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2020-07-08Documentation: update for gcc 4.9 requirementRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Update Documentation for the gcc v4.9 upgrade requirement. Fixes: 5429ef62bcf3 ("compiler/gcc: Raise minimum GCC version for kernel builds to 4.8") Fixes: 6ec4476ac825 ("Raise gcc version requirement to 4.9") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
2020-07-08ext4: add inline encryption supportEric Biggers1-0/+7
Wire up ext4 to support inline encryption via the helper functions which fs/crypto/ now provides. This includes: - Adding a mount option 'inlinecrypt' which enables inline encryption on encrypted files where it can be used. - Setting the bio_crypt_ctx on bios that will be submitted to an inline-encrypted file. Note: submit_bh_wbc() in fs/buffer.c also needed to be patched for this part, since ext4 sometimes uses ll_rw_block() on file data. - Not adding logically discontiguous data to bios that will be submitted to an inline-encrypted file. - Not doing filesystem-layer crypto on inline-encrypted files. Co-developed-by: Satya Tangirala <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Satya Tangirala <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
2020-07-05doc: cgroup: add f2fs and xfs to supported list for writebackEric Sandeen1-3/+3
f2fs and xfs have both added support for cgroup writeback: 578c647 f2fs: implement cgroup writeback support adfb5fb xfs: implement cgroup aware writeback so add them to the supported list in the docs. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: LVMAlexander A. Klimov2-2/+2
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05docs: CIFS: remove a spam-site URLJonathan Corbet1-2/+1
protocolfreedom.org may have one contained something useful, but now it wants to sell us new credit cards. Take it out. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: CIFSAlexander A. Klimov3-5/+5
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Aurelien Aptel <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: DRBD driverAlexander A. Klimov2-4/+4
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/admin-guideAlexander A. Klimov12-20/+20
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: xfs: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "for". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: tainted-kernels: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "the". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: sysctl/kernel: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "set". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: intel-speed-select: drop doubled wordsRandy Dunlap1-2/+2
Drop the doubled words "that" and "and". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: intel_pstate: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "to". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <[email protected]> Cc: Len Brown <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: arm-ccn: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "as". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: pnfs-scsi-server: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "with". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: Trond Myklebust <[email protected]> Cc: Anna Schumaker <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: pnfs-block-server: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "with". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: Trond Myklebust <[email protected]> Cc: Anna Schumaker <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: mm/ksm: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "the". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: media/building: drop doubled wordsRandy Dunlap1-2/+2
Drop some doubled words. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: dm-integrity: drop doubled wordsRandy Dunlap1-2/+2
Drop the doubled words "on" and "the". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: cgroup-v1/rdma: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "echo". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-05Documentation/admin-guide: cgroup-v2: drop doubled wordRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Drop the doubled word "of". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-07-04media: samsung: Rename Samsung and Exynos to lowercaseKrzysztof Kozlowski1-3/+3
Fix up inconsistent usage of upper and lowercase letters in "Samsung" and "Exynos" names. "SAMSUNG" and "EXYNOS" are not abbreviations but regular trademarked names. Therefore they should be written with lowercase letters starting with capital letter. The lowercase "Exynos" name is promoted by its manufacturer Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., in advertisement materials and on website. Although advertisement materials usually use uppercase "SAMSUNG", the lowercase version is used in all legal aspects (e.g. on Wikipedia and in privacy/legal statements on https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/privacy-global/). Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
2020-07-02arm64/crash_core: Export TCR_EL1.T1SZ in vmcoreinfoBhupesh Sharma1-0/+11
TCR_EL1.TxSZ, which controls the VA space size, is configured by a single kernel image to support either 48-bit or 52-bit VA space. If the ARMv8.2-LVA optional feature is present and we are running with a 64KB page size, then it is possible to use 52-bits of address space for both userspace and kernel addresses. However, any kernel binary that supports 52-bit must also be able to fall back to 48-bit at early boot time if the hardware feature is not present. Since TCR_EL1.T1SZ indicates the size of the memory region addressed by TTBR1_EL1, export the same in vmcoreinfo. User-space utilities like makedumpfile and crash-utility need to read this value from vmcoreinfo for determining if a virtual address lies in the linear map range. While at it also add documentation for TCR_EL1.T1SZ variable being added to vmcoreinfo. It indicates the size offset of the memory region addressed by TTBR1_EL1. Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <[email protected]> Tested-by: John Donnelly <[email protected]> Tested-by: Kamlakant Patel <[email protected]> Tested-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: James Morse <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <[email protected]> Cc: James Morse <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Rutland <[email protected]> Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]> Cc: Steve Capper <[email protected]> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> Cc: Dave Anderson <[email protected]> Cc: Kazuhito Hagio <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] [[email protected]: removed vabits_actual from the commit log] Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]>
2020-07-02crash_core, vmcoreinfo: Append 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' to vmcoreinfoBhupesh Sharma1-0/+5
Right now user-space tools like 'makedumpfile' and 'crash' need to rely on a best-guess method of determining value of 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' supported by underlying kernel. This value is used in user-space code to calculate the bit-space required to store a section for SPARESMEM (similar to the existing calculation method used in the kernel implementation): #define SECTIONS_SHIFT (MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS - SECTION_SIZE_BITS) Now, regressions have been reported in user-space utilities like 'makedumpfile' and 'crash' on arm64, with the recently added kernel support for 52-bit physical address space, as there is no clear method of determining this value in user-space (other than reading kernel CONFIG flags). As per suggestion from makedumpfile maintainer (Kazu), it makes more sense to append 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' to vmcoreinfo in the core code itself rather than in arch-specific code, so that the user-space code for other archs can also benefit from this addition to the vmcoreinfo and use it as a standard way of determining 'SECTIONS_SHIFT' value in user-land. A reference 'makedumpfile' implementation which reads the 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' value from vmcoreinfo in a arch-independent fashion is available here: While at it also update vmcoreinfo documentation for 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' variable being added to vmcoreinfo. 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' defines the maximum supported physical address space memory. Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <[email protected]> Tested-by: John Donnelly <[email protected]> Acked-by: Dave Young <[email protected]> Cc: Boris Petkov <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: James Morse <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Rutland <[email protected]> Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]> Cc: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]> Cc: Dave Anderson <[email protected]> Cc: Kazuhito Hagio <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]>
2020-07-02cpufreq: Specify default governor on command lineQuentin Perret2-3/+8
Currently, the only way to specify the default CPUfreq governor is via Kconfig options, which suits users who can build the kernel themselves perfectly. However, for those who use a distro-like kernel (such as Android, with the Generic Kernel Image project), the only way to use a non-default governor is to boot to userspace, and to then switch using the sysfs interface. Being able to specify the default governor on the command line, like is the case for cpuidle, would allow those users to specify their governor of choice earlier on, and to simplify the userspace boot procedure slighlty. To support this use-case, add a kernel command line parameter allowing the default governor for CPUfreq to be specified, which takes precedence over the built-in default. This implementation has one notable limitation: the default governor must be registered before the driver. This is solved for builtin governors and drivers using appropriate *_initcall() functions. And in the modular case, this must be reflected as a constraint on the module loading order. Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <[email protected]> [ Viresh: Converted 'default_governor' to a string and parsing it only at initcall level, and several updates to cpufreq_init_policy(). ] Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <[email protected]> [ rjw: Changelog ] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
2020-07-02cpufreq: intel_pstate: Allow raw energy performance preference valueSrinivas Pandruvada1-1/+5
Currently using attribute "energy_performance_preference", user space can write one of the four per-defined preference string. These preference strings gets mapped to a hard-coded Energy-Performance Preference (EPP) or Energy-Performance Bias (EPB) knob. These four values are supposed to cover broad spectrum of use cases, but are not uniformly distributed in the range. There are number of cases, where this is not enough. For example: Suppose user wants more performance when connected to AC. Instead of using default "balance performance", the "performance" setting can be used. This changes EPP value from 0x80 to 0x00. But setting EPP to 0, results in electrical and thermal issues on some platforms. This results in aggressive throttling, which causes a drop in performance. But some value between 0x80 and 0x00 results in better performance. But that value can't be fixed as the power curve is not linear. In some cases just changing EPP from 0x80 to 0x75 is enough to get significant performance gain. Similarly on battery the default "balance_performance" mode can be aggressive in power consumption. But picking up the next choice "balance power" results in too much loss of performance, which results in bad user experience in use cases like "Google Hangout". It was observed that some value between these two EPP is optimal. This change allows fine grain EPP tuning for platform like Chromebook or for users who wants to fine tune power and performance. Here based on the product and use cases, different EPP values can be set. This change is similar to the change done for: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/power/energy_perf_bias where user has choice to write a predefined string or raw value. The change itself is trivial. When user preference doesn't match predefined string preferences and value is an unsigned integer and in range, use that value for EPP. When the EPP feature is not present writing raw value is not supported. Suggested-by: Len Brown <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
2020-07-02cpufreq: intel_pstate: Allow enable/disable energy efficiencySrinivas Pandruvada1-0/+11
By default intel_pstate the driver disables energy efficiency by setting MSR_IA32_POWER_CTL bit 19 for Kaby Lake desktop CPU model in HWP mode. This CPU model is also shared by Coffee Lake desktop CPUs. This allows these systems to reach maximum possible frequency. But this adds power penalty, which some customers don't want. They want some way to enable/ disable dynamically. So, add an additional attribute "energy_efficiency" under /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/ for these CPU models. This allows to read and write bit 19 ("Disable Energy Efficiency Optimization") in the MSR IA32_POWER_CTL. This attribute is present in both HWP and non-HWP mode as this has an effect in both modes. Refer to Intel Software Developer's manual for details. The scope of this bit is package wide. Also these systems are single package systems. So read/write MSR on the current CPU is enough. The energy efficiency (EE) bit setting needs to be preserved during suspend/resume and CPU offline/online operation. To do this: - Restoring the EE setting from the cpufreq resume() callback, if there is change from the system default. - By default, don't disable EE from cpufreq init() callback for matching CPU models. Since the scope is package wide and is a single package system, move the disable EE calls from init() callback to intel_pstate_init() function, which is called only once. Suggested-by: Len Brown <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
2020-06-29Merge branches 'doc.2020.06.29a', 'fixes.2020.06.29a', ↵Paul E. McKenney1-0/+68
'kfree_rcu.2020.06.29a', 'rcu-tasks.2020.06.29a', 'scale.2020.06.29a', 'srcu.2020.06.29a' and 'torture.2020.06.29a' into HEAD doc.2020.06.29a: Documentation updates. fixes.2020.06.29a: Miscellaneous fixes. kfree_rcu.2020.06.29a: kfree_rcu() updates. rcu-tasks.2020.06.29a: RCU Tasks updates. scale.2020.06.29a: Read-side scalability tests. srcu.2020.06.29a: SRCU updates. torture.2020.06.29a: Torture-test updates.
2020-06-29torture: Dump ftrace at shutdown only if requestedPaul E. McKenney1-0/+7
If there is a large number of torture tests running concurrently, all of which are dumping large ftrace buffers at shutdown time, the resulting dumping can take a very long time, particularly on systems with rotating-rust storage. This commit therefore adds a default-off torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown module parameter that enables shutdown-time ftrace-buffer dumping. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
2020-06-29rcutorture: Add races with task-exit processingPaul E. McKenney1-0/+14
Several variants of Linux-kernel RCU interact with task-exit processing, including preemptible RCU, Tasks RCU, and Tasks Trace RCU. This commit therefore adds testing of this interaction to rcutorture by adding rcutorture.read_exit_burst and rcutorture.read_exit_delay kernel-boot parameters. These kernel parameters control the frequency and spacing of special read-then-exit kthreads that are spawned. [ paulmck: Apply feedback from Dan Carpenter's static checker. ] [ paulmck: Reduce latency to avoid false-positive shutdown hangs. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
2020-06-29refperf: Rename refperf.c to refscale.c and change internal namesPaul E. McKenney1-7/+10
This commit further avoids conflation of refperf with the kernel's perf feature by renaming kernel/rcu/refperf.c to kernel/rcu/refscale.c, and also by similarly renaming the functions and variables inside this file. This has the side effect of changing the names of the kernel boot parameters, so kernel-parameters.txt and ver_functions.sh are also updated. The rcutorture --torture type remains refperf, and this will be addressed in a separate commit. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
2020-06-29doc: Document rcuperf's module parametersPaul E. McKenney1-0/+36
This commit adds documentation for the rcuperf module parameters. Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
2020-06-29rcu/tree: cache specified number of objectsUladzislau Rezki (Sony)1-0/+8
In order to reduce the dynamic need for pages in kfree_rcu(), pre-allocate a configurable number of pages per CPU and link them in a list. When kfree_rcu() reclaims objects, the object's container page is cached into a list instead of being released to the low-level page allocator. Such an approach provides O(1) access to free pages while also reducing the number of requests to the page allocator. It also makes the kfree_rcu() code to have free pages available during a low memory condition. A read-only sysfs parameter (rcu_min_cached_objs) reflects the minimum number of allowed cached pages per CPU. Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
2020-06-27Merge tag 'for-5.8/dm-fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm Pull device mapper fixes from Mike Snitzer: - Quite a few DM zoned target fixes and a Zone append fix in DM core. Considering the amount of dm-zoned changes that went in during the 5.8 merge window these fixes are not that surprising. - A few DM writecache target fixes. - A fix to Documentation index to include DM ebs target docs. - Small cleanup to use struct_size() in DM core's retrieve_deps(). * tag 'for-5.8/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: dm writecache: add cond_resched to loop in persistent_memory_claim() dm zoned: Fix reclaim zone selection dm zoned: Fix random zone reclaim selection dm: update original bio sector on Zone Append dm zoned: Fix metadata zone size check docs: device-mapper: add dm-ebs.rst to an index file dm ioctl: use struct_size() helper in retrieve_deps() dm writecache: skip writecache_wait when using pmem mode dm writecache: correct uncommitted_block when discarding uncommitted entry dm zoned: assign max_io_len correctly dm zoned: fix uninitialized pointer dereference
2020-06-26Merge branch 'mauro' into docs-nextJonathan Corbet4-7/+302
A big set of fixes and RST conversions from Mauro. He swears that this is the last RST conversion set, which is certainly cause for celebration.
2020-06-26docs: move nommu-mmap.txt to admin-guide and rename to ReSTMauro Carvalho Chehab3-1/+285
The nommu-mmap.txt file provides description of user visible behaviuour. So, move it to the admin-guide. As it is already at the ReST, also rename it. Suggested-by: Mike Rapoport <[email protected]> Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3a63d1833b513700755c85bf3bda0a6c4ab56986.1592918949.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-06-26docs: sysctl/kernel: document randomStephen Kitt1-0/+32
This documents the random directory, based on the behaviour seen in drivers/char/random.c. Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-06-26docs: hugetlbpage.rst: fix some warningsMauro Carvalho Chehab1-6/+17
Some new command line parameters were added at hugetlbpage.rst. Adjust them in order to properly parse that part of the file, avoiding those warnings: Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst:105: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst:108: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst:109: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst:112: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst:120: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst:121: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst:132: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst:135: WARNING: Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. Fixes: cd9fa28b5351 ("hugetlbfs: clean up command line processing") Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/86b6796b1a84e18b24314ecd29318951c1479ca2.1592895969.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-06-26doc: THP CoW fault no longer allocate THPYang Shi2-4/+3
Since commit 3917c80280c9 ("thp: change CoW semantics for anon-THP"), THP CoW page fault is rewritten. Now it just splits pmd then fallback to base page fault, it doesn't try to allocate THP anymore. So it is no longer counted in THP_FAULT_ALLOC. Remove the obsolete statement in documentation about THP CoW allocation to avoid confusion. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <[email protected]> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]> Cc: Zi Yan <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
2020-06-23media: vivid: add cache_hints module paramSergey Senozhatsky1-0/+9
Add a cache_hints module param to control per-queue user space cache hints support. Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
2020-06-22thunderbolt: Add support for on-board retimersKranthi Kuntala1-5/+6
USB4 spec specifies standard access to retimers (both on-board and cable) through USB4 port sideband access. This makes it possible to upgrade their firmware in the same way than we already do with the routers. This enumerates on-board retimers under each USB4 port when the link comes up and adds them to the bus under the router the retimer belongs to. Retimers are exposed in sysfs with name like <device>:<port>.<index> where device is the router the retimer belongs to, port is the USB4 port the retimer is connected to and index is the retimer index under that port (starting from 1). This applies to the upstream USB4 port as well so if there is on-board retimer between the port and the router it is also added accordingly. At this time we do not add cable retimers but there is no techincal restriction to do so in the future if needed. It is not clear whether it makes sense to upgrade their firmwares and at least Thunderbolt 3 cables it has not been done outside of lab environments. The sysfs interface is made to follow the router NVM upgrade to make it easy to extend the existing userspace (fwupd) to handle these as well. Signed-off-by: Kranthi Kuntala <[email protected]> Co-developed-by: Mika Westerberg <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <[email protected]>
2020-06-19Documentation: fix sysctl/kernel.rst heading format warningsRandy Dunlap1-4/+4
Fix heading format warnings in admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst:339: WARNING: Title underline too short. hung_task_all_cpu_backtrace: ================ Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst:650: WARNING: Title underline too short. oops_all_cpu_backtrace: ================ Fixes: 0ec9dc9bcba0 ("kernel/hung_task.c: introduce sysctl to print all traces when a hung task is detected") Fixes: 60c958d8df9c ("panic: add sysctl to dump all CPUs backtraces on oops event") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-06-19doc: x86/speculation: length of underlinesHeinrich Schuchardt1-3/+3
The lengths of underlines must match the titles to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Mark Gross<[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-06-19doc: add novamap to efi kernel command line parametersHeinrich Schuchardt1-8/+10
Document the efi=novamap kernel command line parameter. Put the efi parameters into alphabetic order. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
2020-06-19docs: device-mapper: add dm-ebs.rst to an index fileMauro Carvalho Chehab1-0/+1
Solves this Sphinx warning: Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-ebs.rst: WARNING: document isn't included in any toctree Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]>
2020-06-18x86/cpu: Enable FSGSBASE on 64bit by default and add a chicken bitAndy Lutomirski1-2/+1
Now that FSGSBASE is fully supported, remove unsafe_fsgsbase, enable FSGSBASE by default, and add nofsgsbase to disable it. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
2020-06-18x86/cpu: Add 'unsafe_fsgsbase' to enable CR4.FSGSBASEAndy Lutomirski1-0/+3
This is temporary. It will allow the next few patches to be tested incrementally. Setting unsafe_fsgsbase is a root hole. Don't do it. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
2020-06-10Merge tag 'docs-5.8-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds9-19/+19
Pull more documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "A handful of late-arriving docs fixes, along with a patch changing a lot of HTTP links to HTTPS that had to be yanked and redone before the first pull" * tag 'docs-5.8-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: docs/memory-barriers.txt/kokr: smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic(): update Documentation Documentation: devres: add missing entry for devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation docs: it_IT: address invalid reference warnings doc: zh_CN: use doc reference to resolve undefined label warning docs: Update the location of the LF NDA program docs: dev-tools: coccinelle: underlines
2020-06-09Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)Linus Torvalds2-6/+6
Merge even more updates from Andrew Morton: - a kernel-wide sweep of show_stack() - pagetable cleanups - abstract out accesses to mmap_sem - prep for mmap_sem scalability work - hch's user acess work Subsystems affected by this patch series: debug, mm/pagemap, mm/maccess, mm/documentation. * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <[email protected]>: (93 commits) include/linux/cache.h: expand documentation over __read_mostly maccess: return -ERANGE when probe_kernel_read() fails x86: use non-set_fs based maccess routines maccess: allow architectures to provide kernel probing directly maccess: move user access routines together maccess: always use strict semantics for probe_kernel_read maccess: remove strncpy_from_unsafe tracing/kprobes: handle mixed kernel/userspace probes better bpf: rework the compat kernel probe handling bpf:bpf_seq_printf(): handle potentially unsafe format string better bpf: handle the compat string in bpf_trace_copy_string better bpf: factor out a bpf_trace_copy_string helper maccess: unify the probe kernel arch hooks maccess: remove probe_read_common and probe_write_common maccess: rename strnlen_unsafe_user to strnlen_user_nofault maccess: rename strncpy_from_unsafe_strict to strncpy_from_kernel_nofault maccess: rename strncpy_from_unsafe_user to strncpy_from_user_nofault maccess: update the top of file comment maccess: clarify kerneldoc comments maccess: remove duplicate kerneldoc comments ...
2020-06-09mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem commentsMichel Lespinasse2-6/+6
Convert comments that reference mmap_sem to reference mmap_lock instead. [[email protected]: fix up linux-next leftovers] [[email protected]: s/lockaphore/lock/, per Vlastimil] [[email protected]: more linux-next fixups, per Michel] Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan <[email protected]> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]> Cc: David Rientjes <[email protected]> Cc: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <[email protected]> Cc: Jerome Glisse <[email protected]> Cc: John Hubbard <[email protected]> Cc: Laurent Dufour <[email protected]> Cc: Liam Howlett <[email protected]> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Ying Han <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>