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2010-03-24Document Linux's circular buffering capabilitiesDavid Howells
Document the circular buffering capabilities available in Linux. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Reviewed-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24fs/partition/msdos: fix unusable extended partition for > 512B sectorOGAWA Hirofumi
Smaller size than a minimum blocksize can't be used, after all it's handled like 0 size. For extended partition itself, this makes sure to use bigger size than one logical sector size at least. Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Cc: Daniel Taylor <Daniel.Taylor@wdc.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24fs/partitions/msdos: add support for large disksDaniel Taylor
In order to use disks larger than 2TiB on Windows XP, it is necessary to use 4096-byte logical sectors in an MBR. Although the kernel storage and functions called from msdos.c used "sector_t" internally, msdos.c still used u32 variables, which results in the ability to handle XP-compatible large disks. This patch changes the internal variables to "sector_t". Daniel said: "In the near future, WD will be releasing products that need this patch". [hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp: tweaks and fix] Signed-off-by: Daniel Taylor <daniel.taylor@wdc.com> Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24lxfb: set the H- and V-SYNC polarity of the flatpanel outputMichael Grzeschik
Fixup for the flatpanel output. The geode_modedb attribute flags are used to set the SYNC polarity of the flatpanel. Without this patch our flatpanel registers stayed unconfigured, so we just saw garbage output. Signed-off-by: Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@pengutronix.de> Cc: Andres Salomon <dilinger@collabora.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24kcore: fix test for end of listDan Carpenter
"m" is never NULL here. We need a different test for the end of list condition. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-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>
2010-03-24mempolicy: fix get_mempolicy() for relative and static nodesLee Schermerhorn
Discovered while testing other mempolicy changes: get_mempolicy() does not handle static/relative mode flags correctly. Return the value that the user specified so that it can be restored via set_mempolicy() if desired. Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24mmc: fix incorrect interpretation of card type bitsAdrian Hunter
In the extended CSD register the CARD_TYPE is an 8-bit value of which the upper 6 bits were reserved in JEDEC specifications prior to version 4.4. In version 4.4 two of the reserved bits were designated for identifying support for the newly added High-Speed Dual Data Rate. Unfortunately the mmc_read_ext_csd() function required that the reserved bits be zero instead of ignoring them as it should. This patch makes mmc_read_ext_csd() ignore the CARD_TYPE bits that are reserved or not yet supported. It also stops the function jumping to the end as though an error occurred, when it is only warns that the CARD_TYPE bits (that it does interpret) are invalid. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@nokia.com> Cc: <linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24reiserfs: properly honor read-only devicesJeff Mahoney
The reiserfs journal behaves inconsistently when determining whether to allow a mount of a read-only device. This is due to the use of the continue_replay variable to short circuit the journal scanning. If it's set, it's assumed that there are transactions to replay, but there may not be. If it's unset, it's assumed that there aren't any, and that may not be the case either. I've observed two failure cases: 1) Where a clean file system on a read-only device refuses to mount 2) Where a clean file system on a read-only device passes the optimization and then tries writing the journal header to update the latest mount id. The former is easily observable by using a freshly created file system on a read-only loopback device. This patch moves the check into journal_read_transaction, where it can bail out before it's about to replay a transaction. That way it can go through and skip transactions where appropriate, yet still refuse to mount a file system with outstanding transactions. Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24reiserfs: fix oops while creating privroot with selinux enabledJeff Mahoney
Commit 57fe60df ("reiserfs: add atomic addition of selinux attributes during inode creation") contains a bug that will cause it to oops when mounting a file system that didn't previously contain extended attributes on a system using security.* xattrs. The issue is that while creating the privroot during mount reiserfs_security_init calls reiserfs_xattr_jcreate_nblocks which dereferences the xattr root. The xattr root doesn't exist, so we get an oops. Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15309 Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24exit: fix oops in sync_mm_rssMichael S. Tsirkin
In 2.6.34-rc1, removing vhost_net module causes an oops in sync_mm_rss (called from do_exit) when workqueue is destroyed. This does not happen on net-next, or with vhost on top of to 2.6.33. The issue seems to be introduced by 34e55232e59f7b19050267a05ff1226e5cd122a5 ("mm: avoid false sharing of mm_counter) which added sync_mm_rss() that is passed task->mm, and dereferences it without checking. If task is a kernel thread, mm might be NULL. I think this might also happen e.g. with aio. This patch fixes the oops by calling sync_mm_rss when task->mm is set to NULL. I also added BUG_ON to detect any other cases where counters get incremented while mm is NULL. The oops I observed looks like this: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000002a8 IP: [<ffffffff810b436d>] sync_mm_rss+0x33/0x6f PGD 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map CPU 2 Modules linked in: vhost_net(-) tun bridge stp sunrpc ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq freq_table kvm_intel kvm i5000_edac edac_core rtc_cmos bnx2 button i2c_i801 i2c_core rtc_core e1000e sg joydev ide_cd_mod serio_raw pcspkr rtc_lib cdrom virtio_net virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_ring virtio af_packet e1000 shpchp aacraid uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd [last unloaded: microcode] Pid: 2046, comm: vhost Not tainted 2.6.34-rc1-vhost #25 System Planar/IBM System x3550 -[7978B3G]- RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810b436d>] [<ffffffff810b436d>] sync_mm_rss+0x33/0x6f RSP: 0018:ffff8802379b7e60 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000008 RBX: ffff88023f2390c0 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff88023f2396b0 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88023f2390c0 RBP: ffff8802379b7e60 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff88023aecfbc0 R11: 0000000000013240 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffffffff81051a6c R14: ffffe8ffffc0f540 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880001e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 00000000000002a8 CR3: 000000023af23000 CR4: 00000000000406e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process vhost (pid: 2046, threadinfo ffff8802379b6000, task ffff88023f2390c0) Stack: ffff8802379b7ee0 ffffffff81040687 ffffe8ffffc0f558 ffffffffa00a3e2d <0> 0000000000000000 ffff88023f2390c0 ffffffff81055817 ffff8802379b7e98 <0> ffff8802379b7e98 0000000100000286 ffff8802379b7ee0 ffff88023ad47d78 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81040687>] do_exit+0x147/0x6c4 [<ffffffffa00a3e2d>] ? handle_rx_net+0x0/0x17 [vhost_net] [<ffffffff81055817>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x39 [<ffffffff81051a6c>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x229 [<ffffffff810553c9>] kthreadd+0x0/0xf2 [<ffffffff810038d4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81055342>] ? kthread+0x0/0x87 [<ffffffff810038d0>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 Code: 00 8b 87 6c 02 00 00 85 c0 74 14 48 98 f0 48 01 86 a0 02 00 00 c7 87 6c 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 8b 87 70 02 00 00 85 c0 74 14 48 98 <f0> 48 01 86 a8 02 00 00 c7 87 70 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 8b 87 74 RIP [<ffffffff810b436d>] sync_mm_rss+0x33/0x6f RSP <ffff8802379b7e60> CR2: 00000000000002a8 ---[ end trace 41603ba922beddd2 ]--- Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed! (note: handle_rx_net is a work item using workqueue in question). sync_mm_rss+0x33/0x6f gave me a hint. I also tried reverting 34e55232e59f7b19050267a05ff1226e5cd122a5 and the oops goes away. The module in question calls use_mm and later unuse_mm from a kernel thread. It is when this kernel thread is destroyed that the crash happens. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24cpuset: alloc nodemask_t on the heap rather than the stackMiao Xie
Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24cpuset: fix the problem that cpuset_mem_spread_node() returns an offline nodeMiao Xie
cpuset_mem_spread_node() returns an offline node, and causes an oops. This patch fixes it by initializing task->mems_allowed to node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY], and updating task->mems_allowed when doing memory hotplug. Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Reported-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Tested-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24doc: add the documentation for mpol=localKOSAKI Motohiro
commit 3f226aa1c (mempolicy: support mpol=local tmpfs mount option) added new mpol=local mount option. but it didn't add a documentation. This patch does it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24tmpfs: cleanup mpol_parse_str()KOSAKI Motohiro
mpol_parse_str() made lots 'err' variable related bug. Because it is ugly and reviewing unfriendly. This patch simplifies it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24tmpfs: handle MPOL_LOCAL mount option properlyKOSAKI Motohiro
commit 71fe804b6d5 (mempolicy: use struct mempolicy pointer in shmem_sb_info) added mpol=local mount option. but its feature is broken since it was born. because such code always return 1 (i.e. mount failure). This patch fixes it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24tmpfs: mpol=bind:0 don't cause mount error.KOSAKI Motohiro
Currently, following mount operation cause mount error. % mount -t tmpfs -ompol=bind:0 none /tmp Because commit 71fe804b6d5 (mempolicy: use struct mempolicy pointer in shmem_sb_info) corrupted MPOL_BIND parse code. This patch restore the needed one. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24tmpfs: fix oops on mounts with mpol=defaultRavikiran G Thirumalai
Fix an 'oops' when a tmpfs mount point is mounted with the mpol=default mempolicy. Upon remounting a tmpfs mount point with 'mpol=default' option, the mount code crashed with a null pointer dereference. The initial problem report was on 2.6.27, but the problem exists in mainline 2.6.34-rc as well. On examining the code, we see that mpol_new returns NULL if default mempolicy was requested. This 'NULL' mempolicy is accessed to store the node mask resulting in oops. The following patch fixes it. Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24c2port: fix device_create() return value checkJani Nikula
Use IS_ERR() instead of comparing to NULL. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: preserve the error code] Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com> Cc: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24mm/ksm.c is doing an unneeded _notify in write_protect_page.Robin Holt
ksm.c's write_protect_page implements a lockless means of verifying a page does not have any users of the page which are not accounted for via other kernel tracking means. It does this by removing the writable pte with TLB flushes, checking the page_count against the total known users, and then using set_pte_at_notify to make it a read-only entry. An unneeded mmu_notifier callout is made in the case where the known users does not match the page_count. In that event, we are inserting the identical pte and there is no need for the set_pte_at_notify, but rather the simpler set_pte_at suffices. Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Acked-by: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com> Acked-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24scripts/kernel-doc: fix fatal error on function prototypeRandy Dunlap
Fix a fatal error in scripts/kernel-doc when a function signature uses __init_or_module (just ignore that string): Error(drivers/base/platform.c:568): cannot understand prototype: 'struct platform_device * __init_or_module platform_create_bundle(struct platform_driver *driver, int (*probe)(struct platform_device *), struct resource *res, unsigned int n_res, const void *data, size_t size) ' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24Documentation: rename PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txtFUJITA Tomonori
This patch renames PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txt. The commit 51e7364ef281e540371f084008732b13292622f0 "Documentation: rename PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txt" was supposed to do this but it didn't. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24kfifo: fix KFIFO_INIT in include/linux/kfifo.hDavid Härdeman
include/linux/kfifo.h first defines and then undefines __kfifo_initializer which is used by INIT_KFIFO (which is also a macro, so building a module which uses INIT_KFIFO will fail). Signed-off-by: David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu> Acked-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24nommu: fix an incorrect comment in the do_mmap_shared_file()David Howells
Fix an incorrect comment in the do_mmap_shared_file(). If a mapping is requested MAP_SHARED, then a private copy cannot be made and still provide correct semantics. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reported-by: Dave Hudson <uclinux@blueteddy.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24MAINTAINERS: use tab not spaces for delimiterJoe Perches
Keeps MAINTAINERS a bit more consistent. done via sed -r -i -e 's/^([A-Z]):[ \t]+/\1:\t/g' MAINTAINERS Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24drivers/gpio/max730x.c: add license macroRichard Röjfors
According to the header in max730x it is licensed GPLv2. Add a MODULE_LICENSE to avoid getting the kernel tainted. [w.sang@pengutronix.de: add MODULE_AUTHOR and MODULE_DESCRIPTION also] Signed-off-by: Richard Röjfors <richard.rojfors@pelagicore.com> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24memcg: fix typo in memcg documentationGreg Thelen
Update memory.txt to be more consistent: s/swapiness/swappiness/ Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24get_maintainer: repair STDIN usageWolfram Sang
Commit 22dd5b0cba50a197aaa3bd2790a29ee2e8e4e372 (fix perlcritic warnings) broke the ability to handle STDIN because the three argument version of open() cannot handle standard IO-streams (which is mentioned in PerlBestPractices, too). Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24blackfin: enable DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCHMike Frysinger
We see only one section mismatch now after thousands of randconfigs, and a bug has been filed about that one. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentationRussell King
cpu_relax() is documented in volatile-considered-harmful.txt to be a memory barrier. However, everyone with the exception of Blackfin and possibly ia64 defines cpu_relax() to be a compiler barrier. Make the documentation reflect the general concensus. Linus sayeth: : I don't think it was ever the intention that it would be seen as anything : but a compiler barrier, although it is obviously implied that it might : well perform some per-architecture actions that have "memory barrier-like" : semantics. : : After all, the whole and only point of the "cpu_relax()" thing is to tell : the CPU that we're busy-looping on some event. : : And that "event" might be (and often is) about reading the same memory : location over and over until it changes to what we want it to be. So it's : quite possible that on various architectures the "cpu_relax()" could be : about making sure that such a tight loop on loads doesn't starve cache : transactions, for example - and as such look a bit like a memory barrier : from a CPU standpoint. : : But it's not meant to have any kind of architectural memory ordering : semantics as far as the kernel is concerned - those must come from other : sources. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24fs/binfmt_aout.c: fix pointer warningsBorislav Petkov
fs/binfmt_aout.c: In function `aout_core_dump': fs/binfmt_aout.c:125: warning: passing argument 2 of `dump_write' makes pointer from integer without a cast include/linux/coredump.h:12: note: expected `const void *' but argument is of type `long unsigned int' fs/binfmt_aout.c:132: warning: passing argument 2 of `dump_write' makes pointer from integer without a cast include/linux/coredump.h:12: note: expected `const void *' but argument is of type `long unsigned int' due to dump_write() expecting a user void *. Fold casts into the START_DATA/START_STACK macros and shut up the warnings. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com> Cc: Daisuke HATAYAMA <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24scripts/kernel-doc: handle struct member __alignedRandy Dunlap
scripts/kernel-doc erroneously says: Warning(include/linux/skbuff.h:410): Excess struct/union/enum/typedef member 'cb' description in 'sk_buff' on this line in struct sk_buff: char cb[48] __aligned(8); due to treating the last field as the struct member name, so teach kernel-doc to ignore __aligned(x) in structs. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24rtc/mc13783: fix use after free bugUwe Kleine-König
This was introduced by v2.6.34-rc1~38: 4c014e8 (rtc/mc13783: protect rtc {,un}registration by mc13783 lock) Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24memcontrol: fix potential null derefDan Carpenter
There was a potential null deref introduced in c62b1a3b31b5 ("memcg: use generic percpu instead of private implementation"). Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24cgroups: remove duplicate includeLi Zefan
commit e6a1105b ("cgroups: subsystem module loading interface") and commit c50cc752 ("sched, cgroups: Fix module export") result in duplicate including of module.h Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24memcg: disable move charge in no mmu caseDaisuke Nishimura
In commit 02491447 ("memcg: move charges of anonymous swap"), I tried to disable move charge feature in no mmu case by enclosing all the related functions with "#ifdef CONFIG_MMU", but the commit places these ifdefs in wrong place. (it seems that it's mangled while handling some fixes...) This patch fixes it up. Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-22Fix up prototype for sys_ipc breakageLinus Torvalds
Commit 45575f5a426c ("ppc64 sys_ipc breakage in 2.6.34-rc2") fixed the definition of the sys_ipc() helper, but didn't fix the prototype in <linux/syscalls.h> Reported-and-tested-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-22Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost: virtio: console: Check if port is valid in resize_console virtio: console: Generate a kobject CHANGE event on adding 'name' attribute
2010-03-22Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (38 commits) ip_gre: include route header_len in max_headroom calculation if_tunnel.h: add missing ams/byteorder.h include ipv4: Don't drop redirected route cache entry unless PTMU actually expired net: suppress lockdep-RCU false positive in FIB trie. Bluetooth: Fix kernel crash on L2CAP stress tests Bluetooth: Convert debug files to actually use debugfs instead of sysfs Bluetooth: Fix potential bad memory access with sysfs files netfilter: ctnetlink: fix reliable event delivery if message building fails netlink: fix NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS in netlink_set_err() NET_DMA: free skbs periodically netlink: fix unaligned access in nla_get_be64() tcp: Fix tcp_mark_head_lost() with packets == 0 net: ipmr/ip6mr: fix potential out-of-bounds vif_table access KS8695: update ksp->next_rx_desc_read at the end of rx loop igb: Add support for 82576 ET2 Quad Port Server Adapter ixgbevf: Message formatting cleanups ixgbevf: Shorten up delay timer for watchdog task ixgbevf: Fix VF Stats accounting after reset ixgbe: Set IXGBE_RSC_CB(skb)->DMA field to zero after unmapping the address ixgbe: fix for real_num_tx_queues update issue ...
2010-03-22Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bpLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp: edac, mce: Filter out invalid values
2010-03-22rxrpc: Check allocation failure.Tetsuo Handa
alloc_skb() can return NULL. Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-22AFS: Potential null dereferenceDan Carpenter
It seems clear from the surrounding code that xpermits is allowed to be NULL here. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-22ppc64 sys_ipc breakage in 2.6.34-rc2Anton Blanchard
I chased down a fail on ppc64 on 2.6.34-rc2 where an application that uses shared memory was getting a SEGV. Commit baed7fc9b580bd3fb8252ff1d9b36eaf1f86b670 ("Add generic sys_ipc wrapper") changed the second argument from an unsigned long to an int. When we call shmget the system call wrappers for sys_ipc will sign extend second (ie the size) which truncates it. It took a while to track down because the call succeeds and strace shows the untruncated size :) The patch below changes second from an int to an unsigned long which fixes shmget on ppc64 (and I assume s390, sparc64 and mips64). Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> -- I assume the function prototypes for the other IPC methods would cause us to sign or zero extend second where appropriate (avoiding any security issues). Come to think of it, the syscall wrappers for each method should do that for us as well. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-22x86 / perf: Fix suspend to RAM on HP nx6325Rafael J. Wysocki
Commit 3f6da3905398826d85731247e7fbcf53400c18bd (perf: Rework and fix the arch CPU-hotplug hooks) broke suspend to RAM on my HP nx6325 (and most likely on other AMD-based boxes too) by allowing amd_pmu_cpu_offline() to be executed for CPUs that are going offline as part of the suspend process. The problem is that cpuhw->amd_nb may be NULL already, so the function should make sure it's not NULL before accessing the object pointed to by it. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-22edac, mce: Filter out invalid valuesBorislav Petkov
Print the CPU associated with the error only when the field is valid. Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x .33.x Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
2010-03-22virtio: console: Check if port is valid in resize_consoleAmit Shah
The console port could have been hot-unplugged. Check if it is valid before working on it. Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2010-03-22virtio: console: Generate a kobject CHANGE event on adding 'name' attributeAmit Shah
When the host lets us know what 'name' a port is assigned, we create the sysfs 'name' attribute. Generate a 'change' event after this so that udev wakes up and acts on the rules for virtio-ports (currently there's only one rule that creates a symlink from the 'name' to the actual char device). Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2010-03-21ip_gre: include route header_len in max_headroom calculationTimo Teräs
Taking route's header_len into account, and updating gre device needed_headroom will give better hints on upper bound of required headroom. This is useful if the gre traffic is xfrm'ed. Signed-off-by: Timo Teras <timo.teras@iki.fi> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-21if_tunnel.h: add missing ams/byteorder.h includePaulius Zaleckas
When compiling userspace application which includes if_tunnel.h and uses GRE_* defines you will get undefined reference to __cpu_to_be16. Fix this by adding missing #include <asm/byteorder.h> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-21ipv4: Don't drop redirected route cache entry unless PTMU actually expiredGuenter Roeck
TCP sessions over IPv4 can get stuck if routers between endpoints do not fragment packets but implement PMTU instead, and we are using those routers because of an ICMP redirect. Setup is as follows MTU1 MTU2 MTU1 A--------B------C------D with MTU1 > MTU2. A and D are endpoints, B and C are routers. B and C implement PMTU and drop packets larger than MTU2 (for example because DF is set on all packets). TCP sessions are initiated between A and D. There is packet loss between A and D, causing frequent TCP retransmits. After the number of retransmits on a TCP session reaches tcp_retries1, tcp calls dst_negative_advice() prior to each retransmit. This results in route cache entries for the peer to be deleted in ipv4_negative_advice() if the Path MTU is set. If the outstanding data on an affected TCP session is larger than MTU2, packets sent from the endpoints will be dropped by B or C, and ICMP NEEDFRAG will be returned. A and D receive NEEDFRAG messages and update PMTU. Before the next retransmit, tcp will again call dst_negative_advice(), causing the route cache entry (with correct PMTU) to be deleted. The retransmitted packet will be larger than MTU2, causing it to be dropped again. This sequence repeats until the TCP session aborts or is terminated. Problem is fixed by removing redirected route cache entries in ipv4_negative_advice() only if the PMTU is expired. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-21Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/holtmann/bluetooth-2.6
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