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diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ Description:
 Users:		hotplug memory remove tools
 		https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/
 
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memoryX/nodeY
+Date:		October 2009
+Contact:	Linux Memory Management list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
+Description:
+		When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that
+		points to the corresponding NUMA node directory.
+
+		For example, the following symbolic link is created for
+		memory section 9 on node0:
+		/sys/devices/system/memory/memory9/node0 -> ../../node/node0
+
+
 What:		/sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY
 Date:		September 2008
 Contact:	Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com>
@@ -70,4 +83,3 @@ Description:
 		memory section directory.  For example, the following symbolic
 		link is created for memory section 9 on node0.
 		/sys/devices/system/node/node0/memory9 -> ../../memory/memory9
-
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -62,6 +62,35 @@ Description:	CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to
 		See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.
 
 
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/probe
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/release
+Date:		November 2009
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Dynamic addition and removal of CPU's.  This is not hotplug
+		removal, this is meant complete removal/addition of the CPU
+		from the system.
+
+		probe: writes to this file will dynamically add a CPU to the
+		system.  Information written to the file to add CPU's is
+		architecture specific.
+
+		release: writes to this file dynamically remove a CPU from
+		the system.  Information writtento the file to remove CPU's
+		is architecture specific.
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
+Date:		October 2009
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
+Description:	Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to
+
+		When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points
+		to the corresponding NUMA node directory.
+
+		For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42
+		in NUMA node 2:
+
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2
+
 
 What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
 Date:		October 2009

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_fastpath file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been allocated using the fast path.
+		The alloc_fastpath file shows how many objects have been
+		allocated using the fast path.  It can be written to clear the
+		current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_from_partial
@@ -55,9 +56,10 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_from_partial file is read-only and specifies how
-		many times a cpu slab has been full and it has been refilled
-		by using a slab from the list of partially used slabs.
+		The alloc_from_partial file shows how many times a cpu slab has
+		been full and it has been refilled by using a slab from the list
+		of partially used slabs.  It can be written to clear the current
+		count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_refill
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_refill file is read-only and specifies how many
-		times the per-cpu freelist was empty but there were objects
-		available as the result of remote cpu frees.
+		The alloc_refill file shows how many times the per-cpu freelist
+		was empty but there were objects available as the result of
+		remote cpu frees.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_slab
@@ -77,8 +79,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_slab file is read-only and specifies how many times
-		a new slab had to be allocated from the page allocator.
+		The alloc_slab file is shows how many times a new slab had to
+		be allocated from the page allocator.  It can be written to
+		clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_slowpath
@@ -87,9 +90,10 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_slowpath file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been allocated using the slow path because of a
-		refill or allocation from a partial or new slab.
+		The alloc_slowpath file shows how many objects have been
+		allocated using the slow path because of a refill or
+		allocation from a partial or new slab.  It can be written to
+		clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/cache_dma
@@ -117,10 +121,11 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.31
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file cpuslab_flush is read-only and specifies how many
-		times a cache's cpu slabs have been flushed as the result of
-		destroying or shrinking a cache, a cpu going offline, or as
-		the result of forcing an allocation from a certain node.
+		The file cpuslab_flush shows how many times a cache's cpu slabs
+		have been flushed as the result of destroying or shrinking a
+		cache, a cpu going offline, or as the result of forcing an
+		allocation from a certain node.  It can be written to clear the
+		current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/ctor
@@ -139,8 +144,8 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_empty is read-only and specifies how many
-		times an empty cpu slab was deactivated.
+		The deactivate_empty file shows how many times an empty cpu slab
+		was deactivated.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_full
@@ -149,8 +154,8 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_full is read-only and specifies how many
-		times a full cpu slab was deactivated.
+		The deactivate_full file shows how many times a full cpu slab
+		was deactivated.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_remote_frees
@@ -159,9 +164,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_remote_frees is read-only and specifies how
-		many times a cpu slab has been deactivated and contained free
-		objects that were freed remotely.
+		The deactivate_remote_frees file shows how many times a cpu slab
+		has been deactivated and contained free objects that were freed
+		remotely.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_head
@@ -170,9 +175,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_to_head is read-only and specifies how
-		many times a partial cpu slab was deactivated and added to the
-		head of its node's partial list.
+		The deactivate_to_head file shows how many times a partial cpu
+		slab was deactivated and added to the head of its node's partial
+		list.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_tail
@@ -181,9 +186,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_to_tail is read-only and specifies how
-		many times a partial cpu slab was deactivated and added to the
-		tail of its node's partial list.
+		The deactivate_to_tail file shows how many times a partial cpu
+		slab was deactivated and added to the tail of its node's partial
+		list.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/destroy_by_rcu
@@ -201,9 +206,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file free_add_partial is read-only and specifies how many
-		times an object has been freed in a full slab so that it had to
-		added to its node's partial list.
+		The free_add_partial file shows how many times an object has
+		been freed in a full slab so that it had to added to its node's
+		partial list.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_calls
@@ -222,9 +227,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The free_fastpath file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been freed using the fast path because it was an
-		object from the cpu slab.
+		The free_fastpath file shows how many objects have been freed
+		using the fast path because it was an object from the cpu slab.
+		It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_frozen
@@ -233,9 +238,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The free_frozen file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been freed to a frozen slab (i.e. a remote cpu
-		slab).
+		The free_frozen file shows how many objects have been freed to
+		a frozen slab (i.e. a remote cpu slab).  It can be written to
+		clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_remove_partial
@@ -244,9 +249,10 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file free_remove_partial is read-only and specifies how
-		many times an object has been freed to a now-empty slab so
-		that it had to be removed from its node's partial list.
+		The free_remove_partial file shows how many times an object has
+		been freed to a now-empty slab so that it had to be removed from
+		its node's partial list.  It can be written to clear the current
+		count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_slab
@@ -255,8 +261,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The free_slab file is read-only and specifies how many times an
-		empty slab has been freed back to the page allocator.
+		The free_slab file shows how many times an empty slab has been
+		freed back to the page allocator.  It can be written to clear
+		the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_slowpath
@@ -265,9 +272,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The free_slowpath file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been freed using the slow path (i.e. to a full or
-		partial slab).
+		The free_slowpath file shows how many objects have been freed
+		using the slow path (i.e. to a full or partial slab).  It can
+		be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/hwcache_align
@@ -346,10 +353,10 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.26
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file order_fallback is read-only and specifies how many
-		times an allocation of a new slab has not been possible at the
-		cache's order and instead fallen back to its minimum possible
-		order.
+		The order_fallback file shows how many times an allocation of a
+		new slab has not been possible at the cache's order and instead
+		fallen back to its minimum possible order.  It can be written to
+		clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/partial

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-memory-page-offline b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-memory-page-offline
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memory/soft_offline_page
+Date:		Sep 2009
+KernelVersion:	2.6.33
+Contact:	andi@firstfloor.org
+Description:
+		Soft-offline the memory page containing the physical address
+		written into this file. Input is a hex number specifying the
+		physical address of the page. The kernel will then attempt
+		to soft-offline it, by moving the contents elsewhere or
+		dropping it if possible. The kernel will then be placed
+		on the bad page list and never be reused.
+
+		The offlining is done in kernel specific granuality.
+		Normally it's the base page size of the kernel, but
+		this might change.
+
+		The page must be still accessible, not poisoned. The
+		kernel will never kill anything for this, but rather
+		fail the offline.  Return value is the size of the
+		number, or a error when the offlining failed.  Reading
+		the file is not allowed.
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memory/hard_offline_page
+Date:		Sep 2009
+KernelVersion:	2.6.33
+Contact:	andi@firstfloor.org
+Description:
+		Hard-offline the memory page containing the physical
+		address written into this file. Input is a hex number
+		specifying the physical address of the page. The
+		kernel will then attempt to hard-offline the page, by
+		trying to drop the page or killing any owner or
+		triggering IO errors if needed.  Note this may kill
+		any processes owning the page. The kernel will avoid
+		to access this page assuming it's poisoned by the
+		hardware.
+
+		The offlining is done in kernel specific granuality.
+		Normally it's the base page size of the kernel, but
+		this might change.
+
+		Return value is the size of the number, or a error when
+		the offlining failed.
+		Reading the file is not allowed.
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/Changes b/trunk/Documentation/Changes
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ o  oprofile               0.9                     # oprofiled --version
 o  udev                   081                     # udevinfo -V
 o  grub                   0.93                    # grub --version
 o  mcelog		  0.6
+o  iptables               1.4.1                   # iptables -V
+
 
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