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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/bcache.txt | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt | 2 |
5 files changed, 56 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8bb43b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +What: /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/max_buffer_pages +Date: March 2013 +KernelVersion: 3.11 +Contact: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> +Description: + Maximum number of free pages to keep in each block + backend buffer. + +What: /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/max_persistent_grants +Date: March 2013 +KernelVersion: 3.11 +Contact: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> +Description: + Maximum number of grants to map persistently in + blkback. If the frontend tries to use more than + max_persistent_grants, the LRU kicks in and starts + removing 5% of max_persistent_grants every 100ms. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c0a6cb7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +What: /sys/module/xen_blkfront/parameters/max +Date: June 2013 +KernelVersion: 3.11 +Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> +Description: + Maximum number of segments that the frontend will negotiate + with the backend for indirect descriptors. The default value + is 32 - higher value means more potential throughput but more + memory usage. The backend picks the minimum of the frontend + and its default backend value. diff --git a/Documentation/bcache.txt b/Documentation/bcache.txt index c3365f2..32b6c31 100644 --- a/Documentation/bcache.txt +++ b/Documentation/bcache.txt @@ -46,29 +46,33 @@ you format your backing devices and cache device at the same time, you won't have to manually attach: make-bcache -B /dev/sda /dev/sdb -C /dev/sdc -To make bcache devices known to the kernel, echo them to /sys/fs/bcache/register: +bcache-tools now ships udev rules, and bcache devices are known to the kernel +immediately. Without udev, you can manually register devices like this: echo /dev/sdb > /sys/fs/bcache/register echo /dev/sdc > /sys/fs/bcache/register -To register your bcache devices automatically, you could add something like -this to an init script: +Registering the backing device makes the bcache device show up in /dev; you can +now format it and use it as normal. But the first time using a new bcache +device, it'll be running in passthrough mode until you attach it to a cache. +See the section on attaching. - echo /dev/sd* > /sys/fs/bcache/register_quiet +The devices show up as: -It'll look for bcache superblocks and ignore everything that doesn't have one. + /dev/bcache<N> -Registering the backing device makes the bcache show up in /dev; you can now -format it and use it as normal. But the first time using a new bcache device, -it'll be running in passthrough mode until you attach it to a cache. See the -section on attaching. +As well as (with udev): -The devices show up at /dev/bcacheN, and can be controlled via sysfs from -/sys/block/bcacheN/bcache: + /dev/bcache/by-uuid/<uuid> + /dev/bcache/by-label/<label> + +To get started: mkfs.ext4 /dev/bcache0 mount /dev/bcache0 /mnt +You can control bcache devices through sysfs at /sys/block/bcache<N>/bcache . + Cache devices are managed as sets; multiple caches per set isn't supported yet but will allow for mirroring of metadata and dirty data in the future. Your new cache set shows up as /sys/fs/bcache/<UUID> @@ -80,11 +84,11 @@ must be attached to your cache set to enable caching. Attaching a backing device to a cache set is done thusly, with the UUID of the cache set in /sys/fs/bcache: - echo <UUID> > /sys/block/bcache0/bcache/attach + echo <CSET-UUID> > /sys/block/bcache0/bcache/attach This only has to be done once. The next time you reboot, just reregister all your bcache devices. If a backing device has data in a cache somewhere, the -/dev/bcache# device won't be created until the cache shows up - particularly +/dev/bcache<N> device won't be created until the cache shows up - particularly important if you have writeback caching turned on. If you're booting up and your cache device is gone and never coming back, you @@ -191,6 +195,9 @@ want for getting the best possible numbers when benchmarking. SYSFS - BACKING DEVICE: +Available at /sys/block/<bdev>/bcache, /sys/block/bcache*/bcache and +(if attached) /sys/fs/bcache/<cset-uuid>/bdev* + attach Echo the UUID of a cache set to this file to enable caching. @@ -300,6 +307,8 @@ cache_readaheads SYSFS - CACHE SET: +Available at /sys/fs/bcache/<cset-uuid> + average_key_size Average data per key in the btree. @@ -390,6 +399,8 @@ trigger_gc SYSFS - CACHE DEVICE: +Available at /sys/block/<cdev>/bcache + block_size Minimum granularity of writes - should match hardware sector size. diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt index edd4b4d..786dc82 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt @@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ Q: If i have some kernel code that needs to be aware of CPU arrival and A: This is what you would need in your kernel code to receive notifications. #include <linux/cpu.h> - static int __cpuinit foobar_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, - unsigned long action, void *hcpu) + static int foobar_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, + unsigned long action, void *hcpu) { unsigned int cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu; @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ A: This is what you would need in your kernel code to receive notifications. return NOTIFY_OK; } - static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata foobar_cpu_notifer = + static struct notifier_block foobar_cpu_notifer = { .notifier_call = foobar_cpu_callback, }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt index d5a79ca..366ce9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ est ESTeem Wireless Modems fsl Freescale Semiconductor GEFanuc GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Embedded Systems, Inc. gef GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Embedded Systems, Inc. +hisilicon Hisilicon Limited. hp Hewlett Packard ibm International Business Machines (IBM) idt Integrated Device Technologies, Inc. @@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ nxp NXP Semiconductors onnn ON Semiconductor Corp. picochip Picochip Ltd powervr PowerVR (deprecated, use img) +qca Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. qcom Qualcomm, Inc. ralink Mediatek/Ralink Technology Corp. ramtron Ramtron International |
