1. 01 Oct, 2012 14 commits
  2. 30 Sep, 2012 3 commits
    • Al Viro's avatar
      generic kernel_execve() · 282124d1
      Al Viro authored
      based mostly on arm and alpha versions.  Architectures can define
      __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE and use it, provided that
      	* they have working current_pt_regs(), even for kernel threads.
      	* kernel_thread-spawned threads do have space for pt_regs
      in the normal location.  Normally that's as simple as switching to
      generic kernel_thread() and making sure that kernel threads do *not*
      go through return from syscall path; call the payload from equivalent
      of ret_from_fork if we are in a kernel thread (or just have separate
      ret_from_kernel_thread and make copy_thread() use it instead of
      ret_from_fork in kernel thread case).
      	* they have ret_from_kernel_execve(); it is called after
      successful do_execve() done by kernel_execve() and gets normal
      pt_regs location passed to it as argument.  It's essentially
      a longjmp() analog - it should set sp, etc. to the situation
      expected at the return for syscall and go there.  Eventually
      the need for that sucker will disappear, but that'll take some
      surgery on kernel_thread() payloads.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      282124d1
    • Al Viro's avatar
      new helper: current_pt_regs() · a3460a59
      Al Viro authored
      Normally (and that's the default) it's just task_pt_regs(current).
      However, if an architecture can optimize that, it can do so by
      making a macro of its own available from asm/ptrace.h.  More
      importantly, some architectures have task_pt_regs() working only
      for traced tasks blocked on signal delivery.  current_pt_regs()
      needs to work for *all* processes, so before those architectures
      start using stuff relying on current_pt_regs() they'll need a
      properly working variant.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      a3460a59
    • Al Viro's avatar
      preparation for generic kernel_thread() · 2aa3a7f8
      Al Viro authored
      Let architectures select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and have their copy_thread()
      treat NULL regs as "it came from kernel_thread(), sp argument contains
      the function new thread will be calling and stack_size - the argument for
      that function".  Switching the architectures begins shortly...
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      2aa3a7f8
  3. 20 Sep, 2012 8 commits
  4. 19 Sep, 2012 10 commits
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block · c46de226
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull block fixes from Jens Axboe:
       "A small collection of driver fixes/updates and a core fix for 3.6.  It
        contains:
      
         - Bug fixes for mtip32xx, and support for new hardware (just addition
           of IDs).  They have been queued up for 3.7 for a few weeks as well.
      
         - rate-limit a failing command error message in block core.
      
         - A fix for an old cciss bug from Stephen.
      
         - Prevent overflow of partition count from Alan."
      
      * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
        cciss: fix handling of protocol error
        blk: add an upper sanity check on partition adding
        mtip32xx: fix user_buffer check in exec_drive_command
        mtip32xx: Remove dead code
        mtip32xx: Change printk to pr_xxxx
        mtip32xx: Proper reporting of write protect status on big-endian
        mtip32xx: Increase timeout for standby command
        mtip32xx: Handle NCQ commands during the security locked state
        mtip32xx: Add support for new devices
        block: rate-limit the error message from failing commands
      c46de226
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge tag 'sh-for-linus' of git://github.com/pmundt/linux-sh · 077fee00
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull SuperH fixes from Paul Mundt.
      
      * tag 'sh-for-linus' of git://github.com/pmundt/linux-sh:
        sh: Fix up TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME sans TIF_SIGPENDING handling.
        sh: pfc: Release spinlock in sh_pfc_gpio_request_enable() error path
        sh: intc: Fix up multi-evt irq association.
      077fee00
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge tag 'rpmsg-3.6-fix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ohad/rpmsg · cf42d543
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull rpmsg fix from Ohad Ben-Cohen:
       "A quick rpmsg fix from Fernando, fixing two buggy invocations of
        dma_free_coherent"
      
      * tag 'rpmsg-3.6-fix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ohad/rpmsg:
        rpmsg: fix dma_free_coherent dev parameter
      cf42d543
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge tag 'md-3.6-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md · 4b92c17e
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull md fixes from NeilBrown:
       "3 fixes for md in 3.6.
      
        One reverts a recent patch which turns out to not be such a good idea.
      
        Other two fix minor bugs with the new (since 3.3) 'replacement' code
        and have been tagged for -stable."
      
      * tag 'md-3.6-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
        md: make sure metadata is updated when spares are activated or removed.
        md/raid5: fix calculate of 'degraded' when a replacement becomes active.
        Revert "md/raid5: For odirect-write performance, do not set STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE."
      4b92c17e
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'for-3.6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq · c5c473e2
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull workqueue / powernow-k8 fix from Tejun Heo:
       "This is the fix for the bug where cpufreq/powernow-k8 was tripping
        BUG_ON() in try_to_wake_up_local() by migrating workqueue worker to a
        different CPU.
      
          https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47301
      
        As discussed, the fix is now two parts - one to reimplement
        work_on_cpu() so that it doesn't create a new kthread each time and
        the actual fix which makes powernow-k8 use work_on_cpu() instead of
        performing manual migration.
      
        While pretty late in the merge cycle, both changes are on the safer
        side.  Jiri and I verified two existing users of work_on_cpu() and
        Duncan confirmed that the powernow-k8 fix survived about 18 hours of
        testing."
      
      * 'for-3.6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
        cpufreq/powernow-k8: workqueue user shouldn't migrate the kworker to another CPU
        workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using system_wq
      c5c473e2
    • Tejun Heo's avatar
      cpufreq/powernow-k8: workqueue user shouldn't migrate the kworker to another CPU · 6889125b
      Tejun Heo authored
      powernowk8_target() runs off a per-cpu work item and if the
      cpufreq_policy->cpu is different from the current one, it migrates the
      kworker to the target CPU by manipulating current->cpus_allowed.  The
      function migrates the kworker back to the original CPU but this is
      still broken.  Workqueue concurrency management requires the kworkers
      to stay on the same CPU and powernowk8_target() ends up triggerring
      BUG_ON(rq != this_rq()) in try_to_wake_up_local() if it contends on
      fidvid_mutex and sleeps.
      
      It is unclear why this bug is being reported now.  Duncan says it
      appeared to be a regression of 3.6-rc1 and couldn't reproduce it on
      3.5.  Bisection seemed to point to 63d95a91 "workqueue: use @pool
      instead of @gcwq or @cpu where applicable" which is an non-functional
      change.  Given that the reproduce case sometimes took upto days to
      trigger, it's easy to be misled while bisecting.  Maybe something made
      contention on fidvid_mutex more likely?  I don't know.
      
      This patch fixes the bug by using work_on_cpu() instead if @pol->cpu
      isn't the same as the current one.  The code assumes that
      cpufreq_policy->cpu is kept online by the caller, which Rafael tells
      me is the case.
      
      stable: ed48ece2 ("workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using
              system_wq") should be applied before this; otherwise, the
              behavior could be horrible.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Reported-by: default avatarDuncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
      Tested-by: default avatarDuncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
      Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
      Cc: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47301
      6889125b
    • Tejun Heo's avatar
      workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using system_wq · ed48ece2
      Tejun Heo authored
      The existing work_on_cpu() implementation is hugely inefficient.  It
      creates a new kthread, execute that single function and then let the
      kthread die on each invocation.
      
      Now that system_wq can handle concurrent executions, there's no
      advantage of doing this.  Reimplement work_on_cpu() using system_wq
      which makes it simpler and way more efficient.
      
      stable: While this isn't a fix in itself, it's needed to fix a
              workqueue related bug in cpufreq/powernow-k8.  AFAICS, this
              shouldn't break other existing users.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Acked-by: default avatarJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
      Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
      Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
      Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      ed48ece2
    • NeilBrown's avatar
      md: make sure metadata is updated when spares are activated or removed. · 6dafab6b
      NeilBrown authored
      It isn't always necessary to update the metadata when spares are
      removed as the presence-or-not of a spare isn't really important to
      the integrity of an array.
      Also activating a spare doesn't always require updating the metadata
      as the update on 'recovery-completed' is usually sufficient.
      
      However the introduction of 'replacement' devices have made these
      transitions sometimes more important.  For example the 'Replacement'
      flag isn't cleared until the original device is removed, so we need
      to ensure a metadata update after that 'spare' is removed.
      
      So set MD_CHANGE_DEVS whenever a spare is activated or removed, to
      complement the current situation where it is set when a spare is added
      or a device is failed (or a number of other less common situations).
      
      This is suitable for -stable as out-of-data metadata could lead
      to data corruption.
      This is only relevant for 3.3 and later 9when 'replacement' as
      introduced.
      
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
      6dafab6b
    • NeilBrown's avatar
      md/raid5: fix calculate of 'degraded' when a replacement becomes active. · e5c86471
      NeilBrown authored
      When a replacement device becomes active, we mark the device that it
      replaces as 'faulty' so that it can subsequently get removed.
      However 'calc_degraded' only pays attention to the primary device, not
      the replacement, so the array appears to become degraded, which is
      wrong.
      
      So teach 'calc_degraded' to consider any replacement if a primary
      device is faulty.
      
      This is suitable for -stable as an incorrect 'degraded' value can
      confuse md and could lead to data corruption.
      This is only relevant for 3.3 and later.
      
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      Reported-by: default avatarRobin Hill <robin@robinhill.me.uk>
      Reported-by: default avatarJohn Drescher <drescherjm@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
      e5c86471
    • NeilBrown's avatar
      Revert "md/raid5: For odirect-write performance, do not set STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE." · a852d7b8
      NeilBrown authored
      This reverts commit 895e3c5c.
      
      While this patch seemed like a good idea and did help some workloads,
      it hurts other workloads.
      Large sequential O_DIRECT writes were faster,
      Small random O_DIRECT writes were slower.
      
      Other changes (batching RAID5 writes) have improved the sequential
      writes using a different mechanism, so the net result of this patch
      is definitely negative.  So revert it.
      Reported-by: default avatarShaohua Li <shli@kernel.org>
      Tested-by: default avatarJianpeng Ma <majianpeng@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
      a852d7b8
  5. 18 Sep, 2012 5 commits