docs: move remaining stuff under Documentation/*.txt to Documentation/staging

There are several files that I was unable to find a proper place
for them, and 3 ones that are still in plain old text format.

Let's place those stuff behind the carpet, as we'd like to keep the
root directory clean.

We can later discuss and move those into better places.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/11bd0d75e65a874f7c276a0aeab0fe13f3376f5f.1592203650.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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-===========
-Static Keys
-===========
-
-.. warning::
-
-   DEPRECATED API:
-
-   The use of 'struct static_key' directly, is now DEPRECATED. In addition
-   static_key_{true,false}() is also DEPRECATED. IE DO NOT use the following::
-
-	struct static_key false = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
-	struct static_key true = STATIC_KEY_INIT_TRUE;
-	static_key_true()
-	static_key_false()
-
-   The updated API replacements are::
-
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(key);
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(key);
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_TRUE(keys, count);
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_FALSE(keys, count);
-	static_branch_likely()
-	static_branch_unlikely()
-
-Abstract
-========
-
-Static keys allows the inclusion of seldom used features in
-performance-sensitive fast-path kernel code, via a GCC feature and a code
-patching technique. A quick example::
-
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(key);
-
-	...
-
-        if (static_branch_unlikely(&key))
-                do unlikely code
-        else
-                do likely code
-
-	...
-	static_branch_enable(&key);
-	...
-	static_branch_disable(&key);
-	...
-
-The static_branch_unlikely() branch will be generated into the code with as little
-impact to the likely code path as possible.
-
-
-Motivation
-==========
-
-
-Currently, tracepoints are implemented using a conditional branch. The
-conditional check requires checking a global variable for each tracepoint.
-Although the overhead of this check is small, it increases when the memory
-cache comes under pressure (memory cache lines for these global variables may
-be shared with other memory accesses). As we increase the number of tracepoints
-in the kernel this overhead may become more of an issue. In addition,
-tracepoints are often dormant (disabled) and provide no direct kernel
-functionality. Thus, it is highly desirable to reduce their impact as much as
-possible. Although tracepoints are the original motivation for this work, other
-kernel code paths should be able to make use of the static keys facility.
-
-
-Solution
-========
-
-
-gcc (v4.5) adds a new 'asm goto' statement that allows branching to a label:
-
-https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2009-07/msg01556.html
-
-Using the 'asm goto', we can create branches that are either taken or not taken
-by default, without the need to check memory. Then, at run-time, we can patch
-the branch site to change the branch direction.
-
-For example, if we have a simple branch that is disabled by default::
-
-	if (static_branch_unlikely(&key))
-		printk("I am the true branch\n");
-
-Thus, by default the 'printk' will not be emitted. And the code generated will
-consist of a single atomic 'no-op' instruction (5 bytes on x86), in the
-straight-line code path. When the branch is 'flipped', we will patch the
-'no-op' in the straight-line codepath with a 'jump' instruction to the
-out-of-line true branch. Thus, changing branch direction is expensive but
-branch selection is basically 'free'. That is the basic tradeoff of this
-optimization.
-
-This lowlevel patching mechanism is called 'jump label patching', and it gives
-the basis for the static keys facility.
-
-Static key label API, usage and examples
-========================================
-
-
-In order to make use of this optimization you must first define a key::
-
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(key);
-
-or::
-
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(key);
-
-
-The key must be global, that is, it can't be allocated on the stack or dynamically
-allocated at run-time.
-
-The key is then used in code as::
-
-        if (static_branch_unlikely(&key))
-                do unlikely code
-        else
-                do likely code
-
-Or::
-
-        if (static_branch_likely(&key))
-                do likely code
-        else
-                do unlikely code
-
-Keys defined via DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(), or DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE, may
-be used in either static_branch_likely() or static_branch_unlikely()
-statements.
-
-Branch(es) can be set true via::
-
-	static_branch_enable(&key);
-
-or false via::
-
-	static_branch_disable(&key);
-
-The branch(es) can then be switched via reference counts::
-
-	static_branch_inc(&key);
-	...
-	static_branch_dec(&key);
-
-Thus, 'static_branch_inc()' means 'make the branch true', and
-'static_branch_dec()' means 'make the branch false' with appropriate
-reference counting. For example, if the key is initialized true, a
-static_branch_dec(), will switch the branch to false. And a subsequent
-static_branch_inc(), will change the branch back to true. Likewise, if the
-key is initialized false, a 'static_branch_inc()', will change the branch to
-true. And then a 'static_branch_dec()', will again make the branch false.
-
-The state and the reference count can be retrieved with 'static_key_enabled()'
-and 'static_key_count()'.  In general, if you use these functions, they
-should be protected with the same mutex used around the enable/disable
-or increment/decrement function.
-
-Note that switching branches results in some locks being taken,
-particularly the CPU hotplug lock (in order to avoid races against
-CPUs being brought in the kernel while the kernel is getting
-patched). Calling the static key API from within a hotplug notifier is
-thus a sure deadlock recipe. In order to still allow use of the
-functionality, the following functions are provided:
-
-	static_key_enable_cpuslocked()
-	static_key_disable_cpuslocked()
-	static_branch_enable_cpuslocked()
-	static_branch_disable_cpuslocked()
-
-These functions are *not* general purpose, and must only be used when
-you really know that you're in the above context, and no other.
-
-Where an array of keys is required, it can be defined as::
-
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_TRUE(keys, count);
-
-or::
-
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_FALSE(keys, count);
-
-4) Architecture level code patching interface, 'jump labels'
-
-
-There are a few functions and macros that architectures must implement in order
-to take advantage of this optimization. If there is no architecture support, we
-simply fall back to a traditional, load, test, and jump sequence. Also, the
-struct jump_entry table must be at least 4-byte aligned because the
-static_key->entry field makes use of the two least significant bits.
-
-* ``select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL``,
-    see: arch/x86/Kconfig
-
-* ``#define JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE``,
-    see: arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
-
-* ``__always_inline bool arch_static_branch(struct static_key *key, bool branch)``,
-    see: arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
-
-* ``__always_inline bool arch_static_branch_jump(struct static_key *key, bool branch)``,
-    see: arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
-
-* ``void arch_jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry, enum jump_label_type type)``,
-    see: arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
-
-* ``__init_or_module void arch_jump_label_transform_static(struct jump_entry *entry, enum jump_label_type type)``,
-    see: arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
-
-* ``struct jump_entry``,
-    see: arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
-
-
-5) Static keys / jump label analysis, results (x86_64):
-
-
-As an example, let's add the following branch to 'getppid()', such that the
-system call now looks like::
-
-  SYSCALL_DEFINE0(getppid)
-  {
-        int pid;
-
-  +     if (static_branch_unlikely(&key))
-  +             printk("I am the true branch\n");
-
-        rcu_read_lock();
-        pid = task_tgid_vnr(rcu_dereference(current->real_parent));
-        rcu_read_unlock();
-
-        return pid;
-  }
-
-The resulting instructions with jump labels generated by GCC is::
-
-  ffffffff81044290 <sys_getppid>:
-  ffffffff81044290:       55                      push   %rbp
-  ffffffff81044291:       48 89 e5                mov    %rsp,%rbp
-  ffffffff81044294:       e9 00 00 00 00          jmpq   ffffffff81044299 <sys_getppid+0x9>
-  ffffffff81044299:       65 48 8b 04 25 c0 b6    mov    %gs:0xb6c0,%rax
-  ffffffff810442a0:       00 00
-  ffffffff810442a2:       48 8b 80 80 02 00 00    mov    0x280(%rax),%rax
-  ffffffff810442a9:       48 8b 80 b0 02 00 00    mov    0x2b0(%rax),%rax
-  ffffffff810442b0:       48 8b b8 e8 02 00 00    mov    0x2e8(%rax),%rdi
-  ffffffff810442b7:       e8 f4 d9 00 00          callq  ffffffff81051cb0 <pid_vnr>
-  ffffffff810442bc:       5d                      pop    %rbp
-  ffffffff810442bd:       48 98                   cltq
-  ffffffff810442bf:       c3                      retq
-  ffffffff810442c0:       48 c7 c7 e3 54 98 81    mov    $0xffffffff819854e3,%rdi
-  ffffffff810442c7:       31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
-  ffffffff810442c9:       e8 71 13 6d 00          callq  ffffffff8171563f <printk>
-  ffffffff810442ce:       eb c9                   jmp    ffffffff81044299 <sys_getppid+0x9>
-
-Without the jump label optimization it looks like::
-
-  ffffffff810441f0 <sys_getppid>:
-  ffffffff810441f0:       8b 05 8a 52 d8 00       mov    0xd8528a(%rip),%eax        # ffffffff81dc9480 <key>
-  ffffffff810441f6:       55                      push   %rbp
-  ffffffff810441f7:       48 89 e5                mov    %rsp,%rbp
-  ffffffff810441fa:       85 c0                   test   %eax,%eax
-  ffffffff810441fc:       75 27                   jne    ffffffff81044225 <sys_getppid+0x35>
-  ffffffff810441fe:       65 48 8b 04 25 c0 b6    mov    %gs:0xb6c0,%rax
-  ffffffff81044205:       00 00
-  ffffffff81044207:       48 8b 80 80 02 00 00    mov    0x280(%rax),%rax
-  ffffffff8104420e:       48 8b 80 b0 02 00 00    mov    0x2b0(%rax),%rax
-  ffffffff81044215:       48 8b b8 e8 02 00 00    mov    0x2e8(%rax),%rdi
-  ffffffff8104421c:       e8 2f da 00 00          callq  ffffffff81051c50 <pid_vnr>
-  ffffffff81044221:       5d                      pop    %rbp
-  ffffffff81044222:       48 98                   cltq
-  ffffffff81044224:       c3                      retq
-  ffffffff81044225:       48 c7 c7 13 53 98 81    mov    $0xffffffff81985313,%rdi
-  ffffffff8104422c:       31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
-  ffffffff8104422e:       e8 60 0f 6d 00          callq  ffffffff81715193 <printk>
-  ffffffff81044233:       eb c9                   jmp    ffffffff810441fe <sys_getppid+0xe>
-  ffffffff81044235:       66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00    data32 nopw %cs:0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
-  ffffffff8104423c:       00 00 00 00
-
-Thus, the disable jump label case adds a 'mov', 'test' and 'jne' instruction
-vs. the jump label case just has a 'no-op' or 'jmp 0'. (The jmp 0, is patched
-to a 5 byte atomic no-op instruction at boot-time.) Thus, the disabled jump
-label case adds::
-
-  6 (mov) + 2 (test) + 2 (jne) = 10 - 5 (5 byte jump 0) = 5 addition bytes.
-
-If we then include the padding bytes, the jump label code saves, 16 total bytes
-of instruction memory for this small function. In this case the non-jump label
-function is 80 bytes long. Thus, we have saved 20% of the instruction
-footprint. We can in fact improve this even further, since the 5-byte no-op
-really can be a 2-byte no-op since we can reach the branch with a 2-byte jmp.
-However, we have not yet implemented optimal no-op sizes (they are currently
-hard-coded).
-
-Since there are a number of static key API uses in the scheduler paths,
-'pipe-test' (also known as 'perf bench sched pipe') can be used to show the
-performance improvement. Testing done on 3.3.0-rc2:
-
-jump label disabled::
-
- Performance counter stats for 'bash -c /tmp/pipe-test' (50 runs):
-
-        855.700314 task-clock                #    0.534 CPUs utilized            ( +-  0.11% )
-           200,003 context-switches          #    0.234 M/sec                    ( +-  0.00% )
-                 0 CPU-migrations            #    0.000 M/sec                    ( +- 39.58% )
-               487 page-faults               #    0.001 M/sec                    ( +-  0.02% )
-     1,474,374,262 cycles                    #    1.723 GHz                      ( +-  0.17% )
-   <not supported> stalled-cycles-frontend
-   <not supported> stalled-cycles-backend
-     1,178,049,567 instructions              #    0.80  insns per cycle          ( +-  0.06% )
-       208,368,926 branches                  #  243.507 M/sec                    ( +-  0.06% )
-         5,569,188 branch-misses             #    2.67% of all branches          ( +-  0.54% )
-
-       1.601607384 seconds time elapsed                                          ( +-  0.07% )
-
-jump label enabled::
-
- Performance counter stats for 'bash -c /tmp/pipe-test' (50 runs):
-
-        841.043185 task-clock                #    0.533 CPUs utilized            ( +-  0.12% )
-           200,004 context-switches          #    0.238 M/sec                    ( +-  0.00% )
-                 0 CPU-migrations            #    0.000 M/sec                    ( +- 40.87% )
-               487 page-faults               #    0.001 M/sec                    ( +-  0.05% )
-     1,432,559,428 cycles                    #    1.703 GHz                      ( +-  0.18% )
-   <not supported> stalled-cycles-frontend
-   <not supported> stalled-cycles-backend
-     1,175,363,994 instructions              #    0.82  insns per cycle          ( +-  0.04% )
-       206,859,359 branches                  #  245.956 M/sec                    ( +-  0.04% )
-         4,884,119 branch-misses             #    2.36% of all branches          ( +-  0.85% )
-
-       1.579384366 seconds time elapsed
-
-The percentage of saved branches is .7%, and we've saved 12% on
-'branch-misses'. This is where we would expect to get the most savings, since
-this optimization is about reducing the number of branches. In addition, we've
-saved .2% on instructions, and 2.8% on cycles and 1.4% on elapsed time.