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-rw-r--r--Documentation/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html233
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/nxtlist.svg34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html47
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html195
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt190
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm/stm32/stm32h743-overview.txt30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cavium-thunder2.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/firmware/linaro,optee-tz.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gemini.txt86
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/hisilicon/hisilicon.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/i2se.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/shmobile.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra186-pmc.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra20-flowctrl.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,gxbb-clkc.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-core-clock.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-gated-clock.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/devfreq/exynos-bus.txt46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/arm,mali-utgard.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/nvidia,gk20a.txt25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,prestera.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpc.txt85
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpcv2.txt71
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-pwm.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt45
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-mediatek.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/fsl,imx7-src.txt47
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/ti/sci-pm-domain.txt57
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/da8xx-usb.txt41
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cortina,gemini-watchdog.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/memory-barriers.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tee.txt118
53 files changed, 1427 insertions, 321 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index 793acf999e9e..ed3e5e949fce 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ sysctl/
- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
target/
- directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
+tee.txt
+ - info on the TEE subsystem and drivers
this_cpu_ops.txt
- List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
thermal/
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
index f773a264ae02..1672573b037a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rcu_dereference.txt
rcubarrier.txt
- RCU and Unloadable Modules
rculist_nulls.txt
- - RCU list primitives for use with SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU
+ - RCU list primitives for use with SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU
rcuref.txt
- Reference-count design for elements of lists/arrays protected by RCU
rcu.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html
index d583c653a703..38d6d800761f 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ to each other.
The <tt>rcu_state</tt> Structure</a>
<li> <a href="#The rcu_node Structure">
The <tt>rcu_node</tt> Structure</a>
+<li> <a href="#The rcu_segcblist Structure">
+ The <tt>rcu_segcblist</tt> Structure</a>
<li> <a href="#The rcu_data Structure">
The <tt>rcu_data</tt> Structure</a>
<li> <a href="#The rcu_dynticks Structure">
@@ -841,6 +843,134 @@ for lockdep lock-class names.
Finally, lines&nbsp;64-66 produce an error if the maximum number of
CPUs is too large for the specified fanout.
+<h3><a name="The rcu_segcblist Structure">
+The <tt>rcu_segcblist</tt> Structure</a></h3>
+
+The <tt>rcu_segcblist</tt> structure maintains a segmented list of
+callbacks as follows:
+
+<pre>
+ 1 #define RCU_DONE_TAIL 0
+ 2 #define RCU_WAIT_TAIL 1
+ 3 #define RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL 2
+ 4 #define RCU_NEXT_TAIL 3
+ 5 #define RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS 4
+ 6
+ 7 struct rcu_segcblist {
+ 8 struct rcu_head *head;
+ 9 struct rcu_head **tails[RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS];
+10 unsigned long gp_seq[RCU_CBLIST_NSEGS];
+11 long len;
+12 long len_lazy;
+13 };
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+The segments are as follows:
+
+<ol>
+<li> <tt>RCU_DONE_TAIL</tt>: Callbacks whose grace periods have elapsed.
+ These callbacks are ready to be invoked.
+<li> <tt>RCU_WAIT_TAIL</tt>: Callbacks that are waiting for the
+ current grace period.
+ Note that different CPUs can have different ideas about which
+ grace period is current, hence the <tt>-&gt;gp_seq</tt> field.
+<li> <tt>RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL</tt>: Callbacks waiting for the next
+ grace period to start.
+<li> <tt>RCU_NEXT_TAIL</tt>: Callbacks that have not yet been
+ associated with a grace period.
+</ol>
+
+<p>
+The <tt>-&gt;head</tt> pointer references the first callback or
+is <tt>NULL</tt> if the list contains no callbacks (which is
+<i>not</i> the same as being empty).
+Each element of the <tt>-&gt;tails[]</tt> array references the
+<tt>-&gt;next</tt> pointer of the last callback in the corresponding
+segment of the list, or the list's <tt>-&gt;head</tt> pointer if
+that segment and all previous segments are empty.
+If the corresponding segment is empty but some previous segment is
+not empty, then the array element is identical to its predecessor.
+Older callbacks are closer to the head of the list, and new callbacks
+are added at the tail.
+This relationship between the <tt>-&gt;head</tt> pointer, the
+<tt>-&gt;tails[]</tt> array, and the callbacks is shown in this
+diagram:
+
+</p><p><img src="nxtlist.svg" alt="nxtlist.svg" width="40%">
+
+</p><p>In this figure, the <tt>-&gt;head</tt> pointer references the
+first
+RCU callback in the list.
+The <tt>-&gt;tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL]</tt> array element references
+the <tt>-&gt;head</tt> pointer itself, indicating that none
+of the callbacks is ready to invoke.
+The <tt>-&gt;tails[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]</tt> array element references callback
+CB&nbsp;2's <tt>-&gt;next</tt> pointer, which indicates that
+CB&nbsp;1 and CB&nbsp;2 are both waiting on the current grace period,
+give or take possible disagreements about exactly which grace period
+is the current one.
+The <tt>-&gt;tails[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]</tt> array element
+references the same RCU callback that <tt>-&gt;tails[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]</tt>
+does, which indicates that there are no callbacks waiting on the next
+RCU grace period.
+The <tt>-&gt;tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]</tt> array element references
+CB&nbsp;4's <tt>-&gt;next</tt> pointer, indicating that all the
+remaining RCU callbacks have not yet been assigned to an RCU grace
+period.
+Note that the <tt>-&gt;tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]</tt> array element
+always references the last RCU callback's <tt>-&gt;next</tt> pointer
+unless the callback list is empty, in which case it references
+the <tt>-&gt;head</tt> pointer.
+
+<p>
+There is one additional important special case for the
+<tt>-&gt;tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]</tt> array element: It can be <tt>NULL</tt>
+when this list is <i>disabled</i>.
+Lists are disabled when the corresponding CPU is offline or when
+the corresponding CPU's callbacks are offloaded to a kthread,
+both of which are described elsewhere.
+
+</p><p>CPUs advance their callbacks from the
+<tt>RCU_NEXT_TAIL</tt> to the <tt>RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL</tt> to the
+<tt>RCU_WAIT_TAIL</tt> to the <tt>RCU_DONE_TAIL</tt> list segments
+as grace periods advance.
+
+</p><p>The <tt>-&gt;gp_seq[]</tt> array records grace-period
+numbers corresponding to the list segments.
+This is what allows different CPUs to have different ideas as to
+which is the current grace period while still avoiding premature
+invocation of their callbacks.
+In particular, this allows CPUs that go idle for extended periods
+to determine which of their callbacks are ready to be invoked after
+reawakening.
+
+</p><p>The <tt>-&gt;len</tt> counter contains the number of
+callbacks in <tt>-&gt;head</tt>, and the
+<tt>-&gt;len_lazy</tt> contains the number of those callbacks that
+are known to only free memory, and whose invocation can therefore
+be safely deferred.
+
+<p><b>Important note</b>: It is the <tt>-&gt;len</tt> field that
+determines whether or not there are callbacks associated with
+this <tt>rcu_segcblist</tt> structure, <i>not</i> the <tt>-&gt;head</tt>
+pointer.
+The reason for this is that all the ready-to-invoke callbacks
+(that is, those in the <tt>RCU_DONE_TAIL</tt> segment) are extracted
+all at once at callback-invocation time.
+If callback invocation must be postponed, for example, because a
+high-priority process just woke up on this CPU, then the remaining
+callbacks are placed back on the <tt>RCU_DONE_TAIL</tt> segment.
+Either way, the <tt>-&gt;len</tt> and <tt>-&gt;len_lazy</tt> counts
+are adjusted after the corresponding callbacks have been invoked, and so
+again it is the <tt>-&gt;len</tt> count that accurately reflects whether
+or not there are callbacks associated with this <tt>rcu_segcblist</tt>
+structure.
+Of course, off-CPU sampling of the <tt>-&gt;len</tt> count requires
+the use of appropriate synchronization, for example, memory barriers.
+This synchronization can be a bit subtle, particularly in the case
+of <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt>.
+
<h3><a name="The rcu_data Structure">
The <tt>rcu_data</tt> Structure</a></h3>
@@ -983,62 +1113,18 @@ choice.
as follows:
<pre>
- 1 struct rcu_head *nxtlist;
- 2 struct rcu_head **nxttail[RCU_NEXT_SIZE];
- 3 unsigned long nxtcompleted[RCU_NEXT_SIZE];
- 4 long qlen_lazy;
- 5 long qlen;
- 6 long qlen_last_fqs_check;
+ 1 struct rcu_segcblist cblist;
+ 2 long qlen_last_fqs_check;
+ 3 unsigned long n_cbs_invoked;
+ 4 unsigned long n_nocbs_invoked;
+ 5 unsigned long n_cbs_orphaned;
+ 6 unsigned long n_cbs_adopted;
7 unsigned long n_force_qs_snap;
- 8 unsigned long n_cbs_invoked;
- 9 unsigned long n_cbs_orphaned;
-10 unsigned long n_cbs_adopted;
-11 long blimit;
+ 8 long blimit;
</pre>
-<p>The <tt>-&gt;nxtlist</tt> pointer and the
-<tt>-&gt;nxttail[]</tt> array form a four-segment list with
-older callbacks near the head and newer ones near the tail.
-Each segment contains callbacks with the corresponding relationship
-to the current grace period.
-The pointer out of the end of each of the four segments is referenced
-by the element of the <tt>-&gt;nxttail[]</tt> array indexed by
-<tt>RCU_DONE_TAIL</tt> (for callbacks handled by a prior grace period),
-<tt>RCU_WAIT_TAIL</tt> (for callbacks waiting on the current grace period),
-<tt>RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL</tt> (for callbacks that will wait on the next
-grace period), and
-<tt>RCU_NEXT_TAIL</tt> (for callbacks that are not yet associated
-with a specific grace period)
-respectively, as shown in the following figure.
-
-</p><p><img src="nxtlist.svg" alt="nxtlist.svg" width="40%">
-
-</p><p>In this figure, the <tt>-&gt;nxtlist</tt> pointer references the
-first
-RCU callback in the list.
-The <tt>-&gt;nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]</tt> array element references
-the <tt>-&gt;nxtlist</tt> pointer itself, indicating that none
-of the callbacks is ready to invoke.
-The <tt>-&gt;nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]</tt> array element references callback
-CB&nbsp;2's <tt>-&gt;next</tt> pointer, which indicates that
-CB&nbsp;1 and CB&nbsp;2 are both waiting on the current grace period.
-The <tt>-&gt;nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]</tt> array element
-references the same RCU callback that <tt>-&gt;nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]</tt>
-does, which indicates that there are no callbacks waiting on the next
-RCU grace period.
-The <tt>-&gt;nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]</tt> array element references
-CB&nbsp;4's <tt>-&gt;next</tt> pointer, indicating that all the
-remaining RCU callbacks have not yet been assigned to an RCU grace
-period.
-Note that the <tt>-&gt;nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]</tt> array element
-always references the last RCU callback's <tt>-&gt;next</tt> pointer
-unless the callback list is empty, in which case it references
-the <tt>-&gt;nxtlist</tt> pointer.
-
-</p><p>CPUs advance their callbacks from the
-<tt>RCU_NEXT_TAIL</tt> to the <tt>RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL</tt> to the
-<tt>RCU_WAIT_TAIL</tt> to the <tt>RCU_DONE_TAIL</tt> list segments
-as grace periods advance.
+<p>The <tt>-&gt;cblist</tt> structure is the segmented callback list
+described earlier.
The CPU advances the callbacks in its <tt>rcu_data</tt> structure
whenever it notices that another RCU grace period has completed.
The CPU detects the completion of an RCU grace period by noticing
@@ -1049,16 +1135,7 @@ Recall that each <tt>rcu_node</tt> structure's
<tt>-&gt;completed</tt> field is updated at the end of each
grace period.
-</p><p>The <tt>-&gt;nxtcompleted[]</tt> array records grace-period
-numbers corresponding to the list segments.
-This allows CPUs that go idle for extended periods to determine
-which of their callbacks are ready to be invoked after reawakening.
-
-</p><p>The <tt>-&gt;qlen</tt> counter contains the number of
-callbacks in <tt>-&gt;nxtlist</tt>, and the
-<tt>-&gt;qlen_lazy</tt> contains the number of those callbacks that
-are known to only free memory, and whose invocation can therefore
-be safely deferred.
+<p>
The <tt>-&gt;qlen_last_fqs_check</tt> and
<tt>-&gt;n_force_qs_snap</tt> coordinate the forcing of quiescent
states from <tt>call_rcu()</tt> and friends when callback
@@ -1069,6 +1146,10 @@ lists grow excessively long.
fields count the number of callbacks invoked,
sent to other CPUs when this CPU goes offline,
and received from other CPUs when those other CPUs go offline.
+The <tt>-&gt;n_nocbs_invoked</tt> is used when the CPU's callbacks
+are offloaded to a kthread.
+
+<p>
Finally, the <tt>-&gt;blimit</tt> counter is the maximum number of
RCU callbacks that may be invoked at a given time.
@@ -1104,6 +1185,9 @@ Its fields are as follows:
1 int dynticks_nesting;
2 int dynticks_nmi_nesting;
3 atomic_t dynticks;
+ 4 bool rcu_need_heavy_qs;
+ 5 unsigned long rcu_qs_ctr;
+ 6 bool rcu_urgent_qs;
</pre>
<p>The <tt>-&gt;dynticks_nesting</tt> field counts the
@@ -1117,11 +1201,32 @@ NMIs are counted by the <tt>-&gt;dynticks_nmi_nesting</tt>
field, except that NMIs that interrupt non-dyntick-idle execution
are not counted.
-</p><p>Finally, the <tt>-&gt;dynticks</tt> field counts the corresponding
+</p><p>The <tt>-&gt;dynticks</tt> field counts the corresponding
CPU's transitions to and from dyntick-idle mode, so that this counter
has an even value when the CPU is in dyntick-idle mode and an odd
value otherwise.
+</p><p>The <tt>-&gt;rcu_need_heavy_qs</tt> field is used
+to record the fact that the RCU core code would really like to
+see a quiescent state from the corresponding CPU, so much so that
+it is willing to call for heavy-weight dyntick-counter operations.
+This flag is checked by RCU's context-switch and <tt>cond_resched()</tt>
+code, which provide a momentary idle sojourn in response.
+
+</p><p>The <tt>-&gt;rcu_qs_ctr</tt> field is used to record
+quiescent states from <tt>cond_resched()</tt>.
+Because <tt>cond_resched()</tt> can execute quite frequently, this
+must be quite lightweight, as in a non-atomic increment of this
+per-CPU field.
+
+</p><p>Finally, the <tt>-&gt;rcu_urgent_qs</tt> field is used to record
+the fact that the RCU core code would really like to see a quiescent
+state from the corresponding CPU, with the various other fields indicating
+just how badly RCU wants this quiescent state.
+This flag is checked by RCU's context-switch and <tt>cond_resched()</tt>
+code, which, if nothing else, non-atomically increment <tt>-&gt;rcu_qs_ctr</tt>
+in response.
+
<table>
<tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Quick Quiz:</th></tr>
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/nxtlist.svg b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/nxtlist.svg
index abc4cc73a097..0223e79c38e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/nxtlist.svg
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/nxtlist.svg
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
id="svg2"
version="1.1"
inkscape:version="0.48.4 r9939"
- sodipodi:docname="nxtlist.fig">
+ sodipodi:docname="segcblist.svg">
<metadata
id="metadata94">
<rdf:RDF>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
<dc:type
rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
- <dc:title></dc:title>
+ <dc:title />
</cc:Work>
</rdf:RDF>
</metadata>
@@ -241,61 +241,51 @@
xml:space="preserve"
x="225"
y="675"
- fill="#000000"
- font-family="Courier"
font-style="normal"
font-weight="bold"
font-size="324"
- text-anchor="start"
- id="text64">nxtlist</text>
+ id="text64"
+ style="font-size:324px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-anchor:start;fill:#000000;font-family:Courier">-&gt;head</text>
<!-- Text -->
<text
xml:space="preserve"
x="225"
y="1800"
- fill="#000000"
- font-family="Courier"
font-style="normal"
font-weight="bold"
font-size="324"
- text-anchor="start"
- id="text66">nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]</text>
+ id="text66"
+ style="font-size:324px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-anchor:start;fill:#000000;font-family:Courier">-&gt;tails[RCU_DONE_TAIL]</text>
<!-- Text -->
<text
xml:space="preserve"
x="225"
y="2925"
- fill="#000000"
- font-family="Courier"
font-style="normal"
font-weight="bold"
font-size="324"
- text-anchor="start"
- id="text68">nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]</text>
+ id="text68"
+ style="font-size:324px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-anchor:start;fill:#000000;font-family:Courier">-&gt;tails[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]</text>
<!-- Text -->
<text
xml:space="preserve"
x="225"
y="4050"
- fill="#000000"
- font-family="Courier"
font-style="normal"
font-weight="bold"
font-size="324"
- text-anchor="start"
- id="text70">nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]</text>
+ id="text70"
+ style="font-size:324px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-anchor:start;fill:#000000;font-family:Courier">-&gt;tails[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]</text>
<!-- Text -->
<text
xml:space="preserve"
x="225"
y="5175"
- fill="#000000"
- font-family="Courier"
font-style="normal"
font-weight="bold"
font-size="324"
- text-anchor="start"
- id="text72">nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]</text>
+ id="text72"
+ style="font-size:324px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-anchor:start;fill:#000000;font-family:Courier">-&gt;tails[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]</text>
<!-- Text -->
<text
xml:space="preserve"
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html
index 7a3194c5559a..e5d0bbd0230b 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ Expedited Grace Period Refinements</a></h2>
Funnel locking and wait/wakeup</a>.
<li> <a href="#Use of Workqueues">Use of Workqueues</a>.
<li> <a href="#Stall Warnings">Stall warnings</a>.
+<li> <a href="#Mid-Boot Operation">Mid-boot operation</a>.
</ol>
<h3><a name="Idle-CPU Checks">Idle-CPU Checks</a></h3>
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ their grace periods and carrying out their wakeups.
In earlier implementations, the task requesting the expedited
grace period also drove it to completion.
This straightforward approach had the disadvantage of needing to
-account for signals sent to user tasks,
+account for POSIX signals sent to user tasks,
so more recent implemementations use the Linux kernel's
<a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/workqueue.txt">workqueues</a>.
@@ -533,8 +534,8 @@ The requesting task still does counter snapshotting and funnel-lock
processing, but the task reaching the top of the funnel lock
does a <tt>schedule_work()</tt> (from <tt>_synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt>
so that a workqueue kthread does the actual grace-period processing.
-Because workqueue kthreads do not accept signals, grace-period-wait
-processing need not allow for signals.
+Because workqueue kthreads do not accept POSIX signals, grace-period-wait
+processing need not allow for POSIX signals.
In addition, this approach allows wakeups for the previous expedited
grace period to be overlapped with processing for the next expedited
@@ -586,6 +587,46 @@ blocking the current grace period are printed.
Each stall warning results in another pass through the loop, but the
second and subsequent passes use longer stall times.
+<h3><a name="Mid-Boot Operation">Mid-boot operation</a></h3>
+
+<p>
+The use of workqueues has the advantage that the expedited
+grace-period code need not worry about POSIX signals.
+Unfortunately, it has the
+corresponding disadvantage that workqueues cannot be used until
+they are initialized, which does not happen until some time after
+the scheduler spawns the first task.
+Given that there are parts of the kernel that really do want to
+execute grace periods during this mid-boot &ldquo;dead zone&rdquo;,
+expedited grace periods must do something else during thie time.
+
+<p>
+What they do is to fall back to the old practice of requiring that the
+requesting task drive the expedited grace period, as was the case
+before the use of workqueues.
+However, the requesting task is only required to drive the grace period
+during the mid-boot dead zone.
+Before mid-boot, a synchronous grace period is a no-op.
+Some time after mid-boot, workqueues are used.
+
+<p>
+Non-expedited non-SRCU synchronous grace periods must also operate
+normally during mid-boot.
+This is handled by causing non-expedited grace periods to take the
+expedited code path during mid-boot.
+
+<p>
+The current code assumes that there are no POSIX signals during
+the mid-boot dead zone.
+However, if an overwhelming need for POSIX signals somehow arises,
+appropriate adjustments can be made to the expedited stall-warning code.
+One such adjustment would reinstate the pre-workqueue stall-warning
+checks, but only during the mid-boot dead zone.
+
+<p>
+With this refinement, synchronous grace periods can now be used from
+task context pretty much any time during the life of the kernel.
+
<h3><a name="Summary">
Summary</a></h3>
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
index 21593496aca6..f60adf112663 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
@@ -659,8 +659,9 @@ systems with more than one CPU:
In other words, a given instance of <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt>
can avoid waiting on a given RCU read-side critical section only
if it can prove that <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> started first.
+ </font>
- <p>
+ <p><font color="ffffff">
A related question is &ldquo;When <tt>rcu_read_lock()</tt>
doesn't generate any code, why does it matter how it relates
to a grace period?&rdquo;
@@ -675,8 +676,9 @@ systems with more than one CPU:
within the critical section, in which case none of the accesses
within the critical section may observe the effects of any
access following the grace period.
+ </font>
- <p>
+ <p><font color="ffffff">
As of late 2016, mathematical models of RCU take this
viewpoint, for example, see slides&nbsp;62 and&nbsp;63
of the
@@ -1616,8 +1618,8 @@ CPUs should at least make reasonable forward progress.
In return for its shorter latencies, <tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt>
is permitted to impose modest degradation of real-time latency
on non-idle online CPUs.
-That said, it will likely be necessary to take further steps to reduce this
-degradation, hopefully to roughly that of a scheduling-clock interrupt.
+Here, &ldquo;modest&rdquo; means roughly the same latency
+degradation as a scheduling-clock interrupt.
<p>
There are a number of situations where even
@@ -1913,12 +1915,9 @@ This requirement is another factor driving batching of grace periods,
but it is also the driving force behind the checks for large numbers
of queued RCU callbacks in the <tt>call_rcu()</tt> code path.
Finally, high update rates should not delay RCU read-side critical
-sections, although some read-side delays can occur when using
+sections, although some small read-side delays can occur when using
<tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt>, courtesy of this function's use
-of <tt>try_stop_cpus()</tt>.
-(In the future, <tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt> will be
-converted to use lighter-weight inter-processor interrupts (IPIs),
-but this will still disturb readers, though to a much smaller degree.)
+of <tt>smp_call_function_single()</tt>.
<p>
Although all three of these corner cases were understood in the early
@@ -2154,7 +2153,8 @@ as will <tt>rcu_assign_pointer()</tt>.
<p>
Although <tt>call_rcu()</tt> may be invoked at any
time during boot, callbacks are not guaranteed to be invoked until after
-the scheduler is fully up and running.
+all of RCU's kthreads have been spawned, which occurs at
+<tt>early_initcall()</tt> time.
This delay in callback invocation is due to the fact that RCU does not
invoke callbacks until it is fully initialized, and this full initialization
cannot occur until after the scheduler has initialized itself to the
@@ -2167,8 +2167,10 @@ on what operations those callbacks could invoke.
Perhaps surprisingly, <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt>,
<a href="#Bottom-Half Flavor"><tt>synchronize_rcu_bh()</tt></a>
(<a href="#Bottom-Half Flavor">discussed below</a>),
-and
-<a href="#Sched Flavor"><tt>synchronize_sched()</tt></a>
+<a href="#Sched Flavor"><tt>synchronize_sched()</tt></a>,
+<tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt>,
+<tt>synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited()</tt>, and
+<tt>synchronize_sched_expedited()</tt>
will all operate normally
during very early boot, the reason being that there is only one CPU
and preemption is disabled.
@@ -2178,45 +2180,59 @@ state and thus a grace period, so the early-boot implementation can
be a no-op.
<p>
-Both <tt>synchronize_rcu_bh()</tt> and <tt>synchronize_sched()</tt>
-continue to operate normally through the remainder of boot, courtesy
-of the fact that preemption is disabled across their RCU read-side
-critical sections and also courtesy of the fact that there is still
-only one CPU.
-However, once the scheduler starts initializing, preemption is enabled.
-There is still only a single CPU, but the fact that preemption is enabled
-means that the no-op implementation of <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> no
-longer works in <tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=y</tt> kernels.
-Therefore, as soon as the scheduler starts initializing, the early-boot
-fastpath is disabled.
-This means that <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> switches to its runtime
-mode of operation where it posts callbacks, which in turn means that
-any call to <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> will block until the corresponding
-callback is invoked.
-Unfortunately, the callback cannot be invoked until RCU's runtime
-grace-period machinery is up and running, which cannot happen until
-the scheduler has initialized itself sufficiently to allow RCU's
-kthreads to be spawned.
-Therefore, invoking <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> during scheduler
-initialization can result in deadlock.
+However, once the scheduler has spawned its first kthread, this early
+boot trick fails for <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> (as well as for
+<tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt>) in <tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=y</tt>
+kernels.
+The reason is that an RCU read-side critical section might be preempted,
+which means that a subsequent <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> really does have
+to wait for something, as opposed to simply returning immediately.
+Unfortunately, <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> can't do this until all of
+its kthreads are spawned, which doesn't happen until some time during
+<tt>early_initcalls()</tt> time.
+But this is no excuse: RCU is nevertheless required to correctly handle
+synchronous grace periods during this time period.
+Once all of its kthreads are up and running, RCU starts running
+normally.
<table>
<tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Quick Quiz:</th></tr>
<tr><td>
- So what happens with <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> during
- scheduler initialization for <tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=n</tt>
- kernels?
+ How can RCU possibly handle grace periods before all of its
+ kthreads have been spawned???
</td></tr>
<tr><th align="left">Answer:</th></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="ffffff">
- In <tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=n</tt> kernel, <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt>
- maps directly to <tt>synchronize_sched()</tt>.
- Therefore, <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> works normally throughout
- boot in <tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=n</tt> kernels.
- However, your code must also work in <tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=y</tt> kernels,
- so it is still necessary to avoid invoking <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt>
- during scheduler initialization.
+ Very carefully!
+ </font>
+
+ <p><font color="ffffff">
+ During the &ldquo;dead zone&rdquo; between the time that the
+ scheduler spawns the first task and the time that all of RCU's
+ kthreads have been spawned, all synchronous grace periods are
+ handled by the expedited grace-period mechanism.
+ At runtime, this expedited mechanism relies on workqueues, but
+ during the dead zone the requesting task itself drives the
+ desired expedited grace period.
+ Because dead-zone execution takes place within task context,
+ everything works.
+ Once the dead zone ends, expedited grace periods go back to
+ using workqueues, as is required to avoid problems that would
+ otherwise occur when a user task received a POSIX signal while
+ driving an expedited grace period.
+ </font>
+
+ <p><font color="ffffff">
+ And yes, this does mean that it is unhelpful to send POSIX
+ signals to random tasks between the time that the scheduler
+ spawns its first kthread and the time that RCU's kthreads
+ have all been spawned.
+ If there ever turns out to be a good reason for sending POSIX
+ signals during that time, appropriate adjustments will be made.
+ (If it turns out that POSIX signals are sent during this time for
+ no good reason, other adjustments will be made, appropriate
+ or otherwise.)
</font></td></tr>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
</table>
@@ -2295,12 +2311,61 @@ situation, and Dipankar Sarma incorporated <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> into RCU.
The need for <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> for module unloading became
apparent later.
+<p>
+<b>Important note</b>: The <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> function is not,
+repeat, <i>not</i>, obligated to wait for a grace period.
+It is instead only required to wait for RCU callbacks that have
+already been posted.
+Therefore, if there are no RCU callbacks posted anywhere in the system,
+<tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> is within its rights to return immediately.
+Even if there are callbacks posted, <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> does not
+necessarily need to wait for a grace period.
+
+<table>
+<tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
+<tr><th align="left">Quick Quiz:</th></tr>
+<tr><td>
+ Wait a minute!
+ Each RCU callbacks must wait for a grace period to complete,
+ and <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> must wait for each pre-existing
+ callback to be invoked.
+ Doesn't <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> therefore need to wait for
+ a full grace period if there is even one callback posted anywhere
+ in the system?
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th align="left">Answer:</th></tr>
+<tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="ffffff">
+ Absolutely not!!!
+ </font>
+
+ <p><font color="ffffff">
+ Yes, each RCU callbacks must wait for a grace period to complete,
+ but it might well be partly (or even completely) finished waiting
+ by the time <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> is invoked.
+ In that case, <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> need only wait for the
+ remaining portion of the grace period to elapse.
+ So even if there are quite a few callbacks posted,
+ <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> might well return quite quickly.
+ </font>
+
+ <p><font color="ffffff">
+ So if you need to wait for a grace period as well as for all
+ pre-existing callbacks, you will need to invoke both
+ <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> and <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt>.
+ If latency is a concern, you can always use workqueues
+ to invoke them concurrently.
+</font></td></tr>
+<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
+</table>
+
<h3><a name="Hotplug CPU">Hotplug CPU</a></h3>
<p>
The Linux kernel supports CPU hotplug, which means that CPUs
can come and go.
-It is of course illegal to use any RCU API member from an offline CPU.
+It is of course illegal to use any RCU API member from an offline CPU,
+with the exception of <a href="#Sleepable RCU">SRCU</a> read-side
+critical sections.
This requirement was present from day one in DYNIX/ptx, but
on the other hand, the Linux kernel's CPU-hotplug implementation
is &ldquo;interesting.&rdquo;
@@ -2310,19 +2375,18 @@ The Linux-kernel CPU-hotplug implementation has notifiers that
are used to allow the various kernel subsystems (including RCU)
to respond appropriately to a given CPU-hotplug operation.
Most RCU operations may be invoked from CPU-hotplug notifiers,
-including even normal synchronous grace-period operations
-such as <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt>.
-However, expedited grace-period operations such as
-<tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt> are not supported,
-due to the fact that current implementations block CPU-hotplug
-operations, which could result in deadlock.
+including even synchronous grace-period operations such as
+<tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> and <tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt>.
<p>
-In addition, all-callback-wait operations such as
+However, all-callback-wait operations such as
<tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> are also not supported, due to the
fact that there are phases of CPU-hotplug operations where
the outgoing CPU's callbacks will not be invoked until after
the CPU-hotplug operation ends, which could also result in deadlock.
+Furthermore, <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> blocks CPU-hotplug operations
+during its execution, which results in another type of deadlock
+when invoked from a CPU-hotplug notifier.
<h3><a name="Scheduler and RCU">Scheduler and RCU</a></h3>
@@ -2864,6 +2928,27 @@ API, which, in combination with <tt>srcu_read_unlock()</tt>,
guarantees a full memory barrier.
<p>
+Also unlike other RCU flavors, SRCU's callbacks-wait function
+<tt>srcu_barrier()</tt> may be invoked from CPU-hotplug notifiers,
+though this is not necessarily a good idea.
+The reason that this is possible is that SRCU is insensitive
+to whether or not a CPU is online, which means that <tt>srcu_barrier()</tt>
+need not exclude CPU-hotplug operations.
+
+<p>
+As of v4.12, SRCU's callbacks are maintained per-CPU, eliminating
+a locking bottleneck present in prior kernel versions.
+Although this will allow users to put much heavier stress on
+<tt>call_srcu()</tt>, it is important to note that SRCU does not
+yet take any special steps to deal with callback flooding.
+So if you are posting (say) 10,000 SRCU callbacks per second per CPU,
+you are probably totally OK, but if you intend to post (say) 1,000,000
+SRCU callbacks per second per CPU, please run some tests first.
+SRCU just might need a few adjustment to deal with that sort of load.
+Of course, your mileage may vary based on the speed of your CPUs and
+the size of your memory.
+
+<p>
The
<a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/609973/#RCU Per-Flavor API Table">SRCU API</a>
includes
@@ -3021,8 +3106,8 @@ to do some redesign to avoid this scalability problem.
<p>
RCU disables CPU hotplug in a few places, perhaps most notably in the
-expedited grace-period and <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> operations.
-If there is a strong reason to use expedited grace periods in CPU-hotplug
+<tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> operations.
+If there is a strong reason to use <tt>rcu_barrier()</tt> in CPU-hotplug
notifiers, it will be necessary to avoid disabling CPU hotplug.
This would introduce some complexity, so there had better be a <i>very</i>
good reason.
@@ -3096,9 +3181,5 @@ Andy Lutomirski for their help in rendering
this article human readable, and to Michelle Rankin for her support
of this effort.
Other contributions are acknowledged in the Linux kernel's git archive.
-The cartoon is copyright (c) 2013 by Melissa Broussard,
-and is provided
-under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
-United States license.
</body></html>
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.txt
index c0bf2441a2ba..b2a613f16d74 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.txt
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ o Be very careful about comparing pointers obtained from
This sort of comparison occurs frequently when scanning
RCU-protected circular linked lists.
+ Note that if checks for being within an RCU read-side
+ critical section are not required and the pointer is never
+ dereferenced, rcu_access_pointer() should be used in place
+ of rcu_dereference(). The rcu_access_pointer() primitive
+ does not require an enclosing read-side critical section,
+ and also omits the smp_read_barrier_depends() included in
+ rcu_dereference(), which in turn should provide a small
+ performance gain in some CPUs (e.g., the DEC Alpha).
+
o The comparison is against a pointer that references memory
that was initialized "a long time ago." The reason
this is safe is that even if misordering occurs, the
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt
index 18f9651ff23d..8151f0195f76 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
Using hlist_nulls to protect read-mostly linked lists and
-objects using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU allocations.
+objects using SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU allocations.
Please read the basics in Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Using special makers (called 'nulls') is a convenient way
to solve following problem :
A typical RCU linked list managing objects which are
-allocated with SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU kmem_cache can
+allocated with SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU kmem_cache can
use following algos :
1) Lookup algo
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock()
3) Remove algo
--------------
Nothing special here, we can use a standard RCU hlist deletion.
-But thanks to SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, beware a deleted object can be reused
+But thanks to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, beware a deleted object can be reused
very very fast (before the end of RCU grace period)
if (put_last_reference_on(obj) {
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
index e93d04133fe7..96a3d81837e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,102 @@
Using RCU's CPU Stall Detector
-The rcu_cpu_stall_suppress module parameter enables RCU's CPU stall
-detector, which detects conditions that unduly delay RCU grace periods.
-This module parameter enables CPU stall detection by default, but
-may be overridden via boot-time parameter or at runtime via sysfs.
+This document first discusses what sorts of issues RCU's CPU stall
+detector can locate, and then discusses kernel parameters and Kconfig
+options that can be used to fine-tune the detector's operation. Finally,
+this document explains the stall detector's "splat" format.
+
+
+What Causes RCU CPU Stall Warnings?
+
+So your kernel printed an RCU CPU stall warning. The next question is
+"What caused it?" The following problems can result in RCU CPU stall
+warnings:
+
+o A CPU looping in an RCU read-side critical section.
+
+o A CPU looping with interrupts disabled.
+
+o A CPU looping with preemption disabled. This condition can
+ result in RCU-sched stalls and, if ksoftirqd is in use, RCU-bh
+ stalls.
+
+o A CPU looping with bottom halves disabled. This condition can
+ result in RCU-sched and RCU-bh stalls.
+
+o For !CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels, a CPU looping anywhere in the
+ kernel without invoking schedule(). Note that cond_resched()
+ does not necessarily prevent RCU CPU stall warnings. Therefore,
+ if the looping in the kernel is really expected and desirable
+ behavior, you might need to replace some of the cond_resched()
+ calls with calls to cond_resched_rcu_qs().
+
+o Booting Linux using a console connection that is too slow to
+ keep up with the boot-time console-message rate. For example,
+ a 115Kbaud serial console can be -way- too slow to keep up
+ with boot-time message rates, and will frequently result in
+ RCU CPU stall warning messages. Especially if you have added
+ debug printk()s.
+
+o Anything that prevents RCU's grace-period kthreads from running.
+ This can result in the "All QSes seen" console-log message.
+ This message will include information on when the kthread last
+ ran and how often it should be expected to run.
+
+o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT kernel, which might
+ happen to preempt a low-priority task in the middle of an RCU
+ read-side critical section. This is especially damaging if
+ that low-priority task is not permitted to run on any other CPU,
+ in which case the next RCU grace period can never complete, which
+ will eventually cause the system to run out of memory and hang.
+ While the system is in the process of running itself out of
+ memory, you might see stall-warning messages.
+
+o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT kernel that
+ is running at a higher priority than the RCU softirq threads.
+ This will prevent RCU callbacks from ever being invoked,
+ and in a CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU kernel will further prevent
+ RCU grace periods from ever completing. Either way, the
+ system will eventually run out of memory and hang. In the
+ CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU case, you might see stall-warning
+ messages.
+
+o A hardware or software issue shuts off the scheduler-clock
+ interrupt on a CPU that is not in dyntick-idle mode. This
+ problem really has happened, and seems to be most likely to
+ result in RCU CPU stall warnings for CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON=n kernels.
+
+o A bug in the RCU implementation.
+
+o A hardware failure. This is quite unlikely, but has occurred
+ at least once in real life. A CPU failed in a running system,
+ becoming unresponsive, but not causing an immediate crash.
+ This resulted in a series of RCU CPU stall warnings, eventually
+ leading the realization that the CPU had failed.
+
+The RCU, RCU-sched, RCU-bh, and RCU-tasks implementations have CPU stall
+warning. Note that SRCU does -not- have CPU stall warnings. Please note
+that RCU only detects CPU stalls when there is a grace period in progress.
+No grace period, no CPU stall warnings.
+
+To diagnose the cause of the stall, inspect the stack traces.
+The offending function will usually be near the top of the stack.
+If you have a series of stall warnings from a single extended stall,
+comparing the stack traces can often help determine where the stall
+is occurring, which will usually be in the function nearest the top of
+that portion of the stack which remains the same from trace to trace.
+If you can reliably trigger the stall, ftrace can be quite helpful.
+
+RCU bugs can often be debugged with the help of CONFIG_RCU_TRACE
+and with RCU's event tracing. For information on RCU's event tracing,
+see include/trace/events/rcu.h.
+
+
+Fine-Tuning the RCU CPU Stall Detector
+
+The rcuupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress module parameter disables RCU's
+CPU stall detector, which detects conditions that unduly delay RCU grace
+periods. This module parameter enables CPU stall detection by default,
+but may be overridden via boot-time parameter or at runtime via sysfs.
The stall detector's idea of what constitutes "unduly delayed" is
controlled by a set of kernel configuration variables and cpp macros:
@@ -56,6 +149,9 @@ rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout
And continues with the output of sched_show_task() for each
task stalling the current RCU-tasks grace period.
+
+Interpreting RCU's CPU Stall-Detector "Splats"
+
For non-RCU-tasks flavors of RCU, when a CPU detects that it is stalling,
it will print a message similar to the following:
@@ -178,89 +274,3 @@ grace period is in flight.
It is entirely possible to see stall warnings from normal and from
expedited grace periods at about the same time from the same run.
-
-
-What Causes RCU CPU Stall Warnings?
-
-So your kernel printed an RCU CPU stall warning. The next question is
-"What caused it?" The following problems can result in RCU CPU stall
-warnings:
-
-o A CPU looping in an RCU read-side critical section.
-
-o A CPU looping with interrupts disabled. This condition can
- result in RCU-sched and RCU-bh stalls.
-
-o A CPU looping with preemption disabled. This condition can
- result in RCU-sched stalls and, if ksoftirqd is in use, RCU-bh
- stalls.
-
-o A CPU looping with bottom halves disabled. This condition can
- result in RCU-sched and RCU-bh stalls.
-
-o For !CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels, a CPU looping anywhere in the
- kernel without invoking schedule(). Note that cond_resched()
- does not necessarily prevent RCU CPU stall warnings. Therefore,
- if the looping in the kernel is really expected and desirable
- behavior, you might need to replace some of the cond_resched()
- calls with calls to cond_resched_rcu_qs().
-
-o Booting Linux using a console connection that is too slow to
- keep up with the boot-time console-message rate. For example,
- a 115Kbaud serial console can be -way- too slow to keep up
- with boot-time message rates, and will frequently result in
- RCU CPU stall warning messages. Especially if you have added
- debug printk()s.
-
-o Anything that prevents RCU's grace-period kthreads from running.
- This can result in the "All QSes seen" console-log message.
- This message will include information on when the kthread last
- ran and how often it should be expected to run.
-
-o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT kernel, which might
- happen to preempt a low-priority task in the middle of an RCU
- read-side critical section. This is especially damaging if
- that low-priority task is not permitted to run on any other CPU,
- in which case the next RCU grace period can never complete, which
- will eventually cause the system to run out of memory and hang.
- While the system is in the process of running itself out of
- memory, you might see stall-warning messages.
-
-o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT kernel that
- is running at a higher priority than the RCU softirq threads.
- This will prevent RCU callbacks from ever being invoked,
- and in a CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU kernel will further prevent
- RCU grace periods from ever completing. Either way, the
- system will eventually run out of memory and hang. In the
- CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU case, you might see stall-warning
- messages.
-
-o A hardware or software issue shuts off the scheduler-clock
- interrupt on a CPU that is not in dyntick-idle mode. This
- problem really has happened, and seems to be most likely to
- result in RCU CPU stall warnings for CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON=n kernels.
-
-o A bug in the RCU implementation.
-
-o A hardware failure. This is quite unlikely, but has occurred
- at least once in real life. A CPU failed in a running system,
- becoming unresponsive, but not causing an immediate crash.
- This resulted in a series of RCU CPU stall warnings, eventually
- leading the realization that the CPU had failed.
-
-The RCU, RCU-sched, RCU-bh, and RCU-tasks implementations have CPU stall
-warning. Note that SRCU does -not- have CPU stall warnings. Please note
-that RCU only detects CPU stalls when there is a grace period in progress.
-No grace period, no CPU stall warnings.
-
-To diagnose the cause of the stall, inspect the stack traces.
-The offending function will usually be near the top of the stack.
-If you have a series of stall warnings from a single extended stall,
-comparing the stack traces can often help determine where the stall
-is occurring, which will usually be in the function nearest the top of
-that portion of the stack which remains the same from trace to trace.
-If you can reliably trigger the stall, ftrace can be quite helpful.
-
-RCU bugs can often be debugged with the help of CONFIG_RCU_TRACE
-and with RCU's event tracing. For information on RCU's event tracing,
-see include/trace/events/rcu.h.
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 5cbd8b2395b8..8ed6c9f6133c 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -562,7 +562,9 @@ This section presents a "toy" RCU implementation that is based on
familiar locking primitives. Its overhead makes it a non-starter for
real-life use, as does its lack of scalability. It is also unsuitable
for realtime use, since it allows scheduling latency to "bleed" from
-one read-side critical section to another.
+one read-side critical section to another. It also assumes recursive
+reader-writer locks: If you try this with non-recursive locks, and
+you allow nested rcu_read_lock() calls, you can deadlock.
However, it is probably the easiest implementation to relate to, so is
a good starting point.
@@ -587,20 +589,21 @@ It is extremely simple:
write_unlock(&rcu_gp_mutex);
}
-[You can ignore rcu_assign_pointer() and rcu_dereference() without
-missing much. But here they are anyway. And whatever you do, don't
-forget about them when submitting patches making use of RCU!]
+[You can ignore rcu_assign_pointer() and rcu_dereference() without missing
+much. But here are simplified versions anyway. And whatever you do,
+don't forget about them when submitting patches making use of RCU!]
- #define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) ({ \
- smp_wmb(); \
- (p) = (v); \
- })
+ #define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) \
+ ({ \
+ smp_store_release(&(p), (v)); \
+ })
- #define rcu_dereference(p) ({ \
- typeof(p) _________p1 = p; \
- smp_read_barrier_depends(); \
- (_________p1); \
- })
+ #define rcu_dereference(p) \
+ ({ \
+ typeof(p) _________p1 = p; \
+ smp_read_barrier_depends(); \
+ (_________p1); \
+ })
The rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock() primitive read-acquire
@@ -925,7 +928,8 @@ d. Do you need RCU grace periods to complete even in the face
e. Is your workload too update-intensive for normal use of
RCU, but inappropriate for other synchronization mechanisms?
- If so, consider SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU. But please be careful!
+ If so, consider SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU (which was originally
+ named SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU). But please be careful!
f. Do you need read-side critical sections that are respected
even though they are in the middle of the idle loop, during
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index e4c9e0e46b95..4e0654b56aef 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1578,6 +1578,15 @@
extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With
this option set, extended tables will not be used even
on hardware which claims to support them.
+ tboot_noforce [Default Off]
+ Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
+ By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
+ could harm performance of some high-throughput
+ devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
+ mapping is enabled.
+ Note that using this option lowers the security
+ provided by tboot because it makes the system
+ vulnerable to DMA attacks.
intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
@@ -1644,6 +1653,12 @@
nobypass [PPC/POWERNV]
Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
+ iommu.passthrough=
+ [ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
+ Format: { "0" | "1" }
+ 0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
+ 1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
+ unset - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
@@ -3785,6 +3800,14 @@
spia_pedr=
spia_peddr=
+ srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
+ Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
+ since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
+ a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
+ grace period will be considered for automatic
+ expediting. Set to zero to disable automatic
+ expediting.
+
stacktrace [FTRACE]
Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/stm32/stm32h743-overview.txt b/Documentation/arm/stm32/stm32h743-overview.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3031cbae31a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm/stm32/stm32h743-overview.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+ STM32H743 Overview
+ ==================
+
+ Introduction
+ ------------
+ The STM32H743 is a Cortex-M7 MCU aimed at various applications.
+ It features:
+ - Cortex-M7 core running up to @400MHz
+ - 2MB internal flash, 1MBytes internal RAM
+ - FMC controller to connect SDRAM, NOR and NAND memories
+ - Dual mode QSPI
+ - SD/MMC/SDIO support
+ - Ethernet controller
+ - USB OTFG FS & HS controllers
+ - I2C, SPI, CAN busses support
+ - Several 16 & 32 bits general purpose timers
+ - Serial Audio interface
+ - LCD controller
+ - HDMI-CEC
+ - SPDIFRX
+ - DFSDM
+
+ Resources
+ ---------
+ Datasheet and reference manual are publicly available on ST website:
+ - http://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers/stm32h7x3.html?querycriteria=productId=LN2033
+
+ Document Author
+ ---------------
+ Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.txt
index c246cd2730d9..bfd5b558477d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.txt
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ Board compatible values:
- "wetek,hub" (Meson gxbb)
- "wetek,play2" (Meson gxbb)
- "amlogic,p212" (Meson gxl s905x)
+ - "khadas,vim" (Meson gxl s905x)
+
- "amlogic,p230" (Meson gxl s905d)
- "amlogic,p231" (Meson gxl s905d)
+ - "hwacom,amazetv" (Meson gxl s905x)
- "amlogic,q200" (Meson gxm s912)
- "amlogic,q201" (Meson gxm s912)
- "nexbox,a95x" (Meson gxbb or Meson gxl s905x)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.txt
index 29737b9b616e..799af90dd75b 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.txt
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ memory, bridge implementations, processor and other functionality not controlled
elsewhere.
required properties:
-- compatible: Should be "atmel,<chip>-sfr", "syscon".
+- compatible: Should be "atmel,<chip>-sfr", "syscon" or
+ "atmel,<chip>-sfrbu", "syscon"
<chip> can be "sama5d3", "sama5d4" or "sama5d2".
- reg: Should contain registers location and length
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cavium-thunder2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cavium-thunder2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc5dd65cbce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cavium-thunder2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Cavium ThunderX2 CN99XX platform tree bindings
+----------------------------------------------
+
+Boards with Cavium ThunderX2 CN99XX SoC shall have the root property:
+ compatible = "cavium,thunderx2-cn9900", "brcm,vulcan-soc";
+
+These SoC uses the "cavium,thunder2" core which will be compatible
+with "brcm,vulcan".
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
index 698ad1f097fa..1030f5f50207 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ nodes to be present and contain the properties described below.
"brcm,brahma-b15"
"brcm,vulcan"
"cavium,thunder"
+ "cavium,thunder2"
"faraday,fa526"
"intel,sa110"
"intel,sa1100"
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/firmware/linaro,optee-tz.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/firmware/linaro,optee-tz.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d38834c67dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/firmware/linaro,optee-tz.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+OP-TEE Device Tree Bindings
+
+OP-TEE is a piece of software using hardware features to provide a Trusted
+Execution Environment. The security can be provided with ARM TrustZone, but
+also by virtualization or a separate chip.
+
+We're using "linaro" as the first part of the compatible property for
+the reference implementation maintained by Linaro.
+
+* OP-TEE based on ARM TrustZone required properties:
+
+- compatible : should contain "linaro,optee-tz"
+
+- method : The method of calling the OP-TEE Trusted OS. Permitted
+ values are:
+
+ "smc" : SMC #0, with the register assignments specified
+ in drivers/tee/optee/optee_smc.h
+
+ "hvc" : HVC #0, with the register assignments specified
+ in drivers/tee/optee/optee_smc.h
+
+
+
+Example:
+ firmware {
+ optee {
+ compatible = "linaro,optee-tz";
+ method = "smc";
+ };
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt
index c9c567ae227f..cdb9dd705754 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,18 @@ LS1046A ARMv8 based RDB Board
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "fsl,ls1046a-rdb", "fsl,ls1046a";
+LS1088A SoC
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,ls1088a";
+
+LS1088A ARMv8 based QDS Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,ls1088a-qds", "fsl,ls1088a";
+
+LS1088A ARMv8 based RDB Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,ls1088a-rdb", "fsl,ls1088a";
+
LS2080A SoC
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "fsl,ls2080a";
@@ -195,3 +207,14 @@ LS2080A ARMv8 based RDB Board
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "fsl,ls2080a-rdb", "fsl,ls2080a";
+LS2088A SoC
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,ls2088a";
+
+LS2088A ARMv8 based QDS Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,ls2088a-qds", "fsl,ls2088a";
+
+LS2088A ARMv8 based RDB Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,ls2088a-rdb", "fsl,ls2088a";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gemini.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gemini.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0041eb031116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gemini.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+Cortina systems Gemini platforms
+
+The Gemini SoC is the project name for an ARMv4 FA525-based SoC originally
+produced by Storlink Semiconductor around 2005. The company was renamed
+later renamed Storm Semiconductor. The chip product name is Storlink SL3516.
+It was derived from earlier products from Storm named SL3316 (Centroid) and
+SL3512 (Bulverde).
+
+Storm Semiconductor was acquired by Cortina Systems in 2008 and the SoC was
+produced and used for NAS and similar usecases. In 2014 Cortina Systems was
+in turn acquired by Inphi, who seem to have discontinued this product family.
+
+Many of the IP blocks used in the SoC comes from Faraday Technology.
+
+Required properties (in root node):
+ compatible = "cortina,gemini";
+
+Required nodes:
+
+- soc: the SoC should be represented by a simple bus encompassing all the
+ onchip devices, this is referred to as the soc bus node.
+
+- syscon: the soc bus node must have a system controller node pointing to the
+ global control registers, with the compatible string
+ "cortina,gemini-syscon", "syscon";
+
+- timer: the soc bus node must have a timer node pointing to the SoC timer
+ block, with the compatible string "cortina,gemini-timer"
+ See: clocksource/cortina,gemini-timer.txt
+
+- interrupt-controller: the sob bus node must have an interrupt controller
+ node pointing to the SoC interrupt controller block, with the compatible
+ string "cortina,gemini-interrupt-controller"
+ See interrupt-controller/cortina,gemini-interrupt-controller.txt
+
+Example:
+
+/ {
+ model = "Foo Gemini Machine";
+ compatible = "cortina,gemini";
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ memory {
+ device_type = "memory";
+ reg = <0x00000000 0x8000000>;
+ };
+
+ soc {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+ ranges;
+ compatible = "simple-bus";
+ interrupt-parent = <&intcon>;
+
+ syscon: syscon@40000000 {
+ compatible = "cortina,gemini-syscon", "syscon";
+ reg = <0x40000000 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+ uart0: serial@42000000 {
+ compatible = "ns16550a";
+ reg = <0x42000000 0x100>;
+ clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+ interrupts = <18 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ reg-shift = <2>;
+ };
+
+ timer@43000000 {
+ compatible = "cortina,gemini-timer";
+ reg = <0x43000000 0x1000>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&intcon>;
+ interrupts = <14 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>, /* Timer 1 */
+ <15 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>, /* Timer 2 */
+ <16 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>; /* Timer 3 */
+ syscon = <&syscon>;
+ };
+
+ intcon: interrupt-controller@48000000 {
+ compatible = "cortina,gemini-interrupt-controller";
+ reg = <0x48000000 0x1000>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+ #interrupt-cells = <2>;
+ };
+ };
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/hisilicon/hisilicon.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/hisilicon/hisilicon.txt
index f1c1e21a8110..2e732152064b 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/hisilicon/hisilicon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/hisilicon/hisilicon.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Hi3660 SoC
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "hisilicon,hi3660";
+Hi3798cv200 SoC
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "hisilicon,hi3798cv200";
+
+Hi3798cv200 Poplar Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "hisilicon,hi3798cv200-poplar", "hisilicon,hi3798cv200";
+
Hi4511 Board
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "hisilicon,hi3620-hi4511";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/i2se.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/i2se.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dbd54a3aa07d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/i2se.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+I2SE Device Tree Bindings
+-------------------------
+
+Duckbill Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "i2se,duckbill", "fsl,imx28";
+
+Duckbill 2 Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "i2se,duckbill-2", "fsl,imx28";
+
+Duckbill 2 485 Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "i2se,duckbill-2-485", "i2se,duckbill-2", "fsl,imx28";
+
+Duckbill 2 EnOcean Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "i2se,duckbill-2-enocean", "i2se,duckbill-2", "fsl,imx28";
+
+Duckbill 2 SPI Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "i2se,duckbill-2-spi", "i2se,duckbill-2", "fsl,imx28";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.txt
index cc4ace6397ab..c965d99e86c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
Rockchip platforms device tree bindings
---------------------------------------
+- Asus Tinker board
+ Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "asus,rk3288-tinker", "rockchip,rk3288";
- Kylin RK3036 board:
Required root node properties:
@@ -56,6 +59,17 @@ Rockchip platforms device tree bindings
- compatible = "google,veyron-brain-rev0", "google,veyron-brain",
"google,veyron", "rockchip,rk3288";
+- Google Gru (dev-board):
+ Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "google,gru-rev15", "google,gru-rev14",
+ "google,gru-rev13", "google,gru-rev12",
+ "google,gru-rev11", "google,gru-rev10",
+ "google,gru-rev9", "google,gru-rev8",
+ "google,gru-rev7", "google,gru-rev6",
+ "google,gru-rev5", "google,gru-rev4",
+ "google,gru-rev3", "google,gru-rev2",
+ "google,gru", "rockchip,rk3399";
+
- Google Jaq (Haier Chromebook 11 and more):
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "google,veyron-jaq-rev5", "google,veyron-jaq-rev4",
@@ -70,6 +84,15 @@ Rockchip platforms device tree bindings
"google,veyron-jerry-rev3", "google,veyron-jerry",
"google,veyron", "rockchip,rk3288";
+- Google Kevin (Samsung Chromebook Plus):
+ Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "google,kevin-rev15", "google,kevin-rev14",
+ "google,kevin-rev13", "google,kevin-rev12",
+ "google,kevin-rev11", "google,kevin-rev10",
+ "google,kevin-rev9", "google,kevin-rev8",
+ "google,kevin-rev7", "google,kevin-rev6",
+ "google,kevin", "google,gru", "rockchip,rk3399";
+
- Google Mickey (Asus Chromebit CS10):
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "google,veyron-mickey-rev8", "google,veyron-mickey-rev7",
@@ -103,6 +126,10 @@ Rockchip platforms device tree bindings
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "mqmaker,miqi", "rockchip,rk3288";
+- Phytec phyCORE-RK3288: Rapid Development Kit
+ Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "phytec,rk3288-pcm-947", "phytec,rk3288-phycore-som", "rockchip,rk3288";
+
- Rockchip PX3 Evaluation board:
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "rockchip,px3-evb", "rockchip,px3", "rockchip,rk3188";
@@ -134,6 +161,10 @@ Rockchip platforms device tree bindings
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "rockchip,rk3288-fennec", "rockchip,rk3288";
+- Rockchip RK3328 evb:
+ Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "rockchip,rk3328-evb", "rockchip,rk3328";
+
- Rockchip RK3399 evb:
Required root node properties:
- compatible = "rockchip,rk3399-evb", "rockchip,rk3399";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/shmobile.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/shmobile.txt
index c9502634316d..170fe0562c63 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/shmobile.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/shmobile.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ SoCs:
compatible = "renesas,r8a73a4"
- R-Mobile A1 (R8A77400)
compatible = "renesas,r8a7740"
+ - RZ/G1H (R8A77420)
+ compatible = "renesas,r8a7742"
- RZ/G1M (R8A77430)
compatible = "renesas,r8a7743"
+ - RZ/G1N (R8A77440)
+ compatible = "renesas,r8a7744"
- RZ/G1E (R8A77450)
compatible = "renesas,r8a7745"
- R-Car M1A (R8A77781)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra186-pmc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra186-pmc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..078a58b0302f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra186-pmc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+NVIDIA Tegra Power Management Controller (PMC)
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: Should contain one of the following:
+ - "nvidia,tegra186-pmc": for Tegra186
+- reg: Must contain an (offset, length) pair of the register set for each
+ entry in reg-names.
+- reg-names: Must include the following entries:
+ - "pmc"
+ - "wake"
+ - "aotag"
+ - "scratch"
+
+Optional properties:
+- nvidia,invert-interrupt: If present, inverts the PMU interrupt signal.
+
+Example:
+
+SoC DTSI:
+
+ pmc@c3600000 {
+ compatible = "nvidia,tegra186-pmc";
+ reg = <0 0x0c360000 0 0x10000>,
+ <0 0x0c370000 0 0x10000>,
+ <0 0x0c380000 0 0x10000>,
+ <0 0x0c390000 0 0x10000>;
+ reg-names = "pmc", "wake", "aotag", "scratch";
+ };
+
+Board DTS:
+
+ pmc@c360000 {
+ nvidia,invert-interrupt;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra20-flowctrl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra20-flowctrl.txt
index ccf0adddc820..a855c1bffc0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra20-flowctrl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra20-flowctrl.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
NVIDIA Tegra Flow Controller
Required properties:
-- compatible: Should be "nvidia,tegra<chip>-flowctrl"
+- compatible: Should contain one of the following:
+ - "nvidia,tegra20-flowctrl": for Tegra20
+ - "nvidia,tegra30-flowctrl": for Tegra30
+ - "nvidia,tegra114-flowctrl": for Tegra114
+ - "nvidia,tegra124-flowctrl": for Tegra124
+ - "nvidia,tegra132-flowctrl", "nvidia,tegra124-flowctrl": for Tegra132
+ - "nvidia,tegra210-flowctrl": for Tegra210
- reg: Should contain one register range (address and length)
Example:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,gxbb-clkc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,gxbb-clkc.txt
index ce06435d28ed..a09d627b5508 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,gxbb-clkc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,gxbb-clkc.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ controllers within the SoC.
Required Properties:
-- compatible: should be "amlogic,gxbb-clkc"
+- compatible: should be "amlogic,gxbb-clkc" for GXBB SoC,
+ or "amlogic,gxl-clkc" for GXL and GXM SoC.
- reg: physical base address of the clock controller and length of memory
mapped region.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-core-clock.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-core-clock.txt
index eb985a633d59..796c260c183d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-core-clock.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-core-clock.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ The following is a list of provided IDs and clock names on Armada 39x:
4 = dclk (SDRAM Interface Clock)
5 = refclk (Reference Clock)
+The following is a list of provided IDs and clock names on 98dx3236:
+ 0 = tclk (Internal Bus clock)
+ 1 = cpuclk (CPU clock)
+ 2 = ddrclk (DDR clock)
+ 3 = mpll (MPLL Clock)
+
The following is a list of provided IDs and clock names on Kirkwood and Dove:
0 = tclk (Internal Bus clock)
1 = cpuclk (CPU0 clock)
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@ Required properties:
"marvell,armada-380-core-clock" - For Armada 380/385 SoC core clocks
"marvell,armada-390-core-clock" - For Armada 39x SoC core clocks
"marvell,armada-xp-core-clock" - For Armada XP SoC core clocks
+ "marvell,mv98dx3236-core-clock" - For 98dx3236 family SoC core clocks
"marvell,dove-core-clock" - for Dove SoC core clocks
"marvell,kirkwood-core-clock" - for Kirkwood SoC (except mv88f6180)
"marvell,mv88f6180-core-clock" - for Kirkwood MV88f6180 SoC
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-gated-clock.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-gated-clock.txt
index 5142efc8099d..de562da2ae77 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-gated-clock.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mvebu-gated-clock.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ ID Clock Peripheral
29 sata1lnk
30 sata1 SATA Host 1
+The following is a list of provided IDs for 98dx3236:
+ID Clock Peripheral
+-----------------------------------
+3 ge1 Gigabit Ethernet 1
+4 ge0 Gigabit Ethernet 0
+5 pex0 PCIe Cntrl 0
+17 sdio SDHCI Host
+18 usb0 USB Host 0
+22 xor0 XOR DMA 0
+
The following is a list of provided IDs for Dove:
ID Clock Peripheral
-----------------------------------
@@ -169,6 +179,7 @@ Required properties:
"marvell,armada-380-gating-clock" - for Armada 380/385 SoC clock gating
"marvell,armada-390-gating-clock" - for Armada 39x SoC clock gating
"marvell,armada-xp-gating-clock" - for Armada XP SoC clock gating
+ "marvell,mv98dx3236-gating-clock" - for 98dx3236 SoC clock gating
"marvell,dove-gating-clock" - for Dove SoC clock gating
"marvell,kirkwood-gating-clock" - for Kirkwood SoC clock gating
- reg : shall be the register address of the Clock Gating Control register
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt
index aa3526f229a7..6ed469c66b32 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qoriq-clock.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Required properties:
* "fsl,ls1021a-clockgen"
* "fsl,ls1043a-clockgen"
* "fsl,ls1046a-clockgen"
+ * "fsl,ls1088a-clockgen"
* "fsl,ls2080a-clockgen"
Chassis-version clock strings include:
* "fsl,qoriq-clockgen-1.0": for chassis 1.0 clocks
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/devfreq/exynos-bus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/devfreq/exynos-bus.txt
index d085ef90d27c..f8e946471a58 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/devfreq/exynos-bus.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/devfreq/exynos-bus.txt
@@ -202,23 +202,23 @@ Example2 :
compatible = "operating-points-v2";
opp-shared;
- opp@50000000 {
+ opp-50000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <50000000>;
opp-microvolt = <800000>;
};
- opp@100000000 {
+ opp-100000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <100000000>;
opp-microvolt = <800000>;
};
- opp@134000000 {
+ opp-134000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <134000000>;
opp-microvolt = <800000>;
};
- opp@200000000 {
+ opp-200000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <200000000>;
opp-microvolt = <825000>;
};
- opp@400000000 {
+ opp-400000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <400000000>;
opp-microvolt = <875000>;
};
@@ -292,23 +292,23 @@ Example2 :
compatible = "operating-points-v2";
opp-shared;
- opp@50000000 {
+ opp-50000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <50000000>;
opp-microvolt = <900000>;
};
- opp@80000000 {
+ opp-80000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <80000000>;
opp-microvolt = <900000>;
};
- opp@100000000 {
+ opp-100000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <100000000>;
opp-microvolt = <1000000>;
};
- opp@134000000 {
+ opp-134000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <134000000>;
opp-microvolt = <1000000>;
};
- opp@200000000 {
+ opp-200000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <200000000>;
opp-microvolt = <1000000>;
};
@@ -318,19 +318,19 @@ Example2 :
compatible = "operating-points-v2";
opp-shared;
- opp@50000000 {
+ opp-50000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <50000000>;
};
- opp@80000000 {
+ opp-80000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <80000000>;
};
- opp@100000000 {
+ opp-100000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <100000000>;
};
- opp@200000000 {
+ opp-200000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <200000000>;
};
- opp@400000000 {
+ opp-400000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <400000000>;
};
};
@@ -339,19 +339,19 @@ Example2 :
compatible = "operating-points-v2";
opp-shared;
- opp@50000000 {
+ opp-50000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <50000000>;
};
- opp@80000000 {
+ opp-80000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <80000000>;
};
- opp@100000000 {
+ opp-100000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <100000000>;
};
- opp@200000000 {
+ opp-200000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <200000000>;
};
- opp@300000000 {
+ opp-300000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <300000000>;
};
};
@@ -360,13 +360,13 @@ Example2 :
compatible = "operating-points-v2";
opp-shared;
- opp@50000000 {
+ opp-50000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <50000000>;
};
- opp@80000000 {
+ opp-80000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <80000000>;
};
- opp@100000000 {
+ opp-100000000 {
opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <100000000>;
};
};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
index b82c00449468..57a8d0610062 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Required properties:
* allwinner,sun6i-a31-display-backend
* allwinner,sun8i-a33-display-backend
- reg: base address and size of the memory-mapped region.
+ - interrupts: interrupt associated to this IP
- clocks: phandles to the clocks feeding the frontend and backend
* ahb: the backend interface clock
* mod: the backend module clock
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ fe0: display-frontend@1e00000 {
be0: display-backend@1e60000 {
compatible = "allwinner,sun5i-a13-display-backend";
reg = <0x01e60000 0x10000>;
+ interrupts = <47>;
clocks = <&ahb_gates 44>, <&de_be_clk>,
<&dram_gates 26>;
clock-names = "ahb", "mod",
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/arm,mali-utgard.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/arm,mali-utgard.txt
index 476f5ea6c627..2b6243e730f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/arm,mali-utgard.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/arm,mali-utgard.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ Optional properties:
- interrupt-names and interrupts:
* pmu: Power Management Unit interrupt, if implemented in hardware
+ - memory-region:
+ Memory region to allocate from, as defined in
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindi/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt
+
+ - operating-points-v2:
+ Operating Points for the GPU, as defined in
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
+
Vendor-specific bindings
------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/nvidia,gk20a.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/nvidia,gk20a.txt
index ff3db65e50de..b7e4c7444510 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/nvidia,gk20a.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/nvidia,gk20a.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Required properties:
Currently recognized values:
- nvidia,gk20a
- nvidia,gm20b
+ - nvidia,gp10b
- reg: Physical base address and length of the controller's registers.
Must contain two entries:
- first entry for bar0
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ Required properties:
- interrupt-names: Must include the following entries:
- stall
- nonstall
-- vdd-supply: regulator for supply voltage.
+- vdd-supply: regulator for supply voltage. Only required for GPUs not using
+ power domains.
- clocks: Must contain an entry for each entry in clock-names.
See ../clocks/clock-bindings.txt for details.
- clock-names: Must include the following entries:
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ is also required:
See ../reset/reset.txt for details.
- reset-names: Must include the following entries:
- gpu
+- power-domains: GPUs that make use of power domains can define this property
+ instead of vdd-supply. Currently "nvidia,gp10b" makes use of this.
Optional properties:
- iommus: A reference to the IOMMU. See ../iommu/iommu.txt for details.
@@ -68,3 +72,22 @@ Example for GM20B:
iommus = <&mc TEGRA_SWGROUP_GPU>;
status = "disabled";
};
+
+Example for GP10B:
+
+ gpu@17000000 {
+ compatible = "nvidia,gp10b";
+ reg = <0x0 0x17000000 0x0 0x1000000>,
+ <0x0 0x18000000 0x0 0x1000000>;
+ interrupts = <GIC_SPI 70 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH
+ GIC_SPI 71 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ interrupt-names = "stall", "nonstall";
+ clocks = <&bpmp TEGRA186_CLK_GPCCLK>,
+ <&bpmp TEGRA186_CLK_GPU>;
+ clock-names = "gpu", "pwr";
+ resets = <&bpmp TEGRA186_RESET_GPU>;
+ reset-names = "gpu";
+ power-domains = <&bpmp TEGRA186_POWER_DOMAIN_GPU>;
+ iommus = <&smmu TEGRA186_SID_GPU>;
+ status = "disabled";
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu.txt
index 6cdf32d037fc..8a6ffce12af5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ conditions.
aliases of secure registers have to be used during
SMMU configuration.
+- stream-match-mask : For SMMUs supporting stream matching and using
+ #iommu-cells = <1>, specifies a mask of bits to ignore
+ when matching stream IDs (e.g. this may be programmed
+ into the SMRn.MASK field of every stream match register
+ used). For cases where it is desirable to ignore some
+ portion of every Stream ID (e.g. for certain MMU-500
+ configurations given globally unique input IDs). This
+ property is not valid for SMMUs using stream indexing,
+ or using stream matching with #iommu-cells = <2>, and
+ may be ignored if present in such cases.
+
** Deprecated properties:
- mmu-masters (deprecated in favour of the generic "iommus" binding) :
@@ -109,3 +120,20 @@ conditions.
master3 {
iommus = <&smmu2 1 0x30>;
};
+
+
+ /* ARM MMU-500 with 10-bit stream ID input configuration */
+ smmu3: iommu {
+ compatible = "arm,mmu-500", "arm,smmu-v2";
+ ...
+ #iommu-cells = <1>;
+ /* always ignore appended 5-bit TBU number */
+ stream-match-mask = 0x7c00;
+ };
+
+ bus {
+ /* bus whose child devices emit one unique 10-bit stream
+ ID each, but may master through multiple SMMU TBUs */
+ iommu-map = <0 &smmu3 0 0x400>;
+ ...
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt
index 3e920ec5c4d3..9ce35af8507c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/jedec,spi-nor.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Required properties:
w25x80
w25x32
w25q32
+ w25q64
w25q32dw
w25q80bl
w25q128
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,prestera.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,prestera.txt
index 5fbab29718e8..c329608fa887 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,prestera.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell,prestera.txt
@@ -32,19 +32,16 @@ DFX Server bindings
-------------------
Required properties:
-- compatible: must be "marvell,dfx-server"
+- compatible: must be "marvell,dfx-server", "simple-bus"
+- ranges: describes the address mapping of a memory-mapped bus.
- reg: address and length of the register set for the device.
Example:
-dfx-registers {
- compatible = "simple-bus";
+dfx-server {
+ compatible = "marvell,dfx-server", "simple-bus";
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <1>;
ranges = <0 MBUS_ID(0x08, 0x00) 0 0x100000>;
-
- dfx: dfx@0 {
- compatible = "marvell,dfx-server";
- reg = <0 0x100000>;
- };
+ reg = <MBUS_ID(0x08, 0x00) 0 0x100000>;
};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpc.txt
index 65cc0345747d..6c1498958d48 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpc.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,42 @@
Freescale i.MX General Power Controller
=======================================
-The i.MX6Q General Power Control (GPC) block contains DVFS load tracking
-counters and Power Gating Control (PGC) for the CPU and PU (GPU/VPU) power
-domains.
+The i.MX6 General Power Control (GPC) block contains DVFS load tracking
+counters and Power Gating Control (PGC).
Required properties:
-- compatible: Should be "fsl,imx6q-gpc" or "fsl,imx6sl-gpc"
+- compatible: Should be one of the following:
+ - fsl,imx6q-gpc
+ - fsl,imx6qp-gpc
+ - fsl,imx6sl-gpc
- reg: should be register base and length as documented in the
datasheet
-- interrupts: Should contain GPC interrupt request 1
-- pu-supply: Link to the LDO regulator powering the PU power domain
-- clocks: Clock phandles to devices in the PU power domain that need
- to be enabled during domain power-up for reset propagation.
-- #power-domain-cells: Should be 1, see below:
+- interrupts: Should contain one interrupt specifier for the GPC interrupt
+- clocks: Must contain an entry for each entry in clock-names.
+ See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clocks/clock-bindings.txt for details.
+- clock-names: Must include the following entries:
+ - ipg
-The gpc node is a power-controller as documented by the generic power domain
-bindings in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt.
+The power domains are generic power domain providers as documented in
+Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt. They are described as
+subnodes of the power gating controller 'pgc' node of the GPC and should
+contain the following:
+
+Required properties:
+- reg: Must contain the DOMAIN_INDEX of this power domain
+ The following DOMAIN_INDEX values are valid for i.MX6Q:
+ ARM_DOMAIN 0
+ PU_DOMAIN 1
+ The following additional DOMAIN_INDEX value is valid for i.MX6SL:
+ DISPLAY_DOMAIN 2
+
+- #power-domain-cells: Should be 0
+
+Optional properties:
+- clocks: a number of phandles to clocks that need to be enabled during domain
+ power-up sequencing to ensure reset propagation into devices located inside
+ this power domain
+- power-supply: a phandle to the regulator powering this domain
Example:
@@ -25,14 +45,30 @@ Example:
reg = <0x020dc000 0x4000>;
interrupts = <0 89 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
<0 90 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
- pu-supply = <&reg_pu>;
- clocks = <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_GPU3D_CORE>,
- <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_GPU3D_SHADER>,
- <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_GPU2D_CORE>,
- <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_GPU2D_AXI>,
- <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_OPENVG_AXI>,
- <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_VPU_AXI>;
- #power-domain-cells = <1>;
+ clocks = <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_IPG>;
+ clock-names = "ipg";
+
+ pgc {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ power-domain@0 {
+ reg = <0>;
+ #power-domain-cells = <0>;
+ };
+
+ pd_pu: power-domain@1 {
+ reg = <1>;
+ #power-domain-cells = <0>;
+ power-supply = <&reg_pu>;
+ clocks = <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_GPU3D_CORE>,
+ <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_GPU3D_SHADER>,
+ <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_GPU2D_CORE>,
+ <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_GPU2D_AXI>,
+ <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_OPENVG_AXI>,
+ <&clks IMX6QDL_CLK_VPU_AXI>;
+ };
+ };
};
@@ -40,20 +76,13 @@ Specifying power domain for IP modules
======================================
IP cores belonging to a power domain should contain a 'power-domains' property
-that is a phandle pointing to the gpc device node and a DOMAIN_INDEX specifying
-the power domain the device belongs to.
+that is a phandle pointing to the power domain the device belongs to.
Example of a device that is part of the PU power domain:
vpu: vpu@02040000 {
reg = <0x02040000 0x3c000>;
/* ... */
- power-domains = <&gpc 1>;
+ power-domains = <&pd_pu>;
/* ... */
};
-
-The following DOMAIN_INDEX values are valid for i.MX6Q:
-ARM_DOMAIN 0
-PU_DOMAIN 1
-The following additional DOMAIN_INDEX value is valid for i.MX6SL:
-DISPLAY_DOMAIN 2
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpcv2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpcv2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02f45c65fd87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpcv2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+Freescale i.MX General Power Controller v2
+==========================================
+
+The i.MX7S/D General Power Control (GPC) block contains Power Gating
+Control (PGC) for various power domains.
+
+Required properties:
+
+- compatible: Should be "fsl,imx7d-gpc"
+
+- reg: should be register base and length as documented in the
+ datasheet
+
+- interrupts: Should contain GPC interrupt request 1
+
+Power domains contained within GPC node are generic power domain
+providers, documented in
+Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt, which are
+described as subnodes of the power gating controller 'pgc' node,
+which, in turn, is expected to contain the following:
+
+Required properties:
+
+- reg: Power domain index. Valid values are defined in
+ include/dt-bindings/power/imx7-power.h
+
+- #power-domain-cells: Should be 0
+
+Optional properties:
+
+- power-supply: Power supply used to power the domain
+
+Example:
+
+ gpc: gpc@303a0000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,imx7d-gpc";
+ reg = <0x303a0000 0x1000>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+ interrupts = <GIC_SPI 87 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ #interrupt-cells = <3>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
+
+ pgc {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ pgc_pcie_phy: power-domain@3 {
+ #power-domain-cells = <0>;
+
+ reg = <IMX7_POWER_DOMAIN_PCIE_PHY>;
+ power-supply = <&reg_1p0d>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+
+Specifying power domain for IP modules
+======================================
+
+IP cores belonging to a power domain should contain a 'power-domains'
+property that is a phandle for PGC node representing the domain.
+
+Example of a device that is part of the PCIE_PHY power domain:
+
+ pcie: pcie@33800000 {
+ reg = <0x33800000 0x4000>,
+ <0x4ff00000 0x80000>;
+ /* ... */
+ power-domains = <&pgc_pcie_phy>;
+ /* ... */
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
index 940707d095cc..14bd9e945ff6 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Example 3:
child: power-controller@12341000 {
compatible = "foo,power-controller";
reg = <0x12341000 0x1000>;
- power-domains = <&parent 0>;
+ power-domains = <&parent>;
#power-domain-cells = <0>;
domain-idle-states = <&DOMAIN_PWR_DN>;
};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-pwm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-pwm.txt
index 02331b904d4e..c8c831d7b0d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-pwm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/atmel-pwm.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Required properties:
- compatible: should be one of:
- "atmel,at91sam9rl-pwm"
- "atmel,sama5d3-pwm"
+ - "atmel,sama5d2-pwm"
- reg: physical base address and length of the controller's registers
- #pwm-cells: Should be 3. See pwm.txt in this directory for a
description of the cells format.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt
index b4e73778dda3..c57e11b8d937 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ Required properties:
- reset-names: Must include the following entries:
- pwm
+Optional properties:
+============================
+In some of the interface like PWM based regulator device, it is required
+to configure the pins differently in different states, especially in suspend
+state of the system. The configuration of pin is provided via the pinctrl
+DT node as detailed in the pinctrl DT binding document
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
+
+The PWM node will have following optional properties.
+pinctrl-names: Pin state names. Must be "default" and "sleep".
+pinctrl-0: phandle for the default/active state of pin configurations.
+pinctrl-1: phandle for the sleep state of pin configurations.
+
Example:
pwm: pwm@7000a000 {
@@ -29,3 +42,35 @@ Example:
resets = <&tegra_car 17>;
reset-names = "pwm";
};
+
+
+Example with the pin configuration for suspend and resume:
+=========================================================
+Suppose pin PE7 (On Tegra210) interfaced with the regulator device and
+it requires PWM output to be tristated when system enters suspend.
+Following will be DT binding to achieve this:
+
+#include <dt-bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-tegra.h>
+
+ pinmux@700008d4 {
+ pwm_active_state: pwm_active_state {
+ pe7 {
+ nvidia,pins = "pe7";
+ nvidia,tristate = <TEGRA_PIN_DISABLE>;
+ };
+ };
+
+ pwm_sleep_state: pwm_sleep_state {
+ pe7 {
+ nvidia,pins = "pe7";
+ nvidia,tristate = <TEGRA_PIN_ENABLE>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ pwm@7000a000 {
+ /* Mandatory PWM properties */
+ pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";
+ pinctrl-0 = <&pwm_active_state>;
+ pinctrl-1 = <&pwm_sleep_state>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-mediatek.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-mediatek.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54c59b0560ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-mediatek.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+MediaTek PWM controller
+
+Required properties:
+ - compatible: should be "mediatek,<name>-pwm":
+ - "mediatek,mt7623-pwm": found on mt7623 SoC.
+ - reg: physical base address and length of the controller's registers.
+ - #pwm-cells: must be 2. See pwm.txt in this directory for a description of
+ the cell format.
+ - clocks: phandle and clock specifier of the PWM reference clock.
+ - clock-names: must contain the following:
+ - "top": the top clock generator
+ - "main": clock used by the PWM core
+ - "pwm1-5": the five per PWM clocks
+ - pinctrl-names: Must contain a "default" entry.
+ - pinctrl-0: One property must exist for each entry in pinctrl-names.
+ See pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt for details of the property values.
+
+Example:
+ pwm0: pwm@11006000 {
+ compatible = "mediatek,mt7623-pwm";
+ reg = <0 0x11006000 0 0x1000>;
+ #pwm-cells = <2>;
+ clocks = <&topckgen CLK_TOP_PWM_SEL>,
+ <&pericfg CLK_PERI_PWM>,
+ <&pericfg CLK_PERI_PWM1>,
+ <&pericfg CLK_PERI_PWM2>,
+ <&pericfg CLK_PERI_PWM3>,
+ <&pericfg CLK_PERI_PWM4>,
+ <&pericfg CLK_PERI_PWM5>;
+ clock-names = "top", "main", "pwm1", "pwm2",
+ "pwm3", "pwm4", "pwm5";
+ pinctrl-names = "default";
+ pinctrl-0 = <&pwm0_pins>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/fsl,imx7-src.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/fsl,imx7-src.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e1afc3d8480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/fsl,imx7-src.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Freescale i.MX7 System Reset Controller
+======================================
+
+Please also refer to reset.txt in this directory for common reset
+controller binding usage.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: Should be "fsl,imx7-src", "syscon"
+- reg: should be register base and length as documented in the
+ datasheet
+- interrupts: Should contain SRC interrupt
+- #reset-cells: 1, see below
+
+example:
+
+src: reset-controller@30390000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,imx7d-src", "syscon";
+ reg = <0x30390000 0x2000>;
+ interrupts = <GIC_SPI 89 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ #reset-cells = <1>;
+};
+
+
+Specifying reset lines connected to IP modules
+==============================================
+
+The system reset controller can be used to reset various set of
+peripherals. Device nodes that need access to reset lines should
+specify them as a reset phandle in their corresponding node as
+specified in reset.txt.
+
+Example:
+
+ pcie: pcie@33800000 {
+
+ ...
+
+ resets = <&src IMX7_RESET_PCIEPHY>,
+ <&src IMX7_RESET_PCIE_CTRL_APPS_EN>;
+ reset-names = "pciephy", "apps";
+
+ ...
+ };
+
+
+For list of all valid reset indicies see
+<dt-bindings/reset/imx7-reset.h>
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt
index 13ec0992de0f..cc9f05d3cbc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Required Properties:
- "rockchip,rk3188-grf", "syscon": for rk3188
- "rockchip,rk3228-grf", "syscon": for rk3228
- "rockchip,rk3288-grf", "syscon": for rk3288
+ - "rockchip,rk3328-grf", "syscon": for rk3328
- "rockchip,rk3368-grf", "syscon": for rk3368
- "rockchip,rk3399-grf", "syscon": for rk3399
- compatible: PMUGRF should be one of the following:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/ti/sci-pm-domain.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/ti/sci-pm-domain.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c705db07d820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/ti/sci-pm-domain.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Texas Instruments TI-SCI Generic Power Domain
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Some TI SoCs contain a system controller (like the PMMC, etc...) that is
+responsible for controlling the state of the IPs that are present.
+Communication between the host processor running an OS and the system
+controller happens through a protocol known as TI-SCI [1].
+
+[1] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.txt
+
+PM Domain Node
+==============
+The PM domain node represents the global PM domain managed by the PMMC, which
+in this case is the implementation as documented by the generic PM domain
+bindings in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt. Because
+this relies on the TI SCI protocol to communicate with the PMMC it must be a
+child of the pmmc node.
+
+Required Properties:
+--------------------
+- compatible: should be "ti,sci-pm-domain"
+- #power-domain-cells: Must be 1 so that an id can be provided in each
+ device node.
+
+Example (K2G):
+-------------
+ pmmc: pmmc {
+ compatible = "ti,k2g-sci";
+ ...
+
+ k2g_pds: power-controller {
+ compatible = "ti,sci-pm-domain";
+ #power-domain-cells = <1>;
+ };
+ };
+
+PM Domain Consumers
+===================
+Hardware blocks belonging to a PM domain should contain a "power-domains"
+property that is a phandle pointing to the corresponding PM domain node
+along with an index representing the device id to be passed to the PMMC
+for device control.
+
+Required Properties:
+--------------------
+- power-domains: phandle pointing to the corresponding PM domain node
+ and an ID representing the device.
+
+See dt-bindings/genpd/k2g.h for the list of valid identifiers for k2g.
+
+Example (K2G):
+--------------------
+ uart0: serial@02530c00 {
+ compatible = "ns16550a";
+ ...
+ power-domains = <&k2g_pds K2G_DEV_UART0>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/da8xx-usb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/da8xx-usb.txt
index ccb844aba7d4..717c5f656237 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/da8xx-usb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/da8xx-usb.txt
@@ -18,10 +18,26 @@ Required properties:
- phy-names: Should be "usb-phy"
+ - dmas: specifies the dma channels
+
+ - dma-names: specifies the names of the channels. Use "rxN" for receive
+ and "txN" for transmit endpoints. N specifies the endpoint number.
+
Optional properties:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- vbus-supply: Phandle to a regulator providing the USB bus power.
+DMA
+~~~
+- compatible: ti,da830-cppi41
+- reg: offset and length of the following register spaces: CPPI DMA Controller,
+ CPPI DMA Scheduler, Queue Manager
+- reg-names: "controller", "scheduler", "queuemgr"
+- #dma-cells: should be set to 2. The first number represents the
+ channel number (0 … 3 for endpoints 1 … 4).
+ The second number is 0 for RX and 1 for TX transfers.
+- #dma-channels: should be set to 4 representing the 4 endpoints.
+
Example:
usb_phy: usb-phy {
compatible = "ti,da830-usb-phy";
@@ -30,7 +46,10 @@ Example:
};
usb0: usb@200000 {
compatible = "ti,da830-musb";
- reg = <0x00200000 0x10000>;
+ reg = <0x00200000 0x1000>;
+ ranges;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
interrupts = <58>;
interrupt-names = "mc";
@@ -39,5 +58,25 @@ Example:
phys = <&usb_phy 0>;
phy-names = "usb-phy";
+ dmas = <&cppi41dma 0 0 &cppi41dma 1 0
+ &cppi41dma 2 0 &cppi41dma 3 0
+ &cppi41dma 0 1 &cppi41dma 1 1
+ &cppi41dma 2 1 &cppi41dma 3 1>;
+ dma-names =
+ "rx1", "rx2", "rx3", "rx4",
+ "tx1", "tx2", "tx3", "tx4";
+
status = "okay";
+
+ cppi41dma: dma-controller@201000 {
+ compatible = "ti,da830-cppi41";
+ reg = <0x201000 0x1000
+ 0x202000 0x1000
+ 0x204000 0x4000>;
+ reg-names = "controller", "scheduler", "queuemgr";
+ interrupts = <58>;
+ #dma-cells = <2>;
+ #dma-channels = <4>;
+ };
+
};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt
index 6c7c2bce6d0c..00bea038639e 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc2.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Required properties:
- "amlogic,meson-gxbb-usb": The DWC2 USB controller instance in Amlogic S905 SoCs;
- "amcc,dwc-otg": The DWC2 USB controller instance in AMCC Canyonlands 460EX SoCs;
- snps,dwc2: A generic DWC2 USB controller with default parameters.
+ - "st,stm32f4x9-fsotg": The DWC2 USB FS/HS controller instance in STM32F4x9 SoCs
+ configured in FS mode;
+ - "st,stm32f4x9-hsotg": The DWC2 USB HS controller instance in STM32F4x9 SoCs
+ configured in HS mode;
- reg : Should contain 1 register range (address and length)
- interrupts : Should contain 1 interrupt
- clocks: clock provider specifier
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
index ee558477e164..12e27844bb7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ holt Holt Integrated Circuits, Inc.
honeywell Honeywell
hp Hewlett Packard
holtek Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.
+hwacom HwaCom Systems Inc.
i2se I2SE GmbH
ibm International Business Machines (IBM)
idt Integrated Device Technologies, Inc.
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ jedec JEDEC Solid State Technology Association
karo Ka-Ro electronics GmbH
keithkoep Keith & Koep GmbH
keymile Keymile GmbH
+khadas Khadas
kinetic Kinetic Technologies
kosagi Sutajio Ko-Usagi PTE Ltd.
kyo Kyocera Corporation
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ lego LEGO Systems A/S
lenovo Lenovo Group Ltd.
lg LG Corporation
licheepi Lichee Pi
+linaro Linaro Limited
linux Linux-specific binding
lltc Linear Technology Corporation
lsi LSI Corp. (LSI Logic)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cortina,gemini-watchdog.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cortina,gemini-watchdog.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc4b865d178b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cortina,gemini-watchdog.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Cortina Systems Gemini SoC Watchdog
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : must be "cortina,gemini-watchdog"
+- reg : shall contain base register location and length
+- interrupts : shall contain the interrupt for the watchdog
+
+Optional properties:
+- timeout-sec : the default watchdog timeout in seconds.
+
+Example:
+
+watchdog@41000000 {
+ compatible = "cortina,gemini-watchdog";
+ reg = <0x41000000 0x1000>;
+ interrupts = <3 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
index 634d03e20c2d..c9e884b52698 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
@@ -21,12 +21,19 @@ from accessing the corresponding object from the original filesystem.
This is most obvious from the 'st_dev' field returned by stat(2).
While directories will report an st_dev from the overlay-filesystem,
-all non-directory objects will report an st_dev from the lower or
+non-directory objects may report an st_dev from the lower filesystem or
upper filesystem that is providing the object. Similarly st_ino will
only be unique when combined with st_dev, and both of these can change
over the lifetime of a non-directory object. Many applications and
tools ignore these values and will not be affected.
+In the special case of all overlay layers on the same underlying
+filesystem, all objects will report an st_dev from the overlay
+filesystem and st_ino from the underlying filesystem. This will
+make the overlay mount more compliant with filesystem scanners and
+overlay objects will be distinguishable from the corresponding
+objects in the original filesystem.
+
Upper and Lower
---------------
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
index eccb675a2852..1e9fcb4d0ec8 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ Code Seq#(hex) Include File Comments
0xA3 80-8F Port ACL in development:
<mailto:tlewis@mindspring.com>
0xA3 90-9F linux/dtlk.h
+0xA4 00-1F uapi/linux/tee.h Generic TEE subsystem
0xAA 00-3F linux/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
0xAB 00-1F linux/nbd.h
0xAC 00-1F linux/raw.h
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index d2b0a8d81258..08329cb857ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ equal to zero, in which case the compiler is within its rights to
transform the above code into the following:
q = READ_ONCE(a);
- WRITE_ONCE(b, 1);
+ WRITE_ONCE(b, 2);
do_something_else();
Given this transformation, the CPU is not required to respect the ordering
diff --git a/Documentation/tee.txt b/Documentation/tee.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..718599357596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/tee.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+TEE subsystem
+This document describes the TEE subsystem in Linux.
+
+A TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) is a trusted OS running in some
+secure environment, for example, TrustZone on ARM CPUs, or a separate
+secure co-processor etc. A TEE driver handles the details needed to
+communicate with the TEE.
+
+This subsystem deals with:
+
+- Registration of TEE drivers
+
+- Managing shared memory between Linux and the TEE
+
+- Providing a generic API to the TEE
+
+The TEE interface
+=================
+
+include/uapi/linux/tee.h defines the generic interface to a TEE.
+
+User space (the client) connects to the driver by opening /dev/tee[0-9]* or
+/dev/teepriv[0-9]*.
+
+- TEE_IOC_SHM_ALLOC allocates shared memory and returns a file descriptor
+ which user space can mmap. When user space doesn't need the file
+ descriptor any more, it should be closed. When shared memory isn't needed
+ any longer it should be unmapped with munmap() to allow the reuse of
+ memory.
+
+- TEE_IOC_VERSION lets user space know which TEE this driver handles and
+ the its capabilities.
+
+- TEE_IOC_OPEN_SESSION opens a new session to a Trusted Application.
+
+- TEE_IOC_INVOKE invokes a function in a Trusted Application.
+
+- TEE_IOC_CANCEL may cancel an ongoing TEE_IOC_OPEN_SESSION or TEE_IOC_INVOKE.
+
+- TEE_IOC_CLOSE_SESSION closes a session to a Trusted Application.
+
+There are two classes of clients, normal clients and supplicants. The latter is
+a helper process for the TEE to access resources in Linux, for example file
+system access. A normal client opens /dev/tee[0-9]* and a supplicant opens
+/dev/teepriv[0-9].
+
+Much of the communication between clients and the TEE is opaque to the
+driver. The main job for the driver is to receive requests from the
+clients, forward them to the TEE and send back the results. In the case of
+supplicants the communication goes in the other direction, the TEE sends
+requests to the supplicant which then sends back the result.
+
+OP-TEE driver
+=============
+
+The OP-TEE driver handles OP-TEE [1] based TEEs. Currently it is only the ARM
+TrustZone based OP-TEE solution that is supported.
+
+Lowest level of communication with OP-TEE builds on ARM SMC Calling
+Convention (SMCCC) [2], which is the foundation for OP-TEE's SMC interface
+[3] used internally by the driver. Stacked on top of that is OP-TEE Message
+Protocol [4].
+
+OP-TEE SMC interface provides the basic functions required by SMCCC and some
+additional functions specific for OP-TEE. The most interesting functions are:
+
+- OPTEE_SMC_FUNCID_CALLS_UID (part of SMCCC) returns the version information
+ which is then returned by TEE_IOC_VERSION
+
+- OPTEE_SMC_CALL_GET_OS_UUID returns the particular OP-TEE implementation, used
+ to tell, for instance, a TrustZone OP-TEE apart from an OP-TEE running on a
+ separate secure co-processor.
+
+- OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_ARG drives the OP-TEE message protocol
+
+- OPTEE_SMC_GET_SHM_CONFIG lets the driver and OP-TEE agree on which memory
+ range to used for shared memory between Linux and OP-TEE.
+
+The GlobalPlatform TEE Client API [5] is implemented on top of the generic
+TEE API.
+
+Picture of the relationship between the different components in the
+OP-TEE architecture.
+
+ User space Kernel Secure world
+ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ +--------+ +-------------+
+ | Client | | Trusted |
+ +--------+ | Application |
+ /\ +-------------+
+ || +----------+ /\
+ || |tee- | ||
+ || |supplicant| \/
+ || +----------+ +-------------+
+ \/ /\ | TEE Internal|
+ +-------+ || | API |
+ + TEE | || +--------+--------+ +-------------+
+ | Client| || | TEE | OP-TEE | | OP-TEE |
+ | API | \/ | subsys | driver | | Trusted OS |
+ +-------+----------------+----+-------+----+-----------+-------------+
+ | Generic TEE API | | OP-TEE MSG |
+ | IOCTL (TEE_IOC_*) | | SMCCC (OPTEE_SMC_CALL_*) |
+ +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------+
+
+RPC (Remote Procedure Call) are requests from secure world to kernel driver
+or tee-supplicant. An RPC is identified by a special range of SMCCC return
+values from OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_ARG. RPC messages which are intended for the
+kernel are handled by the kernel driver. Other RPC messages will be forwarded to
+tee-supplicant without further involvement of the driver, except switching
+shared memory buffer representation.
+
+References:
+[1] https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os
+[2] http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0028a/index.html
+[3] drivers/tee/optee/optee_smc.h
+[4] drivers/tee/optee/optee_msg.h
+[5] http://www.globalplatform.org/specificationsdevice.asp look for
+ "TEE Client API Specification v1.0" and click download.