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2006-10-01[PATCH] csa accounting taskstats updateJay Lan
ChangeLog: Feedbacks from Andrew Morton: - define TS_COMM_LEN to 32 - change acct_stimexpd field of task_struct to be of cputime_t, which is to be used to save the tsk->stime of last timer interrupt update. - a new Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt to describe fields of taskstats struct. Feedback from Balbir Singh: - keep the stime of a task to be zero when both stime and utime are zero as recoreded in task_struct. Misc: - convert accumulated RSS/VM from platform dependent pages-ticks to MBytes-usecs in the kernel Cc: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@watson.ibm.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Cc: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Cc: Chris Sturtivant <csturtiv@sgi.com> Cc: Tony Ernst <tee@sgi.com> Cc: Guillaume Thouvenin <guillaume.thouvenin@bull.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Fix getdelays.c - cpumask length and error reportingBalbir Singh
Fix the length passed while (un)registering cpumask. We were passing sizeof the array, make it strlen(). Error value printed in fatal errors should be derived from the message. The message contains an nlmsgerr embedded with an error value. We must report that value to the user. Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Cc: Jamal Hadi <hadi@cyberus.ca> Cc: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@watson.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jay Lan <jlan@engr.sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Vectorize aio_read/aio_write fileop methodsBadari Pulavarty
This patch vectorizes aio_read() and aio_write() methods to prepare for collapsing all aio & vectored operations into one interface - which is aio_read()/aio_write(). Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Michael Holzheu <HOLZHEU@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] typo fixes for rt-mutex-design.txtJan Altenberg
Address some simple typos in rt-mutex-design.txt It also changes the indentation of the cmpxchg example (the cmpxchg example was indented by spaces, while all other code snippets were indented by tabs). Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Jan Altenberg <tb10alj@tglx.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] IPMI: per-channel command registrationCorey Minyard
This patch adds the ability to register for a command per-channel in the IPMI driver. If your BMC supports multiple channels, incoming messages can be useful to have the ability to register to receive commands on a specific channel instead the current behaviour of all channels. Signed-off-by: David Barksdale <amatus@ocgnet.org> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] HOWTO: mention bughuntingDiego Calleja
Signed-off-by: Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Doc/lockdep-design: explain display of {state-bits}Jim Cromie
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] submit checklist: mention headers_checkAndrew Morton
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-30Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (180 commits) V4L/DVB (4641): Trivial: use lowercase letters in hex subsystem ids V4L/DVB (4639): Cx88: add autodetection for alternate revision of Leadtek PVR V4L/DVB (4638): Basic DVB-T and analog TV support for the HVR1300. V4L/DVB (4637): Add a default method for VIDIOC_G_PARM V4L/DVB (4635): Extend bttv and saa7134 to check for both AGP and PCI PCI failure case V4L/DVB (4634): Zr36120: implement pcipci checks V4L/DVB (4632): Zoran: Implement pcipci failure check V4L/DVB (4631): Av7110: remove V4L2_CAP_VBI_CAPTURE flag V4L/DVB (4630): Av7110: FW_LOADER depemdency fixed V4L/DVB (4629): Saa7134: add card support for Proteus Pro 2309 V4L/DVB (4628): Fix VIDIOC_ENUMSTD ioctl in videodev.c V4L/DVB (4627): Vivi crashes with mplayer V4L/DVB (4626): On saa7111/7113, LUMA_CTRL need a different value V4L/DVB (4624): Tvaudio: Replaced kernel_thread() with kthread_run() V4L/DVB (4622): Copy-paste bug in videodev.c V4L/DVB (4620): Fix AGC configuration for MOD3000P-based boards V4L/DVB (4619): Fixes some I2C dependencies on V4L devices V4L/DVB (4617): Problem with dibusb-mb.c USB IDs V4L/DVB (4616): [PATCH] Nebula DigiTV USB RC support V4L/DVB (4614): Export symbol saa7134_tvaudio_setmute from saa7134 for saa7134-alsa ...
2006-09-30Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 * 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6: (48 commits) ieee1394: raw1394: arm functions slept in atomic context ieee1394: sbp2: enable auto spin-up for all SBP-2 devices MAINTAINERS: updates to IEEE 1394 subsystem maintainership ieee1394: ohci1394: check for errors in suspend or resume set power state of firewire host during suspend ieee1394: ohci1394: more obvious endianess handling ieee1394: ohci1394: fix endianess bug in debug message ieee1394: sbp2: don't prefer MODE SENSE 10 ieee1394: nodemgr: grab class.subsys.rwsem in nodemgr_resume_ne ieee1394: nodemgr: fix rwsem recursion ieee1394: sbp2: more help in Kconfig ieee1394: sbp2: prevent rare deadlock in shutdown ieee1394: sbp2: update includes ieee1394: sbp2: better handling of transport errors ieee1394: sbp2: recheck node generation in sbp2_update ieee1394: sbp2: safer agent reset in error handlers ieee1394: sbp2: handle "sbp2util_node_write_no_wait failed" CONFIG_PM=n slim: drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c ieee1394: safer definition of empty macros video1394: add poll file operation support ...
2006-09-30Merge branch 'intelfb-patches' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/intelfb-2.6 * 'intelfb-patches' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/intelfb-2.6: intelfbhw.c: intelfbhw_get_p1p2 defined but not used intelfb: fix mtrr_reg signedness intelfb: update doc and Kconfig (supported devices) intelfb: add preliminary i2c support intelfb: add preliminary i2c support intelfb: add preliminary i2c support intelfb: add preliminary i2c support intelfb: add preliminary i2c support intelfb: add preliminary i2c support intelfb: add preliminary i2c support intelfb: add preliminary i2c support intelfb: add vsync interrupt support intelfb: add vsync interrupt support intelfb: add vsync interrupt support intelfb: add vsync interrupt support intelfb: add vsync interrupt support
2006-09-30[PATCH] Document iommu=panicAndi Kleen
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Allow disabling DAC using command line optionsAndi Kleen
Might or might not work around some reported bugs on VIA systems. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-29[PATCH] SubmittingPatches: add a note about "format=flowed" when sending patchesKirill Korotaev
Add a note about "format=flowed" when sending patches and explain how to fix mozilla. Thunderbird has the similar options. Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingDrivers: minor updateAlexey Dobriyan
* fix copright typo * remove trailing whitespace * remove Kernel Traffic from Resources. Zack, it was great reading! * Name Arjan by name and fix URL of "How to NOT" paper. * Remove "Last updated" tag. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] SubmittingPatches cleanupsPavel Machek
This cleans up SubmittingPatches a bit. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Mention Documenation/ABI/ requirements in Documentation/SubmitChecklistRandy Dunlap
Mention Documenation/ABI/ requirements in Documentation/SubmitChecklist. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Add section on function return values to CodingStyleAlan Stern
This patch (as776) adds a new chapter to Documentation/CodingStyle, explaining the circumstances under which a function should return 0 for failure and non-zero for success as opposed to a negative error code for failure and 0 for success. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] cpuset: top_cpuset tracks hotplug changes to node_online_mapPaul Jackson
Change the list of memory nodes allowed to tasks in the top (root) nodeset to dynamically track what cpus are online, using a call to a cpuset hook from the memory hotplug code. Make this top cpus file read-only. On systems that have cpusets configured in their kernel, but that aren't actively using cpusets (for some distros, this covers the majority of systems) all tasks end up in the top cpuset. If that system does support memory hotplug, then these tasks cannot make use of memory nodes that are added after system boot, because the memory nodes are not allowed in the top cpuset. This is a surprising regression over earlier kernels that didn't have cpusets enabled. One key motivation for this change is to remain consistent with the behaviour for the top_cpuset's 'cpus', which is also read-only, and which automatically tracks the cpu_online_map. This change also has the minor benefit that it fixes a long standing, little noticed, minor bug in cpusets. The cpuset performance tweak to short circuit the cpuset_zone_allowed() check on systems with just a single cpuset (see 'number_of_cpusets', in linux/cpuset.h) meant that simply changing the 'mems' of the top_cpuset had no affect, even though the change (the write system call) appeared to succeed. With the following change, that write to the 'mems' file fails -EACCES, and the 'mems' file stubbornly refuses to be changed via user space writes. Thus no one should be mislead into thinking they've changed the top_cpusets's 'mems' when in affect they haven't. In order to keep the behaviour of cpusets consistent between systems actively making use of them and systems not using them, this patch changes the behaviour of the 'mems' file in the top (root) cpuset, making it read only, and making it automatically track the value of node_online_map. Thus tasks in the top cpuset will have automatic use of hot plugged memory nodes allowed by their cpuset. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] [bunk@stusta.de: build fix] Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] doc: fix kernel-parameters 'quiet'Randy Dunlap
Fix "quiet" parameter doc. No trailing '=' sign, no value after it. And it disables "most" kernel messages, not all of them. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] cdev documentationJonathan Corbet
Add some documentation comments for the cdev interface. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Acked-by: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txtjens m. noedler
Signed-off-by: jens m. noedler <noedler@web.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] LSM: remove BSD secure level security moduleChris Wright
This code has suffered from broken core design and lack of developer attention. Broken security modules are too dangerous to leave around. It is time to remove this one. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Acked-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Davi Arnaut <davi.arnaut@gmail.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] oom_adj/oom_score documentationJan-Frode Myklebust
I was looking for the a way around an OOM-problem, and found a couple of undocumented new features for tuning the OOM-score of individual processes. Here's a small documentation patch for /proc/<pid>/oom_adj and /proc/<pid>/oom_score. Signed-off-by: Jan-Frode Myklebust <mykleb@no.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Include documentation for functions in drivers/base/class.cRolf Eike Beer
drivers/base/class.c is omitted by "make *docs". Add it to get documentation for class_create() and friends for free. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kernel-doc: move filesystems togetherRandy Dunlap
Move all VFS + filesystem docs together. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kernel-doc for relay interfaceRandy Dunlap
Add relay interface support to DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl. Fix typos etc. in relay.c and relayfs.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-28[PKTGEN]: Documentation updateFrancesco Fondelli
Signed-off-by: Francesco Fondelli <francesco.fondelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-28hwmon: Remove Yuan Mu's addressJean Delvare
hwmon: Remove Yuan Mu's address Yuan Mu no longer works at Winbond. I wish to publicly thank Yuan for his help with Winbond hardware monitoring chips support during the past 10 months. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-28vt1211: Document module parametersJuerg Haefliger
vt1211: Document module parameters Add a description of the module parameters to the documentation of the vt1211 driver. Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-28vt1211: Add documentationJuerg Haefliger
vt1211: Add documentation Add documentation for the new vt1211 hardware monitoring driver. Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-28w83791d: Documentation updateCharles Spirakis
w83791d: Documentation update The alarm bits and the beep enable bits are in different positions in the hardware. Document the problem and leave it to the user-space code to handle the situation. When this driver is updated to the standardized sysfs alarm/beep methodology, this won't be a problem. This is a documentation only change. Signed-off by: Charles Spirakis <bezaur@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-28k8temp: Add documentationRudolf Marek
k8temp: Add documentation Add promised documentation for the k8temp driver. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-28it87: Copyright updateJean Delvare
it87: Copyright update I think my contributions to the it87 driver over the past two years qualify me as a co-author of this driver. Also drop old comments of dubious usefulness. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-28it87: Add support for the IT8718FJean Delvare
it87: Add support for the IT8718F The IT8718F is a Super-I/O chip with integrated hardware monitoring functions. It is very similar to the IT8716F, so adding support to the it87 driver was pretty straightforward. The most significant difference is that the IT8718F has up to 8 VID pins, instead of 6 for the older chips. For the IT8718F, the VID value can only be read from Super-I/O space. Userspace support is already in lm_sensors SVN (to be soon released as 2.10.1.) Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-28it87: Add support for the IT8716FJean Delvare
it87: Add support for the IT8716F The IT8716F is a Super-I/O chip with integrated hardware monitoring functions. It is very similar to the IT8712F, so adding support to the it87 driver was pretty straightforward. The most significant change here is that the IT8716F has 16-bit fan speed counters, so the user no more needs to tweak the fan clock dividers to get the best readings. Userspace support is already in lm_sensors SVN (to be soon released as 2.10.1.) Thanks to Stian Oksavik, Olivier Nicolas, Prakash Punnoor and Juergen Kilb for testing the early versions of this patch. Thanks also to ITE for providing datasheets and answering my questions. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-28hwmon: Documentation update for w83627ehfRudolf Marek
Add documentation for the w83627ehf hardware monitoring driver. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-27Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 * 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: (48 commits) [PATCH] bonding: update version number [PATCH] git-netdev-all: pc300_tty build fix [PATCH] Make PC300 WAN driver compile again [PATCH] Modularize generic HDLC [PATCH] more s2io __iomem annotations [PATCH] restore __iomem annotations in e1000 [PATCH] 64bit bugs in s2io [PATCH] bonding: Fix primary selection error at enslavement time [PATCH] bonding: Don't mangle LACPDUs [PATCH] bonding: Validate probe replies in ARP monitor [PATCH] bonding: Don't release slaves when master is admin down [PATCH] bonding: Add priv_flag to avoid event mishandling [PATCH] bonding: Handle large hard_header_len [PATCH] bonding: Remove unneeded NULL test [PATCH] bonding: Format fix in seq_printf call [PATCH] bonding: Convert delay value from s16 to int [PATCH] bonding: Allow bonding to enslave a 10 Gig adapter Delete unused drivers/net/gt64240eth.h [PATCH] skge: fiber support [PATCH] fix possible NULL ptr deref in forcedeth ...
2006-09-27USB: Dealias -110 code (more complete)Pete Zaitcev
The purpose of this patch is to split off the case when a device does not reply on the lower level (which is reported by HC hardware), and a case when the device accepted the request, but does not reply at upper level. This redefinition allows to diagnose issues easier, without asking the user if the -110 happened "immediately". The usbmon splits such cases already thanks to its timestamp, but it's not always available. I adjusted all drivers which I found affected (by searching for "urb"). Out of tree drivers may suffer a little bit, but I do not expect much breakage. At worst they may print a few messages. Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-27USB: Add ADU support for Ontrak ADU devicesSteven Haigh
This patch adds support for Ontrak ADU USB devices. Fixed for printk issues by Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Steven Haigh <netwiz@crc.id.au> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-27Add AIRcable USB Bluetooth Dongle DriverManuel Francisco Naranjo
Add driver for AIRcable USB Bluetooth dongle. Signed-off-by: Naranjo, Manuel Francisco <naranjo.manuel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-27USB doc patch 2Sam Bishop
A little more detail on how and when to poll() /proc/bus/usb/devices. Signed-off-by: Sam Bishop <sam@bishop.dhs.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-27USB: doc patch 1Sam Bishop
Grammar, spelling, and stylistic edits. Signed-off-by: Sam Bishop <sam@bishop.dhs.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-27Merge 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: (108 commits) sh: Fix occasional flush_cache_4096() stack corruption. sh: Calculate shm alignment at runtime. sh: dma-mapping compile fixes. sh: Initial vsyscall page support. sh: Clean up PAGE_SIZE definition for assembly use. sh: Selective flush_cache_mm() flushing. sh: More intelligent entry_mask/way_size calculation. sh: Support for L2 cache on newer SH-4A CPUs. sh: Update kexec support for API changes. sh: Optimized readsl()/writesl() support. sh: Report movli.l/movco.l capabilities. sh: CPU flags in AT_HWCAP in ELF auxvt. sh: Add support for 4K stacks. sh: Enable /proc/kcore support. sh: stack debugging support. sh: select CONFIG_EMBEDDED. sh: machvec rework. sh: Solution Engine SH7343 board support. sh: SH7710VoIPGW board support. sh: Enable verbose BUG() support. ...
2006-09-27[PATCH] sysctl: Document that sys_sysctl will be removedEric W. Biederman
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-27[PATCH] kdump: introduce "reset_devices" command line optionVivek Goyal
Resetting the devices during driver initialization can be a costly operation in terms of time (especially scsi devices). This option can be used by drivers to know that user forcibly wants the devices to be reset during initialization. This option can be useful while kernel is booting in unreliable environment. For ex. during kdump boot where devices are in unknown random state and BIOS execution has been skipped. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-27[PATCH] NOMMU: Make futexes work under NOMMU conditionsDavid Howells
Make futexes work under NOMMU conditions. This can be tested by running this in one shell: #define SYSERROR(X, Y) \ do { if ((long)(X) == -1L) { perror(Y); exit(1); }} while(0) int main() { int shmid, tmp, *f, n; shmid = shmget(23, 4, IPC_CREAT|0666); SYSERROR(shmid, "shmget"); f = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0); SYSERROR(f, "shmat"); n = *f; printf("WAIT: %p{%x}\n", f, n); tmp = futex(f, FUTEX_WAIT, n, NULL, NULL, 0); SYSERROR(tmp, "futex"); printf("WAITED: %d\n", tmp); tmp = shmdt(f); SYSERROR(tmp, "shmdt"); exit(0); } And then this in the other shell: #define SYSERROR(X, Y) \ do { if ((long)(X) == -1L) { perror(Y); exit(1); }} while(0) int main() { int shmid, tmp, *f; shmid = shmget(23, 4, IPC_CREAT|0666); SYSERROR(shmid, "shmget"); f = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0); SYSERROR(f, "shmat"); (*f)++; printf("WAKE: %p{%x}\n", f, *f); tmp = futex(f, FUTEX_WAKE, 1, NULL, NULL, 0); SYSERROR(tmp, "futex"); printf("WOKE: %d\n", tmp); tmp = shmdt(f); SYSERROR(tmp, "shmdt"); exit(0); } The first program will set up a SYSV IPC SHM segment and wait on a futex in it for the number at the start to change. The program will increment that number and wake the first program up. This leads to output of the form: SHELL 1 SHELL 2 ======================= ======================= # /dowait WAIT: 0xc32ac000{0} # /dowake WAKE: 0xc32ac000{1} WAITED: 0 WOKE: 1 Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-27[PATCH] NOMMU: Add docs about shared memoryDavid Howells
Add documentation about using shared memory in NOMMU mode. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-27[PATCH] NOMMU: Make mremap() partially work for NOMMU kernelsDavid Howells
Make mremap() partially work for NOMMU kernels. It may resize a VMA provided that it doesn't exceed the size of the slab object in which the storage is allocated that the VMA refers to. Shareable VMAs may not be resized. Moving VMAs (as permitted by MREMAP_MAYMOVE) is not currently supported. This patch also makes use of the fact that the VMA list is now ordered to cut it short when possible. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-27[PATCH] NOMMU: Implement /proc/pid/maps for NOMMUDavid Howells
Implement /proc/pid/maps for NOMMU by reading the vm_area_list attached to current->mm->context.vmlist. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>