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2006-01-12[PATCH] scheduler cache-hot-autodetectakpm@osdl.org
) From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> This is the latest version of the scheduler cache-hot-auto-tune patch. The first problem was that detection time scaled with O(N^2), which is unacceptable on larger SMP and NUMA systems. To solve this: - I've added a 'domain distance' function, which is used to cache measurement results. Each distance is only measured once. This means that e.g. on NUMA distances of 0, 1 and 2 might be measured, on HT distances 0 and 1, and on SMP distance 0 is measured. The code walks the domain tree to determine the distance, so it automatically follows whatever hierarchy an architecture sets up. This cuts down on the boot time significantly and removes the O(N^2) limit. The only assumption is that migration costs can be expressed as a function of domain distance - this covers the overwhelming majority of existing systems, and is a good guess even for more assymetric systems. [ People hacking systems that have assymetries that break this assumption (e.g. different CPU speeds) should experiment a bit with the cpu_distance() function. Adding a ->migration_distance factor to the domain structure would be one possible solution - but lets first see the problem systems, if they exist at all. Lets not overdesign. ] Another problem was that only a single cache-size was used for measuring the cost of migration, and most architectures didnt set that variable up. Furthermore, a single cache-size does not fit NUMA hierarchies with L3 caches and does not fit HT setups, where different CPUs will often have different 'effective cache sizes'. To solve this problem: - Instead of relying on a single cache-size provided by the platform and sticking to it, the code now auto-detects the 'effective migration cost' between two measured CPUs, via iterating through a wide range of cachesizes. The code searches for the maximum migration cost, which occurs when the working set of the test-workload falls just below the 'effective cache size'. I.e. real-life optimized search is done for the maximum migration cost, between two real CPUs. This, amongst other things, has the positive effect hat if e.g. two CPUs share a L2/L3 cache, a different (and accurate) migration cost will be found than between two CPUs on the same system that dont share any caches. (The reliable measurement of migration costs is tricky - see the source for details.) Furthermore i've added various boot-time options to override/tune migration behavior. Firstly, there's a blanket override for autodetection: migration_cost=1000,2000,3000 will override the depth 0/1/2 values with 1msec/2msec/3msec values. Secondly, there's a global factor that can be used to increase (or decrease) the autodetected values: migration_factor=120 will increase the autodetected values by 20%. This option is useful to tune things in a workload-dependent way - e.g. if a workload is cache-insensitive then CPU utilization can be maximized by specifying migration_factor=0. I've tested the autodetection code quite extensively on x86, on 3 P3/Xeon/2MB, and the autodetected values look pretty good: Dual Celeron (128K L2 cache): --------------------- migration cost matrix (max_cache_size: 131072, cpu: 467 MHz): --------------------- [00] [01] [00]: - 1.7(1) [01]: 1.7(1) - --------------------- cacheflush times [2]: 0.0 (0) 1.7 (1784008) --------------------- Here the slow memory subsystem dominates system performance, and even though caches are small, the migration cost is 1.7 msecs. Dual HT P4 (512K L2 cache): --------------------- migration cost matrix (max_cache_size: 524288, cpu: 2379 MHz): --------------------- [00] [01] [02] [03] [00]: - 0.4(1) 0.0(0) 0.4(1) [01]: 0.4(1) - 0.4(1) 0.0(0) [02]: 0.0(0) 0.4(1) - 0.4(1) [03]: 0.4(1) 0.0(0) 0.4(1) - --------------------- cacheflush times [2]: 0.0 (33900) 0.4 (448514) --------------------- Here it can be seen that there is no migration cost between two HT siblings (CPU#0/2 and CPU#1/3 are separate physical CPUs). A fast memory system makes inter-physical-CPU migration pretty cheap: 0.4 msecs. 8-way P3/Xeon [2MB L2 cache]: --------------------- migration cost matrix (max_cache_size: 2097152, cpu: 700 MHz): --------------------- [00] [01] [02] [03] [04] [05] [06] [07] [00]: - 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) [01]: 19.2(1) - 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) [02]: 19.2(1) 19.2(1) - 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) [03]: 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) - 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) [04]: 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) - 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) [05]: 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) - 19.2(1) 19.2(1) [06]: 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) - 19.2(1) [07]: 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) 19.2(1) - --------------------- cacheflush times [2]: 0.0 (0) 19.2 (19281756) --------------------- This one has huge caches and a relatively slow memory subsystem - so the migration cost is 19 msecs. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Cc: <wilder@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: John Hawkes <hawkes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-11Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
2006-01-11[PATCH] x86_64: Add documentation for CPU hotplug ACPI extensionAndi Kleen
Cc: len.brown@intel.com, ashok.ray@intel.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-11[PATCH] x86_64: Don't reserve hotplug CPUs by defaultAndi Kleen
Most users don't need it so no need to waste memory. This means an user has to specify the appropiate number of hotplug CPUs on the command line with additional_cpus=... or fix their BIOS to follow the convention in Documentation/x86-64/cpu-hotplug-spec Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-11[PATCH] ext3: fix documentation of online resizingTore Anderson
Undocument the non-working resize= mount option in ext3, and add some references to the ext2resize package instead, which appears to be the only proper way of doing online resizing of ext3 filesystems. Signed-off-by: Tore Anderson <tore@fud.no> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-11[PATCH] doc: refer to kdump in oops-tracing.txtAkinobu Mita
Kdump has been merged and supported on several architectures. It is better to encourage to use kdump rather than non standard kernel crash dump patches. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <mita@miraclelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-11[PATCH] kdump: add dmesg gdbmacro into documentAkinobu Mita
Add gdb macro which print the kernel ring buffer into kdump docs Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <mita@miraclelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-12V4L/DVB (3349): Add PCI ID for UltraView DVB-T Plus, rebranded DViCO ↵Michael Krufky
FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus - Add PCI ID for UltraView DVB-T Plus,rebranded DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2006-01-11V4L/DVB (3340): Add bttv card MagicTV (rebranded MachTV)Julian Calaby
- Add bttv card MagicTV (rebranded MachTV) Signed-off-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2006-01-11cpuset two little doc fixesPaul Jackson
Two little cpuset documentation fixes. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-01-11Tiny esthetic changes to Documentation/laptop-mode.txtJesper Juhl
Here's a tiny patch making a few esthetic changes to Documentation/laptop-mode.txt To me this patch makes sense, but feel free to disagree, I don't feel strongly about it at all. It changes a single URL to its strictly correct form (directories should end in /), and it makes the arguments to main in an included example program follow convention and be named argc and argv. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-01-10Merge ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuildLinus Torvalds
Fix up some trivial conflicts in {i386|ia64}/Makefile
2006-01-10[PATCH] Docs update: small fixes to stable_kernel_rules.txtJesper Juhl
Small spelling, formating & similar fixes to stable_kernel_rules.txt Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] Docs update: remove obsolete patch from locks.txtJesper Juhl
Remove obsolete patch from Documentation/locks.txt Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] Docs update: small spelling, formating etc fixes for ↵Jesper Juhl
filesystems/ext3.txt Spelling fixes, formating changes and corrections for Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] Docs update: typos, corrections and additions to applying-patches.txtRandy Dunlap
Typos/corrections. A few extra additions on top of Randy's fixes. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] DocBook: add .gitignore fileMartin Waitz
when ignoring all DocBook output files git-status output becomes meaningful again. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] CodingStyle correctionJesper Juhl
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] hrtimer: hrtimer documentationThomas Gleixner
add hrtimer docbook and design document Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] Kdump documentation updateManeesh Soni
Update the kdump documentation to reflect the changes due to recent kernel config option changes for kexec and kdump. Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] kdump: x86_64: add elfcorehdr command line optionVivek Goyal
- elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header stored by the crashed kernel. This command line option will be passed by the kexec-tools to capture kernel. Changes in this version : - Added more comments in kernel-parameters.txt and in code. Signed-off-by: Murali M Chakravarthy <muralim@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] kdump: x86_64: add memmmap command line optionakpm@osdl.org
) From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> - This patch introduces the memmap option for x86_64 similar to i386. - memmap=exactmap enables setting of an exact E820 memory map, as specified by the user. Changes in this version: - Used e820_end_of_ram() to find the max_pfn as suggested by Andi kleen. - removed PFN_UP & PFN_DOWN macros - Printing the user defined map also. Signed-off-by: Murali M Chakravarthy <muralim@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <nharipra@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-09Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds
2006-01-09Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/mutex-2.6Linus Torvalds
2006-01-09Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds
2006-01-09[PATCH] mutex subsystem, documentationIngo Molnar
Add mutex design related documentation. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
2006-01-10Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: indentation fixAdrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-01-10spelling: s/retreive/retrieve/Adrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-01-09Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serialLinus Torvalds
2006-01-10spelling: s/usefull/useful/Adrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-01-09Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
2006-01-09[PATCH] Fix more "if ((err = foo() < 0))" typosAlexey Dobriyan
Another reason to use: ret = foo(); if (ret < 0) goto out; Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3336): Bluebird firmware hosting moved to common dvb firmware dir ↵Michael Krufky
on linuxtv.org - Get_dvb_firmware script updated accordingly: - my $url = "http://www.linuxtv.org/~mkrufky/dvb-usb-bluebird-01.fw"; + my $url = "http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/firmware/dvb-usb-blue$ Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3311): DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital PCI supportChris Pascoe
- Support for DVB reception on the PCI half of the DViCO DVB-T Dual Digital. Signed-off-by: Chris Pascoe <c.pascoe@itee.uq.edu.au> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09[PATCH] PCI Error Recovery: documentationlinas@austin.ibm.com
Various PCI bus errors can be signaled by newer PCI controllers. Recovering from those errors requires an infrastructure to notify affected device drivers of the error, and a way of walking through a reset sequence. This patch adds documentation describing the current error recovery proposal. Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-09[PATCH] PCI: document sysfs rom file interfaceJesse Barnes
idr gently pointed out today that not only is the sysfs rom file interface somewhat unintuitive (despite my efforts and initial implementation), but it's also undocumented! This patch to Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt corrects the latter problem; the former is a userland ABI now though, so we're stuck with it for awhile at least. Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-09Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc-mergeLinus Torvalds
2006-01-09[PATCH] Update cyblafb driverKnut Petersen
This is a major update to the cyblafb framebuffer driver. Most of the stuff has been tested in the mm tree. Main advantages: ============ - vxres > xres support - ywrap and xpan support - much faster for almost all modes (e.g. 1280x1024-16bpp draws more than 41 full screens of text instead of about 25 full screens of text per second on authors Epia 5000) - module init/exit code fixed - bugs triggered by console rotation fixed - lots of minor improvements - startup modes suitable for high performance scrolling in all directions This diff also contains a lot of white space fixes. No side effects are possible, only one single graphics core is affected. Signed-off-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3295): Add analog support for LifeView FlyDVB Trio.Peter Missel
- Add support for LifeView FlyDVB Trio. - all analog inputs are supported and working, including FM radio - TO DO: dvb & remote control Signed-off-by: Peter Missel <peter.missel@onlinehome.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3294): Add Kworld/Vstream Xpert DVB-T card with cx22702 tuner.Manenti Marco
- Add Kworld/Vstream Xpert DVB-T card with cx22702 tuner. Signed-off-by: Manenti Marco <marco_manenti@colman.it> Signed-off-by: Nickolay V. Shmyrev <nshmyrev@yandex.ru> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3287): Add DViCO Bluebird firmware to dvb_get_firmware scriptMichael Krufky
- Add DViCO Bluebird firmware to dvb_get_firmware script, for FusionHDTV USB devices. - Use usb alt setting 0 for EP4 transfer (dvb-t), - Use usb alt setting 7 for EP2 transfer (atsc) - Added comment to lgdt330x.c to indicate support for DViCO FusionHDTV5 USB Gold. Thanks to: Jeff Lee <JeffLee@dvico.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3242): make the firmware dir docs consistent in the v4l-dvb tree.Ville Skytt\ä
- make the firmware dir documentation and comments consistent in the v4l-dvb tree. Signed-off-by: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3220): Add support for VP-3054 HDTV boardChris Pascoe
- Added support for VP-3054 (aka DigitalNow DNTV Live! DVB-T Pro!). - This board has a secondary I2C bus and remote control. - Added a new module to handle secondary I2C bus on this board. Signed-off-by: Chris Pascoe <c.pascoe@itee.uq.edu.au> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3218): Whitespace cleanupsMichael Krufky
- minor whitespace cleanups Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3216): saa7134 card #58 has a newer revision with a new subsystem IDRicardo Cerqueira
- Added new ID for different revision of card #58. It's the same card, but with a tda8275a instead of a tda8275 Signed-off-by: Ricardo Cerqueira <v4l@cerqueira.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3196): correct Thomson DTT 761x frequency rangesMichael Krufky
- Corrected Thomson DTT 7611 tuner programming, based on spec sheet - renamed to Thomson DTT 761x - applies to DTT 7611 7611A 7612 7613 7613A 7614 7615 7615A (DTT 7610 is similar, but slightly different programming) - corrected frequency ranges for analog and digital modes Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3166): "Philips 1236D ATSC/NTSC dual in" - fix typo.Michael Krufky
- "Philips 1236D ATSC/NTSC dual in" - fix typo. Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3092): Add support for another Nova-T-PCI PCI subdevice 0x9001Steven Toth
- Add support for another Nova-T-PCI PCI subdevice 0x9001 Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L/DVB (3089): Adding support for the Hauppauge HVR1100 and HVR1100-LP ↵Steven Toth
products. - Add support for the Hauppauge HVR1100 and HVR1100-LP products. - Add i2c_gate_ctrl callback function to dvb_frontend_ops struct. Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
2006-01-09V4L (1007): Add support for KWorld DVB-S 100Vadim Catana
- Add support for KWorld DVB-S 100, based on the same chips as Hauppauge Nova-S Plus (CX23883/CX24123/CX24109), without the Intersil ISL6421, which is used for LNB control. - LNB voltage and tone are controled by LNBDC and LNBTone bits from register 0x29 of the CX24123 demodulator. - The MO_GP0_IO register from CX23883 is used to turn LNB power on and off. Signed-off-by: Vadim Catana <skystar@moldova.cc> Acked-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
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