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2009-04-02documentation: fix unix_dgram_qlen descriptionLi Xiaodong
Previous description about system parameter in /proc/sys/net/unix/ is wrong (or missed). Simply add a new description about unix_dgram_qlen according to latest kernel. Signed-off-by: Li Xiaodong <lixd@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02documentation: update Documentation/filesystem/proc.txt and ↵Shen Feng
Documentation/sysctls Now /proc/sys is described in many places and much information is redundant. This patch updates the proc.txt and move the /proc/sys desciption out to the files in Documentation/sysctls. Details are: merge - 2.1 /proc/sys/fs - File system data - 2.11 /proc/sys/fs/mqueue - POSIX message queues filesystem - 2.17 /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface with Documentation/sysctls/fs.txt. remove - 2.2 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc - Miscellaneous binary formats since it's not better then the Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt. merge - 2.3 /proc/sys/kernel - general kernel parameters with Documentation/sysctls/kernel.txt remove - 2.5 /proc/sys/dev - Device specific parameters since it's obsolete the sysfs is used now. remove - 2.6 /proc/sys/sunrpc - Remote procedure calls since it's not better then the Documentation/sysctls/sunrpc.txt move - 2.7 /proc/sys/net - Networking stuff - 2.9 Appletalk - 2.10 IPX to newly created Documentation/sysctls/net.txt. remove - 2.8 /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings since it's not better then the Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt. add - Chapter 3 Per-Process Parameters to descibe /proc/<pid>/xxx parameters. Signed-off-by: Shen Feng <shen@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02documentation: ignore byproducts from latexHenrik Austad
When using 'make pdfdocs', auto-generated files should be ignored Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad <henrik@austad.us> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02hppfs: hppfs_read_file() may return -ERRORRoel Kluin
hppfs_read_file() may return (ssize_t) -ENOMEM, or -EFAULT. When stored in size_t 'count', these errors will not be noticed, a large value will be added to *ppos. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02ext3: avoid false EIO errorsJan Kara
Sometimes block_write_begin() can map buffers in a page but later we fail to copy data into those buffers (because the source page has been paged out in the mean time). We then end up with !uptodate mapped buffers. To add a bit more to the confusion, block_write_end() does not commit any data (and thus does not any mark buffers as uptodate) if we didn't succeed with copying all the data. Commit f4fc66a894546bdc88a775d0e83ad20a65210bcb (ext3: convert to new aops) missed these cases and thus we were inserting non-uptodate buffers to transaction's list which confuses JBD code and it reports IO errors, aborts a transaction and generally makes users afraid about their data ;-P. This patch fixes the problem by reorganizing ext3_..._write_end() code to first call block_write_end() to mark buffers with valid data uptodate and after that we file only uptodate buffers to transaction's lists. We also fix a problem where we could leave blocks allocated beyond i_size (i_disksize in fact) because of failed write. We now add inode to orphan list when write fails (to be safe in case we crash) and then truncate blocks beyond i_size in a separate transaction. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02ext3: return -EIO not -ESTALE on directory traversal through deleted inodeBryan Donlan
ext3_iget() returns -ESTALE if invoked on a deleted inode, in order to report errors to NFS properly. However, in ext[234]_lookup(), this -ESTALE can be propagated to userspace if the filesystem is corrupted such that a directory entry references a deleted inode. This leads to a misleading error message - "Stale NFS file handle" - and confusion on the part of the admin. The bug can be easily reproduced by creating a new filesystem, making a link to an unused inode using debugfs, then mounting and attempting to ls -l said link. This patch thus changes ext3_lookup to return -EIO if it receives -ESTALE from ext3_iget(), as ext3 does for other filesystem metadata corruption; and also invokes the appropriate ext*_error functions when this case is detected. Signed-off-by: Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@gmail.com> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02ext3: use unsigned instead of int for type of blocksize in fs/ext3/namei.cWei Yongjun
Use unsigned instead of int for the parameter which carries a blocksize. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02jbd: fix oops in jbd_journal_init_inode() on corrupted fsJan Kara
On 32-bit system with CONFIG_LBD getblk can fail because provided block number is too big. Make JBD gracefully handle that. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: <dmaciejak@fortinet.com> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02ext3: remove the BKL in ext3/ioctl.cCyrus Massoumi
Reformat ext3/ioctl.c to make it look more like ext4/ioctl.c and remove the BKL around ext3_ioctl(). Signed-off-by: Cyrus Massoumi <cyrusm@gmx.net> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02pnpbios: propagate kthread_run() errorErik Ekman
- Error code from kthread_run() is now returned in pnpbios_thread_init() - Remove variable which always was 0. Signed-off-by: Erik Ekman <erik@kryo.se> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02pnpbios: fix warning if CONFIG_HOTPLUG=nErik Ekman
drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c: In function 'pnpbios_thread_init': drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c:578: warning: unused variable 'task' Signed-off-by: Erik Ekman <erik@kryo.se> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02spi-gpio: allow operation without CS signalMichael Buesch
Change spi-gpio so that it is possible to drive SPI communications over GPIO without the need for a chipselect signal. This is useful in very small setups where there's only one slave device on the bus. This patch does not affect existing setups. I use this for a tiny communication channel between an embedded device and a microcontroller. There are not enough GPIOs available for chipselect and it's not needed anyway in this case. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02gpio: gpio_{request,free}() now required (feature removal)David Brownell
We want to phase out the GPIO "autorequest" mechanism in gpiolib and require all callers to use gpio_request(). - Update feature-removal-schedule - Update the documentation now - Convert the relevant pr_warning() in gpiolib to a WARN() so folk using this mechanism get a noisy stack dump Some drivers and board init code will probably need to change. Implementations not using gpiolib will still be fine; they are already required to implement gpio_{request,free}() stubs. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02gpiolib: allow GPIOs to be namedDaniel Silverstone
Allow GPIOs in GPIOLIB chips to be named. This name is then used when the GPIO is exported to sysfs, although it could be used elsewhere if deemed useful. Signed-off-by: Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@simtec.co.uk> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02rtc: add m41t62 support to rtc-m41t80 driverDaniel Glockner
Compared to the other supported chips, the m41t62 uses a different register to set the square wave frequency. Signed-off-by: Daniel Glockner <dg@emlix.com> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02rtc-v3020: add ability to access v3020 chip with GPIOsMike Rapoport
The v3020 RTC can be connected to GPIOs as well as to memory-like interface. Add ability to use GPIO bit-bang for v3020 read-write access. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix off-by-one in error path] Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <mike@compulab.co.il> Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02initramfs: prevent initramfs printk message being split by messages from ↵Simon Kitching
other code. initramfs uses printk without a linefeed, then does some work, then uses printk to finish the message off. However if some other code does a printk in between, then the messages get mixed together. Better for each message to be an independent line... Example of problem that this fixes: checking if image is initramfs...<7>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1 Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 it is Signed-off-by: Simon Kitching <skitching@apache.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02Simplify copy_thread()Alexey Dobriyan
First argument unused since 2.3.11. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02memory_accessor: implement the new memory_accessor interfaces for SPI EEPROMsDavid Brownell
- Define new setup() hook to export the accessor - Implement accessor methods Moves some error checking out of the sysfs interface code into the layer below it, which is now shared by both sysfs and memory access code. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02memory_accessor: implement the new memory_accessor interface for I2C EEPROMKevin Hilman
In the case of at24, the platform code registers a 'setup' callback with the at24_platform_data. When the at24 driver detects an EEPROM, it fills out the read and write functions of the memory_accessor and calls the setup callback passing the memory_accessor struct. The platform code can then use the read/write functions in the memory_accessor struct for reading and writing the EEPROM. Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02memory_accessor: new interface for reading/writing persistent memoryKevin Hilman
Add an interface by which other kernel code can read/write persistent memory such as I2C or SPI EEPROMs, or devices which provide NVRAM. Use cases include storage of board-specific configuration data like Ethernet addresses and sensor calibrations. Original idea, review and improvement suggestions by David Brownell. Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02workqueue: add to_delayed_work() helper functionJean Delvare
It is a fairly common operation to have a pointer to a work and to need a pointer to the delayed work it is contained in. In particular, all delayed works which want to rearm themselves will have to do that. So it would seem fair to offer a helper function for this operation. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02uml: fix warnings in kernel_execveMiklos Szeredi
Fix the following warnings: arch/um/kernel/syscall.c: In function 'kernel_execve': arch/um/kernel/syscall.c:130: warning: passing argument 1 of 'um_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type arch/um/kernel/syscall.c:130: warning: passing argument 2 of 'um_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type arch/um/kernel/syscall.c:130: warning: passing argument 3 of 'um_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02uml: fix link error from prefixing of i386 syscalls with ptregs_Miklos Szeredi
Fix the following link error: arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x11c): undefined reference to `ptregs_fork' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x140): undefined reference to `ptregs_execve' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x2cc): undefined reference to `ptregs_iopl' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x2d8): undefined reference to `ptregs_vm86old' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x2f0): undefined reference to `ptregs_sigreturn' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x2f4): undefined reference to `ptregs_clone' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x3ac): undefined reference to `ptregs_vm86' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x3c8): undefined reference to `ptregs_rt_sigreturn' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x3fc): undefined reference to `ptregs_sigaltstack' arch/um/sys-i386/built-in.o: In function `sys_call_table': (.rodata+0x40c): undefined reference to `ptregs_vfork' This was introduced by commit 253f29a4, "x86: pass in pt_regs pointer for syscalls that need it" Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02uml: fix compile error from net_device_ops conversionMiklos Szeredi
Fix the following compile error: arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c: In function 'uml_inetaddr_event': arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c:760: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'open' This was introduced by commit 8bb95b39, "uml: convert network device to netdevice ops". Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02floppy: provide a PNP device table in the module.Scott James Remnant
The missing device table means that the floppy module is not auto-loaded, even when the appropriate PNP device (0700) is found. We don't actually use the table in the module, since the device doesn't have a struct pnp_driver, but it's sufficient to cause an alias in the module that udev/modprobe will use. Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02vfs: check bh->b_blocknr only if BH_Mapped is setNikanth Karthikesan
Check bh->b_blocknr only if BH_Mapped is set. akpm: I doubt if b_blocknr is ever uninitialised here, but it could conceivably cause a problem if we're doing a lookup for block zero. Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02mm: define a UNIQUE value for AS_UNEVICTABLE flagLee Schermerhorn
A new "address_space flag"--AS_MM_ALL_LOCKS--was defined to use the next available AS flag while the Unevictable LRU was under development. The Unevictable LRU was using the same flag and "no one" noticed. Current mainline, since 2.6.28, has same value for two symbolic flag names. So, define a unique flag value for AS_UNEVICTABLE--up close to the other flags, [at the cost of an additional #ifdef] so we'll notice next time. Note that #ifdef is not actually required, if we don't mind having the unused flag value defined. Replace #defines with an enum. Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.28.x, 2.6.29.x] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02add fiemap.h to header-yEric Sandeen
Include fiemap.h in header-y; it defines the interface for the FS_IOC_FIEMAP file mapping ioctl. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02MAINTAINERS: add hvc_consoleMichael Ellerman
Add a MAINTAINERS entry for the hypervisor virtual console driver. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Acked-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02mm: do_xip_mapping_read: fix length calculationMartin Schwidefsky
The calculation of the value nr in do_xip_mapping_read is incorrect. If the copy required more than one iteration in the do while loop the copies variable will be non-zero. The maximum length that may be passed to the call to copy_to_user(buf+copied, xip_mem+offset, nr) is len-copied but the check only compares against (nr > len). This bug is the cause for the heap corruption Carsten has been chasing for so long: *** glibc detected *** /bin/bash: free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x00000000800e39f0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib64/libc.so.6[0x200000b9b44] /lib64/libc.so.6(cfree+0x8e)[0x200000bdade] /bin/bash(free_buffered_stream+0x32)[0x80050e4e] /bin/bash(close_buffered_stream+0x1c)[0x80050ea4] /bin/bash(unset_bash_input+0x2a)[0x8001c366] /bin/bash(make_child+0x1d4)[0x8004115c] /bin/bash[0x8002fc3c] /bin/bash(execute_command_internal+0x656)[0x8003048e] /bin/bash(execute_command+0x5e)[0x80031e1e] /bin/bash(execute_command_internal+0x79a)[0x800305d2] /bin/bash(execute_command+0x5e)[0x80031e1e] /bin/bash(reader_loop+0x270)[0x8001efe0] /bin/bash(main+0x1328)[0x8001e960] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x100)[0x200000592a8] /bin/bash(clearerr+0x5e)[0x8001c092] With this bug fix the commit 0e4a9b59282914fe057ab17027f55123964bc2e2 "ext2/xip: refuse to change xip flag during remount with busy inodes" can be removed again. Cc: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02random: align rekey_work's timerAnton Blanchard
Align rekey_work. Even though it's infrequent, we may as well line it up. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02mm: align vmstat_work's timerAnton Blanchard
Even though vmstat_work is marked deferrable, there are still benefits to aligning it. For certain applications we want to keep OS jitter as low as possible and aligning timers and work so they occur together can reduce their overall impact. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02writeback: guard against jiffies wraparound on inode->dirtied_when checks ↵Jeff Layton
(try #3) The dirtied_when value on an inode is supposed to represent the first time that an inode has one of its pages dirtied. This value is in units of jiffies. It's used in several places in the writeback code to determine when to write out an inode. The problem is that these checks assume that dirtied_when is updated periodically. If an inode is continuously being used for I/O it can be persistently marked as dirty and will continue to age. Once the time compared to is greater than or equal to half the maximum of the jiffies type, the logic of the time_*() macros inverts and the opposite of what is needed is returned. On 32-bit architectures that's just under 25 days (assuming HZ == 1000). As the least-recently dirtied inode, it'll end up being the first one that pdflush will try to write out. sync_sb_inodes does this check: /* Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called? */ if (time_after(inode->dirtied_when, start)) break; ...but now dirtied_when appears to be in the future. sync_sb_inodes bails out without attempting to write any dirty inodes. When this occurs, pdflush will stop writing out inodes for this superblock. Nothing can unwedge it until jiffies moves out of the problematic window. This patch fixes this problem by changing the checks against dirtied_when to also check whether it appears to be in the future. If it does, then we consider the value to be far in the past. This should shrink the problematic window of time to such a small period (30s) as not to matter. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Acked-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02__tty_open(): use the correct type for saved_flagsAndrew Morton
filp->f_flags is unsigned, so use that type for the local copy. Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02vfs: skip I_CLEAR state inodesWu Fengguang
clear_inode() will switch inode state from I_FREEING to I_CLEAR, and do so _outside_ of inode_lock. So any I_FREEING testing is incomplete without a coupled testing of I_CLEAR. So add I_CLEAR tests to drop_pagecache_sb(), generic_sync_sb_inodes() and add_dquot_ref(). Masayoshi MIZUMA discovered the bug in drop_pagecache_sb() and Jan Kara reminds fixing the other two cases. Masayoshi MIZUMA has a nice panic flow: ===================================================================== [process A] | [process B] | | | prune_icache() | drop_pagecache() | spin_lock(&inode_lock) | drop_pagecache_sb() | inode->i_state |= I_FREEING; | | | spin_unlock(&inode_lock) | V | | | spin_lock(&inode_lock) | V | | | dispose_list() | | | list_del() | | | clear_inode() | | | inode->i_state = I_CLEAR | | | | | V | | | if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE)) | | | continue; <==== NOT MATCH | | | | | | (DANGER from here on! Accessing disposing inode!) | | | | | | __iget() | | | list_move() <===== PANIC on poisoned list !! V V | (time) ===================================================================== Reported-by: Masayoshi MIZUMA <m.mizuma@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02nommu: fix a number of issues with the per-MM VMA patchDavid Howells
Fix a number of issues with the per-MM VMA patch: (1) Make mmap_pages_allocated an atomic_long_t, just in case this is used on a NOMMU system with more than 2G pages. Makes no difference on a 32-bit system. (2) Report vma->vm_pgoff * PAGE_SIZE as a 64-bit value, not a 32-bit value, lest it overflow. (3) Move the allocation of the vm_area_struct slab back for fork.c. (4) Use KMEM_CACHE() for both vm_area_struct and vm_region slabs. (5) Use BUG_ON() rather than if () BUG(). (6) Make the default validate_nommu_regions() a static inline rather than a #define. (7) Make free_page_series()'s objection to pages with a refcount != 1 more informative. (8) Adjust the __put_nommu_region() banner comment to indicate that the semaphore must be held for writing. (9) Limit the number of warnings about munmaps of non-mmapped regions. Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02fb: nvidiafb recognizes geforcego 7300 chip as mobileSergey Senozhatsky
nvidiafb recognizes geforcego 7300 chip as mobile Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@mail.by> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02generic debug pagealloc: build fixAkinobu Mita
This fixes a build failure with generic debug pagealloc: mm/debug-pagealloc.c: In function 'set_page_poison': mm/debug-pagealloc.c:8: error: 'struct page' has no member named 'debug_flags' mm/debug-pagealloc.c: In function 'clear_page_poison': mm/debug-pagealloc.c:13: error: 'struct page' has no member named 'debug_flags' mm/debug-pagealloc.c: In function 'page_poison': mm/debug-pagealloc.c:18: error: 'struct page' has no member named 'debug_flags' mm/debug-pagealloc.c: At top level: mm/debug-pagealloc.c:120: error: redefinition of 'kernel_map_pages' include/linux/mm.h:1278: error: previous definition of 'kernel_map_pages' was here mm/debug-pagealloc.c: In function 'kernel_map_pages': mm/debug-pagealloc.c:122: error: 'debug_pagealloc_enabled' undeclared (first use in this function) by fixing - debug_flags should be in struct page - define DEBUG_PAGEALLOC config option for all architectures Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Reported-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-01serial: fixup /proc/tty/driver/serial after proc_fops conversionAlexey Dobriyan
"struct tty_driver *" lies in m->private not in v which is SEQ_TOKEN_START which is 1 which is enough to trigger NULL dereference next line: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000ad IP: [<c040d689>] uart_proc_show+0xe/0x2b0 Noticed by Linus. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-01Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: (29 commits) [IA64] BUG to BUG_ON changes [IA64] Fix typo/thinko in arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c ia64: remove some warnings. ia64/xen: fix the link error. ia64/pv_ops/bp/xen: implemented binary patchable pv_cpu_ops. ia64/pv_ops/binary patch: define paravirt_dv_serialize_data() and suppress false positive warning. ia64/pv_ops/bp/module: support binary patching for kernel module. ia64/pv_ops: implement binary patching optimization for native. ia64/pv_op/binarypatch: add helper functions to support binary patching for paravirt_ops. ia64/pv_ops/xen/gate.S: xen gate page paravirtualization ia64/pv_ops: paravirtualize gate.S. ia64/pv_ops: move down __kernel_syscall_via_epc. ia64/pv_ops/xen: define xen specific gate page. ia64/pv_ops: gate page paravirtualization. ia64/pv_ops/xen/pv_time_ops: implement sched_clock. ia64/pv_ops/pv_time_ops: add sched_clock hook. ia64/pv_ops/xen: paravirtualize read/write ar.itc and ar.itm ia64/pv_ops: paravirtualize mov = ar.itc. ia64/pv_ops/pvchecker: support mov = ar.itc paravirtualization ia64/pv_ops: paravirtualize fsys.S. ...
2009-04-01Merge branch 'x86-setup-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-setup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, setup: guard against pre-ACPI 3 e820 code not updating %ecx
2009-04-01qeth: properly delete empty files.Linus Torvalds
Commit 64ef8957986f6a04f61e7c95fa6ffeb3a86a6661 ("qeth: remove EDDP") removed the qeth_core_offl.[hc] files, but ended up doing so by just patching them to zero size, rather than removing them properly. Actually remove the files. Reported-by: Andrew Price <andy@andrewprice.me.uk> Cc: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-01x86, setup: guard against pre-ACPI 3 e820 code not updating %ecxH. Peter Anvin
Impact: BIOS bug safety For pre-ACPI 3 BIOSes, pre-initialize the end of the e820 buffer just in case the BIOS returns an unchanged %ecx but without actually touching the ACPI 3 extended flags field. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-04-01Merge branch 'x86/setup' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86/setup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, setup: ACPI 3, BIOS workaround for E820-probing code x86, setup: preemptively save/restore edi and ebp around INT 15 E820 x86, setup: mark %esi as clobbered in E820 BIOS call
2009-04-01Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: (58 commits) SUNRPC: Ensure IPV6_V6ONLY is set on the socket before binding to a port NSM: Fix unaligned accesses in nsm_init_private() NFS: Simplify logic to compare socket addresses in client.c NFS: Start PF_INET6 callback listener only if IPv6 support is available lockd: Start PF_INET6 listener only if IPv6 support is available SUNRPC: Remove CONFIG_SUNRPC_REGISTER_V4 SUNRPC: rpcb_register() should handle errors silently SUNRPC: Simplify kernel RPC service registration SUNRPC: Simplify svc_unregister() SUNRPC: Allow callers to pass rpcb_v4_register a NULL address SUNRPC: rpcbind actually interprets r_owner string SUNRPC: Clean up address type casts in rpcb_v4_register() SUNRPC: Don't return EPROTONOSUPPORT in svc_register()'s helpers SUNRPC: Use IPv4 loopback for registering AF_INET6 kernel RPC services SUNRPC: Set IPV6ONLY flag on PF_INET6 RPC listener sockets NFS: Revert creation of IPv6 listeners for lockd and NFSv4 callbacks SUNRPC: Remove @family argument from svc_create() and svc_create_pooled() SUNRPC: Change svc_create_xprt() to take a @family argument SUNRPC: svc_setup_socket() gets protocol family from socket SUNRPC: Pass a family argument to svc_register() ...
2009-04-01Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (33 commits) ext4: Regularize mount options ext4: fix locking typo in mballoc which could cause soft lockup hangs ext4: fix typo which causes a memory leak on error path jbd2: Update locking coments ext4: Rename pa_linear to pa_type ext4: add checks of block references for non-extent inodes ext4: Check for an valid i_mode when reading the inode from disk ext4: Use WRITE_SYNC for commits which are caused by fsync() ext4: Add auto_da_alloc mount option ext4: Use struct flex_groups to calculate get_orlov_stats() ext4: Use atomic_t's in struct flex_groups ext4: remove /proc tuning knobs ext4: Add sysfs support ext4: Track lifetime disk writes ext4: Fix discard of inode prealloc space with delayed allocation. ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on rename ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on close ext4: add EXT4_IOC_ALLOC_DA_BLKS ioctl ext4: Simplify delalloc code by removing mpage_da_writepages() ext4: Save stack space by removing fake buffer heads ...
2009-04-01Merge branch 'devel' into for-linusTrond Myklebust
2009-04-01SUNRPC: Ensure IPV6_V6ONLY is set on the socket before binding to a portTrond Myklebust
Also ensure that we use the protocol family instead of the address family when calling sock_create_kern(). Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2009-04-01NSM: Fix unaligned accesses in nsm_init_private()Mans Rullgard
This fixes unaligned accesses in nsm_init_private() when creating nlm_reboot keys. Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans@mansr.com> Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
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