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From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
	rjw@rjwysocki.net, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org,
	fenghua.yu@intel.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org,
	mchehab+samsung@kernel.org, Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 54/63] Documentation: x86: convert orc-unwinder.txt to reST
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:29:23 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190423162932.21428-55-changbin.du@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190423162932.21428-1-changbin.du@gmail.com>

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/x86/index.rst                   |  1 +
 .../{orc-unwinder.txt => orc-unwinder.rst}    | 27 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/x86/{orc-unwinder.txt => orc-unwinder.rst} (93%)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
index 4e9fa2b046df..c41c17906b6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Linux x86 Support
    kernel-stacks
    entry_64
    earlyprintk
+   orc-unwinder
    zero-page
    tlb
    mtrr
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.txt b/Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst
similarity index 93%
rename from Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.txt
rename to Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst
index cd4b29be29af..d811576c1f3e 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+============
 ORC unwinder
 ============
 
 Overview
---------
+========
 
 The kernel CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC option enables the ORC unwinder, which is
 similar in concept to a DWARF unwinder.  The difference is that the
@@ -23,12 +26,12 @@ correlate instruction addresses with their stack states at run time.
 
 
 ORC vs frame pointers
----------------------
+=====================
 
 With frame pointers enabled, GCC adds instrumentation code to every
 function in the kernel.  The kernel's .text size increases by about
 3.2%, resulting in a broad kernel-wide slowdown.  Measurements by Mel
-Gorman [1] have shown a slowdown of 5-10% for some workloads.
+Gorman [1]_ have shown a slowdown of 5-10% for some workloads.
 
 In contrast, the ORC unwinder has no effect on text size or runtime
 performance, because the debuginfo is out of band.  So if you disable
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ depending on the kernel config.
 
 
 ORC vs DWARF
-------------
+============
 
 ORC debuginfo's advantage over DWARF itself is that it's much simpler.
 It gets rid of the complex DWARF CFI state machine and also gets rid of
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ mission critical oops code.
 
 The simpler debuginfo format also enables the unwinder to be much faster
 than DWARF, which is important for perf and lockdep.  In a basic
-performance test by Jiri Slaby [2], the ORC unwinder was about 20x
+performance test by Jiri Slaby [2]_, the ORC unwinder was about 20x
 faster than an out-of-tree DWARF unwinder.  (Note: That measurement was
 taken before some performance tweaks were added, which doubled
 performance, so the speedup over DWARF may be closer to 40x.)
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ still be able to control the format, e.g. no complex state machines.
 
 
 ORC unwind table generation
----------------------------
+===========================
 
 The ORC data is generated by objtool.  With the existing compile-time
 stack metadata validation feature, objtool already follows all code
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ objtool follows GCC code quite well.
 
 
 Unwinder implementation details
--------------------------------
+===============================
 
 Objtool generates the ORC data by integrating with the compile-time
 stack metadata validation feature, which is described in detail in
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ subset of the table needs to be searched.
 
 
 Etymology
----------
+=========
 
 Orcs, fearsome creatures of medieval folklore, are the Dwarves' natural
 enemies.  Similarly, the ORC unwinder was created in opposition to the
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ complexity and slowness of DWARF.
 
 "Although Orcs rarely consider multiple solutions to a problem, they do
 excel at getting things done because they are creatures of action, not
-thought." [3]  Similarly, unlike the esoteric DWARF unwinder, the
+thought." [3]_  Similarly, unlike the esoteric DWARF unwinder, the
 veracious ORC unwinder wastes no time or siloconic effort decoding
 variable-length zero-extended unsigned-integer byte-coded
 state-machine-based debug information entries.
@@ -174,6 +177,6 @@ brutal, unyielding efficiency.
 ORC stands for Oops Rewind Capability.
 
 
-[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170602104048.jkkzssljsompjdwy@suse.de
-[2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d2ca5435-6386-29b8-db87-7f227c2b713a@suse.cz
-[3] http://dustin.wikidot.com/half-orcs-and-orcs
+.. [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170602104048.jkkzssljsompjdwy@suse.de
+.. [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d2ca5435-6386-29b8-db87-7f227c2b713a@suse.cz
+.. [3] http://dustin.wikidot.com/half-orcs-and-orcs
-- 
2.20.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-04-23 16:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 123+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-23 16:28 [PATCH v4 00/63] Include linux ACPI/PCI/X86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 01/63] Documentation: add Linux ACPI to " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:39   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 02/63] Documentation: ACPI: move namespace.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:38   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:09     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 03/63] Documentation: ACPI: move enumeration.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:42   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 04/63] Documentation: ACPI: move osi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:44   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 05/63] Documentation: ACPI: move linuxized-acpica.txt to driver-api/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:50   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:15     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 06/63] Documentation: ACPI: move scan_handlers.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:51   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 07/63] Documentation: ACPI: move DSD-properties-rules.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and covert " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:52   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 08/63] Documentation: ACPI: move gpio-properties.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:55   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:21     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 09/63] Documentation: ACPI: move method-customizing.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:03   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:28     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-24 17:53       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 10/63] Documentation: ACPI: move initrd_table_override.txt to admin-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:07   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:33     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 11/63] Documentation: ACPI: move dsdt-override.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:08   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 12/63] Documentation: ACPI: move i2c-muxes.txt to firmware-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:09   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 13/63] Documentation: ACPI: move acpi-lid.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:12   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 14/63] Documentation: ACPI: move dsd/graph.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:14   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 15/63] Documentation: ACPI: move dsd/data-node-references.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:17   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:44     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 16/63] Documentation: ACPI: move debug.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:21   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 17/63] Documentation: ACPI: move method-tracing.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to rsST Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:26   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:55     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 18/63] Documentation: ACPI: move aml-debugger.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:28   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 19/63] Documentation: ACPI: move apei/output_format.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:29   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 20/63] Documentation: ACPI: move apei/einj.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:33   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 17:12     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 21/63] Documentation: ACPI: move cppc_sysfs.txt to admin-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:48   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 17:22     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-24 18:04       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 22/63] Documentation: ACPI: move lpit.txt to firmware-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:49   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 23/63] Documentation: ACPI: move ssdt-overlays.txt to admin-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:51   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 24/63] Documentation: ACPI: move video_extension.txt to firmware-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:56   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 17:31     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 25/63] Documentation: add Linux PCI to Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:03   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-25 15:42     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 26/63] Documentation: PCI: convert pci.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:20   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 27/63] Documentation: PCI: convert PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:23   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 28/63] Documentation: PCI: convert pci-iov-howto.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:25   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 29/63] Documentation: PCI: convert MSI-HOWTO.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:29   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 30/63] Documentation: PCI: convert acpi-info.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:34   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 31/63] Documentation: PCI: convert pci-error-recovery.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:45   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 32/63] Documentation: PCI: convert pcieaer-howto.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:49   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 33/63] Documentation: PCI: convert endpoint/pci-endpoint.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:55   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 34/63] Documentation: PCI: convert endpoint/pci-endpoint-cfs.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 16:26   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 35/63] Documentation: PCI: convert endpoint/pci-test-function.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 16:58   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 36/63] Documentation: PCI: convert endpoint/pci-test-howto.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 17:00   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 37/63] Documentation: add Linux x86 docs to Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-04-24 17:04   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 38/63] Documentation: x86: convert boot.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-24 17:36   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 39/63] Documentation: x86: convert topology.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 17:44   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 14:23     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 40/63] Documentation: x86: convert exception-tables.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 41/63] Documentation: x86: convert kernel-stacks " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 42/63] Documentation: x86: convert entry_64.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 43/63] Documentation: x86: convert earlyprintk.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 44/63] Documentation: x86: convert zero-page.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 45/63] Documentation: x86: convert tlb.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 46/63] Documentation: x86: convert mtrr.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 47/63] Documentation: x86: convert pat.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 48/63] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 49/63] Documentation: x86: convert intel_mpx.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 50/63] Documentation: x86: convert amd-memory-encryption.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 51/63] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 52/63] Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 53/63] Documentation: x86: convert resctrl_ui.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` Changbin Du [this message]
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 55/63] Documentation: x86: convert usb-legacy-support.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 56/63] Documentation: x86: convert i386/IO-APIC.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 57/63] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/boot-options.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 58/63] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 59/63] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/mm.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 60/63] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/5level-paging.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 61/63] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 62/63] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 63/63] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/machinecheck " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:39 ` [PATCH v4 00/63] Include linux ACPI/PCI/X86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Rafael J. Wysocki
2019-04-23 17:36   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-04-24 15:46     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-24 17:48       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:18 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-04-24 16:52   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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