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![]() - Revert a problematic EC driver change from the 4.13 cycle that introduced a system resume regression on Thinkpad X240 (Rafael Wysocki). - Clean up device tables handling in the ACPI core and the related part of the device properties framework (Andy Shevchenko). - Update the sysfs ABI documentatio of the dock and the INT3407 special device drivers (Aishwarya Pant). - Add an expected switch fall-through marker to the SPCR table parsing code (Gustavo Silva). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAABCAAGBQJahfZtAAoJEILEb/54YlRxi38P/i+I+LcWj06h4aj2xXqoqyqk No7/BZrcQyg4Y8goRagsYwbxkC1WqcrlDcjNkaHV+tTjR77pAJlFsNhYNG4lo4ch hlA3ickDXhC71Sm/vUQ1SpOKRUAOojFyWkBf82JSqTiOkjJ3NpNy0z//JX6lM1II YwK45QK2GGQt6USJvU6pfBEBdDETfYq4l4xV7FhfpTrcqs3SFOHNBlbUYjtwoZ9l RCVvdUjAmYd3LTMyuLuQnj0g+oCul230CmAb2xd5E82jep+Wdne/oXmNMeJw/6vm hb2SAdHvJqAIm/yV25fKYt+/h8rjoUVdILoDtmjByvc3h5No6OvjhxL4zu4kg9O4 EEVEnKGs55syk+fHpyhfawxdj/qe1XQHw2QUKh/gCbE/ObOnx+WC9Ot1gB+6Sw0w 08CFzb5PJ74Atf/6ceFotSksWZzOsEM/QixqKVZ4u0QUiG42rO7rYTa8TVHxwGVv LOdIpShWbOzXaqBH+Se/9loKJVG+UnCWyfRlU+W1JjZs+I1c0PDgbIGyaOmgZXjk n5FxQ/dCudKWfZwU/z9dWya5O58aQM/aWP6KweuLtv2ZQ03aKNpen+HJC7MN3Xh2 0x7RPCTmK9QROsXDOOeKckiCLSGiuSQZ2VMReY5C6EtlCX5GiD9jAG9IQiLDGVfb 93VxegPRbEyY5HQe6Udy =gdK1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'acpi-4.16-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm Pull ACPI fixes from Rafael Wysocki: "These fix a system resume regression from the 4.13 cycle, clean up device table handling in the ACPI core, update sysfs ABI documentation of a couple of drivers and add an expected switch fall-through marker to the SPCR table parsing code. Specifics: - Revert a problematic EC driver change from the 4.13 cycle that introduced a system resume regression on Thinkpad X240 (Rafael Wysocki). - Clean up device tables handling in the ACPI core and the related part of the device properties framework (Andy Shevchenko). - Update the sysfs ABI documentatio of the dock and the INT3407 special device drivers (Aishwarya Pant). - Add an expected switch fall-through marker to the SPCR table parsing code (Gustavo Silva)" * tag 'acpi-4.16-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm: ACPI: dock: document sysfs interface ACPI / DPTF: Document dptf_power sysfs atttributes device property: Constify device_get_match_data() ACPI / bus: Rename acpi_get_match_data() to acpi_device_get_match_data() ACPI / bus: Remove checks in acpi_get_match_data() ACPI / bus: Do not traverse through non-existed device table ACPI: SPCR: Mark expected switch fall-through in acpi_parse_spcr ACPI / EC: Restore polling during noirq suspend/resume phases |
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst.