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2009-12-15thinkpad-acpi: basic ALSA mixer support (v2)Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Add the basic ALSA mixer functionality. The mixer is event-driven, and will work fine on IBM ThinkPads. I expect Lenovo ThinkPads will cause some trouble with the event interface. Heavily based on work by Lorne Applebaum <lorne.applebaum@gmail.com> and ideas from Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Cc: Lorne Applebaum <lorne.applebaum@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-12-15thinkpad-acpi: disable volume controlHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
Disable volume control by default. It can be enabled at module load time by a module parameter (volume_control=1). The audio control mixer that thinkpad-acpi interacts with is fully functional without any drivers, and operated by hotkeys. The idea behind the console audio control is that the human operator is the only one that can interact with it. The ThinkVantage suite in Windows does not allow any software-based overrides, and only does OSD (on-screen-display) functions. The Linux driver will, with the addition of the ALSA interface, try to follow and enforce the ThinkVantage UI design: The user is supposed to use the keyboard hotkeys to interact with the console audio control. The kernel and the desktop environment is supposed to cooperate to provide proper user feedback through on-screen-display functions. Distros are urged to not to enable volume control by default. Enabling this must be a local admin's decision. This is the reason why there is no Kconfig option. Keep in mind that all ThinkPads have a normal, main mixer (AC97 or HDA) for regular software-based audio control. We are not talking about that mixer here. Advanced users are, of course, free to enable volume control and do as they please. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Cc: Lorne Applebaum <lorne.applebaum@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-12-15thinkpad-acpi: support MUTE-only ThinkPadsHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
Lenovo removed the extra mixer since the T61 and thereabouts. Newer Lenovo models only have the mute gate function, and leave the volume control to the HDA mixer. Until a way to automatically query the firmware about its audio control capabilities is discovered (there might not be any), use a white/black list. We will likely need to ask T60 (old and new model) and Z60/Z61 users whether they have volume control to populate the black/white list. Meanwhile, provide a volume_capabilities parameter that can be used to override the defaults. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Cc: Lorne Applebaum <lorne.applebaum@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-12-15thinkpad-acpi: volume subdriver rewriteHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
I don't trust the coupled EC writes and SMI calls the current volume control code does very much, although it is exactly what the IBM DSDTs seem to do (they never do more than a single step though). Change the driver to stop issuing SMIs, and just drive the EC directly to the desired level (DSDTs seem to confirm this will work even on very old models like the 570 and 600e/x). We checkpoint directly to NVRAM (this can be turned off) at suspend/shutdown/driver unload, which from what I can see in tbp, should also work on every ThinkPad. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Cc: Lorne Applebaum <lorne.applebaum@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-12-15Merge branch 'thermal-2.6.33' into releaseLen Brown
2009-12-15Merge branch 'asus' into releaseLen Brown
Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-12-16V4L/DVB (13619): v4l2-spec: Adds EBUSY error code for S_STD and QUERYSTD ioctlsMuralidharan Karicheri
During review of Video Timing API documentation, Hans Verkuil had a comment on adding EBUSY error code for VIDIOC_S_STD and VIDIOC_QUERYSTD ioctls. This patch updates the document for this. Signed-off-by: Muralidharan Karicheri <m-karicheri2@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-12-16V4L/DVB (13573): v4l2-spec: updated revision history, updated version to 2.6.33.Hans Verkuil
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-12-16V4L/DVB (13572): v4l2-spec: Digital Video Timings API documentationMuralidharan Karicheri
This patch updates the v4l2-dvb documentation for the new video timings API added. Also updated the document based on comments from Hans Verkuil. Signed-off-by: Muralidharan Karicheri <m-karicheri2@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-12-16V4L/DVB (13562): gspca - doc: Update webcam list.Jean-Francois Moine
Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-12-16V4L/DVB (13549): v4l: Add video_device_node_name functionLaurent Pinchart
Many drivers access the device number (video_device::v4l2_devnode::num) in order to print the video device node name. Add and use a helper function to retrieve the video_device node name. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-12-15Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dmLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dm: (80 commits) dm snapshot: use merge origin if snapshot invalid dm snapshot: report merge failure in status dm snapshot: merge consecutive chunks together dm snapshot: trigger exceptions in remaining snapshots during merge dm snapshot: delay merging a chunk until writes to it complete dm snapshot: queue writes to chunks being merged dm snapshot: add merging dm snapshot: permit only one merge at once dm snapshot: support barriers in snapshot merge target dm snapshot: avoid allocating exceptions in merge dm snapshot: rework writing to origin dm snapshot: add merge target dm exception store: add merge specific methods dm snapshot: create function for chunk_is_tracked wait dm snapshot: make bio optional in __origin_write dm mpath: reject messages when device is suspended dm: export suspended state to targets dm: rename dm_suspended to dm_suspended_md dm: swap target postsuspend call and setting suspended flag dm crypt: add plain64 iv ...
2009-12-15lis3: update documentation to match latest changesSamu Onkalo
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: s/q/g/ (Randy)] Signed-off-by: Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Éric Piel <Eric.Piel@tremplin-utc.net> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15lis3: update documentation and commentsÉric Piel
Most of the documentation and comments were written when the driver was only supporting one type of chip, only via ACPI/HP. Update the info to the much clearer understanding that we have now. Signed-off-by: Éric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net> Signed-off-by: Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15hwmon: w83627ehf updatesDaniel J Blueman
Add control of fan minimum turn-on output levels, decoupling it from the fan turn-off output level. Add control of rate of change of fan output level. These in turn allow lower turn-off rotor speed and smoother transitions for better thermal and acoustic control authority. Add support for constant fan speed and proportional-response operations modes. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@gmail.com> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: David Hubbard <david.c.hubbard@gmail.com> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15kallsyms: remove deprecated print_fn_descriptor_symbol()Amerigo Wang
According to feature-removal-schedule.txt, it is the time to remove print_fn_descriptor_symbol(). And a quick grep shows that it no longer has any callers. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15ad525x_dpot: new driver for AD525x digital potentiometersMichael Hennerich
This driver supports the non-volatile digital potentiometers via I2C: AD5258, AD5259, AD5251, AD5252, AD5253, AD5254, and AD5255 It provides a sysfs interface to each device for reading/writing which is documented in Documentation/misc-devices/ad525x_dpot.txt. Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Chris Verges <chrisv@cyberswitching.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15procfs: allow threads to rename siblings via /proc/pid/tasks/tid/commjohn stultz
Setting a thread's comm to be something unique is a very useful ability and is helpful for debugging complicated threaded applications. However currently the only way to set a thread name is for the thread to name itself via the PR_SET_NAME prctl. However, there may be situations where it would be advantageous for a thread dispatcher to be naming the threads its managing, rather then having the threads self-describe themselves. This sort of behavior is available on other systems via the pthread_setname_np() interface. This patch exports a task's comm via proc/pid/comm and proc/pid/task/tid/comm interfaces, and allows thread siblings to write to these values. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Mike Fulton <fultonm@ca.ibm.com> Cc: Sean Foley <Sean_Foley@ca.ibm.com> Cc: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15nommu: fix malloc performance by adding uninitialized flagJie Zhang
The NOMMU code currently clears all anonymous mmapped memory. While this is what we want in the default case, all memory allocation from userspace under NOMMU has to go through this interface, including malloc() which is allowed to return uninitialized memory. This can easily be a significant performance penalty. So for constrained embedded systems were security is irrelevant, allow people to avoid clearing memory unnecessarily. This also alters the ELF-FDPIC binfmt such that it obtains uninitialised memory for the brk and stack region. Signed-off-by: Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15ksm: remove unswappable max_kernel_pagesHugh Dickins
Now that ksm pages are swappable, and the known holes plugged, remove mention of unswappable kernel pages from KSM documentation and comments. Remove the totalram_pages/4 initialization of max_kernel_pages. In fact, remove max_kernel_pages altogether - we can reinstate it if removal turns out to break someone's script; but if we later want to limit KSM's memory usage, limiting the stable nodes would not be an effective approach. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/nodeAlex Chiang
Describe NUMA node symlink created for CPUs when CONFIG_NUMA is set. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com> Cc: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15mm: add numa node symlink for memory section in sysfsAlex Chiang
Commit c04fc586c (mm: show node to memory section relationship with symlinks in sysfs) created symlinks from nodes to memory sections, e.g. /sys/devices/system/node/node1/memory135 -> ../../memory/memory135 If you're examining the memory section though and are wondering what node it might belong to, you can find it by grovelling around in sysfs, but it's a little cumbersome. Add a reverse symlink for each memory section that points back to the node to which it belongs. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Cc: Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com> Cc: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15hugetlb: handle memory hot-plug eventsLee Schermerhorn
Register per node hstate attributes only for nodes with memory. As suggested by David Rientjes. With Memory Hotplug, memory can be added to a memoryless node and a node with memory can become memoryless. Therefore, add a memory on/off-line notifier callback to [un]register a node's attributes on transition to/from memoryless state. N.B., Only tested build, boot, libhugetlbfs regression. i.e., no memory hotplug testing. Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Cc: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Eric Whitney <eric.whitney@hp.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15hugetlb: use only nodes with memory for huge pagesLee Schermerhorn
Register per node hstate sysfs attributes only for nodes with memory. Global replacement of 'all online nodes" with "all nodes with memory" in mm/hugetlb.c. Suggested by David Rientjes. A subsequent patch will handle adding/removing of per node hstate sysfs attributes when nodes transition to/from memoryless state via memory hotplug. NOTE: this patch has not been tested with memoryless nodes. Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Eric Whitney <eric.whitney@hp.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15hugetlb: update hugetlb documentation for NUMA controlsLee Schermerhorn
Update the kernel huge tlb documentation to describe the numa memory policy based huge page management. Additionaly, the patch includes a fair amount of rework to improve consistency, eliminate duplication and set the context for documenting the memory policy interaction. Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Cc: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Eric Whitney <eric.whitney@hp.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15page-types: exit early when invoked with -d|--describeAlex Chiang
On a system with large amount of memory (256GB), invoking page-types can take quite a long time, which is unreasonable considering the user only wants a description of the flags: # time ./page-types -d 0x10 0x0000000000000010 ____D_____________________________ dirty real 0m34.285s user 0m1.966s sys 0m32.313s This is because we still walk the entire address range. Exiting early seems like a reasonble solution: # time ./page-types -d 0x10 0x0000000000000010 ____D_____________________________ dirty real 0m0.007s user 0m0.001s sys 0m0.005s Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@intel.com> Acked-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15page-types: whitespace alignmentAlex Chiang
Align the output when page-type -h is invoked. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Acked-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15page-types: learn to describe flags directly from command lineAlex Chiang
Teach page-types to describe page flags directly from the command line. Why is this useful? For instance, if you're using memory hotplug and see this in /var/log/messages: kernel: removing from LRU failed 3836dd0/1/1e00000000000010 It would be nice to decode those page flags without staring at the source. Example usage and output: # Documentation/vm/page-types -d 0x10 0x0000000000000010 ____D_____________________________ dirty # Documentation/vm/page-types -d anon 0x0000000000001000 ____________a_____________________ anonymous # Documentation/vm/page-types -d anon,0x10 0x0000000000001010 ____D_______a_____________________ dirty,anonymous [achiang@hp.com: documentation] Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15page-types: unsigned cannot be less than 0 in add_page()Roel Kluin
If not signed, testing of the read() return value in this function will not work. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15page-types: constify read only arraysTommi Rantala
Signed-off-by: Tommi Rantala <tt.rantala@gmail.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-15Blackfin: add an example showing how to use the gptimers APIMike Frysinger
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2009-12-15Blackfin: punt cache lock documentationMichael Hennerich
The cache lock code was unused and punted, so punt the documentation too. Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2009-12-14Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: i2c-core: i2c bus should support PM entries in struct dev_pm_ops i2c: Get rid of I2C_CLIENT_MODULE_PARM i2c: Drop I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD_2 to 8 i2c: Drop I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD_1 i2c: Get rid of struct i2c_client_address_data i2c: Drop the kind parameter from detect callbacks
2009-12-14Merge 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, mce: Clean up thermal init by introducing intel_thermal_supported() x86, mce: Thermal monitoring depends on APIC being enabled x86: Gart: fix breakage due to IOMMU initialization cleanup x86: Move swiotlb initialization before dma32_free_bootmem x86: Fix build warning in arch/x86/mm/mmio-mod.c x86: Remove usedac in feature-removal-schedule.txt x86: Fix duplicated UV BAU interrupt vector nvram: Fix write beyond end condition; prove to gcc copy is safe mm: Adjust do_pages_stat() so gcc can see copy_from_user() is safe x86: Limit the number of processor bootup messages x86: Remove enabling x2apic message for every CPU doc: Add documentation for bootloader_{type,version} x86, msr: Add support for non-contiguous cpumasks x86: Use find_e820() instead of hard coded trampoline address x86, AMD: Fix stale cpuid4_info shared_map data in shared_cpu_map cpumasks Trivial percpu-naming-introduced conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
2009-12-14i2c: Get rid of struct i2c_client_address_dataJean Delvare
Struct i2c_client_address_data only contains one field at this point, which makes its usefulness questionable. Get rid of it and pass simple address lists around instead. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Tested-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
2009-12-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/mdLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: (27 commits) md: add 'recovery_start' per-device sysfs attribute md: rcu_read_lock() walk of mddev->disks in md_do_sync() md: integrate spares into array at earliest opportunity. md: move compat_ioctl handling into md.c md: revise Kconfig help for MD_MULTIPATH md: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION for all md related modules. raid: improve MD/raid10 handling of correctable read errors. md/raid10: print more useful messages on device failure. md/bitmap: update dirty flag when bitmap bits are explicitly set. md: Support write-intent bitmaps with externally managed metadata. md/bitmap: move setting of daemon_lastrun out of bitmap_read_sb md: support updating bitmap parameters via sysfs. md: factor out parsing of fixed-point numbers md: support bitmap offset appropriate for external-metadata arrays. md: remove needless setting of thread->timeout in raid10_quiesce md: change daemon_sleep to be in 'jiffies' rather than 'seconds'. md: move offset, daemon_sleep and chunksize out of bitmap structure md: collect bitmap-specific fields into one structure. md/raid1: add takeover support for raid5->raid1 md: add honouring of suspend_{lo,hi} to raid1. ...
2009-12-14Documentation: rw_lock lessons learnedWilliam Allen Simpson
In recent months, two different network projects erroneously strayed down the rw_lock path. Update the Documentation based upon comments by Eric Dumazet and Paul E. McKenney in those threads. Further updates await somebody else with more expertise. Changes: - Merged with extensive content by Stephen Hemminger. - Fix one of the comments by Linus Torvalds. Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@gmail.com Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-14netfilter: xtables: document minimal required versionJan Engelhardt
For both .33 and .32-stable. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2009-12-14x86: Remove usedac in feature-removal-schedule.txtFUJITA Tomonori
The reason of removal, "replaced by allowdac and no dac combination" is incorrect. There is no way to do the same thing with "allowdac" and "nodac" combination. The usedac option enables us to stop via_no_dac() setting forbid_dac to 1. That is, someone who uses VIA bridges can use DAC with this option even if some of VIA bridges seem to be broken about DAC. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Cc: gcosta@redhat.com LKML-Reference: <20091214104423X.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14md: add 'recovery_start' per-device sysfs attributeDan Williams
Enable external metadata arrays to manage rebuild checkpointing via a md/dev-XXX/recovery_start attribute which reflects rdev->recovery_offset Also update resync_start_store to allow 'none' to be written, for consistency. Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2009-12-14md: Support write-intent bitmaps with externally managed metadata.NeilBrown
In this case, the metadata needs to not be in the same sector as the bitmap. md will not read/write any bitmap metadata. Config must be done via sysfs and when a recovery makes the array non-degraded again, writing 'true' to 'bitmap/can_clear' will allow bits in the bitmap to be cleared again. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2009-12-14md: support updating bitmap parameters via sysfs.NeilBrown
A new attribute directory 'bitmap' in 'md' is created which contains files for configuring the bitmap. 'location' identifies where the bitmap is, either 'none', or 'file' or 'sector offset from metadata'. Writing 'location' can create or remove a bitmap. Adding a 'file' bitmap this way is not yet supported. 'chunksize' and 'time_base' must be set before 'location' can be set. 'chunksize' can be set before creating a bitmap, but is currently always over-ridden by the bitmap superblock. 'time_base' and 'backlog' can be updated at any time. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
2009-12-12powerpc: wii: device treeAlbert Herranz
Add a device tree source file for the Nintendo Wii video game console. Signed-off-by: Albert Herranz <albert_herranz@yahoo.es> Acked-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2009-12-12powerpc: gamecube: device treeAlbert Herranz
Add a device tree source file for the Nintendo GameCube video game console. Signed-off-by: Albert Herranz <albert_herranz@yahoo.es> Acked-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2009-12-12Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (151 commits) powerpc: Fix usage of 64-bit instruction in 32-bit altivec code MAINTAINERS: Add PowerPC patterns powerpc/pseries: Track previous CPPR values to correctly EOI interrupts powerpc/pseries: Correct pseries/dlpar.c build break without CONFIG_SMP powerpc: Make "intspec" pointers in irq_host->xlate() const powerpc/8xx: DTLB Miss cleanup powerpc/8xx: Remove DIRTY pte handling in DTLB Error. powerpc/8xx: Start using dcbX instructions in various copy routines powerpc/8xx: Restore _PAGE_WRITETHRU powerpc/8xx: Add missing Guarded setting in DTLB Error. powerpc/8xx: Fixup DAR from buggy dcbX instructions. powerpc/8xx: Tag DAR with 0x00f0 to catch buggy instructions. powerpc/8xx: Update TLB asm so it behaves as linux mm expects. powerpc/8xx: Invalidate non present TLBs powerpc/pseries: Serialize cpu hotplug operations during deactivate Vs deallocate pseries/pseries: Add code to online/offline CPUs of a DLPAR node powerpc: stop_this_cpu: remove the cpu from the online map. powerpc/pseries: Add kernel based CPU DLPAR handling sysfs/cpu: Add probe/release files powerpc/pseries: Kernel DLPAR Infrastructure ...
2009-12-12Merge branch 'omap-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6 * 'omap-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6: (75 commits) omap3: Fix OMAP35XX_REV macros omap: serial: fix non-empty uart fifo read abort omap3: Zoom2/3: Update hsmmc board config params omap3 : Enable TWL4030 Keypad for Zoom2 and Zoom3 boards omap3: id code detection 3525 vs 3515 omap3: rx51: Use wl1251 in SPI mode 3 omap3: zoom2/3: make MMC slot work again omap1: htcherald: Update defconfig to include mux support omap1: LCD_DMA: Use some define rather than a hexadecimal omap: header: remove unused data-type omap: arch/arm/plat-omap/devices.c - sort alphabetically omap: Correcting GPMC_CONFIG1_DEVICETYPE_NAND OMAP3: serial - allow platforms specify which UARTs to initialize omap3: cm-t35: add mux initialization OMAP4: Sync up omap4430 defconfig OMAP4: Remove the secondary wait loop OMAP4: AuxCoreBoot registers only accessible in secure mode OMAP4: Fix SRAM base and size OMAP4: Fix cpu detection omap3: pandora: board file updates for .33 ...
2009-12-12kbuild: generate modules.builtinMichal Marek
To make it easier for module-init-tools and scripts like mkinitrd to distinguish builtin and missing modules, install a modules.builtin file listing all builtin modules. This is done by generating an additional config file (tristate.conf) with tristate options set to uppercase 'Y' or 'M'. If we source that config file, the builtin modules appear in obj-Y. Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2009-12-12kbuild: move autoconf.h to include/generatedSam Ravnborg
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2009-12-12dontdiff: add generatedSam Ravnborg
We move more and more stuff to include/generated - so lets ignore the content for users of plain diff. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2009-12-12Merge branches 'slab/fixes', 'slab/kmemleak', 'slub/perf' and 'slub/stats' ↵Pekka Enberg
into for-linus