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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst | 9 |
7 files changed, 44 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst index 520a1c2c6fd2..cdd65164ca96 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst @@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ SELinux ======= +Information about the SELinux kernel subsystem can be found at the +following links: + + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux.git/tree/README.md + + https://github.com/selinuxproject/selinux-kernel/wiki + +Information about the SELinux userspace can be found at: + + https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki + If you want to use SELinux, chances are you will want to use the distro-provided policies, or install the latest reference policy release from diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst index 35d49ccd49e0..f5135a14ef2e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst @@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ the number of lines exposed by this bank. **Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/lineY/name`` -This group represents a single line at the offset Y. The 'name' attribute -allows to set the line name as represented by the 'gpio-line-names' property. +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/lineY/valid`` + +This group represents a single line at the offset Y. The ``valid`` attribute +indicates whether the line can be used as GPIO. The ``name`` attribute allows +to set the line name as represented by the 'gpio-line-names' property. **Item:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/lineY/hog`` diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 07e22ba5bfe3..c3491143c706 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5000,6 +5000,18 @@ that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1 remains 0. + pm_async= [PM] + Format: off + This parameter sets the initial value of the + /sys/power/pm_async sysfs knob at boot time. + If set to "off", disables asynchronous suspend and + resume of devices during system-wide power transitions. + This can be useful on platforms where device + dependencies are not well-defined, or for debugging + power management issues. Asynchronous operations are + enabled by default. + + pm_debug_messages [SUSPEND,KNL] Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up. @@ -7214,6 +7226,14 @@ causing a major performance hit, and the space where machines are deployed is by other means guarded. + tpm_crb_ffa.busy_timeout_ms= [ARM64,TPM] + Maximum time in milliseconds to retry sending a message + to the TPM service before giving up. This parameter controls + how long the system will continue retrying when the TPM + service is busy. + Format: <unsigned int> + Default: 2000 (2 seconds) + tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM] Format: integer pcr id Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst index 412423c54f25..e1771f2225d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ to manage each performance update behavior. :: Lowest non- | | | | linear perf ------>+-----------------------+ +-----------------------+ | | | | - | | Lowest perf ---->| | + | | Min perf ---->| | | | | | Lowest perf ------>+-----------------------+ +-----------------------+ | | | | diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst index 2d74af7f0efe..cacb9f0307dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst @@ -398,7 +398,9 @@ policy limits change after that. This governor does not do anything by itself. Instead, it allows user space to set the CPU frequency for the policy it is attached to by writing to the -``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy. +``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy. Though the intention may be to +set an exact frequency for the policy, the actual frequency may vary depending +on hardware coordination, thermal and power limits, and other factors. ``schedutil`` ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index dd49a89a62d3..19224eeac1c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ stack_erasing ============= This parameter can be used to control kernel stack erasing at the end -of syscalls for kernels built with ``CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK``. +of syscalls for kernels built with ``CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE``. That erasing reduces the information which kernel stack leak bugs can reveal and blocks some uninitialized stack variable attacks. @@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ The tradeoff is the performance impact: on a single CPU system kernel compilation sees a 1% slowdown, other systems and workloads may vary. = ==================================================================== -0 Kernel stack erasing is disabled, STACKLEAK_METRICS are not updated. +0 Kernel stack erasing is disabled, KSTACK_ERASE_METRICS are not updated. 1 Kernel stack erasing is enabled (default), it is performed before returning to the userspace at the end of syscalls. = ==================================================================== diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst index 240fee618e06..102c693c8f81 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst @@ -358,12 +358,7 @@ Forcing power Many OEMs include a method that can be used to force the power of a Thunderbolt controller to an "On" state even if nothing is connected. If supported by your machine this will be exposed by the WMI bus with -a sysfs attribute called "force_power". - -For example the intel-wmi-thunderbolt driver exposes this attribute in: - /sys/bus/wmi/devices/86CCFD48-205E-4A77-9C48-2021CBEDE341/force_power - - To force the power to on, write 1 to this attribute file. - To disable force power, write 0 to this attribute file. +a sysfs attribute called "force_power", see +Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-intel-wmi-thunderbolt for details. Note: it's currently not possible to query the force power state of a platform. |