Re: [PATCH 05/18] docs: core-api: add cachetlb documentation

From: Andrea Parri
Date: Tue May 08 2018 - 12:30:09 EST


On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 06:02:42PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
> Hi Jani,
>
> On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 05:40:56PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > On Mon, 07 May 2018, Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 06:35:41AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > >> The cachetlb.txt is already in ReST format. So, move it to the
> > >> core-api guide, where it belongs.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> ---
> > >> Documentation/00-INDEX | 2 --
> > >> Documentation/{cachetlb.txt => core-api/cachetlb.rst} | 0
> > >> Documentation/core-api/index.rst | 1 +
> > >> Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 2 +-
> > >> Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt | 2 +-
> > >> 5 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >> rename Documentation/{cachetlb.txt => core-api/cachetlb.rst} (100%)
> > >
> > > I see a few "inline" references to the .txt file in -rc4 (see below):
> > > I am not sure if you managed to update them too.
> >
> > Side note, there's scripts/documentation-file-ref-check to grep the
> > kernel tree for things that look like file references to Documentation/*
> > and complain if they don't exist.
> >
> > I get about 350+ hits with that, patches welcome! ;)
>
> Thanks for pointing out the script/results.
>
> It's also worth stressing, I think, the fact that some of those are from
> the MAINTAINERS file; I stumbled accross one of them yesterday:
>
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1525707655-3542-1-git-send-email-andrea.parri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> False positives apart (e.g., the four references in tools/memory-model/),
> those are regressions from my POV: please do not (consiously) merge more!

s/four/five

Andrea


>
> Andrea
>
>
> >
> >
> > BR,
> > Jani.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ./arch/microblaze/include/asm/cacheflush.h:/* Look at Documentation/cachetlb.txt */
> > > ./arch/unicore32/include/asm/cacheflush.h: * See Documentation/cachetlb.txt for more information.
> > > ./arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h: * See Documentation/cachetlb.txt for more information. Please note that
> > > ./arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h: * See Documentation/cachetlb.txt for more information.
> > > ./arch/xtensa/include/asm/cacheflush.h: * (see also Documentation/cachetlb.txt)
> > > ./arch/xtensa/include/asm/cacheflush.h:/* This is not required, see Documentation/cachetlb.txt */
> > >
> > > Andrea
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
> > >> index 53699c79ee54..04074059bcdc 100644
> > >> --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
> > >> +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
> > >> @@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ bus-devices/
> > >> - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller)
> > >> bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
> > >> - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
> > >> -cachetlb.txt
> > >> - - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
> > >> cdrom/
> > >> - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
> > >> cgroup-v1/
> > >> diff --git a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt b/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst
> > >> similarity index 100%
> > >> rename from Documentation/cachetlb.txt
> > >> rename to Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst
> > >> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
> > >> index c670a8031786..d4d71ee564ae 100644
> > >> --- a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
> > >> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
> > >> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Core utilities
> > >> kernel-api
> > >> assoc_array
> > >> atomic_ops
> > >> + cachetlb
> > >> refcount-vs-atomic
> > >> cpu_hotplug
> > >> idr
> > >> diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> > >> index 6dafc8085acc..983249906fc6 100644
> > >> --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> > >> +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> > >> @@ -2903,7 +2903,7 @@ is discarded from the CPU's cache and reloaded. To deal with this, the
> > >> appropriate part of the kernel must invalidate the overlapping bits of the
> > >> cache on each CPU.
> > >>
> > >> -See Documentation/cachetlb.txt for more information on cache management.
> > >> +See Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst for more information on cache management.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> CACHE COHERENCY VS MMIO
> > >> diff --git a/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt
> > >> index 0a0930ab4156..081937577c1a 100644
> > >> --- a/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt
> > >> +++ b/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt
> > >> @@ -2846,7 +2846,7 @@ CPU ì ìììì RAM ìë ìììë ëí ìì ëìì ìí ë
> > >> ëìë íêíê ìíì, ìëì ììí ëëìì ê CPU ì ìì ìì ëìê ëë
> > >> ëíëì ëíí ììì íëë.
> > >>
> > >> -ìì êëì ëí ë ëì ìëë ìíì Documentation/cachetlb.txt ë
> > >> +ìì êëì ëí ë ëì ìëë ìíì Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst ë
> > >> ìêíìì.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> 2.17.0
> > >>
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> > Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center