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2005-05-01[PATCH] Documentation: remove super-{nr, max} to reflect fs/super.cCosmin Nicolaescu
The patch updates the documentation for /proc. super-nr and super-max have been dropped from the kernel since 2.4.9 due to minor numbering issues. This change was not documented in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] docbook: Tell users to install xmlto, not stylesheetsSam Ravnborg
We have at least two users which were confused by these messages, myself included. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] DocBook: fix html linkMartin Waitz
The start page for each book has changed from book1.html to index.html. Update our generated links acocrdingly. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Docbook: use custom stylesheetMartin Waitz
With the custom stylesheet, functions are rendered using ANSI-C syntax and xmlto is a bit quieter. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] DocBook: Use xmlto to process the DocBook files.Martin Waitz
xmlto uses standared XSLT templates to generate manpages, (x)html pages, and XML FO files which can be processed with passivetex. This is much faster than using jadetex for everything. This patch also reduces the number of kernel-specific scripts that are needed to generate documentation. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] DocBook: remove obsolete templatesJeff Garzik
As the author of tulip-user and via-audio docbooks, I can say that they are out of date and should be deleted. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] DocBook: use <informalexample> for examplesRich Walker
Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] DocBook: fix some descriptionsMartin Waitz
Some KernelDoc descriptions are updated to match the current code. No code changes. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] DocBook: fix <void/> xml tagMartin Waitz
This fix is needed to create valid XML. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] DocBook: changes and extensions to the kernel documentationPavel Pisa
I have recompiled Linux kernel 2.6.11.5 documentation for me and our university students again. The documentation could be extended for more sources which are equipped by structured comments for recent 2.6 kernels. I have tried to proceed with that task. I have done that more times from 2.6.0 time and it gets boring to do same changes again and again. Linux kernel compiles after changes for i386 and ARM targets. I have added references to some more files into kernel-api book, I have added some section names as well. So please, check that changes do not break something and that categories are not too much skewed. I have changed kernel-doc to accept "fastcall" and "asmlinkage" words reserved by kernel convention. Most of the other changes are modifications in the comments to make kernel-doc happy, accept some parameters description and do not bail out on errors. Changed <pid> to @pid in the description, moved some #ifdef before comments to correct function to comments bindings, etc. You can see result of the modified documentation build at http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/linux/lkdb-2.6.11.tar.gz Some more sources are ready to be included into kernel-doc generated documentation. Sources has been added into kernel-api for now. Some more section names added and probably some more chaos introduced as result of quick cleanup work. Signed-off-by: Pavel Pisa <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Clean-up and bug fix for tdfxfb framebuffer size detectionRichard Drummond
Attached is a patch against 2.6.11.7 which tidies up the tdfxfb framebuffer size detection code a little and fixes the broken support for Voodoo4/5 cards. (I haven't tested this on a Voodoo5, however, because I don't have the hardware). Signed-off-by: Richard Drummond <evilrich@rcdrummond.net> Cc: <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Better PLL frequency matching for tdfxfb driverRichard Drummond
Improve the PLL frequency matching in the tdfxfb driver. Instead of requiring 64260 iterations to obtain the closest supported PLL frequency, this code does it with the same degree of accuracy in at most 768 iterations. Signed-off-by: Richard Drummond <evilrich@rcdrummond.net> Cc: <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] imxfb: Add Freescale i.MX framebuffer driverSascha Hauer
This patch adds support for the framebuffer on the freescale i.MX SOC architecture. The driver has been tested on the mx1ads board, the pimx1 board and another custom board with different displays. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] i810fb: Fix default monitor sync timingsDenis Vlasenko
- Increase error message verbosity with respect to monitor timings. - Fix default sync timings Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] intelfb: Remove intelfbdrv.hAdrian Bunk
Ingo Oeser noticed that all that intelfbdrv.h contains are prototypes for static functions - and such prototypes don't belong into header files. This patch therefore removes drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.h and moves the prototypes to intelfbdrv.c . Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] fbcon: Fix check after useAdrian Bunk
This patch fixes a check after use found by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] fbdev: edid.h cleanupsAdrian Bunk
This patch removes some completely unused code. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] nvidiafb: ioremap and i2c fixesAntonino A. Daplas
- Add 'vram' option to specify amount of video RAM to remap - Limit remap size to 64 MIB - Use info->screen_size for remapped RAM - Fix misplaced label in failure path Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] fbdev: Batch cmap changes at driver levelBenjamin Herrenschmidt
This patch adds to the fbdev interface a set_cmap callback that allow the driver to "batch" palette changes. This is useful for drivers like radeonfb which might require lenghtly workarounds on palette accesses, thus allowing to factor out those workarounds efficiently. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Altix ioc4 serial - Arm the read timeout timer before the first readPatrick Gefre
Arm the read timeout timer before the first read. Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Altix ioc4 serial - small uart setup modsPatrick Gefre
Small mods for setting up the uart - parity, flow control Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Altix ioc4 serial - set a better timeout/thresholdPatrick Gefre
Set the timeout and threshold to better values. Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Altix ioc4 serial - set hfc from ioctlPatrick Gefre
Allow hardware flow control to be set from an ioctl. Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] saa7134: Add OEM version of already supported cardPeter Missel
Add device table support for the LR214WF card. The driver will say it's a FlyTV, simply because the name strings are stored with the card design data, not the device ID data. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] ext3: remove unnecessary race then retry in ext3_get_blockMingming Cao
The extra race-with-truncate-then-retry logic around ext3_get_block_handle(), which was inherited from ext2, becomes unecessary for ext3, since we have already obtained the ei->truncate_sem in ext3_get_block_handle() before calling ext3_alloc_branch(). The ei->truncate_sem is already there to block concurrent truncate and block allocation on the same inode. So the inode's indirect addressing tree won't be changed after we grab that semaphore. We could, after get the semaphore, re-verify the branch is up-to-date or not. If it has been changed, then get the updated branch. If we still need block allocation, we will have a safe version of the branch to work with in the ext3_find_goal()/ext3_splice_branch(). The code becomes more readable after remove those retry logic. The patch also clean up some gotos in ext3_get_block_handle() to make it more readable. Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] v4l: msp3400 updateGerd Knorr
msp3400 update: Fix and enable "simpler" mode, some other minor fixes. Signed-off-by: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] dvb: cx22702 frontend driver updateGerd Knorr
update cx22702 fe driver, add support for using the dvb pll lib, enable cx22702 support in cx88-dvb. Signed-off-by: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] cx88-dvb oops fixGerd Knorr
Fixup error path, without that one the driver kills the machine by oopsing in the IRQ handler in case the frontend initialization fails. Signed-off-by: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] reiserfs endianness: sanitize reiserfs_key unionAl Viro
Since we only access reiserfs_key ->u.k_offset_v2 guts in four helper functions, we are free to sanitize those, as long as - layout of the structure is unchanged (it's on-disk object) - behaviour of these helpers is same as before. Patch kills the mess with endianness-dependent bitfields and replaces them with a single __le64. Helpers are switched to straightforward shift/and/or. Benefits: - exact same definitions for little- and big-endian architectures; no ifdefs in sight. - generate the same code on little-endian and improved on big-endian. - doesn't rely on lousy bitfields handling in gcc codegenerator. - happens to be standard C (unsigned long long is not a valid type for a bitfield; it's a gccism and not well-implemented one, at that). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Cc: <reiserfs-dev@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] reiserfs endianness: comp_short_keys() cleanupAl Viro
comp_short_keys() massaged into sane form, which kills the last place where pointer to in_core_key (or any object containing such) would be cast to or from something else. At that point we are free to change layout of in_core_key - nothing depends on it anymore. So we drop the mess with union in there and simply use (unconditional) __u64 k_offset and __u8 k_type instead; places using in_core_key switched to those. That gives _far_ better code than current mess - on all platforms. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Cc: <reiserfs-dev@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] reiserfs endianness: fix endianness bugsAl Viro
fixes for a couple of bugs exposed by the above: le32_to_cpu() used on 16bit value and missing conversion in comparison of host- and little-endian values. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Cc: <reiserfs-dev@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] reiserfs endianness: annotate little-endian objectsAl Viro
little-endian objects annotated as such; again, obviously no changes of resulting code, we only replace __u16 with __le16, etc. in relevant places. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Cc: <reiserfs-dev@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] reiserfs endianness: clone struct reiserfs_keyAl Viro
struct reiserfs_key cloned; (currently) identical struct in_core_key added. Places that expect host-endian data in reiserfs_key switched to in_core_key. Basically, we get annotation of reiserfs_key users and keep the resulting tree obviously equivalent to original. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Cc: <reiserfs-dev@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] autofs4: bump version numberIan Kent
Bump autofs4 version so we know what's going on. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] autofs4: tree race fixIan Kent
For tree mount maps, a call to chdir or chroot, to a directory above the moint point directories at a certain time during the expire results in the expire incorrectly thinking the tree is not busy. This patch adds a check to see if the filesystem above the tree mount points is busy and also locks the filesystem during the tree mount expire to prevent the race. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] autofs4: wait order fixIan Kent
It's possible for an event wait request to arive before the event requestor. If this happens the daemon never gets notified and autofs hangs. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] hfs, hfsplus: don't leak s_fs_info and fix an oopsColin Leroy
This patch fixes the leak of sb->s_fs_info in both the HFS and HFS+ modules. In addition to this, it fixes an oops happening when trying to mount a non-hfsplus filesystem using hfsplus. This patch is from Roman Zippel, based off patches sent by myself. Signed-off-by: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net> Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] aio: optimize io_submit_one()Ken Chen
This patch optimizes io_submit_one to call aio_run_iocb() directly if ctx->run_list is empty. When the list is empty, the operation of adding to the list, then call to __aio_run_iocbs() is unnecessary because these operations are done in one atomic step. ctx->run_list always has only one element in this case. This optimization speeds up industry standard db transaction processing benchmark by 0.2%. Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Cc: Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] aio: clean up debug codeKen Chen
Clean up code that was previously used for debug purpose. Remove aio_run, aio_wakeups, iocb->ki_queued and iocb->ki_kicked. Also clean up unused variable count in __aio_run_iocbs() and debug code in read_events(). Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Cc: Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] aio: ring wrapping simplificationKen Chen
Since the tail pointer in aio_ring structure never wrap ring size more than once, so a simple compare is sufficient to wrap the index around. This avoid a more expensive mod operation. Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Cc: Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] aio: remove superfluous kiocb member initializationKen Chen
This patch removes superfluous kiocb member initialization in the AIO allocation and deallocation path. For example, in really_put_req(), right before kiocb is returned to slab, 5 variables are reset to NULL. The same variables will be initialized at the kiocb allocation time, so why bother reset them knowing that they will be set to valid data at alloc time? Another example: ki_retry is initialized in __aio_get_req, but is initialized again in io_submit_one. Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Cc: Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Makefile: fix for compatibility with *emacs ctagsEmanuele Giaquinta
I've noticed that, starting from linux-2.6.12-rc1, in the top Makefile the "cmd_tags" variable has been changed in a way incompatible with *emacs ctags. Since the "--extra" option exists only in "exuberant ctags", it should be included in the CTAGSF shell variable. Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] serial_cs: Reduce stack usage in serial_event()Yum Rayan
This patch reduces the stack usage of the function serial_event() in serial_cs from 2212 to 228. I used a patched version of gcc 3.4.3 on i386 with -fno-unit-at-a-time disabled. This patch is only compile tested. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Yum Rayan <yum.rayan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] fix include order in mthca_memfree.cRoland Dreier
Fix order of #include lines in mthca_memfree.c Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@topspin.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] convert that currently tests _NSIG directly to use valid_signal()Jesper Juhl
Convert most of the current code that uses _NSIG directly to instead use valid_signal(). This avoids gcc -W warnings and off-by-one errors. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] new valid_signal() functionJesper Juhl
This patch adds a new function valid_signal() that tests if its argument is a valid signal number. The reasons for adding this new function are: - some code currently testing _NSIG directly has off-by-one errors. Using this function instead avoids such errors. - some code currently tests unsigned signal numbers for <0 which is pointless and generates warnings when building with gcc -W. Using this function instead avoids such warnings. I considered various places to add this function but eventually settled on include/linux/signal.h as the most logical place for it. If there's some reason this is a bad choice then please let me know (hints as to a better location are then welcome of course). Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] Fix Tpm driver -- Maintainers entryKylene Hall
This patch adds the maintainers entry. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] consolidate sys_shmatStephen Rothwell
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] sn_console: make sal_console_uart static againAndreas Schwab
Signed-off-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01[PATCH] ipmi: fix a deadlockCorey Minyard
Correct an issue with the IPMI message layer taking a lock and calling lower layer driver. If an error occrues at the lower layer the lock can be taken again causing a deadlock. The lock is released before calling the lower layer. Signed-off-by: David Griego <dgriego@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>