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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/00-INDEX | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rtc.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/spinlocks.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 151 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 16 |
8 files changed, 68 insertions, 178 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f4a04c0c7edc..738c6fda3fb0 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2444,6 +2444,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency 0: no polling (default) + threadirqs [KNL] + Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those + marked explicitely IRQF_NO_THREAD. + topology= [S390] Format: {off | on} Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index fe5c099b8fc8..4edd78dfb362 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ decnet.txt - info on using the DECnet networking layer in Linux. depca.txt - the Digital DEPCA/EtherWORKS DE1?? and DE2?? LANCE Ethernet driver -dgrs.txt - - the Digi International RightSwitch SE-X Ethernet driver dmfe.txt - info on the Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver. e100.txt @@ -50,8 +48,6 @@ e1000.txt - info on Intel's E1000 line of gigabit ethernet boards eql.txt - serial IP load balancing -ethertap.txt - - the Ethertap user space packet reception and transmission driver ewrk3.txt - the Digital EtherWORKS 3 DE203/4/5 Ethernet driver filter.txt @@ -104,8 +100,6 @@ tuntap.txt - TUN/TAP device driver, allowing user space Rx/Tx of packets. vortex.txt - info on using 3Com Vortex (3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597) Ethernet cards. -wavelan.txt - - AT&T GIS (nee NCR) WaveLAN card: An Ethernet-like radio transceiver x25.txt - general info on X.25 development. x25-iface.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt index aefd1e681804..04ca06325b08 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt @@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ before the more general line given above as the first match is the one taken. create dns_resolver foo:* * /usr/sbin/dns.foo %k - ===== USAGE ===== @@ -104,6 +103,14 @@ implemented in the module can be called after doing: returned also. +=============================== +READING DNS KEYS FROM USERSPACE +=============================== + +Keys of dns_resolver type can be read from userspace using keyctl_read() or +"keyctl read/print/pipe". + + ========= MECHANISM ========= diff --git a/Documentation/rtc.txt b/Documentation/rtc.txt index 9104c1062084..250160469d83 100644 --- a/Documentation/rtc.txt +++ b/Documentation/rtc.txt @@ -178,38 +178,29 @@ RTC class framework, but can't be supported by the older driver. setting the longer alarm time and enabling its IRQ using a single request (using the same model as EFI firmware). - * RTC_UIE_ON, RTC_UIE_OFF ... if the RTC offers IRQs, it probably - also offers update IRQs whenever the "seconds" counter changes. - If needed, the RTC framework can emulate this mechanism. + * RTC_UIE_ON, RTC_UIE_OFF ... if the RTC offers IRQs, the RTC framework + will emulate this mechanism. - * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF, RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ ... another - feature often accessible with an IRQ line is a periodic IRQ, issued - at settable frequencies (usually 2^N Hz). + * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF, RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ ... these icotls + are emulated via a kernel hrtimer. In many cases, the RTC alarm can be a system wake event, used to force Linux out of a low power sleep state (or hibernation) back to a fully operational state. For example, a system could enter a deep power saving state until it's time to execute some scheduled tasks. -Note that many of these ioctls need not actually be implemented by your -driver. The common rtc-dev interface handles many of these nicely if your -driver returns ENOIOCTLCMD. Some common examples: +Note that many of these ioctls are handled by the common rtc-dev interface. +Some common examples: * RTC_RD_TIME, RTC_SET_TIME: the read_time/set_time functions will be called with appropriate values. - * RTC_ALM_SET, RTC_ALM_READ, RTC_WKALM_SET, RTC_WKALM_RD: the - set_alarm/read_alarm functions will be called. + * RTC_ALM_SET, RTC_ALM_READ, RTC_WKALM_SET, RTC_WKALM_RD: gets or sets + the alarm rtc_timer. May call the set_alarm driver function. - * RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ: the irq_set_freq function will be called - to set the frequency while the framework will handle the read for you - since the frequency is stored in the irq_freq member of the rtc_device - structure. Your driver needs to initialize the irq_freq member during - init. Make sure you check the requested frequency is in range of your - hardware in the irq_set_freq function. If it isn't, return -EINVAL. If - you cannot actually change the frequency, do not define irq_set_freq. + * RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ: These are emulated by the generic code. - * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF: the irq_set_state function will be called. + * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF: These are also emulated by the generic code. If all else fails, check out the rtc-test.c driver! diff --git a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt index 178c831b907d..2e3c64b1a6a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt +++ b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ to change the variables it has to get an exclusive write lock. The routines look the same as above: - rwlock_t xxx_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED; + rwlock_t xxx_lock = __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(xxx_lock); unsigned long flags; @@ -196,25 +196,3 @@ appropriate: For static initialization, use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() / DEFINE_RWLOCK() or __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED() / __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED() as appropriate. - -SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED and RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED are deprecated. These interfere -with lockdep state tracking. - -Most of the time, you can simply turn: - static spinlock_t xxx_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; -into: - static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xxx_lock); - -Static structure member variables go from: - - struct foo bar { - .lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; - }; - -to: - - struct foo bar { - .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(bar.lock); - }; - -Declaration of static rw_locks undergo a similar transformation. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt index dc52bd442c92..79fcafc7fd64 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt @@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ You need very few things to get the syscalls tracing in an arch. - Support the TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT thread flags. - Put the trace_sys_enter() and trace_sys_exit() tracepoints calls from ptrace in the ptrace syscalls tracing path. +- If the system call table on this arch is more complicated than a simple array + of addresses of the system calls, implement an arch_syscall_addr to return + the address of a given system call. +- If the symbol names of the system calls do not match the function names on + this arch, define ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_MATCH_SYM_NAME in asm/ftrace.h and + implement arch_syscall_match_sym_name with the appropriate logic to return + true if the function name corresponds with the symbol name. - Tag this arch as HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index 557c1edeccaf..1ebc24cf9a55 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files: tracers listed here can be configured by echoing their name into current_tracer. - tracing_enabled: + tracing_on: - This sets or displays whether the current_tracer - is activated and tracing or not. Echo 0 into this - file to disable the tracer or 1 to enable it. + This sets or displays whether writing to the trace + ring buffer is enabled. Echo 0 into this file to disable + the tracer or 1 to enable it. trace: @@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured. to draw a graph of function calls similar to C code source. - "sched_switch" - - Traces the context switches and wakeups between tasks. - "irqsoff" Traces the areas that disable interrupts and saves @@ -273,39 +269,6 @@ format, the function name that was traced "path_put" and the parent function that called this function "path_walk". The timestamp is the time at which the function was entered. -The sched_switch tracer also includes tracing of task wakeups -and context switches. - - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R + 2916:115:S - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R + 10:115:S - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R ==> 10:115:R - events/1-10 [01] 1453.070013: 10:115:S ==> 2916:115:R - kondemand/1-2916 [01] 1453.070013: 2916:115:S ==> 7:115:R - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:S ==> 0:140:R - -Wake ups are represented by a "+" and the context switches are -shown as "==>". The format is: - - Context switches: - - Previous task Next Task - - <pid>:<prio>:<state> ==> <pid>:<prio>:<state> - - Wake ups: - - Current task Task waking up - - <pid>:<prio>:<state> + <pid>:<prio>:<state> - -The prio is the internal kernel priority, which is the inverse -of the priority that is usually displayed by user-space tools. -Zero represents the highest priority (99). Prio 100 starts the -"nice" priorities with 100 being equal to nice -20 and 139 being -nice 19. The prio "140" is reserved for the idle task which is -the lowest priority thread (pid 0). - - Latency trace format -------------------- @@ -491,78 +454,10 @@ x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6] latencies, as described in "Latency trace format". -sched_switch ------------- - -This tracer simply records schedule switches. Here is an example -of how to use it. - - # echo sched_switch > current_tracer - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled - # sleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled - # cat trace - -# tracer: sched_switch -# -# TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION -# | | | | | - bash-3997 [01] 240.132281: 3997:120:R + 4055:120:R - bash-3997 [01] 240.132284: 3997:120:R ==> 4055:120:R - sleep-4055 [01] 240.132371: 4055:120:S ==> 3997:120:R - bash-3997 [01] 240.132454: 3997:120:R + 4055:120:S - bash-3997 [01] 240.132457: 3997:120:R ==> 4055:120:R - sleep-4055 [01] 240.132460: 4055:120:D ==> 3997:120:R - bash-3997 [01] 240.132463: 3997:120:R + 4055:120:D - bash-3997 [01] 240.132465: 3997:120:R ==> 4055:120:R - <idle>-0 [00] 240.132589: 0:140:R + 4:115:S - <idle>-0 [00] 240.132591: 0:140:R ==> 4:115:R - ksoftirqd/0-4 [00] 240.132595: 4:115:S ==> 0:140:R - <idle>-0 [00] 240.132598: 0:140:R + 4:115:S - <idle>-0 [00] 240.132599: 0:140:R ==> 4:115:R - ksoftirqd/0-4 [00] 240.132603: 4:115:S ==> 0:140:R - sleep-4055 [01] 240.133058: 4055:120:S ==> 3997:120:R - [...] - - -As we have discussed previously about this format, the header -shows the name of the trace and points to the options. The -"FUNCTION" is a misnomer since here it represents the wake ups -and context switches. - -The sched_switch file only lists the wake ups (represented with -'+') and context switches ('==>') with the previous task or -current task first followed by the next task or task waking up. -The format for both of these is PID:KERNEL-PRIO:TASK-STATE. -Remember that the KERNEL-PRIO is the inverse of the actual -priority with zero (0) being the highest priority and the nice -values starting at 100 (nice -20). Below is a quick chart to map -the kernel priority to user land priorities. - - Kernel Space User Space - =============================================================== - 0(high) to 98(low) user RT priority 99(high) to 1(low) - with SCHED_RR or SCHED_FIFO - --------------------------------------------------------------- - 99 sched_priority is not used in scheduling - decisions(it must be specified as 0) - --------------------------------------------------------------- - 100(high) to 139(low) user nice -20(high) to 19(low) - --------------------------------------------------------------- - 140 idle task priority - --------------------------------------------------------------- - -The task states are: - - R - running : wants to run, may not actually be running - S - sleep : process is waiting to be woken up (handles signals) - D - disk sleep (uninterruptible sleep) : process must be woken up - (ignores signals) - T - stopped : process suspended - t - traced : process is being traced (with something like gdb) - Z - zombie : process waiting to be cleaned up - X - unknown - + overwrite - This controls what happens when the trace buffer is + full. If "1" (default), the oldest events are + discarded and overwritten. If "0", then the newest + events are discarded. ftrace_enabled -------------- @@ -607,10 +502,10 @@ an example: # echo irqsoff > current_tracer # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: irqsoff # @@ -715,10 +610,10 @@ is much like the irqsoff tracer. # echo preemptoff > current_tracer # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: preemptoff # @@ -863,10 +758,10 @@ tracers. # echo preemptirqsoff > current_tracer # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: preemptirqsoff # @@ -1026,9 +921,9 @@ Instead of performing an 'ls', we will run 'sleep 1' under # echo wakeup > current_tracer # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # chrt -f 5 sleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: wakeup # @@ -1140,9 +1035,9 @@ ftrace_enabled is set; otherwise this tracer is a nop. # sysctl kernel.ftrace_enabled=1 # echo function > current_tracer - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: function # @@ -1180,7 +1075,7 @@ int trace_fd; [...] int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { [...] - trace_fd = open(tracing_file("tracing_enabled"), O_WRONLY); + trace_fd = open(tracing_file("tracing_on"), O_WRONLY); [...] if (condition_hit()) { write(trace_fd, "0", 1); @@ -1631,9 +1526,9 @@ If I am only interested in sys_nanosleep and hrtimer_interrupt: # echo sys_nanosleep hrtimer_interrupt \ > set_ftrace_filter # echo function > current_tracer - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: ftrace # @@ -1879,9 +1774,9 @@ different. The trace is live. # echo function > current_tracer # cat trace_pipe > /tmp/trace.out & [1] 4153 - # echo 1 > tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_on # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # echo 0 > tracing_on # cat trace # tracer: function # diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt index 5f77d94598dd..6d27ab8d6e9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt @@ -42,11 +42,25 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**) NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG. FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types - (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64) and string are supported. + (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), "string" and bitfield + are supported. (*) only for return probe. (**) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures. +Types +----- +Several types are supported for fetch-args. Kprobe tracer will access memory +by given type. Prefix 's' and 'u' means those types are signed and unsigned +respectively. Traced arguments are shown in decimal (signed) or hex (unsigned). +String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from +kernel space. This means it will fail and store NULL if the string container +has been paged out. +Bitfield is another special type, which takes 3 parameters, bit-width, bit- +offset, and container-size (usually 32). The syntax is; + + b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size> + Per-Probe Event Filtering ------------------------- |