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2009-02-11perfcounters: fix refcounting bug, take 2Paul Mackerras
Only free child_counter if it has a parent; if it doesn't, then it has a file pointing to it and we'll free it in perf_release. Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-11perfcounters: fix use after free in perf_release()Mike Galbraith
running... while true; do foo -d 1 -f 1 -c 100000 & sleep 1 kerneltop -d 1 -f 1 -e 1 -c 25000 -p `pidof foo` done while true; do killall foo; killall kerneltop; sleep 2 done ...in two shells with SLUB_DEBUG enabled produces flood of: BUG task_struct: Poison overwritten. Fix the use-after-free bug in perf_release(). Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-11Merge branch 'master' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/perfcounters into perfcounters/core
2009-02-11Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc4' into perfcounters/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c arch/x86/mm/fault.c drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c kernel/irq/handle.c
2009-02-11perf_counters: allow users to count user, kernel and/or hypervisor eventsPaul Mackerras
Impact: new perf_counter feature This extends the perf_counter_hw_event struct with bits that specify that events in user, kernel and/or hypervisor mode should not be counted (i.e. should be excluded), and adds code to program the PMU mode selection bits accordingly on x86 and powerpc. For software counters, we don't currently have the infrastructure to distinguish which mode an event occurs in, so we currently fail the counter initialization if the setting of the hw_event.exclude_* bits would require us to distinguish. Context switches and CPU migrations are currently considered to occur in kernel mode. On x86, this changes the previous policy that only root can count kernel events. Now non-root users can count kernel events or exclude them. Non-root users still can't use NMI events, though. On x86 we don't appear to have any way to control whether hypervisor events are counted or not, so hw_event.exclude_hv is ignored. On powerpc, the selection of whether to count events in user, kernel and/or hypervisor mode is PMU-wide, not per-counter, so this adds a check that the hw_event.exclude_* settings are the same as other events on the PMU. Counters being added to a group have to have the same settings as the other hardware counters in the group. Counters and groups can only be enabled in hw_perf_group_sched_in or power_perf_enable if they have the same settings as any other counters already on the PMU. If we are not running on a hypervisor, the exclude_hv setting is ignored (by forcing it to 0) since we can't ever get any hypervisor events. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2009-02-09perf_counters: account NMI interruptsMike Galbraith
I noticed that kerneltop interrupts were accounted as NMI, but not their perf counter origin. Account NMI performance counter interrupts. Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
2009-02-09perf_counters: make software counters work as per-cpu countersPaul Mackerras
Impact: kernel crash fix Yanmin Zhang reported that using a PERF_COUNT_TASK_CLOCK software counter as a per-cpu counter would reliably crash the system, because it calls __task_delta_exec with a null pointer. The page fault, context switch and cpu migration counters also won't function correctly as per-cpu counters since they reference the current task. This fixes the problem by redirecting the task_clock counter to the cpu_clock counter when used as a per-cpu counter, and by implementing per-cpu page fault, context switch and cpu migration counters. Along the way, this: - Initializes counter->ctx earlier, in perf_counter_alloc, so that sw_perf_counter_init can use it - Adds code to kernel/sched.c to count task migrations into each cpu, in rq->nr_migrations_in - Exports the per-cpu context switch and task migration counts via new functions added to kernel/sched.c - Makes sure that if sw_perf_counter_init fails, we don't try to initialize the counter as a hardware counter. Since the user has passed a negative, non-raw event type, they clearly don't intend for it to be interpreted as a hardware event. Reported-by: "Zhang Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-08Linux 2.6.29-rc4Linus Torvalds
2009-02-08Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arjan/linux-2.6-async-updateLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arjan/linux-2.6-async-update: async: use list_move_tail async: Rename _special -> _domain for clarity. async: Add some documentation. async: Handle kthread_run() return codes. async: Fix running list handling.
2009-02-08radeonfb: Fix resume from D3Cold on some platformsBenjamin Herrenschmidt
For historical reason, this driver used its own saving/restoring of the PCI config space, and used the state of it on resume as an indication as to whether it needed to re-POST the chip or not. This methods breaks with the later core changes since the core will have restored things for us. This patch fixes it by removing that custom code, using standard core methods to save/restore state, and testing for the need to re-POST by comparing the content of a few key PLL registers. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-08aty128fb: Properly save PCI state before changing PCI PM levelBenjamin Herrenschmidt
This fixes aty128fb to properly save the PCI config space -before- it potentially switches the PM state of the chip. This avoids a warning with the new PM core and is the right thing to do anyway. I also replaced the hand-coded switch to D2 with a call to the genericc pci_set_power_state() and removed the code that switches it back to D0 since the generic code is doing that for us nowadays. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-08atyfb: Properly save PCI state before changing PCI PM levelBenjamin Herrenschmidt
This fixes atyfb to properly save the PCI config space -before- it potentially switches the PM state of the chip. This avoids a warning with the new PM core and is the right thing to do anyway. I also slightly cleaned up the code that checks whether we are running on a PowerMac to do a runtime check instead of a compile check only, and replaced a deprecated number with the proper symbolic constant. Finally, I removed the useless switch to D0 from resume since the core does it for us. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-08async: use list_move_tailStefan Richter
list.h provides a dedicated primitive for "list_del followed by list_add_tail"... list_move_tail. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
2009-02-08async: Rename _special -> _domain for clarity.Cornelia Huck
Rename the async_*_special() functions to async_*_domain(), which describes the purpose of these functions much better. [Broke up long lines to silence checkpatch] Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
2009-02-08async: Add some documentation.Cornelia Huck
Add some kerneldoc to the async interface. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
2009-02-08async: Handle kthread_run() return codes.Cornelia Huck
If we fail to create the manager thread, fall back to non-fastboot. If we fail to create an async thread, try again after waiting for a bit. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
2009-02-08async: Fix running list handling.Cornelia Huck
async_schedule() should pass in async_running as the running list, and run_one_entry() should put the entry to be run on the provided running list instead of always on the generic one. Reported-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
2009-02-07Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: PCI PM: make the PM core more careful with drivers using the new PM framework PCI PM: Read power state from device after trying to change it on resume PCI PM: Do not disable and enable bridges during suspend-resume PCI: PCIe portdrv: Simplify suspend and resume PCI PM: Fix saving of device state in pci_legacy_suspend PCI PM: Check if the state has been saved before trying to restore it PCI PM: Fix handling of devices without drivers PCI: return error on failure to read PCI ROMs PCI: properly clean up ASPM link state on device remove
2009-02-07module: remove over-zealous check in __module_get()Rusty Russell
Impact: fix spurious BUG_ON() triggered under load module_refcount() isn't reliable outside stop_machine(), as demonstrated by Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de>, networking can trigger it under load (an inc on one cpu and dec on another while module_refcount() is tallying can give false results, for example). Almost noone should be using __module_get, but that's another issue. Cc: Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-07Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (30 commits) ACPI: Kconfig text - Fix the ACPI_CONTAINER module name according to the real module name. eeepc-laptop: fix oops when changing backlight brightness during eeepc-laptop init ACPICA: Fix table entry truncation calculation ACPI: Enable bit 11 in _PDC to advertise hw coord ACPI: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() ACPI: add missing KERN_* constants to printks ACPI: dock: Don't eval _STA on every show_docked sysfs read ACPI: disable ACPI cleanly when bad RSDP found ACPI: delete CPU_IDLE=n code ACPI: cpufreq: Remove deprecated /proc/acpi/processor/../performance proc entries ACPI: make some IO ports off-limits to AML ACPICA: add debug dump of BIOS _OSI strings ACPI: proc_dir_entry 'video/VGA' already registered ACPI: Skip the first two elements in the _BCL package ACPI: remove BM_RLD access from idle entry path ACPI: remove locking from PM1x_STS register reads eeepc-laptop: use netlink interface eeepc-laptop: Implement rfkill hotplugging in eeepc-laptop eeepc-laptop: Check return values from rfkill_register eeepc-laptop: Add support for extended hotkeys ...
2009-02-07Merge branches 'release', 'asus', 'bugzilla-12450', 'cpuidle', 'debug', ↵Len Brown
'ec', 'misc', 'printk' and 'processor' into release
2009-02-07ACPI: Kconfig text - Fix the ACPI_CONTAINER module name according to the ↵Thierry Vignaud
real module name. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-07eeepc-laptop: fix oops when changing backlight brightness during ↵Darren Salt
eeepc-laptop init I got the following oops while changing the backlight brightness during startup. When it happens, it prevents use of the hotkeys, Fn-Fx, and the lid button. It's a clear use-before-init, as I verified by testing with an appropriately-placed "else printk". BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Pid: 160, comm: kacpi_notify Not tainted (2.6.28.1-eee901 #4) 901 EIP: 0060:[<c0264e68>] [<c0264e68>] eeepc_hotk_notify+26/da EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 1 Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 EAX: 00000009 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000009 EDX: f70dbf64 ESI: 00000029 EDI: f7335188 EBP: c02112c9 ESP: f70dbf80 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 f70731e0 f73acd50 c02164ac f7335180 f70aa040 c02112e6 f733518c c012b62f f70aa044 f70aa040 c012bdba f70aa04c 00000000 c012be6e 00000000 f70bdf80 c012e198 f70dbfc4 f70dbfc4 f70aa040 c012bdba 00000000 c012e0c9 c012e091 Call Trace: [<c02164ac>] ? acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+4c/55 [<c02112e6>] ? acpi_os_execute_deferred+1d/25 [<c012b62f>] ? run_workqueue+71/f1 [<c012bdba>] ? worker_thread+0/bf [<c012be6e>] ? worker_thread+b4/bf [<c012e198>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0/2b [<c012bdba>] ? worker_thread+0/bf [<c012e0c9>] ? kthread+38/5f [<c012e091>] ? kthread+0/5f [<c0103abf>] ? kernel_thread_helper+7/10 Code: 00 00 00 00 c3 83 3d 60 5c 50 c0 00 56 89 d6 53 0f 84 c4 00 00 00 8d 42 e0 83 f8 0f 77 0f 8b 1d 68 5c 50 c0 89 d8 e8 a9 fa ff ff <89> 03 8b 1d 60 5c 50 c0 89 f2 83 e2 7f 0f b7 4c 53 10 8d 41 01 Signed-off-by: Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-07ACPICA: Fix table entry truncation calculationMyron Stowe
During early boot, ACPI RSDT/XSDT table entries are gathered into the 'initial_tables[]' array. This array is currently statically defined (see ./drivers/acpi/tables.c). When there are more table entries than can be held in the 'initial_tables[]' array, the message "Truncating N table entries!" is output. As currently implemented, this message will always erroneously calculate N as 0. This patch fixes the calculation that determines how many table entries will be missing (truncated). This modification may be used under either the GPL or the BSD-style license used for Intel ACPI CA code. Signed-off-by: Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-07ACPI: Enable bit 11 in _PDC to advertise hw coordPallipadi, Venkatesh
Bit 11 in intel PDC definitions is meant for OS capability to handle hardware coordination of P-states. In Linux we have always supported hwardware coordination of P-states. Just let the BIOSes know that we support it, by setting this bit. Some BIOSes use this bit to choose between hardware or software coordination and without this change below, BIOSes switch to software coordination, which is not very optimal in terms of power consumption and extra wakeups from idle. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-07ACPI: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()Kay Sievers
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-07ACPI: add missing KERN_* constants to printksFrank Seidel
According to kerneljanitors todo list all printk calls (beginning a new line) should have an according KERN_* constant. Those are the missing peaces here for the acpi subsystem. Signed-off-by: Frank Seidel <frank@f-seidel.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-06ACPI: dock: Don't eval _STA on every show_docked sysfs readHolger Macht
Some devices trigger a DEVICE_CHECK on every evalutation of _STA. This can also be seen in commit 8b59560a3baf2e7c24e0fb92ea5d09eca92805db (ACPI: dock: avoid check _STA method). If an undock is processed, the dock driver sends a uevent and userspace might read the show_docked property in sysfs. This causes an evaluation of _STA of the particular device which causes the dock driver to immediately dock again. In any case, evaluation of _STA (show_docked) does not necessarily mean that we are docked, so check with the internal device structure. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12360 Signed-off-by: Holger Macht <hmacht@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: CRED: Fix SUID exec regression
2009-02-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstableLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstable: (37 commits) Btrfs: Make sure dir is non-null before doing S_ISGID checks Btrfs: Fix memory leak in cache_drop_leaf_ref Btrfs: don't return congestion in write_cache_pages as often Btrfs: Only prep for btree deletion balances when nodes are mostly empty Btrfs: fix btrfs_unlock_up_safe to walk the entire path Btrfs: change btrfs_del_leaf to drop locks earlier Btrfs: Change btrfs_truncate_inode_items to stop when it hits the inode Btrfs: Don't try to compress pages past i_size Btrfs: join the transaction in __btrfs_setxattr Btrfs: Handle SGID bit when creating inodes Btrfs: Make btrfs_drop_snapshot work in larger and more efficient chunks Btrfs: Change btree locking to use explicit blocking points Btrfs: hash_lock is no longer needed Btrfs: disable leak debugging checks in extent_io.c Btrfs: sort references by byte number during btrfs_inc_ref Btrfs: async threads should try harder to find work Btrfs: selinux support Btrfs: make btrfs acls selectable Btrfs: Catch missed bios in the async bio submission thread Btrfs: fix readdir on 32 bit machines ...
2009-02-06eCryptfs: Regression in unencrypted filename symlinksTyler Hicks
The addition of filename encryption caused a regression in unencrypted filename symlink support. ecryptfs_copy_filename() is used when dealing with unencrypted filenames and it reported that the new, copied filename was a character longer than it should have been. This caused the return value of readlink() to count the NULL byte of the symlink target. Most applications don't care about the extra NULL byte, but a version control system (bzr) helped in discovering the bug. Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'x86/fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-roland * 'x86/fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-roland: x86-64: fix int $0x80 -ENOSYS return
2009-02-06x86-64: fix int $0x80 -ENOSYS returnRoland McGrath
One of my past fixes to this code introduced a different new bug. When using 32-bit "int $0x80" entry for a bogus syscall number, the return value is not correctly set to -ENOSYS. This only happens when neither syscall-audit nor syscall tracing is enabled (i.e., never seen if auditd ever started). Test program: /* gcc -o int80-badsys -m32 -g int80-badsys.c Run on x86-64 kernel. Note to reproduce the bug you need auditd never to have started. */ #include <errno.h> #include <stdio.h> int main (void) { long res; asm ("int $0x80" : "=a" (res) : "0" (99999)); printf ("bad syscall returns %ld\n", res); return res != -ENOSYS; } The fix makes the int $0x80 path match the sysenter and syscall paths. Reported-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'to-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-roland * 'to-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-roland: elf core dump: fix get_user use
2009-02-06elf core dump: fix get_user useRoland McGrath
The elf_core_dump() code does its work with set_fs(KERNEL_DS) in force, so vma_dump_size() needs to switch back with set_fs(USER_DS) to safely use get_user() for a normal user-space address. Checking for VM_READ optimizes out the case where get_user() would fail anyway. The vm_file check here was already superfluous given the control flow earlier in the function, so that is a cleanup/optimization unrelated to other changes but an obvious and trivial one. Reported-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
2009-02-07CRED: Fix SUID exec regressionDavid Howells
The patch: commit a6f76f23d297f70e2a6b3ec607f7aeeea9e37e8d CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials moved the place in which the 'safeness' of a SUID/SGID exec was performed to before de_thread() was called. This means that LSM_UNSAFE_SHARE is now calculated incorrectly. This flag is set if any of the usage counts for fs_struct, files_struct and sighand_struct are greater than 1 at the time the determination is made. All of which are true for threads created by the pthread library. However, since we wish to make the security calculation before irrevocably damaging the process so that we can return it an error code in the case where we decide we want to reject the exec request on this basis, we have to make the determination before calling de_thread(). So, instead, we count up the number of threads (CLONE_THREAD) that are sharing our fs_struct (CLONE_FS), files_struct (CLONE_FILES) and sighand_structs (CLONE_SIGHAND/CLONE_THREAD) with us. These will be killed by de_thread() and so can be discounted by check_unsafe_exec(). We do have to be careful because CLONE_THREAD does not imply FS or FILES. We _assume_ that there will be no extra references to these structs held by the threads we're going to kill. This can be tested with the attached pair of programs. Build the two programs using the Makefile supplied, and run ./test1 as a non-root user. If successful, you should see something like: [dhowells@andromeda tmp]$ ./test1 --TEST1-- uid=4043, euid=4043 suid=4043 exec ./test2 --TEST2-- uid=4043, euid=0 suid=0 SUCCESS - Correct effective user ID and if unsuccessful, something like: [dhowells@andromeda tmp]$ ./test1 --TEST1-- uid=4043, euid=4043 suid=4043 exec ./test2 --TEST2-- uid=4043, euid=4043 suid=4043 ERROR - Incorrect effective user ID! The non-root user ID you see will depend on the user you run as. [test1.c] #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <pthread.h> static void *thread_func(void *arg) { while (1) {} } int main(int argc, char **argv) { pthread_t tid; uid_t uid, euid, suid; printf("--TEST1--\n"); getresuid(&uid, &euid, &suid); printf("uid=%d, euid=%d suid=%d\n", uid, euid, suid); if (pthread_create(&tid, NULL, thread_func, NULL) < 0) { perror("pthread_create"); exit(1); } printf("exec ./test2\n"); execlp("./test2", "test2", NULL); perror("./test2"); _exit(1); } [test2.c] #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { uid_t uid, euid, suid; getresuid(&uid, &euid, &suid); printf("--TEST2--\n"); printf("uid=%d, euid=%d suid=%d\n", uid, euid, suid); if (euid != 0) { fprintf(stderr, "ERROR - Incorrect effective user ID!\n"); exit(1); } printf("SUCCESS - Correct effective user ID\n"); exit(0); } [Makefile] CFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Werror -Wunused all: test1 test2 test1: test1.c gcc $(CFLAGS) -o test1 test1.c -lpthread test2: test2.c gcc $(CFLAGS) -o test2 test2.c sudo chown root.root test2 sudo chmod +s test2 Reported-by: David Smith <dsmith@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: David Smith <dsmith@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-02-06vfs: Don't call attach_nobh_buffers() with an empty listDave Kleikamp
This is a modification of a patch by Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@virginia.edu> nobh_write_end() could call attach_nobh_buffers() with head == NULL. This would result in a trap when attach_nobh_buffers() attempted to access bh->b_this_page. This can be illustrated by running the writev01 testcase from LTP on jfs. This error was introduced by commit 5b41e74a "vfs: fix data leak in nobh_write_end()". That patch did not take into account that if PageMappedToDisk() is true upon entry to nobh_write_begin(), then no buffers will be allocated for the page. In that case, we won't have to worry about a failed write leaving unitialized data in the page. Of course, head != NULL implies !page_has_buffers(page), so no need to test both. Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@virginia.edu> Cc: Dmitri Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: ALSA: hda - Add missing COEF initialization for ALC887 ALSA: hda - Add missing initialization for ALC272 sound: usb-audio: handle wMaxPacketSize for FIXED_ENDPOINT devices ALSA: hda - Fix misc workqueue issues ALSA: hda - Add quirk for FSC Amilo Xi2550
2009-02-06ACPI: disable ACPI cleanly when bad RSDP foundLen Brown
When ACPI is disabled in the BIOS of this VIA C3 box, it invalidates the RSDP, which Linux notices: ACPI Error (tbxfroot-0218): A valid RSDP was not found [20080926] Bug Linux neglected to disable ACPI at that stage, and later scribbled on smp_found_config: ACPI: No APIC-table, disabling MPS But this box doesn't run well in legacy PIC mode, it needed IOAPIC mode to perform correctly: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/5/39 So exit ACPI mode cleanly when we first detect that it is hopeless. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-06ACPI: delete CPU_IDLE=n codeLen Brown
CPU_IDLE=y has been default for ACPI=y since Nov-2007, and has shipped in many distributions since then. Here we delete the CPU_IDLE=n ACPI idle code, since nobody should be using it, and we don't want to maintain two versions. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6: ieee1394: dv1394: move deprecation message from module init to file open firewire: core: Remove card from list of cards when enable fails
2009-02-06Add Sascha Hauer to .mailmapUwe Kleine-König
This fixes the shortlog attribution e.g. for 106757b38fff Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Acked-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-06add another mailmap entry for Uwe Kleine-KönigUwe Kleine-König
I created commit 7971db5a4b4176ad5df590fce07a962c643a2740 on a machine where I forgot to set user.name and user.email before. The default values were not optimal. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-06fork.c: fix NULL pointer dereference when nr_threads == threads-maxLi Zefan
I happened to forked lots of processes, and hit NULL pointer dereference. It is because in copy_process() after checking max_threads, 0 is returned but not -EAGAIN. The bug is introduced by "CRED: Detach the credentials from task_struct" (commit f1752eec6145c97163dbce62d17cf5d928e28a27). Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-06Btrfs: Make sure dir is non-null before doing S_ISGID checksChris Mason
The S_ISGID check in btrfs_new_inode caused an oops during subvol creation because sometimes the dir is null. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/mdLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: md: Ensure an md array never has too many devices. md: Fix a bug in linear.c causing which_dev() to return the wrong device. md: Allow read error in a single drive raid1 to be passed up.
2009-02-06ieee1394: dv1394: move deprecation message from module init to file openStefan Richter
On many Linux installations, the dv1394 driver will be auto-loaded whenever an AV/C device (e.g. camcorder or audio device) is plugged in. An irritating message would then appear in the kernel log. Defer this message to until a dv1394 character device file is actually used by a program. Also include the program name in the message and update the message slightly. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'fix/usb-audio' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-02-06Merge branch 'fix/hda' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-02-06ALSA: hda - Add missing COEF initialization for ALC887Takashi Iwai
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>