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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-queues22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-dev.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt4
7 files changed, 53 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-queues b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-queues
index 978b76358661..40d5aab8452d 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-queues
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-queues
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/rx-<queue>/rps_cpus
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/rx-<queue>/rps_cpus
Date: March 2010
KernelVersion: 2.6.35
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description:
network device queue. Possible values depend on the number
of available CPU(s) in the system.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/rx-<queue>/rps_flow_cnt
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/rx-<queue>/rps_flow_cnt
Date: April 2010
KernelVersion: 2.6.35
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Description:
Number of Receive Packet Steering flows being currently
processed by this particular network device receive queue.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/tx_timeout
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/tx_timeout
Date: November 2011
KernelVersion: 3.3
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Description:
Indicates the number of transmit timeout events seen by this
network interface transmit queue.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/tx_maxrate
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/tx_maxrate
Date: March 2015
KernelVersion: 4.1
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Description:
A Mbps max-rate set for the queue, a value of zero means disabled,
default is disabled.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/xps_cpus
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/xps_cpus
Date: November 2010
KernelVersion: 2.6.38
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Description:
network device transmit queue. Possible vaules depend on the
number of available CPU(s) in the system.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/xps_rxqs
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/xps_rxqs
Date: June 2018
KernelVersion: 4.18.0
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Description:
number of available receive queue(s) in the network device.
Default is disabled.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/hold_time
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/hold_time
Date: November 2011
KernelVersion: 3.3
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Description:
of this particular network device transmit queue.
Default value is 1000.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/inflight
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/inflight
Date: November 2011
KernelVersion: 3.3
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Description:
Indicates the number of bytes (objects) in flight on this
network device transmit queue.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/limit
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/limit
Date: November 2011
KernelVersion: 3.3
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Description:
on this network device transmit queue. This value is clamped
to be within the bounds defined by limit_max and limit_min.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/limit_max
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/limit_max
Date: November 2011
KernelVersion: 3.3
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Description:
queued on this network device transmit queue. See
include/linux/dynamic_queue_limits.h for the default value.
-What: /sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/limit_min
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/byte_queue_limits/limit_min
Date: November 2011
KernelVersion: 3.3
Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst
index e59fc830c9af..6a238477f27f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ exclusive.
3) object removal. Locking rules: caller locks parent, finds victim,
locks victim and calls the method. Locks are exclusive.
-4) rename() that is _not_ cross-directory. Locking rules: caller locks the
-parent and finds source and target. We lock both (provided they exist). If we
-need to lock two inodes of different type (dir vs non-dir), we lock directory
-first. If we need to lock two inodes of the same type, lock them in inode
-pointer order. Then call the method. All locks are exclusive.
-NB: we might get away with locking the the source (and target in exchange
-case) shared.
+4) rename() that is _not_ cross-directory. Locking rules: caller locks
+the parent and finds source and target. Then we decide which of the
+source and target need to be locked. Source needs to be locked if it's a
+non-directory; target - if it's a non-directory or about to be removed.
+Take the locks that need to be taken, in inode pointer order if need
+to take both (that can happen only when both source and target are
+non-directories - the source because it wouldn't be locked otherwise
+and the target because mixing directory and non-directory is allowed
+only with RENAME_EXCHANGE, and that won't be removing the target).
+After the locks had been taken, call the method. All locks are exclusive.
5) link creation. Locking rules:
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ rules:
* lock the filesystem
* lock parents in "ancestors first" order. If one is not ancestor of
- the other, lock them in inode pointer order.
+ the other, lock the parent of source first.
* find source and target.
* if old parent is equal to or is a descendent of target
fail with -ENOTEMPTY
@@ -54,10 +57,11 @@ rules:
need to lock two inodes of different type (dir vs non-dir), we lock
the directory first. If we need to lock two inodes of the same type,
lock them in inode pointer order.
+ * Lock subdirectories involved (source before target).
+ * Lock non-directories involved, in inode pointer order.
* call the method.
-All ->i_rwsem are taken exclusive. Again, we might get away with locking
-the the source (and target in exchange case) shared.
+All ->i_rwsem are taken exclusive.
The rules above obviously guarantee that all directories that are going to be
read, modified or removed by method will be locked by caller.
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ If no directory is its own ancestor, the scheme above is deadlock-free.
Proof:
+[XXX: will be updated once we are done massaging the lock_rename()]
First of all, at any moment we have a linear ordering of the
objects - A < B iff (A is an ancestor of B) or (B is not an ancestor
of A and ptr(A) < ptr(B)).
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index fc3a0704553c..b8b2906dc221 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ symlink: exclusive
mkdir: exclusive
unlink: exclusive (both)
rmdir: exclusive (both)(see below)
-rename: exclusive (all) (see below)
+rename: exclusive (both parents, some children) (see below)
readlink: no
get_link: no
setattr: exclusive
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ tmpfile: no
Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_rwsem
exclusive on victim.
cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
+ ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_rwsem exclusive on all non-directories
+ involved.
+ ->rename() has ->i_rwsem exclusive on any subdirectory that changes parent.
See Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst for more detailed discussion
of the locking scheme for directory operations.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index 26c093969573..48301b6b517c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -858,3 +858,21 @@ be misspelled d_alloc_anon().
[should've been added in 2016] stale comment in finish_open() nonwithstanding,
failure exits in ->atomic_open() instances should *NOT* fput() the file,
no matter what. Everything is handled by the caller.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+If ->rename() update of .. on cross-directory move needs an exclusion with
+directory modifications, do *not* lock the subdirectory in question in your
+->rename() - it's done by the caller now [that item should've been added in
+28eceeda130f "fs: Lock moved directories"].
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+On same-directory ->rename() the (tautological) update of .. is not protected
+by any locks; just don't do it if the old parent is the same as the new one.
+We really can't lock two subdirectories in same-directory rename - not without
+deadlocks.
diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-dev.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-dev.rst
index 4c5a15c53dbf..63c064837c00 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-dev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/v4l2-dev.rst
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ This will create the character device for you.
.. code-block:: c
- err = video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_GRABBER, -1);
+ err = video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_VIDEO, -1);
if (err) {
video_device_release(vdev); /* or kfree(my_vdev); */
return err;
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ types exist:
========================== ==================== ==============================
:c:type:`vfl_devnode_type` Device name Usage
========================== ==================== ==============================
-``VFL_TYPE_GRABBER`` ``/dev/videoX`` for video input/output devices
+``VFL_TYPE_VIDEO`` ``/dev/videoX`` for video input/output devices
``VFL_TYPE_VBI`` ``/dev/vbiX`` for vertical blank data (i.e.
closed captions, teletext)
``VFL_TYPE_RADIO`` ``/dev/radioX`` for radio tuners
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst b/Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst
index 8e44107933ab..c3154ce6e1b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ corresponding soft power control. In this case it is necessary to create
a virtual widget - a widget with no control bits e.g.
::
- SND_SOC_DAPM_MIXER("AC97 Mixer", SND_SOC_DAPM_NOPM, 0, 0, NULL, 0),
+ SND_SOC_DAPM_MIXER("AC97 Mixer", SND_SOC_NOPM, 0, 0, NULL, 0),
This can be used to merge to signal paths together in software.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 66c7c568bd86..9c39ee58ea50 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ video_device注册
接下来你需要注册视频设备:这会为你创建一个字符设备。
- err = video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_GRABBER, -1);
+ err = video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_VIDEO, -1);
if (err) {
video_device_release(vdev); /* or kfree(my_vdev); */
return err;
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ video_device注册
注册哪种设备是根据类型(type)参数。存在以下类型:
-VFL_TYPE_GRABBER: 用于视频输入/输出设备的 videoX
+VFL_TYPE_VIDEO: 用于视频输入/输出设备的 videoX
VFL_TYPE_VBI: 用于垂直消隐数据的 vbiX (例如,隐藏式字幕,图文电视)
VFL_TYPE_RADIO: 用于广播调谐器的 radioX