR:MINOR non-block filesystems which provide their own BDI, such as NFS and FUSE. +MAJOR:MINOR-fuseblk + + Value of st_dev on fuseblk filesystems. + default The default backing dev, used for non-block device backed diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 77c42f40be5d..2510763295d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -703,6 +703,31 @@ </sect1> </chapter> +<chapter id="trylock-functions"> + <title>The trylock Functions</title> + <para> + There are functions that try to acquire a lock only once and immediately + return a value telling about success or failure to acquire the lock. + They can be used if you need no access to the data protected with the lock + when some other thread is holding the lock. You should acquire the lock + later if you then need access to the data protected with the lock. + </para> + + <para> + <function>spin_trylock()</function> does not spin but returns non-zero if + it acquires the spinlock on the first try or 0 if not. This function can + be used in all contexts like <function>spin_lock</function>: you must have + disabled the contexts that might interrupt you and acquire the spin lock. + </para> + + <para> + <function>mutex_trylock()</function> does not suspend your task + but returns non-zero if it could lock the mutex on the first try + or 0 if not. This function cannot be safely used in hardware or software + interrupt contexts despite not sleeping. + </para> +</chapter> + <chapter id="Examples"> <title>Common Examples</title> <para> diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index 6a9c55bd556b..dcec0564d040 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt @@ -129,14 +129,6 @@ to its default value of '80' it means that between the checking intervals the CPU needs to be on average more than 80% in use to then decide that the CPU frequency needs to be increased. -sampling_down_factor: this parameter controls the rate that the CPU -makes a decision on when to decrease the frequency. When set to its -default value of '5' it means that at 1/5 the sampling_rate the kernel -makes a decision to lower the frequency. Five "lower rate" decisions -have to be made in a row before the CPU frequency is actually lower. -If set to '1' then the frequency decreases as quickly as it increases, -if set to '2' it decreases at half the rate of the increase. - ignore_nice_load: this parameter takes a value of '0' or '1'. When set to '0' (its default), all processes are counted towards the 'cpu utilisation' value. When set to '1', the processes that are diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2fefaf582a43 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Kernel driver ibmaem +====================== + +Supported systems: + * Any recent IBM System X server with Active Energy Manager support. + This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2, + x3950 M2, and certain HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. The IPMI host interface + driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything. + Prefix: 'ibmaem' + Datasheet: Not available + +Author: Darrick J. Wong + +Description +----------- + +This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power +meters available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All +sensor banks will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk +to both v1 and v2 interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the +older ibmpex driver. + +The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. +There is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption +since the last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power +use over a configurable interval. + +The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present +a wider range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as +set by the AEM software, and temperature sensors. + +Special Features +---------------- + +The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by +the Active Energy Manager software. Setting the power cap from the host +is not currently supported. diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index cdd5b934f43e..e07c432c731f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -398,9 +398,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file cio_ignore= [S390] See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. - cio_msg= [S390] - See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. - clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. [Deprecated] Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used @@ -689,6 +686,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file floppy= [HW] See Documentation/floppy.txt. + force_pal_cache_flush + [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on + buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this + parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call + ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. + gamecon.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index 3be8ab2a886a..82fafe0429fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ struct virtqueue /* The routine to call when the Guest pings us. */ void (*handle_output)(int fd, struct virtqueue *me); + + /* Outstanding buffers */ + unsigned int inflight; }; /* Remember the arguments to the program so we can "reboot" */ @@ -702,6 +705,7 @@ static unsigned get_vq_desc(struct virtqueue *vq, errx(1, "Looped descriptor"); } while ((i = next_desc(vq, i)) != vq->vring.num); + vq->inflight++; return head; } @@ -719,6 +723,7 @@ static void add_used(struct virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head, int len) /* Make sure buffer is written before we update index. */ wmb(); vq->vring.used->idx++; + vq->inflight--; } /* This actually sends the interrupt for this virtqueue */ @@ -726,8 +731,9 @@ static void trigger_irq(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq) { unsigned long buf[] = { LHREQ_IRQ, vq->config.irq }; - /* If they don't want an interrupt, don't send one. */ - if (vq->vring.avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) + /* If they don't want an interrupt, don't send one, unless empty. */ + if ((vq->vring.avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) + && vq->inflight) return; /* Send the Guest an interrupt tell them we used something up. */ @@ -1107,6 +1113,7 @@ static void add_virtqueue(struct device *dev, unsigned int num_descs, vq->next = NULL; vq->last_avail_idx = 0; vq->dev = dev; + vq->inflight = 0; /* Initialize the configuration. */ vq->config.num = num_descs; @@ -1368,6 +1375,7 @@ static void setup_tun_net(const char *arg) /* Tell Guest what MAC address to use. */ add_feature(dev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC); + add_feature(dev, VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY); set_config(dev, sizeof(conf), &conf); /* We don't need the socket any more; setup is done. */ diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt b/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt index bdae2db4119c..bec69a8a1697 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ In order to use the Ethernet bridging functionality, you'll need the userspace tools. These programs and documentation are available -at http://bridge.sourceforge.net. The download page is +at http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Bridge. The download page is http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bridge. If you still have questions, don't hesitate to post to the mailing list |