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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes48
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.yaml1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358762.yaml1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/dpu-qcm2290.yaml4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-mipi-dbi-spi.yaml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.yaml57
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/bonding.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst64
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/errata.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/running-nested-guests.rst2
21 files changed, 164 insertions, 125 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
index 05820365f1ec..4cdba3477176 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Description:
<value>[ForceIf:<attribute>=<value>]
<value>[ForceIfNot:<attribute>=<value>]
- For example:
+ For example::
LegacyOrom/dell_value_modifier has value:
Disabled[ForceIf:SecureBoot=Enabled]
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Description:
the next boot.
Lenovo specific class extensions
- ------------------------------
+ --------------------------------
On Lenovo systems the following additional settings are available:
@@ -246,9 +246,7 @@ Description:
that is being referenced (e.g hdd0, hdd1 etc)
This attribute defaults to device 0.
- certificate:
- signature:
- save_signature:
+ certificate, signature, save_signature:
These attributes are used for certificate based authentication. This is
used in conjunction with a signing server as an alternative to password
based authentication.
@@ -257,22 +255,27 @@ Description:
The attributes can be displayed to check the stored value.
Some usage examples:
- Installing a certificate to enable feature:
- echo <supervisor password > authentication/Admin/current_password
- echo <signed certificate> > authentication/Admin/certificate
- Updating the installed certificate:
- echo <signature> > authentication/Admin/signature
- echo <signed certificate> > authentication/Admin/certificate
+ Installing a certificate to enable feature::
+
+ echo "supervisor password" > authentication/Admin/current_password
+ echo "signed certificate" > authentication/Admin/certificate
+
+ Updating the installed certificate::
+
+ echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
+ echo "signed certificate" > authentication/Admin/certificate
- Removing the installed certificate:
- echo <signature> > authentication/Admin/signature
- echo '' > authentication/Admin/certificate
+ Removing the installed certificate::
- Changing a BIOS setting:
- echo <signature> > authentication/Admin/signature
- echo <save signature> > authentication/Admin/save_signature
- echo Enable > attribute/PasswordBeep/current_value
+ echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
+ echo "" > authentication/Admin/certificate
+
+ Changing a BIOS setting::
+
+ echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
+ echo "save signature" > authentication/Admin/save_signature
+ echo Enable > attribute/PasswordBeep/current_value
You cannot enable certificate authentication if a supervisor password
has not been set.
@@ -288,9 +291,10 @@ Description:
certificate_to_password:
Write only attribute used to switch from certificate based authentication
back to password based.
- Usage:
- echo <signature> > authentication/Admin/signature
- echo <password> > authentication/Admin/certificate_to_password
+ Usage::
+
+ echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
+ echo "password" > authentication/Admin/certificate_to_password
What: /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/pending_reboot
@@ -345,7 +349,7 @@ Description:
# echo "factory" > /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/device/attributes/reset_bios
# cat /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/device/attributes/reset_bios
- # builtinsafe lastknowngood [factory] custom
+ builtinsafe lastknowngood [factory] custom
Note that any changes to this attribute requires a reboot
for changes to take effect.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi
index ab122125ff9a..96b92c105ec4 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi
@@ -13,17 +13,19 @@ Description:
Should the operation fail, one of the following error codes
may be returned:
+ ========== =====
Error Code Cause
- ---------- -----
- EIO General mailbox failure. Log may indicate cause.
- EBUSY Mailbox is owned by another agent.
- EPERM SDSI capability is not enabled in hardware.
- EPROTO Failure in mailbox protocol detected by driver.
+ ========== =====
+ EIO General mailbox failure. Log may indicate cause.
+ EBUSY Mailbox is owned by another agent.
+ EPERM SDSI capability is not enabled in hardware.
+ EPROTO Failure in mailbox protocol detected by driver.
See log for details.
- EOVERFLOW For provision commands, the size of the data
+ EOVERFLOW For provision commands, the size of the data
exceeds what may be written.
- ESPIPE Seeking is not allowed.
- ETIMEDOUT Failure to complete mailbox transaction in time.
+ ESPIPE Seeking is not allowed.
+ ETIMEDOUT Failure to complete mailbox transaction in time.
+ ========== =====
What: /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/intel_vsec.sdsi.X/guid
Date: Feb 2022
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
index ad168d16968f..867a4bba6bf6 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
@@ -41,13 +41,18 @@ or ``VFAT_FS``. To run ``FAT_KUNIT_TEST``, the ``.kunitconfig`` has:
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_KUNIT_TEST=y
-1. A good starting point for the ``.kunitconfig``, is the KUnit default
- config. Run the command:
+1. A good starting point for the ``.kunitconfig`` is the KUnit default config.
+ You can generate it by running:
.. code-block:: bash
cd $PATH_TO_LINUX_REPO
- cp tools/testing/kunit/configs/default.config .kunitconfig
+ tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py config
+ cat .kunit/.kunitconfig
+
+.. note ::
+ ``.kunitconfig`` lives in the ``--build_dir`` used by kunit.py, which is
+ ``.kunit`` by default.
.. note ::
You may want to remove CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS from the ``.kunitconfig`` as
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.yaml
index 62c3bd4cb28d..7257fd0ae4da 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/chipone,icn6211.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ properties:
Video port for MIPI DPI output (panel or connector).
required:
- - port@0
- port@1
required:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358762.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358762.yaml
index 5216c27fc0ad..a412a1da950f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358762.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/toshiba,tc358762.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ properties:
Video port for MIPI DPI output (panel or connector).
required:
- - port@0
- port@1
required:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/dpu-qcm2290.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/dpu-qcm2290.yaml
index d31483a78eab..6fb7e321f011 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/dpu-qcm2290.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/msm/dpu-qcm2290.yaml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ examples:
mdss: mdss@5e00000 {
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <1>;
- compatible = "qcom,qcm2290-mdss", "qcom,mdss";
+ compatible = "qcom,qcm2290-mdss";
reg = <0x05e00000 0x1000>;
reg-names = "mdss";
power-domains = <&dispcc MDSS_GDSC>;
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ examples:
<&apps_smmu 0x421 0x0>;
ranges;
- mdss_mdp: mdp@5e01000 {
+ mdss_mdp: display-controller@5e01000 {
compatible = "qcom,qcm2290-dpu";
reg = <0x05e01000 0x8f000>,
<0x05eb0000 0x2008>;
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-mipi-dbi-spi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-mipi-dbi-spi.yaml
index f29789994b18..c2df8d28aaf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-mipi-dbi-spi.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-mipi-dbi-spi.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ properties:
required:
- compatible
- reg
+ - width-mm
+ - height-mm
- panel-timing
unevaluatedProperties: false
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
index 817794e56227..4f15463611f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ properties:
phy-mode:
$ref: "#/properties/phy-connection-type"
+ pcs-handle:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
+ description:
+ Specifies a reference to a node representing a PCS PHY device on a MDIO
+ bus to link with an external PHY (phy-handle) if exists.
+
phy-handle:
$ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
description:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel.txt
index c5ab62c39133..8d157f0295a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/micrel.txt
@@ -45,20 +45,3 @@ Optional properties:
In fiber mode, auto-negotiation is disabled and the PHY can only work in
100base-fx (full and half duplex) modes.
-
- - lan8814,ignore-ts: If present the PHY will not support timestamping.
-
- This option acts as check whether Timestamping is supported by
- hardware or not. LAN8814 phy support hardware tmestamping.
-
- - lan8814,latency_rx_10: Configures Latency value of phy in ingress at 10 Mbps.
-
- - lan8814,latency_tx_10: Configures Latency value of phy in egress at 10 Mbps.
-
- - lan8814,latency_rx_100: Configures Latency value of phy in ingress at 100 Mbps.
-
- - lan8814,latency_tx_100: Configures Latency value of phy in egress at 100 Mbps.
-
- - lan8814,latency_rx_1000: Configures Latency value of phy in ingress at 1000 Mbps.
-
- - lan8814,latency_tx_1000: Configures Latency value of phy in egress at 1000 Mbps.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.yaml
index e602761f7b14..b0ebcef6801c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/socionext,uniphier-ave4.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ description: |
This describes the devicetree bindings for AVE ethernet controller
implemented on Socionext UniPhier SoCs.
-allOf:
- - $ref: ethernet-controller.yaml#
-
properties:
compatible:
enum:
@@ -44,25 +41,13 @@ properties:
minItems: 1
maxItems: 4
- clock-names:
- oneOf:
- - items: # for Pro4
- - const: gio
- - const: ether
- - const: ether-gb
- - const: ether-phy
- - const: ether # for others
+ clock-names: true
resets:
minItems: 1
maxItems: 2
- reset-names:
- oneOf:
- - items: # for Pro4
- - const: gio
- - const: ether
- - const: ether # for others
+ reset-names: true
socionext,syscon-phy-mode:
$ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
@@ -78,6 +63,42 @@ properties:
$ref: mdio.yaml#
unevaluatedProperties: false
+allOf:
+ - $ref: ethernet-controller.yaml#
+ - if:
+ properties:
+ compatible:
+ contains:
+ const: socionext,uniphier-pro4-ave4
+ then:
+ properties:
+ clocks:
+ minItems: 4
+ maxItems: 4
+ clock-names:
+ items:
+ - const: gio
+ - const: ether
+ - const: ether-gb
+ - const: ether-phy
+ resets:
+ minItems: 2
+ maxItems: 2
+ reset-names:
+ items:
+ - const: gio
+ - const: ether
+ else:
+ properties:
+ clocks:
+ maxItems: 1
+ clock-names:
+ const: ether
+ resets:
+ maxItems: 1
+ reset-names:
+ const: ether
+
required:
- compatible
- reg
@@ -90,7 +111,7 @@ required:
- reset-names
- mdio
-additionalProperties: false
+unevaluatedProperties: false
examples:
- |
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
index b8e4894bc634..1aa4c6006cd0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Required properties:
specified, the TX/RX DMA interrupts should be on that node
instead, and only the Ethernet core interrupt is optionally
specified here.
-- phy-handle : Should point to the external phy device.
+- phy-handle : Should point to the external phy device if exists. Pointing
+ this to the PCS/PMA PHY is deprecated and should be avoided.
See ethernet.txt file in the same directory.
- xlnx,rxmem : Set to allocated memory buffer for Rx/Tx in the hardware
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ Optional properties:
required through the core's MDIO interface (i.e. always,
unless the PHY is accessed through a different bus).
+ - pcs-handle: Phandle to the internal PCS/PMA PHY in SGMII or 1000Base-X
+ modes, where "pcs-handle" should be used to point
+ to the PCS/PMA PHY, and "phy-handle" should point to an
+ external PHY if exists.
+
Example:
axi_ethernet_eth: ethernet@40c00000 {
compatible = "xlnx,axi-ethernet-1.00.a";
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
index 55006678394a..36a76cbe9095 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ DMA Fence Chain
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h
:internal:
+DMA Fence unwrap
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dma-fence-unwrap.h
+ :internal:
+
DMA Fence uABI/Sync File
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.rst
index be793c49a772..d7507becf674 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ busy.
If successful, the cache backend can then start setting up the cache. In the
event that the initialisation fails, the cache backend should call::
- void fscache_relinquish_cookie(struct fscache_cache *cache);
+ void fscache_relinquish_cache(struct fscache_cache *cache);
to reset and discard the cookie.
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ to withdraw them, calling::
on the cookie that each object belongs to. This schedules the specified cookie
for withdrawal. This gets offloaded to a workqueue. The cache backend can
-test for completion by calling::
+wait for completion by calling::
- bool fscache_are_objects_withdrawn(struct fscache_cookie *cache);
+ void fscache_wait_for_objects(struct fscache_cache *cache);
Once all the cookies are withdrawn, a cache backend can withdraw all the
volumes, calling::
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ outstanding accesses on the volume to complete before returning.
When the the cache is completely withdrawn, fscache should be notified by
calling::
- void fscache_cache_relinquish(struct fscache_cache *cache);
+ void fscache_relinquish_cache(struct fscache_cache *cache);
to clear fields in the cookie and discard the caller's ref on it.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst
index 5066113acad5..7308d76a29dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst
@@ -404,22 +404,21 @@ schedule a write of that region::
And if an error occurs before that point is reached, the marks can be removed
by calling::
- void fscache_clear_page_bits(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
- struct address_space *mapping,
+ void fscache_clear_page_bits(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t start, size_t len,
bool caching)
-In both of these functions, the cookie representing the cache object to be
-written to and a pointer to the mapping to which the source pages are attached
-are passed in; start and len indicate the size of the region that's going to be
-written (it doesn't have to align to page boundaries necessarily, but it does
-have to align to DIO boundaries on the backing filesystem). The caching
-parameter indicates if caching should be skipped, and if false, the functions
-do nothing.
-
-The write function takes some additional parameters: i_size indicates the size
-of the netfs file and term_func indicates an optional completion function, to
-which term_func_priv will be passed, along with the error or amount written.
+In these functions, a pointer to the mapping to which the source pages are
+attached is passed in and start and len indicate the size of the region that's
+going to be written (it doesn't have to align to page boundaries necessarily,
+but it does have to align to DIO boundaries on the backing filesystem). The
+caching parameter indicates if caching should be skipped, and if false, the
+functions do nothing.
+
+The write function takes some additional parameters: the cookie representing
+the cache object to be written to, i_size indicates the size of the netfs file
+and term_func indicates an optional completion function, to which
+term_func_priv will be passed, along with the error or amount written.
Note that the write function will always run asynchronously and will unmark all
the pages upon completion before calling term_func.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
index 525e6842dd33..43be3782e5df 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy
Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and packet type ID
field to generate the hash. The formula is
- hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID
+ hash = source MAC[5] XOR destination MAC[5] XOR packet type ID
slave number = hash modulo slave count
This algorithm will place all traffic to a particular
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy
Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and IP addresses to
generate the hash. The formula is
- hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID
+ hash = source MAC[5] XOR destination MAC[5] XOR packet type ID
hash = hash XOR source IP XOR destination IP
hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 16)
hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 8)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
index 89bb4fa4c362..ddc1dd039337 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.rst
@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ in joining the effort.
Design principles
=================
-The Distributed Switch Architecture is a subsystem which was primarily designed
-to support Marvell Ethernet switches (MV88E6xxx, a.k.a Linkstreet product line)
-using Linux, but has since evolved to support other vendors as well.
+The Distributed Switch Architecture subsystem was primarily designed to
+support Marvell Ethernet switches (MV88E6xxx, a.k.a. Link Street product
+line) using Linux, but has since evolved to support other vendors as well.
The original philosophy behind this design was to be able to use unmodified
Linux tools such as bridge, iproute2, ifconfig to work transparently whether
they configured/queried a switch port network device or a regular network
device.
-An Ethernet switch is typically comprised of multiple front-panel ports, and one
-or more CPU or management port. The DSA subsystem currently relies on the
+An Ethernet switch typically comprises multiple front-panel ports and one
+or more CPU or management ports. The DSA subsystem currently relies on the
presence of a management port connected to an Ethernet controller capable of
receiving Ethernet frames from the switch. This is a very common setup for all
kinds of Ethernet switches found in Small Home and Office products: routers,
-gateways, or even top-of-the rack switches. This host Ethernet controller will
+gateways, or even top-of-rack switches. This host Ethernet controller will
be later referred to as "master" and "cpu" in DSA terminology and code.
The D in DSA stands for Distributed, because the subsystem has been designed
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ using upstream and downstream Ethernet links between switches. These specific
ports are referred to as "dsa" ports in DSA terminology and code. A collection
of multiple switches connected to each other is called a "switch tree".
-For each front-panel port, DSA will create specialized network devices which are
+For each front-panel port, DSA creates specialized network devices which are
used as controlling and data-flowing endpoints for use by the Linux networking
stack. These specialized network interfaces are referred to as "slave" network
interfaces in DSA terminology and code.
The ideal case for using DSA is when an Ethernet switch supports a "switch tag"
which is a hardware feature making the switch insert a specific tag for each
-Ethernet frames it received to/from specific ports to help the management
+Ethernet frame it receives to/from specific ports to help the management
interface figure out:
- what port is this frame coming from
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ other switches from the same fabric, and in this case, the outermost switch
ports must decapsulate the packet.
Note that in certain cases, it might be the case that the tagging format used
-by a leaf switch (not connected directly to the CPU) to not be the same as what
+by a leaf switch (not connected directly to the CPU) is not the same as what
the network stack sees. This can be seen with Marvell switch trees, where the
CPU port can be configured to use either the DSA or the Ethertype DSA (EDSA)
format, but the DSA links are configured to use the shorter (without Ethertype)
@@ -270,21 +270,21 @@ These interfaces are specialized in order to:
to/from specific switch ports
- query the switch for ethtool operations: statistics, link state,
Wake-on-LAN, register dumps...
-- external/internal PHY management: link, auto-negotiation etc.
+- manage external/internal PHY: link, auto-negotiation, etc.
These slave network devices have custom net_device_ops and ethtool_ops function
pointers which allow DSA to introduce a level of layering between the networking
-stack/ethtool, and the switch driver implementation.
+stack/ethtool and the switch driver implementation.
Upon frame transmission from these slave network devices, DSA will look up which
-switch tagging protocol is currently registered with these network devices, and
+switch tagging protocol is currently registered with these network devices and
invoke a specific transmit routine which takes care of adding the relevant
switch tag in the Ethernet frames.
These frames are then queued for transmission using the master network device
-``ndo_start_xmit()`` function, since they contain the appropriate switch tag, the
+``ndo_start_xmit()`` function. Since they contain the appropriate switch tag, the
Ethernet switch will be able to process these incoming frames from the
-management interface and delivers these frames to the physical switch port.
+management interface and deliver them to the physical switch port.
Graphical representation
------------------------
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ MDIO reads/writes towards specific PHY addresses. In most MDIO-connected
switches, these functions would utilize direct or indirect PHY addressing mode
to return standard MII registers from the switch builtin PHYs, allowing the PHY
library and/or to return link status, link partner pages, auto-negotiation
-results etc..
+results, etc.
-For Ethernet switches which have both external and internal MDIO busses, the
+For Ethernet switches which have both external and internal MDIO buses, the
slave MII bus can be utilized to mux/demux MDIO reads and writes towards either
internal or external MDIO devices this switch might be connected to: internal
PHYs, external PHYs, or even external switches.
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ DSA data structures are defined in ``include/net/dsa.h`` as well as
table indication (when cascading switches)
- ``dsa_platform_data``: platform device configuration data which can reference
- a collection of dsa_chip_data structure if multiples switches are cascaded,
+ a collection of dsa_chip_data structures if multiple switches are cascaded,
the master network device this switch tree is attached to needs to be
referenced
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ logic basically looks like this:
"phy-handle" property, if found, this PHY device is created and registered
using ``of_phy_connect()``
-- if Device Tree is used, and the PHY device is "fixed", that is, conforms to
+- if Device Tree is used and the PHY device is "fixed", that is, conforms to
the definition of a non-MDIO managed PHY as defined in
``Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fixed-link.txt``, the PHY is registered
and connected transparently using the special fixed MDIO bus driver
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ Device Tree
DSA features a standardized binding which is documented in
``Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.txt``. PHY/MDIO library helper
functions such as ``of_get_phy_mode()``, ``of_phy_connect()`` are also used to query
-per-port PHY specific details: interface connection, MDIO bus location etc..
+per-port PHY specific details: interface connection, MDIO bus location, etc.
Driver development
==================
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ Switch configuration
- ``setup``: setup function for the switch, this function is responsible for setting
up the ``dsa_switch_ops`` private structure with all it needs: register maps,
- interrupts, mutexes, locks etc.. This function is also expected to properly
+ interrupts, mutexes, locks, etc. This function is also expected to properly
configure the switch to separate all network interfaces from each other, that
is, they should be isolated by the switch hardware itself, typically by creating
a Port-based VLAN ID for each port and allowing only the CPU port and the
@@ -526,13 +526,13 @@ PHY devices and link management
- ``get_phy_flags``: Some switches are interfaced to various kinds of Ethernet PHYs,
if the PHY library PHY driver needs to know about information it cannot obtain
on its own (e.g.: coming from switch memory mapped registers), this function
- should return a 32-bits bitmask of "flags", that is private between the switch
+ should return a 32-bit bitmask of "flags" that is private between the switch
driver and the Ethernet PHY driver in ``drivers/net/phy/\*``.
- ``phy_read``: Function invoked by the DSA slave MDIO bus when attempting to read
the switch port MDIO registers. If unavailable, return 0xffff for each read.
For builtin switch Ethernet PHYs, this function should allow reading the link
- status, auto-negotiation results, link partner pages etc..
+ status, auto-negotiation results, link partner pages, etc.
- ``phy_write``: Function invoked by the DSA slave MDIO bus when attempting to write
to the switch port MDIO registers. If unavailable return a negative error
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ Ethtool operations
------------------
- ``get_strings``: ethtool function used to query the driver's strings, will
- typically return statistics strings, private flags strings etc.
+ typically return statistics strings, private flags strings, etc.
- ``get_ethtool_stats``: ethtool function used to query per-port statistics and
return their values. DSA overlays slave network devices general statistics:
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ Ethtool operations
- ``get_sset_count``: ethtool function used to query the number of statistics items
- ``get_wol``: ethtool function used to obtain Wake-on-LAN settings per-port, this
- function may, for certain implementations also query the master network device
+ function may for certain implementations also query the master network device
Wake-on-LAN settings if this interface needs to participate in Wake-on-LAN
- ``set_wol``: ethtool function used to configure Wake-on-LAN settings per-port,
@@ -607,14 +607,14 @@ Power management
in a fully active state
- ``port_enable``: function invoked by the DSA slave network device ndo_open
- function when a port is administratively brought up, this function should be
- fully enabling a given switch port. DSA takes care of marking the port with
+ function when a port is administratively brought up, this function should
+ fully enable a given switch port. DSA takes care of marking the port with
``BR_STATE_BLOCKING`` if the port is a bridge member, or ``BR_STATE_FORWARDING`` if it
was not, and propagating these changes down to the hardware
- ``port_disable``: function invoked by the DSA slave network device ndo_close
- function when a port is administratively brought down, this function should be
- fully disabling a given switch port. DSA takes care of marking the port with
+ function when a port is administratively brought down, this function should
+ fully disable a given switch port. DSA takes care of marking the port with
``BR_STATE_DISABLED`` and propagating changes to the hardware if this port is
disabled while being a bridge member
@@ -622,12 +622,12 @@ Bridge layer
------------
- ``port_bridge_join``: bridge layer function invoked when a given switch port is
- added to a bridge, this function should be doing the necessary at the switch
- level to permit the joining port from being added to the relevant logical
+ added to a bridge, this function should do what's necessary at the switch
+ level to permit the joining port to be added to the relevant logical
domain for it to ingress/egress traffic with other members of the bridge.
- ``port_bridge_leave``: bridge layer function invoked when a given switch port is
- removed from a bridge, this function should be doing the necessary at the
+ removed from a bridge, this function should do what's necessary at the
switch level to deny the leaving port from ingress/egress traffic from the
remaining bridge members. When the port leaves the bridge, it should be aged
out at the switch hardware for the switch to (re) learn MAC addresses behind
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ Bridge layer
point for drivers that need to configure the hardware for enabling this
feature.
-- ``port_bridge_tx_fwd_unoffload``: bridge layer function invoken when a driver
+- ``port_bridge_tx_fwd_unoffload``: bridge layer function invoked when a driver
leaves a bridge port which had the TX forwarding offload feature enabled.
Bridge VLAN filtering
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index d13fa6600467..85c7abc51af5 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6190,6 +6190,7 @@ Valid values for 'type' are:
unsigned long args[6];
unsigned long ret[2];
} riscv_sbi;
+
If exit reason is KVM_EXIT_RISCV_SBI then it indicates that the VCPU has
done a SBI call which is not handled by KVM RISC-V kernel module. The details
of the SBI call are available in 'riscv_sbi' member of kvm_run structure. The
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst
index db43ee571f5a..31f62b64e07b 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
=================
KVM VCPU Requests
=================
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
index 1c6847fff304..2d307811978c 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
======================================
Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
======================================
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/errata.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/errata.rst
index 806f049b6975..410e0aa63493 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/errata.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/errata.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
=======================================
Known limitations of CPU virtualization
@@ -36,4 +37,3 @@ Nested virtualization features
------------------------------
TBD
-
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/running-nested-guests.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/running-nested-guests.rst
index bd70c69468ae..a27e6768d900 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/running-nested-guests.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/running-nested-guests.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
==============================
Running nested guests with KVM
==============================