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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2021-12-09 12:04:19 -0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2021-12-09 13:23:02 -0800
commit3150a73366b64e3109f0facbc98bcacbc14e81ba (patch)
tree2b94b32c5fe97a4e76058a6f65e8c5717b53ee16 /Documentation
parent1a2fb220edca98d18f90e3ef5bd6853a6b22b1b8 (diff)
parentded746bfc94398d2ee9de315a187677b207b2004 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
No conflicts. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/figures.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/peer-states-8.dot (renamed from Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/node-states-8.dot)5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/conf.py15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/core.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-rockchip.yaml1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/changes.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst3
9 files changed, 36 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/figures.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/figures.rst
index bd9a4901fe46..9f73253ea353 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/figures.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/figures.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ Sub graphs of DRBD's state transitions
:alt: disk-states-8.dot
:align: center
-.. kernel-figure:: node-states-8.dot
- :alt: node-states-8.dot
+.. kernel-figure:: peer-states-8.dot
+ :alt: peer-states-8.dot
:align: center
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/node-states-8.dot b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/peer-states-8.dot
index bfa54e1f8016..6dc3954954d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/node-states-8.dot
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/peer-states-8.dot
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-digraph node_states {
- Secondary -> Primary [ label = "ioctl_set_state()" ]
- Primary -> Secondary [ label = "ioctl_set_state()" ]
-}
-
digraph peer_states {
Secondary -> Primary [ label = "recv state packet" ]
Primary -> Secondary [ label = "recv state packet" ]
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
index f127666ea3a8..e5dad2e40aa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ The number of bits that the PAC occupies in a pointer is 55 minus the
virtual address size configured by the kernel. For example, with a
virtual address size of 48, the PAC is 7 bits wide.
-Recent versions of GCC can compile code with APIAKey-based return
-address protection when passed the -msign-return-address option. This
-uses instructions in the HINT space (unless -march=armv8.3-a or higher
-is also passed), and such code can run on systems without the pointer
-authentication extension.
+When ARM64_PTR_AUTH_KERNEL is selected, the kernel will be compiled
+with HINT space pointer authentication instructions protecting
+function returns. Kernels built with this option will work on hardware
+with or without pointer authentication support.
In addition to exec(), keys can also be reinitialized to random values
using the PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS prctl. A bitmask of PR_PAC_APIAKEY,
diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index 17f7cee56987..76e5eb5cb62b 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -249,11 +249,16 @@ except ImportError:
html_static_path = ['sphinx-static']
-html_context = {
- 'css_files': [
- '_static/theme_overrides.css',
- ],
-}
+html_css_files = [
+ 'theme_overrides.css',
+]
+
+if major <= 1 and minor < 8:
+ html_context = {
+ 'css_files': [
+ '_static/theme_overrides.css',
+ ],
+ }
# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/core.rst b/Documentation/cpu-freq/core.rst
index 33cb90bd1d8f..4ceef8e7217c 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/core.rst
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/core.rst
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE.
The third argument is a struct cpufreq_freqs with the following
values:
-===== ===========================
-cpu number of the affected CPU
+====== ======================================
+policy a pointer to the struct cpufreq_policy
old old frequency
new new frequency
flags flags of the cpufreq driver
-===== ===========================
+====== ======================================
3. CPUFreq Table Generation with Operating Performance Point (OPP)
==================================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-rockchip.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-rockchip.yaml
index 7f987e79337c..52a78a2e362e 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-rockchip.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-rockchip.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ properties:
- rockchip,rk3328-spi
- rockchip,rk3368-spi
- rockchip,rk3399-spi
+ - rockchip,rk3568-spi
- rockchip,rv1126-spi
- const: rockchip,rk3066-spi
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst b/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
index ddada4a53749..4fd7b70fcde1 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
@@ -439,11 +439,9 @@ preemption. The following substitution works on both kernels::
spin_lock(&p->lock);
p->count += this_cpu_read(var2);
-On a non-PREEMPT_RT kernel migrate_disable() maps to preempt_disable()
-which makes the above code fully equivalent. On a PREEMPT_RT kernel
migrate_disable() ensures that the task is pinned on the current CPU which
in turn guarantees that the per-CPU access to var1 and var2 are staying on
-the same CPU.
+the same CPU while the task remains preemptible.
The migrate_disable() substitution is not valid for the following
scenario::
@@ -456,9 +454,8 @@ scenario::
p = this_cpu_ptr(&var1);
p->val = func2();
-While correct on a non-PREEMPT_RT kernel, this breaks on PREEMPT_RT because
-here migrate_disable() does not protect against reentrancy from a
-preempting task. A correct substitution for this case is::
+This breaks because migrate_disable() does not protect against reentrancy from
+a preempting task. A correct substitution for this case is::
func()
{
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index b398b8576417..cf908d79666e 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ GNU make 3.81 make --version
binutils 2.23 ld -v
flex 2.5.35 flex --version
bison 2.0 bison --version
+pahole 1.16 pahole --version
util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version
kmod 13 depmod -V
e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V
@@ -108,6 +109,16 @@ Bison
Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers
during build. This requires bison 2.0 or later.
+pahole:
+-------
+
+Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system
+generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel
+modules as well. This requires pahole v1.16 or later.
+
+It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distro packages or from
+https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.
+
Perl
----
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index da085d63af9b..6b3aaed66fba 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ works, see Documentation/process/development-process.rst. Also, read
Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
for a list of items to check before submitting code. If you are submitting
a driver, also read Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst; for device
-tree binding patches, read Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.
+tree binding patches, read
+Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst.
This documentation assumes that you're using ``git`` to prepare your patches.
If you're unfamiliar with ``git``, you would be well-advised to learn how to