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2007-05-08schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal, 4th roundAdrian Bunk
Schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08VFS: delay the dentry name generation on sockets and pipesEric Dumazet
1) Introduces a new method in 'struct dentry_operations'. This method called d_dname() might be called from d_path() to build a pathname for special filesystems. It is called without locks. Future patches (if we succeed in having one common dentry for all pipes/sockets) may need to change prototype of this method, but we now use : char *d_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen); 2) Adds a dynamic_dname() helper function that eases d_dname() implementations 3) Defines d_dname method for sockets : No more sprintf() at socket creation. This is delayed up to the moment someone does an access to /proc/pid/fd/... 4) Defines d_dname method for pipes : No more sprintf() at pipe creation. This is delayed up to the moment someone does an access to /proc/pid/fd/... A benchmark consisting of 1.000.000 calls to pipe()/close()/close() gives a *nice* speedup on my Pentium(M) 1.6 Ghz : 3.090 s instead of 3.450 s Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.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>
2007-05-08proc: maps protectionKees Cook
The /proc/pid/ "maps", "smaps", and "numa_maps" files contain sensitive information about the memory location and usage of processes. Issues: - maps should not be world-readable, especially if programs expect any kind of ASLR protection from local attackers. - maps cannot just be 0400 because "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -O2" makes glibc check the maps when %n is in a *printf call, and a setuid(getuid()) process wouldn't be able to read its own maps file. (For reference see http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/22/150) - a system-wide toggle is needed to allow prior behavior in the case of non-root applications that depend on access to the maps contents. This change implements a check using "ptrace_may_attach" before allowing access to read the maps contents. To control this protection, the new knob /proc/sys/kernel/maps_protect has been added, with corresponding updates to the procfs documentation. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: New sysctl numbers are old hat] Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08tty: Clarify documentation of ->write()Alan
The tty driver write method is different to the usual fops device write methods as the buffer is already in kernel space. Clarify the docs since someone writing a driver made that mistake. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Documentation: Ask driver writers to provide PM supportRafael J. Wysocki
Add a paragraph in Documentation/SubmittingDrivers requesting that the basic PM support be provided by new device drivers. Add two new documents in Documentation/power/ giving general instructions on debugging the suspend/resume functionality and testing the suspend and resume support in device drivers. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Cc: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: [IA64] update memory attribute aliasing documentation & test cases [IA64] fail mmaps that span areas with incompatible attributes [IA64] allow WB /sys/.../legacy_mem mmaps [IA64] make ioremap avoid unsupported attributes [IA64] rename ioremap variables to match i386 [IA64] relax per-cpu TLB requirement to DTC [IA64] remove per-cpu ia64_phys_stacked_size_p8 [IA64] Fix example error injection program [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: pal_mc_error_inject() interface [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Makefile changes [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Driver sysfs interface [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Doc and sample application [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Kernel configuration
2007-05-07Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: (38 commits) sh: R7785RP board updates. sh: Update r7780rp defconfig. sh: Add die chain notifiers. sh: Fix APM emulation on hp6xx. sh: Wire up more IRQs for SH7709. sh: Solution Engine 7722 board support. sh: Fix r7780rp build. sh: kdump support. sh: Move clock reporting to its own proc entry. sh: Solution Engine SH7705 board and CPU updates. serial: sh-sci: Fix module clock refcount for serial console. serial: sh-sci: Fix module clock refcounting. sh: SH7722 clock framework support. sh: hp6xx pata_platform support. sh: Obey CONFIG_HZ for HZ definition. sh: Fix fstatat64() syscall. sh: se7780 PCI support. sh: SH7780 Solution Engine board support. sh: Add a dummy SH-4 PCIC fixup. sh: Tidy up L-BOX area5 addresses. ...
2007-05-07power management: change /sys/power/disk displayJohannes Berg
Change /sys/power/disk to display all valid modes as well as the currently selected one in a fashion known from the LED subsystem. This changes userspace API, but it is apparently not used much (we asked some userspace developers) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07blackfin architectureBryan Wu
This adds support for the Analog Devices Blackfin processor architecture, and currently supports the BF533, BF532, BF531, BF537, BF536, BF534, and BF561 (Dual Core) devices, with a variety of development platforms including those avaliable from Analog Devices (BF533-EZKit, BF533-STAMP, BF537-STAMP, BF561-EZKIT), and Bluetechnix! Tinyboards. The Blackfin architecture was jointly developed by Intel and Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) as the Micro Signal Architecture (MSA) core and introduced it in December of 2000. Since then ADI has put this core into its Blackfin processor family of devices. The Blackfin core has the advantages of a clean, orthogonal,RISC-like microprocessor instruction set. It combines a dual-MAC (Multiply/Accumulate), state-of-the-art signal processing engine and single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) multimedia capabilities into a single instruction-set architecture. The Blackfin architecture, including the instruction set, is described by the ADSP-BF53x/BF56x Blackfin Processor Programming Reference http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/download/frsrelease/29/2549/Blackfin_PRM.pdf The Blackfin processor is already supported by major releases of gcc, and there are binary and source rpms/tarballs for many architectures at: http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/toolchain/frs There is complete documentation, including "getting started" guides available at: http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/ which provides links to the sources and patches you will need in order to set up a cross-compiling environment for bfin-linux-uclibc This patch, as well as the other patches (toolchain, distribution, uClibc) are actively supported by Analog Devices Inc, at: http://blackfin.uclinux.org/ We have tested this on LTP, and our test plan (including pass/fails) can be found at: http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=testing_the_linux_kernel [m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl: balance parenthesis in blackfin header files] Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> Signed-off-by: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07mm: fix handling of panic_on_oom when cpusets are in useYasunori Goto
The current panic_on_oom may not work if there is a process using cpusets/mempolicy, because other nodes' memory may remain. But some people want failover by panic ASAP even if they are used. This patch makes new setting for its request. This is tested on my ia64 box which has 3 nodes. Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Ethan Solomita <solo@google.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07slub: add slabinfo toolChristoph Lameter
Add the tool which gets reports about slabs to the VM documentation directory. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07slub: user documentationChristoph Lameter
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07smaps: add clear_refs file to clear referenceDavid Rientjes
Adds /proc/pid/clear_refs. When any non-zero number is written to this file, pte_mkold() and ClearPageReferenced() is called for each pte and its corresponding page, respectively, in that task's VMAs. This file is only writable by the user who owns the task. It is now possible to measure _approximately_ how much memory a task is using by clearing the reference bits with echo 1 > /proc/pid/clear_refs and checking the reference count for each VMA from the /proc/pid/smaps output at a measured time interval. For example, to observe the approximate change in memory footprint for a task, write a script that clears the references (echo 1 > /proc/pid/clear_refs), sleeps, and then greps for Pgs_Referenced and extracts the size in kB. Add the sizes for each VMA together for the total referenced footprint. Moments later, repeat the process and observe the difference. For example, using an efficient Mozilla: accumulated time referenced memory ---------------- ----------------- 0 s 408 kB 1 s 408 kB 2 s 556 kB 3 s 1028 kB 4 s 872 kB 5 s 1956 kB 6 s 416 kB 7 s 1560 kB 8 s 2336 kB 9 s 1044 kB 10 s 416 kB This is a valuable tool to get an approximate measurement of the memory footprint for a task. Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fixes] [mpm@selenic.com: rename for_each_pmd] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07add new_id to PCMCIA driversBernhard Walle
PCI drivers have the new_id file in sysfs which allows new IDs to be added at runtime. The advantage is to avoid re-compilation of a driver that works for a new device, but it's ID table doesn't contain the new device. This mechanism is only meant for testing, after the driver has been tested successfully, the ID should be added in source code so that new revisions of the kernel automatically detect the device. The implementation follows the PCI implementation. The interface is documented in Documentation/pcmcia/driver.txt. Computations should be done in userspace, so the sysfs string contains the raw structure members for matching. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07sh: SH7722 clock framework support.dmitry pervushin
This adds support for the SH7722 (MobileR) to the clock framework. Signed-off-by: dmitry pervushin <dimka@nomadgs.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
2007-05-07doc: Update sysrq doc for sh kgdb trigger.Paul Mundt
sh uses the same sysrq trigger as ppc, update the documentation to reflect that. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
2007-05-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuildLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (38 commits) kconfig: fix mconf segmentation fault kbuild: enable use of code from a different dir kconfig: error out if recursive dependencies are found kbuild: scripts/basic/fixdep segfault on pathological string-o-death kconfig: correct minor typo in Kconfig warning message. kconfig: fix path to modules.txt in Kconfig help usr/Kconfig: fix typo kernel-doc: alphabetically-sorted entries in index.html of 'htmldocs' kbuild: be more explicit on missing .config file kbuild: clarify the creation of the LOCALVERSION_AUTO string. kbuild: propagate errors from find in scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh kconfig: refer to qt3 if we cannot find qt libraries kbuild: handle compressed cpio initramfs-es kbuild: ignore section mismatch warning for references from .paravirtprobe to .init.text kbuild: remove stale comment in modpost.c kbuild/mkuboot.sh: allow spaces in CROSS_COMPILE kbuild: fix make mrproper for Documentation/DocBook/man kbuild: remove kconfig binaries during make mrproper kconfig/menuconfig: do not hardcode '.config' kbuild: override build timestamp & version ...
2007-05-06Merge 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: (82 commits) [ARM] Add comments marking in-use ptrace numbers [ARM] Move syscall saving out of the way of utrace [ARM] 4360/1: S3C24XX: regs-udc.h remove unused macro [ARM] 4358/1: S3C24XX: mach-qt2410.c: remove linux/mmc/protocol.h header [ARM] mm 10: allow memory type to be specified with ioremap [ARM] mm 9: add additional device memory types [ARM] mm 8: define mem_types table L1 bit 4 to be for ARMv6 [ARM] iop: add missing parens in macro [ARM] mm 7: remove duplicated __ioremap() prototypes ARM: OMAP: fix OMAP1 mpuio suspend/resume oops ARM: OMAP: MPUIO wake updates ARM: OMAP: speed up gpio irq handling ARM: OMAP: plat-omap changes for 2430 SDP ARM: OMAP: gpio object shrinkage, cleanup ARM: OMAP: /sys/kernel/debug/omap_gpio ARM: OMAP: Implement workaround for GPIO wakeup bug in OMAP2420 silicon ARM: OMAP: Enable 24xx GPIO autoidling [ARM] 4318/2: DSM-G600 Board Support [ARM] 4227/1: minor head.S fixups [ARM] 4328/1: Move i.MX UART regs to driver ...
2007-05-05Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (231 commits) [PATCH] i386: Don't delete cpu_devs data to identify different x86 types in late_initcall [PATCH] i386: type may be unused [PATCH] i386: Some additional chipset register values validation. [PATCH] i386: Add missing !X86_PAE dependincy to the 2G/2G split. [PATCH] x86-64: Don't exclude asm-offsets.c in Documentation/dontdiff [PATCH] i386: avoid redundant preempt_disable in __unlazy_fpu [PATCH] i386: white space fixes in i387.h [PATCH] i386: Drop noisy e820 debugging printks [PATCH] x86-64: Fix allnoconfig error in genapic_flat.c [PATCH] x86-64: Shut up warnings for vfat compat ioctls on other file systems [PATCH] x86-64: Share identical video.S between i386 and x86-64 [PATCH] x86-64: Remove CONFIG_REORDER [PATCH] x86-64: Print type and size correctly for unknown compat ioctls [PATCH] i386: Remove copy_*_user BUG_ONs for (size < 0) [PATCH] i386: Little cleanups in smpboot.c [PATCH] x86-64: Don't enable NUMA for a single node in K8 NUMA scanning [PATCH] x86: Use RDTSCP for synchronous get_cycles if possible [PATCH] i386: Add X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP [PATCH] i386: Implement X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC on i386 [PATCH] i386: Implement alternative_io for i386 ... Fix up trivial conflict in include/linux/highmem.h manually. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-05Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (87 commits) [SCSI] fusion: fix domain validation loops [SCSI] qla2xxx: fix regression on sparc64 [SCSI] modalias for scsi devices [SCSI] sg: cap reserved_size values at max_sectors [SCSI] BusLogic: stop using check_region [SCSI] tgt: fix rdma transfer bugs [SCSI] aacraid: fix aacraid not finding device [SCSI] aacraid: Correct SMC products in aacraid.txt [SCSI] scsi_error.c: Add EH Start Unit retry [SCSI] aacraid: [Fastboot] Panics for AACRAID driver during 'insmod' for kexec test. [SCSI] ipr: Driver version to 2.3.2 [SCSI] ipr: Faster sg list fetch [SCSI] ipr: Return better qc_issue errors [SCSI] ipr: Disrupt device error [SCSI] ipr: Improve async error logging level control [SCSI] ipr: PCI unblock config access fix [SCSI] ipr: Fix for oops following SATA request sense [SCSI] ipr: Log error for SAS dual path switch [SCSI] ipr: Enable logging of debug error data for all devices [SCSI] ipr: Add new PCI-E IDs to device table ...
2007-05-04Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: (65 commits) Input: gpio_keys - add support for switches (EV_SW) Input: cobalt_btns - convert to use polldev library Input: add skeleton for simple polled devices Input: update some documentation Input: wistron - fix typo in keymap for Acer TM610 Input: add input_set_capability() helper Input: i8042 - add Fujitsu touchscreen/touchpad PNP IDs Input: i8042 - add Panasonic CF-29 to nomux list Input: lifebook - split into 2 devices Input: lifebook - add signature of Panasonic CF-29 Input: lifebook - activate 6-byte protocol on select models Input: lifebook - work properly on Panasonic CF-18 Input: cobalt buttons - separate device and driver registration Input: ati_remote - make button repeat sensitivity configurable Input: pxa27x - do not use deprecated SA_INTERRUPT flag Input: ucb1400 - make delays configurable Input: misc devices - switch to using input_dev->dev.parent Input: joysticks - switch to using input_dev->dev.parent Input: touchscreens - switch to using input_dev->dev.parent Input: mice - switch to using input_dev->dev.parent ... Fixed up conflicts with core device model removal of "struct subsystem" manually. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-04Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed sysfs: printk format warning DOC: Fix wrong identifier name in Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt platform: reorder platform_device_del Driver core: fix show_uevent from taking up way too much stack
2007-05-04Merge 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: (59 commits) PCI: Free resource files in error path of pci_create_sysfs_dev_files() pci-quirks: disable MSI on RS400-200 and RS480 PCI hotplug: Use menuconfig objects PCI: ZT5550 CPCI Hotplug driver fix PCI: rpaphp: Remove semaphores PCI: rpaphp: Ensure more pcibios_add/pcibios_remove symmetry PCI: rpaphp: Use pcibios_remove_pci_devices() symmetrically PCI: rpaphp: Document is_php_dn() PCI: rpaphp: Document find_php_slot() PCI: rpaphp: Rename rpaphp_register_pci_slot() to rpaphp_enable_slot() PCI: rpaphp: refactor tail call to rpaphp_register_slot() PCI: rpaphp: remove rpaphp_set_attention_status() PCI: rpaphp: remove print_slot_pci_funcs() PCI: rpaphp: Remove setup_pci_slot() PCI: rpaphp: remove a call that does nothing but a pointer lookup PCI: rpaphp: Remove another wrappered function PCI: rpaphp: Remve another call that is a wrapper PCI: rpaphp: remove a function that does nothing but wrap debug printks PCI: rpaphp: Remove un-needed goto PCI: rpaphp: Fix a memleak; slot->location string was never freed ...
2007-05-04Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'i2c-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6: (44 commits) i2c-s3c2410: Fix bug in releasing driver i2c-s3c2410: Fix I2C SDA to SCL setup time i2c: New i2c-tiny-usb bus driver i2c: Documentation update i2c: SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED cleanup i2c: Obsolete i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2c i2c: New Simtec I2C bus driver i2c: Bitbanging I2C bus driver using the GPIO API Use menuconfig objects - I2C i2c: Restore i2c_smbus_read_block_data i2c-pxa: Clean transaction stop i2c-algo-bit: Improve debugging i2c-algo-bit: Implement a 50/50 SCL duty cycle i2c-omap: Switch to static adapter numbering i2c: Blackfin Two Wire Interface driver i2c-algo-sgi: Comment and whitespace cleanups i2c: Make i2c_del_driver a void function i2c: Move i2c-isa-only exported symbol declarations i2c: Document i2c_new_device() i2c: Add i2c_new_probed_device() ... Fixed trivial conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt manually. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-04MAINTAINER change for Connect Tech IncStuart MacDonald
I am no longer with CTI. The Support Department will handle all inquiries regarding the WH. Signed-off-by: Stuart MacDonald <stuartm@connecttech.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-04[S390] cio: Deprecate read_dev_chars() and read_conf_data{,_lpm}().Cornelia Huck
These helper functions are a leftover from 2.4 sync I/O and are a notorious source for bugs. They lead to device driver specific code creeping into cio, and some issues can't really be fixed at all. Device drivers can easily implement those functions themselves in a more robust manner, so let's get rid of them. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2007-05-02PCI: the overdue removal of pci_module_init()Adrian Bunk
Unless we finally completely remove it, people will always add new users. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-05-02PCI: remove the broken PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE optionAdrian Bunk
This patch removes the PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE option that had already been marked as broken. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-05-02PCI Documentation: power/pci.txt fix copy/paste errorRandy Dunlap
Correct function name copy-paste error. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-05-02PCI: Require vendor and device for new_idJean Delvare
Currently, there is no minimum number of fields required when adding a new device ID to a PCI driver through the new_id sysfs file. It is possible to add a new ID with only the vendor ID set, causing the driver to attempt to attach to all PCI devices from that vendor. This has been reported to happen accidentally: http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/2007-March/019366.html It is even possible to not even set the vendor ID field, causing the driver to attempt to attach to _all_ the PCI devices. This sounds dangerous and I fail to see any valid use of this "feature". Thus I suggest that we now require at least the first two fields (vendor ID and device ID) to be set. For what it's worth, this is what the USB subsystem does. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-05-02DOC: Fix wrong identifier name in Documentation/driver-model/devres.txtRolf Eike Beer
Above and below we talk about my_midlayer_create_something, I assume that is also meant here. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-05-02kernel-doc: alphabetically-sorted entries in index.html of 'htmldocs'Randy Dunlap
Make docbook index.html contain sorted output. I prefer to let the computer do it. This also avoids people not reading the comment(s). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2007-05-02kbuild: fix make mrproper for Documentation/DocBook/manSam Ravnborg
"make mandocs" generate > 2000 files in Documentation/DocBook/man and this caused kbuild to barf out during make mrproper like this: make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=Documentation/DocBook make -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=Documentation/DocBook/man/ make[2]: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long make[2]: *** [__clean] Error 127 make[1]: *** [Documentation/DocBook/man/] Error 2 make: *** [_mrproper_Documentation/DocBook] Error 2 The man directory were solely used for output so the fix is to remove it entirely during the make mrproper process. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
2007-05-02kbuild: small documentation fix in Documentation/kbuild/modules.txtAnton Blanchard
The Makefile fragment in Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt looks to be missing some braces. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: Don't exclude asm-offsets.c in Documentation/dontdiffAndi Kleen
asm-offsets.c is valid source code and needs to be diffed. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: Dynamically adjust machine check intervalTim Hockin
Background: We've found that MCEs (specifically DRAM SBEs) tend to come in bunches, especially when we are trying really hard to stress the system out. The current MCE poller uses a static interval which does not care whether it has or has not found MCEs recently. Description: This patch makes the MCE poller adjust the polling interval dynamically. If we find an MCE, poll 2x faster (down to 10 ms). When we stop finding MCEs, poll 2x slower (up to check_interval seconds). The check_interval tunable becomes the max polling interval. The "Machine check events logged" printk() is rate limited to the check_interval, which should be identical behavior to the old functionality. Result: If you start to take a lot of correctable errors (not exceptions), you log them faster and more accurately (less chance of overflowing the MCA registers). If you don't take a lot of errors, you will see no change. Alternatives: I considered simply reducing the polling interval to 10 ms immediately and keeping it there as long as we continue to find errors. This felt a bit heavy handed, but does perform significantly better for the default check_interval of 5 minutes (we're using a few seconds when testing for DRAM errors). I could be convinced to go with this, if anyone felt it was not too aggressive. Testing: I used an error-injecting DIMM to create lots of correctable DRAM errors and verified that the polling interval accelerates. The printk() only happens once per check_interval seconds. Patch: This patch is against 2.6.21-rc7. Signed-Off-By: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02[PATCH] i386: PARAVIRT: Allow boot-time disable of paravirt_ops patchingJeremy Fitzhardinge
Add "noreplace-paravirt" to disable paravirt_ops patching. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-02[PATCH] i386: Allow boot-time disable of SMP altinstructionsJeremy Fitzhardinge
Add "noreplace-smp" to disable SMP instruction replacement. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86: Don't use MWAIT on AMD Family 10Andi Kleen
It doesn't put the CPU into deeper sleep states, so it's better to use the standard idle loop to save power. But allow to reenable it anyways for benchmarking. I also removed the obsolete idle=halt on i386 Cc: andreas.herrmann@amd.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02[PATCH] i386: Make COMPAT_VDSO runtime selectable.Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Now that relocation of the VDSO for COMPAT_VDSO users is done at runtime rather than compile time, it is possible to enable/disable compat mode at runtime. This patch allows you to enable COMPAT_VDSO mode with "vdso=2" on the kernel command line, or via sysctl. (Switching on a running system shouldn't be done lightly; any process which was relying on the compat VDSO will be upset if it goes away.) The COMPAT_VDSO config option still exists, but if enabled it just makes vdso_enabled default to VDSO_COMPAT. +From: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Fix oops from i386-make-compat_vdso-runtime-selectable.patch. Even mingetty at system startup finds it easy to trigger an oops while reading /proc/PID/maps: though it has a good hold on the mm itself, that cannot stop exit_mm() from resetting tsk->mm to NULL. (It is usually show_map()'s call to get_gate_vma() which oopses, and I expect we could change that to check priv->tail_vma instead; but no matter, even m_start()'s call just after get_task_mm() is racy.) Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Cc: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86: add command line length to boot protocolBernhard Walle
Because the command line is increased to 2048 characters after 2.6.21, it's not possible for boot loaders and userspace tools to determine the length of the command line the kernel can understand. The benefit of knowing the length is that users can be warned if the command line size is too long which prevents surprise if things don't work after bootup. This patch updates the boot protocol to contain a field called "cmdline_size" that contain the length of the command line (excluding the terminating zero). The patch also adds missing fields (of protocol version 2.05) to the x86_64 setup code. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: fake numa for cpusets documentDavid Rientjes
Create a document to explain how to use numa=fake in conjunction with cpusets for coarse memory resource management. An attempt to get more awareness and testing for this feature. Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: fixed size remaining fake nodesDavid Rientjes
Extends the numa=fake x86_64 command-line option to split the remaining system memory into nodes of fixed size. Any leftover memory is allocated to a final node unless the command-line ends with a comma. For example: numa=fake=2*512,*128 gives two 512M nodes and the remaining system memory is split into nodes of 128M each. This is beneficial for systems where the exact size of RAM is unknown or not necessarily relevant, but the size of the remaining nodes to be allocated is known based on their capacity for resource management. Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: split remaining fake nodes equallyDavid Rientjes
Extends the numa=fake x86_64 command-line option to split the remaining system memory into equal-sized nodes. For example: numa=fake=2*512,4* gives two 512M nodes and the remaining system memory is split into four approximately equal chunks. This is beneficial for systems where the exact size of RAM is unknown or not necessarily relevant, but the granularity with which nodes shall be allocated is known. Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: configurable fake numa node sizesDavid Rientjes
Extends the numa=fake x86_64 command-line option to allow for configurable node sizes. These nodes can be used in conjunction with cpusets for coarse memory resource management. The old command-line option is still supported: numa=fake=32 gives 32 fake NUMA nodes, ignoring the NUMA setup of the actual machine. But now you may configure your system for the node sizes of your choice: numa=fake=2*512,1024,2*256 gives two 512M nodes, one 1024M node, two 256M nodes, and the rest of system memory to a sixth node. The existing hash function is maintained to support the various node sizes that are possible with this implementation. Each node of the same size receives roughly the same amount of available pages, regardless of any reserved memory with its address range. The total available pages on the system is calculated and divided by the number of equal nodes to allocate. These nodes are then dynamically allocated and their borders extended until such time as their number of available pages reaches the required size. Configurable node sizes are recommended when used in conjunction with cpusets for memory control because it eliminates the overhead associated with scanning the zonelists of many smaller full nodes on page_alloc(). Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-01i2c: Documentation updateJean Delvare
Make the documentation on how to write and port i2c drivers more in line with the current state of things: * i2c-isa is deprecated and soon gone, so stop advertising it. * Drop many sensors-specific references. Most of them were outdated anyway. * Update the example code to reflect the recent and not-so-recent API and coding style preference changes. * Simplify the example init and cleanup functions. This should make things less complex to understand for newcomers. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-05-01i2c: Obsolete i2c-ixp2000, i2c-ixp4xx and scx200_i2cJean Delvare
The new generic i2c-gpio driver should be used instead. The obsolete drivers will be removed in September 2007. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@plexity.net> Cc: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com>
2007-05-01i2c: Make i2c_del_driver a void functionJean Delvare
Make i2c_del_driver a void function, like all other driver removal functions. It always returned 0 even when errors occured, and nobody ever actually checked the return value anyway. And we cannot fail a module removal anyway. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-05-01i2c: Document i2c_new_device()Jean Delvare
Document the new i2c_new_device(), i2c_new_probed_device() and i2c_unregister_device() functions. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-05-01i2c: i2c probe() and remove() documentedDavid Brownell
Update Documentation/i2c to match previous patches updating probe() and remove() logic. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>