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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt27
7 files changed, 41 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 21e2d8863705..be7c0d9506b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@
use by PCI
Format: <irq>,<irq>...
+ acpi_mask_gpe= [HW,ACPI]
+ Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
+ by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
+ GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
+ the GPE dispatcher.
+ This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
+ GPE floodings.
+ Format: <int>
+ Support masking of GPEs numbered from 0x00 to 0x7f.
+
acpi_no_auto_serialize [HW,ACPI]
Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
@@ -3811,10 +3821,11 @@
it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
- Format: { <int> | force }
+ Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
+ noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
switches= [HW,M68k]
diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
index 51642159aedb..c0a3bb5a6e4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ This is the hardware sector size of the device, in bytes.
io_poll (RW)
------------
-When read, this file shows the total number of block IO polls and how
-many returned success. Writing '0' to this file will disable polling
-for this device. Writing any non-zero value will enable this feature.
+When read, this file shows whether polling is enabled (1) or disabled
+(0). Writing '0' to this file will disable polling for this device.
+Writing any non-zero value will enable this feature.
io_poll_delay (RW)
------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt
index 3e5b9793341f..8682ab6d4a50 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/tps65218-pwrbutton.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ This driver provides a simple power button event via an Interrupt.
Required properties:
- compatible: should be "ti,tps65217-pwrbutton" or "ti,tps65218-pwrbutton"
-Required properties for TPS65218:
+Required properties:
- interrupts: should be one of the following
+ - <2>: For controllers compatible with tps65217
- <3 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH>: For controllers compatible with tps65218
Examples:
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ Examples:
&tps {
tps65217-pwrbutton {
compatible = "ti,tps65217-pwrbutton";
+ interrupts = <2>;
};
};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt
index 98d131acee95..a11072c5a866 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/tps65217_charger.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@ TPS65217 Charger
Required Properties:
-compatible: "ti,tps65217-charger"
+-interrupts: TPS65217 interrupt numbers for the AC and USB charger input change.
+ Should be <0> for the USB charger and <1> for the AC adapter.
+-interrupt-names: Should be "USB" and "AC"
This node is a subnode of the tps65217 PMIC.
Example:
tps65217-charger {
- compatible = "ti,tps65090-charger";
+ compatible = "ti,tps65217-charger";
+ interrupts = <0>, <1>;
+ interrupt-names = "USB", "AC";
};
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
index 0bb0b5fc9512..6d9ff316b608 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
@@ -55,21 +55,6 @@ Device Drivers DMA Management
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/dma-mapping.c
:export:
-Device Drivers Power Management
--------------------------------
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/power/main.c
- :export:
-
-Device Drivers ACPI Support
----------------------------
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/acpi/scan.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/acpi/scan.c
- :internal:
-
Device drivers PnP support
--------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt
index 9ed15f86c17c..15d8d16934fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/mpls-sysctl.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ platform_labels - INTEGER
possible to configure forwarding for label values equal to or
greater than the number of platform labels.
- A dense utliziation of the entries in the platform label table
- is possible and expected aas the platform labels are locally
+ A dense utilization of the entries in the platform label table
+ is possible and expected as the platform labels are locally
allocated.
If the number of platform label table entries is set to 0 no
diff --git a/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt b/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt
index b38afec35edc..d226c7a5ba8b 100644
--- a/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vfio-mediated-device.txt
@@ -127,22 +127,22 @@ the VFIO when devices are unbound from the driver.
Physical Device Driver Interface
--------------------------------
-The physical device driver interface provides the parent_ops[3] structure to
-define the APIs to manage work in the mediated core driver that is related to
-the physical device.
+The physical device driver interface provides the mdev_parent_ops[3] structure
+to define the APIs to manage work in the mediated core driver that is related
+to the physical device.
-The structures in the parent_ops structure are as follows:
+The structures in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows:
* dev_attr_groups: attributes of the parent device
* mdev_attr_groups: attributes of the mediated device
* supported_config: attributes to define supported configurations
-The functions in the parent_ops structure are as follows:
+The functions in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows:
* create: allocate basic resources in a driver for a mediated device
* remove: free resources in a driver when a mediated device is destroyed
-The callbacks in the parent_ops structure are as follows:
+The callbacks in the mdev_parent_ops structure are as follows:
* open: open callback of mediated device
* close: close callback of mediated device
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ The callbacks in the parent_ops structure are as follows:
* write: write emulation callback
* mmap: mmap emulation callback
-A driver should use the parent_ops structure in the function call to register
-itself with the mdev core driver:
+A driver should use the mdev_parent_ops structure in the function call to
+register itself with the mdev core driver:
extern int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev,
- const struct parent_ops *ops);
+ const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops);
-However, the parent_ops structure is not required in the function call that a
-driver should use to unregister itself with the mdev core driver:
+However, the mdev_parent_ops structure is not required in the function call
+that a driver should use to unregister itself with the mdev core driver:
extern void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev);
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ Directories and files under the sysfs for Each Physical Device
sprintf(buf, "%s-%s", dev_driver_string(parent->dev), group->name);
+ (or using mdev_parent_dev(mdev) to arrive at the parent device outside
+ of the core mdev code)
+
* device_api
This attribute should show which device API is being created, for example,
@@ -394,5 +397,5 @@ References
[1] See Documentation/vfio.txt for more information on VFIO.
[2] struct mdev_driver in include/linux/mdev.h
-[3] struct parent_ops in include/linux/mdev.h
+[3] struct mdev_parent_ops in include/linux/mdev.h
[4] struct vfio_iommu_driver_ops in include/linux/vfio.h