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2007-07-21Documentation:reference notifiers.txt in freezing-of-tasks.txtOliver Neukum
freezing-of-tasks.txt mentions firmware issues without mentioning the use of the new notifier API to overcome them. Here's an update. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-20Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: [IA64] Prevent people from directly including <asm/rwsem.h>. [IA64] remove time interpolator [IA64] Convert to generic timekeeping/clocksource [IA64] refresh some config files for 64K pagesize [IA64] Delete iosapic_free_rte() [IA64] fallocate system call [IA64] Enable percpu vector domain for IA64_DIG [IA64] Enable percpu vector domain for IA64_GENERIC [IA64] Support irq migration across domain [IA64] Add support for vector domain [IA64] Add mapping table between irq and vector [IA64] Check if irq is sharable [IA64] Fix invalid irq vector assumption for iosapic [IA64] Use dynamic irq for iosapic interrupts [IA64] Use per iosapic lock for indirect iosapic register access [IA64] Cleanup lock order in iosapic_register_intr [IA64] Remove duplicated members in iosapic_rte_info [IA64] Remove block structure for locking in iosapic.c
2007-07-20Pull ia64-clocksource into release branchTony Luck
2007-07-20[IA64] remove time interpolatorBob Picco
Remove time_interpolator code (This is generic code, but only user was ia64. It has been superseded by the CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME code). Signed-off-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Keilty <peter.keilty@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-07-20[IA64] Convert to generic timekeeping/clocksourceTony Luck
This is a merge of Peter Keilty's initial patch (which was revived by Bob Picco) for this with Hidetoshi Seto's fixes and scaling improvements. Acked-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda-intel: support for iMac 24'' released on 09/2006Nicola Fagnani
Basic audio support for the iMac 24'' model released on 09/2006, including headphone jack detection with automatic speaker muting. This iMac uses the Realtek ALC885 codec, not a Sigmatel one as in other models. Functionality has been tested for internal speakers, headphone and microphone. Signed-off-by: Nicola Fagnani <nicfagn@iol.it> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda-codec - Rename HP model-specific quirksClaudio Matsuoka
Rename ALC888_HP_NETTLE and ALC888_HP_LUCKNOW models to the more generic names ALC888_6ST_HP and ALC888_3ST_HP since HP seems to be consistent in the wiring of their 3stack and 6stack ALC888-based systems. Signed-off-by: Claudio Matsuoka <cmatsuoka@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] usb-audio - Fix AC3 with M-Audio Audiophile USBThibault Le Meur
Fixed AC3 interface in device_setup=0x00 mode thanks to Hakan Lennestal and updated documentation Signed-off-by: Thibault Le Meur <Thibault.LeMeur@supelec.fr> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] usb-audio - Fix audiophile-USB quirk for little-endianThibault Le Meur
Audiophile-usb fix (corrects little-endianness in 16bit modes, resets interfaces at device initialization, and updates the documentation). Signed-off-by: Thibault Le Meur <Thibault.LeMeur@supelec.fr> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] Add missing model entries for HD-audio codecsTakashi Iwai
Added missing model entries for HD-audio codecs in the module option list. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda: support for S/PDIF out on ASUS M2VMike Crash
Added support for S/PDIF digital output on ASUS M2V motheboard - added new model '3stack-660-digout' and ALC660VD_3ST_DIG Signed-off-by: Mike Crash <mike@mikecrash.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda-codec - Add AD1882 codec supportTakashi Iwai
Added AD1882 codec support. It has currently two models, 3stack and 6stack. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda-codec - Add model dell for Dell XPS M1210Takashi Iwai
Added a new model 'dell' for Dell XPS M1210 with STAC922x codec chip. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda-codec - Add support of ALC268 codecKailang Yang
Added the support of new ALC268 codec chip. Signed-off-by: Kailang Yang <kailang@realtek.com.tw> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] More description on duplex streams with OSS emulationAlan Horstmann
Add paragraph to the OSS document to clarify correct use of duplex streams. Signed-off-by: Alan Horstmann <gineera@aspect135.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda-codec - Fix pin configs for Intel MacsIvan N. Zlatev
* adds the pinconfigs for all 5 Apple boards and 14 Subsystem IDs (support for possibly all iMac, Mac, MacMini etc etc) * adds 'intel-mac-v1' to v5 models which replace the current * reflects changes in Alsa-Configuration.txt Signed-off-by: Ivan N. Zlatev <contact@i-nz.net> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] Add support for Cyrix/NatSemi Geode CS5530 (VSA1)Takashi Iwai
Add support for Cyrix/NatSemi Geode SC5530 (VSA1). The driver is snd-cs5530. Signed-off-by Ash Willis <ashwillis@programmer.net> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda-codec - Add support of newer version of Intel iMacTakashi Iwai
Added the pin configs for newer version of Intel iMac. The information provided by Ivan N. Zlatev <contact@i-nz.net>. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] Add description about probe_mask option for snd-hda-intelTakashi Iwai
Added a brief description about probe_mask option for snd-hda-intel. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-20[ALSA] hda-codec - Add AD1884 / AD1984 codec supportTakashi Iwai
Added the support of AD1884 and AD1984 codec chips. Also experimental quirks for Thinkpad T61/X61 laptops with AD1984. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
2007-07-19Pull vector-domain into release branchTony Luck
2007-07-19Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuildLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (33 commits) xtensa: use DATA_DATA in xtensa powerpc: add missing DATA_DATA to powerpc cris: use DATA_DATA in cris kallsyms: remove usage of memmem and _GNU_SOURCE from scripts/kallsyms.c kbuild: use -fno-optimize-sibling-calls unconditionally kconfig: reset generated values only if Kconfig and .config agree. kbuild: fix the warning when running make tags kconfig: strip 'CONFIG_' automatically in kernel configuration search kbuild: use POSIX BRE in headers install target Whitelist references from __dbe_table to .init modpost white list pattern adjustment kbuild: do section mismatch check on full vmlinux kbuild: whitelist references from variables named _timer to .init.text kbuild: remove hardcoded _logo names from modpost kbuild: remove hardcoded apic_es7000 from modpost kbuild: warn about references from .init.text to .exit.text kbuild: consolidate section checks kbuild: refactor code in modpost to improve maintainability kbuild: ignore section mismatch warnings originating from .note section kbuild: .paravirtprobe section is obsolete, so modpost doesn't need to handle it ...
2007-07-19Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: (44 commits) i2c: Delete the i2c-isa pseudo bus driver hwmon: refuse to load abituguru driver on non-Abit boards hwmon: fix Abit Uguru3 driver detection on some motherboards hwmon/w83627ehf: Be quiet when no chip is found hwmon/w83627ehf: No need to initialize fan_min hwmon/w83627ehf: Export the thermal sensor types hwmon/w83627ehf: Enable VBAT monitoring hwmon/w83627ehf: Add support for the VID inputs hwmon/w83627ehf: Fix timing issues hwmon/w83627ehf: Add error messages for two error cases hwmon/w83627ehf: Convert to a platform driver hwmon/w83627ehf: Update the Kconfig entry make coretemp_device_remove() static hwmon: Add LM93 support hwmon: Improve the pwmN_enable documentation hwmon/smsc47b397: Don't report missing fans as spinning at 82 RPM hwmon: Add support for newer uGuru's hwmon/f71805f: Add temperature-tracking fan control mode hwmon/w83627ehf: Preserve speed reading when changing fan min hwmon: fix detection of abituguru volt inputs ... Manual fixup of trivial conflict in MAINTAINERS file
2007-07-19i2c: Delete the i2c-isa pseudo bus driverJean Delvare
There are no users of i2c-isa left, so we can finally get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-07-19hwmon/w83627ehf: Add support for the VID inputsJean Delvare
The W83627EHF and similar chips have 6 VID input pins, add support for them. The driver changes the input voltage level automatically if the current setting is not correct for the detected CPU model. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2007-07-19hwmon: Add LM93 supportHans-Jürgen Koch
This patch adds support for the LM93 hardware monitoring chip. Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2007-07-19hwmon: Improve the pwmN_enable documentationJean Delvare
The documentation of the pwmN_enable interface file is not very clear, and has been confusing several driver authors already. Make it clearer. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2007-07-19hwmon: Add support for newer uGuru'sHans de Goede
This patch adds a new driver for the hardware monitoring features of the third revision of the Abit uGuru chip, found on recent Abit motherboards. This is an entirely different beast then the first and second revision (its again a winbond microcontroller, but the "protocol" to talk to it and the bank addresses are very different. Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2007-07-19hwmon/f71805f: Add temperature-tracking fan control modePhil Endecott
Add support for the "temperature mode" fan speed control. In this mode, the user can define 3 temperature/speed trip points, and the chip will set the speed automatically according to the temperature changes. Signed-off-by: Phil Endecott <kernel@chezphil.org> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2007-07-19hwmon: add SCH5317 to smsc47b397 driverJuerg Haefliger
This patch adds the SMSC SCH5317 chip (device ID 0x85) as a supported device to the smsc47b397 driver. Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2007-07-19hwmon/it87: Add IT8726F supportRudolf Marek
Add support for IT8726F chip driver, which is just same as IT8716F with additional glue logic for AMD power sequencing. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-07-19hwmon: Fault files naming conventionJean Delvare
We have the following naming convention documented in Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface for fault files: in[0-*]_input_fault fan[1-*]_input_fault temp[1-*]_input_fault Some drivers follow this convention (lm63, lm83, lm90, smsc47m192). However some drivers omit the "input" part and create files named fan1_fault (pc87427) or temp1_fault (dme1737). And the new "generic" libsensors follows this second (non-standard) convention, so it fails to report fault conditions for drivers which follow the standard. We want a single naming scheme, and everyone seems to prefer the shorter variant, so let's go for it. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-07-19hwmon/lm90: Add support for the Maxim MAX6680/MAX6681Rainer Birkenmaier
Signed-off-by: Rainer Birkenmaier <rainer.birkenmaier@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-07-19hwmon/dme1737: Add documentationJuerg Haefliger
Add documentation for the new SMSC DME1737 driver. Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-07-19hwmon/lm90: Spelling fix: explicitlyJean Delvare
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-07-19drivers/edac: add to edac docsDoug Thompson
Updated the EDAC kernel documentation Signed-off-by: Doug Thompson <dougthompson@xmission.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19lguest: the documentation, example launcherRusty Russell
A brief document describing how to use lguest. Because lguest doesn't have an ABI we also include an example launcher in the Documentation directory. [jmorris@namei.org: Fix up nat example in documentation] Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Matias Zabaljauregui <matias.zabaljauregui@cern.ch> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19some kmalloc/memset ->kzalloc (tree wide)Yoann Padioleau
Transform some calls to kmalloc/memset to a single kzalloc (or kcalloc). Here is a short excerpt of the semantic patch performing this transformation: @@ type T2; expression x; identifier f,fld; expression E; expression E1,E2; expression e1,e2,e3,y; statement S; @@ x = - kmalloc + kzalloc (E1,E2) ... when != \(x->fld=E;\|y=f(...,x,...);\|f(...,x,...);\|x=E;\|while(...) S\|for(e1;e2;e3) S\) - memset((T2)x,0,E1); @@ expression E1,E2,E3; @@ - kzalloc(E1 * E2,E3) + kcalloc(E1,E2,E3) [akpm@linux-foundation.org: get kcalloc args the right way around] Signed-off-by: Yoann Padioleau <padator@wanadoo.fr> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com> Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Acked-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> Acked-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08Andy Whitcroft
This version brings a number of new checks, and a number of bug fixes. Of note: - warnings for multiple assignments per line - warnings for multiple declarations per line - checks for single statement blocks with braces This patch includes an update for feature-removal-schedule.txt to better target checks. Andy Whitcroft (12): Version: 0.08 only apply printk checks where there is a string literal allow suppression of errors for when no patch is found warn about multiple assignments warn on declaration of multiple variables check for kfree() with needless null check check for single statement braced blocks check for aggregate initialisation on the next line handle the => operator check for spaces between function name and open parenthesis move to explicit Check: entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt handle pointer attributes Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19Typo: fro -> fromRolf Eike Beer
Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19coredump masking: documentation for /proc/pid/coredump_filterKawai, Hidehiro
This patch adds the documentation for /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter. Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19docbook: don't reference file without kernel-docRandy Dunlap
Remove include/linux/rmap.h from kernel-api.tmpl since it no longer contains kernel-doc. Fixes this warning: Warning(linux-2.6.22//include/linux/rmap.h): no structured comments found Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19kernel-doc: add tools doc in MakefileRandy Dunlap
Add kernel-doc tools info in Makefile. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19audit: rework execve auditPeter Zijlstra
The purpose of audit_bprm() is to log the argv array to a userspace daemon at the end of the execve system call. Since user-space hasn't had time to run, this array is still in pristine state on the process' stack; so no need to copy it, we can just grab it from there. In order to minimize the damage to audit_log_*() copy each string into a temporary kernel buffer first. Currently the audit code requires that the full argument vector fits in a single packet. So currently it does clip the argv size to a (sysctl) limit, but only when execve auditing is enabled. If the audit protocol gets extended to allow for multiple packets this check can be removed. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ollie Wild <aaw@google.com> Cc: <linux-audit@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19jprobes: remove JPROBE_ENTRY()Michael Ellerman
AFAICT now that jprobe.entry is a void *, JPROBE_ENTRY doesn't do anything useful - so remove it .. I've left a do-nothing version so that out-of-tree jprobes code will still compile without modifications. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com> Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19gpio calls don't need i/o barriersDavid Brownell
Clarify that drivers using the GPIO operations don't need to issue io barrier instructions themselves. Previously this wasn't clear, and at least one platform assumed otherwise (and would thus break various otherwise-portable drivers which don't issue barriers). Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19PM: introduce hibernation and suspend notifiersRafael J. Wysocki
Make it possible to register hibernation and suspend notifiers, so that subsystems can perform hibernation-related or suspend-related operations that should not be carried out by device drivers' .suspend() and .resume() routines. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19mm: fault feedback #1Nick Piggin
Change ->fault prototype. We now return an int, which contains VM_FAULT_xxx code in the low byte, and FAULT_RET_xxx code in the next byte. FAULT_RET_ code tells the VM whether a page was found, whether it has been locked, and potentially other things. This is not quite the way he wanted it yet, but that's changed in the next patch (which requires changes to arch code). This means we no longer set VM_CAN_INVALIDATE in the vma in order to say that a page is locked which requires filemap_nopage to go away (because we can no longer remain backward compatible without that flag), but we were going to do that anyway. struct fault_data is renamed to struct vm_fault as Linus asked. address is now a void __user * that we should firmly encourage drivers not to use without really good reason. The page is now returned via a page pointer in the vm_fault struct. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19Document ->page_mkwrite() lockingMark Fasheh
There seems to be very little documentation about this callback in general. The locking in particular is a bit tricky, so it's worth having this in writing. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19mm: merge populate and nopage into fault (fixes nonlinear)Nick Piggin
Nonlinear mappings are (AFAIKS) simply a virtual memory concept that encodes the virtual address -> file offset differently from linear mappings. ->populate is a layering violation because the filesystem/pagecache code should need to know anything about the virtual memory mapping. The hitch here is that the ->nopage handler didn't pass down enough information (ie. pgoff). But it is more logical to pass pgoff rather than have the ->nopage function calculate it itself anyway (because that's a similar layering violation). Having the populate handler install the pte itself is likewise a nasty thing to be doing. This patch introduces a new fault handler that replaces ->nopage and ->populate and (later) ->nopfn. Most of the old mechanism is still in place so there is a lot of duplication and nice cleanups that can be removed if everyone switches over. The rationale for doing this in the first place is that nonlinear mappings are subject to the pagefault vs invalidate/truncate race too, and it seemed stupid to duplicate the synchronisation logic rather than just consolidate the two. After this patch, MAP_NONBLOCK no longer sets up ptes for pages present in pagecache. Seems like a fringe functionality anyway. NOPAGE_REFAULT is removed. This should be implemented with ->fault, and no users have hit mainline yet. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanup] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: doc. fixes for readahead] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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