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2005-12-16[IA64] Add __read_mostly support for IA64Christoph Lameter
sparc64, i386 and x86_64 have support for a special data section dedicated to rarely updated data that is frequently read. The section was created to avoid false sharing of those rarely read data with frequently written kernel data. This patch creates such a data section for ia64 and will group rarely written data into this section. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-16[IA64-SGI] change default_sn2 to NR_CPUS==1024hawkes@sgi.com
Change the NR_CPUS default for ia64/sn up to 1024. Signed-off-by: John Hawkes <hawkes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: John Hesterberg <jh@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-16[IA64-SGI] Missed TLB flushJack Steiner
I see why the problem exists only on SN. SN uses a different hardware mechanism to purge TLB entries across nodes. It looks like there is a bug in the SN TLB flushing code. During context switch, kernel threads inherit the mm of the task that was previously running on the cpu. This confuses the code in sn2_global_tlb_purge(). The result is a missed TLB purge for the task that owns the "borrowed" mm. (I hit the problem running heavy stress where kswapd was purging code pages of a user task that woke kswapd. The user task took a SIGILL fault trying to execute code in the page that had been ripped out from underneath it). Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-16[IA64] uncached ref count leakJes Sorensen
Use raw_smp_processor_id() instead of get_cpu() as we don't need the extra features of get_cpu(). Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@trained-monkey.org> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-16[IA64] disable preemption in udelay()John Hawkes
The udelay() inline for ia64 uses the ITC. If CONFIG_PREEMPT is enabled and the platform has unsynchronized ITCs and the calling task migrates to another CPU while doing the udelay loop, then the effective delay may be too short or very, very long. This patch disables preemption around 100 usec chunks of the overall desired udelay time. This minimizes preemption-holdoffs. udelay() is now too big to be inline, move it out of line and export it. Signed-off-by: John Hawkes <hawkes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-15[PATCH] ia64 sn __iomem annotationsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-12-14[IA64] fix for SET_PERSONALITY when CONFIG_IA32_SUPPORT is not set.Robin Holt
Missed this when fixing the SET_PERSONALITY change. Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-12Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6
2005-12-12[PATCH] Fix Kconfig of DMA32 for ia64Yasunori Goto
I realized ZONE_DMA32 has a trivial bug at Kconfig for ia64. In include/linux/gfp.h on 2.6.15-rc5-mm1, CONFIG is define like followings. #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_IS_DMA32 #define __GFP_DMA32 ((__force gfp_t)0x01) /* ZONE_DMA is ZONE_DMA32 */ : : So, CONFIG_"ZONE"_DMA_IS_DMA32 is clearly wrong. Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-12-12[PATCH] kprobes: increment kprobe missed count for multiprobesKeshavamurthy Anil S
When multiple probes are registered at the same address and if due to some recursion (probe getting triggered within a probe handler), we skip calling pre_handlers and just increment nmissed field. The below patch make sure it walks the list for multiple probes case. Without the below patch we get incorrect results of nmissed count for multiple probe case. Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-12-06[IA64-SGI] Fix SN PTC deadlock recoveryJack Steiner
The patch that added support for a new platform chipset (shub2) broke PTC deadlock recovery on older versions of the chipset. (PTCs are the SN platform-specific method for doing a global TLB purge). This patch fixes deadlock recovery so that it works on both the old & new chipsets. Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-06[IA64] Change SET_PERSONALITY to comply with comment in binfmt_elf.c.Robin Holt
We have a customer application which trips a bug. The problem arises when a driver attempts to call do_munmap on an area which is mapped, but because current->thread.task_size has been set to 0xC0000000, the call to do_munmap fails thinking it is an unmap beyond the user's address space. The comment in fs/binfmt_elf.c in load_elf_library() before the call to SET_PERSONALITY() indicates that task_size must not be changed for the running application until flush_thread, but is for ia64 executing ia32 binaries. This patch moves the setting of task_size from SET_PERSONALITY() to flush_thread() as indicated. The customer application no longer is able to trip the bug. Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-06[IA64] Limit the maximum NODEDATA_ALIGN() offsetJack Steiner
The per-node data structures are allocated with strided offsets that are a function of the node number. This prevents excessive cache-aliasing from occurring. On systems with a large number of nodes, the strided offset becomes too large. This patch restricts the maximum offset to 32MB. This is far larger than the size of any current L3 cache. Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-06[IA64-SGI] altix: pci_window fixupJohn Keller
Altix only patch to add fixup code that sets up pci_controller->window. This code is a temporary fix until ACPI support on Altix is added. Also, corrects the usage of pci_dev->sysdata, which had previously been used to reference platform specific device info, to now point to a pci_controller struct. Signed-off-by: John Keller <jpk@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-05[IA64] Allow salinfo_decode to detect signals on readKeith Owens
Return -EINTR instead of -ERESTARTSYS when signals are delivered during a blocked read of /proc/sal/*/event. This allows salinfo_decode to detect signals when it is blocked on a read of those files. Signed-off-by: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-02[IA64] refresh tiger_defconfig ready for 2.6.15Tony Luck
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-02[IA64] Updates to the sn2_defconfig for 2.6.15.Robin Holt
This updates the sn2_defconfig file for the Altix 330 hardware, enables the AGP graphics for the SGI Prism, and removes prompts for the remainder of the new features. Greg Edwards reviewed the changes. Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Edwards <edwardsg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-29[IA64] Remove getting break_num by decoding instructionKeshavamurthy Anil S
break.b always sets cr.iim to 0 and the current code tries to get the break_num by decoding instruction. However, their seems to be a race condition while reading the regs->cr_iip, as on other cpu the break.b at regs->cr_iip might have been replaced with the original instruction as a result of unregister_kprobe() and hence decoding instruction to obtain break_num will result in wrong value in this case. Also includes changes to kprobes.c which now has to handle break number zero. Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-29[IA64] - Make pfn_valid more precise for SGI Altix systemsDean Roe
A single SGI Altix system can be divided into multiple partitions, each running their own instance of the Linux kernel. pfn_valid() is currently not optimal for any but the first partition, since it does not compare the pfn with min_low_pfn before calling the more costly ia64_pfn_valid(). Signed-off-by: Dean Roe <roe@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-23[PATCH] kprobes: Fix return probes on sys_execveJim Keniston
Fix a bug in kprobes that can cause an Oops or even a crash when a return probe is installed on one of the following functions: sys_execve, do_execve, load_*_binary, flush_old_exec, or flush_thread. The fix is to remove the call to kprobe_flush_task() in flush_thread(). This fix has been tested on all architectures for which the return-probes feature has been implemented (i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64). Please apply. BACKGROUND Up to now, we have called kprobe_flush_task() under two situations: when a task exits, and when it execs. Flushing kretprobe_instances on exit is correct because (a) do_exit() doesn't return, and (b) one or more return-probed functions may be active when a task calls do_exit(). Neither is the case for sys_execve() and its callees. Initially, the mistaken call to kprobe_flush_task() on exec was harmless because we put the "real" return address of each active probed function back in the stack, just to be safe, when we recycled its kretprobe_instance. When support for ppc64 and ia64 was added, this safety measure couldn't be employed, and was eventually dropped even for i386 and x86_64. sys_execve() and its callees were informally blacklisted for return probes until this fix was developed. Acked-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-21[IA64-SGI] bte_copy nasid_index fixRuss Anderson
The nasid_index was not being incremented if the pointer was null, causing an infinite loop. Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson (rja@sgi.com) Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-21[IA64] fix bug in sn/ia64 for sparse CPU numberinghawkes@sgi.com
The kernel's use of the for_each_*cpu(i) macros has allowed for sparse CPU numbering. When I hacked the kernel to test sparse cpu_present_map[] and cpu_possible_map[] cpumasks, I discovered one remaining spot, in sn_hwperf_ioctl() during sn initialization, that needs to be fixed. Signed-off-by: John Hawkes <hawkes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Dean Roe <roe@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-21[IA64] Prevent sn2 ptc code from executing on all ia64 subarchesPrarit Bhargava
Patch to prevent sn2_ptc_init code from attempting to load on non-sn2 systems when sn2_smp.c is built-in to generic kernel. Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-17[IA64] polish comments for tlb fault handler in ivt.SChen, Kenneth W
Polish the comments specifically in vhpt_miss and nested_dtlb_miss handlers. I think it's better to explicitly name each page table level with its name instead of numerically name them. i.e., use pgd, pud, pmd, and pte instead of referring as L1, L2, L3 etc. Along the line, remove some magic number in the comments like: "PTA + (((IFA(61,63) << 7) | IFA(33,39))*8)". No code change at all, pure comment update. Feel free to shoot anything you have, darts or tomahawk cruise missile. I will duck behind a bunker ;-) Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Acked-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-17[IA64] 4 level page table bug fix in vhpt_missChen, Kenneth W
From source code inspection, I think there is a bug with 4 level page table with vhpt_miss handler. In the code path of rechecking page table entry against previously read value after tlb insertion, *pte value in register r18 was overwritten with value newly read from pud pointer, render the check of new *pte against previous *pte completely wrong. Though the bug is none fatal and the penalty is to purge the entry and retry. For functional correctness, it should be fixed. The fix is to use a different register so new *pud don't trash *pte. (btw, the comments in the cmp statement is wrong as well, which I will address in the next patch). Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-15[PATCH] ia64: cpu_idle performance bug fixChen, Kenneth W
Our performance validation on 2.6.15-rc1 caught a disastrous performance regression on ia64 with netperf (-98%) and volanomark (-58%) compares to previous kernel version 2.6.14-git7. See the following chart (result group 1 & 2). http://kernel-perf.sourceforge.net/results.machine_id=26.html We have root caused it to commit 64c7c8f88559624abdbe12b5da6502e8879f8d28 This changeset broke the ia64 task resched notification. In sched.c:resched_task(), a reschedule IPI is conditioned upon TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG. However, the above changeset unconditionally set the polling thread flag for idle tasks regardless whether pal_halt_light is in use or not. As a result, resched IPI is not sent from resched_task(). And since the default behavior on ia64 is to use pal_halt_light, we end up delaying the rescheduling task until next timer tick, and thus cause the performance regression. This fixes the performance bug. I'm glad our performance suite is turning up bad performance bug like this in time. Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-14Merge x86-64 update from AndiLinus Torvalds
2005-11-14[PATCH] x86_64: Set compatibility flag for 4GB zone on IA64Andi Kleen
IA64 traditionally had a 4GB DMA32 zone. Set the compatibility flag to keep old drivers working. For new drivers it would be better to use ZONE_DMA32 now. Cc: tony.luck@intel.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-11[IA64-SGI] set altix preferred consoleMark Maule
Fix default VGA console on SN platforms. Since SN firmware does not pass enough ACPI information to identify VGA cards and the associated legacy IO/MEM addresses, we rely on the EFI PCDP table. Since the linux pcdp driver is optional (and overridden if console= directives are used) SN duplicates a portion of the pcdp scan code to identify if there is a usable console VGA adapter. Additionally, dup necessary pcdp related structs to avoid dragging drivers/pcdp.h into a more public location. Signed-off-by: Mark Maule <maule@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-11[IA64] 4-level page tablesRobin Holt
This patch introduces 4-level page tables to ia64. I have run some benchmarks and found nothing interesting. Performance has consistently fallen within the noise range. It also introduces a config option (setting the default to 3 levels). The config option prevents having 4 level page tables with 64k base page size. Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-10[IA64] utilize notify_die() for XPC disengageDean Nelson
XPC (as in arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xp*) has a need to notify other partitions (SGI Altix) whenever a partition is going down in order to get them to disengage from accessing the halting partition's memory. If this is not done before the reset of the hardware, the other partitions can find themselves encountering MCAs that bring them down. Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-10[IA64] Replace kcalloc(1, with kzalloc.Panagiotis Issaris
Conversion from kcalloc(1, to kzalloc. Signed-off-by: Panagiotis Issaris <takis@issaris.org> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-10Pull add-mmio-to-proc-iomem into release branchTony Luck
2005-11-10Pull context-bitmap into release branchTony Luck
2005-11-10Pull extend-notify-die into release branchTony Luck
2005-11-10Pull memoryless-node-allocation into release branchTony Luck
2005-11-10Pull mca-check-psp into release branchTony Luck
2005-11-10Pull align-sig-frame into release branchTony Luck
2005-11-09Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6
2005-11-09[PATCH] sched: resched and cpu_idle reworkNick Piggin
Make some changes to the NEED_RESCHED and POLLING_NRFLAG to reduce confusion, and make their semantics rigid. Improves efficiency of resched_task and some cpu_idle routines. * In resched_task: - TIF_NEED_RESCHED is only cleared with the task's runqueue lock held, and as we hold it during resched_task, then there is no need for an atomic test and set there. The only other time this should be set is when the task's quantum expires, in the timer interrupt - this is protected against because the rq lock is irq-safe. - If TIF_NEED_RESCHED is set, then we don't need to do anything. It won't get unset until the task get's schedule()d off. - If we are running on the same CPU as the task we resched, then set TIF_NEED_RESCHED and no further action is required. - If we are running on another CPU, and TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG is *not* set after TIF_NEED_RESCHED has been set, then we need to send an IPI. Using these rules, we are able to remove the test and set operation in resched_task, and make clear the previously vague semantics of POLLING_NRFLAG. * In idle routines: - Enter cpu_idle with preempt disabled. When the need_resched() condition becomes true, explicitly call schedule(). This makes things a bit clearer (IMO), but haven't updated all architectures yet. - Many do a test and clear of TIF_NEED_RESCHED for some reason. According to the resched_task rules, this isn't needed (and actually breaks the assumption that TIF_NEED_RESCHED is only cleared with the runqueue lock held). So remove that. Generally one less locked memory op when switching to the idle thread. - Many idle routines clear TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG, and only set it in the inner most polling idle loops. The above resched_task semantics allow it to be set until before the last time need_resched() is checked before going into a halt requiring interrupt wakeup. Many idle routines simply never enter such a halt, and so POLLING_NRFLAG can be always left set, completely eliminating resched IPIs when rescheduling the idle task. POLLING_NRFLAG width can be increased, to reduce the chance of resched IPIs. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-09[PATCH] sched: disable preempt in idle tasksNick Piggin
Run idle threads with preempt disabled. Also corrected a bugs in arm26's cpu_idle (make it actually call schedule()). How did it ever work before? Might fix the CPU hotplugging hang which Nigel Cunningham noted. We think the bug hits if the idle thread is preempted after checking need_resched() and before going to sleep, then the CPU offlined. After calling stop_machine_run, the CPU eventually returns from preemption and into the idle thread and goes to sleep. The CPU will continue executing previous idle and have no chance to call play_dead. By disabling preemption until we are ready to explicitly schedule, this bug is fixed and the idle threads generally become more robust. From: alexs <ashepard@u.washington.edu> PPC build fix From: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@hh.iij4u.or.jp> MIPS build fix Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@hh.iij4u.or.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-09[PATCH] remove ioctl32_handler_tChristoph Hellwig
Some architectures define and use this type in their compat_ioctl code, but all of them can easily use the identical ioctl_trans_handler_t type that is defined in common code. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-08[IA64] add the MMIO regions that are translated to I/O port space to /proc/iomemBjorn Helgaas
ia64 translates normal loads and stores to special MMIO regions into I/O port accesses. Reserve these special MMIO regions in /proc/iomem. Sample /proc/iomem: f8100000000-f81003fffff : PCI Bus 0000:80 I/O Ports 00000000-00000fff f8100400000-f81007fffff : PCI Bus 0000:8e I/O Ports 00001000-00001fff f8100800000-f8100ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:9c I/O Ports 00002000-00003fff f8101000000-f81017fffff : PCI Bus 0000:aa I/O Ports 00004000-00005fff and corresponding /proc/ioports: 00000000-00000fff : PCI Bus 0000:80 00001000-00001fff : PCI Bus 0000:8e 00002000-00003fff : PCI Bus 0000:9c 00004000-00005fff : PCI Bus 0000:aa Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-08[IA64] altix: misc pci interrupt related fixesMark Maule
Fix a couple of altix interrupt related bugs. Signed-off-by: Mark Maule <maule@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-08[IA64] MCA recovery: Bump reference count on bad pagesRuss Anderson
When a page has a memory uncorrectable ECC error, the recovery code wants to prevent the page from being reused. This change bumps the reference count to prevent the page from getting back on the free list. Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson (rja@sgi.com) Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-08[IA64] MCA recovery: pfn_valid() needs a pfnRuss Anderson
paddr needs to be shifted by PAGE_SHIFT to be valid input for pfn_valid(). Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-08[IA64] MCA recovery based on PSP bitsRuss Anderson
The determination of whether an MCA is recoverable or not must be based on the bits set in the PSP (Processor State Parameter). The specific bits are shown in the Intel IA-64 Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Vol 2, Table 11-6 Software Recovery Bits in Processor State Parameter. Those bits should be consistent across the entire IA-64 family of processors. Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-08[IA64] align signal-frame even when not using alternate signal-stackDavid Mosberger-Tang
At the moment, attempting to invoke a signal-handler on the normal stack is guaranteed to fail if the stack-pointer happens not to be 16-byte aligned. This is because the signal-trampoline will attempt to store fp-regs with stf.spill instructions, which will trap for misaligned addresses. This isn't terribly useful behavior. It's better to just always align the signal frame to the next lower 16-byte boundary. Signed-off-by: David Mosberger-Tang <David.Mosberger@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-08[IA64] fix memory less node allocationBob Picco
The original memory less node allocation attempted to use NODEDATA_ALIGN for alignment. The bootmem allocator only allows a power of two alignments. This causes a BUG_ON for some nodes. For cpu only nodes just allocate with a PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE alignment. Some older firmware reports SLIT distances of 0xff and results in bestnode not being computed. This is now treated correctly. The failed allocation check was removed because it's redundant. The bootmem allocator already makes this check. This fix has been boot tested on 4 node machine which has 4 cpu only nodes and 1 memory node. Thanks to Pete Keilty for reporting this and helping me test it. Signed-off-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-11-07[IA64] Extend notify_die() hooks for IA64Keith Owens
notify_die() added for MCA_{MONARCH,SLAVE,RENDEZVOUS}_{ENTER,PROCESS,LEAVE} and INIT_{MONARCH,SLAVE}_{ENTER,PROCESS,LEAVE}. We need multiple notification points for these events because they can take many seconds to run which has nasty effects on the behaviour of the rest of the system. DIE_SS replaced by a generic DIE_FAULT which checks the vector number, to allow interception of faults other than SS. DIE_MACHINE_{HALT,RESTART} added to allow last minute close down processing, especially when the halt/restart routines are called from error handlers. DIE_OOPS added. The check for kprobe's break numbers has been moved from traps.c to kprobes.c, allowing DIE_BREAK to be used for any additional break numbers, i.e. it is no longer kprobes specific. Hooks for kernel debuggers and kernel dumpers added, ENTER and LEAVE. Both of these disable the system for long periods which impact on watchdogs and heartbeat systems in general. More patches to come that use these events to reset watchdogs and heartbeats. unregister_die_notifier() added and both routines exported. Requested by Dean Nelson. Lock removed from {un,}register_die_notifier. notifier_chain_register() already takes a lock. Also the generic notifier chain locking is being reworked to distinguish between callbacks that can block and those that cannot, the lock in {un,}register_die_notifier would interfere with that change. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113018709002036&w=2 Leading white space removed from arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c. Typo in mca.c in original version of this patch found & fixed by Dean Nelson. Signed-off-by: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> Acked-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com> Acked-by: Anil Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>