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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/memory.rst | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dsp/fsl,dsp.yaml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7192.yaml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/rc.yaml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/lantiq,vrx200-pcie-phy.yaml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/j1939.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 33 |
15 files changed, 86 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 0fa8c0e615c2..5361ebec3361 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -615,8 +615,8 @@ on an IO device and is an example of this type. Protections ----------- -A cgroup is protected to be allocated upto the configured amount of -the resource if the usages of all its ancestors are under their +A cgroup is protected upto the configured amount of the resource +as long as the usages of all its ancestors are under their protected levels. Protections can be hard guarantees or best effort soft boundaries. Protections can also be over-committed in which case only upto the amount available to the parent is protected among @@ -1096,7 +1096,10 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. is within its effective min boundary, the cgroup's memory won't be reclaimed under any conditions. If there is no unprotected reclaimable memory available, OOM killer - is invoked. + is invoked. Above the effective min boundary (or + effective low boundary if it is higher), pages are reclaimed + proportionally to the overage, reducing reclaim pressure for + smaller overages. Effective min boundary is limited by memory.min values of all ancestor cgroups. If there is memory.min overcommitment @@ -1118,7 +1121,10 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. Best-effort memory protection. If the memory usage of a cgroup is within its effective low boundary, the cgroup's memory won't be reclaimed unless memory can be reclaimed - from unprotected cgroups. + from unprotected cgroups. Above the effective low boundary (or + effective min boundary if it is higher), pages are reclaimed + proportionally to the overage, reducing reclaim pressure for + smaller overages. Effective low boundary is limited by memory.low values of all ancestor cgroups. If there is memory.low overcommitment @@ -2482,8 +2488,10 @@ system performance due to overreclaim, to the point where the feature becomes self-defeating. The memory.low boundary on the other hand is a top-down allocated -reserve. A cgroup enjoys reclaim protection when it's within its low, -which makes delegation of subtrees possible. +reserve. A cgroup enjoys reclaim protection when it's within its +effective low, which makes delegation of subtrees possible. It also +enjoys having reclaim pressure proportional to its overage when +above its effective low. The original high boundary, the hard limit, is defined as a strict limit that can not budge, even if the OOM killer has to be called. diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/memory.rst b/Documentation/arm64/memory.rst index b040909e45f8..02e02175e6f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/memory.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/memory.rst @@ -154,11 +154,18 @@ return virtual addresses to userspace from a 48-bit range. Software can "opt-in" to receiving VAs from a 52-bit space by specifying an mmap hint parameter that is larger than 48-bit. + For example: - maybe_high_address = mmap(~0UL, size, prot, flags,...); + +.. code-block:: c + + maybe_high_address = mmap(~0UL, size, prot, flags,...); It is also possible to build a debug kernel that returns addresses from a 52-bit space by enabling the following kernel config options: + +.. code-block:: sh + CONFIG_EXPERT=y && CONFIG_ARM64_FORCE_52BIT=y Note that this option is only intended for debugging applications diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst index 7744aa3bf2e0..939e3dfc86e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst @@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ limited. The actual limit depends on the hardware and the kernel configuration, but it is a good practice to use `kmalloc` for objects smaller than page size. +The address of a chunk allocated with `kmalloc` is aligned to at least +ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN bytes. For sizes which are a power of two, the +alignment is also guaranteed to be at least the respective size. + For large allocations you can use :c:func:`vmalloc` and :c:func:`vzalloc`, or directly request pages from the page allocator. The memory allocated by `vmalloc` and related functions is diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index 25604904fa6e..ecdfdc9d4b03 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ To build, save output files in a separate directory with KBUILD_OUTPUT :: $ export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest; make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest +Additionally you can use the "SKIP_TARGETS" variable on the make command +line to specify one or more targets to exclude from the TARGETS list. + +To run all tests but a single subsystem:: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests SKIP_TARGETS=ptrace run_tests + +You can specify multiple tests to skip:: + + $ make SKIP_TARGETS="size timers" kselftest + +You can also specify a restricted list of tests to run together with a +dedicated skiplist:: + + $ make TARGETS="bpf breakpoints size timers" SKIP_TARGETS=bpf kselftest + See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible targets. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dsp/fsl,dsp.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dsp/fsl,dsp.yaml index 3248595dc93c..f04870d84542 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dsp/fsl,dsp.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dsp/fsl,dsp.yaml @@ -85,4 +85,5 @@ examples: <&pd IMX_SC_R_DSP_RAM>; mbox-names = "txdb0", "txdb1", "rxdb0", "rxdb1"; mboxes = <&lsio_mu13 2 0>, <&lsio_mu13 2 1>, <&lsio_mu13 3 0>, <&lsio_mu13 3 1>; + memory-region = <&dsp_reserved>; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7192.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7192.yaml index 676ec42e1438..567a33a83dce 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7192.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7192.yaml @@ -43,13 +43,9 @@ properties: dvdd-supply: description: DVdd voltage supply - items: - - const: dvdd avdd-supply: description: AVdd voltage supply - items: - - const: avdd adi,rejection-60-Hz-enable: description: | @@ -99,6 +95,9 @@ required: examples: - | spi0 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + adc@0 { compatible = "adi,ad7192"; reg = <0>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/rc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/rc.yaml index 3d5c154fd230..9054555e6608 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/rc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/rc.yaml @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ properties: - rc-genius-tvgo-a11mce - rc-gotview7135 - rc-hauppauge - - rc-hauppauge - rc-hisi-poplar - rc-hisi-tv-demo - rc-imon-mce diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/lantiq,vrx200-pcie-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/lantiq,vrx200-pcie-phy.yaml index 8a56a8526cef..a97482179cf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/lantiq,vrx200-pcie-phy.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/lantiq,vrx200-pcie-phy.yaml @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ properties: - description: exclusive PHY reset line - description: shared reset line between the PCIe PHY and PCIe controller - resets-names: + reset-names: items: - const: phy - const: pcie diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst index 6ba9d5365ff3..b89c88168d6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst @@ -954,11 +954,6 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt). - KBUILD_ARFLAGS Options for $(AR) when creating archives - - $(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) set by the top level Makefile to "D" (deterministic - mode) if this option is supported by $(AR). - KBUILD_LDS The linker script with full path. Assigned by the top-level Makefile. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst index d2ae799237fd..774a998dcf37 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst @@ -498,10 +498,11 @@ build. will be written containing all exported symbols that were not defined in the kernel. ---- 6.3 Symbols From Another External Module +6.3 Symbols From Another External Module +---------------------------------------- Sometimes, an external module uses exported symbols from - another external module. kbuild needs to have full knowledge of + another external module. Kbuild needs to have full knowledge of all symbols to avoid spitting out warnings about undefined symbols. Three solutions exist for this situation. @@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ build. The top-level kbuild file would then look like:: #./Kbuild (or ./Makefile): - obj-y := foo/ bar/ + obj-m := foo/ bar/ And executing:: diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst index ab92e98c89c8..503393854e2e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst @@ -16,16 +16,21 @@ the kernel may be unreproducible, and how to avoid them. Timestamps ---------- -The kernel embeds a timestamp in two places: +The kernel embeds timestamps in three places: * The version string exposed by ``uname()`` and included in ``/proc/version`` * File timestamps in the embedded initramfs -By default the timestamp is the current time. This must be overridden -using the `KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP`_ variable. If you are building -from a git commit, you could use its commit date. +* If enabled via ``CONFIG_IKHEADERS``, file timestamps of kernel + headers embedded in the kernel or respective module, + exposed via ``/sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz`` + +By default the timestamp is the current time and in the case of +``kheaders`` the various files' modification times. This must +be overridden using the `KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP`_ variable. +If you are building from a git commit, you could use its commit date. The kernel does *not* use the ``__DATE__`` and ``__TIME__`` macros, and enables warnings if they are used. If you incorporate external diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst index f51f92571e39..c1f7f75e5fd9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Contents: intel/ice google/gve mellanox/mlx5 + netronome/nfp pensando/ionic .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst b/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst index ce7e7a044e08..dc60b13fcd09 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ supported flags are: * MSG_DONTWAIT, i.e. non-blocking operation. recvmsg(2) -^^^^^^^^^ +^^^^^^^^^^ In most cases recvmsg(2) is needed if you want to extract more information than recvfrom(2) can provide. For example package priority and timestamp. The diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index f4a2198187f9..ada573b7d703 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ instead of ``double-indenting`` the ``case`` labels. E.g.: case 'K': case 'k': mem <<= 10; - /* fall through */ + fallthrough; default: break; } diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst index 053b24a6dd38..179f2a5625a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst @@ -122,14 +122,27 @@ memory adjacent to the stack (when built without `CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y`) Implicit switch case fall-through --------------------------------- -The C language allows switch cases to "fall through" when -a "break" statement is missing at the end of a case. This, -however, introduces ambiguity in the code, as it's not always -clear if the missing break is intentional or a bug. As there -have been a long list of flaws `due to missing "break" statements +The C language allows switch cases to "fall-through" when a "break" statement +is missing at the end of a case. This, however, introduces ambiguity in the +code, as it's not always clear if the missing break is intentional or a bug. + +As there have been a long list of flaws `due to missing "break" statements <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/484.html>`_, we no longer allow -"implicit fall-through". In order to identify an intentional fall-through -case, we have adopted the marking used by static analyzers: a comment -saying `/* Fall through */`. Once the C++17 `__attribute__((fallthrough))` -is more widely handled by C compilers, static analyzers, and IDEs, we can -switch to using that instead. +"implicit fall-through". + +In order to identify intentional fall-through cases, we have adopted a +pseudo-keyword macro 'fallthrough' which expands to gcc's extension +__attribute__((__fallthrough__)). `Statement Attributes +<https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Statement-Attributes.html>`_ + +When the C17/C18 [[fallthrough]] syntax is more commonly supported by +C compilers, static analyzers, and IDEs, we can switch to using that syntax +for the macro pseudo-keyword. + +All switch/case blocks must end in one of: + + break; + fallthrough; + continue; + goto <label>; + return [expression]; |