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| author | Zeng Chi <zengchi@kylinos.cn> | 2026-09-21 18:24:42 +0800 |
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| committer | Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> | 2026-09-22 08:36:16 -0700 |
| commit | 119e9db233ad0f4cbd4cfb9f9385a7bca378b37d (patch) | |
| tree | 660d50d4139cb750fbde1ae3432452c20726c99d /Documentation/driver-api/miscellaneous.rst | |
| download | linux-stable-119e9db233ad0f4cbd4cfb9f9385a7bca378b37d.tar.gz linux-stable-119e9db233ad0f4cbd4cfb9f9385a7bca378b37d.zip | |
KVM: Don't pre-reserve xarray entries when storing empty/NULL attributesgrafted
Skip the xarray reservation loop when clearing all memory attributes, as
storing NULL only erases the entry and never needs to allocate, so no
reservation (and no cleanup of a failed one) is required in that case.
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: David Ballesteros <davimaba.v@proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Zeng Chi <zengchi@kylinos.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260921102442.1232375-1-zeng_chi911@163.com
[sean: split to separate patch]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/miscellaneous.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/miscellaneous.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4a5104a36 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/miscellaneous.rst @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Parallel Port Devices +===================== + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/parport.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/parport/ieee1284.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/parport/share.c + :export: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/parport/daisy.c + :internal: + +16x50 UART Driver +================= + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c + :export: + +See serial/driver.rst for related APIs. + +Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) +============================ + +Pulse-width modulation is a modulation technique primarily used to +control power supplied to electrical devices. + +The PWM framework provides an abstraction for providers and consumers of +PWM signals. A controller that provides one or more PWM signals is +registered as :c:type:`struct pwm_chip <pwm_chip>`. Providers +are expected to embed this structure in a driver-specific structure. +This structure contains fields that describe a particular chip. + +A chip exposes one or more PWM signal sources, each of which exposed as +a :c:type:`struct pwm_device <pwm_device>`. Operations can be +performed on PWM devices to control the period, duty cycle, polarity and +active state of the signal. + +Note that PWM devices are exclusive resources: they can always only be +used by one consumer at a time. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pwm.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pwm/core.c + :export: |
