Merge tag 'trace-v7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracegrafted

Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Don't destroy user event fields when removal fails

   User event fields are destroyed before the event is removed from
   visibility. But that can fail leaving the still visible event with no
   fields. Move the destroying of the fields to after the event is
   successfully removed from visibility.

 - Initialize function graph state is fork before calling
   copy_exec_state()

   For non-CLONE_VM forks, copy_exec_state() allocates a new
   task_exec_state. If that allocation fails, ftrace_graph_exit_task()
   will free the tasks ret_stack pointer. Since that pointer is still
   using the parent's ret_stack, it mistakenly frees the parent's
   pointer too.

   Call ftrace_graph_init() on the task first which will NULL out the
   new tasks's ret_stack and if the copy fails, it will not free
   anything.

 - Remove FGRAPH_MAX_INDEX

   The macro FGRAPH_MAX_INDEX was added but never used. Remove it.

 - Save ent_size in function graph printing of nested functions

   The function graph tracer needs to look at the next event to see if
   the next event is the return of the current function entry. If it is,
   it prints a single line:

	ktime_get();

   Otherwise it prints it like a nested function:

	tick_nohz_irq_exit() {
	    ktime_get();
	    kcpustat_irq_exit();
	}

   In order to look at the next event, it must save the current event so
   that it has the information to print from it. It saves the event in
   the iterator descriptor called "ent". What it doesn't save is the
   ent_size of the event which is now used to know if the function graph
   arguments are to be printed. The peek doesn't save the size so the
   size used happens to be that of the size of the last event that was
   seen.

   Save the entry event size in the iterator descriptor so that the
   correct size is used.

 - Fix several errors with freeing data in the histogram code

   The histogram code had a lot of leaked or or incorrect accounting
   when failures happen. Correct them.

 - Fix histogram regression of .percent and .graph modifiers

   Up until 6.3 histogram values could have "percent" or "graph"
   modifiers that changed how they were printed. But a change that added
   restricting histograms values from being strings, stack traces and
   other modifiers inadvertently prevented them from using the percent
   and graph modifiers, which were legal use cases for values.

   Put back the percent and graph modifiers.

 - Fix various typos in the comments

 - Set the trace_clock before initializing a histogram with clock
   argument

   The histogram API allows the user to specific which trace clock to
   use via a "clock=" string. The histogram is set up first before the
   clock is checked. If the passed in clock is not valid, it exits
   without fully fixing up the histogram leaving it on the list and a
   use-after-free can trigger.

   Update the clock argument first and if it fails then exit gracefully
   before the histogram trigger is placed on any lists.

 - Restore :mod: trailer after parsing in ftrace_set_clr_event

   The function ftrace_set_clr_event() modifies the parse string and
   needs to put it back to what was passed in. It searches for ":mod:"
   via a strsep() but fails to put back the first ':' in the string.

   Add back the ':' in the passed in string.

 - Take trace_array reference when opening a tracer options file

   The options files are dynamically created and some tracers add their
   own options. When a tracer adds their own list of options, the
   trace_array holding them has an array to hold the list of options for
   each tracer. This array increases in size via a krealloc(), and the
   new entry gets a newly allocated array to hold the options of the new
   tracer being added.

   The element in each entry of the tracer's option array holds a
   pointer back to the trace_array, a pointer to the tracer it is
   associated to, a pointer to the flags of the option.

   The issue is that these arrays are freed when the trace_array is
   freed when its instance it represents is removed from the instances
   directory. There's a race that an open of one of these options files
   can happen when the instance is being removed.

   Add a new helper function to be called by the open function of the
   options file to iterate all existing trace_arrays under a lock and
   find the one that has the given option element in one of it's tracer
   arrays. If found, then update the associated trace_array's reference
   counter to keep it from being freed. If not found, have the open call
   return -ENODEV.

 - Disable interrupts when acquiring the lock in rb_wake_up_waiters()

   The function rb_wake_up_waiters() assumes it will be called in
   interrupt context and does not disable irqs when taking
   cpu_buffer->reader_lock, which can be called in hard interrupt
   context. The issue is in PREEMPT_RT, this function is called in
   thread context leaving this lock open to a deadlock.

   Take the lock with interrupts disabled.

 - Use rcu_assign_pointer() for tmp_ops filter hash

   The tmp_ops used in update_ftrace_direct_mod() assigns its
   filter_hash field directly, but that field is annotated as __rcu and
   sparse complains. Assign it with rcu_assign_pointer()

 - Fix use-after-free in enable_trigger_private_data_free()

   The trace_event_call is accessed through the event_trigger_data's
   trace_event_file pointer to put the trace_event_call on freeing. The
   issue is that the trace_event_file data may have been freed already
   causing a use-after-free. Add a field to the event_trigger_data that
   points directly to the trace_event_call so that it can decrement its
   reference directly without needing to go through the
   trace_event_file.

 - Fix accounting of buffer data remote headers

   trace_buffer_desc_size() and trace_remote_alloc_buffer() undercount
   the number of pages is needed for the asked for size as it doesn't
   take into account the meta data on each page. Add a helper function
   to do the calculation properly and use that in these functions.

 - Catch nr_page_va overflow in ring_buffer_desc sizing

   The number of pages per remote ring buffer is capped by
   ring_buffer_desc::nr_page_va (32 bits). A buffer_size large enough to
   overflow that field would silently allocate a descriptor smaller than
   what was asked for.

 - Do not resize the subbuf order if any per_cpu buffer is disabled

   The mmapping of ring buffers disables resizing the subbuffers, but it
   is done per-cpu whereas the subbuf size change is done for all the
   per_cpu buffers under the buffer->mutex. It could change the size of
   some while the mapping is happening on others. Have the resize of the
   subbuf order check all the per_cpu buffers under the lock to see if
   any of them is disabled before starting and causing an inconsistency
   between buffers that are being mapped.

* tag 'trace-v7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (25 commits)
  ring-buffer: Check resize_disabled before publishing the new subbuf order
  tracing/remotes: Catch nr_page_va overflow in ring_buffer_desc sizing
  tracing/remotes: Account for ring buffer page header in size calculation
  tracing: Don't dereference trace_event_file in deferred trigger free
  ftrace: Use rcu_assign_pointer() for tmp_ops filter hash
  ring-buffer: Acquire the lock with irqsave in rb_wake_up_waiters()
  tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening a tracer options file
  tracing: Fix ring_buffer_read_page_size() kernel-doc
  tracing: Restore :mod: trailer after parsing in ftrace_set_clr_event()
  tracing: Fix memory corruption from a "STACKTRACE" histogram key
  tracing: Fix memory corruption from the histogram stacktrace modifier
  tracing: Undo the registration when enabling the histogram trigger fails
  tracing: Take the reference before publishing the named histogram trigger
  tracing: Set the trace clock before registering the histogram trigger
  tracing: Fix typo "preceeded" in comment
  tracing: Fix typo "availabe" in comment
  tracing: Let histogram values keep the percent and graph modifiers
  tracing: Keep the entry count when the histogram stats allocation fails
  tracing: Free histogram the field rejected for a bad modifier
  tracing: Free histogram the var ref when its initialization fails
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..833f68fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+FPGA Bridge
+===========
+
+API to implement a new FPGA bridge
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* struct fpga_bridge - The FPGA Bridge structure
+* struct fpga_bridge_ops - Low level Bridge driver ops
+* __fpga_bridge_register() - Create and register a bridge
+* fpga_bridge_unregister() - Unregister a bridge
+
+The helper macro ``fpga_bridge_register()`` automatically sets
+the module that registers the FPGA bridge as the owner.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h
+   :functions: fpga_bridge
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h
+   :functions: fpga_bridge_ops
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
+   :functions: __fpga_bridge_register
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
+   :functions: fpga_bridge_unregister
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d2b79f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+FPGA Manager
+============
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+The FPGA manager core exports a set of functions for programming an FPGA with
+an image.  The API is manufacturer agnostic.  All manufacturer specifics are
+hidden away in a low level driver which registers a set of ops with the core.
+The FPGA image data itself is very manufacturer specific, but for our purposes
+it's just binary data.  The FPGA manager core won't parse it.
+
+The FPGA image to be programmed can be in a scatter gather list, a single
+contiguous buffer, or a firmware file.  Because allocating contiguous kernel
+memory for the buffer should be avoided, users are encouraged to use a scatter
+gather list instead if possible.
+
+The particulars for programming the image are presented in a structure (struct
+fpga_image_info).  This struct contains parameters such as pointers to the
+FPGA image as well as image-specific particulars such as whether the image was
+built for full or partial reconfiguration.
+
+How to support a new FPGA device
+--------------------------------
+
+To add another FPGA manager, write a driver that implements a set of ops.  The
+probe function calls ``fpga_mgr_register()`` or ``fpga_mgr_register_full()``,
+such as::
+
+	static const struct fpga_manager_ops socfpga_fpga_ops = {
+		.write_init = socfpga_fpga_ops_configure_init,
+		.write = socfpga_fpga_ops_configure_write,
+		.write_complete = socfpga_fpga_ops_configure_complete,
+		.state = socfpga_fpga_ops_state,
+	};
+
+	static int socfpga_fpga_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+	{
+		struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+		struct socfpga_fpga_priv *priv;
+		struct fpga_manager *mgr;
+		int ret;
+
+		priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!priv)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		/*
+		 * do ioremaps, get interrupts, etc. and save
+		 * them in priv
+		 */
+
+		mgr = fpga_mgr_register(dev, "Altera SOCFPGA FPGA Manager",
+					&socfpga_fpga_ops, priv);
+		if (IS_ERR(mgr))
+			return PTR_ERR(mgr);
+
+		platform_set_drvdata(pdev, mgr);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	static int socfpga_fpga_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+	{
+		struct fpga_manager *mgr = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+		fpga_mgr_unregister(mgr);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+Alternatively, the probe function could call one of the resource managed
+register functions, ``devm_fpga_mgr_register()`` or
+``devm_fpga_mgr_register_full()``.  When these functions are used, the
+parameter syntax is the same, but the call to ``fpga_mgr_unregister()`` should be
+removed. In the above example, the ``socfpga_fpga_remove()`` function would not be
+required.
+
+The ops will implement whatever device specific register writes are needed to
+do the programming sequence for this particular FPGA.  These ops return 0 for
+success or negative error codes otherwise.
+
+The programming sequence is::
+ 1. .parse_header (optional, may be called once or multiple times)
+ 2. .write_init
+ 3. .write or .write_sg (may be called once or multiple times)
+ 4. .write_complete
+
+The .parse_header function will set header_size and data_size to
+struct fpga_image_info. Before parse_header call, header_size is initialized
+with initial_header_size. If flag skip_header of fpga_manager_ops is true,
+.write function will get image buffer starting at header_size offset from the
+beginning. If data_size is set, .write function will get data_size bytes of
+the image buffer, otherwise .write will get data up to the end of image buffer.
+This will not affect .write_sg, .write_sg will still get whole image in
+sg_table form. If FPGA image is already mapped as a single contiguous buffer,
+whole buffer will be passed into .parse_header. If image is in scatter-gather
+form, core code will buffer up at least .initial_header_size before the first
+call of .parse_header, if it is not enough, .parse_header should set desired
+size into info->header_size and return -EAGAIN, then it will be called again
+with greater part of image buffer on the input.
+
+The .write_init function will prepare the FPGA to receive the image data. The
+buffer passed into .write_init will be at least info->header_size bytes long;
+if the whole bitstream is not immediately available then the core code will
+buffer up at least this much before starting.
+
+The .write function writes a buffer to the FPGA. The buffer may be contain the
+whole FPGA image or may be a smaller chunk of an FPGA image.  In the latter
+case, this function is called multiple times for successive chunks. This interface
+is suitable for drivers which use PIO.
+
+The .write_sg version behaves the same as .write except the input is a sg_table
+scatter list. This interface is suitable for drivers which use DMA.
+
+The .write_complete function is called after all the image has been written
+to put the FPGA into operating mode.
+
+The ops include a .state function which will determine the state the FPGA is in
+and return a code of type enum fpga_mgr_states.  It doesn't result in a change
+in state.
+
+API for implementing a new FPGA Manager driver
+----------------------------------------------
+
+* ``fpga_mgr_states`` -  Values for :c:expr:`fpga_manager->state`.
+* struct fpga_manager -  the FPGA manager struct
+* struct fpga_manager_ops -  Low level FPGA manager driver ops
+* struct fpga_manager_info -  Parameter structure for fpga_mgr_register_full()
+* __fpga_mgr_register_full() -  Create and register an FPGA manager using the
+  fpga_mgr_info structure to provide the full flexibility of options
+* __fpga_mgr_register() -  Create and register an FPGA manager using standard
+  arguments
+* __devm_fpga_mgr_register_full() -  Resource managed version of
+  __fpga_mgr_register_full()
+* __devm_fpga_mgr_register() -  Resource managed version of __fpga_mgr_register()
+* fpga_mgr_unregister() -  Unregister an FPGA manager
+
+Helper macros ``fpga_mgr_register_full()``, ``fpga_mgr_register()``,
+``devm_fpga_mgr_register_full()``, and ``devm_fpga_mgr_register()`` are available
+to ease the registration.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
+   :functions: fpga_mgr_states
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
+   :functions: fpga_manager
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
+   :functions: fpga_manager_ops
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
+   :functions: fpga_manager_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: __fpga_mgr_register_full
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: __fpga_mgr_register
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: __devm_fpga_mgr_register_full
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: __devm_fpga_mgr_register
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: fpga_mgr_unregister
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-programming.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-programming.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb4da4240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-programming.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+In-kernel API for FPGA Programming
+==================================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+The in-kernel API for FPGA programming is a combination of APIs from
+FPGA manager, bridge, and regions.  The actual function used to
+trigger FPGA programming is fpga_region_program_fpga().
+
+fpga_region_program_fpga() uses functionality supplied by
+the FPGA manager and bridges.  It will:
+
+ * lock the region's mutex
+ * lock the mutex of the region's FPGA manager
+ * build a list of FPGA bridges if a method has been specified to do so
+ * disable the bridges
+ * program the FPGA using info passed in :c:expr:`fpga_region->info`.
+ * re-enable the bridges
+ * release the locks
+
+The struct fpga_image_info specifies what FPGA image to program.  It is
+allocated/freed by fpga_image_info_alloc() and freed with
+fpga_image_info_free()
+
+How to program an FPGA using a region
+-------------------------------------
+
+When the FPGA region driver probed, it was given a pointer to an FPGA manager
+driver so it knows which manager to use.  The region also either has a list of
+bridges to control during programming or it has a pointer to a function that
+will generate that list.  Here's some sample code of what to do next::
+
+	#include <linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h>
+	#include <linux/fpga/fpga-region.h>
+
+	struct fpga_image_info *info;
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * First, alloc the struct with information about the FPGA image to
+	 * program.
+	 */
+	info = fpga_image_info_alloc(dev);
+	if (!info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Set flags as needed, such as: */
+	info->flags = FPGA_MGR_PARTIAL_RECONFIG;
+
+	/*
+	 * Indicate where the FPGA image is. This is pseudo-code; you're
+	 * going to use one of these three.
+	 */
+	if (image is in a scatter gather table) {
+
+		info->sgt = [your scatter gather table]
+
+	} else if (image is in a buffer) {
+
+		info->buf = [your image buffer]
+		info->count = [image buffer size]
+
+	} else if (image is in a firmware file) {
+
+		info->firmware_name = devm_kstrdup(dev, firmware_name,
+						   GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	}
+
+	/* Add info to region and do the programming */
+	region->info = info;
+	ret = fpga_region_program_fpga(region);
+
+	/* Deallocate the image info if you're done with it */
+	region->info = NULL;
+	fpga_image_info_free(info);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Now enumerate whatever hardware has appeared in the FPGA. */
+
+API for programming an FPGA
+---------------------------
+
+* fpga_region_program_fpga() -  Program an FPGA
+* fpga_image_info() -  Specifies what FPGA image to program
+* fpga_image_info_alloc() -  Allocate an FPGA image info struct
+* fpga_image_info_free() -  Free an FPGA image info struct
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
+   :functions: fpga_region_program_fpga
+
+FPGA Manager flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
+   :doc: FPGA Manager flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
+   :functions: fpga_image_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: fpga_image_info_alloc
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: fpga_image_info_free
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d03b5fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-region.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+FPGA Region
+===========
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+This document is meant to be a brief overview of the FPGA region API usage.  A
+more conceptual look at regions can be found in the Device Tree binding
+document [#f1]_.
+
+For the purposes of this API document, let's just say that a region associates
+an FPGA Manager and a bridge (or bridges) with a reprogrammable region of an
+FPGA or the whole FPGA.  The API provides a way to register a region and to
+program a region.
+
+Currently the only layer above fpga-region.c in the kernel is the Device Tree
+support (of-fpga-region.c) described in [#f1]_.  The DT support layer uses regions
+to program the FPGA and then DT to handle enumeration.  The common region code
+is intended to be used by other schemes that have other ways of accomplishing
+enumeration after programming.
+
+An fpga-region can be set up to know the following things:
+
+ * which FPGA manager to use to do the programming
+
+ * which bridges to disable before programming and enable afterwards.
+
+Additional info needed to program the FPGA image is passed in the struct
+fpga_image_info including:
+
+ * pointers to the image as either a scatter-gather buffer, a contiguous
+   buffer, or the name of firmware file
+
+ * flags indicating specifics such as whether the image is for partial
+   reconfiguration.
+
+How to add a new FPGA region
+----------------------------
+
+An example of usage can be seen in the probe function of [#f2]_.
+
+.. [#f1] ../devicetree/bindings/fpga/fpga-region.txt
+.. [#f2] ../../drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c
+
+API to add a new FPGA region
+----------------------------
+
+* struct fpga_region - The FPGA region struct
+* struct fpga_region_info - Parameter structure for __fpga_region_register_full()
+* __fpga_region_register_full() -  Create and register an FPGA region using the
+  fpga_region_info structure to provide the full flexibility of options
+* __fpga_region_register() -  Create and register an FPGA region using standard
+  arguments
+* fpga_region_unregister() -  Unregister an FPGA region
+
+Helper macros ``fpga_region_register()`` and ``fpga_region_register_full()``
+automatically set the module that registers the FPGA region as the owner.
+
+The FPGA region's probe function will need to get a reference to the FPGA
+Manager it will be using to do the programming.  This usually would happen
+during the region's probe function.
+
+* fpga_mgr_get() - Get a reference to an FPGA manager, raise ref count
+* of_fpga_mgr_get() -  Get a reference to an FPGA manager, raise ref count,
+  given a device node.
+* fpga_mgr_put() - Put an FPGA manager
+
+The FPGA region will need to specify which bridges to control while programming
+the FPGA.  The region driver can build a list of bridges during probe time
+(:c:expr:`fpga_region->bridge_list`) or it can have a function that creates
+the list of bridges to program just before programming
+(:c:expr:`fpga_region->get_bridges`).  The FPGA bridge framework supplies the
+following APIs to handle building or tearing down that list.
+
+* fpga_bridge_get_to_list() - Get a ref of an FPGA bridge, add it to a
+  list
+* of_fpga_bridge_get_to_list() - Get a ref of an FPGA bridge, add it to a
+  list, given a device node
+* fpga_bridges_put() - Given a list of bridges, put them
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-region.h
+   :functions: fpga_region
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-region.h
+   :functions: fpga_region_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
+   :functions: __fpga_region_register_full
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
+   :functions: __fpga_region_register
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
+   :functions: fpga_region_unregister
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: fpga_mgr_get
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: of_fpga_mgr_get
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+   :functions: fpga_mgr_put
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
+   :functions: fpga_bridge_get_to_list
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
+   :functions: of_fpga_bridge_get_to_list
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
+   :functions: fpga_bridges_put
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31a4773bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+==============
+FPGA Subsystem
+==============
+
+:Author: Alan Tull
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   intro
+   fpga-mgr
+   fpga-bridge
+   fpga-region
+   fpga-programming
+
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/intro.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/intro.rst
new file mode 100644
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+Introduction
+============
+
+The FPGA subsystem supports reprogramming FPGAs dynamically under
+Linux.  Some of the core intentions of the FPGA subsystems are:
+
+* The FPGA subsystem is vendor agnostic.
+
+* The FPGA subsystem separates upper layers (userspace interfaces and
+  enumeration) from lower layers that know how to program a specific
+  FPGA.
+
+* Code should not be shared between upper and lower layers.  This
+  should go without saying.  If that seems necessary, there's probably
+  framework functionality that can be added that will benefit
+  other users.  Write the linux-fpga mailing list and maintainers and
+  seek out a solution that expands the framework for broad reuse.
+
+* Generally, when adding code, think of the future.  Plan for reuse.
+
+The framework in the kernel is divided into:
+
+FPGA Manager
+------------
+
+If you are adding a new FPGA or a new method of programming an FPGA,
+this is the subsystem for you.  Low level FPGA manager drivers contain
+the knowledge of how to program a specific device.  This subsystem
+includes the framework in fpga-mgr.c and the low level drivers that
+are registered with it.
+
+FPGA Bridge
+-----------
+
+FPGA Bridges prevent spurious signals from going out of an FPGA or a
+region of an FPGA during programming.  They are disabled before
+programming begins and re-enabled afterwards.  An FPGA bridge may be
+actual hard hardware that gates a bus to a CPU or a soft ("freeze")
+bridge in FPGA fabric that surrounds a partial reconfiguration region
+of an FPGA.  This subsystem includes fpga-bridge.c and the low level
+drivers that are registered with it.
+
+FPGA Region
+-----------
+
+If you are adding a new interface to the FPGA framework, add it on top
+of an FPGA region.
+
+The FPGA Region framework (fpga-region.c) associates managers and
+bridges as reconfigurable regions.  A region may refer to the whole
+FPGA in full reconfiguration or to a partial reconfiguration region.
+
+The Device Tree FPGA Region support (of-fpga-region.c) handles
+reprogramming FPGAs when device tree overlays are applied.