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2006-07-01[PATCH] pi-futex: fix mm_struct memory leakVernon Mauery
lock_queue was getting called essentially twice in a row and was continually incrementing the mm_count ref count, thus causing a memory leak. Dinakar Guniguntala provided a proper fix for the problem that simply grabs the spinlock for the hash bucket queue rather than calling lock_queue. The second time we do a queue_lock in futex_lock_pi, we really only need to take the hash bucket lock. Signed-off-by: Dinakar Guniguntala <dino@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-01[PATCH] audit syscall classesAl Viro
Allow to tie upper bits of syscall bitmap in audit rules to kernel-defined sets of syscalls. Infrastructure, a couple of classes (with 32bit counterparts for biarch targets) and actual tie-in on i386, amd64 and ia64. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-07-01[PATCH] audit: support for object context filtersDarrel Goeddel
This patch introduces object audit filters based on the elements of the SELinux context. Signed-off-by: Darrel Goeddel <dgoeddel@trustedcs.com> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> kernel/auditfilter.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/auditsc.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ security/selinux/ss/services.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-07-01[PATCH] audit: rename AUDIT_SE_* constantsDarrel Goeddel
This patch renames some audit constant definitions and adds additional definitions used by the following patch. The renaming avoids ambiguity with respect to the new definitions. Signed-off-by: Darrel Goeddel <dgoeddel@trustedcs.com> include/linux/audit.h | 15 ++++++++---- kernel/auditfilter.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- kernel/auditsc.c | 10 ++++---- security/selinux/ss/services.c | 32 +++++++++++++------------- 4 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-07-01[PATCH] add rule filterkeyAmy Griffis
Add support for a rule key, which can be used to tie audit records to audit rules. This is useful when a watched file is accessed through a link or symlink, as well as for general audit log analysis. Because this patch uses a string key instead of an integer key, there is a bit of extra overhead to do the kstrdup() when a rule fires. However, we're also allocating memory for the audit record buffer, so it's probably not that significant. I went ahead with a string key because it seems more user-friendly. Note that the user must ensure that filterkeys are unique. The kernel only checks for duplicate rules. Signed-off-by: Amy Griffis <amy.griffis@hpd.com>
2006-06-30Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> remove obsolete swsusp_encrypt arch/arm26/Kconfig typos Documentation/IPMI typos Kconfig: Typos in net/sched/Kconfig v9fs: do not include linux/version.h Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl: typo fixes typo fixes: specfic -> specific typo fixes in Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt typo fixes: occuring -> occurring typo fixes: infomation -> information typo fixes: disadvantadge -> disadvantage typo fixes: aquire -> acquire typo fixes: mecanism -> mechanism typo fixes: bandwith -> bandwidth fix a typo in the RTC_CLASS help text smb is no longer maintained Manually merged trivial conflict in arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
2006-06-30[PATCH] cond_resched() fixAndrew Morton
Fix a bug identified by Zou Nan hai <nanhai.zou@intel.com>: If the system is in state SYSTEM_BOOTING, and need_resched() is true, cond_resched() returns true even though it didn't reschedule. Consequently need_resched() remains true and JBD locks up. Fix that by teaching cond_resched() to only return true if it really did call schedule(). cond_resched_lock() and cond_resched_softirq() have a problem too. If we're in SYSTEM_BOOTING state and need_resched() is true, these functions will drop the lock and will then try to call schedule(), but the SYSTEM_BOOTING state will prevent schedule() from being called. So on return, need_resched() will still be true, but cond_resched_lock() has to return 1 to tell the caller that the lock was dropped. The caller will probably lock up. Bottom line: if these functions dropped the lock, they _must_ call schedule() to clear need_resched(). Make it so. Also, uninline __cond_resched(). It's largeish, and slowpath. Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-30[PATCH] SELinux: add security hook call to kill_proc_info_as_uidDavid Quigley
This patch adds a call to the extended security_task_kill hook introduced by the prior patch to the kill_proc_info_as_uid function so that these signals can be properly mediated by security modules. It also updates the existing hook call in check_kill_permission. Signed-off-by: David Quigley <dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-30[PATCH] zoned vm counters: zone_reclaim: remove ↵Christoph Lameter
/proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_interval The zone_reclaim_interval was necessary because we were not able to determine how many unmapped pages exist in a zone. Therefore we had to scan in intervals to figure out if any pages were unmapped. With the zoned counters and NR_ANON_PAGES we now know the number of pagecache pages and the number of mapped pages in a zone. So we can simply skip the reclaim if there is an insufficient number of unmapped pages. We use SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX as the boundary. Drop all support for /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_interval. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-30Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h>Jörn Engel
Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-30remove obsolete swsusp_encryptPavel Machek
Remove SWSUSP_ENCRYPT config option; it is no longer implemented. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-30typo fixes: occuring -> occurringAdrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-30Move workqueue exports to where the functions are defined.Dave Jones
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2006-06-30[CPUFREQ] Add queue_delayed_work_on() interface for workqueues.Venkatesh Pallipadi
Add queue_delayed_work_on() interface for workqueues. Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2006-06-29[NETLINK]: Encapsulate eff_cap usage within security framework.Darrel Goeddel
This patch encapsulates the usage of eff_cap (in netlink_skb_params) within the security framework by extending security_netlink_recv to include a required capability parameter and converting all direct usage of eff_caps outside of the lsm modules to use the interface. It also updates the SELinux implementation of the security_netlink_send and security_netlink_recv hooks to take advantage of the sid in the netlink_skb_params struct. This also enables SELinux to perform auditing of netlink capability checks. Please apply, for 2.6.18 if possible. Signed-off-by: Darrel Goeddel <dgoeddel@trustedcs.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-29Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpcLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (43 commits) [POWERPC] Use little-endian bit from firmware ibm,pa-features property [POWERPC] Make sure smp_processor_id works very early in boot [POWERPC] U4 DART improvements [POWERPC] todc: add support for Time-Of-Day-Clock [POWERPC] Make lparcfg.c work when both iseries and pseries are selected [POWERPC] Fix idr locking in init_new_context [POWERPC] mpc7448hpc2 (taiga) board config file [POWERPC] Add tsi108 pci and platform device data register function [POWERPC] Add general support for mpc7448hpc2 (Taiga) platform [POWERPC] Correct the MAX_CONTEXT definition powerpc: minor cleanups for mpc86xx [POWERPC] Make sure we select CONFIG_NEW_LEDS if ADB_PMU_LED is set [POWERPC] Simplify the code defining the 64-bit CPU features [POWERPC] powerpc: kconfig warning fix [POWERPC] Consolidate some of kernel/misc*.S [POWERPC] Remove unused function call_with_mmu_off [POWERPC] update asm-powerpc/time.h [POWERPC] Clean up it_lp_queue.h [POWERPC] Skip the "copy down" of the kernel if it is already at zero. [POWERPC] Add the use of the firmware soft-reset-nmi to kdump. ...
2006-06-29Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6: [PATCH] i386: export memory more than 4G through /proc/iomem [PATCH] 64bit Resource: finally enable 64bit resource sizes [PATCH] 64bit Resource: convert a few remaining drivers to use resource_size_t where needed [PATCH] 64bit resource: change pnp core to use resource_size_t [PATCH] 64bit resource: change pci core and arch code to use resource_size_t [PATCH] 64bit resource: change resource core to use resource_size_t [PATCH] 64bit resource: introduce resource_size_t for the start and end of struct resource [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in misc drivers [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in arch and core code [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in pcmcia drivers [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in video drivers [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in ide drivers [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in mtd drivers [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in pci core and hotplug drivers [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in networks drivers [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in sound drivers [PATCH] 64bit resource: C99 changes for struct resource declarations Fixed up trivial conflict in drivers/ide/pci/cmd64x.c (the printk that was changed by the 64-bit resources had been deleted in the meantime ;)
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add chip->eoi(), fastack -> fasteoiIngo Molnar
Clean up the fastack concept by turning it into fasteoi and introducing the ->eoi() method for chips. This also allows the cleanup of an i386 EOI quirk - now the quirk is cleanly separated from the pure ACK implementation. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: fasteoi handler: handle interrupt disablingBenjamin Herrenschmidt
Note when a disable interrupt happened with the fasteoi handler as well so that delayed disable can be implemented with fasteoi-type controllers. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: more verbose debugging on unexpected IRQ vectorsIngo Molnar
One frequent sign of IRQ handling bugs is the appearance of unexpected vectors. Print out all the IRQ state in that case. We dont want this patch upstream, but it is useful during initial testing. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: no_irq_type -> no_irq_chip renameIngo Molnar
Rename no_irq_type to no_irq_chip. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add SA_TRIGGER supportThomas Gleixner
Enable drivers to request an IRQ with a given irq-flow (trigger/polarity) setting. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add irq-wake (power-management) supportThomas Gleixner
Enable platforms to set the irq-wake (power-management) properties of an IRQ. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add handle_bad_irq()Ingo Molnar
Handle bad IRQ vectors via the irqchip mechanism. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add irq-chip supportThomas Gleixner
Enable platforms to use the irq-chip and irq-flow abstractions: allow setting of the chip, the type and provide highlevel handlers for common irq-flows. [rostedt@goodmis.org: misroute-irq: Don't call desc->chip->end because of edge interrupts] Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: coreThomas Gleixner
Core genirq support: add the irq-chip and irq-flow abstractions. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: update copyrightsIngo Molnar
Update/add copyrights in the generic IRQ code. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add IRQ_NOAUTOEN supportThomas Gleixner
Enable platforms to disable the automatic enabling of freshly set up irqs. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add IRQ_NOREQUEST supportThomas Gleixner
Enable platforms to disable request_irq() for certain interrupts. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add IRQ_NOPROBE supportThomas Gleixner
Introduce IRQ_NOPROBE: enables platforms to control chip-probing. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add genirq sw IRQ-retriggerThomas Gleixner
Enable platforms that do not have a hardware-assisted hardirq-resend mechanism to resend them via a softirq-driven IRQ emulation mechanism. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: no_irq_type cleanupsIngo Molnar
Clean up no_irq_type: share the NOP functions where possible, and properly name the ack_bad() function. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: doc: handle_IRQ_event() and __do_IRQ() commentsIngo Molnar
Document handle_IRQ_event() and __do_IRQ(). Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: add ->retrigger() irq op to consolidate hw_irq_resend()Ingo Molnar
Add ->retrigger() irq op to consolidate hw_irq_resend() implementations. (Most architectures had it defined to NOP anyway.) NOTE: ia64 needs testing. i386 and x86_64 tested. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: debug: better debug printout in enable_irq()Thomas Gleixner
Make enable_irq() debug printouts user-readable. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: turn ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU into CONFIG_IRQ_PER_CPUIngo Molnar
Cleanup: change ARCH_HAS_IRQ_PER_CPU into a Kconfig method. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: merge pending_irq_cpumask[] into irq_desc[]Ingo Molnar
Consolidation: remove the pending_irq_cpumask[NR_IRQS] array and move it into the irq_desc[NR_IRQS].pending_mask field. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: merge irq_dir[], smp_affinity_entry[] into irq_desc[]Ingo Molnar
Consolidation: remove the irq_dir[NR_IRQS] and the smp_affinity_entry[NR_IRQS] arrays and move them into the irq_desc[] array. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: reduce irq_desc_t use, mark it obsoleteIngo Molnar
Cleanup: remove irq_desc_t use from the generic IRQ code, and mark it obsolete. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: misc code cleanupsIngo Molnar
Assorted code cleanups to the generic IRQ code. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: remove fastcallIngo Molnar
Now that i386 defaults to regparm, explicit uses of fastcall are not needed anymore. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: remove irq_descp()Ingo Molnar
Cleanup: remove irq_descp() - explicit use of irq_desc[] is shorter and more readable. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: cleanup: merge irq_affinity[] into irq_desc[]Ingo Molnar
Consolidation: remove the irq_affinity[NR_IRQS] array and move it into the irq_desc[NR_IRQS].affinity field. [akpm@osdl.org: sparc64 build fix] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: sem2mutex probe_sem -> probing_activeIngo Molnar
Convert the irq auto-probing semaphore to a mutex. (This allows us to find probing API usage bugs sooner, via the mutex debugging code.) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29[PATCH] genirq: rename desc->handler to desc->chipIngo Molnar
This patch-queue improves the generic IRQ layer to be truly generic, by adding various abstractions and features to it, without impacting existing functionality. While the queue can be best described as "fix and improve everything in the generic IRQ layer that we could think of", and thus it consists of many smaller features and lots of cleanups, the one feature that stands out most is the new 'irq chip' abstraction. The irq-chip abstraction is about describing and coding and IRQ controller driver by mapping its raw hardware capabilities [and quirks, if needed] in a straightforward way, without having to think about "IRQ flow" (level/edge/etc.) type of details. This stands in contrast with the current 'irq-type' model of genirq architectures, which 'mixes' raw hardware capabilities with 'flow' details. The patchset supports both types of irq controller designs at once, and converts i386 and x86_64 to the new irq-chip design. As a bonus side-effect of the irq-chip approach, chained interrupt controllers (master/slave PIC constructs, etc.) are now supported by design as well. The end result of this patchset intends to be simpler architecture-level code and more consolidation between architectures. We reused many bits of code and many concepts from Russell King's ARM IRQ layer, the merging of which was one of the motivations for this patchset. This patch: rename desc->handler to desc->chip. Originally i did not want to do this, because it's a big patch. But having both "desc->handler", "desc->handle_irq" and "action->handler" caused a large degree of confusion and made the code appear alot less clean than it truly is. I have also attempted a dual approach as well by introducing a desc->chip alias - but that just wasnt robust enough and broke frequently. So lets get over with this quickly. The conversion was done automatically via scripts and converts all the code in the kernel. This renaming patch is the first one amongst the patches, so that the remaining patches can stay flexible and can be merged and split up without having some big monolithic patch act as a merge barrier. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] [akpm@osdl.org: another build fix] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-28[PATCH] load_module() cleanupAndrew Morton
Undo bizarre declaration in load_module(). Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-28[PATCH] Add EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL and EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPLArjan van de Ven
Temporarily add EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL and EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL. These will be used as a transition measure for symbols that aren't used in the kernel and are on the way out. When a module uses such a symbol, a warning is printk'd at modprobe time. The main reason for removing unused exports is size: eacho export takes roughly between 100 and 150 bytes of kernel space in the binary. This patch gives users the option to immediately get this size gain via a config option. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-28[POWERPC] Add the use of the firmware soft-reset-nmi to kdump.David Wilder
With this patch, kdump uses the firmware soft-reset NMI for two purposes: 1) Initiate the kdump (take a crash dump) by issuing a soft-reset. 2) Break a CPU out of a deadlock condition that is detected during kdump processing. When a soft-reset is initiated each CPU will enter system_reset_exception() and set its corresponding bit in the global bit-array cpus_in_sr then call die(). When die() finds the CPU's bit set in cpu_in_sr crash_kexec() is called to initiate a crash dump. The first CPU to enter crash_kexec() is called the "crashing CPU". All other CPUs are "secondary CPUs". The secondary CPU's pass through to crash_kexec_secondary() and sleep. The crashing CPU waits for all CPUs to enter via soft-reset then boots the kdump kernel (see crash_soft_reset_check()) When the system crashes due to a panic or exception, crash_kexec() is called by panic() or die(). The crashing CPU sends an IPI to all other CPUs to notify them of the pending shutdown. If a CPU is in a deadlock or hung state with interrupts disabled, the IPI will not be delivered. The result being, that the kdump kernel is not booted. This problem is solved with the use of a firmware generated soft-reset. After the crashing_cpu has issued the IPI, it waits for 10 sec for all CPUs to enter crash_ipi_callback(). A CPU signifies its entry to crash_ipi_callback() by setting its corresponding bit in the cpus_in_crash bit array. After 10 sec, if one or more CPUs have not set their bit in cpus_in_crash we assume that the CPU(s) is deadlocked. The operator is then prompted to generate a soft-reset to break the deadlock. Each CPU enters the soft reset handler as described above. Two conditions must be handled at this point: 1) The system crashed because the operator generated a soft-reset. See 2) The system had crashed before the soft-reset was generated ( in the case of a Panic or oops). The first CPU to enter crash_kexec() uses the state of the kexec_lock to determine this state. If kexec_lock is already held then condition 2 is true and crash_kexec_secondary() is called, else; this CPU is flagged as the crashing CPU, the kexec_lock is acquired and crash_kexec() proceeds as described above. Each additional CPUs responding to the soft-reset will pass through crash_kexec() to kexec_secondary(). All secondary CPUs call crash_ipi_callback() readying them self's for the shutdown. When ready they clear their bit in cpus_in_sr. The crashing CPU waits in kexec_secondary() until all other CPUs have cleared their bits in cpus_in_sr. The kexec kernel boot is then started. Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni <haren@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David Wilder <dwilder@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-06-27[PATCH] Remove redundant NULL checks before [kv]free - in kernel/Jesper Juhl
Remove redundant kfree NULL checks from kernel/ Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-27[PATCH] futex_requeue() optimizationSebastien Dugue
In futex_requeue(), when the 2 futexes keys hash to the same bucket, there is no need to move the futex_q to the end of the bucket list. Signed-off-by: Sebastien Dugue <sebastien.dugue@bull.net> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>