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2010-05-07Merge commit 'v2.6.34-rc6' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
2010-05-07Merge commit 'origin/master' into nextBenjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-05-06V4L/DVB: feature-removal: announce videotext.h removalHans Verkuil
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2010-05-06sched: replace migration_thread with cpu_stopTejun Heo
Currently migration_thread is serving three purposes - migration pusher, context to execute active_load_balance() and forced context switcher for expedited RCU synchronize_sched. All three roles are hardcoded into migration_thread() and determining which job is scheduled is slightly messy. This patch kills migration_thread and replaces all three uses with cpu_stop. The three different roles of migration_thread() are splitted into three separate cpu_stop callbacks - migration_cpu_stop(), active_load_balance_cpu_stop() and synchronize_sched_expedited_cpu_stop() - and each use case now simply asks cpu_stop to execute the callback as necessary. synchronize_sched_expedited() was implemented with private preallocated resources and custom multi-cpu queueing and waiting logic, both of which are provided by cpu_stop. synchronize_sched_expedited_count is made atomic and all other shared resources along with the mutex are dropped. synchronize_sched_expedited() also implemented a check to detect cases where not all the callback got executed on their assigned cpus and fall back to synchronize_sched(). If called with cpu hotplug blocked, cpu_stop already guarantees that and the condition cannot happen; otherwise, stop_machine() would break. However, this patch preserves the paranoid check using a cpumask to record on which cpus the stopper ran so that it can serve as a bisection point if something actually goes wrong theree. Because the internal execution state is no longer visible, rcu_expedited_torture_stats() is removed. This patch also renames cpu_stop threads to from "stopper/%d" to "migration/%d". The names of these threads ultimately don't matter and there's no reason to make unnecessary userland visible changes. With this patch applied, stop_machine() and sched now share the same resources. stop_machine() is faster without wasting any resources and sched migration users are much cleaner. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>
2010-05-06Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris
Conflicts: security/keys/keyring.c Resolved conflict with whitespace fix in find_keyring_by_name() Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2010-05-05ocfs2: Add dir_resv_level mount optionMark Fasheh
The default behavior for directory reservations stays the same, but we add a mount option so people can tweak the size of directory reservations according to their workloads. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-05-05ocfs2: change default reservation window sizesMark Fasheh
The default reservation size of 4 (32-bit windows) is a bit too ambitious. Scale it back to 16 bits (resv_level=2). I have been testing various sizes on a 4-node cluster which runs a mixed workload that is heavily threaded. With a 256MB local alloc, I get *roughly* the following levels of average file fragmentation: resv_level=0 70% resv_level=1 21% resv_level=2 23% resv_level=3 24% resv_level=4 60% resv_level=5 did not test resv_level=6 60% resv_level=2 seemed like a good compromise between not letting windows be too small, but not so big that heavier workloads will immediately suffer without tuning. This patch also change the behavior of directory reservations - they now track file reservations. The previous compromise of giving directory windows only 8 bits wound up fragmenting more at some window sizes because file allocations had smaller unused windows to poach from. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
2010-05-05ocfs2: allocation reservationsMark Fasheh
This patch improves Ocfs2 allocation policy by allowing an inode to reserve a portion of the local alloc bitmap for itself. The reserved portion (allocation window) is advisory in that other allocation windows might steal it if the local alloc bitmap becomes full. Otherwise, the reservations are honored and guaranteed to be free. When the local alloc window is moved to a different portion of the bitmap, existing reservations are discarded. Reservation windows are represented internally by a red-black tree. Within that tree, each node represents the reservation window of one inode. An LRU of active reservations is also maintained. When new data is written, we allocate it from the inodes window. When all bits in a window are exhausted, we allocate a new one as close to the previous one as possible. Should we not find free space, an existing reservation is pulled off the LRU and cannibalized. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
2010-05-06Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris
2010-05-05libata: Fix several inaccuracies in developer's guideSergei Shtylyov
Commit 6bfff31e77cfa1b13490337e5a4dbaa3407e83ac (libata: kill probe_ent and related helpers) killed ata_device_add() but didn't remove references to it from the libata developer's guide. Commits 9363c3825ea9ad76561eb48a395349dd29211ed6 (libata: rename SFF functions) and 5682ed33aae05d10a25c95633ef9d9c062825888 (libata: rename SFF port ops) renamed the taskfile access methods but didn't update the developer's guide. Commit c9f75b04ed5ed65a058d18a8a8dda50632a96de8 (libata: kill ata_noop_dev_select()) didn't update the developer's guide as well. The guide also refers to the long gone ata_pio_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_pio_data_xfer(), and ata_mmio_data_xfer() -- replace those by the modern ata_sff_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_sff_data_xfer(), and ata_sff_data_xfer32(). Also, remove the reference to non-existant ata_port_stop()... Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2010-05-05powerpc/4xx: Add optional "reset_type" property to control reboot via dtsStefan Roese
By setting "reset_type" to one of the following values, the default software reset mechanism may be overidden. Here the possible values of "reset_type": 1 - PPC4xx core reset 2 - PPC4xx chip reset 3 - PPC4xx system reset (default) This will be used by a new PPC440SPe board port, which needs a "chip reset" instead of the default "system reset" to be asserted. Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de> Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Acked-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2010-05-05Merge 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: joydev - allow binding to button-only devices Input: elantech - ignore high bits in the position coordinates Input: elantech - allow forcing Elantech protocol Input: elantech - fix firmware version check Input: ati_remote - add some missing devices from lirc_atiusb Input: eeti_ts - cancel pending work when going to suspend Input: Add support of Synaptics Clickpad device Revert "Input: ALPS - add signature for HP Pavilion dm3 laptops" Input: psmouse - ignore parity error for basic protocols
2010-05-04tracing: Make the documentation clear on trace_event boot optionLi Zefan
Make it clear that event-list is a comma separated list of events. Reported-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> LKML-Reference: <4B2F154C.2060503@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-05-04i2c-core: Erase pointer to clientdata on removalWolfram Sang
After discovering that a lot of i2c-drivers leave the pointer to their clientdata dangling, it was decided to let the core handle this issue. It is assumed that the core may access the private data after remove() as there are no guarantees for the lifetime of such pointers anyhow (see thread starting at http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/21/68) Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-03Input: elantech - ignore high bits in the position coordinatesFlorian Ragwitz
In older versions of the elantech hardware/firmware those bits always were unset, so it didn't actually matter, but newer versions seem to use those high bits for something else, screwing up the coordinates we report to the input layer for those devices. Signed-off-by: Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2010-05-03Input: remove obsolete {corgi,spitz,tosa}kbd.cEric Miao
Signed-off-by: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2010-05-03Merge branch 'hid-suspend' into picolcdJiri Kosina
2010-04-30Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'merge' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: spi: spidev_test gives error upon 1-byte transfer omap2_mcspi: small fixes of output data format omap2_mcspi: Flush posted writes spi: spi_device memory should be released instead of device. spi: release device claimed by bus_find_device_by_name of: check for IS_ERR() serial/mpc52xx_uart: Drop outdated comments gpio: potential null dereference
2010-04-30Merge commit 'v2.6.34-rc6' into perf/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: update to the latest -rc. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-04-29spi: spidev_test gives error upon 1-byte transferHector Palacios
The sample application spidev_test.c is using SPI_IOC_MESSAGE ioctl to do an SPI transfer. This ioctl returns the number of bytes successfully transmitted or a negative error code upon erroneous completion. The application however is returning an error if the result of the ioclt if the return value is 1. This makes the application to fail upon 1-byte length transfers. Signed-off-by: Hector Palacios <hector.palacios@digi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2010-04-29Merge branch 'master' into for-2.6.35Jens Axboe
Conflicts: fs/block_dev.c Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2010-04-27doc: Change urls for sparseBill Pemberton
The location of the sparse web page and git tree were no longer valid. This changes them to point to the current versions. Signed-off-by: Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@virginia.edu> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-04-27tracing: Add documentation for trace commands mod, traceon/traceoffChase Douglas
The mod command went in as commit 64e7c440618998fd69eee6ab490b042d12248021 The traceon/traceoff commands went in as commit 23b4ff3aa479c9e3bb23cb6b2d0a97878399784a Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@canonical.com> LKML-Reference: <1272045759-32018-1-git-send-email-chase.douglas@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-04-27HID: split picolcd's operation_mode sysfs attributeBruno Prémont
Original operation_mode sysfs attribute accepts the operation mode as main value with an option delay as second value to change the start-up delay on mode change. As it is preferred to have exactly one value per sysfs attribute, extract this delay into a separate sysfs attribute called operation_mode_delay. Signed-off-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-04-27CRED: Holding a spinlock does not imply the holding of RCU read lockSerge E. Hallyn
Change the credentials documentation to make it clear that the RCU read lock must be explicitly held when accessing credentials pointers in some other task than current. Holding a spinlock does not implicitly hold the RCU read lock. Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2010-04-26blk-cgroup: config options re-arrangementVivek Goyal
This patch fixes few usability and configurability issues. o All the cgroup based controller options are configurable from "Genral Setup/Control Group Support/" menu. blkio is the only exception. Hence make this option visible in above menu and make it configurable from there to bring it inline with rest of the cgroup based controllers. o Get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_CFQ_IOSCHED. This option currently does two things. - Enable printing of cgroup paths in blktrace - Enables CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP, which in turn displays additional stat files in cgroup. If we are using group scheduling, blktrace data is of not really much use if cgroup information is not present. To get this data, currently one has to also enable CONFIG_DEBUG_CFQ_IOSCHED, which in turn brings the overhead of all the additional debug stat files which is not desired. Hence, this patch moves printing of cgroup paths under CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED. This allows us to get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_CFQ_IOSCHED completely. Now all the debug stat files are controlled only by CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP which can be enabled through config menu. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Acked-by: Divyesh Shah <dpshah@google.com> Reviewed-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2010-04-25KVM: x86: Add support for saving&restoring debug registersJan Kiszka
So far user space was not able to save and restore debug registers for migration or after reset. Plug this hole. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-04-25KVM: x86: Save&restore interrupt shadow maskJan Kiszka
The interrupt shadow created by STI or MOV-SS-like operations is part of the VCPU state and must be preserved across migration. Transfer it in the spare padding field of kvm_vcpu_events.interrupt. As a side effect we now have to make vmx_set_interrupt_shadow robust against both shadow types being set. Give MOV SS a higher priority and skip STI in that case to avoid that VMX throws a fault on next entry. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-04-25KVM: add doc note about PIO/MMIO completion APIMarcelo Tosatti
Document that partially emulated instructions leave the guest state inconsistent, and that the kernel will complete operations before checking for pending signals. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-04-24cgroups: fix procs documentationKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Writing to cgroup.procs is not supported now. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-04-23Merge branch 'tracing/core' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing into tracing/core
2010-04-23Merge branch 'linus' into perf/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: merge the latest fixes, update to latest -rc. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-04-22Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev * 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev: libata: ensure NCQ error result taskfile is fully initialized before returning it via qc->result_tf. libata: fix docs, RE port and device of libata.force ID separated by point pata_pcmcia/ide-cs: add IDs for transcend and kingston cards libata: fix locking around blk_abort_request()
2010-04-22libata: fix docs, RE port and device of libata.force ID separated by pointRoman Fietze
According to libata-core correctly around line 6572: /* parse id */ p = strchr(id, '.'); ... the optional device is separated from the port in the libata.force ID by a point or dot instead of by a colon. Fix documentation to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Roman Fietze <roman.fietze@telemotive.de> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2010-04-23HID: wacom: add ABI doc entry for speed attributePrzemo Firszt
Signed-off-by: Przemo Firszt <przemo@firszt.eu> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-04-23Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriateFrancis Galiegue
Fix obvious cases of "it's" being used when "its" was meant. Signed-off-by: Francis Galiegue <fgaliegue@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-04-23Merge branch 'master' into for-nextJiri Kosina
2010-04-22X25: Update X25 interface documentationandrew hendry
Signed-off-by: Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-22Documentation/HOWTO: update git home URLRandy Dunlap
Update git home page info. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-04-22Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement rewordedStefan Richter
It is a hard requirement to include the upstream commit ID in the changelog of a -stable submission, not just a courtesy to the stable team. This concerns only mail submission though, which is no longer the only way into stable. (Also, fix a double "the".) Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-04-22ALSA: Add support of AudioScience ASI boardsEliot Blennerhassett
Added the support of AudioScience ASI boards. The driver has been tested for years on alsa-driver external tree, now finally got merged to the kernel. Signed-off-by: Eliot Blennerhassett <eblennerhassett@audioscience.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2010-04-21tracing: Dump either the oops's cpu source or all cpus buffersFrederic Weisbecker
The ftrace_dump_on_oops kernel parameter, sysctl and sysrq let one dump every cpu buffers when an oops or panic happens. It's nice when you have few cpus but it may take ages if have many, plus you miss the real origin of the problem in all the cpu traces. Sometimes, all you need is to dump the cpu buffer that triggered the opps, most of the time it is our main interest. This patch modifies ftrace_dump_on_oops to handle this choice. The ftrace_dump_on_oops kernel parameter, when it comes alone, has the same behaviour than before. But ftrace_dump_on_oops=orig_cpu will only dump the buffer of the cpu that oops'ed. Similarly, sysctl kernel.ftrace_dump_on_oops=1 and echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_dump_on_oops keep their previous behaviour. But setting 2 jumps into cpu origin dump mode. v2: Fix double setup v3: Fix spelling issues reported by Randy Dunlap v4: Also update __ftrace_dump in the selftests Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
2010-04-21Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-6000.c net/core/dev.c
2010-04-21drm: add initial DRM developer documentationJesse Barnes
Add a DRM DocBook providing basic information about DRM interfaces, including TTM, GEM, KMS and vblank infrastructure. Intended to provide information to new and existing developers about how to perform driver initialization, implement mode setting and other DRM features. Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
2010-04-20ACPI: add boot option acpi=copy_dsdt to fix corrupt DSDTLin Ming
Some BIOS on Toshiba machines corrupt the DSDT, so add a new boot option acpi=copy_dsdt to workaround it. Add warning message to ask users to use this option if corrupt DSDT detected. Also build a DMI blacklist to check it and automatically copy DSDT. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14679 Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2010-04-20Merge branch 'master' of /repos/git/net-next-2.6Patrick McHardy
Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c net/netfilter/xt_limit.c Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2010-04-19Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rcu: Make RCU lockdep check the lockdep_recursion variable rcu: Update docs for rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference_protected rcu: Better explain the condition parameter of rcu_dereference_check() rcu: Add rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference_protected
2010-04-15Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/phy.c drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
2010-04-15Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86/gart: Disable GART explicitly before initialization dma-debug: Cleanup for copy-loop in filter_write() x86/amd-iommu: Remove obsolete parameter documentation x86/amd-iommu: use for_each_pci_dev Revert "x86: disable IOMMUs on kernel crash" x86/amd-iommu: warn when issuing command to uninitialized cmd buffer x86/amd-iommu: enable iommu before attaching devices x86/amd-iommu: Use helper function to destroy domain x86/amd-iommu: Report errors in acpi parsing functions upstream x86/amd-iommu: Pt mode fix for domain_destroy x86/amd-iommu: Protect IOMMU-API map/unmap path x86/amd-iommu: Remove double NULL check in check_device
2010-04-15Merge 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: wacom - switch mode upon system resume Revert "Input: wacom - merge out and in prox events" Input: matrix_keypad - allow platform to disable key autorepeat Input: ALPS - add signature for HP Pavilion dm3 laptops Input: i8042 - spelling fix Input: sparse-keymap - implement safer freeing of the keymap Input: update the status of the Multitouch X driver project Input: clarify the no-finger event in multitouch protocol Input: bcm5974 - retract efi-broken suspend_resume Input: sparse-keymap - free the right keymap on error