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2009-01-06Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: CRED: Fix regression in cap_capable() as shown up by sys_faccessat() [ver #3] Revert "CRED: Fix regression in cap_capable() as shown up by sys_faccessat() [ver #2]" SELinux: shrink sizeof av_inhert selinux_class_perm and context CRED: Fix regression in cap_capable() as shown up by sys_faccessat() [ver #2] keys: fix sparse warning by adding __user annotation to cast smack: Add support for unlabeled network hosts and networks selinux: Deprecate and schedule the removal of the the compat_net functionality netlabel: Update kernel configuration API
2009-01-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (60 commits) uio: make uio_info's name and version const UIO: Documentation for UIO ioport info handling UIO: Pass information about ioports to userspace (V2) UIO: uio_pdrv_genirq: allow custom irq_flags UIO: use pci_ioremap_bar() in drivers/uio arm: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() libata: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() avr: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() block: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() chris: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() dmi: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() gadget: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() gpio: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() gpu: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() hwmon: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() i2o: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() IA64: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() i7300_idle: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() infiniband: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() ISDN: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() ...
2009-01-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (41 commits) scc_pata: make use of scc_dma_sff_read_status() ide-dma-sff: factor out ide_dma_sff_write_status() ide: move read_sff_dma_status() method to 'struct ide_dma_ops' ide: don't set hwif->dma_ops in init_dma() method Resurrect IT8172 IDE controller driver piix: sync ich_laptop[] with ata_piix.c ide: update warm-plug HOWTO ide: fix ide_port_scan() to do ACPI setup after initializing request queues ide: remove now redundant ->cur_dev checks ide: remove unused ide_hwif_t.sg_mapped field ide: struct ide_atapi_pc - remove unused fields and update documentation ide: remove superfluous hwif variable assignment from ide_timer_expiry() ide: use ide_pci_is_in_compatibility_mode() helper in setup-pci.c ide: make "paranoia" ->handler check in ide_intr() more strict ide-cd: convert to ide-atapi facilities ide-cd: start DMA before sending the actual packet command ide-cd: wait for DRQ to get set per default ide: Fix drive's DWORD-IO handling ide: add port and host iterators ide: dynamic allocation of device structures ...
2009-01-06coredump_filter: permit changing of the default filterHidehiro Kawai
Introduce a new kernel parameter `coredump_filter'. Setting a value to this parameter causes the default bitmask of coredump_filter to be changed. It is useful for users to change coredump_filter settings for the whole system at boot time. Without this parameter, users have to change coredump_filter settings for each /proc/<pid>/ in an initializing script. Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.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>
2009-01-06doc: reformat some long lines in kernel-parameters.txtRandy Dunlap
Reformat text to (mostly) stay within 80 columns of text. 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>
2009-01-06docs: add more early params to kernel-parameters.txtRandy Dunlap
Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt. 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>
2009-01-06documentation: how to use DOC: section blocksRandy Dunlap
Add info on how to use DOC: sections in kernel-doc. DOC: sections enable the addition of inline source file comments that are general in nature instead of being specific to a function, struct, union, enum, or typedef. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06documentation: update s390 header file pathsRandy Dunlap
Update Documentation/s390/ files to reflect changed header files locations. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06documentation: update header file pathsRandy Dunlap
Update several Documentation/ files and a few sub-dir files (only one change in each) to reflect changed header files locations. 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>
2009-01-06docs: document how to write @varargs in kernel-docRandy Dunlap
Add documentation on how to use kernel-doc for function parameters that are "..." (varargs). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06kprobes: support probing module __exit functionMasami Hiramatsu
Allows kprobes to probe __exit routine. This adds flags member to struct kprobe. When module is freed(kprobes hooks module_notifier to get this event), kprobes which probe the functions in that module are set to "Gone" flag to the flags member. These "Gone" probes are never be enabled. Users can check the GONE flag through debugfs. This also removes mod_refcounted, because we couldn't free a module if kprobe incremented the refcount of that module. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: document some locking] [mhiramat@redhat.com: bugfix: pass aggr_kprobe to arch_remove_kprobe] [mhiramat@redhat.com: bugfix: release old_p's insn_slot before error return] Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06adt7470: make automatic fan control really workDarrick J. Wong
It turns out that the adt7470's automatic fan control algorithm only works when the temperature sensors get updated. This in turn happens only when someone tells the chip to read its temperature sensors. Regrettably, this means that we have to drive the chip periodically. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> 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>
2009-01-06poll: allow f_op->poll to sleepTejun Heo
f_op->poll is the only vfs operation which is not allowed to sleep. It's because poll and select implementation used task state to synchronize against wake ups, which doesn't have to be the case anymore as wait/wake interface can now use custom wake up functions. The non-sleep restriction can be a bit tricky because ->poll is not called from an atomic context and the result of accidentally sleeping in ->poll only shows up as temporary busy looping when the timing is right or rather wrong. This patch converts poll/select to use custom wake up function and use separate triggered variable to synchronize against wake up events. The only added overhead is an extra function call during wake up and negligible. This patch removes the one non-sleep exception from vfs locking rules and is beneficial to userland filesystem implementations like FUSE, 9p or peculiar fs like spufs as it's very difficult for those to implement non-sleeping poll method. While at it, make the following cosmetic changes to make poll.h and select.c checkpatch friendly. * s/type * symbol/type *symbol/ : three places in poll.h * remove blank line before EXPORT_SYMBOL() : two places in select.c Oleg: spotted missing barrier in poll_schedule_timeout() Davide: spotted missing write barrier in pollwake() Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> Cc: Ron Minnich <rminnich@sandia.gov> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: Brad Boyer <flar@allandria.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06mm: remove try_to_munlock from vmscanHugh Dickins
An unfortunate feature of the Unevictable LRU work was that reclaiming an anonymous page involved an extra scan through the anon_vma: to check that the page is evictable before allocating swap, because the swap could not be freed reliably soon afterwards. Now try_to_free_swap() has replaced remove_exclusive_swap_page(), that's not an issue any more: remove try_to_munlock() call from shrink_page_list(), leaving it to try_to_munmap() to discover if the page is one to be culled to the unevictable list - in which case then try_to_free_swap(). Update unevictable-lru.txt to remove comments on the try_to_munlock() in shrink_page_list(), and shorten some lines over 80 columns. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06mm: add dirty_background_bytes and dirty_bytes sysctlsDavid Rientjes
This change introduces two new sysctls to /proc/sys/vm: dirty_background_bytes and dirty_bytes. dirty_background_bytes is the counterpart to dirty_background_ratio and dirty_bytes is the counterpart to dirty_ratio. With growing memory capacities of individual machines, it's no longer sufficient to specify dirty thresholds as a percentage of the amount of dirtyable memory over the entire system. dirty_background_bytes and dirty_bytes specify quantities of memory, in bytes, that represent the dirty limits for the entire system. If either of these values is set, its value represents the amount of dirty memory that is needed to commence either background or direct writeback. When a `bytes' or `ratio' file is written, its counterpart becomes a function of the written value. For example, if dirty_bytes is written to be 8096, 8K of memory is required to commence direct writeback. dirty_ratio is then functionally equivalent to 8K / the amount of dirtyable memory: dirtyable_memory = free pages + mapped pages + file cache dirty_background_bytes = dirty_background_ratio * dirtyable_memory -or- dirty_background_ratio = dirty_background_bytes / dirtyable_memory AND dirty_bytes = dirty_ratio * dirtyable_memory -or- dirty_ratio = dirty_bytes / dirtyable_memory Only one of dirty_background_bytes and dirty_background_ratio may be specified at a time, and only one of dirty_bytes and dirty_ratio may be specified. When one sysctl is written, the other appears as 0 when read. The `bytes' files operate on a page size granularity since dirty limits are compared with ZVC values, which are in page units. Prior to this change, the minimum dirty_ratio was 5 as implemented by get_dirty_limits() although /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio would show any user written value between 0 and 100. This restriction is maintained, but dirty_bytes has a lower limit of only one page. Also prior to this change, the dirty_background_ratio could not equal or exceed dirty_ratio. This restriction is maintained in addition to restricting dirty_background_bytes. If either background threshold equals or exceeds that of the dirty threshold, it is implicitly set to half the dirty threshold. Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06mm: show node to memory section relationship with symlinks in sysfsGary Hade
Show node to memory section relationship with symlinks in sysfs Add /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY symlinks for all the memory sections located on nodeX. For example: /sys/devices/system/node/node1/memory135 -> ../../memory/memory135 indicates that memory section 135 resides on node1. Also revises documentation to cover this change as well as updating Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory to include descriptions of memory hotremove files 'phys_device', 'phys_index', and 'state' that were previously not described there. In addition to it always being a good policy to provide users with the maximum possible amount of physical location information for resources that can be hot-added and/or hot-removed, the following are some (but likely not all) of the user benefits provided by this change. Immediate: - Provides information needed to determine the specific node on which a defective DIMM is located. This will reduce system downtime when the node or defective DIMM is swapped out. - Prevents unintended onlining of a memory section that was previously offlined due to a defective DIMM. This could happen during node hot-add when the user or node hot-add assist script onlines _all_ offlined sections due to user or script inability to identify the specific memory sections located on the hot-added node. The consequences of reintroducing the defective memory could be ugly. - Provides information needed to vary the amount and distribution of memory on specific nodes for testing or debugging purposes. Future: - Will provide information needed to identify the memory sections that need to be offlined prior to physical removal of a specific node. Symlink creation during boot was tested on 2-node x86_64, 2-node ppc64, and 2-node ia64 systems. Symlink creation during physical memory hot-add tested on a 2-node x86_64 system. Signed-off-by: Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-07Merge branch 'next' into for-linusJames Morris
2009-01-06uio: make uio_info's name and version constStephen Rothwell
These are only ever assigned constant strings and never modified. This was noticed because Wolfram Sang needed to cast the result of of_get_property() in order to assign it to the name field of a struct uio_info. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-06UIO: Documentation for UIO ioport info handlingHans J. Koch
This patch updates UIO documentation with the changes introduced by previous UIO patch. Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-06kobject: Make Documentation/kobject.txt a little more coherent.Rusty Russell
While reading Documentation/kobject.txt: Note kobject_rename does perform any locking or have a solid notion of what names are valid so the provide must provide their own sanity checking and serialization. I expect better: You never see me hard with time word making sentence coherent stuff. Ever. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-06ide: update warm-plug HOWTOBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Reported-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2009-01-05ocfs2: add mount option and Kconfig option for aclTiger Yang
This patch adds the Kconfig option "CONFIG_OCFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL" and mount options "acl" to enable acls in Ocfs2. Signed-off-by: Tiger Yang <tiger.yang@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
2009-01-03Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus-3' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'cpus4096-for-linus-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (77 commits) x86: setup_per_cpu_areas() cleanup cpumask: fix compile error when CONFIG_NR_CPUS is not defined cpumask: use alloc_cpumask_var_node where appropriate cpumask: convert shared_cpu_map in acpi_processor* structs to cpumask_var_t x86: use cpumask_var_t in acpi/boot.c x86: cleanup some remaining usages of NR_CPUS where s/b nr_cpu_ids sched: put back some stack hog changes that were undone in kernel/sched.c x86: enable cpus display of kernel_max and offlined cpus ia64: cpumask fix for is_affinity_mask_valid() cpumask: convert RCU implementations, fix xtensa: define __fls mn10300: define __fls m32r: define __fls h8300: define __fls frv: define __fls cris: define __fls cpumask: CONFIG_DISABLE_OBSOLETE_CPUMASK_FUNCTIONS cpumask: zero extra bits in alloc_cpumask_var_node cpumask: replace for_each_cpu_mask_nr with for_each_cpu in kernel/time/ cpumask: convert mm/ ...
2009-01-03Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6: (34 commits) V4L/DVB (10173): Missing v4l2_prio_close in radio_release V4L/DVB (10172): add DVB_DEVICE_TYPE= to uevent V4L/DVB (10171): Use usb_set_intfdata V4L/DVB (10170): tuner-simple: prevent possible OOPS caused by divide by zero error V4L/DVB (10168): sms1xxx: fix inverted gpio for lna control on tiger r2 V4L/DVB (10167): sms1xxx: add support for inverted gpio V4L/DVB (10166): dvb frontend: stop using non-C99 compliant comments V4L/DVB (10165): Add FE_CAN_2G_MODULATION flag to frontends that support DVB-S2 V4L/DVB (10164): Add missing S2 caps flag to S2API V4L/DVB (10163): em28xx: allocate adev together with struct em28xx dev V4L/DVB (10162): tuner-simple: Fix tuner type set message V4L/DVB (10161): saa7134: fix autodetection for AVer TV GO 007 FM Plus V4L/DVB (10160): em28xx: update chip id for em2710 V4L/DVB (10157): Add USB ID for the Sil4701 radio from DealExtreme V4L/DVB (10156): saa7134: Add support for Avermedia AVer TV GO 007 FM Plus V4L/DVB (10155): Add TEA5764 radio driver V4L/DVB (10154): saa7134: fix a merge conflict on Behold H6 board V4L/DVB (10153): Add the Beholder H6 card to DVB-T part of sources. V4L/DVB (10152): Change configuration of the Beholder H6 card V4L/DVB (10151): Fix I2C bridge error in zl10353 ...
2009-01-03Merge branch 'master' of ↵Mike Travis
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-cpumask into merge-rr-cpumask Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c kernel/rcuclassic.c kernel/sched.c kernel/time/tick-sched.c Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> [ mingo@elte.hu: backmerged typo fix for io_apic.c ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6: (33 commits) UBIFS: add more useful debugging prints UBIFS: print debugging messages properly UBIFS: fix numerous spelling mistakes UBIFS: allow mounting when short of space UBIFS: fix writing uncompressed files UBIFS: fix checkpatch.pl warnings UBIFS: fix sparse warnings UBIFS: simplify make_free_space UBIFS: do not lie about used blocks UBIFS: restore budg_uncommitted_idx UBIFS: always commit on unmount UBIFS: use ubi_sync UBIFS: always commit in sync_fs UBIFS: fix file-system synchronization UBIFS: fix constants initialization UBIFS: avoid unnecessary calculations UBIFS: re-calculate min_idx_size after the commit UBIFS: use nicer 64-bit math UBIFS: fix available blocks count UBIFS: various comment improvements and fixes ...
2009-01-02Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/~dedekind/ubi-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/~dedekind/ubi-2.6: UBI: fix checkpatch.pl warnings UBI: simplify PEB protection code UBI: prepare for protection tree improvements UBI: return -ENOMEM upon failing vmalloc UBI: document UBI ioctls UBI: handle write errors in WL worker UBI: fix error path UBI: some code re-structuring UBI: fix deadlock UBI: fix warnings when debugging is enabled
2009-01-02Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-nextLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next: kbuild: ignore a few files in headers_check kbuild: add checks for include of linux/types in userspace headers kbuild: drop debugging leftover in tags.sh kbuild: document environment variables kbuild: make *config usage docs kbuild: disable sparse warning "returning void-valued expression" kbuild: in headers_install autoconvert asm/inline/volatile to __xxx__ kbuild: check for leaked CONFIG_ symbols to userspace headers_check.pl: disallow extern's kconfig: improve error messages for bad source statements kconfig: struct property commented kconfig: add comments to symbol flags kconfig: explain symbol value defaults m68k: fix recursive dependency in Kconfig
2009-01-02Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus-2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'cpus4096-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (66 commits) x86: export vector_used_by_percpu_irq x86: use logical apicid in x2apic_cluster's x2apic_cpu_mask_to_apicid_and() sched: nominate preferred wakeup cpu, fix x86: fix lguest used_vectors breakage, -v2 x86: fix warning in arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c sched: fix warning in kernel/sched.c sched: move test_sd_parent() to an SMP section of sched.h sched: add SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE at MC and CPU level for sched_mc>0 sched: activate active load balancing in new idle cpus sched: bias task wakeups to preferred semi-idle packages sched: nominate preferred wakeup cpu sched: favour lower logical cpu number for sched_mc balance sched: framework for sched_mc/smt_power_savings=N sched: convert BALANCE_FOR_xx_POWER to inline functions x86: use possible_cpus=NUM to extend the possible cpus allowed x86: fix cpu_mask_to_apicid_and to include cpu_online_mask x86: update io_apic.c to the new cpumask code x86: Introduce topology_core_cpumask()/topology_thread_cpumask() x86: xen: use smp_call_function_many() x86: use work_on_cpu in x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd_64.c ... Fixed up trivial conflict in kernel/time/tick-sched.c manually
2009-01-02kbuild: document environment variablesSam Ravnborg
Add kbuild.txt to Documentation/kbuild More stuff can be added later - at least we have som of the varous environment variables documented now. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2009-01-02kbuild: make *config usage docsRandy Dunlap
Create a kconfig user assistance guide, with a few tips and hints about using menuconfig, xconfig, and gconfig. Mostly contains user interface, environment variables, and search topics, along with mini.config/custom.config usage. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2009-01-02V4L/DVB (10157): Add USB ID for the Sil4701 radio from DealExtremeMark Lord
Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> [tobias.lorenz@gmx.net: Code beautifications and documentation added] Signed-off-by: Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-01-02V4L/DVB (10156): saa7134: Add support for Avermedia AVer TV GO 007 FM PlusPham Thanh Nam
This patch adds support for Avermedia AVer TV GO 007 FM Plus (M15C) on saa7134 driver (PCI ID 1461:f31d). Signed-off-by: Pham Thanh Nam <phamthanhnam.ptn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-01-02V4L/DVB (10141): v4l2: debugging API changed to match against driver name ↵Hans Verkuil
instead of ID. Since the i2c driver ID will be removed in the near future we have to modify the v4l2 debugging API to use the driver name instead of driver ID. Note that this API is not used in applications other than v4l2-dbg.cpp as it is for debugging and testing only. Should anyone use the old VIDIOC_G_CHIP_IDENT, then this will be logged with a warning that it is deprecated and will be removed in 2.6.30. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-01-02V4L/DVB (10136): v4l2 doc: update v4l2-framework.txtHans Verkuil
Mention the new v4l2_file_operations struct. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-01-02V4L/DVB (10134): v4l2 doc: set v4l2_dev instead of parent.Hans Verkuil
Update the documentation now that the v4l2_dev field is in. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-01-02V4L/DVB (10133): v4l2-framework: use correct comment style.Hans Verkuil
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-01-02Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (32 commits) ide-atapi: start dma in a drive-specific way ide-atapi: put the rest of non-ide-cd code into the else-clause of ide_transfer_pc ide-atapi: remove timeout arg to ide_issue_pc ide-cd: remove handler wrappers ide-cd: remove xferlen arg to cdrom_start_packet_command ide-atapi: split drive-specific functionality in ide_issue_pc ide-atapi: assign expiry and timeout based on device type ide-atapi: compute cmd_len based on device type in ide_transfer_pc ide: remove the last ide-scsi remnants ide-atapi: remove ide-scsi remnants from ide_pc_intr() ide-atapi: remove ide-scsi remnants from ide_transfer_pc() ide-atapi: remove ide-scsi remnants from ide_issue_pc ide-cd: move cdrom_timer_expiry to ide-atapi.c ide-atapi: teach ide atapi about drive->waiting_for_dma ide-atapi: accomodate transfer length calculation for ide-cd ide-atapi: setup dma for ide-cd ide-atapi: combine drive-specific assignments ide-atapi: add a dev_is_idecd-inline remove ide-scsi ide-floppy: allocate only toplevel packet commands ...
2009-01-02Merge branch 'for-upstream' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dvrabel/uwb * 'for-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dvrabel/uwb: (31 commits) uwb: remove beacon cache entry after calling uwb_notify() uwb: remove unused include/linux/uwb/debug.h uwb: use print_hex_dump() uwb: use dev_dbg() for debug messages uwb: fix memory leak in uwb_rc_notif() wusb: fix oops when terminating a non-existant reservation uwb: fix oops when terminating an already terminated reservation uwb: improved MAS allocator and reservation conflict handling wusb: add debug files for ASL, PZL and DI to the whci-hcd driver uwb: fix oops in debug PAL's reservation callback uwb: clean up whci_wait_for() timeout error message wusb: whci-hcd shouldn't do ASL/PZL updates while channel is inactive uwb: remove unused beacon group join/leave events wlp: start/stop radio on network interface up/down uwb: add basic radio manager uwb: add pal parameter to new reservation callback uwb: fix races between events and neh timers uwb: don't unbind the radio controller driver when resetting uwb: per-radio controller event thread and beacon cache uwb: add commands to add/remove IEs to the debug interface ...
2009-01-02Document usage of multiple-instances of devptsSukadev Bhattiprolu
Changelog [v2]: - Add note indicating strict isolation is not possible unless all mounts of devpts use the 'newinstance' mount option. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-02remove ide-scsiFUJITA Tomonori
As planed, this removes ide-scsi. The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which eliminates the need for ide-scsi. ide-scsi has been unmaintained and marked as deprecated. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2009-01-02Merge branch 'master' of ↵David Vrabel
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-upstream Conflicts: drivers/uwb/wlp/eda.c
2008-12-31kill ->dir_notify()Al Viro
Remove the hopelessly misguided ->dir_notify(). The only instance (cifs) has been broken by design from the very beginning; the objects it creates are never destroyed, keep references to struct file they can outlive, nothing that could possibly evict them exists on close(2) path *and* no locking whatsoever is done to prevent races with close(), should the previous, er, deficiencies someday be dealt with. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-12-31fix f_count description in Documentation/filesystems/files.txtEric Dumazet
Documentation/filesystems/files.txt was not updated when f_count became an atomic_long_t. atomic_long_inc_not_zero() is now used instead of atomic_inc_not_zero() Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-12-31correct wrong function name of d_put in kernel document and source commentZhaolei
no function named d_put(), it should be dput(). Impact: fix document and comment, no functionality changed Signed-off-by: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@cn.fuijtsu.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-12-31selinux: Deprecate and schedule the removal of the the compat_net functionalityPaul Moore
This patch is the first step towards removing the old "compat_net" code from the kernel. Secmark, the "compat_net" replacement was first introduced in 2.6.18 (September 2006) and the major Linux distributions with SELinux support have transitioned to Secmark so it is time to start deprecating the "compat_net" mechanism. Testing a patched version of 2.6.28-rc6 with the initial release of Fedora Core 5 did not show any problems when running in enforcing mode. This patch adds an entry to the feature-removal-schedule.txt file and removes the SECURITY_SELINUX_ENABLE_SECMARK_DEFAULT configuration option, forcing Secmark on by default although it can still be disabled at runtime. The patch also makes the Secmark permission checks "dynamic" in the sense that they are only executed when Secmark is configured; this should help prevent problems with older distributions that have not yet migrated to Secmark. Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-12-31Merge branch 'master' of ↵Rusty Russell
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
2008-12-31UBIFS: fix numerous spelling mistakesArtem Bityutskiy
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-12-30Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfsLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs: (184 commits) [XFS] Fix race in xfs_write() between direct and buffered I/O with DMAPI [XFS] handle unaligned data in xfs_bmbt_disk_get_all [XFS] avoid memory allocations in xfs_fs_vcmn_err [XFS] Fix speculative allocation beyond eof [XFS] Remove XFS_BUF_SHUT() and friends [XFS] Use the incore inode size in xfs_file_readdir() [XFS] set b_error from bio error in xfs_buf_bio_end_io [XFS] use inode_change_ok for setattr permission checking [XFS] add a FMODE flag to make XFS invisible I/O less hacky [XFS] resync headers with libxfs [XFS] simplify projid check in xfs_rename [XFS] replace b_fspriv with b_mount [XFS] Remove unused tracing code [XFS] Remove unnecessary assertion [XFS] Remove unused variable in ktrace_free() [XFS] Check return value of xfs_buf_get_noaddr() [XFS] Fix hang after disallowed rename across directory quota domains [XFS] Fix compile with CONFIG_COMPAT enabled move inode tracing out of xfs_vnode. move vn_iowait / vn_iowake into xfs_aops.c ...
2008-12-30Merge 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: (104 commits) [SCSI] fcoe: fix configuration problems [SCSI] cxgb3i: fix select/depend problem [SCSI] fcoe: fix incorrect use of struct module [SCSI] cxgb3i: remove use of skb->sp [SCSI] cxgb3i: Add cxgb3i iSCSI driver. [SCSI] zfcp: Remove unnecessary warning message [SCSI] zfcp: Add support for unchained FSF requests [SCSI] zfcp: Remove busid macro [SCSI] zfcp: remove DID_DID flag [SCSI] zfcp: Simplify mask lookups for incoming RSCNs [SCSI] zfcp: Remove initial device data from zfcp_data [SCSI] zfcp: fix compile warning [SCSI] zfcp: Remove adapter list [SCSI] zfcp: Simplify SBAL allocation to fix sparse warnings [SCSI] zfcp: register with SCSI layer on ccw registration [SCSI] zfcp: Fix message line break [SCSI] qla2xxx: changes in multiq code [SCSI] eata: fix the data buffer accessors conversion regression [SCSI] ibmvfc: Improve async event handling [SCSI] lpfc : correct printk types on PPC compiles ...