Merge branch 'for-4.12/asus' into for-linus

5 files changed, 41 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
index 1b6dfb2b3adb..697a00ccec25 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ What is Linux?
   loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management,
   and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6.
 
-  It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
+  It is distributed under the GNU General Public License v2 - see the
   accompanying COPYING file for more details.
 
 On what hardware does it run?
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Configuring the kernel
 
     - Having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can
       under some circumstances lead to problems: probing for a
-      nonexistent controller card may confuse your other controllers
+      nonexistent controller card may confuse your other controllers.
 
     - A kernel with math-emulation compiled in will still use the
       coprocessor if one is present: the math emulation will just
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index 88adcfdf5b2b..12278a926370 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ Command Language Reference
 At the lexical level, a command comprises a sequence of words separated
 by spaces or tabs.  So these are all equivalent::
 
-  nullarbor:~ # echo -c 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' >
+  nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' >
 				<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
-  nullarbor:~ # echo -c '  file   svcsock.c     line  1603 +p  ' >
+  nullarbor:~ # echo -n '  file   svcsock.c     line  1603 +p  ' >
 				<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
   nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' >
 				<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 14ffef04113c..0464a41cbf3b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -653,6 +653,9 @@
 	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
 			disable the cpuidle sub-system
 
+	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
+			disable the cpufreq sub-system
+
 	cpu_init_udelay=N
 			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
 			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
@@ -957,6 +960,12 @@
 			serial port must already be setup and configured.
 			Options are not yet supported.
 
+		lantiq,<addr>
+			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
+			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
+			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
+			yet supported.
+
 		lpuart,<addr>
 		lpuart32,<addr>
 			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
@@ -970,9 +979,10 @@
 			address. The serial port must already be setup
 			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
 
-	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k]
+	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k,S390]
 			earlyprintk=vga
 			earlyprintk=efi
+			earlyprintk=sclp
 			earlyprintk=xen
 			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
 			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
@@ -1007,6 +1017,8 @@
 
 			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
 
+			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
+
 	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
 			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
 			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
@@ -1174,6 +1186,12 @@
 			functions that can be changed at run time by the
 			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
 
+	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
+			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
+			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
+			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
+			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
+
 	gamecon.map[2|3]=
 			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
 			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -1192,6 +1210,10 @@
 			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
 			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
 
+	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
+			Don't use this when you are not running on the
+			android emulator
+
 	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
 			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
 			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
@@ -3681,6 +3703,14 @@
 			last alloc / free. For more information see
 			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
 
+	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
+			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
+			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
+			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
+			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
+			directories and files being created under
+			/sys/kernel/slub.
+
 	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
 			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
 			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst
index e449fb5f277c..1e61bf50595c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst
@@ -725,3 +725,8 @@ These currently include:
       to 1.  Setting this to 0 disables bypass accounting and
       requires preread stripes to wait until all full-width stripe-
       writes are complete.  Valid values are 0 to stripe_cache_size.
+
+  journal_mode (currently raid5 only)
+      The cache mode for raid5. raid5 could include an extra disk for
+      caching. The mode can be "write-throuth" and "write-back". The
+      default is "write-through".
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
index 9939348bd4a3..1b90c6f00a92 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ That defines some categories of errors:
   still run, eventually replacing the affected hardware by a hot spare,
   if available.
 
-  Also, when an error happens on an userspace process, it is also possible to
+  Also, when an error happens on a userspace process, it is also possible to
   kill such process and let userspace restart it.
 
 The mechanism for handling non-fatal errors is usually complex and may