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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/dpll.rst58
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/iio/triggered-buffers.rst10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mailbox.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-fh.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst170
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/btt.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst4
14 files changed, 238 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dpll.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dpll.rst
index 93c191b2d089..bae14766d4f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dpll.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dpll.rst
@@ -65,35 +65,43 @@ request, where user provides attributes that result in single pin match.
Pin selection
=============
-In general, selected pin (the one which signal is driving the dpll
-device) can be obtained from ``DPLL_A_PIN_STATE`` attribute, and only
-one pin shall be in ``DPLL_PIN_STATE_CONNECTED`` state for any dpll
-device.
+Pin state (``DPLL_A_PIN_STATE``) reflects the administrative intent set
+by the user. Pin operational state (``DPLL_A_PIN_OPERSTATE``) reflects
+what the hardware is actually doing with the pin.
Pin selection can be done either manually or automatically, depending
on hardware capabilities and active dpll device work mode
(``DPLL_A_MODE`` attribute). The consequence is that there are
-differences for each mode in terms of available pin states, as well as
-for the states the user can request for a dpll device.
+differences for each mode in terms of available pin states the user can
+request for a dpll device.
-In manual mode (``DPLL_MODE_MANUAL``) the user can request or receive
-one of following pin states:
+In manual mode (``DPLL_MODE_MANUAL``) the user can request one of
+following pin states:
-- ``DPLL_PIN_STATE_CONNECTED`` - the pin is used to drive dpll device
-- ``DPLL_PIN_STATE_DISCONNECTED`` - the pin is not used to drive dpll
+- ``DPLL_PIN_STATE_CONNECTED`` - the pin is selected to drive dpll
device
+- ``DPLL_PIN_STATE_DISCONNECTED`` - the pin is not selected to drive
+ dpll device
-In automatic mode (``DPLL_MODE_AUTOMATIC``) the user can request or
-receive one of following pin states:
+In automatic mode (``DPLL_MODE_AUTOMATIC``) the user can request one of
+following pin states:
- ``DPLL_PIN_STATE_SELECTABLE`` - the pin shall be considered as valid
input for automatic selection algorithm
- ``DPLL_PIN_STATE_DISCONNECTED`` - the pin shall be not considered as
a valid input for automatic selection algorithm
-In automatic mode (``DPLL_MODE_AUTOMATIC``) the user can only receive
-pin state ``DPLL_PIN_STATE_CONNECTED`` once automatic selection
-algorithm locks a dpll device with one of the inputs.
+The actual hardware status of a pin is reported via the operational
+state (``DPLL_A_PIN_OPERSTATE``) attribute nested under the parent
+device:
+
+- ``DPLL_PIN_OPERSTATE_ACTIVE`` - pin is qualified and actively used
+ by the DPLL
+- ``DPLL_PIN_OPERSTATE_STANDBY`` - pin is qualified but not actively
+ used by the DPLL
+- ``DPLL_PIN_OPERSTATE_NO_SIGNAL`` - pin does not have a valid signal
+- ``DPLL_PIN_OPERSTATE_QUAL_FAILED`` - pin signal failed qualification
+ checks
Shared pins
===========
@@ -250,6 +258,26 @@ in the ``DPLL_A_PIN_PHASE_OFFSET`` attribute.
``DPLL_A_PHASE_OFFSET_MONITOR`` attr state of a feature
=============================== ========================
+Fractional frequency offset
+===========================
+
+The fractional frequency offset (FFO) is reported through two attributes
+that carry the same measurement at different precisions:
+
+- ``DPLL_A_PIN_FRACTIONAL_FREQUENCY_OFFSET`` in PPM (parts per million)
+- ``DPLL_A_PIN_FRACTIONAL_FREQUENCY_OFFSET_PPT`` in PPT (parts per trillion)
+
+Both attributes appear at the top level of a pin and inside each
+``pin-parent-device`` nest. Two FFO types are defined:
+
+- ``DPLL_FFO_PORT_RXTX_RATE`` - RX vs TX symbol rate offset (top-level)
+- ``DPLL_FFO_PIN_DEVICE`` - pin vs parent DPLL offset (per-parent)
+
+The driver declares which types it supports via the ``supported_ffo``
+bitmask in ``struct dpll_pin_ops``. The core only calls the ``ffo_get``
+callback for types the driver has opted into. The requested type is
+passed to the driver in the ``struct dpll_ffo_param``.
+
Frequency monitor
=================
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst
index cf5ff48d3115..9673470bded2 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ Kernel modules can be composed of several platform drivers. The platform core
provides helpers to register and unregister an array of drivers::
int __platform_register_drivers(struct platform_driver * const *drivers,
- unsigned int count, struct module *owner);
+ unsigned int count, struct module *owner,
+ const char *mod_name);
void platform_unregister_drivers(struct platform_driver * const *drivers,
unsigned int count);
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst
index 3563e5f7e98d..e98b21b60865 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
================
EISA bus support
================
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
index 63f364e862d1..8779022e3da5 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ directory contains attributes of the following form:
* :file:`index`, the scan_index of the channel.
* :file:`type`, description of the scan element data storage within the buffer
and hence the form in which it is read from user space.
- Format is [be|le]:[s|u]bits/storagebits[Xrepeat][>>shift] .
+ Format is [be|le]:[f|s|u]bits/storagebits[Xrepeat][>>shift] .
* *be* or *le*, specifies big or little endian.
+ * *f*, specifies if floating-point.
* *s* or *u*, specifies if signed (2's complement) or unsigned.
* *bits*, is the number of valid data bits.
* *storagebits*, is the number of bits (after padding) that it occupies in the
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ fields in iio_chan_spec definition::
/* other members */
int scan_index
struct {
- char sign;
+ char format;
u8 realbits;
u8 storagebits;
u8 shift;
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ following channel definition::
/* other stuff here */
.scan_index = 0,
.scan_type = {
- .sign = 's',
+ .format = IIO_SCAN_FORMAT_SIGNED_INT,
.realbits = 12,
.storagebits = 16,
.shift = 4,
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/triggered-buffers.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/triggered-buffers.rst
index 417555dbbdf4..23762b06fdc6 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/triggered-buffers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/triggered-buffers.rst
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@ A typical triggered buffer setup looks like this::
irqreturn_t sensor_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
{
- u16 buf[8];
+ IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS(u16, buf, 3) = { };
int i = 0;
/* read data for each active channel */
- for_each_set_bit(bit, active_scan_mask, masklength)
- buf[i++] = sensor_get_data(bit)
+ iio_for_each_active_channel(indio_dev, bit)
+ buf[i++] = sensor_get_data(bit);
- iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, buf, timestamp);
+ iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts(indio_dev, buf, sizeof(buf), timestamp);
iio_trigger_notify_done(trigger);
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}
/* setup triggered buffer, usually in probe function */
- iio_triggered_buffer_setup(indio_dev, sensor_iio_polfunc,
+ iio_triggered_buffer_setup(indio_dev, sensor_iio_pollfunc,
sensor_trigger_handler,
sensor_buffer_setup_ops);
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
index f52ab2df2569..d08cee98e34a 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ tuned to the user's desired performance.
The driver supports a hot add and remove of interfaces. This way,
interfaces can be added or removed after the kernel is up and running.
-This is done using /sys/modules/ipmi_si/parameters/hotmod, which is a
+This is done using /sys/module/ipmi_si/parameters/hotmod, which is a
write-only parameter. You write a string to this interface. The string
has the format::
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mailbox.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mailbox.rst
index 463dd032b96c..d46c60bd5df6 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/mailbox.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mailbox.rst
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ a message and a callback function to the API and return immediately).
struct async_pkt ap;
struct sync_pkt sp;
- dc_sync = kzalloc(sizeof(*dc_sync), GFP_KERNEL);
- dc_async = kzalloc(sizeof(*dc_async), GFP_KERNEL);
+ dc_sync = kzalloc_obj(*dc_sync);
+ dc_async = kzalloc_obj(*dc_async);
/* Populate non-blocking mode client */
dc_async->cl.dev = &pdev->dev;
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst
index 94bd1dae82d5..c8552f70f496 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ of the device. This is because the power state of the device is only changed
after the power state transition has taken place. The ``s_ctrl`` callback can be
used to obtain device's power state after the power state transition:
-.. c:function:: int pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(struct device *dev);
+.. c:function:: int pm_runtime_get_if_active(struct device *dev);
The function returns a non-zero value if it succeeded getting the power count or
runtime PM was disabled, in either of which cases the driver may proceed to
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst
index 22e1b13ecde9..7df2407817b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ where
* - variable or constant
- description
* - link_freq
- - The value of the ``V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ`` integer64 menu item.
+ - The value of the :ref:`V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ <v4l2-cid-link-freq>` integer64
+ menu item.
* - nr_of_lanes
- Number of data lanes used on the CSI-2 link.
* - 2
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-fh.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-fh.rst
index a934caa483a4..ff1fdd897504 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-fh.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-fh.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Example:
...
- my_fh = kzalloc(sizeof(*my_fh), GFP_KERNEL);
+ my_fh = kzalloc_obj(*my_fh);
...
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst
index 148fa4288760..747a326fb6c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst
@@ -203,3 +203,173 @@ section, after the ``---`` marker.
mtd.writesize = 1
mtd.oobsize = 0
regions = 0
+
+5) If your flash supports locking, please go through the following test
+ procedure to make sure it correctly behaves. The below example
+ expects the typical situation where eraseblocks and lock sectors have
+ the same size. In case you enabled MTD_SPI_NOR_USE_4K_SECTORS, you
+ must adapt `bs` accordingly.
+
+ Warning: These tests may hard lock your device! Make sure:
+
+ - The device is not hard locked already (#WP strapped to low and
+ SR_SRWD bit set)
+ - If you have a WPn pin, you may want to set `no-wp` in your DT for
+ the time of the test, to only make use of software protection.
+ Otherwise, clearing the locking state depends on the WPn
+ signal and if it is tied to low, the flash will be permanently
+ locked.
+
+ Test full chip locking and make sure expectations, the MEMISLOCKED
+ ioctl output, the debugfs output and experimental results are all
+ aligned::
+
+ root@1:~# alias show_sectors='grep -A4 "locked sectors" /sys/kernel/debug/spi-nor/spi0.0/params'
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -i /dev/mtd0
+ Device: /dev/mtd0
+ Start: 0
+ Len: 0x4000000
+ Lock status: unlocked
+ Return code: 0
+ root@1:~# mtd_debug erase /dev/mtd0 0 2097152
+ Erased 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash
+ root@1:~# mtd_debug write /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_test
+ Copied 2097152 bytes from spi_test to address 0x00000000 in flash
+ root@1:~# mtd_debug read /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_read
+ Copied 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read
+ root@1:~# sha256sum spi*
+ c444216a6ba2a4a66cccd60a0dd062bce4b865dd52b200ef5e21838c4b899ac8 spi_read
+ c444216a6ba2a4a66cccd60a0dd062bce4b865dd52b200ef5e21838c4b899ac8 spi_test
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-03ffffff | unlocked | 1024
+
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -l /dev/mtd0
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -i /dev/mtd0
+ Device: /dev/mtd0
+ Start: 0
+ Len: 0x4000000
+ Lock status: locked
+ Return code: 1
+ root@1:~# mtd_debug erase /dev/mtd0 0 2097152
+ Erased 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash
+ root@1:~# mtd_debug read /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_read
+ Copied 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read
+ root@1:~# sha256sum spi*
+ c444216a6ba2a4a66cccd60a0dd062bce4b865dd52b200ef5e21838c4b899ac8 spi_read
+ c444216a6ba2a4a66cccd60a0dd062bce4b865dd52b200ef5e21838c4b899ac8 spi_test
+ root@1:~# dd if=/dev/urandom of=./spi_test2 bs=1M count=2
+ 2+0 records in
+ 2+0 records out
+ root@1:~# mtd_debug write /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_test2
+ Copied 2097152 bytes from spi_test2 to address 0x00000000 in flash
+ root@1:~# mtd_debug read /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_read2
+ Copied 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read2
+ root@1:~# sha256sum spi*
+ c444216a6ba2a4a66cccd60a0dd062bce4b865dd52b200ef5e21838c4b899ac8 spi_read
+ c444216a6ba2a4a66cccd60a0dd062bce4b865dd52b200ef5e21838c4b899ac8 spi_read2
+ c444216a6ba2a4a66cccd60a0dd062bce4b865dd52b200ef5e21838c4b899ac8 spi_test
+ bea9334df51c620440f86751cba0799214a016329f1736f9456d40cf40efdc88 spi_test2
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-03ffffff | locked | 1024
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0
+
+ Once we trust the debugfs output we can use it to test various
+ situations. Check top locking/unlocking (end of the device)::
+
+ root@1:~# size=$(cat /sys/class/mtd/mtd0/size)
+ root@1:~# bs=$(cat /sys/class/mtd/mtd0/erasesize)
+ root@1:~# nsectors=$(grep unlocked /sys/kernel/debug/spi-nor/spi0.0/params | sed -e 's/.*unlocked | //')
+ root@1:~# ss=$(($size / $nsectors))
+ root@1:~# bps=$(($ss / $bs))
+
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -l /dev/mtd0 $(($size - (2 * $ss))) $((2 * $bps)) # last two
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-03fdffff | unlocked | 1022
+ 03fe0000-03ffffff | locked | 2
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0 $(($size - (2 * $ss))) $((1 * $bps)) # last one
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-03feffff | unlocked | 1023
+ 03ff0000-03ffffff | locked | 1
+
+ If the flash features 4 block protection bits (BP), we can protect
+ more than 4MB (typically 128 64kiB-blocks or more), with a finer
+ grain than locking the entire device::
+
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -l /dev/mtd0 $(($size - (2**7 * $ss))) $((2**7 * $bps))
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-037fffff | unlocked | 896
+ 03800000-03ffffff | locked | 128
+
+ If the flash features a Top/Bottom (TB) bit, we can protect the
+ beginning of the flash::
+
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -l /dev/mtd0 0 $((2 * $bps)) # first two
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-0001ffff | locked | 2
+ 00020000-03ffffff | unlocked | 1022
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0 $ss $((1 * $bps)) # first one
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-0000ffff | locked | 1
+ 00010000-03ffffff | unlocked | 1023
+
+ If the flash features a Complement (CMP) bit, we can protect with
+ more granularity above half of the capacity. Let's lock all but one
+ block, then unlock one more block::
+
+ root@1:~# all_but_one=$((($size / $bs) - ($ss / $bs)))
+
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -l /dev/mtd0 $ss $all_but_one # all but the first
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-0000ffff | unlocked | 1
+ 00010000-03ffffff | locked | 1023
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0 $ss $(($ss / $bs)) # all but the two first
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-0001ffff | unlocked | 2
+ 00020000-03ffffff | locked | 1022
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -l /dev/mtd0 0 $all_but_one # same from the other side
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-03feffff | locked | 1023
+ 03ff0000-03ffffff | unlocked | 1
+ root@1:~# flash_lock -u /dev/mtd0 $(($size - (2 * $ss))) $(($ss / $bs)) # all but two
+ root@1:~# show_sectors
+ software locked sectors
+ region (in hex) | status | #sectors
+ ------------------+----------+---------
+ 00000000-03fdffff | locked | 1022
+ 03fe0000-03ffffff | unlocked | 2
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/btt.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/btt.rst
index 2d8269f834bd..d29fab95f149 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/btt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/btt.rst
@@ -161,9 +161,8 @@ process::
nlanes = min(nfree, num_cpus)
A lane number is obtained at the start of any IO, and is used for indexing into
-all the on-disk and in-memory data structures for the duration of the IO. If
-there are more CPUs than the max number of available lanes, than lanes are
-protected by spinlocks.
+all the on-disk and in-memory data structures for the duration of the IO. Lanes
+are protected by mutexes.
d. In-memory data structure: Read Tracking Table (RTT)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst
index dce061ef7647..f53043d21071 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst
@@ -132,4 +132,4 @@ RS485 Serial Communications
6. References
=============
-.. [#DT-bindings] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt
+.. [#DT-bindings] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst
index 907ffa3b38f5..c08472dfbcfe 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ the members are required, others are optional.
hardware interrupt number. The flags given here will be used in the
call to :c:func:`request_irq()`.
-- ``int (*mmap)(struct uio_info *info, struct vm_area_struct *vma)``:
+- ``int (*mmap_prepare)(struct uio_info *info, struct vm_area_desc *desc)``:
Optional. If you need a special :c:func:`mmap()`
function, you can set it here. If this pointer is not NULL, your
- :c:func:`mmap()` will be called instead of the built-in one.
+ ``mmap_prepare`` will be called instead of the built-in one.
- ``int (*open)(struct uio_info *info, struct inode *inode)``:
Optional. You might want to have your own :c:func:`open()`,