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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/scsi.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gcov.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/hpfall.c115
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/pc874272
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/marvell.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/events.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt2
16 files changed, 111 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
index 8e145857fc9..df0d089d0fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip)
<para>
The blocks in which the tables are stored are procteted against
accidental access by marking them bad in the memory bad block
- table. The bad block table managment functions are allowed
+ table. The bad block table management functions are allowed
to circumvernt this protection.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/scsi.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/scsi.tmpl
index 10a150ae2a7..d87f4569e76 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/scsi.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/scsi.tmpl
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
<para>
The SAS transport class contains common code to deal with SAS HBAs,
an aproximated representation of SAS topologies in the driver model,
- and various sysfs attributes to expose these topologies and managment
+ and various sysfs attributes to expose these topologies and management
interfaces to userspace.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 5c555a8b39e..b7f9d3b4bbf 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ the MAN-PAGES maintainer (as listed in the MAINTAINERS file)
a man-pages patch, or at least a notification of the change,
so that some information makes its way into the manual pages.
-Even if the maintainer did not respond in step #4, make sure to ALWAYS
+Even if the maintainer did not respond in step #5, make sure to ALWAYS
copy the maintainer when you change their code.
For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt
index 68baddf3c3e..3ba0b945aaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>
the client address and this parameter is NOT empty only
replies from the specified server are accepted.
- Only required for for NFS root. That is autoconfiguration
+ Only required for NFS root. That is autoconfiguration
will not be triggered if it is missing and NFS root is not
in operation.
diff --git a/Documentation/gcov.txt b/Documentation/gcov.txt
index 40ec6335276..e7ca6478cd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/gcov.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gcov.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Possible uses:
Configure the kernel with:
- CONFIG_DEBUGFS=y
+ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL=y
and to get coverage data for the entire kernel:
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/hpfall.c b/Documentation/hwmon/hpfall.c
index bbea1ccfd46..681ec22b9d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/hpfall.c
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/hpfall.c
@@ -16,6 +16,34 @@
#include <stdint.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+
+char unload_heads_path[64];
+
+int set_unload_heads_path(char *device)
+{
+ char devname[64];
+
+ if (strlen(device) <= 5 || strncmp(device, "/dev/", 5) != 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ strncpy(devname, device + 5, sizeof(devname));
+
+ snprintf(unload_heads_path, sizeof(unload_heads_path),
+ "/sys/block/%s/device/unload_heads", devname);
+ return 0;
+}
+int valid_disk(void)
+{
+ int fd = open(unload_heads_path, O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ perror(unload_heads_path);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ close(fd);
+ return 1;
+}
void write_int(char *path, int i)
{
@@ -40,7 +68,7 @@ void set_led(int on)
void protect(int seconds)
{
- write_int("/sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads", seconds*1000);
+ write_int(unload_heads_path, seconds*1000);
}
int on_ac(void)
@@ -57,45 +85,62 @@ void ignore_me(void)
{
protect(0);
set_led(0);
-
}
-int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
- int fd, ret;
+ int fd, ret;
+ struct sched_param param;
+
+ if (argc == 1)
+ ret = set_unload_heads_path("/dev/sda");
+ else if (argc == 2)
+ ret = set_unload_heads_path(argv[1]);
+ else
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+
+ if (ret || !valid_disk()) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <device> (default: /dev/sda)\n",
+ argv[0]);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ fd = open("/dev/freefall", O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ perror("/dev/freefall");
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
- fd = open("/dev/freefall", O_RDONLY);
- if (fd < 0) {
- perror("open");
- return EXIT_FAILURE;
- }
+ daemon(0, 0);
+ param.sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO);
+ sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+ mlockall(MCL_CURRENT|MCL_FUTURE);
signal(SIGALRM, ignore_me);
- for (;;) {
- unsigned char count;
-
- ret = read(fd, &count, sizeof(count));
- alarm(0);
- if ((ret == -1) && (errno == EINTR)) {
- /* Alarm expired, time to unpark the heads */
- continue;
- }
-
- if (ret != sizeof(count)) {
- perror("read");
- break;
- }
-
- protect(21);
- set_led(1);
- if (1 || on_ac() || lid_open()) {
- alarm(2);
- } else {
- alarm(20);
- }
- }
-
- close(fd);
- return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ for (;;) {
+ unsigned char count;
+
+ ret = read(fd, &count, sizeof(count));
+ alarm(0);
+ if ((ret == -1) && (errno == EINTR)) {
+ /* Alarm expired, time to unpark the heads */
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (ret != sizeof(count)) {
+ perror("read");
+ break;
+ }
+
+ protect(21);
+ set_led(1);
+ if (1 || on_ac() || lid_open())
+ alarm(2);
+ else
+ alarm(20);
+ }
+
+ close(fd);
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/pc87427 b/Documentation/hwmon/pc87427
index d1ebbe510f3..db5cc1227a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/pc87427
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/pc87427
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ Fan rotation speeds are reported as 14-bit values from a gated clock
signal. Speeds down to 83 RPM can be measured.
An alarm is triggered if the rotation speed drops below a programmable
-limit. Another alarm is triggered if the speed is too low to to be measured
+limit. Another alarm is triggered if the speed is too low to be measured
(including stalled or missing fan).
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 0f17d16dc10..c363840cdce 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1 -- enable informational integrity auditing messages.
ima_hash= [IMA]
- Formt: { "sha1" | "md5" }
+ Format: { "sha1" | "md5" }
default: "sha1"
ima_tcb [IMA]
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
index eaa1a25946c..ee31369e9e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Example code - drivers hinting an alpha2:
This example comes from the zd1211rw device driver. You can start
by having a mapping of your device's EEPROM country/regulatory
-domain value to to a specific alpha2 as follows:
+domain value to a specific alpha2 as follows:
static struct zd_reg_alpha2_map reg_alpha2_map[] = {
{ ZD_REGDOMAIN_FCC, "US" },
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/marvell.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/marvell.txt
index 3708a2fd474..f1533d91953 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/marvell.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/marvell.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ prefixed with the string "marvell,", for Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
devices. This field represents the number of cells needed to
represent the address of the memory-mapped registers of devices
within the system controller chip.
- - #size-cells : Size representation for for the memory-mapped
+ - #size-cells : Size representation for the memory-mapped
registers within the system controller chip.
- #interrupt-cells : Defines the width of cells used to represent
interrupts.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid
index eaa4801f2ce..38e9e7cadc9 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ iv. Remove yield() while mailbox handshake in synchronous commands
v. Remove redundant __megaraid_busywait_mbox routine
-vi. Fix bug in the managment module, which causes a system lockup when the
+vi. Fix bug in the management module, which causes a system lockup when the
IO module is loaded and then unloaded, followed by executing any
management utility. The current version of management module does not
handle the adapter unregister properly.
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt
index d7f181701dc..aec6549ab09 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ Vport Disable/Enable:
int vport_disable(struct fc_vport *vport, bool disable)
where:
- vport: Is vport to to be enabled or disabled
+ vport: Is vport to be enabled or disabled
disable: If "true", the vport is to be disabled.
If "false", the vport is to be enabled.
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
index 97eebd63bed..f1708b79f96 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ STAC92HD73*
STAC92HD83*
===========
ref Reference board
- mic-ref Reference board with power managment for ports
+ mic-ref Reference board with power management for ports
dell-s14 Dell laptop
auto BIOS setup (default)
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 2dbff53369d..3e5b63ebb82 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -319,25 +319,29 @@ This option can be used to select the type of process address
space randomization that is used in the system, for architectures
that support this feature.
-0 - Turn the process address space randomization off by default.
+0 - Turn the process address space randomization off. This is the
+ default for architectures that do not support this feature anyways,
+ and kernels that are booted with the "norandmaps" parameter.
1 - Make the addresses of mmap base, stack and VDSO page randomized.
This, among other things, implies that shared libraries will be
- loaded to random addresses. Also for PIE-linked binaries, the location
- of code start is randomized.
+ loaded to random addresses. Also for PIE-linked binaries, the
+ location of code start is randomized. This is the default if the
+ CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK option is enabled.
- With heap randomization, the situation is a little bit more
- complicated.
- There a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient
+2 - Additionally enable heap randomization. This is the default if
+ CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is disabled.
+
+ There are a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient
versions of libc.so.5 from 1996) that assume that brk area starts
- just after the end of the code+bss. These applications break when
- start of the brk area is randomized. There are however no known
+ just after the end of the code+bss. These applications break when
+ start of the brk area is randomized. There are however no known
non-legacy applications that would be broken this way, so for most
- systems it is safe to choose full randomization. However there is
- a CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK option for systems with ancient and/or broken
- binaries, that makes heap non-randomized, but keeps all other
- parts of process address space randomized if randomize_va_space
- sysctl is turned on.
+ systems it is safe to choose full randomization.
+
+ Systems with ancient and/or broken binaries should be configured
+ with CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK enabled, which excludes the heap from process
+ address space randomization.
==============================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
index 78c45a87be5..02ac6ed38b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ To enable all events in sched subsystem:
# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/enable
-To eanble all events:
+To enable all events:
# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/enable
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index 1b6292bbdd6..957b22fde2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
than requested, the rest of the page will be used,
making the actual allocation bigger than requested.
( Note, the size may not be a multiple of the page size
- due to buffer managment overhead. )
+ due to buffer management overhead. )
This can only be updated when the current_tracer
is set to "nop".