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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-08-29 19:49:48 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-08-29 19:49:48 +0300
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Merge tag 'docs-6.0-fixes' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet: "A handful of fixes for documentation and the docs build system" * tag 'docs-6.0-fixes' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: docs/conf.py: add function attribute '__fix_address' to conf.py Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: fix the example code snip docs: Update version number from 5.x to 6.x in README.rst docs/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches: Remove reference to submitting-drivers.rst docs: kerneldoc-preamble: Test xeCJK.sty before loading
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst18
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
index caa3c09a5c3f..9eb6b9042f75 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
.. _readme:
-Linux kernel release 5.x <http://kernel.org/>
+Linux kernel release 6.x <http://kernel.org/>
=============================================
-These are the release notes for Linux version 5. Read them carefully,
+These are the release notes for Linux version 6. Read them carefully,
as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Installing the kernel source
directory where you have permissions (e.g. your home directory) and
unpack it::
- xz -cd linux-5.x.tar.xz | tar xvf -
+ xz -cd linux-6.x.tar.xz | tar xvf -
Replace "X" with the version number of the latest kernel.
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ Installing the kernel source
files. They should match the library, and not get messed up by
whatever the kernel-du-jour happens to be.
- - You can also upgrade between 5.x releases by patching. Patches are
+ - You can also upgrade between 6.x releases by patching. Patches are
distributed in the xz format. To install by patching, get all the
newer patch files, enter the top level directory of the kernel source
- (linux-5.x) and execute::
+ (linux-6.x) and execute::
- xz -cd ../patch-5.x.xz | patch -p1
+ xz -cd ../patch-6.x.xz | patch -p1
Replace "x" for all versions bigger than the version "x" of your current
source tree, **in_order**, and you should be ok. You may want to remove
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ Installing the kernel source
that there are no failed patches (some-file-name# or some-file-name.rej).
If there are, either you or I have made a mistake.
- Unlike patches for the 5.x kernels, patches for the 5.x.y kernels
+ Unlike patches for the 6.x kernels, patches for the 6.x.y kernels
(also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but instead apply
- directly to the base 5.x kernel. For example, if your base kernel is 5.0
- and you want to apply the 5.0.3 patch, you must not first apply the 5.0.1
- and 5.0.2 patches. Similarly, if you are running kernel version 5.0.2 and
- want to jump to 5.0.3, you must first reverse the 5.0.2 patch (that is,
- patch -R) **before** applying the 5.0.3 patch. You can read more on this in
+ directly to the base 6.x kernel. For example, if your base kernel is 6.0
+ and you want to apply the 6.0.3 patch, you must not first apply the 6.0.1
+ and 6.0.2 patches. Similarly, if you are running kernel version 6.0.2 and
+ want to jump to 6.0.3, you must first reverse the 6.0.2 patch (that is,
+ patch -R) **before** applying the 6.0.3 patch. You can read more on this in
:ref:`Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst <applying_patches>`.
Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Installing the kernel source
Software requirements
---------------------
- Compiling and running the 5.x kernels requires up-to-date
+ Compiling and running the 6.x kernels requires up-to-date
versions of various software packages. Consult
:ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>` for the minimum version numbers
required and how to get updates for these packages. Beware that using
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ Build directory for the kernel
place for the output files (including .config).
Example::
- kernel source code: /usr/src/linux-5.x
+ kernel source code: /usr/src/linux-6.x
build directory: /home/name/build/kernel
To configure and build the kernel, use::
- cd /usr/src/linux-5.x
+ cd /usr/src/linux-6.x
make O=/home/name/build/kernel menuconfig
make O=/home/name/build/kernel
sudo make O=/home/name/build/kernel modules_install install
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
index d52f572a9029..ca91ecc29078 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ For a short example, users can monitor the virtual address space of a given
workload as below. ::
# cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/
- # echo 1 > kdamonds/nr && echo 1 > kdamonds/0/contexts/nr
+ # echo 1 > kdamonds/nr_kdamonds && echo 1 > kdamonds/0/contexts/nr_contexts
# echo vaddr > kdamonds/0/contexts/0/operations
- # echo 1 > kdamonds/0/contexts/0/targets/nr
- # echo $(pidof <workload>) > kdamonds/0/contexts/0/targets/0/pid
+ # echo 1 > kdamonds/0/contexts/0/targets/nr_targets
+ # echo $(pidof <workload>) > kdamonds/0/contexts/0/targets/0/pid_target
# echo on > kdamonds/0/state
Files Hierarchy
@@ -366,12 +366,12 @@ memory rate becomes larger than 60%, or lower than 30%". ::
# echo 1 > kdamonds/0/contexts/0/schemes/nr_schemes
# cd kdamonds/0/contexts/0/schemes/0
# # set the basic access pattern and the action
- # echo 4096 > access_patterns/sz/min
- # echo 8192 > access_patterns/sz/max
- # echo 0 > access_patterns/nr_accesses/min
- # echo 5 > access_patterns/nr_accesses/max
- # echo 10 > access_patterns/age/min
- # echo 20 > access_patterns/age/max
+ # echo 4096 > access_pattern/sz/min
+ # echo 8192 > access_pattern/sz/max
+ # echo 0 > access_pattern/nr_accesses/min
+ # echo 5 > access_pattern/nr_accesses/max
+ # echo 10 > access_pattern/age/min
+ # echo 20 > access_pattern/age/max
# echo pageout > action
# # set quotas
# echo 10 > quotas/ms