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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst8
5 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
index 8f4a3f889d43..bc28a9527ee5 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Parameters::
the value passed in <key_size>.
<key_type>
- Either 'logon' or 'user' kernel key type.
+ Either 'logon', 'user' or 'encrypted' kernel key type.
<key_description>
The kernel keyring key description crypt target should look for
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ submit_from_crypt_cpus
thread because it benefits CFQ to have writes submitted using the
same context.
+no_read_workqueue
+ Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process read requests synchronously.
+
+no_write_workqueue
+ Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process write requests synchronously.
+ This option is automatically enabled for host-managed zoned block devices
+ (e.g. host-managed SMR hard-disks).
+
integrity:<bytes>:<type>
The device requires additional <bytes> metadata per-sector stored
in per-bio integrity structure. This metadata must by provided
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
index d336f3f73a4c..63fd4e6a014b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@
98 block User-mode virtual block device
0 = /dev/ubda First user-mode block device
- 16 = /dev/udbb Second user-mode block device
+ 16 = /dev/ubdb Second user-mode block device
...
Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index e5a8def45f3f..6c04aea8f4cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ against. Possible keywords are:::
``line-range`` cannot contain space, e.g.
"1-30" is valid range but "1 - 30" is not.
- ``module=foo`` combined keyword=value form is interchangably accepted
The meanings of each keyword are:
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
index 5e477869df18..5fe1ade88c17 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ on the feature, restricting the viewing angles.
DYTC Lapmode sensor
-------------------
+-------------------
sysfs: dytc_lapmode
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
index 7adef969ffee..5072e7064d13 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ Energy-Performance Bias (EPB) knob (otherwise), which means that the processor's
internal P-state selection logic is expected to focus entirely on performance.
This will override the EPP/EPB setting coming from the ``sysfs`` interface
-(see `Energy vs Performance Hints`_ below).
+(see `Energy vs Performance Hints`_ below). Moreover, any attempts to change
+the EPP/EPB to a value different from 0 ("performance") via ``sysfs`` in this
+configuration will be rejected.
Also, in this configuration the range of P-states available to the processor's
internal P-state selection logic is always restricted to the upper boundary
@@ -564,8 +566,8 @@ Energy-Performance Preference (EPP) knob (if supported) or its
Energy-Performance Bias (EPB) knob. It is also possible to write a positive
integer value between 0 to 255, if the EPP feature is present. If the EPP
feature is not present, writing integer value to this attribute is not
-supported. In this case, user can use
- "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/power/energy_perf_bias" interface.
+supported. In this case, user can use the
+"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/power/energy_perf_bias" interface.
[Note that tasks may by migrated from one CPU to another by the scheduler's
load-balancing algorithm and if different energy vs performance hints are