From 7a0f9d1eb51ff25d119b48fe7cc6aa0433cd6621 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:42:07 +0200 Subject: Documentation: intel_pstate: Fix typo Fix a typo in the intel_pstate admin-guide documentation. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst index ab2fe0eda1d7..8b9164990956 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ argument is passed to the kernel in the command line. That only is supported in some configurations, though (for example, if the `HWP feature is enabled in the processor `_, the operation mode of the driver cannot be changed), and if it is not - supported in the current configuration, writes to this attribute with + supported in the current configuration, writes to this attribute will fail with an appropriate error. Interpretation of Policy Attributes -- cgit v1.2.3 From 064f35a952246c60e956717dfc5782c48f174e74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:48:59 -0700 Subject: tracing: Fix some errors in histogram documentation Fix typos, inconsistencies in using quotes, incorrect section number, etc. in the trace histogram documentation. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180614224859.55864-1-joel@joelfernandes.org Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Acked-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- Documentation/trace/histogram.txt | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.txt b/Documentation/trace/histogram.txt index e73bcf9cb5f3..7ffea6aa22e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.txt @@ -1729,35 +1729,35 @@ If a variable isn't a key variable or prefixed with 'vals=', the associated event field will be saved in a variable but won't be summed as a value: - # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:ts1=common_timestamp ... >> event/trigger + # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:ts1=common_timestamp ...' >> event/trigger Multiple variables can be assigned at the same time. The below would result in both ts0 and b being created as variables, with both common_timestamp and field1 additionally being summed as values: - # echo 'hist:keys=pid:vals=$ts0,$b:ts0=common_timestamp,b=field1 ... >> \ + # echo 'hist:keys=pid:vals=$ts0,$b:ts0=common_timestamp,b=field1 ...' >> \ event/trigger Note that variable assignments can appear either preceding or following their use. The command below behaves identically to the command above: - # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp,b=field1:vals=$ts0,$b ... >> \ + # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp,b=field1:vals=$ts0,$b ...' >> \ event/trigger Any number of variables not bound to a 'vals=' prefix can also be assigned by simply separating them with colons. Below is the same thing but without the values being summed in the histogram: - # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp:b=field1 ... >> event/trigger + # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp:b=field1 ...' >> event/trigger Variables set as above can be referenced and used in expressions on another event. For example, here's how a latency can be calculated: - # echo 'hist:keys=pid,prio:ts0=common_timestamp ... >> event1/trigger - # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp-$ts0 ... >> event2/trigger + # echo 'hist:keys=pid,prio:ts0=common_timestamp ...' >> event1/trigger + # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp-$ts0 ...' >> event2/trigger In the first line above, the event's timetamp is saved into the variable ts0. In the next line, ts0 is subtracted from the second @@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ yet another variable, 'wakeup_lat'. The hist trigger below in turn makes use of the wakeup_lat variable to compute a combined latency using the same key and variable from yet another event: - # echo 'hist:key=pid:wakeupswitch_lat=$wakeup_lat+$switchtime_lat ... >> event3/trigger + # echo 'hist:key=pid:wakeupswitch_lat=$wakeup_lat+$switchtime_lat ...' >> event3/trigger 2.2.2 Synthetic Events ---------------------- @@ -1807,10 +1807,11 @@ the command that defined it with a '!': At this point, there isn't yet an actual 'wakeup_latency' event instantiated in the event subsytem - for this to happen, a 'hist trigger action' needs to be instantiated and bound to actual fields -and variables defined on other events (see Section 6.3.3 below). +and variables defined on other events (see Section 2.2.3 below on +how that is done using hist trigger 'onmatch' action). Once that is +done, the 'wakeup_latency' synthetic event instance is created. -Once that is done, an event instance is created, and a histogram can -be defined using it: +A histogram can now be defined for the new synthetic event: # echo 'hist:keys=pid,prio,lat.log2:sort=pid,lat' >> \ /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/trigger @@ -1960,7 +1961,7 @@ hist trigger specification. back to that pid, the timestamp difference is calculated. If the resulting latency, stored in wakeup_lat, exceeds the current maximum latency, the values specified in the save() fields are - recoreded: + recorded: # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs \ if comm=="cyclictest"' >> \ -- cgit v1.2.3 From 2ddc649810133fcf8e5282eea898ee7ececf161e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vitaly Kuznetsov Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:56:14 +0200 Subject: KVM: fix KVM_CAP_HYPERV_TLBFLUSH paragraph number MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit KVM_CAP_HYPERV_TLBFLUSH collided with KVM_CAP_S390_PSW-BPB, its paragraph number should now be 8.18. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář --- Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 495b7742ab58..d10944e619d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -4610,7 +4610,7 @@ This capability indicates that kvm will implement the interfaces to handle reset, migration and nested KVM for branch prediction blocking. The stfle facility 82 should not be provided to the guest without this capability. -8.14 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_TLBFLUSH +8.18 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_TLBFLUSH Architectures: x86 -- cgit v1.2.3 From 32e6996ca697099a4be5cd0dbd4b436699ca81a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tobin C. Harding" Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:37:05 +1000 Subject: Documentation: e100: Use correct heading adornment Recently documentation file was converted to rst. The document title has the incorrect heading adornment. From kernel docs: * Please stick to this order of heading adornments: 1. ``=`` with overline for document title:: ============== Document title ============== Add overline heading adornment to document title. Fixes commit (85d63445f411 Documentation: e100: Update the Intel 10/100 driver doc) CC: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/e100.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e100.rst b/Documentation/networking/e100.rst index d4d837027925..59b80608e27d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/e100.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/e100.rst @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +============================================================== Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/100 Family of Adapters ============================================================== -- cgit v1.2.3 From 3be40e54764d3ac9c004dc1646ab2c4cc0f0905e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tobin C. Harding" Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:37:06 +1000 Subject: Documentation: e1000: Use correct heading adornment Recently documentation file was converted to rst. The document title has the incorrect heading adornment. From kernel docs: * Please stick to this order of heading adornments: 1. ``=`` with overline for document title:: ============== Document title ============== Add overline heading adornment to document title. Fixes commit (228046e76189 Documentation: e1000: Update kernel documentation) CC: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/e1000.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst b/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst index 616848940e63..55f28e5043b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +=========================================================== Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Network Connection =========================================================== -- cgit v1.2.3 From 3b0c3ebe2a42ce18a59828acc4578166367dc7b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tobin C. Harding" Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:37:07 +1000 Subject: Documentation: e100: Fix docs build error Recent patch updated e100 docs to rst format. Docs build (`make htmldocs`) is currently failing due to this file with error: (SEVERE/4) Unexpected section title. This is because a section of the file is indented 2 spaces. Build error can be cleared by aligning the text with column 0. While we are changing these lines we can make sure line length does not exceed 72, that newlines following headings are uniform, and that full stops are followed by two spaces. Align text with column 0, limit line length to 72, ensure two spaces follow all full stops, ensure uniform use of newlines after heading. Fixes commit (85d63445f411 Documentation: e100: Update the Intel 10/100 driver doc) CC: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/e100.rst | 115 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e100.rst b/Documentation/networking/e100.rst index 59b80608e27d..9708f5fa76de 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/e100.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/e100.rst @@ -87,83 +87,84 @@ Event Log Message Level: The driver uses the message level flag to log events Additional Configurations ========================= - Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions - ------------------------------------------------- - - Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is - distribution dependent. Typically, the configuration process involves adding - an alias line to /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf as well as editing other system - startup scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux - distributions ship with tools to make these changes for you. To learn the - proper way to configure a network device for your system, refer to your - distribution documentation. If during this process you are asked for the - driver or module name, the name for the Linux Base Driver for the Intel - PRO/100 Family of Adapters is e100. - - As an example, if you install the e100 driver for two PRO/100 adapters - (eth0 and eth1), add the following to a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/ +Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions +------------------------------------------------- + +Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started +is distribution dependent. Typically, the configuration process involves +adding an alias line to /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf as well as editing other +system startup scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux +distributions ship with tools to make these changes for you. To learn +the proper way to configure a network device for your system, refer to +your distribution documentation. If during this process you are asked +for the driver or module name, the name for the Linux Base Driver for +the Intel PRO/100 Family of Adapters is e100. + +As an example, if you install the e100 driver for two PRO/100 adapters +(eth0 and eth1), add the following to a configuration file in +/etc/modprobe.d/:: alias eth0 e100 alias eth1 e100 - Viewing Link Messages - --------------------- - In order to see link messages and other Intel driver information on your - console, you must set the dmesg level up to six. This can be done by - entering the following on the command line before loading the e100 driver:: +Viewing Link Messages +--------------------- - dmesg -n 6 - - If you wish to see all messages issued by the driver, including debug - messages, set the dmesg level to eight. +In order to see link messages and other Intel driver information on your +console, you must set the dmesg level up to six. This can be done by +entering the following on the command line before loading the e100 +driver:: - NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots. + dmesg -n 6 +If you wish to see all messages issued by the driver, including debug +messages, set the dmesg level to eight. - ethtool - ------- +NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots. - The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and - diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The ethtool - version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. +ethtool +------- - The latest release of ethtool can be found from - https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ +The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and +diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The ethtool +version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. - Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL) - --------------------------- - WoL is provided through the ethtool* utility. For instructions on enabling - WoL with ethtool, refer to the ethtool man page. +The latest release of ethtool can be found from +https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ - WoL will be enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot. For - this driver version, in order to enable WoL, the e100 driver must be - loaded when shutting down or rebooting the system. +Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL) +--------------------------- +WoL is provided through the ethtool* utility. For instructions on +enabling WoL with ethtool, refer to the ethtool man page. WoL will be +enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot. For this +driver version, in order to enable WoL, the e100 driver must be loaded +when shutting down or rebooting the system. - NAPI - ---- +NAPI +---- - NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the e100 driver. +NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the e100 driver. - See https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/napi for more information - on NAPI. +See https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/napi for more +information on NAPI. - Multiple Interfaces on Same Ethernet Broadcast Network - ------------------------------------------------------ +Multiple Interfaces on Same Ethernet Broadcast Network +------------------------------------------------------ - Due to the default ARP behavior on Linux, it is not possible to have - one system on two IP networks in the same Ethernet broadcast domain - (non-partitioned switch) behave as expected. All Ethernet interfaces - will respond to IP traffic for any IP address assigned to the system. - This results in unbalanced receive traffic. +Due to the default ARP behavior on Linux, it is not possible to have one +system on two IP networks in the same Ethernet broadcast domain +(non-partitioned switch) behave as expected. All Ethernet interfaces +will respond to IP traffic for any IP address assigned to the system. +This results in unbalanced receive traffic. - If you have multiple interfaces in a server, either turn on ARP - filtering by +If you have multiple interfaces in a server, either turn on ARP +filtering by - (1) entering:: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_filter - (this only works if your kernel's version is higher than 2.4.5), or +(1) entering:: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_filter + (this only works if your kernel's version is higher than 2.4.5), or - (2) installing the interfaces in separate broadcast domains (either - in different switches or in a switch partitioned to VLANs). +(2) installing the interfaces in separate broadcast domains (either + in different switches or in a switch partitioned to VLANs). Support -- cgit v1.2.3 From 805f16a5f12fd68e10841013ccfaceb2f4d7066a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tobin C. Harding" Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:37:08 +1000 Subject: Documentation: e1000: Fix docs build error Recent patch updated e1000 docs to rst format. Docs build (`make htmldocs`) is currently failing due to this file with error: (SEVERE/4) Unexpected section title. This is because a section of the file is indented 2 spaces. Build error can be cleared by aligning the text with column 0. While we are changing these lines we can make sure line length does not exceed 72, that newlines following headings are uniform, and that full stops are followed by two spaces. Align text with column 0, limit line length to 72, ensure two spaces follow all full stops, ensure uniform use of newlines after heading. Fixes commit (228046e76189 Documentation: e1000: Update kernel documentation) CC: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/e1000.rst | 75 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst b/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst index 55f28e5043b6..144b87eef153 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/e1000.rst @@ -355,57 +355,58 @@ previously mentioned to force the adapter to the same speed and duplex. Additional Configurations ========================= - Jumbo Frames - ------------ - Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger than - the default of 1500. Use the ifconfig command to increase the MTU size. - For example:: +Jumbo Frames +------------ +Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger +than the default of 1500. Use the ifconfig command to increase the MTU +size. For example:: ifconfig eth mtu 9000 up - This setting is not saved across reboots. It can be made permanent if - you add:: +This setting is not saved across reboots. It can be made permanent if +you add:: MTU=9000 - to the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth. This example - applies to the Red Hat distributions; other distributions may store this - setting in a different location. +to the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth. This example +applies to the Red Hat distributions; other distributions may store this +setting in a different location. - Notes: - Degradation in throughput performance may be observed in some Jumbo frames - environments. If this is observed, increasing the application's socket buffer - size and/or increasing the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_*mem entry values may help. - See the specific application manual and /usr/src/linux*/Documentation/ - networking/ip-sysctl.txt for more details. +Notes: Degradation in throughput performance may be observed in some +Jumbo frames environments. If this is observed, increasing the +application's socket buffer size and/or increasing the +/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_*mem entry values may help. See the specific +application manual and /usr/src/linux*/Documentation/ +networking/ip-sysctl.txt for more details. - - The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 16110. This value coincides - with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 16128. +- The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 16110. This value + coincides with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 16128. - - Using Jumbo frames at 10 or 100 Mbps is not supported and may result in - poor performance or loss of link. +- Using Jumbo frames at 10 or 100 Mbps is not supported and may result + in poor performance or loss of link. - - Adapters based on the Intel(R) 82542 and 82573V/E controller do not - support Jumbo Frames. These correspond to the following product names: - Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter - Intel(R) PRO/1000 PM Network Connection +- Adapters based on the Intel(R) 82542 and 82573V/E controller do not + support Jumbo Frames. These correspond to the following product names: + Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter Intel(R) PRO/1000 PM Network + Connection - ethtool - ------- - The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and - diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The ethtool - version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. +ethtool +------- +The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and +diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The ethtool +version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. + +The latest release of ethtool can be found from +https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ - The latest release of ethtool can be found from - https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ +Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL) +--------------------------- +WoL is configured through the ethtool* utility. - Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL) - --------------------------- - WoL is configured through the ethtool* utility. +WoL will be enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot. +For this driver version, in order to enable WoL, the e1000 driver must be +loaded when shutting down or rebooting the system. - WoL will be enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot. - For this driver version, in order to enable WoL, the e1000 driver must be - loaded when shutting down or rebooting the system. Support ======= -- cgit v1.2.3 From 3531456aba6c8a8c905730af96dbb83608538b71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vakul Garg Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:14:01 +0530 Subject: strparser: Corrected typo in documentation. Replaced strp_pause() with strp_unpause() to correct a seemingly copy paste documentation mistake. Signed-off-by: Vakul Garg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/strparser.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/strparser.txt b/Documentation/networking/strparser.txt index 13081b3decef..a7d354ddda7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/strparser.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/strparser.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void strp_pause(struct strparser *strp) Temporarily pause a stream parser. Message parsing is suspended and no new messages are delivered to the upper layer. -void strp_pause(struct strparser *strp) +void strp_unpause(struct strparser *strp) Unpause a paused stream parser. -- cgit v1.2.3