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2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: add time_adjust to tick lengthRoman Zippel
This folds update_ntp_one_tick() into second_overflow() and adds time_adjust to the tick length, this makes time_next_adjust unnecessary. This slightly changes the adjtime() behaviour, instead of applying it to the next tick, it's applied to the next second. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: prescale time_offsetRoman Zippel
This converts time_offset into a scaled per tick value. This avoids now completely the crude compensation in second_overflow(). Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: add time_freq to tick lengthRoman Zippel
This adds the frequency part to ntp_update_frequency(). Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: add time_adj to tick lengthRoman Zippel
This makes time_adj local to second_overflow() and integrates it into the tick length instead of adding it everytime. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: add ntp_update_frequencyRoman Zippel
This introduces ntp_update_frequency() and deinlines ntp_clear() (as it's not performance critical). ntp_update_frequency() calculates the base tick length using tick_usec and adds a base adjustment, in case the frequency doesn't divide evenly by HZ. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] NTP: Move all the NTP related code to ntp.cjohn stultz
Move all the NTP related code to ntp.c [akpm@osdl.org: cleanups, build fix] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Pass sparse the lock expression given to lock annotationsJosh Triplett
The lock annotation macros __acquires, __releases, __acquire, and __release all currently throw away the lock expression passed as an argument. Now that sparse can parse __context__ and __attribute__((context)) with a context expression, pass the lock expression down to sparse as the context expression. This requires a version of sparse from GIT commit 37475a6c1c3e66219e68d912d5eb833f4098fd72 or later. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ipmi: don't start kipmid if the IPMI driver can use interruptsCorey Minyard
If the driver has interrupts available to it, there is really no reason to have a kernel daemon push the IPMI state machine. Note that I have experienced machines where the interrupts do not work correctly. This was a long time ago and hopefully things are better now. If some machines still have broken interrupts, a blacklist will need to be added. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] omap_cf works again (sync with linux-omap tree)David Brownell
This syncs the omap_cf driver with the one from the linux-omap tree. Changes include fixing build warnings (section mismatch, unused return value) and coping with various pcmcia core changes related to managing i/o memory and irq resources. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] RTC: rtc-ds1553, rtc-ds1742 updateAtsushi Nemoto
Check return value of sysfs_create_bin_file(). Fix polarity of RTC_BATT_FLAG bit in DS1742. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] AT91rm9200 RTC can issue system wakeup eventsDavid Brownell
This lets the at91rm9200 RTC alarm be a system wakeup irq, according to the setting of /sys/devices/platform/at91_rtc/power/wakeup. User code can set the alarm, put the system into a low power mode, and then rely on it waking up no later than the specified moment. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] constify rtc_class_ops: update driversDavid Brownell
Update RTC framework so that drivers can constify their method tables, moving them from ".data" to ".rodata". Then update the drivers. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] RTC class: error checksDavid Brownell
The rtc_is_valid_tm() routine needs to treat some of the fields it checks as unsigned, to prevent wrongly accepting invalid rtc_time structs; this is the same approach used elsewhere in the RTC code for such tests. Conversely, rtc_proc_show() is missing one invalid-day-of-month test that rtc_is_valid_tm() makes: there is no day zero. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] RTC class uses subsys_initDavid Brownell
This makes RTC core components use "subsys_init" instead of "module_init", as appropriate for subsystem infrastructure. This is mostly useful for statically linking drivers in other parts of the tree that may provide an RTC interface as a secondary functionality (e.g. part of a multifunction chip); they won't need to worry so much about drivers/Makefile link order. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Acked-by: Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] RTC class: Kconfig improvementsDavid Brownell
Small updates to make the RTC class Kconfig text be more informative. This should help folk used to the drivers/char/rtc.c support, or a single RTC, be slightly less surprised by the differences. Also, adds a new RTC_DEBUG option to predefine DEBUG in the framework and its drivers, while debugging. That's getting to be a standard idiom, and it's pretty useful. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Acked-by: Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] fix EMBEDDED + SYSCTL menuRandy Dunlap
SYSCTL should still depend on EMBEDDED. This unbreaks the EMBEDDED menu (from the recent SYSCTL_SYCALL menu option patch). Fix typos in new SYSCTL_SYSCALL menu. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] rtc driver rtc-pcf8563 century bit inversedJean-Baptiste Maneyrol
The century bit PCF8563_MO_C in the month register is misinterpreted. It is set to 1 for the 20th century and 0 for 21th, and the driver is expecting the opposite behavior. Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Char: specialix, kill unneeded page allocJiri Slaby
The driver is allocating a page but doesn't actually use it for anything. (History from the old ->write method before Linus cleaned it up) Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] completions: lockdep annotate on stack completionsPeter Zijlstra
All on stack DECLARE_COMPLETIONs should be replaced by: DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Remove unnecessary check in drivers/rtc/rtc-v3020.cEric Sesterhenn
Looks like the probe function always gets a valid pdev, and checking it after dereferencing it is pretty useless. This patch removes the check (cid #1365) Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Cc: Raphael Assenat <raph@raphnet.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Remove BUG_ON(unlikely) in include/linux/aio.hRolf Eike Beer
BUG_ON() does this unlikely check itself, as bugs in Linux are unlikely anyway :) Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Acked-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com> Acked-by: Benjamin LaHaise <benjamin.c.lahaise@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] typo fixes for rt-mutex-design.txtJan Altenberg
Address some simple typos in rt-mutex-design.txt It also changes the indentation of the cmpxchg example (the cmpxchg example was indented by spaces, while all other code snippets were indented by tabs). Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Jan Altenberg <tb10alj@tglx.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] hdaps: support Lenovo ThinkPad T60Soos Peter
Support hdaps on Lenovo ThinkPad T60. It was tested with pivot utility from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/hdaps and it seems to be OK. Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Robert Love <rml@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Off-by-one in drivers/char/mwave/mwavedd.cEric Sesterhenn
This fixes two off by ones in the mwave driver, found via find -iname \*.[ch] | xargs grep "> ARRAY_SIZE(" Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] trident: fix pci_dev reference counting and bugletAlan Cox
Switch trident to use pci_get/put_dev properly. Also fix a bug where the driver erroneously passed pdev not NULL to a second search. This happened to always work except with pci=reverse because of chip ordering. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] sysrq: disable lockdep on rebootPeter Zijlstra
SysRq : Emergency Sync Emergency Sync complete SysRq : Emergency Remount R/O Emergency Remount complete SysRq : Resetting BUG: warning at kernel/lockdep.c:1816/trace_hardirqs_on() (Not tainted) Call Trace: [<ffffffff8026d56d>] show_trace+0xae/0x319 [<ffffffff8026d7ed>] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 [<ffffffff802a68d1>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xbc/0x13d [<ffffffff803a8eec>] sysrq_handle_reboot+0x9/0x11 [<ffffffff803a8f8d>] __handle_sysrq+0x99/0x130 [<ffffffff803a903b>] handle_sysrq+0x17/0x19 [<ffffffff803a36ee>] kbd_event+0x32e/0x57d [<ffffffff80401e35>] input_event+0x42d/0x45b [<ffffffff804063eb>] atkbd_interrupt+0x44d/0x53d [<ffffffff803fe5c5>] serio_interrupt+0x49/0x86 [<ffffffff803ff2a4>] i8042_interrupt+0x202/0x21a [<ffffffff80210cf0>] handle_IRQ_event+0x2c/0x64 [<ffffffff802bfd8b>] __do_IRQ+0xaf/0x114 [<ffffffff8026ea24>] do_IRQ+0xf8/0x107 [<ffffffff8025f886>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xf DWARF2 unwinder stuck at ret_from_intr+0x0/0xf Leftover inexact backtrace: <IRQ> <EOI> [<ffffffff80258e36>] mwait_idle+0x3f/0x54 [<ffffffff8024a33a>] cpu_idle+0xa2/0xc5 [<ffffffff8026c34e>] rest_init+0x2b/0x2d [<ffffffff809708bc>] start_kernel+0x24a/0x24c [<ffffffff8097028b>] _sinittext+0x28b/0x292 Since we're shutting down anyway, don't bother being smart, just turn the thing off. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] cardbus: switch to ref counting/hotplug safe APIAlan Cox
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] i2o: Switch to pci_get APIAlan Cox
Use the safe ref-counted API for the bridge check Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ip2: use newer pci_get functionsAlan Cox
This is one of a series of patches I plan to gradually trickle into the tree which eliminates almost all remaining use of pci_find_* and lets me build a pci_find_* free kernel for all but some obscure ISDN and SCSI drivers. This is important as all pci_find_* users are not hotplug safe - even if they are not the device being plugged. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] update legacy io handling for pmacOlaf Hering
ppc can boot one single binary on prep, chrp and pmac boards. ppc64 can boot one single binary on pseries and G5 boards. pmac has no legacy io, probing for PC style legacy hardware (or accessing the legacy io area regulary) may lead to a hard crash: * add check for parport_pc, exit on pmac. 32bit chrp has no ->check_legacy_ioport, the probe is always called. 64bit chrp has check_legacy_ioport, check for a "parallel" node * add check for isapnp, only PReP boards may have real ISA slots. 32bit PReP will have no ->check_legacy_ioport, the probe is always called. * update code in i8042_platform_init. Run ->check_legacy_ioport first, always call request_region. No functional change. Remove whitespace before i8042_reset init. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] IPMI: per-channel command registrationCorey Minyard
This patch adds the ability to register for a command per-channel in the IPMI driver. If your BMC supports multiple channels, incoming messages can be useful to have the ability to register to receive commands on a specific channel instead the current behaviour of all channels. Signed-off-by: David Barksdale <amatus@ocgnet.org> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Move ncpfs 32bit compat ioctl to ncpfsPetr Vandrovec
The ncp specific compat ioctls are clearly local to one file system, so the code can better live there. This version of the patch moves everything into the generic ioctl handler and uses it for both 32 and 64 bit calls. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Prevent multiple inclusion of linux/sysrq.hThomas Petazzoni
Prevent multiple inclusions of include/linux/sysrq.h using traditional #ifndef..#endif. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@enix.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] mmc (mainly): add "or later" clause to licence statement.Pierre Ossman
Clarify my (Pierre's) position on which GPL versions apply. The patch only touches the source files where I am the only major author. The people who have made the minor commits to the files have been contacted and have no issues with this change. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] remove SYSRQ_KEY and related defines from ppc/sh/h8300Olaf Hering
Remove unused global SYSRQ_KEY from ppc and powerpc Remove unused define SYSRQ_KEY from sh/sh64 and h8300 Remove unused pckbd_sysrq_xlate and kbd_sysrq_xlate usage Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: Kazumoto Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] isicom: correct firmware loadingJiri Slaby
- loading of firmware didn't fail when something went wrong (returned 0). - pointer to frame was incremented only by sizeof(frame) excluding its data contents -- bad idea. - tell the card we're ready just after checking is complete, not before. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] HOWTO: mention bughuntingDiego Calleja
Signed-off-by: Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] rtc: remove superfluous call to call to cdev_del()Rolf Eike Beer
If cdev_add() fails there is no good reason to call cdev_del(). Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] cciss: remove unneeded spaces in output for attached volumesMetathronius Galabant
It removes the awkwards spaces after the "=" when displaying the geometry of the attached volumes. Before: cciss: using DAC cycles blocks= 286734240 block_size= 512 heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 35139 After: cciss: using DAC cycles blocks=286734240 block_size=512 heads=255, sectors=32, cylinders=35139 Signed-off-by: Metathronius Galabant <m.galabant@gmail.com> Acked-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] synclink_gt: increase max devicesPaul Fulghum
Increase maximum number of devices. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] synclink_gt: add bisync and monosync modesPaul Fulghum
Add bisync and monosync serial protocol support to the synclink_gt driver. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Directed yield: direct yield of spinlocks for s390.Martin Schwidefsky
Use the new diagnose 0x9c in the spinlock implementation for s390. It yields the remaining timeslice of the virtual cpu that tries to acquire a lock to the virtual cpu that is the current holder of the lock. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Directed yield: direct yield of spinlocks for powerpcMartin Schwidefsky
Powerpc already has a directed yield for CONFIG_PREEMPT="n". To make it work with CONFIG_PREEMPT="y" as well the _raw_{spin,read,write}_relax primitives need to be defined to call __spin_yield() for spinlocks and __rw_yield() for rw-locks. Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Directed yield: cpu_relax variants for spinlocks and rw-locksMartin Schwidefsky
On systems running with virtual cpus there is optimization potential in regard to spinlocks and rw-locks. If the virtual cpu that has taken a lock is known to a cpu that wants to acquire the same lock it is beneficial to yield the timeslice of the virtual cpu in favour of the cpu that has the lock (directed yield). With CONFIG_PREEMPT="n" this can be implemented by the architecture without common code changes. Powerpc already does this. With CONFIG_PREEMPT="y" the lock loops are coded with _raw_spin_trylock, _raw_read_trylock and _raw_write_trylock in kernel/spinlock.c. If the lock could not be taken cpu_relax is called. A directed yield is not possible because cpu_relax doesn't know anything about the lock. To be able to yield the lock in favour of the current lock holder variants of cpu_relax for spinlocks and rw-locks are needed. The new _raw_spin_relax, _raw_read_relax and _raw_write_relax primitives differ from cpu_relax insofar that they have an argument: a pointer to the lock structure. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] leds: turn LED off when changing triggersPaul Collins
I was playing with LED triggers when I noticed that changing from heartbeat (or ide-disk) to "none" at the right moment would leave the LED stuck on. This is easy to reproduce by doing "find / >/dev/null" with the ide-disk trigger enabled and then switching to "none". Here is a patch that fixes the problem by explicitly turning the LED off after removing the existing trigger. Signed-off-by: Paul Collins <paul@ondioline.org> Acked-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Doc/lockdep-design: explain display of {state-bits}Jim Cromie
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] submit checklist: mention headers_checkAndrew Morton
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] proper flags type of spin_lock_irqsave()Alexey Dobriyan
Convert various spin_lock_irqsave() callers to correctly use `unsigned long'. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Miles Bader <uclinux-v850@lsi.nec.co.jp> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Acked-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] VFS: Use SEEK_{SET, CUR, END} instead of hardcoded valuesJosef 'Jeff' Sipek
VFS: Use SEEK_{SET,CUR,END} instead of hardcoded values Signed-off-by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net> Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] EICON ISDN: Removed unused definitions for OS_SEEK_*Josef 'Jeff' Sipek
EICON ISDN: Removed unused definitions for OS_SEEK_* Signed-off-by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net> Cc: Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de> Acked-by: Armin Schindler <armin@melware.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>