Merge branch 'linus' into core/iommu

Conflicts:
	arch/x86/Kconfig
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Ingo Molnar
2009-03-28 23:05:50 +01:00
3749 changed files with 273843 additions and 162817 deletions
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@@ -3738,7 +3738,7 @@ S: 93149 Nittenau
S: Germany
N: Gertjan van Wingerde
E: gwingerde@home.nl
E: gwingerde@gmail.com
D: Ralink rt2x00 WLAN driver
D: Minix V2 file-system
D: Misc fixes
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What: security/ima/policy
Date: May 2008
Contact: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>
Description:
The Trusted Computing Group(TCG) runtime Integrity
Measurement Architecture(IMA) maintains a list of hash
values of executables and other sensitive system files
loaded into the run-time of this system. At runtime,
the policy can be constrained based on LSM specific data.
Policies are loaded into the securityfs file ima/policy
by opening the file, writing the rules one at a time and
then closing the file. The new policy takes effect after
the file ima/policy is closed.
rule format: action [condition ...]
action: measure | dont_measure
condition:= base | lsm
base: [[func=] [mask=] [fsmagic=] [uid=]]
lsm: [[subj_user=] [subj_role=] [subj_type=]
[obj_user=] [obj_role=] [obj_type=]]
base: func:= [BPRM_CHECK][FILE_MMAP][INODE_PERMISSION]
mask:= [MAY_READ] [MAY_WRITE] [MAY_APPEND] [MAY_EXEC]
fsmagic:= hex value
uid:= decimal value
lsm: are LSM specific
default policy:
# PROC_SUPER_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x9fa0
# SYSFS_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x62656572
# DEBUGFS_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x64626720
# TMPFS_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x01021994
# SECURITYFS_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x73636673
measure func=BPRM_CHECK
measure func=FILE_MMAP mask=MAY_EXEC
measure func=INODE_PERM mask=MAY_READ uid=0
The default policy measures all executables in bprm_check,
all files mmapped executable in file_mmap, and all files
open for read by root in inode_permission.
Examples of LSM specific definitions:
SELinux:
# SELINUX_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0xF97CFF8C
dont_measure obj_type=var_log_t
dont_measure obj_type=auditd_log_t
measure subj_user=system_u func=INODE_PERM mask=MAY_READ
measure subj_role=system_r func=INODE_PERM mask=MAY_READ
Smack:
measure subj_user=_ func=INODE_PERM mask=MAY_READ
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@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml mcabook.xml device-drivers.xml \
kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml kgdb.xml \
gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \
genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \
mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml
mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \
alsa-driver-api.xml writing-an-alsa-driver.xml
###
# The build process is as follows (targets):
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
<book>
<?dbhtml filename="index.html">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
<!-- ****************************************************** -->
<!-- Header -->
<!-- ****************************************************** -->
<book id="ALSA-Driver-API">
<bookinfo>
<title>The ALSA Driver API</title>
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
</bookinfo>
<toc></toc>
<chapter><title>Management of Cards and Devices</title>
<sect1><title>Card Management</title>
!Esound/core/init.c
@@ -71,6 +73,10 @@
!Esound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
!Esound/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Virtual Master Control API</title>
!Esound/core/vmaster.c
!Iinclude/sound/control.h
</sect1>
</chapter>
<chapter><title>MIDI API</title>
<sect1><title>Raw MIDI API</title>
@@ -88,6 +94,9 @@
<chapter><title>Miscellaneous Functions</title>
<sect1><title>Hardware-Dependent Devices API</title>
!Esound/core/hwdep.c
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Jack Abstraction Layer API</title>
!Esound/core/jack.c
</sect1>
<sect1><title>ISA DMA Helpers</title>
!Esound/core/isadma.c
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@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ desc->chip->end();
used in the generic IRQ layer.
</para>
!Iinclude/linux/irq.h
!Iinclude/linux/interrupt.h
</chapter>
<chapter id="pubfunctions">
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@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
</authorgroup>
<copyright>
<year>2007</year>
<year>2008</year>
<year>2007-2009</year>
<holder>Johannes Berg</holder>
</copyright>
@@ -165,8 +164,8 @@ usage should require reading the full document.
!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame format
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Alignment issues</title>
<para>TBD</para>
<title>Packet alignment</title>
!Pnet/mac80211/rx.c Packet alignment
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Calling into mac80211 from interrupts</title>
@@ -223,6 +222,17 @@ usage should require reading the full document.
!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_flags
</chapter>
<chapter id="powersave">
<title>Powersave support</title>
!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support
</chapter>
<chapter id="beacon-filter">
<title>Beacon filter support</title>
!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Beacon filter support
!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_loss
</chapter>
<chapter id="qos">
<title>Multiple queues and QoS support</title>
<para>TBD</para>
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@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ GPL version 2.
</abstract>
<revhistory>
<revision>
<revnumber>0.8</revnumber>
<date>2008-12-24</date>
<authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
<revremark>Added name attributes in mem and portio sysfs directories.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>0.7</revnumber>
<date>2008-12-23</date>
@@ -303,10 +310,17 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
appear if the size of the mapping is not 0.
</para>
<para>
Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains two read-only files
that show start address and size of the memory:
Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains four read-only files
that show attributes of the memory:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this mapping. This
is optional, the string can be empty. Drivers can set this to make it
easier for userspace to find the correct mapping.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>addr</filename>: The address of memory that can be mapped.
@@ -366,10 +380,17 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename>.
</para>
<para>
Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains three read-only
files that show start, size, and type of the port region:
Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains four read-only
files that show name, start, size, and type of the port region:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this port region.
The string is optional and can be empty. Drivers can set it to make it
easier for userspace to find a certain port region.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>start</filename>: The first port of this region.
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
<book>
<?dbhtml filename="index.html">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
<!-- ****************************************************** -->
<!-- Header -->
<!-- ****************************************************** -->
<book id="Writing-an-ALSA-Driver">
<bookinfo>
<title>Writing an ALSA Driver</title>
<author>
@@ -492,9 +492,9 @@
}
/* (2) */
card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0);
if (card == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card);
if (err < 0)
return err;
/* (3) */
err = snd_mychip_create(card, pci, &chip);
@@ -590,8 +590,9 @@
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
struct snd_card *card;
int err;
....
card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0);
err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card);
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
@@ -809,26 +810,28 @@
<para>
As mentioned above, to create a card instance, call
<function>snd_card_new()</function>.
<function>snd_card_create()</function>.
<informalexample>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
struct snd_card *card;
card = snd_card_new(index, id, module, extra_size);
int err;
err = snd_card_create(index, id, module, extra_size, &card);
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
<para>
The function takes four arguments, the card-index number, the
The function takes five arguments, the card-index number, the
id string, the module pointer (usually
<constant>THIS_MODULE</constant>),
and the size of extra-data space. The last argument is used to
the size of extra-data space, and the pointer to return the
card instance. The extra_size argument is used to
allocate card-&gt;private_data for the
chip-specific data. Note that these data
are allocated by <function>snd_card_new()</function>.
are allocated by <function>snd_card_create()</function>.
</para>
</section>
@@ -915,15 +918,16 @@
</para>
<section id="card-management-chip-specific-snd-card-new">
<title>1. Allocating via <function>snd_card_new()</function>.</title>
<title>1. Allocating via <function>snd_card_create()</function>.</title>
<para>
As mentioned above, you can pass the extra-data-length
to the 4th argument of <function>snd_card_new()</function>, i.e.
to the 4th argument of <function>snd_card_create()</function>, i.e.
<informalexample>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, sizeof(struct mychip));
err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE,
sizeof(struct mychip), &card);
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
@@ -952,8 +956,8 @@
<para>
After allocating a card instance via
<function>snd_card_new()</function> (with
<constant>NULL</constant> on the 4th arg), call
<function>snd_card_create()</function> (with
<constant>0</constant> on the 4th arg), call
<function>kzalloc()</function>.
<informalexample>
@@ -961,7 +965,7 @@
<![CDATA[
struct snd_card *card;
struct mychip *chip;
card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, NULL);
err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card);
.....
chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
]]>
@@ -5750,8 +5754,9 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
....
struct snd_card *card;
struct mychip *chip;
int err;
....
card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, NULL);
err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card);
....
chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
....
@@ -5763,7 +5768,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
</informalexample>
When you created the chip data with
<function>snd_card_new()</function>, it's anyway accessible
<function>snd_card_create()</function>, it's anyway accessible
via <structfield>private_data</structfield> field.
<informalexample>
@@ -5775,9 +5780,10 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
....
struct snd_card *card;
struct mychip *chip;
int err;
....
card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE,
sizeof(struct mychip));
err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE,
sizeof(struct mychip), &card);
....
chip = card->private_data;
....
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@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ noop anticipatory deadline [cfq]
# echo anticipatory > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
# cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
noop [anticipatory] deadline cfq
Each io queue has a set of io scheduler tunables associated with it. These
tunables control how the io scheduler works. You can find these entries
in:
/sys/block/<device>/queue/iosched
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@@ -117,10 +117,28 @@ accessible parameters:
sampling_rate: measured in uS (10^-6 seconds), this is how often you
want the kernel to look at the CPU usage and to make decisions on
what to do about the frequency. Typically this is set to values of
around '10000' or more.
around '10000' or more. It's default value is (cmp. with users-guide.txt):
transition_latency * 1000
The lowest value you can set is:
transition_latency * 100 or it may get restricted to a value where it
makes not sense for the kernel anymore to poll that often which depends
on your HZ config variable (HZ=1000: max=20000us, HZ=250: max=5000).
Be aware that transition latency is in ns and sampling_rate is in us, so you
get the same sysfs value by default.
Sampling rate should always get adjusted considering the transition latency
To set the sampling rate 750 times as high as the transition latency
in the bash (as said, 1000 is default), do:
echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 750 / 1000)) \
>ondemand/sampling_rate
show_sampling_rate_(min|max): the minimum and maximum sampling rates
available that you may set 'sampling_rate' to.
show_sampling_rate_(min|max): THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT.
You can use wider ranges now and the general
cpuinfo_transition_latency variable (cmp. with user-guide.txt) can be
used to obtain exactly the same info:
show_sampling_rate_min = transtition_latency * 500 / 1000
show_sampling_rate_max = transtition_latency * 500000 / 1000
(divided by 1000 is to illustrate that sampling rate is in us and
transition latency is exported ns).
up_threshold: defines what the average CPU usage between the samplings
of 'sampling_rate' needs to be for the kernel to make a decision on
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@@ -152,6 +152,18 @@ cpuinfo_min_freq : this file shows the minimum operating
frequency the processor can run at(in kHz)
cpuinfo_max_freq : this file shows the maximum operating
frequency the processor can run at(in kHz)
cpuinfo_transition_latency The time it takes on this CPU to
switch between two frequencies in nano
seconds. If unknown or known to be
that high that the driver does not
work with the ondemand governor, -1
(CPUFREQ_ETERNAL) will be returned.
Using this information can be useful
to choose an appropriate polling
frequency for a kernel governor or
userspace daemon. Make sure to not
switch the frequency too often
resulting in performance loss.
scaling_driver : this file shows what cpufreq driver is
used to set the frequency on this CPU
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@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of
these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)
#define topology_core_id(cpu)
#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu)
#define topology_core_siblings(cpu)
#define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu)
#define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)
The type of **_id is int.
The type of siblings is cpumask_t.
The type of siblings is (const) struct cpumask *.
To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h
provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are
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@@ -3145,6 +3145,12 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
1 = /dev/blockrom1 Second ROM card's translation layer interface
...
260 char OSD (Object-based-device) SCSI Device
0 = /dev/osd0 First OSD Device
1 = /dev/osd1 Second OSD Device
...
255 = /dev/osd255 256th OSD Device
**** ADDITIONAL /dev DIRECTORY ENTRIES
This section details additional entries that should or may exist in
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@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ aic7*reg_print.c*
aic7*seq.h*
aicasm
aicdb.h*
asm
asm-offsets.h
asm_offsets.h
autoconf.h*
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@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
Introduction
============
This document describes how to use the dynamic debug (ddebug) feature.
Dynamic debug is designed to allow you to dynamically enable/disable kernel
code to obtain additional kernel information. Currently, if
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set, then all pr_debug()/dev_debug() calls can be
dynamically enabled per-callsite.
Dynamic debug has even more useful features:
* Simple query language allows turning on and off debugging statements by
matching any combination of:
- source filename
- function name
- line number (including ranges of line numbers)
- module name
- format string
* Provides a debugfs control file: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control which can be
read to display the complete list of known debug statements, to help guide you
Controlling dynamic debug Behaviour
===============================
The behaviour of pr_debug()/dev_debug()s are controlled via writing to a
control file in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, you must first mount the debugfs
filesystem, in order to make use of this feature. Subsequently, we refer to the
control file as: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control. For example, if you want to
enable printing from source file 'svcsock.c', line 1603 you simply do:
nullarbor:~ # echo 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
If you make a mistake with the syntax, the write will fail thus:
nullarbor:~ # echo 'file svcsock.c wtf 1 +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
Viewing Dynamic Debug Behaviour
===========================
You can view the currently configured behaviour of all the debug statements
via:
nullarbor:~ # cat <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
# filename:lineno [module]function flags format
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:323 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_cleanup - "SVCRDMA Module Removed, deregister RPC RDMA transport\012"
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:341 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init - "\011max_inline : %d\012"
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:340 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init - "\011sq_depth : %d\012"
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:338 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init - "\011max_requests : %d\012"
...
You can also apply standard Unix text manipulation filters to this
data, e.g.
nullarbor:~ # grep -i rdma <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control | wc -l
62
nullarbor:~ # grep -i tcp <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control | wc -l
42
Note in particular that the third column shows the enabled behaviour
flags for each debug statement callsite (see below for definitions of the
flags). The default value, no extra behaviour enabled, is "-". So
you can view all the debug statement callsites with any non-default flags:
nullarbor:~ # awk '$3 != "-"' <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
# filename:lineno [module]function flags format
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c:1603 [sunrpc]svc_send p "svc_process: st_sendto returned %d\012"
Command Language Reference
==========================
At the lexical level, a command comprises a sequence of words separated
by whitespace characters. Note that newlines are treated as word
separators and do *not* end a command or allow multiple commands to
be done together. So these are all equivalent:
nullarbor:~ # echo -c 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
nullarbor:~ # echo -c ' file svcsock.c line 1603 +p ' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
nullarbor:~ # echo -c 'file svcsock.c\nline 1603 +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
Commands are bounded by a write() system call. If you want to do
multiple commands you need to do a separate "echo" for each, like:
nullarbor:~ # echo 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > /proc/dprintk ;\
> echo 'file svcsock.c line 1563 +p' > /proc/dprintk
or even like:
nullarbor:~ # (
> echo 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' ;\
> echo 'file svcsock.c line 1563 +p' ;\
> ) > /proc/dprintk
At the syntactical level, a command comprises a sequence of match
specifications, followed by a flags change specification.
command ::= match-spec* flags-spec
The match-spec's are used to choose a subset of the known dprintk()
callsites to which to apply the flags-spec. Think of them as a query
with implicit ANDs between each pair. Note that an empty list of
match-specs is possible, but is not very useful because it will not
match any debug statement callsites.
A match specification comprises a keyword, which controls the attribute
of the callsite to be compared, and a value to compare against. Possible
keywords are:
match-spec ::= 'func' string |
'file' string |
'module' string |
'format' string |
'line' line-range
line-range ::= lineno |
'-'lineno |
lineno'-' |
lineno'-'lineno
// Note: line-range cannot contain space, e.g.
// "1-30" is valid range but "1 - 30" is not.
lineno ::= unsigned-int
The meanings of each keyword are:
func
The given string is compared against the function name
of each callsite. Example:
func svc_tcp_accept
file
The given string is compared against either the full
pathname or the basename of the source file of each
callsite. Examples:
file svcsock.c
file /usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
module
The given string is compared against the module name
of each callsite. The module name is the string as
seen in "lsmod", i.e. without the directory or the .ko
suffix and with '-' changed to '_'. Examples:
module sunrpc
module nfsd
format
The given string is searched for in the dynamic debug format
string. Note that the string does not need to match the
entire format, only some part. Whitespace and other
special characters can be escaped using C octal character
escape \ooo notation, e.g. the space character is \040.
Alternatively, the string can be enclosed in double quote
characters (") or single quote characters (').
Examples:
format svcrdma: // many of the NFS/RDMA server dprintks
format readahead // some dprintks in the readahead cache
format nfsd:\040SETATTR // one way to match a format with whitespace
format "nfsd: SETATTR" // a neater way to match a format with whitespace
format 'nfsd: SETATTR' // yet another way to match a format with whitespace
line
The given line number or range of line numbers is compared
against the line number of each dprintk() callsite. A single
line number matches the callsite line number exactly. A
range of line numbers matches any callsite between the first
and last line number inclusive. An empty first number means
the first line in the file, an empty line number means the
last number in the file. Examples:
line 1603 // exactly line 1603
line 1600-1605 // the six lines from line 1600 to line 1605
line -1605 // the 1605 lines from line 1 to line 1605
line 1600- // all lines from line 1600 to the end of the file
The flags specification comprises a change operation followed
by one or more flag characters. The change operation is one
of the characters:
-
remove the given flags
+
add the given flags
=
set the flags to the given flags
The flags are:
p
Causes a printk() message to be emitted to dmesg
Note the regexp ^[-+=][scp]+$ matches a flags specification.
Note also that there is no convenient syntax to remove all
the flags at once, you need to use "-psc".
Examples
========
// enable the message at line 1603 of file svcsock.c
nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
// enable all the messages in file svcsock.c
nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
// enable all the messages in the NFS server module
nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'module nfsd +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
// enable all 12 messages in the function svc_process()
nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
// disable all 12 messages in the function svc_process()
nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process -p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
// enable messages for NFS calls READ, READLINK, READDIR and READDIR+.
nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'format "nfsd: READ" +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
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@@ -6,20 +6,47 @@ be removed from this file.
---------------------------
What: old static regulatory information and ieee80211_regdom module parameter
When: 2.6.29
What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
Why: This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code,
and currently serves as an option for users to define an
ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 code for the country they are currently
present in. Although there are userspace API replacements for this
through nl80211 distributions haven't yet caught up with implementing
decent alternatives through standard GUIs. Although available as an
option through iw or wpa_supplicant its just a matter of time before
distributions pick up good GUI options for this. The ideal solution
would actually consist of intelligent designs which would do this for
the user automatically even when travelling through different countries.
Until then we leave this module parameter as a compromise.
When userspace improves with reasonable widely-available alternatives for
this we will no longer need this module parameter. This entry hopes that
by the super-futuristically looking date of "March 2010" we will have
such replacements widely available.
Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
---------------------------
What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information
When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one
which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do
not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the
the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around
the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of:
* US
* JP
* EU
and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was
set. We also kept around the ieee80211_regdom module parameter in case
some applications were relying on it. Changing regulatory domains
can now be done instead by using nl80211, as is done with iw.
set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches
up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented.
Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
---------------------------
@@ -229,7 +256,9 @@ Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
---------------------------
What: b43 support for firmware revision < 410
When: July 2008
When: The schedule was July 2008, but it was decided that we are going to keep the
code as long as there are no major maintanance headaches.
So it _could_ be removed _any_ time now, if it conflicts with something new.
Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainability
and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware
are not provided by Broadcom anymore.
@@ -344,3 +373,20 @@ Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and
Removal is subject to fixing any remaining bugs in ACPI which may
cause the thermal throttling not to happen at the right time.
Who: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
-----------------------------
What: __do_IRQ all in one fits nothing interrupt handler
When: 2.6.32
Why: __do_IRQ was kept for easy migration to the type flow handlers.
More than two years of migration time is enough.
Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
-----------------------------
What: obsolete generic irq defines and typedefs
When: 2.6.30
Why: The defines and typedefs (hw_interrupt_type, no_irq_type, irq_desc_t)
have been kept around for migration reasons. After more than two years
it's time to remove them finally
Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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@@ -437,8 +437,11 @@ grab BKL for cases when we close a file that had been opened r/w, but that
can and should be done using the internal locking with smaller critical areas).
Current worst offender is ext2_get_block()...
->fasync() is a mess. This area needs a big cleanup and that will probably
affect locking.
->fasync() is called without BKL protection, and is responsible for
maintaining the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags. Most instances call
fasync_helper(), which does that maintenance, so it's not normally
something one needs to worry about. Return values > 0 will be mapped to
zero in the VFS layer.
->readdir() and ->ioctl() on directories must be changed. Ideally we would
move ->readdir() to inode_operations and use a separate method for directory
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@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ Implementations for:
Windows 95/98/NT/2000 http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs
Windows 95 (*) http://www.yipton.net/content.html#FSDEXT2
DOS client (*) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/
OS/2 (*) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/
OS/2 (+) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/
RISC OS client http://www.esw-heim.tu-clausthal.de/~marco/smorbrod/IscaFS/
(*) no longer actively developed/supported (as of Mar 2009)
(*) no longer actively developed/supported (as of Apr 2001)
(+) no longer actively developed/supported (as of Mar 2009)
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@@ -1478,6 +1478,13 @@ of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad checksums. Normally,
this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be
disabled.
netdev_budget
-------------
Maximum number of packets taken from all interfaces in one polling cycle (NAPI
poll). In one polling cycle interfaces which are registered to polling are
probed in a round-robin manner. The limit of packets in one such probe can be
set per-device via sysfs class/net/<device>/weight .
netdev_max_backlog
------------------
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@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled.
IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
@@ -502,10 +503,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
architectural default is too low.
hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
verbose }
disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
VIA, nVidia)
verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
Format:
@@ -839,6 +842,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
from listed z/VM user IDs only.
i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
@@ -912,6 +918,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
ihash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
ima_audit= [IMA]
Format: { "0" | "1" }
0 -- integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1 -- enable informational integrity auditing messages.
ima_hash= [IMA]
Formt: { "sha1" | "md5" }
default: "sha1"
in2000= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c.
@@ -1320,8 +1335,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest
Format: <integer>
range: 0,4 : pattern number
default : 0 <disable>
Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
performed. Each pass selects another test
pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
fills the memory with this pattern, validates
memory contents and reserves bad memory
regions that are detected.
meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
@@ -1826,11 +1846,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
autoconfiguration.
Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
These can also be switched on/off via
<debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
print-fatal-signals=
[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to

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