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2008-05-05sched: remove old sched docIngo Molnar
Fabio Checconi noticed that Documentation/scheduler/sched-design.txt was a stale copy of the old scheduler. Remove it. Reported-by: Fabio Checconi <fabio@gandalf.sssup.it> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-05-05kgdb: minor documentation fixesgrzegorz.chwesewicz@chilan.com
Two minor fixes to the kgdb documentation. Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Chwesewicz, Chilan <grzegorz.chwesewicz@chilan.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2008-05-04kconfig-language.txt: remove bogus hintAdrian Bunk
For the use case the hint describe a simple dependency is enough. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
2008-05-03Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6: slub: #ifdef simplification slabinfo: Support printout of the number of fallbacks slub: Whitespace cleanup and use of strict_strtoul
2008-05-03Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpcLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: [POWERPC] Bolt in SLB entry for kernel stack on secondary cpus [POWERPC] PS3: Update ps3_defconfig [POWERPC] PS3: Remove unsupported wakeup sources [POWERPC] PS3: Make ps3_virq_setup and ps3_virq_destroy static [POWERPC] PS3: Add time include to lpm [POWERPC] Fix slb.c compile warnings [POWERPC] Xilinx: Fix compile warnings [POWERPC] Squash build warning for print of resource_size_t in fsl_soc.c [RAPIDIO] fix current kernel-doc notation [POWERPC] 86xx: mpc8610_hpcd: add support for PCI Express x8 slot Fix a potential issue in mpc52xx uart driver [POWERPC] mpc5200: Allow for fixed speed MII configurations [POWERPC] 86xx: Fix the wrong serial1 interrupt for 8610 board
2008-05-02Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: [SCSI] aic94xx: fix section mismatch [SCSI] u14-34f: Fix 32bit only problem [SCSI] dpt_i2o: sysfs code [SCSI] dpt_i2o: 64 bit support [SCSI] dpt_i2o: move from virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt to dma_alloc_coherent [SCSI] dpt_i2o: use standard __init / __exit code [SCSI] megaraid_sas: fix suspend/resume sections [SCSI] aacraid: Add Power Management support [SCSI] aacraid: Fix jbod operations scan issues [SCSI] aacraid: Fix warning about macro side-effects [SCSI] add support for variable length extended commands [SCSI] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer [SCSI] bsg: add large command support [SCSI] aacraid: Fix down_interruptible() to check the return value correctly [SCSI] megaraid_sas; Update the Version and Changelog [SCSI] ibmvscsi: Handle non SCSI error status [SCSI] bug fix for free list handling [SCSI] ipr: Rename ipr's state scsi host attribute to prevent collisions [SCSI] megaraid_mbox: fix Dell CERC firmware problem
2008-05-02lguest: make Launcher see device status updatesRusty Russell
This brings us closer to Real Life, where we'd examine the device features once it's set the DRIVER_OK status bit. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-05-02virtio: de-structify virtio_block status byteRusty Russell
Ron Minnich points out that a struct containing a char is not always sizeof(char); simplest to remove the structure to avoid confusion. Cc: "ron minnich" <rminnich@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-05-02slabinfo: Support printout of the number of fallbacksChristoph Lameter
Add functionality to slabinfo to print out the number of fallbacks that have occurred for each slab cache when the -D option is specified. Also widen the allocation / free field since the numbers became too big after a week. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
2008-05-01[POWERPC] mpc5200: Allow for fixed speed MII configurationsGrant Likely
Various improvements for configuring the MPC5200 MII link from the device tree: * Look for 'current-speed' property for fixed speed MII links * Look for 'fsl,7-wire-mode' property for boards using the 7 wire mode * move definition of private data structure out of the header file Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> Acked-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>
2008-05-01Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: hwmon: (adt7473) minor cleanup / refactoring hwmon: (asb100) Remove some dead code hwmon: (lm75) Fix an incorrect comment hwmon: (w83793) VID and VRM handling cleanups hwmon: (w83l785ts) Don't ask the user to report failures hwmon: (smsc47b397) add a new chip id (0x8c)
2008-05-01kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusingMichael Ellerman
The extended crashkernel syntax is a little confusing in the way it handles ranges. eg: crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M Means if the machine has between 512M and 2G of memory the crash region should be 64M, and if the machine has 2G of memory the region should be 64M. Only if the machine has more than 2G memory will 128M be allocated. Although that semantic is correct, it is somewhat baffling. Instead I propose that the end of the range means the first address past the end of the range, ie: 512M up to but not including 2G. [bwalle@suse.de: clarify inclusive/exclusive in crashkernel commandline in documentation] Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Acked-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (179 commits) ACPI: Fix acpi_processor_idle and idle= boot parameters interaction acpi: fix section mismatch warning in pnpacpi intel_menlo: fix build warning ACPI: Cleanup: Remove unneeded, multiple local dummy variables ACPI: video - fix permissions on some proc entries ACPI: video - properly handle errors when registering proc elements ACPI: video - do not store invalid entries in attached_array list ACPI: re-name acpi_pm_ops to acpi_suspend_ops ACER_WMI/ASUS_LAPTOP: fix build bug thinkpad_acpi: fix possible NULL pointer dereference if kstrdup failed ACPI: check a return value correctly in acpi_power_get_context() #if 0 acpi/bay.c:eject_removable_drive() eeepc-laptop: add hwmon fan control eeepc-laptop: add backlight eeepc-laptop: add base driver ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: bump up version to 0.20 ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix selects in Kconfig ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use a private workqueue ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fluff really minor fix ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use uppercase for "LED" on user documentation ... Fixed conflicts in drivers/acpi/video.c and drivers/misc/intel_menlow.c manually.
2008-04-30Merge branches 'release', 'acpica', 'bugzilla-10224', 'bugzilla-9772', ↵Len Brown
'bugzilla-9916', 'ec', 'eeepc', 'idle', 'misc', 'pm-legacy', 'sysfs-links-2.6.26', 'thermal', 'thinkpad' and 'video' into release
2008-04-30Merge branch 'master' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc * 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: [POWERPC] Fix crashkernel= handling when no crashkernel= specified [POWERPC] Make emergency stack safe for current_thread_info() use [POWERPC] spufs: add .gitignore for spu_save_dump.h & spu_restore_dump.h [POWERPC] spufs: trace spu_acquire_saved events [POWERPC] spufs: fix marker name for find_victim [POWERPC] spufs: add marker for destroy_spu_context [POWERPC] spufs: add sputrace marker parameter names [POWERPC] spufs: add context switch notification log [POWERPC] mpc5200: defconfigs for CM5200, Lite5200B, Motion-PRO and TQM5200 [POWERPC] mpc5200: Switch mpc5200 dts files to dts-v1 format [POWERPC] mpc5200: Fix FEC error handling on FIFO errors [POWERPC] mpc5200: add Phytec pcm030 board support [POWERPC] mpc5200: add gpiolib support for mpc5200 [POWERPC] mpc5200: add interrupt type function [POWERPC] mpc5200: Fix unterminated of_device_id table
2008-04-30debugobjects: add documentationThomas Gleixner
Add a DocBook for debugobjects. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30infrastructure to debug (dynamic) objectsThomas Gleixner
We can see an ever repeating problem pattern with objects of any kind in the kernel: 1) freeing of active objects 2) reinitialization of active objects Both problems can be hard to debug because the crash happens at a point where we have no chance to decode the root cause anymore. One problem spot are kernel timers, where the detection of the problem often happens in interrupt context and usually causes the machine to panic. While working on a timer related bug report I had to hack specialized code into the timer subsystem to get a reasonable hint for the root cause. This debug hack was fine for temporary use, but far from a mergeable solution due to the intrusiveness into the timer code. The code further lacked the ability to detect and report the root cause instantly and keep the system operational. Keeping the system operational is important to get hold of the debug information without special debugging aids like serial consoles and special knowledge of the bug reporter. The problems described above are not restricted to timers, but timers tend to expose it usually in a full system crash. Other objects are less explosive, but the symptoms caused by such mistakes can be even harder to debug. Instead of creating specialized debugging code for the timer subsystem a generic infrastructure is created which allows developers to verify their code and provides an easy to enable debug facility for users in case of trouble. The debugobjects core code keeps track of operations on static and dynamic objects by inserting them into a hashed list and sanity checking them on object operations and provides additional checks whenever kernel memory is freed. The tracked object operations are: - initializing an object - adding an object to a subsystem list - deleting an object from a subsystem list Each operation is sanity checked before the operation is executed and the subsystem specific code can provide a fixup function which allows to prevent the damage of the operation. When the sanity check triggers a warning message and a stack trace is printed. The list of operations can be extended if the need arises. For now it's limited to the requirements of the first user (timers). The core code enqueues the objects into hash buckets. The hash index is generated from the address of the object to simplify the lookup for the check on kfree/vfree. Each bucket has it's own spinlock to avoid contention on a global lock. The debug code can be compiled in without being active. The runtime overhead is minimal and could be optimized by asm alternatives. A kernel command line option enables the debugging code. Thanks to Ingo Molnar for review, suggestions and cleanup patches. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30Basic braille screen reader supportSamuel Thibault
This adds a minimalistic braille screen reader support. This is meant to be used by blind people e.g. on boot failures or when / cannot be mounted etc and thus the userland screen readers can not work. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix exports] Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@jikos.cz> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.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>
2008-04-30mm: document missing fields for /proc/meminfoMiklos Szeredi
A few fields in /proc/meminfo were not documented. Fix. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30mm: bdi: move statistics to debugfsMiklos Szeredi
Move BDI statistics to debugfs: /sys/kernel/debug/bdi/<bdi>/stats Use postcore_initcall() to initialize the sysfs class and debugfs, because debugfs is initialized in core_initcall(). Update descriptions in ABI documentation. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30mm: bdi: allow setting a maximum for the bdi dirty limitPeter Zijlstra
Add "max_ratio" to /sys/class/bdi. This indicates the maximum percentage of the global dirty threshold allocated to this bdi. [mszeredi@suse.cz] - fix parsing in max_ratio_store(). - export bdi_set_max_ratio() to modules - limit bdi_dirty with bdi->max_ratio - document new sysfs attribute Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30mm: bdi: allow setting a minimum for the bdi dirty limitPeter Zijlstra
Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the total write-back cache that relates to its current avg writeout speed in relation to the other devices. min_ratio - allows one to assign a minimum portion of the write-back cache to a particular device. This is useful in situations where you might want to provide a minimum QoS. (One request for this feature came from flash based storage people who wanted to avoid writing out at all costs - they of course needed some pdflush hacks as well) max_ratio - allows one to assign a maximum portion of the dirty limit to a particular device. This is useful in situations where you want to avoid one device taking all or most of the write-back cache. Eg. an NFS mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount which you don't trust to play fair. Add "min_ratio" to /sys/class/bdi. This indicates the minimum percentage of the global dirty threshold allocated to this bdi. [mszeredi@suse.cz] - fix parsing in min_ratio_store() - document new sysfs attribute Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30mm: bdi: export BDI attributes in sysfsPeter Zijlstra
Provide a place in sysfs (/sys/class/bdi) for the backing_dev_info object. This allows us to see and set the various BDI specific variables. In particular this properly exposes the read-ahead window for all relevant users and /sys/block/<block>/queue/read_ahead_kb should be deprecated. With patient help from Kay Sievers and Greg KH [mszeredi@suse.cz] - split off NFS and FUSE changes into separate patches - document new sysfs attributes under Documentation/ABI - do bdi_class_init as a core_initcall, otherwise the "default" BDI won't be initialized - remove bdi_init_fmt macro, it's not used very much [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix ia64 warning] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30Deprecate find_task_by_pid()Pavel Emelyanov
There are some places that are known to operate on tasks' global pids only: * the rest_init() call (called on boot) * the kgdb's getthread * the create_kthread() (since the kthread is run in init ns) So use the find_task_by_pid_ns(..., &init_pid_ns) there and schedule the find_task_by_pid for removal. [sukadev@us.ibm.com: Fix warning in kernel/pid.c] Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29docbook: fix fatal rapidio yet again (and more to come)Randy Dunlap
Don't refer to file that no longer exists: docproc: linux-2.6.25-git14/arch/powerpc/kernel/rio.c: No such file or directory Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29[SCSI] megaraid_sas; Update the Version and Changelogbo yang
Update the Version and Changelog for megaraid_sas Driver Signed-off-by: Bo Yang<bo.yang@lsi.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
2008-04-29Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (28 commits) V4L-DVB(7789a): cx18: fix symbol conflict with ivtv driver V4L/DVB (7789): tuner: remove static dependencies on analog tuner sub-modules V4L/DVB (7785): [2.6 patch] make mt9{m001,v022}_controls[] static V4L/DVB (7786): cx18: new driver for the Conexant CX23418 MPEG encoder chip V4L/DVB (7783): drivers/media/dvb/frontends/s5h1420.c: printk fix V4L/DVB (7782): pvrusb2: Driver is no longer experimental V4L/DVB (7781): pvrusb2-dvb: include dvb support by default and update Kconfig help text V4L/DVB (7780): pvrusb2: always enable support for OnAir Creator / HDTV USB2 V4L/DVB (7779): pvrusb2-dvb: quiet down noise in kernel log for feed debug Rename common tuner Kconfig names to use the same Fix V4L/DVB core help messages V4L/DVB (7769): Move other terrestrial tuners to common/tuners V4L/DVB (7768): reorganize some DVB-S Kconfig items V4L/DVB(7767): Move tuners to common/tuners V4L/DVB (7766): saa7134: add another PCI ID for Beholder M6 V4L/DVB (7765): Add support for Beholder BeholdTV H6 V4L/DVB (7763): ivtv: add tuner support for the AverMedia M116 V4L/DVB (7762): ivtv: fix tuner detection for PAL-N/Nc V4L/DVB (7761): ivtv: increase the DMA timeout from 100 to 300 ms V4L/DVB (7759): ivtv: increase version number to 1.2.1 ...
2008-04-29V4L/DVB (7786): cx18: new driver for the Conexant CX23418 MPEG encoder chipHans Verkuil
Many thanks to Steve Toth from Hauppauge and Nattu Dakshinamurthy from Conexant for their support. I am in particular thankful to Hauppauge since without their help this driver would not exist. It should also be noted that Steve did the work to get the DVB part up and running. Thank you! Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: G. Andrew Walls <awalls@radix.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-04-29V4L/DVB (7766): saa7134: add another PCI ID for Beholder M6Igor Kuznetsov
Signed-off-by: Igor Kuznetsov <igk@igk.ru> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-04-29V4L/DVB (7765): Add support for Beholder BeholdTV H6Igor Kuznetsov
Signed-off-by: Igor Kuznetsov <igk@igk.ru> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-04-29i2c: Add support for device alias namesJean Delvare
Based on earlier work by Jon Smirl and Jochen Friedrich. This patch allows new-style i2c chip drivers to have alias names using the official kernel aliasing system and MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(). At this point, the old i2c driver binding scheme (driver_name/type) is still supported. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Jochen Friedrich <jochen@scram.de> Cc: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
2008-04-29Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (21 commits) pciehp: fix error message about getting hotplug control pci/irq: let pci_device_shutdown to call pci_msi_shutdown v2 pci/irq: restore mask_bits in msi shutdown -v3 doc: replace yet another dev with pdev for consistency in DMA-mapping.txt PCI: don't expose struct pci_vpd to userspace doc: fix an incorrect suggestion to pass NULL for PCI like buses Consistently use pdev as the variable of type struct pci_dev *. pciehp: Fix command write shpchp: fix slot name make pciehp_acpi_get_hp_hw_control_from_firmware() pciehp: Clean up pcie_init() pciehp: Mask hotplug interrupt at controller release pciehp: Remove useless hotplug interrupt enabling pciehp: Fix wrong slot capability check pciehp: Fix wrong slot control register access pciehp: Add missing memory barrier pciehp: Fix interrupt event handlig pciehp: fix slot name Update MAINTAINERS with location of PCI tree PCI: Add Intel SCH PCI IDs ...
2008-04-29Merge 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] soc - wm9712 - checkpatch fixes [ALSA] pcsp - Fix more dependency [ALSA] hda - Add support of Medion RIM 2150 [ALSA] ASoC: Add drivers for the Texas Instruments OMAP processors [ALSA] ice1724 - Enable watermarks [ALSA] Add MPU401_INFO_NO_ACK bitflag
2008-04-29[ALSA] hda - Add support of Medion RIM 2150Takashi Iwai
Added the support of Medion RIM 2150 laptop with ALC880 codec. ALSA bug#3708: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=3708 Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2008-04-29Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-fixes * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-fixes: x86: fix PCI MSI breaks when booting with nosmp x86: vget_cycles() __always_inline x86: add more boot protocol documentation bootprotocol: cleanup x86: fix warning in "x86: clean up vSMP detection" x86: !x & y typo in mtrr code
2008-04-29doc: replace yet another dev with pdev for consistency in DMA-mapping.txtMatti Linnanvuori
Replace "dev" with "pdev" for consistency in DMA-mapping.txt. Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@hobbes.lan>
2008-04-29Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreqLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq: [CPUFREQ] state info wrong after resume [CPUFREQ] allow use of the powersave governor as the default one [CPUFREQ] document the currently undocumented parts of the sysfs interface [CPUFREQ] expose cpufreq coordination requirements regardless of coordination mechanism
2008-04-29edd: add default mode CONFIG_EDD_OFF=n, override with edd={on,off}Tim Gardner
Add a kernel parameter option to 'edd' to enable/disable BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services. CONFIG_EDD_OFF disables EDD while still compiling EDD into the kernel. Default behavior can be forced using 'edd=on' or 'edd=off' as a kernel parameter. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix kernel-parameters.txt] Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29keys: make the keyring quotas controllable through /proc/sysDavid Howells
Make the keyring quotas controllable through /proc/sys files: (*) /proc/sys/kernel/keys/root_maxkeys /proc/sys/kernel/keys/root_maxbytes Maximum number of keys that root may have and the maximum total number of bytes of data that root may have stored in those keys. (*) /proc/sys/kernel/keys/maxkeys /proc/sys/kernel/keys/maxbytes Maximum number of keys that each non-root user may have and the maximum total number of bytes of data that each of those users may have stored in their keys. Also increase the quotas as a number of people have been complaining that it's not big enough. I'm not sure that it's big enough now either, but on the other hand, it can now be set in /etc/sysctl.conf. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: <kwc@citi.umich.edu> Cc: <arunsr@cse.iitk.ac.in> Cc: <dwalsh@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29keys: add keyctl function to get a security labelDavid Howells
Add a keyctl() function to get the security label of a key. The following is added to Documentation/keys.txt: (*) Get the LSM security context attached to a key. long keyctl(KEYCTL_GET_SECURITY, key_serial_t key, char *buffer, size_t buflen) This function returns a string that represents the LSM security context attached to a key in the buffer provided. Unless there's an error, it always returns the amount of data it could produce, even if that's too big for the buffer, but it won't copy more than requested to userspace. If the buffer pointer is NULL then no copy will take place. A NUL character is included at the end of the string if the buffer is sufficiently big. This is included in the returned count. If no LSM is in force then an empty string will be returned. A process must have view permission on the key for this function to be successful. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: declare keyctl_get_security()] Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Kevin Coffman <kwc@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29keys: allow the callout data to be passed as a blob rather than a stringDavid Howells
Allow the callout data to be passed as a blob rather than a string for internal kernel services that call any request_key_*() interface other than request_key(). request_key() itself still takes a NUL-terminated string. The functions that change are: request_key_with_auxdata() request_key_async() request_key_async_with_auxdata() Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Kevin Coffman <kwc@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29doc: fix DMA-API function parametersRandy Dunlap
Fix kernel bugzilla #10388. DMA-API.txt has wrong argument type for some functions. It uses struct device but should use struct pci_dev. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29dma: document dma_*map*_attrs() interfacesArthur Kepner
Document the new dma_*map*_attrs() functions. [markn@au1.ibm.com: fix up for dma-add-dma_map_attrs-interfaces and update docs] Signed-off-by: Arthur Kepner <akepner@sgi.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Cc: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Mark Nelson <markn@au1.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29Cpuset hardwall flag: add a mem_hardwall flag to cpusetsPaul Menage
This flag provides the hardwalling properties of mem_exclusive, without enforcing the exclusivity. Either mem_hardwall or mem_exclusive is sufficient to prevent GFP_KERNEL allocations from passing outside the cpuset's assigned nodes. Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Acked-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29memcgroups: add a document describing the resource counter abstractionPavel Emelyanov
The resource counter is supposed to facilitate the resource accounting of arbitrary resource (and it already does this for memory controller). However, it is about to be used in other resources controllers (swap, kernel memory, networking, etc), so provide a doc describing how to work with it. This will eliminate all the possible future duplications in the appropriate controllers' docs. Fixed errors pointed out by Randy. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix documentation tpyo] Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29cgroups: simplify init_subsys()Li Zefan
We are at system boot and there is only 1 cgroup group (i,e, init_css_set), so we don't need to run through the css_set linked list. Neither do we need to run through the task list, since no processes have been created yet. Also referring to a comment in cgroup.h: struct css_set { ... /* * Set of subsystem states, one for each subsystem. This array * is immutable after creation apart from the init_css_set * during subsystem registration (at boot time). */ struct cgroup_subsys_state *subsys[CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT]; } Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.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>
2008-04-29cgroups: implement device whitelistSerge E. Hallyn
Implement a cgroup to track and enforce open and mknod restrictions on device files. A device cgroup associates a device access whitelist with each cgroup. A whitelist entry has 4 fields. 'type' is a (all), c (char), or b (block). 'all' means it applies to all types and all major and minor numbers. Major and minor are either an integer or * for all. Access is a composition of r (read), w (write), and m (mknod). The root device cgroup starts with rwm to 'all'. A child devcg gets a copy of the parent. Admins can then remove devices from the whitelist or add new entries. A child cgroup can never receive a device access which is denied its parent. However when a device access is removed from a parent it will not also be removed from the child(ren). An entry is added using devices.allow, and removed using devices.deny. For instance echo 'c 1:3 mr' > /cgroups/1/devices.allow allows cgroup 1 to read and mknod the device usually known as /dev/null. Doing echo a > /cgroups/1/devices.deny will remove the default 'a *:* mrw' entry. CAP_SYS_ADMIN is needed to change permissions or move another task to a new cgroup. A cgroup may not be granted more permissions than the cgroup's parent has. Any task can move itself between cgroups. This won't be sufficient, but we can decide the best way to adequately restrict movement later. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix may-be-used-uninitialized warning] Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Looks-good-to: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> 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>
2008-04-29x86: olpc: add One Laptop Per Child architecture supportAndres Salomon
This adds support for OLPC XO hardware. Open Firmware on XOs don't contain the VSA, so it is necessary to emulate the PCI BARs in the kernel. This also adds functionality for running EC commands, and a CONFIG_OLPC. A number of OLPC drivers depend upon CONFIG_OLPC. olpc_ec_timeout is a hack to work around Embedded Controller bugs. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: geode_has_vsa build fix] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: olpc_register_battery_callback doesn't exist] Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29sysrq: add show-backtrace-on-all-cpus functionRik van Riel
SysRQ-P is not always useful on SMP systems, since it usually ends up showing the backtrace of a CPU that is doing just fine, instead of the backtrace of the CPU that is having problems. This patch adds SysRQ show-all-cpus(L), which shows the backtrace of every active CPU in the system. It skips idle CPUs because some SMP systems are just too large and we already know what the backtrace of the idle task looks like. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: <lwoodman@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29Taint kernel after WARN_ON(condition)Nur Hussein
The kernel is sent to tainted within the warn_on_slowpath() function, and whenever a warning occurs the new taint flag 'W' is set. This is useful to know if a warning occurred before a BUG by preserving the warning as a flag in the taint state. This does not work on architectures where WARN_ON has its own definition. These archs are: 1. s390 2. superh 3. avr32 4. parisc The maintainers of these architectures have been added in the Cc: list in this email to alert them to the situation. The documentation in oops-tracing.txt has been updated to include the new flag. Signed-off-by: Nur Hussein <nurhussein@gmail.com> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>