- 11 Apr, 2008 30 commits
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Linus Torvalds authored
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git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'docs' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: Add additional examples in Documentation/spinlocks.txt Move sched-rt-group.txt to scheduler/ Documentation: move rpc-cache.txt to filesystems/ Documentation: move nfsroot.txt to filesystems/ Spell out behavior of atomic_dec_and_lock() in kerneldoc Fix a typo in highres.txt Fixes to the seq_file document Fill out information on patch tags in SubmittingPatches Add the seq_file documentation
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Mark Fasheh authored
Checkpatch will throw an error if code doesn't use the correct initializers for static spinlocks: ERROR: Use of SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED is deprecated: see Documentation/spinlocks.txt This is fine, but Documentation/spinlocks.txt isn't very clear on how to _use_ the new initializers for static variables. To save people time in the future, I added two small examples of how to fix old-style static initializers to be more lockdep friendly. Signed-off-by:
Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> Signed-off-by:
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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J. Bruce Fields authored
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J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by:
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J. Bruce Fields authored
This file is nfs-related. (Maybe Documentation/filesystems/ would benefit from a separate nfs/ directory at some point.) Signed-off-by:
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J. Bruce Fields authored
Documentation/ is a little large, and filesystems/ seems an obvious place for this file. Signed-off-by:
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J. Bruce Fields authored
A little more detail here wouldn't hurt. Signed-off-by:
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Heiko Carstens authored
git commit 54a01510 ("asmlinkage_protect replaces prevent_tail_call") causes this build failure on s390: AS arch/s390/kernel/entry64.o In file included from arch/s390/kernel/entry64.S:14: include/linux/linkage.h:34: error: syntax error in macro parameter list make[1]: *** [arch/s390/kernel/entry64.o] Error 1 make: *** [arch/s390/kernel] Error 2 and some other architectures. The reason is that some architectures add the "-traditional" flag to the invocation of $(AS), which disables variadic macro argument support. So just surround the new define with an #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ to prevent any side effects on asm code. Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by:
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'i2c-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6: i2c-tiny-usb: New VID/PID pair i2c-davinci: Fix lost interrupt i2c-ibm_iic: Fast mode parm desc fixup
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: [NETNS][IPV6] tcp - assign the netns for timewait sockets [IPV4]: Fix byte value boundary check in do_ip_getsockopt(). BNX2X: Correct bringing chip out of reset [NETFILTER]: nf_nat: autoload IPv4 connection tracking [NETFILTER]: xt_hashlimit: fix mask calculation [XFRM]: xfrm_user: fix selector family initialization rt61pci: rt61pci_beacon_update do not free skb twice ssb-mipscore: Fix interrupt vectors ssb-pcicore: Fix IRQ TPS flag handling mac80211: use short_preamble mode from capability if ERP IE not present [NET]: Undo code bloat in hot paths due to print_mac(). [TCP]: Don't allow FRTO to take place while MTU is being probed [TCP]: tcp_simple_retransmit can cause S+L [TCP]: Fix NewReno's fast rexmit/recovery problems with GSOed skb [TCP]: Restore 2.6.24 mark_head_lost behavior for newreno/fack nl80211: fix STA AID bug b43legacy: fix bcm4303 crash iwlwifi: fix n-band association problem ipw2200: set MAC address on radiotap interface libertas: fix mode initialization problem
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6: [SPARC]: Fix several regset and ptrace bugs.
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Davide Libenzi authored
Michael Kerrisk found out that signalfd was not reporting back user data pushed using sigqueue: http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/msg/9397cab8551e3123 The following patch makes signalfd report back the ssi_ptr and ssi_int members of the signalfd_siginfo structure. Signed-off-by:
Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Acked-by:
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
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Bjorn Helgaas authored
Increase the PNP "number of devices" limit. We currently use an unsigned char, which limits us to 256 devices per protocol. This patch changes that to an unsigned int. Not all backends can take advantage of this: we limit ISAPNP to 10 devices in isapnp_cfg_begin(), and PNPBIOS is limited to 256 devices because the BIOS interfaces use a one-byte device node number. But there is no limit on the number of PNPACPI devices we may have. Large HP Integrity machines have more than 256, which causes the current "unsigned char number" to wrap around. This causes errors like this: pnp: PnP ACPI init kobject_add failed for 00:00 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. Call Trace: [<a000000100010720>] show_stack+0x40/0xa0 [<a0000001000107b0>] dump_stack+0x30/0x60 [<a0000001001dbdf0>] kobject_add+0x290/0x2c0 [<a0000001002bfd40>] device_add+0x160/0x860 [<a0000001002c0470>] device_register+0x30/0x60 [<a00000010026ba70>] __pnp_add_device+0x130/0x180 [<a00000010026bb70>] pnp_add_device+0xb0/0xe0 [<a0000001007f2730>] pnpacpi_add_device+0x510/0x5a0 [<a0000001007f2810>] pnpacpi_add_device_handler+0x50/0x80 This patch increases the limit to fix this PNPACPI problem. It should not have any adverse effect on ISAPNP or PNPBIOS because their limits are still enforced in the backends. Signed-off-by:Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by:
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Dan Williams authored
If a failure is detected after a parity check operation has been initiated, but before it completes handle_parity_checks5 will never quiesce operations on the stripe. Explicitly handle this case by "canceling" the parity check, i.e. clear the STRIPE_OP_CHECK flags and queue the stripe on the handle list again to refresh any non-uptodate blocks. Kernel versions >= 2.6.23 are susceptible. Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by:
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
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Mike Pagano authored
This patch adds the missing include directive <linux/scatterlist.h> to the cciss.c source file. This was discovered by our release team when building the kernel for the Alpha architecture. Errors were found as references to functions 'sg_init_table' and 'sg_page' do not exist without the include for Alpha. Signed-off-by:
Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by:
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Kay Sievers authored
Since 43cc71ee, the platform modalias is prefixed with "platform:". Add MODULE_ALIAS() to the hotpluggable RTC platform drivers, to re-enable module auto loading. [dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: more drivers, minor fix] Signed-off-by:
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by:
David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by:
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Kay Sievers authored
Since 43cc71ee, the platform modalias is prefixed with "platform:". Add MODULE_ALIAS() to the hotpluggable watchdog drivers, to re-enable auto loading. [dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: more drivers; registration fixes] Signed-off-by:
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Kay Sievers authored
Since 43cc71ee, the platform modalias is prefixed with "platform:". Add MODULE_ALIAS() to the hotpluggable USB HCDs, to allow re-enable auto loading. [dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: more drivers; registration fixes] Signed-off-by:
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Kay Sievers authored
Since 43cc71ee, the platform modalias is prefixed with "platform:". Add MODULE_ALIAS() to the hotpluggable usb peripheral drivers, to re-eable module auto loading. [dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: registration fixes] Signed-off-by:
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Kay Sievers authored
Since 43cc71ee, the platform modalias is prefixed with "platform:". Add MODULE_ALIAS() to the hotpluggable SPI platform drivers, to allow module auto loading. [dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: more drivers: registration fixes] Signed-off-by:
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Davide Libenzi authored
Jeff Roberson discovered a race when using kaio eventfd based notifications. When it occurs it can lead tomissed wakeups and hung userspace. This patch fixes the race by moving the notification inside the spinlocked section of kaio. The operation is safe since eventfd spinlock and kaio one are unrelated. Signed-off-by:
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Randy Dunlap authored
rtc-s35390a uses BITREVERSE functions so it needs to select that config symbol to ensure that the functions are built. drivers/built-in.o: In function `s35390a_set_datetime': linux-2.6.25-rc8-git7/drivers/rtc/rtc-s35390a.c:144: undefined reference to `byte_rev_table' drivers/built-in.o: In function `s35390a_get_datetime': linux-2.6.25-rc8-git7/drivers/rtc/rtc-s35390a.c:163: undefined reference to `byte_rev_table' Signed-off-by:
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by:
Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by:
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Paul Menage authored
Extend the /proc/<pid>/cgroup file to include the appropriate hierarchy ID on each line. Currently this ID isn't really needed since a hierarchy can be completely identified by the set of subsystems bound to it, but this is likely to change in the near future in order to support stateless subsystems and merging/rebinding of subsystems. Getting this change into 2.6.25 reduces the need for an API change later. Signed-off-by:
Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by:
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Till Harbaum authored
I have recently bought some USB PIDs from EZPrototypes for my USB projects and one will be for the i2c-tiny-usb. I have not yet started to use the new one in the official i2c-tiny-usb firmware since i think it makes sense to get the change into the kernel before releasing a modified firmware. This patch adds support for the EZPrototypes USB vid/pid pair used in later i2c-tiny-usb firmware versions (avrusb v1.06 and up, usbtiny v2.06 and up). Signed-off-by:
Till Harbaum <Till@Harbaum.org> Signed-off-by:
Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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Troy Kisky authored
DAVINCI_I2C_STR_REG is a write 1 to clear register, so don't use a read/modify/write cycle. Signed-off-by:
Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com> Acked-by:
Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Kevin Hilman <khilman@mvista.com> Signed-off-by:
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Paul Mundt authored
Noticed this when grepping for fast mode module params, the i2c-ibm_iic driver was using a non-existent variable for MODULE_PARM_DESC. Fix it up to reflect what it's actually supposed to be describing. Signed-off-by:
Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by:
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Daniel Lezcano authored
Copy the network namespace from the socket to the timewait socket. Signed-off-by:
Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Acked-by:
Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com> Signed-off-by:
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Linus Torvalds authored
It's really a pretty ugly thing to need, and some day it will hopefully be obviated by teaching gcc about the magic calling conventions for the low-level system call code, but in the meantime we can at least add big honking comments about why we need these insane and strange macros. I took my comments from my version of the macro, but I ended up deciding to just pick Roland's version of the actual code instead (with his prettier syntax that uses vararg macros). Thus the previous two commits that actually implement it. Signed-off-by: -
Roland McGrath authored
Use asmlinkage_protect in sys_io_getevents, because GCC for i386 with CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=n can decide to clobber an argument word on the stack, i.e. the user struct pt_regs. Here the problem is not a tail call, but just the compiler's use of the stack when it inlines and optimizes the body of the called function. This seems to avoid it. Signed-off-by:
Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by:
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Roland McGrath authored
The prevent_tail_call() macro works around the problem of the compiler clobbering argument words on the stack, which for asmlinkage functions is the caller's (user's) struct pt_regs. The tail/sibling-call optimization is not the only way that the compiler can decide to use stack argument words as scratch space, which we have to prevent. Other optimizations can do it too. Until we have new compiler support to make "asmlinkage" binding on the compiler's own use of the stack argument frame, we have work around all the manifestations of this issue that crop up. More cases seem to be prevented by also keeping the incoming argument variables live at the end of the function. This makes their original stack slots attractive places to leave those variables, so the compiler tends not clobber them for something else. It's still no guarantee, but it handles some observed cases that prevent_tail_call() did not. Signed-off-by:
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- 10 Apr, 2008 10 commits
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Venki Pallipadi authored
This patch also resolves hangs on boot: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/23/263 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10093 The bug was causing once-in-few-reboots 10-15 sec wait during boot on certain laptops. Earlier commit 40d6a146 added smp_call_function in cpu_idle_wait() to kick cpus that are in tickless idle. Looking at cpu_idle_wait code at that time, code seemed to be over-engineered for a case which is rarely used (while changing idle handler). Below is a simplified version of cpu_idle_wait, which just makes a dummy smp_call_function to all cpus, to make them come out of old idle handler and start using the new idle handler. It eliminates code in the idle loop to handle cpu_idle_wait. Signed-off-by:
Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
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Harvey Harrison authored
Shift of a LE value seems strange, probably meant to shift the cpu-order variable as in the prvious section of the switch statement. Signed-off-by:
Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Acked-by:
Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Signed-off-by:
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David Howells authored
Don't make smp_{r,w,}mb() interpolate a MEMBAR instruction when CONFIG_SMP=n as SMP memory barries on UP systems should interpolate a compiler barrier only. Signed-off-by:David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by:
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David Howells authored
Make NOMMU-mode work with base addresses other than 0xC0000000 by: (1) Giving the code that sets up the protection registers the right address in __sdram_base. Rather than being hard coded to 0xC0000000, the value of __page_offset is obtained from the linker script. (2) Eliminate the check in __switch_to() that verifies the current thread info is in the 0xCxxxxxxx region. Signed-off-by: -
David Howells authored
Use traps 120-126 to emulate atomic cmpxchg32, xchg32, and XOR-, OR-, AND-, SUB- and ADD-to-memory operations for userspace. Signed-off-by:
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David Howells authored
Move STACK_TOP_MAX up so that we don't try moving the stack above it as that causes setup_arg_pages() to malfunction. Signed-off-by:
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David Howells authored
Handle update_mmu_cache() being called when current->mm is NULL. We cache static TLB mappings for the current page table in DAMPR4 and DAMPR5 on the theory that the next data lookup is likely to be in the same general region, and thus is likely to be mapped by the same page table. However, we can't get this information if we can't access the appropriate mm_struct. If current->mm is NULL, we just clear the cache in the knowledge that the TLB miss handlers will load it. Signed-off-by:
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git://oss.sgi.com:8090/xfs/xfs-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com:8090/xfs/xfs-2.6: [XFS] Ensure "both" features2 slots are consistent [XFS] Fix superblock features2 field alignment problem [XFS] remove shouting-indirection macros from xfs_sb.h
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git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds authored
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: cfq-iosched: do not leak ioc_data across iosched switches splice: fix infinite loop in generic_file_splice_read()
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Roman Zippel authored
Some time ago while attempting to handle invalid link counts, I botched the unlink of links itself, so this patch fixes this now correctly, so that only the link count of nodes that don't point to links is ignored. Thanks to Vlado Plaga <rechner@vlado-do.de> to notify me of this problem. Signed-off-by:
Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by:
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