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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ceph.txt139
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kobject.txt60
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/timestamping/Makefile11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/timestamping/timestamping.c10
9 files changed, 204 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
index a986e9bbba3d..bcebb9eaedce 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Description:
match the driver to the device. For example:
# echo "046d c315" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/remove_id
-What: /sys/bus/usb/device/.../avoid_reset
+What: /sys/bus/usb/device/.../avoid_reset_quirk
Date: December 2009
Contact: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Description:
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index a5cc0db63d7a..ed511af0f79a 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -582,3 +582,10 @@ Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both
Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
----------------------------
+
+What: "acpi=ht" boot option
+When: 2.6.35
+Why: Useful in 2003, implementation is a hack.
+ Generally invoked by accident today.
+ Seen as doing more harm than good.
+Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e03917316bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+Ceph Distributed File System
+============================
+
+Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide good
+performance, reliability, and scalability.
+
+Basic features include:
+
+ * POSIX semantics
+ * Seamless scaling from 1 to many thousands of nodes
+ * High availability and reliability. No single points of failure.
+ * N-way replication of data across storage nodes
+ * Fast recovery from node failures
+ * Automatic rebalancing of data on node addition/removal
+ * Easy deployment: most FS components are userspace daemons
+
+Also,
+ * Flexible snapshots (on any directory)
+ * Recursive accounting (nested files, directories, bytes)
+
+In contrast to cluster filesystems like GFS, OCFS2, and GPFS that rely
+on symmetric access by all clients to shared block devices, Ceph
+separates data and metadata management into independent server
+clusters, similar to Lustre. Unlike Lustre, however, metadata and
+storage nodes run entirely as user space daemons. Storage nodes
+utilize btrfs to store data objects, leveraging its advanced features
+(checksumming, metadata replication, etc.). File data is striped
+across storage nodes in large chunks to distribute workload and
+facilitate high throughputs. When storage nodes fail, data is
+re-replicated in a distributed fashion by the storage nodes themselves
+(with some minimal coordination from a cluster monitor), making the
+system extremely efficient and scalable.
+
+Metadata servers effectively form a large, consistent, distributed
+in-memory cache above the file namespace that is extremely scalable,
+dynamically redistributes metadata in response to workload changes,
+and can tolerate arbitrary (well, non-Byzantine) node failures. The
+metadata server takes a somewhat unconventional approach to metadata
+storage to significantly improve performance for common workloads. In
+particular, inodes with only a single link are embedded in
+directories, allowing entire directories of dentries and inodes to be
+loaded into its cache with a single I/O operation. The contents of
+extremely large directories can be fragmented and managed by
+independent metadata servers, allowing scalable concurrent access.
+
+The system offers automatic data rebalancing/migration when scaling
+from a small cluster of just a few nodes to many hundreds, without
+requiring an administrator carve the data set into static volumes or
+go through the tedious process of migrating data between servers.
+When the file system approaches full, new nodes can be easily added
+and things will "just work."
+
+Ceph includes flexible snapshot mechanism that allows a user to create
+a snapshot on any subdirectory (and its nested contents) in the
+system. Snapshot creation and deletion are as simple as 'mkdir
+.snap/foo' and 'rmdir .snap/foo'.
+
+Ceph also provides some recursive accounting on directories for nested
+files and bytes. That is, a 'getfattr -d foo' on any directory in the
+system will reveal the total number of nested regular files and
+subdirectories, and a summation of all nested file sizes. This makes
+the identification of large disk space consumers relatively quick, as
+no 'du' or similar recursive scan of the file system is required.
+
+
+Mount Syntax
+============
+
+The basic mount syntax is:
+
+ # mount -t ceph monip[:port][,monip2[:port]...]:/[subdir] mnt
+
+You only need to specify a single monitor, as the client will get the
+full list when it connects. (However, if the monitor you specify
+happens to be down, the mount won't succeed.) The port can be left
+off if the monitor is using the default. So if the monitor is at
+1.2.3.4,
+
+ # mount -t ceph 1.2.3.4:/ /mnt/ceph
+
+is sufficient. If /sbin/mount.ceph is installed, a hostname can be
+used instead of an IP address.
+
+
+
+Mount Options
+=============
+
+ ip=A.B.C.D[:N]
+ Specify the IP and/or port the client should bind to locally.
+ There is normally not much reason to do this. If the IP is not
+ specified, the client's IP address is determined by looking at the
+ address it's connection to the monitor originates from.
+
+ wsize=X
+ Specify the maximum write size in bytes. By default there is no
+ maximu. Ceph will normally size writes based on the file stripe
+ size.
+
+ rsize=X
+ Specify the maximum readahead.
+
+ mount_timeout=X
+ Specify the timeout value for mount (in seconds), in the case
+ of a non-responsive Ceph file system. The default is 30
+ seconds.
+
+ rbytes
+ When stat() is called on a directory, set st_size to 'rbytes',
+ the summation of file sizes over all files nested beneath that
+ directory. This is the default.
+
+ norbytes
+ When stat() is called on a directory, set st_size to the
+ number of entries in that directory.
+
+ nocrc
+ Disable CRC32C calculation for data writes. If set, the OSD
+ must rely on TCP's error correction to detect data corruption
+ in the data payload.
+
+ noasyncreaddir
+ Disable client's use its local cache to satisfy readdir
+ requests. (This does not change correctness; the client uses
+ cached metadata only when a lease or capability ensures it is
+ valid.)
+
+
+More Information
+================
+
+For more information on Ceph, see the home page at
+ http://ceph.newdream.net/
+
+The Linux kernel client source tree is available at
+ git://ceph.newdream.net/linux-ceph-client.git
+
+and the source for the full system is at
+ git://ceph.newdream.net/ceph.git
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
index 35c9b51d20ea..dd5806f4fcc4 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ Code Seq#(hex) Include File Comments
0x92 00-0F drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c
0x93 60-7F linux/auto_fs.h
0x94 all fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
+0x97 00-7F fs/ceph/ioctl.h Ceph file system
0x99 00-0F 537-Addinboard driver
<mailto:buk@buks.ipn.de>
0xA0 all linux/sdp/sdp.h Industrial Device Project
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 3bc48b0bd3a9..e4cbca58536c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
acpi_display_output=video
See above.
- acpi_early_pdc_eval [HW,ACPI] Evaluate processor _PDC methods
- early. Needed on some platforms to properly
- initialize the EC.
-
acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
ACPI will balance active IRQs
default in APIC mode
diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
index bdb13817e1e9..3ab2472509cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
@@ -59,37 +59,56 @@ nice to have in other objects. The C language does not allow for the
direct expression of inheritance, so other techniques - such as structure
embedding - must be used.
-So, for example, the UIO code has a structure that defines the memory
-region associated with a uio device:
+(As an aside, for those familiar with the kernel linked list implementation,
+this is analogous as to how "list_head" structs are rarely useful on
+their own, but are invariably found embedded in the larger objects of
+interest.)
-struct uio_mem {
+So, for example, the UIO code in drivers/uio/uio.c has a structure that
+defines the memory region associated with a uio device:
+
+ struct uio_map {
struct kobject kobj;
- unsigned long addr;
- unsigned long size;
- int memtype;
- void __iomem *internal_addr;
-};
+ struct uio_mem *mem;
+ };
-If you have a struct uio_mem structure, finding its embedded kobject is
+If you have a struct uio_map structure, finding its embedded kobject is
just a matter of using the kobj member. Code that works with kobjects will
often have the opposite problem, however: given a struct kobject pointer,
what is the pointer to the containing structure? You must avoid tricks
(such as assuming that the kobject is at the beginning of the structure)
and, instead, use the container_of() macro, found in <linux/kernel.h>:
- container_of(pointer, type, member)
+ container_of(pointer, type, member)
+
+where:
+
+ * "pointer" is the pointer to the embedded kobject,
+ * "type" is the type of the containing structure, and
+ * "member" is the name of the structure field to which "pointer" points.
+
+The return value from container_of() is a pointer to the corresponding
+container type. So, for example, a pointer "kp" to a struct kobject
+embedded *within* a struct uio_map could be converted to a pointer to the
+*containing* uio_map structure with:
+
+ struct uio_map *u_map = container_of(kp, struct uio_map, kobj);
+
+For convenience, programmers often define a simple macro for "back-casting"
+kobject pointers to the containing type. Exactly this happens in the
+earlier drivers/uio/uio.c, as you can see here:
+
+ struct uio_map {
+ struct kobject kobj;
+ struct uio_mem *mem;
+ };
-where pointer is the pointer to the embedded kobject, type is the type of
-the containing structure, and member is the name of the structure field to
-which pointer points. The return value from container_of() is a pointer to
-the given type. So, for example, a pointer "kp" to a struct kobject
-embedded within a struct uio_mem could be converted to a pointer to the
-containing uio_mem structure with:
+ #define to_map(map) container_of(map, struct uio_map, kobj)
- struct uio_mem *u_mem = container_of(kp, struct uio_mem, kobj);
+where the macro argument "map" is a pointer to the struct kobject in
+question. That macro is subsequently invoked with:
-Programmers often define a simple macro for "back-casting" kobject pointers
-to the containing type.
+ struct uio_map *map = to_map(kobj);
Initialization of kobjects
@@ -387,4 +406,5 @@ called, and the objects in the former circle release each other.
Example code to copy from
For a more complete example of using ksets and kobjects properly, see the
-sample/kobject/kset-example.c code.
+example programs samples/kobject/{kobject-example.c,kset-example.c},
+which will be built as loadable modules if you select CONFIG_SAMPLE_KOBJECT.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/Makefile b/Documentation/networking/Makefile
index 6d8af1ac56c4..5aba7a33aeeb 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/networking/Makefile
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ hostprogs-y := ifenslave
# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
always := $(hostprogs-y)
+
+obj-m := timestamping/
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/timestamping/Makefile b/Documentation/networking/timestamping/Makefile
index 2a1489fdc036..e79973443e9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/timestamping/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/networking/timestamping/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-CPPFLAGS = -I../../../include
+# kbuild trick to avoid linker error. Can be omitted if a module is built.
+obj- := dummy.o
-timestamping: timestamping.c
+# List of programs to build
+hostprogs-y := timestamping
+
+# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
+always := $(hostprogs-y)
+
+HOSTCFLAGS_timestamping.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
clean:
rm -f timestamping
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/timestamping/timestamping.c b/Documentation/networking/timestamping/timestamping.c
index bab619a48214..8ba82bfe6a33 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/timestamping/timestamping.c
+++ b/Documentation/networking/timestamping/timestamping.c
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <net/if.h>
-#include "asm/types.h"
-#include "linux/net_tstamp.h"
-#include "linux/errqueue.h"
+#include <asm/types.h>
+#include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
+#include <linux/errqueue.h>
#ifndef SO_TIMESTAMPING
# define SO_TIMESTAMPING 37
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void printpacket(struct msghdr *msg, int res,
gettimeofday(&now, 0);
- printf("%ld.%06ld: received %s data, %d bytes from %s, %d bytes control messages\n",
+ printf("%ld.%06ld: received %s data, %d bytes from %s, %zu bytes control messages\n",
(long)now.tv_sec, (long)now.tv_usec,
(recvmsg_flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE) ? "error" : "regular",
res,
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void printpacket(struct msghdr *msg, int res,
for (cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(msg);
cmsg;
cmsg = CMSG_NXTHDR(msg, cmsg)) {
- printf(" cmsg len %d: ", cmsg->cmsg_len);
+ printf(" cmsg len %zu: ", cmsg->cmsg_len);
switch (cmsg->cmsg_level) {
case SOL_SOCKET:
printf("SOL_SOCKET ");