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2008-04-12[NET_SCHED] cls_u32: refcounting fix for u32_delete()Jarek Poplawski
Deleting of nonroot hnodes mostly doesn't work in u32_delete(): refcnt == 1 is expected, but such hnodes' refcnts are initialized with 0 and charged only with "link" nodes. Now they'll start with 1 like usual. Thanks to Patrick McHardy for an improving suggestion. Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-12[DCCP]: Fix skb->cb conflicts with IPPatrick McHardy
dev_queue_xmit() and the other IP output functions expect to get a skb with clear or properly initialized skb->cb. Unlike TCP and UDP, the dccp_skb_cb doesn't contain a struct inet_skb_parm at the beginning, so the DCCP-specific data is interpreted by the IP output functions. This can cause false negatives for the conditional POST_ROUTING hook invocation, making the packet bypass the hook. Add a inet_skb_parm/inet6_skb_parm union to the beginning of dccp_skb_cb to avoid clashes. Also add a BUILD_BUG_ON to make sure it fits in the cb. [ Combined with patch from Gerrit Renker to remove two now unnecessary memsets of IPCB(skb)->opt ] Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-12[AX25]: Potential ax25_uid_assoc-s leaks on module unload.Pavel Emelyanov
The ax25_uid_free call walks the ax25_uid_list and releases entries from it. The problem is that after the fisrt call to hlist_del_init the hlist_for_each_entry (which hides behind the ax25_uid_for_each) will consider the current position to be the last and will return. Thus, the whole list will be left not freed. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-12tg3: fix MMIO for PPC 44x platformsSergei Shtylyov
The driver stores the PCI resource addresses into 'unsigned long' variable before calling ioremap_nocache() on them. This warrants kernel oops when the registers are accessed on PPC 44x platforms which (being 32-bit) have PCI memory space mapped beyond 4 GB. The arch/ppc/ kernel has a fixup in ioremap() that creates an illusion that the PCI memory resource is mapped below 4 GB, but arch/powerpc/ code got rid of this trick, having instead CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT enabled. [ Bump driver version and release date -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-12Mark generic HDLC + PPP as broken.Krzysztof Halasa
PPP support in generic HDLC in Linux 2.6.25 is broken and will cause a kernel panic when a device configured in PPP mode is activated. It will be replaced by new PPP implementation after Linux 2.6.25 is released. This affects only PPP support in generic HDLC (mostly Hitachi SCA and SCA-II based drivers, wanxl, and few others). Standalone syncppp and async PPP support are not affected. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12ehea: Fix DLPAR memory add supportThomas Klein
This patch fixes two weaknesses in send/receive packet handling which may lead to kernel panics during DLPAR memory add operations. Signed-off-by: Thomas Klein <tklein@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12sc92031: sysfs link missingStephen Hemminger
Add missing sysfs device association. Compile tested only -ENOHW. Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10380 Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Cc: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net> Cc: <tom@sharkbay.at> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12smc91x driver: fix bug: print warning only in interrupt modeSonic Zhang
http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/uclinux-dist/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=3956 Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12forcedeth: mac address fixAyaz Abdulla
This critical patch fixes a mac address issue recently introduced. If the device's mac address was in correct order and the flag NVREG_TRANSMITPOLL_MAC_ADDR_REV was set, during nv_remove the flag would get cleared. During next load, the mac address would get reversed because the flag is missing. As it has been indicated previously, the flag is cleared across a low power transition. Therefore, the driver should set the mac address back into the reversed order when clearing the flag. Also, the driver should set back the flag after a low power transition to protect against kexec command calling nv_probe a second time. Signed-off-by: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com> Cc: "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12macb: Use semicolon instead of comma for statementAtsushi Nemoto
It seems no good reason to use comma here. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12macb: Call phy_disconnect on removingAtsushi Nemoto
Call phy_disconnect() on remove routine. Otherwise the phy timer causes a kernel crash when unloading. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12ucc_geth: fix non-functional fixed phy supportJoakim Tjernlund
The new Fixed PHY method, fixed-link property, isn't impl. for ucc_geth which makes fixed PHYs non functional. Add support for the new method to restore the Fixed PHY functionality. Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se> Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12fs_enet: Don't call NAPI functions when NAPI is not used.Laurent Pinchart
fs_enet_close() calls napi_disable() unconditionally. This patch skips the call when use_napi isn't set. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurentp@cse-semaphore.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12sky2: missing chip name for Yukon SupremeStephen Hemminger
Any usage of sky2 on new Yukon Supreme would cause a NULL dereference. The chip is very new, so the support is still untested; vendor has not sent any eval hardware. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12[libata] make ali_atapi_dma staticAdrian Bunk
This patch makes the needlessly global ali_atapi_dma static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-12[libata] sata_svw: fix reversed port countJeff Garzik
According to Broadcom, two chips have their port counts flipped. The proper count is: 0x241 is 8 ports 0x242 is 4 ports Reported by Yohei Honda on kernel bz 10424. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-04-11Linux 2.6.25-rc9Linus Torvalds
2008-04-11Merge branch 'docs' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* '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
2008-04-11Add additional examples in Documentation/spinlocks.txtMark Fasheh
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>
2008-04-11Move sched-rt-group.txt to scheduler/J. Bruce Fields
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2008-04-11Documentation: move rpc-cache.txt to filesystems/J. Bruce Fields
This file is nfs-related. (Maybe Documentation/filesystems/ would benefit from a separate nfs/ directory at some point.) Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2008-04-11Documentation: move nfsroot.txt to filesystems/J. Bruce Fields
Documentation/ is a little large, and filesystems/ seems an obvious place for this file. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2008-04-11Spell out behavior of atomic_dec_and_lock() in kerneldocJ. Bruce Fields
A little more detail here wouldn't hurt. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2008-04-11Fix "$(AS) -traditional" compile breakage caused by asmlinkage_protectHeiko Carstens
git commit 54a015104136974262afa4b8ddd943ea70dec8a2 ("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>
2008-04-11Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6Linus Torvalds
* '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
2008-04-11Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 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
2008-04-11Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6: [SPARC]: Fix several regset and ptrace bugs.
2008-04-11signalfd: fix for incorrect SI_QUEUE user data reportingDavide Libenzi
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: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11pnp: increase number of devices supported per protocolBjorn Helgaas
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: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11md: close a livelock window in handle_parity_checks5Dan Williams
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: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11cciss: error: implicit declaration of function 'sg_init_table'Mike Pagano
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: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11rtc: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplugKay Sievers
Since 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf, 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: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11watchdog: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplugKay Sievers
Since 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf, 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: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11usb host: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplugKay Sievers
Since 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf, 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: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11usb gadget: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplugKay Sievers
Since 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf, 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: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11spi: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplugKay Sievers
Since 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf, 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: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11eventfd/kaio integration fixDavide Libenzi
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: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com> Cc: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11rtc: rtc-s35390a.c needs the bitreverse libraryRandy Dunlap
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: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11cgroups: include hierarchy ids in /proc/<pid>/cgroupPaul Menage
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: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-11i2c-tiny-usb: New VID/PID pairTill Harbaum
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>
2008-04-11i2c-davinci: Fix lost interruptTroy Kisky
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: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-04-11i2c-ibm_iic: Fast mode parm desc fixupPaul Mundt
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: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-04-10[NETNS][IPV6] tcp - assign the netns for timewait socketsDaniel Lezcano
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>
2008-04-10Add commentary about the new "asmlinkage_protect()" macroLinus Torvalds
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: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-10asmlinkage_protect sys_io_geteventsRoland McGrath
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: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-10asmlinkage_protect replaces prevent_tail_callRoland McGrath
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: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-10x86: Simplify cpu_idle_waitVenki Pallipadi
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 40d6a146629b98d8e322b6f9332b182c7cbff3df 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: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-10lzo: fix typo in decompressorHarvey Harrison
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: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-10FRV: Don't make smp_{r, w, }mb() interpolate MEMBAR when CONFIG_SMP=n [try #2]David Howells
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: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-10FRV: Make NOMMU-mode work with base addresses other than 0xC0000000 [try #2]David Howells
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 <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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