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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/accounting/psi.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/bpf/btf.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adc128d818.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lzo.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bpf_flow_dissector.rst | 126 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/decnet.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 |
18 files changed, 191 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/psi.txt b/Documentation/accounting/psi.txt index b8ca28b60215..7e71c9c1d8e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/psi.txt +++ b/Documentation/accounting/psi.txt @@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ situation from a state where some tasks are stalled but the CPU is still doing productive work. As such, time spent in this subset of the stall state is tracked separately and exported in the "full" averages. -The ratios are tracked as recent trends over ten, sixty, and three -hundred second windows, which gives insight into short term events as -well as medium and long term trends. The total absolute stall time is -tracked and exported as well, to allow detection of latency spikes -which wouldn't necessarily make a dent in the time averages, or to -average trends over custom time frames. +The ratios (in %) are tracked as recent trends over ten, sixty, and +three hundred second windows, which gives insight into short term events +as well as medium and long term trends. The total absolute stall time +(in us) is tracked and exported as well, to allow detection of latency +spikes which wouldn't necessarily make a dent in the time averages, +or to average trends over custom time frames. Cgroup2 interface ================= diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst index 9a60a5d60e38..7313d354f20e 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst @@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ The ``btf_type.size * 8`` must be equal to or greater than ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` for the type. The maximum value of ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` is 128. The ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` specifies the starting bit offset to calculate values -for this int. For example, a bitfield struct member has: * btf member bit -offset 100 from the start of the structure, * btf member pointing to an int -type, * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 2`` and ``BTF_INT_BITS() = 4`` +for this int. For example, a bitfield struct member has: + * btf member bit offset 100 from the start of the structure, + * btf member pointing to an int type, + * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 2`` and ``BTF_INT_BITS() = 4`` Then in the struct memory layout, this member will occupy ``4`` bits starting from bits ``100 + 2 = 102``. Alternatively, the bitfield struct member can be the following to access the same bits as the above: - * btf member bit offset 102, * btf member pointing to an int type, * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 0`` and ``BTF_INT_BITS() = 4`` diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml index 365dcf384d73..82dd7582e945 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ patternProperties: - renesas,r9a06g032-smp - rockchip,rk3036-smp - rockchip,rk3066-smp - - socionext,milbeaut-m10v-smp + - socionext,milbeaut-m10v-smp - ste,dbx500-smp cpu-release-addr: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adc128d818.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adc128d818.txt index 08bab0e94d25..d0ae46d7bac3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adc128d818.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adc128d818.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Required node properties: Optional node properties: - - ti,mode: Operation mode (see above). + - ti,mode: Operation mode (u8) (see above). Example (operation mode 2): @@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ Example (operation mode 2): adc128d818@1d { compatible = "ti,adc128d818"; reg = <0x1d>; - ti,mode = <2>; + ti,mode = /bits/ 8 <2>; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt index 24c5cdaba8d2..ca83dcc84fb8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/davinci_emac.txt @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Required properties: Optional properties: - phy-handle: See ethernet.txt file in the same directory. If absent, davinci_emac driver defaults to 100/FULL. +- nvmem-cells: phandle, reference to an nvmem node for the MAC address +- nvmem-cell-names: string, should be "mac-address" if nvmem is to be used - ti,davinci-rmii-en: 1 byte, 1 means use RMII - ti,davinci-no-bd-ram: boolean, does EMAC have BD RAM? diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt index cfc376bc977a..a68621580584 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt @@ -10,15 +10,14 @@ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/phy-bindings.txt. the boot program; should be used in cases where the MAC address assigned to the device by the boot program is different from the "local-mac-address" property; -- nvmem-cells: phandle, reference to an nvmem node for the MAC address; -- nvmem-cell-names: string, should be "mac-address" if nvmem is to be used; - max-speed: number, specifies maximum speed in Mbit/s supported by the device; - max-frame-size: number, maximum transfer unit (IEEE defined MTU), rather than the maximum frame size (there's contradiction in the Devicetree Specification). - phy-mode: string, operation mode of the PHY interface. This is now a de-facto standard property; supported values are: - * "internal" + * "internal" (Internal means there is not a standard bus between the MAC and + the PHY, something proprietary is being used to embed the PHY in the MAC.) * "mii" * "gmii" * "sgmii" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt index 174f292d8a3e..8b80515729d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Required properties: Optional elements: 'tsu_clk' - clocks: Phandles to input clocks. +Optional properties: +- nvmem-cells: phandle, reference to an nvmem node for the MAC address +- nvmem-cell-names: string, should be "mac-address" if nvmem is to be used + Optional properties for PHY child node: - reset-gpios : Should specify the gpio for phy reset - magic-packet : If present, indicates that the hardware supports waking diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst index 79beb807996b..4a74cf6f2797 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst @@ -370,11 +370,15 @@ autosuspend the interface's device. When the usage counter is = 0 then the interface is considered to be idle, and the kernel may autosuspend the device. -Drivers need not be concerned about balancing changes to the usage -counter; the USB core will undo any remaining "get"s when a driver -is unbound from its interface. As a corollary, drivers must not call -any of the ``usb_autopm_*`` functions after their ``disconnect`` -routine has returned. +Drivers must be careful to balance their overall changes to the usage +counter. Unbalanced "get"s will remain in effect when a driver is +unbound from its interface, preventing the device from going into +runtime suspend should the interface be bound to a driver again. On +the other hand, drivers are allowed to achieve this balance by calling +the ``usb_autopm_*`` functions even after their ``disconnect`` routine +has returned -- say from within a work-queue routine -- provided they +retain an active reference to the interface (via ``usb_get_intf`` and +``usb_put_intf``). Drivers using the async routines are responsible for their own synchronization and mutual exclusion. diff --git a/Documentation/lzo.txt b/Documentation/lzo.txt index f79934225d8d..ca983328976b 100644 --- a/Documentation/lzo.txt +++ b/Documentation/lzo.txt @@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ Byte sequences dictionary which is empty, and that it will always be invalid at this place. - 17 : bitstream version. If the first byte is 17, the next byte - gives the bitstream version (version 1 only). If the first byte - is not 17, the bitstream version is 0. + 17 : bitstream version. If the first byte is 17, and compressed + stream length is at least 5 bytes (length of shortest possible + versioned bitstream), the next byte gives the bitstream version + (version 1 only). + Otherwise, the bitstream version is 0. 18..21 : copy 0..3 literals state = (byte - 17) = 0..3 [ copy <state> literals ] diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst index f460031d8531..177ac44fa0fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-tables.rst @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ the remote via /dev/input/event devices. - .. row 78 - - ``KEY_SCREEN`` + - ``KEY_ASPECT_RATIO`` - Select screen aspect ratio @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ the remote via /dev/input/event devices. - .. row 79 - - ``KEY_ZOOM`` + - ``KEY_FULL_SCREEN`` - Put device into zoom/full screen mode diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bpf_flow_dissector.rst b/Documentation/networking/bpf_flow_dissector.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b375ae2ec2c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/bpf_flow_dissector.rst @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================== +BPF Flow Dissector +================== + +Overview +======== + +Flow dissector is a routine that parses metadata out of the packets. It's +used in the various places in the networking subsystem (RFS, flow hash, etc). + +BPF flow dissector is an attempt to reimplement C-based flow dissector logic +in BPF to gain all the benefits of BPF verifier (namely, limits on the +number of instructions and tail calls). + +API +=== + +BPF flow dissector programs operate on an ``__sk_buff``. However, only the +limited set of fields is allowed: ``data``, ``data_end`` and ``flow_keys``. +``flow_keys`` is ``struct bpf_flow_keys`` and contains flow dissector input +and output arguments. + +The inputs are: + * ``nhoff`` - initial offset of the networking header + * ``thoff`` - initial offset of the transport header, initialized to nhoff + * ``n_proto`` - L3 protocol type, parsed out of L2 header + +Flow dissector BPF program should fill out the rest of the ``struct +bpf_flow_keys`` fields. Input arguments ``nhoff/thoff/n_proto`` should be +also adjusted accordingly. + +The return code of the BPF program is either BPF_OK to indicate successful +dissection, or BPF_DROP to indicate parsing error. + +__sk_buff->data +=============== + +In the VLAN-less case, this is what the initial state of the BPF flow +dissector looks like:: + + +------+------+------------+-----------+ + | DMAC | SMAC | ETHER_TYPE | L3_HEADER | + +------+------+------------+-----------+ + ^ + | + +-- flow dissector starts here + + +.. code:: c + + skb->data + flow_keys->nhoff point to the first byte of L3_HEADER + flow_keys->thoff = nhoff + flow_keys->n_proto = ETHER_TYPE + +In case of VLAN, flow dissector can be called with the two different states. + +Pre-VLAN parsing:: + + +------+------+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + | DMAC | SMAC | TPID | TCI |ETHER_TYPE | L3_HEADER | + +------+------+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + ^ + | + +-- flow dissector starts here + +.. code:: c + + skb->data + flow_keys->nhoff point the to first byte of TCI + flow_keys->thoff = nhoff + flow_keys->n_proto = TPID + +Please note that TPID can be 802.1AD and, hence, BPF program would +have to parse VLAN information twice for double tagged packets. + + +Post-VLAN parsing:: + + +------+------+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + | DMAC | SMAC | TPID | TCI |ETHER_TYPE | L3_HEADER | + +------+------+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + ^ + | + +-- flow dissector starts here + +.. code:: c + + skb->data + flow_keys->nhoff point the to first byte of L3_HEADER + flow_keys->thoff = nhoff + flow_keys->n_proto = ETHER_TYPE + +In this case VLAN information has been processed before the flow dissector +and BPF flow dissector is not required to handle it. + + +The takeaway here is as follows: BPF flow dissector program can be called with +the optional VLAN header and should gracefully handle both cases: when single +or double VLAN is present and when it is not present. The same program +can be called for both cases and would have to be written carefully to +handle both cases. + + +Reference Implementation +======================== + +See ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_flow.c`` for the reference +implementation and ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/flow_dissector_load.[hc]`` +for the loader. bpftool can be used to load BPF flow dissector program as well. + +The reference implementation is organized as follows: + * ``jmp_table`` map that contains sub-programs for each supported L3 protocol + * ``_dissect`` routine - entry point; it does input ``n_proto`` parsing and + does ``bpf_tail_call`` to the appropriate L3 handler + +Since BPF at this point doesn't support looping (or any jumping back), +jmp_table is used instead to handle multiple levels of encapsulation (and +IPv6 options). + + +Current Limitations +=================== +BPF flow dissector doesn't support exporting all the metadata that in-kernel +C-based implementation can export. Notable example is single VLAN (802.1Q) +and double VLAN (802.1AD) tags. Please refer to the ``struct bpf_flow_keys`` +for a set of information that's currently can be exported from the BPF context. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt b/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt index e12a4900cf72..d192f8b9948b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt @@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ you'll need the following options as well... CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTER (to be able to add/delete routes) CONFIG_NETFILTER (will be required for the DECnet routing daemon) - CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTE_FWMARK is optional - Don't turn on SIOCGIFCONF support for DECnet unless you are really sure that you need it, in general you won't and it can cause ifconfig to malfunction. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index 5449149be496..984e68f9e026 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Contents: netdev-FAQ af_xdp batman-adv + bpf_flow_dissector can can_ucan_protocol device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index acdfb5d2bcaa..c4ac35234f05 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ tcp_min_rtt_wlen - INTEGER minimum RTT when it is moved to a longer path (e.g., due to traffic engineering). A longer window makes the filter more resistant to RTT inflations such as transient congestion. The unit is seconds. + Possible values: 0 - 86400 (1 day) Default: 300 tcp_moderate_rcvbuf - BOOLEAN @@ -1336,6 +1337,7 @@ tag - INTEGER Default value is 0. xfrm4_gc_thresh - INTEGER + (Obsolete since linux-4.14) The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv4 destination cache entries. At twice this value the system will refuse new allocations. @@ -1919,6 +1921,7 @@ echo_ignore_all - BOOLEAN Default: 0 xfrm6_gc_thresh - INTEGER + (Obsolete since linux-4.14) The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv6 destination cache entries. At twice this value the system will refuse new allocations. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst index 8c7a713cf657..642fa963be3c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ version that should be applied. If there is any doubt, the maintainer will reply and ask what should be done. Q: I made changes to only a few patches in a patch series should I resend only those changed? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A: No, please resend the entire patch series and make sure you do number your patches such that it is clear this is the latest and greatest set of patches that can be applied. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt index 2df5894353d6..cd7303d7fa25 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt @@ -1009,16 +1009,18 @@ The kernel interface functions are as follows: (*) Check call still alive. - u32 rxrpc_kernel_check_life(struct socket *sock, - struct rxrpc_call *call); + bool rxrpc_kernel_check_life(struct socket *sock, + struct rxrpc_call *call, + u32 *_life); void rxrpc_kernel_probe_life(struct socket *sock, struct rxrpc_call *call); - The first function returns a number that is updated when ACKs are received - from the peer (notably including PING RESPONSE ACKs which we can elicit by - sending PING ACKs to see if the call still exists on the server). The - caller should compare the numbers of two calls to see if the call is still - alive after waiting for a suitable interval. + The first function passes back in *_life a number that is updated when + ACKs are received from the peer (notably including PING RESPONSE ACKs + which we can elicit by sending PING ACKs to see if the call still exists + on the server). The caller should compare the numbers of two calls to see + if the call is still alive after waiting for a suitable interval. It also + returns true as long as the call hasn't yet reached the completed state. This allows the caller to work out if the server is still contactable and if the call is still alive on the server while waiting for the server to diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 6af24cdb25cc..3f13d8599337 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -866,14 +866,14 @@ The intent is that compaction has less work to do in the future and to increase the success rate of future high-order allocations such as SLUB allocations, THP and hugetlbfs pages. -To make it sensible with respect to the watermark_scale_factor parameter, -the unit is in fractions of 10,000. The default value of 15,000 means -that up to 150% of the high watermark will be reclaimed in the event of -a pageblock being mixed due to fragmentation. The level of reclaim is -determined by the number of fragmentation events that occurred in the -recent past. If this value is smaller than a pageblock then a pageblocks -worth of pages will be reclaimed (e.g. 2MB on 64-bit x86). A boost factor -of 0 will disable the feature. +To make it sensible with respect to the watermark_scale_factor +parameter, the unit is in fractions of 10,000. The default value of +15,000 on !DISCONTIGMEM configurations means that up to 150% of the high +watermark will be reclaimed in the event of a pageblock being mixed due +to fragmentation. The level of reclaim is determined by the number of +fragmentation events that occurred in the recent past. If this value is +smaller than a pageblock then a pageblocks worth of pages will be reclaimed +(e.g. 2MB on 64-bit x86). A boost factor of 0 will disable the feature. ============================================================= diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 67068c47c591..64b38dfcc243 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ cpu's hardware control block. 4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) Capability: basic -Architectures: x86 +Architectures: all Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in/out) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -3810,7 +3810,7 @@ to I/O ports. 4.117 KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) Capability: KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT -Architectures: x86 +Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -3830,8 +3830,9 @@ The ioctl clears the dirty status of pages in a memory slot, according to the bitmap that is passed in struct kvm_clear_dirty_log's dirty_bitmap field. Bit 0 of the bitmap corresponds to page "first_page" in the memory slot, and num_pages is the size in bits of the input bitmap. -Both first_page and num_pages must be a multiple of 64. For each bit -that is set in the input bitmap, the corresponding page is marked "clean" +first_page must be a multiple of 64; num_pages must also be a multiple of +64 unless first_page + num_pages is the size of the memory slot. For each +bit that is set in the input bitmap, the corresponding page is marked "clean" in KVM's dirty bitmap, and dirty tracking is re-enabled for that page (for example via write-protection, or by clearing the dirty bit in a page table entry). @@ -4799,7 +4800,7 @@ and injected exceptions. 7.18 KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT -Architectures: all +Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not With this capability enabled, KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG will not automatically |