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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst index d0a060de3973..d9cd937ebd2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst @@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ attach to other running processes (e.g. Firefox, SSH sessions, GPG agent, etc) to extract additional credentials and continue to expand the scope of their attack without resorting to user-assisted phishing. -This is not a theoretical problem. SSH session hijacking -(http://www.storm.net.nz/projects/7) and arbitrary code injection -(http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2007/05/injectso.html) attacks already +This is not a theoretical problem. `SSH session hijacking +<https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-05/bh-us-05-boileau.pdf>`_ +and `arbitrary code injection +<https://c-skills.blogspot.com/2007/05/injectso.html>`_ attacks already exist and remain possible if ptrace is allowed to operate as before. Since ptrace is not commonly used by non-developers and non-admins, system builders should be allowed the option to disable this debugging system. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst index 68ecd5c113e9..561fd1e35917 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Description clusters and in this context, is a "drop-in" replacement for shared storage. Simplistically, you could see it as a network RAID 1. - Please visit http://www.drbd.org to find out more. + Please visit https://www.drbd.org to find out more. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst index 4a8f31cf4139..0328438ebe2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ FAQ list: ========= A FAQ list may be found in the fdutils package (see below), and also -at <http://fdutils.linux.lu/faq.html>. +at <https://fdutils.linux.lu/faq.html>. LILO configuration options (Thinkpad users, read this) @@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ It also contains additional documentation about the floppy driver. The latest version can be found at fdutils homepage: - http://fdutils.linux.lu + https://fdutils.linux.lu The fdutils releases can be found at: - http://fdutils.linux.lu/download.html + https://fdutils.linux.lu/download.html http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils/ diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/rdma.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/rdma.rst index 2fcb0a9bf790..e69369b7252e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/rdma.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/rdma.rst @@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ Following resources can be accounted by rdma controller. (d) Delete resource limit:: - echo echo mlx4_0 hca_handle=max hca_object=max > /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma/1/rdma.max + echo mlx4_0 hca_handle=max hca_object=max > /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma/1/rdma.max diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index d09471aa7443..fa4018afa5a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1483,8 +1483,7 @@ IO Interface Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ io.stat - A read-only nested-keyed file which exists on non-root - cgroups. + A read-only nested-keyed file. Lines are keyed by $MAJ:$MIN device numbers and not ordered. The following nested keys are defined. @@ -1684,9 +1683,9 @@ per-cgroup dirty memory states are examined and the more restrictive of the two is enforced. cgroup writeback requires explicit support from the underlying -filesystem. Currently, cgroup writeback is implemented on ext2, ext4 -and btrfs. On other filesystems, all writeback IOs are attributed to -the root cgroup. +filesystem. Currently, cgroup writeback is implemented on ext2, ext4, +btrfs, f2fs, and xfs. On other filesystems, all writeback IOs are +attributed to the root cgroup. There are inherent differences in memory and writeback management which affects how cgroup ownership is tracked. Memory is tracked per @@ -2043,7 +2042,7 @@ RDMA ---- The "rdma" controller regulates the distribution and accounting of -of RDMA resources. +RDMA resources. RDMA Interface Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/todo.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/todo.rst index 084c25f92dcb..25f11576e7b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/todo.rst @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ x) Finish support for SMB3.1.1 compression Known Bugs ========== -See http://bugzilla.samba.org - search on product "CifsVFS" for +See https://bugzilla.samba.org - search on product "CifsVFS" for current bug list. Also check http://bugzilla.kernel.org (Product = File System, Component = CIFS) 1) existing symbolic links (Windows reparse points) are recognized but diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/usage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/usage.rst index d3fb67b8a976..7b32d5063803 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/usage.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/usage.rst @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ standard for interoperating between Macs and Windows and major NAS appliances. Please see MS-SMB2 (for detailed SMB2/SMB3/SMB3.1.1 protocol specification) -http://protocolfreedom.org/ and -http://samba.org/samba/PFIF/ +or https://samba.org/samba/PFIF/ for more details. @@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ Build instructions For Linux: -1) Download the kernel (e.g. from http://www.kernel.org) +1) Download the kernel (e.g. from https://www.kernel.org) and change directory into the top of the kernel directory tree (e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.5.73) 2) make menuconfig (or make xconfig) @@ -831,7 +830,7 @@ the active sessions and the shares that are mounted. Enabling Kerberos (extended security) works but requires version 1.2 or later of the helper program cifs.upcall to be present and to be configured in the /etc/request-key.conf file. The cifs.upcall helper program is from the Samba -project(http://www.samba.org). NTLM and NTLMv2 and LANMAN support do not +project(https://www.samba.org). NTLM and NTLMv2 and LANMAN support do not require this helper. Note that NTLMv2 security (which does not require the cifs.upcall helper program), instead of using Kerberos, is sufficient for some use cases. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/winucase_convert.pl b/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/winucase_convert.pl index 322a9c833f23..993186beea20 100755 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/winucase_convert.pl +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/winucase_convert.pl @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. # while(<>) { diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dell_rbu.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dell_rbu.rst index 8d70e1fc9f9d..2196caf1b939 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dell_rbu.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dell_rbu.rst @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Please go to http://support.dell.com register and you can find info on OpenManage and Dell Update packages (DUP). Libsmbios can also be used to update BIOS on Dell systems go to -http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/ for details. +https://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/ for details. Dell_RBU driver supports BIOS update using the monolithic image and packetized image methods. In case of monolithic the driver allocates a contiguous chunk diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst index 9edd45593abd..3ab4f7756a6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ To use the target for the first time: will format the device 3. unload the dm-integrity target 4. read the "provided_data_sectors" value from the superblock -5. load the dm-integrity target with the the target size +5. load the dm-integrity target with the target size "provided_data_sectors" 6. if you want to use dm-integrity with dm-crypt, load the dm-crypt target with the size "provided_data_sectors" @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ interleave_sectors:number the superblock is used. meta_device:device - Don't interleave the data and metadata on on device. Use a + Don't interleave the data and metadata on the device. Use a separate device for metadata. buffer_sectors:number diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-raid.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-raid.rst index 695a2ea1d1ae..7ef9fe63b3d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-raid.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-raid.rst @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters:: ============= =============================================================== Reference: Chapter 4 of - http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/SNIA_DDF_Technical_Position_v2.0.pdf + https://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/SNIA_DDF_Technical_Position_v2.0.pdf <#raid_params>: The number of parameters that follow. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-zoned.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-zoned.rst index 553752ea2521..e635041351bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-zoned.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-zoned.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ host-aware zoned block devices. For a more detailed description of the zoned block device models and their constraints see (for SCSI devices): -http://www.t10.org/drafts.htm#ZBC_Family +https://www.t10.org/drafts.htm#ZBC_Family and (for ATA devices): diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt index 2a97aaec8b12..d336f3f73a4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt @@ -375,8 +375,9 @@ 239 = /dev/uhid User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem 240 = /dev/userio Serio driver testing device 241 = /dev/vhost-vsock Host kernel driver for virtio vsock + 242 = /dev/rfkill Turning off radio transmissions (rfkill) - 242-254 Reserved for local use + 243-254 Reserved for local use 255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 11 char Raw keyboard device (Linux/SPARC only) @@ -1442,7 +1443,7 @@ ... The driver and documentation may be obtained from - http://www.winradio.com/ + https://www.winradio.com/ 82 block I2O hard disk 0 = /dev/i2o/hdag 33rd I2O hard disk, whole disk @@ -1656,7 +1657,7 @@ dynamically, so there is no fixed mapping from subdevice pathnames to minor numbers. - See http://www.comedi.org/ for information about the Comedi + See https://www.comedi.org/ for information about the Comedi project. 98 block User-mode virtual block device @@ -1723,7 +1724,7 @@ implementations a kernel presence for caching and easy mounting. For more information about the project, write to <arla-drinkers@stacken.kth.se> or see - http://www.stacken.kth.se/project/arla/ + https://www.stacken.kth.se/project/arla/ 103 block Audit device 0 = /dev/audit Audit device diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst index 9443fcef1876..a683976fad6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst @@ -395,6 +395,13 @@ When mounting an ext4 filesystem, the following option are accepted: Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt. Note that this option is incompatible with data=journal. + inlinecrypt + When possible, encrypt/decrypt the contents of encrypted files using the + blk-crypto framework rather than filesystem-layer encryption. This + allows the use of inline encryption hardware. The on-disk format is + unaffected. For more details, see + Documentation/block/inline-encryption.rst. + Data Mode ========= There are 3 different data modes: @@ -611,7 +618,7 @@ kernel source: <file:fs/ext4/> programs: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ -useful links: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ext3-devel +useful links: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ext3-devel http://www.bullopensource.org/ext4/ http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Ext4 + https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Ext4 diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst index 47b1b3afac99..3b1ce68d2456 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ to the core through the special register mechanism that is susceptible to MDS attacks. Affected processors --------------------- +------------------- Core models (desktop, mobile, Xeon-E3) that implement RDRAND and/or RDSEED may be affected. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ executed on another core or sibling thread using MDS techniques. Mitigation mechanism -------------------- +-------------------- Intel will release microcode updates that modify the RDRAND, RDSEED, and EGETKEY instructions to overwrite secret special register data in the shared staging buffer before the secret data can be accessed by another logical @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ with the option "srbds=". The option for this is: ============= ============================================================= SRBDS System Information ------------------------ +------------------------ The Linux kernel provides vulnerability status information through sysfs. For SRBDS this can be accessed by the following sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst index 58c7f9fc2396..ed1cf94ea50c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ problems and bugs in particular. init kdump/index perf/index + pstore-blk This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to application developers. Documents covering various aspects of the kernel diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst index e4ee8b2db604..2baad0bfb09d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst @@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ It exists in the sparse memory mapping model, and it is also somewhat similar to the mem_map variable, both of them are used to translate an address. +MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS +---------------- + +Defines the maximum supported physical address space memory. + page ---- @@ -399,6 +404,17 @@ KERNELPACMASK The mask to extract the Pointer Authentication Code from a kernel virtual address. +TCR_EL1.T1SZ +------------ + +Indicates the size offset of the memory region addressed by TTBR1_EL1. +The region size is 2^(64-T1SZ) bytes. + +TTBR1_EL1 is the table base address register specified by ARMv8-A +architecture which is used to lookup the page-tables for the Virtual +addresses in the higher VA range (refer to ARMv8 ARM document for +more details). + arm === diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index fb95fad81c79..ff5018b39ed0 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -703,6 +703,11 @@ cpufreq.off=1 [CPU_FREQ] disable the cpufreq sub-system + cpufreq.default_governor= + [CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or + policy to use. This governor must be registered in the + kernel before the cpufreq driver probes. + cpu_init_udelay=N [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs @@ -1207,26 +1212,28 @@ Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} efi= [EFI] - Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug", - "nosoftreserve", "disable_early_pci_dma", - "no_disable_early_pci_dma" } - old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI - runtime services mapping. [Needs CONFIG_X86_UV=y] + Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma", + "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve", + "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma", + "old_map" } + debug: enable misc debug output. + disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all + PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub. nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some firmware implementations. noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support - debug: enable misc debug output nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose) attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the memory range for a memory mapping driver to claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this reservation and treat the memory by its base type (i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM"). - disable_early_pci_dma: Disable the busmaster bit on all - PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub + novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap(). no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub + old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI + runtime services mapping. [Needs CONFIG_X86_UV=y] efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86] Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of @@ -2786,7 +2793,7 @@ touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at - http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git + https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git mitigations= [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for @@ -3079,6 +3086,8 @@ no5lvl [X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces kernel to use 4-level paging instead. + nofsgsbase [X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions. + no_console_suspend [HW] Never suspend the console Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and @@ -4038,6 +4047,14 @@ latencies, which will choose a value aligned with the appropriate hardware boundaries. + rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL] + Minimum number of objects which are cached and + maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal + to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the + pressure to page allocator, also it makes the + whole algorithm to behave better in low memory + condition. + rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL] Set delay from grace-period initialization to first attempt to force quiescent states. @@ -4258,6 +4275,20 @@ Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations, or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing. + rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL] + Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used + to test the interaction of RCU updaters and + task-exit processing. + + rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL] + The number of times in a given read-then-exit + episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads + is spawned. + + rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL] + The delay, in seconds, between successive + read-then-exit testing episodes. + rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL] Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode @@ -4407,6 +4438,45 @@ reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor to be used for rebooting. + refscale.holdoff= [KNL] + Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of + this parameter is to delay the start of the + test until boot completes in order to avoid + interference. + + refscale.loops= [KNL] + Set the number of loops over the synchronization + primitive under test. Increasing this number + reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead, + but the default has already reduced the per-pass + noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020 + x86 laptops. + + refscale.nreaders= [KNL] + Set number of readers. The default value of -1 + selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number + of CPUs. A value of zero is an interesting choice. + + refscale.nruns= [KNL] + Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto + the console log. + + refscale.readdelay= [KNL] + Set the read-side critical-section duration, + measured in microseconds. + + refscale.scale_type= [KNL] + Specify the read-protection implementation to test. + + refscale.shutdown= [KNL] + Shut down the system at the end of the performance + test. This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when + rcuperf is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave + it running) when rcuperf is built as a module. + + refscale.verbose= [KNL] + Enable additional printk() statements. + relax_domain_level= [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst. @@ -5082,6 +5152,13 @@ Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing until after init has spawned. + torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL] + Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown, + even if there were no errors. This can be a + very costly operation when many torture tests + are running concurrently, especially on systems + with rotating-rust storage. + tp720= [HW,PS2] tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM] diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/disk-shock-protection.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/disk-shock-protection.rst index e97c5f78d8c3..22c7ec3e84cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/disk-shock-protection.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/disk-shock-protection.rst @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ single project which, although still considered experimental, is fit for use. Please feel free to add projects that have been the victims of my ignorance. -- http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS +- https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS See this page for information about Linux support of the hard disk active protection system as implemented in IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst index c6eaaf48f7c1..190da1234314 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Bugs: different way to adjust the backlighting of the screen. There is a userspace utility to adjust the brightness on those models, which can be downloaded from - http://www.acc.umu.se/~erikw/program/smartdimmer-0.1.tar.bz2 + https://www.acc.umu.se/~erikw/program/smartdimmer-0.1.tar.bz2 - since all development was done by reverse engineering, there is *absolutely no guarantee* that this driver will not crash your diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst index 822907dcc845..5e477869df18 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ detailed description): - WAN enable and disable - UWB enable and disable - LCD Shadow (PrivacyGuard) enable and disable + - Lap mode sensor A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure @@ -904,7 +905,7 @@ temperatures: The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model). -http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that +https://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that tries to track down these locations for various models. Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern: @@ -925,7 +926,7 @@ For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber): - 3: Internal HDD For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org) -http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p +https://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p - 2: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp - 3: PCMCIA slot @@ -935,7 +936,7 @@ http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p - 11: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors -(source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31) +(source: Milos Popovic, https://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31) - 1: CPU - 2: Main Battery: main sensor @@ -1432,6 +1433,20 @@ The first command ensures the best viewing angle and the latter one turns on the feature, restricting the viewing angles. +DYTC Lapmode sensor +------------------ + +sysfs: dytc_lapmode + +Newer thinkpads and mobile workstations have the ability to determine if +the device is in deskmode or lapmode. This feature is used by user space +to decide if WWAN transmission can be increased to maximum power and is +also useful for understanding the different thermal modes available as +they differ between desk and lap mode. + +The property is read-only. If the platform doesn't have support the sysfs +class is not created. + EXPERIMENTAL: UWB ----------------- @@ -1470,6 +1485,23 @@ For more details about which buttons will appear depending on the mode, please review the laptop's user guide: http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/user_guides/x1carbon_2_ug_en.pdf +Battery charge control +---------------------- + +sysfs attributes: +/sys/class/power_supply/BAT*/charge_control_{start,end}_threshold + +These two attributes are created for those batteries that are supported by the +driver. They enable the user to control the battery charge thresholds of the +given battery. Both values may be read and set. `charge_control_start_threshold` +accepts an integer between 0 and 99 (inclusive); this value represents a battery +percentage level, below which charging will begin. `charge_control_end_threshold` +accepts an integer between 1 and 100 (inclusive); this value represents a battery +percentage level, above which charging will stop. + +The exact semantics of the attributes may be found in +Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power. + Multiple Commands, Module Parameters ------------------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/building.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/building.rst index c898e3a981c1..2d660b76caea 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/building.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/building.rst @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ built as modules. Those GPU-specific drivers are selected via the ``Graphics support`` menu, under ``Device Drivers``. - When a GPU driver supports supports HDMI CEC, it will automatically + When a GPU driver supports HDMI CEC, it will automatically enable the CEC core support at the media subsystem. Media dependencies @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ functionality. If you have an hybrid card, you may need to enable both ``Analog TV`` and ``Digital TV`` at the menu. -When using this option, the defaults for the the media support core +When using this option, the defaults for the media support core functionality are usually good enough to provide the basic functionality for the driver. Yet, you could manually enable some desired extra (optional) functionality using the settings under each of the following diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst index c2531b14bf46..fa0974fbeae7 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ physical memory (demand paging) and provides a mechanism for the protection and controlled sharing of data between processes. With virtual memory, each and every memory access uses a virtual -address. When the CPU decodes the an instruction that reads (or +address. When the CPU decodes an instruction that reads (or writes) from (or to) the system memory, it translates the `virtual` address encoded in that instruction to a `physical` address that the memory controller can understand. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst index 5026e58826e2..015a5f7d7854 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst @@ -101,37 +101,48 @@ be specified in bytes with optional scale suffix [kKmMgG]. The default huge page size may be selected with the "default_hugepagesz=<size>" boot parameter. Hugetlb boot command line parameter semantics -hugepagesz - Specify a huge page size. Used in conjunction with hugepages + +hugepagesz + Specify a huge page size. Used in conjunction with hugepages parameter to preallocate a number of huge pages of the specified size. Hence, hugepagesz and hugepages are typically specified in - pairs such as: + pairs such as:: + hugepagesz=2M hugepages=512 + hugepagesz can only be specified once on the command line for a specific huge page size. Valid huge page sizes are architecture dependent. -hugepages - Specify the number of huge pages to preallocate. This typically +hugepages + Specify the number of huge pages to preallocate. This typically follows a valid hugepagesz or default_hugepagesz parameter. However, if hugepages is the first or only hugetlb command line parameter it implicitly specifies the number of huge pages of default size to allocate. If the number of huge pages of default size is implicitly specified, it can not be overwritten by a hugepagesz,hugepages parameter pair for the default size. - For example, on an architecture with 2M default huge page size: + + For example, on an architecture with 2M default huge page size:: + hugepages=256 hugepagesz=2M hugepages=512 + will result in 256 2M huge pages being allocated and a warning message indicating that the hugepages=512 parameter is ignored. If a hugepages parameter is preceded by an invalid hugepagesz parameter, it will be ignored. -default_hugepagesz - Specify the default huge page size. This parameter can +default_hugepagesz + pecify the default huge page size. This parameter can only be specified once on the command line. default_hugepagesz can optionally be followed by the hugepages parameter to preallocate a specific number of huge pages of default size. The number of default sized huge pages to preallocate can also be implicitly specified as mentioned in the hugepages section above. Therefore, on an - architecture with 2M default huge page size: + architecture with 2M default huge page size:: + hugepages=256 default_hugepagesz=2M hugepages=256 hugepages=256 default_hugepagesz=2M + will all result in 256 2M huge pages being allocated. Valid default huge page size is architecture dependent. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst index 11db46448354..cd727cfc1b04 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ the Linux memory management. idle_page_tracking ksm memory-hotplug + nommu-mmap numa_memory_policy numaperf pagemap diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst index 874eb0c77d34..97d816791aca 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Overview KSM is a memory-saving de-duplication feature, enabled by CONFIG_KSM=y, added to the Linux kernel in 2.6.32. See ``mm/ksm.c`` for its implementation, -and http://lwn.net/Articles/306704/ and http://lwn.net/Articles/330589/ +and http://lwn.net/Articles/306704/ and https://lwn.net/Articles/330589/ KSM was originally developed for use with KVM (where it was known as Kernel Shared Memory), to fit more virtual machines into physical memory, @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ with EAGAIN, but more probably arousing the Out-Of-Memory killer. If KSM is not configured into the running kernel, madvise MADV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE simply fail with EINVAL. If the running kernel was built with CONFIG_KSM=y, those calls will normally succeed: even if the -the KSM daemon is not currently running, MADV_MERGEABLE still registers +KSM daemon is not currently running, MADV_MERGEABLE still registers the range for whenever the KSM daemon is started; even if the range cannot contain any pages which KSM could actually merge; even if MADV_UNMERGEABLE is applied to a range which was never MADV_MERGEABLE. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/nommu-mmap.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/nommu-mmap.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..530fed08de2c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/nommu-mmap.rst @@ -0,0 +1,283 @@ +============================= +No-MMU memory mapping support +============================= + +The kernel has limited support for memory mapping under no-MMU conditions, such +as are used in uClinux environments. From the userspace point of view, memory +mapping is made use of in conjunction with the mmap() system call, the shmat() +call and the execve() system call. From the kernel's point of view, execve() +mapping is actually performed by the binfmt drivers, which call back into the +mmap() routines to do the actual work. + +Memory mapping behaviour also involves the way fork(), vfork(), clone() and +ptrace() work. Under uClinux there is no fork(), and clone() must be supplied +the CLONE_VM flag. + +The behaviour is similar between the MMU and no-MMU cases, but not identical; +and it's also much more restricted in the latter case: + + (#) Anonymous mapping, MAP_PRIVATE + + In the MMU case: VM regions backed by arbitrary pages; copy-on-write + across fork. + + In the no-MMU case: VM regions backed by arbitrary contiguous runs of + pages. + + (#) Anonymous mapping, MAP_SHARED + + These behave very much like private mappings, except that they're + shared across fork() or clone() without CLONE_VM in the MMU case. Since + the no-MMU case doesn't support these, behaviour is identical to + MAP_PRIVATE there. + + (#) File, MAP_PRIVATE, PROT_READ / PROT_EXEC, !PROT_WRITE + + In the MMU case: VM regions backed by pages read from file; changes to + the underlying file are reflected in the mapping; copied across fork. + + In the no-MMU case: + + - If one exists, the kernel will re-use an existing mapping to the + same segment of the same file if that has compatible permissions, + even if this was created by another process. + + - If possible, the file mapping will be directly on the backing device + if the backing device has the NOMMU_MAP_DIRECT capability and + appropriate mapping protection capabilities. Ramfs, romfs, cramfs + and mtd might all permit this. + + - If the backing device can't or won't permit direct sharing, + but does have the NOMMU_MAP_COPY capability, then a copy of the + appropriate bit of the file will be read into a contiguous bit of + memory and any extraneous space beyond the EOF will be cleared + + - Writes to the file do not affect the mapping; writes to the mapping + are visible in other processes (no MMU protection), but should not + happen. + + (#) File, MAP_PRIVATE, PROT_READ / PROT_EXEC, PROT_WRITE + + In the MMU case: like the non-PROT_WRITE case, except that the pages in + question get copied before the write actually happens. From that point + on writes to the file underneath that page no longer get reflected into + the mapping's backing pages. The page is then backed by swap instead. + + In the no-MMU case: works much like the non-PROT_WRITE case, except + that a copy is always taken and never shared. + + (#) Regular file / blockdev, MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ / PROT_EXEC / PROT_WRITE + + In the MMU case: VM regions backed by pages read from file; changes to + pages written back to file; writes to file reflected into pages backing + mapping; shared across fork. + + In the no-MMU case: not supported. + + (#) Memory backed regular file, MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ / PROT_EXEC / PROT_WRITE + + In the MMU case: As for ordinary regular files. + + In the no-MMU case: The filesystem providing the memory-backed file + (such as ramfs or tmpfs) may choose to honour an open, truncate, mmap + sequence by providing a contiguous sequence of pages to map. In that + case, a shared-writable memory mapping will be possible. It will work + as for the MMU case. If the filesystem does not provide any such + support, then the mapping request will be denied. + + (#) Memory backed blockdev, MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ / PROT_EXEC / PROT_WRITE + + In the MMU case: As for ordinary regular files. + + In the no-MMU case: As for memory backed regular files, but the + blockdev must be able to provide a contiguous run of pages without + truncate being called. The ramdisk driver could do this if it allocated + all its memory as a contiguous array upfront. + + (#) Memory backed chardev, MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ / PROT_EXEC / PROT_WRITE + + In the MMU case: As for ordinary regular files. + + In the no-MMU case: The character device driver may choose to honour + the mmap() by providing direct access to the underlying device if it + provides memory or quasi-memory that can be accessed directly. Examples + of such are frame buffers and flash devices. If the driver does not + provide any such support, then the mapping request will be denied. + + +Further notes on no-MMU MMAP +============================ + + (#) A request for a private mapping of a file may return a buffer that is not + page-aligned. This is because XIP may take place, and the data may not be + paged aligned in the backing store. + + (#) A request for an anonymous mapping will always be page aligned. If + possible the size of the request should be a power of two otherwise some + of the space may be wasted as the kernel must allocate a power-of-2 + granule but will only discard the excess if appropriately configured as + this has an effect on fragmentation. + + (#) The memory allocated by a request for an anonymous mapping will normally + be cleared by the kernel before being returned in accordance with the + Linux man pages (ver 2.22 or later). + + In the MMU case this can be achieved with reasonable performance as + regions are backed by virtual pages, with the contents only being mapped + to cleared physical pages when a write happens on that specific page + (prior to which, the pages are effectively mapped to the global zero page + from which reads can take place). This spreads out the time it takes to + initialize the contents of a page - depending on the write-usage of the + mapping. + + In the no-MMU case, however, anonymous mappings are backed by physical + pages, and the entire map is cleared at allocation time. This can cause + significant delays during a userspace malloc() as the C library does an + anonymous mapping and the kernel then does a memset for the entire map. + + However, for memory that isn't required to be precleared - such as that + returned by malloc() - mmap() can take a MAP_UNINITIALIZED flag to + indicate to the kernel that it shouldn't bother clearing the memory before + returning it. Note that CONFIG_MMAP_ALLOW_UNINITIALIZED must be enabled + to permit this, otherwise the flag will be ignored. + + uClibc uses this to speed up malloc(), and the ELF-FDPIC binfmt uses this + to allocate the brk and stack region. + + (#) A list of all the private copy and anonymous mappings on the system is + visible through /proc/maps in no-MMU mode. + + (#) A list of all the mappings in use by a process is visible through + /proc/<pid>/maps in no-MMU mode. + + (#) Supplying MAP_FIXED or a requesting a particular mapping address will + result in an error. + + (#) Files mapped privately usually have to have a read method provided by the + driver or filesystem so that the contents can be read into the memory + allocated if mmap() chooses not to map the backing device directly. An + error will result if they don't. This is most likely to be encountered + with character device files, pipes, fifos and sockets. + + +Interprocess shared memory +========================== + +Both SYSV IPC SHM shared memory and POSIX shared memory is supported in NOMMU +mode. The former through the usual mechanism, the latter through files created +on ramfs or tmpfs mounts. + + +Futexes +======= + +Futexes are supported in NOMMU mode if the arch supports them. An error will +be given if an address passed to the futex system call lies outside the +mappings made by a process or if the mapping in which the address lies does not +support futexes (such as an I/O chardev mapping). + + +No-MMU mremap +============= + +The mremap() function is partially supported. It may change the size of a +mapping, and may move it [#]_ if MREMAP_MAYMOVE is specified and if the new size +of the mapping exceeds the size of the slab object currently occupied by the +memory to which the mapping refers, or if a smaller slab object could be used. + +MREMAP_FIXED is not supported, though it is ignored if there's no change of +address and the object does not need to be moved. + +Shared mappings may not be moved. Shareable mappings may not be moved either, +even if they are not currently shared. + +The mremap() function must be given an exact match for base address and size of +a previously mapped object. It may not be used to create holes in existing +mappings, move parts of existing mappings or resize parts of mappings. It must +act on a complete mapping. + +.. [#] Not currently supported. + + +Providing shareable character device support +============================================ + +To provide shareable character device support, a driver must provide a +file->f_op->get_unmapped_area() operation. The mmap() routines will call this +to get a proposed address for the mapping. This may return an error if it +doesn't wish to honour the mapping because it's too long, at a weird offset, +under some unsupported combination of flags or whatever. + +The driver should also provide backing device information with capabilities set +to indicate the permitted types of mapping on such devices. The default is +assumed to be readable and writable, not executable, and only shareable +directly (can't be copied). + +The file->f_op->mmap() operation will be called to actually inaugurate the +mapping. It can be rejected at that point. Returning the ENOSYS error will +cause the mapping to be copied instead if NOMMU_MAP_COPY is specified. + +The vm_ops->close() routine will be invoked when the last mapping on a chardev +is removed. An existing mapping will be shared, partially or not, if possible +without notifying the driver. + +It is permitted also for the file->f_op->get_unmapped_area() operation to +return -ENOSYS. This will be taken to mean that this operation just doesn't +want to handle it, despite the fact it's got an operation. For instance, it +might try directing the call to a secondary driver which turns out not to +implement it. Such is the case for the framebuffer driver which attempts to +direct the call to the device-specific driver. Under such circumstances, the +mapping request will be rejected if NOMMU_MAP_COPY is not specified, and a +copy mapped otherwise. + +.. important:: + + Some types of device may present a different appearance to anyone + looking at them in certain modes. Flash chips can be like this; for + instance if they're in programming or erase mode, you might see the + status reflected in the mapping, instead of the data. + + In such a case, care must be taken lest userspace see a shared or a + private mapping showing such information when the driver is busy + controlling the device. Remember especially: private executable + mappings may still be mapped directly off the device under some + circumstances! + + +Providing shareable memory-backed file support +============================================== + +Provision of shared mappings on memory backed files is similar to the provision +of support for shared mapped character devices. The main difference is that the +filesystem providing the service will probably allocate a contiguous collection +of pages and permit mappings to be made on that. + +It is recommended that a truncate operation applied to such a file that +increases the file size, if that file is empty, be taken as a request to gather +enough pages to honour a mapping. This is required to support POSIX shared +memory. + +Memory backed devices are indicated by the mapping's backing device info having +the memory_backed flag set. + + +Providing shareable block device support +======================================== + +Provision of shared mappings on block device files is exactly the same as for +character devices. If there isn't a real device underneath, then the driver +should allocate sufficient contiguous memory to honour any supported mapping. + + +Adjusting page trimming behaviour +================================= + +NOMMU mmap automatically rounds up to the nearest power-of-2 number of pages +when performing an allocation. This can have adverse effects on memory +fragmentation, and as such, is left configurable. The default behaviour is to +aggressively trim allocations and discard any excess pages back in to the page +allocator. In order to retain finer-grained control over fragmentation, this +behaviour can either be disabled completely, or bumped up to a higher page +watermark where trimming begins. + +Page trimming behaviour is configurable via the sysctl ``vm.nr_trim_pages``. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numaperf.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numaperf.rst index a80c3c37226e..4d69ef1de830 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numaperf.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numaperf.rst @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ will create the following directory:: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memory_side_cache/ -If that directory is not present, the system either does not not provide +If that directory is not present, the system either does not provide a memory-side cache, or that information is not accessible to the kernel. The attributes for each level of cache is provided under its cache diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst index c4b777c7584b..6adb6457bc69 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ migrated onto another server by means of the special "fs_locations" attribute. See `RFC3530 Section 6: Filesystem Migration and Replication`_ and `Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4`_. -.. _RFC3530 Section 6\: Filesystem Migration and Replication: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3530#section-6 -.. _Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00 +.. _RFC3530 Section 6\: Filesystem Migration and Replication: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3530#section-6 +.. _Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00 The fs_locations information can take the form of either an ip address and a path, or a DNS hostname and a path. The latter requires the NFS client to diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst index ef0f3678b1fb..f137485f8bde 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ use with NFS/RDMA. If the version is less than 1.1.2 or the command does not exist, you should install the latest version of nfs-utils. - Download the latest package from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs + Download the latest package from: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs Uncompress the package and follow the installation instructions. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst index c6772075c80c..135218f33394 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ They depend on various facilities being available: access to the floppy drive device, /dev/fd0 For more information on syslinux, including how to create bootdisks - for prebuilt kernels, see http://syslinux.zytor.com/ + for prebuilt kernels, see https://syslinux.zytor.com/ .. note:: Previously it was possible to write a kernel directly to @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ They depend on various facilities being available: cdrecord dev=ATAPI:1,0,0 arch/x86/boot/image.iso For more information on isolinux, including how to create bootdisks - for prebuilt kernels, see http://syslinux.zytor.com/ + for prebuilt kernels, see https://syslinux.zytor.com/ - Using LILO @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ They depend on various facilities being available: see Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more information. For more information on isolinux, including how to create bootdisks - for prebuilt kernels, see http://syslinux.zytor.com/ + for prebuilt kernels, see https://syslinux.zytor.com/ diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst index b00a2e705cc4..20fe9f5117fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ to handling all the metadata access to the NFS export also hands out layouts to the clients to directly access the underlying block devices that are shared with the client. -To use pNFS block layouts with with the Linux NFS server the exported file +To use pNFS block layouts with the Linux NFS server the exported file system needs to support the pNFS block layouts (currently just XFS), and the file system must sit on shared storage (typically iSCSI) that is accessible to the clients in addition to the MDS. As of now the file system needs to diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst index d2f6ee558071..b2eec2288329 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ which in addition to handling all the metadata access to the NFS export, also hands out layouts to the clients so that they can directly access the underlying SCSI LUNs that are shared with the client. -To use pNFS SCSI layouts with with the Linux NFS server, the exported file +To use pNFS SCSI layouts with the Linux NFS server, the exported file system needs to support the pNFS SCSI layouts (currently just XFS), and the file system must sit on a SCSI LUN that is accessible to the clients in addition to the MDS. As of now the file system needs to sit directly on the diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/arm-ccn.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/arm-ccn.rst index 832b0c64023a..f62f7fe50eba 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/arm-ccn.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/arm-ccn.rst @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Crosspoint PMU events require "xp" (index), "bus" (bus number) and "vc" (virtual channel ID). Crosspoint watchpoint-based events (special "event" value 0xfe) -require "xp" and "vc" as as above plus "port" (device port index), +require "xp" and "vc" as above plus "port" (device port index), "dir" (transmit/receive direction), comparator values ("cmp_l" and "cmp_h") and "mask", being index of the comparator mask. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst index 0c74a7784964..368e612145d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst @@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ CPUs in it. The next major initialization step for a new policy object is to attach a scaling governor to it (to begin with, that is the default scaling governor -determined by the kernel configuration, but it may be changed later -via ``sysfs``). First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to the -governor's ``->init()`` callback which is expected to initialize all of the +determined by the kernel command line or configuration, but it may be changed +later via ``sysfs``). First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to +the governor's ``->init()`` callback which is expected to initialize all of the data structures necessary to handle the given policy and, possibly, to add a governor ``sysfs`` interface to it. Next, the governor is started by invoking its ``->start()`` callback. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel-speed-select.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel-speed-select.rst index b2ca601c21c6..219f1359aac7 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel-speed-select.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel-speed-select.rst @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ base performance profile (which is performance level 0). Lock/Unlock status ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Even if there are multiple performance profiles, it is possible that that they +Even if there are multiple performance profiles, it is possible that they are locked. If they are locked, users cannot issue a command to change the performance state. It is possible that there is a BIOS setup to unlock or check with your system vendor. @@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ To enable Intel(R) SST-TF, execute:: enable:success In this case, the option "-a" is optional. If set, it enables Intel(R) SST-TF -feature and also sets the CPUs to high and and low priority using Intel Speed +feature and also sets the CPUs to high and low priority using Intel Speed Select Technology Core Power (Intel(R) SST-CP) features. The CPU numbers passed with "-c" arguments are marked as high priority, including its siblings. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst index 39d80bc29ccd..9db924904d2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst @@ -431,6 +431,17 @@ argument is passed to the kernel in the command line. supported in the current configuration, writes to this attribute will fail with an appropriate error. +``energy_efficiency`` + This attribute is only present on platforms, which have CPUs matching + Kaby Lake or Coffee Lake desktop CPU model. By default + energy efficiency optimizations are disabled on these CPU models in HWP + mode by this driver. Enabling energy efficiency may limit maximum + operating frequency in both HWP and non HWP mode. In non HWP mode, + optimizations are done only in the turbo frequency range. In HWP mode, + optimizations are done in the entire frequency range. Setting this + attribute to "1" enables energy efficiency optimizations and setting + to "0" disables energy efficiency optimizations. + Interpretation of Policy Attributes ----------------------------------- @@ -554,7 +565,11 @@ somewhere between the two extremes: Strings written to the ``energy_performance_preference`` attribute are internally translated to integer values written to the processor's Energy-Performance Preference (EPP) knob (if supported) or its -Energy-Performance Bias (EPB) knob. +Energy-Performance Bias (EPB) knob. It is also possible to write a positive +integer value between 0 to 255, if the EPP feature is present. If the EPP +feature is not present, writing integer value to this attribute is not +supported. In this case, user can use + "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/power/energy_perf_bias" interface. [Note that tasks may by migrated from one CPU to another by the scheduler's load-balancing algorithm and if different energy vs performance hints are @@ -708,7 +723,7 @@ core (for the policies with other scaling governors). The ``ftrace`` interface can be used for low-level diagnostics of ``intel_pstate``. For example, to check how often the function to set a -P-state is called, the ``ftrace`` filter can be set to to +P-state is called, the ``ftrace`` filter can be set to :c:func:`intel_pstate_set_pstate`:: # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/ diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst index dcd6c93c7aac..c32eb786201c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst @@ -21,11 +21,18 @@ understand and fix the security vulnerability. As it is with any bug, the more information provided the easier it will be to diagnose and fix. Please review the procedure outlined in -admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst if you are unclear about what +:doc:`reporting-bugs` if you are unclear about what information is helpful. Any exploit code is very helpful and will not be released without consent from the reporter unless it has already been made public. +Please send plain text emails without attachments where possible. +It is much harder to have a context-quoted discussion about a complex +issue if all the details are hidden away in attachments. Think of it like a +:doc:`regular patch submission <../process/submitting-patches>` +(even if you don't have a patch yet): describe the problem and impact, list +reproduction steps, and follow it with a proposed fix, all in plain text. + Disclosure and embargoed information ------------------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst index 2a45119e3331..f48277a0a850 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ directories like /tmp. The common method of exploitation of this flaw is to cross privilege boundaries when following a given symlink (i.e. a root process follows a symlink belonging to another user). For a likely incomplete list of hundreds of examples across the years, please see: -http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=/tmp +https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=/tmp When set to "0", symlink following behavior is unrestricted. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 83acf5025488..2ae9669eb22c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented from using ``dmesg(8)`` to view messages from the kernel's log buffer. When ``dmesg_restrict`` is set to 0 there are no restrictions. -When ``dmesg_restrict`` is set set to 1, users must have +When ``dmesg_restrict`` is set to 1, users must have ``CAP_SYSLOG`` to use ``dmesg(8)``. The kernel config option ``CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT`` sets the @@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ Path for the hotplug policy agent. Default value is "``/sbin/hotplug``". -hung_task_all_cpu_backtrace: -================ +hung_task_all_cpu_backtrace +=========================== If this option is set, the kernel will send an NMI to all CPUs to dump their backtraces when a hung task is detected. This file shows up if @@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ rate for each task. scanned for a given scan. -oops_all_cpu_backtrace: -================ +oops_all_cpu_backtrace +====================== If this option is set, the kernel will send an NMI to all CPUs to dump their backtraces when an oops event occurs. It should be used as a last @@ -996,6 +996,38 @@ pty See Documentation/filesystems/devpts.rst. +random +====== + +This is a directory, with the following entries: + +* ``boot_id``: a UUID generated the first time this is retrieved, and + unvarying after that; + +* ``entropy_avail``: the pool's entropy count, in bits; + +* ``poolsize``: the entropy pool size, in bits; + +* ``urandom_min_reseed_secs``: obsolete (used to determine the minimum + number of seconds between urandom pool reseeding). + +* ``uuid``: a UUID generated every time this is retrieved (this can + thus be used to generate UUIDs at will); + +* ``write_wakeup_threshold``: when the entropy count drops below this + (as a number of bits), processes waiting to write to ``/dev/random`` + are woken up. + +If ``drivers/char/random.c`` is built with ``ADD_INTERRUPT_BENCH`` +defined, these additional entries are present: + +* ``add_interrupt_avg_cycles``: the average number of cycles between + interrupts used to feed the pool; + +* ``add_interrupt_avg_deviation``: the standard deviation seen on the + number of cycles between interrupts used to feed the pool. + + randomize_va_space ================== @@ -1062,6 +1094,60 @@ Enables/disables scheduler statistics. Enabling this feature incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler but is useful for debugging and performance tuning. +sched_util_clamp_min: +===================== + +Max allowed *minimum* utilization. + +Default value is 1024, which is the maximum possible value. + +It means that any requested uclamp.min value cannot be greater than +sched_util_clamp_min, i.e., it is restricted to the range +[0:sched_util_clamp_min]. + +sched_util_clamp_max: +===================== + +Max allowed *maximum* utilization. + +Default value is 1024, which is the maximum possible value. + +It means that any requested uclamp.max value cannot be greater than +sched_util_clamp_max, i.e., it is restricted to the range +[0:sched_util_clamp_max]. + +sched_util_clamp_min_rt_default: +================================ + +By default Linux is tuned for performance. Which means that RT tasks always run +at the highest frequency and most capable (highest capacity) CPU (in +heterogeneous systems). + +Uclamp achieves this by setting the requested uclamp.min of all RT tasks to +1024 by default, which effectively boosts the tasks to run at the highest +frequency and biases them to run on the biggest CPU. + +This knob allows admins to change the default behavior when uclamp is being +used. In battery powered devices particularly, running at the maximum +capacity and frequency will increase energy consumption and shorten the battery +life. + +This knob is only effective for RT tasks which the user hasn't modified their +requested uclamp.min value via sched_setattr() syscall. + +This knob will not escape the range constraint imposed by sched_util_clamp_min +defined above. + +For example if + + sched_util_clamp_min_rt_default = 800 + sched_util_clamp_min = 600 + +Then the boost will be clamped to 600 because 800 is outside of the permissible +range of [0:600]. This could happen for instance if a powersave mode will +restrict all boosts temporarily by modifying sched_util_clamp_min. As soon as +this restriction is lifted, the requested sched_util_clamp_min_rt_default +will take effect. seccomp ======= diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst index d46d5b7013c6..d997cc3c26d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ trimming of allocations is initiated. The default value is 1. -See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information. +See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/nommu-mmap.rst for more information. numa_zonelist_order diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst index 71e9184a9079..abf804719890 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ either letters or blanks. In above example it looks like this:: Tainted: P W O -The meaning of those characters is explained in the table below. In tis case +The meaning of those characters is explained in the table below. In this case the kernel got tainted earlier because a proprietary Module (``P``) was loaded, a warning occurred (``W``), and an externally-built module was loaded (``O``). To decode other letters use the table below. @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ this on the machine that had the statements in the logs that were quoted earlier * Proprietary module was loaded (#0) * Kernel issued warning (#9) * Externally-built ('out-of-tree') module was loaded (#12) - See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst in the the Linux kernel or + See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst in the Linux kernel or https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html for a more details explanation of the various taint flags. Raw taint value as int/string: 4609/'P W O ' diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst index ad911be5b5e9..f461d6c33534 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ When mounting an XFS filesystem, the following options are accepted. logbsize must be an integer multiple of the log stripe unit configured at **mkfs(8)** time. - The default value for for version 1 logs is 32768, while the + The default value for version 1 logs is 32768, while the default value for version 2 logs is MAX(32768, log_sunit). logdev=device and rtdev=device |