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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b137b9942a07843c64a934cfdb7d43155e507e13
+refs/heads/master: 64a32307b710c100beb101e9c78f8022f0e8ba61

trunk/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt

@@ -738,17 +738,17 @@ to "Closing".
    CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH if the architecture supports IOMMUs
    (including software IOMMU).
 
-2) ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN
+2) ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN
 
    Architectures must ensure that kmalloc'ed buffer is
    DMA-safe. Drivers and subsystems depend on it. If an architecture
    isn't fully DMA-coherent (i.e. hardware doesn't ensure that data in
    the CPU cache is identical to data in main memory),
-   ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN must be set so that the memory allocator
+   ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN must be set so that the memory allocator
    makes sure that kmalloc'ed buffer doesn't share a cache line with
    the others. See arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h as an example.
 
-   Note that ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN is about DMA memory alignment
+   Note that ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN is about DMA memory alignment
    constraints. You don't need to worry about the architecture data
    alignment constraints (e.g. the alignment constraints about 64-bit
    objects).

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
      <sect1><title>Atomic and pointer manipulation</title>
 !Iarch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
-!Iarch/x86/include/asm/unaligned.h
      </sect1>
 
      <sect1><title>Delaying, scheduling, and timer routines</title>

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
      </para>
 
      <sect1><title>String Conversions</title>
-!Ilib/vsprintf.c
 !Elib/vsprintf.c
      </sect1>
      <sect1><title>String Manipulation</title>

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl

@@ -1922,9 +1922,12 @@ machines due to caching.
       <function>mutex_lock()</function>
       </para>
       <para>
-       There is a <function>mutex_trylock()</function> which can be
-       used inside interrupt context, as it will not sleep.
+       There is a <function>mutex_trylock()</function> which does not
+       sleep.  Still, it must not be used inside interrupt context since
+       its implementation is not safe for that.
        <function>mutex_unlock()</function> will also never sleep.
+       It cannot be used in interrupt context either since a mutex
+       must be released by the same task that acquired it.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
@@ -1958,6 +1961,12 @@ machines due to caching.
    </sect1>
   </chapter>
 
+  <chapter id="apiref">
+   <title>Mutex API reference</title>
+!Iinclude/linux/mutex.h
+!Ekernel/mutex.c
+  </chapter>
+
   <chapter id="references">
    <title>Further reading</title>
 

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl

@@ -104,4 +104,9 @@
    <title>Block IO</title>
 !Iinclude/trace/events/block.h
   </chapter>
+
+  <chapter id="workqueue">
+   <title>Workqueue</title>
+!Iinclude/trace/events/workqueue.h
+  </chapter>
 </book>

trunk/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like
       "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized.
 Note: The same ACPI control method can be overridden for many times,
       and it's always the latest one that used by Linux/kernel.
+Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)),
+      please run "echo 1 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output".
 
 1. override an existing method
    a) get the ACPI table via ACPI sysfs I/F. e.g. to get the DSDT,

trunk/Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+CFQ ioscheduler tunables
+========================
+
+slice_idle
+----------
+This specifies how long CFQ should idle for next request on certain cfq queues
+(for sequential workloads) and service trees (for random workloads) before
+queue is expired and CFQ selects next queue to dispatch from.
+
+By default slice_idle is a non-zero value. That means by default we idle on
+queues/service trees. This can be very helpful on highly seeky media like
+single spindle SATA/SAS disks where we can cut down on overall number of
+seeks and see improved throughput.
+
+Setting slice_idle to 0 will remove all the idling on queues/service tree
+level and one should see an overall improved throughput on faster storage
+devices like multiple SATA/SAS disks in hardware RAID configuration. The down
+side is that isolation provided from WRITES also goes down and notion of
+IO priority becomes weaker.
+
+So depending on storage and workload, it might be useful to set slice_idle=0.
+In general I think for SATA/SAS disks and software RAID of SATA/SAS disks
+keeping slice_idle enabled should be useful. For any configurations where
+there are multiple spindles behind single LUN (Host based hardware RAID
+controller or for storage arrays), setting slice_idle=0 might end up in better
+throughput and acceptable latencies.
+
+CFQ IOPS Mode for group scheduling
+===================================
+Basic CFQ design is to provide priority based time slices. Higher priority
+process gets bigger time slice and lower priority process gets smaller time
+slice. Measuring time becomes harder if storage is fast and supports NCQ and
+it would be better to dispatch multiple requests from multiple cfq queues in
+request queue at a time. In such scenario, it is not possible to measure time
+consumed by single queue accurately.
+
+What is possible though is to measure number of requests dispatched from a
+single queue and also allow dispatch from multiple cfq queue at the same time.
+This effectively becomes the fairness in terms of IOPS (IO operations per
+second).
+
+If one sets slice_idle=0 and if storage supports NCQ, CFQ internally switches
+to IOPS mode and starts providing fairness in terms of number of requests
+dispatched. Note that this mode switching takes effect only for group
+scheduling. For non-cgroup users nothing should change.

trunk/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ Details of cgroup files
 CFQ sysfs tunable
 =================
 /sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/group_isolation
+-----------------------------------------------
 
 If group_isolation=1, it provides stronger isolation between groups at the
 expense of throughput. By default group_isolation is 0. In general that
@@ -243,6 +244,33 @@ By default one should run with group_isolation=0. If that is not sufficient
 and one wants stronger isolation between groups, then set group_isolation=1
 but this will come at cost of reduced throughput.
 
+/sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/slice_idle
+------------------------------------------
+On a faster hardware CFQ can be slow, especially with sequential workload.
+This happens because CFQ idles on a single queue and single queue might not
+drive deeper request queue depths to keep the storage busy. In such scenarios
+one can try setting slice_idle=0 and that would switch CFQ to IOPS
+(IO operations per second) mode on NCQ supporting hardware.
+
+That means CFQ will not idle between cfq queues of a cfq group and hence be
+able to driver higher queue depth and achieve better throughput. That also
+means that cfq provides fairness among groups in terms of IOPS and not in
+terms of disk time.
+
+/sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/group_idle
+------------------------------------------
+If one disables idling on individual cfq queues and cfq service trees by
+setting slice_idle=0, group_idle kicks in. That means CFQ will still idle
+on the group in an attempt to provide fairness among groups.
+
+By default group_idle is same as slice_idle and does not do anything if
+slice_idle is enabled.
+
+One can experience an overall throughput drop if you have created multiple
+groups and put applications in that group which are not driving enough
+IO to keep disk busy. In that case set group_idle=0, and CFQ will not idle
+on individual groups and throughput should improve.
+
 What works
 ==========
 - Currently only sync IO queues are support. All the buffered writes are

trunk/Documentation/gpio.txt

@@ -109,17 +109,19 @@ use numbers 2000-2063 to identify GPIOs in a bank of I2C GPIO expanders.
 
 If you want to initialize a structure with an invalid GPIO number, use
 some negative number (perhaps "-EINVAL"); that will never be valid.  To
-test if a number could reference a GPIO, you may use this predicate:
+test if such number from such a structure could reference a GPIO, you
+may use this predicate:
 
 	int gpio_is_valid(int number);
 
 A number that's not valid will be rejected by calls which may request
 or free GPIOs (see below).  Other numbers may also be rejected; for
-example, a number might be valid but unused on a given board.
-
-Whether a platform supports multiple GPIO controllers is currently a
-platform-specific implementation issue.
+example, a number might be valid but temporarily unused on a given board.
 
+Whether a platform supports multiple GPIO controllers is a platform-specific
+implementation issue, as are whether that support can leave "holes" in the space
+of GPIO numbers, and whether new controllers can be added at runtime.  Such issues
+can affect things including whether adjacent GPIO numbers are both valid.
 
 Using GPIOs
 -----------
@@ -480,12 +482,16 @@ To support this framework, a platform's Kconfig will "select" either
 ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB or ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 and arrange that its <asm/gpio.h> includes <asm-generic/gpio.h> and defines
 three functions: gpio_get_value(), gpio_set_value(), and gpio_cansleep().
-They may also want to provide a custom value for ARCH_NR_GPIOS.
 
-ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB means that the gpio-lib code will always get compiled
+It may also provide a custom value for ARCH_NR_GPIOS, so that it better
+reflects the number of GPIOs in actual use on that platform, without
+wasting static table space.  (It should count both built-in/SoC GPIOs and
+also ones on GPIO expanders.
+
+ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB means that the gpiolib code will always get compiled
 into the kernel on that architecture.
 
-ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB means the gpio-lib code defaults to off and the user
+ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB means the gpiolib code defaults to off and the user
 can enable it and build it into the kernel optionally.
 
 If neither of these options are selected, the platform does not support

trunk/Documentation/hwmon/emc2103

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Kernel driver emc2103
+======================
+
+Supported chips:
+  * SMSC EMC2103
+    Addresses scanned: I2C 0x2e
+    Prefix: 'emc2103'
+    Datasheet: Not public
+
+Authors:
+        Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) EMC2103 chips
+contain up to 4 temperature sensors and a single fan controller.
+
+Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is
+triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. Fan
+readings can be divided by a programmable divider (1, 2, 4 or 8) to give
+the readings more range or accuracy. Not all RPM values can accurately be
+represented, so some rounding is done. With a divider of 1, the lowest
+representable value is 480 RPM.
+
+This driver supports RPM based control, to use this a fan target
+should be written to fan1_target and pwm1_enable should be set to 3.
+
+The 2103-2 and 2103-4 variants have a third temperature sensor, which can
+be connected to two anti-parallel diodes.  These values can be read
+as temp3 and temp4.  If only one diode is attached to this channel, temp4
+will show as "fault".  The module parameter "apd=0" can be used to suppress
+this 4th channel when anti-parallel diodes are not fitted.

trunk/Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ Kernel driver f71882fg
 ======================
 
 Supported chips:
-  * Fintek F71808E
-    Prefix: 'f71808fg'
-    Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
-    Datasheet: Not public
   * Fintek F71858FG
     Prefix: 'f71858fg'
     Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space

trunk/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245

@@ -72,9 +72,31 @@ in6_min_alarm		5v  output undervoltage alarm
 in7_min_alarm		3v  output undervoltage alarm
 in8_min_alarm		Vee (-12v) output undervoltage alarm
 
-in9_input		GPIO voltage data
+in9_input		GPIO voltage data (see note 1)
+in10_input		GPIO voltage data (see note 1)
+in11_input		GPIO voltage data (see note 1)
 
 power1_input		12v power usage (mW)
 power2_input		5v  power usage (mW)
 power3_input		3v  power usage (mW)
 power4_input		Vee (-12v) power usage (mW)
+
+
+Note 1
+------
+
+If you have NOT configured the driver to sample all GPIO pins as analog
+voltages, then the in10_input and in11_input sysfs attributes will not be
+created. The driver will sample the GPIO pin that is currently connected to the
+ADC as an analog voltage, and report the value in in9_input.
+
+If you have configured the driver to sample all GPIO pins as analog voltages,
+then they will be sampled in round-robin fashion. If userspace reads too
+slowly, -EAGAIN will be returned when you read the sysfs attribute containing
+the sensor reading.
+
+The LTC4245 chip can be configured to sample all GPIO pins with two methods:
+1) platform data -- see include/linux/i2c/ltc4245.h
+2) OF device tree -- add the "ltc4245,use-extra-gpios" property to each chip
+
+The default mode of operation is to sample a single GPIO pin.

trunk/Documentation/hwmon/pc87427

@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ Description
 
 The National Semiconductor Super I/O chip includes complete hardware
 monitoring capabilities. It can monitor up to 18 voltages, 8 fans and
-6 temperature sensors. Only the fans are supported at the moment.
+6 temperature sensors. Only the fans and temperatures are supported at
+the moment, voltages aren't.
 
-This chip also has fan controlling features, which are not yet supported
-by this driver either.
+This chip also has fan controlling features (up to 4 PWM outputs),
+which are partly supported by this driver.
 
 The driver assumes that no more than one chip is present, which seems
 reasonable.
@@ -36,3 +37,23 @@ signal. Speeds down to 83 RPM can be measured.
 An alarm is triggered if the rotation speed drops below a programmable
 limit. Another alarm is triggered if the speed is too low to be measured
 (including stalled or missing fan).
+
+
+Fan Speed Control
+-----------------
+
+Fan speed can be controlled by PWM outputs. There are 4 possible modes:
+always off, always on, manual and automatic. The latter isn't supported
+by the driver: you can only return to that mode if it was the original
+setting, and the configuration interface is missing.
+
+
+Temperature Monitoring
+----------------------
+
+The PC87427 relies on external sensors (following the SensorPath
+standard), so the resolution and range depend on the type of sensor
+connected. The integer part can be 8-bit or 9-bit, and can be signed or
+not. I couldn't find a way to figure out the external sensor data
+temperature format, so user-space adjustment (typically by a factor 2)
+may be required.