linux.git/Documentation/timers, branch v4.8 Linux kernel source tree Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28T13:51:59+00:00 Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org 2016-04-26T23:41:21+00:00 08559657b21522d642331f9dc455a3917d85ab00 This fixes several spelling mistakes in the Documentation/ tree, which are caught by checkpatch.pl's spell checking. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
This fixes several spelling mistakes in the Documentation/ tree, which
are caught by checkpatch.pl's spell checking.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
hrtimers: doc cleanup 2016-04-28T13:13:10+00:00 Cao jin caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com 2016-04-21T13:39:15+00:00 ac86db349e2df2e2d6b786cbacefa3037126f3bc It has: a tense correction(led->leads); a typo(unevitably->inevitably); Signed-off-by: Cao jin <caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
It has:
a tense correction(led->leads);
a typo(unevitably->inevitably);

Signed-off-by: Cao jin <caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Merge tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux 2016-03-17T19:09:35+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2016-03-17T19:09:35+00:00 37aa7319cd81a0eb587e552b0ec7e88c03853bf7 Pul documentation update from Jon Corbet: "Another relatively boring cycle for the docs tree: typo fixes, translation updates, etc" * tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: modsign: Fix documentation on module signing enforcement parameter. Doc: nfs: Fix typos in Documentation/filesystems/nfs Documentation: kselftest: Remove duplicate word doc: fix grammar Documentation: Howto: Fixed subtitles style Doc: ARM: Fix a typo in clksrc-change-registers.awk Documentation/ko_KR: update maintainer information Documentation: Fix int/unsigned int comparison Documentation: Chinese translation of arm64/silicon-errata.txt Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/booting.txt Documentation: HOWTO: remove obsolete info about regression postings Doc: ja_JP: Fix a typo in HOWTO Doc: i2c: Fix typo in Documentation/i2c Doc: DocBook: Fix a typo in device-drivers.tmpl Remove "arch" usage in Documentation/features/list-arch.sh README: cosmetic fixes Documentation/CodingStyle: add space before parenthesis in example macro SubmittingPatches: fix spelling of "git send-email" 
Pul documentation update from Jon Corbet:
 "Another relatively boring cycle for the docs tree: typo fixes,
  translation updates, etc"

* tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
  modsign: Fix documentation on module signing enforcement parameter.
  Doc: nfs: Fix typos in Documentation/filesystems/nfs
  Documentation: kselftest: Remove duplicate word
  doc: fix grammar
  Documentation: Howto: Fixed subtitles style
  Doc: ARM: Fix a typo in clksrc-change-registers.awk
  Documentation/ko_KR: update maintainer information
  Documentation: Fix int/unsigned int comparison
  Documentation: Chinese translation of arm64/silicon-errata.txt
  Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/booting.txt
  Documentation: HOWTO: remove obsolete info about regression postings
  Doc: ja_JP: Fix a typo in HOWTO
  Doc: i2c: Fix typo in Documentation/i2c
  Doc: DocBook: Fix a typo in device-drivers.tmpl
  Remove "arch" usage in Documentation/features/list-arch.sh
  README: cosmetic fixes
  Documentation/CodingStyle: add space before parenthesis in example macro
  SubmittingPatches: fix spelling of "git send-email"
Documentation: Fix int/unsigned int comparison 2016-02-17T21:09:43+00:00 Mahesh Khanwalkar maheshkhanwalkar@gmail.com 2016-02-14T00:05:31+00:00 f0cd147e61f2b840b0687a407c2652687532644e Signed int - unsigned int comparison fixed in mpssd, prctl, ptp, and timers in Documentation. In places where 'int argc' and 'const char **argv' are not used, they are replaced with void Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c: Fixed comparison in sum_iovec_len and disp_iovec Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-ctxt-sw-stress-test.c: main signature changed to void, as parameters 'argc' and 'argv' are never used Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test.c: main signature changed to void Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-test.c: main signature changed to void Documentation/ptp/testptp.c: Sign comparison fix Documentation/timers/hpet_example.c: Sign comparision fix Signed-off-by: Mahesh Khanwalkar <maheshkhanwalkar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
Signed int - unsigned int comparison fixed in mpssd, prctl, ptp, and
timers in Documentation. In places where 'int argc' and 'const char
**argv' are not used, they are replaced with void

Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c: Fixed comparison in sum_iovec_len and
disp_iovec

Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-ctxt-sw-stress-test.c: main signature
changed to void, as parameters 'argc' and 'argv' are never used

Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test.c: main signature
changed to void

Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-test.c: main signature changed to void

Documentation/ptp/testptp.c: Sign comparison fix
Documentation/timers/hpet_example.c: Sign comparision fix

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Khanwalkar <maheshkhanwalkar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
hpet: Drop stale URLs 2016-02-17T08:39:56+00:00 Michael S. Tsirkin mst@redhat.com 2016-02-10T23:05:01+00:00 4e7f9df25874cedbbc604a5c5c2e7a6efe662387 Looks like the HPET spec at intel.com got moved. It isn't hard to find so drop the link, just mention the revision assumed. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455145462-3877-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 
Looks like the HPET spec at intel.com got moved.
It isn't hard to find so drop the link, just mention
the revision assumed.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455145462-3877-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
documentation: Update NO_HZ_FULL interaction with POSIX timers 2015-02-26T19:57:29+00:00 Paul E. McKenney paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com 2015-01-25T19:28:28+00:00 c25197841efe53258abb22cfd894a729a272edf9 POSIX timers are no longer starved on adaptive-ticks CPUs. Instead, they prevent affected CPUs from entering adaptive-ticks mode. This commit therefore updates the NO_HZ.txt documentation. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 
POSIX timers are no longer starved on adaptive-ticks CPUs.  Instead, they
prevent affected CPUs from entering adaptive-ticks mode.  This commit
therefore updates the NO_HZ.txt documentation.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26T09:02:59+00:00 Peter Foley pefoley2@pefoley.com 2014-09-25T18:23:37+00:00 c5e2a7e01269cd9839fef8a5c5ac258277b3b08f Add some missing files to .gitignore. Push Documentation/.gitignore down into subdirectories. Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> 
Add some missing files to .gitignore.
Push Documentation/.gitignore down into subdirectories.

Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26T09:02:55+00:00 Peter Foley pefoley2@pefoley.com 2014-09-25T18:23:02+00:00 df68a01014fd5dea890349321787ca08a5377f0b Change the Documentation makefiles from obj-m to subdir-y to avoid generating unnecessary built-in.o files since nothing in Documentation/ is ever linked in to vmlinux. Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> 
Change the Documentation makefiles from obj-m to subdir-y
to avoid generating unnecessary built-in.o files since nothing
in Documentation/ is ever linked in to vmlinux.

Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
clocksource: document some basic timekeeping concepts 2014-07-23T22:07:13+00:00 Linus Walleij linus.walleij@linaro.org 2014-07-10T07:52:27+00:00 7806f60e1d205db46eca6ad24429b3f86eda2588 This adds some documentation about clock sources, clock events, the weak sched_clock() function and delay timers that answers questions that repeatedly arise on the mailing lists. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@google.com> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> 
This adds some documentation about clock sources, clock events,
the weak sched_clock() function and delay timers that answers
questions that repeatedly arise on the mailing lists.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@google.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
timer_stats/doc: Fix /proc/timer_stats documentation 2014-05-04T18:46:32+00:00 Michael Kerrisk mtk.manpages@gmail.com 2014-05-02T10:13:10+00:00 2779ac167b1a1bf8153dca9f3a141c6148c6b89f Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt claims: "The readout of /proc/timer_stats automatically disables sampling. The sampled information is kept until a new sample period is started. This allows multiple readouts." Some simple testing shows that reading from /proc/timer_stats does not disable sampling. Looking back over past source code, it appears that it never did. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/53636FB6.9060407@gmail.com [ Small tidyup of the changelog. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 
Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt claims:

 "The readout of /proc/timer_stats automatically disables sampling. The sampled
  information is kept until a new sample period is started. This allows multiple
  readouts."

Some simple testing shows that reading from /proc/timer_stats
does not disable sampling. Looking back over past source code,
it appears that it never did.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/53636FB6.9060407@gmail.com
[ Small tidyup of the changelog. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>