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2009-09-16Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev debugfs: Modify default debugfs directory for debugging pktcdvd. debugfs: Modified default dir of debugfs for debugging UHCI. debugfs: Change debugfs directory of IWMC3200 debugfs: Change debuhgfs directory of trace-events-sample.h debugfs: Fix mount directory of debugfs by default in events.txt hpilo: add poll f_op hpilo: add interrupt handler hpilo: staging for interrupt handling driver core: platform_device_add_data(): use kmemdup() Driver core: Add support for compatibility classes uio: add generic driver for PCI 2.3 devices driver-core: move dma-coherent.c from kernel to driver/base mem_class: fix bug mem_class: use minor as index instead of searching the array driver model: constify attribute groups UIO: remove 'default n' from Kconfig Driver core: Add accessor for device platform data Driver core: move dev_get/set_drvdata to drivers/base/dd.c Driver core: add new device to bus's list before probing
2009-09-16Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: block: fix linkage problem with blk_iopoll and !CONFIG_BLOCK
2009-09-16sched: Rename flags to wake_flagsPeter Zijlstra
For consistencies sake, rename the argument (again). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16sched: Clean up the load_idx selection in select_task_rq_fairPeter Zijlstra
Clean up the code a little. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16sched: Optimize cgroup vs wakeup a bitPeter Zijlstra
We don't need to call update_shares() for each domain we iterate, just got the largets one. However, we should call it before wake_affine() as well, so that that can use up-to-date values too. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16tracing: Fix minor bugs for __unregister_ftrace_function_probeAtsushi Tsuji
Fix the condition of strcmp for "*". Also fix NULL pointer dereference when glob is NULL. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Tsuji <a-tsuji@bk.jp.nec.com> LKML-Reference: <4AAF6726.5090905@bk.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: The high level memory error handler in the VM v7Andi Kleen
Add the high level memory handler that poisons pages that got corrupted by hardware (typically by a two bit flip in a DIMM or a cache) on the Linux level. The goal is to prevent everyone from accessing these pages in the future. This done at the VM level by marking a page hwpoisoned and doing the appropriate action based on the type of page it is. The code that does this is portable and lives in mm/memory-failure.c To quote the overview comment: High level machine check handler. Handles pages reported by the hardware as being corrupted usually due to a 2bit ECC memory or cache failure. This focuses on pages detected as corrupted in the background. When the current CPU tries to consume corruption the currently running process can just be killed directly instead. This implies that if the error cannot be handled for some reason it's safe to just ignore it because no corruption has been consumed yet. Instead when that happens another machine check will happen. Handles page cache pages in various states. The tricky part here is that we can access any page asynchronous to other VM users, because memory failures could happen anytime and anywhere, possibly violating some of their assumptions. This is why this code has to be extremely careful. Generally it tries to use normal locking rules, as in get the standard locks, even if that means the error handling takes potentially a long time. Some of the operations here are somewhat inefficient and have non linear algorithmic complexity, because the data structures have not been optimized for this case. This is in particular the case for the mapping from a vma to a process. Since this case is expected to be rare we hope we can get away with this. There are in principle two strategies to kill processes on poison: - just unmap the data and wait for an actual reference before killing - kill as soon as corruption is detected. Both have advantages and disadvantages and should be used in different situations. Right now both are implemented and can be switched with a new sysctl vm.memory_failure_early_kill The default is early kill. The patch does some rmap data structure walking on its own to collect processes to kill. This is unusual because normally all rmap data structure knowledge is in rmap.c only. I put it here for now to keep everything together and rmap knowledge has been seeping out anyways Includes contributions from Johannes Weiner, Chris Mason, Fengguang Wu, Nick Piggin (who did a lot of great work) and others. Cc: npiggin@suse.de Cc: riel@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Add PR_MCE_KILL prctl to control early kill behaviour per processAndi Kleen
This allows processes to override their early/late kill behaviour on hardware memory errors. Typically applications which are memory error aware is better of with early kill (see the error as soon as possible), all others with late kill (only see the error when the error is really impacting execution) There's a global sysctl, but this way an application can set its specific policy. We're using two bits, one to signify that the process stated its intention and that I also made the prctl future proof by enforcing the unused arguments are 0. The state is inherited to children. Note this makes us officially run out of process flags on 32bit, but the next patch can easily add another field. Manpage patch will be supplied separately. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16sched: Implement a gentler fair-sleepers featureIngo Molnar
Add back FAIR_SLEEPERS and GENTLE_FAIR_SLEEPERS. FAIR_SLEEPERS is the old logic: credit sleepers with their sleep time. GENTLE_FAIR_SLEEPERS dampens this a bit: 50% of their sleep time gets credited. The hope here is to still give the benefits of fair-sleepers logic (quick wakeups, etc.) while not allow them to have 100% of their sleep time as if they were running. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16sched: Add SD_PREFER_LOCALPeter Zijlstra
And turn it on for NUMA and MC domains. This improves locality in balancing decisions by keeping up to capacity amount of tasks local before looking for idle CPUs. (and twice the capacity if SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE is set.) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15block: fix linkage problem with blk_iopoll and !CONFIG_BLOCKJens Axboe
kernel/built-in.o:(.data+0x17b0): undefined reference to `blk_iopoll_enabled' Since the extern declaration makes the compile work, but the actual symbol is missing when block/blk-iopoll.o isn't linked in. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-15sched: Add a few SYNC hint knobs to play withPeter Zijlstra
Currently we use overlap to weaken the SYNC hint, but allow it to set the hint as well. echo NO_SYNC_WAKEUP > /debug/sched_features echo SYNC_MORE > /debug/sched_features preserves pipe-test behaviour without using the WF_SYNC hint. Worth playing with on more workloads... Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Fix sync wakeups againPeter Zijlstra
The sync argument rename to introduce WF_* broke stuff by missing a local alias for an argument in __wake_up_common, fix it by using the more descriptive wake_flags name. This restores WF_SYNC propagation, which fixes wake_affine() behaviour, which fixes pipe-test. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (134 commits) powerpc/nvram: Enable use Generic NVRAM driver for different size chips powerpc/iseries: Fix oops reading from /proc/iSeries/mf/*/cmdline powerpc/ps3: Workaround for flash memory I/O error powerpc/booke: Don't set DABR on 64-bit BookE, use DAC1 instead powerpc/perf_counters: Reduce stack usage of power_check_constraints powerpc: Fix bug where perf_counters breaks oprofile powerpc/85xx: Fix SMP compile error and allow NULL for smp_ops powerpc/irq: Improve nanodoc powerpc: Fix some late PowerMac G5 with PCIe ATI graphics powerpc/fsl-booke: Use HW PTE format if CONFIG_PTE_64BIT powerpc/book3e: Add missing page sizes powerpc/pseries: Fix to handle slb resize across migration powerpc/powermac: Thermal control turns system off too eagerly powerpc/pci: Merge ppc32 and ppc64 versions of phb_scan() powerpc/405ex: support cuImage via included dtb powerpc/405ex: provide necessary fixup function to support cuImage powerpc/40x: Add support for the ESTeem 195E (PPC405EP) SBC powerpc/44x: Add Eiger AMCC (AppliedMicro) PPC460SX evaluation board support. powerpc/44x: Update Arches defconfig powerpc/44x: Update Arches dts ... Fix up conflicts in drivers/char/agp/uninorth-agp.c
2009-09-15driver-core: move dma-coherent.c from kernel to driver/baseMing Lei
Placing dma-coherent.c in driver/base is better than in kernel, since it contains code to do per-device coherent dma memory handling. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-09-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: (46 commits) powerpc64: convert to dynamic percpu allocator sparc64: use embedding percpu first chunk allocator percpu: kill lpage first chunk allocator x86,percpu: use embedding for 64bit NUMA and page for 32bit NUMA percpu: update embedding first chunk allocator to handle sparse units percpu: use group information to allocate vmap areas sparsely vmalloc: implement pcpu_get_vm_areas() vmalloc: separate out insert_vmalloc_vm() percpu: add chunk->base_addr percpu: add pcpu_unit_offsets[] percpu: introduce pcpu_alloc_info and pcpu_group_info percpu: move pcpu_lpage_build_unit_map() and pcpul_lpage_dump_cfg() upward percpu: add @align to pcpu_fc_alloc_fn_t percpu: make @dyn_size mandatory for pcpu_setup_first_chunk() percpu: drop @static_size from first chunk allocators percpu: generalize first chunk allocator selection percpu: build first chunk allocators selectively percpu: rename 4k first chunk allocator to page percpu: improve boot messages percpu: fix pcpu_reclaim() locking ... Fix trivial conflict as by Tejun Heo in kernel/sched.c
2009-09-15Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()
2009-09-15tracing: optimize global_trace_clock cachelinesSteven Rostedt
The prev_trace_clock_time is only read or written to when the trace_clock_lock is taken. For better perfomance, they should share the same cache line. Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-09-15Merge branch 'x86-pat-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-pat-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, pat: Fix cacheflush address in change_page_attr_set_clr() mm: remove !NUMA condition from PAGEFLAGS_EXTENDED condition set x86: Fix earlyprintk=dbgp for machines without NX x86, pat: Sanity check remap_pfn_range for RAM region x86, pat: Lookup the protection from memtype list on vm_insert_pfn() x86, pat: Add lookup_memtype to get the current memtype of a paddr x86, pat: Use page flags to track memtypes of RAM pages x86, pat: Generalize the use of page flag PG_uncached x86, pat: Add rbtree to do quick lookup in memtype tracking x86, pat: Add PAT reserve free to io_mapping* APIs x86, pat: New i/f for driver to request memtype for IO regions x86, pat: ioremap to follow same PAT restrictions as other PAT users x86, pat: Keep identity maps consistent with mmaps even when pat_disabled x86, mtrr: make mtrr_aps_delayed_init static bool x86, pat/mtrr: Rendezvous all the cpus for MTRR/PAT init generic-ipi: Allow cpus not yet online to call smp_call_function with irqs disabled x86: Fix an incorrect argument of reserve_bootmem() x86: Fix system crash when loading with "reservetop" parameter
2009-09-15Merge branch 'x86-txt-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-txt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, intel_txt: clean up the impact on generic code, unbreak non-x86 x86, intel_txt: Handle ACPI_SLEEP without X86_TRAMPOLINE x86, intel_txt: Fix typos in Kconfig help x86, intel_txt: Factor out the code for S3 setup x86, intel_txt: tboot.c needs <asm/fixmap.h> intel_txt: Force IOMMU on for Intel TXT launch x86, intel_txt: Intel TXT Sx shutdown support x86, intel_txt: Intel TXT reboot/halt shutdown support x86, intel_txt: Intel TXT boot support
2009-09-15sched: Add WF_FORKPeter Zijlstra
Avoid the cache buddies from biasing the time distribution away from fork()ers. Normally the next buddy will be the preferred scheduling target, but this makes fork()s prefer to run the new child, whereas we prefer to run the parent, since that will generate more work. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Rename sync argumentsPeter Zijlstra
In order to extend the functions to have more than 1 flag (sync), rename the argument to flags, and explicitly define a WF_ space for individual flags. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Rename select_task_rq() argumentPeter Zijlstra
In order to be able to rename the sync argument, we need to rename the current flag argument. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Feature to disable APERF/MPERF cpu_powerPeter Zijlstra
I suspect a feed-back loop between cpuidle and the aperf/mperf cpu_power bits, where when we have idle C-states lower the ratio, which leads to lower cpu_power and then less load, which generates more idle time, etc.. Put in a knob to disable it. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Provide arch_scale_freq_powerPeter Zijlstra
Provide an ach specific hook for cpufreq based scaling of cpu_power. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> [ego@in.ibm.com: spotting bugs] LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Improve latencies and throughputMike Galbraith
Make the idle balancer more agressive, to improve a x264 encoding workload provided by Jason Garrett-Glaser: NEXT_BUDDY NO_LB_BIAS encoded 600 frames, 252.82 fps, 22096.60 kb/s encoded 600 frames, 250.69 fps, 22096.60 kb/s encoded 600 frames, 245.76 fps, 22096.60 kb/s NO_NEXT_BUDDY LB_BIAS encoded 600 frames, 344.44 fps, 22096.60 kb/s encoded 600 frames, 346.66 fps, 22096.60 kb/s encoded 600 frames, 352.59 fps, 22096.60 kb/s NO_NEXT_BUDDY NO_LB_BIAS encoded 600 frames, 425.75 fps, 22096.60 kb/s encoded 600 frames, 425.45 fps, 22096.60 kb/s encoded 600 frames, 422.49 fps, 22096.60 kb/s Peter pointed out that this is better done via newidle_idx, not via LB_BIAS, newidle balancing should look for where there is load _now_, not where there was load 2 ticks ago. Worst-case latencies are improved as well as no buddies means less vruntime spread. (as per prior lkml discussions) This change improves kbuild-peak parallelism as well. Reported-by: Jason Garrett-Glaser <darkshikari@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <1253011667.9128.16.camel@marge.simson.net> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Tweak wake_idxPeter Zijlstra
When merging select_task_rq_fair() and sched_balance_self() we lost the use of wake_idx, restore that and set them to 0 to make wake balancing more aggressive. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Fix task affinity for select_task_rq_fairPeter Zijlstra
While merging select_task_rq_fair() and sched_balance_self() I made a mistake that leads to testing the wrong task affinty. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: for_each_domain() vs RCUPeter Zijlstra
for_each_domain() uses RCU to serialize the sched_domains, except it doesn't actually use rcu_read_lock() and instead relies on disabling preemption -> FAIL. XXX: audit other sched_domain code. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Weaken SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCEPeter Zijlstra
One of the problems of power-saving balancing is that under certain scenarios it is too slow and allows tons of real work to pile up. Avoid this by ignoring the powersave stuff when there's real work to be done. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Merge select_task_rq_fair() and sched_balance_self()Peter Zijlstra
The problem with wake_idle() is that is doesn't respect things like cpu_power, which means it doesn't deal well with SMT nor the recent RT interaction. To cure this, it needs to do what sched_balance_self() does, which leads to the possibility of merging select_task_rq_fair() and sched_balance_self(). Modify sched_balance_self() to: - update_shares() when walking up the domain tree, (it only called it for the top domain, but it should have done this anyway), which allows us to remove this ugly bit from try_to_wake_up(). - do wake_affine() on the smallest domain that contains both this (the waking) and the prev (the wakee) cpu for WAKE invocations. Then use the top-down balance steps it had to replace wake_idle(). This leads to the dissapearance of SD_WAKE_BALANCE and SD_WAKE_IDLE_FAR, with SD_WAKE_IDLE replaced with SD_BALANCE_WAKE. SD_WAKE_AFFINE needs SD_BALANCE_WAKE to be effective. Touch all topology bits to replace the old with new SD flags -- platforms might need re-tuning, enabling SD_BALANCE_WAKE conditionally on a NUMA distance seems like a good additional feature, magny-core and small nehalem systems would want this enabled, systems with slow interconnects would not. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Add TASK_WAKINGPeter Zijlstra
We're going to want to drop rq->lock in try_to_wake_up() for a longer period of time, however we also want to deal with concurrent waking of the same task, which is currently handled by holding rq->lock. So introduce a new TASK state, namely TASK_WAKING, which indicates someone is already waking the task (other wakers will fail p->state & state). We also keep preemption disabled over the whole ttwu(). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Hook sched_balance_self() into sched_class::select_task_rq()Peter Zijlstra
Rather ugly patch to fully place the sched_balance_self() code inside the fair class. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Move sched_balance_self() into sched_fair.cPeter Zijlstra
Move the sched_balance_self() code into sched_fair.c This facilitates the merger of sched_balance_self() and sched_fair::select_task_rq(). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Move code aroundPeter Zijlstra
In preparation to other code movement, move weighted_cpuload(), source_load() and target_load() before the class includes. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Add come comments to the sched featuresPeter Zijlstra
Add text... Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Complete buddy switchesMike Galbraith
Add a NEXT_BUDDY feature flag to aid in debugging. Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Split WAKEUP_OVERLAPPeter Zijlstra
It consists of two conditions, split them out in separate toggles so we can test them independently. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15sched: Fix double_rq_lock() compile warningPeter Zijlstra
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-15time: Prevent 32 bit overflow with set_normalized_timespec()Thomas Gleixner
set_normalized_timespec() nsec argument is of type long. The recent timekeeping changes of ktime_get_ts() feed ts->tv_nsec + tomono.tv_nsec + nsecs to set_normalized_timespec(). On 32 bit machines that sum can be larger than (1 << 31) and therefor result in a negative value which screws up the result completely. Make the nsec argument of set_normalized_timespec() s64 to fix the problem at hand. This also prevents similar problems for future users of set_normalized_timespec(). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Carsten Emde <carsten.emde@osadl.org> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
2009-09-15perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()Xiao Guangrong
If we pass a big size data over perf_counter_open() syscall, the kernel will copy this data to a small buffer, it will cause kernel crash. This bug makes the kernel unsafe and non-root local user can trigger it. Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <4AAF37D4.5010706@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-14Merge branch 'for-linus3' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 * 'for-linus3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: SELinux: inline selinux_is_enabled in !CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX KEYS: Fix garbage collector KEYS: Unlock tasklist when exiting early from keyctl_session_to_parent CRED: Allow put_cred() to cope with a NULL groups list SELinux: flush the avc before disabling SELinux SELinux: seperate avc_cache flushing Creds: creds->security can be NULL is selinux is disabled
2009-09-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6: (23 commits) at_hdmac: Rework suspend_late()/resume_early() PM: Reset transition_started at dpm_resume_noirq PM: Update kerneldoc comments in drivers/base/power/main.c PM: Add convenience macro to make switching to dev_pm_ops less error-prone hp-wmi: Switch driver to dev_pm_ops floppy: Switch driver to dev_pm_ops PM: Trivial fixes PM / Hibernate / Memory hotplug: Always use for_each_populated_zone() PM/Hibernate: Do not try to allocate too much memory too hard (rev. 2) PM/Hibernate: Do not release preallocated memory unnecessarily (rev. 2) PM/Hibernate: Rework shrinking of memory PM: Fix typo in label name s/Platofrm_finish/Platform_finish/ PM: Run-time PM platform device bus support PM: Introduce core framework for run-time PM of I/O devices (rev. 17) Driver Core: Make PM operations a const pointer PM: Remove platform device suspend_late()/resume_early() V2 USB: Rework musb suspend()/resume_early() I2C: Rework i2c-s3c2410 suspend_late()/resume() V2 I2C: Rework i2c-pxa suspend_late()/resume_early() DMA: Rework txx9dmac suspend_late()/resume_early() ... Fix trivial conflict in drivers/base/platform.c (due to same constification patch being merged in both sides, along with some other PM work in the PM branch)
2009-09-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-kconfig * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-kconfig: kconfig: add missing dependency of conf to localyesconfig kconfig: test if a .config already exists kconfig: make local .config default for streamline_config kconfig: test for /boot/config-uname after /proc/config.gz in localconfig kconfig: unset IKCONFIG_PROC and clean up nesting kconfig: search for a config to base the local(mod|yes)config on kconfig: keep config.gz around even if CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC is not set kconfig: have extract-ikconfig read ELF files kconfig: add check if end exists in extract-ikconfig kconfig: enable CONFIG_IKCONFIG from streamline_config.pl kconfig: do not warn about modules built in kconfig: streamline_config.pl do not stop with no depends kconfig: add make localyesconfig option kconfig: make localmodconfig to run streamline_config.pl kconfig: add streamline_config.pl to scripts
2009-09-14ftrace: document function and function graph implementationMike Frysinger
While implementing function tracer and function tracer graph support, I found the exact arch implementation details to be a bit lacking (and my x86 foo ain't great). So after pounding out support for the Blackfin arch, start documenting the requirements/details. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> LKML-Reference: <1252973415-21264-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-09-14Merge branch 'for-2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (29 commits) block: use blkdev_issue_discard in blk_ioctl_discard Make DISCARD_BARRIER and DISCARD_NOBARRIER writes instead of reads block: don't assume device has a request list backing in nr_requests store block: Optimal I/O limit wrapper cfq: choose a new next_req when a request is dispatched Seperate read and write statistics of in_flight requests aoe: end barrier bios with EOPNOTSUPP block: trace bio queueing trial only when it occurs block: enable rq CPU completion affinity by default cfq: fix the log message after dispatched a request block: use printk_once cciss: memory leak in cciss_init_one() splice: update mtime and atime on files block: make blk_iopoll_prep_sched() follow normal 0/1 return convention cfq-iosched: get rid of must_alloc flag block: use interrupts disabled version of raise_softirq_irqoff() block: fix comment in blk-iopoll.c block: adjust default budget for blk-iopoll block: fix long lines in block/blk-iopoll.c block: add blk-iopoll, a NAPI like approach for block devices ...
2009-09-14cleanup console_print()Anirban Sinha
console_print() is an old legacy interface mostly unused in the entire kernel tree. It's best to clean up its existing use and let developers use their own implementation of it as they feel fit. Signed-off-by: Anirban Sinha <asinha@zeugmasystems.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-15CRED: Allow put_cred() to cope with a NULL groups listDavid Howells
put_cred() will oops if given a NULL groups list, but that is now possible with the existence of cred_alloc_blank(), as used in keyctl_session_to_parent(). Added in commit: commit ee18d64c1f632043a02e6f5ba5e045bb26a5465f Author: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Date: Wed Sep 2 09:14:21 2009 +0100 KEYS: Add a keyctl to install a process's session keyring on its parent [try #6] Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.c.dionne@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-09-14clocksource: Delay clocksource down rating to late bootThomas Gleixner
The down rating of clock sources in the early boot process via the clock source watchdog mechanism can happen way before the per cpu event queues are initialized. This leads to a boot crash on x86 when the TSC is marked unstable in the SMP bring up. The selection of a clock source for time keeping happens in the late boot process so we can safely delay the list manipulation until clocksource_done_booting() is called. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-09-14clocksource: clocksource_select must be called with mutex lockedThomas Gleixner
The callers of clocksource_select must hold clocksource_mutex to protect the clocksource_list. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>