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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vdpa b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vdpa index 4da53878bff6b..2c833b5163f21 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vdpa +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-vdpa @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ What: /sys/bus/vdpa/drivers_autoprobe Date: March 2020 -Contact: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org +Contact: virtualization@lists.linux.dev Description: This file determines whether new devices are immediately bound to a driver after the creation. It initially contains 1, which @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/vdpa/driver_probe Date: March 2020 -Contact: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org +Contact: virtualization@lists.linux.dev Description: Writing a device name to this file will cause the kernel binds devices to a compatible driver. @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/vdpa/drivers/.../bind Date: March 2020 -Contact: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org +Contact: virtualization@lists.linux.dev Description: Writing a device name to this file will cause the driver to attempt to bind to the device. This is useful for overriding @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/vdpa/drivers/.../unbind Date: March 2020 -Contact: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org +Contact: virtualization@lists.linux.dev Description: Writing a device name to this file will cause the driver to attempt to unbind from the device. This may be useful when @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/vdpa/devices/.../driver_override Date: November 2021 -Contact: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org +Contact: virtualization@lists.linux.dev Description: This file allows the driver for a device to be specified. When specified, only a driver with a name matching the value diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index a1db6db475055..710d47be11e04 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mmio_stale_data + /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/reg_file_data_sampling /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/retbleed /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1 diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 3885bbe260eb2..b68f8c816897b 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ $(YNL_INDEX): $(YNL_RST_FILES) $(YNL_RST_DIR)/%.rst: $(YNL_YAML_DIR)/%.yaml $(YNL_TOOL) $(Q)$(YNL_TOOL) -i $< -o $@ -htmldocs: $(YNL_INDEX) +htmldocs texinfodocs latexdocs epubdocs xmldocs: $(YNL_INDEX) + +htmldocs: @$(srctree)/scripts/sphinx-pre-install --version-check @+$(foreach var,$(SPHINXDIRS),$(call loop_cmd,sphinx,html,$(var),,$(var))) @@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ refcheckdocs: $(Q)cd $(srctree);scripts/documentation-file-ref-check cleandocs: + $(Q)rm -f $(YNL_INDEX) $(YNL_RST_FILES) $(Q)rm -rf $(BUILDDIR) $(Q)$(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/userspace-api/media clean diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst index 2d42998a89a63..3e6407de231c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst @@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! rcu_read_lock_sched(), or by the appropriate update-side lock. Explicit disabling of preemption (preempt_disable(), for example) can serve as rcu_read_lock_sched(), but is less readable and - prevents lockdep from detecting locking issues. + prevents lockdep from detecting locking issues. Acquiring a + spinlock also enters an RCU read-side critical section. Please note that you *cannot* rely on code known to be built only in non-preemptible kernels. Such code can and will break, @@ -382,16 +383,17 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! must use whatever locking or other synchronization is required to safely access and/or modify that data structure. - Do not assume that RCU callbacks will be executed on the same - CPU that executed the corresponding call_rcu() or call_srcu(). - For example, if a given CPU goes offline while having an RCU - callback pending, then that RCU callback will execute on some - surviving CPU. (If this was not the case, a self-spawning RCU - callback would prevent the victim CPU from ever going offline.) - Furthermore, CPUs designated by rcu_nocbs= might well *always* - have their RCU callbacks executed on some other CPUs, in fact, - for some real-time workloads, this is the whole point of using - the rcu_nocbs= kernel boot parameter. + Do not assume that RCU callbacks will be executed on + the same CPU that executed the corresponding call_rcu(), + call_srcu(), call_rcu_tasks(), call_rcu_tasks_rude(), or + call_rcu_tasks_trace(). For example, if a given CPU goes offline + while having an RCU callback pending, then that RCU callback + will execute on some surviving CPU. (If this was not the case, + a self-spawning RCU callback would prevent the victim CPU from + ever going offline.) Furthermore, CPUs designated by rcu_nocbs= + might well *always* have their RCU callbacks executed on some + other CPUs, in fact, for some real-time workloads, this is the + whole point of using the rcu_nocbs= kernel boot parameter. In addition, do not assume that callbacks queued in a given order will be invoked in that order, even if they all are queued on the @@ -444,7 +446,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! real-time workloads than is synchronize_rcu_expedited(). It is also permissible to sleep in RCU Tasks Trace read-side - critical, which are delimited by rcu_read_lock_trace() and + critical section, which are delimited by rcu_read_lock_trace() and rcu_read_unlock_trace(). However, this is a specialized flavor of RCU, and you should not use it without first checking with its current users. In most cases, you should instead use SRCU. @@ -490,6 +492,12 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! since the last time that you passed that same object to call_rcu() (or friends). + CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD: + combine with KASAN to check for pointers leaked out + of RCU read-side critical sections. This Kconfig + option is tough on both performance and scalability, + and so is limited to four-CPU systems. + __rcu sparse checks: tag the pointer to the RCU-protected data structure with __rcu, and sparse will warn you if you access that diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst index 659d5913784d0..2524dcdadde2b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu_dereference.rst @@ -408,7 +408,10 @@ member of the rcu_dereference() to use in various situations: RCU flavors, an RCU read-side critical section is entered using rcu_read_lock(), anything that disables bottom halves, anything that disables interrupts, or anything that disables - preemption. + preemption. Please note that spinlock critical sections + are also implied RCU read-side critical sections, even when + they are preemptible, as they are in kernels built with + CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y. 2. If the access might be within an RCU read-side critical section on the one hand, or protected by (say) my_lock on the other, diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.rst b/Documentation/RCU/torture.rst index 49e7beea6ae15..4b1f99c4181fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/torture.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.rst @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Suppose that a previous kvm.sh run left its output in this directory:: tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28 -Then this run can be re-run without rebuilding as follow: +Then this run can be re-run without rebuilding as follow:: kvm-again.sh tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28 diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst index 60ce02475142d..872ac665223fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst @@ -172,14 +172,25 @@ rcu_read_lock() critical section. Reference counts may be used in conjunction with RCU to maintain longer-term references to data structures. + Note that anything that disables bottom halves, preemption, + or interrupts also enters an RCU read-side critical section. + Acquiring a spinlock also enters an RCU read-side critical + sections, even for spinlocks that do not disable preemption, + as is the case in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y. + Sleeplocks do *not* enter RCU read-side critical sections. + rcu_read_unlock() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ void rcu_read_unlock(void); This temporal primitives is used by a reader to inform the reclaimer that the reader is exiting an RCU read-side critical - section. Note that RCU read-side critical sections may be nested - and/or overlapping. + section. Anything that enables bottom halves, preemption, + or interrupts also exits an RCU read-side critical section. + Releasing a spinlock also exits an RCU read-side critical section. + + Note that RCU read-side critical sections may be nested and/or + overlapping. synchronize_rcu() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -952,8 +963,8 @@ unfortunately any spinlock in a ``SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU`` object must be initialized after each and every call to kmem_cache_alloc(), which renders reference-free spinlock acquisition completely unsafe. Therefore, when using ``SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU``, make proper use of a reference counter. -(Those willing to use a kmem_cache constructor may also use locking, -including cache-friendly sequence locking.) +(Those willing to initialize their locks in a kmem_cache constructor +may also use locking, including cache-friendly sequence locking.) With traditional reference counting -- such as that implemented by the kref library in Linux -- there is typically code that runs when the last diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/address-translation.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/address-translation.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f0ca17b43cd3d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/address-translation.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Address translation +=================== + +x86 AMD +------- + +Zen-based AMD systems include a Data Fabric that manages the layout of +physical memory. Devices attached to the Fabric, like memory controllers, +I/O, etc., may not have a complete view of the system physical memory map. +These devices may provide a "normalized", i.e. device physical, address +when reporting memory errors. Normalized addresses must be translated to +a system physical address for the kernel to action on the memory. + +AMD Address Translation Library (CONFIG_AMD_ATL) provides translation for +this case. + +Glossary of acronyms used in address translation for Zen-based systems + +* CCM = Cache Coherent Moderator +* COD = Cluster-on-Die +* COH_ST = Coherent Station +* DF = Data Fabric diff --git a/Documentation/RAS/ras.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/error-decoding.rst index 2556b397cd271..26a72f3fe5de8 100644 --- a/Documentation/RAS/ras.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/error-decoding.rst @@ -1,15 +1,10 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 -Reliability, Availability and Serviceability features -===================================================== - -This documents different aspects of the RAS functionality present in the -kernel. - Error decoding ---------------- +============== -* x86 +x86 +--- Error decoding on AMD systems should be done using the rasdaemon tool: https://github.com/mchehab/rasdaemon/ diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f4087040a7c05 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + main + error-decoding + address-translation diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/main.rst index 8e03751d126d0..7ac1d4ccc5099 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/RAS/main.rst @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 .. include:: <isonum.txt> -============================================ -Reliability, Availability and Serviceability -============================================ +================================================== +Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) +================================================== + +This documents different aspects of the RAS functionality present in the +kernel. RAS concepts ************ diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst index 9a969c0157f1e..f2bebff6a733f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst @@ -262,9 +262,11 @@ Compiling the kernel - Make sure you have at least gcc 5.1 available. For more information, refer to :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>`. - - Do a ``make`` to create a compressed kernel image. It is also - possible to do ``make install`` if you have lilo installed to suit the - kernel makefiles, but you may want to check your particular lilo setup first. + - Do a ``make`` to create a compressed kernel image. It is also possible to do + ``make install`` if you have lilo installed or if your distribution has an + install script recognised by the kernel's installer. Most popular + distributions will have a recognized install script. You may want to + check your distribution's setup first. To do the actual install, you have to be root, but none of the normal build should require that. Don't take the name of root in vain. @@ -301,32 +303,51 @@ Compiling the kernel image (e.g. .../linux/arch/x86/boot/bzImage after compilation) to the place where your regular bootable kernel is found. - - Booting a kernel directly from a floppy without the assistance of a - bootloader such as LILO, is no longer supported. - - If you boot Linux from the hard drive, chances are you use LILO, which - uses the kernel image as specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf. The - kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or - /boot/bzImage. To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image - and copy the new image over the old one. Then, you MUST RERUN LILO - to update the loading map! If you don't, you won't be able to boot - the new kernel image. - - Reinstalling LILO is usually a matter of running /sbin/lilo. - You may wish to edit /etc/lilo.conf to specify an entry for your - old kernel image (say, /vmlinux.old) in case the new one does not - work. See the LILO docs for more information. - - After reinstalling LILO, you should be all set. Shutdown the system, + - Booting a kernel directly from a storage device without the assistance + of a bootloader such as LILO or GRUB, is no longer supported in BIOS + (non-EFI systems). On UEFI/EFI systems, however, you can use EFISTUB + which allows the motherboard to boot directly to the kernel. + On modern workstations and desktops, it's generally recommended to use a + bootloader as difficulties can arise with multiple kernels and secure boot. + For more details on EFISTUB, + see "Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst". + + - It's important to note that as of 2016 LILO (LInux LOader) is no longer in + active development, though as it was extremely popular, it often comes up + in documentation. Popular alternatives include GRUB2, rEFInd, Syslinux, + systemd-boot, or EFISTUB. For various reasons, it's not recommended to use + software that's no longer in active development. + + - Chances are your distribution includes an install script and running + ``make install`` will be all that's needed. Should that not be the case + you'll have to identify your bootloader and reference its documentation or + configure your EFI. + +Legacy LILO Instructions +------------------------ + + + - If you use LILO the kernel images are specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf. + The kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or + /boot/bzImage. To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image and copy + the new image over the old one. Then, you MUST RERUN LILO to update the + loading map! If you don't, you won't be able to boot the new kernel image. + + - Reinstalling LILO is usually a matter of running /sbin/lilo. You may wish + to edit /etc/lilo.conf to specify an entry for your old kernel image + (say, /vmlinux.old) in case the new one does not work. See the LILO docs + for more information. + + - After reinstalling LILO, you should be all set. Shutdown the system, reboot, and enjoy! - If you ever need to change the default root device, video mode, - etc. in the kernel image, use your bootloader's boot options - where appropriate. No need to recompile the kernel to change - these parameters. + - If you ever need to change the default root device, video mode, etc. in the + kernel image, use your bootloader's boot options where appropriate. No need + to recompile the kernel to change these parameters. - Reboot with the new kernel and enjoy. + If something goes wrong ----------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst index ae646d621a8ab..7d3415eea05d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ files describing that cpuset: - cpuset.mem_hardwall flag: is memory allocation hardwalled - cpuset.memory_pressure: measure of how much paging pressure in cpuset - cpuset.memory_spread_page flag: if set, spread page cache evenly on allowed nodes - - cpuset.memory_spread_slab flag: if set, spread slab cache evenly on allowed nodes + - cpuset.memory_spread_slab flag: OBSOLETE. Doesn't have any function. - cpuset.sched_load_balance flag: if set, load balance within CPUs on that cpuset - cpuset.sched_relax_domain_level: the searching range when migrating tasks diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst index 0fa724d82abb6..493a8e386700a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst @@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ files include:: 1. Page fault accounting -hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.limit_in_bytes -hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.max_usage_in_bytes -hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.usage_in_bytes -hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.failcnt +:: + + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.limit_in_bytes + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.max_usage_in_bytes + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.usage_in_bytes + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.failcnt The HugeTLB controller allows users to limit the HugeTLB usage (page fault) per control group and enforces the limit during page fault. Since HugeTLB @@ -82,10 +84,12 @@ getting SIGBUS. 2. Reservation accounting -hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.rsvd.limit_in_bytes -hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.rsvd.max_usage_in_bytes -hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.rsvd.usage_in_bytes -hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.rsvd.failcnt +:: + + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.rsvd.limit_in_bytes + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.rsvd.max_usage_in_bytes + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.rsvd.usage_in_bytes + hugetlb.<hugepagesize>.rsvd.failcnt The HugeTLB controller allows to limit the HugeTLB reservations per control group and enforces the controller limit at reservation time and at the fault of diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst index de99caabf65a3..ff0b440ef2dc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ are configurable at compile, boot or run time. cross-thread-rsb srso gather_data_sampling + reg-file-data-sampling diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..0585d02b9a6cb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +================================== +Register File Data Sampling (RFDS) +================================== + +Register File Data Sampling (RFDS) is a microarchitectural vulnerability that +only affects Intel Atom parts(also branded as E-cores). RFDS may allow +a malicious actor to infer data values previously used in floating point +registers, vector registers, or integer registers. RFDS does not provide the +ability to choose which data is inferred. CVE-2023-28746 is assigned to RFDS. + +Affected Processors +=================== +Below is the list of affected Intel processors [#f1]_: + + =================== ============ + Common name Family_Model + =================== ============ + ATOM_GOLDMONT 06_5CH + ATOM_GOLDMONT_D 06_5FH + ATOM_GOLDMONT_PLUS 06_7AH + ATOM_TREMONT_D 06_86H + ATOM_TREMONT 06_96H + ALDERLAKE 06_97H + ALDERLAKE_L 06_9AH + ATOM_TREMONT_L 06_9CH + RAPTORLAKE 06_B7H + RAPTORLAKE_P 06_BAH + ATOM_GRACEMONT 06_BEH + RAPTORLAKE_S 06_BFH + =================== ============ + +As an exception to this table, Intel Xeon E family parts ALDERLAKE(06_97H) and +RAPTORLAKE(06_B7H) codenamed Catlow are not affected. They are reported as +vulnerable in Linux because they share the same family/model with an affected +part. Unlike their affected counterparts, they do not enumerate RFDS_CLEAR or +CPUID.HYBRID. This information could be used to distinguish between the +affected and unaffected parts, but it is deemed not worth adding complexity as +the reporting is fixed automatically when these parts enumerate RFDS_NO. + +Mitigation +========== +Intel released a microcode update that enables software to clear sensitive +information using the VERW instruction. Like MDS, RFDS deploys the same +mitigation strategy to force the CPU to clear the affected buffers before an +attacker can extract the secrets. This is achieved by using the otherwise +unused and obsolete VERW instruction in combination with a microcode update. +The microcode clears the affected CPU buffers when the VERW instruction is +executed. + +Mitigation points +----------------- +VERW is executed by the kernel before returning to user space, and by KVM +before VMentry. None of the affected cores support SMT, so VERW is not required +at C-state transitions. + +New bits in IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES +---------------------------------- +Newer processors and microcode update on existing affected processors added new +bits to IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR. These bits can be used to enumerate +vulnerability and mitigation capability: + +- Bit 27 - RFDS_NO - When set, processor is not affected by RFDS. +- Bit 28 - RFDS_CLEAR - When set, processor is affected by RFDS, and has the + microcode that clears the affected buffers on VERW execution. + +Mitigation control on the kernel command line +--------------------------------------------- +The kernel command line allows to control RFDS mitigation at boot time with the +parameter "reg_file_data_sampling=". The valid arguments are: + + ========== ================================================================= + on If the CPU is vulnerable, enable mitigation; CPU buffer clearing + on exit to userspace and before entering a VM. + off Disables mitigation. + ========== ================================================================= + +Mitigation default is selected by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. + +Mitigation status information +----------------------------- +The Linux kernel provides a sysfs interface to enumerate the current +vulnerability status of the system: whether the system is vulnerable, and +which mitigations are active. The relevant sysfs file is: + + /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/reg_file_data_sampling + +The possible values in this file are: + + .. list-table:: + + * - 'Not affected' + - The processor is not vulnerable + * - 'Vulnerable' + - The processor is vulnerable, but no mitigation enabled + * - 'Vulnerable: No microcode' + - The processor is vulnerable but microcode is not updated. + * - 'Mitigation: Clear Register File' + - The processor is vulnerable and the CPU buffer clearing mitigation is + enabled. + +References +---------- +.. [#f1] Affected Processors + https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/topic-technology/software-security-guidance/processors-affected-consolidated-product-cpu-model.html diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst index 32a8893e56177..cce768afec6be 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst @@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ Spectre variant 2 -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register options. If the kernel is compiled with a Clang compiler, the compiler needs to support -mretpoline-external-thunk option. The kernel config - CONFIG_RETPOLINE needs to be turned on, and the CPU needs to run with - the latest updated microcode. + CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE needs to be turned on, and the CPU needs + to run with the latest updated microcode. On Intel Skylake-era systems the mitigation covers most, but not all, cases. See :ref:`[3] <spec_ref3>` for more details. @@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ kernel command line. Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a mitigation method at run time according to the CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the - CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the - compiler with which the kernel was built. + CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option, + and the compiler with which the kernel was built. Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation against user space to user space task attacks. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst index fb40a1f6f79e1..32ea52f1d1509 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +================================================= The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide ================================================= @@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ problems and bugs in particular. reporting-issues reporting-regressions quickly-build-trimmed-linux + verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions bug-hunting bug-bisect tainted-kernels @@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking. pmf pnp rapidio - ras + RAS/index rtc serial-console svga diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst index 5762e7477a0c8..0302a93b1d40b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst @@ -191,9 +191,7 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, i386 and x86_64) CPU is enough for kdump kernel to dump vmcore on most of systems. However, you can also specify nr_cpus=X to enable multiple processors - in kdump kernel. In this case, "disable_cpu_apicid=" is needed to - tell kdump kernel which cpu is 1st kernel's BSP. Please refer to - admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt for more details. + in kdump kernel. With CONFIG_SMP=n, the above things are not related. @@ -454,8 +452,7 @@ Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: to use multi-thread programs with it, such as parallel dump feature of makedumpfile. Otherwise, the multi-thread program may have a great performance degradation. To enable multi-cpu support, you should bring up an - SMP dump-capture kernel and specify maxcpus/nr_cpus, disable_cpu_apicid=[X] - options while loading it. + SMP dump-capture kernel and specify maxcpus/nr_cpus options while loading it. * For s390x there are two kdump modes: If a ELF header is specified with the elfcorehdr= kernel parameter, it is used by the kdump kernel as it diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst index 4410384596a90..e8bdf5e86a9ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ is applicable:: CMA Contiguous Memory Area support is enabled. DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime + EARLY Parameter processed too early to be embedded in initrd. EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EVM Extended Verification Module diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 31b3a25680d08..b3b5ce13de2b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ accept_memory=eager can be used to accept all memory at once during boot. - acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64] + acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64,EARLY] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt | copy_dsdt } @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi - acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] + acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI,IOAPIC,EARLY] Format: <int> 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available 1,0: use 1st APIC table @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode. If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface. - acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr + acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr [ACPI,EARLY] force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the 64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64 bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved, no further checks are performed. - acpi_force_table_verification [HW,ACPI] + acpi_force_table_verification [HW,ACPI,EARLY] Enable table checksum verification during early stage. By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping size limitation. @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug. Useful for kdump kernels. - acpi_no_static_ssdt [HW,ACPI] + acpi_no_static_ssdt [HW,ACPI,EARLY] Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be installed automatically and they will appear under @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let a native driver control the watchdog device instead. - acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC] + acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC,EARLY] Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the second kernel for kdump. @@ -228,10 +228,10 @@ to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value and always returns good values. - acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode + acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI,EARLY] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode Format: { level | edge | high | low } - acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] + acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY] Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. @@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely). - acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI] + acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY] Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards that require a timer override, but don't have HPET - add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in + add_efi_memmap [EFI,X86,EARLY] Include EFI memory map in kernel's map of available physical RAM. agp= [AGP] @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed. - allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64] + allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64,EARLY] Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1. (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.) - amd_pstate= [X86] + amd_pstate= [X86,EARLY] disable Do not enable amd_pstate as the default scaling driver for the supported processors @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have APC and your system crashes randomly. - apic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller + apic= [APIC,X86,EARLY] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Change the output verbosity while booting Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } Change the amount of debugging information output @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ Format: apic=driver_name Examples: apic=bigsmp - apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting + apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86,EARLY] External NMI delivery setting Format: { bsp (default) | all | none } bsp: External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0 all: External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a @@ -508,21 +508,22 @@ bert_disable [ACPI] Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes. - bgrt_disable [ACPI][X86] + bgrt_disable [ACPI,X86,EARLY] Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo. blkdevparts= Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for embedded devices based on command line input. See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst - boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot. + boot_delay= [KNL,EARLY] + Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot. Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled, and you may also have to specify "lpj=". Boot_delay values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed erroneous and ignored. Format: integer - bootconfig [KNL] + bootconfig [KNL,EARLY] Extended command line options can be added to an initrd and this will cause the kernel to look for it. @@ -557,7 +558,7 @@ trust validation. format: { id:<keyid> | builtin } - cca= [MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency + cca= [MIPS,EARLY] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency algorithm. Accepted values range from 0 to 7 inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and @@ -672,19 +673,13 @@ [X86-64] hpet,tsc clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm= - [ARM,ARM64] + [ARM,ARM64,EARLY] Format: <bool> Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling loops can be debugged more effectively on production systems. - clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL] - Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to - external delays before the clock will be marked - unstable. Defaults to two retries, that is, - three attempts to read the clock under test. - clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL] Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that @@ -702,7 +697,7 @@ 10 seconds when built into the kernel. cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]] - [KNL,CMA] + [KNL,CMA,EARLY] Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous memory allocations and optionally the placement constraint by the physical address range of @@ -711,7 +706,7 @@ kernel/dma/contiguous.c cma_pernuma=nn[MG] - [KNL,CMA] + [KNL,CMA,EARLY] Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not @@ -722,7 +717,7 @@ they will fallback to the global default memory area. numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]] - [KNL,CMA] + [KNL,CMA,EARLY] Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA area for the specified node. @@ -739,7 +734,7 @@ a hypervisor. Default: yes - coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL] + coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL,EARLY] Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma allocations, by default set to 256K. @@ -757,7 +752,7 @@ condev= [HW,S390] console device conmode= - con3215_drop= [S390] 3215 console drop mode. + con3215_drop= [S390,EARLY] 3215 console drop mode. Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0 When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when the console buffer is full. In this case the @@ -863,7 +858,7 @@ kernel before the cpufreq driver probes. cpu_init_udelay=N - [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert + [X86,EARLY] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend. Default: 10000 @@ -883,7 +878,7 @@ kernel more unstable. crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]] - [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' + [KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset @@ -954,10 +949,10 @@ Format: <port#>,<type> See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst - debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). + debug [KNL,EARLY] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). debug_boot_weak_hash - [KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the + [KNL,EARLY] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the boot sequence. If enabled, we use a weak hash instead of siphash to hash pointers. Use this option if you are seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a @@ -974,10 +969,10 @@ will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only useful to lockdep developers. - debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging + debug_objects [KNL,EARLY] Enable object debugging debug_guardpage_minorder= - [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this + [KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter allows control of the order of pages that will be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability @@ -996,7 +991,7 @@ help tracking down these problems. debug_pagealloc= - [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter + [KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC. @@ -1004,8 +999,8 @@ useful to also enable the page_owner functionality. on: enable the feature - debugfs= [KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace - and debugfs internal clients. + debugfs= [KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to + userspace and debugfs internal clients. Format: { on, no-mount, off } on: All functions are enabled. no-mount: @@ -1084,7 +1079,7 @@ dhash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. - disable_1tb_segments [PPC] + disable_1tb_segments [PPC,EARLY] Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB @@ -1093,41 +1088,32 @@ disable= [IPV6] See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst. - disable_radix [PPC] + disable_radix [PPC,EARLY] Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9 disable_tlbie [PPC] Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators. - disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP] - Format: <int> - The number of initial APIC ID for the - corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot, - mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to - disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without - causing system reset or hang due to sending - INIT from AP to BSP. - - disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] + disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES,EARLY] Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this to workaround buggy firmware. disable_ipv6= [IPV6] See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst. - disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] + disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY] The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB entry later. This parameter disables that. - disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only] + disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only,EARLY] By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable memory out of your available memory pool based on MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior, possibly causing your machine to run very slowly. - disable_timer_pin_1 [X86] + disable_timer_pin_1 [X86,EARLY] Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. @@ -1150,6 +1136,26 @@ The filter can be disabled or changed to another driver later using sysfs. + reg_file_data_sampling= + [X86] Controls mitigation for Register File Data + Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability. RFDS is a CPU + vulnerability which may allow userspace to infer + kernel data values previously stored in floating point + registers, vector registers, or integer registers. + RFDS only affects Intel Atom processors. + + on: Turns ON the mitigation. + off: Turns OFF the mitigation. + + This parameter overrides the compile time default set + by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. Mitigation cannot be + disabled when other VERW based mitigations (like MDS) + are enabled. In order to disable RFDS mitigation all + VERW based mitigations need to be disabled. + + For details see: + Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst + driver_async_probe= [KNL] List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. * matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the @@ -1177,7 +1183,7 @@ dscc4.setup= [NET] - dt_cpu_ftrs= [PPC] + dt_cpu_ftrs= [PPC,EARLY] Format: {"off" | "known"} Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it @@ -1197,12 +1203,12 @@ Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for details. - early_ioremap_debug [KNL] + early_ioremap_debug [KNL,EARLY] Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings which are not unmapped. - earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. + earlycon= [KNL,EARLY] Output early console device and options. When used with no options, the early console is determined by stdout-path property in device tree's @@ -1338,7 +1344,7 @@ address must be provided, and the serial port must already be setup and configured. - earlyprintk= [X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390] + earlyprintk= [X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390,UM,EARLY] earlyprintk=vga earlyprintk=sclp earlyprintk=xen @@ -1396,7 +1402,7 @@ edd= [EDD] Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} - efi= [EFI] + efi= [EFI,EARLY] Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma", "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve", "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" } @@ -1417,13 +1423,13 @@ no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub - efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86] + efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY] Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick. - efi_fake_mem= nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86] + efi_fake_mem= nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI,X86,EARLY] Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by updating original EFI memory map. Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is @@ -1454,7 +1460,7 @@ eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. - ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging + ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB,EARLY] Allow early kernel console debugging Format: ekgdboc=kbd This is designed to be used in conjunction with @@ -1469,13 +1475,13 @@ See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c. - elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390] + elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390,EARLY] Specifies physical address of start of kernel core image elf header and optionally the size. Generally kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel. See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details. - enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] + enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY] The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB entry later. This parameter enables that. @@ -1508,7 +1514,7 @@ Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of current integrity status. - early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier + early_page_ext [KNL,EARLY] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier stages so cover more early boot allocations. Please note that as side effect some optimizations might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized @@ -1539,6 +1545,12 @@ Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel and may cause unknown problems. + fred= [X86-64] + Enable/disable Flexible Return and Event Delivery. + Format: { on | off } + on: enable FRED when it's present. + off: disable FRED, the default setting. + ftrace=[tracer] [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer as early as possible in order to facilitate early @@ -1600,7 +1612,7 @@ can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit) - fw_devlink= [KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier + fw_devlink= [KNL,EARLY] Create device links between consumer and supplier devices by scanning the firmware to infer the consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as @@ -1619,12 +1631,12 @@ rpm -- Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM. fw_devlink.strict=<bool> - [KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory + [KNL,EARLY] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm. Format: <bool> fw_devlink.sync_state = - [KNL] When all devices that could probe have finished + [KNL,EARLY] When all devices that could probe have finished probing, this parameter controls what to do with devices that haven't yet received their sync_state() calls. @@ -1645,12 +1657,12 @@ gamma= [HW,DRM] - gart_fix_e820= [X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART + gart_fix_e820= [X86-64,EARLY] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART Format: off | on default: on gather_data_sampling= - [X86,INTEL] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS) + [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS) mitigation. Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which @@ -1748,7 +1760,7 @@ (that will set all pages holding image data during restoration read-only). - highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact + highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,EARLY] forces the highmem zone to have an exact size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem size on bigger boxes. @@ -1759,7 +1771,7 @@ hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] - hostname= [KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename). + hostname= [KNL,EARLY] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename). Format: <string> This allows setting the system's hostname during early startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname. @@ -1804,7 +1816,7 @@ Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst. Format: size[KMG] - hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation + hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA,EARLY] The size of a CMA area used for allocation of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size of a CMA area per node can be specified. Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format) @@ -1850,9 +1862,10 @@ If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections from listed z/VM user IDs only. - hv_nopvspin [X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations - which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the - guest on lock contention. + hv_nopvspin [X86,HYPER_V,EARLY] + Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations + which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest + on lock contention. i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed or register an additional I2C bus that is not @@ -1917,7 +1930,7 @@ Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]] - idle= [X86] + idle= [X86,EARLY] Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but @@ -1973,7 +1986,7 @@ mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding, except where unsupported by hardware. - ignore_loglevel [KNL] + ignore_loglevel [KNL,EARLY] Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. We also add it as printk module parameter, so users @@ -2091,21 +2104,21 @@ unpacking being completed before device_ and late_ initcalls. - initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk + initrd= [BOOT,EARLY] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk - initrdmem= [KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to + initrdmem= [KNL,EARLY] Specify a physical address and size from which to load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this setting. Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG] Default is 0, 0 - init_on_alloc= [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with + init_on_alloc= [MM,EARLY] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with zeroes. Format: 0 | 1 Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON. - init_on_free= [MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes. + init_on_free= [MM,EARLY] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes. Format: 0 | 1 Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON. @@ -2161,7 +2174,7 @@ 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle. 1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state. - intel_pstate= [X86] + intel_pstate= [X86,EARLY] disable Do not enable intel_pstate as the default scaling driver for the supported processors @@ -2205,7 +2218,7 @@ Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using cpufreq sysfs interface - intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] + intremap= [X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] on enable Interrupt Remapping (default) off disable Interrupt Remapping nosid disable Source ID checking @@ -2217,7 +2230,7 @@ strict regions from userspace. relaxed - iommu= [X86] + iommu= [X86,EARLY] off force noforce @@ -2232,7 +2245,7 @@ nobypass [PPC/POWERNV] Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices. - iommu.forcedac= [ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices. + iommu.forcedac= [ARM64,X86,EARLY] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices. Format: { "0" | "1" } 0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before falling back to the full range if needed. @@ -2240,7 +2253,7 @@ forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting greater than 32-bit addressing. - iommu.strict= [ARM64, X86, S390] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour + iommu.strict= [ARM64,X86,S390,EARLY] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour Format: { "0" | "1" } 0 - Lazy mode. Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred @@ -2256,7 +2269,7 @@ legacy driver-specific options takes precedence. iommu.passthrough= - [ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default. + [ARM64,X86,EARLY] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default. Format: { "0" | "1" } 0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA. 1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA. @@ -2266,7 +2279,7 @@ See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. - io_delay= [X86] I/O delay method + io_delay= [X86,EARLY] I/O delay method 0x80 Standard port 0x80 based delay 0xed @@ -2279,28 +2292,28 @@ ip= [IP_PNP] See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. - ipcmni_extend [KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V + ipcmni_extend [KNL,EARLY] Extend the maximum number of unique System V IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216. irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask The argument is a cpu list, as described above. irqchip.gicv2_force_probe= - [ARM, ARM64] + [ARM,ARM64,EARLY] Format: <bool> Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range exposed by the device tree is too small. irqchip.gicv3_nolpi= - [ARM, ARM64] + [ARM,ARM64,EARLY] Force the kernel to ignore the availability of LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up LPIs. - irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64] + irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64,EARLY] Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This requires the kernel to be built with CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI. @@ -2445,7 +2458,7 @@ parameter KASAN will print report only for the first invalid access. - keep_bootcon [KNL] + keep_bootcon [KNL,EARLY] Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only useful for debugging when something happens in the window between unregistering the boot console and initializing @@ -2453,7 +2466,7 @@ keepinitrd [HW,ARM] See retain_initrd. - kernelcore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] + kernelcore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC,EARLY] Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror" This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel for non-movable allocations. The requested @@ -2478,7 +2491,7 @@ for Movable pages. "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror" are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms. - kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port. + kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW,EARLY] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port. Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval] The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is @@ -2499,7 +2512,7 @@ kms, kbd format: kms,kbd kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud] - kgdboc_earlycon= [KGDB,HW] + kgdboc_earlycon= [KGDB,HW,EARLY] If the boot console provides the ability to read characters and can work in polling mode, you can use this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend @@ -2514,14 +2527,14 @@ blank and the first boot console that implements read() will be picked. - kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the + kgdbwait [KGDB,EARLY] Stop kernel execution and enter the kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. kmac= [MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address. Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip Ethernet adapter MAC address. - kmemleak= [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable + kmemleak= [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable Valid arguments: on, off Default: on Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y, @@ -2540,8 +2553,8 @@ See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel Boot Parameter" section. - kpti= [ARM64] Control page table isolation of user - and kernel address spaces. + kpti= [ARM64,EARLY] Control page table isolation of + user and kernel address spaces. Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation. 0: force disabled 1: force enabled @@ -2618,7 +2631,8 @@ for NPT. kvm-arm.mode= - [KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation. + [KVM,ARM,EARLY] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of + operation. none: Forcefully disable KVM. @@ -2638,22 +2652,22 @@ used with extreme caution. kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap= - [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0 + [KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0 system registers kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap= - [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1 + [KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1 system registers kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap= - [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common + [KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common system registers kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable= - [KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of - LPIs. + [KVM,ARM,EARLY] Allow use of GICv4 for direct + injection of LPIs. - kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC] + kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC,EARLY] Reserves given percentage from system memory area for contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable allocation. @@ -2706,7 +2720,7 @@ (enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support for it. - l1d_flush= [X86,INTEL] + l1d_flush= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability. Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU @@ -2723,7 +2737,7 @@ on - enable the interface for the mitigation - l1tf= [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on + l1tf= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on affected CPUs The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally @@ -2792,7 +2806,7 @@ l3cr= [PPC] - lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS + lapic [X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS disabled it. lapic= [X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline @@ -2800,7 +2814,7 @@ back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC. Format: notscdeadline - lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer + lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC,EARLY] trust the local apic timer in C2 power state. libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control @@ -2924,7 +2938,7 @@ lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port. Format: <integer> - lockdown= [SECURITY] + lockdown= [SECURITY,EARLY] { integrity | confidentiality } Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to integrity, kernel features that allow userland to @@ -3031,7 +3045,8 @@ logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver Format: <irq> - loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the + loglevel= [KNL,EARLY] + All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can also be changed with klogd or other programs. The loglevels are defined as follows: @@ -3045,13 +3060,15 @@ 6 (KERN_INFO) informational 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages - log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, - in bytes. n must be a power of two and greater - than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined - by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is - also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter - that allows to increase the default size depending on - the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details. + log_buf_len=n[KMG] [KNL,EARLY] + Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes. + n must be a power of two and greater than the + minimal size. The minimal size is defined by + LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There + is also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config + parameter that allows to increase the default size + depending on the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig + for more details. logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. This may be used to provide more screen space for @@ -3109,7 +3126,7 @@ max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater than or equal to this physical address is ignored. - maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel + maxcpus= [SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel will bring up during bootup. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing @@ -3136,7 +3153,7 @@ Format: <first>,<last> Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA. - mds= [X86,INTEL] + mds= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerability. @@ -3168,11 +3185,12 @@ For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst - mem=nn[KMG] [HEXAGON] Set the memory size. + mem=nn[KMG] [HEXAGON,EARLY] Set the memory size. Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0. - mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory - Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows: + mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Force usage of a specific amount + of memory Amount of memory to be used in cases + as follows: 1 for test; 2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory; @@ -3196,8 +3214,8 @@ if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient. mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] - [ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by - firmware. + [ARM,MIPS,EARLY] - override the memory layout + reported by firmware. Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at ss[KMG]. Multiple different regions can be specified with @@ -3206,7 +3224,7 @@ mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel memory. - memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages. + memblock=debug [KNL,EARLY] Enable memblock debug messages. memchunk=nn[KMG] [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for @@ -3220,14 +3238,14 @@ option. See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst. - memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact + memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86,EARLY] Enable setting of an exact E820 memory map, as specified by the user. Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss option description. memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] - [KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory. + [KNL, X86,MIPS,XTENSA,EARLY] Force usage of a specific region of memory. Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn. If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG], which limits max address to nn[KMG]. @@ -3237,11 +3255,11 @@ memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG] - [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. + [KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn. memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] - [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved. + [KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as reserved. Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn. Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff memmap=64K$0x18690000 @@ -3251,14 +3269,14 @@ like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number will be eaten. - memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG] + memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG,EARLY] [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected. Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc) and is NVDIMM or ADR memory. memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype> - [KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region + [KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Convert memory within the specified region from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>, even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left @@ -3266,7 +3284,7 @@ specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved, 3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM. - memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86] + memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86,EARLY] Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of memory when doing things like suspend/resume. Setting this option will scan the memory @@ -3278,13 +3296,13 @@ affects the same memory, you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that memory. - memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86] + memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86,EARLY] By default it checks for corruption in the low 64k, making this memory unavailable for normal use. Use this parameter to scan for corruption in more or less memory. - memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86] + memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86,EARLY] By default it checks for corruption every 60 seconds. Use this parameter to check at some other rate. 0 disables periodic checking. @@ -3308,7 +3326,7 @@ Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where the feature is not effective. - memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest + memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest Format: <integer> default : 0 <disable> Specifies the number of memtest passes to be @@ -3320,9 +3338,7 @@ mem_encrypt= [X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control Valid arguments: on, off - Default (depends on kernel configuration option): - on (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) - off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n) + Default: off mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME @@ -3376,7 +3392,7 @@ https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git mitigations= - [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for + [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64,EARLY] Control optional mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities. This is a set of curated, arch-independent options, each of which is an aggregation of existing arch-specific options. @@ -3398,7 +3414,9 @@ nospectre_bhb [ARM64] nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] + reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86] retbleed=off [X86] + spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86] spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC] spectre_v2_user=off [X86] srbds=off [X86,INTEL] @@ -3429,7 +3447,7 @@ retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86] mminit_loglevel= - [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this + [KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for the additional memory initialisation checks. A value of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will @@ -3437,7 +3455,7 @@ so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified. mmio_stale_data= - [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor + [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the Processor MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities. Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of @@ -3512,7 +3530,7 @@ mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets - movablecore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] + movablecore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC,EARLY] Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it specifies the amount of memory used for migratable @@ -3523,7 +3541,7 @@ that the amount of memory usable for all allocations is not too small. - movable_node [KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory + movable_node [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory of such nodes will be usable only for movable allocations which rules out almost all kernel @@ -3547,21 +3565,21 @@ [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n') - mtrr=debug [X86] + mtrr=debug [X86,EARLY] Enable printing debug information related to MTRR registers at boot time. - mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86] + mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY] used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk that could hold holes aka. UC entries. - mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86] + mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY] Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block. Default is 1. Large value could prevent small alignment from using up MTRRs. - mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86] + mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86,EARLY] Format: <integer> Range: 0,7 : spare reg number Default : 1 @@ -3747,10 +3765,10 @@ emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor is present. - no4lvl [RISCV] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes. Forces - kernel to use 3-level paging instead. + no4lvl [RISCV,EARLY] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes. + Forces kernel to use 3-level paging instead. - no5lvl [X86-64,RISCV] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces + no5lvl [X86-64,RISCV,EARLY] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces kernel to use 4-level paging instead. noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien @@ -3759,15 +3777,15 @@ noalign [KNL,ARM] - noaltinstr [S390] Disables alternative instructions patching - (CPU alternatives feature). + noaltinstr [S390,EARLY] Disables alternative instructions + patching (CPU alternatives feature). - noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any + noapic [SMP,APIC,EARLY] Tells the kernel to not make use of any IOAPICs that may be present in the system. noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation. - nocache [ARM] + nocache [ARM,EARLY] no_console_suspend [HW] Never suspend the console @@ -3785,13 +3803,13 @@ turn on/off it dynamically. no_debug_objects - [KNL] Disable object debugging + [KNL,EARLY] Disable object debugging nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time. - noefi Disable EFI runtime services support. + noefi [EFI,EARLY] Disable EFI runtime services support. - no_entry_flush [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel. + no_entry_flush [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel. noexec [IA-64] @@ -3822,6 +3840,7 @@ real-time systems. no_hash_pointers + [KNL,EARLY] Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be unhashed. By default, when a pointer is printed via %p format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured @@ -3846,9 +3865,9 @@ the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger. - nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. + nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. - nohugevmalloc [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings. + nohugevmalloc [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings. nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks Valid arguments: on, off @@ -3870,13 +3889,13 @@ noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured initial RAM disk. - nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt + nointremap [X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] Do not enable interrupt remapping. [Deprecated - use intremap=off] nointroute [IA-64] - noinvpcid [X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature. + noinvpcid [X86,EARLY] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature. noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses. @@ -3887,19 +3906,19 @@ nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. - nokaslr [KNL] + nokaslr [KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). - no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page + no-kvmapf [X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page fault handling. - no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver + no-kvmclock [X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver - nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. + nolapic [X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable or use the local APIC. - nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. + nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not use the local APIC timer. nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling @@ -3924,23 +3943,23 @@ shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR irq. - nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of + nopat [X86,EARLY] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of pagetables) support. - nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature. + nopcid [X86-64,EARLY] Disable the PCID cpu feature. nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found in some Intel CPUs. - nopti [X86-64] + nopti [X86-64,EARLY] Equivalent to pti=off - nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE] + nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE,EARLY] Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest. - nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM] + nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM,EARLY] Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock contention. @@ -3960,20 +3979,20 @@ This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany). - nosgx [X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support. + nosgx [X86-64,SGX,EARLY] Disables Intel SGX kernel support. - nosmap [PPC] + nosmap [PPC,EARLY] Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention) even if it is supported by processor. - nosmep [PPC64s] + nosmep [PPC64s,EARLY] Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention) even if it is supported by processor. - nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel, + nosmp [SMP,EARLY] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel, and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0". - nosmt [KNL,MIPS,PPC,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). + nosmt [KNL,MIPS,PPC,S390,EARLY] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). Equivalent to smt=1. [KNL,X86,PPC] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). @@ -3983,22 +4002,23 @@ nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. nospec_store_bypass_disable - [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability + [HW,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative + Store Bypass vulnerability - nospectre_bhb [ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch + nospectre_bhb [ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this option. - nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1 + nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC,EARLY] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1 (bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are possible in the system. - nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for - the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction) - vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this - option. + nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC_E500,ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations + for the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch + prediction) vulnerability. System may allow data + leaks with this option. - no-steal-acc [X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV] Disable + no-steal-acc [X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting. steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour @@ -4008,7 +4028,7 @@ broken timer IRQ sources. no_uaccess_flush - [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data. + [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data. novmcoredd [KNL,KDUMP] Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to @@ -4022,15 +4042,15 @@ is set. no-vmw-sched-clock - [X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler - clock and use the default one. + [X86,PV_OPS,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized VMware + scheduler clock and use the default one. nowatchdog [KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e. soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup). - nowb [ARM] + nowb [ARM,EARLY] - nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. + nox2apic [X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable x2APIC mode. NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the @@ -4068,7 +4088,7 @@ purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or SAL PALO. - nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel + nr_cpus= [SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in @@ -4079,8 +4099,9 @@ nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. - numa=off [KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only - set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory. + numa=off [KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86, EARLY] + Disable NUMA, Only set up a single NUMA node + spanning all memory. numa_balancing= [KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing. @@ -4091,7 +4112,7 @@ This can be set from sysctl after boot. See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details. - ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver. + ohci1394_dma=early [HW,EARLY] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver. See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more info. @@ -4117,7 +4138,8 @@ Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed. 1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status. - oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the + oops=panic [KNL,EARLY] + Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the process, but there is a small probability of deadlocking the machine. This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions. @@ -4133,13 +4155,13 @@ can be read from sysfs at: /sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle. - page_owner= [KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option. + page_owner= [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time page_owner enabling option. Storage of the information about who allocated each page is disabled in default. With this switch, we can turn it on. on: enable the feature - page_poison= [KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of + page_poison= [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time parameter changing the state of poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y. off: turn off poisoning (default) @@ -4157,7 +4179,8 @@ timeout < 0: reboot immediately Format: <timeout> - panic_on_taint= Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint() + panic_on_taint= [KNL,EARLY] + Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint() Format: <hex>[,nousertaint] Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is @@ -4313,7 +4336,7 @@ pcbit= [HW,ISDN] - pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options. + pci=option[,option...] [PCI,EARLY] various PCI subsystem options. Some options herein operate on a specific device or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are @@ -4582,7 +4605,8 @@ Format: { 0 | 1 } See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c - percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use. + percpu_alloc= [MM,EARLY] + Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use. Currently supported values are "embed" and "page". Archs may support subset or none of the selections. See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each @@ -4644,6 +4668,11 @@ may be specified. Format: <port>,<port>.... + possible_cpus= [SMP,S390,X86] + Format: <unsigned int> + Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the + regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc). + powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features. It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the platform machine description specific power_save @@ -4651,12 +4680,12 @@ execution priority. ppc_strict_facility_enable - [PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point, + [PPC,ENABLE] This option catches any kernel floating point, Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()). There is some performance impact when enabling this. - ppc_tm= [PPC] + ppc_tm= [PPC,EARLY] Format: {"off"} Disable Hardware Transactional Memory @@ -4766,7 +4795,7 @@ [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in default number. - quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages + quiet [KNL,EARLY] Disable most log messages r128= [HW,DRM] @@ -4783,17 +4812,17 @@ ramdisk_start= [RAM] RAM disk image start address random.trust_cpu=off - [KNL] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's + [KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's random number generator (if available) to initialize the kernel's RNG. random.trust_bootloader=off - [KNL] Disable trusting the use of the a seed + [KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the a seed passed by the bootloader (if available) to initialize the kernel's RNG. randomize_kstack_offset= - [KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset + [KNL,EARLY] Enable or disable kernel stack offset randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks that depend on stack address determinism or @@ -5034,6 +5063,11 @@ this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it to zero. + rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy= [KNL] + To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after + delay, memory pressure or callback list growing too + big. + rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL] Measure performance of asynchronous grace-period primitives such as call_rcu(). @@ -5484,7 +5518,7 @@ Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, used for early userspace startup. See initrd. - rdrand= [X86] + rdrand= [X86,EARLY] force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS @@ -5580,7 +5614,7 @@ them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory. - reservetop= [X86-32] + reservetop= [X86-32,EARLY] Format: nn[KMG] Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual address space. @@ -5665,7 +5699,7 @@ [KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported CPUs. - riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV] + riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV,EARLY] When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit falling back to detecting extension support by parsing "riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the @@ -5674,13 +5708,14 @@ ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot - rodata= [KNL] + rodata= [KNL,EARLY] on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default). off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging. full Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only [arm64] rockchip.usb_uart + [EARLY] Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb @@ -5741,7 +5776,7 @@ sa1100ir [NET] See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c. - sched_verbose [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages. + sched_verbose [KNL,EARLY] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages. schedstats= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics. Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature @@ -5856,7 +5891,7 @@ non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single and weight_many. - skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate + skew_tick= [KNL,EARLY] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set. Format: { "0" | "1" } @@ -5987,10 +6022,10 @@ 1: Fast pin select (default) 2: ATC IRMode - smt= [KNL,MIPS,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical - CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of - symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the - actual hardware limit. + smt= [KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads + (logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems + capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will + be capped to the actual hardware limit. Format: <integer> Default: -1 (no limit) @@ -6012,7 +6047,7 @@ sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst - spectre_v2= [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 + spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability. The default operation protects the kernel from user space attacks. @@ -6027,8 +6062,8 @@ Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a mitigation method at run time according to the CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the - CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the - compiler with which the kernel was built. + CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option, + and the compiler with which the kernel was built. Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation against user space to user space task attacks. @@ -6092,7 +6127,7 @@ spectre_v2_user=auto. spec_rstack_overflow= - [X86] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs + [X86,EARLY] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs off - Disable mitigation microcode - Enable microcode mitigation only @@ -6103,7 +6138,7 @@ (cloud-specific mitigation) spec_store_bypass_disable= - [HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation + [HW,EARLY] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation (Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability) Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a @@ -6199,7 +6234,7 @@ #DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when CPL > 0. - srbds= [X86,INTEL] + srbds= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) mitigation. @@ -6286,7 +6321,7 @@ srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit set for contention-based conversions to occur. - ssbd= [ARM64,HW] + ssbd= [ARM64,HW,EARLY] Speculative Store Bypass Disable control On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative @@ -6310,7 +6345,7 @@ growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other mapping. Default value is 256 pages. - stack_depot_disable= [KNL] + stack_depot_disable= [KNL,EARLY] Setting this to true through kernel command line will disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set @@ -6349,12 +6384,12 @@ be used to filter out binaries which have not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ. - stress_hpt [PPC] + stress_hpt [PPC,EARLY] Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash page table to increase the rate of hash page table faults on kernel addresses. - stress_slb [PPC] + stress_slb [PPC,EARLY] Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults on kernel addresses. @@ -6414,7 +6449,7 @@ This parameter controls use of the Protected Execution Facility on pSeries. - swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86] + swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86,EARLY] Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce } <int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs <int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb @@ -6424,7 +6459,7 @@ wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging) - switches= [HW,M68k] + switches= [HW,M68k,EARLY] sysctl.*= [KNL] Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init @@ -6483,11 +6518,11 @@ <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency 0: no polling (default) - threadirqs [KNL] + threadirqs [KNL,EARLY] Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD. - topology= [S390] + topology= [S390,EARLY] Format: {off | on} Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu topology information if the hardware supports this. @@ -6728,7 +6763,7 @@ can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog. A console message will flag any such suppression or overriding. - tsc_early_khz= [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given + tsc_early_khz= [X86,EARLY] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support. @@ -6763,7 +6798,7 @@ See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst for more details. - tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async + tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the TSX Async Abort (TAA) vulnerability. Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) @@ -6829,7 +6864,7 @@ unknown_nmi_panic [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI. - unwind_debug [X86-64] + unwind_debug [X86-64,EARLY] Enable unwinder debug output. This can be useful for debugging certain unwinder error conditions, including corrupt stacks and @@ -7019,7 +7054,7 @@ Example: user_debug=31 userpte= - [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations. + [X86,EARLY] Flags controlling user PTE allocations. nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in HIGHMEM regardless of setting @@ -7048,7 +7083,7 @@ vector= [IA-64,SMP] vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain - video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration + video= [FB,EARLY] Frame buffer configuration See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst. video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI] @@ -7096,13 +7131,13 @@ P Enable page structure init time poisoning - Disable all of the above options - vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact - size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the - minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to - decrease the size and leave more room for directly - mapped kernel RAM. + vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Forces the vmalloc area to have an + exact size of <nn>. This can be used to increase + the minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be + used to decrease the size and leave more room + for directly mapped kernel RAM. - vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390] + vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390,EARLY] Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory allocations for the vmcp device driver. @@ -7115,7 +7150,7 @@ vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off. Format: <command> - vsyscall= [X86-64] + vsyscall= [X86-64,EARLY] Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy code). Most statically-linked binaries and older @@ -7225,6 +7260,15 @@ threshold repeatedly. They are likely good candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead. + workqueue.cpu_intensive_warning_thresh=<uint> + If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel + will report the work functions which violate the + intensive_threshold_us repeatedly. In order to prevent + spurious warnings, start printing only after a work + function has violated this threshold number of times. + + The default is 4 times. 0 disables the warning. + workqueue.power_efficient Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because they show better performance thanks to cache @@ -7263,13 +7307,13 @@ When enabled, memory and cache locality will be impacted. - writecombine= [LOONGARCH] Control the MAT (Memory Access Type) of - ioremap_wc(). + writecombine= [LOONGARCH,EARLY] Control the MAT (Memory Access + Type) of ioremap_wc(). on - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc() off - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc() - x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of + x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Use x2apic physical mode instead of default x2apic cluster mode on platforms supporting x2apic. @@ -7280,7 +7324,7 @@ save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger domains. - xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN] + xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN,EARLY] Unplug Xen emulated devices Format: [unplug0,][unplug1] ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices @@ -7292,17 +7336,17 @@ the unplug protocol never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds - xen_legacy_crash [X86,XEN] + xen_legacy_crash [X86,XEN,EARLY] Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late panic() code such as dumping handler. - xen_msr_safe= [X86,XEN] + xen_msr_safe= [X86,XEN,EARLY] Format: <bool> Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE. - xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN] + xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN,EARLY] Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations. This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which has equivalent effect for XEN platform. @@ -7314,7 +7358,7 @@ has equivalent effect for XEN platform. xen_no_vector_callback - [KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen + [KNL,X86,XEN,EARLY] Disable the vector callback for Xen event channel interrupts. xen_scrub_pages= [XEN] @@ -7323,7 +7367,7 @@ with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages. Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT. - xen_timer_slop= [X86-64,XEN] + xen_timer_slop= [X86-64,XEN,EARLY] Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values @@ -7376,7 +7420,7 @@ host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h. - xmon [PPC] + xmon [PPC,EARLY] Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off } Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off. Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early". diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst index 92a8a07f5c438..f92551539e8a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ name of the command ('Comm:') that triggered the event:: You'll find a 'Not tainted: ' there if the kernel was not tainted at the time of the event; if it was, then it will print 'Tainted: ' and characters -either letters or blanks. In above example it looks like this:: +either letters or blanks. In the example above it looks like this:: Tainted: P W O @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ At runtime, you can query the tainted state by reading tainted; any other number indicates the reasons why it is. The easiest way to decode that number is the script ``tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint``, which your distribution might ship as part of a package called ``linux-tools`` or -``kernel-tools``; if it doesn't you can download the script from +``kernel-tools``; if it doesn't, you can download the script from `git.kernel.org <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint>`_ and execute it with ``sh kernel-chktaint``, which would print something like this on the machine that had the statements in the logs that were quoted earlier:: diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..58211840ac6ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst @@ -0,0 +1,1952 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR CC-BY-4.0) +.. [see the bottom of this file for redistribution information] + +========================================= +How to verify bugs and bisect regressions +========================================= + +This document describes how to check if some Linux kernel problem occurs in code +currently supported by developers -- to then explain how to locate the change +causing the issue, if it is a regression (e.g. did not happen with earlier +versions). + +The text aims at people running kernels from mainstream Linux distributions on +commodity hardware who want to report a kernel bug to the upstream Linux +developers. Despite this intent, the instructions work just as well for users +who are already familiar with building their own kernels: they help avoid +mistakes occasionally made even by experienced developers. + +.. + Note: if you see this note, you are reading the text's source file. You + might want to switch to a rendered version: it makes it a lot easier to + read and navigate this document -- especially when you want to look something + up in the reference section, then jump back to where you left off. +.. + Find the latest rendered version of this text here: + https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst.html + +The essence of the process (aka 'TL;DR') +======================================== + +*[If you are new to building or bisecting Linux, ignore this section and head +over to the* ":ref:`step-by-step guide<introguide_bissbs>`" *below. It utilizes +the same commands as this section while describing them in brief fashion. The +steps are nevertheless easy to follow and together with accompanying entries +in a reference section mention many alternatives, pitfalls, and additional +aspects, all of which might be essential in your present case.]* + +**In case you want to check if a bug is present in code currently supported by +developers**, execute just the *preparations* and *segment 1*; while doing so, +consider the newest Linux kernel you regularly use to be the 'working' kernel. +In the following example that's assumed to be 6.0.13, which is why the sources +of v6.0 will be used to prepare the .config file. + +**In case you face a regression**, follow the steps at least till the end of +*segment 2*. Then you can submit a preliminary report -- or continue with +*segment 3*, which describes how to perform a bisection needed for a +full-fledged regression report. In the following example 6.0.13 is assumed to be +the 'working' kernel and 6.1.5 to be the first 'broken', which is why v6.0 +will be considered the 'good' release and used to prepare the .config file. + +* **Preparations**: set up everything to build your own kernels:: + + # * Remove any software that depends on externally maintained kernel modules + # or builds any automatically during bootup. + # * Ensure Secure Boot permits booting self-compiled Linux kernels. + # * If you are not already running the 'working' kernel, reboot into it. + # * Install compilers and everything else needed for building Linux. + # * Ensure to have 15 Gigabyte free space in your home directory. + git clone -o mainline --no-checkout \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git ~/linux/ + cd ~/linux/ + git remote add -t master stable \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git + git checkout --detach v6.0 + # * Hint: if you used an existing clone, ensure no stale .config is around. + make olddefconfig + # * Ensure the former command picked the .config of the 'working' kernel. + # * Connect external hardware (USB keys, tokens, ...), start a VM, bring up + # VPNs, mount network shares, and briefly try the feature that is broken. + yes '' | make localmodconfig + ./scripts/config --set-str CONFIG_LOCALVERSION '-local' + ./scripts/config -e CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO + # * Note, when short on storage space, check the guide for an alternative: + ./scripts/config -d DEBUG_INFO_NONE -e KALLSYMS_ALL -e DEBUG_KERNEL \ + -e DEBUG_INFO -e DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT -e KALLSYMS + # * Hint: at this point you might want to adjust the build configuration; + # you'll have to, if you are running Debian. + make olddefconfig + cp .config ~/kernel-config-working + +* **Segment 1**: build a kernel from the latest mainline codebase. + + This among others checks if the problem was fixed already and which developers + later need to be told about the problem; in case of a regression, this rules + out a .config change as root of the problem. + + a) Checking out latest mainline code:: + + cd ~/linux/ + git checkout --force --detach mainline/master + + b) Build, install, and boot a kernel:: + + cp ~/kernel-config-working .config + make olddefconfig + make -j $(nproc --all) + # * Make sure there is enough disk space to hold another kernel: + df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/ + # * Note: on Arch Linux, its derivatives and a few other distributions + # the following commands will do nothing at all or only part of the + # job. See the step-by-step guide for further details. + command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install + # * Check how much space your self-built kernel actually needs, which + # enables you to make better estimates later: + du -ch /boot/*$(make -s kernelrelease)* | tail -n 1 + du -sh /lib/modules/$(make -s kernelrelease)/ + # * Hint: the output of the following command will help you pick the + # right kernel from the boot menu: + make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built + reboot + # * Once booted, ensure you are running the kernel you just built by + # checking if the output of the next two commands matches: + tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built + uname -r + + c) Check if the problem occurs with this kernel as well. + +* **Segment 2**: ensure the 'good' kernel is also a 'working' kernel. + + This among others verifies the trimmed .config file actually works well, as + bisecting with it otherwise would be a waste of time: + + a) Start by checking out the sources of the 'good' version:: + + cd ~/linux/ + git checkout --force --detach v6.0 + + b) Build, install, and boot a kernel as described earlier in *segment 1, + section b* -- just feel free to skip the 'du' commands, as you have a rough + estimate already. + + c) Ensure the feature that regressed with the 'broken' kernel actually works + with this one. + +* **Segment 3**: perform and validate the bisection. + + a) In case your 'broken' version is a stable/longterm release, add the Git + branch holding it:: + + git remote set-branches --add stable linux-6.1.y + git fetch stable + + b) Initialize the bisection:: + + cd ~/linux/ + git bisect start + git bisect good v6.0 + git bisect bad v6.1.5 + + c) Build, install, and boot a kernel as described earlier in *segment 1, + section b*. + + In case building or booting the kernel fails for unrelated reasons, run + ``git bisect skip``. In all other outcomes, check if the regressed feature + works with the newly built kernel. If it does, tell Git by executing + ``git bisect good``; if it does not, run ``git bisect bad`` instead. + + All three commands will make Git checkout another commit; then re-execute + this step (e.g. build, install, boot, and test a kernel to then tell Git + the outcome). Do so again and again until Git shows which commit broke + things. If you run short of disk space during this process, check the + "Supplementary tasks" section below. + + d) Once your finished the bisection, put a few things away:: + + cd ~/linux/ + git bisect log > ~/bisect-log + cp .config ~/bisection-config-culprit + git bisect reset + + e) Try to verify the bisection result:: + + git checkout --force --detach mainline/master + git revert --no-edit cafec0cacaca0 + + This is optional, as some commits are impossible to revert. But if the + second command worked flawlessly, build, install, and boot one more kernel + kernel, which should not show the regression. + +* **Supplementary tasks**: cleanup during and after the process. + + a) To avoid running out of disk space during a bisection, you might need to + remove some kernels you built earlier. You most likely want to keep those + you built during segment 1 and 2 around for a while, but you will most + likely no longer need kernels tested during the actual bisection + (Segment 3 c). You can list them in build order using:: + + ls -ltr /lib/modules/*-local* + + To then for example erase a kernel that identifies itself as + '6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0', use this:: + + sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0 + sudo kernel-install -v remove 6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0 + # * Note, on some distributions kernel-install is missing + # or does only part of the job. + + b) If you performed a bisection and successfully validated the result, feel + free to remove all kernels built during the actual bisection (Segment 3 c); + the kernels you built earlier and later you might want to keep around for + a week or two. + +.. _introguide_bissbs: + +Step-by-step guide on how to verify bugs and bisect regressions +=============================================================== + +This guide describes how to set up your own Linux kernels for investigating bugs +or regressions you intent to report. How far you want to follow the instructions +depends on your issue: + +Execute all steps till the end of *segment 1* to **verify if your kernel problem +is present in code supported by Linux kernel developers**. If it is, you are all +set to report the bug -- unless it did not happen with earlier kernel versions, +as then your want to at least continue with *segment 2* to **check if the issue +qualifies as regression** which receive priority treatment. Depending on the +outcome you then are ready to report a bug or submit a preliminary regression +report; instead of the latter your could also head straight on and follow +*segment 3* to **perform a bisection** for a full-fledged regression report +developers are obliged to act upon. + + :ref:`Preparations: set up everything to build your own kernels.<introprep_bissbs>` + + :ref:`Segment 1: try to reproduce the problem with the latest codebase.<introlatestcheck_bissbs>` + + :ref:`Segment 2: check if the kernels you build work fine.<introworkingcheck_bissbs>` + + :ref:`Segment 3: perform a bisection and validate the result.<introbisect_bissbs>` + + :ref:`Supplementary tasks: cleanup during and after following this guide.<introclosure_bissbs>` + +The steps in each segment illustrate the important aspects of the process, while +a comprehensive reference section holds additional details. The latter sometimes +also outlines alternative approaches, pitfalls, as well as problems that might +occur at the particular step -- and how to get things rolling again. + +For further details on how to report Linux kernel issues or regressions check +out Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst, which works in conjunction +with this document. It among others explains why you need to verify bugs with +the latest 'mainline' kernel, even if you face a problem with a kernel from a +'stable/longterm' series; for users facing a regression it also explains that +sending a preliminary report after finishing segment 2 might be wise, as the +regression and its culprit might be known already. For further details on +what actually qualifies as a regression check out +Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst. + +.. _introprep_bissbs: + +Preparations: set up everything to build your own kernels +--------------------------------------------------------- + +.. _backup_bissbs: + +* Create a fresh backup and put system repair and restore tools at hand, just + to be prepared for the unlikely case of something going sideways. + + [:ref:`details<backup_bisref>`] + +.. _vanilla_bissbs: + +* Remove all software that depends on externally developed kernel drivers or + builds them automatically. That includes but is not limited to DKMS, openZFS, + VirtualBox, and Nvidia's graphics drivers (including the GPLed kernel module). + + [:ref:`details<vanilla_bisref>`] + +.. _secureboot_bissbs: + +* On platforms with 'Secure Boot' or similar solutions, prepare everything to + ensure the system will permit your self-compiled kernel to boot. The + quickest and easiest way to achieve this on commodity x86 systems is to + disable such techniques in the BIOS setup utility; alternatively, remove + their restrictions through a process initiated by + ``mokutil --disable-validation``. + + [:ref:`details<secureboot_bisref>`] + +.. _rangecheck_bissbs: + +* Determine the kernel versions considered 'good' and 'bad' throughout this + guide. + + Do you follow this guide to verify if a bug is present in the code developers + care for? Then consider the mainline release your 'working' kernel (the newest + one you regularly use) is based on to be the 'good' version; if your 'working' + kernel for example is '6.0.11', then your 'good' kernel is 'v6.0'. + + In case you face a regression, it depends on the version range where the + regression was introduced: + + * Something which used to work in Linux 6.0 broke when switching to Linux + 6.1-rc1? Then henceforth regard 'v6.0' as the last known 'good' version + and 'v6.1-rc1' as the first 'bad' one. + + * Some function stopped working when updating from 6.0.11 to 6.1.4? Then for + the time being consider 'v6.0' as the last 'good' version and 'v6.1.4' as + the 'bad' one. Note, at this point it is merely assumed that 6.0 is fine; + this assumption will be checked in segment 2. + + * A feature you used in 6.0.11 does not work at all or worse in 6.1.13? In + that case you want to bisect within a stable/longterm series: consider + 'v6.0.11' as the last known 'good' version and 'v6.0.13' as the first 'bad' + one. Note, in this case you still want to compile and test a mainline kernel + as explained in segment 1: the outcome will determine if you need to report + your issue to the regular developers or the stable team. + + *Note, do not confuse 'good' version with 'working' kernel; the latter term + throughout this guide will refer to the last kernel that has been working + fine.* + + [:ref:`details<rangecheck_bisref>`] + +.. _bootworking_bissbs: + +* Boot into the 'working' kernel and briefly use the apparently broken feature. + + [:ref:`details<bootworking_bisref>`] + +.. _diskspace_bissbs: + +* Ensure to have enough free space for building Linux. 15 Gigabyte in your home + directory should typically suffice. If you have less available, be sure to pay + attention to later steps about retrieving the Linux sources and handling of + debug symbols: both explain approaches reducing the amount of space, which + should allow you to master these tasks with about 4 Gigabytes free space. + + [:ref:`details<diskspace_bisref>`] + +.. _buildrequires_bissbs: + +* Install all software required to build a Linux kernel. Often you will need: + 'bc', 'binutils' ('ld' et al.), 'bison', 'flex', 'gcc', 'git', 'openssl', + 'pahole', 'perl', and the development headers for 'libelf' and 'openssl'. The + reference section shows how to quickly install those on various popular Linux + distributions. + + [:ref:`details<buildrequires_bisref>`] + +.. _sources_bissbs: + +* Retrieve the mainline Linux sources; then change into the directory holding + them, as all further commands in this guide are meant to be executed from + there. + + *Note, the following describe how to retrieve the sources using a full + mainline clone, which downloads about 2,75 GByte as of early 2024. The* + :ref:`reference section describes two alternatives <sources_bisref>` *: + one downloads less than 500 MByte, the other works better with unreliable + internet connections.* + + Execute the following command to retrieve a fresh mainline codebase while + preparing things to add stable/longterm branches later:: + + git clone -o mainline --no-checkout \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git ~/linux/ + cd ~/linux/ + git remote add -t master stable \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git + + [:ref:`details<sources_bisref>`] + +.. _oldconfig_bissbs: + +* Start preparing a kernel build configuration (the '.config' file). + + Before doing so, ensure you are still running the 'working' kernel an earlier + step told you to boot; if you are unsure, check the current kernel release + identifier using ``uname -r``. + + Afterwards check out the source code for the version earlier established as + 'good' (in this example this is assumed to be 6.0) and create a .config file:: + + git checkout --detach v6.0 + make olddefconfig + + The second command will try to locate the build configuration file for the + running kernel and then adjust it for the needs of the kernel sources you + checked out. While doing so, it will print a few lines you need to check. + + Look out for a line starting with '# using defaults found in'. It should be + followed by a path to a file in '/boot/' that contains the release identifier + of your currently working kernel. If the line instead continues with something + like 'arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig', then the build infra failed to find + the .config file for your running kernel -- in which case you have to put one + there manually, as explained in the reference section. + + In case you can not find such a line, look for one containing '# configuration + written to .config'. If that's the case you have a stale build configuration + lying around. Unless you intend to use it, delete it; afterwards run + 'make olddefconfig' again and check if it now picked up the right config file + as base. + + [:ref:`details<oldconfig_bisref>`] + +.. _localmodconfig_bissbs: + +* Disable any kernel modules apparently superfluous for your setup. This is + optional, but especially wise for bisections, as it speeds up the build + process enormously -- at least unless the .config file picked up in the + previous step was already tailored to your and your hardware needs, in which + case you should skip this step. + + To prepare the trimming, connect external hardware you occasionally use (USB + keys, tokens, ...), quickly start a VM, and bring up VPNs. And if you rebooted + since you started that guide, ensure that you tried using the feature causing + trouble since you started the system. Only then trim your .config:: + + yes '' | make localmodconfig + + There is a catch to this, as the 'apparently' in initial sentence of this step + and the preparation instructions already hinted at: + + The 'localmodconfig' target easily disables kernel modules for features only + used occasionally -- like modules for external peripherals not yet connected + since booting, virtualization software not yet utilized, VPN tunnels, and a + few other things. That's because some tasks rely on kernel modules Linux only + loads when you execute tasks like the aforementioned ones for the first time. + + This drawback of localmodconfig is nothing you should lose sleep over, but + something to keep in mind: if something is misbehaving with the kernels built + during this guide, this is most likely the reason. You can reduce or nearly + eliminate the risk with tricks outlined in the reference section; but when + building a kernel just for quick testing purposes this is usually not worth + spending much effort on, as long as it boots and allows to properly test the + feature that causes trouble. + + [:ref:`details<localmodconfig_bisref>`] + +.. _tagging_bissbs: + +* Ensure all the kernels you will build are clearly identifiable using a special + tag and a unique version number:: + + ./scripts/config --set-str CONFIG_LOCALVERSION '-local' + ./scripts/config -e CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO + + [:ref:`details<tagging_bisref>`] + +.. _debugsymbols_bissbs: + +* Decide how to handle debug symbols. + + In the context of this document it is often wise to enable them, as there is a + decent chance you will need to decode a stack trace from a 'panic', 'Oops', + 'warning', or 'BUG':: + + ./scripts/config -d DEBUG_INFO_NONE -e KALLSYMS_ALL -e DEBUG_KERNEL \ + -e DEBUG_INFO -e DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT -e KALLSYMS + + But if you are extremely short on storage space, you might want to disable + debug symbols instead:: + + ./scripts/config -d DEBUG_INFO -d DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT \ + -d DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 -d DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 -e CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_NONE + + [:ref:`details<debugsymbols_bisref>`] + +.. _configmods_bissbs: + +* Check if you may want or need to adjust some other kernel configuration + options: + + * Are you running Debian? Then you want to avoid known problems by performing + additional adjustments explained in the reference section. + + [:ref:`details<configmods_distros_bisref>`]. + + * If you want to influence other aspects of the configuration, do so now using + your preferred tool. Note, to use make targets like 'menuconfig' or + 'nconfig', you will need to install the development files of ncurses; for + 'xconfig' you likewise need the Qt5 or Qt6 headers. + + [:ref:`details<configmods_individual_bisref>`]. + +.. _saveconfig_bissbs: + +* Reprocess the .config after the latest adjustments and store it in a safe + place:: + + make olddefconfig + cp .config ~/kernel-config-working + + [:ref:`details<saveconfig_bisref>`] + +.. _introlatestcheck_bissbs: + +Segment 1: try to reproduce the problem with the latest codebase +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +The following steps verify if the problem occurs with the code currently +supported by developers. In case you face a regression, it also checks that the +problem is not caused by some .config change, as reporting the issue then would +be a waste of time. [:ref:`details<introlatestcheck_bisref>`] + +.. _checkoutmaster_bissbs: + +* Check out the latest Linux codebase:: + + cd ~/linux/ + git checkout --force --detach mainline/master + + [:ref:`details<checkoutmaster_bisref>`] + +.. _build_bissbs: + +* Build the image and the modules of your first kernel using the config file you + prepared:: + + cp ~/kernel-config-working .config + make olddefconfig + make -j $(nproc --all) + + If you want your kernel packaged up as deb, rpm, or tar file, see the + reference section for alternatives, which obviously will require other + steps to install as well. + + [:ref:`details<build_bisref>`] + +.. _install_bissbs: + +* Install your newly built kernel. + + Before doing so, consider checking if there is still enough room for it:: + + df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/ + + 150 MByte in /boot/ and 200 in /lib/modules/ usually suffice. Those are rough + estimates assuming the worst case. How much your kernels actually require will + be determined later. + + Now install the kernel, which will be saved in parallel to the kernels from + your Linux distribution:: + + command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install + + On many commodity Linux distributions this will take care of everything + required to boot your kernel. You might want to ensure that's the case by + checking if your boot loader's configuration was updated; furthermore ensure + an initramfs (also known as initrd) exists, which on many distributions can be + achieved by running ``ls -l /boot/init*$(make -s kernelrelease)*``. Those + steps are recommended, as there are quite a few Linux distribution where above + command is insufficient: + + * On Arch Linux, its derivatives, many immutable Linux distributions, and a + few others the above command does nothing at, as they lack 'installkernel' + executable. + + * Some distributions install the kernel, but don't add an entry for your + kernel in your boot loader's configuration -- the kernel thus won't show up + in the boot menu. + + * Some distributions add a boot loader menu entry, but don't create an + initramfs on installation -- in that case your kernel most likely will be + unable to mount the root partition during bootup. + + If any of that applies to you, see the reference section for further guidance. + Once you figured out what to do, consider writing down the necessary + installation steps: if you will build more kernels as described in + segment 2 and 3, you will have to execute these commands every time that + ``command -v installkernel [...]`` comes up again. + + [:ref:`details<install_bisref>`] + +.. _storagespace_bissbs: + +* In case you plan to follow this guide further, check how much storage space + the kernel, its modules, and other related files like the initramfs consume:: + + du -ch /boot/*$(make -s kernelrelease)* | tail -n 1 + du -sh /lib/modules/$(make -s kernelrelease)/ + + Write down or remember those two values for later: they enable you to prevent + running out of disk space accidentally during a bisection. + + [:ref:`details<storagespace_bisref>`] + +.. _kernelrelease_bissbs: + +* Show and store the kernelrelease identifier of the kernel you just built:: + + make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built + + Remember the identifier momentarily, as it will help you pick the right kernel + from the boot menu upon restarting. + +.. _recheckbroken_bissbs: + +* Reboot into the kernel you just built and check if the feature that is + expected to be broken really is. + + Start by making sure the kernel you booted is the one you just built. When + unsure, check if the output of these commands show the exact same release + identifier:: + + tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built + uname -r + + Now verify if the feature that causes trouble works with your newly built + kernel. If things work while investigating a regression, check the reference + section for further details. + + [:ref:`details<recheckbroken_bisref>`] + +.. _recheckstablebroken_bissbs: + +* Are you facing a problem within a stable/longterm release, but failed to + reproduce it with the mainline kernel you just built? Then check if the latest + codebase for the particular series might already fix the problem. To do so, + add the stable series Git branch for your 'good' kernel (again, this here is + assumed to be 6.0) and check out the latest version:: + + cd ~/linux/ + git remote set-branches --add stable linux-6.0.y + git fetch stable + git checkout --force --detach linux-6.0.y + + Now use the checked out code to build and install another kernel using the + commands the earlier steps already described in more detail:: + + cp ~/kernel-config-working .config + make olddefconfig + make -j $(nproc --all) + # * Check if the free space suffices holding another kernel: + df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/ + command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install + make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built + reboot + + Now verify if you booted the kernel you intended to start, to then check if + everything works fine with this kernel:: + + tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built + uname -r + + [:ref:`details<recheckstablebroken_bisref>`] + +Do you follow this guide to verify if a problem is present in the code +currently supported by Linux kernel developers? Then you are done at this +point. If you later want to remove the kernel you just built, check out +:ref:`Supplementary tasks: cleanup during and after following this guide.<introclosure_bissbs>`. + +In case you face a regression, move on and execute at least the next segment +as well. + +.. _introworkingcheck_bissbs: + +Segment 2: check if the kernels you build work fine +--------------------------------------------------- + +In case of a regression, you now want to ensure the trimmed configuration file +you created earlier works as expected; a bisection with the .config file +otherwise would be a waste of time. [:ref:`details<introworkingcheck_bisref>`] + +.. _recheckworking_bissbs: + +* Build your own variant of the 'working' kernel and check if the feature that + regressed works as expected with it. + + Start by checking out the sources for the version earlier established as + 'good' (once again assumed to be 6.0 here):: + + cd ~/linux/ + git checkout --detach v6.0 + + Now use the checked out code to configure, build, and install another kernel + using the commands the previous subsection explained in more detail:: + + cp ~/kernel-config-working .config + make olddefconfig + make -j $(nproc --all) + # * Check if the free space suffices holding another kernel: + df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/ + command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install + make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built + reboot + + When the system booted, you may want to verify once again that the + kernel you started is the one you just built: + + tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built + uname -r + + Now check if this kernel works as expected; if not, consult the reference + section for further instructions. + + [:ref:`details<recheckworking_bisref>`] + +.. _introbisect_bissbs: + +Segment 3: perform the bisection and validate the result +-------------------------------------------------------- + +With all the preparations and precaution builds taken care of, you are now ready +to begin the bisection. This will make you build quite a few kernels -- usually +about 15 in case you encountered a regression when updating to a newer series +(say from 6.0.11 to 6.1.3). But do not worry, due to the trimmed build +configuration created earlier this works a lot faster than many people assume: +overall on average it will often just take about 10 to 15 minutes to compile +each kernel on commodity x86 machines. + +* In case your 'bad' version is a stable/longterm release (say v6.1.5), add its + stable branch, unless you already did so earlier:: + + cd ~/linux/ + git remote set-branches --add stable linux-6.1.y + git fetch stable + +.. _bisectstart_bissbs: + +* Start the bisection and tell Git about the versions earlier established as + 'good' (6.0 in the following example command) and 'bad' (6.1.5):: + + cd ~/linux/ + git bisect start + git bisect good v6.0 + git bisect bad v6.1.5 + + [:ref:`details<bisectstart_bisref>`] + +.. _bisectbuild_bissbs: + +* Now use the code Git checked out to build, install, and boot a kernel using + the commands introduced earlier:: + + cp ~/kernel-config-working .config + make olddefconfig + make -j $(nproc --all) + # * Check if the free space suffices holding another kernel: + df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/ + command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install + make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built + reboot + + If compilation fails for some reason, run ``git bisect skip`` and restart + executing the stack of commands from the beginning. + + In case you skipped the "test latest codebase" step in the guide, check its + description as for why the 'df [...]' and 'make -s kernelrelease [...]' + commands are here. + + Important note: the latter command from this point on will print release + identifiers that might look odd or wrong to you -- which they are not, as it's + totally normal to see release identifiers like '6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0' + if you bisect between versions 6.1 and 6.2 for example. + + [:ref:`details<bisectbuild_bisref>`] + +.. _bisecttest_bissbs: + +* Now check if the feature that regressed works in the kernel you just built. + + You again might want to start by making sure the kernel you booted is the one + you just built:: + + cd ~/linux/ + tail -n 1 ~/kernels-built + uname -r + + Now verify if the feature that regressed works at this kernel bisection point. + If it does, run this:: + + git bisect good + + If it does not, run this:: + + git bisect bad + + Be sure about what you tell Git, as getting this wrong just once will send the + rest of the bisection totally off course. + + While the bisection is ongoing, Git will use the information you provided to + find and check out another bisection point for you to test. While doing so, it + will print something like 'Bisecting: 675 revisions left to test after this + (roughly 10 steps)' to indicate how many further changes it expects to be + tested. Now build and install another kernel using the instructions from the + previous step; afterwards follow the instructions in this step again. + + Repeat this again and again until you finish the bisection -- that's the case + when Git after tagging a change as 'good' or 'bad' prints something like + 'cafecaca0c0dacafecaca0c0dacafecaca0c0da is the first bad commit'; right + afterwards it will show some details about the culprit including the patch + description of the change. The latter might fill your terminal screen, so you + might need to scroll up to see the message mentioning the culprit; + alternatively, run ``git bisect log > ~/bisection-log``. + + [:ref:`details<bisecttest_bisref>`] + +.. _bisectlog_bissbs: + +* Store Git's bisection log and the current .config file in a safe place before + telling Git to reset the sources to the state before the bisection:: + + cd ~/linux/ + git bisect log > ~/bisection-log + cp .config ~/bisection-config-culprit + git bisect reset + + [:ref:`details<bisectlog_bisref>`] + +.. _revert_bissbs: + +* Try reverting the culprit on top of latest mainline to see if this fixes your + regression. + + This is optional, as it might be impossible or hard to realize. The former is + the case, if the bisection determined a merge commit as the culprit; the + latter happens if other changes depend on the culprit. But if the revert + succeeds, it is worth building another kernel, as it validates the result of + a bisection, which can easily deroute; it furthermore will let kernel + developers know, if they can resolve the regression with a quick revert. + + Begin by checking out the latest codebase depending on the range you bisected: + + * Did you face a regression within a stable/longterm series (say between + 6.0.11 and 6.0.13) that does not happen in mainline? Then check out the + latest codebase for the affected series like this:: + + git fetch stable + git checkout --force --detach linux-6.0.y + + * In all other cases check out latest mainline:: + + git fetch mainline + git checkout --force --detach mainline/master + + If you bisected a regression within a stable/longterm series that also + happens in mainline, there is one more thing to do: look up the mainline + commit-id. To do so, use a command like ``git show abcdcafecabcd`` to + view the patch description of the culprit. There will be a line near + the top which looks like 'commit cafec0cacaca0 upstream.' or + 'Upstream commit cafec0cacaca0'; use that commit-id in the next command + and not the one the bisection blamed. + + Now try reverting the culprit by specifying its commit id:: + + git revert --no-edit cafec0cacaca0 + + If that fails, give up trying and move on to the next step. But if it works, + build a kernel again using the familiar command sequence:: + + cp ~/kernel-config-working .config + make olddefconfig && + make -j $(nproc --all) && + # * Check if the free space suffices holding another kernel: + df -h /boot/ /lib/modules/ + command -v installkernel && sudo make modules_install install + Make -s kernelrelease | tee -a ~/kernels-built + reboot + + Now check one last time if the feature that made you perform a bisection work + with that kernel. + + [:ref:`details<revert_bisref>`] + +.. _introclosure_bissbs: + +Supplementary tasks: cleanup during and after the bisection +----------------------------------------------------------- + +During and after following this guide you might want or need to remove some of +the kernels you installed: the boot menu otherwise will become confusing or +space might run out. + +.. _makeroom_bissbs: + +* To remove one of the kernels you installed, look up its 'kernelrelease' + identifier. This guide stores them in '~/kernels-built', but the following + command will print them as well:: + + ls -ltr /lib/modules/*-local* + + You in most situations want to remove the oldest kernels built during the + actual bisection (e.g. segment 3 of this guide). The two ones you created + beforehand (e.g. to test the latest codebase and the version considered + 'good') might become handy to verify something later -- thus better keep them + around, unless you are really short on storage space. + + To remove the modules of a kernel with the kernelrelease identifier + '*6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0*', start by removing the directory holding its + modules:: + + sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0 + + Afterwards try the following command:: + + sudo kernel-install -v remove 6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0 + + On quite a few distributions this will delete all other kernel files installed + while also removing the kernel's entry from the boot menu. But on some + distributions kernel-install does not exist or leaves boot-loader entries or + kernel image and related files behind; in that case remove them as described + in the reference section. + + [:ref:`details<makeroom_bisref>`] + +.. _finishingtouch_bissbs: + +* Once you have finished the bisection, do not immediately remove anything you + set up, as you might need a few things again. What is safe to remove depends + on the outcome of the bisection: + + * Could you initially reproduce the regression with the latest codebase and + after the bisection were able to fix the problem by reverting the culprit on + top of the latest codebase? Then you want to keep those two kernels around + for a while, but safely remove all others with a '-local' in the release + identifier. + + * Did the bisection end on a merge-commit or seems questionable for other + reasons? Then you want to keep as many kernels as possible around for a few + days: it's pretty likely that you will be asked to recheck something. + + * In other cases it likely is a good idea to keep the following kernels around + for some time: the one built from the latest codebase, the one created from + the version considered 'good', and the last three or four you compiled + during the actual bisection process. + + [:ref:`details<finishingtouch_bisref>`] + +.. _submit_improvements: + +This concludes the step-by-step guide. + +Did you run into trouble following any of the above steps not cleared up by the +reference section below? Did you spot errors? Or do you have ideas how to +improve the guide? Then please take a moment and let the maintainer of this +document know by email (Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>), ideally while +CCing the Linux docs mailing list (linux-doc@vger.kernel.org). Such feedback is +vital to improve this document further, which is in everybody's interest, as it +will enable more people to master the task described here -- and hopefully also +improve similar guides inspired by this one. + + +Reference section for the step-by-step guide +============================================ + +This section holds additional information for almost all the items in the above +step-by-step guide. + +.. _backup_bisref: + +Prepare for emergencies +----------------------- + + *Create a fresh backup and put system repair and restore tools at hand.* + [:ref:`... <backup_bissbs>`] + +Remember, you are dealing with computers, which sometimes do unexpected things +-- especially if you fiddle with crucial parts like the kernel of an operating +system. That's what you are about to do in this process. Hence, better prepare +for something going sideways, even if that should not happen. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <backup_bissbs>`] + +.. _vanilla_bisref: + +Remove anything related to externally maintained kernel modules +--------------------------------------------------------------- + + *Remove all software that depends on externally developed kernel drivers or + builds them automatically.* [:ref:`...<vanilla_bissbs>`] + +Externally developed kernel modules can easily cause trouble during a bisection. + +But there is a more important reason why this guide contains this step: most +kernel developers will not care about reports about regressions occurring with +kernels that utilize such modules. That's because such kernels are not +considered 'vanilla' anymore, as Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst +explains in more detail. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <vanilla_bissbs>`] + +.. _secureboot_bisref: + +Deal with techniques like Secure Boot +------------------------------------- + + *On platforms with 'Secure Boot' or similar techniques, prepare everything to + ensure the system will permit your self-compiled kernel to boot later.* + [:ref:`... <secureboot_bissbs>`] + +Many modern systems allow only certain operating systems to start; that's why +they reject booting self-compiled kernels by default. + +You ideally deal with this by making your platform trust your self-built kernels +with the help of a certificate. How to do that is not described +here, as it requires various steps that would take the text too far away from +its purpose; 'Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst' and various web +sides already explain everything needed in more detail. + +Temporarily disabling solutions like Secure Boot is another way to make your own +Linux boot. On commodity x86 systems it is possible to do this in the BIOS Setup +utility; the required steps vary a lot between machines and therefore cannot be +described here. + +On mainstream x86 Linux distributions there is a third and universal option: +disable all Secure Boot restrictions for your Linux environment. You can +initiate this process by running ``mokutil --disable-validation``; this will +tell you to create a one-time password, which is safe to write down. Now +restart; right after your BIOS performed all self-tests the bootloader Shim will +show a blue box with a message 'Press any key to perform MOK management'. Hit +some key before the countdown exposes, which will open a menu. Choose 'Change +Secure Boot state'. Shim's 'MokManager' will now ask you to enter three +randomly chosen characters from the one-time password specified earlier. Once +you provided them, confirm you really want to disable the validation. +Afterwards, permit MokManager to reboot the machine. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <secureboot_bissbs>`] + +.. _bootworking_bisref: + +Boot the last kernel that was working +------------------------------------- + + *Boot into the last working kernel and briefly recheck if the feature that + regressed really works.* [:ref:`...<bootworking_bissbs>`] + +This will make later steps that cover creating and trimming the configuration do +the right thing. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bootworking_bissbs>`] + +.. _diskspace_bisref: + +Space requirements +------------------ + + *Ensure to have enough free space for building Linux.* + [:ref:`... <diskspace_bissbs>`] + +The numbers mentioned are rough estimates with a big extra charge to be on the +safe side, so often you will need less. + +If you have space constraints, be sure to hay attention to the :ref:`step about +debug symbols' <debugsymbols_bissbs>` and its :ref:`accompanying reference +section' <debugsymbols_bisref>`, as disabling then will reduce the consumed disk +space by quite a few gigabytes. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <diskspace_bissbs>`] + +.. _rangecheck_bisref: + +Bisection range +--------------- + + *Determine the kernel versions considered 'good' and 'bad' throughout this + guide.* [:ref:`...<rangecheck_bissbs>`] + +Establishing the range of commits to be checked is mostly straightforward, +except when a regression occurred when switching from a release of one stable +series to a release of a later series (e.g. from 6.0.11 to 6.1.4). In that case +Git will need some hand holding, as there is no straight line of descent. + +That's because with the release of 6.0 mainline carried on to 6.1 while the +stable series 6.0.y branched to the side. It's therefore theoretically possible +that the issue you face with 6.1.4 only worked in 6.0.11, as it was fixed by a +commit that went into one of the 6.0.y releases, but never hit mainline or the +6.1.y series. Thankfully that normally should not happen due to the way the +stable/longterm maintainers maintain the code. It's thus pretty safe to assume +6.0 as a 'good' kernel. That assumption will be tested anyway, as that kernel +will be built and tested in the segment '2' of this guide; Git would force you +to do this as well, if you tried bisecting between 6.0.11 and 6.1.13. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <rangecheck_bissbs>`] + +.. _buildrequires_bisref: + +Install build requirements +-------------------------- + + *Install all software required to build a Linux kernel.* + [:ref:`...<buildrequires_bissbs>`] + +The kernel is pretty stand-alone, but besides tools like the compiler you will +sometimes need a few libraries to build one. How to install everything needed +depends on your Linux distribution and the configuration of the kernel you are +about to build. + +Here are a few examples what you typically need on some mainstream +distributions: + +* Arch Linux and derivatives:: + + sudo pacman --needed -S bc binutils bison flex gcc git kmod libelf openssl \ + pahole perl zlib ncurses qt6-base + +* Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives:: + + sudo apt install bc binutils bison dwarves flex gcc git kmod libelf-dev \ + libssl-dev make openssl pahole perl-base pkg-config zlib1g-dev \ + libncurses-dev qt6-base-dev g++ + +* Fedora and derivatives:: + + sudo dnf install binutils \ + /usr/bin/{bc,bison,flex,gcc,git,openssl,make,perl,pahole,rpmbuild} \ + /usr/include/{libelf.h,openssl/pkcs7.h,zlib.h,ncurses.h,qt6/QtGui/QAction} + +* openSUSE and derivatives:: + + sudo zypper install bc binutils bison dwarves flex gcc git \ + kernel-install-tools libelf-devel make modutils openssl openssl-devel \ + perl-base zlib-devel rpm-build ncurses-devel qt6-base-devel + +These commands install a few packages that are often, but not always needed. You +for example might want to skip installing the development headers for ncurses, +which you will only need in case you later might want to adjust the kernel build +configuration using make the targets 'menuconfig' or 'nconfig'; likewise omit +the headers of Qt6 is you do not plan to adjust the .config using 'xconfig'. + +You furthermore might need additional libraries and their development headers +for tasks not covered in this guide -- for example when building utilities from +the kernel's tools/ directory. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <buildrequires_bissbs>`] + +.. _sources_bisref: + +Download the sources using Git +------------------------------ + + *Retrieve the Linux mainline sources.* + [:ref:`...<sources_bissbs>`] + +The step-by-step guide outlines how to download the Linux sources using a full +Git clone of Linus' mainline repository. There is nothing more to say about +that -- but there are two alternatives ways to retrieve the sources that might +work better for you: + + * If you have an unreliable internet connection, consider + :ref:`using a 'Git bundle'<sources_bundle_bisref>`. + + * If downloading the complete repository would take too long or requires too + much storage space, consider :ref:`using a 'shallow + clone'<sources_shallow_bisref>`. + +.. _sources_bundle_bisref: + +Downloading Linux mainline sources using a bundle +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Use the following commands to retrieve the Linux mainline sources using a +bundle:: + + wget -c \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/clone.bundle + git clone --no-checkout clone.bundle ~/linux/ + cd ~/linux/ + git remote remove origin + git remote add mainline \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git + git fetch mainline + git remote add -t master stable \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git + +In case the 'wget' command fails, just re-execute it, it will pick up where +it left off. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <sources_bissbs>`] +[:ref:`back to section intro <sources_bisref>`] + +.. _sources_shallow_bisref: + +Downloading Linux mainline sources using a shallow clone +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +First, execute the following command to retrieve the latest mainline codebase:: + + git clone -o mainline --no-checkout --depth 1 -b master \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git ~/linux/ + cd ~/linux/ + git remote add -t master stable \ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git + +Now deepen your clone's history to the second predecessor of the mainline +release of your 'good' version. In case the latter are 6.0 or 6.0.11, 5.19 would +be the first predecessor and 5.18 the second -- hence deepen the history up to +that version:: + + git fetch --shallow-exclude=v5.18 mainline + +Afterwards add the stable Git repository as remote and all required stable +branches as explained in the step-by-step guide. + +Note, shallow clones have a few peculiar characteristics: + + * For bisections the history needs to be deepened a few mainline versions + farther than it seems necessary, as explained above already. That's because + Git otherwise will be unable to revert or describe most of the commits within + a range (say v6.1..v6.2), as they are internally based on earlier kernels + releases (like v6.0-rc2 or 5.19-rc3). + + * This document in most places uses ``git fetch`` with ``--shallow-exclude=`` + to specify the earliest version you care about (or to be precise: its git + tag). You alternatively can use the parameter ``--shallow-since=`` to specify + an absolute (say ``'2023-07-15'``) or relative (``'12 months'``) date to + define the depth of the history you want to download. When using them while + bisecting mainline, ensure to deepen the history to at least 7 months before + the release of the mainline release your 'good' kernel is based on. + + * Be warned, when deepening your clone you might encounter an error like + 'fatal: error in object: unshallow cafecaca0c0dacafecaca0c0dacafecaca0c0da'. + In that case run ``git repack -d`` and try again. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <sources_bissbs>`] +[:ref:`back to section intro <sources_bisref>`] + +.. _oldconfig_bisref: + +Start defining the build configuration for your kernel +------------------------------------------------------ + + *Start preparing a kernel build configuration (the '.config' file).* + [:ref:`... <oldconfig_bissbs>`] + +*Note, this is the first of multiple steps in this guide that create or modify +build artifacts. The commands used in this guide store them right in the source +tree to keep things simple. In case you prefer storing the build artifacts +separately, create a directory like '~/linux-builddir/' and add the parameter +``O=~/linux-builddir/`` to all make calls used throughout this guide. You will +have to point other commands there as well -- among them the ``./scripts/config +[...]`` commands, which will require ``--file ~/linux-builddir/.config`` to +locate the right build configuration.* + +Two things can easily go wrong when creating a .config file as advised: + + * The oldconfig target will use a .config file from your build directory, if + one is already present there (e.g. '~/linux/.config'). That's totally fine if + that's what you intend (see next step), but in all other cases you want to + delete it. This for example is important in case you followed this guide + further, but due to problems come back here to redo the configuration from + scratch. + + * Sometimes olddefconfig is unable to locate the .config file for your running + kernel and will use defaults, as briefly outlined in the guide. In that case + check if your distribution ships the configuration somewhere and manually put + it in the right place (e.g. '~/linux/.config') if it does. On distributions + where /proc/config.gz exists this can be achieved using this command:: + + zcat /proc/config.gz > .config + + Once you put it there, run ``make olddefconfig`` again to adjust it to the + needs of the kernel about to be built. + +Note, the olddefconfig target will set any undefined build options to their +default value. If you prefer to set such configuration options manually, use +``make oldconfig`` instead. Then for each undefined configuration option you +will be asked how to proceed; in case you are unsure what to answer, simply hit +'enter' to apply the default value. Note though that for bisections you normally +want to go with the defaults, as you otherwise might enable a new feature that +causes a problem looking like regressions (for example due to security +restrictions). + +Occasionally odd things happen when trying to use a config file prepared for one +kernel (say 6.1) on an older mainline release -- especially if it is much older +(say v5.15). That's one of the reasons why the previous step in the guide told +you to boot the kernel where everything works. If you manually add a .config +file you thus want to ensure it's from the working kernel and not from a one +that shows the regression. + +In case you want to build kernels for another machine, locate its kernel build +configuration; usually ``ls /boot/config-$(uname -r)`` will print its name. Copy +that file to the build machine and store it as ~/linux/.config; afterwards run +``make olddefconfig`` to adjust it. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <oldconfig_bissbs>`] + +.. _localmodconfig_bisref: + +Trim the build configuration for your kernel +-------------------------------------------- + + *Disable any kernel modules apparently superfluous for your setup.* + [:ref:`... <localmodconfig_bissbs>`] + +As explained briefly in the step-by-step guide already: with localmodconfig it +can easily happen that your self-built kernels will lack modules for tasks you +did not perform at least once before utilizing this make target. That happens +when a task requires kernel modules which are only autoloaded when you execute +it for the first time. So when you never performed that task since starting your +kernel the modules will not have been loaded -- and from localmodonfig's point +of view look superfluous, which thus disables them to reduce the amount of code +to be compiled. + +You can try to avoid this by performing typical tasks that often will autoload +additional kernel modules: start a VM, establish VPN connections, loop-mount a +CD/DVD ISO, mount network shares (CIFS, NFS, ...), and connect all external +devices (2FA keys, headsets, webcams, ...) as well as storage devices with file +systems you otherwise do not utilize (btrfs, ext4, FAT, NTFS, XFS, ...). But it +is hard to think of everything that might be needed -- even kernel developers +often forget one thing or another at this point. + +Do not let that risk bother you, especially when compiling a kernel only for +testing purposes: everything typically crucial will be there. And if you forget +something important you can turn on a missing feature manually later and quickly +run the commands again to compile and install a kernel that has everything you +need. + +But if you plan to build and use self-built kernels regularly, you might want to +reduce the risk by recording which modules your system loads over the course of +a few weeks. You can automate this with `modprobed-db +<https://github.com/graysky2/modprobed-db>`_. Afterwards use ``LSMOD=<path>`` to +point localmodconfig to the list of modules modprobed-db noticed being used:: + + yes '' | make LSMOD='${HOME}'/.config/modprobed.db localmodconfig + +That parameter also allows you to build trimmed kernels for another machine in +case you copied a suitable .config over to use as base (see previous step). Just +run ``lsmod > lsmod_foo-machine`` on that system and copy the generated file to +your build's host home directory. Then run these commands instead of the one the +step-by-step guide mentions:: + + yes '' | make LSMOD=~/lsmod_foo-machine localmodconfig + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <localmodconfig_bissbs>`] + +.. _tagging_bisref: + +Tag the kernels about to be build +--------------------------------- + + *Ensure all the kernels you will build are clearly identifiable using a + special tag and a unique version identifier.* [:ref:`... <tagging_bissbs>`] + +This allows you to differentiate your distribution's kernels from those created +during this process, as the file or directories for the latter will contain +'-local' in the name; it also helps picking the right entry in the boot menu and +not lose track of you kernels, as their version numbers will look slightly +confusing during the bisection. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <tagging_bissbs>`] + +.. _debugsymbols_bisref: + +Decide to enable or disable debug symbols +----------------------------------------- + + *Decide how to handle debug symbols.* [:ref:`... <debugsymbols_bissbs>`] + +Having debug symbols available can be important when your kernel throws a +'panic', 'Oops', 'warning', or 'BUG' later when running, as then you will be +able to find the exact place where the problem occurred in the code. But +collecting and embedding the needed debug information takes time and consumes +quite a bit of space: in late 2022 the build artifacts for a typical x86 kernel +trimmed with localmodconfig consumed around 5 Gigabyte of space with debug +symbols, but less than 1 when they were disabled. The resulting kernel image and +modules are bigger as well, which increases storage requirements for /boot/ and +load times. + +In case you want a small kernel and are unlikely to decode a stack trace later, +you thus might want to disable debug symbols to avoid those downsides. If it +later turns out that you need them, just enable them as shown and rebuild the +kernel. + +You on the other hand definitely want to enable them for this process, if there +is a decent chance that you need to decode a stack trace later. The section +'Decode failure messages' in Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst +explains this process in more detail. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <debugsymbols_bissbs>`] + +.. _configmods_bisref: + +Adjust build configuration +-------------------------- + + *Check if you may want or need to adjust some other kernel configuration + options:* + +Depending on your needs you at this point might want or have to adjust some +kernel configuration options. + +.. _configmods_distros_bisref: + +Distro specific adjustments +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + *Are you running* [:ref:`... <configmods_bissbs>`] + +The following sections help you to avoid build problems that are known to occur +when following this guide on a few commodity distributions. + +**Debian:** + + * Remove a stale reference to a certificate file that would cause your build to + fail:: + + ./scripts/config --set-str SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS '' + + Alternatively, download the needed certificate and make that configuration + option point to it, as `the Debian handbook explains in more detail + <https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.kernel-compilation.html>`_ + -- or generate your own, as explained in + Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <configmods_bissbs>`] + +.. _configmods_individual_bisref: + +Individual adjustments +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + *If you want to influence the other aspects of the configuration, do so + now.* [:ref:`... <configmods_bissbs>`] + +You at this point can use a command like ``make menuconfig`` to enable or +disable certain features using a text-based user interface; to use a graphical +configuration utility, call the make target ``xconfig`` or ``gconfig`` instead. +All of them require development libraries from toolkits they are based on +(ncurses, Qt5, Gtk2); an error message will tell you if something required is +missing. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <configmods_bissbs>`] + +.. _saveconfig_bisref: + +Put the .config file aside +-------------------------- + + *Reprocess the .config after the latest changes and store it in a safe place.* + [:ref:`... <saveconfig_bissbs>`] + +Put the .config you prepared aside, as you want to copy it back to the build +directory every time during this guide before you start building another +kernel. That's because going back and forth between different versions can alter +.config files in odd ways; those occasionally cause side effects that could +confuse testing or in some cases render the result of your bisection +meaningless. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <saveconfig_bissbs>`] + +.. _introlatestcheck_bisref: + +Try to reproduce the regression +----------------------------------------- + + *Verify the regression is not caused by some .config change and check if it + still occurs with the latest codebase.* [:ref:`... <introlatestcheck_bissbs>`] + +For some readers it might seem unnecessary to check the latest codebase at this +point, especially if you did that already with a kernel prepared by your +distributor or face a regression within a stable/longterm series. But it's +highly recommended for these reasons: + +* You will run into any problems caused by your setup before you actually begin + a bisection. That will make it a lot easier to differentiate between 'this + most likely is some problem in my setup' and 'this change needs to be skipped + during the bisection, as the kernel sources at that stage contain an unrelated + problem that causes building or booting to fail'. + +* These steps will rule out if your problem is caused by some change in the + build configuration between the 'working' and the 'broken' kernel. This for + example can happen when your distributor enabled an additional security + feature in the newer kernel which was disabled or not yet supported by the + older kernel. That security feature might get into the way of something you + do -- in which case your problem from the perspective of the Linux kernel + upstream developers is not a regression, as + Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst explains in more detail. + You thus would waste your time if you'd try to bisect this. + +* If the cause for your regression was already fixed in the latest mainline + codebase, you'd perform the bisection for nothing. This holds true for a + regression you encountered with a stable/longterm release as well, as they are + often caused by problems in mainline changes that were backported -- in which + case the problem will have to be fixed in mainline first. Maybe it already was + fixed there and the fix is already in the process of being backported. + +* For regressions within a stable/longterm series it's furthermore crucial to + know if the issue is specific to that series or also happens in the mainline + kernel, as the report needs to be sent to different people: + + * Regressions specific to a stable/longterm series are the stable team's + responsibility; mainline Linux developers might or might not care. + + * Regressions also happening in mainline are something the regular Linux + developers and maintainers have to handle; the stable team does not care + and does not need to be involved in the report, they just should be told + to backport the fix once it's ready. + + Your report might be ignored if you send it to the wrong party -- and even + when you get a reply there is a decent chance that developers tell you to + evaluate which of the two cases it is before they take a closer look. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <introlatestcheck_bissbs>`] + +.. _checkoutmaster_bisref: + +Checkout the latest Linux codebase +---------------------------------- + + *Checkout the latest Linux codebase.* + [:ref:`... <introlatestcheck_bissbs>`] + +In case you later want to recheck if an ever newer codebase might fix the +problem, remember to run that ``git fetch --shallow-exclude [...]`` command +again mentioned earlier to update your local Git repository. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <introlatestcheck_bissbs>`] + +.. _build_bisref: + +Build your kernel +----------------- + + *Build the image and the modules of your first kernel using the config file + you prepared.* [:ref:`... <build_bissbs>`] + +A lot can go wrong at this stage, but the instructions below will help you help +yourself. Another subsection explains how to directly package your kernel up as +deb, rpm or tar file. + +Dealing with build errors +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When a build error occurs, it might be caused by some aspect of your machine's +setup that often can be fixed quickly; other times though the problem lies in +the code and can only be fixed by a developer. A close examination of the +failure messages coupled with some research on the internet will often tell you +which of the two it is. To perform such a investigation, restart the build +process like this:: + + make V=1 + +The ``V=1`` activates verbose output, which might be needed to see the actual +error. To make it easier to spot, this command also omits the ``-j $(nproc +--all)`` used earlier to utilize every CPU core in the system for the job -- but +this parallelism also results in some clutter when failures occur. + +After a few seconds the build process should run into the error again. Now try +to find the most crucial line describing the problem. Then search the internet +for the most important and non-generic section of that line (say 4 to 8 words); +avoid or remove anything that looks remotely system-specific, like your username +or local path names like ``/home/username/linux/``. First try your regular +internet search engine with that string, afterwards search Linux kernel mailing +lists via `lore.kernel.org/all/ <https://lore.kernel.org/all/>`_. + +This most of the time will find something that will explain what is wrong; quite +often one of the hits will provide a solution for your problem, too. If you +do not find anything that matches your problem, try again from a different angle +by modifying your search terms or using another line from the error messages. + +In the end, most trouble you are to run into has likely been encountered and +reported by others already. That includes issues where the cause is not your +system, but lies the code. If you run into one of those, you might thus find a +solution (e.g. a patch) or workaround for your problem, too. + +Package your kernel up +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The step-by-step guide uses the default make targets (e.g. 'bzImage' and +'modules' on x86) to build the image and the modules of your kernel, which later +steps of the guide then install. You instead can also directly build everything +and directly package it up by using one of the following targets: + + * ``make -j $(nproc --all) bindeb-pkg`` to generate a deb package + + * ``make -j $(nproc --all) binrpm-pkg`` to generate a rpm package + + * ``make -j $(nproc --all) tarbz2-pkg`` to generate a bz2 compressed tarball + +This is just a selection of available make targets for this purpose, see +``make help`` for others. You can also use these targets after running +``make -j $(nproc --all)``, as they will pick up everything already built. + +If you employ the targets to generate deb or rpm packages, ignore the +step-by-step guide's instructions on installing and removing your kernel; +instead install and remove the packages using the package utility for the format +(e.g. dpkg and rpm) or a package management utility build on top of them (apt, +aptitude, dnf/yum, zypper, ...). Be aware that the packages generated using +these two make targets are designed to work on various distributions utilizing +those formats, they thus will sometimes behave differently than your +distribution's kernel packages. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <build_bissbs>`] + +.. _install_bisref: + +Put the kernel in place +----------------------- + + *Install the kernel you just built.* [:ref:`... <install_bissbs>`] + +What you need to do after executing the command in the step-by-step guide +depends on the existence and the implementation of an ``installkernel`` +executable. Many commodity Linux distributions ship such a kernel installer in +'/sbin/' that does everything needed, hence there is nothing left for you +except rebooting. But some distributions contain an installkernel that does +only part of the job -- and a few lack it completely and leave all the work to +you. + +If ``installkernel`` is found, the kernel's build system will delegate the +actual installation of your kernel's image and related files to this executable. +On almost all Linux distributions it will store the image as '/boot/vmlinuz- +<kernelrelease identifier>' and put a 'System.map-<kernelrelease +identifier>' alongside it. Your kernel will thus be installed in parallel to any +existing ones, unless you already have one with exactly the same release name. + +Installkernel on many distributions will afterwards generate an 'initramfs' +(often also called 'initrd'), which commodity distributions rely on for booting; +hence be sure to keep the order of the two make targets used in the step-by-step +guide, as things will go sideways if you install your kernel's image before its +modules. Often installkernel will then add your kernel to the bootloader +configuration, too. You have to take care of one or both of these tasks +yourself, if your distributions installkernel doesn't handle them. + +A few distributions like Arch Linux and its derivatives totally lack an +installkernel executable. On those just install the modules using the kernel's +build system and then install the image and the System.map file manually:: + + sudo make modules_install + sudo install -m 0600 $(make -s image_name) /boot/vmlinuz-$(make -s kernelrelease) + sudo install -m 0600 System.map /boot/System.map-$(make -s kernelrelease) + +If your distribution boots with the help of an initramfs, now generate one for +your kernel using the tools your distribution provides for this process. +Afterwards add your kernel to your bootloader configuration and reboot. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <install_bissbs>`] + +.. _storagespace_bisref: + +Storage requirements per kernel +------------------------------- + + *Check how much storage space the kernel, its modules, and other related files + like the initramfs consume.* [:ref:`... <storagespace_bissbs>`] + +The kernels built during a bisection consume quite a bit of space in /boot/ and +/lib/modules/, especially if you enabled debug symbols. That makes it easy to +fill up volumes during a bisection -- and due to that even kernels which used to +work earlier might fail to boot. To prevent that you will need to know how much +space each installed kernel typically requires. + +Note, most of the time the pattern '/boot/*$(make -s kernelrelease)*' used in +the guide will match all files needed to boot your kernel -- but neither the +path nor the naming scheme are mandatory. On some distributions you thus will +need to look in different places. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <storagespace_bissbs>`] + +.. _recheckbroken_bisref: + +Check the kernel built from the latest codebase +----------------------------------------------- + + *Reboot into the kernel you just built and check if the feature that regressed + is really broken there.* [:ref:`... <recheckbroken_bissbs>`] + +There are a couple of reasons why the regression you face might not show up with +your own kernel built from the latest codebase. These are the most frequent: + +* The cause for the regression was fixed meanwhile. + +* The regression with the broken kernel was caused by a change in the build + configuration the provider of your kernel carried out. + +* Your problem might be a race condition that does not show up with your kernel; + the trimmed build configuration, a different setting for debug symbols, the + compiler used, and various other things can cause this. + +* In case you encountered the regression with a stable/longterm kernel it might + be a problem that is specific to that series; the next step in this guide will + check this. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <recheckbroken_bissbs>`] + +.. _recheckstablebroken_bisref: + +Check the kernel built from the latest stable/longterm codebase +--------------------------------------------------------------- + + *Are you facing a regression within a stable/longterm release, but failed to + reproduce it with the kernel you just built using the latest mainline sources? + Then check if the latest codebase for the particular series might already fix + the problem.* [:ref:`... <recheckstablebroken_bissbs>`] + +If this kernel does not show the regression either, there most likely is no need +for a bisection. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <recheckstablebroken_bissbs>`] + +.. _introworkingcheck_bisref: + +Ensure the 'good' version is really working well +------------------------------------------------ + + *Check if the kernels you build work fine.* + [:ref:`... <introworkingcheck_bissbs>`] + +This section will reestablish a known working base. Skipping it might be +appealing, but is usually a bad idea, as it does something important: + +It will ensure the .config file you prepared earlier actually works as expected. +That is in your own interest, as trimming the configuration is not foolproof -- +and you might be building and testing ten or more kernels for nothing before +starting to suspect something might be wrong with the build configuration. + +That alone is reason enough to spend the time on this, but not the only reason. + +Many readers of this guide normally run kernels that are patched, use add-on +modules, or both. Those kernels thus are not considered 'vanilla' -- therefore +it's possible that the thing that regressed might never have worked in vanilla +builds of the 'good' version in the first place. + +There is a third reason for those that noticed a regression between +stable/longterm kernels of different series (e.g. v6.0.13..v6.1.5): it will +ensure the kernel version you assumed to be 'good' earlier in the process (e.g. +v6.0) actually is working. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <introworkingcheck_bissbs>`] + +.. _recheckworking_bisref: + +Build your own version of the 'good' kernel +------------------------------------------- + + *Build your own variant of the working kernel and check if the feature that + regressed works as expected with it.* [:ref:`... <recheckworking_bissbs>`] + +In case the feature that broke with newer kernels does not work with your first +self-built kernel, find and resolve the cause before moving on. There are a +multitude of reasons why this might happen. Some ideas where to look: + +* Maybe localmodconfig did something odd and disabled the module required to + test the feature? Then you might want to recreate a .config file based on the + one from the last working kernel and skip trimming it down; manually disabling + some features in the .config might work as well to reduce the build time. + +* Maybe it's not a kernel regression and something that is caused by some fluke, + a broken initramfs (also known as initrd), new firmware files, or an updated + userland software? + +* Maybe it was a feature added to your distributor's kernel which vanilla Linux + at that point never supported? + +Note, if you found and fixed problems with the .config file, you want to use it +to build another kernel from the latest codebase, as your earlier tests with +mainline and the latest version from an affected stable/longterm series most +likely has been flawed. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <recheckworking_bissbs>`] + +.. _bisectstart_bisref: + +Start the bisection +------------------- + + *Start the bisection and tell Git about the versions earlier established as + 'good' and 'bad'.* [:ref:`... <bisectstart_bissbs>`] + +This will start the bisection process; the last of the commands will make Git +checkout a commit round about half-way between the 'good' and the 'bad' changes +for your to test. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bisectstart_bissbs>`] + +.. _bisectbuild_bisref: + +Build a kernel from the bisection point +--------------------------------------- + + *Build, install, and boot a kernel from the code Git checked out using the + same commands you used earlier.* [:ref:`... <bisectbuild_bissbs>`] + +There are two things worth of note here: + +* Occasionally building the kernel will fail or it might not boot due some + problem in the code at the bisection point. In that case run this command:: + + git bisect skip + + Git will then check out another commit nearby which with a bit of luck should + work better. Afterwards restart executing this step. + +* Those slightly odd looking version identifiers can happen during bisections, + because the Linux kernel subsystems prepare their changes for a new mainline + release (say 6.2) before its predecessor (e.g. 6.1) is finished. They thus + base them on a somewhat earlier point like v6.1-rc1 or even v6.0 -- and then + get merged for 6.2 without rebasing nor squashing them once 6.1 is out. This + leads to those slightly odd looking version identifiers coming up during + bisections. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bisectbuild_bissbs>`] + +.. _bisecttest_bisref: + +Bisection checkpoint +-------------------- + + *Check if the feature that regressed works in the kernel you just built.* + [:ref:`... <bisecttest_bissbs>`] + +Ensure what you tell Git is accurate: getting it wrong just one time will bring +the rest of the bisection totally of course, hence all testing after that point +will be for nothing. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bisecttest_bissbs>`] + +.. _bisectlog_bisref: + +Put the bisection log away +-------------------------- + + *Store Git's bisection log and the current .config file in a safe place.* + [:ref:`... <bisectlog_bissbs>`] + +As indicated above: declaring just one kernel wrongly as 'good' or 'bad' will +render the end result of a bisection useless. In that case you'd normally have +to restart the bisection from scratch. The log can prevent that, as it might +allow someone to point out where a bisection likely went sideways -- and then +instead of testing ten or more kernels you might only have to build a few to +resolve things. + +The .config file is put aside, as there is a decent chance that developers might +ask for it after you reported the regression. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <bisectlog_bissbs>`] + +.. _revert_bisref: + +Try reverting the culprit +------------------------- + + *Try reverting the culprit on top of the latest codebase to see if this fixes + your regression.* [:ref:`... <revert_bissbs>`] + +This is an optional step, but whenever possible one you should try: there is a +decent chance that developers will ask you to perform this step when you bring +the bisection result up. So give it a try, you are in the flow already, building +one more kernel shouldn't be a big deal at this point. + +The step-by-step guide covers everything relevant already except one slightly +rare thing: did you bisected a regression that also happened with mainline using +a stable/longterm series, but Git failed to revert the commit in mainline? Then +try to revert the culprit in the affected stable/longterm series -- and if that +succeeds, test that kernel version instead. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <revert_bissbs>`] + + +Supplementary tasks: cleanup during and after the bisection +----------------------------------------------------------- + +.. _makeroom_bisref: + +Cleaning up during the bisection +-------------------------------- + + *To remove one of the kernels you installed, look up its 'kernelrelease' + identifier.* [:ref:`... <makeroom_bissbs>`] + +The kernels you install during this process are easy to remove later, as its +parts are only stored in two places and clearly identifiable. You thus do not +need to worry to mess up your machine when you install a kernel manually (and +thus bypass your distribution's packaging system): all parts of your kernels are +relatively easy to remove later. + +One of the two places is a directory in /lib/modules/, which holds the modules +for each installed kernel. This directory is named after the kernel's release +identifier; hence, to remove all modules for one of the kernels you built, +simply remove its modules directory in /lib/modules/. + +The other place is /boot/, where typically two up to five files will be placed +during installation of a kernel. All of them usually contain the release name in +their file name, but how many files and their exact name depends somewhat on +your distribution's installkernel executable and its initramfs generator. On +some distributions the ``kernel-install remove...`` command mentioned in the +step-by-step guide will delete all of these files for you while also removing +the menu entry for the kernel from your bootloader configuration. On others you +have to take care of these two tasks yourself. The following command should +interactively remove the three main files of a kernel with the release name +'6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0':: + + rm -i /boot/{System.map,vmlinuz,initr}-6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0 + +Afterwards check for other files in /boot/ that have +'6.0-rc1-local-gcafec0cacaca0' in their name and consider deleting them as well. +Now remove the boot entry for the kernel from your bootloader's configuration; +the steps to do that vary quite a bit between Linux distributions. + +Note, be careful with wildcards like '*' when deleting files or directories +for kernels manually: you might accidentally remove files of a 6.0.11 kernel +when all you want is to remove 6.0 or 6.0.1. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <makeroom_bissbs>`] + +Cleaning up after the bisection +------------------------------- + +.. _finishingtouch_bisref: + + *Once you have finished the bisection, do not immediately remove anything + you set up, as you might need a few things again.* + [:ref:`... <finishingtouch_bissbs>`] + +When you are really short of storage space removing the kernels as described in +the step-by-step guide might not free as much space as you would like. In that +case consider running ``rm -rf ~/linux/*`` as well now. This will remove the +build artifacts and the Linux sources, but will leave the Git repository +(~/linux/.git/) behind -- a simple ``git reset --hard`` thus will bring the +sources back. + +Removing the repository as well would likely be unwise at this point: there is a +decent chance developers will ask you to build another kernel to perform +additional tests. This is often required to debug an issue or check proposed +fixes. Before doing so you want to run the ``git fetch mainline`` command again +followed by ``git checkout mainline/master`` to bring your clone up to date and +checkout the latest codebase. Then apply the patch using ``git apply +<filename>`` or ``git am <filename>`` and build yet another kernel using the +familiar commands. + +Additional tests are also the reason why you want to keep the +~/kernel-config-working file around for a few weeks. + +[:ref:`back to step-by-step guide <finishingtouch_bissbs>`] + + +Additional reading material +=========================== + +Further sources +--------------- + +* The `man page for 'git bisect' <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect>`_ and + `fighting regressions with 'git bisect' <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect-lk2009.html>`_ + in the Git documentation. +* `Working with git bisect <https://nathanchance.dev/posts/working-with-git-bisect/>`_ + from kernel developer Nathan Chancellor. +* `Using Git bisect to figure out when brokenness was introduced <http://webchick.net/node/99>`_. +* `Fully automated bisecting with 'git bisect run' <https://lwn.net/Articles/317154>`_. + +.. + end-of-content +.. + This document is maintained by Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>. If + you spot a typo or small mistake, feel free to let him know directly and + he'll fix it. You are free to do the same in a mostly informal way if you + want to contribute changes to the text -- but for copyright reasons please CC + linux-doc@vger.kernel.org and 'sign-off' your contribution as + Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst explains in the section 'Sign + your work - the Developer's Certificate of Origin'. +.. + This text is available under GPL-2.0+ or CC-BY-4.0, as stated at the top + of the file. If you want to distribute this text under CC-BY-4.0 only, + please use 'The Linux kernel development community' for author attribution + and link this as source: + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst + +.. + Note: Only the content of this RST file as found in the Linux kernel sources + is available under CC-BY-4.0, as versions of this text that were processed + (for example by the kernel's build system) might contain content taken from + files which use a more restrictive license. diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst index 07caa8fff852e..414bc7402ae7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ The state of SME in the Linux kernel can be documented as follows: kernel is non-zero). SME can also be enabled and activated in the BIOS. If SME is enabled and -activated in the BIOS, then all memory accesses will be encrypted and it will -not be necessary to activate the Linux memory encryption support. If the BIOS -merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG), then Linux can activate -memory encryption by default (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) or -by supplying mem_encrypt=on on the kernel command line. However, if BIOS does -not enable SME, then Linux will not be able to activate memory encryption, even -if configured to do so by default or the mem_encrypt=on command line parameter -is specified. +activated in the BIOS, then all memory accesses will be encrypted and it +will not be necessary to activate the Linux memory encryption support. + +If the BIOS merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG), +then memory encryption can be enabled by supplying mem_encrypt=on on the +kernel command line. However, if BIOS does not enable SME, then Linux +will not be able to activate memory encryption, even if configured to do +so by default or the mem_encrypt=on command line parameter is specified. Secure Nested Paging (SNP) ========================== diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst index c513855a54bb9..4fd492cb49704 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst @@ -878,7 +878,8 @@ Protocol: 2.10+ address if possible. A non-relocatable kernel will unconditionally move itself and to run - at this address. + at this address. A relocatable kernel will move itself to this address if it + loaded below this address. ============ ======= Field name: init_size diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst index e08d35177bc02..57e8392f61d35 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ comments in pti.c). This approach helps to ensure that side-channel attacks leveraging the paging structures do not function when PTI is enabled. It can be -enabled by setting CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION=y at compile time. -Once enabled at compile-time, it can be disabled at boot with the -'nopti' or 'pti=' kernel parameters (see kernel-parameters.txt). +enabled by setting CONFIG_MITIGATION_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION=y at compile +time. Once enabled at compile-time, it can be disabled at boot with +the 'nopti' or 'pti=' kernel parameters (see kernel-parameters.txt). Page Table Management ===================== diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/topology.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/topology.rst index 08ebf9edbfc1e..7352ab89a55ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/topology.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/topology.rst @@ -47,17 +47,21 @@ AMD nomenclature for package is 'Node'. Package-related topology information in the kernel: - - cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores: + - topology_num_threads_per_package() - The number of cores in a package. This information is retrieved via CPUID. + The number of threads in a package. - - cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_dies: + - topology_num_cores_per_package() - The number of dies in a package. This information is retrieved via CPUID. + The number of cores in a package. + + - topology_max_dies_per_package() + + The maximum number of dies in a package. - cpuinfo_x86.topo.die_id: - The physical ID of the die. This information is retrieved via CPUID. + The physical ID of the die. - cpuinfo_x86.topo.pkg_id: @@ -96,16 +100,6 @@ are SMT- or CMT-type threads. AMDs nomenclature for a CMT core is "Compute Unit". The kernel always uses "core". -Core-related topology information in the kernel: - - - smp_num_siblings: - - The number of threads in a core. The number of threads in a package can be - calculated by:: - - threads_per_package = cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores * smp_num_siblings - - Threads ======= A thread is a single scheduling unit. It's the equivalent to a logical Linux diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fred.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fred.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..9f57e7b91f7e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fred.rst @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================================= +Flexible Return and Event Delivery (FRED) +========================================= + +Overview +======== + +The FRED architecture defines simple new transitions that change +privilege level (ring transitions). The FRED architecture was +designed with the following goals: + +1) Improve overall performance and response time by replacing event + delivery through the interrupt descriptor table (IDT event + delivery) and event return by the IRET instruction with lower + latency transitions. + +2) Improve software robustness by ensuring that event delivery + establishes the full supervisor context and that event return + establishes the full user context. + +The new transitions defined by the FRED architecture are FRED event +delivery and, for returning from events, two FRED return instructions. +FRED event delivery can effect a transition from ring 3 to ring 0, but +it is used also to deliver events incident to ring 0. One FRED +instruction (ERETU) effects a return from ring 0 to ring 3, while the +other (ERETS) returns while remaining in ring 0. Collectively, FRED +event delivery and the FRED return instructions are FRED transitions. + +In addition to these transitions, the FRED architecture defines a new +instruction (LKGS) for managing the state of the GS segment register. +The LKGS instruction can be used by 64-bit operating systems that do +not use the new FRED transitions. + +Furthermore, the FRED architecture is easy to extend for future CPU +architectures. + +Software based event dispatching +================================ + +FRED operates differently from IDT in terms of event handling. Instead +of directly dispatching an event to its handler based on the event +vector, FRED requires the software to dispatch an event to its handler +based on both the event's type and vector. Therefore, an event dispatch +framework must be implemented to facilitate the event-to-handler +dispatch process. The FRED event dispatch framework takes control +once an event is delivered, and employs a two-level dispatch. + +The first level dispatching is event type based, and the second level +dispatching is event vector based. + +Full supervisor/user context +============================ + +FRED event delivery atomically save and restore full supervisor/user +context upon event delivery and return. Thus it avoids the problem of +transient states due to %cr2 and/or %dr6, and it is no longer needed +to handle all the ugly corner cases caused by half baked entry states. + +FRED allows explicit unblock of NMI with new event return instructions +ERETS/ERETU, avoiding the mess caused by IRET which unconditionally +unblocks NMI, e.g., when an exception happens during NMI handling. + +FRED always restores the full value of %rsp, thus ESPFIX is no longer +needed when FRED is enabled. + +LKGS +==== + +LKGS behaves like the MOV to GS instruction except that it loads the +base address into the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR instead of the GS +segment’s descriptor cache. With LKGS, it ends up with avoiding +mucking with kernel GS, i.e., an operating system can always operate +with its own GS base address. + +Because FRED event delivery from ring 3 and ERETU both swap the value +of the GS base address and that of the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR, plus +the introduction of LKGS instruction, the SWAPGS instruction is no +longer needed when FRED is enabled, thus is disallowed (#UD). + +Stack levels +============ + +4 stack levels 0~3 are introduced to replace the nonreentrant IST for +event handling, and each stack level should be configured to use a +dedicated stack. + +The current stack level could be unchanged or go higher upon FRED +event delivery. If unchanged, the CPU keeps using the current event +stack. If higher, the CPU switches to a new event stack specified by +the MSR of the new stack level, i.e., MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP[123]. + +Only execution of a FRED return instruction ERET[US], could lower the +current stack level, causing the CPU to switch back to the stack it was +on before a previous event delivery that promoted the stack level. diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/index.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/index.rst index a56070fc8e77a..ad15e9bd623f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/index.rst @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ x86_64 Support cpu-hotplug-spec machinecheck fsgs + fred diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py index da64c9fb7e072..d148f3e8dd572 100644 --- a/Documentation/conf.py +++ b/Documentation/conf.py @@ -346,9 +346,9 @@ sys.stderr.write("Using %s theme\n" % html_theme) html_static_path = ['sphinx-static'] # If true, Docutils "smart quotes" will be used to convert quotes and dashes -# to typographically correct entities. This will convert "--" to "—", -# which is not always what we want, so disable it. -smartquotes = False +# to typographically correct entities. However, conversion of "--" to "—" +# is not always what we want, so enable only quotes. +smartquotes_action = 'q' # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names. # Note that the RTD theme ignores this diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst b/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst index 3599cf9267b47..ed73c612174d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst @@ -77,10 +77,12 @@ wants a function to be executed asynchronously it has to set up a work item pointing to that function and queue that work item on a workqueue. -Special purpose threads, called worker threads, execute the functions -off of the queue, one after the other. If no work is queued, the -worker threads become idle. These worker threads are managed in so -called worker-pools. +A work item can be executed in either a thread or the BH (softirq) context. + +For threaded workqueues, special purpose threads, called [k]workers, execute +the functions off of the queue, one after the other. If no work is queued, +the worker threads become idle. These worker threads are managed in +worker-pools. The cmwq design differentiates between the user-facing workqueues that subsystems and drivers queue work items on and the backend mechanism @@ -91,6 +93,12 @@ for high priority ones, for each possible CPU and some extra worker-pools to serve work items queued on unbound workqueues - the number of these backing pools is dynamic. +BH workqueues use the same framework. However, as there can only be one +concurrent execution context, there's no need to worry about concurrency. +Each per-CPU BH worker pool contains only one pseudo worker which represents +the BH execution context. A BH workqueue can be considered a convenience +interface to softirq. + Subsystems and drivers can create and queue work items through special workqueue API functions as they see fit. They can influence some aspects of the way the work items are executed by setting flags on the @@ -106,7 +114,7 @@ unless specifically overridden, a work item of a bound workqueue will be queued on the worklist of either normal or highpri worker-pool that is associated to the CPU the issuer is running on. -For any worker pool implementation, managing the concurrency level +For any thread pool implementation, managing the concurrency level (how many execution contexts are active) is an important issue. cmwq tries to keep the concurrency at a minimal but sufficient level. Minimal to save resources and sufficient in that the system is used at @@ -164,6 +172,17 @@ resources, scheduled and executed. ``flags`` --------- +``WQ_BH`` + BH workqueues can be considered a convenience interface to softirq. BH + workqueues are always per-CPU and all BH work items are executed in the + queueing CPU's softirq context in the queueing order. + + All BH workqueues must have 0 ``max_active`` and ``WQ_HIGHPRI`` is the + only allowed additional flag. + + BH work items cannot sleep. All other features such as delayed queueing, + flushing and canceling are supported. + ``WQ_UNBOUND`` Work items queued to an unbound wq are served by the special worker-pools which host workers which are not bound to any @@ -237,15 +256,11 @@ may queue at the same time. Unless there is a specific need for throttling the number of active work items, specifying '0' is recommended. -Some users depend on the strict execution ordering of ST wq. The -combination of ``@max_active`` of 1 and ``WQ_UNBOUND`` used to -achieve this behavior. Work items on such wq were always queued to the -unbound worker-pools and only one work item could be active at any given -time thus achieving the same ordering property as ST wq. - -In the current implementation the above configuration only guarantees -ST behavior within a given NUMA node. Instead ``alloc_ordered_workqueue()`` should -be used to achieve system-wide ST behavior. +Some users depend on strict execution ordering where only one work item +is in flight at any given time and the work items are processed in +queueing order. While the combination of ``@max_active`` of 1 and +``WQ_UNBOUND`` used to achieve this behavior, this is no longer the +case. Use ``alloc_ordered_queue()`` instead. Example Execution Scenarios diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index c3389c6f38381..1279689958473 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Available options: - --fix - This is an EXPERIMENTAL feature. If correctable errors exists, a file + This is an EXPERIMENTAL feature. If correctable errors exist, a file <inputfile>.EXPERIMENTAL-checkpatch-fixes is created which has the automatically fixable errors corrected. @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Available options: - --ignore-perl-version - Override checking of perl version. Runtime errors maybe encountered after + Override checking of perl version. Runtime errors may be encountered after enabling this flag if the perl version does not meet the minimum specified. - --codespell diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index 858c77fe7dc46..d56f298a9d7ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -277,6 +277,27 @@ traces point to places in code that interacted with the object but that are not directly present in the bad access stack trace. Currently, this includes call_rcu() and workqueue queuing. +CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Enabling CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO allows KASAN to record and report more +information. The extra information currently supported is the CPU number and +timestamp at allocation and free. More information can help find the cause of +the bug and correlate the error with other system events, at the cost of using +extra memory to record more information (more cost details in the help text of +CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO). + +Here is the report with CONFIG_KASAN_EXTRA_INFO enabled (only the +different parts are shown):: + + ================================================================== + ... + Allocated by task 134 on cpu 5 at 229.133855s: + ... + Freed by task 136 on cpu 3 at 230.199335s: + ... + ================================================================== + Implementation details ---------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index 522214c7b43ba..ff10dc6eef5d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ Contributing new tests (details) TEST_PROGS, TEST_GEN_PROGS mean it is the executable tested by default. + TEST_GEN_MODS_DIR should be used by tests that require modules to be built + before the test starts. The variable will contain the name of the directory + containing the modules. + TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS should be used by tests that require custom build rules and prevent common build rule use. diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst index 2de7c63415da0..e3591f8e9d5b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst @@ -49,34 +49,22 @@ Report example Usage ----- -To enable UBSAN configure kernel with:: +To enable UBSAN, configure the kernel with:: - CONFIG_UBSAN=y + CONFIG_UBSAN=y -and to check the entire kernel:: - - CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL=y - -To enable instrumentation for specific files or directories, add a line -similar to the following to the respective kernel Makefile: - -- For a single file (e.g. main.o):: - - UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := y - -- For all files in one directory:: - - UBSAN_SANITIZE := y - -To exclude files from being instrumented even if -``CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL=y``, use:: +To exclude files from being instrumented use:: UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := n -and:: +and to exclude all targets in one directory use:: UBSAN_SANITIZE := n +When disabled for all targets, specific files can be enabled using:: + + UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := y + Detection of unaligned accesses controlled through the separate option - CONFIG_UBSAN_ALIGNMENT. It's off by default on architectures that support unaligned accesses (CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS=y). One could diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.yaml index caab7ceeda45a..949537cea6be2 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.yaml @@ -7,19 +7,11 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# title: Amlogic SoC based Platforms maintainers: + - Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org> + - Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com> + - Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com> - Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com> -description: |+ - Work in progress statement: - - Device tree files and bindings applying to Amlogic SoCs and boards are - considered "unstable". Any Amlogic device tree binding may change at - any time. Be sure to use a device tree binary and a kernel image - generated from the same source tree. - - Please refer to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst for a definition of a - stable binding/ABI. - properties: $nodename: const: '/' @@ -146,6 +138,7 @@ properties: - enum: - amediatech,x96-max - amlogic,u200 + - freebox,fbx8am - radxa,zero - seirobotics,sei510 - const: amlogic,g12a diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,realview.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,realview.yaml index d1bdee98f9af0..3c5f1688dbd78 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,realview.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,realview.yaml @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ maintainers: - Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> description: |+ - The ARM RealView series of reference designs were built to explore the ARM - 11, Cortex A-8 and Cortex A-9 CPUs. This included new features compared to - the earlier CPUs such as TrustZone and multicore (MPCore). + The ARM RealView series of reference designs were built to explore the Arm11, + Cortex-A8, and Cortex-A9 CPUs. This included new features compared to the + earlier CPUs such as TrustZone and multicore (MPCore). properties: $nodename: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.yaml index 89d75fbb1de45..82f37328cc694 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.yaml @@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ properties: - const: microchip,sama7g5 - const: microchip,sama7 + - description: Microchip SAMA7G54 Curiosity Board + items: + - const: microchip,sama7g54-curiosity + - const: microchip,sama7g5 + - const: microchip,sama7 + - description: Microchip LAN9662 Evaluation Boards. items: - enum: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.yaml index 228dcc5c7d6f3..0027201e19f8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.yaml @@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ properties: - toradex,apalis_imx6q-ixora # Apalis iMX6Q/D Module on Ixora Carrier Board - toradex,apalis_imx6q-ixora-v1.1 # Apalis iMX6Q/D Module on Ixora V1.1 Carrier Board - toradex,apalis_imx6q-ixora-v1.2 # Apalis iMX6Q/D Module on Ixora V1.2 Carrier Board - - toradex,apalis_imx6q-eval # Apalis iMX6Q/D Module on Apalis Evaluation Board + - toradex,apalis_imx6q-eval # Apalis iMX6Q/D Module on Apalis Evaluation Board v1.0/v1.1 + - toradex,apalis_imx6q-eval-v1.2 # Apalis iMX6Q/D Module on Apalis Evaluation Board v1.2 - const: toradex,apalis_imx6q - const: fsl,imx6q @@ -469,6 +470,7 @@ properties: - prt,prtvt7 # Protonic VT7 board - rex,imx6dl-rex-basic # Rex Basic i.MX6 Dual Lite Board - riot,imx6s-riotboard # RIoTboard i.MX6S + - sielaff,imx6dl-board # Sielaff i.MX6 Solo Board - skov,imx6dl-skov-revc-lt2 # SKOV IMX6 CPU SoloCore lt2 - skov,imx6dl-skov-revc-lt6 # SKOV IMX6 CPU SoloCore lt6 - solidrun,cubox-i/dl # SolidRun Cubox-i Solo/DualLite @@ -708,6 +710,7 @@ properties: - toradex,colibri-imx6ull # Colibri iMX6ULL Modules - toradex,colibri-imx6ull-emmc # Colibri iMX6ULL 1GB (eMMC) Module - toradex,colibri-imx6ull-wifi # Colibri iMX6ULL Wi-Fi / BT Modules + - uni-t,uti260b # UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Camera - const: fsl,imx6ull - description: i.MX6ULL Armadeus Systems OPOS6ULDev Board @@ -1026,7 +1029,7 @@ properties: items: - enum: - dimonoff,gateway-evk # i.MX8MN Dimonoff Gateway EVK Board - - rve,rve-gateway # i.MX8MN RVE Gateway Board + - rve,gateway # i.MX8MN RVE Gateway Board - variscite,var-som-mx8mn-symphony - const: variscite,var-som-mx8mn - const: fsl,imx8mn @@ -1194,7 +1197,8 @@ properties: - description: i.MX8QM Boards with Toradex Apalis iMX8 Modules items: - enum: - - toradex,apalis-imx8-eval # Apalis iMX8 Module on Apalis Evaluation Board + - toradex,apalis-imx8-eval # Apalis iMX8 Module on Apalis Evaluation V1.0/V1.1 Board + - toradex,apalis-imx8-eval-v1.2 # Apalis iMX8 Module on Apalis Evaluation V1.2 Board - toradex,apalis-imx8-ixora-v1.1 # Apalis iMX8 Module on Ixora V1.1 Carrier Board - const: toradex,apalis-imx8 - const: fsl,imx8qm @@ -1202,7 +1206,8 @@ properties: - description: i.MX8QM Boards with Toradex Apalis iMX8 V1.1 Modules items: - enum: - - toradex,apalis-imx8-v1.1-eval # Apalis iMX8 V1.1 Module on Apalis Eval. Board + - toradex,apalis-imx8-v1.1-eval # Apalis iMX8 V1.1 Module on Apalis Eval. V1.0/V1.1 Board + - toradex,apalis-imx8-v1.1-eval-v1.2 # Apalis iMX8 V1.1 Module on Apalis Eval. V1.2 Board - toradex,apalis-imx8-v1.1-ixora-v1.1 # Apalis iMX8 V1.1 Module on Ixora V1.1 C. Board - toradex,apalis-imx8-v1.1-ixora-v1.2 # Apalis iMX8 V1.1 Module on Ixora V1.2 C. Board - const: toradex,apalis-imx8-v1.1 @@ -1232,6 +1237,22 @@ properties: - const: toradex,colibri-imx8x - const: fsl,imx8qxp + - description: + TQMa8Xx is a series of SOM featuring NXP i.MX8X system-on-chip + variants. It is designed to be clicked on different carrier boards + MBa8Xx is the starterkit + oneOf: + - items: + - enum: + - tq,imx8dxp-tqma8xdp-mba8xx # TQ-Systems GmbH TQMa8XDP SOM on MBa8Xx + - const: tq,imx8dxp-tqma8xdp # TQ-Systems GmbH TQMa8XDP SOM (with i.MX8DXP) + - const: fsl,imx8dxp + - items: + - enum: + - tq,imx8qxp-tqma8xqp-mba8xx # TQ-Systems GmbH TQMa8XQP SOM on MBa8Xx + - const: tq,imx8qxp-tqma8xqp # TQ-Systems GmbH TQMa8XQP SOM (with i.MX8QXP) + - const: fsl,imx8qxp + - description: i.MX8ULP based Boards items: - enum: @@ -1275,6 +1296,18 @@ properties: - const: tq,imx93-tqma9352 # TQ-Systems GmbH i.MX93 TQMa93xxCA/LA SOM - const: fsl,imx93 + - description: PHYTEC phyCORE-i.MX93 SoM based boards + items: + - const: phytec,imx93-phyboard-segin # phyBOARD-Segin with i.MX93 + - const: phytec,imx93-phycore-som # phyCORE-i.MX93 SoM + - const: fsl,imx93 + + - description: Variscite VAR-SOM-MX93 based boards + items: + - const: variscite,var-som-mx93-symphony + - const: variscite,var-som-mx93 + - const: fsl,imx93 + - description: Freescale Vybrid Platform Device Tree Bindings diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/marvell/armada-38x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/marvell/armada-38x.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 202953f1887e6..0000000000000 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/marvell/armada-38x.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@ -Marvell Armada 38x Platforms Device Tree Bindings -------------------------------------------------- - -Boards with a SoC of the Marvell Armada 38x family shall have the -following property: - -Required root node property: - - - compatible: must contain "marvell,armada380" - -In addition, boards using the Marvell Armada 385 SoC shall have the -following property before the previous one: - -Required root node property: - -compatible: must contain "marvell,armada385" - -In addition, boards using the Marvell Armada 388 SoC shall have the -following property before the previous one: - -Required root node property: - -compatible: must contain "marvell,armada388" - -Example: - -compatible = "marvell,a385-rd", "marvell,armada385", "marvell,armada380"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/marvell/armada-38x.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/marvell/armada-38x.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..cdf805b5db958 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/marvell/armada-38x.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) +%YAML 1.2 +--- +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/arm/marvell/armada-38x.yaml# +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# + +title: Marvell Armada 38x Platforms + +maintainers: + - Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@bootlin.com> + +properties: + $nodename: + const: '/' + compatible: + oneOf: + + - description: + Netgear Armada 380 GS110EM Managed Switch. + items: + - const: netgear,gs110emx + - const: marvell,armada380 + + - description: + Marvell Armada 385 Development Boards. + items: + - enum: + - marvell,a385-db-amc + - marvell,a385-db-ap + - const: marvell,armada385 + - const: marvell,armada380 + + - description: + SolidRun Armada 385 based single-board computers. + items: + - enum: + - solidrun,clearfog-gtr-l8 + - solidrun,clearfog-gtr-s4 + - const: marvell,armada385 + - const: marvell,armada380 + + - description: + Kobol Armada 388 based Helios-4 NAS. + items: + - const: kobol,helios4 + - const: marvell,armada388 + - const: marvell,armada385 + - const: marvell,armada380 + + - description: + Marvell Armada 388 Development Boards. + items: + - enum: + - marvell,a388-gp + - const: marvell,armada388 + - const: marvell,armada385 + - const: marvell,armada380 + + - description: + SolidRun Armada 388 clearfog family single-board computers. + items: + - enum: + - solidrun,clearfog-base-a1 + - solidrun,clearfog-pro-a1 + - const: solidrun,clearfog-a1 + - const: marvell,armada388 + - const: marvell,armada385 + - const: marvell,armada380 + +additionalProperties: true diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.yaml index 6f2f64ae76fcf..09f9ffd3ff7b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.yaml @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ properties: const: '/' compatible: oneOf: + # Sort by SoC (last) compatible, then board compatible - items: - enum: - mediatek,mt2701-evb @@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ properties: - const: mediatek,mt7629 - items: - enum: + - xiaomi,ax3000t + - const: mediatek,mt7981b + - items: + - enum: + - acelink,ew-7886cax - bananapi,bpi-r3 - mediatek,mt7986a-rfb - const: mediatek,mt7986a @@ -93,6 +99,10 @@ properties: - const: mediatek,mt7986b - items: - enum: + - bananapi,bpi-r4 + - const: mediatek,mt7988a + - items: + - enum: - mediatek,mt8127-moose - const: mediatek,mt8127 - items: @@ -129,75 +139,10 @@ properties: - enum: - mediatek,mt8173-evb - const: mediatek,mt8173 - - items: - - enum: - - mediatek,mt8183-evb - - const: mediatek,mt8183 - - description: Google Hayato rev5 - items: - - const: google,hayato-rev5-sku2 - - const: google,hayato-sku2 - - const: google,hayato - - const: mediatek,mt8192 - - description: Google Hayato - items: - - const: google,hayato-rev1 - - const: google,hayato - - const: mediatek,mt8192 - - description: Google Spherion rev4 (Acer Chromebook 514) - items: - - const: google,spherion-rev4 - - const: google,spherion - - const: mediatek,mt8192 - - description: Google Spherion (Acer Chromebook 514) - items: - - const: google,spherion-rev3 - - const: google,spherion-rev2 - - const: google,spherion-rev1 - - const: google,spherion-rev0 - - const: google,spherion - - const: mediatek,mt8192 - - description: Acer Tomato (Acer Chromebook Spin 513 CP513-2H) - items: - - enum: - - google,tomato-rev2 - - google,tomato-rev1 - - const: google,tomato - - const: mediatek,mt8195 - - description: Acer Tomato rev3 - 4 (Acer Chromebook Spin 513 CP513-2H) - items: - - const: google,tomato-rev4 - - const: google,tomato-rev3 - - const: google,tomato - - const: mediatek,mt8195 - - items: - - enum: - - mediatek,mt8186-evb - - const: mediatek,mt8186 - - items: - - enum: - - mediatek,mt8188-evb - - const: mediatek,mt8188 - - items: - - enum: - - mediatek,mt8192-evb - - const: mediatek,mt8192 - - items: - - enum: - - mediatek,mt8195-demo - - mediatek,mt8195-evb - - const: mediatek,mt8195 - description: Google Burnet (HP Chromebook x360 11MK G3 EE) items: - const: google,burnet - const: mediatek,mt8183 - - description: Google Krane (Lenovo IdeaPad Duet, 10e,...) - items: - - enum: - - google,krane-sku0 - - google,krane-sku176 - - const: google,krane - - const: mediatek,mt8183 - description: Google Cozmo (Acer Chromebook 314) items: - const: google,cozmo @@ -255,6 +200,13 @@ properties: - google,kodama-sku32 - const: google,kodama - const: mediatek,mt8183 + - description: Google Krane (Lenovo IdeaPad Duet, 10e,...) + items: + - enum: + - google,krane-sku0 + - google,krane-sku176 + - const: google,krane + - const: mediatek,mt8183 - description: Google Makomo (Lenovo 100e Chromebook 2nd Gen MTK 2) items: - enum: @@ -278,8 +230,123 @@ properties: - const: mediatek,mt8183 - items: - enum: + - mediatek,mt8183-evb + - const: mediatek,mt8183 + - items: + - enum: - mediatek,mt8183-pumpkin - const: mediatek,mt8183 + - description: Google Magneton (Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook (14M868)) + items: + - const: google,steelix-sku393219 + - const: google,steelix-sku393216 + - const: google,steelix + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - description: Google Magneton (Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook (14M868)) + items: + - const: google,steelix-sku393220 + - const: google,steelix-sku393217 + - const: google,steelix + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - description: Google Magneton (Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook (14M868)) + items: + - const: google,steelix-sku393221 + - const: google,steelix-sku393218 + - const: google,steelix + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - description: Google Rusty (Lenovo 100e Chromebook Gen 4) + items: + - const: google,steelix-sku196609 + - const: google,steelix-sku196608 + - const: google,steelix + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - description: Google Steelix (Lenovo 300e Yoga Chromebook Gen 4) + items: + - enum: + - google,steelix-sku131072 + - google,steelix-sku131073 + - const: google,steelix + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - description: Google Tentacruel (ASUS Chromebook CM14 Flip CM1402F) + items: + - const: google,tentacruel-sku262147 + - const: google,tentacruel-sku262146 + - const: google,tentacruel-sku262145 + - const: google,tentacruel-sku262144 + - const: google,tentacruel + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - description: Google Tentacruel (ASUS Chromebook CM14 Flip CM1402F) + items: + - const: google,tentacruel-sku262151 + - const: google,tentacruel-sku262150 + - const: google,tentacruel-sku262149 + - const: google,tentacruel-sku262148 + - const: google,tentacruel + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - description: Google Tentacool (ASUS Chromebook CM14 CM1402C) + items: + - const: google,tentacruel-sku327681 + - const: google,tentacruel + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - description: Google Tentacool (ASUS Chromebook CM14 CM1402C) + items: + - const: google,tentacruel-sku327683 + - const: google,tentacruel + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - items: + - enum: + - mediatek,mt8186-evb + - const: mediatek,mt8186 + - items: + - enum: + - mediatek,mt8188-evb + - const: mediatek,mt8188 + - description: Google Hayato + items: + - const: google,hayato-rev1 + - const: google,hayato + - const: mediatek,mt8192 + - description: Google Hayato rev5 + items: + - const: google,hayato-rev5-sku2 + - const: google,hayato-sku2 + - const: google,hayato + - const: mediatek,mt8192 + - description: Google Spherion (Acer Chromebook 514) + items: + - const: google,spherion-rev3 + - const: google,spherion-rev2 + - const: google,spherion-rev1 + - const: google,spherion-rev0 + - const: google,spherion + - const: mediatek,mt8192 + - description: Google Spherion rev4 (Acer Chromebook 514) + items: + - const: google,spherion-rev4 + - const: google,spherion + - const: mediatek,mt8192 + - items: + - enum: + - mediatek,mt8192-evb + - const: mediatek,mt8192 + - description: Acer Tomato (Acer Chromebook Spin 513 CP513-2H) + items: + - enum: + - google,tomato-rev2 + - google,tomato-rev1 + - const: google,tomato + - const: mediatek,mt8195 + - description: Acer Tomato rev3 - 4 (Acer Chromebook Spin 513 CP513-2H) + items: + - const: google,tomato-rev4 + - const: google,tomato-rev3 + - const: google,tomato + - const: mediatek,mt8195 + - items: + - enum: + - mediatek,mt8195-demo + - mediatek,mt8195-evb + - const: mediatek,mt8195 - items: - enum: - mediatek,mt8365-evk @@ -287,6 +354,7 @@ properties: - items: - enum: - mediatek,mt8395-evk + - radxa,nio-12l - const: mediatek,mt8395 - const: mediatek,mt8195 - items: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm/qcom,saw2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm/qcom,saw2.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c0e3c3a42bea0..0000000000000 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm/qcom,saw2.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -SPM AVS Wrapper 2 (SAW2) - -The SAW2 is a wrapper around the Subsystem Power Manager (SPM) and the -Adaptive Voltage Scaling (AVS) hardware. The SPM is a programmable -power-controller that transitions a piece of hardware (like a processor or -subsystem) into and out of low power modes via a direct connection to -the PMIC. It can also be wired up to interact with other processors in the -system, notifying them when a low power state is entered or exited. - -Multiple revisions of the SAW hardware are supported using these Device Nodes. -SAW2 revisions differ in the register offset and configuration data. Also, the -same revision of the SAW in different SoCs may have different configuration -data due the differences in hardware capabilities. Hence the SoC name, the -version of the SAW hardware in that SoC and the distinction between cpu (big -or Little) or cache, may be needed to uniquely identify the SAW register -configuration and initialization data. The compatible string is used to -indicate this parameter. - -PROPERTIES - -- compatible: - Usage: required - Value type: <string> - Definition: Must have - "qcom,saw2" - A more specific value could be one of: - "qcom,apq8064-saw2-v1.1-cpu" - "qcom,msm8226-saw2-v2.1-cpu" - "qcom,msm8974-saw2-v2.1-cpu" - "qcom,apq8084-saw2-v2.1-cpu" - -- reg: - Usage: required - Value type: <prop-encoded-array> - Definition: the first element specifies the base address and size of - the register region. An optional second element specifies - the base address and size of the alias register region. - -- regulator: - Usage: optional - Value type: boolean - Definition: Indicates that this SPM device acts as a regulator device - device for the core (CPU or Cache) the SPM is attached - to. - -Example 1: - - power-controller@2099000 { - compatible = "qcom,saw2"; - reg = <0x02099000 0x1000>, <0x02009000 0x1000>; - regulator; - }; - -Example 2: - saw0: power-controller@f9089000 { - compatible = "qcom,apq8084-saw2-v2.1-cpu", "qcom,saw2"; - reg = <0xf9089000 0x1000>, <0xf9009000 0x1000>; - }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml index 1a5fb889a4440..66beaac60e1dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml @@ -10,17 +10,10 @@ maintainers: - Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> description: | - Some qcom based bootloaders identify the dtb blob based on a set of - device properties like SoC and platform and revisions of those components. - To support this scheme, we encode this information into the board compatible - string. - - Each board must specify a top-level board compatible string with the following - format: - - compatible = "qcom,<SoC>[-<soc_version>][-<foundry_id>]-<board>[/<subtype>][-<board_version>]" - - The 'SoC' and 'board' elements are required. All other elements are optional. + For devices using the Qualcomm SoC the "compatible" properties consists of + one or several "manufacturer,model" strings, describing the device itself, + followed by one or several "qcom,<SoC>" strings, describing the SoC used in + the device. The 'SoC' element must be one of the following strings: @@ -90,43 +83,9 @@ description: | sm8650 x1e80100 - The 'board' element must be one of the following strings: - - adp - cdp - dragonboard - idp - liquid - mtp - qcp - qrd - rb2 - ride - sbc - x100 - - The 'soc_version' and 'board_version' elements take the form of v<Major>.<Minor> - where the minor number may be omitted when it's zero, i.e. v1.0 is the same - as v1. If all versions of the 'board_version' elements match, then a - wildcard '*' should be used, e.g. 'v*'. - - The 'foundry_id' and 'subtype' elements are one or more digits from 0 to 9. - - Examples: - - "qcom,msm8916-v1-cdp-pm8916-v2.1" - - A CDP board with an msm8916 SoC, version 1 paired with a pm8916 PMIC of version - 2.1. - - "qcom,apq8074-v2.0-2-dragonboard/1-v0.1" - - A dragonboard board v0.1 of subtype 1 with an apq8074 SoC version 2, made in - foundry 2. - There are many devices in the list below that run the standard ChromeOS bootloader setup and use the open source depthcharge bootloader to boot the - OS. These devices do not use the scheme described above. For details, see: + OS. These devices use the bootflow explained at https://docs.kernel.org/arch/arm/google/chromebook-boot-flow.html properties: @@ -187,6 +146,7 @@ properties: - microsoft,superman-lte - microsoft,tesla - motorola,peregrine + - samsung,matisselte - const: qcom,msm8926 - const: qcom,msm8226 @@ -244,11 +204,15 @@ properties: - samsung,a5u-eur - samsung,e5 - samsung,e7 + - samsung,fortuna3g + - samsung,gprimeltecan - samsung,grandmax + - samsung,grandprimelte - samsung,gt510 - samsung,gt58 - samsung,j5 - samsung,j5x + - samsung,rossa - samsung,serranove - thwc,uf896 - thwc,ufi001c @@ -988,6 +952,7 @@ properties: - items: - enum: + - xiaomi,curtana - xiaomi,joyeuse - const: qcom,sm7125 @@ -1035,6 +1000,7 @@ properties: - items: - enum: + - qcom,sm8550-hdk - qcom,sm8550-mtp - qcom,sm8550-qrd - const: qcom,sm8550 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.yaml index 5cf5cbef2cf55..fcf7316ecd74c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.yaml @@ -37,29 +37,16 @@ properties: - anbernic,rg351v - const: rockchip,rk3326 - - description: Anbernic RG353P + - description: Anbernic RK3566 Handheld Gaming Console items: - - const: anbernic,rg353p - - const: rockchip,rk3566 - - - description: Anbernic RG353PS - items: - - const: anbernic,rg353ps - - const: rockchip,rk3566 - - - description: Anbernic RG353V - items: - - const: anbernic,rg353v - - const: rockchip,rk3566 - - - description: Anbernic RG353VS - items: - - const: anbernic,rg353vs - - const: rockchip,rk3566 - - - description: Anbernic RG503 - items: - - const: anbernic,rg503 + - enum: + - anbernic,rg353p + - anbernic,rg353ps + - anbernic,rg353v + - anbernic,rg353vs + - anbernic,rg503 + - anbernic,rg-arc-d + - anbernic,rg-arc-s - const: rockchip,rk3566 - description: Asus Tinker board @@ -237,6 +224,13 @@ properties: - friendlyarm,nanopi-r5s - const: rockchip,rk3568 + - description: FriendlyElec NanoPi R6 series boards + items: + - enum: + - friendlyarm,nanopi-r6c + - friendlyarm,nanopi-r6s + - const: rockchip,rk3588s + - description: FriendlyElec NanoPC T6 items: - const: friendlyarm,nanopc-t6 @@ -626,9 +620,9 @@ properties: - const: openailab,eaidk-610 - const: rockchip,rk3399 - - description: Orange Pi RK3399 board + - description: Xunlong Orange Pi RK3399 board items: - - const: rockchip,rk3399-orangepi + - const: xunlong,rk3399-orangepi - const: rockchip,rk3399 - description: Phytec phyCORE-RK3288 Rapid Development Kit @@ -655,6 +649,14 @@ properties: - const: pine64,pinephone-pro - const: rockchip,rk3399 + - description: Pine64 PineTab2 + items: + - enum: + - pine64,pinetab2-v0.1 + - pine64,pinetab2-v2.0 + - const: pine64,pinetab2 + - const: rockchip,rk3566 + - description: Pine64 Rock64 items: - const: pine64,rock64 @@ -692,11 +694,17 @@ properties: - description: Powkiddy RK3566 Handheld Gaming Console items: - enum: + - powkiddy,rgb10max3 - powkiddy,rgb30 - powkiddy,rk2023 - powkiddy,x55 - const: rockchip,rk3566 + - description: QNAP TS-433-4G 4-Bay NAS + items: + - const: qnap,ts433 + - const: rockchip,rk3568 + - description: Radxa Compute Module 3(CM3) items: - enum: @@ -878,6 +886,11 @@ properties: - const: rockchip,rv1108-evb - const: rockchip,rv1108 + - description: Rockchip Toybrick TB-RK3588X board + items: + - const: rockchip,rk3588-toybrick-x0 + - const: rockchip,rk3588 + - description: Theobroma Systems PX30-uQ7 with Haikou baseboard items: - const: tsd,px30-ringneck-haikou @@ -898,6 +911,12 @@ properties: - const: tsd,rk3588-jaguar - const: rockchip,rk3588 + - description: Theobroma Systems RK3588-Q7 with Haikou baseboard + items: + - const: tsd,rk3588-tiger-haikou + - const: tsd,rk3588-tiger + - const: rockchip,rk3588 + - description: Tronsmart Orion R68 Meta items: - const: tronsmart,orion-r68-meta @@ -940,9 +959,9 @@ properties: - const: rockchip,rk3568-evb1-v10 - const: rockchip,rk3568 - - description: Rockchip RK3568 Banana Pi R2 Pro + - description: Sinovoip RK3568 Banana Pi R2 Pro items: - - const: rockchip,rk3568-bpi-r2pro + - const: sinovoip,rk3568-bpi-r2pro - const: rockchip,rk3568 - description: Sonoff iHost Smart Home Hub diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sunxi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sunxi.yaml index a9d8e85565b89..09d835db6db57 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sunxi.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sunxi.yaml @@ -815,6 +815,12 @@ properties: - const: allwinner,r7-tv-dongle - const: allwinner,sun5i-a10s + - description: Remix Mini PC + items: + - const: jide,remix-mini-pc + - const: allwinner,sun50i-h64 + - const: allwinner,sun50i-a64 + - description: RerVision H3-DVK items: - const: rervision,h3-dvk @@ -835,6 +841,12 @@ properties: - const: sinlinx,sina33 - const: allwinner,sun8i-a33 + - description: Sipeed Longan Pi 3H board for the Sipeed Longan Module 3H + items: + - const: sipeed,longan-pi-3h + - const: sipeed,longan-module-3h + - const: allwinner,sun50i-h618 + - description: SourceParts PopStick v1.1 items: - const: sourceparts,popstick-v1.1 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra.yaml index fcf956406168e..8fb4923517d00 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra.yaml @@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ properties: - items: - const: asus,tf700t - const: nvidia,tegra30 + - description: LG Optimus 4X P880 + items: + - const: lg,p880 + - const: nvidia,tegra30 + - description: LG Optimus Vu P895 + items: + - const: lg,p895 + - const: nvidia,tegra30 - items: - const: toradex,apalis_t30-eval - const: toradex,apalis_t30 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra186-pmc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra186-pmc.yaml index 0faa403f68c87..ea4fbf655220b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra186-pmc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/tegra/nvidia,tegra186-pmc.yaml @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ properties: - const: pmc - const: wake - const: aotag - - const: scratch + - enum: [ scratch, misc ] - const: misc interrupt-controller: true @@ -41,25 +41,43 @@ properties: description: If present, inverts the PMU interrupt signal. $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag -if: - properties: - compatible: - contains: - const: nvidia,tegra186-pmc -then: - properties: - reg: - maxItems: 4 - - reg-names: - maxItems: 4 -else: - properties: - reg: - minItems: 5 - - reg-names: - minItems: 5 +allOf: + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + const: nvidia,tegra186-pmc + then: + properties: + reg: + maxItems: 4 + reg-names: + maxItems: 4 + contains: + const: scratch + + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + const: nvidia,tegra194-pmc + then: + properties: + reg: + minItems: 5 + reg-names: + minItems: 5 + + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + const: nvidia,tegra234-pmc + then: + properties: + reg-names: + contains: + const: misc patternProperties: "^[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+$": diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ti/k3.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ti/k3.yaml index c6506bccfe88f..52b51fd7044ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ti/k3.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ti/k3.yaml @@ -87,12 +87,20 @@ properties: - const: tq,am642-tqma6442l - const: ti,am642 + - description: K3 AM642 SoC SolidRun SoM based boards + items: + - enum: + - solidrun,am642-hummingboard-t + - const: solidrun,am642-sr-som + - const: ti,am642 + - description: K3 AM654 SoC items: - enum: - siemens,iot2050-advanced - siemens,iot2050-advanced-m2 - siemens,iot2050-advanced-pg2 + - siemens,iot2050-advanced-sm - siemens,iot2050-basic - siemens,iot2050-basic-pg2 - ti,am654-evm @@ -123,6 +131,12 @@ properties: - ti,j721s2-evm - const: ti,j721s2 + - description: K3 J722S SoC and Boards + items: + - enum: + - ti,j722s-evm + - const: ti,j722s + - description: K3 J784s4 SoC items: - enum: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/bus/imx-weim.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/bus/imx-weim.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e7f502070d77e..0000000000000 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/bus/imx-weim.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,117 +0,0 @@ -Device tree bindings for i.MX Wireless External Interface Module (WEIM) - -The term "wireless" does not imply that the WEIM is literally an interface -without wires. It simply means that this module was originally designed for -wireless and mobile applications that use low-power technology. - -The actual devices are instantiated from the child nodes of a WEIM node. - -Required properties: - - - compatible: Should contain one of the following: - "fsl,imx1-weim" - "fsl,imx27-weim" - "fsl,imx51-weim" - "fsl,imx50-weim" - "fsl,imx6q-weim" - - reg: A resource specifier for the register space - (see the example below) - - clocks: the clock, see the example below. - - #address-cells: Must be set to 2 to allow memory address translation - - #size-cells: Must be set to 1 to allow CS address passing - - ranges: Must be set up to reflect the memory layout with four - integer values for each chip-select line in use: - - <cs-number> 0 <physical address of mapping> <size> - -Optional properties: - - - fsl,weim-cs-gpr: For "fsl,imx50-weim" and "fsl,imx6q-weim" type of - devices, it should be the phandle to the system General - Purpose Register controller that contains WEIM CS GPR - register, e.g. IOMUXC_GPR1 on i.MX6Q. IOMUXC_GPR1[11:0] - should be set up as one of the following 4 possible - values depending on the CS space configuration. - - IOMUXC_GPR1[11:0] CS0 CS1 CS2 CS3 - --------------------------------------------- - 05 128M 0M 0M 0M - 033 64M 64M 0M 0M - 0113 64M 32M 32M 0M - 01111 32M 32M 32M 32M - - In case that the property is absent, the reset value or - what bootloader sets up in IOMUXC_GPR1[11:0] will be - used. - - - fsl,burst-clk-enable For "fsl,imx50-weim" and "fsl,imx6q-weim" type of - devices, the presence of this property indicates that - the weim bus should operate in Burst Clock Mode. - - - fsl,continuous-burst-clk Make Burst Clock to output continuous clock. - Without this option Burst Clock will output clock - only when necessary. This takes effect only if - "fsl,burst-clk-enable" is set. - -Timing property for child nodes. It is mandatory, not optional. - - - fsl,weim-cs-timing: The timing array, contains timing values for the - child node. We get the CS indexes from the address - ranges in the child node's "reg" property. - The number of registers depends on the selected chip: - For i.MX1, i.MX21 ("fsl,imx1-weim") there are two - registers: CSxU, CSxL. - For i.MX25, i.MX27, i.MX31 and i.MX35 ("fsl,imx27-weim") - there are three registers: CSCRxU, CSCRxL, CSCRxA. - For i.MX50, i.MX53 ("fsl,imx50-weim"), - i.MX51 ("fsl,imx51-weim") and i.MX6Q ("fsl,imx6q-weim") - there are six registers: CSxGCR1, CSxGCR2, CSxRCR1, - CSxRCR2, CSxWCR1, CSxWCR2. - -Example for an imx6q-sabreauto board, the NOR flash connected to the WEIM: - - weim: weim@21b8000 { - compatible = "fsl,imx6q-weim"; - reg = <0x021b8000 0x4000>; - clocks = <&clks 196>; - #address-cells = <2>; - #size-cells = <1>; - ranges = <0 0 0x08000000 0x08000000>; - fsl,weim-cs-gpr = <&gpr>; - - nor@0,0 { - compatible = "cfi-flash"; - reg = <0 0 0x02000000>; - #address-cells = <1>; - #size-cells = <1>; - bank-width = <2>; - fsl,weim-cs-timing = <0x00620081 0x00000001 0x1c022000 - 0x0000c000 0x1404a38e 0x00000000>; - }; - }; - -Example for an imx6q-based board, a multi-chipselect device connected to WEIM: - -In this case, both chip select 0 and 1 will be configured with the same timing -array values. - - weim: weim@21b8000 { - compatible = "fsl,imx6q-weim"; - reg = <0x021b8000 0x4000>; - clocks = <&clks 196>; - #address-cells = <2>; - #size-cells = <1>; - ranges = <0 0 0x08000000 0x02000000 - 1 0 0x0a000000 0x02000000 - 2 0 0x0c000000 0x02000000 - 3 0 0x0e000000 0x02000000>; - fsl,weim-cs-gpr = <&gpr>; - - acme@0 { - compatible = "acme,whatever"; - reg = <0 0 0x100>, <0 0x400000 0x800>, - <1 0x400000 0x800>; - fsl,weim-cs-timing = <0x024400b1 0x00001010 0x20081100 - 0x00000000 0xa0000240 0x00000000>; - }; - }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml index ca7fdada3ff24..1d2bcea41c858 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml @@ -30,14 +30,16 @@ properties: - google,gs101-cmu-top - google,gs101-cmu-apm - google,gs101-cmu-misc + - google,gs101-cmu-peric0 + - google,gs101-cmu-peric1 clocks: minItems: 1 - maxItems: 2 + maxItems: 3 clock-names: minItems: 1 - maxItems: 2 + maxItems: 3 "#clock-cells": const: 1 @@ -88,6 +90,28 @@ allOf: - const: bus - const: sss + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + enum: + - google,gs101-cmu-peric0 + - google,gs101-cmu-peric1 + + then: + properties: + clocks: + items: + - description: External reference clock (24.576 MHz) + - description: Connectivity Peripheral 0/1 bus clock (from CMU_TOP) + - description: Connectivity Peripheral 0/1 IP clock (from CMU_TOP) + + clock-names: + items: + - const: oscclk + - const: bus + - const: ip + additionalProperties: false examples: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,gcc-sc8180x.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,gcc-sc8180x.yaml index 6c4846b34e4b5..a1085ef4fd05a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,gcc-sc8180x.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,gcc-sc8180x.yaml @@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ properties: - const: bi_tcxo_ao - const: sleep_clk + power-domains: + items: + - description: CX domain + required: - compatible - clocks - clock-names + - power-domains allOf: - $ref: qcom,gcc.yaml# @@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ unevaluatedProperties: false examples: - | #include <dt-bindings/clock/qcom,rpmh.h> + #include <dt-bindings/power/qcom-rpmpd.h> clock-controller@100000 { compatible = "qcom,gcc-sc8180x"; reg = <0x00100000 0x1f0000>; @@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ examples: <&rpmhcc RPMH_CXO_CLK_A>, <&sleep_clk>; clock-names = "bi_tcxo", "bi_tcxo_ao", "sleep_clk"; + power-domains = <&rpmhpd SC8180X_CX>; #clock-cells = <1>; #reset-cells = <1>; #power-domain-cells = <1>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-camcc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-camcc.yaml index 48986460f9947..fa0e5b6b02b81 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-camcc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-camcc.yaml @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ description: | include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-camcc.h include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-camcc.h include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sc8280xp-camcc.h + include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,x1e80100-camcc.h allOf: - $ref: qcom,gcc.yaml# @@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ properties: - qcom,sc8280xp-camcc - qcom,sm8450-camcc - qcom,sm8550-camcc + - qcom,x1e80100-camcc clocks: items: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-gpucc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-gpucc.yaml index 1a384e8532a59..36974309cf696 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-gpucc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8450-gpucc.yaml @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ description: | include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-gpucc.h include/dt-bindings/reset/qcom,sm8450-gpucc.h include/dt-bindings/reset/qcom,sm8650-gpucc.h + include/dt-bindings/reset/qcom,x1e80100-gpucc.h properties: compatible: @@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ properties: - qcom,sm8450-gpucc - qcom,sm8550-gpucc - qcom,sm8650-gpucc + - qcom,x1e80100-gpucc clocks: items: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-dispcc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-dispcc.yaml index c129f8c16b503..bad0260764d46 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-dispcc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-dispcc.yaml @@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ description: | Qualcomm display clock control module provides the clocks, resets and power domains on SM8550. - See also:: include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-dispcc.h + See also: + - include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-dispcc.h + - include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sm8650-dispcc.h + - include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,x1e80100-dispcc.h properties: compatible: enum: - qcom,sm8550-dispcc + - qcom,sm8650-dispcc + - qcom,x1e80100-dispcc clocks: items: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-tcsr.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-tcsr.yaml index af16b05eac96e..48fdd562d7439 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-tcsr.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8550-tcsr.yaml @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ properties: - enum: - qcom,sm8550-tcsr - qcom,sm8650-tcsr + - qcom,x1e80100-tcsr - const: syscon clocks: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8650-dispcc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8650-dispcc.yaml deleted file mode 100644 index 5e0c45c380f5d..0000000000000 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,sm8650-dispcc.yaml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,106 +0,0 @@ -# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) -%YAML 1.2 ---- -$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/clock/qcom,sm8650-dispcc.yaml# -$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# - -title: Qualcomm Display Clock & Reset Controller for SM8650 - -maintainers: - - Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org> - - Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org> - -description: | - Qualcomm display clock control module provides the clocks, resets and power - domains on SM8650. - - See also:: include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sm8650-dispcc.h - -properties: - compatible: - enum: - - qcom,sm8650-dispcc - - clocks: - items: - - description: Board XO source - - description: Board Always On XO source - - description: Display's AHB clock - - description: sleep clock - - description: Byte clock from DSI PHY0 - - description: Pixel clock from DSI PHY0 - - description: Byte clock from DSI PHY1 - - description: Pixel clock from DSI PHY1 - - description: Link clock from DP PHY0 - - description: VCO DIV clock from DP PHY0 - - description: Link clock from DP PHY1 - - description: VCO DIV clock from DP PHY1 - - description: Link clock from DP PHY2 - - description: VCO DIV clock from DP PHY2 - - description: Link clock from DP PHY3 - - description: VCO DIV clock from DP PHY3 - - '#clock-cells': - const: 1 - - '#reset-cells': - const: 1 - - '#power-domain-cells': - const: 1 - - reg: - maxItems: 1 - - power-domains: - description: - A phandle and PM domain specifier for the MMCX power domain. - maxItems: 1 - - required-opps: - description: - A phandle to an OPP node describing required MMCX performance point. - maxItems: 1 - -required: - - compatible - - reg - - clocks - - '#clock-cells' - - '#reset-cells' - - '#power-domain-cells' - -additionalProperties: false - -examples: - - | - #include <dt-bindings/clock/qcom,sm8650-gcc.h> - #include <dt-bindings/clock/qcom,rpmh.h> - #include <dt-bindings/power/qcom-rpmpd.h> - #include <dt-bindings/power/qcom,rpmhpd.h> - clock-controller@af00000 { - compatible = "qcom,sm8650-dispcc"; - reg = <0x0af00000 0x10000>; - clocks = <&rpmhcc RPMH_CXO_CLK>, - <&rpmhcc RPMH_CXO_CLK_A>, - <&gcc GCC_DISP_AHB_CLK>, - <&sleep_clk>, - <&dsi0_phy 0>, - <&dsi0_phy 1>, - <&dsi1_phy 0>, - <&dsi1_phy 1>, - <&dp0_phy 0>, - <&dp0_phy 1>, - <&dp1_phy 0>, - <&dp1_phy 1>, - <&dp2_phy 0>, - <&dp2_phy 1>, - <&dp3_phy 0>, - <&dp3_phy 1>; - #clock-cells = <1>; - #reset-cells = <1>; - #power-domain-cells = <1>; - power-domains = <&rpmhpd RPMHPD_MMCX>; - required-opps = <&rpmhpd_opp_low_svs>; - }; -... diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,cpg-mssr.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,cpg-mssr.yaml index 9c3dc6c4fa942..084259d30232a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,cpg-mssr.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,cpg-mssr.yaml @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ properties: - renesas,r8a779a0-cpg-mssr # R-Car V3U - renesas,r8a779f0-cpg-mssr # R-Car S4-8 - renesas,r8a779g0-cpg-mssr # R-Car V4H + - renesas,r8a779h0-cpg-mssr # R-Car V4M reg: maxItems: 1 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/novatek,nt35510.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/novatek,nt35510.yaml index bc92928c805b9..619edcf6c7918 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/novatek,nt35510.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/novatek,nt35510.yaml @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ properties: vddi-supply: description: regulator that supplies the vddi voltage backlight: true + port: true required: - compatible diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.yaml index 8e584857ddd4f..ab8f32c440dfa 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.yaml @@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ properties: - description: For implementations complying for Versal. const: xlnx,versal-firmware + - description: For implementations complying for Versal NET. + items: + - enum: + - xlnx,versal-net-firmware + - const: xlnx,versal-firmware + method: description: | The method of calling the PM-API firmware layer. @@ -41,7 +47,53 @@ properties: "#power-domain-cells": const: 1 - versal_fpga: + clock-controller: + $ref: /schemas/clock/xlnx,versal-clk.yaml# + description: The clock controller is a hardware block of Xilinx versal + clock tree. It reads required input clock frequencies from the devicetree + and acts as clock provider for all clock consumers of PS clocks.list of + clock specifiers which are external input clocks to the given clock + controller. + type: object + + gpio: + $ref: /schemas/gpio/xlnx,zynqmp-gpio-modepin.yaml# + description: The gpio node describes connect to PS_MODE pins via firmware + interface. + type: object + + soc-nvmem: + $ref: /schemas/nvmem/xlnx,zynqmp-nvmem.yaml# + description: The ZynqMP MPSoC provides access to the hardware related data + like SOC revision, IDCODE and specific purpose efuses. + type: object + + pcap: + $ref: /schemas/fpga/xlnx,zynqmp-pcap-fpga.yaml + description: The ZynqMP SoC uses the PCAP (Processor Configuration Port) to + configure the Programmable Logic (PL). The configuration uses the + firmware interface. + type: object + + pinctrl: + $ref: /schemas/pinctrl/xlnx,zynqmp-pinctrl.yaml# + description: The pinctrl node provides access to pinconfig and pincontrol + functionality available in firmware. + type: object + + power-management: + $ref: /schemas/power/reset/xlnx,zynqmp-power.yaml# + description: The zynqmp-power node describes the power management + configurations. It will control remote suspend/shutdown interfaces. + type: object + + reset-controller: + $ref: /schemas/reset/xlnx,zynqmp-reset.yaml# + description: The reset-controller node describes connection to the reset + functionality via firmware interface. + type: object + + versal-fpga: $ref: /schemas/fpga/xlnx,versal-fpga.yaml# description: Compatible of the FPGA device. type: object @@ -53,15 +105,6 @@ properties: vector. type: object - clock-controller: - $ref: /schemas/clock/xlnx,versal-clk.yaml# - description: The clock controller is a hardware block of Xilinx versal - clock tree. It reads required input clock frequencies from the devicetree - and acts as clock provider for all clock consumers of PS clocks.list of - clock specifiers which are external input clocks to the given clock - controller. - type: object - required: - compatible @@ -73,7 +116,38 @@ examples: firmware { zynqmp_firmware: zynqmp-firmware { #power-domain-cells = <1>; + soc-nvmem { + compatible = "xlnx,zynqmp-nvmem-fw"; + nvmem-layout { + compatible = "fixed-layout"; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <1>; + + soc_revision: soc-revision@0 { + reg = <0x0 0x4>; + }; + }; + }; + gpio { + compatible = "xlnx,zynqmp-gpio-modepin"; + gpio-controller; + #gpio-cells = <2>; + }; + pcap { + compatible = "xlnx,zynqmp-pcap-fpga"; }; + pinctrl { + compatible = "xlnx,zynqmp-pinctrl"; + }; + power-management { + compatible = "xlnx,zynqmp-power"; + interrupts = <0 35 4>; + }; + reset-controller { + compatible = "xlnx,zynqmp-reset"; + #reset-cells = <1>; + }; + }; }; sata { @@ -84,7 +158,7 @@ examples: compatible = "xlnx,versal-firmware"; method = "smc"; - versal_fpga: versal_fpga { + versal_fpga: versal-fpga { compatible = "xlnx,versal-fpga"; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/xlnx,versal-fpga.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/xlnx,versal-fpga.yaml index 26f18834caa3a..80833462f620f 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/xlnx,versal-fpga.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/xlnx,versal-fpga.yaml @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ additionalProperties: false examples: - | - versal_fpga: versal_fpga { + versal_fpga: versal-fpga { compatible = "xlnx,versal-fpga"; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/img,powervr.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/img,powervr-rogue.yaml index a13298f1a1827..256e252f8087f 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/img,powervr.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/img,powervr-rogue.yaml @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ # Copyright (c) 2023 Imagination Technologies Ltd. %YAML 1.2 --- -$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/gpu/img,powervr.yaml# +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/gpu/img,powervr-rogue.yaml# $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# -title: Imagination Technologies PowerVR and IMG GPU +title: Imagination Technologies PowerVR and IMG Rogue GPUs maintainers: - Frank Binns <frank.binns@imgtec.com> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/img,powervr-sgx.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/img,powervr-sgx.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f5898b04381cb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/img,powervr-sgx.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) +# Copyright (c) 2023 Imagination Technologies Ltd. +# Copyright (C) 2024 Texas Instruments Incorporated - https://www.ti.com/ +%YAML 1.2 +--- +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/gpu/img,powervr-sgx.yaml# +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# + +title: Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX GPUs + +maintainers: + - Frank Binns <frank.binns@imgtec.com> + +properties: + compatible: + oneOf: + - items: + - enum: + - ti,omap3430-gpu # Rev 121 + - ti,omap3630-gpu # Rev 125 + - const: img,powervr-sgx530 + - items: + - enum: + - ingenic,jz4780-gpu # Rev 130 + - ti,omap4430-gpu # Rev 120 + - const: img,powervr-sgx540 + - items: + - enum: + - allwinner,sun6i-a31-gpu # MP2 Rev 115 + - ti,omap4470-gpu # MP1 Rev 112 + - ti,omap5432-gpu # MP2 Rev 105 + - ti,am5728-gpu # MP2 Rev 116 + - ti,am6548-gpu # MP1 Rev 117 + - const: img,powervr-sgx544 + + reg: + maxItems: 1 + + interrupts: + maxItems: 1 + + clocks: + minItems: 1 + maxItems: 3 + + clock-names: + minItems: 1 + items: + - const: core + - const: mem + - const: sys + + power-domains: + maxItems: 1 + +required: + - compatible + - reg + - interrupts + +allOf: + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + const: ti,am6548-gpu + then: + required: + - power-domains + else: + properties: + power-domains: false + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + enum: + - allwinner,sun6i-a31-gpu + - ingenic,jz4780-gpu + then: + required: + - clocks + - clock-names + else: + properties: + clocks: false + clock-names: false + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + const: allwinner,sun6i-a31-gpu + then: + properties: + clocks: + minItems: 2 + maxItems: 2 + clock-names: + minItems: 2 + maxItems: 2 + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + const: ingenic,jz4780-gpu + then: + properties: + clocks: + maxItems: 1 + clock-names: + maxItems: 1 + +additionalProperties: false + +examples: + - | + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h> + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h> + #include <dt-bindings/soc/ti,sci_pm_domain.h> + + gpu@7000000 { + compatible = "ti,am6548-gpu", "img,powervr-sgx544"; + reg = <0x7000000 0x10000>; + interrupts = <GIC_SPI 162 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>; + power-domains = <&k3_pds 65 TI_SCI_PD_EXCLUSIVE>; + }; + + - | + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h> + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h> + + gpu: gpu@1c40000 { + compatible = "allwinner,sun6i-a31-gpu", "img,powervr-sgx544"; + reg = <0x01c40000 0x10000>; + interrupts = <GIC_SPI 97 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>; + clocks = <&ccu 1>, <&ccu 2>; + clock-names = "core", "mem"; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-exynos5.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-exynos5.yaml index df9c57bca2a89..cc8bba5537b94 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-exynos5.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-exynos5.yaml @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ properties: - const: samsung,exynos7-hsi2c - items: - enum: + - google,gs101-hsi2c - samsung,exynos850-hsi2c - const: samsung,exynosautov9-hsi2c - const: samsung,exynos5-hsi2c # Exynos5250 and Exynos5420 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/amlogic,meson-gpio-intc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/amlogic,meson-gpio-intc.yaml index 3d06db98e9780..a93744763787d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/amlogic,meson-gpio-intc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/amlogic,meson-gpio-intc.yaml @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ properties: - amlogic,meson-a1-gpio-intc - amlogic,meson-s4-gpio-intc - amlogic,c3-gpio-intc + - amlogic,t7-gpio-intc - const: amlogic,meson-gpio-intc reg: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/starfive,jh8100-intc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/starfive,jh8100-intc.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..ada5788602d65 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/starfive,jh8100-intc.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause +%YAML 1.2 +--- +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/interrupt-controller/starfive,jh8100-intc.yaml# +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# + +title: StarFive External Interrupt Controller + +description: + StarFive SoC JH8100 contain a external interrupt controller. It can be used + to handle high-level input interrupt signals. It also send the output + interrupt signal to RISC-V PLIC. + +maintainers: + - Changhuang Liang <changhuang.liang@starfivetech.com> + +properties: + compatible: + const: starfive,jh8100-intc + + reg: + maxItems: 1 + + clocks: + description: APB clock for the interrupt controller + maxItems: 1 + + resets: + description: APB reset for the interrupt controller + maxItems: 1 + + interrupts: + maxItems: 1 + + interrupt-controller: true + + "#interrupt-cells": + const: 1 + +required: + - compatible + - reg + - clocks + - resets + - interrupts + - interrupt-controller + - "#interrupt-cells" + +additionalProperties: false + +examples: + - | + interrupt-controller@12260000 { + compatible = "starfive,jh8100-intc"; + reg = <0x12260000 0x10000>; + clocks = <&syscrg_ne 76>; + resets = <&syscrg_ne 13>; + interrupts = <45>; + interrupt-controller; + #interrupt-cells = <1>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/mediatek,vcodec-encoder.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/mediatek,vcodec-encoder.yaml index a2051b31fa29d..b45743d0a9ec0 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/mediatek,vcodec-encoder.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/mediatek,vcodec-encoder.yaml @@ -16,14 +16,18 @@ description: |+ properties: compatible: - enum: - - mediatek,mt8173-vcodec-enc-vp8 - - mediatek,mt8173-vcodec-enc - - mediatek,mt8183-vcodec-enc - - mediatek,mt8188-vcodec-enc - - mediatek,mt8192-vcodec-enc - - mediatek,mt8195-vcodec-enc - + oneOf: + - items: + - enum: + - mediatek,mt8173-vcodec-enc-vp8 + - mediatek,mt8173-vcodec-enc + - mediatek,mt8183-vcodec-enc + - mediatek,mt8188-vcodec-enc + - mediatek,mt8192-vcodec-enc + - mediatek,mt8195-vcodec-enc + - items: + - const: mediatek,mt8186-vcodec-enc + - const: mediatek,mt8183-vcodec-enc reg: maxItems: 1 @@ -109,10 +113,7 @@ allOf: properties: compatible: enum: - - mediatek,mt8173-vcodec-enc - - mediatek,mt8188-vcodec-enc - - mediatek,mt8192-vcodec-enc - - mediatek,mt8195-vcodec-enc + - mediatek,mt8173-vcodec-enc-vp8 then: properties: @@ -122,8 +123,8 @@ allOf: maxItems: 1 clock-names: items: - - const: venc_sel - else: # for vp8 hw encoder + - const: venc_lt_sel + else: properties: clock: items: @@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ allOf: maxItems: 1 clock-names: items: - - const: venc_lt_sel + - const: venc_sel additionalProperties: false diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/mediatek-jpeg-encoder.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/mediatek-jpeg-encoder.yaml index 37800e1908cc9..83c020a673d6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/mediatek-jpeg-encoder.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/mediatek-jpeg-encoder.yaml @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ properties: maxItems: 1 iommus: - maxItems: 2 + minItems: 2 + maxItems: 4 description: | Points to the respective IOMMU block with master port as argument, see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/mediatek,iommu.yaml for details. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/fsl/fsl,imx-weim-peripherals.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/fsl/fsl,imx-weim-peripherals.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..82fc5f4a1ed6f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/fsl/fsl,imx-weim-peripherals.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) +%YAML 1.2 +--- +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/memory-controllers/fsl/fsl,imx-weim-peripherals.yaml# +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# + +title: i.MX WEIM Bus Peripheral Nodes + +maintainers: + - Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org> + - Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> + +description: + This binding is meant for the child nodes of the WEIM node. The node + represents any device connected to the WEIM bus. It may be a Flash chip, + RAM chip or Ethernet controller, etc. These properties are meant for + configuring the WEIM settings/timings and will accompany the bindings + supported by the respective device. + +properties: + reg: true + + fsl,weim-cs-timing: + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array + description: + Timing values for the child node. + minItems: 2 + maxItems: 6 + +# the WEIM child will have its own native properties +additionalProperties: true diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/fsl/fsl,imx-weim.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/fsl/fsl,imx-weim.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..3f40ca5b13f66 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/fsl/fsl,imx-weim.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,204 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) +%YAML 1.2 +--- +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/memory-controllers/fsl/fsl,imx-weim.yaml# +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# + +title: i.MX Wireless External Interface Module (WEIM) + +maintainers: + - Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org> + - Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> + +description: + The term "wireless" does not imply that the WEIM is literally an interface + without wires. It simply means that this module was originally designed for + wireless and mobile applications that use low-power technology. The actual + devices are instantiated from the child nodes of a WEIM node. + +properties: + $nodename: + pattern: "^memory-controller@[0-9a-f]+$" + + compatible: + oneOf: + - enum: + - fsl,imx1-weim + - fsl,imx27-weim + - fsl,imx50-weim + - fsl,imx51-weim + - fsl,imx6q-weim + - items: + - enum: + - fsl,imx31-weim + - fsl,imx35-weim + - const: fsl,imx27-weim + - items: + - enum: + - fsl,imx6sx-weim + - fsl,imx6ul-weim + - const: fsl,imx6q-weim + + "#address-cells": + const: 2 + + "#size-cells": + const: 1 + + reg: + maxItems: 1 + + clocks: + maxItems: 1 + + interrupts: + maxItems: 1 + + ranges: true + + fsl,weim-cs-gpr: + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle + description: | + Phandle to the system General Purpose Register controller that contains + WEIM CS GPR register, e.g. IOMUXC_GPR1 on i.MX6Q. IOMUXC_GPR1[11:0] + should be set up as one of the following 4 possible values depending on + the CS space configuration. + + IOMUXC_GPR1[11:0] CS0 CS1 CS2 CS3 + --------------------------------------------- + 05 128M 0M 0M 0M + 033 64M 64M 0M 0M + 0113 64M 32M 32M 0M + 01111 32M 32M 32M 32M + + In case that the property is absent, the reset value or what bootloader + sets up in IOMUXC_GPR1[11:0] will be used. + + fsl,burst-clk-enable: + type: boolean + description: + The presence of this property indicates that the weim bus should operate + in Burst Clock Mode. + + fsl,continuous-burst-clk: + type: boolean + description: + Make Burst Clock to output continuous clock. Without this option Burst + Clock will output clock only when necessary. + +patternProperties: + "^.*@[0-7],[0-9a-f]+$": + type: object + description: Devices attached to chip selects are represented as subnodes. + $ref: fsl,imx-weim-peripherals.yaml + additionalProperties: true + required: + - fsl,weim-cs-timing + +required: + - compatible + - reg + - clocks + - "#address-cells" + - "#size-cells" + - ranges + +allOf: + - if: + properties: + compatible: + not: + contains: + enum: + - fsl,imx50-weim + - fsl,imx6q-weim + then: + properties: + fsl,weim-cs-gpr: false + fsl,burst-clk-enable: false + - if: + not: + required: + - fsl,burst-clk-enable + then: + properties: + fsl,continuous-burst-clk: false + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + const: fsl,imx1-weim + then: + patternProperties: + "^.*@[0-7],[0-9a-f]+$": + properties: + fsl,weim-cs-timing: + items: + items: + - description: CSxU + - description: CSxL + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + enum: + - fsl,imx27-weim + - fsl,imx31-weim + - fsl,imx35-weim + then: + patternProperties: + "^.*@[0-7],[0-9a-f]+$": + properties: + fsl,weim-cs-timing: + items: + items: + - description: CSCRxU + - description: CSCRxL + - description: CSCRxA + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + enum: + - fsl,imx50-weim + - fsl,imx51-weim + - fsl,imx6q-weim + - fsl,imx6sx-weim + - fsl,imx6ul-weim + then: + patternProperties: + "^.*@[0-7],[0-9a-f]+$": + properties: + fsl,weim-cs-timing: + items: + items: + - description: CSxGCR1 + - description: CSxGCR2 + - description: CSxRCR1 + - description: CSxRCR2 + - description: CSxWCR1 + - description: CSxWCR2 + +additionalProperties: false + +examples: + - | + memory-controller@21b8000 { + compatible = "fsl,imx6q-weim"; + reg = <0x021b8000 0x4000>; + clocks = <&clks 196>; + #address-cells = <2>; + #size-cells = <1>; + ranges = <0 0 0x08000000 0x08000000>; + fsl,weim-cs-gpr = <&gpr>; + + flash@0,0 { + compatible = "cfi-flash"; + reg = <0 0 0x02000000>; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <1>; + bank-width = <2>; + fsl,weim-cs-timing = <0x00620081 0x00000001 0x1c022000 + 0x0000c000 0x1404a38e 0x00000000>; + }; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/mc-peripheral-props.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/mc-peripheral-props.yaml index 8d9dae15ade00..00deeb09f87d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/mc-peripheral-props.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/mc-peripheral-props.yaml @@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ allOf: - $ref: ingenic,nemc-peripherals.yaml# - $ref: intel,ixp4xx-expansion-peripheral-props.yaml# - $ref: ti,gpmc-child.yaml# + - $ref: fsl/fsl,imx-weim-peripherals.yaml additionalProperties: true diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.yaml index f54e553e6c0e6..71896cb106926 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.yaml @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ patternProperties: "^emc-table@[0-9]+$": $ref: "#/$defs/emc-table" - "^emc-tables@[a-z0-9-]+$": + "^emc-tables@[a-f0-9-]+$": type: object properties: reg: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/renesas,rpc-if.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/renesas,rpc-if.yaml index 25f3bb9890ae6..d7745dd53b51c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/renesas,rpc-if.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/renesas,rpc-if.yaml @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ properties: - items: - enum: - renesas,r8a779g0-rpc-if # R-Car V4H + - renesas,r8a779h0-rpc-if # R-Car V4M - const: renesas,rcar-gen4-rpc-if # a generic R-Car gen4 device - items: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/st,stm32-fmc2-ebi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/st,stm32-fmc2-ebi.yaml index 14f1833d37c9b..84ac6f50a6fc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/st,stm32-fmc2-ebi.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/st,stm32-fmc2-ebi.yaml @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ maintainers: properties: compatible: - const: st,stm32mp1-fmc2-ebi + enum: + - st,stm32mp1-fmc2-ebi + - st,stm32mp25-fmc2-ebi reg: maxItems: 1 @@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ properties: resets: maxItems: 1 + power-domains: + maxItems: 1 + "#address-cells": const: 2 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/renesas,rcar-sysc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/renesas,rcar-sysc.yaml index 0720b54881c2c..e76fb273490ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/renesas,rcar-sysc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/renesas,rcar-sysc.yaml @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ properties: - renesas,r8a779a0-sysc # R-Car V3U - renesas,r8a779f0-sysc # R-Car S4-8 - renesas,r8a779g0-sysc # R-Car V4H + - renesas,r8a779h0-sysc # R-Car V4M reg: maxItems: 1 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/renesas,rst.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/renesas,rst.yaml index e7e4872477517..58b4a45d33800 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/renesas,rst.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/renesas,rst.yaml @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ properties: - renesas,r8a779a0-rst # R-Car V3U - renesas,r8a779f0-rst # R-Car S4-8 - renesas,r8a779g0-rst # R-Car V4H + - renesas,r8a779h0-rst # R-Car V4M reg: maxItems: 1 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,pbs.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,pbs.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..b502ca72266a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,pbs.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) +%YAML 1.2 +--- +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/soc/qcom/qcom,pbs.yaml# +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# + +title: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Programmable Boot Sequencer + +maintainers: + - Anjelique Melendez <quic_amelende@quicinc.com> + +description: | + The Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Programmable Boot Sequencer (PBS) + supports triggering power up and power down sequences for clients + upon request. + +properties: + compatible: + items: + - enum: + - qcom,pmi632-pbs + - const: qcom,pbs + + reg: + maxItems: 1 + +required: + - compatible + - reg + +additionalProperties: false + +examples: + - | + #include <dt-bindings/spmi/spmi.h> + + pmic@0 { + reg = <0x0 SPMI_USID>; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + + pbs@7400 { + compatible = "qcom,pmi632-pbs", "qcom,pbs"; + reg = <0x7400>; + }; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,pmic-glink.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,pmic-glink.yaml index 61df97ffe1e40..d3f3259ef77d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,pmic-glink.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,pmic-glink.yaml @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ properties: - items: - enum: - qcom,sm8650-pmic-glink + - qcom,x1e80100-pmic-glink - const: qcom,sm8550-pmic-glink - const: qcom,pmic-glink @@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ allOf: enum: - qcom,sm8450-pmic-glink - qcom,sm8550-pmic-glink + - qcom,x1e80100-pmic-glink then: properties: orientation-gpios: false diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,rpm-master-stats.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,rpm-master-stats.yaml index 031800985b5eb..9410404f87f1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,rpm-master-stats.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,rpm-master-stats.yaml @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ properties: description: Phandle to an RPM MSG RAM slice containing the master stats minItems: 1 maxItems: 5 + items: + maxItems: 1 qcom,master-names: $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string-array diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,spm.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,saw2.yaml index 20c8cd38ff0d3..ca4bce8172738 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,spm.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,saw2.yaml @@ -1,23 +1,33 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause) %YAML 1.2 --- -$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/soc/qcom/qcom,spm.yaml# +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/soc/qcom/qcom,saw2.yaml# $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# -title: Qualcomm Subsystem Power Manager +title: Qualcomm Subsystem Power Manager / SPM AVS Wrapper 2 (SAW2) maintainers: - Andy Gross <agross@kernel.org> - Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> description: | - This binding describes the Qualcomm Subsystem Power Manager, used to control - the peripheral logic surrounding the application cores in Qualcomm platforms. + The Qualcomm Subsystem Power Manager is used to control the peripheral logic + surrounding the application cores in Qualcomm platforms. + + The SAW2 is a wrapper around the Subsystem Power Manager (SPM) and the + Adaptive Voltage Scaling (AVS) hardware. The SPM is a programmable + power-controller that transitions a piece of hardware (like a processor or + subsystem) into and out of low power modes via a direct connection to + the PMIC. It can also be wired up to interact with other processors in the + system, notifying them when a low power state is entered or exited. properties: compatible: items: - enum: + - qcom,ipq4019-saw2-cpu + - qcom,ipq4019-saw2-l2 + - qcom,ipq8064-saw2-cpu - qcom,sdm660-gold-saw2-v4.1-l2 - qcom,sdm660-silver-saw2-v4.1-l2 - qcom,msm8998-gold-saw2-v4.1-l2 @@ -26,16 +36,27 @@ properties: - qcom,msm8916-saw2-v3.0-cpu - qcom,msm8939-saw2-v3.0-cpu - qcom,msm8226-saw2-v2.1-cpu + - qcom,msm8226-saw2-v2.1-l2 + - qcom,msm8960-saw2-cpu - qcom,msm8974-saw2-v2.1-cpu + - qcom,msm8974-saw2-v2.1-l2 - qcom,msm8976-gold-saw2-v2.3-l2 - qcom,msm8976-silver-saw2-v2.3-l2 - qcom,apq8084-saw2-v2.1-cpu + - qcom,apq8084-saw2-v2.1-l2 - qcom,apq8064-saw2-v1.1-cpu - const: qcom,saw2 reg: - description: Base address and size of the SPM register region - maxItems: 1 + items: + - description: Base address and size of the SPM register region + - description: Base address and size of the alias register region + minItems: 1 + + regulator: + $ref: /schemas/regulator/regulator.yaml# + description: Indicates that this SPM device acts as a regulator device + device for the core (CPU or Cache) the SPM is attached to. required: - compatible @@ -82,4 +103,17 @@ examples: reg = <0x17912000 0x1000>; }; + - | + /* + * Example 3: SAW2 with the bundled regulator definition. + */ + power-manager@2089000 { + compatible = "qcom,apq8064-saw2-v1.1-cpu", "qcom,saw2"; + reg = <0x02089000 0x1000>, <0x02009000 0x1000>; + + regulator { + regulator-min-microvolt = <850000>; + regulator-max-microvolt = <1300000>; + }; + }; ... diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/renesas/renesas-soc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/renesas/renesas-soc.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..5ddd31f30f267 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/renesas/renesas-soc.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause +%YAML 1.2 +--- +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/soc/renesas/renesas-soc.yaml# +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# + +title: Renesas SoC compatibles naming convention + +maintainers: + - Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> + - Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se> + +description: | + Guidelines for new compatibles for SoC blocks/components. + When adding new compatibles in new bindings, use the format:: + renesas,SoC-IP + + For example:: + renesas,r8a77965-csi2 + + When adding new compatibles to existing bindings, use the format in the + existing binding, even if it contradicts the above. + +select: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + pattern: "^renesas,.+-.+$" + required: + - compatible + +properties: + compatible: + minItems: 1 + maxItems: 4 + items: + anyOf: + # Preferred naming style for compatibles of SoC components + - pattern: "^renesas,(emev2|r(7s|8a|9a)[a-z0-9]+|rcar|rmobile|rz[a-z0-9]*|sh(7[a-z0-9]+)?|mobile)-[a-z0-9-]+$" + - pattern: "^renesas,(condor|falcon|gr-peach|gray-hawk|salvator|sk-rz|smar(c(2)?)?|spider|white-hawk)(.*)?$" + + # Legacy compatibles + # + # New compatibles are not allowed. + - pattern: "^renesas,(can|cpg|dmac|du|(g)?ether(avb)?|gpio|hscif|(r)?i[i2]c|imr|intc|ipmmu|irqc|jpu|mmcif|msiof|mtu2|pci(e)?|pfc|pwm|[rq]spi|rcar_sound|sata|scif[ab]*|sdhi|thermal|tmu|tpu|usb(2|hs)?|vin|xhci)-[a-z0-9-]+$" + - pattern: "^renesas,(d|s)?bsc(3)?-(r8a73a4|r8a7740|sh73a0)$" + - pattern: "^renesas,em-(gio|sti|uart)$" + - pattern: "^renesas,fsi2-(r8a7740|sh73a0)$" + - pattern: "^renesas,hspi-r8a777[89]$" + - pattern: "^renesas,sysc-(r8a73a4|r8a7740|rmobile|sh73a0)$" + - enum: + - renesas,imr-lx4 + - renesas,mtu2-r7s72100 + + # None SoC component compatibles + # + # Compatibles with the Renesas vendor prefix that do not relate to any SoC + # component are OK. New compatibles are allowed. + - enum: + - renesas,smp-sram + + # Do not fail compatibles not matching the select pattern + # + # Some SoC components in addition to a Renesas compatible list + # compatibles not related to Renesas. The select pattern for this + # schema hits all compatibles that have at lest one Renesas compatible + # and try to validate all values in that compatible array, allow all + # that don't match the schema select pattern. For example, + # + # compatible = "renesas,r9a07g044-mali", "arm,mali-bifrost"; + - pattern: "^(?!renesas,.+-.+).+$" + +additionalProperties: true diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/renesas/renesas.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/renesas/renesas.yaml index 16ca3ff7b1aea..c1ce4da2dc325 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/renesas/renesas.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/renesas/renesas.yaml @@ -348,12 +348,25 @@ properties: - renesas,white-hawk-cpu # White Hawk CPU board (RTP8A779G0ASKB0FC0SA000) - const: renesas,r8a779g0 + - description: R-Car V4H (R8A779G2) + items: + - enum: + - renesas,white-hawk-single # White Hawk Single board (RTP8A779G2ASKB0F10SA001) + - const: renesas,r8a779g2 + - const: renesas,r8a779g0 + - items: - enum: - renesas,white-hawk-breakout # White Hawk BreakOut board (RTP8A779G0ASKB0SB0SA000) - const: renesas,white-hawk-cpu - const: renesas,r8a779g0 + - description: R-Car V4M (R8A779H0) + items: + - enum: + - renesas,gray-hawk-single # Gray Hawk Single board (RTP8A779H0ASKB0F10S) + - const: renesas,r8a779h0 + - description: R-Car H3e (R8A779M0) items: - enum: @@ -475,12 +488,6 @@ properties: - renesas,r9a07g054l2 # Dual Cortex-A55 RZ/V2L - const: renesas,r9a07g054 - - description: RZ/V2M (R9A09G011) - items: - - enum: - - renesas,rzv2mevk2 # RZ/V2M Eval Board v2.0 - - const: renesas,r9a09g011 - - description: RZ/G3S (R9A08G045) items: - enum: @@ -500,6 +507,12 @@ properties: - const: renesas,r9a08g045s33 # PCIe support - const: renesas,r9a08g045 + - description: RZ/V2M (R9A09G011) + items: + - enum: + - renesas,rzv2mevk2 # RZ/V2M Eval Board v2.0 + - const: renesas,r9a09g011 + additionalProperties: true ... diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.yaml index 9793ea6f0fe65..0b87c266760c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/rockchip/grf.yaml @@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ properties: - rockchip,rk3568-usb2phy-grf - rockchip,rk3588-bigcore0-grf - rockchip,rk3588-bigcore1-grf + - rockchip,rk3588-hdptxphy-grf - rockchip,rk3588-ioc - rockchip,rk3588-php-grf - rockchip,rk3588-pipe-phy-grf - rockchip,rk3588-sys-grf - rockchip,rk3588-pcie3-phy-grf - rockchip,rk3588-pcie3-pipe-grf + - rockchip,rk3588-usb-grf + - rockchip,rk3588-usbdpphy-grf - rockchip,rk3588-vo-grf - rockchip,rk3588-vop-grf - rockchip,rv1108-usbgrf @@ -66,6 +69,9 @@ properties: reg: maxItems: 1 + clocks: + maxItems: 1 + "#address-cells": const: 1 @@ -248,6 +254,22 @@ allOf: unevaluatedProperties: false + - if: + properties: + compatible: + contains: + enum: + - rockchip,rk3588-vo-grf + + then: + required: + - clocks + + else: + properties: + clocks: false + + examples: - | #include <dt-bindings/clock/rk3399-cru.h> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/samsung,exynos-sysreg.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/samsung,exynos-sysreg.yaml index 1794e3799f211..c0c6ce8fc7863 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/samsung,exynos-sysreg.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/samsung,exynos-sysreg.yaml @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ allOf: compatible: contains: enum: + - google,gs101-peric0-sysreg + - google,gs101-peric1-sysreg - samsung,exynos850-cmgp-sysreg - samsung,exynos850-peri-sysreg - samsung,exynos850-sysreg diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/xilinx/xilinx.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/xilinx/xilinx.yaml index d4c0fe1fe4358..131aba5ed9f48 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/xilinx/xilinx.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/xilinx/xilinx.yaml @@ -117,20 +117,70 @@ properties: - const: xlnx,zynqmp - description: Xilinx Kria SOMs + minItems: 3 items: - - const: xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26-rev1 - - const: xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26-revB - - const: xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26-revA - - const: xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26 - - const: xlnx,zynqmp + enum: + - xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26-rev2 + - xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26-rev1 + - xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26-revB + - xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26-revA + - xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26 + - xlnx,zynqmp + allOf: + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp-sm-k26 - description: Xilinx Kria SOMs (starter) + minItems: 3 items: - - const: xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26-rev1 - - const: xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26-revB - - const: xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26-revA - - const: xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26 - - const: xlnx,zynqmp + enum: + - xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26-rev2 + - xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26-rev1 + - xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26-revB + - xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26-revA + - xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26 + - xlnx,zynqmp + allOf: + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp-smk-k26 + + - description: Xilinx Kria SOM KV260 revA/Y/Z + minItems: 3 + items: + enum: + - xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260-revA + - xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260-revY + - xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260-revZ + - xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260 + - xlnx,zynqmp + allOf: + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260-revA + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260 + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp + + - description: Xilinx Kria SOM KV260 rev2/1/B + minItems: 3 + items: + enum: + - xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260-rev2 + - xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260-rev1 + - xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260-revB + - xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260 + - xlnx,zynqmp + allOf: + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260-revB + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp-sk-kv260 + - contains: + const: xlnx,zynqmp - description: AMD MicroBlaze V (QEMU) items: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/nvidia,tegra-audio-max9808x.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/nvidia,tegra-audio-max9808x.yaml index c29d7942915cc..241d20f3aad08 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/nvidia,tegra-audio-max9808x.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/nvidia,tegra-audio-max9808x.yaml @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ examples: #include <dt-bindings/clock/tegra30-car.h> #include <dt-bindings/soc/tegra-pmc.h> sound { - compatible = "lge,tegra-audio-max98089-p895", + compatible = "lg,tegra-audio-max98089-p895", "nvidia,tegra-audio-max98089"; nvidia,model = "LG Optimus Vu MAX98089"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/allwinner,sun4i-a10-system-control.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/allwinner,sun4i-a10-system-control.yaml index a1c96985951ff..cf07b8f787a6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/allwinner,sun4i-a10-system-control.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/allwinner,sun4i-a10-system-control.yaml @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ properties: ranges: true patternProperties: - "^sram@[a-z0-9]+": + "^sram@[a-f0-9]+": $ref: /schemas/sram/sram.yaml# unevaluatedProperties: false diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml index 1a0dc04f1db47..d371eb5721645 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ patternProperties: description: ShenZhen Asia Better Technology Ltd. "^acbel,.*": description: Acbel Polytech Inc. + "^acelink,.*": + description: Acelink Technology Co., Ltd. "^acer,.*": description: Acer Inc. "^acme,.*": @@ -500,6 +502,8 @@ patternProperties: description: FocalTech Systems Co.,Ltd "^forlinx,.*": description: Baoding Forlinx Embedded Technology Co., Ltd. + "^freebox,.*": + description: Freebox SAS "^freecom,.*": description: Freecom Gmbh "^frida,.*": @@ -719,6 +723,8 @@ patternProperties: description: JetHome (IP Sokolov P.A.) "^jianda,.*": description: Jiandangjing Technology Co., Ltd. + "^jide,.*": + description: Jide Tech "^joz,.*": description: JOZ BV "^kam,.*": @@ -1484,6 +1490,8 @@ patternProperties: description: Ufi Space Co., Ltd. "^ugoos,.*": description: Ugoos Industrial Co., Ltd. + "^uni-t,.*": + description: Uni-Trend Technology (China) Co., Ltd. "^uniwest,.*": description: United Western Technologies Corp (UniWest) "^upisemi,.*": diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst index 6ad72ac6861bd..d6f7efefea421 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst @@ -341,6 +341,51 @@ Typedefs with function prototypes can also be documented:: */ typedef void (*type_name)(struct v4l2_ctrl *arg1, void *arg2); +Object-like macro documentation +------------------------------- + +Object-like macros are distinct from function-like macros. They are +differentiated by whether the macro name is immediately followed by a +left parenthesis ('(') for function-like macros or not followed by one +for object-like macros. + +Function-like macros are handled like functions by ``scripts/kernel-doc``. +They may have a parameter list. Object-like macros have do not have a +parameter list. + +The general format of an object-like macro kernel-doc comment is:: + + /** + * define object_name - Brief description. + * + * Description of the object. + */ + +Example:: + + /** + * define MAX_ERRNO - maximum errno value that is supported + * + * Kernel pointers have redundant information, so we can use a + * scheme where we can return either an error code or a normal + * pointer with the same return value. + */ + #define MAX_ERRNO 4095 + +Example:: + + /** + * define DRM_GEM_VRAM_PLANE_HELPER_FUNCS - \ + * Initializes struct drm_plane_helper_funcs for VRAM handling + * + * This macro initializes struct drm_plane_helper_funcs to use the + * respective helper functions. + */ + #define DRM_GEM_VRAM_PLANE_HELPER_FUNCS \ + .prepare_fb = drm_gem_vram_plane_helper_prepare_fb, \ + .cleanup_fb = drm_gem_vram_plane_helper_cleanup_fb + + Highlights and cross-references ------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst index 755d39f0d4075..db3636d0d71d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/maintainer-profile.rst @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ documentation and ensure that no new errors or warnings have been introduced. Generating HTML documents and looking at the result will help to avoid unsightly misunderstandings about how things will be rendered. +All new documentation (including additions to existing documents) should +ideally justify who the intended target audience is somewhere in the +changelog; this way, we ensure that the documentation ends up in the correct +place. Some possible categories are: kernel developers (experts or +beginners), userspace programmers, end users and/or system administrators, +and distributors. + Key cycle dates --------------- diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst index 3d125fb4139d2..8081ebfe48bc0 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst @@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3. on the Sphinx version, it should be installed separately, with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``. -In summary, if you want to install Sphinx version 2.4.4, you should do:: +In summary, if you want to install the latest version of Sphinx, you +should do:: - $ virtualenv sphinx_2.4.4 - $ . sphinx_2.4.4/bin/activate - (sphinx_2.4.4) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt + $ virtualenv sphinx_latest + $ . sphinx_latest/bin/activate + (sphinx_latest) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt -After running ``. sphinx_2.4.4/bin/activate``, the prompt will change, +After running ``. sphinx_latest/bin/activate``, the prompt will change, in order to indicate that you're using the new environment. If you open a new shell, you need to rerun this command to enter again at the virtual environment before building the documentation. @@ -63,8 +64,7 @@ Image output ------------ The kernel documentation build system contains an extension that -handles images on both GraphViz and SVG formats (see -:ref:`sphinx_kfigure`). +handles images in both GraphViz and SVG formats (see :ref:`sphinx_kfigure`). For it to work, you need to install both GraphViz and ImageMagick packages. If those packages are not installed, the build system will @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ further info. Checking for Sphinx dependencies -------------------------------- -There's a script that automatically check for Sphinx dependencies. If it can +There's a script that automatically checks for Sphinx dependencies. If it can recognize your distribution, it will also give a hint about the install command line options for your distro:: @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Here are some specific guidelines for the kernel documentation: from highlighting. For a short snippet of code embedded in the text, use \`\`. -the C domain +The C domain ------------ The **Sphinx C Domain** (name c) is suited for documentation of C API. E.g. a diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst index eba851605388e..f10decc2c14b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst @@ -9,110 +9,141 @@ of device drivers. This document is an only somewhat organized collection of some of those interfaces — it will hopefully get better over time! The available subsections can be seen below. + +General information for driver authors +====================================== + +This section contains documentation that should, at some point or other, be +of interest to most developers working on device drivers. + .. toctree:: - :caption: Table of contents - :maxdepth: 2 + :maxdepth: 1 - driver-model/index basics + driver-model/index + device_link infrastructure ioctl - early-userspace/index pm/index - clk + +Useful support libraries +======================== + +This section contains documentation that should, at some point or other, be +of interest to most developers working on device drivers. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + early-userspace/index + connector device-io + devfreq dma-buf - device_link component - message-based - infiniband - aperture - frame-buffer - regulator - reset - iio/index - input - usb/index - firewire - pci/index + io-mapping + io_ordering + uio-howto + vfio-mediated-device + vfio + vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance + +Bus-level documentation +======================= + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + auxiliary_bus cxl/index - spi - i2c - ipmb - ipmi + eisa + firewire i3c/index - interconnect - devfreq - hsi - edac - scsi - libata - target - mailbox - mtdnand - miscellaneous - mei/index - mtd/index - mmc/index - nvdimm/index - w1 + isa + men-chameleon-bus + pci/index rapidio/index - s390-drivers + slimbus + usb/index + virtio/index vme + w1 + xillybus + + +Subsystem-specific APIs +======================= + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + 80211/index - uio-howto + acpi/index + backlight/lp855x-driver.rst + clk + console + crypto/index + dmaengine/index + dpll + edac firmware/index - pin-control + fpga/index + frame-buffer + aperture + generic-counter gpio/index + hsi + hte/index + i2c + iio/index + infiniband + input + interconnect + ipmb + ipmi + libata + mailbox md/index media/index + mei/index + memory-devices/index + message-based misc_devices + miscellaneous + mmc/index + mtd/index + mtdnand nfc/index - dmaengine/index - slimbus - soundwire/index - thermal/index - fpga/index - acpi/index - auxiliary_bus - backlight/lp855x-driver.rst - connector - console - eisa - isa - io-mapping - io_ordering - generic-counter - memory-devices/index - men-chameleon-bus ntb + nvdimm/index nvmem parport-lowlevel + phy/index + pin-control + pldmfw/index pps ptp - phy/index pwm - pldmfw/index + regulator + reset rfkill + s390-drivers + scsi serial/index sm501 + soundwire/index + spi surface_aggregator/index switchtec sync_file + target + tee + thermal/index tty/index - vfio-mediated-device - vfio - vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance - virtio/index + wbrf + wmi xilinx/index - xillybus zorro - hte/index - wmi - dpll - wbrf - crypto/index - tee .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/index.rst b/Documentation/fault-injection/index.rst index 8408a8a91b341..a6ea1d1902225 100644 --- a/Documentation/fault-injection/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/index.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 =============== -fault-injection +Fault-injection =============== .. toctree:: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst index 9e38e4c221ca5..eb770f891b275 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ before and after the reference count increment. This pattern can be seen in get_file_rcu() and __files_get_rcu(). In addition, it isn't possible to access or check fields in struct file -without first aqcuiring a reference on it under rcu lookup. Not doing +without first acquiring a reference on it under rcu lookup. Not doing that was always very dodgy and it was only usable for non-pointer data in struct file. With SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU it is necessary that callers either first acquire a reference or they must hold the files_lock of the diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst index e86b886b64d0e..04eaab01314bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst @@ -338,11 +338,14 @@ Supported modes Currently, the following pairs of encryption modes are supported: -- AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-CTS-CBC for filenames +- AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-CBC-CTS for filenames - AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-HCTR2 for filenames - Adiantum for both contents and filenames -- AES-128-CBC-ESSIV for contents and AES-128-CTS-CBC for filenames -- SM4-XTS for contents and SM4-CTS-CBC for filenames +- AES-128-CBC-ESSIV for contents and AES-128-CBC-CTS for filenames +- SM4-XTS for contents and SM4-CBC-CTS for filenames + +Note: in the API, "CBC" means CBC-ESSIV, and "CTS" means CBC-CTS. +So, for example, FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_CTS means AES-256-CBC-CTS. Authenticated encryption modes are not currently supported because of the difficulty of dealing with ciphertext expansion. Therefore, @@ -351,11 +354,11 @@ contents encryption uses a block cipher in `XTS mode `CBC-ESSIV mode <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption_theory#Encrypted_salt-sector_initialization_vector_(ESSIV)>`_, or a wide-block cipher. Filenames encryption uses a -block cipher in `CTS-CBC mode +block cipher in `CBC-CTS mode <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciphertext_stealing>`_ or a wide-block cipher. -The (AES-256-XTS, AES-256-CTS-CBC) pair is the recommended default. +The (AES-256-XTS, AES-256-CBC-CTS) pair is the recommended default. It is also the only option that is *guaranteed* to always be supported if the kernel supports fscrypt at all; see `Kernel config options`_. @@ -364,7 +367,7 @@ upgrades the filenames encryption to use a wide-block cipher. (A *wide-block cipher*, also called a tweakable super-pseudorandom permutation, has the property that changing one bit scrambles the entire result.) As described in `Filenames encryption`_, a wide-block -cipher is the ideal mode for the problem domain, though CTS-CBC is the +cipher is the ideal mode for the problem domain, though CBC-CTS is the "least bad" choice among the alternatives. For more information about HCTR2, see `the HCTR2 paper <https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1441.pdf>`_. @@ -375,13 +378,13 @@ the work is done by XChaCha12, which is much faster than AES when AES acceleration is unavailable. For more information about Adiantum, see `the Adiantum paper <https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/720.pdf>`_. -The (AES-128-CBC-ESSIV, AES-128-CTS-CBC) pair exists only to support +The (AES-128-CBC-ESSIV, AES-128-CBC-CTS) pair exists only to support systems whose only form of AES acceleration is an off-CPU crypto accelerator such as CAAM or CESA that does not support XTS. The remaining mode pairs are the "national pride ciphers": -- (SM4-XTS, SM4-CTS-CBC) +- (SM4-XTS, SM4-CBC-CTS) Generally speaking, these ciphers aren't "bad" per se, but they receive limited security review compared to the usual choices such as @@ -393,7 +396,7 @@ Kernel config options Enabling fscrypt support (CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION) automatically pulls in only the basic support from the crypto API needed to use AES-256-XTS -and AES-256-CTS-CBC encryption. For optimal performance, it is +and AES-256-CBC-CTS encryption. For optimal performance, it is strongly recommended to also enable any available platform-specific kconfig options that provide acceleration for the algorithm(s) you wish to use. Support for any "non-default" encryption modes typically @@ -407,7 +410,7 @@ kernel crypto API (see `Inline encryption support`_); in that case, the file contents mode doesn't need to supported in the kernel crypto API, but the filenames mode still does. -- AES-256-XTS and AES-256-CTS-CBC +- AES-256-XTS and AES-256-CBC-CTS - Recommended: - arm64: CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_ARM64_CE_BLK - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL @@ -433,7 +436,7 @@ API, but the filenames mode still does. - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_NHPOLY1305_SSE2 - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_NHPOLY1305_AVX2 -- AES-128-CBC-ESSIV and AES-128-CTS-CBC: +- AES-128-CBC-ESSIV and AES-128-CBC-CTS: - Mandatory: - CONFIG_CRYPTO_ESSIV - CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256 or another SHA-256 implementation @@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ alternatively has the file's nonce (for `DIRECT_KEY policies`_) or inode number (for `IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies`_) included in the IVs. Thus, IV reuse is limited to within a single directory. -With CTS-CBC, the IV reuse means that when the plaintext filenames share a +With CBC-CTS, the IV reuse means that when the plaintext filenames share a common prefix at least as long as the cipher block size (16 bytes for AES), the corresponding encrypted filenames will also share a common prefix. This is undesirable. Adiantum and HCTR2 do not have this weakness, as they are diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst index e18bc5ae3b35f..0ea1e44fa0282 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst @@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ Documentation for filesystem implementations. isofs nilfs2 nfs/index - ntfs ntfs3 ocfs2 ocfs2-online-filecheck diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst index d5bf4b6b7509b..e664061ed55dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ prototypes:: char *(*d_dname)((struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen); struct vfsmount *(*d_automount)(struct path *path); int (*d_manage)(const struct path *, bool); - struct dentry *(*d_real)(struct dentry *, const struct inode *); + struct dentry *(*d_real)(struct dentry *, enum d_real_type type); locking rules: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 5bb093a26485e..0000000000000 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,466 +0,0 @@ -.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 - -================================ -The Linux NTFS filesystem driver -================================ - - -.. Table of contents - - - Overview - - Web site - - Features - - Supported mount options - - Known bugs and (mis-)features - - Using NTFS volume and stripe sets - - The Device-Mapper driver - - The Software RAID / MD driver - - Limitations when using the MD driver - - -Overview -======== - -Linux-NTFS comes with a number of user-space programs known as ntfsprogs. -These include mkntfs, a full-featured ntfs filesystem format utility, -ntfsundelete used for recovering files that were unintentionally deleted -from an NTFS volume and ntfsresize which is used to resize an NTFS partition. -See the web site for more information. - -To mount an NTFS 1.2/3.x (Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003) volume, use the file -system type 'ntfs'. The driver currently supports read-only mode (with no -fault-tolerance, encryption or journalling) and very limited, but safe, write -support. - -For fault tolerance and raid support (i.e. volume and stripe sets), you can -use the kernel's Software RAID / MD driver. See section "Using Software RAID -with NTFS" for details. - - -Web site -======== - -There is plenty of additional information on the linux-ntfs web site -at http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ - -The web site has a lot of additional information, such as a comprehensive -FAQ, documentation on the NTFS on-disk format, information on the Linux-NTFS -userspace utilities, etc. - - -Features -======== - -- This is a complete rewrite of the NTFS driver that used to be in the 2.4 and - earlier kernels. This new driver implements NTFS read support and is - functionally equivalent to the old ntfs driver and it also implements limited - write support. The biggest limitation at present is that files/directories - cannot be created or deleted. See below for the list of write features that - are so far supported. Another limitation is that writing to compressed files - is not implemented at all. Also, neither read nor write access to encrypted - files is so far implemented. -- The new driver has full support for sparse files on NTFS 3.x volumes which - the old driver isn't happy with. -- The new driver supports execution of binaries due to mmap() now being - supported. -- The new driver supports loopback mounting of files on NTFS which is used by - some Linux distributions to enable the user to run Linux from an NTFS - partition by creating a large file while in Windows and then loopback - mounting the file while in Linux and creating a Linux filesystem on it that - is used to install Linux on it. -- A comparison of the two drivers using:: - - time find . -type f -exec md5sum "{}" \; - - run three times in sequence with each driver (after a reboot) on a 1.4GiB - NTFS partition, showed the new driver to be 20% faster in total time elapsed - (from 9:43 minutes on average down to 7:53). The time spent in user space - was unchanged but the time spent in the kernel was decreased by a factor of - 2.5 (from 85 CPU seconds down to 33). -- The driver does not support short file names in general. For backwards - compatibility, we implement access to files using their short file names if - they exist. The driver will not create short file names however, and a - rename will discard any existing short file name. -- The new driver supports exporting of mounted NTFS volumes via NFS. -- The new driver supports async io (aio). -- The new driver supports fsync(2), fdatasync(2), and msync(2). -- The new driver supports readv(2) and writev(2). -- The new driver supports access time updates (including mtime and ctime). -- The new driver supports truncate(2) and open(2) with O_TRUNC. But at present - only very limited support for highly fragmented files, i.e. ones which have - their data attribute split across multiple extents, is included. Another - limitation is that at present truncate(2) will never create sparse files, - since to mark a file sparse we need to modify the directory entry for the - file and we do not implement directory modifications yet. -- The new driver supports write(2) which can both overwrite existing data and - extend the file size so that you can write beyond the existing data. Also, - writing into sparse regions is supported and the holes are filled in with - clusters. But at present only limited support for highly fragmented files, - i.e. ones which have their data attribute split across multiple extents, is - included. Another limitation is that write(2) will never create sparse - files, since to mark a file sparse we need to modify the directory entry for - the file and we do not implement directory modifications yet. - -Supported mount options -======================= - -In addition to the generic mount options described by the manual page for the -mount command (man 8 mount, also see man 5 fstab), the NTFS driver supports the -following mount options: - -======================= ======================================================= -iocharset=name Deprecated option. Still supported but please use - nls=name in the future. See description for nls=name. - -nls=name Character set to use when returning file names. - Unlike VFAT, NTFS suppresses names that contain - unconvertible characters. Note that most character - sets contain insufficient characters to represent all - possible Unicode characters that can exist on NTFS. - To be sure you are not missing any files, you are - advised to use nls=utf8 which is capable of - representing all Unicode characters. - -utf8=<bool> Option no longer supported. Currently mapped to - nls=utf8 but please use nls=utf8 in the future and - make sure utf8 is compiled either as module or into - the kernel. See description for nls=name. - -uid= -gid= -umask= Provide default owner, group, and access mode mask. - These options work as documented in mount(8). By - default, the files/directories are owned by root and - he/she has read and write permissions, as well as - browse permission for directories. No one else has any - access permissions. I.e. the mode on all files is by - default rw------- and for directories rwx------, a - consequence of the default fmask=0177 and dmask=0077. - Using a umask of zero will grant all permissions to - everyone, i.e. all files and directories will have mode - rwxrwxrwx. - -fmask= -dmask= Instead of specifying umask which applies both to - files and directories, fmask applies only to files and - dmask only to directories. - -sloppy=<BOOL> If sloppy is specified, ignore unknown mount options. - Otherwise the default behaviour is to abort mount if - any unknown options are found. - -show_sys_files=<BOOL> If show_sys_files is specified, show the system files - in directory listings. Otherwise the default behaviour - is to hide the system files. - Note that even when show_sys_files is specified, "$MFT" - will not be visible due to bugs/mis-features in glibc. - Further, note that irrespective of show_sys_files, all - files are accessible by name, i.e. you can always do - "ls -l \$UpCase" for example to specifically show the - system file containing the Unicode upcase table. - -case_sensitive=<BOOL> If case_sensitive is specified, treat all file names as - case sensitive and create file names in the POSIX - namespace. Otherwise the default behaviour is to treat - file names as case insensitive and to create file names - in the WIN32/LONG name space. Note, the Linux NTFS - driver will never create short file names and will - remove them on rename/delete of the corresponding long - file name. - Note that files remain accessible via their short file - name, if it exists. If case_sensitive, you will need - to provide the correct case of the short file name. - -disable_sparse=<BOOL> If disable_sparse is specified, creation of sparse - regions, i.e. holes, inside files is disabled for the - volume (for the duration of this mount only). By - default, creation of sparse regions is enabled, which - is consistent with the behaviour of traditional Unix - filesystems. - -errors=opt What to do when critical filesystem errors are found. - Following values can be used for "opt": - - ======== ========================================= - continue DEFAULT, try to clean-up as much as - possible, e.g. marking a corrupt inode as - bad so it is no longer accessed, and then - continue. - recover At present only supported is recovery of - the boot sector from the backup copy. - If read-only mount, the recovery is done - in memory only and not written to disk. - ======== ========================================= - - Note that the options are additive, i.e. specifying:: - - errors=continue,errors=recover - - means the driver will attempt to recover and if that - fails it will clean-up as much as possible and - continue. - -mft_zone_multiplier= Set the MFT zone multiplier for the volume (this - setting is not persistent across mounts and can be - changed from mount to mount but cannot be changed on - remount). Values of 1 to 4 are allowed, 1 being the - default. The MFT zone multiplier determines how much - space is reserved for the MFT on the volume. If all - other space is used up, then the MFT zone will be - shrunk dynamically, so this has no impact on the - amount of free space. However, it can have an impact - on performance by affecting fragmentation of the MFT. - In general use the default. If you have a lot of small - files then use a higher value. The values have the - following meaning: - - ===== ================================= - Value MFT zone size (% of volume size) - ===== ================================= - 1 12.5% - 2 25% - 3 37.5% - 4 50% - ===== ================================= - - Note this option is irrelevant for read-only mounts. -======================= ======================================================= - - -Known bugs and (mis-)features -============================= - -- The link count on each directory inode entry is set to 1, due to Linux not - supporting directory hard links. This may well confuse some user space - applications, since the directory names will have the same inode numbers. - This also speeds up ntfs_read_inode() immensely. And we haven't found any - problems with this approach so far. If you find a problem with this, please - let us know. - - -Please send bug reports/comments/feedback/abuse to the Linux-NTFS development -list at sourceforge: linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net - - -Using NTFS volume and stripe sets -================================= - -For support of volume and stripe sets, you can either use the kernel's -Device-Mapper driver or the kernel's Software RAID / MD driver. The former is -the recommended one to use for linear raid. But the latter is required for -raid level 5. For striping and mirroring, either driver should work fine. - - -The Device-Mapper driver ------------------------- - -You will need to create a table of the components of the volume/stripe set and -how they fit together and load this into the kernel using the dmsetup utility -(see man 8 dmsetup). - -Linear volume sets, i.e. linear raid, has been tested and works fine. Even -though untested, there is no reason why stripe sets, i.e. raid level 0, and -mirrors, i.e. raid level 1 should not work, too. Stripes with parity, i.e. -raid level 5, unfortunately cannot work yet because the current version of the -Device-Mapper driver does not support raid level 5. You may be able to use the -Software RAID / MD driver for raid level 5, see the next section for details. - -To create the table describing your volume you will need to know each of its -components and their sizes in sectors, i.e. multiples of 512-byte blocks. - -For NT4 fault tolerant volumes you can obtain the sizes using fdisk. So for -example if one of your partitions is /dev/hda2 you would do:: - - $ fdisk -ul /dev/hda - - Disk /dev/hda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes - 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders, total 160086528 sectors - Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes - - Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - /dev/hda1 * 63 4209029 2104483+ 83 Linux - /dev/hda2 4209030 37768814 16779892+ 86 NTFS - /dev/hda3 37768815 46170809 4200997+ 83 Linux - -And you would know that /dev/hda2 has a size of 37768814 - 4209030 + 1 = -33559785 sectors. - -For Win2k and later dynamic disks, you can for example use the ldminfo utility -which is part of the Linux LDM tools (the latest version at the time of -writing is linux-ldm-0.0.8.tar.bz2). You can download it from: - - http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ - -Simply extract the downloaded archive (tar xvjf linux-ldm-0.0.8.tar.bz2), go -into it (cd linux-ldm-0.0.8) and change to the test directory (cd test). You -will find the precompiled (i386) ldminfo utility there. NOTE: You will not be -able to compile this yourself easily so use the binary version! - -Then you would use ldminfo in dump mode to obtain the necessary information:: - - $ ./ldminfo --dump /dev/hda - -This would dump the LDM database found on /dev/hda which describes all of your -dynamic disks and all the volumes on them. At the bottom you will see the -VOLUME DEFINITIONS section which is all you really need. You may need to look -further above to determine which of the disks in the volume definitions is -which device in Linux. Hint: Run ldminfo on each of your dynamic disks and -look at the Disk Id close to the top of the output for each (the PRIVATE HEADER -section). You can then find these Disk Ids in the VBLK DATABASE section in the -<Disk> components where you will get the LDM Name for the disk that is found in -the VOLUME DEFINITIONS section. - -Note you will also need to enable the LDM driver in the Linux kernel. If your -distribution did not enable it, you will need to recompile the kernel with it -enabled. This will create the LDM partitions on each device at boot time. You -would then use those devices (for /dev/hda they would be /dev/hda1, 2, 3, etc) -in the Device-Mapper table. - -You can also bypass using the LDM driver by using the main device (e.g. -/dev/hda) and then using the offsets of the LDM partitions into this device as -the "Start sector of device" when creating the table. Once again ldminfo would -give you the correct information to do this. - -Assuming you know all your devices and their sizes things are easy. - -For a linear raid the table would look like this (note all values are in -512-byte sectors):: - - # Offset into Size of this Raid type Device Start sector - # volume device of device - 0 1028161 linear /dev/hda1 0 - 1028161 3903762 linear /dev/hdb2 0 - 4931923 2103211 linear /dev/hdc1 0 - -For a striped volume, i.e. raid level 0, you will need to know the chunk size -you used when creating the volume. Windows uses 64kiB as the default, so it -will probably be this unless you changes the defaults when creating the array. - -For a raid level 0 the table would look like this (note all values are in -512-byte sectors):: - - # Offset Size Raid Number Chunk 1st Start 2nd Start - # into of the type of size Device in Device in - # volume volume stripes device device - 0 2056320 striped 2 128 /dev/hda1 0 /dev/hdb1 0 - -If there are more than two devices, just add each of them to the end of the -line. - -Finally, for a mirrored volume, i.e. raid level 1, the table would look like -this (note all values are in 512-byte sectors):: - - # Ofs Size Raid Log Number Region Should Number Source Start Target Start - # in of the type type of log size sync? of Device in Device in - # vol volume params mirrors Device Device - 0 2056320 mirror core 2 16 nosync 2 /dev/hda1 0 /dev/hdb1 0 - -If you are mirroring to multiple devices you can specify further targets at the -end of the line. - -Note the "Should sync?" parameter "nosync" means that the two mirrors are -already in sync which will be the case on a clean shutdown of Windows. If the -mirrors are not clean, you can specify the "sync" option instead of "nosync" -and the Device-Mapper driver will then copy the entirety of the "Source Device" -to the "Target Device" or if you specified multiple target devices to all of -them. - -Once you have your table, save it in a file somewhere (e.g. /etc/ntfsvolume1), -and hand it over to dmsetup to work with, like so:: - - $ dmsetup create myvolume1 /etc/ntfsvolume1 - -You can obviously replace "myvolume1" with whatever name you like. - -If it all worked, you will now have the device /dev/device-mapper/myvolume1 -which you can then just use as an argument to the mount command as usual to -mount the ntfs volume. For example:: - - $ mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/device-mapper/myvolume1 /mnt/myvol1 - -(You need to create the directory /mnt/myvol1 first and of course you can use -anything you like instead of /mnt/myvol1 as long as it is an existing -directory.) - -It is advisable to do the mount read-only to see if the volume has been setup -correctly to avoid the possibility of causing damage to the data on the ntfs -volume. - - -The Software RAID / MD driver ------------------------------ - -An alternative to using the Device-Mapper driver is to use the kernel's -Software RAID / MD driver. For which you need to set up your /etc/raidtab -appropriately (see man 5 raidtab). - -Linear volume sets, i.e. linear raid, as well as stripe sets, i.e. raid level -0, have been tested and work fine (though see section "Limitations when using -the MD driver with NTFS volumes" especially if you want to use linear raid). -Even though untested, there is no reason why mirrors, i.e. raid level 1, and -stripes with parity, i.e. raid level 5, should not work, too. - -You have to use the "persistent-superblock 0" option for each raid-disk in the -NTFS volume/stripe you are configuring in /etc/raidtab as the persistent -superblock used by the MD driver would damage the NTFS volume. - -Windows by default uses a stripe chunk size of 64k, so you probably want the -"chunk-size 64k" option for each raid-disk, too. - -For example, if you have a stripe set consisting of two partitions /dev/hda5 -and /dev/hdb1 your /etc/raidtab would look like this:: - - raiddev /dev/md0 - raid-level 0 - nr-raid-disks 2 - nr-spare-disks 0 - persistent-superblock 0 - chunk-size 64k - device /dev/hda5 - raid-disk 0 - device /dev/hdb1 - raid-disk 1 - -For linear raid, just change the raid-level above to "raid-level linear", for -mirrors, change it to "raid-level 1", and for stripe sets with parity, change -it to "raid-level 5". - -Note for stripe sets with parity you will also need to tell the MD driver -which parity algorithm to use by specifying the option "parity-algorithm -which", where you need to replace "which" with the name of the algorithm to -use (see man 5 raidtab for available algorithms) and you will have to try the -different available algorithms until you find one that works. Make sure you -are working read-only when playing with this as you may damage your data -otherwise. If you find which algorithm works please let us know (email the -linux-ntfs developers list linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net or drop in on -IRC in channel #ntfs on the irc.freenode.net network) so we can update this -documentation. - -Once the raidtab is setup, run for example raid0run -a to start all devices or -raid0run /dev/md0 to start a particular md device, in this case /dev/md0. - -Then just use the mount command as usual to mount the ntfs volume using for -example:: - - mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/md0 /mnt/myntfsvolume - -It is advisable to do the mount read-only to see if the md volume has been -setup correctly to avoid the possibility of causing damage to the data on the -ntfs volume. - - -Limitations when using the Software RAID / MD driver ------------------------------------------------------ - -Using the md driver will not work properly if any of your NTFS partitions have -an odd number of sectors. This is especially important for linear raid as all -data after the first partition with an odd number of sectors will be offset by -one or more sectors so if you mount such a partition with write support you -will cause massive damage to the data on the volume which will only become -apparent when you try to use the volume again under Windows. - -So when using linear raid, make sure that all your partitions have an even -number of sectors BEFORE attempting to use it. You have been warned! - -Even better is to simply use the Device-Mapper for linear raid and then you do -not have this problem with odd numbers of sectors. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst index 104c6d047d9b5..c6a6b9df21049 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst @@ -1899,8 +1899,8 @@ For more information on mount propagation see: These files provide a method to access a task's comm value. It also allows for a task to set its own or one of its thread siblings comm value. The comm value is limited in size compared to the cmdline value, so writing anything longer -then the kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN (currently 16 chars) will result in a truncated -comm value. +then the kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN (currently 16 chars, including the NUL +terminator) will result in a truncated comm value. 3.7 /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children - Information about task children diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst index eebcc0f9e2bcd..6e903a903f8f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ defined: char *(*d_dname)(struct dentry *, char *, int); struct vfsmount *(*d_automount)(struct path *); int (*d_manage)(const struct path *, bool); - struct dentry *(*d_real)(struct dentry *, const struct inode *); + struct dentry *(*d_real)(struct dentry *, enum d_real_type type); }; ``d_revalidate`` @@ -1419,16 +1419,14 @@ defined: the dentry being transited from. ``d_real`` - overlay/union type filesystems implement this method to return - one of the underlying dentries hidden by the overlay. It is - used in two different modes: + overlay/union type filesystems implement this method to return one + of the underlying dentries of a regular file hidden by the overlay. - Called from file_dentry() it returns the real dentry matching - the inode argument. The real dentry may be from a lower layer - already copied up, but still referenced from the file. This - mode is selected with a non-NULL inode argument. + The 'type' argument takes the values D_REAL_DATA or D_REAL_METADATA + for returning the real underlying dentry that refers to the inode + hosting the file's data or metadata respectively. - With NULL inode the topmost real underlying dentry is returned. + For non-regular files, the 'dentry' argument is returned. Each dentry has a pointer to its parent dentry, as well as a hash list of child dentries. Child dentries are basically like files in a diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst index 36e61783437c1..5298611e00ee9 100644 --- a/Documentation/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/index.rst @@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ community and getting your work upstream. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - process/development-process - process/submitting-patches + Development process <process/development-process> + Submitting patches <process/submitting-patches> Code of conduct <process/code-of-conduct> - maintainer/index + Maintainer handbook <maintainer/index> All development-process docs <process/index> @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ kernel. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - core-api/index - driver-api/index - subsystem-apis - Locking in the kernel <locking/index> + Core API <core-api/index> + Driver APIs <driver-api/index> + Subsystems <subsystem-apis> + Locking <locking/index> Development tools and processes =============================== @@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ Various other manuals with useful information for all kernel developers. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - process/license-rules - doc-guide/index - dev-tools/index - dev-tools/testing-overview - kernel-hacking/index - trace/index - fault-injection/index - livepatch/index - rust/index + Licensing rules <process/license-rules> + Writing documentation <doc-guide/index> + Development tools <dev-tools/index> + Testing guide <dev-tools/testing-overview> + Hacking guide <kernel-hacking/index> + Tracing <trace/index> + Fault injection <fault-injection/index> + Livepatching <livepatch/index> + Rust <rust/index> User-oriented documentation @@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ developers seeking information on the kernel's user-space APIs. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - admin-guide/index - The kernel build system <kbuild/index> - admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst - User-space tools <tools/index> - userspace-api/index + Administration <admin-guide/index> + Build system <kbuild/index> + Reporting issues <admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst> + Userspace tools <tools/index> + Userspace API <userspace-api/index> See also: the `Linux man pages <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>`_, which are kept separately from the kernel's own documentation. @@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ platform firmwares. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - firmware-guide/index - devicetree/index + Firmware <firmware-guide/index> + Firmware and Devicetree <devicetree/index> Architecture-specific documentation @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Architecture-specific documentation .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 - arch/index + CPU architectures <arch/index> Other documentation @@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ to ReStructured Text format, or are simply too old. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - staging/index - RAS/ras + Unsorted documentation <staging/index> Translations @@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ Translations .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 - translations/index + Translations <translations/index> Indices and tables ================== diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst index 18cee1edaecb6..b49fb6dc4d0cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst +++ b/Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst @@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ to do something different in the near future. ../doc-guide/maintainer-profile ../nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile ../arch/riscv/patch-acceptance + ../process/maintainer-soc + ../process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts ../driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile + ../process/maintainer-netdev ../driver-api/vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance ../nvme/feature-and-quirk-policy ../filesystems/xfs/xfs-maintainer-entry-profile diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst b/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst index ba14e7b07869c..ef8b73e157b26 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Contact Info The code is currently maintained by Roopa Prabhu <roopa@nvidia.com> and Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>. Bridge bugs and enhancements are discussed on the linux-netdev mailing list netdev@vger.kernel.org and -bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org. +bridge@lists.linux.dev. The list is open to anyone interested: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#netdev diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 50b3d1cb11159..ca611c9c2d1e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. ====================== =============== ======================================== GNU C 5.1 gcc --version Clang/LLVM (optional) 11.0.0 clang --version -Rust (optional) 1.74.1 rustc --version +Rust (optional) 1.76.0 rustc --version bindgen (optional) 0.65.1 bindgen --version GNU make 3.82 make --version bash 4.2 bash --version @@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ Bison Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers during build. This requires bison 2.0 or later. -pahole: -------- +pahole +------ Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index c48382c6b4774..9c7cf73473943 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Do not unnecessarily use braces where a single statement will do. and -.. code-block:: none +.. code-block:: c if (condition) do_this(); @@ -586,9 +586,9 @@ fix for this is to split it up into two error labels ``err_free_bar:`` and .. code-block:: c - err_free_bar: + err_free_bar: kfree(foo->bar); - err_free_foo: + err_free_foo: kfree(foo); return ret; @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ make a good program). So, you can either get rid of GNU emacs, or change it to use saner values. To do the latter, you can stick the following in your .emacs file: -.. code-block:: none +.. code-block:: elisp (defun c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only (ignored) "Line up argument lists by tabs, not spaces" @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ values. To do the latter, you can stick the following in your .emacs file: (c-offsets-alist . ( (arglist-close . c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only) (arglist-cont-nonempty . - (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)) + (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)) (arglist-intro . +) (brace-list-intro . +) (c . c-lineup-C-comments) @@ -899,7 +899,8 @@ which you should use to make sure messages are matched to the right device and driver, and are tagged with the right level: dev_err(), dev_warn(), dev_info(), and so forth. For messages that aren't associated with a particular device, <linux/printk.h> defines pr_notice(), pr_info(), -pr_warn(), pr_err(), etc. +pr_warn(), pr_err(), etc. When drivers are working properly they are quiet, +so prefer to use dev_dbg/pr_debug unless something is wrong. Coming up with good debugging messages can be quite a challenge; and once you have them, they can be a huge help for remote troubleshooting. However diff --git a/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst index 31000f0757073..bb2100228cc7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ an involved disclosed party. The current ambassadors list: IBM Power Anton Blanchard <anton@linux.ibm.com> IBM Z Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Intel Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> - Qualcomm Trilok Soni <tsoni@codeaurora.org> + Qualcomm Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com> RISC-V Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> Samsung Javier González <javier.gonz@samsung.com> diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index 6c73889c98fc3..eebda4910a888 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ Managing bug reports -------------------- One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing -bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel -more stable, but you'll also learn to fix real world problems and you will +bugs reported by other people. Not only will you help to make the kernel +more stable, but you'll also learn to fix real-world problems and you will improve your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. Fixing bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst index 08dd0f804410b..497bb39727c8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst @@ -304,13 +304,15 @@ following tag ordering scheme: - Reported-by: ``Reporter <reporter@mail>`` + - Closes: ``URL or Message-ID of the bug report this is fixing`` + - Originally-by: ``Original author <original-author@mail>`` - Suggested-by: ``Suggester <suggester@mail>`` - Co-developed-by: ``Co-author <co-author@mail>`` - Signed-off: ``Co-author <co-author@mail>`` + Signed-off-by: ``Co-author <co-author@mail>`` Note, that Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by of the co-author(s) must come in pairs. @@ -478,7 +480,7 @@ Multi-line comments:: * Larger multi-line comments should be split into paragraphs. */ -No tail comments: +No tail comments (see below): Please refrain from using tail comments. Tail comments disturb the reading flow in almost all contexts, but especially in code:: @@ -499,6 +501,34 @@ No tail comments: /* This magic initialization needs a comment. Maybe not? */ seed = MAGIC_CONSTANT; + Use C++ style, tail comments when documenting structs in headers to + achieve a more compact layout and better readability:: + + // eax + u32 x2apic_shift : 5, // Number of bits to shift APIC ID right + // for the topology ID at the next level + : 27; // Reserved + // ebx + u32 num_processors : 16, // Number of processors at current level + : 16; // Reserved + + versus:: + + /* eax */ + /* + * Number of bits to shift APIC ID right for the topology ID + * at the next level + */ + u32 x2apic_shift : 5, + /* Reserved */ + : 27; + + /* ebx */ + /* Number of processors at current level */ + u32 num_processors : 16, + /* Reserved */ + : 16; + Comment the important things: Comments should be added where the operation is not obvious. Documenting diff --git a/Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst b/Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst index d159cd4f5e5b3..beb484c5965dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst @@ -167,4 +167,4 @@ If no one can be found to internally review patches and you need help finding such a person, or if you have any other questions related to this document and the developer community's expectations, please reach out to the private Technical Advisory Board mailing list: -<tech-board@lists.linux-foundation.org>. +<tech-board@groups.linuxfoundation.org>. diff --git a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst index b1bc2d37bd0a1..e531dd504b6c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ .. _submitchecklist: +======================================= Linux Kernel patch submission checklist -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +======================================= Here are some basic things that developers should do if they want to see their kernel patch submissions accepted more quickly. @@ -10,111 +11,123 @@ These are all above and beyond the documentation that is provided in :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>` and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches. +Review your code +================ 1) If you use a facility then #include the file that defines/declares that facility. Don't depend on other header files pulling in ones that you use. -2) Builds cleanly: +2) Check your patch for general style as detailed in + :ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`. - a) with applicable or modified ``CONFIG`` options ``=y``, ``=m``, and - ``=n``. No ``gcc`` warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors. +3) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a + comment in the source code that explains the logic of what they are doing + and why. - b) Passes ``allnoconfig``, ``allmodconfig`` +Review Kconfig changes +====================== - c) Builds successfully when using ``O=builddir`` +1) Any new or modified ``CONFIG`` options do not muck up the config menu and + default to off unless they meet the exception criteria documented in + ``Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst`` Menu attributes: default value. - d) Any Documentation/ changes build successfully without new warnings/errors. - Use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the build and - fix any issues. +2) All new ``Kconfig`` options have help text. -3) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools - or some other build farm. +3) Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant ``Kconfig`` + combinations. This is very hard to get right with testing---brainpower + pays off here. -4) ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it - tends to use ``unsigned long`` for 64-bit quantities. +Provide documentation +===================== -5) Check your patch for general style as detailed in - :ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`. - Check for trivial violations with the patch style checker prior to - submission (``scripts/checkpatch.pl``). - You should be able to justify all violations that remain in - your patch. +1) Include :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` to document global kernel APIs. + (Not required for static functions, but OK there also.) -6) Any new or modified ``CONFIG`` options do not muck up the config menu and - default to off unless they meet the exception criteria documented in - ``Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst`` Menu attributes: default value. +2) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/`` -7) All new ``Kconfig`` options have help text. +3) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in + ``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``. -8) Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant ``Kconfig`` - combinations. This is very hard to get right with testing -- brainpower - pays off here. +4) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()`` -9) Check cleanly with sparse. +5) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``. + See ``Documentation/ABI/README`` for more information. + Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to + linux-api@vger.kernel.org. -10) Use ``make checkstack`` and fix any problems that it finds. +6) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update + ``Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst``. - .. note:: +Check your code with tools +========================== - ``checkstack`` does not point out problems explicitly, - but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a - candidate for change. +1) Check for trivial violations with the patch style checker prior to + submission (``scripts/checkpatch.pl``). + You should be able to justify all violations that remain in + your patch. -11) Include :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` to document global kernel APIs. - (Not required for static functions, but OK there also.) Use - ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the - :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` and fix any issues. +2) Check cleanly with sparse. -12) Has been tested with ``CONFIG_PREEMPT``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT``, - ``CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES``, - ``CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP``, - ``CONFIG_PROVE_RCU`` and ``CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD`` all - simultaneously enabled. +3) Use ``make checkstack`` and fix any problems that it finds. + Note that ``checkstack`` does not point out problems explicitly, + but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a + candidate for change. -13) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and - ``CONFIG_PREEMPT.`` +Build your code +=============== -14) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled. +1) Builds cleanly: -15) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/`` + a) with applicable or modified ``CONFIG`` options ``=y``, ``=m``, and + ``=n``. No ``gcc`` warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors. -16) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in - ``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``. + b) Passes ``allnoconfig``, ``allmodconfig`` + + c) Builds successfully when using ``O=builddir`` + + d) Any Documentation/ changes build successfully without new warnings/errors. + Use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the build and + fix any issues. -17) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()`` +2) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools + or some other build farm. Note that ppc64 is a good architecture for + cross-compilation checking because it tends to use ``unsigned long`` for + 64-bit quantities. -18) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``. - See ``Documentation/ABI/README`` for more information. - Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to - linux-api@vger.kernel.org. +3) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use + ``make KCFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good + for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned". -19) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation - failures. See ``Documentation/fault-injection/``. +4) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel + APIs or features that are related to the following ``Kconfig`` symbols, + then test multiple builds with the related ``Kconfig`` symbols disabled + and/or ``=m`` (if that option is available) [not all of these at the + same time, just various/random combinations of them]: - If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault - injection might be appropriate. + ``CONFIG_SMP``, ``CONFIG_SYSFS``, ``CONFIG_PROC_FS``, ``CONFIG_INPUT``, + ``CONFIG_PCI``, ``CONFIG_BLOCK``, ``CONFIG_PM``, ``CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ``, + ``CONFIG_NET``, ``CONFIG_INET=n`` (but latter with ``CONFIG_NET=y``). -20) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use - ``make KCFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good - for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned". +Test your code +============== -21) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure - that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various - changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems. +1) Has been tested with ``CONFIG_PREEMPT``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT``, + ``CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES``, + ``CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP``, + ``CONFIG_PROVE_RCU`` and ``CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD`` all + simultaneously enabled. -22) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a - comment in the source code that explains the logic of what they are doing - and why. +2) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and + ``CONFIG_PREEMPT.`` -23) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update - ``Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst``. +3) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled. -24) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel - APIs or features that are related to the following ``Kconfig`` symbols, - then test multiple builds with the related ``Kconfig`` symbols disabled - and/or ``=m`` (if that option is available) [not all of these at the - same time, just various/random combinations of them]: +4) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation + failures. See ``Documentation/fault-injection/``. + If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault + injection might be appropriate. - ``CONFIG_SMP``, ``CONFIG_SYSFS``, ``CONFIG_PROC_FS``, ``CONFIG_INPUT``, ``CONFIG_PCI``, ``CONFIG_BLOCK``, ``CONFIG_PM``, ``CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ``, - ``CONFIG_NET``, ``CONFIG_INET=n`` (but latter with ``CONFIG_NET=y``). +5) Tested with the most recent tag of linux-next to make sure that it still + works with all of the other queued patches and various changes in the VM, + VFS, and other subsystems. diff --git a/Documentation/rust/general-information.rst b/Documentation/rust/general-information.rst index 236c6dd3c647f..081397827a7ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/rust/general-information.rst +++ b/Documentation/rust/general-information.rst @@ -77,27 +77,3 @@ configuration: #[cfg(CONFIG_X="y")] // Enabled as a built-in (`y`) #[cfg(CONFIG_X="m")] // Enabled as a module (`m`) #[cfg(not(CONFIG_X))] // Disabled - - -Testing -------- - -There are the tests that come from the examples in the Rust documentation -and get transformed into KUnit tests. These can be run via KUnit. For example -via ``kunit_tool`` (``kunit.py``) on the command line:: - - ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --make_options LLVM=1 --arch x86_64 --kconfig_add CONFIG_RUST=y - -Alternatively, KUnit can run them as kernel built-in at boot. Refer to -Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst for the general KUnit documentation -and Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst for the details of kernel -built-in vs. command line testing. - -Additionally, there are the ``#[test]`` tests. These can be run using -the ``rusttest`` Make target:: - - make LLVM=1 rusttest - -This requires the kernel ``.config`` and downloads external repositories. -It runs the ``#[test]`` tests on the host (currently) and thus is fairly -limited in what these tests can test. diff --git a/Documentation/rust/index.rst b/Documentation/rust/index.rst index 965f2db529e0f..46d35bd395cf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/rust/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/rust/index.rst @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ configurations. general-information coding-guidelines arch-support + testing .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/rust/testing.rst b/Documentation/rust/testing.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..6658998d1b6c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/rust/testing.rst @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Testing +======= + +This document contains useful information how to test the Rust code in the +kernel. + +There are two sorts of tests: + +- The KUnit tests. +- The ``#[test]`` tests. + +The KUnit tests +--------------- + +These are the tests that come from the examples in the Rust documentation. They +get transformed into KUnit tests. + +Usage +***** + +These tests can be run via KUnit. For example via ``kunit_tool`` (``kunit.py``) +on the command line:: + + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --make_options LLVM=1 --arch x86_64 --kconfig_add CONFIG_RUST=y + +Alternatively, KUnit can run them as kernel built-in at boot. Refer to +Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst for the general KUnit documentation +and Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst for the details of kernel +built-in vs. command line testing. + +To use these KUnit doctests, the following must be enabled:: + + CONFIG_KUNIT + Kernel hacking -> Kernel Testing and Coverage -> KUnit - Enable support for unit tests + CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS + Kernel hacking -> Rust hacking -> Doctests for the `kernel` crate + +in the kernel config system. + +KUnit tests are documentation tests +*********************************** + +These documentation tests are typically examples of usage of any item (e.g. +function, struct, module...). + +They are very convenient because they are just written alongside the +documentation. For instance: + +.. code-block:: rust + + /// Sums two numbers. + /// + /// ``` + /// assert_eq!(mymod::f(10, 20), 30); + /// ``` + pub fn f(a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 { + a + b + } + +In userspace, the tests are collected and run via ``rustdoc``. Using the tool +as-is would be useful already, since it allows verifying that examples compile +(thus enforcing they are kept in sync with the code they document) and as well +as running those that do not depend on in-kernel APIs. + +For the kernel, however, these tests get transformed into KUnit test suites. +This means that doctests get compiled as Rust kernel objects, allowing them to +run against a built kernel. + +A benefit of this KUnit integration is that Rust doctests get to reuse existing +testing facilities. For instance, the kernel log would look like:: + + KTAP version 1 + 1..1 + KTAP version 1 + # Subtest: rust_doctests_kernel + 1..59 + # rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_0.location: rust/kernel/build_assert.rs:13 + ok 1 rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_0 + # rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_1.location: rust/kernel/build_assert.rs:56 + ok 2 rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_1 + # rust_doctest_kernel_init_rs_0.location: rust/kernel/init.rs:122 + ok 3 rust_doctest_kernel_init_rs_0 + ... + # rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2.location: rust/kernel/types.rs:150 + ok 59 rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2 + # rust_doctests_kernel: pass:59 fail:0 skip:0 total:59 + # Totals: pass:59 fail:0 skip:0 total:59 + ok 1 rust_doctests_kernel + +Tests using the `? <https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#the-question-mark-operator>`_ +operator are also supported as usual, e.g.: + +.. code-block:: rust + + /// ``` + /// # use kernel::{spawn_work_item, workqueue}; + /// spawn_work_item!(workqueue::system(), || pr_info!("x"))?; + /// # Ok::<(), Error>(()) + /// ``` + +The tests are also compiled with Clippy under ``CLIPPY=1``, just like normal +code, thus also benefitting from extra linting. + +In order for developers to easily see which line of doctest code caused a +failure, a KTAP diagnostic line is printed to the log. This contains the +location (file and line) of the original test (i.e. instead of the location in +the generated Rust file):: + + # rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2.location: rust/kernel/types.rs:150 + +Rust tests appear to assert using the usual ``assert!`` and ``assert_eq!`` +macros from the Rust standard library (``core``). We provide a custom version +that forwards the call to KUnit instead. Importantly, these macros do not +require passing context, unlike those for KUnit testing (i.e. +``struct kunit *``). This makes them easier to use, and readers of the +documentation do not need to care about which testing framework is used. In +addition, it may allow us to test third-party code more easily in the future. + +A current limitation is that KUnit does not support assertions in other tasks. +Thus, we presently simply print an error to the kernel log if an assertion +actually failed. Additionally, doctests are not run for nonpublic functions. + +The ``#[test]`` tests +--------------------- + +Additionally, there are the ``#[test]`` tests. These can be run using the +``rusttest`` Make target:: + + make LLVM=1 rusttest + +This requires the kernel ``.config`` and downloads external repositories. It +runs the ``#[test]`` tests on the host (currently) and thus is fairly limited in +what these tests can test. diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc-preamble.sty b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc-preamble.sty index 9707e033c8c45..3092df051c952 100644 --- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc-preamble.sty +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc-preamble.sty @@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ \renewcommand*\l@section{\@dottedtocline{1}{2.4em}{3.2em}} \renewcommand*\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{5.6em}{4.3em}} \makeatother -%% Sphinx < 1.8 doesn't have \sphinxtableofcontentshook -\providecommand{\sphinxtableofcontentshook}{} -%% Undefine it for compatibility with Sphinx 1.7.9 +%% Prevent default \sphinxtableofcontentshook from overwriting above tweaks. \renewcommand{\sphinxtableofcontentshook}{} % Empty the hook % Prevent column squeezing of tabulary. \tymin is set by Sphinx as: @@ -136,9 +134,6 @@ } \newCJKfontfamily[JPsans]\jpsans{Noto Sans CJK JP}[AutoFakeSlant] \newCJKfontfamily[JPmono]\jpmono{Noto Sans Mono CJK JP}[AutoFakeSlant] - % Dummy commands for Sphinx < 2.3 (no 'extrapackages' support) - \providecommand{\onehalfspacing}{} - \providecommand{\singlespacing}{} % Define custom macros to on/off CJK %% One and half spacing for CJK contents \newcommand{\kerneldocCJKon}{\makexeCJKactive\onehalfspacing} diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py index 7acf09963daa5..ec1ddfff1863f 100644 --- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py @@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive): env = self.state.document.settings.env cmd = [env.config.kerneldoc_bin, '-rst', '-enable-lineno'] - # Pass the version string to kernel-doc, as it needs to use a different - # dialect, depending what the C domain supports for each specific - # Sphinx versions + # Pass the version string to kernel-doc, as it needs to use a different + # dialect, depending what the C domain supports for each specific + # Sphinx versions cmd += ['-sphinx-version', sphinx.__version__] filename = env.config.kerneldoc_srctree + '/' + self.arguments[0] diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt b/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt index 5d47ed4439498..5017f307c8a4a 100644 --- a/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt @@ -1,6 +1,3 @@ -# jinja2>=3.1 is not compatible with Sphinx<4.0 -jinja2<3.1 -# alabaster>=0.7.14 is not compatible with Sphinx<=3.3 -alabaster<0.7.14 -Sphinx==2.4.4 +alabaster +Sphinx pyyaml diff --git a/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst b/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst index dba3e5f656129..3713adaa1608f 100644 --- a/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst +++ b/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Returns 0 on success and an appropriate error value on failure. int rpmsg_trysendto(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, void *data, int len, u32 dst) -sends a message across to the remote processor from a given endoint, +sends a message across to the remote processor from a given endpoint, to a destination address provided by the user. The user should specify the channel, the data it wants to send, diff --git a/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst b/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst index 2d353fb8ea26a..74af50d2ef7ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst +++ b/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Storage interfaces scsi/index target/index +Other subsystems +---------------- **Fixme**: much more organizational work is needed here. .. toctree:: diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..22adf1d587524 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. _it_rcu_concepts: + +=============== +Concetti su RCU +=============== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 3 + + torture + +.. only:: subproject and html + + Indici + ====== + + * :ref:`genindex` diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/torture.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/torture.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..189f7c6caebc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/torture.rst @@ -0,0 +1,369 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst + +============================================= +Le operazioni RCU per le verifiche *torture* +============================================= + +CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST +======================= + +L'opzione CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST è disponibile per tutte le implementazione di +RCU. L'opzione creerà un modulo rcutorture che potrete caricare per avviare le +verifiche. La verifica userà printk() per riportare lo stato, dunque potrete +visualizzarlo con dmesg (magari usate grep per filtrare "torture"). Le verifiche +inizieranno al caricamento, e si fermeranno alla sua rimozione. + +I parametri di modulo hanno tutti il prefisso "rcutortute.", vedere +Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt. + +Rapporto +======== + +Il rapporto sulle verifiche si presenta nel seguente modo:: + + rcu-torture:--- Start of test: nreaders=16 nfakewriters=4 stat_interval=30 verbose=0 test_no_idle_hz=1 shuffle_interval=3 stutter=5 irqreader=1 fqs_duration=0 fqs_holdoff=0 fqs_stutter=3 test_boost=1/0 test_boost_interval=7 test_boost_duration=4 + rcu-torture: rtc: (null) ver: 155441 tfle: 0 rta: 155441 rtaf: 8884 rtf: 155440 rtmbe: 0 rtbe: 0 rtbke: 0 rtbre: 0 rtbf: 0 rtb: 0 nt: 3055767 + rcu-torture: Reader Pipe: 727860534 34213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + rcu-torture: Reader Batch: 727877838 17003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + rcu-torture: Free-Block Circulation: 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 155440 0 + rcu-torture:--- End of test: SUCCESS: nreaders=16 nfakewriters=4 stat_interval=30 verbose=0 test_no_idle_hz=1 shuffle_interval=3 stutter=5 irqreader=1 fqs_duration=0 fqs_holdoff=0 fqs_stutter=3 test_boost=1/0 test_boost_interval=7 test_boost_duration=4 + +Sulla maggior parte dei sistemi questo rapporto si produce col comando "dmesg | +grep torture:". Su configurazioni più esoteriche potrebbe essere necessario +usare altri comandi per visualizzare i messaggi di printk(). La funzione +printk() usa KERN_ALERT, dunque i messaggi dovrebbero essere ben visibili. ;-) + +La prima e l'ultima riga mostrano i parametri di module di rcutorture, e solo +sull'ultima riga abbiamo il risultato finale delle verifiche effettuate che può +essere "SUCCESS" (successo) or "FAILURE" (insuccesso). + +Le voci sono le seguenti: + +* "rtc": L'indirizzo in esadecimale della struttura attualmente visibile dai + lettori. + +* "ver": Il numero di volte dall'avvio che il processo scrittore di RCU ha + cambiato la struttura visible ai lettori. + +* "tfle": se non è zero, indica la lista di strutture "torture freelist" da + mettere in "rtc" è vuota. Questa condizione è importante perché potrebbe + illuderti che RCU stia funzionando mentre invece non è il caso. :-/ + +* "rta": numero di strutture allocate dalla lista "torture freelist". + +* "rtaf": il numero di allocazioni fallite dalla lista "torture freelist" a + causa del fatto che fosse vuota. Non è inusuale che sia diverso da zero, ma è + un brutto segno se questo numero rappresenta una frazione troppo alta di + "rta". + +* "rtf": il numero di rilasci nella lista "torture freelist" + +* "rtmbe": Un valore diverso da zero indica che rcutorture crede che + rcu_assign_pointer() e rcu_dereference() non funzionino correttamente. Il + valore dovrebbe essere zero. + +* "rtbe": un valore diverso da zero indica che le funzioni della famiglia + rcu_barrier() non funzionano correttamente. + +* "rtbke": rcutorture è stato capace di creare dei kthread real-time per forzare + l'inversione di priorità di RCU. Il valore dovrebbe essere zero. + +* "rtbre": sebbene rcutorture sia riuscito a creare dei kthread capaci di + forzare l'inversione di priorità, non è riuscito però ad impostarne la + priorità real-time al livello 1. Il valore dovrebbe essere zero. + +* "rtbf": Il numero di volte che è fallita la promozione della priorità per + risolvere un'inversione. + +* "rtb": Il numero di volte che rcutorture ha provato a forzare l'inversione di + priorità. Il valore dovrebbe essere diverso da zero Se state verificando la + promozione della priorità col parametro "test_bootst". + +* "nt": il numero di volte che rcutorture ha eseguito codice lato lettura + all'interno di un gestore di *timer*. Questo valore dovrebbe essere diverso da + zero se avete specificato il parametro "irqreader". + +* "Reader Pipe": un istogramma dell'età delle strutture viste dai lettori. RCU + non funziona correttamente se una qualunque voce, dalla terza in poi, ha un + valore diverso da zero. Se dovesse succedere, rcutorture stampa la stringa + "!!!" per renderlo ben visibile. L'età di una struttura appena creata è zero, + diventerà uno quando sparisce dalla visibilità di un lettore, e incrementata + successivamente per ogni periodo di grazia; infine rilasciata dopo essere + passata per (RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN-2) periodi di grazia. + + L'istantanea qui sopra è stata presa da una corretta implementazione di RCU. + Se volete vedere come appare quando non funziona, sbizzarritevi nel romperla. + ;-) + +* "Reader Batch": un istogramma di età di strutture viste dai lettori, ma + conteggiata in termini di lotti piuttosto che periodi. Anche qui dalla terza + voce in poi devono essere zero. La ragione d'esistere di questo rapporto è che + a volte è più facile scatenare un terzo valore diverso da zero qui piuttosto + che nella lista "Reader Pipe". + +* "Free-Block Circulation": il numero di strutture *torture* che hanno raggiunto + un certo punto nella catena. Il primo numero dovrebbe corrispondere + strettamente al numero di strutture allocate; il secondo conta quelle rimosse + dalla vista dei lettori. Ad eccezione dell'ultimo valore, gli altri + corrispondono al numero di passaggi attraverso il periodo di grazia. L'ultimo + valore dovrebbe essere zero, perché viene incrementato solo se il contatore + della struttura torture viene in un qualche modo incrementato oltre il + normale. + +Una diversa implementazione di RCU potrebbe fornire informazioni aggiuntive. Per +esempio, *Tree SRCU* fornisce anche la seguente riga:: + + srcud-torture: Tree SRCU per-CPU(idx=0): 0(35,-21) 1(-4,24) 2(1,1) 3(-26,20) 4(28,-47) 5(-9,4) 6(-10,14) 7(-14,11) T(1,6) + +Questa riga mostra lo stato dei contatori per processore, in questo caso per +*Tree SRCU*, usando un'allocazione dinamica di srcu_struct (dunque "srcud-" +piuttosto che "srcu-"). I numeri fra parentesi sono i valori del "vecchio" +contatore e di quello "corrente" per ogni processore. Il valore "idx" mappa +questi due valori nell'array, ed è utile per il *debug*. La "T" finale contiene +il valore totale dei contatori. + +Uso su specifici kernel +======================= + +A volte può essere utile eseguire RCU torture su un kernel già compilato, ad +esempio quando lo si sta per mettere in proeduzione. In questo caso, il kernel +dev'essere compilato con CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST=m, cosicché le verifiche possano +essere avviate usano modprobe e terminate con rmmod. + +Per esempio, potreste usare questo script:: + + #!/bin/sh + + modprobe rcutorture + sleep 3600 + rmmod rcutorture + dmesg | grep torture: + +Potete controllare il rapporto verificando manualmente la presenza del marcatore +di errore "!!!". Ovviamente, siete liberi di scriverne uno più elaborato che +identifichi automaticamente gli errori. Il comando "rmmod" forza la stampa di +"SUCCESS" (successo), "FAILURE" (fallimento), o "RCU_HOTPLUG". I primi due sono +autoesplicativi; invece, l'ultimo indica che non son stati trovati problemi in +RCU, tuttavia ci sono stati problemi con CPU-hotplug. + + +Uso sul kernel di riferimento +============================= + +Quando si usa rcutorture per verificare modifiche ad RCU stesso, spesso è +necessario compilare un certo numero di kernel usando configurazioni diverse e +con parametri d'avvio diversi. In questi casi, usare modprobe ed rmmod potrebbe +richiedere molto tempo ed il processo essere suscettibile ad errori. + +Dunque, viene messo a disposizione il programma +tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh per le architetture x86, arm64 e +powerpc. Di base, eseguirà la serie di verifiche elencate in +tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/CFLIST. Ognuna di queste verrà +eseguita per 30 minuti in una macchina virtuale con uno spazio utente minimale +fornito da un initrd generato automaticamente. Al completamento, gli artefatti +prodotti e i messaggi vengono analizzati alla ricerca di errori, ed i risultati +delle esecuzioni riassunti in un rapporto. + +Su grandi sistemi, le verifiche di rcutorture posso essere velocizzare passano a +kvm.sh l'argomento --cpus. Per esempio, su un sistema a 64 processori, "--cpus +43" userà fino a 43 processori per eseguire contemporaneamente le verifiche. Su +un kernel v5.4 per eseguire tutti gli scenari in due serie, riduce il tempo +d'esecuzione da otto ore a un'ora (senza contare il tempo per compilare sedici +kernel). L'argomento "--dryrun sched" non eseguirà verifiche, piuttosto vi +informerà su come queste verranno organizzate in serie. Questo può essere utile +per capire quanti processori riservare per le verifiche in --cpus. + +Non serve eseguire tutti gli scenari di verifica per ogni modifica. Per esempio, +per una modifica a Tree SRCU potete eseguire gli scenari SRCU-N e SRCU-P. Per +farlo usate l'argomento --configs di kvm.sh in questo modo: "--configs 'SRCU-N +SRCU-P'". Su grandi sistemi si possono eseguire più copie degli stessi scenari, +per esempio, un hardware che permette di eseguire 448 thread, può eseguire 5 +istanze complete contemporaneamente. Per farlo:: + + kvm.sh --cpus 448 --configs '5*CFLIST' + +Oppure, lo stesso sistema, può eseguire contemporaneamente 56 istanze dello +scenario su otto processori:: + + kvm.sh --cpus 448 --configs '56*TREE04' + +O ancora 28 istanze per ogni scenario su otto processori:: + + kvm.sh --cpus 448 --configs '28*TREE03 28*TREE04' + +Ovviamente, ogni esecuzione utilizzerà della memoria. Potete limitarne l'uso con +l'argomento --memory, che di base assume il valore 512M. Per poter usare valori +piccoli dovrete disabilitare le verifiche *callback-flooding* usando il +parametro --bootargs che vedremo in seguito. + +A volte è utile avere informazioni aggiuntive di debug, in questo caso potete +usare il parametro --kconfig, per esempio, ``--kconfig +'CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y'``. In aggiunta, ci sono i parametri --gdb, --kasan, and +kcsan. Da notare che --gdb vi limiterà all'uso di un solo scenario per +esecuzione di kvm.sh e richiede di avere anche un'altra finestra aperta dalla +quale eseguire ``gdb`` come viene spiegato dal programma. + +Potete passare anche i parametri d'avvio del kernel, per esempio, per +controllare i parametri del modulo rcutorture. Per esempio, per verificare +modifiche del codice RCU CPU stall-warning, usate ``bootargs +'rcutorture.stall_cpu=30``. Il programma riporterà un fallimento, ossia il +risultato della verifica. Come visto in precedenza, ridurre la memoria richiede +la disabilitazione delle verifiche *callback-flooding*:: + + kvm.sh --cpus 448 --configs '56*TREE04' --memory 128M \ + --bootargs 'rcutorture.fwd_progress=0' + +A volte tutto quello che serve è una serie completa di compilazioni del kernel. +Questo si ottiene col parametro --buildonly. + +Il parametro --duration sovrascrive quello di base di 30 minuti. Per esempio, +con ``--duration 2d`` l'esecuzione sarà di due giorni, ``--duraction 5min`` di +cinque minuti, e ``--duration 45s`` di 45 secondi. L'ultimo può essere utile per +scovare rari errori nella sequenza d'avvio. + +Infine, il parametro --trust-make permette ad ogni nuova compilazione del kernel +di riutilizzare tutto il possibile da quelle precedenti. Da notare che senza il +parametro --trust-make, i vostri file di *tag* potrebbero essere distrutti. + +Ci sono altri parametri più misteriosi che sono documentati nel codice sorgente +dello programma kvm.sh. + +Se un'esecuzione contiene degli errori, il loro numero durante la compilazione e +all'esecuzione verranno elencati alla fine fra i risultati di kvm.sh (che vi +consigliamo caldamente di reindirizzare verso un file). I file prodotti dalla +compilazione ed i risultati stampati vengono salvati, usando un riferimento +temporale, nelle cartella tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res. Una cartella +di queste cartelle può essere fornita a kvm-find-errors.sh per estrarne gli +errori. Per esempio:: + + tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-find-errors.sh \ + tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2020.01.20-15.54.23 + +Tuttavia, molto spesso è più conveniente aprire i file direttamente. I file +riguardanti tutti gli scenari di un'esecuzione di trovano nella cartella +principale (2020.01.20-15.54.23 nell'esempio precedente), mentre quelli +specifici per scenario si trovano in sotto cartelle che prendono il nome dello +scenario stesso (per esempio, "TREE04"). Se un dato scenario viene eseguito più +di una volta (come abbiamo visto con "--configs '56*TREE04'"), allora dalla +seconda esecuzione in poi le sottocartelle includeranno un numero di +progressione, per esempio "TREE04.2", "TREE04.3", e via dicendo. + +Il file solitamente più usato nella cartella principale è testid.txt. Se la +verifica viene eseguita in un repositorio git, allora questo file conterrà il +*commit* sul quale si basano le verifiche, mentre tutte le modifiche non +registrare verranno mostrate in formato diff. + +I file solitamente più usati nelle cartelle di scenario sono: + +.config + Questo file contiene le opzioni di Kconfig + +Make.out + Questo file contiene il risultato di compilazione per uno specifico scenario + +console.log + Questo file contiene il risultato d'esecuzione per uno specifico scenario. + Questo file può essere esaminato una volta che il kernel è stato avviato, + ma potrebbe non esistere se l'avvia non è fallito. + +vmlinux + Questo file contiene il kernel, e potrebbe essere utile da esaminare con + programmi come pbjdump e gdb + +Ci sono altri file, ma vengono usati meno. Molti sono utili all'analisi di +rcutorture stesso o dei suoi programmi. + +Nel kernel v5.4, su un sistema a 12 processori, un'esecuzione senza errori +usando gli scenari di base produce il seguente risultato:: + + SRCU-N ------- 804233 GPs (148.932/s) [srcu: g10008272 f0x0 ] + SRCU-P ------- 202320 GPs (37.4667/s) [srcud: g1809476 f0x0 ] + SRCU-t ------- 1122086 GPs (207.794/s) [srcu: g0 f0x0 ] + SRCU-u ------- 1111285 GPs (205.794/s) [srcud: g1 f0x0 ] + TASKS01 ------- 19666 GPs (3.64185/s) [tasks: g0 f0x0 ] + TASKS02 ------- 20541 GPs (3.80389/s) [tasks: g0 f0x0 ] + TASKS03 ------- 19416 GPs (3.59556/s) [tasks: g0 f0x0 ] + TINY01 ------- 836134 GPs (154.84/s) [rcu: g0 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 34198 + TINY02 ------- 850371 GPs (157.476/s) [rcu: g0 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 2631 + TREE01 ------- 162625 GPs (30.1157/s) [rcu: g1124169 f0x0 ] + TREE02 ------- 333003 GPs (61.6672/s) [rcu: g2647753 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 35844 + TREE03 ------- 306623 GPs (56.782/s) [rcu: g2975325 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 1496497 + CPU count limited from 16 to 12 + TREE04 ------- 246149 GPs (45.5831/s) [rcu: g1695737 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 434961 + TREE05 ------- 314603 GPs (58.2598/s) [rcu: g2257741 f0x2 ] n_max_cbs: 193997 + TREE07 ------- 167347 GPs (30.9902/s) [rcu: g1079021 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 478732 + CPU count limited from 16 to 12 + TREE09 ------- 752238 GPs (139.303/s) [rcu: g13075057 f0x0 ] n_max_cbs: 99011 + +Ripetizioni +=========== + +Immaginate di essere alla caccia di un raro problema che si verifica all'avvio. +Potreste usare kvm.sh, tuttavia questo ricompilerebbe il kernel ad ogni +esecuzione. Se avete bisogno di (diciamo) 1000 esecuzioni per essere sicuri di +aver risolto il problema, allora queste inutili ricompilazioni possono diventare +estremamente fastidiose. + +Per questo motivo esiste kvm-again.sh. + +Immaginate che un'esecuzione precedente di kvm.sh abbia lasciato i suoi +artefatti nella cartella:: + + tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28 + +Questa esecuzione può essere rieseguita senza ricompilazioni:: + + kvm-again.sh tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28 + +Alcuni dei parametri originali di kvm.sh possono essere sovrascritti, in +particolare --duration e --bootargs. Per esempio:: + + kvm-again.sh tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28 \ + --duration 45s + +rieseguirebbe il test precedente, ma solo per 45 secondi, e quindi aiutando a +trovare quel raro problema all'avvio sopracitato. + +Esecuzioni distribuite +====================== + +Sebbene kvm.sh sia utile, le sue verifiche sono limitate ad un singolo sistema. +Non è poi così difficile usare un qualsiasi ambiente di sviluppo per eseguire +(diciamo) 5 istanze di kvm.sh su altrettanti sistemi, ma questo avvierebbe +inutili ricompilazioni del kernel. In aggiunta, il processo di distribuzione +degli scenari di verifica per rcutorture sui sistemi disponibili richiede +scrupolo perché soggetto ad errori. + +Per questo esiste kvm-remote.sh. + +Se il seguente comando funziona:: + + ssh system0 date + +e funziona anche per system1, system2, system3, system4, e system5, e tutti +questi sistemi hanno 64 CPU, allora potere eseguire:: + + kvm-remote.sh "system0 system1 system2 system3 system4 system5" \ + --cpus 64 --duration 8h --configs "5*CFLIST" + +Questo compilerà lo scenario di base sul sistema locale, poi lo distribuirà agli +altri cinque sistemi elencati fra i parametri, ed eseguirà ogni scenario per +otto ore. Alla fine delle esecuzioni, i risultati verranno raccolti, registrati, +e stampati. La maggior parte dei parametri di kvm.sh possono essere usati con +kvm-remote.sh, tuttavia la lista dei sistemi deve venire sempre per prima. + +L'argomento di kvm.sh ``--dryrun scenarios`` può essere utile per scoprire +quanti scenari potrebbero essere eseguiti in gruppo di sistemi. + +Potete rieseguire anche una precedente esecuzione remota come abbiamo già fatto +per kvm.sh:: + + kvm-remote.sh "system0 system1 system2 system3 system4 system5" \ + tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/res/2022.11.03-11.26.28-remote \ + --duration 24h + +In questo caso, la maggior parte dei parametri di kvm-again.sh possono essere +usati dopo il percorso alla cartella contenente gli artefatti dell'esecuzione da +ripetere. diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/index.rst index cc4c4328ad037..dad20402d11bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/core-api/index.rst @@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ Utilità di base symbol-namespaces +Primitive di sincronizzazione +============================= + +Come Linux impedisce che tutto si verifichi contemporaneamente. Consultate +Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/index.rst per maggiorni informazioni +sul tema. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + ../RCU/index + .. only:: subproject and html Indices diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..ba7c8cd8f560a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +================= +Il protocollo I2C +================= + +Questo documento è una panoramica delle transazioni di base I2C e delle API +del kernel per eseguirli. + +Spiegazione dei simboli +======================= + +=============== =========================================================== +S Condizione di avvio +P Condizione di stop +Rd/Wr (1 bit) Bit di lettura/scrittura. Rd vale 1, Wr vale 0. +A, NA (1 bit) Bit di riconoscimento (ACK) e di non riconoscimento (NACK). +Addr (7 bit) Indirizzo I2C a 7 bit. Nota che questo può essere espanso + per ottenere un indirizzo I2C a 10 bit. +Dati (8 bit) Un byte di dati. + +[..] Fra parentesi quadre i dati inviati da dispositivi I2C, + anziché dal master. +=============== =========================================================== + + +Transazione semplice di invio +============================= + +Implementato da i2c_master_send():: + + S Addr Wr [A] Dati [A] Dati [A] ... [A] Dati [A] P + + +Transazione semplice di ricezione +================================= + +Implementato da i2c_master_recv():: + + S Addr Rd [A] [Dati] A [Dati] A ... A [Dati] NA P + + +Transazioni combinate +===================== + +Implementato da i2c_transfer(). + +Sono come le transazioni di cui sopra, ma invece di uno condizione di stop P +viene inviata una condizione di inizio S e la transazione continua. +Un esempio di lettura di un byte, seguita da una scrittura di un byte:: + + S Addr Rd [A] [Dati] NA S Addr Wr [A] Dati [A] P + + +Transazioni modificate +====================== + +Le seguenti modifiche al protocollo I2C possono essere generate +impostando questi flag per i messaggi I2C. Ad eccezione di I2C_M_NOSTART, sono +di solito necessari solo per risolvere problemi di un dispositivo: + +I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK: + Normalmente il messaggio viene interrotto immediatamente se il dispositivo + risponde con [NA]. Impostando questo flag, si considera qualsiasi [NA] come + [A] e tutto il messaggio viene inviato. + Questi messaggi potrebbero comunque non riuscire a raggiungere il timeout + SCL basso->alto. + +I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK: + In un messaggio di lettura, il bit A/NA del master viene saltato. + +I2C_M_NOSTART: + In una transazione combinata, potrebbe non essere generato alcun + "S Addr Wr/Rd [A]". + Ad esempio, impostando I2C_M_NOSTART sul secondo messaggio parziale + genera qualcosa del tipo:: + + S Addr Rd [A] [Dati] NA Dati [A] P + + Se si imposta il flag I2C_M_NOSTART per il primo messaggio parziale, + non viene generato Addr, ma si genera la condizione di avvio S. + Questo probabilmente confonderà tutti gli altri dispositivi sul bus, quindi + meglio non usarlo. + + Questo viene spesso utilizzato per raccogliere le trasmissioni da più + buffer di dati presenti nella memoria di sistema in qualcosa che appare + come un singolo trasferimento verso il dispositivo I2C. Inoltre, alcuni + dispositivi particolari lo utilizzano anche tra i cambi di direzione. + +I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR: + Questo inverte il flag Rd/Wr. Cioè, se si vuole scrivere, ma si ha bisogno + di emettere una Rd invece di una Wr, o viceversa, si può impostare questo + flag. + Per esempio:: + + S Addr Rd [A] Dati [A] Dati [A] ... [A] Dati [A] P + +I2C_M_STOP: + Forza una condizione di stop (P) dopo il messaggio. Alcuni protocolli + simili a I2C come SCCB lo richiedono. Normalmente, non si vuole essere + interrotti tra i messaggi di un trasferimento. diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..14fbe3d78299c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================= +Il sottosistema I2C/SMBus +========================= + +Introduzione +============ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + summary + i2c-protocol + +Scrivere un device driver +========================= + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + +Debugging +========= + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + +Slave I2C +========= + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + +Argomenti avanzati +================== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + +.. only:: subproject and html + + Indici + ====== + + * :ref:`genindex` diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/summary.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/summary.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..1535e13a32e28 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/i2c/summary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +========================== +Introduzione a I2C e SMBus +========================== + +I²C (letteralmente "I al quadrato C" e scritto I2C nella documentazione del +kernel) è un protocollo sviluppato da Philips. É un protocollo lento a 2 fili +(a velocità variabile, al massimo 400KHz), con un'estensione per le velocità +elevate (3.4 MHz). Questo protocollo offre un bus a basso costo per collegare +dispositivi di vario genere a cui si accede sporadicamente e utilizzando +poca banda. Alcuni sistemi usano varianti che non rispettano i requisiti +originali, per cui non sono indicati come I2C, ma hanno nomi diversi, per +esempio TWI (Interfaccia a due fili), IIC. + +L'ultima specifica ufficiale I2C è la `"Specifica I2C-bus e manuale utente" +(UM10204) <https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=UM10204>`_ +pubblicata da NXP Semiconductors. Tuttavia, è necessario effettuare il login +al sito per accedere al PDF. Una versione precedente della specifica +(revisione 6) è archiviata +`qui <https://web.archive.org/web/20210813122132/ +https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/UM10204.pdf>`_. + +SMBus (Bus per la gestione del sistema) si basa sul protocollo I2C ed è +principalmente un sottoinsieme di protocolli e segnali I2C. Molti dispositivi +I2C funzioneranno su SMBus, ma alcuni protocolli SMBus aggiungono semantica +oltre quanto richiesto da I2C. Le moderne schede madri dei PC si affidano a +SMBus. I più comuni dispositivi collegati tramite SMBus sono moduli RAM +configurati utilizzando EEPROM I2C, e circuiti integrati di monitoraggio +hardware. + +Poiché SMBus è principalmente un sottoinsieme del bus I2C, +possiamo farne uso su molti sistemi I2C. Ci sono però sistemi che non +soddisfano i vincoli elettrici sia di SMBus che di I2C; e altri che non possono +implementare tutta la semantica o messaggi comuni del protocollo SMBus. + + +Terminologia +============ + +Utilizzando la terminologia della documentazione ufficiale, il bus I2C connette +uno o più circuiti integrati *master* e uno o più circuiti integrati *slave*. + +.. kernel-figure:: ../../../i2c/i2c_bus.svg + :alt: Un semplice bus I2C con un master e 3 slave + + Un semplice Bus I2C + +Un circuito integrato **master** è un nodo che inizia le comunicazioni con gli +slave. Nell'implementazione del kernel Linux è chiamato **adattatore** o bus. I +driver degli adattatori si trovano nella sottocartella ``drivers/i2c/busses/``. + +Un **algoritmo** contiene codice generico che può essere utilizzato per +implementare una intera classe di adattatori I2C. Ciascun driver dell' +adattatore specifico dipende da un driver dell'algoritmo nella sottocartella +``drivers/i2c/algos/`` o include la propria implementazione. + +Un circuito integrato **slave** è un nodo che risponde alle comunicazioni +quando indirizzato dal master. In Linux è chiamato **client** (dispositivo). I +driver dei dispositivi sono contenuti in una cartella specifica per la +funzionalità che forniscono, ad esempio ``drivers/media/gpio/`` per espansori +GPIO e ``drivers/media/i2c/`` per circuiti integrati relativi ai video. + +Per la configurazione di esempio in figura, avrai bisogno di un driver per il +tuo adattatore I2C e driver per i tuoi dispositivi I2C (solitamente un driver +per ciascuno dispositivo). diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/index.rst index b95dfa1ded048..70ccd23b2cdeb 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/index.rst @@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ interfacciarsi con il resto del kernel. :maxdepth: 1 core-api/index + Sincronizzazione nel kernel <locking/index> + subsystem-apis Strumenti e processi per lo sviluppo ==================================== diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..19963d33e84d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================ +Sincronizzazione +================ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + locktypes + lockdep-design + lockstat + locktorture + +.. only:: subproject and html + + Indici + ====== + + * :ref:`genindex` diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockdep-design.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockdep-design.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..9ed00d8cf2807 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockdep-design.rst @@ -0,0 +1,678 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst + +Validatore di sincronizzazione durante l'esecuzione +=================================================== + +Classi di blocchi +----------------- + +L'oggetto su cui il validatore lavora è una "classe" di blocchi. + +Una classe di blocchi è un gruppo di blocchi che seguono le stesse regole di +sincronizzazione, anche quando i blocchi potrebbero avere più istanze (anche +decine di migliaia). Per esempio un blocco nella struttura inode è una classe, +mentre ogni inode sarà un'istanza di questa classe di blocco. + +Il validatore traccia lo "stato d'uso" di una classe di blocchi e le sue +dipendenze con altre classi. L'uso di un blocco indica come quel blocco viene +usato rispetto al suo contesto d'interruzione, mentre le dipendenze di un blocco +possono essere interpretate come il loro ordine; per esempio L1 -> L2 suggerisce +che un processo cerca di acquisire L2 mentre già trattiene L1. Dal punto di +vista di lockdep, i due blocchi (L1 ed L2) non sono per forza correlati: quella +dipendenza indica solamente l'ordine in cui sono successe le cose. Il validatore +verifica permanentemente la correttezza dell'uso dei blocchi e delle loro +dipendenze, altrimenti ritornerà un errore. + +Il comportamento di una classe di blocchi viene costruito dall'insieme delle sue +istanze. Una classe di blocco viene registrata alla creazione della sua prima +istanza, mentre tutte le successive istanze verranno mappate; dunque, il loro +uso e le loro dipendenze contribuiranno a costruire quello della classe. Una +classe di blocco non sparisce quando sparisce una sua istanza, ma può essere +rimossa quando il suo spazio in memoria viene reclamato. Per esempio, questo +succede quando si rimuove un modulo, o quando una *workqueue* viene eliminata. + +Stato +----- + +Il validatore traccia l'uso cronologico delle classi di blocchi e ne divide +l'uso in categorie (4 USI * n STATI + 1). + +I quattro USI possono essere: + +- 'sempre trattenuto nel contesto <STATO>' +- 'sempre trattenuto come blocco di lettura nel contesto <STATO>' +- 'sempre trattenuto con <STATO> abilitato' +- 'sempre trattenuto come blocco di lettura con <STATO> abilitato' + +gli `n` STATI sono codificati in kernel/locking/lockdep_states.h, ad oggi +includono: + +- hardirq +- softirq + +infine l'ultima categoria è: + +- 'sempre trattenuto' [ == !unused ] + +Quando vengono violate le regole di sincronizzazione, questi bit di utilizzo +vengono presentati nei messaggi di errore di sincronizzazione, fra parentesi +graffe, per un totale di `2 * n` (`n`: bit STATO). Un esempio inventato:: + + modprobe/2287 is trying to acquire lock: + (&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-.}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 + + but task is already holding lock: + (&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-.}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 + +Per un dato blocco, da sinistra verso destra, la posizione del bit indica l'uso +del blocco e di un eventuale blocco di lettura, per ognuno degli `n` STATI elencati +precedentemente. Il carattere mostrato per ogni bit indica: + + === =========================================================================== + '.' acquisito con interruzioni disabilitate fuori da un contesto d'interruzione + '-' acquisito in contesto d'interruzione + '+' acquisito con interruzioni abilitate + '?' acquisito in contesto d'interruzione con interruzioni abilitate + === =========================================================================== + +Il seguente esempio mostra i bit:: + + (&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-.}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 + |||| + ||| \-> softirq disabilitati e fuori da un contesto di softirq + || \--> acquisito in un contesto di softirq + | \---> hardirq disabilitati e fuori da un contesto di hardirq + \----> acquisito in un contesto di hardirq + +Per un dato STATO, che il blocco sia mai stato acquisito in quel contesto di +STATO, o che lo STATO sia abilitato, ci lascia coi quattro possibili scenari +mostrati nella seguente tabella. Il carattere associato al bit indica con +esattezza in quale scenario ci si trova al momento del rapporto. + + +---------------+---------------+------------------+ + | | irq abilitati | irq disabilitati | + +---------------+---------------+------------------+ + | sempre in irq | '?' | '-' | + +---------------+---------------+------------------+ + | mai in irq | '+' | '.' | + +---------------+---------------+------------------+ + +Il carattere '-' suggerisce che le interruzioni sono disabilitate perché +altrimenti verrebbe mostrato il carattere '?'. Una deduzione simile può essere +fatta anche per '+' + +I blocchi inutilizzati (ad esempio i mutex) non possono essere fra le cause di +un errore. + +Regole dello stato per un blocco singolo +---------------------------------------- + +Avere un blocco sicuro in interruzioni (*irq-safe*) significa che è sempre stato +usato in un contesto d'interruzione, mentre un blocco insicuro in interruzioni +(*irq-unsafe*) significa che è sempre stato acquisito con le interruzioni +abilitate. + +Una classe softirq insicura è automaticamente insicura anche per hardirq. I +seguenti stati sono mutualmente esclusivi: solo una può essere vero quando viene +usata una classe di blocco:: + + <hardirq-safe> o <hardirq-unsafe> + <softirq-safe> o <softirq-unsafe> + +Questo perché se un blocco può essere usato in un contesto di interruzioni +(sicuro in interruzioni), allora non può mai essere acquisito con le +interruzioni abilitate (insicuro in interruzioni). Altrimenti potrebbe +verificarsi uno stallo. Per esempio, questo blocco viene acquisito, ma prima di +essere rilasciato il contesto d'esecuzione viene interrotto nuovamente, e quindi +si tenterà di acquisirlo nuovamente. Questo porterà ad uno stallo, in +particolare uno stallo ricorsivo. + +Il validatore rileva e riporta gli usi di blocchi che violano queste regole per +blocchi singoli. + +Regole per le dipendenze di blocchi multipli +-------------------------------------------- + +La stessa classe di blocco non deve essere acquisita due volte, questo perché +potrebbe portare ad uno blocco ricorsivo e dunque ad uno stallo. + +Inoltre, due blocchi non possono essere trattenuti in ordine inverso:: + + <L1> -> <L2> + <L2> -> <L1> + +perché porterebbe ad uno stallo - chiamato stallo da blocco inverso - in cui si +cerca di trattenere i due blocchi in un ciclo in cui entrambe i contesti +aspettano per sempre che l'altro termini. Il validatore è in grado di trovare +queste dipendenze cicliche di qualsiasi complessità, ovvero nel mezzo ci +potrebbero essere altre sequenze di blocchi. Il validatore troverà se questi +blocchi possono essere acquisiti circolarmente. + +In aggiunta, le seguenti sequenze di blocco nei contesti indicati non sono +permesse, indipendentemente da quale che sia la classe di blocco:: + + <hardirq-safe> -> <hardirq-unsafe> + <softirq-safe> -> <softirq-unsafe> + +La prima regola deriva dal fatto che un blocco sicuro in interruzioni può essere +trattenuto in un contesto d'interruzione che, per definizione, ha la possibilità +di interrompere un blocco insicuro in interruzioni; questo porterebbe ad uno +stallo da blocco inverso. La seconda, analogamente, ci dice che un blocco sicuro +in interruzioni software potrebbe essere trattenuto in un contesto di +interruzione software, dunque potrebbe interrompere un blocco insicuro in +interruzioni software. + +Le suddette regole vengono applicate per qualsiasi sequenza di blocchi: quando +si acquisiscono nuovi blocchi, il validatore verifica se vi è una violazione +delle regole fra il nuovo blocco e quelli già trattenuti. + +Quando una classe di blocco cambia stato, applicheremo le seguenti regole: + +- se viene trovato un nuovo blocco sicuro in interruzioni, verificheremo se + abbia mai trattenuto dei blocchi insicuri in interruzioni. + +- se viene trovato un nuovo blocco sicuro in interruzioni software, + verificheremo se abbia trattenuto dei blocchi insicuri in interruzioni + software. + +- se viene trovato un nuovo blocco insicuro in interruzioni, verificheremo se + abbia trattenuto dei blocchi sicuri in interruzioni. + +- se viene trovato un nuovo blocco insicuro in interruzioni software, + verificheremo se abbia trattenuto dei blocchi sicuri in interruzioni + software. + +(Di nuovo, questi controlli vengono fatti perché un contesto d'interruzione +potrebbe interrompere l'esecuzione di qualsiasi blocco insicuro portando ad uno +stallo; questo anche se lo stallo non si verifica in pratica) + +Eccezione: dipendenze annidate sui dati portano a blocchi annidati +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Ci sono alcuni casi in cui il kernel Linux acquisisce più volte la stessa +istanza di una classe di blocco. Solitamente, questo succede quando esiste una +gerarchia fra oggetti dello stesso tipo. In questi casi viene ereditato +implicitamente l'ordine fra i due oggetti (definito dalle proprietà di questa +gerarchia), ed il kernel tratterrà i blocchi in questo ordine prefissato per +ognuno degli oggetti. + +Un esempio di questa gerarchia di oggetti che producono "blocchi annidati" sono +i *block-dev* che rappresentano l'intero disco e quelli che rappresentano una +sua partizione; la partizione è una parte del disco intero, e l'ordine dei +blocchi sarà corretto fintantoche uno acquisisce il blocco del disco intero e +poi quello della partizione. Il validatore non rileva automaticamente questo +ordine implicito, perché queste regole di sincronizzazione non sono statiche. + +Per istruire il validatore riguardo a questo uso corretto dei blocchi sono stati +introdotte nuove primitive per specificare i "livelli di annidamento". Per +esempio, per i blocchi a mutua esclusione dei *block-dev* si avrebbe una +chiamata simile a:: + + enum bdev_bd_mutex_lock_class + { + BD_MUTEX_NORMAL, + BD_MUTEX_WHOLE, + BD_MUTEX_PARTITION + }; + + mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_contains->bd_mutex, BD_MUTEX_PARTITION); + +In questo caso la sincronizzazione viene fatta su un *block-dev* sapendo che si +tratta di una partizione. + +Ai fini della validazione, il validatore lo considererà con una - sotto - classe +di blocco separata. + +Nota: Prestate estrema attenzione che la vostra gerarchia sia corretta quando si +vogliono usare le primitive _nested(); altrimenti potreste avere sia falsi +positivi che falsi negativi. + +Annotazioni +----------- + +Si possono utilizzare due costrutti per verificare ed annotare se certi blocchi +devono essere trattenuti: lockdep_assert_held*(&lock) e +lockdep_*pin_lock(&lock). + +Come suggerito dal nome, la famiglia di macro lockdep_assert_held* asseriscono +che un dato blocco in un dato momento deve essere trattenuto (altrimenti, verrà +generato un WARN()). Queste vengono usate abbondantemente nel kernel, per +esempio in kernel/sched/core.c:: + + void update_rq_clock(struct rq *rq) + { + s64 delta; + + lockdep_assert_held(&rq->lock); + [...] + } + +dove aver trattenuto rq->lock è necessario per aggiornare in sicurezza il clock +rq. + +L'altra famiglia di macro è lockdep_*pin_lock(), che a dire il vero viene usata +solo per rq->lock ATM. Se per caso un blocco non viene trattenuto, queste +genereranno un WARN(). Questo si rivela particolarmente utile quando si deve +verificare la correttezza di codice con *callback*, dove livelli superiori +potrebbero assumere che un blocco rimanga trattenuto, ma livelli inferiori +potrebbero invece pensare che il blocco possa essere rilasciato e poi +riacquisito (involontariamente si apre una sezione critica). lockdep_pin_lock() +restituisce 'struct pin_cookie' che viene usato da lockdep_unpin_lock() per +verificare che nessuno abbia manomesso il blocco. Per esempio in +kernel/sched/sched.h abbiamo:: + + static inline void rq_pin_lock(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf) + { + rf->cookie = lockdep_pin_lock(&rq->lock); + [...] + } + + static inline void rq_unpin_lock(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf) + { + [...] + lockdep_unpin_lock(&rq->lock, rf->cookie); + } + +I commenti riguardo alla sincronizzazione possano fornire informazioni utili, +tuttavia sono le verifiche in esecuzione effettuate da queste macro ad essere +vitali per scovare problemi di sincronizzazione, ed inoltre forniscono lo stesso +livello di informazioni quando si ispeziona il codice. Nel dubbio, preferite +queste annotazioni! + +Dimostrazione di correttezza al 100% +------------------------------------ + +Il validatore verifica la proprietà di chiusura in senso matematico. Ovvero, per +ogni sequenza di sincronizzazione di un singolo processo che si verifichi almeno +una volta nel kernel, il validatore dimostrerà con una certezza del 100% che +nessuna combinazione e tempistica di queste sequenze possa causare uno stallo in +una qualsiasi classe di blocco. [1]_ + +In pratica, per dimostrare l'esistenza di uno stallo non servono complessi +scenari di sincronizzazione multi-processore e multi-processo. Il validatore può +dimostrare la correttezza basandosi sulla sola sequenza di sincronizzazione +apparsa almeno una volta (in qualunque momento, in qualunque processo o +contesto). Uno scenario complesso che avrebbe bisogno di 3 processori e una +sfortunata presenza di processi, interruzioni, e pessimo tempismo, può essere +riprodotto su un sistema a singolo processore. + +Questo riduce drasticamente la complessità del controllo di qualità della +sincronizzazione nel kernel: quello che deve essere fatto è di innescare nel +kernel quante più possibili "semplici" sequenze di sincronizzazione, almeno una +volta, allo scopo di dimostrarne la correttezza. Questo al posto di innescare +una verifica per ogni possibile combinazione di sincronizzazione fra processori, +e differenti scenari con hardirq e softirq e annidamenti vari (nella pratica, +impossibile da fare) + +.. [1] + + assumendo che il validatore sia corretto al 100%, e che nessun altra parte + del sistema possa corromperne lo stato. Assumiamo anche che tutti i percorsi + MNI/SMM [potrebbero interrompere anche percorsi dove le interruzioni sono + disabilitate] sono corretti e non interferiscono con il validatore. Inoltre, + assumiamo che un hash a 64-bit sia unico per ogni sequenza di + sincronizzazione nel sistema. Infine, la ricorsione dei blocchi non deve + essere maggiore di 20. + +Prestazione +----------- + +Le regole sopracitate hanno bisogno di una quantità **enorme** di verifiche +durante l'esecuzione. Il sistema sarebbe diventato praticamente inutilizzabile +per la sua lentezza se le avessimo fatte davvero per ogni blocco trattenuto e +per ogni abilitazione delle interruzioni. La complessità della verifica è +O(N^2), quindi avremmo dovuto fare decine di migliaia di verifiche per ogni +evento, il tutto per poche centinaia di classi. + +Il problema è stato risolto facendo una singola verifica per ogni 'scenario di +sincronizzazione' (una sequenza unica di blocchi trattenuti uno dopo l'altro). +Per farlo, viene mantenuta una pila dei blocchi trattenuti, e viene calcolato un +hash a 64-bit unico per ogni sequenza. Quando la sequenza viene verificata per +la prima volta, l'hash viene inserito in una tabella hash. La tabella potrà +essere verificata senza bisogno di blocchi. Se la sequenza dovesse ripetersi, la +tabella ci dirà che non è necessario verificarla nuovamente. + +Risoluzione dei problemi +------------------------ + +Il massimo numero di classi di blocco che il validatore può tracciare è: +MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS. Oltrepassare questo limite indurrà lokdep a generare il +seguente avviso:: + + (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(id >= MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS)) + +Di base questo valore è 8191, e un classico sistema da ufficio ha meno di 1000 +classi, dunque questo avviso è solitamente la conseguenza di un problema di +perdita delle classi di blocco o d'inizializzazione dei blocchi. Di seguito una +descrizione dei due problemi: + +1. caricare e rimuovere continuamente i moduli mentre il validatore è in + esecuzione porterà ad una perdita di classi di blocco. Il problema è che ogni + caricamento crea un nuovo insieme di classi di blocco per tutti i blocchi di + quel modulo. Tuttavia, la rimozione del modulo non rimuove le vecchie classi + (vedi dopo perché non le riusiamo). Dunque, il continuo caricamento e + rimozione di un modulo non fa altro che aumentare il contatore di classi fino + a raggiungere, eventualmente, il limite. + +2. Usare array con un gran numero di blocchi che non vengono esplicitamente + inizializzati. Per esempio, una tabella hash con 8192 *bucket* dove ognuno ha + il proprio spinlock_t consumerà 8192 classi di blocco a meno che non vengano + esplicitamente inizializzati in esecuzione usando spin_lock_init() invece + dell'inizializzazione durante la compilazione con __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(). + Sbagliare questa inizializzazione garantisce un esaurimento di classi di + blocco. Viceversa, un ciclo che invoca spin_lock_init() su tutti i blocchi li + mapperebbe tutti alla stessa classe di blocco. + + La morale della favola è che dovete sempre inizializzare esplicitamente i + vostri blocchi. + +Qualcuno potrebbe argomentare che il validatore debba permettere il riuso di +classi di blocco. Tuttavia, se siete tentati dall'argomento, prima revisionate +il codice e pensate alla modifiche necessarie, e tenendo a mente che le classi +di blocco da rimuovere probabilmente sono legate al grafo delle dipendenze. Più +facile a dirsi che a farsi. + +Ovviamente, se non esaurite le classi di blocco, la prossima cosa da fare è +quella di trovare le classi non funzionanti. Per prima cosa, il seguente comando +ritorna il numero di classi attualmente in uso assieme al valore massimo:: + + grep "lock-classes" /proc/lockdep_stats + +Questo comando produce il seguente messaggio:: + + lock-classes: 748 [max: 8191] + +Se il numero di assegnazioni (748 qui sopra) aumenta continuamente nel tempo, +allora c'è probabilmente un problema da qualche parte. Il seguente comando può +essere utilizzato per identificare le classi di blocchi problematiche:: + + grep "BD" /proc/lockdep + +Eseguite il comando e salvatene l'output, quindi confrontatelo con l'output di +un'esecuzione successiva per identificare eventuali problemi. Questo stesso +output può anche aiutarti a trovare situazioni in cui l'inizializzazione del +blocco è stata omessa. + +Lettura ricorsiva dei blocchi +----------------------------- + +Il resto di questo documento vuole dimostrare che certi cicli equivalgono ad una +possibilità di stallo. + +Ci sono tre tipi di bloccatori: gli scrittori (bloccatori esclusivi, come +spin_lock() o write_lock()), lettori non ricorsivi (bloccatori condivisi, come +down_read()), e lettori ricorsivi (bloccatori condivisi ricorsivi, come +rcu_read_lock()). D'ora in poi, per questi tipi di bloccatori, useremo la +seguente notazione: + + W o E: per gli scrittori (bloccatori esclusivi) (W dall'inglese per + *Writer*, ed E per *Exclusive*). + + r: per i lettori non ricorsivi (r dall'inglese per *reader*). + + R: per i lettori ricorsivi (R dall'inglese per *Reader*). + + S: per qualsiasi lettore (non ricorsivi + ricorsivi), dato che entrambe + sono bloccatori condivisi (S dall'inglese per *Shared*). + + N: per gli scrittori ed i lettori non ricorsivi, dato che entrambe sono + non ricorsivi. + +Ovviamente, N equivale a "r o W" ed S a "r o R". + +Come suggerisce il nome, i lettori ricorsivi sono dei bloccatori a cui è +permesso di acquisire la stessa istanza di blocco anche all'interno della +sezione critica di un altro lettore. In altre parole, permette di annidare la +stessa istanza di blocco nelle sezioni critiche dei lettori. + +Dall'altro canto, lo stesso comportamento indurrebbe un lettore non ricorsivo ad +auto infliggersi uno stallo. + +La differenza fra questi due tipi di lettori esiste perché: quelli ricorsivi +vengono bloccati solo dal trattenimento di un blocco di scrittura, mentre quelli +non ricorsivi possono essere bloccati dall'attesa di un blocco di scrittura. +Consideriamo il seguente esempio:: + + TASK A: TASK B: + + read_lock(X); + write_lock(X); + read_lock_2(X); + +L'attività A acquisisce il blocco di lettura X (non importa se di tipo ricorsivo +o meno) usando read_lock(). Quando l'attività B tenterà di acquisire il blocco +X, si fermerà e rimarrà in attesa che venga rilasciato. Ora se read_lock_2() è +un tipo lettore ricorsivo, l'attività A continuerà perché gli scrittori in +attesa non possono bloccare lettori ricorsivi, e non avremo alcuno stallo. +Tuttavia, se read_lock_2() è un lettore non ricorsivo, allora verrà bloccato +dall'attività B e si causerà uno stallo. + +Condizioni bloccanti per lettori/scrittori su uno stesso blocco +--------------------------------------------------------------- +Essenzialmente ci sono quattro condizioni bloccanti: + +1. Uno scrittore blocca un altro scrittore. +2. Un lettore blocca uno scrittore. +3. Uno scrittore blocca sia i lettori ricorsivi che non ricorsivi. +4. Un lettore (ricorsivo o meno) non blocca altri lettori ricorsivi ma potrebbe + bloccare quelli non ricorsivi (perché potrebbero esistere degli scrittori in + attesa). + +Di seguito le tabella delle condizioni bloccanti, Y (*Yes*) significa che il +tipo in riga blocca quello in colonna, mentre N l'opposto. + + +---+---+---+---+ + | | W | r | R | + +---+---+---+---+ + | W | Y | Y | Y | + +---+---+---+---+ + | r | Y | Y | N | + +---+---+---+---+ + | R | Y | Y | N | + +---+---+---+---+ + + (W: scrittori, r: lettori non ricorsivi, R: lettori ricorsivi) + +Al contrario dei blocchi per lettori non ricorsivi, quelli ricorsivi vengono +trattenuti da chi trattiene il blocco di scrittura piuttosto che da chi ne +attende il rilascio. Per esempio:: + + TASK A: TASK B: + + read_lock(X); + + write_lock(X); + + read_lock(X); + +non produce uno stallo per i lettori ricorsivi, in quanto il processo B rimane +in attesta del blocco X, mentre il secondo read_lock() non ha bisogno di +aspettare perché si tratta di un lettore ricorsivo. Tuttavia, se read_lock() +fosse un lettore non ricorsivo, questo codice produrrebbe uno stallo. + +Da notare che in funzione dell'operazione di blocco usate per l'acquisizione (in +particolare il valore del parametro 'read' in lock_acquire()), un blocco può +essere di scrittura (blocco esclusivo), di lettura non ricorsivo (blocco +condiviso e non ricorsivo), o di lettura ricorsivo (blocco condiviso e +ricorsivo). In altre parole, per un'istanza di blocco esistono tre tipi di +acquisizione che dipendono dalla funzione di acquisizione usata: esclusiva, di +lettura non ricorsiva, e di lettura ricorsiva. + +In breve, chiamiamo "non ricorsivi" blocchi di scrittura e quelli di lettura non +ricorsiva, mentre "ricorsivi" i blocchi di lettura ricorsivi. + +I blocchi ricorsivi non si bloccano a vicenda, mentre quelli non ricorsivi sì +(anche in lettura). Un blocco di lettura non ricorsivi può bloccare uno +ricorsivo, e viceversa. + +Il seguente esempio mostra uno stallo con blocchi ricorsivi:: + + TASK A: TASK B: + + read_lock(X); + read_lock(Y); + write_lock(Y); + write_lock(X); + +Il processo A attende che il processo B esegua read_unlock() so Y, mentre il +processo B attende che A esegua read_unlock() su X. + +Tipi di dipendenze e percorsi forti +----------------------------------- +Le dipendenze fra blocchi tracciano l'ordine con cui una coppia di blocchi viene +acquisita, e perché vi sono 3 tipi di bloccatori, allora avremo 9 tipi di +dipendenze. Tuttavia, vi mostreremo che 4 sono sufficienti per individuare gli +stalli. + +Per ogni dipendenza fra blocchi avremo:: + + L1 -> L2 + +Questo significa che lockdep ha visto acquisire L1 prima di L2 nello stesso +contesto di esecuzione. Per quanto riguarda l'individuazione degli stalli, ci +interessa sapere se possiamo rimanere bloccati da L2 mentre L1 viene trattenuto. +In altre parole, vogliamo sapere se esiste un bloccatore L3 che viene bloccato +da L1 e un L2 che viene bloccato da L3. Dunque, siamo interessati a (1) quello +che L1 blocca e (2) quello che blocca L2. Di conseguenza, possiamo combinare +lettori ricorsivi e non per L1 (perché bloccano gli stessi tipi) e possiamo +combinare scrittori e lettori non ricorsivi per L2 (perché vengono bloccati +dagli stessi tipi). + +Con questa semplificazione, possiamo dedurre che ci sono 4 tipi di rami nel +grafo delle dipendenze di lockdep: + +1) -(ER)->: + dipendenza da scrittore esclusivo a lettore ricorsivo. "X -(ER)-> Y" + significa X -> Y, dove X è uno scrittore e Y un lettore ricorsivo. + +2) -(EN)->: + dipendenza da scrittore esclusivo a bloccatore non ricorsivo. + "X -(EN)->" significa X-> Y, dove X è uno scrittore e Y può essere + o uno scrittore o un lettore non ricorsivo. + +3) -(SR)->: + dipendenza da lettore condiviso a lettore ricorsivo. "X -(SR)->" + significa X -> Y, dove X è un lettore (ricorsivo o meno) e Y è un + lettore ricorsivo. + +4) -(SN)->: + dipendenza da lettore condiviso a bloccatore non ricorsivo. + "X -(SN)-> Y" significa X -> Y , dove X è un lettore (ricorsivo + o meno) e Y può essere o uno scrittore o un lettore non ricorsivo. + +Da notare che presi due blocchi, questi potrebbero avere più dipendenza fra di +loro. Per esempio:: + + TASK A: + + read_lock(X); + write_lock(Y); + ... + + TASK B: + + write_lock(X); + write_lock(Y); + +Nel grafo delle dipendenze avremo sia X -(SN)-> Y che X -(EN)-> Y. + +Usiamo -(xN)-> per rappresentare i rami sia per -(EN)-> che -(SN)->, allo stesso +modo -(Ex)->, -(xR)-> e -(Sx)-> + +Un "percorso" in un grafo è una serie di nodi e degli archi che li congiungono. +Definiamo un percorso "forte", come il percorso che non ha archi (dipendenze) di +tipo -(xR)-> e -(Sx)->. In altre parole, un percorso "forte" è un percorso da un +blocco ad un altro attraverso le varie dipendenze, e se sul percorso abbiamo X +-> Y -> Z (dove X, Y, e Z sono blocchi), e da X a Y si ha una dipendenza -(SR)-> +o -(ER)->, allora fra Y e Z non deve esserci una dipendenza -(SN)-> o -(SR)->. + +Nella prossima sezione vedremo perché definiamo questo percorso "forte". + +Identificazione di stalli da lettura ricorsiva +---------------------------------------------- +Ora vogliamo dimostrare altre due cose: + +Lemma 1: + +Se esiste un percorso chiuso forte (ciclo forte), allora esiste anche una +combinazione di sequenze di blocchi che causa uno stallo. In altre parole, +l'esistenza di un ciclo forte è sufficiente alla scoperta di uno stallo. + +Lemma 2: + +Se non esiste un percorso chiuso forte (ciclo forte), allora non esiste una +combinazione di sequenze di blocchi che causino uno stallo. In altre parole, i +cicli forti sono necessari alla rilevazione degli stallo. + +Con questi due lemmi possiamo facilmente affermare che un percorso chiuso forte +è sia sufficiente che necessario per avere gli stalli, dunque averli equivale +alla possibilità di imbattersi concretamente in uno stallo. Un percorso chiuso +forte significa che può causare stalli, per questo lo definiamo "forte", ma ci +sono anche cicli di dipendenze che non causeranno stalli. + +Dimostrazione di sufficienza (lemma 1): + +Immaginiamo d'avere un ciclo forte:: + + L1 -> L2 ... -> Ln -> L1 + +Questo significa che abbiamo le seguenti dipendenze:: + + L1 -> L2 + L2 -> L3 + ... + Ln-1 -> Ln + Ln -> L1 + +Ora possiamo costruire una combinazione di sequenze di blocchi che causano lo +stallo. + +Per prima cosa facciamo sì che un processo/processore prenda L1 in L1 -> L2, poi +un altro prende L2 in L2 -> L3, e così via. Alla fine, tutti i Lx in Lx -> Lx+1 +saranno trattenuti da processi/processori diversi. + +Poi visto che abbiamo L1 -> L2, chi trattiene L1 vorrà acquisire L2 in L1 -> L2, +ma prima dovrà attendere che venga rilasciato da chi lo trattiene. Questo perché +L2 è già trattenuto da un altro processo/processore, ed in più L1 -> L2 e L2 -> +L3 non sono -(xR)-> né -(Sx)-> (la definizione di forte). Questo significa che L2 +in L1 -> L2 non è un bloccatore non ricorsivo (bloccabile da chiunque), e L2 in +L2 -> L3 non è uno scrittore (che blocca chiunque). + +In aggiunta, possiamo trarre una simile conclusione per chi sta trattenendo L2: +deve aspettare che L3 venga rilasciato, e così via. Ora possiamo dimostrare che +chi trattiene Lx deve aspettare che Lx+1 venga rilasciato. Notiamo che Ln+1 è +L1, dunque si è creato un ciclo dal quale non possiamo uscire, quindi si ha uno +stallo. + +Dimostrazione della necessità (lemma 2): + +Questo lemma equivale a dire che: se siamo in uno scenario di stallo, allora +deve esiste un ciclo forte nel grafo delle dipendenze. + +Secondo Wikipedia[1], se c'è uno stallo, allora deve esserci un ciclo di attese, +ovvero ci sono N processi/processori dove P1 aspetta un blocco trattenuto da P2, +e P2 ne aspetta uno trattenuto da P3, ... e Pn attende che il blocco P1 venga +rilasciato. Chiamiamo Lx il blocco che attende Px, quindi P1 aspetta L1 e +trattiene Ln. Quindi avremo Ln -> L1 nel grafo delle dipendenze. Similarmente, +nel grafo delle dipendenze avremo L1 -> L2, L2 -> L3, ..., Ln-1 -> Ln, il che +significa che abbiamo un ciclo:: + + Ln -> L1 -> L2 -> ... -> Ln + +, ed ora dimostriamo d'avere un ciclo forte. + +Per un blocco Lx, il processo Px contribuisce alla dipendenza Lx-1 -> Lx e Px+1 +contribuisce a quella Lx -> Lx+1. Visto che Px aspetta che Px+1 rilasci Lx, sarà +impossibile che Lx in Px+1 sia un lettore e che Lx in Px sia un lettore +ricorsivo. Questo perché i lettori (ricorsivi o meno) non bloccano lettori +ricorsivi. Dunque, Lx-1 -> Lx e Lx -> Lx+1 non possono essere una coppia di +-(xR)-> -(Sx)->. Questo è vero per ogni ciclo, dunque, questo è un ciclo forte. + +Riferimenti +----------- + +[1]: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stallo_(informatica) + +[2]: Shibu, K. (2009). Intro To Embedded Systems (1st ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockstat.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockstat.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..77972d971d7c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockstat.rst @@ -0,0 +1,230 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst + +======================= +Statistiche sui blocchi +======================= + +Cosa +==== + +Come suggerisce il nome, fornisce statistiche sui blocchi. + + +Perché +====== + +Perché, tanto per fare un esempio, le contese sui blocchi possono influenzare +significativamente le prestazioni. + +Come +==== + +*Lockdep* ha punti di collegamento nelle funzioni di blocco e inoltre +mappa le istanze di blocco con le relative classi. Partiamo da questo punto +(vedere Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/lockdep-design.rst). +Il grafico sottostante mostra la relazione che intercorre fra le +funzioni di blocco e i vari punti di collegamenti che ci sono al loro +interno:: + + __acquire + | + lock _____ + | \ + | __contended + | | + | <wait> + | _______/ + |/ + | + __acquired + | + . + <hold> + . + | + __release + | + unlock + + lock, unlock - le classiche funzioni di blocco + __* - i punti di collegamento + <> - stati + +Grazie a questi punti di collegamento possiamo fornire le seguenti statistiche: + +con-bounces + - numero di contese su un blocco che riguarda dati di un processore + +contentions + - numero di acquisizioni di blocchi che hanno dovuto attendere + +wait time + min + - tempo minimo (diverso da zero) che sia mai stato speso in attesa di + un blocco + + max + - tempo massimo che sia mai stato speso in attesa di un blocco + + total + - tempo totale speso in attesa di un blocco + + avg + - tempo medio speso in attesa di un blocco + +acq-bounces + - numero di acquisizioni di blocco che riguardavano i dati su un processore + +acquisitions + - numero di volte che un blocco è stato ottenuto + +hold time + min + - tempo minimo (diverso da zero) che sia mai stato speso trattenendo un blocco + + max + - tempo massimo che sia mai stato speso trattenendo un blocco + + total + - tempo totale di trattenimento di un blocco + + avg + - tempo medio di trattenimento di un blocco + +Questi numeri vengono raccolti per classe di blocco, e per ogni stato di +lettura/scrittura (quando applicabile). + +Inoltre, questa raccolta di statistiche tiene traccia di 4 punti di contesa +per classe di blocco. Un punto di contesa è una chiamata che ha dovuto +aspettare l'acquisizione di un blocco. + +Configurazione +-------------- + +Le statistiche sui blocchi si abilitano usando l'opzione di configurazione +CONFIG_LOCK_STAT. + +Uso +--- + +Abilitare la raccolta di statistiche:: + + # echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat + +Disabilitare la raccolta di statistiche:: + + # echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat + +Per vedere le statistiche correnti sui blocchi:: + + ( i numeri di riga non fanno parte dell'output del comando, ma sono stati + aggiunti ai fini di questa spiegazione ) + + # less /proc/lock_stat + + 01 lock_stat version 0.4 + 02----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + 03 class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total waittime-avg acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total holdtime-avg + 04----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + 05 + 06 &mm->mmap_sem-W: 46 84 0.26 939.10 16371.53 194.90 47291 2922365 0.16 2220301.69 17464026916.32 5975.99 + 07 &mm->mmap_sem-R: 37 100 1.31 299502.61 325629.52 3256.30 212344 34316685 0.10 7744.91 95016910.20 2.77 + 08 --------------- + 09 &mm->mmap_sem 1 [<ffffffff811502a7>] khugepaged_scan_mm_slot+0x57/0x280 + 10 &mm->mmap_sem 96 [<ffffffff815351c4>] __do_page_fault+0x1d4/0x510 + 11 &mm->mmap_sem 34 [<ffffffff81113d77>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x87/0xd0 + 12 &mm->mmap_sem 17 [<ffffffff81127e71>] vm_munmap+0x41/0x80 + 13 --------------- + 14 &mm->mmap_sem 1 [<ffffffff81046fda>] dup_mmap+0x2a/0x3f0 + 15 &mm->mmap_sem 60 [<ffffffff81129e29>] SyS_mprotect+0xe9/0x250 + 16 &mm->mmap_sem 41 [<ffffffff815351c4>] __do_page_fault+0x1d4/0x510 + 17 &mm->mmap_sem 68 [<ffffffff81113d77>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x87/0xd0 + 18 + 19............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. + 20 + 21 unix_table_lock: 110 112 0.21 49.24 163.91 1.46 21094 66312 0.12 624.42 31589.81 0.48 + 22 --------------- + 23 unix_table_lock 45 [<ffffffff8150ad8e>] unix_create1+0x16e/0x1b0 + 24 unix_table_lock 47 [<ffffffff8150b111>] unix_release_sock+0x31/0x250 + 25 unix_table_lock 15 [<ffffffff8150ca37>] unix_find_other+0x117/0x230 + 26 unix_table_lock 5 [<ffffffff8150a09f>] unix_autobind+0x11f/0x1b0 + 27 --------------- + 28 unix_table_lock 39 [<ffffffff8150b111>] unix_release_sock+0x31/0x250 + 29 unix_table_lock 49 [<ffffffff8150ad8e>] unix_create1+0x16e/0x1b0 + 30 unix_table_lock 20 [<ffffffff8150ca37>] unix_find_other+0x117/0x230 + 31 unix_table_lock 4 [<ffffffff8150a09f>] unix_autobind+0x11f/0x1b0 + +Questo estratto mostra le statistiche delle prime due classi di +blocco. La riga 01 mostra la versione dell'output - la versione +cambierà ogni volta che cambia il formato. Le righe dalla 02 alla 04 +rappresentano l'intestazione con la descrizione delle colonne. Le +statistiche sono mostrate nelle righe dalla 05 alla 18 e dalla 20 +alla 31. Queste statistiche sono divise in due parti: le statistiche, +seguite dai punti di contesa (righe 08 e 13) separati da un divisore. + +Le righe dalla 09 alla 12 mostrano i primi quattro punti di contesa +registrati (il codice che tenta di acquisire un blocco) e le righe +dalla 14 alla 17 mostrano i primi quattro punti contesi registrati +(ovvero codice che ha acquisito un blocco). È possibile che nelle +statistiche manchi il valore *max con-bounces*. + +Il primo blocco (righe dalla 05 alla 18) è di tipo lettura/scrittura e quindi +mostra due righe prima del divisore. I punti di contesa non corrispondono alla +descrizione delle colonne nell'intestazione; essi hanno due colonne: *punti di +contesa* e *[<IP>] simboli*. Il secondo gruppo di punti di contesa sono i punti +con cui si contende il blocco. + +La parte interna del tempo è espressa in us (microsecondi). + +Quando si ha a che fare con blocchi annidati si potrebbero vedere le +sottoclassi di blocco:: + + 32........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... + 33 + 34 &rq->lock: 13128 13128 0.43 190.53 103881.26 7.91 97454 3453404 0.00 401.11 13224683.11 3.82 + 35 --------- + 36 &rq->lock 645 [<ffffffff8103bfc4>] task_rq_lock+0x43/0x75 + 37 &rq->lock 297 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a + 38 &rq->lock 360 [<ffffffff8103c4c5>] select_task_rq_fair+0x1f0/0x74a + 39 &rq->lock 428 [<ffffffff81045f98>] scheduler_tick+0x46/0x1fb + 40 --------- + 41 &rq->lock 77 [<ffffffff8103bfc4>] task_rq_lock+0x43/0x75 + 42 &rq->lock 174 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a + 43 &rq->lock 4715 [<ffffffff8103ed4b>] double_rq_lock+0x42/0x54 + 44 &rq->lock 893 [<ffffffff81340524>] schedule+0x157/0x7b8 + 45 + 46........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... + 47 + 48 &rq->lock/1: 1526 11488 0.33 388.73 136294.31 11.86 21461 38404 0.00 37.93 109388.53 2.84 + 49 ----------- + 50 &rq->lock/1 11526 [<ffffffff8103ed58>] double_rq_lock+0x4f/0x54 + 51 ----------- + 52 &rq->lock/1 5645 [<ffffffff8103ed4b>] double_rq_lock+0x42/0x54 + 53 &rq->lock/1 1224 [<ffffffff81340524>] schedule+0x157/0x7b8 + 54 &rq->lock/1 4336 [<ffffffff8103ed58>] double_rq_lock+0x4f/0x54 + 55 &rq->lock/1 181 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a + +La riga 48 mostra le statistiche per la seconda sottoclasse (/1) della +classe *&irq->lock* (le sottoclassi partono da 0); in questo caso, +come suggerito dalla riga 50, ``double_rq_lock`` tenta di acquisire un blocco +annidato di due spinlock. + +Per vedere i blocco più contesi:: + + # grep : /proc/lock_stat | head + clockevents_lock: 2926159 2947636 0.15 46882.81 1784540466.34 605.41 3381345 3879161 0.00 2260.97 53178395.68 13.71 + tick_broadcast_lock: 346460 346717 0.18 2257.43 39364622.71 113.54 3642919 4242696 0.00 2263.79 49173646.60 11.59 + &mapping->i_mmap_mutex: 203896 203899 3.36 645530.05 31767507988.39 155800.21 3361776 8893984 0.17 2254.15 14110121.02 1.59 + &rq->lock: 135014 136909 0.18 606.09 842160.68 6.15 1540728 10436146 0.00 728.72 17606683.41 1.69 + &(&zone->lru_lock)->rlock: 93000 94934 0.16 59.18 188253.78 1.98 1199912 3809894 0.15 391.40 3559518.81 0.93 + tasklist_lock-W: 40667 41130 0.23 1189.42 428980.51 10.43 270278 510106 0.16 653.51 3939674.91 7.72 + tasklist_lock-R: 21298 21305 0.20 1310.05 215511.12 10.12 186204 241258 0.14 1162.33 1179779.23 4.89 + rcu_node_1: 47656 49022 0.16 635.41 193616.41 3.95 844888 1865423 0.00 764.26 1656226.96 0.89 + &(&dentry->d_lockref.lock)->rlock: 39791 40179 0.15 1302.08 88851.96 2.21 2790851 12527025 0.10 1910.75 3379714.27 0.27 + rcu_node_0: 29203 30064 0.16 786.55 1555573.00 51.74 88963 244254 0.00 398.87 428872.51 1.76 + +Per cancellare le statistiche:: + + # echo 0 > /proc/lock_stat diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktorture.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktorture.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..87a0dbeaca772 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktorture.rst @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst + +============================================ +Funzionamento del test *Kernel Lock Torture* +============================================ + +CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST +======================== + +L'opzione di configurazione CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST fornisce un +modulo kernel che esegue delle verifiche che *torturano* le primitive di +sincronizzazione del kernel. Se dovesse servire, il modulo kernel, +'locktorture', può essere generato successivamente su un kernel che +volete verificare. Periodicamente le verifiche stampano messaggi tramite +``printk()`` e che quindi possono essere letti tramite ``dmesg`` (magari +filtrate l'output con ``grep "torture"``). La verifica inizia quando +il modulo viene caricato e termina quando viene rimosso. Questo +programma si basa sulle modalità di verifica di RCU tramite rcutorture. + +Questa verifica consiste nella creazione di un certo numero di thread +del kernel che acquisiscono un blocco e lo trattengono per una certa +quantità di tempo così da simulare diversi comportamenti nelle sezioni +critiche. La quantità di contese su un blocco può essere simulata +allargando la sezione critica e/o creando più thread. + + +Parametri del modulo +==================== + +Questo modulo ha i seguenti parametri: + + +Specifici di locktorture +------------------------ + +nwriters_stress + Numero di thread del kernel che stresseranno l'acquisizione + esclusiva dei blocchi (scrittori). Il valore di base è il + doppio del numero di processori attivi presenti. + +nreaders_stress + Numero di thread del kernel che stresseranno l'acquisizione + condivisa dei blocchi (lettori). Il valore di base è lo stesso + di nwriters_stress. Se l'utente non ha specificato + nwriters_stress, allora entrambe i valori corrisponderanno + al numero di processori attivi presenti. + +torture_type + Tipo di blocco da verificare. Di base, solo gli spinlock + verranno verificati. Questo modulo può verificare anche + i seguenti tipi di blocchi: + + - "lock_busted": + Simula un'incorretta implementazione del + blocco. + + - "spin_lock": + coppie di spin_lock() e spin_unlock(). + + - "spin_lock_irq": + coppie di spin_lock_irq() e spin_unlock_irq(). + + - "rw_lock": + coppie di rwlock read/write lock() e unlock(). + + - "rw_lock_irq": + copie di rwlock read/write lock_irq() e + unlock_irq(). + + - "mutex_lock": + coppie di mutex_lock() e mutex_unlock(). + + - "rtmutex_lock": + coppie di rtmutex_lock() e rtmutex_unlock(). + Il kernel deve avere CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES=y. + + - "rwsem_lock": + coppie di semafori read/write down() e up(). + + +Generici dell'ambiente di sviluppo 'torture' (RCU + locking) +------------------------------------------------------------ + +shutdown_secs + Numero di secondi prima che la verifica termini e il sistema + venga spento. Il valore di base è zero, il che disabilita + la possibilità di terminare e spegnere. Questa funzionalità + può essere utile per verifiche automatizzate. + +onoff_interval + Numero di secondi fra ogni tentativo di esecuzione di + un'operazione casuale di CPU-hotplug. Di base è zero, il + che disabilita la funzionalità di CPU-hotplug. Nei kernel + con CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=n, locktorture si rifiuterà, senza + dirlo, di effettuare una qualsiasi operazione di + CPU-hotplug indipendentemente dal valore specificato in + onoff_interval. + +onoff_holdoff + Numero di secondi da aspettare prima di iniziare le + operazioni di CPU-hotplug. Normalmente questo verrebbe + usato solamente quando locktorture è compilato come parte + integrante del kernel ed eseguito automaticamente all'avvio, + in questo caso è utile perché permette di non confondere + l'avvio con i processori che vanno e vengono. Questo + parametro è utile sono se CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU è abilitato. + +stat_interval + Numero di secondi fra una stampa (printk()) delle + statistiche e l'altra. Di base, locktorture riporta le + statistiche ogni 60 secondi. Impostando l'intervallo a 0 + ha l'effetto di stampare le statistiche -solo- quando il + modulo viene rimosso. + +stutter + Durata della verifica prima di effettuare una pausa di + eguale durata. Di base "stutter=5", quindi si eseguono + verifiche e pause di (circa) cinque secondi. + L'impostazione di "stutter=0" fa si che la verifica + venga eseguita continuamente senza fermarsi. + +shuffle_interval + Il numero di secondi per cui un thread debba mantenere + l'affinità con un sottoinsieme di processori, di base è + 3 secondi. Viene usato assieme a test_no_idle_hz. + +verbose + Abilita le stampe di debug, via printk(). Di base è + abilitato. Queste informazioni aggiuntive sono per la + maggior parte relative ad errori di alto livello e resoconti + da parte dell'struttura 'torture'. + + +Statistiche +=========== + +Le statistiche vengono stampate secondo il seguente formato:: + + spin_lock-torture: Writes: Total: 93746064 Max/Min: 0/0 Fail: 0 + (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) + + (A): tipo di lock sotto verifica -- parametro torture_type. + + (B): Numero di acquisizione del blocco in scrittura. Se si ha a che fare + con una primitiva di lettura/scrittura apparirà di seguito anche una + seconda voce "Reads" + + (C): Numero di volte che il blocco è stato acquisito + + (D): Numero minimo e massimo di volte che un thread ha fallito + nell'acquisire il blocco + + (E): valori true/false nel caso di errori durante l'acquisizione del blocco. + Questo dovrebbe dare un riscontro positivo -solo- se c'è un baco + nell'implementazione delle primitive di sincronizzazione. Altrimenti un + blocco non dovrebbe mai fallire (per esempio, spin_lock()). + Ovviamente lo stesso si applica per (C). Un semplice esempio è il tipo + "lock_busted". + +Uso +=== + +Il seguente script può essere utilizzato per verificare i blocchi:: + + #!/bin/sh + + modprobe locktorture + sleep 3600 + rmmod locktorture + dmesg | grep torture: + +L'output può essere manualmente ispezionato cercando il marcatore d'errore +"!!!". Ovviamente potreste voler creare degli script più elaborati che +verificano automaticamente la presenza di errori. Il comando "rmmod" forza la +stampa (usando printk()) di "SUCCESS", "FAILURE", oppure "RCU_HOTPLUG". I primi +due si piegano da soli, mentre l'ultimo indica che non stati trovati problemi di +sincronizzazione, tuttavia ne sono stati trovati in CPU-hotplug. + +Consultate anche: Documentation/translations/it_IT/RCU/torture.rst diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktypes.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktypes.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..1c7056283b9de --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/locking/locktypes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,547 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst + +.. _it_kernel_hacking_locktypes: + +======================================== +Tipologie di blocco e le loro istruzioni +======================================== + +Introduzione +============ + +Il kernel fornisce un certo numero di primitive di blocco che possiamo dividere +in tre categorie: + + - blocchi ad attesa con sospensione + - blocchi locali per CPU + - blocchi ad attesa attiva + +Questo documento descrive questi tre tipi e fornisce istruzioni su come +annidarli, ed usarli su kernel PREEMPT_RT. + +Categorie di blocchi +==================== + +Blocchi ad attesa con sospensione +--------------------------------- + +I blocchi ad attesa con sospensione possono essere acquisiti solo in un contesti +dov'è possibile la prelazione. + +Diverse implementazioni permettono di usare try_lock() anche in altri contesti, +nonostante ciò è bene considerare anche la sicurezza dei corrispondenti +unlock(). Inoltre, vanno prese in considerazione anche le varianti di *debug* +di queste primitive. Insomma, non usate i blocchi ad attesa con sospensioni in +altri contesti a meno che proprio non vi siano alternative. + +In questa categoria troviamo: + + - mutex + - rt_mutex + - semaphore + - rw_semaphore + - ww_mutex + - percpu_rw_semaphore + +Nei kernel con PREEMPT_RT, i seguenti blocchi sono convertiti in blocchi ad +attesa con sospensione: + + - local_lock + - spinlock_t + - rwlock_t + +Blocchi locali per CPU +---------------------- + + - local_lock + +Su kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, le funzioni local_lock gestiscono le primitive di +disabilitazione di prelazione ed interruzioni. Al contrario di altri meccanismi, +la disabilitazione della prelazione o delle interruzioni sono puri meccanismi +per il controllo della concorrenza su una CPU e quindi non sono adatti per la +gestione della concorrenza inter-CPU. + +Blocchi ad attesa attiva +------------------------ + + - raw_spinlcok_t + - bit spinlocks + + Nei kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, i seguenti blocchi sono ad attesa attiva: + + - spinlock_t + - rwlock_t + +Implicitamente, i blocchi ad attesa attiva disabilitano la prelazione e le +funzioni lock/unlock hanno anche dei suffissi per gestire il livello di +protezione: + + =================== ========================================================================= + _bh() disabilita / abilita *bottom halves* (interruzioni software) + _irq() disabilita / abilita le interruzioni + _irqsave/restore() salva e disabilita le interruzioni / ripristina ed attiva le interruzioni + =================== ========================================================================= + +Semantica del proprietario +========================== + +Eccetto i semafori, i sopracitati tipi di blocchi hanno tutti una semantica +molto stringente riguardo al proprietario di un blocco: + + Il contesto (attività) che ha acquisito il blocco deve rilasciarlo + +I semafori rw_semaphores hanno un'interfaccia speciale che permette anche ai non +proprietari del blocco di rilasciarlo per i lettori. + +rtmutex +======= + +I blocchi a mutua esclusione RT (*rtmutex*) sono un sistema a mutua esclusione +con supporto all'ereditarietà della priorità (PI). + +Questo meccanismo ha delle limitazioni sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT dovuti alla +prelazione e alle sezioni con interruzioni disabilitate. + +Chiaramente, questo meccanismo non può avvalersi della prelazione su una sezione +dove la prelazione o le interruzioni sono disabilitate; anche sui kernel +PREEMPT_RT. Tuttavia, i kernel PREEMPT_RT eseguono la maggior parte delle +sezioni in contesti dov'è possibile la prelazione, specialmente in contesti +d'interruzione (anche software). Questa conversione permette a spinlock_t e +rwlock_t di essere implementati usando rtmutex. + +semaphore +========= + +La primitiva semaphore implementa un semaforo con contatore. + +I semafori vengono spesso utilizzati per la serializzazione e l'attesa, ma per +nuovi casi d'uso si dovrebbero usare meccanismi diversi, come mutex e +completion. + +semaphore e PREEMPT_RT +---------------------- + +I kernel PREEMPT_RT non cambiano l'implementazione di semaphore perché non hanno +un concetto di proprietario, dunque impediscono a PREEMPT_RT d'avere +l'ereditarietà della priorità sui semafori. Un proprietario sconosciuto non può +ottenere una priorità superiore. Di consequenza, bloccarsi sui semafori porta +all'inversione di priorità. + + +rw_semaphore +============ + +Il blocco rw_semaphore è un meccanismo che permette più lettori ma un solo scrittore. + +Sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT l'implementazione è imparziale, quindi previene +l'inedia dei processi scrittori. + +Questi blocchi hanno una semantica molto stringente riguardo il proprietario, ma +offre anche interfacce speciali che permettono ai processi non proprietari di +rilasciare un processo lettore. Queste interfacce funzionano indipendentemente +dalla configurazione del kernel. + +rw_semaphore e PREEMPT_RT +------------------------- + +I kernel PREEMPT_RT sostituiscono i rw_semaphore con un'implementazione basata +su rt_mutex, e questo ne modifica l'imparzialità: + + Dato che uno scrittore rw_semaphore non può assicurare la propria priorità ai + suoi lettori, un lettore con priorità più bassa che ha subito la prelazione + continuerà a trattenere il blocco, quindi porta all'inedia anche gli scrittori + con priorità più alta. Per contro, dato che i lettori possono garantire la + propria priorità agli scrittori, uno scrittore a bassa priorità che subisce la + prelazione vedrà la propria priorità alzata finché non rilascerà il blocco, e + questo preverrà l'inedia dei processi lettori a causa di uno scrittore. + + +local_lock +========== + +I local_lock forniscono nomi agli ambiti di visibilità delle sezioni critiche +protette tramite la disattivazione della prelazione o delle interruzioni. + +Sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT le operazioni local_lock si traducono +nell'abilitazione o disabilitazione della prelazione o le interruzioni. + + =============================== ====================== + local_lock(&llock) preempt_disable() + local_unlock(&llock) preempt_enable() + local_lock_irq(&llock) local_irq_disable() + local_unlock_irq(&llock) local_irq_enable() + local_lock_irqsave(&llock) local_irq_save() + local_unlock_irqrestore(&llock) local_irq_restore() + =============================== ====================== + +Gli ambiti di visibilità con nome hanno due vantaggi rispetto alle primitive di +base: + + - Il nome del blocco permette di fare un'analisi statica, ed è anche chiaro su + cosa si applichi la protezione cosa che invece non si può fare con le + classiche primitive in quanto sono opache e senza alcun ambito di + visibilità. + + - Se viene abilitato lockdep, allora local_lock ottiene un lockmap che + permette di verificare la bontà della protezione. Per esempio, questo può + identificare i casi dove una funzione usa preempt_disable() come meccanismo + di protezione in un contesto d'interruzione (anche software). A parte + questo, lockdep_assert_held(&llock) funziona come tutte le altre primitive + di sincronizzazione. + +local_lock e PREEMPT_RT +------------------------- + +I kernel PREEMPT_RT sostituiscono local_lock con uno spinlock_t per CPU, quindi +ne cambia la semantica: + + - Tutte le modifiche a spinlock_t si applicano anche a local_lock + +L'uso di local_lock +------------------- + +I local_lock dovrebbero essere usati su kernel non-PREEMPT_RT quando la +disabilitazione della prelazione o delle interruzioni è il modo più adeguato per +gestire l'accesso concorrente a strutture dati per CPU. + +Questo meccanismo non è adatto alla protezione da prelazione o interruzione su +kernel PREEMPT_RT dato che verrà convertito in spinlock_t. + + +raw_spinlock_t e spinlock_t +=========================== + +raw_spinlock_t +-------------- + +I blocco raw_spinlock_t è un blocco ad attesa attiva su tutti i tipi di kernel, +incluso quello PREEMPT_RT. Usate raw_spinlock_t solo in sezioni critiche nel +cuore del codice, nella gestione delle interruzioni di basso livello, e in posti +dove è necessario disabilitare la prelazione o le interruzioni. Per esempio, per +accedere in modo sicuro lo stato dell'hardware. A volte, i raw_spinlock_t +possono essere usati quando la sezione critica è minuscola, per evitare gli +eccessi di un rtmutex. + +spinlock_t +---------- + +Il significato di spinlock_t cambia in base allo stato di PREEMPT_RT. + +Sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, spinlock_t si traduce in un raw_spinlock_t ed ha +esattamente lo stesso significato. + +spinlock_t e PREEMPT_RT +----------------------- + +Sui kernel PREEMPT_RT, spinlock_t ha un'implementazione dedicata che si basa +sull'uso di rt_mutex. Questo ne modifica il significato: + + - La prelazione non viene disabilitata. + + - I suffissi relativi alla interruzioni (_irq, _irqsave / _irqrestore) per le + operazioni spin_lock / spin_unlock non hanno alcun effetto sullo stato delle + interruzioni della CPU. + + - I suffissi relativi alle interruzioni software (_bh()) disabilitano i + relativi gestori d'interruzione. + + I kernel non-PREEMPT_RT disabilitano la prelazione per ottenere lo stesso effetto. + + I kernel PREEMPT_RT usano un blocco per CPU per la serializzazione, il che + permette di tenere attiva la prelazione. Il blocco disabilita i gestori + d'interruzione software e previene la rientranza vista la prelazione attiva. + +A parte quanto appena discusso, i kernel PREEMPT_RT preservano il significato +di tutti gli altri aspetti di spinlock_t: + + - Le attività che trattengono un blocco spinlock_t non migrano su altri + processori. Disabilitando la prelazione, i kernel non-PREEMPT_RT evitano la + migrazione. Invece, i kernel PREEMPT_RT disabilitano la migrazione per + assicurarsi che i puntatori a variabili per CPU rimangano validi anche + quando un'attività subisce la prelazione. + + - Lo stato di un'attività si mantiene durante le acquisizioni del blocco al + fine di garantire che le regole basate sullo stato delle attività si possano + applicare a tutte le configurazioni del kernel. I kernel non-PREEMPT_RT + lasciano lo stato immutato. Tuttavia, la funzionalità PREEMPT_RT deve + cambiare lo stato se l'attività si blocca durante l'acquisizione. Dunque, + salva lo stato attuale prima di bloccarsi ed il rispettivo risveglio lo + ripristinerà come nell'esempio seguente:: + + task->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE + lock() + block() + task->saved_state = task->state + task->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE + schedule() + lock wakeup + task->state = task->saved_state + + Altri tipi di risvegli avrebbero impostato direttamente lo stato a RUNNING, + ma in questo caso non avrebbe funzionato perché l'attività deve rimanere + bloccata fintanto che il blocco viene trattenuto. Quindi, lo stato salvato + viene messo a RUNNING quando il risveglio di un non-blocco cerca di + risvegliare un'attività bloccata in attesa del rilascio di uno spinlock. Poi, + quando viene completata l'acquisizione del blocco, il suo risveglio + ripristinerà lo stato salvato, in questo caso a RUNNING:: + + task->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE + lock() + block() + task->saved_state = task->state + task->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE + schedule() + non lock wakeup + task->saved_state = TASK_RUNNING + + lock wakeup + task->state = task->saved_state + + Questo garantisce che il vero risveglio non venga perso. + +rwlock_t +======== + +Il blocco rwlock_t è un meccanismo che permette più lettori ma un solo scrittore. + +Sui kernel non-PREEMPT_RT questo è un blocco ad attesa e per i suoi suffissi si +applicano le stesse regole per spinlock_t. La sua implementazione è imparziale, +quindi previene l'inedia dei processi scrittori. + +rwlock_t e PREEMPT_RT +--------------------- + +Sui kernel PREEMPT_RT rwlock_t ha un'implementazione dedicata che si basa +sull'uso di rt_mutex. Questo ne modifica il significato: + + - Tutte le modifiche fatte a spinlock_t si applicano anche a rwlock_t. + + - Dato che uno scrittore rw_semaphore non può assicurare la propria priorità ai + suoi lettori, un lettore con priorità più bassa che ha subito la prelazione + continuerà a trattenere il blocco, quindi porta all'inedia anche gli + scrittori con priorità più alta. Per contro, dato che i lettori possono + garantire la propria priorità agli scrittori, uno scrittore a bassa priorità + che subisce la prelazione vedrà la propria priorità alzata finché non + rilascerà il blocco, e questo preverrà l'inedia dei processi lettori a causa + di uno scrittore. + + +Precisazioni su PREEMPT_RT +========================== + +local_lock su RT +---------------- + +Sui kernel PREEMPT_RT Ci sono alcune implicazioni dovute alla conversione di +local_lock in un spinlock_t. Per esempio, su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT il +seguente codice funzionerà come ci si aspetta:: + + local_lock_irq(&local_lock); + raw_spin_lock(&lock); + +ed è equivalente a:: + + raw_spin_lock_irq(&lock); + +Ma su un kernel PREEMPT_RT questo codice non funzionerà perché local_lock_irq() +si traduce in uno spinlock_t per CPU che non disabilita né le interruzioni né la +prelazione. Il seguente codice funzionerà su entrambe i kernel con o senza +PREEMPT_RT:: + + local_lock_irq(&local_lock); + spin_lock(&lock); + +Un altro dettaglio da tenere a mente con local_lock è che ognuno di loro ha un +ambito di protezione ben preciso. Dunque, la seguente sostituzione è errate:: + + + func1() + { + local_irq_save(flags); -> local_lock_irqsave(&local_lock_1, flags); + func3(); + local_irq_restore(flags); -> local_unlock_irqrestore(&local_lock_1, flags); + } + + func2() + { + local_irq_save(flags); -> local_lock_irqsave(&local_lock_2, flags); + func3(); + local_irq_restore(flags); -> local_unlock_irqrestore(&local_lock_2, flags); + } + + func3() + { + lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); + access_protected_data(); + } + +Questo funziona correttamente su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, ma su un kernel +PREEMPT_RT local_lock_1 e local_lock_2 sono distinti e non possono serializzare +i chiamanti di func3(). L'*assert* di lockdep verrà attivato su un kernel +PREEMPT_RT perché local_lock_irqsave() non disabilita le interruzione a casa +della specifica semantica di spinlock_t in PREEMPT_RT. La corretta sostituzione +è:: + + func1() + { + local_irq_save(flags); -> local_lock_irqsave(&local_lock, flags); + func3(); + local_irq_restore(flags); -> local_unlock_irqrestore(&local_lock, flags); + } + + func2() + { + local_irq_save(flags); -> local_lock_irqsave(&local_lock, flags); + func3(); + local_irq_restore(flags); -> local_unlock_irqrestore(&local_lock, flags); + } + + func3() + { + lockdep_assert_held(&local_lock); + access_protected_data(); + } + +spinlock_t e rwlock_t +--------------------- + +Ci sono alcune conseguenze di cui tener conto dal cambiamento di semantica di +spinlock_t e rwlock_t sui kernel PREEMPT_RT. Per esempio, sui kernel non +PREEMPT_RT il seguente codice funziona come ci si aspetta:: + + local_irq_disable(); + spin_lock(&lock); + +ed è equivalente a:: + + spin_lock_irq(&lock); + +Lo stesso vale per rwlock_t e le varianti con _irqsave(). + +Sui kernel PREEMPT_RT questo codice non funzionerà perché gli rtmutex richiedono +un contesto con la possibilità di prelazione. Al suo posto, usate +spin_lock_irq() o spin_lock_irqsave() e le loro controparti per il rilascio. I +kernel PREEMPT_RT offrono un meccanismo local_lock per i casi in cui la +disabilitazione delle interruzioni ed acquisizione di un blocco devono rimanere +separati. Acquisire un local_lock àncora un processo ad una CPU permettendo cose +come un'acquisizione di un blocco con interruzioni disabilitate per singola CPU. + +Il tipico scenario è quando si vuole proteggere una variabile di processore nel +contesto di un thread:: + + + struct foo *p = get_cpu_ptr(&var1); + + spin_lock(&p->lock); + p->count += this_cpu_read(var2); + +Questo codice è corretto su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, ma non lo è su un +PREEMPT_RT. La modifica della semantica di spinlock_t su PREEMPT_RT non permette +di acquisire p->lock perché, implicitamente, get_cpu_ptr() disabilita la +prelazione. La seguente sostituzione funzionerà su entrambe i kernel:: + + struct foo *p; + + migrate_disable(); + p = this_cpu_ptr(&var1); + spin_lock(&p->lock); + p->count += this_cpu_read(var2); + +La funzione migrate_disable() assicura che il processo venga tenuto sulla CPU +corrente, e di conseguenza garantisce che gli accessi per-CPU alle variabili var1 e +var2 rimangano sulla stessa CPU fintanto che il processo rimane prelabile. + +La sostituzione con migrate_disable() non funzionerà nel seguente scenario:: + + func() + { + struct foo *p; + + migrate_disable(); + p = this_cpu_ptr(&var1); + p->val = func2(); + +Questo non funziona perché migrate_disable() non protegge dal ritorno da un +processo che aveva avuto il diritto di prelazione. Una sostituzione più adatta +per questo caso è:: + + func() + { + struct foo *p; + + local_lock(&foo_lock); + p = this_cpu_ptr(&var1); + p->val = func2(); + +Su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT, questo codice protegge dal rientro disabilitando la +prelazione. Su un kernel PREEMPT_RT si ottiene lo stesso risultato acquisendo lo +spinlock di CPU. + +raw_spinlock_t su RT +-------------------- + +Acquisire un raw_spinlock_t disabilita la prelazione e possibilmente anche le +interruzioni, quindi la sezione critica deve evitare di acquisire uno spinlock_t +o rwlock_t. Per esempio, la sezione critica non deve fare allocazioni di +memoria. Su un kernel non-PREEMPT_RT il seguente codice funziona perfettamente:: + + raw_spin_lock(&lock); + p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_ATOMIC); + +Ma lo stesso codice non funziona su un kernel PREEMPT_RT perché l'allocatore di +memoria può essere oggetto di prelazione e quindi non può essere chiamato in un +contesto atomico. Tuttavia, si può chiamare l'allocatore di memoria quando si +trattiene un blocco *non-raw* perché non disabilitano la prelazione sui kernel +PREEMPT_RT:: + + spin_lock(&lock); + p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_ATOMIC); + + +bit spinlocks +------------- + +I kernel PREEMPT_RT non possono sostituire i bit spinlock perché un singolo bit +è troppo piccolo per farci stare un rtmutex. Dunque, la semantica dei bit +spinlock è mantenuta anche sui kernel PREEMPT_RT. Quindi, le precisazioni fatte +per raw_spinlock_t valgono anche qui. + +In PREEMPT_RT, alcuni bit spinlock sono sostituiti con normali spinlock_t usando +condizioni di preprocessore in base a dove vengono usati. Per contro, questo non +serve quando si sostituiscono gli spinlock_t. Invece, le condizioni poste sui +file d'intestazione e sul cuore dell'implementazione della sincronizzazione +permettono al compilatore di effettuare la sostituzione in modo trasparente. + + +Regole d'annidamento dei tipi di blocchi +======================================== + +Le regole principali sono: + + - I tipi di blocco appartenenti alla stessa categoria possono essere annidati + liberamente a patto che si rispetti l'ordine di blocco al fine di evitare + stalli. + + - I blocchi con sospensione non possono essere annidati in blocchi del tipo + CPU locale o ad attesa attiva + + - I blocchi ad attesa attiva e su CPU locale possono essere annidati nei + blocchi ad attesa con sospensione. + + - I blocchi ad attesa attiva possono essere annidati in qualsiasi altro tipo. + +Queste limitazioni si applicano ad entrambe i kernel con o senza PREEMPT_RT. + +Il fatto che un kernel PREEMPT_RT cambi i blocchi spinlock_t e rwlock_t dal tipo +ad attesa attiva a quello con sospensione, e che sostituisca local_lock con uno +spinlock_t per CPU, significa che non possono essere acquisiti quando si è in un +blocco raw_spinlock. Ne consegue il seguente ordine d'annidamento: + + 1) blocchi ad attesa con sospensione + 2) spinlock_t, rwlock_t, local_lock + 3) raw_spinlock_t e bit spinlocks + +Se queste regole verranno violate, allora lockdep se ne accorgerà e questo sia +con o senza PREEMPT_RT. diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 8a1e049585c03..0000000000000 --- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -.. include:: ../disclaimer-ita.rst - -:Original: :ref:`Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst <netdev-FAQ>` - -.. _it_netdev-FAQ: - -========== -netdev FAQ -========== - -.. warning:: - - TODO ancora da tradurre diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/coding-style.rst index 5f244e16f5114..284a75ac19f8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/coding-style.rst @@ -575,9 +575,9 @@ due parti ``err_free_bar:`` e ``err_free_foo:``: .. code-block:: c - err_free_bar: + err_free_bar: kfree(foo->bar); - err_free_foo: + err_free_foo: kfree(foo); return ret; @@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ segue nel vostro file .emacs: (c-offsets-alist . ( (arglist-close . c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only) (arglist-cont-nonempty . - (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)) + (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)) (arglist-intro . +) (brace-list-intro . +) (c . c-lineup-C-comments) diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/subsystem-apis.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/subsystem-apis.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..d179af60c26da --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/subsystem-apis.rst @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================================== +Documentazione dei sottosistemi del kernel +========================================== + +In questa parte della documentazione si entra nel dettaglio di come funzionano +i sottosistemi specifici del kernel dal punto di vista di uno sviluppatore del +kernel. Molte delle informazioni qui contenute provengono direttamente dai +sorgenti del kernel, con aggiunte di materiale dove è necessario (anche se +talora *non* è stato aggiunto tutto ciò che era necessario). + +Sottosistemi principali +----------------------- + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + core-api/index + +Interfacce uomo-macchina +------------------------ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + +Interfacce di rete +------------------ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + +Interfacce per l'archiviazione +------------------------------ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + +Interfacce varie +---------------- + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + i2c/index diff --git a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/index.rst b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/index.rst index 43b9fb7246d32..0b476b429e3bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/index.rst @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - howto + process/howto .. raw:: latex diff --git a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/howto.rst b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/process/howto.rst index 8d856ebe873c6..8d856ebe873c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/process/howto.rst diff --git a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/coding-style.rst index a0261ba5b9026..a372747643711 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/coding-style.rst @@ -604,9 +604,9 @@ Normalmente la solución para esto es dividirlo en dos etiquetas de error .. code-block:: c - err_free_bar: + err_free_bar: kfree(foo->bar); - err_free_foo: + err_free_foo: kfree(foo); return ret; @@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ sanos. Para hacer esto último, puede pegar lo siguiente en su archivo (c-offsets-alist . ( (arglist-close . c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only) (arglist-cont-nonempty . - (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)) + (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)) (arglist-intro . +) (brace-list-intro . +) (c . c-lineup-C-comments) diff --git a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst index c261b428b3f0e..7d4d694967c73 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ revelada involucrada. La lista de embajadores actuales: IBM Power Anton Blanchard <anton@linux.ibm.com> IBM Z Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Intel Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> - Qualcomm Trilok Soni <tsoni@codeaurora.org> + Qualcomm Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com> Samsung Javier González <javier.gonz@samsung.com> Microsoft James Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com> diff --git a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/researcher-guidelines.rst b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/researcher-guidelines.rst index 462b3290b7b83..deccc908a68de 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/researcher-guidelines.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/sp_SP/process/researcher-guidelines.rst @@ -147,4 +147,4 @@ Si no se puede encontrar a nadie para revisar internamente los parches y necesit ayuda para encontrar a esa persona, o si tiene alguna otra pregunta relacionada con este documento y las expectativas de la comunidad de desarrolladores, por favor contacte con la lista de correo privada Technical Advisory Board: -<tech-board@lists.linux-foundation.org>. +<tech-board@groups.linuxfoundation.org>. diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/coding-style.rst index fa28ef0a7fee8..3bc2810b151d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/coding-style.rst @@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ Linux 里这是提倡的做法，因为这样可以很简单的给读者提供 .. code-block:: c - err_free_bar: + err_free_bar: kfree(foo->bar); - err_free_foo: + err_free_foo: kfree(foo); return ret; diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst index cf5f1fca3d924..c90ecb557811a 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ CVE分配 AMD Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> IBM Intel Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> - Qualcomm Trilok Soni <tsoni@codeaurora.org> + Qualcomm Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com> Microsoft Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> VMware diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/userspace-api/accelerators/ocxl.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/userspace-api/accelerators/ocxl.rst index 845b932bf9350..aefad87e9099e 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/userspace-api/accelerators/ocxl.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/userspace-api/accelerators/ocxl.rst @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ OpenCAPI定义了一个在物理链路层上实现的数据链路层（TL）和 Processor：处理器 Memory：内存 - Accelerated Function Unit：加速函数单元 + Accelerated Function Unit：加速功能单元 @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ OpenCAPI拥有AFU向主机进程发送中断的可能性。它通过定义在传 ======== 驱动为每个在物理设备上发现的AFU创建一个字符设备。一个物理设备可能拥有多个 -函数，一个函数可以拥有多个AFU。不过编写这篇文档之时，只对导出一个AFU的设备 +功能，一个功能可以拥有多个AFU。不过编写这篇文档之时，只对导出一个AFU的设备 测试过。 字符设备可以在 /dev/ocxl/ 中被找到，其命名为： diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/coding-style.rst index f11dbb65ca215..c7ac504f6f40c 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/coding-style.rst @@ -526,9 +526,9 @@ Linux 裏這是提倡的做法，因爲這樣可以很簡單的給讀者提供 .. code-block:: c - err_free_bar: + err_free_bar: kfree(foo->bar); - err_free_foo: + err_free_foo: kfree(foo); return ret; diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst index 3cce7db2ab7ed..93d21fd889100 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ CVE分配 AMD Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> IBM Intel Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> - Qualcomm Trilok Soni <tsoni@codeaurora.org> + Qualcomm Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com> Microsoft Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> VMware diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst index 09f61bd2ac2ef..67d663cf2ff26 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst @@ -9,31 +9,58 @@ While much of the kernel's user-space API is documented elsewhere also be found in the kernel tree itself. This manual is intended to be the place where this information is gathered. + +System calls +============ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + unshare + futex2 + ebpf/index + ioctl/index + +Security-related interfaces +=========================== + .. toctree:: - :caption: Table of contents - :maxdepth: 2 + :maxdepth: 1 no_new_privs seccomp_filter landlock - unshare + lsm spec_ctrl + tee + +Devices and I/O +=============== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + accelerators/ocxl dma-buf-alloc-exchange - ebpf/index - ELF - ioctl/index iommu iommufd media/index + dcdbas + vduse + isapnp + +Everything else +=============== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + ELF netlink/index sysfs-platform_profile vduse futex2 - lsm - tee - isapnp - dcdbas + perf_ring_buffer .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst index b33918232f786..c472423412bf2 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst @@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments 0x10 00-0F drivers/char/s390/vmcp.h 0x10 10-1F arch/s390/include/uapi/sclp_ctl.h 0x10 20-2F arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/hypfs.h -0x12 all linux/fs.h +0x12 all linux/fs.h BLK* ioctls linux/blkpg.h +0x15 all linux/fs.h FS_IOC_* ioctls 0x1b all InfiniBand Subsystem <http://infiniband.sourceforge.net/> 0x20 all drivers/cdrom/cm206.h diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/perf_ring_buffer.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/perf_ring_buffer.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..bde9d8cbc1062 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/perf_ring_buffer.rst @@ -0,0 +1,830 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================ +Perf ring buffer +================ + +.. CONTENTS + + 1. Introduction + + 2. Ring buffer implementation + 2.1 Basic algorithm + 2.2 Ring buffer for different tracing modes + 2.2.1 Default mode + 2.2.2 Per-thread mode + 2.2.3 Per-CPU mode + 2.2.4 System wide mode + 2.3 Accessing buffer + 2.3.1 Producer-consumer model + 2.3.2 Properties of the ring buffers + 2.3.3 Writing samples into buffer + 2.3.4 Reading samples from buffer + 2.3.5 Memory synchronization + + 3. The mechanism of AUX ring buffer + 3.1 The relationship between AUX and regular ring buffers + 3.2 AUX events + 3.3 Snapshot mode + + +1. Introduction +=============== + +The ring buffer is a fundamental mechanism for data transfer. perf uses +ring buffers to transfer event data from kernel to user space, another +kind of ring buffer which is so called auxiliary (AUX) ring buffer also +plays an important role for hardware tracing with Intel PT, Arm +CoreSight, etc. + +The ring buffer implementation is critical but it's also a very +challenging work. On the one hand, the kernel and perf tool in the user +space use the ring buffer to exchange data and stores data into data +file, thus the ring buffer needs to transfer data with high throughput; +on the other hand, the ring buffer management should avoid significant +overload to distract profiling results. + +This documentation dives into the details for perf ring buffer with two +parts: firstly it explains the perf ring buffer implementation, then the +second part discusses the AUX ring buffer mechanism. + +2. Ring buffer implementation +============================= + +2.1 Basic algorithm +------------------- + +That said, a typical ring buffer is managed by a head pointer and a tail +pointer; the head pointer is manipulated by a writer and the tail +pointer is updated by a reader respectively. + +:: + + +---------------------------+ + | | |***|***|***| | | + +---------------------------+ + `-> Tail `-> Head + + * : the data is filled by the writer. + + Figure 1. Ring buffer + +Perf uses the same way to manage its ring buffer. In the implementation +there are two key data structures held together in a set of consecutive +pages, the control structure and then the ring buffer itself. The page +with the control structure in is known as the "user page". Being held +in continuous virtual addresses simplifies locating the ring buffer +address, it is in the pages after the page with the user page. + +The control structure is named as ``perf_event_mmap_page``, it contains a +head pointer ``data_head`` and a tail pointer ``data_tail``. When the +kernel starts to fill records into the ring buffer, it updates the head +pointer to reserve the memory so later it can safely store events into +the buffer. On the other side, when the user page is a writable mapping, +the perf tool has the permission to update the tail pointer after consuming +data from the ring buffer. Yet another case is for the user page's +read-only mapping, which is to be addressed in the section +:ref:`writing_samples_into_buffer`. + +:: + + user page ring buffer + +---------+---------+ +---------------------------------------+ + |data_head|data_tail|...| | |***|***|***|***|***| | | | + +---------+---------+ +---------------------------------------+ + ` `----------------^ ^ + `----------------------------------------------| + + * : the data is filled by the writer. + + Figure 2. Perf ring buffer + +When using the ``perf record`` tool, we can specify the ring buffer size +with option ``-m`` or ``--mmap-pages=``, the given size will be rounded up +to a power of two that is a multiple of a page size. Though the kernel +allocates at once for all memory pages, it's deferred to map the pages +to VMA area until the perf tool accesses the buffer from the user space. +In other words, at the first time accesses the buffer's page from user +space in the perf tool, a data abort exception for page fault is taken +and the kernel uses this occasion to map the page into process VMA +(see ``perf_mmap_fault()``), thus the perf tool can continue to access +the page after returning from the exception. + +2.2 Ring buffer for different tracing modes +------------------------------------------- + +The perf profiles programs with different modes: default mode, per thread +mode, per cpu mode, and system wide mode. This section describes these +modes and how the ring buffer meets requirements for them. At last we +will review the race conditions caused by these modes. + +2.2.1 Default mode +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Usually we execute ``perf record`` command followed by a profiling program +name, like below command:: + + perf record test_program + +This command doesn't specify any options for CPU and thread modes, the +perf tool applies the default mode on the perf event. It maps all the +CPUs in the system and the profiled program's PID on the perf event, and +it enables inheritance mode on the event so that child tasks inherits +the events. As a result, the perf event is attributed as:: + + evsel::cpus::map[] = { 0 .. _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN-1 } + evsel::threads::map[] = { pid } + evsel::attr::inherit = 1 + +These attributions finally will be reflected on the deployment of ring +buffers. As shown below, the perf tool allocates individual ring buffer +for each CPU, but it only enables events for the profiled program rather +than for all threads in the system. The *T1* thread represents the +thread context of the 'test_program', whereas *T2* and *T3* are irrelevant +threads in the system. The perf samples are exclusively collected for +the *T1* thread and stored in the ring buffer associated with the CPU on +which the *T1* thread is running. + +:: + + T1 T2 T1 + +----+ +-----------+ +----+ + CPU0 |xxxx| |xxxxxxxxxxx| |xxxx| + +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+--------> + | | + v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 0 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 + +-----+ + CPU1 |xxxxx| + -----+-----+---------------------------------------------> + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 1 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 T3 + +----+ +-------+ + CPU2 |xxxx| |xxxxxxx| + --------------------------+----+--------+-------+--------> + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 2 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 + +--------------+ + CPU3 |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx| + -----------+--------------+------------------------------> + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 3 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1: Thread 1; T2: Thread 2; T3: Thread 3 + x: Thread is in running state + + Figure 3. Ring buffer for default mode + +2.2.2 Per-thread mode +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +By specifying option ``--per-thread`` in perf command, e.g. + +:: + + perf record --per-thread test_program + +The perf event doesn't map to any CPUs and is only bound to the +profiled process, thus, the perf event's attributions are:: + + evsel::cpus::map[0] = { -1 } + evsel::threads::map[] = { pid } + evsel::attr::inherit = 0 + +In this mode, a single ring buffer is allocated for the profiled thread; +if the thread is scheduled on a CPU, the events on that CPU will be +enabled; and if the thread is scheduled out from the CPU, the events on +the CPU will be disabled. When the thread is migrated from one CPU to +another, the events are to be disabled on the previous CPU and enabled +on the next CPU correspondingly. + +:: + + T1 T2 T1 + +----+ +-----------+ +----+ + CPU0 |xxxx| |xxxxxxxxxxx| |xxxx| + +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+--------> + | | + | T1 | + | +-----+ | + CPU1 | |xxxxx| | + --|--+-----+----------------------------------|----------> + | | | + | | T1 T3 | + | | +----+ +---+ | + CPU2 | | |xxxx| |xxx| | + --|-----|-----------------+----+--------+---+-|----------> + | | | | + | | T1 | | + | | +--------------+ | | + CPU3 | | |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx| | | + --|-----|--+--------------+-|-----------------|----------> + | | | | | + v v v v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1: Thread 1 + x: Thread is in running state + + Figure 4. Ring buffer for per-thread mode + +When perf runs in per-thread mode, a ring buffer is allocated for the +profiled thread *T1*. The ring buffer is dedicated for thread *T1*, if the +thread *T1* is running, the perf events will be recorded into the ring +buffer; when the thread is sleeping, all associated events will be +disabled, thus no trace data will be recorded into the ring buffer. + +2.2.3 Per-CPU mode +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The option ``-C`` is used to collect samples on the list of CPUs, for +example the below perf command receives option ``-C 0,2``:: + + perf record -C 0,2 test_program + +It maps the perf event to CPUs 0 and 2, and the event is not associated to any +PID. Thus the perf event attributions are set as:: + + evsel::cpus::map[0] = { 0, 2 } + evsel::threads::map[] = { -1 } + evsel::attr::inherit = 0 + +This results in the session of ``perf record`` will sample all threads on CPU0 +and CPU2, and be terminated until test_program exits. Even there have tasks +running on CPU1 and CPU3, since the ring buffer is absent for them, any +activities on these two CPUs will be ignored. A usage case is to combine the +options for per-thread mode and per-CPU mode, e.g. the options ``–C 0,2`` and +``––per–thread`` are specified together, the samples are recorded only when +the profiled thread is scheduled on any of the listed CPUs. + +:: + + T1 T2 T1 + +----+ +-----------+ +----+ + CPU0 |xxxx| |xxxxxxxxxxx| |xxxx| + +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+--------> + | | | + v v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 0 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 + +-----+ + CPU1 |xxxxx| + -----+-----+---------------------------------------------> + + T1 T3 + +----+ +-------+ + CPU2 |xxxx| |xxxxxxx| + --------------------------+----+--------+-------+--------> + | | + v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 1 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 + +--------------+ + CPU3 |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx| + -----------+--------------+------------------------------> + + T1: Thread 1; T2: Thread 2; T3: Thread 3 + x: Thread is in running state + + Figure 5. Ring buffer for per-CPU mode + +2.2.4 System wide mode +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +By using option ``–a`` or ``––all–cpus``, perf collects samples on all CPUs +for all tasks, we call it as the system wide mode, the command is:: + + perf record -a test_program + +Similar to the per-CPU mode, the perf event doesn't bind to any PID, and +it maps to all CPUs in the system:: + + evsel::cpus::map[] = { 0 .. _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN-1 } + evsel::threads::map[] = { -1 } + evsel::attr::inherit = 0 + +In the system wide mode, every CPU has its own ring buffer, all threads +are monitored during the running state and the samples are recorded into +the ring buffer belonging to the CPU which the events occurred on. + +:: + + T1 T2 T1 + +----+ +-----------+ +----+ + CPU0 |xxxx| |xxxxxxxxxxx| |xxxx| + +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+--------> + | | | + v v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 0 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 + +-----+ + CPU1 |xxxxx| + -----+-----+---------------------------------------------> + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 1 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 T3 + +----+ +-------+ + CPU2 |xxxx| |xxxxxxx| + --------------------------+----+--------+-------+--------> + | | + v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 2 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 + +--------------+ + CPU3 |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx| + -----------+--------------+------------------------------> + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 3 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1: Thread 1; T2: Thread 2; T3: Thread 3 + x: Thread is in running state + + Figure 6. Ring buffer for system wide mode + +2.3 Accessing buffer +-------------------- + +Based on the understanding of how the ring buffer is allocated in +various modes, this section explains access the ring buffer. + +2.3.1 Producer-consumer model +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In the Linux kernel, the PMU events can produce samples which are stored +into the ring buffer; the perf command in user space consumes the +samples by reading out data from the ring buffer and finally saves the +data into the file for post analysis. It’s a typical producer-consumer +model for using the ring buffer. + +The perf process polls on the PMU events and sleeps when no events are +incoming. To prevent frequent exchanges between the kernel and user +space, the kernel event core layer introduces a watermark, which is +stored in the ``perf_buffer::watermark``. When a sample is recorded into +the ring buffer, and if the used buffer exceeds the watermark, the +kernel wakes up the perf process to read samples from the ring buffer. + +:: + + Perf + / | Read samples + Polling / `--------------| Ring buffer + v v ;---------------------v + +----------------+ +---------+---------+ +-------------------+ + |Event wait queue| |data_head|data_tail| |***|***| | |***| + +----------------+ +---------+---------+ +-------------------+ + ^ ^ `------------------------^ + | Wake up tasks | Store samples + +-----------------------------+ + | Kernel event core layer | + +-----------------------------+ + + * : the data is filled by the writer. + + Figure 7. Writing and reading the ring buffer + +When the kernel event core layer notifies the user space, because +multiple events might share the same ring buffer for recording samples, +the core layer iterates every event associated with the ring buffer and +wakes up tasks waiting on the event. This is fulfilled by the kernel +function ``ring_buffer_wakeup()``. + +After the perf process is woken up, it starts to check the ring buffers +one by one, if it finds any ring buffer containing samples it will read +out the samples for statistics or saving into the data file. Given the +perf process is able to run on any CPU, this leads to the ring buffer +potentially being accessed from multiple CPUs simultaneously, which +causes race conditions. The race condition handling is described in the +section :ref:`memory_synchronization`. + +2.3.2 Properties of the ring buffers +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Linux kernel supports two write directions for the ring buffer: forward and +backward. The forward writing saves samples from the beginning of the ring +buffer, the backward writing stores data from the end of the ring buffer with +the reversed direction. The perf tool determines the writing direction. + +Additionally, the tool can map buffers in either read-write mode or read-only +mode to the user space. + +The ring buffer in the read-write mode is mapped with the property +``PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE``. With the write permission, the perf tool +updates the ``data_tail`` to indicate the data start position. Combining +with the head pointer ``data_head``, which works as the end position of +the current data, the perf tool can easily know where read out the data +from. + +Alternatively, in the read-only mode, only the kernel keeps to update +the ``data_head`` while the user space cannot access the ``data_tail`` due +to the mapping property ``PROT_READ``. + +As a result, the matrix below illustrates the various combinations of +direction and mapping characteristics. The perf tool employs two of these +combinations to support buffer types: the non-overwrite buffer and the +overwritable buffer. + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 1 1 1 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Mapping mode + - Forward + - Backward + * - read-write + - Non-overwrite ring buffer + - Not used + * - read-only + - Not used + - Overwritable ring buffer + +The non-overwrite ring buffer uses the read-write mapping with forward +writing. It starts to save data from the beginning of the ring buffer +and wrap around when overflow, which is used with the read-write mode in +the normal ring buffer. When the consumer doesn't keep up with the +producer, it would lose some data, the kernel keeps how many records it +lost and generates the ``PERF_RECORD_LOST`` records in the next time +when it finds a space in the ring buffer. + +The overwritable ring buffer uses the backward writing with the +read-only mode. It saves the data from the end of the ring buffer and +the ``data_head`` keeps the position of current data, the perf always +knows where it starts to read and until the end of the ring buffer, thus +it don't need the ``data_tail``. In this mode, it will not generate the +``PERF_RECORD_LOST`` records. + +.. _writing_samples_into_buffer: + +2.3.3 Writing samples into buffer +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +When a sample is taken and saved into the ring buffer, the kernel +prepares sample fields based on the sample type; then it prepares the +info for writing ring buffer which is stored in the structure +``perf_output_handle``. In the end, the kernel outputs the sample into +the ring buffer and updates the head pointer in the user page so the +perf tool can see the latest value. + +The structure ``perf_output_handle`` serves as a temporary context for +tracking the information related to the buffer. The advantages of it is +that it enables concurrent writing to the buffer by different events. +For example, a software event and a hardware PMU event both are enabled +for profiling, two instances of ``perf_output_handle`` serve as separate +contexts for the software event and the hardware event respectively. +This allows each event to reserve its own memory space for populating +the record data. + +2.3.4 Reading samples from buffer +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In the user space, the perf tool utilizes the ``perf_event_mmap_page`` +structure to handle the head and tail of the buffer. It also uses +``perf_mmap`` structure to keep track of a context for the ring buffer, this +context includes information about the buffer's starting and ending +addresses. Additionally, the mask value can be utilized to compute the +circular buffer pointer even for an overflow. + +Similar to the kernel, the perf tool in the user space first reads out +the recorded data from the ring buffer, and then updates the buffer's +tail pointer ``perf_event_mmap_page::data_tail``. + +.. _memory_synchronization: + +2.3.5 Memory synchronization +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The modern CPUs with relaxed memory model cannot promise the memory +ordering, this means it’s possible to access the ring buffer and the +``perf_event_mmap_page`` structure out of order. To assure the specific +sequence for memory accessing perf ring buffer, memory barriers are +used to assure the data dependency. The rationale for the memory +synchronization is as below:: + + Kernel User space + + if (LOAD ->data_tail) { LOAD ->data_head + (A) smp_rmb() (C) + STORE $data LOAD $data + smp_wmb() (B) smp_mb() (D) + STORE ->data_head STORE ->data_tail + } + +The comments in tools/include/linux/ring_buffer.h gives nice description +for why and how to use memory barriers, here we will just provide an +alternative explanation: + +(A) is a control dependency so that CPU assures order between checking +pointer ``perf_event_mmap_page::data_tail`` and filling sample into ring +buffer; + +(D) pairs with (A). (D) separates the ring buffer data reading from +writing the pointer ``data_tail``, perf tool first consumes samples and then +tells the kernel that the data chunk has been released. Since a reading +operation is followed by a writing operation, thus (D) is a full memory +barrier. + +(B) is a writing barrier in the middle of two writing operations, which +makes sure that recording a sample must be prior to updating the head +pointer. + +(C) pairs with (B). (C) is a read memory barrier to ensure the head +pointer is fetched before reading samples. + +To implement the above algorithm, the ``perf_output_put_handle()`` function +in the kernel and two helpers ``ring_buffer_read_head()`` and +``ring_buffer_write_tail()`` in the user space are introduced, they rely +on memory barriers as described above to ensure the data dependency. + +Some architectures support one-way permeable barrier with load-acquire +and store-release operations, these barriers are more relaxed with less +performance penalty, so (C) and (D) can be optimized to use barriers +``smp_load_acquire()`` and ``smp_store_release()`` respectively. + +If an architecture doesn’t support load-acquire and store-release in its +memory model, it will roll back to the old fashion of memory barrier +operations. In this case, ``smp_load_acquire()`` encapsulates +``READ_ONCE()`` + ``smp_mb()``, since ``smp_mb()`` is costly, +``ring_buffer_read_head()`` doesn't invoke ``smp_load_acquire()`` and it uses +the barriers ``READ_ONCE()`` + ``smp_rmb()`` instead. + +3. The mechanism of AUX ring buffer +=================================== + +In this chapter, we will explain the implementation of the AUX ring +buffer. In the first part it will discuss the connection between the +AUX ring buffer and the regular ring buffer, then the second part will +examine how the AUX ring buffer co-works with the regular ring buffer, +as well as the additional features introduced by the AUX ring buffer for +the sampling mechanism. + +3.1 The relationship between AUX and regular ring buffers +--------------------------------------------------------- + +Generally, the AUX ring buffer is an auxiliary for the regular ring +buffer. The regular ring buffer is primarily used to store the event +samples and every event format complies with the definition in the +union ``perf_event``; the AUX ring buffer is for recording the hardware +trace data and the trace data format is hardware IP dependent. + +The general use and advantage of the AUX ring buffer is that it is +written directly by hardware rather than by the kernel. For example, +regular profile samples that write to the regular ring buffer cause an +interrupt. Tracing execution requires a high number of samples and +using interrupts would be overwhelming for the regular ring buffer +mechanism. Having an AUX buffer allows for a region of memory more +decoupled from the kernel and written to directly by hardware tracing. + +The AUX ring buffer reuses the same algorithm with the regular ring +buffer for the buffer management. The control structure +``perf_event_mmap_page`` extends the new fields ``aux_head`` and ``aux_tail`` +for the head and tail pointers of the AUX ring buffer. + +During the initialisation phase, besides the mmap()-ed regular ring +buffer, the perf tool invokes a second syscall in the +``auxtrace_mmap__mmap()`` function for the mmap of the AUX buffer with +non-zero file offset; ``rb_alloc_aux()`` in the kernel allocates pages +correspondingly, these pages will be deferred to map into VMA when +handling the page fault, which is the same lazy mechanism with the +regular ring buffer. + +AUX events and AUX trace data are two different things. Let's see an +example:: + + perf record -a -e cycles -e cs_etm/@tmc_etr0/ -- sleep 2 + +The above command enables two events: one is the event *cycles* from PMU +and another is the AUX event *cs_etm* from Arm CoreSight, both are saved +into the regular ring buffer while the CoreSight's AUX trace data is +stored in the AUX ring buffer. + +As a result, we can see the regular ring buffer and the AUX ring buffer +are allocated in pairs. The perf in default mode allocates the regular +ring buffer and the AUX ring buffer per CPU-wise, which is the same as +the system wide mode, however, the default mode records samples only for +the profiled program, whereas the latter mode profiles for all programs +in the system. For per-thread mode, the perf tool allocates only one +regular ring buffer and one AUX ring buffer for the whole session. For +the per-CPU mode, the perf allocates two kinds of ring buffers for +selected CPUs specified by the option ``-C``. + +The below figure demonstrates the buffers' layout in the system wide +mode; if there are any activities on one CPU, the AUX event samples and +the hardware trace data will be recorded into the dedicated buffers for +the CPU. + +:: + + T1 T2 T1 + +----+ +-----------+ +----+ + CPU0 |xxxx| |xxxxxxxxxxx| |xxxx| + +----+--------------+-----------+----------+----+--------> + | | | + v v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 0 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | | | + v v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | AUX Ring buffer 0 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 + +-----+ + CPU1 |xxxxx| + -----+-----+---------------------------------------------> + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 1 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | AUX Ring buffer 1 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 T3 + +----+ +-------+ + CPU2 |xxxx| |xxxxxxx| + --------------------------+----+--------+-------+--------> + | | + v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 2 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | | + v v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | AUX Ring buffer 2 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1 + +--------------+ + CPU3 |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx| + -----------+--------------+------------------------------> + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | Ring buffer 3 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | + v + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + | AUX Ring buffer 3 | + +-----------------------------------------------------+ + + T1: Thread 1; T2: Thread 2; T3: Thread 3 + x: Thread is in running state + + Figure 8. AUX ring buffer for system wide mode + +3.2 AUX events +-------------- + +Similar to ``perf_output_begin()`` and ``perf_output_end()``'s working for the +regular ring buffer, ``perf_aux_output_begin()`` and ``perf_aux_output_end()`` +serve for the AUX ring buffer for processing the hardware trace data. + +Once the hardware trace data is stored into the AUX ring buffer, the PMU +driver will stop hardware tracing by calling the ``pmu::stop()`` callback. +Similar to the regular ring buffer, the AUX ring buffer needs to apply +the memory synchronization mechanism as discussed in the section +:ref:`memory_synchronization`. Since the AUX ring buffer is managed by the +PMU driver, the barrier (B), which is a writing barrier to ensure the trace +data is externally visible prior to updating the head pointer, is asked +to be implemented in the PMU driver. + +Then ``pmu::stop()`` can safely call the ``perf_aux_output_end()`` function to +finish two things: + +- It fills an event ``PERF_RECORD_AUX`` into the regular ring buffer, this + event delivers the information of the start address and data size for a + chunk of hardware trace data has been stored into the AUX ring buffer; + +- Since the hardware trace driver has stored new trace data into the AUX + ring buffer, the argument *size* indicates how many bytes have been + consumed by the hardware tracing, thus ``perf_aux_output_end()`` updates the + header pointer ``perf_buffer::aux_head`` to reflect the latest buffer usage. + +At the end, the PMU driver will restart hardware tracing. During this +temporary suspending period, it will lose hardware trace data, which +will introduce a discontinuity during decoding phase. + +The event ``PERF_RECORD_AUX`` presents an AUX event which is handled in the +kernel, but it lacks the information for saving the AUX trace data in +the perf file. When the perf tool copies the trace data from AUX ring +buffer to the perf data file, it synthesizes a ``PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE`` +event which is not a kernel ABI, it's defined by the perf tool to describe +which portion of data in the AUX ring buffer is saved. Afterwards, the perf +tool reads out the AUX trace data from the perf file based on the +``PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE`` events, and the ``PERF_RECORD_AUX`` event is used to +decode a chunk of data by correlating with time order. + +3.3 Snapshot mode +----------------- + +Perf supports snapshot mode for AUX ring buffer, in this mode, users +only record AUX trace data at a specific time point which users are +interested in. E.g. below gives an example of how to take snapshots +with 1 second interval with Arm CoreSight:: + + perf record -e cs_etm/@tmc_etr0/u -S -a program & + PERFPID=$! + while true; do + kill -USR2 $PERFPID + sleep 1 + done + +The main flow for snapshot mode is: + +- Before a snapshot is taken, the AUX ring buffer acts in free run mode. + During free run mode the perf doesn't record any of the AUX events and + trace data; + +- Once the perf tool receives the *USR2* signal, it triggers the callback + function ``auxtrace_record::snapshot_start()`` to deactivate hardware + tracing. The kernel driver then populates the AUX ring buffer with the + hardware trace data, and the event ``PERF_RECORD_AUX`` is stored in the + regular ring buffer; + +- Then perf tool takes a snapshot, ``record__read_auxtrace_snapshot()`` + reads out the hardware trace data from the AUX ring buffer and saves it + into perf data file; + +- After the snapshot is finished, ``auxtrace_record::snapshot_finish()`` + restarts the PMU event for AUX tracing. + +The perf only accesses the head pointer ``perf_event_mmap_page::aux_head`` +in snapshot mode and doesn’t touch tail pointer ``aux_tail``, this is +because the AUX ring buffer can overflow in free run mode, the tail +pointer is useless in this case. Alternatively, the callback +``auxtrace_record::find_snapshot()`` is introduced for making the decision +of whether the AUX ring buffer has been wrapped around or not, at the +end it fixes up the AUX buffer's head which are used to calculate the +trace data size. + +As we know, the buffers' deployment can be per-thread mode, per-CPU +mode, or system wide mode, and the snapshot can be applied to any of +these modes. Below is an example of taking snapshot with system wide +mode. + +:: + + Snapshot is taken + | + v + +------------------------+ + | AUX Ring buffer 0 | <- aux_head + +------------------------+ + v + +--------------------------------+ + | AUX Ring buffer 1 | <- aux_head + +--------------------------------+ + v + +--------------------------------------------+ + | AUX Ring buffer 2 | <- aux_head + +--------------------------------------------+ + v + +---------------------------------------+ + | AUX Ring buffer 3 | <- aux_head + +---------------------------------------+ + + Figure 9. Snapshot with system wide mode diff --git a/Documentation/virt/coco/sev-guest.rst b/Documentation/virt/coco/sev-guest.rst index 68b0d2363af82..e1eaf6a830ce4 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/coco/sev-guest.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/coco/sev-guest.rst @@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ counter (e.g. counter overflow), then -EIO will be returned. }; }; +The host ioctls are issued to a file descriptor of the /dev/sev device. +The ioctl accepts the command ID/input structure documented below. + +:: + + struct sev_issue_cmd { + /* Command ID */ + __u32 cmd; + + /* Command request structure */ + __u64 data; + + /* Firmware error code on failure (see psp-sev.h) */ + __u32 error; + }; + + 2.1 SNP_GET_REPORT ------------------ @@ -124,6 +141,41 @@ be updated with the expected value. See GHCB specification for further detail on how to parse the certificate blob. +2.4 SNP_PLATFORM_STATUS +----------------------- +:Technology: sev-snp +:Type: hypervisor ioctl cmd +:Parameters (out): struct sev_user_data_snp_status +:Returns (out): 0 on success, -negative on error + +The SNP_PLATFORM_STATUS command is used to query the SNP platform status. The +status includes API major, minor version and more. See the SEV-SNP +specification for further details. + +2.5 SNP_COMMIT +-------------- +:Technology: sev-snp +:Type: hypervisor ioctl cmd +:Returns (out): 0 on success, -negative on error + +SNP_COMMIT is used to commit the currently installed firmware using the +SEV-SNP firmware SNP_COMMIT command. This prevents roll-back to a previously +committed firmware version. This will also update the reported TCB to match +that of the currently installed firmware. + +2.6 SNP_SET_CONFIG +------------------ +:Technology: sev-snp +:Type: hypervisor ioctl cmd +:Parameters (in): struct sev_user_data_snp_config +:Returns (out): 0 on success, -negative on error + +SNP_SET_CONFIG is used to set the system-wide configuration such as +reported TCB version in the attestation report. The command is similar +to SNP_CONFIG command defined in the SEV-SNP spec. The current values of +the firmware parameters affected by this command can be queried via +SNP_PLATFORM_STATUS. + 3. SEV-SNP CPUID Enforcement ============================ diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 3ec0b7a455a0c..09c7e585ff580 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -8791,6 +8791,11 @@ means the VM type with value @n is supported. Possible values of @n are:: #define KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM 0 #define KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM 1 +Note, KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM is currently only for development and testing. +Do not use KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM for "real" VMs, and especially not in +production. The behavior and effective ABI for software-protected VMs is +unstable. + 9. Known KVM API problems ========================= |