Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

Merge third patchbomb from Andrew Morton:

 - the rest of MM

 - scripts/gdb updates

 - ipc/ updates

 - lib/ updates

 - MAINTAINERS updates

 - various other misc things

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (67 commits)
  genalloc: rename of_get_named_gen_pool() to of_gen_pool_get()
  genalloc: rename dev_get_gen_pool() to gen_pool_get()
  x86: opt into HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS, for both 32-bit and 64-bit
  MAINTAINERS: add zpool
  MAINTAINERS: BCACHE: Kent Overstreet has changed email address
  MAINTAINERS: move Jens Osterkamp to CREDITS
  MAINTAINERS: remove unused nbd.h pattern
  MAINTAINERS: update brcm gpio filename pattern
  MAINTAINERS: update brcm dts pattern
  MAINTAINERS: update sound soc intel patterns
  MAINTAINERS: remove website for paride
  MAINTAINERS: update Emulex ocrdma email addresses
  bcache: use kvfree() in various places
  libcxgbi: use kvfree() in cxgbi_free_big_mem()
  target: use kvfree() in session alloc and free
  IB/ehca: use kvfree() in ipz_queue_{cd}tor()
  drm/nouveau/gem: use kvfree() in u_free()
  drm: use kvfree() in drm_free_large()
  cxgb4: use kvfree() in t4_free_mem()
  cxgb3: use kvfree() in cxgb_free_mem()
  ...

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diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a3775bc162b
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+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/lists.py
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+#
+# gdb helper commands and functions for Linux kernel debugging
+#
+#  list tools
+#
+# Copyright (c) Thiebaud Weksteen, 2015
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Thiebaud Weksteen <thiebaud@weksteen.fr>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
+#
+
+import gdb
+
+from linux import utils
+
+list_head = utils.CachedType("struct list_head")
+
+
+def list_check(head):
+    nb = 0
+    if (head.type == list_head.get_type().pointer()):
+        head = head.dereference()
+    elif (head.type != list_head.get_type()):
+        raise gdb.GdbError('argument must be of type (struct list_head [*])')
+    c = head
+    try:
+        gdb.write("Starting with: {}\n".format(c))
+    except gdb.MemoryError:
+        gdb.write('head is not accessible\n')
+        return
+    while True:
+        p = c['prev'].dereference()
+        n = c['next'].dereference()
+        try:
+            if p['next'] != c.address:
+                gdb.write('prev.next != current: '
+                          'current@{current_addr}={current} '
+                          'prev@{p_addr}={p}\n'.format(
+                              current_addr=c.address,
+                              current=c,
+                              p_addr=p.address,
+                              p=p,
+                          ))
+                return
+        except gdb.MemoryError:
+            gdb.write('prev is not accessible: '
+                      'current@{current_addr}={current}\n'.format(
+                          current_addr=c.address,
+                          current=c
+                      ))
+            return
+        try:
+            if n['prev'] != c.address:
+                gdb.write('next.prev != current: '
+                          'current@{current_addr}={current} '
+                          'next@{n_addr}={n}\n'.format(
+                              current_addr=c.address,
+                              current=c,
+                              n_addr=n.address,
+                              n=n,
+                          ))
+                return
+        except gdb.MemoryError:
+            gdb.write('next is not accessible: '
+                      'current@{current_addr}={current}\n'.format(
+                          current_addr=c.address,
+                          current=c
+                      ))
+            return
+        c = n
+        nb += 1
+        if c == head:
+            gdb.write("list is consistent: {} node(s)\n".format(nb))
+            return
+
+
+class LxListChk(gdb.Command):
+    """Verify a list consistency"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(LxListChk, self).__init__("lx-list-check", gdb.COMMAND_DATA,
+                                        gdb.COMPLETE_EXPRESSION)
+
+    def invoke(self, arg, from_tty):
+        argv = gdb.string_to_argv(arg)
+        if len(argv) != 1:
+            raise gdb.GdbError("lx-list-check takes one argument")
+        list_check(gdb.parse_and_eval(argv[0]))
+
+LxListChk()