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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2020-09-25 06:19:19 +0200
committerChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2020-09-25 06:19:19 +0200
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parent171d4ff79f965c1f164705ef0aaea102a6ad238b (diff)
downloadlinux-next-8c1c6c7588b2faf9dd45fb3cfb7497fd09bbfe7c.tar.gz
Merge branch 'master' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into dma-mapping-for-next
Pull in the latest 5.9 tree for the commit to revert the V4L2_FLAG_MEMORY_NON_CONSISTENT uapi addition.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst4
5 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
index 8f4a3f889d43..bc28a9527ee5 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Parameters::
the value passed in <key_size>.
<key_type>
- Either 'logon' or 'user' kernel key type.
+ Either 'logon', 'user' or 'encrypted' kernel key type.
<key_description>
The kernel keyring key description crypt target should look for
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ submit_from_crypt_cpus
thread because it benefits CFQ to have writes submitted using the
same context.
+no_read_workqueue
+ Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process read requests synchronously.
+
+no_write_workqueue
+ Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process write requests synchronously.
+ This option is automatically enabled for host-managed zoned block devices
+ (e.g. host-managed SMR hard-disks).
+
integrity:<bytes>:<type>
The device requires additional <bytes> metadata per-sector stored
in per-bio integrity structure. This metadata must by provided
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
index d336f3f73a4c..63fd4e6a014b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@
98 block User-mode virtual block device
0 = /dev/ubda First user-mode block device
- 16 = /dev/udbb Second user-mode block device
+ 16 = /dev/ubdb Second user-mode block device
...
Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index e5a8def45f3f..6c04aea8f4cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ against. Possible keywords are:::
``line-range`` cannot contain space, e.g.
"1-30" is valid range but "1 - 30" is not.
- ``module=foo`` combined keyword=value form is interchangably accepted
The meanings of each keyword are:
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
index 5e477869df18..5fe1ade88c17 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ on the feature, restricting the viewing angles.
DYTC Lapmode sensor
-------------------
+-------------------
sysfs: dytc_lapmode
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
index cdd1a9a7f9a2..5072e7064d13 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ Energy-Performance Bias (EPB) knob (otherwise), which means that the processor's
internal P-state selection logic is expected to focus entirely on performance.
This will override the EPP/EPB setting coming from the ``sysfs`` interface
-(see `Energy vs Performance Hints`_ below).
+(see `Energy vs Performance Hints`_ below). Moreover, any attempts to change
+the EPP/EPB to a value different from 0 ("performance") via ``sysfs`` in this
+configuration will be rejected.
Also, in this configuration the range of P-states available to the processor's
internal P-state selection logic is always restricted to the upper boundary