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2008-09-10Merge branch 'core/xen' into x86/xenIngo Molnar
2008-08-27Revert "pktcdvd: push BKL down into driver"Linus Torvalds
This reverts commit 5b6155ee70e9c4d2ad7e6f514c8eee06e2711c3a, because the block device ioctl's really aren't ready for it. In particular, the "struct file *" and the "struct inode *" arguments do not necessarily match, which means that the unlocked version of the ioctl (that only gets a "struct file *") isn't actually able to handle the cases it needs to handle. This fixes bugzilla http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11401 Reported-and-bisected-by: Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@free.fr> Acked-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-25Merge branch 'linus' into x86/xenIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-20brd: fix name argument of unregister_blkdev()Akinobu Mita
The name of brd block device is "ramdisk", it's not "brd". (The block device is registered by register_blkdev(RAMDISK_MAJOR, "ramdisk") So it should be unregistered by unregister_blkdev(RAMDISK_MAJOR, "ramdisk") Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-20nbd: fix memory leak of nbd_dev arraySven Wegener
We leak the memory allocated for the nbd_dev array at multiple places. Fix them by either adding a kfree() or by rearranging code to return before we allocate the memory. Signed-off-by: Sven Wegener <sven.wegener@stealer.net> Cc: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-20xen: clean up domain mode predicatesJeremy Fitzhardinge
There are four operating modes Xen code may find itself running in: - native - hvm domain - pv dom0 - pv domU Clean up predicates for testing for these states to make them more consistent. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-06xen-blkfront.c: make blkif_ioctl() staticAdrian Bunk
This patch makes the needlessly global blkif_ioctl() static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-06cciss: fix bug if scsi tape support is disabledMike Miller
Bug fix. If SCSI tape support is turned off we get an implicit declaration of cciss_unregister_scsi error in cciss_remove_one. Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-06cciss: add support for multi lun tape devicesMike Miller
This patch adds support for multi-lun devices in a SAS environment. It's required for the support of media changers. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-06cciss: change the way we notify scsi midlayer of tape drivesMike Miller
This patch changes way we notify the scsi layer that something has changed on the SCSI tape side of the driver. The user can now just tell the driver to rescan a particular controller rather than having to know the SCSI nexus to echo into the SCSI mid-layer. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-06cciss: fix negative logical drive count in procfsMike Miller
This patch fixes a problem where the logical volume count may go negative. In some instances if several logical are configured on a controller and all of them are deleted using the online utilities the volume count in /proc may go negative with no way get it correct again. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-06cciss: remove redundant codeMike Miller
This patch removes redundant code where ever logical volumes are added or removed. It adds 3 new functions that are called instead of having the same code spread throughout the driver. It also removes the cciss_getgeometry function. The patch is fairly complex but we haven't figured out how to make it any simpler and still do everything that needs to be done. Some of the complexity comes from having to special case booting from cciss. Otherwise the gendisk doesn't get added in time and the switchroot will fail. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-06cciss: make rebuild_lun_table behave betterMike Miller
This patch makes the rebuild_lun_table smart enough to not rip a logical volume out from under the OS. Without this fix if a customer is running hpacucli to monitor their storage the driver will blindly remove and re-add the disks whenever the utility calls the CCISS_REGNEWD ioctl. Unfortunately, both hpacucli and ACUXE call the ioctl repeatedly. Customers have reported IO coming to a standstill. Calling the ioctl is the problem, this patch is the fix. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-06cciss: return -EFAULT if copy_from_user() failsNikanth Karthikesan
Return -EFAULT instead of -ENOMEM if copy_from_user() fails. Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Acked-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-05block/cciss.c: remove pointless curr_queue calculationHannes Reinecke
curr_queue is a local variable in a for loop, and it's being initialized at the start of each loop. So any assignment at the end of the loop is pointless. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Cc: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-01Remove newline from the description of module parametersNiels de Vos
Some module parameters with only one line have the '\n' at the end of the description. This is not needed nor wanted as after the description the type (i.e. int) is followed by a newline. Some modules contain a multi-line description, these are not affected by this patch. Signed-off-by: Niels de Vos <niels.devos@wincor-nixdorf.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Cc: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-25aoe: convert emsgs_sema into a completionMatthias Kaehlcke
ATA over Ethernet: The semaphore emsgs_sema is used for signalling an event, convert it in a completion. Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias@kaehlcke.net> Cc: "Ed L. Cashin" <ecashin@coraid.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-25virtio_blk: check for hardsector size from hostChristian Borntraeger
Currently virtio_blk assumes a 512 byte hard sector size. This can cause trouble / performance issues if the backing has a different block size (like a file on an ext3 file system formatted with 4k block size or a dasd). Lets add a feature flag that tells the guest to use a different hard sector size than 512 byte. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-21device create: block: convert device_create to device_create_drvdataGreg Kroah-Hartman
device_create() is race-prone, so use the race-free device_create_drvdata() instead as device_create() is going away. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-20m68k: Return -ENODEV if no device is foundGeert Uytterhoeven
According to the tests in do_initcalls(), the proper error code in case no device is found is -ENODEV, not -ENXIO or -EIO. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-16hd.c: remove the #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>Adrian Bunk
The code that needed this #include was removed one year ago. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Cc: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-07-16update the BLK_DEV_HD help textAdrian Bunk
Many people will see this option the first time now that it is in drivers/block/ Make it clear that virtually noone needs it. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Cc: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-07-16move ide/legacy/hd.c to drivers/block/Adrian Bunk
This patch moves hd.c to drivers/block/ Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Cc: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-07-15Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (80 commits) ide-floppy: fix unfortunate function naming ide-tape: unify idetape_create_read/write_cmd ide: add ide_pc_intr() helper ide-{floppy,scsi}: read Status Register before stopping DMA engine ide-scsi: add more debugging to idescsi_pc_intr() ide-scsi: use pc->callback ide-floppy: add more debugging to idefloppy_pc_intr() ide-tape: always log debug info in idetape_pc_intr() if debugging is enabled ide-tape: add ide_tape_io_buffers() helper ide-tape: factor out DSC handling from idetape_pc_intr() ide-{floppy,tape}: move checking of ->failed_pc to ->callback ide: add ide_issue_pc() helper ide: add PC_FLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT pc flag ide-scsi: move idescsi_map_sg() call out from idescsi_issue_pc() ide: add ide_transfer_pc() helper ide-scsi: set drive->scsi flag for devices handled by the driver ide-{cd,floppy,tape}: remove checking for drive->scsi ide: add PC_FLAG_ZIP_DRIVE pc flag ide-tape: factor out waiting for good ireason from idetape_transfer_pc() ide-tape: set PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS flag in idetape_transfer_pc() ...
2008-07-15block: convert pd_special_command to use blk_execute_rqFUJITA Tomonori
pd_special_command uses blk_put_request with struct request on the stack. As a result, blk_put_request needs a hack to catch a NULL request_queue. This converts pd_special_command to use blk_execute_rq. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-07-14Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (146 commits) IB/umad: BKL is not needed for ib_umad_open() IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs_open() bf561-coreb: BKL unneeded for open() Call fasync() functions without the BKL snd/PCM: fasync BKL pushdown ipmi: fasync BKL pushdown ecryptfs: fasync BKL pushdown Bluetooth VHCI: fasync BKL pushdown tty_io: fasync BKL pushdown tun: fasync BKL pushdown i2o: fasync BKL pushdown mpt: fasync BKL pushdown Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2 Make FAT users happier by not deadlocking x86-mce: BKL pushdown vmwatchdog: BKL pushdown vmcp: BKL pushdown via-pmu: BKL pushdown uml-random: BKL pushdown uml-mmapper: BKL pushdown ...
2008-07-14Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into bkl-removalJonathan Corbet
2008-07-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (37 commits) splice: fix generic_file_splice_read() race with page invalidation ramfs: enable splice write drivers/block/pktcdvd.c: avoid useless memset cdrom: revert commit 22a9189 (cdrom: use kmalloced buffers instead of buffers on stack) scsi: sr avoids useless buffer allocation block: blk_rq_map_kern uses the bounce buffers for stack buffers block: add blk_queue_update_dma_pad DAC960: push down BKL pktcdvd: push BKL down into driver paride: push ioctl down into driver block: use get_unaligned_* helpers block: extend queue_flag bitops block: request_module(): use format string Add bvec_merge_data to handle stacked devices and ->merge_bvec() block: integrity flags can't use bit ops on unsigned short cmdfilter: extend default read filter sg: fix odd style (extra parenthesis) introduced by cmd filter patch block: add bounce support to blk_rq_map_user_iov cfq-iosched: get rid of enable_idle being unused warning allow userspace to modify scsi command filter on per device basis ...
2008-07-04cciss: read config to obtain max outstanding commands per controllerMike Miller
This patch changes the way we determine the maximum number of outstanding commands for each controller. Most Smart Array controllers can support up to 1024 commands, the notable exceptions are the E200 and E200i. The next generation of controllers which were just added support a mode of operation called Zero Memory Raid (ZMR). In this mode they only support 64 outstanding commands. In Full Function Raid (FFR) mode they support 1024. We have been setting the queue depth by arbitrarily assigning some value for each controller. We needed a better way to set the queue depth to avoid lots of annoying "fifo full" messages. So we made the driver a little smarter. We now read the config table and subtract 4 from the returned value. The -4 is to allow some room for ioctl calls which are not tracked the same way as io commands are tracked. Please consider this for inclusion. Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-04cciss: fix regression that no device nodes are created if no logical drives ↵Stephen M. Cameron
are configured. Fix regression in cciss driver that if no logical drives are configured, no device nodes at all get created. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Acked-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-04drivers/block/pktcdvd.c: avoid useless memsetChristophe Jaillet
Avoid the 'memset(...,0, ...)' before calling 'init_cdrom_command' because this function already does it. Signed-off-by: Christophe Jaillet <jaillet.christophe@wanadoo.fr> Acked-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-04DAC960: push down BKLAlan Cox
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-04pktcdvd: push BKL down into driverAlan Cox
Push the lock_kernel down into the driver and switch to unlocked_ioctl [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Acked-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-04paride: push ioctl down into driverAlan Cox
Leaves us with lock_kernel for two methods. Also remove a bogus printk with no printk level and return -ENOTTY not -EINVAL for correctness. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> (Jens: added smp_lock.h include to pt.c, otherwise it wont compile because of missing {un}lock_kernel() definition) Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-04block: use get_unaligned_* helpersHarvey Harrison
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-03Add bvec_merge_data to handle stacked devices and ->merge_bvec()Alasdair G Kergon
When devices are stacked, one device's merge_bvec_fn may need to perform the mapping and then call one or more functions for its underlying devices. The following bio fields are used: bio->bi_sector bio->bi_bdev bio->bi_size bio->bi_rw using bio_data_dir() This patch creates a new struct bvec_merge_data holding a copy of those fields to avoid having to change them directly in the struct bio when going down the stack only to have to change them back again on the way back up. (And then when the bio gets mapped for real, the whole exercise gets repeated, but that's a problem for another day...) Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-03xen: Avoid allocations causing swap activity on the resume pathIan Campbell
Avoid allocations causing swap activity on the resume path by preventing the allocations from doing IO and allowing them to access the emergency pools. These paths are used when a frontend device is trying to connect to its backend driver over Xenbus. These reconnections are triggered on demand by IO, so by definition there is already IO underway, and further IO would naturally deadlock. On resume, this path is triggered when the running system tries to continue using its devices. If it cannot then the resume will fail; to try to avoid this we let it dip into the emergency pools. [ linux-2.6.18-xen changesets e8b49cfbdac, fdb998e79aba ] Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-03xen/blkfront: add __exit to module_exit() handlersJan Beulich
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-03xen/blkfront: Make sure that the device is fully ready before allowing release.Wim Colgate
[ linux-2.6.18-xen changeset c1c57fea77e9 ] Signed-off-by: Wim Colgate <wim@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-03xen/blkfront: Add the CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY ioctl to blkfront.Christian Limpach
Return 0 instead of -EINVAL if the blkfront device is a cdrom, i.e. had the VDISK_CDROM attribute. This allows udev's cdrom_id to correctly detect the device as a cdrom device. [ Add blkif_ioctl, and CDROMMULTISESSION ] [ linux-2.6.18-xen changeset d2bd9af846b5 ] Signed-off-by: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-03xen/blkfront: Make sure we don't use bounce buffers, we don't need them.Ian Campbell
[ linux-2.6.18-xen changeset 667228bf8fc5 ] Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-06-20paride: cdev lock_kernel() pushdownJonathan Corbet
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2008-06-20AoE: cdev lock_kernel() pushdownJonathan Corbet
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2008-06-12cciss: add new hardware supportMike Miller
Add support for the next generation of HP Smart Array SAS/SATA controllers. Shipping date is late Fall 2008. Bump the driver version to 3.6.20 to reflect the new hardware support from patch 1 of this set. Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-05Add 'rd' alias to new brd ramdisk driverNick Piggin
Alias brd to rd in the hope of helping legacy users. Suggested by Jan. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-30virtio_blk: allow read-only disksChristian Borntraeger
Hello Rusty, sometimes it is useful to share a disk (e.g. usr). To avoid file system corruption, the disk should be mounted read-only in that case. This patch adds a new feature flag, that allows the host to specify, if the disk should be considered read-only. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-05-30Fix crash in virtio_blk during modprobe ; rmmod ; modprobeChris Lalancette
Fix a modprobe virtio_blk ; rmmod virtio_blk ; modprobe virtio_blk crash; this was basically because we weren't doing "del_gendisk()" in the remove path. Signed-off-by: Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (moved del_gendisk up)
2008-05-24brd: don't show ramdisks in /proc/partitionsMarcin Krol
In 2.6.25, ramdisk devices show up in /proc/partitions, which is a behaviour change from the old rd.c. Add GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO, which was present in rd.c. All kernels prior to 2.6.25 weren't displaying ramdisks in /proc/partitions. Since there are many userspace tools using information from /proc/partitions some of them may now behave incorrectly (I didn't tested any though). For example before 2.6.25 /proc/partitions was empty if no block devices like hard disks and such were detected by kernel. Now all 16 ramdisks are always visible there. Some software may rely on such information (I mean, on empty /proc/partitions). There was quite similar situation back in 2004, and ramdisks were excluded back from displaying. Thats why I called this a regression (maybe a bit unfortunate). See this patch for info: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.3-rc2/2.6.3-rc2-mm1/broken-out/nbd-proc-partitions-fix.patch I also think that someone somewhere (long time ago) excluded ramdisks from /proc/partitions for good reasons. It is possible that now such new "feature" is harmless, but I think there are more chances that someone will say "hey, /proc/partitions has changed, now my software doesn't work" then "hey where did my new 2.6.25 feature go". nbd devices are also excluded, maybe for very same (unknown to me) reasons. Signed-off-by: Marcin Krol <hawk@pld-linux.org> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-23[POWERPC] iSeries: Remove unused mail addressStephen Rothwell
I don't use my IBM email address normally and people can find me in CREDITS. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2008-05-18m68k: Return -ENODEV if no device is foundGeert Uytterhoeven
According to the tests in do_initcalls(), the proper error code in case no device is found is -ENODEV, not -ENXIO or -EIO. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>