The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
simple_strtol – convert a string to a signed long Synopsis long simple_strtol(const char *cp, char **endp, unsigned int base); Arguments cp The start of the string endp A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here base The number base to use Description This function is obsolete. Please use kstrtol instead….
sil_set_mode – wrap set_mode functions Synopsis int sil_set_mode(struct ata_link *link, struct ata_device **r_failed); Arguments link link to set up r_failed returned device when we fail Description Wrap the libata method for device setup as after the setup we need to inspect the results and do some configuration work Author Jeff Garzik Author. Copyright
sil_dev_config – Apply device/host-specific errata fixups Synopsis void sil_dev_config(struct ata_device *dev); Arguments dev Device to be examined Description After the IDENTIFY [PACKET] DEVICE step is complete, and a device is known to be present, this function is called. We apply two errata fixups which are specific to Silicon Image, a Seagate and a Maxtor fixup….
shrink_dcache_sb – shrink dcache for a superblock Synopsis void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb); Arguments sb superblock Description Shrink the dcache for the specified super block. This is used to free the dcache before unmounting a file system. Copyright
shrink_dcache_parent – prune dcache Synopsis void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *parent); Arguments parent parent of entries to prune Description Prune the dcache to remove unused children of the parent dentry. Copyright
shost_for_each_device – iterate over all devices of a host Synopsis shost_for_each_device(sdev, shost); Arguments sdev the struct scsi_device to use as a cursor shost the struct scsi_host to iterate over Description Iterator that returns each device attached to shost. This loop takes a reference on each device and releases it at the end. If you break…
sh64_tlb_init – Perform initial setup for the DTLB and ITLB. Synopsis int sh64_tlb_init(void); Arguments void no arguments Author Paul Mundt <lethal [at] linux-sh.org> Author. Copyright
sh64_teardown_tlb_slot – Teardown a translation. Synopsis void sh64_teardown_tlb_slot(unsigned long long config_addr); Arguments config_addr Address of TLB slot. Description Teardown any existing mapping in the TLB slot config_addr. Author Paul Mundt <lethal [at] linux-sh.org> Author. Copyright
sh64_setup_tlb_slot – Load up a translation in a wired slot. Synopsis void sh64_setup_tlb_slot(unsigned long long config_addr, unsigned long eaddr, unsigned long asid, unsigned long paddr); Arguments config_addr Address of TLB slot. eaddr Virtual address. asid Address Space Identifier. paddr Physical address. Description Load up a virtual<->physical translation for eaddr<->paddr in the pre-allocated TLB slot config_addr…
sh64_put_wired_dtlb_entry – Free a wired (locked-in) entry in the DTLB. Synopsis int sh64_put_wired_dtlb_entry(unsigned long long entry); Arguments entry Address of TLB slot. Description Works like a stack, last one to allocate must be first one to free. Author Paul Mundt <lethal [at] linux-sh.org> Author. Copyright
sh64_next_free_dtlb_entry – Find the next available DTLB entry Synopsis unsigned long long sh64_next_free_dtlb_entry(void); Arguments void no arguments Author Paul Mundt <lethal [at] linux-sh.org> Author. Copyright
sh64_get_wired_dtlb_entry – Allocate a wired (locked-in) entry in the DTLB Synopsis unsigned long long sh64_get_wired_dtlb_entry(void); Arguments void no arguments Author Paul Mundt <lethal [at] linux-sh.org> Author. Copyright
sget_userns – find or create a superblock Synopsis struct super_block *sget_userns(struct file_system_type *type, int (*test)(struct super_block *, void *), int (*set)(struct super_block *, void *), int flags, struct user_namespace *user_ns, void *data); Arguments type filesystem type superblock should belong to test comparison callback set setup callback flags mount flags user_ns User namespace for the super_block…
sget – find or create a superblock Synopsis struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type, int (*test)(struct super_block *, void *), int (*set)(struct super_block *, void *), int flags, void *data); Arguments type filesystem type superblock should belong to test comparison callback set setup callback flags mount flags data argument to each of them Copyright
setup_per_zone_wmarks – called when min_free_kbytes changes or when memory is hot-{added|removed} Synopsis void setup_per_zone_wmarks(void); Arguments void no arguments Description Ensures that the watermark[min,low,high] values for each zone are set correctly with respect to min_free_kbytes. Copyright
setup_irq – setup an interrupt Synopsis int setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act); Arguments irq Interrupt line to setup act irqaction for the interrupt Description Used to statically setup interrupts in the early boot process. Copyright
set_pfnblock_flags_mask – Set the requested group of flags for a pageblock_nr_pages block of pages Synopsis void set_pfnblock_flags_mask(struct page *page, unsigned long flags, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long end_bitidx, unsigned long mask); Arguments page The page within the block of interest flags The flags to set pfn The target page frame number end_bitidx The last bit…
set_nlink – directly set an inode’s link count Synopsis void set_nlink(struct inode *inode, unsigned int nlink); Arguments inode inode nlink new nlink (should be non-zero) Description This is a low-level filesystem helper to replace any direct filesystem manipulation of i_nlink. Copyright
set_dma_reserve – set the specified number of pages reserved in the first zone Synopsis void set_dma_reserve(unsigned long new_dma_reserve); Arguments new_dma_reserve The number of pages to mark reserved Description The per-cpu batchsize and zone watermarks are determined by managed_pages. In the DMA zone, a significant percentage may be consumed by kernel image and other unfreeable allocations…
set_bit – Atomically set a bit in memory Synopsis void set_bit(long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr); Arguments nr the bit to set addr the address to start counting from Description This function is atomic and may not be reordered. See __set_bit if you do not require the atomic guarantees. Note there are no guarantees that…