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Merge tag 'i3c/for-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/i3c/linuxgrafted
Pull I3C updates from Alexandre Belloni: "A new driver this cycle, for the AMD AXI I3C controller. There are also new features such as IBI wakeup support, SETAASA device discovery and ACPI support for the the DAA methods, meaning we can now communicate with the SPD devices on DDR5 modules. New driver: - AMD AXI I3C master controller Subsystem: - I3C Common Command Code (CCC) handling improvements, especially around GET CCCs - SETAASA device discovery support - ACPI support for all existing DAA methods like SETDASA, SETNEWDA as well as I2C devices on I3C bus - IBI-based wakeup support Drivers: - dw: SETAASA support - mipi-i3c-hci: advertise IBI wakeup capability, AMD_PT I3C controller support, PIO queue management support for HCI v1.2 - renesas: improve suspend to RAM support, add runtime PM support" * tag 'i3c/for-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/i3c/linux: (70 commits) i3c: dw: reduce do_daa time if there's no client i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Add support for AMD_PT I3C controller i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Add PIO queue management support for HCI v1.2 i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Fix missing STAT_IBI_STATUS_THLD in PIO mode i3c: dw: rename "pclk" to "apb" to match dt-binding i3c: dw: make struct dw_i3c_cmd smaller i3c: dw: use COMMAND_PORT_TRANSFER_ARG instead of hardcoding i3c: renesas: Don't register devices when ENTDAA times out i3c: master: dw-i3c-master: fix OD timing for first broadcast i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Advertise IBI wakeup capability i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Factor out i3c_hci_sysdev() i3c: mipi-i3c-hci-pci: Propagate I3C wakeup requirements to PCI i3c: master: Reject IBI requests from non-IBI-capable devices i3c: master: Add helper to query bus wakeup requirements i3c: master: Report wakeup events for IBIs i3c: master: Support IBI-based wakeup capability i3c: master: Fix potential UAF in i3c_device_match() i3c: master: Fix potential UAF in i3c_device_uevent() i3c: Make dev->desc locking assumptions explicit i3c: master: Fix use-after-free of master->this ...
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+========================
+Null block device driver
+========================
+
+Overview
+========
+
+The null block device (``/dev/nullb*``) is used for benchmarking the various
+block-layer implementations. It emulates a block device of X gigabytes in size.
+It does not execute any read/write operation, just mark them as complete in
+the request queue. The following instances are possible:
+
+ Multi-queue block-layer
+
+ - Request-based.
+ - Configurable submission queues per device.
+
+ No block-layer (Known as bio-based)
+
+ - Bio-based. IO requests are submitted directly to the device driver.
+ - Directly accepts bio data structure and returns them.
+
+All of them have a completion queue for each core in the system.
+
+Module parameters
+=================
+
+queue_mode=[0-2]: Default: 2-Multi-queue
+ Selects which block-layer the module should instantiate with.
+
+ = ============
+ 0 Bio-based
+ 1 Single-queue (deprecated)
+ 2 Multi-queue
+ = ============
+
+home_node=[0--nr_nodes]: Default: NUMA_NO_NODE
+ Selects what CPU node the data structures are allocated from.
+
+gb=[Size in GB]: Default: 250GB
+ The size of the device reported to the system.
+
+bs=[Block size (in bytes)]: Default: 512 bytes
+ The block size reported to the system.
+
+nr_devices=[Number of devices]: Default: 1
+ Number of block devices instantiated. They are instantiated as /dev/nullb0,
+ etc.
+
+irqmode=[0-2]: Default: 1-Soft-irq
+ The completion mode used for completing IOs to the block-layer.
+
+ = ===========================================================================
+ 0 None.
+ 1 Soft-irq. Uses IPI to complete IOs across CPU nodes. Simulates the overhead
+ when IOs are issued from another CPU node than the home the device is
+ connected to.
+ 2 Timer: Waits a specific period (completion_nsec) for each IO before
+ completion.
+ = ===========================================================================
+
+completion_nsec=[ns]: Default: 10,000ns
+ Combined with irqmode=2 (timer). The time each completion event must wait.
+
+submit_queues=[1..nr_cpus]: Default: 1
+ The number of submission queues attached to the device driver. If unset, it
+ defaults to 1. For multi-queue, it is ignored when use_per_node_hctx module
+ parameter is 1.
+
+hw_queue_depth=[0..qdepth]: Default: 64
+ The hardware queue depth of the device.
+
+memory_backed=[0/1]: Default: 0
+ Whether or not to use a memory buffer to respond to IO requests
+
+ = =============================================
+ 0 Transfer no data in response to IO requests
+ 1 Use a memory buffer to respond to IO requests
+ = =============================================
+
+discard=[0/1]: Default: 0
+ Support discard operations (requires memory-backed null_blk device).
+
+ = =====================================
+ 0 Do not support discard operations
+ 1 Enable support for discard operations
+ = =====================================
+
+cache_size=[Size in MB]: Default: 0
+ Cache size in MB for memory-backed device.
+
+mbps=[Maximum bandwidth in MB/s]: Default: 0 (no limit)
+ Bandwidth limit for device performance.
+
+Multi-queue specific parameters
+-------------------------------
+
+use_per_node_hctx=[0/1]: Default: 0
+ Number of hardware context queues.
+
+ = =====================================================================
+ 0 The number of submit queues are set to the value of the submit_queues
+ parameter.
+ 1 The multi-queue block layer is instantiated with a hardware dispatch
+ queue for each CPU node in the system.
+ = =====================================================================
+
+no_sched=[0/1]: Default: 0
+ Enable/disable the io scheduler.
+
+ = ======================================
+ 0 nullb* use default blk-mq io scheduler
+ 1 nullb* doesn't use io scheduler
+ = ======================================
+
+blocking=[0/1]: Default: 0
+ Blocking behavior of the request queue.
+
+ = ===============================================================
+ 0 Register as a non-blocking blk-mq driver device.
+ 1 Register as a blocking blk-mq driver device, null_blk will set
+ the BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING flag, indicating that it sometimes/always
+ needs to block in its ->queue_rq() function.
+ = ===============================================================
+
+shared_tags=[0/1]: Default: 0
+ Sharing tags between devices.
+
+ = ================================================================
+ 0 Tag set is not shared.
+ 1 Tag set shared between devices for blk-mq. Only makes sense with
+ nr_devices > 1, otherwise there's no tag set to share.
+ = ================================================================
+
+zoned=[0/1]: Default: 0
+ Device is a random-access or a zoned block device.
+
+ = ======================================================================
+ 0 Block device is exposed as a random-access block device.
+ 1 Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device. Requires
+ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED.
+ = ======================================================================
+
+zone_size=[MB]: Default: 256
+ Per zone size when exposed as a zoned block device. Must be a power of two.
+
+zone_nr_conv=[nr_conv]: Default: 0
+ The number of conventional zones to create when block device is zoned. If
+ zone_nr_conv >= nr_zones, it will be reduced to nr_zones - 1.