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2009-07-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bpLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp: amd64_edac: read the right F2 maskoffset reg
2009-07-27tty: Fix a USB serial crash/scribbleAlan Cox
The port lock is used to protect the port state. However the port structure is freed on a hangup, then the lock taken on a close. The right fix is to drop the port on tty->shutdown() but we can't yet do that due to sleep v non-sleeping rules. Instead do the next best thing and fix it up when we are not in -rc season. Reported-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-07-27Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6: (34 commits) V4L/DVB (12303): cx23885: check pointers before dereferencing in dprintk macro V4L/DVB (12302): cx23885-417: fix broken IOCTL handling V4L/DVB (12300): bttv: fix regression: tvaudio must be loaded before tuner V4L/DVB (12291): b2c2: fix frontends compiled into kernel V4L/DVB (12286): sn9c20x: reorder includes to be like other drivers V4L/DVB (12284): gspca - jpeg subdrivers: Check the result of kmalloc(jpeg header). V4L/DVB (12283): gspca - sn9c20x: New subdriver for sn9c201 and sn9c202 bridges. V4L/DVB (12282): gspca - main: Support for vidioc_g_chip_ident and vidioc_g/s_register. V4L/DVB (12269): af9013: auto-detect parameters in case of garbage given by app V4L/DVB (12267): gspca - sonixj: Bad sensor init of non ov76xx sensors. V4L/DVB (12265): em28xx: fix tuning problem in HVR-900 (R1) V4L/DVB (12263): em28xx: set demod profile for Pinnacle Hybrid Pro 320e V4L/DVB (12262): em28xx: Make sure the tuner is initialized if generic empia USB id was used V4L/DVB (12261): em28xx: set GPIO properly for Pinnacle Hybrid Pro analog support V4L/DVB (12260): em28xx: make support work for the Pinnacle Hybrid Pro (eb1a:2881) V4L/DVB (12258): em28xx: fix typo in mt352 init sequence for Terratec Cinergy T XS USB V4L/DVB (12257): em28xx: make tuning work for Terratec Cinergy T XS USB (mt352 variant) V4L/DVB (12245): em28xx: add support for mt9m001 webcams V4L/DVB (12244): em28xx: adjust vinmode/vinctl based on the stream input format V4L/DVB (12243): em28xx: allow specifying sensor xtal frequency ...
2009-07-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: [S390] zcrypt: fix scheduling of hrtimer ap_poll_timer [S390] vdso: clock_gettime of CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID with noexec=on [S390] vdso: fix per cpu area allocation [S390] hibernation: fix register corruption on machine checks [S390] hibernation: fix lowcore handling
2009-07-27amd64_edac: read the right F2 maskoffset regWan Wei
Signed-off-by: Wan Wei <onewayforever@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12303): cx23885: check pointers before dereferencing in dprintk macroMichael Krufky
When enabling debug with v4l_debug set to 2 or greater, the driver OOPS's on startup. Checks dev pointer before dereferencing, in order to prevent this OOPS. Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12302): cx23885-417: fix broken IOCTL handlingMichael Krufky
IOCTLS will never get handled if we dont connect video_ioctl2 to mpeg_fops.ioctl Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12300): bttv: fix regression: tvaudio must be loaded before tunerHans Verkuil
Both tvaudio and the tuner share i2c address 0x42. The tvaudio module can check whether it really is a tda9840, but the tuner can't. So the tvaudio module must be loaded before the tuner module. This was also the case for 2.6.29, but the order was swapped in 2.6.30. Thanks to Krzysztof Grygiencz for reporting and testing this. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12291): b2c2: fix frontends compiled into kernelTrent Piepho
A recent patch didn't take into account that frontends can be compiled into the kernel. Or that frontends compiled as modules can't be used by the b2c2 driver if it is not a module itself. Some frontends require multiple drivers, e.g. a demod driver and a tuner driver. The code for the frontend support was getting added if the demod driver was available. Change this to also require any needed tuner or SEC drivers as well. Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12286): sn9c20x: reorder includes to be like other driversMauro Carvalho Chehab
This is not just pure cosmetic, since the order affects the out-of-tree module build at the -hg development tree. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12284): gspca - jpeg subdrivers: Check the result of kmalloc(jpeg ↵Julia Lawall
header). Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12283): gspca - sn9c20x: New subdriver for sn9c201 and sn9c202 bridges.Brian Johnson
Signed-off-by: Brian Johnson <brijohn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12282): gspca - main: Support for vidioc_g_chip_ident and ↵Brian Johnson
vidioc_g/s_register. Signed-off-by: Brian Johnson <brijohn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12269): af9013: auto-detect parameters in case of garbage given by appAntti Palosaari
Request demodulator auto-detect transmission parameters in case of garbage parameters provided by application for compatibility. That's needed at least for MPlayer compatibility currently. Thanks to Jelle de Jong for reporting issue and providing SSH access to Devin for debugging. Thanks to Devin Heitmueller for hard debug work he did to find that bug. Cc: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> Cc: Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@powercraft.nl> Signed-off-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12267): gspca - sonixj: Bad sensor init of non ov76xx sensors.Jean-Francois Moine
The bug was introduced when adding the light frequency control Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12265): em28xx: fix tuning problem in HVR-900 (R1)Devin Heitmueller
When the change was introduced in the zl10353 for the i2c gate behavior, this broke the HVR-900 which was not behind a gate. Use a version of the zl10353 config profile that indicates the tuner is not behind such a gate. Without this patch the first tune succeeds, but subsequent tuning attempts will fail. The change also renames the terratec zl10353 profile I wrote to be more generic, since it is shared by the non-terratec device. Thanks to Michael Krufky for providing a HVR-900 and DVB-T environment to test with. Cc: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12263): em28xx: set demod profile for Pinnacle Hybrid Pro 320eDevin Heitmueller
The Pinnacle Hybrid Pro 320e was missing a demod config for the xc3028, which is required for digital tuning to work properly. Add the missing profile. Thanks to Andreas Lunderhage for testing patches and providing a remote debug environment. Cc: Andreas Lunderhage <lunderhage@home.se> Signed-off-by: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12262): em28xx: Make sure the tuner is initialized if generic empia ↵Devin Heitmueller
USB id was used In cases where the device has a generic Empia USB ID, the call in the precard setup phase did not set the tuner GPIO. As a result, the tuner may not be taken out of reset before attempting initialization in the analog driver. This problem was not seen before with the EVGA inDtube, since that particular board has the analog GPIO setup to include taking the tuner out of reset. Thanks to Andreas Lunderhage for testing patches and providing a remote debug environment for the Pinnacle 320e. Cc: Andreas Lunderhage <lunderhage@home.se> Signed-off-by: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12261): em28xx: set GPIO properly for Pinnacle Hybrid Pro analog ↵Devin Heitmueller
support Set the GPIO properly for the analog side of the Pinnacle Hybrid Pro, or else the emp202 doesn't get detected properly. Signed-off-by: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12260): em28xx: make support work for the Pinnacle Hybrid Pro ↵Devin Heitmueller
(eb1a:2881) Setup the GPIOs properly and enable support for the DVB side of the Pinnacle Hybrid Pro USB stick. Thanks to Andreas Lunderhage for testing patches and providing a remote debug environment. Cc: Andreas Lunderhage <lunderhage@home.se> Signed-off-by: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12258): em28xx: fix typo in mt352 init sequence for Terratec ↵Devin Heitmueller
Cinergy T XS USB Andy walls pointed out that we were passing 0x5d to the TUNER_GO register, instead of 0x01. Set the register properly (note the code did still work with the incorrect value, so this does not address a regression). Thanks to Andy Walls for noticing the issue. Cc: Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net> Signed-off-by: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12257): em28xx: make tuning work for Terratec Cinergy T XS USB ↵Devin Heitmueller
(mt352 variant) The Terratec Cinergy T XS USB can have either a zl10353 or an mt352. Add support for the MT352 variant. Thanks to Jelle de Jong for providing a unit to test/debug with. Cc: Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@powercraft.nl> Signed-off-by: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12245): em28xx: add support for mt9m001 webcamsMauro Carvalho Chehab
Thanks to Wally <wally@voosen.eu> for bringing the issue and helping with the tests. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12244): em28xx: adjust vinmode/vinctl based on the stream input formatMauro Carvalho Chehab
Depending on the video input format, vinmode/vinctl needs adjustments. For TV, this is not relevant, since the supported decoders output data at the same format. However, webcam sensors may have different formats, so, this needs to be adjusted based on the device. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12243): em28xx: allow specifying sensor xtal frequencyMauro Carvalho Chehab
In order to properly estimate fps, mt9v011 sensor driver needs to know what is the used frequency on the sensor cristal. Adds the proper fields and initialization code for specifying the cristal frequency. Also, based on experimentation, it was noticed that the Silvercrest is outputing data at 7 fps. This means that it should be using a 6.3 MHz cristal. This information needs to be double checked later, by opening the device. Anyway, by using this value for xtal, at least now we have the correct fps report. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12242): mt9v011: implement core->s_config to allow adjusting xtal ↵Mauro Carvalho Chehab
frequency Since frames per second is a function of cristal frequency, and this is device-specific, add a function that allows adjusting it, via subdev->core->s_config callback. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12241): mt9v011: Fix vstartMauro Carvalho Chehab
vstart calculus were wrong. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12240): mt9v011: add a function to calculate frames per second rateMauro Carvalho Chehab
It is possible to adjust the fps rate by changing some register values. This is function of the connected Xtal at the camera sensor, being a 27 MHz cristal needed, in order to support 640x480 at 30 fps. For now, it will only calculate the values for fps. Later patches may introduce V4L2 ioctls, to allow frequency rate adjustments. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12239): em28xx: fix webcam scalingMauro Carvalho Chehab
While trying to fix an mt9v001 webcam, I noticed that HSCALE/VSCALE do work with em28xx + webcam. The issue is that the scaling setup depends on the number of visible rows/cols of the input image. With mt9v011 (Silvercrest), the resolution is 640x480. So, the scaling is different from a normal TV image (720x480 on NTSC). This were causing a wrong scaling and a previous patch disabled scaling. As each sensor have their different resolution setting, the xres/yres should be adjusted accordingly with the input sensor. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12238): em28xx: call sensor detection code for all webcam entriesMauro Carvalho Chehab
With the previous approach, autodetection were working only for the two generic entries (em275x and em2820 unknown ones). So, if someone would try to force probing an specific device, the code would not properly run the autodetection code. With the new approach, the sensor autodetection will be run not only for the two generic entries, but also do webcam specific ones. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12237): mt9v011: implement VIDIOC_QUERYCTRLMauro Carvalho Chehab
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12236): em28xx: stop abusing of board->decoder for sensor informationMauro Carvalho Chehab
Instead of using em28xx board decoder field for storing sensor information, let's use instead a separate field for it. Also, as sensors are currently autodetected, there's no need of having it at the boards description. So, move it to the main em28xx struct. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12235): em28xx: detects sensors also with the generic em2750/2750 entryMauro Carvalho Chehab
Webcams in general don't have eeprom. So, the sensor hint code should be called to properly detect what sensor is inside. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12234): em28xx-cards: use is_webcam flag for devices that are known ↵Mauro Carvalho Chehab
to be webcams By having the webcam devices marked as such, it will help the em28xx driver to do the right thing on those devices. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12233): em28xx: rename is_27xx to is_webcamMauro Carvalho Chehab
Just renames the flag, to use a clearer name. Later patches will use this flag to properly set some drivers behaviors for webcams. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12224): gspca - m5602-s5k4aa: Remove erroneous register writesErik Andrén
A couple of erroneous register writes snuck in that made the image go haywire. Remove these. Many thanks to Grégory Lardière for finding this out Signed-off-by: Erik Andrén <erik.andren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12223): gspca - stv06xx-hdcs: Correct the pixelformatErik Andrén
Signed-off-by: Erik Andrén <erik.andren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12222): gspca - stv06xx-hdcs: Fix sensor sequence bugErik Andrén
All hdcs registers use bit 0 as a read/write flag and needs to be shifted one bit to the left. This wasn't accounted for when doing a sequence of writes. Signed-off-by: Erik Andrén <erik.andren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24V4L/DVB (12221): gspca - stv06xx-hdcs: Actually update the sensor stateErik Andrén
Signed-off-by: Erik Andrén <erik.andren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-07-24[S390] zcrypt: fix scheduling of hrtimer ap_poll_timerFelix Beck
Every time a request is enqueued or there is some work outstanding from the ap_tasklet, the ap_poll_timer is scheduled again. Unfortunately it was permanently called. It looked as if it was started in the past and thus imediately expired. This has been changed. First it is checked if the hrtimer is already expired. Then the expiring time is forwarded and the timer restarted. Signed-off-by: Felix Beck <felix.beck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-07-23dm table: pass correct dev area size to device_area_is_validMike Snitzer
Incorrect device area lengths are being passed to device_area_is_valid(). The regression appeared in 2.6.31-rc1 through commit 754c5fc7ebb417b23601a6222a6005cc2e7f2913. With the dm-stripe target, the size of the target (ti->len) was used instead of the stripe_width (ti->len/#stripes). An example of a consequent incorrect error message is: device-mapper: table: 254:0: sdb too small for target Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-07-23dm: remove queue next_ordered workaround for barriersMike Snitzer
This patch removes DM's bio-based vs request-based conditional setting of next_ordered. For bio-based DM the next_ordered check is no longer a concern (as that check is now in the __make_request path). For request-based DM the default of QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE is now appropriate. bio-based DM was changed to work-around the previously misplaced next_ordered check with this commit: 99360b4c18f7675b50d283301d46d755affe75fd request-based DM does not yet support barriers but reacted to the above bio-based DM change with this commit: 5d67aa2366ccb8257d103d0b43df855605c3c086 The above changes are no longer needed given Neil Brown's recent fix to put the next_ordered check in the __make_request path: db64f680ba4b5c56c4be59f0698000df89ff0281 Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Cc: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> Acked-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-07-23dm raid1: wake kmirrord when requeueing delayed bios after remote recoveryMikulas Patocka
The recent commit 7513c2a761d69d2a93f17146b3563527d3618ba0 (dm raid1: add is_remote_recovering hook for clusters) changed do_writes() to update the ms->writes list but forgot to wake up kmirrord to process it. The rule is that when anything is being added on ms->reads, ms->writes or ms->failures and the list was empty before we must call wakeup_mirrord (for immediate processing) or delayed_wake (for delayed processing). Otherwise the bios could sit on the list indefinitely. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> CC: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-07-22Merge branch 'tj-block-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc * 'tj-block-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc: virtio_blk: mark virtio_blk with __refdata to kill spurious section mismatch block: sysfs fix mismatched queue_var_{store,show} in 64bit kernel ataflop: adjust NULL test block: fix failfast merge testing in elv_rq_merge_ok() z2ram: Small cleanup for z2ram.c
2009-07-22Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/ide-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/ide-2.6: ide-tape: Don't leak kernel stack information ide: fix memory leak when flush command is issued
2009-07-22Merge 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: (37 commits) sky2: Avoid races in sky2_down drivers/net/mlx4: Adjust constant drivers/net: Move a dereference below a NULL test drivers/net: Move a dereference below a NULL test connector: maintainer/mail update. USB host CDC Phonet network interface driver macsonic, jazzsonic: fix oops on module unload macsonic: move probe function to .devinit.text can: switch carrier on if device was stopped while in bus-off state can: restart device even if dev_alloc_skb() fails can: sja1000: remove duplicated includes New device ID for sc92031 [1088:2031] 3c589_cs: re-initialize the multicast in the tc589_reset Fix error return for setsockopt(SO_TIMESTAMPING) netxen: fix thermal check and shutdown netxen: fix deadlock on dev close netxen: fix context deletion sequence net: Micrel KS8851 SPI network driver tcp: Use correct peer adr when copying MD5 keys tcp: Fix MD5 signature checking on IPv4 mapped sockets ...
2009-07-22Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid: HID: Move dereferences below a NULL test HID: hiddev, fix lock imbalance
2009-07-22Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubi-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubi-2.6: UBI: fix bug in image sequence number handling UBI: gluebi: initialize ubi_num field
2009-07-22Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: atkbd - add force relese key quirk for Soltech TA12 Input: fix EVIOCGNAME/JSIOCGNAME regression Input: atkbd - add forced release keys quirk for FSC Amilo Pi 3525 Input: pcspkr - switch driver to dev_pm_ops Input: xpad - don't resend successfully sent outgoing requests Input: wistron_btns - recognize Maxdata Pro 7000 notebooks
2009-07-22fbmon: work around compiler bug in gcc-2.4.2Linus Torvalds
There's some odd bug in gcc-4.2 where it miscompiles a simple loop whent he loop counter is of type 'unsigned char' and it should count to 128. The compiler will incorrectly decide that a trivial loop like this: unsigned char i, ... for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) { .. is endless, and will compile it to a single instruction that just branches to itself. This was triggered by the addition of '-fno-strict-overflow', and we could play games with compiler versions and go back to '-fwrapv' instead, but the trivial way to avoid it is to just make the loop induction variable be an 'int' instead. Thanks to Krzysztof Oledzki for reporting and testing and to Troy Moure for digging through assembler differences and finding it. Reported-and-tested-by: Krzysztof Oledzki <olel@ans.pl> Found-by: Troy Moure <twmoure@szypr.net> Gcc-bug-acked-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>