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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-12-23 07:00:09 -0500 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-12-23 07:00:09 -0500 |
commit | 398d999f96bf8e02573b0c7e32896c7812393bc0 (patch) | |
tree | 839f1616cc205b9a74f07f7b571a603814446de6 /Documentation | |
parent | a5a98554206651b25d84a25b49eeac31dffbe358 (diff) | |
parent | 46cf053efec6a3a5f343fead837777efe8252a46 (diff) |
Merge 5.5-rc3 into staging-next
We need the staging fixes in here as well.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-mellanox-bootctl | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst | 57 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/tcan4x5x.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,brcmstb-reset.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/j1939.rst | 2 |
14 files changed, 118 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-mellanox-bootctl b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-mellanox-bootctl index c65a80574869..401d202f478b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-mellanox-bootctl +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-mellanox-bootctl @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/driver/lifecycle_state +What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/lifecycle_state Date: Oct 2019 KernelVersion: 5.5 Contact: "Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com>" @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Description: GA Non-Secured - Non-Secure chip and not able to change state RMA - Return Merchandise Authorization -What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/driver/post_reset_wdog +What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/post_reset_wdog Date: Oct 2019 KernelVersion: 5.5 Contact: "Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com>" @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Description: to reboot the chip and recover it to the old state if the new boot partition fails. -What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/driver/reset_action +What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/reset_action Date: Oct 2019 KernelVersion: 5.5 Contact: "Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com>" @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Description: emmc - boot from the onchip eMMC emmc_legacy - boot from the onchip eMMC in legacy (slow) mode -What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/driver/second_reset_action +What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/second_reset_action Date: Oct 2019 KernelVersion: 5.5 Contact: "Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com>" @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Description: swap_emmc - swap the primary / secondary boot partition none - cancel the action -What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/driver/secure_boot_fuse_state +What: /sys/bus/platform/devices/MLNXBF04:00/secure_boot_fuse_state Date: Oct 2019 KernelVersion: 5.5 Contact: "Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com>" diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst index 059ddcbe769d..9bc93f0ce0c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst @@ -181,14 +181,17 @@ When mounting an ext4 filesystem, the following option are accepted: system after its metadata has been committed to the journal. commit=nrsec (*) - Ext4 can be told to sync all its data and metadata every 'nrsec' - seconds. The default value is 5 seconds. This means that if you lose - your power, you will lose as much as the latest 5 seconds of work (your - filesystem will not be damaged though, thanks to the journaling). This - default value (or any low value) will hurt performance, but it's good - for data-safety. Setting it to 0 will have the same effect as leaving - it at the default (5 seconds). Setting it to very large values will - improve performance. + This setting limits the maximum age of the running transaction to + 'nrsec' seconds. The default value is 5 seconds. This means that if + you lose your power, you will lose as much as the latest 5 seconds of + metadata changes (your filesystem will not be damaged though, thanks + to the journaling). This default value (or any low value) will hurt + performance, but it's good for data-safety. Setting it to 0 will have + the same effect as leaving it at the default (5 seconds). Setting it + to very large values will improve performance. Note that due to + delayed allocation even older data can be lost on power failure since + writeback of those data begins only after time set in + /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs. barrier=<0|1(*)>, barrier(*), nobarrier This enables/disables the use of write barriers in the jbd code. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst index fb5b39f73059..ad911be5b5e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ The following sysctls are available for the XFS filesystem: pool. fs.xfs.speculative_prealloc_lifetime - (Units: seconds Min: 1 Default: 300 Max: 86400) + (Units: seconds Min: 1 Default: 300 Max: 86400) The interval at which the background scanning for inodes with unused speculative preallocation runs. The scan removes unused preallocation from clean inodes and releases diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index ecdfdc9d4b03..61ae13c44f91 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ Test Module Kselftest tests the kernel from userspace. Sometimes things need testing from within the kernel, one method of doing this is to create a test module. We can tie the module into the kselftest framework by -using a shell script test runner. ``kselftest_module.sh`` is designed +using a shell script test runner. ``kselftest/module.sh`` is designed to facilitate this process. There is also a header file provided to assist writing kernel modules that are for use with kselftest: - ``tools/testing/kselftest/kselftest_module.h`` -- ``tools/testing/kselftest/kselftest_module.sh`` +- ``tools/testing/kselftest/kselftest/module.sh`` How to use ---------- @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ A bare bones test module might look like this: #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt - #include "../tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h" + #include "../tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/module.h" KSTM_MODULE_GLOBALS(); @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Example test script #!/bin/bash # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ - $(dirname $0)/../kselftest_module.sh "foo" test_foo + $(dirname $0)/../kselftest/module.sh "foo" test_foo Test Harness diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst index 26ffb46bdf99..c60d760a0eed 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ KUnit - Unit Testing for the Linux Kernel start usage + kunit-tool api/index faq diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..50d46394e97e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================= +kunit_tool How-To +================= + +What is kunit_tool? +=================== + +kunit_tool is a script (``tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py``) that aids in building +the Linux kernel as UML (`User Mode Linux +<http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/>`_), running KUnit tests, parsing +the test results and displaying them in a user friendly manner. + +What is a kunitconfig? +====================== + +It's just a defconfig that kunit_tool looks for in the base directory. +kunit_tool uses it to generate a .config as you might expect. In addition, it +verifies that the generated .config contains the CONFIG options in the +kunitconfig; the reason it does this is so that it is easy to be sure that a +CONFIG that enables a test actually ends up in the .config. + +How do I use kunit_tool? +======================== + +If a kunitconfig is present at the root directory, all you have to do is: + +.. code-block:: bash + + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run + +However, you most likely want to use it with the following options: + +.. code-block:: bash + + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --timeout=30 --jobs=`nproc --all` + +- ``--timeout`` sets a maximum amount of time to allow tests to run. +- ``--jobs`` sets the number of threads to use to build the kernel. + +If you just want to use the defconfig that ships with the kernel, you can +append the ``--defconfig`` flag as well: + +.. code-block:: bash + + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --timeout=30 --jobs=`nproc --all` --defconfig + +.. note:: + This command is particularly helpful for getting started because it + just works. No kunitconfig needs to be present. + +For a list of all the flags supported by kunit_tool, you can run: + +.. code-block:: bash + + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --help diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst index aeeddfafeea2..9d6db892c41c 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst @@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ The wrapper can be run with: .. code-block:: bash - ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --defconfig + +For more information on this wrapper (also called kunit_tool) checkout the +:doc:`kunit-tool` page. Creating a kunitconfig ====================== -The Python script is a thin wrapper around Kbuild as such, it needs to be +The Python script is a thin wrapper around Kbuild. As such, it needs to be configured with a ``kunitconfig`` file. This file essentially contains the regular Kernel config, with the specific test targets as well. @@ -59,8 +62,8 @@ If everything worked correctly, you should see the following: followed by a list of tests that are run. All of them should be passing. .. note:: - Because it is building a lot of sources for the first time, the ``Building - kunit kernel`` step may take a while. + Because it is building a lot of sources for the first time, the + ``Building KUnit kernel`` step may take a while. Writing your first test ======================= @@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ Now you can run the test: .. code-block:: bash - ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run You should see the following failure: diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst index c6e69634e274..b9a065ab681e 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Organization of this document ============================= This document is organized into two main sections: Testing and Isolating -Behavior. The first covers what a unit test is and how to use KUnit to write +Behavior. The first covers what unit tests are and how to use KUnit to write them. The second covers how to use KUnit to isolate code and make it possible to unit test code that was otherwise un-unit-testable. @@ -174,13 +174,13 @@ Test Suites ~~~~~~~~~~~ Now obviously one unit test isn't very helpful; the power comes from having -many test cases covering all of your behaviors. Consequently it is common to -have many *similar* tests; in order to reduce duplication in these closely -related tests most unit testing frameworks provide the concept of a *test -suite*, in KUnit we call it a *test suite*; all it is is just a collection of -test cases for a unit of code with a set up function that gets invoked before -every test cases and then a tear down function that gets invoked after every -test case completes. +many test cases covering all of a unit's behaviors. Consequently it is common +to have many *similar* tests; in order to reduce duplication in these closely +related tests most unit testing frameworks - including KUnit - provide the +concept of a *test suite*. A *test suite* is just a collection of test cases +for a unit of code with a set up function that gets invoked before every test +case and then a tear down function that gets invoked after every test case +completes. Example: @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ KUnit test framework. .. note:: A test case will only be run if it is associated with a test suite. -For a more information on these types of things see the :doc:`api/test`. +For more information on these types of things see the :doc:`api/test`. Isolating Behavior ================== @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ We can easily test this code by *faking out* the underlying EEPROM: return count; } - ssize_t fake_eeprom_write(struct eeprom *this, size_t offset, const char *buffer, size_t count) + ssize_t fake_eeprom_write(struct eeprom *parent, size_t offset, const char *buffer, size_t count) { struct fake_eeprom *this = container_of(parent, struct fake_eeprom, parent); @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ KUnit on non-UML architectures By default KUnit uses UML as a way to provide dependencies for code under test. Under most circumstances KUnit's usage of UML should be treated as an implementation detail of how KUnit works under the hood. Nevertheless, there -are instances where being able to run architecture specific code, or test +are instances where being able to run architecture specific code or test against real hardware is desirable. For these reasons KUnit supports running on other architectures. @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ run your tests on your hardware setup just by compiling for your architecture. .. important:: Always prefer tests that run on UML to tests that only run under a particular architecture, and always prefer tests that run under QEMU or another easy - (and monitarily free) to obtain software environment to a specific piece of + (and monetarily free) to obtain software environment to a specific piece of hardware. Nevertheless, there are still valid reasons to write an architecture or hardware diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/tcan4x5x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/tcan4x5x.txt index 27e1b4cebfbd..6bdcc3f84bd3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/tcan4x5x.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/tcan4x5x.txt @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Required properties: - #size-cells: 0 - spi-max-frequency: Maximum frequency of the SPI bus the chip can operate at should be less than or equal to 18 MHz. - - device-wake-gpios: Wake up GPIO to wake up the TCAN device. - interrupt-parent: the phandle to the interrupt controller which provides the interrupt. - interrupts: interrupt specification for data-ready. @@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ Optional properties: reset. - device-state-gpios: Input GPIO that indicates if the device is in a sleep state or if the device is active. + - device-wake-gpios: Wake up GPIO to wake up the TCAN device. Example: tcan4x5x: tcan4x5x@0 { @@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ tcan4x5x: tcan4x5x@0 { interrupts = <14 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; device-state-gpios = <&gpio3 21 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; device-wake-gpios = <&gpio1 15 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; - reset-gpios = <&gpio1 27 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; + reset-gpios = <&gpio1 27 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml index 4845e29411e4..e08cd4c4d568 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/snps,dwmac.yaml @@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ allOf: - st,spear600-gmac then: + properties: snps,tso: $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#definitions/flag description: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,brcmstb-reset.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,brcmstb-reset.txt index 6e5341b4f891..ee59409640f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,brcmstb-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,brcmstb-reset.txt @@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ Example: }; ðernet_switch { - resets = <&reset>; + resets = <&reset 26>; reset-names = "switch"; }; diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst index 74bef19f69f0..231e6a64957f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst @@ -196,14 +196,11 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). or equal to the first symbol and smaller than or equal to the second symbol. -- help text: "help" or "---help---" +- help text: "help" This defines a help text. The end of the help text is determined by the indentation level, this means it ends at the first line which has a smaller indentation than the first line of the help text. - "---help---" and "help" do not differ in behaviour, "---help---" is - used to help visually separate configuration logic from help within - the file as an aid to developers. - misc options: "option" <symbol>[=<value>] diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst index b9b50553bfc5..d7e6534a8505 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst @@ -297,9 +297,19 @@ more details, with real examples. If CONFIG_EXT2_FS is set to either 'y' (built-in) or 'm' (modular) the corresponding obj- variable will be set, and kbuild will descend down in the ext2 directory. - Kbuild only uses this information to decide that it needs to visit - the directory, it is the Makefile in the subdirectory that - specifies what is modular and what is built-in. + + Kbuild uses this information not only to decide that it needs to visit + the directory, but also to decide whether or not to link objects from + the directory into vmlinux. + + When Kbuild descends into the directory with 'y', all built-in objects + from that directory are combined into the built-in.a, which will be + eventually linked into vmlinux. + + When Kbuild descends into the directory with 'm', in contrast, nothing + from that directory will be linked into vmlinux. If the Makefile in + that directory specifies obj-y, those objects will be left orphan. + It is very likely a bug of the Makefile or of dependencies in Kconfig. It is good practice to use a `CONFIG_` variable when assigning directory names. This allows kbuild to totally skip the directory if the diff --git a/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst b/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst index dc60b13fcd09..f5be243d250a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ To claim an address following code example can be used: .pgn = J1939_PGN_ADDRESS_CLAIMED, .pgn_mask = J1939_PGN_PDU1_MAX, }, { - .pgn = J1939_PGN_ADDRESS_REQUEST, + .pgn = J1939_PGN_REQUEST, .pgn_mask = J1939_PGN_PDU1_MAX, }, { .pgn = J1939_PGN_ADDRESS_COMMANDED, |