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| author | Paolo Bonzini | 2021-06-23 05:43:45 -0400 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini | 2021-06-23 07:30:41 -0400 |
| commit | c3ab0e28a437c213e5e2c1d890f3891b6952b9ca (patch) | |
| tree | 8246e6614acd941b07c0925dea03b97f3ae1f3a7 /Documentation | |
| parent | ba1f82456ba8438a8abc96274d57bfe76d34a4a8 (diff) | |
| parent | 51696f39cbee5bb684e7959c0c98b5f54548aa34 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'topic/ppc-kvm' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux into HEAD
- Support for the H_RPT_INVALIDATE hypercall
- Conversion of Book3S entry/exit to C
- Bug fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
27 files changed, 194 insertions, 194 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-dax b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-dax index 0faf1354cd05..5bcce27458e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-dax +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-dax @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ What: /sys/class/dax/ Date: May, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: Device DAX is the device-centric analogue of Filesystem DAX (CONFIG_FS_DAX). It allows memory ranges to be allocated and mapped without need of an intervening file diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered index 0360be39c98e..dae880b1a5d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/registered.¬ +This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/registered. What: /sys/kernel/fadump_registered Date: Feb 2012 diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem index 6ce0b129ab12..ca2396edb5f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem.¬ +This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem. What: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem Date: Feb 2012 diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-bus-nfit b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-bus-nfit index ae8c1ca53828..277437005def 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-bus-nfit +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-bus-nfit @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/regionX/nfit/ecc_unit_size Date: Aug, 2017 KernelVersion: v4.14 (Removed v4.18) -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Size of a write request to a DIMM that will not incur a read-modify-write cycle at the memory controller. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-nfit b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-nfit index 63ef0b9ecce7..e7282d184a74 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-nfit +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-nfit @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Interface Table (NFIT)' section in the ACPI specification What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/serial Date: Jun, 2015 KernelVersion: v4.2 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Serial number of the NVDIMM (non-volatile dual in-line memory module), assigned by the module vendor. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/handle Date: Apr, 2015 KernelVersion: v4.2 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) The address (given by the _ADR object) of the device on its parent bus of the NVDIMM device containing the NVDIMM region. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/device Date: Apr, 2015 KernelVersion: v4.1 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Device id for the NVDIMM, assigned by the module vendor. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/rev_id Date: Jun, 2015 KernelVersion: v4.2 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Revision of the NVDIMM, assigned by the module vendor. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/phys_id Date: Apr, 2015 KernelVersion: v4.2 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Handle (i.e., instance number) for the SMBIOS (system management BIOS) Memory Device structure describing the NVDIMM @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/flags Date: Jun, 2015 KernelVersion: v4.2 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) The flags in the NFIT memory device sub-structure indicate the state of the data on the nvdimm relative to its energy @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/format1 What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/formats Date: Apr, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) The interface codes indicate support for persistent memory mapped directly into system physical address space and / or a @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/vendor Date: Apr, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Vendor id of the NVDIMM. @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/dsm_mask Date: May, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) The bitmask indicates the supported device specific control functions relative to the NVDIMM command family supported by the @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/family Date: Apr, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Displays the NVDIMM family command sets. Values 0, 1, 2 and 3 correspond to NVDIMM_FAMILY_INTEL, @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/id Date: Apr, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) ACPI specification 6.2 section 5.2.25.9, defines an identifier for an NVDIMM, which refelects the id attribute. @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/subsystem_vendor Date: Apr, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Sub-system vendor id of the NVDIMM non-volatile memory subsystem controller. @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/subsystem_rev_id Date: Apr, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Sub-system revision id of the NVDIMM non-volatile memory subsystem controller, assigned by the non-volatile memory subsystem @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/subsystem_device Date: Apr, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.7 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) Sub-system device id for the NVDIMM non-volatile memory subsystem controller, assigned by the non-volatile memory @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/ndbusX/nfit/revision Date: Jun, 2015 KernelVersion: v4.2 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) ACPI NFIT table revision number. @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/ndbusX/nfit/scrub Date: Sep, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.9 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RW) This shows the number of full Address Range Scrubs (ARS) that have been completed since driver load time. Userspace can @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/ndbusX/nfit/hw_error_scrub Date: Sep, 2016 KernelVersion: v4.9 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RW) Provides a way to toggle the behavior between just adding the address (cache line) where the MCE happened to the poison @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/ndbusX/nfit/dsm_mask Date: Jun, 2017 KernelVersion: v4.13 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) The bitmask indicates the supported bus specific control functions. See the section named 'NVDIMM Root Device _DSMs' in @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/ndbusX/nfit/firmware_activate_noidle Date: Apr, 2020 KernelVersion: v5.8 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RW) The Intel platform implementation of firmware activate support exposes an option let the platform force idle devices in @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/regionX/nfit/range_index Date: Jun, 2015 KernelVersion: v4.2 -Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +Contact: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Description: (RO) A unique number provided by the BIOS to identify an address range. Used by NVDIMM Region Mapping Structure to uniquely refer diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem index 8316c33862a0..92e2db0e2d3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/papr/flags Date: Apr, 2020 KernelVersion: v5.8 -Contact: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>, linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, +Contact: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>, nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, Description: (RO) Report flags indicating various states of a papr-pmem NVDIMM device. Each flag maps to a one or @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/papr/perf_stats Date: May, 2020 KernelVersion: v5.9 -Contact: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>, linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, +Contact: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>, nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, Description: (RO) Report various performance stats related to papr-scm NVDIMM device. Each stat is reported on a new line with each line diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module index a485434d2a0f..88bddf192ceb 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module @@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ Description: Maximum time allowed for periodic transfers per microframe (μs) What: /sys/module/*/{coresize,initsize} Date: Jan 2012 -KernelVersion:»·3.3 +KernelVersion: 3.3 Contact: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Description: Module size in bytes. What: /sys/module/*/taint Date: Jan 2012 -KernelVersion:»·3.3 +KernelVersion: 3.3 Contact: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Description: Module taint flags: == ===================== diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 1d56a6b73a4e..7ca8df5451d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -483,10 +483,11 @@ modprobe ======== The full path to the usermode helper for autoloading kernel modules, -by default "/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel -requests a module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown -filesystem type to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request -the corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper. +by default ``CONFIG_MODPROBE_PATH``, which in turn defaults to +"/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel requests a +module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown filesystem type +to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request the +corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper. This usermode helper should insert the needed module into the kernel. This sysctl only affects module autoloading. It has no effect on the diff --git a/Documentation/block/data-integrity.rst b/Documentation/block/data-integrity.rst index 4f2452a95c43..07a97aa26668 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/data-integrity.rst +++ b/Documentation/block/data-integrity.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -============== +============== Data Integrity ============== diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.rst b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.rst index 70500b189cc8..5845960ca382 100644 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.rst +++ b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.rst @@ -146,18 +146,18 @@ with the kernel as a block device by registering the following general *struct file_operations*:: struct file_operations cdrom_fops = { - NULL, /∗ lseek ∗/ - block _read , /∗ read—general block-dev read ∗/ - block _write, /∗ write—general block-dev write ∗/ - NULL, /∗ readdir ∗/ - NULL, /∗ select ∗/ - cdrom_ioctl, /∗ ioctl ∗/ - NULL, /∗ mmap ∗/ - cdrom_open, /∗ open ∗/ - cdrom_release, /∗ release ∗/ - NULL, /∗ fsync ∗/ - NULL, /∗ fasync ∗/ - NULL /∗ revalidate ∗/ + NULL, /* lseek */ + block _read , /* read--general block-dev read */ + block _write, /* write--general block-dev write */ + NULL, /* readdir */ + NULL, /* select */ + cdrom_ioctl, /* ioctl */ + NULL, /* mmap */ + cdrom_open, /* open */ + cdrom_release, /* release */ + NULL, /* fsync */ + NULL, /* fasync */ + NULL /* revalidate */ }; Every active CD-ROM device shares this *struct*. The routines @@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ The drive-specific, minor-like information that is registered with `cdrom.c`, currently contains the following fields:: struct cdrom_device_info { - const struct cdrom_device_ops * ops; /* device operations for this major */ + const struct cdrom_device_ops * ops; /* device operations for this major */ struct list_head list; /* linked list of all device_info */ struct gendisk * disk; /* matching block layer disk */ void * handle; /* driver-dependent data */ - int mask; /* mask of capability: disables them */ + int mask; /* mask of capability: disables them */ int speed; /* maximum speed for reading data */ int capacity; /* number of discs in a jukebox */ @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ the *CDC_CLOSE_TRAY* bit in *mask*. In the file `cdrom.c` you will encounter many constructions of the type:: - if (cdo->capability & ∼cdi->mask & CDC _⟨capability⟩) ... + if (cdo->capability & ~cdi->mask & CDC _<capability>) ... There is no *ioctl* to set the mask... The reason is that I think it is better to control the **behavior** rather than the diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst index ef6d59e0978e..1d8302b89bd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIBNVDIMM: Non-Volatile Devices libnvdimm - kernel / libndctl - userspace helper library -linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +nvdimm@lists.linux.dev Version 13 diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst index 21351b8c95a4..8f7d7af3b90b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Serial drivers moxa-smartio n_gsm - rocket serial-iso7816 serial-rs485 diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/usb.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/usb.rst index 543e70434da2..820e867af45a 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/usb.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/usb.rst @@ -109,16 +109,19 @@ well as to make sure they aren't relying on some HCD-specific behavior. USB-Standard Types ================== -In ``drivers/usb/common/common.c`` and ``drivers/usb/common/debug.c`` you -will find the USB data types defined in chapter 9 of the USB specification. -These data types are used throughout USB, and in APIs including this host -side API, gadget APIs, usb character devices and debugfs interfaces. +In ``include/uapi/linux/usb/ch9.h`` you will find the USB data types defined +in chapter 9 of the USB specification. These data types are used throughout +USB, and in APIs including this host side API, gadget APIs, usb character +devices and debugfs interfaces. That file is itself included by +``include/linux/usb/ch9.h``, which also contains declarations of a few +utility routines for manipulating these data types; the implementations +are in ``drivers/usb/common/common.c``. .. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/common/common.c :export: -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/common/debug.c - :export: +In addition, some functions useful for creating debugging output are +defined in ``drivers/usb/common/debug.c``. Host-Side Data Types and Macros =============================== diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst index bf145171c2bf..832839fcf4c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ Here is the main features of EROFS: - Support POSIX.1e ACLs by using xattrs; - - Support transparent file compression as an option: - LZ4 algorithm with 4 KB fixed-sized output compression for high performance. + - Support transparent data compression as an option: + LZ4 algorithm with the fixed-sized output compression for high performance. The following git tree provides the file system user-space tools under development (ex, formatting tool mkfs.erofs): @@ -113,31 +113,31 @@ may not. All metadatas can be now observed in two different spaces (views): :: - |-> aligned with 8B - |-> followed closely - + meta_blkaddr blocks |-> another slot - _____________________________________________________________________ - | ... | inode | xattrs | extents | data inline | ... | inode ... - |________|_______|(optional)|(optional)|__(optional)_|_____|__________ - |-> aligned with the inode slot size - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - .____________________________________________________|-> aligned with 4B - | xattr_ibody_header | shared xattrs | inline xattrs | - |____________________|_______________|_______________| - |-> 12 bytes <-|->x * 4 bytes<-| . - . . . - . . . - . . . - ._______________________________.______________________. - | id | id | id | id | ... | id | ent | ... | ent| ... | - |____|____|____|____|______|____|_____|_____|____|_____| - |-> aligned with 4B - |-> aligned with 4B + |-> aligned with 8B + |-> followed closely + + meta_blkaddr blocks |-> another slot + _____________________________________________________________________ + | ... | inode | xattrs | extents | data inline | ... | inode ... + |________|_______|(optional)|(optional)|__(optional)_|_____|__________ + |-> aligned with the inode slot size + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + .____________________________________________________|-> aligned with 4B + | xattr_ibody_header | shared xattrs | inline xattrs | + |____________________|_______________|_______________| + |-> 12 bytes <-|->x * 4 bytes<-| . + . . . + . . . + . . . + ._______________________________.______________________. + | id | id | id | id | ... | id | ent | ... | ent| ... | + |____|____|____|____|______|____|_____|_____|____|_____| + |-> aligned with 4B + |-> aligned with 4B Inode could be 32 or 64 bytes, which can be distinguished from a common field which all inode versions have -- i_format:: @@ -175,13 +175,13 @@ may not. All metadatas can be now observed in two different spaces (views): Each share xattr can also be directly found by the following formula: xattr offset = xattr_blkaddr * block_size + 4 * xattr_id - :: +:: - |-> aligned by 4 bytes - + xattr_blkaddr blocks |-> aligned with 4 bytes - _________________________________________________________________________ - | ... | xattr_entry | xattr data | ... | xattr_entry | xattr data ... - |________|_____________|_____________|_____|______________|_______________ + |-> aligned by 4 bytes + + xattr_blkaddr blocks |-> aligned with 4 bytes + _________________________________________________________________________ + | ... | xattr_entry | xattr data | ... | xattr_entry | xattr data ... + |________|_____________|_____________|_____|______________|_______________ Directories ----------- @@ -193,48 +193,77 @@ algorithm (could refer to the related source code). :: - ___________________________ - / | - / ______________|________________ - / / | nameoff1 | nameoffN-1 - ____________.______________._______________v________________v__________ - | dirent | dirent | ... | dirent | filename | filename | ... | filename | - |___.0___|____1___|_____|___N-1__|____0_____|____1_____|_____|___N-1____| - \ ^ - \ | * could have - \ | trailing '\0' - \________________________| nameoff0 - - Directory block + ___________________________ + / | + / ______________|________________ + / / | nameoff1 | nameoffN-1 + ____________.______________._______________v________________v__________ + | dirent | dirent | ... | dirent | filename | filename | ... | filename | + |___.0___|____1___|_____|___N-1__|____0_____|____1_____|_____|___N-1____| + \ ^ + \ | * could have + \ | trailing '\0' + \________________________| nameoff0 + Directory block Note that apart from the offset of the first filename, nameoff0 also indicates the total number of directory entries in this block since it is no need to introduce another on-disk field at all. -Compression ------------ -Currently, EROFS supports 4KB fixed-sized output transparent file compression, -as illustrated below:: - - |---- Variant-Length Extent ----|-------- VLE --------|----- VLE ----- - clusterofs clusterofs clusterofs - | | | logical data - _________v_______________________________v_____________________v_______________ - ... | . | | . | | . | ... - ____|____.________|_____________|________.____|_____________|__.__________|____ - |-> cluster <-|-> cluster <-|-> cluster <-|-> cluster <-|-> cluster <-| - size size size size size - . . . . - . . . . - . . . . - _______._____________._____________._____________._____________________ - ... | | | | ... physical data - _______|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________________ - |-> cluster <-|-> cluster <-|-> cluster <-| - size size size - -Currently each on-disk physical cluster can contain 4KB (un)compressed data -at most. For each logical cluster, there is a corresponding on-disk index to -describe its cluster type, physical cluster address, etc. - -See "struct z_erofs_vle_decompressed_index" in erofs_fs.h for more details. +Data compression +---------------- +EROFS implements LZ4 fixed-sized output compression which generates fixed-sized +compressed data blocks from variable-sized input in contrast to other existing +fixed-sized input solutions. Relatively higher compression ratios can be gotten +by using fixed-sized output compression since nowadays popular data compression +algorithms are mostly LZ77-based and such fixed-sized output approach can be +benefited from the historical dictionary (aka. sliding window). + +In details, original (uncompressed) data is turned into several variable-sized +extents and in the meanwhile, compressed into physical clusters (pclusters). +In order to record each variable-sized extent, logical clusters (lclusters) are +introduced as the basic unit of compress indexes to indicate whether a new +extent is generated within the range (HEAD) or not (NONHEAD). Lclusters are now +fixed in block size, as illustrated below:: + + |<- variable-sized extent ->|<- VLE ->| + clusterofs clusterofs clusterofs + | | | + _________v_________________________________v_______________________v________ + ... | . | | . | | . ... + ____|____._________|______________|________.___ _|______________|__.________ + |-> lcluster <-|-> lcluster <-|-> lcluster <-|-> lcluster <-| + (HEAD) (NONHEAD) (HEAD) (NONHEAD) . + . CBLKCNT . . + . . . + . . . + _______._____________________________.______________._________________ + ... | | | | ... + _______|______________|______________|______________|_________________ + |-> big pcluster <-|-> pcluster <-| + +A physical cluster can be seen as a container of physical compressed blocks +which contains compressed data. Previously, only lcluster-sized (4KB) pclusters +were supported. After big pcluster feature is introduced (available since +Linux v5.13), pcluster can be a multiple of lcluster size. + +For each HEAD lcluster, clusterofs is recorded to indicate where a new extent +starts and blkaddr is used to seek the compressed data. For each NONHEAD +lcluster, delta0 and delta1 are available instead of blkaddr to indicate the +distance to its HEAD lcluster and the next HEAD lcluster. A PLAIN lcluster is +also a HEAD lcluster except that its data is uncompressed. See the comments +around "struct z_erofs_vle_decompressed_index" in erofs_fs.h for more details. + +If big pcluster is enabled, pcluster size in lclusters needs to be recorded as +well. Let the delta0 of the first NONHEAD lcluster store the compressed block +count with a special flag as a new called CBLKCNT NONHEAD lcluster. It's easy +to understand its delta0 is constantly 1, as illustrated below:: + + __________________________________________________________ + | HEAD | NONHEAD | NONHEAD | ... | NONHEAD | HEAD | HEAD | + |__:___|_(CBLKCNT)_|_________|_____|_________|__:___|____:_| + |<----- a big pcluster (with CBLKCNT) ------>|<-- -->| + a lcluster-sized pcluster (without CBLKCNT) ^ + +If another HEAD follows a HEAD lcluster, there is no room to record CBLKCNT, +but it's easy to know the size of such pcluster is 1 lcluster as well. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst index e195a7d14309..b3ef81475cf8 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ Description The TMP103 is a digital output temperature sensor in a four-ball wafer chip-scale package (WCSP). The TMP103 is capable of reading temperatures to a resolution of 1°C. The TMP103 is specified for -operation over a temperature range of –40°C to +125°C. +operation over a temperature range of -40°C to +125°C. Resolution: 8 Bits -Accuracy: ±1°C Typ (–10°C to +100°C) +Accuracy: ±1°C Typ (-10°C to +100°C) The driver provides the common sysfs-interface for temperatures (see Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst under Temperatures). diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst index 8a9b18573688..2d3f6bd969a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Director rule is added from ethtool (Sideband filter), ATR is turned off by the driver. To re-enable ATR, the sideband can be disabled with the ethtool -K option. For example:: - ethtool –K [adapter] ntuple [off|on] + ethtool -K [adapter] ntuple [off|on] If sideband is re-enabled after ATR is re-enabled, ATR remains enabled until a TCP-IP flow is added. When all TCP-IP sideband rules are deleted, ATR is @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ shaper bw_rlimit: for each tc, sets minimum and maximum bandwidth rates. Totals must be equal or less than port speed. For example: min_rate 1Gbit 3Gbit: Verify bandwidth limit using network -monitoring tools such as ifstat or sar –n DEV [interval] [number of samples] +monitoring tools such as `ifstat` or `sar -n DEV [interval] [number of samples]` 2. Enable HW TC offload on interface:: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst index 52e037b11c97..25330b7b5168 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ shaper bw_rlimit: for each tc, sets minimum and maximum bandwidth rates. Totals must be equal or less than port speed. For example: min_rate 1Gbit 3Gbit: Verify bandwidth limit using network -monitoring tools such as ifstat or sar –n DEV [interval] [number of samples] +monitoring tools such as ``ifstat`` or ``sar -n DEV [interval] [number of samples]`` NOTE: Setting up channels via ethtool (ethtool -L) is not supported when the diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst index e5a1be476047..dc2d813b2e79 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.. _process_statement_kernel: +.. _process_statement_kernel: Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement ---------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/security/tpm/xen-tpmfront.rst b/Documentation/security/tpm/xen-tpmfront.rst index 00d5b1db227d..31c67522f2ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/tpm/xen-tpmfront.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/tpm/xen-tpmfront.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -============================= +============================= Virtual TPM interface for Xen ============================= diff --git a/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst b/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst index c4c70e1aada3..6cadad7c3aad 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst +++ b/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -====================================== +====================================== NO_HZ: Reducing Scheduling-Clock Ticks ====================================== diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/SecurityBugs b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/SecurityBugs deleted file mode 100644 index 2d0fffd122ce..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/SecurityBugs +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -Chinese translated version of Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst - -If you have any comment or update to the content, please contact the -original document maintainer directly. 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Where applicable they need to be written to as appropriate. -Please refer to Documentation/ABI/*/configfs-usb-gadget* for more information. +Please refer to Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-usb-gadget for more information. 4. Associating the functions with their configurations ------------------------------------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/usb/mtouchusb.rst b/Documentation/usb/mtouchusb.rst index d1111b74bf75..5ae1f74fe74b 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/mtouchusb.rst +++ b/Documentation/usb/mtouchusb.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -================ +================ mtouchusb driver ================ diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.rst b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.rst index 8fa7dbd3da9a..69586aeb60bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.rst +++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -========== +========== USB serial ========== diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst index 5ec8a1902e15..5c081c8c7164 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ to SEV:: [ecx]: Bits[31:0] Number of encrypted guests supported simultaneously -If support for SEV is present, MSR 0xc001_0010 (MSR_K8_SYSCFG) and MSR 0xc001_0015 +If support for SEV is present, MSR 0xc001_0010 (MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG) and MSR 0xc001_0015 (MSR_K7_HWCR) can be used to determine if it can be enabled:: 0xc001_0010: diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index e328caa35d6c..dd3fe231e435 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -6410,6 +6410,24 @@ default. See Documentation/x86/sgx/2.Kernel-internals.rst for more details. +7.26 KVM_CAP_PPC_RPT_INVALIDATE +------------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RPT_INVALIDATE +:Architectures: ppc +:Type: vm + +This capability indicates that the kernel is capable of handling +H_RPT_INVALIDATE hcall. + +In order to enable the use of H_RPT_INVALIDATE in the guest, +user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example, +IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using it if "hcall-rpt-invalidate" is +present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property. + +This capability is enabled for hypervisors on platforms like POWER9 +that support radix MMU. + 8. Other capabilities. ====================== diff --git a/Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst index c48d452d0718..a1940ebe7be5 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ CPUID function 0x8000001f reports information related to SME:: system physical addresses, not guest physical addresses) -If support for SME is present, MSR 0xc00100010 (MSR_K8_SYSCFG) can be used to +If support for SME is present, MSR 0xc00100010 (MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG) can be used to determine if SME is enabled and/or to enable memory encryption:: 0xc0010010: @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The state of SME in the Linux kernel can be documented as follows: The CPU supports SME (determined through CPUID instruction). - Enabled: - Supported and bit 23 of MSR_K8_SYSCFG is set. + Supported and bit 23 of MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG is set. - Active: Supported, Enabled and the Linux kernel is actively applying @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ The state of SME in the Linux kernel can be documented as follows: SME can also be enabled and activated in the BIOS. If SME is enabled and activated in the BIOS, then all memory accesses will be encrypted and it will not be necessary to activate the Linux memory encryption support. If the BIOS -merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_K8_SYSCFG), then Linux can activate +merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG), then Linux can activate memory encryption by default (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) or by supplying mem_encrypt=on on the kernel command line. However, if BIOS does not enable SME, then Linux will not be able to activate memory encryption, even |