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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2024-11-11 12:16:33 +0100 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2024-11-11 12:16:33 +0100 |
commit | 5516200c466f92954551406ea641376963c43a92 (patch) | |
tree | 4d9814bad59490d0cde3ce014a8ae08e9a8672db /Documentation/admin-guide | |
parent | media: platform: samsung: s5p-jpeg: Remove deadcode (diff) | |
parent | Linux 6.12-rc7 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'v6.12-rc7' into __tmp-hansg-linux-tags_media_atomisp_6_13_1
Linux 6.12-rc7
* tag 'v6.12-rc7': (1909 commits)
Linux 6.12-rc7
filemap: Fix bounds checking in filemap_read()
i2c: designware: do not hold SCL low when I2C_DYNAMIC_TAR_UPDATE is not set
mailmap: add entry for Thorsten Blum
ocfs2: remove entry once instead of null-ptr-dereference in ocfs2_xa_remove()
signal: restore the override_rlimit logic
fs/proc: fix compile warning about variable 'vmcore_mmap_ops'
ucounts: fix counter leak in inc_rlimit_get_ucounts()
selftests: hugetlb_dio: check for initial conditions to skip in the start
mm: fix docs for the kernel parameter ``thp_anon=``
mm/damon/core: avoid overflow in damon_feed_loop_next_input()
mm/damon/core: handle zero schemes apply interval
mm/damon/core: handle zero {aggregation,ops_update} intervals
mm/mlock: set the correct prev on failure
objpool: fix to make percpu slot allocation more robust
mm/page_alloc: keep track of free highatomic
bcachefs: Fix UAF in __promote_alloc() error path
bcachefs: Change OPT_STR max to be 1 less than the size of choices array
bcachefs: btree_cache.freeable list fixes
bcachefs: check the invalid parameter for perf test
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/ipe.rst | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst | 20 |
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/ipe.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/ipe.rst index f38e641df0e9..f93a467db628 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/ipe.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/ipe.rst @@ -223,7 +223,10 @@ are signed through the PKCS#7 message format to enforce some level of authorization of the policies (prohibiting an attacker from gaining unconstrained root, and deploying an "allow all" policy). These policies must be signed by a certificate that chains to the -``SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING``. With openssl, the policy can be signed by:: +``SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING``, or to the secondary and/or platform keyrings if +``CONFIG_IPE_POLICY_SIG_SECONDARY_KEYRING`` and/or +``CONFIG_IPE_POLICY_SIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING`` are enabled, respectively. +With openssl, the policy can be signed by:: openssl smime -sign \ -in "$MY_POLICY" \ @@ -266,7 +269,7 @@ in the kernel. This file is write-only and accepts a PKCS#7 signed policy. Two checks will always be performed on this policy: First, the ``policy_names`` must match with the updated version and the existing version. Second the updated policy must have a policy version greater than -or equal to the currently-running version. This is to prevent rollback attacks. +the currently-running version. This is to prevent rollback attacks. The ``delete`` file is used to remove a policy that is no longer needed. This file is write-only and accepts a value of ``1`` to delete the policy. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 1518343bbe22..1666576acc0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -6688,7 +6688,7 @@ 0: no polling (default) thp_anon= [KNL] - Format: <size>,<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>-<size>[KMG]:<state> + Format: <size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>[KMG]-<size>[KMG]:<state> state is one of "always", "madvise", "never" or "inherit". Control the default behavior of the system with respect to anonymous transparent hugepages. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst index cfdd16a52e39..a1bb495eab59 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ control by passing the parameter ``transparent_hugepage=always`` or kernel command line. Alternatively, each supported anonymous THP size can be controlled by -passing ``thp_anon=<size>,<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>-<size>[KMG]:<state>``, +passing ``thp_anon=<size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>[KMG]-<size>[KMG]:<state>``, where ``<size>`` is the THP size (must be a power of 2 of PAGE_SIZE and supported anonymous THP) and ``<state>`` is one of ``always``, ``madvise``, ``never`` or ``inherit``. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst index fe1be4ad88cb..a21369eba034 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst @@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ This governor exposes only one tunable: ``rate_limit_us`` Minimum time (in microseconds) that has to pass between two consecutive - runs of governor computations (default: 1000 times the scaling driver's - transition latency). + runs of governor computations (default: 1.5 times the scaling driver's + transition latency or the maximum 2ms). The purpose of this tunable is to reduce the scheduler context overhead of the governor which might be excessive without it. @@ -474,17 +474,17 @@ This governor exposes the following tunables: This is how often the governor's worker routine should run, in microseconds. - Typically, it is set to values of the order of 10000 (10 ms). Its - default value is equal to the value of ``cpuinfo_transition_latency`` - for each policy this governor is attached to (but since the unit here - is greater by 1000, this means that the time represented by - ``sampling_rate`` is 1000 times greater than the transition latency by - default). + Typically, it is set to values of the order of 2000 (2 ms). Its + default value is to add a 50% breathing room + to ``cpuinfo_transition_latency`` on each policy this governor is + attached to. The minimum is typically the length of two scheduler + ticks. If this tunable is per-policy, the following shell command sets the time - represented by it to be 750 times as high as the transition latency:: + represented by it to be 1.5 times as high as the transition latency + (the default):: - # echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 750 / 1000)) > ondemand/sampling_rate + # echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 3 / 2)) > ondemand/sampling_rate ``up_threshold`` If the estimated CPU load is above this value (in percent), the governor |