Steven Rostedt 8b2c70d1e4 ring-buffer: add design document ...

This adds the design document for the ring buffer and also
explains how it is designed to have lockless writes.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

2009-07-07 18:36:13 -04:00

..

ABI

Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6

2009-06-22 16:56:22 -07:00

accounting

Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c intialize the variable before using it

2009-06-16 19:47:51 -07:00

acpi

ACPI: update debug parameter documentation

2008-11-07 21:45:29 -05:00

aoe

aoe: user can ask driver to forget previously detected devices

2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00

arm

[ARM] S3C24XX: GPIO: Change to macros for GPIO numbering

2009-05-18 16:26:03 +01:00

auxdisplay

.gitignore updates

2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00

blackfin

Blackfin arch: Add document about bfin-gpio

2009-01-07 23:14:38 +08:00

block

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

blockdev

mflash: initial support

2009-04-07 08:12:38 +02:00

cdrom

debugfs: Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.

2009-06-15 21:30:28 -07:00

cgroups

memcg: add interface to reset limits

2009-06-18 13:03:48 -07:00

connector

Documentation/connector/cn_test.c comment unused cn_test_want_notify()

2009-06-18 13:03:46 -07:00

console

Typo: fro -> from

2007-07-19 10:04:47 -07:00

cpu-freq

[CPUFREQ] minor correction to cpu-freq documentation

2009-06-15 11:49:42 -04:00

cpuidle

cpuidle: Add Documentation

2008-02-14 00:16:13 -05:00

cris

fix random typos

2008-10-16 11:21:30 -07:00

crypto

async_tx, dmaengine: document channel allocation and api rework

2009-01-05 18:10:19 -07:00

development-process

docs: Encourage better changelogs in the development process document

2009-06-04 10:32:49 -06:00

device-mapper

dm crypt: add documentation

2008-04-25 13:27:03 +01:00

DocBook

debugfs: Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.

2009-06-15 21:30:28 -07:00

driver-model

Driver Core: Warn driver authors about adding device attributes

2009-06-15 21:30:23 -07:00

dvb

V4L/DVB (11962): dvb: Fix broken link in get_dvb_firmware for nxt2004 (A180)

2009-06-16 19:07:39 -03:00

early-userspace

Documentation: Remove last references to BitKeeper.

2008-04-21 22:19:05 +00:00

fault-injection

debugfs: Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.

2009-06-15 21:30:28 -07:00

fb

Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt: fix typo

2009-06-16 19:47:58 -07:00

filesystems

Merge branch 'for-2.6.31' of git://fieldses.org/git/linux-nfsd

2009-06-22 12:55:50 -07:00

firmware_class

driver core: fix documentation of request_firmware_nowait

2009-06-15 21:30:24 -07:00

frv

move frv docs one level up

2008-02-03 15:54:28 +02:00

hwmon

hwmon: (f71882fg) Add support for the F71858F

2009-06-15 18:39:52 +02:00

i2c

i2c: Add a sysfs interface to instantiate devices

2009-06-19 16:58:20 +02:00

i2o

documentation: convert the Documentation directory to UTF-8

2007-05-09 08:58:19 +02:00

ia64

trivial: Fix misspelling of firmware

2009-03-30 15:21:59 +02:00

ide

ide: preserve Host Protected Area by default (v2)

2009-06-07 13:52:52 +02:00

infiniband

IPoIB: Document newish features

2009-04-08 13:52:01 -07:00

input

Merge commit 'v2.6.30' into next

2009-06-11 01:58:01 -07:00

ioctl

LinuxPPS: core support

2009-06-18 13:04:04 -07:00

isdn

isdn: clean up documentation index

2009-06-20 01:10:38 -07:00

ja_JP

block: rename CONFIG_LBD to CONFIG_LBDAF

2009-06-19 08:08:50 +02:00

kbuild

kconfig: resort the documentation of the environment variables

2009-06-09 22:37:47 +02:00

kdump

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

ko_KR

HOWTO: update misspelling and word incorrected

2007-12-17 10:33:19 -08:00

laptops

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

lguest

lguest: add support for indirect ring entries

2009-06-12 22:27:13 +09:30

m68k

[SCSI] 53c7xx: fix removal fallout

2008-01-11 18:22:30 -06:00

make

Documentation/make/headers_install.txt

2007-10-17 08:43:05 -07:00

mips

ide: remove unused CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ

2009-01-14 19:19:03 +01:00

misc-devices

drivers/misc/isl29003.c: driver for the ISL29003 ambient light sensor

2009-04-01 08:59:18 -07:00

mn10300

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

mtd

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

namespaces

The namespaces compatibility list doc

2007-11-29 09:24:53 -08:00

netlabel

Fix occurrences of "the the "

2007-05-09 08:57:56 +02:00

networking

Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

2009-06-15 03:02:23 -07:00

parisc

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

PCI

PCI AER: software error injection

2009-06-16 14:30:14 -07:00

pcmcia

.gitignore updates

2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00

power

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2009-06-14 13:46:25 -07:00

powerpc

sdhci: Add support for hosts that are only capable of 1-bit transfers

2009-06-21 21:00:59 +02:00

pps

LinuxPPS: core support

2009-06-18 13:04:04 -07:00

prctl

generic, x86: add tests for prctl PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC

2008-04-19 19:19:55 +02:00

RCU

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

s390

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

scheduler

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

scsi

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6

2009-06-17 09:50:44 -07:00

serial

Create/use more directory structure in the Documentation/ tree.

2008-11-14 17:28:53 +00:00

sh

sh: Kill off remaining CONFIG_SH_KGDB bits.

2008-12-22 18:44:05 +09:00

sound

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6

2009-06-21 13:13:08 -07:00

sparc

sparc: Remove Documentation/sparc/sbus_drivers.txt

2008-08-29 02:15:25 -07:00

spi

spi: documentation: emphasise spi_master.setup() semantics

2009-04-21 13:41:50 -07:00

sysctl

vmscan: properly account for the number of page cache pages zone_reclaim() can reclaim

2009-06-16 19:47:45 -07:00

telephony

remove mention of CONFIG_KMOD from documentation

2008-07-22 19:24:29 +10:00

thermal

thermal: update the documentation

2008-04-29 02:49:47 -04:00

timers

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

trace

ring-buffer: add design document

2009-07-07 18:36:13 -04:00

uml

Fix typos in /Documentation : 'U-Z'

2006-11-30 04:58:40 +01:00

usb

trivial: usb: fix missing space typo in doc

2009-06-12 18:01:51 +02:00

video4linux

V4L/DVB (12128): v4l2: update framework documentation.

2009-06-23 03:15:52 -03:00

vm

Documentation/vm/Makefile: don't try to build slqbinfo

2009-06-17 09:45:46 -07:00

w1

w1: send status messages after command processing

2009-01-08 08:31:14 -08:00

watchdog

[WATCHDOG] hpwdt: Add NMI priority option

2009-06-23 07:13:45 +00:00

wimax

i2400m: documentation and instructions for usage

2009-01-07 10:00:18 -08:00

x86

Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mce3

2009-06-11 23:31:52 +02:00

zh_CN

Chinese: add translation of Codingstyle

2008-01-24 20:40:04 -08:00

00-INDEX

trivial: fix where cgroup documentation is not correctly referred to

2009-03-30 15:22:02 +02:00

applying-patches.txt

[PATCH] Docs update: typos, corrections and additions to applying-patches.txt

2006-01-10 08:01:54 -08:00

atomic_ops.txt

Documentation/atomic_ops.txt: fix sample code

2009-06-16 19:47:52 -07:00

bad_memory.txt

Document handling of bad memory

2008-12-03 16:09:53 -07:00

basic_profiling.txt

[PATCH] oprofile: report anonymous region samples

2005-06-24 00:06:27 -07:00

binfmt_misc.txt

documentation: convert the Documentation directory to UTF-8

2007-05-09 08:58:19 +02:00

braille-console.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

bt8xxgpio.txt

gpio: add bt8xxgpio driver

2008-07-25 10:53:30 -07:00

BUG-HUNTING

Documentation: add hint about call traces & module symbols to BUG-HUNTING

2008-02-06 10:41:09 -08:00

c2port.txt

Add c2 port support

2008-11-12 17:17:18 -08:00

cachetlb.txt

remove unused flush_tlb_pgtables

2007-10-19 11:53:34 -07:00

Changes

Documentation/Changes: perl is needed to build the kernel

2009-06-18 13:03:46 -07:00

CodingStyle

trivial: fix typo milisecond/millisecond for documentation and source comments.

2009-06-12 18:01:46 +02:00

cpu-hotplug.txt

x86: use possible_cpus=NUM to extend the possible cpus allowed

2008-12-18 12:08:05 +01:00

cpu-load.txt

[PATCH] Documentation: CPU load calculation description

2007-03-01 14:53:39 -08:00

cputopology.txt

cpumask: Use topology_core_cpumask()/topology_thread_cpumask()

2009-01-11 19:12:49 +01:00

credentials.txt

CRED: Documentation

2008-11-14 10:39:26 +11:00

dcdbas.txt

[PATCH] dcdbas: add Dell Systems Management Base Driver with sysfs support

2005-09-07 16:57:27 -07:00

debugging-modules.txt

Documentation: Clarify when module debugging actually works.

2008-02-03 15:27:38 +02:00

debugging-via-ohci1394.txt

firewire: fw-ohci: add option for remote debugging

2008-04-18 17:55:33 +02:00

dell_rbu.txt

trivial: Documentation/dell_rbu.txt: fix typos

2009-06-12 18:01:50 +02:00

devices.txt

lanana: assign a device name and numbering for MAX3100

2009-04-07 08:44:05 -07:00

DMA-API.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

DMA-attributes.txt

powerpc/cell: Add DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING dma attribute and use in Cell IOMMU code

2008-07-22 10:39:36 +10:00

DMA-ISA-LPC.txt

Fix typos in /Documentation : 'T''

2006-11-30 04:55:36 +01:00

DMA-mapping.txt

dma-mapping: update the old macro DMA_nBIT_MASK related documentations

2009-04-07 08:31:12 -07:00

dmaengine.txt

async_tx, dmaengine: document channel allocation and api rework

2009-01-05 18:10:19 -07:00

dontdiff

dontdiff: Fix asm exclude

2009-03-26 15:45:43 -07:00

dynamic-debug-howto.txt

Dynamic debug: allow simple quoting of words

2009-03-24 16:38:27 -07:00

edac.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

eisa.txt

Fix typos in /Documentation : 'U-Z'

2006-11-30 04:58:40 +01:00

email-clients.txt

Documentation/email-clients.txt: add some info about gmail

2008-11-06 15:41:19 -08:00

exception.txt

Documentation: remove duplicated words

2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00

feature-removal-schedule.txt

i2c: Get rid of the legacy binding model

2009-06-19 16:58:18 +02:00

futex-requeue-pi.txt

futex: add requeue-pi documentation

2009-05-09 07:12:50 +02:00

gcov.txt

gcov: add gcov profiling infrastructure

2009-06-18 13:03:57 -07:00

gpio.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

highuid.txt

[SPARC]: Remove SunOS and Solaris binary support.

2008-04-21 15:10:15 -07:00

HOWTO

Remove Andrew Morton's http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/

2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00

hw_random.txt

hw_random doc updates

2008-03-24 19:22:19 -07:00

ics932s401

ics932s401: new clock generator chip driver

2008-11-12 17:17:18 -08:00

initrd.txt

use the newc archive format as requested by initramfs

2008-02-03 14:54:41 +02:00

Intel-IOMMU.txt

Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections.

2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00

io_ordering.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

io-mapping.txt

io mapping: improve documentation

2008-11-03 18:21:44 +01:00

IO-mapping.txt

Documentation: move DMA-mapping.txt to Doc/PCI/

2009-01-29 18:19:29 -08:00

iostats.txt

Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections.

2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00

IPMI.txt

IPMI: new NMI handling

2007-10-18 14:37:32 -07:00

IRQ-affinity.txt

genirq: Expose default irq affinity mask (take 3)

2008-06-05 15:18:30 +02:00

IRQ.txt

[PATCH] genirq: irq: document what an IRQ is

2006-06-29 10:26:25 -07:00

irqflags-tracing.txt

[PATCH] lockdep: irqtrace subsystem, docs

2006-07-03 15:27:03 -07:00

isapnp.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

java.txt

Documentation/java.txt: typo and grammar fixes

2007-10-20 02:37:21 +02:00

kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

kernel-doc: restrict syntax for private: and public:

2009-05-02 15:36:10 -07:00

kernel-docs.txt

doc: update to URL and status of kernel-docs.txt entry

2008-06-06 11:29:10 -07:00

kernel-parameters.txt

tracing/events: Add trace_event boot option

2009-07-01 15:44:24 +02:00

keys-request-key.txt

keys: allow the callout data to be passed as a blob rather than a string

2008-04-29 08:06:16 -07:00

keys.txt

Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections.

2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00

kmemcheck.txt

kmemcheck: add the kmemcheck documentation

2009-06-13 14:27:20 +02:00

kmemleak.txt

kmemleak: Add documentation on the memory leak detector

2009-06-11 17:03:29 +01:00

kobject.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

kprobes.txt

debugfs: Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.

2009-06-15 21:30:28 -07:00

kref.txt

docs: convert kref semaphore to mutex

2008-02-06 10:41:09 -08:00

ldm.txt

LDM: Fix for Windows Vista dynamic disks

2007-05-21 09:58:40 -07:00

leds-class.txt

Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections.

2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00

local_ops.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

lockdep-design.txt

locking: Documentation: lockdep-design.txt, fix note of state bits

2009-04-26 18:21:24 +02:00

lockstat.txt

lockstat: contend with points

2008-10-20 15:43:10 +02:00

logo.gif

Revert "linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz"

2009-04-27 12:00:27 -07:00

logo.txt

Revert "linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz"

2009-04-27 12:00:27 -07:00

magic-number.txt

documentation: update header file paths

2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00

Makefile

docsrc: build Documentation/ sources

2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00

ManagementStyle

docs: fix ManagementStyle book name

2008-10-30 11:38:46 -07:00

markers.txt

markers: comment marker_synchronize_unregister() on data dependency

2008-11-28 16:47:41 +01:00

mca.txt

The ps2esdi driver was marked as BROKEN more than two years ago due to being

2008-03-17 09:03:05 +01:00

md.txt

Documentation/md.txt update

2009-03-31 15:18:37 +11:00

memory-barriers.txt

sched: Document memory barriers implied by sleep/wake-up primitives

2009-04-29 14:15:55 +02:00

memory-hotplug.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

memory.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

mono.txt

Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig

2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00

mutex-design.txt

Documentation: Add nested versions of mutex locks to docs

2007-10-20 00:15:26 +02:00

nmi_watchdog.txt

x86, nmi-watchdog: update procfs nmi_watchdog file documentation v2

2008-10-30 19:07:04 +01:00

nommu-mmap.txt

NOMMU: Make mmap allocation page trimming behaviour configurable.

2009-01-08 12:04:47 +00:00

numastat.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

oops-tracing.txt

Taint kernel after WARN_ON(condition)

2008-04-29 08:05:59 -07:00

parport-lowlevel.txt

plip: fix parport_register_device name parameter

2007-11-26 19:39:01 -08:00

parport.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

pi-futex.txt

fix a typo in Documentation/pi-futex.txt

2006-10-03 23:39:02 +02:00

pnp.txt

Documentation: Replace obsolete "driverfs" with "sysfs".

2008-01-24 20:40:04 -08:00

preempt-locking.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

printk-formats.txt

DOC: add printk-formats.txt

2008-11-12 17:17:17 -08:00

prio_tree.txt

Documentation: remove duplicated words

2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00

rbtree.txt

trivial: rbtree.txt: fix rb_entry() parameters in sample code

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

rfkill.txt

rfkill: export persistent attribute in sysfs

2009-06-19 11:50:18 -04:00

robust-futex-ABI.txt

futex: documentation: fix inconsistent description of futex list_op_pending

2009-06-18 13:03:56 -07:00

robust-futexes.txt

Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc

2006-11-30 05:21:10 +01:00

rt-mutex-design.txt

[PATCH] typo fixes for rt-mutex-design.txt

2006-10-01 00:39:24 -07:00

rt-mutex.txt

[PATCH] pi-futex: rt mutex docs

2006-06-27 17:32:47 -07:00

rtc.txt

rtc: cleanup example code

2008-02-06 10:41:14 -08:00

SAK.txt

Remove Andrew Morton's old email accounts

2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00

SecurityBugs

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

SELinux.txt

selinux: add support for installing a dummy policy (v2)

2008-08-27 08:54:08 +10:00

serial-console.txt

[PATCH] doc: more serial-console info

2006-03-25 08:23:00 -08:00

sgi-ioc4.txt

[PATCH] ioc4: Core driver rewrite

2005-06-21 18:46:32 -07:00

sgi-visws.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

slow-work.txt

Document the slow work thread pool

2009-04-03 16:42:35 +01:00

SM501.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

Smack.txt

smack: implement logging V3

2009-04-14 09:00:23 +10:00

sparse.txt

Documentation: explain the difference between __bitwise and __bitwise__

2009-04-11 08:18:11 +02:00

spinlocks.txt

Add additional examples in Documentation/spinlocks.txt

2008-04-11 13:21:14 -06:00

stable_api_nonsense.txt

stable_api_nonsense.txt: Disambiguate the use of "this" by using "that" to refer to the syscall interface

2007-07-30 14:25:12 -07:00

stable_kernel_rules.txt

Update stable tree documentation

2008-10-29 15:03:49 -07:00

SubmitChecklist

block: rename CONFIG_LBD to CONFIG_LBDAF

2009-06-19 08:08:50 +02:00

SubmittingDrivers

Remove Andrew Morton's old email accounts

2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00

SubmittingPatches

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2009-06-14 13:46:25 -07:00

svga.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

sysfs-rules.txt

Doc/sysfs-rules: Swap the order of the words so the sentence makes more sense

2009-05-08 19:22:20 -07:00

sysrq.txt

Merge branch 'tracing/core-v2' into tracing-for-linus

2009-04-02 00:49:02 +02:00

tomoyo.txt

tomoyo: add Documentation/tomoyo.txt

2009-04-14 09:14:58 +10:00

unaligned-memory-access.txt

introduce HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS Kconfig symbol

2008-07-25 10:53:27 -07:00

unicode.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

unshare.txt

Documentation: remove duplicated words

2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00

VGA-softcursor.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

video-output.txt

output: Add output class document

2006-12-20 01:46:58 -05:00

volatile-considered-harmful.txt

Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections.

2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00

voyager.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00

zorro.txt

Linux-2.6.12-rc2

2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00