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2008-09-04ACPI: Make Len Brown the ACPI maintainer againAndi Kleen
Len is back! Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-28Merge branch 'wan' into release-2.6.27Andi Kleen
2008-08-28ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: wan radio control is not experimentalJeremy Fitzhardinge
The WWAN radio control has been working well for over three years, and is no longer experimental. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-25Merge branch 'release-2.6.27' of ↵Andi Kleen
ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-acpi-2.6 into release-2.6.27
2008-08-25Merge branch 'pnp-fix' into release-2.6.27Andi Kleen
2008-08-25PNPACPI: ignore the producer/consumer bit for extended IRQ descriptorsBjorn Helgaas
The Extended Interrupt descriptor has a producer/consumer bit, but it's not clear what that would mean, and existing BIOSes use the bit inconsistently. This patch makes Linux PNPACPI ignore the bit. The ACPI spec contains examples of PCI Interrupt Link devices marked as ResourceProducers, but many BIOSes mark them as ResourceConsumers. I also checked with a Windows contact, who said: Windows uses only "resource consumer" when dealing with interrupts. There's no useful way of looking at a resource producer of interrupts. ... NT-based Windows largely infers the producer/consumer stuff from the device type and ignores the bits in the namespace. This was necessary because Windows 98 ignored them and early namespaces contained random junk. The reason I want to change this is because if PNPACPI devices exclude ResourceProducer IRQ resources, we can't write PNP drivers for those devices. For example, on machines such as the the HP rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, rx8640, and Superdome, HPET interrupts are ResourceProducers. The HPET driver currently has to use acpi_bus_register_driver() and do its own _CRS parsing, even though it requires absolutely no ACPI-specific functionality. It would be better if the HPET driver were a PNP driver and took advantage of the _CRS parsing built into PNPACPI. This producer/consumer check was originally added here: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=2b8de5f50e4a302b83ebcd5b0120621336d50bd6 to fix this bug: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6292 However, the bug was related only to memory and I/O port resources, where the distinction is sensible and important to Linux. Given that the distinction is muddled for IRQ resources, I think it was a mistake to add the check there. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-21Merge branch 'acpica-release-fixes' into release-2.6.27Andi Kleen
2008-08-21acpi: add checking for NULL early paramCyrill Gorcunov
The early_param handling function could recieve NULL pointer as argument in case if user didn't enter parameter value. So we have to be ready for a such situation and do check for NULL pointer if needed. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-21Merge branch 'compal-fix' into release-2.6.27Andi Kleen
2008-08-21ACPI: Fix typo in "Disable MWAIT via DMI on broken Compal board"Dennis Jansen
This fixes a typo in commit 2a2a64714d9c40f7705c4de1e79a5b855c7211a9 "Disable MWAIT via DMI on broken Compal board". It allows the nomwait dmi check to actually detect the Acer 5220. Signed-off-by: Dennis Jansen <dennis.jansen@web.de> Tested-by: Dennis Jansen <dennis.jansen@web.de> Acked-by: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-18ACPI: Fix now signed module parameter.Milan Broz
Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-18ACPI: Change package length error to warningMing Ling
The condition is harmless and no need to scare the user http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11245 Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-16removed unused #include <version.h>Huang Weiyi
The drivers below do not use LINUX_VERSION_CODE nor KERNEL_VERSION. drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/tty.c drivers/char/synclink_gt.c drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c This patch removes the said #include <version.h>. Signed-off-by: Huang Weiyi <weiyi.huang@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-16Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: lockdep: fix build if CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING not defined lockdep: use WARN() in kernel/lockdep.c lockdep: spin_lock_nest_lock(), checkpatch fixes lockdep: build fix
2008-08-16Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: scale sysctl_sched_shares_ratelimit with nr_cpus sched: fix rt-bandwidth hotplug race sched: fix the race between walk_tg_tree and sched_create_group
2008-08-16Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (32 commits) x86: add MAP_STACK mmap flag x86: fix section mismatch warning - spp_getpage() x86: change init_gdt to update the gdt via write_gdt, rather than a direct write. x86-64: fix overlap of modules and fixmap areas x86, geode-mfgpt: check IRQ before using MFGPT as clocksource x86, acpi: cleanup, temp_stack is used only when CONFIG_SMP is set x86: fix spin_is_contended() x86, nmi: clean UP NMI watchdog failure message x86, NMI: fix watchdog failure message x86: fix /proc/meminfo DirectMap x86: fix readb() et al compile error with gcc-3.2.3 arch/x86/Kconfig: clean up, experimental adjustement x86: invalidate caches before going into suspend x86, perfctr: don't use CCCR_OVF_PMI1 on Pentium 4Ds x86, AMD IOMMU: initialize dma_ops after sysfs registration x86m AMD IOMMU: cleanup: replace LOW_U32 macro with generic lower_32_bits x86, AMD IOMMU: initialize device table properly x86, AMD IOMMU: use status bit instead of memory write-back for completion wait x86: silence mmconfig printk x86, msr: fix NULL pointer deref due to msr_open on nonexistent CPUs ...
2008-08-16Move sysctl check into debugging section and don't make it default yAndi Kleen
I noticed that sysctl_check.o was the largest object file in a allnoconfig build in kernel/*. 36243 0 0 36243 8d93 kernel/sysctl_check.o This is because it was default y and && EMBEDDED. But I don't really see a need for a non kernel developer to have their sysctls checked all the time. So move the Kconfig into the kernel debugging section and also drop the default y and the EMBEDDED check. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-16Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (38 commits) [ARM] 5191/1: ARM: remove CVS keywords [ARM] pxafb: fix the warning of incorrect lccr when lcd_conn is specified [ARM] pxafb: add flag to specify output format on LDD pins when base is RGBT16 [ARM] pxafb: fix the incorrect configuration of GPIO77 as ACBIAS for TFT LCD [ARM] 5198/1: PalmTX: PCMCIA fixes [ARM] Fix a pile of broken watchdog drivers [ARM] update mach-types [ARM] 5196/1: fix inline asm constraints for preload [ARM] 5194/1: update .gitignore [ARM] add proc-macros.S include to proc-arm940 and proc-arm946 [ARM] 5192/1: ARM TLB: add v7wbi_{possible,always}_flags to {possible,always}_tlb_flags [ARM] 5193/1: Wire up missing syscalls [ARM] traps: don't call undef hook functions with spinlock held [ARM] 5183/2: Provide Poodle LoCoMo GPIO names [ARM] dma-mapping: provide sync_range APIs [ARM] dma-mapping: improve type-safeness of DMA translations [ARM] Kirkwood: instantiate the orion_spi driver in the platform code [ARM] prevent crashing when too much RAM installed [ARM] Kirkwood: Instantiate mv_xor driver [ARM] Orion: Instantiate mv_xor driver for 5182 ...
2008-08-16Fix header export of videodev2.h, ivtv.h, ivtvfb.hDavid Woodhouse
The exported copy of videodev2.h contains this line: #define #include <sys/time.h> This is because for some reason it defines __user for itself -- despite the fact that we remove all instances of __user when exporting headers. _All_ pointers in userspace are user pointers. Fix it by removing the unnecessary '#define __user' from the file. The new headers ivtv.h and ivtvfb.h would have the same problem... if whoever put them there had actually remembered to add them to the Kbuild file while he was at it. Fix those too, and export them as was presumably intended. Note that includes of <linux/compiler.h> are also stripped by the header export process, so those don't need to be conditional. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-16mm: VM_flags comment fixesHugh Dickins
Try to comment away a little of the confusion between mm's vm_area_struct vm_flags and vmalloc's vm_struct flags: based on an idea by Ulrich Drepper. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-16[ARM] 5191/1: ARM: remove CVS keywordsAdrian Bunk
This patch removes CVS keywords that weren't updated for a long time. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-16[ARM] pxafb: fix the warning of incorrect lccr when lcd_conn is specifiedEric Miao
The newly introduced "lcd_conn" field for connected LCD panel type will cause the original code to generate the warnings of incorrect lccr*. This is unnecessary since well encoded LCD_* flags will not generate incorrect combinition of lccr* bits. Skip the check if "lcd_conn" is specified. Signed-off-by: Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-16[ARM] pxafb: add flag to specify output format on LDD pins when base is RGBT16Eric Miao
Another fix of inconsistent shift of the LCD_BIAS_ACTIVE_* and LCD_PCLK_EDGE_* is also included. Signed-off-by: Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-16[ARM] pxafb: fix the incorrect configuration of GPIO77 as ACBIAS for TFT LCDEric Miao
Signed-off-by: Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com> Tested-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr> Tested-by: Alex Osborne <ato@meshy.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-16[ARM] 5198/1: PalmTX: PCMCIA fixesMarek Vašut
Fix GPIO handling in the PCMCIA driver. Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-16[ARM] Fix a pile of broken watchdog driversAdrian Bunk
These patches from Adrian fix: - ixp4xx_wdt: 20d35f3e50ea7e573f9568b9fce4e98523aaee5d CC drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.o ixp4xx_wdt.c:32: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' ixp4xx_wdt.c: In function 'wdt_enable': ixp4xx_wdt.c:41: error: 'wdt_lock' undeclared (first use in this ixp4xx_wdt.c:41: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only ixp4xx_wdt.c:41: error: for each function it appears in.) ixp4xx_wdt.c: In function 'wdt_disable': ixp4xx_wdt.c:52: error: 'wdt_lock' undeclared (first use in this ixp4xx_wdt.c: In function 'ixp4xx_wdt_init': ixp4xx_wdt.c:186: error: 'wdt_lock' undeclared (first use in this make[3]: *** [drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.o] Error 1 - at91rm9200_wdt: 2760600da2a13d5a2a335ba012d0f3ad5df4c098 CC drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.o at91rm9200_wdt.c:188: error: 'at91_wdt_ioctl' undeclared here (not in a make[3]: *** [drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.o] Error 1 - wdt285: d0e58eed05f9baf77c4f75e794ae245f6dae240a CC [M] drivers/watchdog/wdt285.o wdt285.c: In function 'footbridge_watchdog_init': wdt285.c:211: error: 'KERN_WARN' undeclared (first use in this function) wdt285.c:211: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once wdt285.c:211: error: for each function it appears in.) wdt285.c:212: error: expected ')' before string constant make[3]: *** [drivers/watchdog/wdt285.o] Error 1 And this patch from rmk: - s3c2410_wdt: 41dc8b72e37c514f7332cbc3f3dd864910c2a1fa CC drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.o s3c2410_wdt.c: In function `s3c2410wdt_start': s3c2410_wdt.c:161: warning: `return' with a value, in function returning void Reported-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-16[ARM] update mach-typesRussell King
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-16[ARM] 5196/1: fix inline asm constraints for preloadNicolas Pitre
With gcc 4.3 and later, a pointer that has already been dereferenced is assumed not to be null since it should have caused a segmentation fault otherwise, hence any subsequent test against NULL is optimized away. Current inline asm constraint used in the implementation of prefetch() makes gcc believe that the pointer is dereferenced even though the PLD instruction does not load any data and does not cause a segmentation fault on null pointers, which causes all sorts of interesting results when reaching the end of a linked lists for example. Let's use a better constraint to properly represent the actual usage of the pointer value. Problem reported by Chris Steel. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-16Merge branch 'thermal-fix' into release-2.6.27Andi Kleen
2008-08-16ACPI: Fix now signed module parameter.Milan Broz
Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: security: Fix setting of PF_SUPERPRIV by __capable()
2008-08-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/blackfin-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/blackfin-2.6: (33 commits) Blackfin arch: hook up some missing new system calls Blackfin arch: fix missing digit in SCLK range checking Blackfin arch: do not muck with the UART during boot -- let the serial driver worry about it Blackfin arch: clear EMAC_SYSTAT during IRQ init rather than early head.S as we dont need it setup that early Blackfin arch: use %pF when printing out the double fault address so we get symbol names Blackfin arch: add support for the BlackStamp board Blackfin arch: Allow ins functions to have a low latency version Blackfin arch: Print out doublefault addresses, so debug can occur Blackfin arch: shuffle related prototypes together -- no functional changes Blackfin arch: move fixed code defines into fixed_code.h as very few things actually need to know these details Blackfin arch: mark some functions as __init as they are only called from __init functions Blackfin arch: delete dead prototypes Blackfin arch: cleanup cache lock code Blackfin arch: workaround SIC_IWR1 reset bug, by keeping MDMA0/1 always enabled in SIC_IWR1. Blackfin arch: Fix bug - when expanding the trace buffer, it does not print out the decoded instruction. Blackfin arch: Fix Bug - System with EMAC driver enabled - Core not idling Blackfin arch: delete unused cache functions Blackfin arch: convert L2 defines to be the same as the L1 defines Blackfin arch: unify the duplicated portions of __start and split mach-specific pieces into _mach_early_start where they will be easier to trim over time Blackfin arch: add asm/thread_info.h for THREAD_SIZE define ...
2008-08-15Merge branch 'release-2.6.27' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release-2.6.27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-acpi-2.6: cpuidle: Make ladder governor honor latency requirements fully cpuidle: Menu governor fix wrong usage of measured_us cpuidle: Do not use poll_idle unless user asks for it x86: Fix ioremap off by one BUG
2008-08-15Merge branch 'cpuidle' into release-2.6.27Andi Kleen
2008-08-15cpuidle: Make ladder governor honor latency requirements fullyvenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com
ladder governor only honored latency requirement when promoting C-states. Instead. it should check for latency requirement on each idle call, and demote to appropriate C-state when there is a latency requirement change. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-15cpuidle: Menu governor fix wrong usage of measured_usvenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com
There is a bug in menu governor where we have if (data->elapsed_us < data->elapsed_us + measured_us) with measured_us already having elapsed_us added in tickless case here unsigned int measured_us = cpuidle_get_last_residency(dev) + data->elapsed_us; Also, it should be last_residency, not measured_us, that need to be used to do comparing and distinguish between expected & non-expected events. Refactor menu_reflect() to fix these two problems. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Wei Gang <gang.wei@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-15cpuidle: Do not use poll_idle unless user asks for itvenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com
poll_idle was added to CPUIDLE, just as a low latency idle handler, to be used in cases when user desires CPUs not to enter any idle state at all. It was supposed to be a run time idle=poll option to the user. But, it was indeed getting used during normal menu and ladder governor default case, with no special user setting (Reported by Linus Torvalds). Change below ensures that poll_idle will not be used unless user explicitly asks pm_qos infrastructure for zero latency requirement. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-08-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: ALSA: wm8990: Implement speaker volume PGA ALSA: wm8990: Fix routing of left DAC to speaker mixer ALSA: virtuoso: add Xonar D1 support
2008-08-15hwmon-vid: Fix AMD K8 VID decodingJean Delvare
Not all AMD K8 have 6 VID pins, contrary to what was assumed in commit 116d0486bdefc11f71e567cadf0c47f788b4dd06. This commit broke support of older CPU models which have only 5 VID pins: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11329 We need two entries in the hwmon-vid table, one for 5-bit VID models (K8 revision <= E) and one for 6-bit VID models (K8 revision >= F). This fixes bug #11329. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Frank Myhr <fmyhr@fhmtech.com> Tested-by: Jean-Luc Coulon <jean.luc.coulon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-15x86: add MAP_STACK mmap flagIngo Molnar
as per this discussion: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/12/423 Pardo reported that 64-bit threaded apps, if their stacks exceed the combined size of ~4GB, slow down drastically in pthread_create() - because glibc uses MAP_32BIT to allocate the stacks. The use of MAP_32BIT is a legacy hack - to speed up context switching on certain early model 64-bit P4 CPUs. So introduce a new flag to be used by glibc instead, to not constrain 64-bit apps like this. glibc can switch to this new flag straight away - it will be ignored by the kernel. If those old CPUs ever matter to anyone, support for it can be implemented. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-15Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6: [CIFS] mount of IPC$ breaks with iget patch [CIFS] remove trailing whitespace [CIFS] if get root inode fails during mount, cleanup tree connection
2008-08-15Merge branch 'ioremap' into release-2.6.27Andi Kleen
2008-08-15tty: remove resize window special caseAlan Cox
This moves it to being a tty operation. That removes special cases and now also means that resize can be picked up by um and other non vt consoles which may have a resize operation. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-15Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/~dedekind/ubifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/~dedekind/ubifs-2.6: (29 commits) UBIFS: xattr bugfixes UBIFS: remove unneeded check UBIFS: few commentary fixes UBIFS: fix budgeting request alignment in xattr code UBIFS: improve arguments checking in debugging messages UBIFS: always set i_generation to 0 UBIFS: correct spelling of "thrice". UBIFS: support splice_write UBIFS: minor tweaks in commit UBIFS: reserve more space for index UBIFS: print pid in dump function UBIFS: align inode data to eight UBIFS: improve budgeting checks UBIFS: correct orphan deletion order UBIFS: fix typos in comments UBIFS: do not union creat_sqnum and del_cmtno UBIFS: optimize deletions UBIFS: increment commit number earlier UBIFS: remove another unneeded function parameter UBIFS: remove unneeded function parameter ...
2008-08-15lockdep: fix build if CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING not definedStephen Hemminger
If CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING not defined, then no dependency information is available. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-15x86: add MAP_STACK mmap flagIngo Molnar
as per this discussion: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/12/423 Pardo reported that 64-bit threaded apps, if their stacks exceed the combined size of ~4GB, slow down drastically in pthread_create() - because glibc uses MAP_32BIT to allocate the stacks. The use of MAP_32BIT is a legacy hack - to speed up context switching on certain early model 64-bit P4 CPUs. So introduce a new flag to be used by glibc instead, to not constrain 64-bit apps like this. glibc can switch to this new flag straight away - it will be ignored by the kernel. If those old CPUs ever matter to anyone, support for it can be implemented. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com>
2008-08-15x86: fix section mismatch warning - spp_getpage()Marcin Slusarz
WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x17a3e): Section mismatch in reference from the function set_pte_vaddr_pud() to the function .init.text:spp_getpage() The function set_pte_vaddr_pud() references the function __init spp_getpage(). This is often because set_pte_vaddr_pud lacks a __init annotation or the annotation of spp_getpage is wrong. spp_getpage is called from __init (__init_extra_mapping) and non __init (set_pte_vaddr_pud) functions, so it can't be __init. Unfortunately it calls alloc_bootmem_pages which is __init, but does it only when bootmem allocator is available (after_bootmem == 0). So annotate it accordingly. Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2008-08-15x86: change init_gdt to update the gdt via write_gdt, rather than a direct ↵Alex Nixon
write. By writing directly, a memory access violation can occur whilst hotplugging a CPU if the entry was previously marked read-only. Signed-off-by: Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@citrix.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/mdLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: md: cancel check/repair requests when recovery is needed Allow raid10 resync to happening in larger chunks. Allow faulty devices to be removed from a readonly array. Don't let a blocked_rdev interfere with read request in raid5/6 Fail safely when trying to grow an array with a write-intent bitmap. Restore force switch of md array to readonly at reboot time. Make writes to md/safe_mode_delay immediately effective.
2008-08-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: xilinx_ps2 - fix warning Input: bcm5974 - implement autosuspend support Input: bcm5974 - add driver for Macbook Air and Pro Penryn touchpads Input: paper over a bug in Synaptics X driver Input: evdev - split EVIOCGBIT handlig into a separate function Input: i8042 - Add Dritek quirk for Acer TravelMate 4280 Input: xpad - add Pelican Eclipse D-Pad to the list of devices Input: gpio-keys - make gpio_keys_device_driver static Input: gpio-keys - fix possible NULL pointer dereference Input: wm97xx - enable sub-drivers by default