Merge tag 'v3.14-rc5' into HEAD

Linux 3.14-rc5

.gitignore

@@ -92,3 +92,6 @@ extra_certificates
 signing_key.priv
 signing_key.x509
 x509.genkey
+
+# Kconfig presets
+all.config

Documentation/00-INDEX

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
 	- How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
 DMA-attributes.txt
 	- listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have
+dmatest.txt
+	- how to compile, configure and use the dmatest system.
 DocBook/
 	- directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
 EDID/
@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ arm/
 	- directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
 arm64/
 	- directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
+assoc_array.txt
+	- generic associative array intro.
 atomic_ops.txt
 	- semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
 auxdisplay/
@@ -87,6 +91,8 @@ bad_memory.txt
 	- how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions.
 basic_profiling.txt
 	- basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
+bcache.txt
+	- Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.
 binfmt_misc.txt
 	- info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
 blackfin/
@@ -171,6 +177,8 @@ early-userspace/
 	- info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
 edac.txt
 	- information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
+efi-stub.txt
+	- How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
 eisa.txt
 	- info on EISA bus support.
 email-clients.txt
@@ -195,8 +203,8 @@ futex-requeue-pi.txt
 	- info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
 gcov.txt
 	- use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel
-gpio.txt
-	- overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.
+gpio/
+	- gpio related documentation
 hid/
 	- directory with information on human interface devices
 highuid.txt
@@ -255,6 +263,8 @@ kernel-docs.txt
 	- listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
 kernel-parameters.txt
 	- summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
+kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
+	- List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
 kmemcheck.txt
 	- info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory.
 kmemleak.txt
@@ -299,8 +309,6 @@ memory-devices/
 	- directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver
 memory-hotplug.txt
 	- Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
-memory.txt
-	- info on typical Linux memory problems.
 metag/
 	- directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
 mips/
@@ -311,6 +319,8 @@ mmc/
 	- directory with info about the MMC subsystem
 mn10300/
 	- directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port
+module-signing.txt
+	- Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules.
 mtd/
 	- directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
 mono.txt
@@ -343,6 +353,8 @@ pcmcia/
 	- info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
 percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
 	- RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
+phy.txt
+	- Description of the generic PHY framework.
 pi-futex.txt
 	- documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
 pinctrl.txt
@@ -431,6 +443,8 @@ sysrq.txt
 	- info on the magic SysRq key.
 target/
 	- directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
+this_cpu_ops.txt
+	- List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
 thermal/
 	- directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
 trace/
@@ -469,6 +483,8 @@ wimax/
 	- directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
 workqueue.txt
 	- information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
+ww-mutex-design.txt
+	- Intro to Mutex wait/would deadlock handling.s
 x86/x86_64/
 	- directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
 xtensa/

Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt

@@ -82,7 +82,19 @@ Most of the hard work is done for the driver in the PCI layer.  It simply
 has to request that the PCI layer set up the MSI capability for this
 device.
 
-4.2.1 pci_enable_msi_range
+4.2.1 pci_enable_msi
+
+int pci_enable_msi(struct pci_dev *dev)
+
+A successful call allocates ONE interrupt to the device, regardless
+of how many MSIs the device supports.  The device is switched from
+pin-based interrupt mode to MSI mode.  The dev->irq number is changed
+to a new number which represents the message signaled interrupt;
+consequently, this function should be called before the driver calls
+request_irq(), because an MSI is delivered via a vector that is
+different from the vector of a pin-based interrupt.
+
+4.2.2 pci_enable_msi_range
 
 int pci_enable_msi_range(struct pci_dev *dev, int minvec, int maxvec)
 
@@ -147,6 +159,11 @@ static int foo_driver_enable_msi(struct pci_dev *pdev, int nvec)
 	return pci_enable_msi_range(pdev, nvec, nvec);
 }
 
+Note, unlike pci_enable_msi_exact() function, which could be also used to
+enable a particular number of MSI-X interrupts, pci_enable_msi_range()
+returns either a negative errno or 'nvec' (not negative errno or 0 - as
+pci_enable_msi_exact() does).
+
 4.2.1.3 Single MSI mode
 
 The most notorious example of the request type described above is
@@ -158,7 +175,27 @@ static int foo_driver_enable_single_msi(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	return pci_enable_msi_range(pdev, 1, 1);
 }
 
-4.2.2 pci_disable_msi
+Note, unlike pci_enable_msi() function, which could be also used to
+enable the single MSI mode, pci_enable_msi_range() returns either a
+negative errno or 1 (not negative errno or 0 - as pci_enable_msi()
+does).
+
+4.2.3 pci_enable_msi_exact
+
+int pci_enable_msi_exact(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec)
+
+This variation on pci_enable_msi_range() call allows a device driver to
+request exactly 'nvec' MSIs.
+
+If this function returns a negative number, it indicates an error and
+the driver should not attempt to request any more MSI interrupts for
+this device.
+
+By contrast with pci_enable_msi_range() function, pci_enable_msi_exact()
+returns zero in case of success, which indicates MSI interrupts have been
+successfully allocated.
+
+4.2.4 pci_disable_msi
 
 void pci_disable_msi(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
@@ -172,7 +209,7 @@ on any interrupt for which it previously called request_irq().
 Failure to do so results in a BUG_ON(), leaving the device with
 MSI enabled and thus leaking its vector.
 
-4.2.3 pci_msi_vec_count
+4.2.4 pci_msi_vec_count
 
 int pci_msi_vec_count(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
@@ -257,8 +294,8 @@ possible, likely up to the limit returned by pci_msix_vec_count() function:
 
 static int foo_driver_enable_msix(struct foo_adapter *adapter, int nvec)
 {
-	return pci_enable_msi_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries,
-				    1, nvec);
+	return pci_enable_msix_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries,
+				     1, nvec);
 }
 
 Note the value of 'minvec' parameter is 1.  As 'minvec' is inclusive,
@@ -269,8 +306,8 @@ In this case the function could look like this:
 
 static int foo_driver_enable_msix(struct foo_adapter *adapter, int nvec)
 {
-	return pci_enable_msi_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries,
-				    FOO_DRIVER_MINIMUM_NVEC, nvec);
+	return pci_enable_msix_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries,
+				     FOO_DRIVER_MINIMUM_NVEC, nvec);
 }
 
 4.3.1.2 Exact number of MSI-X interrupts
@@ -282,10 +319,15 @@ parameters:
 
 static int foo_driver_enable_msix(struct foo_adapter *adapter, int nvec)
 {
-	return pci_enable_msi_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries,
-				    nvec, nvec);
+	return pci_enable_msix_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries,
+				     nvec, nvec);
 }
 
+Note, unlike pci_enable_msix_exact() function, which could be also used to
+enable a particular number of MSI-X interrupts, pci_enable_msix_range()
+returns either a negative errno or 'nvec' (not negative errno or 0 - as
+pci_enable_msix_exact() does).
+
 4.3.1.3 Specific requirements to the number of MSI-X interrupts
 
 As noted above, there could be devices that can not operate with just any
@@ -332,7 +374,64 @@ Note how pci_enable_msix_range() return value is analized for a fallback -
 any error code other than -ENOSPC indicates a fatal error and should not
 be retried.
 
-4.3.2 pci_disable_msix
+4.3.2 pci_enable_msix_exact
+
+int pci_enable_msix_exact(struct pci_dev *dev,
+			  struct msix_entry *entries, int nvec)
+
+This variation on pci_enable_msix_range() call allows a device driver to
+request exactly 'nvec' MSI-Xs.
+
+If this function returns a negative number, it indicates an error and
+the driver should not attempt to allocate any more MSI-X interrupts for
+this device.
+
+By contrast with pci_enable_msix_range() function, pci_enable_msix_exact()
+returns zero in case of success, which indicates MSI-X interrupts have been
+successfully allocated.
+
+Another version of a routine that enables MSI-X mode for a device with
+specific requirements described in chapter 4.3.1.3 might look like this:
+
+/*
+ * Assume 'minvec' and 'maxvec' are non-zero
+ */
+static int foo_driver_enable_msix(struct foo_adapter *adapter,
+				  int minvec, int maxvec)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	minvec = roundup_pow_of_two(minvec);
+	maxvec = rounddown_pow_of_two(maxvec);
+
+	if (minvec > maxvec)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+retry:
+	rc = pci_enable_msix_exact(adapter->pdev,
+				   adapter->msix_entries, maxvec);
+
+	/*
+	 * -ENOSPC is the only error code allowed to be analyzed
+	 */
+	if (rc == -ENOSPC) {
+		if (maxvec == 1)
+			return -ENOSPC;
+
+		maxvec /= 2;
+
+		if (minvec > maxvec)
+			return -ENOSPC;
+
+		goto retry;
+	} else if (rc < 0) {
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	return maxvec;
+}
+
+4.3.3 pci_disable_msix
 
 void pci_disable_msix(struct pci_dev *dev)
 

Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ listRCU.txt
 	- Using RCU to Protect Read-Mostly Linked Lists
 lockdep.txt
 	- RCU and lockdep checking
+lockdep-splat.txt
+	- RCU Lockdep splats explained.
 NMI-RCU.txt
 	- Using RCU to Protect Dynamic NMI Handlers
 rcubarrier.txt

Documentation/arm/00-INDEX

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Booting
 	- requirements for booting
 Interrupts
 	- ARM Interrupt subsystem documentation
+IXP4xx
+	- Intel IXP4xx Network processor.
 msm
 	- MSM specific documentation
 Netwinder
@@ -24,8 +26,16 @@ SPEAr
 	- ST SPEAr platform Linux Overview
 VFP/
 	- Release notes for Linux Kernel Vector Floating Point support code
+cluster-pm-race-avoidance.txt
+	- Algorithm for CPU and Cluster setup/teardown
 empeg/
 	- Ltd's Empeg MP3 Car Audio Player
+firmware.txt
+	- Secure firmware registration and calling.
+kernel_mode_neon.txt
+	- How to use NEON instructions in kernel mode
+kernel_user_helpers.txt
+	- Helper functions in kernel space made available for userspace.
 mem_alignment
 	- alignment abort handler documentation
 memory.txt
@@ -34,3 +44,7 @@ nwfpe/
 	- NWFPE floating point emulator documentation
 swp_emulation
 	- SWP/SWPB emulation handler/logging description
+tcm.txt
+	- ARM Tightly Coupled Memory
+vlocks.txt
+	- Voting locks, low-level mechanism relying on memory system atomic writes.

Documentation/blackfin/00-INDEX

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 00-INDEX
 	- This file
-
+Makefile
+	- Makefile for gptimers example file.
 bfin-gpio-notes.txt
 	- Notes in developing/using bfin-gpio driver.
-
 bfin-spi-notes.txt
 	- Notes for using bfin spi bus driver.
+gptimers-example.c
+	- gptimers example

Documentation/block/00-INDEX

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ deadline-iosched.txt
 	- Deadline IO scheduler tunables
 ioprio.txt
 	- Block io priorities (in CFQ scheduler)
+null_blk.txt
+	- Null block for block-layer benchmarking.
 queue-sysfs.txt
 	- Queue's sysfs entries
 request.txt

Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX

@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss
 	- this file
 booting-without-of.txt
 	- Booting Linux without Open Firmware, describes history and format of device trees.
+usage-model.txt
+	- How Linux uses DT and what DT aims to solve.

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Boards:
   compatible = "ti,omap3-beagle", "ti,omap3"
 
 - OMAP3 Tobi with Overo : Commercial expansion board with daughter board
-  compatible = "ti,omap3-tobi", "ti,omap3-overo", "ti,omap3"
+  compatible = "gumstix,omap3-overo-tobi", "gumstix,omap3-overo", "ti,omap3"
 
 - OMAP4 SDP : Software Development Board
   compatible = "ti,omap4-sdp", "ti,omap4430"

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/fsl-imx-sdma.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 * Freescale Smart Direct Memory Access (SDMA) Controller for i.MX
 
 Required properties:
-- compatible : Should be "fsl,imx31-sdma", "fsl,imx31-to1-sdma",
-  "fsl,imx31-to2-sdma", "fsl,imx35-sdma", "fsl,imx35-to1-sdma",
-  "fsl,imx35-to2-sdma", "fsl,imx51-sdma", "fsl,imx53-sdma" or
-  "fsl,imx6q-sdma". The -to variants should be preferred since they
-  allow to determnine the correct ROM script addresses needed for
-  the driver to work without additional firmware.
+- compatible : Should be one of
+      "fsl,imx25-sdma"
+      "fsl,imx31-sdma", "fsl,imx31-to1-sdma", "fsl,imx31-to2-sdma"
+      "fsl,imx35-sdma", "fsl,imx35-to1-sdma", "fsl,imx35-to2-sdma"
+      "fsl,imx51-sdma"
+      "fsl,imx53-sdma"
+      "fsl,imx6q-sdma"
+  The -to variants should be preferred since they allow to determnine the
+  correct ROM script addresses needed for the driver to work without additional
+  firmware.
 - reg : Should contain SDMA registers location and length
 - interrupts : Should contain SDMA interrupt
 - #dma-cells : Must be <3>.