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2009-06-11Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://linux-arm.org/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://linux-arm.org/linux-2.6: kmemleak: Add the corresponding MAINTAINERS entry kmemleak: Simple testing module for kmemleak kmemleak: Enable the building of the memory leak detector kmemleak: Remove some of the kmemleak false positives kmemleak: Add modules support kmemleak: Add kmemleak_alloc callback from alloc_large_system_hash kmemleak: Add the vmalloc memory allocation/freeing hooks kmemleak: Add the slub memory allocation/freeing hooks kmemleak: Add the slob memory allocation/freeing hooks kmemleak: Add the slab memory allocation/freeing hooks kmemleak: Add documentation on the memory leak detector kmemleak: Add the base support Manual conflict resolution (with the slab/earlyboot changes) in: drivers/char/vt.c init/main.c mm/slab.c
2009-06-11Merge branch 'for-2.6.31' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.31' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (153 commits) block: add request clone interface (v2) floppy: fix hibernation ramdisk: remove long-deprecated "ramdisk=" boot-time parameter fs/bio.c: add missing __user annotation block: prevent possible io_context->refcount overflow Add serial number support for virtio_blk, V4a block: Add missing bounce_pfn stacking and fix comments Revert "block: Fix bounce limit setting in DM" cciss: decode unit attention in SCSI error handling code cciss: Remove no longer needed sendcmd reject processing code cciss: change SCSI error handling routines to work with interrupts enabled. cciss: separate error processing and command retrying code in sendcmd_withirq_core() cciss: factor out fix target status processing code from sendcmd functions cciss: simplify interface of sendcmd() and sendcmd_withirq() cciss: factor out core of sendcmd_withirq() for use by SCSI error handling code cciss: Use schedule_timeout_uninterruptible in SCSI error handling code block: needs to set the residual length of a bidi request Revert "block: implement blkdev_readpages" block: Fix bounce limit setting in DM Removed reference to non-existing file Documentation/PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt ... Manually fix conflicts with tracing updates in: block/blk-sysfs.c drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c drivers/ide/ide-cd.c drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c drivers/ide/ide-tape.c include/trace/events/block.h kernel/trace/blktrace.c
2009-06-11Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmwLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw: (25 commits) GFS2: Merge gfs2_get_sb into gfs2_get_sb_meta GFS2: Fix cache coherency between truncate and O_DIRECT read GFS2: Fix locking issue mounting gfs2meta fs GFS2: Remove unused variable GFS2: smbd proccess hangs with flock() call. GFS2: Remove args subdir from gfs2 sysfs files GFS2: Remove lockstruct subdir from gfs2 sysfs files GFS2: Move gfs2_unlink_ok into ops_inode.c GFS2: Move gfs2_readlinki into ops_inode.c GFS2: Move gfs2_rmdiri into ops_inode.c GFS2: Merge mount.c and ops_super.c into super.c GFS2: Clean up some file names GFS2: Be more aggressive in reclaiming unlinked inodes GFS2: Add a rgrp bitmap full flag GFS2: Improve resource group error handling GFS2: Don't warn when delete inode fails on ro filesystem GFS2: Update docs GFS2: Umount recovery race fix GFS2: Remove a couple of unused sysfs entries GFS2: Add commit= mount option ...
2009-06-11Merge 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: (44 commits) nommu: Provide mmap_min_addr definition. TOMOYO: Add description of lists and structures. TOMOYO: Remove unused field. integrity: ima audit dentry_open failure TOMOYO: Remove unused parameter. security: use mmap_min_addr indepedently of security models TOMOYO: Simplify policy reader. TOMOYO: Remove redundant markers. SELinux: define audit permissions for audit tree netlink messages TOMOYO: Remove unused mutex. tomoyo: avoid get+put of task_struct smack: Remove redundant initialization. integrity: nfsd imbalance bug fix rootplug: Remove redundant initialization. smack: do not beyond ARRAY_SIZE of data integrity: move ima_counts_get integrity: path_check update IMA: Add __init notation to ima functions IMA: Minimal IMA policy and boot param for TCB IMA policy selinux: remove obsolete read buffer limit from sel_read_bool ...
2009-06-11kmemleak: Add documentation on the memory leak detectorCatalin Marinas
This patch adds the Documentation/kmemleak.txt file with some information about how kmemleak works. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2009-06-10Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (244 commits) Revert "x86, bts: reenable ptrace branch trace support" tracing: do not translate event helper macros in print format ftrace/documentation: fix typo in function grapher name tracing/events: convert block trace points to TRACE_EVENT(), fix !CONFIG_BLOCK tracing: add protection around module events unload tracing: add trace_seq_vprint interface tracing: fix the block trace points print size tracing/events: convert block trace points to TRACE_EVENT() ring-buffer: fix ret in rb_add_time_stamp ring-buffer: pass in lockdep class key for reader_lock tracing: add annotation to what type of stack trace is recorded tracing: fix multiple use of __print_flags and __print_symbolic tracing/events: fix output format of user stack tracing/events: fix output format of kernel stack tracing/trace_stack: fix the number of entries in the header ring-buffer: discard timestamps that are at the start of the buffer ring-buffer: try to discard unneeded timestamps ring-buffer: fix bug in ring_buffer_discard_commit ftrace: do not profile functions when disabled tracing: make trace pipe recognize latency format flag ...
2009-06-10Merge branch 'oprofile-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'oprofile-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: oprofile: introduce module_param oprofile.cpu_type oprofile: add support for Core i7 and Atom oprofile: remove undocumented oprofile.p4force option oprofile: re-add force_arch_perfmon option
2009-06-10Merge branch 'rcu-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rcu: rcu_sched_grace_period(): kill the bogus flush_signals() rculist: use list_entry_rcu in places where it's appropriate rculist.h: introduce list_entry_rcu() and list_first_entry_rcu() rcu: Update RCU tracing documentation for __rcu_pending rcu: Add __rcu_pending tracing to hierarchical RCU RCU: make treercu be default
2009-06-11Merge branch 'next' into for-linusJames Morris
2009-06-10Merge branch 'iommu-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'iommu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (61 commits) amd-iommu: remove unnecessary "AMD IOMMU: " prefix amd-iommu: detach device explicitly before attaching it to a new domain amd-iommu: remove BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER handling dma-debug: simplify logic in driver_filter() dma-debug: disable/enable irqs only once in device_dma_allocations dma-debug: use pr_* instead of printk(KERN_* ...) dma-debug: code style fixes dma-debug: comment style fixes dma-debug: change hash_bucket_find from first-fit to best-fit x86: enable GART-IOMMU only after setting up protection methods amd_iommu: fix lock imbalance dma-debug: add documentation for the driver filter dma-debug: add dma_debug_driver kernel command line dma-debug: add debugfs file for driver filter dma-debug: add variables and checks for driver filter dma-debug: fix debug_dma_sync_sg_for_cpu and debug_dma_sync_sg_for_device dma-debug: use sg_dma_len accessor dma-debug: use sg_dma_address accessor instead of using dma_address directly amd-iommu: don't free dma adresses below 512MB with CONFIG_IOMMU_STRESS amd-iommu: don't preallocate page tables with CONFIG_IOMMU_STRESS ...
2009-06-10Merge branch 'futexes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'futexes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: futex: fix restart in wait_requeue_pi futex: fix restart for early wakeup in futex_wait_requeue_pi() futex: cleanup error exit futex: remove the wait queue futex: add requeue-pi documentation futex: remove FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI (non CMP) futex: fix futex_wait_setup key handling sparc64: extend TI_RESTART_BLOCK space by 8 bytes futex: fixup unlocked requeue pi case futex: add requeue_pi functionality futex: split out futex value validation code futex: distangle futex_requeue() futex: add FUTEX_HAS_TIMEOUT flag to restart.futex.flags rt_mutex: add proxy lock routines futex: split out fixup owner logic from futex_lock_pi() futex: split out atomic logic from futex_lock_pi() futex: add helper to find the top prio waiter of a futex futex: separate futex_wait_queue_me() logic from futex_wait()
2009-06-10Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (22 commits) x86: fix system without memory on node0 x86, mm: Fix node_possible_map logic mm, x86: remove MEMORY_HOTPLUG_RESERVE related code x86: make sparse mem work in non-NUMA mode x86: process.c, remove useless headers x86: merge process.c a bit x86: use sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions() on UMA x86: unify 64-bit UMA and NUMA paging_init() x86: Allow 1MB of slack between the e820 map and SRAT, not 4GB x86: Sanity check the e820 against the SRAT table using e820 map only x86: clean up and and print out initial max_pfn_mapped x86/pci: remove rounding quirk from e820_setup_gap() x86, e820, pci: reserve extra free space near end of RAM x86: fix typo in address space documentation x86: 46 bit physical address support on 64 bits x86, mm: fault.c, use printk_once() in is_errata93() x86: move per-cpu mmu_gathers to mm/init.c x86: move max_pfn_mapped and max_low_pfn_mapped to setup.c x86: unify noexec handling x86: remove (null) in /sys kernel_page_tables ...
2009-06-10Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: cpu_debug: Remove model information to reduce encoding-decoding x86: fixup numa_node information for AMD CPU northbridge functions x86: k8 convert node_to_k8_nb_misc() from a macro to an inline function x86: cacheinfo: complete L2/L3 Cache and TLB associativity field definitions x86/docs: add description for cache_disable sysfs interface x86: cacheinfo: disable L3 ECC scrubbing when L3 cache index is disabled x86: cacheinfo: replace sysfs interface for cache_disable feature x86: cacheinfo: use cached K8 NB_MISC devices instead of scanning for it x86: cacheinfo: correct return value when cache_disable feature is not active x86: cacheinfo: use L3 cache index disable feature only for CPUs that support it
2009-06-10Merge branch 'sched-docs-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-docs-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: Document memory barriers implied by sleep/wake-up primitives
2009-06-10Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: fix typo in sched-rt-group.txt file ftrace: fix typo about map of kernel priority in ftrace.txt file. sched: properly define the sched_group::cpumask and sched_domain::span fields sched, timers: cleanup avenrun users sched, timers: move calc_load() to scheduler sched: Don't export sched_mc_power_savings on multi-socket single core system sched: emit thread info flags with stack trace sched: rt: document the risk of small values in the bandwidth settings sched: Replace first_cpu() with cpumask_first() in ILB nomination code sched: remove extra call overhead for schedule() sched: use group_first_cpu() instead of cpumask_first(sched_group_cpus()) wait: don't use __wake_up_common() sched: Nominate a power-efficient ilb in select_nohz_balancer() sched: Nominate idle load balancer from a semi-idle package. sched: remove redundant hierarchy walk in check_preempt_wakeup
2009-06-10Merge branch 'x86-kbuild-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-kbuild-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (46 commits) x86, boot: add new generated files to the appropriate .gitignore files x86, boot: correct the calculation of ZO_INIT_SIZE x86-64: align __PHYSICAL_START, remove __KERNEL_ALIGN x86, boot: correct sanity checks in boot/compressed/misc.c x86: add extension fields for bootloader type and version x86, defconfig: update kernel position parameters x86, defconfig: update to current, no material changes x86: make CONFIG_RELOCATABLE the default x86: default CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN to 16 MB x86: document new bzImage fields x86, boot: make kernel_alignment adjustable; new bzImage fields x86, boot: remove dead code from boot/compressed/head_*.S x86, boot: use LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR on 64 bits x86, boot: make symbols from the main vmlinux available x86, boot: determine compressed code offset at compile time x86, boot: use appropriate rep string for move and clear x86, boot: zero EFLAGS on 32 bits x86, boot: set up the decompression stack as early as possible x86, boot: straighten out ranges to copy/zero in compressed/head*.S x86, boot: stylistic cleanups for boot/compressed/head_64.S ... Fixed trivial conflict in arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig manually
2009-06-10ftrace/documentation: fix typo in function grapher nameMike Frysinger
The function graph tracer is called just "function_graph" (no trailing "_tracer" needed). Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> LKML-Reference: <1244623722-6325-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-09Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris
2009-06-07Merge branch 'linus' into x86/cpuIngo Molnar
2009-06-07Merge branch 'dma-debug/2.6.31' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu into core/iommu
2009-06-07Merge branch 'linus' into core/iommuIngo Molnar
Merge reason: This branch was on an -rc5 base so pull almost-2.6.30 to resync with the latest upstream fixes and make sure the combination works fine. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-02dma-debug: add documentation for the driver filterJoerg Roedel
This patch adds the driver filter feature to the dma-debug documentation. Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
2009-06-02dma-debug: add dma_debug_driver kernel command lineJoerg Roedel
This patch add the dma_debug_driver= boot parameter to enable the driver filter for early boot. Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
2009-06-02Removed reference to non-existing file Documentation/PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txtvibi sreenivasan
File Documentation/PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt does not exist. Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt contains DMA Mapping details Signed-off-by: vibi sreenivasan <vibi_sreenivasan@cms.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-06-02cciss: add cciss driver sysfs entriesAndrew Patterson
Add sysfs entries to the cciss driver needed for the dm/multipath tools. A file for vendor, model, rev, and unique_id is added for each logical drive under directory /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY. Where X = the controller (or host) number and Y is the logical drive number. A link from /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/block:cciss!cXdY to /sys/block/cciss!cXdY/device is also created. A bus is created in /sys/bus/cciss. A link is created from the pci ccissX entry to /sys/bus/cciss/devices/ccissX. Please consider this for inclusion. Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Cc: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-06-01ftrace: add kernel command line function filteringSteven Rostedt
When using ftrace=function on the command line to trace functions on boot up, one can not filter out functions that are commonly called. This patch adds two new ftrace command line commands. ftrace_notrace=function-list ftrace_filter=function-list Where function-list is a comma separated list of functions to filter. The ftrace_notrace will make the functions listed not be included in the function tracing, and ftrace_filter will only trace the functions listed. These two act the same as the debugfs/tracing/set_ftrace_notrace and debugfs/tracing/set_ftrace_filter respectively. The simple glob expressions that are allowed by the filter files can also be used by the command line interface. ftrace_notrace=rcu*,*lock,*spin* Will not trace any function that starts with rcu, ends with lock, or has the word spin in it. Note, if the self tests are enabled, they may interfere with the filtering set by the command lines. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-01Merge branch 'linus' into irq/numaIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/mips/sibyte/bcm1480/irq.c arch/mips/sibyte/sb1250/irq.c Merge reason: we gathered a few conflicts plus update to latest upstream fixes. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-01hwmon: Update documentation on fan_maxChristian Engelmayer
Add fan_max description. Add fan limit alarm 'max_alarm' to the alarm section. Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <christian.engelmayer@frequentis.com> Acked-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-05-29Merge 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: libps2 - better handle bad scheduler decisions Input: usb1400_ts - fix access to "device data" in resume function Input: multitouch - augment event semantics documentation Input: multitouch - add tracking ID to the protocol
2009-05-29sched: fix typo in sched-rt-group.txt fileGeunSik Lim
Fix typo about static priority's range. Kernel Space User Space =============================================================== 0(high) to 98(low) user RT priority 99(high) to 1(low) with SCHED_RR or SCHED_FIFO --------------------------------------------------------------- 99 sched_priority is not used in scheduling decisions(it must be specified as 0) --------------------------------------------------------------- 100(high) to 139(low) user nice -20(high) to 19(low) --------------------------------------------------------------- 140 idle task priority --------------------------------------------------------------- * ref) http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/sched_setscheduler.2.html Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@samsung.com> CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-05-29ftrace: fix typo about map of kernel priority in ftrace.txt file.GeunSik Lim
Fix typo about chart to map the kernel priority to user land priorities. * About sched_setscheduler(2) Processes scheduled under SCHED_FIFO or SCHED_RR can have a (user-space) static priority in the range 1 to 99. (reference: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/ man2/sched_setscheduler.2.html) * From: Steven Rostedt 0 to 98 - maps to RT tasks 99 to 1 (SCHED_RR or SCHED_FIFO) 99 - maps to internal kernel threads that want to be lower than RT tasks but higher than SCHED_OTHER tasks. Although I'm not sure if any kernel thread actually uses this. I'm not even sure how this can be set, because the internal sched_setscheduler function does not allow for it. 100 to 139 - maps nice levels -20 to 19. These are not set via sched_setscheduler, but are set via the nice system call. 140 - reserved for idle tasks. Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@samsung.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-05-28amd-iommu: remove amd_iommu_size kernel parameterJoerg Roedel
This parameter is not longer necessary when aperture increases dynamically. Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
2009-05-27Merge branch 'fix/pcm-jiffies-check' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
* fix/pcm-jiffies-check: ALSA: Enable PCM hw_ptr_jiffies check only in xrun_debug mode ALSA: Fix invalid jiffies check after pause
2009-05-27ALSA: Enable PCM hw_ptr_jiffies check only in xrun_debug modeTakashi Iwai
The PCM hw_ptr jiffies check results sometimes in problems when a hardware doesn't give smooth hw_ptr updates. So far, au88x0 and some other drivers appear not working due to this strict check. However, this check is a nice debug tool, and the capability should be still kept. Hence, we disable this check now as default unless the user enables it by setting the xrun_debug mode to the specific stream via a proc file. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-05-26Merge 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: hda - Add missing check of pin vref 50 and others in Realtek codecs ALSA: hda - Add 5stack-no-fp model for STAC927x ALSA: hda - Add forced codec-slots for ASUS W5Fm
2009-05-26kmemtrace: fix kernel parameter documentationPekka Enberg
The kmemtrace.enable kernel parameter no longer works. To enable kmemtrace at boot-time, you must pass "ftrace=kmemtrace" instead. [ Impact: remove obsolete kernel parameter documentation ] Cc: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> LKML-Reference: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0905241112190.10296@rocky> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2009-05-25Merge 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: x86: Remove remap percpu allocator for the time being x86: cpa_flush_array wbinvd should be done on all CPUs x86: bugfix wbinvd() model check instead of family check x86: introduce noxsave boot parameter x86, setup: revert ACPI 3 E820 extended attributes support x86: DMI match for the Sony VGN-Z540N as it needs BIOS reboot
2009-05-24ALSA: hda - Add 5stack-no-fp model for STAC927xTakashi Iwai
The recent fix for the headphone volume control on IDT/STAC codecs resulted in the removal of invalid "Side" volume eventually. But, if the front panel doesn't exist, this setup could be regarded as a sort of regression, as reported in kernel bug #13250. Now as a workaround, a new model 5stack-no-fp is added so that the user without the front panel can choose this one explicitly. Reference: bko#13250 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13250 Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-05-23Input: multitouch - augment event semantics documentationHenrik Rydberg
Through the collaboration to adapt the N-trig and Stantum HID drivers to the MT protocol, some semantic clarifications to the protocol have been made. This patch adds them to the MT documentation. Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> Tested-by: Stéphane Chatty <chatty@enac.fr> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2009-05-22block: Export I/O topology for block devices and partitionsMartin K. Petersen
To support devices with physical block sizes bigger than 512 bytes we need to ensure proper alignment. This patch adds support for exposing I/O topology characteristics as devices are stacked. logical_block_size is the smallest unit the device can address. physical_block_size indicates the smallest I/O the device can write without incurring a read-modify-write penalty. The io_min parameter is the smallest preferred I/O size reported by the device. In many cases this is the same as the physical block size. However, the io_min parameter can be scaled up when stacking (RAID5 chunk size > physical block size). The io_opt characteristic indicates the optimal I/O size reported by the device. This is usually the stripe width for arrays. The alignment_offset parameter indicates the number of bytes the start of the device/partition is offset from the device's natural alignment. Partition tools and MD/DM utilities can use this to pad their offsets so filesystems start on proper boundaries. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-05-22x86: introduce noxsave boot parameterSuresh Siddha
Introduce "noxsave" boot parameter which will disable the cpu's xsave/xrstor capabilities. Useful for debugging and working around xsave related issues. [ Impact: make it possible to debug problems in the field ] Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-05-22Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris
Conflicts: fs/exec.c Removed IMA changes (the IMA checks are now performed via may_open()). Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-05-22IMA: Minimal IMA policy and boot param for TCB IMA policyEric Paris
The IMA TCB policy is dangerous. A normal use can use all of a system's memory (which cannot be freed) simply by building and running lots of executables. The TCB policy is also nearly useless because logging in as root often causes a policy violation when dealing with utmp, thus rendering the measurements meaningless. There is no good fix for this in the kernel. A full TCB policy would need to be loaded in userspace using LSM rule matching to get both a protected and useful system. But, if too little is measured before userspace can load a real policy one again ends up with a meaningless set of measurements. One option would be to put the policy load inside the initrd in order to get it early enough in the boot sequence to be useful, but this runs into trouble with the LSM. For IMA to measure the LSM policy and the LSM policy loading mechanism it needs rules to do so, but we already talked about problems with defaulting to such broad rules.... IMA also depends on the files being measured to be on an FS which implements and supports i_version. Since the only FS with this support (ext4) doesn't even use it by default it seems silly to have any IMA rules by default. This should reduce the performance overhead of IMA to near 0 while still letting users who choose to configure their machine as such to inclue the ima_tcb kernel paramenter and get measurements during boot before they can load a customized, reasonable policy in userspace. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-05-21hugh: update email addressHugh Dickins
My old address will shut down in a few days time: remove it from the tree, and add a tmpfs (shmem filesystem) maintainer entry with the new address. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-05-20Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/futexesThomas Gleixner
Merge reason: this branch was on an pre -rc1 base, merge it up to -rc6+ to get the latest upstream fixes. Conflicts: kernel/futex.c Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-05-19Merge 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: ipv4: make default for INET_LRO consistent with help text net: fix skb_seq_read returning wrong offset/length for page frag data pkt_sched: gen_estimator: use 64 bit intermediate counters for bps be2net: add two new pci device ids to pci device table sch_teql: should not dereference skb after ndo_start_xmit() tcp: fix MSG_PEEK race check Doc: fixed descriptions on /proc/sys/net/core/* and /proc/sys/net/unix/* Neterion: *FIFO1_DMA_ERR set twice, should 2nd be *FIFO2_DMA_ERR? mv643xx_eth: fix PPC DMA breakage bonding: fix link down handling in 802.3ad mode bridge: fix initial packet flood if !STP bridge: relay bridge multicast pkgs if !STP NET: Meth: Fix unsafe mix of irq and non-irq spinlocks. mlx4_en: Fix not deleted napi structures ipconfig: handle case of delayed DHCP server netpoll: don't dereference NULL dev from np wimax/i2400m: fix device crash: fix optimization in _roq_queue_update_ws
2009-05-19GFS2: Update docsSteven Whitehouse
Update a few things which were out of date, and fix a typo. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2009-05-19tracing/events: Documentation updatesLi Zefan
- fix some typos - document the difference between '>' and '>>' - document the 'enable' toggle - remove section "Defining an event-enabled tracepoint", since it's out-dated and sample/trace_events/ already serves this purpose. v2: add "Updated by Li Zefan" [ Impact: make documentation up-to-date ] Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> LKML-Reference: <4A125503.5060406@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-05-18Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc6' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: we were on an -rc4 base, sync up to -rc6 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-05-18mm, x86: remove MEMORY_HOTPLUG_RESERVE related codeYinghai Lu
after: | commit b263295dbffd33b0fbff670720fa178c30e3392a | Author: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> | Date: Wed Jan 30 13:30:47 2008 +0100 | | x86: 64-bit, make sparsemem vmemmap the only memory model we don't have MEMORY_HOTPLUG_RESERVE anymore. Historically, x86-64 had an architecture-specific method for memory hotplug whereby it scanned the SRAT for physical memory ranges that could be potentially used for memory hot-add later. By reserving those ranges without physical memory, the memmap would be allocated and left dormant until needed. This depended on the DISCONTIG memory model which has been removed so the code implementing HOTPLUG_RESERVE is now dead. This patch removes the dead code used by MEMORY_HOTPLUG_RESERVE. (Changelog authored by Mel.) v2: updated changelog, and remove hotadd= in doc [ Impact: remove dead code ] Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Workflow-found-OK-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <4A0C4910.7090508@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>