- 16 Jun, 2012 13 commits
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Oleg Nesterov authored
loff_t looks confusing when it is used for the virtual address. Change map_info and install_breakpoint/remove_breakpoint paths to use "unsigned long". The patch doesn't change vma_address(), it can't return "long" because it is used to verify the mapping. But probably this needs some cleanups too. Signed-off-by:
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by:
Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com> Acked-by:
Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by:
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120615154355.GA9622@redhat.comSigned-off-by:
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Oleg Nesterov authored
uprobe->pending_list is only used to create the temporary list, it has no meaning after we drop uprobes_mmap_hash(inode). No need to initialize this node or remove it from tmp_list, and we can use list_for_each_entry(). Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
write_opcode() ensures that UPROBE_SWBP_INSN doesn't cross the page boundary. This looks a bit confusing, the check does not depend on vaddr and it is enough to do it only once right after install_breakpoint()->arch_uprobe_analyze_insn(). Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
write_opcode() is called by register_for_each_vma() and uprobe_mmap() paths. In both cases the caller has already verified this vaddr under mmap_sem, no need to re-check. Note also that this check is wrong anyway, we should not truncate loff_t returned by vma_address() if we do not trust this mapping. Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
copy_insn() returns -ENOMEM if the first __copy_insn() fails, it should return the correct error code. Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
1. copy_insn() doesn't need "addr", it can use uprobe->offset. Remove this argument. 2. Change copy_insn/__copy_insn to accept "struct file*" instead of vma. copy_insn() is called only once and mm/vma/vaddr are random, it shouldn't depend on them. Signed-off-by:
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Peter Zijlstra authored
Because the mind is treacherous and makes us forget we need to write stuff down. Signed-off-by:
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
build_map_info() doesn't allocate the memory under i_mmap_mutex to avoid the deadlock with page reclaim. But it can try GFP_NOWAIT first, it should work in the likely case and thus we almost never need the pre-alloc-and-retry path. Signed-off-by:
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Cc: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120615154336.GA9588@redhat.comSigned-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
Currently register_for_each_vma() is O(n ** 2) + O(n ** 3), every time find_next_vma_info() "restarts" the vma_prio_tree_foreach() loop and each iteration rechecks the whole try_list. This also means that try_list can grow "indefinitely" if register/unregister races with munmap/mmap activity even if the number of mapping is bounded at any time. With this patch register_for_each_vma() builds the list of mm/vaddr structures only once and does install_breakpoint() for each entry. We do not care about the new mappings which can be created after build_map_info() drops mapping->i_mmap_mutex, uprobe_mmap() should do its work. Note that we do not allocate map_info under i_mmap_mutex, this can deadlock with page reclaim (but see the next patch). So we use 2 lists, "curr" which we are going to return, and "prev" which holds the already allocated memory. The main loop deques the entry from "prev" (initially it is empty), and if "prev" becomes empty again it counts the number of entries we need to pre-allocate outside of i_mmap_mutex. Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
install_breakpoint() returns -EEXIST if is_swbp_insn(orig_insn) == T, the caller treats this code as success. This is doubly wrong. The successful return should set UPROBE_COPY_INSN, but the real problem is that it shouldn't succeed. If the probed insn is int3 the application should get SIGTRAP, this won't happen with uprobe. Probably we can fix this, we can add the UPROBE_SHARED_BP flag and teach handle_swbp/set_orig_insn to handle this case correctly. But this needs some complications and we have other insns which can't be probed, lets make a simple fix for now. I think this needs a cleanup. UPROBE_COPY_INSN should die, copy_insn() should be called by alloc_uprobe(). arch_uprobe_analyze_insn() depends on ->mm (ia32_compat) but it is called only once. Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
write_opcode() gets old_page via get_user_pages() and then calls __replace_page() which assumes that this old_page is still mapped after pte_offset_map_lock(). This is not true if this old_page was already try_to_unmap()'ed, and in this case everything __replace_page() does with old_page is wrong. Just for example, put_page() is not balanced. I think it is possible to teach __replace_page() to handle this unlikely case correctly, but this patch simply changes it to use page_check_address() and return -EAGAIN if it fails. The caller should notice this error code and retry. Note: write_opcode() asks for the cleanups, I'll try to do this in a separate patch. Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
__copy_insn() blindly calls read_mapping_page(), this will crash the kernel if ->readpage == NULL, add the necessary check. For example, hugetlbfs_aops->readpage is NULL. Perhaps we should change read_mapping_page() instead. Signed-off-by:
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Oleg Nesterov authored
__replace_page() obviously can't work with the hugetlbfs mappings, uprobe_register() will likely crash the kernel. Change valid_vma() to check VM_HUGETLB as well. As for PageTransHuge() no need to worry, vma->vm_file != NULL. Signed-off-by:
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- 11 Jun, 2012 2 commits
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Shuah Khan authored
Signed-off-by:
Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1339384421.3025.8.camel@lorien2Signed-off-by:
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Ingo Molnar authored
Merge in Linux 3.5-rc2 - to pick up fixes. Signed-off-by:
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- 09 Jun, 2012 1 commit
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Linus Torvalds authored
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- 08 Jun, 2012 24 commits
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David Rientjes authored
If the privileges given to root threads (3% of allowable memory) or a negative value of /proc/pid/oom_score_adj happen to exceed the amount of rss of a thread, its badness score overflows as a result of commit a7f638f9 ("mm, oom: normalize oom scores to oom_score_adj scale only for userspace"). Fix this by making the type signed and return 1, meaning the thread is still eligible for kill, if the value is negative. Reported-by:
Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Acked-by:
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipLinus Torvalds authored
Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar. * 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched: Fix the relax_domain_level boot parameter sched: Validate assumptions in sched_init_numa() sched: Always initialize cpu-power sched: Fix domain iteration sched/rt: Fix lockdep annotation within find_lock_lowest_rq() sched/numa: Load balance between remote nodes sched/x86: Calculate booted cores after construction of sibling_mask
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Randy Dunlap authored
Fix lots of new kernel-doc warnings in kernel/sched/fair.c: Warning(kernel/sched/fair.c:3625): No description found for parameter 'env' Warning(kernel/sched/fair.c:3625): Excess function parameter 'sd' description in 'update_sg_lb_stats' Warning(kernel/sched/fair.c:3735): No description found for parameter 'env' Warning(kernel/sched/fair.c:3735): Excess function parameter 'sd' description in 'update_sd_pick_busiest' Warning(kernel/sched/fair.c:3735): Excess function parameter 'this_cpu' description in 'update_sd_pick_busiest' .. more warnings Signed-off-by:
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by:
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Linus Torvalds authored
This reverts commit 9e612a00. It incorrectly finds VGA connectors where none are attached, apparently not noticing that nothing replied to the EDID queries, and happily using the default EDID modes that have nothing to do with actual hardware. That in turn then causes X to fall down to the lowest common denominator, which is usually the default 1024x768 mode that is in the default EDID and pretty much anything supports). I'd suggest that if not relying on the HDP pin, the code should at least check whether it gets valid EDID data back, rather than just assume there's something on the VGA connector. Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Signed-off-by:
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4Linus Torvalds authored
Pull ext4 bug fixes from Theodore Ts'o: "This update contains two bug fixes, both destined for the stable tree. Perhaps the most important is one which fixes ext4 when used with file systems originally formatted for use with ext3, but then later converted to take advantage of ext4." * tag 'ext4_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: ext4: don't set i_flags in EXT4_IOC_SETFLAGS ext4: fix the free blocks calculation for ext3 file systems w/ uninit_bg
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpcLinus Torvalds authored
Pull powerpc fixes from Paul Mackerras: "Two small fixes for powerpc: - a fix for a regression since 3.2 that causes 4-second (or longer) pauses - a fix for a potential oops when loading kernel modules on 32-bit embedded systems." * 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: powerpc: Fix kernel panic during kernel module load powerpc/time: Sanity check of decrementer expiration is necessary -
git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifsLinus Torvalds authored
Pull UBI/UBIFS fixes from Artem Bityutskiy: "Fix UBI and UBIFS - they refuse to work without debugfs. This was broken by the 3.5-rc1 UBI/UBIFS changes when we removed the debugging Kconfig switches. Also, correct locking in 'ubi_wl_flush()' - it was extended to support flushing a specific LEB in 3.5-rc1, and the locking was sub-optimal." * tag 'upstream-3.5-rc2' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs: UBI: correct ubi_wl_flush locking UBIFS: fix debugfs-less systems support UBI: fix debugfs-less systems support
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Linus Torvalds authored
This reverts commit 7732a557 (and commit 3f50fff4, which was a follow-up cleanup). We're chasing an elusive bug that Dave Jones can apparently reproduce using his system call fuzzer tool, and that looks like some kind of locking ordering problem on the directory i_mutex chain. Our i_mutex locking is rather complex, and depends on the topological ordering of the directories, which is why we have been very wary of splicing directory entries around. Of course, we really don't want to ever see aliased unconnected directories anyway, so none of this should ever happen, but this revert aims to basically get us back to a known older state. Bruce points to some of the previous discussion at http://marc.info/?i=<20110310105821.GE22723@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> and in particular a long post from Neil: http://marc.info/?i=<20110311150749.2fa2be66@notabene.brown> It should be noted that it's possible that Dave's problems come from other changes altohgether, including possibly just the fact that Dave constantly is teachning his fuzzer new tricks. So what appears to be a new bug could in fact be an old one that just gets newly triggered, but reverting these patches as "still under heavy discussion" is the right thing regardless. Requested-by:
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Acked-by:
J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> Signed-off-by:
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipLinus Torvalds authored
Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar. * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/nmi: Fix section mismatch warnings on 32-bit x86/uv: Fix UV2 BAU legacy mode x86/mm: Only add extra pages count for the first memory range during pre-allocation early page table space x86, efi stub: Add .reloc section back into image x86/ioapic: Fix NULL pointer dereference on CPU hotplug after disabling irqs x86/reboot: Fix a warning message triggered by stop_other_cpus() x86/intel/moorestown: Change intel_scu_devices_create() to __devinit x86/numa: Set numa_nodes_parsed at acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init() x86/gart: Fix kmemleak warning x86: mce: Add the dropped timer interval init back x86/mce: Fix the MCE poll timer logic
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipLinus Torvalds authored
Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar: "A bit larger than what I'd wish for - half of it is due to hw driver updates to Intel Ivy-Bridge which info got recently released, cycles:pp should work there now too, amongst other things. (but we are generally making exceptions for hardware enablement of this type.) There are also callchain fixes in it - responding to mostly theoretical (but valid) concerns. The tooling side sports perf.data endianness/portability fixes which did not make it for the merge window - and various other fixes as well." * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (26 commits) perf/x86: Check user address explicitly in copy_from_user_nmi() perf/x86: Check if user fp is valid perf: Limit callchains to 127 perf/x86: Allow multiple stacks perf/x86: Update SNB PEBS constraints perf/x86: Enable/Add IvyBridge hardware support perf/x86: Implement cycles:p for SNB/IVB perf/x86: Fix Intel shared extra MSR allocation x86/decoder: Fix bsr/bsf/jmpe decoding with operand-size prefix perf: Remove duplicate invocation on perf_event_for_each perf uprobes: Remove unnecessary check before strlist__delete perf symbols: Check for valid dso before creating map perf evsel: Fix 32 bit values endianity swap for sample_id_all header perf session: Handle endianity swap on sample_id_all header data perf symbols: Handle different endians properly during symbol load perf evlist: Pass third argument to ioctl explicitly perf tools: Update ioctl documentation for PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP perf tools: Make --version show kernel version instead of pull req tag perf tools: Check if callchain is corrupted perf callchain: Make callchain cursors TLS ...
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git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linuxLinus Torvalds authored
Pull drm intel and exynos fixes from Dave Airlie: "A bunch of fixes for Intel and exynos, nothing too major, a new intel PCI ID, and a fix for CRT detection." * 'drm-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux: drm/i915: pch_irq_handler -> {ibx, cpt}_irq_handler char/agp: add another Ironlake host bridge drm/i915: fix up ivb plane 3 pageflips drm/exynos: fixed blending for hdmi graphic layer drm/exynos: Remove dummy encoder get_crtc operation implementation drm/exynos: Keep a reference to frame buffer GEM objects drm/exynos: Don't cast GEM object to Exynos GEM object when not needed drm/exynos: DRIVER_BUS_PLATFORM is not a driver feature drm/exynos: fixed size type. drm/exynos: Use DRM_FORMAT_{NV12, YUV420} instead of DRM_FORMAT_{NV12M, YUV420M} drm/i915: hold forcewake around ring hw init drm/i915: Mark the ringbuffers as being in the GTT domain drm/i915/crt: Do not rely upon the HPD presence pin drm/i915: Reset last_retired_head when resetting ring
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipLinus Torvalds authored
Pull leap second timer fix from Thomas Gleixner. * 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: timekeeping: Fix CLOCK_MONOTONIC inconsistency during leapsecond
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Linus Torvalds authored
Merge tag 'moduleparam-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus Pull minor module param fixes from Rusty Russell: "One bugfix for multiple moduleparam levels, one removal of overzealous printk." * tag 'moduleparam-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: init: Drop initcall level output module_param: stop double-calling parameters.
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Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli authored
On RISC architectures like powerpc, instructions are fixed size. Instruction analysis on such platforms is just a matter of (insn % 4). Pass the vaddr at which the uprobe is to be inserted so that arch_uprobe_analyze_insn() can flag misaligned registration requests. Signed-off-by:
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Don Zickus authored
It was reported that compiling for 32-bit caused a bunch of section mismatch warnings: VDSOSYM arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-syms.lds LD arch/x86/vdso/built-in.o LD arch/x86/built-in.o WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5af0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable test_nmi_ipi_callback_na.10451 to the function .init.text:test_nmi_ipi_callback() [...] WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5b04): Section mismatch in reference from the variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399 to the function .init.text:nmi_unk_cb() The variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399 references the function __init nmi_unk_cb() [...] Both of these are attributed to the internal representation of the nmiaction struct created during register_nmi_handler. The reason for this is that those structs are not defined in the init section whereas the rest of the code in nmi_selftest.c is. To resolve this, I created a new #define, register_nmi_handler_initonly, that tags the struct as __initdata to resolve the mismatch. This #define should only be used in rare situations where the register/unregister is called during init of the kernel. Big thanks to Jan Beulich for decoding this for me as I didn't have a clue what was going on. Reported-by:
Witold Baryluk <baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl> Tested-by:
Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1338991542-23000-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.comSigned-off-by:
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Steffen Rumler authored
This fixes a problem which can causes kernel oopses while loading a kernel module. According to the PowerPC EABI specification, GPR r11 is assigned the dedicated function to point to the previous stack frame. In the powerpc-specific kernel module loader, do_plt_call() (in arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c), GPR r11 is also used to generate trampoline code. This combination crashes the kernel, in the case where the compiler chooses to use a helper function for saving GPRs on entry, and the module loader has placed the .init.text section far away from the .text section, meaning that it has to generate a trampoline for functions in the .init.text section to call the GPR save helper. Because the trampoline trashes r11, references to the stack frame using r11 can cause an oops. The fix just uses GPR r12 instead of GPR r11 for generating the trampoline code. According to the statements from Freescale, this is safe from an EABI perspective. I've tested the fix for kernel 2.6.33 on MPC8541. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by:
Steffen Rumler <steffen.rumler.ext@nsn.com> [paulus@samba.org: reworded the description] Signed-off-by:
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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Cliff Wickman authored
The SGI Altix UV2 BAU (Broadcast Assist Unit) as used for tlb-shootdown (selective broadcast mode) always uses UV2 broadcast descriptor format. There is no need to clear the 'legacy' (UV1) mode, because the hardware always uses UV2 mode for selective broadcast. But the BIOS uses general broadcast and legacy mode, and the hardware pays attention to the legacy mode bit for general broadcast. So the kernel must not clear that mode bit. Signed-off-by:
Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/E1SccoO-0002Lh-Cb@eag09.americas.sgi.comSigned-off-by:
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Yinghai Lu authored
x86/mm: Only add extra pages count for the first memory range during pre-allocation early page table space Robin found this regression: | I just tried to boot an 8TB system. It fails very early in boot with: | Kernel panic - not syncing: Cannot find space for the kernel page tables git bisect commit 722bc6b1. A git revert of that commit does boot past that point on the 8TB configuration. That commit will add up extra pages for all memory range even above 4g. Try to limit that extra page count adding to first entry only. Bisected-by:
Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Tested-by:
Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAE9FiQUj3wyzQxtq9yzBNc9u220p8JZ1FYHG7t%3DMOzJ%3D9BZMYA@mail.gmail.comSigned-off-by:
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Dave Airlie authored
Merge branch 'exynos-drm-fixes' of git://git.infradead.org/users/kmpark/linux-samsung into drm-fixes * 'exynos-drm-fixes' of git://git.infradead.org/users/kmpark/linux-samsung: drm/exynos: fixed blending for hdmi graphic layer drm/exynos: Remove dummy encoder get_crtc operation implementation drm/exynos: Keep a reference to frame buffer GEM objects drm/exynos: Don't cast GEM object to Exynos GEM object when not needed drm/exynos: DRIVER_BUS_PLATFORM is not a driver feature drm/exynos: fixed size type. drm/exynos: Use DRM_FORMAT_{NV12, YUV420} instead of DRM_FORMAT_{NV12M, YUV420M}
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git://people.freedesktop.org/~danvet/drm-intelDave Airlie authored
* 'drm-intel-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~danvet/drm-intel: drm/i915: pch_irq_handler -> {ibx, cpt}_irq_handler char/agp: add another Ironlake host bridge drm/i915: fix up ivb plane 3 pageflips drm/i915: hold forcewake around ring hw init drm/i915: Mark the ringbuffers as being in the GTT domain drm/i915/crt: Do not rely upon the HPD presence pin drm/i915: Reset last_retired_head when resetting ring
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Borislav Petkov authored
9fb48c74 ("params: add 3rd arg to option handler callback signature") added similar lines to dmesg: initlevel:0=early, 4 registered initcalls initlevel:1=core, 31 registered initcalls initlevel:2=postcore, 11 registered initcalls initlevel:3=arch, 7 registered initcalls initlevel:4=subsys, 40 registered initcalls initlevel:5=fs, 30 registered initcalls initlevel:6=device, 250 registered initcalls initlevel:7=late, 35 registered initcalls but they don't contain any info for the general user staring at dmesg. I'm very doubtful the count of initcalls registered per level helps anyone so drop that output completely. Cc: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by:
Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com> Signed-off-by:
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Rusty Russell authored
Commit 026cee00 "params: <level>_initcall-like kernel parameters" set old-style module parameters to level 0. And we call those level 0 calls where we used to, early in start_kernel(). We also loop through the initcall levels and call the levelled module_params before the corresponding initcall. Unfortunately level 0 is early_init(), so we call the standard module_param calls twice. (Turns out most things don't care, but at least ubi.mtd does). Change the level to -1 for standard module_param calls. Reported-by:
Benoît Thébaudeau <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com> Signed-off-by:
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Paul Mackerras authored
This reverts 68568add ("powerpc/time: Remove unnecessary sanity check of decrementer expiration"). We do need to check whether we have reached the expiration time of the next event, because we sometimes get an early decrementer interrupt, most notably when we set the decrementer to 1 in arch_irq_work_raise(). The effect of not having the sanity check is that if timer_interrupt() gets called early, we leave the decrementer set to its maximum value, which means we then don't get any more decrementer interrupts for about 4 seconds (or longer, depending on timebase frequency). I saw these pauses as a consequence of getting a stray hypervisor decrementer interrupt left over from exiting a KVM guest. This isn't quite a straight revert because of changes to the surrounding code, but it restores the same algorithm as was previously used. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Acked-by:
Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Acked-by:
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by:
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Linus Torvalds authored
This reverts commit 40af1bbd. It's horribly and utterly broken for at least the following reasons: - calling sync_mm_rss() from mmput() is fundamentally wrong, because there's absolutely no reason to believe that the task that does the mmput() always does it on its own VM. Example: fork, ptrace, /proc - you name it. - calling it *after* having done mmdrop() on it is doubly insane, since the mm struct may well be gone now. - testing mm against NULL before you call it is insane too, since a NULL mm there would have caused oopses long before. .. and those are just the three bugs I found before I decided to give up looking for me and revert it asap. I should have caught it before I even took it, but I trusted Andrew too much. Cc: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org> Cc: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
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