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2010-11-12Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (66 commits) can-bcm: fix minor heap overflow gianfar: Do not call device_set_wakeup_enable() under a spinlock ipv6: Warn users if maximum number of routes is reached. docs: Add neigh/gc_thresh3 and route/max_size documentation. axnet_cs: fix resume problem for some Ax88790 chip ipv6: addrconf: don't remove address state on ifdown if the address is being kept tcp: Don't change unlocked socket state in tcp_v4_err(). x25: Prevent crashing when parsing bad X.25 facilities cxgb4vf: add call to Firmware to reset VF State. cxgb4vf: Fail open if link_start() fails. cxgb4vf: flesh out PCI Device ID Table ... cxgb4vf: fix some errors in Gather List to skb conversion cxgb4vf: fix bug in Generic Receive Offload cxgb4vf: don't implement trivial (and incorrect) ndo_select_queue() ixgbe: Look inside vlan when determining offload protocol. bnx2x: Look inside vlan when determining checksum proto. vlan: Add function to retrieve EtherType from vlan packets. virtio-net: init link state correctly ucc_geth: Fix deadlock ucc_geth: Do not bring the whole IF down when TX failure. ...
2010-11-12docs: Add neigh/gc_thresh3 and route/max_size documentation.Ben Greear
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-11-12Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (27 commits) block: remove unused copy_io_context() Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER ioprio: rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call (V2) ioprio: fix RCU locking around task dereference block: ioctl: fix information leak to userland block: read i_size with i_size_read() cciss: fix proc warning on attempt to remove non-existant directory bio: take care not overflow page count when mapping/copying user data block: limit vec count in bio_kmalloc() and bio_alloc_map_data() block: take care not to overflow when calculating total iov length block: check for proper length of iov entries in blk_rq_map_user_iov() cciss: remove controllers supported by hpsa cciss: use usleep_range not msleep for small sleeps cciss: limit commands allocated on reset_devices cciss: Use kernel provided PCI state save and restore functions cciss: fix board status waiting code drbd: Removed checks for REQ_HARDBARRIER on incomming BIOs drbd: REQ_HARDBARRIER -> REQ_FUA transition for meta data accesses drbd: Removed the BIO_RW_BARRIER support form the receiver/epoch code ...
2010-11-12Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfsLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs: xfs: remove incorrect assert in xfs_vm_writepage xfs: use hlist_add_fake xfs: fix a few compiler warnings with CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA=n xfs: tell lockdep about parent iolock usage in filestreams xfs: move delayed write buffer trace xfs: fix per-ag reference counting in inode reclaim tree walking xfs: xfs_ioctl: fix information leak to userland xfs: remove experimental tag from the delaylog option
2010-11-12Documentation: led drivers lp5521 and lp5523Samu Onkalo
Create sub directory Documentation/leds and add short documentation for LP5521 and LP5523 drivers. Signed-off-by: Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-12led-class: always implement blinkingJohannes Berg
Currently, blinking LEDs can be awkward because it is not guaranteed that all LEDs implement blinking. The trigger that wants it to blink then needs to implement its own timer solution. Rather than require that, add led_blink_set() API that triggers can use. This function will attempt to use hw blinking, but if that fails implements a timer for it. To stop blinking again, brightness_set() also needs to be wrapped into API that will stop the software blink. As a result of this, the timer trigger becomes a very trivial one, and hopefully we can finally see triggers using blinking as well because it's always easy to use. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Acked-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-12Restrict unprivileged access to kernel syslogDan Rosenberg
The kernel syslog contains debugging information that is often useful during exploitation of other vulnerabilities, such as kernel heap addresses. Rather than futilely attempt to sanitize hundreds (or thousands) of printk statements and simultaneously cripple useful debugging functionality, it is far simpler to create an option that prevents unprivileged users from reading the syslog. This patch, loosely based on grsecurity's GRKERNSEC_DMESG, creates the dmesg_restrict sysctl. When set to "0", the default, no restrictions are enforced. When set to "1", only users with CAP_SYS_ADMIN can read the kernel syslog via dmesg(8) or other mechanisms. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: explain the config option in kernel.txt] Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-12oom: document obsolete oom_adj tunableDavid Rientjes
/proc/pid/oom_adj was deprecated in August 2010 with the introduction of the new oom killer heuristic. This patch copies the Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt entry for this tunable to the Documentation/ABI/obsolete directory so nobody misses it. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Reported-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-11Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler infoRandy Dunlap
Remove anticipatory block I/O scheduler info from Documentation/ since the code has been deleted. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Reported-by: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2010-11-10xfs: remove experimental tag from the delaylog optionChristoph Hellwig
We promised to do this for 2.6.37, and the code looks stable enough to keep that promise. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
2010-10-31Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: i2c-i801: Add PCI idents for Patsburg 'IDF' SMBus controllers i2c-i801: Handle multiple instances instead of keeping global state i2c-i801: Add Intel Patsburg device ID i2c: Drop unused I2C_CLASS_TV flags
2010-10-31Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (70 commits) [SCSI] pmcraid: add support for set timestamp command and other fixes [SCSI] pmcraid: remove duplicate struct member [SCSI] qla4xxx: Fix cmd check in qla4xxx_cmd_wait [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Version and documentation update [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add three times Online controller reset [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add input parameter for max_sectors [SCSI] megaraid_sas: support devices update flag [SCSI] libosd: write/read_sg_kern API [SCSI] libosd: Support for scatter gather write/read commands [SCSI] libosd: Free resources in reverse order of allocation [SCSI] libosd: Fix bug in attr_page handling [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Update lpfc driver version to 8.3.18 [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add new WQE support [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Fix critical errors [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Adapter Shutdown and Unregistration cleanup [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add logic to detect last devloss timeout [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add support of received ELS commands [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: FC/FCoE Discovery fixes [SCSI] ipr: add definitions for a new adapter [SCSI] bfa: fix comments for c files ...
2010-10-31i2c-i801: Add PCI idents for Patsburg 'IDF' SMBus controllersDavid Woodhouse
These are the extra 'Integrated Device Function' SMBus controllers found on the Patsburg chipset. Mention the absence of slave mode support. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-10-31i2c-i801: Add Intel Patsburg device IDSeth Heasley
Add support for the Intel Patsburg PCH SMBus Controller. Signed-off-by: Seth Heasley <seth.heasley@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-10-31locks: remove fl_copy_lock lock_manager operationChristoph Hellwig
This one was only used for a nasty hack in nfsd, which has recently been removed. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-29Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb: kgdb,ppc: Individual register get/set for ppc kgdbts: prevent re-entry to kgdbts before it unregisters debug_core,x86,blackfin: Clean up hw debug disable API kdb: Fix early debugging crash regression kgdb,arm: fix register dump kdb: fix per_cpu command to remove supress mask kdb: Add kdb kernel module sample
2010-10-29kdb: Add kdb kernel module sampleJason Wessel
Add an example of how to add a dynamic kdb shell command via a kernel module. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-28Merge branch 'misc' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 * 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: (39 commits) Revert "namespace: add source file location exceptions" Coccinelle: Add contextual message Coccinelle: Fix documentation Coccinelle: Find doubled arguments to boolean or bit operators. Coccinelle: Find nested lock+irqsave functions that use the same flags variables. namespace: add source file location exceptions scripts/extract-ikconfig: add support for bzip2, lzma and lzo kbuild: check return value of asprintf() scripts/namespace.pl: improve to get more correct results scripts/namespace.pl: some bug fixes scripts/namespace.pl: update file exclusion list scripts/namespace.pl: fix wrong source path Coccinelle: Use the -no_show_diff option for org and report mode Coccinelle: Add a new mode named 'chain' Coccinelle: Use new comment format to explain kfree.cocci Coccinelle: Improve user information with a new kind of comment Coccinelle: Update documentation MAINTAINERS: Coccinelle: Update email address Documentation/kbuild: modules.txt cleanup Documentation/kbuild: major edit of modules.txt sections 5-8 ...
2010-10-28Merge branch 'kconfig' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 * 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: (38 commits) kbuild: convert `arch/tile' to the kconfig mainmenu upgrade README: cite nconfig Revert "kconfig: Temporarily disable dependency warnings" kconfig: Use PATH_MAX instead of 128 for path buffer sizes. kconfig: Fix realloc usage() kconfig: Propagate const kconfig: Don't go out from read config loop when you read new symbol kconfig: fix menuconfig on debian lenny kbuild: migrate all arch to the kconfig mainmenu upgrade kconfig: expand file names kconfig: use the file's name of sourced file kconfig: constify file name kconfig: don't emit warning upon rootmenu's prompt redefinition kconfig: replace KERNELVERSION usage by the mainmenu's prompt kconfig: delay gconf window initialization kconfig: expand by default the rootmenu's prompt kconfig: add a symbol string expansion helper kconfig: regen parser kconfig: implement the `mainmenu' directive kconfig: allow PACKAGE to be defined on the compiler's command-line ... Fix up trivial conflict in arch/mn10300/Kconfig
2010-10-28Merge branch 'kbuild' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 * 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: initramfs: Fix build break on symbol-prefixed archs initramfs: fix initramfs size calculation initramfs: generalize initramfs_data.xxx.S variants scripts/kallsyms: Enable error messages while hush up unnecessary warnings scripts/setlocalversion: update comment kbuild: Use a single clean rule for kernel and external modules kbuild: Do not run make clean in $(srctree) scripts/mod/modpost.c: fix commentary accordingly to last changes kbuild: Really don't clean bounds.h and asm-offsets.h
2010-10-28Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: (68 commits) hwmon: (it87) Add support for the IT8721F/IT8758E hwmon: (it87) Move conversion functions hwmon: Remove many EXPERIMENTAL flags hwmon: (lm85) Add support for ADT7468 high-frequency PWM mode hwmon: (lm85) Document the ADT7468 as supported hwmon: (lm85) Fix ADT7468 frequency table hwmon: I2C addresses are constant Move ams driver to macintosh hwmon: (pcf8591) Don't attempt to detect devices hwmon: (pcf8591) Register as a hwmon device hwmon: (w83795) Use standard attributes for chassis intrusion hwmon: (w83795) Exclude fan control feature by default hwmon: (w83795) Add myself as co-author and maintainer hwmon: (w83795) More style cleanups hwmon: (w83795) Fix LSB reading of voltage limits hwmon: (w83795) Use dev_get_drvdata() where possible hwmon: (w83795) Delay reading pwm config registers hwmon: (w83795) Delay reading limit registers hwmon: (w83795) Move register reads to dedicated functions hwmon: (w83795) Pack similar register reads ...
2010-10-28Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6: (841 commits) Staging: brcm80211: fix usage of roundup in structures Staging: bcm: fix up network device reference counting Staging: keucr: fix up US_ macro change staging: brcm80211: brcmfmac: Removed codeversion from firmware filenames. staging: brcm80211: Remove unnecessary header files. staging: brcm80211: Remove unnecessary includes from bcmutils.c staging: brcm80211: Removed unnecessary pktsetprio() function. Staging: brcm80211: remove typedefs.h Staging: brcm80211: remove uintptr typedef usage Staging: hv: remove struct vmbus_channel_interface Staging: hv: remove Open from struct vmbus_channel_interface Staging: hv: storvsc: call vmbus_open directly Staging: hv: netvsc: call vmbus_open directly Staging: hv: channel: export vmbus_open to modules Staging: hv: remove Close from struct vmbus_channel_interface Staging: hv: netvsc: call vmbus_close directly Staging: hv: storvsc: call vmbus_close directly Staging: hv: channel: export vmbus_close to modules Staging: hv: remove SendPacket from struct vmbus_channel_interface Staging: hv: storvsc: call vmbus_sendpacket directly ... Fix up conflicts in drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audio-upstream.c drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audio.h due to warring whitespace cleanups (neither of which were all that great)
2010-10-28Merge branch 'linux-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (27 commits) x86: allocate space within a region top-down x86: update iomem_resource end based on CPU physical address capabilities x86/PCI: allocate space from the end of a region, not the beginning PCI: allocate bus resources from the top down resources: support allocating space within a region from the top down resources: handle overflow when aligning start of available area resources: ensure callback doesn't allocate outside available space resources: factor out resource_clip() to simplify find_resource() resources: add a default alignf to simplify find_resource() x86/PCI: MMCONFIG: fix region end calculation PCI: Add support for polling PME state on suspended legacy PCI devices PCI: Export some PCI PM functionality PCI: fix message typo PCI: log vendor/device ID always PCI: update Intel chipset names and defines PCI: use new ccflags variable in Makefile PCI: add PCI_MSIX_TABLE/PBA defines PCI: add PCI vendor id for STmicroelectronics x86/PCI: irq and pci_ids patch for Intel Patsburg DeviceIDs PCI: OLPC: Only enable PCI configuration type override on XO-1 ...
2010-10-28hwmon: (it87) Add support for the IT8721F/IT8758EJean Delvare
Add support for the IT8721F/IT8758E. These new chips differ from the older IT87xxF chips in the following ways: * ADC LSB is 12 mV instead of 16 mV. * PWM values are 8-bit instead of 7-bit. There are other minor changes we don't have to care about in the driver. Another change is that we will handle internal voltage scaling in the driver instead of delegating the work to user-space. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-10-28hwmon: (lm85) Add support for ADT7468 high-frequency PWM modeJean Delvare
The ADT7468 supports a high-frequency PWM output mode where all PWM outputs are driven by a 22.5 kHz clock. Add support for this mode, and document it, as it may surprise the user that setting one PWM output frequency also affects the other PWM outputs. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2010-10-28hwmon: (lm85) Document the ADT7468 as supportedJean Delvare
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2010-10-28hwmon: (pcf8591) Don't attempt to detect devicesJean Delvare
The PCF8591 can't be detected, don't even try. There are plenty of other means to instantiate i2c devices these days. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Cc: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
2010-10-28hwmon: (lm90) Add support for the W83L771W/GJean Delvare
I was wondering if that chip ever existed publicly... Apparently yes, so add support for it. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Tested-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2010-10-28hwmon: (lm90) Add support for max6695 and max6696Guenter Roeck
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-10-28hwmon: (lm90) Add support for extra features of max6659Guenter Roeck
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-10-28hwmon: (lm90) Add explicit support for max6659Guenter Roeck
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-10-28hwmon: Add tempX_emergency attribute to sysfs ABIGuenter Roeck
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-10-28Merge 'staging-next' to Linus's treeGreg Kroah-Hartman
This merges the staging-next tree to Linus's tree and resolves some conflicts that were present due to changes in other trees that were affected by files here. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-10-28Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 * 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6: (505 commits) [media] af9015: Fix max I2C message size when used with tda18271 [media] IR: initialize ir_raw_event in few more drivers [media] Guard a divide in v4l1 compat layer [media] imon: fix nomouse modprobe option [media] imon: remove redundant change_protocol call [media] imon: fix my egregious brown paper bag w/rdev/idev split [media] cafe_ccic: Configure ov7670 correctly [media] ov7670: allow configuration of image size, clock speed, and I/O method [media] af9015: support for DigitalNow TinyTwin v3 [1f4d:9016] [media] af9015: map DigitalNow TinyTwin v2 remote [media] DigitalNow TinyTwin remote controller [media] af9015: RC fixes and improvements videodev2.h.xml: Update to reflect the latest changes at videodev2.h [media] v4l: document new Bayer and monochrome pixel formats [media] DocBook/v4l: Add missing formats used on gspca cpia1 and sn9c2028 [media] firedtv: add parameter to fake ca_system_ids in CA_INFO [media] tm6000: fix a macro coding style issue tm6000: Remove some ugly debug code [media] Nova-S-Plus audio line input [media] [RFC,1/1] V4L2: Use new CAP bits in existing RDS capable drivers ...
2010-10-28Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc: (66 commits) mmc: add new sdhci-pxa driver for Marvell SoCs mmc: make number of mmcblk minors configurable mmc_spi: Recover from CRC errors for r/w operation over SPI. mmc: sdhci-pltfm: add -pltfm driver for imx35/51 mmc: sdhci-of-esdhc: factor out common stuff mmc: sdhci_pltfm: pass more data on custom init call mmc: sdhci: introduce get_ro private write-protect hook mmc: sdhci-pltfm: move .h file into appropriate subdir mmc: sdhci-pltfm: Add structure for host-specific data mmc: fix cb710 kconfig dependency warning mmc: cb710: remove debugging printk (info duplicated from mmc-core) mmc: cb710: clear irq handler on init() error path mmc: cb710: remove unnecessary msleep() mmc: cb710: implement get_cd() callback mmc: cb710: partially demystify clock selection mmc: add a file to debugfs for changing host clock at runtime mmc: sdhci: allow for eMMC 74 clock generation by controller mmc: sdhci: highspeed: check for mmc as well as sd cards mmc: sdhci: Add Moorestown device support mmc: sdhci: Intel Medfield support ...
2010-10-28fs/9p: Add access = client option to opt in acl evaluation.Aneesh Kumar K.V
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Venkateswararao Jujjuri <jvrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2010-10-27Merge branch 'next' into upstream-mergeTheodore Ts'o
Conflicts: fs/ext4/inode.c fs/ext4/mballoc.c include/trace/events/ext4.h
2010-10-27Merge branch 'viafb-next' of git://github.com/schandinat/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'viafb-next' of git://github.com/schandinat/linux-2.6: (29 commits) viafb: add initial VX900 support viafb: fix hardware acceleration for suspend & resume viafb: make suspend and resume work (on all machines?) viafb: restore display on resume Minimal support for viafb suspend/resume viafb: use proper register for colour when doing fill ops viafb: add documentation for proc interface viafb: rename output devices viafb: add a mapping of supported output devices viafb: set sync polarity for all output devices viafb: add function to change sync polarity per device viafb: reduce I2C timeout and delay viafb: enable I2C for CRT viafb: fix i2c_transfer error handling viafb: vt1636 cleanup viafb: introduce per output device power management viafb: limit LCD code impact viafb: add interface for output device configuration viafb: merge the remaining output path with enable functions viafb: use new device routing ...
2010-10-27Merge branch 'akpm-incoming-2'Linus Torvalds
* akpm-incoming-2: (139 commits) epoll: make epoll_wait() use the hrtimer range feature select: rename estimate_accuracy() to select_estimate_accuracy() Remove duplicate includes from many files ramoops: use the platform data structure instead of module params kernel/resource.c: handle reinsertion of an already-inserted resource kfifo: fix kfifo_alloc() to return a signed int value w1: don't allow arbitrary users to remove w1 devices alpha: remove dma64_addr_t usage mips: remove dma64_addr_t usage sparc: remove dma64_addr_t usage fuse: use release_pages() taskstats: use real microsecond granularity for CPU times taskstats: split fill_pid function taskstats: separate taskstats commands delayacct: align to 8 byte boundary on 64-bit systems delay-accounting: reimplement -c for getdelays.c to report information on a target command namespaces Kconfig: move namespace menu location after the cgroup namespaces Kconfig: remove the cgroup device whitelist experimental tag namespaces Kconfig: remove pointless cgroup dependency namespaces Kconfig: make namespace a submenu ...
2010-10-27ext4: add support for lazy inode table initializationLukas Czerner
When the lazy_itable_init extended option is passed to mke2fs, it considerably speeds up filesystem creation because inode tables are not zeroed out. The fact that parts of the inode table are uninitialized is not a problem so long as the block group descriptors, which contain information regarding how much of the inode table has been initialized, has not been corrupted However, if the block group checksums are not valid, e2fsck must scan the entire inode table, and the the old, uninitialized data could potentially cause e2fsck to report false problems. Hence, it is important for the inode tables to be initialized as soon as possble. This commit adds this feature so that mke2fs can safely use the lazy inode table initialization feature to speed up formatting file systems. This is done via a new new kernel thread called ext4lazyinit, which is created on demand and destroyed, when it is no longer needed. There is only one thread for all ext4 filesystems in the system. When the first filesystem with inititable mount option is mounted, ext4lazyinit thread is created, then the filesystem can register its request in the request list. This thread then walks through the list of requests picking up scheduled requests and invoking ext4_init_inode_table(). Next schedule time for the request is computed by multiplying the time it took to zero out last inode table with wait multiplier, which can be set with the (init_itable=n) mount option (default is 10). We are doing this so we do not take the whole I/O bandwidth. When the thread is no longer necessary (request list is empty) it frees the appropriate structures and exits (and can be created later later by another filesystem). We do not disturb regular inode allocations in any way, it just do not care whether the inode table is, or is not zeroed. But when zeroing, we have to skip used inodes, obviously. Also we should prevent new inode allocations from the group, while zeroing is on the way. For that we take write alloc_sem lock in ext4_init_inode_table() and read alloc_sem in the ext4_claim_inode, so when we are unlucky and allocator hits the group which is currently being zeroed, it just has to wait. This can be suppresed using the mount option no_init_itable. Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2010-10-27Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (108 commits) ehea: Fixing statistics bonding: Fix lockdep warning after bond_vlan_rx_register() tunnels: Fix tunnels change rcu protection caif-u5500: Build config for CAIF shared mem driver caif-u5500: CAIF shared memory mailbox interface caif-u5500: CAIF shared memory transport protocol caif-u5500: Adding shared memory include drivers/isdn: delete double assignment drivers/net/typhoon.c: delete double assignment drivers/net/sb1000.c: delete double assignment qlcnic: define valid vlan id range qlcnic: reduce rx ring size qlcnic: fix mac learning ehea: fix use after free inetpeer: __rcu annotations fib_rules: __rcu annotates ctarget tunnels: add __rcu annotations net: add __rcu annotations to protocol ipv4: add __rcu annotations to routes.c qlge: bugfix: Restoring the vlan setting. ...
2010-10-27delay-accounting: reimplement -c for getdelays.c to report information on a ↵Mel Gorman
target command Task delay-accounting was identified as one means of determining how long a process spends in congestion_wait() without adding new statistics. For example, if the workload should not be doing IO, delay-accounting could reveal how long it was spending in unexpected IO or delays. Unfortunately, on closer examination it was clear that getdelays does not act as documented. Commit a3baf649 ("per-task-delay-accounting: documentation") added Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c with a -c switch that was documented to fork/exec a child and report statistics on it but for reasons that are unclear to me, commit 9e06d3f9 deleted support for this switch but did not update the documentation. It might be an oversight or it might be because the control flow of the program meant that accounting information would be printed once early in the lifetime of the program making it of limited use. This patch reimplements -c for getdelays.c to act as documented. Unlike the original version, it waits until the command completes before printing any information on it. An example of it being used looks like $ ./getdelays -d -c find /home/mel -name mel print delayacct stats ON /home/mel /home/mel/.notes-wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/mel /home/mel/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/mel /home/mel/git-configs/dot.kde/share/apps/konqueror/home/mel PID 5923 CPU count real total virtual total delay total 42779 5051232096 5164722692 564207988 IO count delay total 41727 97804147758 SWAP count delay total 0 0 RECLAIM count delay total 0 0 [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-27/proc/pid/pagemap: document in Documentation/filesystems/proc.txtNikanth Karthikesan
Document /proc/pid/pagemap in Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Cc: Richard Guenther <rguenther@suse.de> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-27/proc/pid/smaps: export amount of anonymous memory in a mappingNikanth Karthikesan
Export the number of anonymous pages in a mapping via smaps. Even the private pages in a mapping backed by a file, would be marked as anonymous, when they are modified. Export this information to user-space via smaps. Exporting this count will help gdb to make a better decision on which areas need to be dumped in its coredump; and should be useful to others studying the memory usage of a process. Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-27cgroup: notify ns_cgroup deprecatedDaniel Lezcano
The ns_cgroup will be removed very soon. Let's warn, for this version, ns_cgroup is deprecated. Make ns_cgroup and clone_children exclusive. If the clone_children is set and the ns_cgroup is mounted, let's fail with EINVAL when the ns_cgroup subsys is created (a printk will help the user to understand why the creation fails). Update the feature remove schedule file with the deprecated ns_cgroup. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-27cgroup: add clone_children control fileDaniel Lezcano
The ns_cgroup is a control group interacting with the namespaces. When a new namespace is created, a corresponding cgroup is automatically created too. The cgroup name is the pid of the process who did 'unshare' or the child of 'clone'. This cgroup is tied with the namespace because it prevents a process to escape the control group and use the post_clone callback, so the child cgroup inherits the values of the parent cgroup. Unfortunately, the more we use this cgroup and the more we are facing problems with it: (1) when a process unshares, the cgroup name may conflict with a previous cgroup with the same pid, so unshare or clone return -EEXIST (2) the cgroup creation is out of control because there may have an application creating several namespaces where the system will automatically create several cgroups in his back and let them on the cgroupfs (eg. a vrf based on the network namespace). (3) the mix of (1) and (2) force an administrator to regularly check and clean these cgroups. This patchset removes the ns_cgroup by adding a new flag to the cgroup and the cgroupfs mount option. It enables the copy of the parent cgroup when a child cgroup is created. We can then safely remove the ns_cgroup as this flag brings a compatibility. We have now to manually create and add the task to a cgroup, which is consistent with the cgroup framework. This patch: Sent as an answer to a previous thread around the ns_cgroup. https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/containers/2009-June/018627.html It adds a control file 'clone_children' for a cgroup. This control file is a boolean specifying if the child cgroup should be a clone of the parent cgroup or not. The default value is 'false'. This flag makes the child cgroup to call the post_clone callback of all the subsystem, if it is available. At present, the cpuset is the only one which had implemented the post_clone callback. The option can be set at mount time by specifying the 'clone_children' mount option. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Cc: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-27doc: clarify the behaviour of dirty_ratio/dirty_bytesAndrea Righi
When dirty_ratio or dirty_bytes is written the other parameter is disabled and set to 0 (in dirty_bytes_handler() / dirty_ratio_handler()). We do the same for dirty_background_ratio and dirty_background_bytes. However, in the sysctl documentation, we say that the counterpart becomes a function of the old value, that is not correct. Clarify the documentation reporting the actual behaviour. Reviewed-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@develer.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-28Coccinelle: Fix documentationNicolas Palix
A file used as example has been moved elsewhere. Update the documentation accordingly Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix.work@gmail.com> Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2010-10-28Merge commit 'v2.6.36' into kbuild/miscMichal Marek
Update to be able to fix a recent change to scripts/basic/docproc.c (commit eda603f).
2010-10-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (52 commits) split invalidate_inodes() fs: skip I_FREEING inodes in writeback_sb_inodes fs: fold invalidate_list into invalidate_inodes fs: do not drop inode_lock in dispose_list fs: inode split IO and LRU lists fs: switch bdev inode bdi's correctly fs: fix buffer invalidation in invalidate_list fsnotify: use dget_parent smbfs: use dget_parent exportfs: use dget_parent fs: use RCU read side protection in d_validate fs: clean up dentry lru modification fs: split __shrink_dcache_sb fs: improve DCACHE_REFERENCED usage fs: use percpu counter for nr_dentry and nr_dentry_unused fs: simplify __d_free fs: take dcache_lock inside __d_path fs: do not assign default i_ino in new_inode fs: introduce a per-cpu last_ino allocator new helper: ihold() ...