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2010-03-24Document Linux's circular buffering capabilitiesDavid Howells
Document the circular buffering capabilities available in Linux. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Reviewed-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24doc: add the documentation for mpol=localKOSAKI Motohiro
commit 3f226aa1c (mempolicy: support mpol=local tmpfs mount option) added new mpol=local mount option. but it didn't add a documentation. This patch does it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24Documentation: rename PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txtFUJITA Tomonori
This patch renames PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txt. The commit 51e7364ef281e540371f084008732b13292622f0 "Documentation: rename PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txt" was supposed to do this but it didn't. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-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>
2010-03-24memcg: fix typo in memcg documentationGreg Thelen
Update memory.txt to be more consistent: s/swapiness/swappiness/ Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentationRussell King
cpu_relax() is documented in volatile-considered-harmful.txt to be a memory barrier. However, everyone with the exception of Blackfin and possibly ia64 defines cpu_relax() to be a compiler barrier. Make the documentation reflect the general concensus. Linus sayeth: : I don't think it was ever the intention that it would be seen as anything : but a compiler barrier, although it is obviously implied that it might : well perform some per-architecture actions that have "memory barrier-like" : semantics. : : After all, the whole and only point of the "cpu_relax()" thing is to tell : the CPU that we're busy-looping on some event. : : And that "event" might be (and often is) about reading the same memory : location over and over until it changes to what we want it to be. So it's : quite possible that on various architectures the "cpu_relax()" could be : about making sure that such a tight loop on loads doesn't starve cache : transactions, for example - and as such look a bit like a memory barrier : from a CPU standpoint. : : But it's not meant to have any kind of architectural memory ordering : semantics as far as the kernel is concerned - those must come from other : sources. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-19Merge 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: driver core: numa: fix BUILD_BUG_ON for node_read_distance driver-core: document ERR_PTR() return values kobject: documentation: Update to refer to kset-example.c. sysdev: the cpu probe/release attributes should be sysdev_class_attributes kobject: documentation: Fix erroneous example in kobject doc. driver-core: fix missing kernel-doc in firmware_class Driver core: Early platform kernel-doc update sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in mlx4 code sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in infiniband code sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in ipmi code sysfs: Initialised pci bus legacy_mem field before use sysfs: use sysfs_bin_attr_init in firmware class driver
2010-03-19Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (45 commits) USB: gadget/multi: cdc_do_config: remove redundant check usb: r8a66597-hcd: fix removed from an attached hub USB: xhci: Make endpoint interval debugging clearer. USB: Fix usb_fill_int_urb for SuperSpeed devices USB: cp210x: Remove double usb_control_msg from cp210x_set_config USB: Remove last bit of CONFIG_USB_BERRY_CHARGE USB: gadget: add gadget controller number for s3c-hsotg driver USB: ftdi_sio: Fix locking for change_speed() function USB: g_mass_storage: fixed module name in Kconfig USB: gadget: f_mass_storage::fsg_bind(): fix error handling USB: g_mass_storage: fix section mismatch warnings USB: gadget: fix Blackfin builds after gadget cleansing USB: goku_udc: remove potential null dereference USB: option.c: Add Pirelli VID/PID and indicate Pirelli's modem interface is 0xff USB: serial: Fix module name typo for qcaux Kconfig entry. usb: cdc-wdm: Fix deadlock between write and resume usb: cdc-wdm: Fix order in disconnect and fix locking usb: cdc-wdm:Fix loss of data due to autosuspend usb: cdc-wdm: Fix submission of URB after suspension usb: cdc-wdm: Fix race between disconnect and debug messages ...
2010-03-19Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client: (205 commits) ceph: update for write_inode API change ceph: reset osd after relevant messages timed out ceph: fix flush_dirty_caps race with caps migration ceph: include migrating caps in issued set ceph: fix osdmap decoding when pools include (removed) snaps ceph: return EBADF if waiting for caps on closed file ceph: set osd request message front length correctly ceph: reset front len on return to msgpool; BUG on mismatched front iov ceph: fix snaptrace decoding on cap migration between mds ceph: use single osd op reply msg ceph: reset bits on connection close ceph: remove bogus mds forward warning ceph: remove fragile __map_osds optimization ceph: fix connection fault STANDBY check ceph: invalidate_authorizer without con->mutex held ceph: don't clobber write return value when using O_SYNC ceph: fix client_request_forward decoding ceph: drop messages on unregistered mds sessions; cleanup ceph: fix comments, locking in destroy_inode ceph: move dereference after NULL test ... Fix trivial conflicts in Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
2010-03-19USB: Fix documentation for avoid_reset_quirkOliver Neukum
The name used in the documentation doesn't match reality. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <neukum@b1-systems.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-19kobject: documentation: Update to refer to kset-example.c.Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-19kobject: documentation: Fix erroneous example in kobject doc.Robert P. J. Day
Replace uio_mem example for kobjects with uio_map, since the uio_mem struct no longer contains a kobject. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-15Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
2010-03-15timestamping: fix example buildRandy Dunlap
Fix Makefiles so that Documentation/networking/timestamping/timestamping.c will build when using the CONFIG_BUILD_DOCSRC kconfig option. (timestamping.c does not build currently with its simple Makefile.) Also fix printf format warnings. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-14Merge branches 'battery-2.6.34', 'bugzilla-10805', 'bugzilla-14668', ↵Len Brown
'bugzilla-531916-power-state', 'ht-warn-2.6.34', 'pnp', 'processor-rename', 'sony-2.6.34', 'suse-bugzilla-531547', 'tz-check', 'video' and 'misc-2.6.34' into release
2010-03-14ACPI: processor: remove early _PDC optin quirksAlex Chiang
Now that we check for physically present processors before blindly evaluating _PDC, we no longer need to maintain a DMI opt-in table nor a kernel param. Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2010-03-14ACPI: plan to delete "acpi=ht" boot optionLen Brown
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2010-03-12Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (56 commits) doc: fix typo in comment explaining rb_tree usage Remove fs/ntfs/ChangeLog doc: fix console doc typo doc: cpuset: Update the cpuset flag file Fix of spelling in arch/sparc/kernel/leon_kernel.c no longer needed Remove drivers/parport/ChangeLog Remove drivers/char/ChangeLog doc: typo - Table 1-2 should refer to "status", not "statm" tree-wide: fix typos "ass?o[sc]iac?te" -> "associate" in comments No need to patch AMD-provided drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios.h devres/irq: Fix devm_irq_match comment Remove reference to kthread_create_on_cpu tree-wide: Assorted spelling fixes tree-wide: fix 'lenght' typo in comments and code drm/kms: fix spelling in error message doc: capitalization and other minor fixes in pnp doc devres: typo fix s/dev/devm/ Remove redundant trailing semicolons from macros fix typo "definetly" -> "definitely" in comment tree-wide: s/widht/width/g typo in comments ... Fix trivial conflict in Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX
2010-03-12Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (370 commits) ARM: S3C2443: Add set_rate and round_rate calls for armdiv clock ARM: S3C2443: Remove #if 0 for clk_mpll ARM: S3C2443: Update notes on MPLLREF clock ARM: S3C2443: Further clksrc-clk conversions ARM: S3C2443: Change to using plat-samsung clksrc-clk implementation USB: Fix s3c-hsotg build following Samsung platform header moves ARM: S3C64XX: Reintroduce unconditional build of audio device ARM: 5961/1: ux500: fix CLKRST addresses ARM: 5977/1: arm: Enable backtrace printing on oops when PC is corrupted ASoC: Fix S3C64xx IIS driver for Samsung header reorg ARM: S3C2440: Fix plat-s3c24xx move of s3c2440/s3c2442 support [ARM] pxa: fix typo in mxm8x10.h [ARM] pxa/raumfeld: set GPIO drive bits for LED pins [ARM] pxa/zeus: Add support for mcp2515 CAN bus [ARM] pxa/zeus: Add support for onboard max6369 watchdog [ARM] pxa/zeus: Add Eurotech as the manufacturer [ARM] pxa/zeus: Correct the USB host initialisation flags [ARM] pxa/zeus: Allow usage of 8250-compatible UART in uncompress [ARM] pxa: refactor uncompress.h for non-PXA uarts [ARM] mmp2: fix incorrect calling of chip->mask_ack() for 2nd level cascaded IRQs ...
2010-03-12ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplinesRodolfo Giometti
Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <lasaine@lvk.cs.msu.su> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation: rename PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txtFUJITA Tomonori
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> 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>
2010-03-12Documentation: remove the PCI DMA API description in DMA-API.txtFUJITA Tomonori
- remove the PCI DMA API description in DMA-API.txt - remove the descriptions of dma_unmap macros since PCI-DMA-mapping.txt has the same description. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Reviewed-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>
2010-03-12Documentation: convert PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to use the generic DMA APIFUJITA Tomonori
- replace the PCI DMA API (i.e. pci_dma_*) with the generic DMA API. - make the document more generic (use the PCI specific explanation as an example). [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix things Randy noticed] Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Reviewed-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>
2010-03-12dma-mapping: dma-mapping.h: add dma_set_coherent_maskFUJITA Tomonori
dma_set_coherent_mask corresponds to pci_set_consistent_dma_mask. This is necessary to move to the generic device model DMA API from the PCI bus specific API in the long term. dma_set_coherent_mask works in the exact same way that pci_set_consistent_dma_mask does. So this patch also changes pci_set_consistent_dma_mask to call dma_set_coherent_mask. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.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>
2010-03-12dma-mapping.h: add the dma_unmap state APIFUJITA Tomonori
Adds the following macros: DECLARE_DMA_UNMAP_ADDR(ADDR_NAME) DECLARE_DMA_UNMAP_LEN(LEN_NAME) dma_unmap_addr(PTR, ADDR_NAME) dma_unmap_addr_set(PTR, ADDR_NAME, VAL) dma_unmap_len(PTR, LEN_NAME) dma_unmap_len_set(PTR, LEN_NAME, VAL) The API corresponds to the pci_unmap state API. We'll move to this new generic API from the PCI specific API in the long term. As include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h does, the pci_unmap API simply calls the new generic API for some time. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12DMA-API.txt: remove dma_sync_single_range descriptionFUJITA Tomonori
dma_sync_single_for_cpu/for_device supports a partial sync so there is no point to have dma_sync_single_range (also dma_sync_single was obsoleted long ago, replaced with dma_sync_single_for_cpu/for_device). There is no user of dma_sync_single_range() in mainline and only Alpha architecture supports dma_sync_single_range(). So it's unlikely that someone out of the tree uses it. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12DMA-API.txt: add dma_sync_single/sg API descriptionFUJITA Tomonori
This adds the description of the following eight function: dma_sync_single_for_cpu pci_dma_sync_single_for_cpu dma_sync_single_for_device pci_dma_sync_single_for_device dma_sync_sg_for_cpu pci_dma_sync_sg_for_cpu dma_sync_sg_for_device pci_dma_sync_sg_for_device It was unclear that the API permits a partial sync (some network drivers already do though). I made it clear that the sync_single API can do a partial sync but the sync_sg API can't. We could do a partial sync with the sync_sg API too, however, it's difficult for driver writers to correctly use the sync_sg API for a partial sync since the scatterlists passed in to the mapping API can't be modified. It's unlikely that driver writers want to do a partial sync with the sync_sg API (because the sync_sg API are usually used for block drivers). So I think that it's better to forbid a partial sync with the sync_sg API. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/DMA-API.txt: remove deprecated function descriptionsFUJITA Tomonori
dma_sync_single(), pci_dma_sync_single(), dma_sync_sg(), and pci_dma_sync_sg() are deprecated. We should not advertise them. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12ipmi: add parameter to limit CPU usage in kipmidMartin Wilck
In some cases kipmid can use a lot of CPU. This adds a way to tune the CPU used by kipmid to help in those cases. By setting kipmid_max_busy_us to a value between 100 and 500, it is possible to bring down kipmid CPU load to practically 0 without loosing too much ipmi throughput performance. Not setting the value, or setting the value to zero, operation is unaffected. Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <martin.wilck@ts.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: fix typos in memcg_test.txtKirill A. Shutemov
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Reviewed-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: update memcg_test.txt to describe memory thresholdsKirill A. Shutemov
Decription of sanity check for memory thresholds. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroups: add simple listener of cgroup events to documentationKirill A. Shutemov
An example of cgroup notification API usage. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: handle panic_on_oom=always caseKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Presently, if panic_on_oom=2, the whole system panics even if the oom happend in some special situation (as cpuset, mempolicy....). Then, panic_on_oom=2 means painc_on_oom_always. Now, memcg doesn't check panic_on_oom flag. This patch adds a check. BTW, how it's useful ? kdump+panic_on_oom=2 is the last tool to investigate what happens in oom-ed system. When a task is killed, the sysytem recovers and there will be few hint to know what happnes. In mission critical system, oom should never happen. Then, panic_on_oom=2+kdump is useful to avoid next OOM by knowing precise information via snapshot. TODO: - For memcg, it's for isolate system's memory usage, oom-notiifer and freeze_at_oom (or rest_at_oom) should be implemented. Then, management daemon can do similar jobs (as kdump) or taking snapshot per cgroup. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: update memcg_test.txtDaisuke Nishimura
Update memcg_test.txt to describe how to test the move-charge feature. Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: implement memory thresholdsKirill A. Shutemov
It allows to register multiple memory and memsw thresholds and gets notifications when it crosses. To register a threshold application need: - create an eventfd; - open memory.usage_in_bytes or memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes; - write string like "<event_fd> <memory.usage_in_bytes> <threshold>" to cgroup.event_control. Application will be notified through eventfd when memory usage crosses threshold in any direction. It's applicable for root and non-root cgroup. It uses stats to track memory usage, simmilar to soft limits. It checks if we need to send event to userspace on every 100 page in/out. I guess it's good compromise between performance and accuracy of thresholds. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp: fix documentation merge issue] Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Vladislav Buzov <vbuzov@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso@slind.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroup: implement eventfd-based generic API for notificationsKirill A. Shutemov
This patchset introduces eventfd-based API for notifications in cgroups and implements memory notifications on top of it. It uses statistics in memory controler to track memory usage. Output of time(1) on building kernel on tmpfs: Root cgroup before changes: make -j2 506.37 user 60.93s system 193% cpu 4:52.77 total Non-root cgroup before changes: make -j2 507.14 user 62.66s system 193% cpu 4:54.74 total Root cgroup after changes (0 thresholds): make -j2 507.13 user 62.20s system 193% cpu 4:53.55 total Non-root cgroup after changes (0 thresholds): make -j2 507.70 user 64.20s system 193% cpu 4:55.70 total Root cgroup after changes (1 thresholds, never crossed): make -j2 506.97 user 62.20s system 193% cpu 4:53.90 total Non-root cgroup after changes (1 thresholds, never crossed): make -j2 507.55 user 64.08s system 193% cpu 4:55.63 total This patch: Introduce the write-only file "cgroup.event_control" in every cgroup. To register new notification handler you need: - create an eventfd; - open a control file to be monitored. Callbacks register_event() and unregister_event() must be defined for the control file; - write "<event_fd> <control_fd> <args>" to cgroup.event_control. Interpretation of args is defined by control file implementation; eventfd will be woken up by control file implementation or when the cgroup is removed. To unregister notification handler just close eventfd. If you need notification functionality for a control file you have to implement callbacks register_event() and unregister_event() in the struct cftype. [kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com: Kconfig fix] Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Vladislav Buzov <vbuzov@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso@slind.org> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Signed-off-by: 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>
2010-03-12memcg: move charges of anonymous swapDaisuke Nishimura
This patch is another core part of this move-charge-at-task-migration feature. It enables moving charges of anonymous swaps. To move the charge of swap, we need to exchange swap_cgroup's record. In current implementation, swap_cgroup's record is protected by: - page lock: if the entry is on swap cache. - swap_lock: if the entry is not on swap cache. This works well in usual swap-in/out activity. But this behavior make the feature of moving swap charge check many conditions to exchange swap_cgroup's record safely. So I changed modification of swap_cgroup's recored(swap_cgroup_record()) to use xchg, and define a new function to cmpxchg swap_cgroup's record. This patch also enables moving charge of non pte_present but not uncharged swap caches, which can be exist on swap-out path, by getting the target pages via find_get_page() as do_mincore() does. [kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com: fix ia64 build] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix typos] Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: 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>
2010-03-12memcg: add interface to move charge at task migrationDaisuke Nishimura
In current memcg, charges associated with a task aren't moved to the new cgroup at task migration. Some users feel this behavior to be strange. These patches are for this feature, that is, for charging to the new cgroup and, of course, uncharging from the old cgroup at task migration. This patch adds "memory.move_charge_at_immigrate" file, which is a flag file to determine whether charges should be moved to the new cgroup at task migration or not and what type of charges should be moved. This patch also adds read and write handlers of the file. This patch also adds no-op handlers for this feature. These handlers will be implemented in later patches. And you cannot write any values other than 0 to move_charge_at_immigrate yet. Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroups: fix CONTENTS in cgroups documentationKirill A. Shutemov
Add a forgotten item into CONTENTS. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroups: subsystem module unloadingBen Blum
Provides support for unloading modular subsystems. This patch adds a new function cgroup_unload_subsys which is to be used for removing a loaded subsystem during module deletion. Reference counting of the subsystems' modules is moved from once (at load time) to once per attached hierarchy (in parse_cgroupfs_options and rebind_subsystems) (i.e., 0 or 1). Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroups: subsystem module loading interfaceBen Blum
Add interface between cgroups subsystem management and module loading This patch implements rudimentary module-loading support for cgroups - namely, a cgroup_load_subsys (similar to cgroup_init_subsys) for use as a module initcall, and a struct module pointer in struct cgroup_subsys. Several functions that might be wanted by modules have had EXPORT_SYMBOL added to them, but it's unclear exactly which functions want it and which won't. Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroup: introduce cancel_attach()Daisuke Nishimura
Add cancel_attach() operation to struct cgroup_subsys. cancel_attach() can be used when can_attach() operation prepares something for the subsys, but we should rollback what can_attach() operation has prepared if attach task fails after we've succeeded in can_attach(). Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/email-clients.txt: update gmail informationDave Young
Gmail web gui does not work for sending patches now even with firefox "view source with" extension. It will use windows style line breaks to wrap lines automatically when sening email. Rewrite the gmail web gui part of email client documentation. Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Martin Bligh <mbligh@mbligh.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation: remove obsolete voyager.txt fileBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
x86/Voyager support has been removed a year ago. Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Inspired-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add rule #1Randy Dunlap
Add header file requirements. Compliments of Stephen Rothwell. Stephen calls this Rule #1, so I put it there, but I didn't want to demote any of the others in the list, so I made one of them number 2b. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/vm/: split txt and source filesRandy Dunlap
Documentation/vm/: Expose example and tool source files in the Documentation/ directory in their own files instead of being buried (almost hidden) in readme/txt files. This should help to prevent bitrot. This will make them more visible/usable to users who may need to use them, to developers who may need to test with them, and to anyone who would fix/update them if they were more visible. Also, if any of these possibly should not be in the kernel tree at all, it will be clearer that they are here and we can discuss if they should be removed. Also build the recently-added map_hugetlb.c. Make several functions static to prevent linker warnings. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Eric B Munson <ebmunson@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/fs/: split txt and source filesRandy Dunlap
Make dnotify_test.c source file and add it to Makefile so that bitrot can be prevented. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/laptop/: split txt and source filesRandy Dunlap
Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt: Expose example and tool source files in the Documentation/ directory in their own files instead of being buried (almost hidden) in readme/txt files. This should help to prevent bitrot. This will make them more visible/usable to users who may need to use them, to developers who may need to test with them, and to anyone who would fix/update them if they were more visible. Also, if any of these possibly should not be in the kernel tree at all, it will be clearer that they are here and we can discuss if they should be removed. 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>
2010-03-12Documentation/timers/: split txt and source filesRandy Dunlap
Documentation/timers/hpet.txt: Expose example and tool source files in the Documentation/timers/ directory in their own files instead of being buried (almost hidden) in readme/txt files. This should help to prevent bitrot. This will make them more visible/usable to users who may need to use them, to developers who may need to test with them, and to anyone who would fix/update them if they were more visible. Also, if any of these possibly should not be in the kernel tree at all, it will be clearer that they are here and we can discuss if they should be removed. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-08Merge branch 'origin' into devel-stableRussell King
Conflicts: arch/arm/mach-mx2/devices.c arch/arm/mach-mx2/devices.h sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c
2010-03-08Merge 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: (62 commits) msi-laptop: depends on RFKILL msi-laptop: Detect 3G device exists by standard ec command msi-laptop: Add resume method for set the SCM load again msi-laptop: Support some MSI 3G netbook that is need load SCM msi-laptop: Add threeg sysfs file for support query 3G state by standard 66/62 ec command msi-laptop: Support standard ec 66/62 command on MSI notebook and nebook Driver core: create lock/unlock functions for struct device sysfs: fix for thinko with sysfs_bin_attr_init() sysfs: Kill unused sysfs_sb variable. sysfs: Pass super_block to sysfs_get_inode driver core: Use sysfs_rename_link in device_rename sysfs: Implement sysfs_rename_link sysfs: Pack sysfs_dirent more tightly. sysfs: Serialize updates to the vfs inode sysfs: windfarm: init sysfs attributes sysfs: Use sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init on module dynamic attributes sysfs: Document sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init sysfs: Use sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init on dynamic attributes sysfs: Use one lockdep class per sysfs attribute. sysfs: Only take active references on attributes. ...