The MAX_PARTIAL checks were supposed to be an optimization. However, slab
shrinking is a manually triggered process either through running slabinfo
or by the kernel calling kmem_cache_shrink.

If one really wants to shrink a slab then all operations should be done
regardless of the size of the partial list. This also fixes an issue that
could surface if the number of partial slabs was initially above MAX_PARTIAL
in kmem_cache_shrink and later drops below MAX_PARTIAL through the
elimination of empty slabs on the partial list (rare). In that case a few
slabs may be left off the partial list (and only be put back when they
are empty).
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>

UIO currently contains a rather dubious statement which wants removing.

The actual questions around whether user space code that depends tightly
on kernel GPL code designed to co-work with it are derivative works of
the kernel is extremely complex, and since we don't have space for either
a masters length essay on legal issues or need to start flamewars lets
simply remove the comment and leave law to lawyers
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <tovalds@linux-foundation.org>

The default definition in asm-generic conflicts with Alpha's O_DIRECT,
so, like several other arches, it needs to be redefined.
Signed-off-by: Richard Hendersion  <rth@twiddle.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

* git://git.linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6:
  SUNRPC: Replace flush_workqueue() with cancel_work_sync() and friends
  NFS: Replace flush_scheduled_work with cancel_work_sync() and friends
  SUNRPC: Don't call gss_delete_sec_context() from an rcu context
  NFSv4: Don't call put_rpccred() from an rcu callback
  NFS: Fix NFSv4 open stateid regressions
  NFSv4: Fix a locking regression in nfs4_set_mode_locked()
  NFS: Fix put_nfs_open_context
  SUNRPC: Fix a race in rpciod_down()

Trivial fix: mark the buffer to hexdump as const so callers could avoid
casting their const buffers when calling print_hex_dump().

The patch is really trivial and I suggest to consider it as a fix
(it fixes GCC warnings) and push it to current tree.
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

* 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
  [TCP]: H-TCP maxRTT estimation at startup
  [NETFILTER]: nf_nat: add symbolic dependency on IPv4 conntrack
  [NETFILTER]: ctnetlink: return EEXIST instead of EINVAL for existing nat'ed conntracks
  [NETFILTER]: ipt_recent: avoid a possible NULL pointer deref in recent_seq_open()
  [NET] net/core/utils: fix sparse warning
  [NetLabel]: add missing rcu_dereference() calls in the LSM domain mapping hash table
  [PATCH] mac80211: don't allow scanning in monitor mode
  [PATCH] mac80211: Fix sparse error for sta_last_seq_ctrl_read
  [PATCH] mac80211: use do { } while (0) for multi-line macros
  [PATCH] mac80211: missing dev_put in ieee80211_master_start_xmit

* 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6:
  [SPARC64]: Fix memory leak when cpu hotplugging.
  [SPARC64]: Do not assume sun4v chips have load-twin/store-init support.
  [SPARC64]: Fix hard-coding of cpu type output in /proc/cpuinfo on sun4v.
  [SPARC]: Centralize find_in_proplist() instead of duplicating N times.

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc:
  mmc: at91_mci: remove whitespace at the end of lines
  mmc: reorganize bounce buffer init
  wbsd: fix section mismatch warnings

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-sched: (61 commits)
  sched: refine negative nice level granularity
  sched: fix update_stats_enqueue() reniced codepath
  sched: round a bit better
  sched: make the multiplication table more accurate
  sched: optimize update_rq_clock() calls in the load-balancer
  sched: optimize activate_task()
  sched: clean up set_curr_task_fair()
  sched: remove __update_rq_clock() call from entity_tick()
  sched: move the __update_rq_clock() call to scheduler_tick()
  sched debug: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from print_task()/_rq()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' local variables
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from deactivate_task()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dequeue_task()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from enqueue_task()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dec_nr_running()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from inc_nr_running()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dec_load()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from inc_load()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from update_curr_load()
  sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from ->task_new()
  ...

Some versions of ld.so mmap the shared libraries right in over guest
memory, so compile lguest statically by default.

[ FC7 maps shared libraries very low, where the launcher maps guest's
  physical memory.  Quick fix is to link Launcher static, real fix is
  for 2.6.24. ]

-static is a simple fix. I expect this problem will be more common than we
like, as different distro's make different "improvements" to ld.so
Signed-off-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

If a Guest makes hypercall which sets a GDT entry to not present, we
currently set any segment registers using that GDT entry to 0.
Unfortunately, this is not sufficient: there are other ways of
altering GDT entries which will cause a fault.

The correct solution to do what Linux does: let them set any GDT value
they want and handle the #GP when popping causes a fault.  This has
the added benefit of making our Switcher slightly more robust in the
case of any other bugs which cause it to fault.

We kill the Guest if it causes a fault in the Switcher: it's the
Guest's responsibility to make sure it's not using segments when it
changes them.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

lguest uses a host-supplied wallclock-based clocksource when the TSC
is not reliable.  As this is already in nanoseconds, I naively used a
multiplier of 1 and a shift of 0.

But update_wall_time() in its infinite wisdom decides to adjust the
clock a little (where does it think it's getting a more accurate time
from?)

It will happily tweak the multiplier... to 0, then -1.

So the "fix" is to use a shift of 22 like everyone else, and a
multiplier of 1 << 22.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

This reverts commit 0fc4969b.  It was
always meant to be temporary, but it's generating more useless noise
than anything else, and we probably should never have done it in the
generic kernel (only had the people involved test it on their own).
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Some cleanup with whitespace/tab at the end of lines.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@rfo.atmel.com>
Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>

Reorganize the code that initializes mmc_block's bounce buffer in
order to avoid warnings when MMC_BLOCK_BOUNCE isn't used.
Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>

This patch fixes the following section mismatch warnings

...

WARNING: vmlinux.o(.init.text+0x29d40): Section mismatch: reference to .exit.text:wbsd_release_resources (between 'wbsd_init' and 'wbsd_probe')
WARNING: vmlinux.o(.init.text+0x29d49): Section mismatch: reference to .exit.text:wbsd_free_mmc (between 'wbsd_init' and 'wbsd_probe')
WARNING: vmlinux.o(.init.text+0x29f28): Section mismatch: reference to .exit.text:wbsd_free_mmc (between 'wbsd_init' and 'wbsd_probe')

...
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Craciunescu <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>

refine the granularity of negative nice level tasks: let them
reschedule more often to offset the effect of them consuming
their wait_runtime proportionately slower. (This makes nice-0
task scheduling smoother in the presence of negatively
reniced tasks.)
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

the key has to be rescaled to /weight even if it has a positive value.

(this change only affects the scheduling of reniced tasks)
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

round a tiny bit better in high-frequency rescheduling scenarios,
by rounding around zero instead of rounding down.

(this is pretty theoretical though)
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

do small deltas in the weight and multiplication constant table so
that the worst-case numeric error is better than 1:100000000. (8 digits)

the current error table is:

     nice       mult *   inv_mult   error
     ------------------------------------------
     -20:      88761 *      48388  -0.0000000065
     -19:      71755 *      59856  -0.0000000037
     -18:      56483 *      76040   0.0000000056
     -17:      46273 *      92818   0.0000000042
     -16:      36291 *     118348  -0.0000000065
     -15:      29154 *     147320  -0.0000000037
     -14:      23254 *     184698  -0.0000000009
     -13:      18705 *     229616  -0.0000000037
     -12:      14949 *     287308  -0.0000000009
     -11:      11916 *     360437  -0.0000000009
     -10:       9548 *     449829  -0.0000000009
      -9:       7620 *     563644  -0.0000000037
      -8:       6100 *     704093   0.0000000009
      -7:       4904 *     875809   0.0000000093
      -6:       3906 *    1099582  -0.0000000009
      -5:       3121 *    1376151  -0.0000000058
      -4:       2501 *    1717300   0.0000000009
      -3:       1991 *    2157191  -0.0000000035
      -2:       1586 *    2708050   0.0000000009
      -1:       1277 *    3363326   0.0000000014
       0:       1024 *    4194304   0.0000000000
       1:        820 *    5237765   0.0000000009
       2:        655 *    6557202   0.0000000033
       3:        526 *    8165337  -0.0000000079
       4:        423 *   10153587   0.0000000012
       5:        335 *   12820798   0.0000000079
       6:        272 *   15790321   0.0000000037
       7:        215 *   19976592  -0.0000000037
       8:        172 *   24970740  -0.0000000037
       9:        137 *   31350126  -0.0000000079
      10:        110 *   39045157  -0.0000000061
      11:         87 *   49367440  -0.0000000037
      12:         70 *   61356676   0.0000000056
      13:         56 *   76695844  -0.0000000075
      14:         45 *   95443717  -0.0000000072
      15:         36 *  119304647  -0.0000000009
      16:         29 *  148102320  -0.0000000037
      17:         23 *  186737708  -0.0000000028
      18:         18 *  238609294  -0.0000000009
      19:         15 *  286331153  -0.0000000002
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

optimize update_rq_clock() calls in the load-balancer: update them
right after locking the runqueue(s) so that the pull functions do
not have to call it.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

optimize activate_task() by removing update_rq_clock() from it.
(and add update_rq_clock() to all callsites of activate_task() that
did not have it before.)
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

clean up set_curr_task_fair().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  39170    3750      36   42956    a7cc sched.o.before
  39170    3750      36   42956    a7cc sched.o.after
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove __update_rq_clock() call from entity_tick().

no change in functionality because scheduler_tick() already calls
__update_rq_clock().
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

move the __update_rq_clock() call from update_cpu_load() to
scheduler_tick().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )

this allows the direct use of rq->clock in ->task_tick() functions.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from sched_debug.c:print_task()/_rq().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

final step: remove all (now superfluous) 'u64 now' variables.

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from deactivate_task().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dequeue_task().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from enqueue_task().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dec_nr_running().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from inc_nr_running().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dec_load().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from inc_load().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from update_curr_load().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from ->task_new().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from ->put_prev_task().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from pick_next_task().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from ->pick_next_task().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

remove the 'u64 now' parameter from ->dequeue_task().

( identity transformation that causes no change in functionality. )
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>