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2006-12-12[MIPS] paging_init(): use highend_pfn/highstart_pfnFranck Bui-Huu
This patch makes paging_init() use highend_pfn/highstart_pfn globals. It removes the need of 'high' local which was needed only by HIGHMEM config. More important perhaps, it fixes a bug when HIGHMEM is set but there's actually no physical highmem (highend_pfn = 0) Signed-off-by: Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-12[MIPS] Malta: Resurrect MTD support for onboard flash.Ralf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-12[MIPS] Discard .exit.text and .exit.data at runtime.Ralf Baechle
While the recent cset 86384d544157db23879064cde36061cdcafc6794 did improve things it didn't resolve all the problems. So bite the bullet and discard .exit.text and .exit.data at runtime. Which of course sucks because it bloats binaries with code that will never ever be used but it's the only thing that will work reliable as demonstrated by the function sd_major() in drivers/scsi/sd.c. Gcc may compile sd_major() using a jump table which it will put into .rodata. If it also inlines sd_major's function body into exit_sd() which gcc > 3.4.x does. If CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD has been set to y we would like ld to discard exit_sd's code at link time. However sd_major happens to contain a switch statement which gcc will compile using a jump table in .rodata on the architectures I checked. So, when ld later discards .exit.text only the jump table in .rodata with its stale references to the discard .exit.text will be left which any no antique ld will honor with a link error. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-12[MIPS] IP27: Don't drag <asm/sn/arch.h> into topology.h.Ralf Baechle
Another way that old SGI types were getting dragged into generic code. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-12[MIPS] IP27: Move definition of nic_t to its sole user.Ralf Baechle
This also fixes the duplicate definition of nic_t in the s2io driver. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-12[MIPS] IP27: Don't include <asm/sn/arch.h>.Ralf Baechle
Nothing <asm/sn/arch.h> defines is used. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-12[MIPS] compat.h uses struct pt_regs so needs to include ptrace.h.Ralf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] Fix typo in 'EXPERIMENTAL' in CC_STACKPROTECTOR on x86_64Brice Goglin
Fix typo in 'EXPERIMENTAL' in config CC_STACKPROTECTOR in arch/x86_64/Kconfig. Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] LOG2: Make powerpc's __ilog2_u64() take a 64-bit argumentDavid Howells
Make powerpc's __ilog2_u64() take a 64-bit argument. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-11Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: AT91 MMC update for 2.6.19 mmc: Change SDHCI iomem error to a warning mmc: fix "prev->state: 2 != TASK_RUNNING??" problem on SD/MMC card removal AT91 MMC 5 : Minor cleanups AT91 MMC 4 : Interrupt handler cleanup AT91 MMC 3 : Move global mci_clk variable AT91 MMC 2 : Use platform resources AT91 MMC 1: Pass host structure.
2006-12-11Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 * 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: [PATCH] smc91x: Kill off excessive versatile hooks. [PATCH] myri10ge: update driver version to 1.1.0 [PATCH] myri10ge: fix big_bytes in case of vlan frames [PATCH] myri10ge: Full vlan frame in small_bytes [PATCH] myri10ge: drop contiguous skb routines [PATCH] myri10ge: switch to page-based skb [PATCH] myri10ge: add page-based skb routines [PATCH] myri10ge: indentation cleanups [PATCH] chelsio: working NAPI [PATCH] MACB: Use __raw register access [PATCH] MACB: Use struct delayed_work instead of struct work_struct [PATCH] ucc_geth: Initialize mdio_lock. [PATCH] ucc_geth: compilation error fixes
2006-12-11Make sure we populate the initroot filesystem late enoughLinus Torvalds
We should not initialize rootfs before all the core initializers have run. So do it as a separate stage just before starting the regular driver initializers. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-11Make SLES9 "get_kernel_version" work on the kernel binary againLinus Torvalds
As reported by Andy Whitcroft, at least the SLES9 initrd build process depends on getting the kernel version from the kernel binary. It does that by simply trawling the binary and looking for the signature of the "linux_banner" string (the string "Linux version " to be exact. Which is really broken in itself, but whatever..) That got broken when the string was changed to allow /proc/version to change the UTS release information dynamically, and "get_kernel_version" thus returned "%s" (see commit a2ee8649ba6d71416712e798276bf7c40b64e6e5: "[PATCH] Fix linux banner utsname information"). This just restores "linux_banner" as a static string, which should fix the version finding. And /proc/version simply uses a different string. To avoid wasting even that miniscule amount of memory, the early boot string should really be marked __initdata, but that just causes the same bug in SLES9 to re-appear, since it will then find other occurrences of "Linux version " first. Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Acked-by: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Cc: Steve Fox <drfickle@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] smc91x: Kill off excessive versatile hooks.Paul Mundt
This looks like a result of too many auto-merges. The CONFIG_ARCH_VERSATILE case was handled a total of 6 times. This kills 5 of them. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> -- drivers/net/smc91x.h | 90 --------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 90 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] myri10ge: update driver version to 1.1.0Brice Goglin
Update driver version to 1.1.0. Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] myri10ge: fix big_bytes in case of vlan framesBrice Goglin
Fix sizing of big_bytes in the case of vlan frames. The 4 VLAN_HLEN bytes were omitted, leading to sizing the big buffer 4 bytes smaller than it should be. Due to how rx buffers are carved from pages, this was harmless for the common (9000, 1500) byte MTUs, but could lead to data corruption for some MTUs. Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] myri10ge: Full vlan frame in small_bytesBrice Goglin
Receive full vlan frames into smalls when running with a jumbo MTU. Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] myri10ge: drop contiguous skb routinesBrice Goglin
Drop the old routines that used the physically contigous skb now that we use the physical pages. And rename myri10ge_page_rx_done() to myri10ge_rx_done() as it was previously. Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] myri10ge: switch to page-based skbBrice Goglin
Switch to physical page skb, by calling the new page-based allocation routines and using myri10ge_page_rx_done(). Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] myri10ge: add page-based skb routinesBrice Goglin
Add physical page skb allocation routines and page based rx_done, to be used by upcoming patches. Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] myri10ge: indentation cleanupsBrice Goglin
Indentation cleanups to synchronize to our tree which is automatically indent'ed. Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] chelsio: working NAPIStephen Hemminger
This driver tries to enable/disable NAPI at runtime, but does so in an unsafe manner, and the NAPI interrupt handling is a mess. Replace it with a compile time selected NAPI implementation. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] MACB: Use __raw register accessHaavard Skinnemoen
Since macb is a chip-internal device, use __raw_readl and __raw_writel instead of readl/writel. This will perform native-endian accesses, which is the right thing to do on both AVR32 and ARM devices. Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] MACB: Use struct delayed_work instead of struct work_structHaavard Skinnemoen
The macb driver calls schedule_delayed_work() and friends, so we need to use a struct delayed_work along with it. The conversion was explained by David Howells on lkml Dec 5 2006: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/5/269 Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] ucc_geth: Initialize mdio_lock.Scott Wood
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11[PATCH] ucc_geth: compilation error fixesScott Wood
Fix compilation failures when building the ucc_geth driver with spinlock debugging. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC update for 2.6.19Andrew Victor
The driver is usable on the newer SAM9 processors so replace all text references to AT91RM9200 with just AT91. The controller bug where all the words are byte-swapped is fixed on the AT91SAM9 processors. The byte-swapping work-around therefore only needs to be done if cpu_is_at91rm9200(). [Original patch from Wojtek Kaniewski] The AT91RM9200 and AT91SAM9260 processors support two MMC/SD slots - the slot which is connected is now passed via the platform_data and the correct slot selected in the AT91_MCI_SDCR register. The driver should not be calling at91_set_gpio_output() since the VCC pin should have already been configured as an output in the processor/board setup code. The driver should call at91_set_gpio_value(). Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11mmc: Change SDHCI iomem error to a warningPierre Ossman
Some controllers report an invalid iomem size, but seem to work correctly anyway. Change our current error to just a warning and hope it doesn't cause too much problems. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11mmc: fix "prev->state: 2 != TASK_RUNNING??" problem on SD/MMC card removalVitaly Wool
Currently on SD/MMC card removal the system exhibits the following message (the platform is ARM Versatile): prev->state: 2 != TASK_RUNNING?? mmcqd/762[CPU#0]: BUG in __schedule at linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c:3826 (akpm: someone tried to fix this, but it's still wrong) Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 5 : Minor cleanupsAndrew Victor
A number of small cleanups to the AT91RM9200 MMC driver: - fix warnings generated by pr_debug(). - prepend "AT91 MMC:" to printk() messages. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 4 : Interrupt handler cleanupAndrew Victor
This patch simplifies the AT91RM9200 MMC interrupt handler code so that it doesn't re-read the Interrupt Status and Interrupt Mask registers multiple times. Also defined AT91_MCI_ERRORS instead of using the hard-coded 0xffff0000. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 3 : Move global mci_clk variableAndrew Victor
Move the global 'mci_clk' variable into the local 'at91mci_host' structure. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 2 : Use platform resourcesAndrew Victor
Use the I/O base-address and IRQ passed to the driver via the platform_device resources instead of using hardcoded values. Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-11AT91 MMC 1: Pass host structure.Andrew Victor
The I/O base address is now stored in the 'at91mci_host' structure. We therefore have to pass this structure to at91_mci_read() and at91_mci_write(). Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-12-10[MIPS] Export local_flush_data_cache_page for sake of IDE.Ralf Baechle
On a CPU with aliases the IDE core needs to flush caches in the special IDE variants of insw, insl etc. If IDE support is built as a module this will only work if local_flush_data_cache_page happens is exported as a module. As per policy export local_flush_data_cache_page as GPL symbol only. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-10[MIPS] Export pm_power_offRalf Baechle
This is required for ipmi_poweroff.c to work as a module. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-10[MIPS] Export csum_partial_copy_nocheck.Ralf Baechle
ibmtr.c and typhoon.c use it. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-10[MIPS] Move die and die_if_kernel() from system.h to ptrace.hRalf Baechle
This eleminates the need to include ptrace.h into system.h and fixes a harmless namespace conflict on the PC symbol in bpck.c. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-10[MIPS] Discard .exit.text at linktime.Ralf Baechle
This fixes fairly unobvious breakage of various drivers. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-10[MIPS] Fix build of several IDE drivers by providing pci_get_legacy_ide_irqRalf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2006-12-10[CRYPTO] dm-crypt: Select CRYPTO_CBCHerbert Xu
As CBC is the default chaining method for cryptoloop, we should select it from cryptoloop to ease the transition. Spotted by Rene Herman. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-10[PATCH] add MODULE_* attributes to bit reversal libraryCal Peake
Add MODULE_* attributes to the new bit reversal library. Most notably MODULE_LICENSE which prevents superfluous kernel tainting. Signed-off-by: Cal Peake <cp@absolutedigital.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-10Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6: [SPARC64]: Fix several kprobes bugs. [SPARC64]: Update defconfig. [SPARC64]: dma remove extra brackets [SPARC{32,64}]: Propagate ptrace_traceme() return value. [SPARC64]: Replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc [SPARC]: Check kzalloc() return value in SUN4D irq/iommu init. [SPARC]: Replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc [SPARC64]: Run ctrl-alt-del action for sun4v powerdown request. [SPARC64]: Unaligned accesses to userspace are hard errors. [SPARC64]: Call do_mathemu on illegal instruction traps too. [SPARC64]: Update defconfig. [SPARC64]: Add irqtrace/stacktrace/lockdep support.
2006-12-10Merge branch 'master' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb * 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (132 commits) V4L/DVB 4949b: Fix container_of pointer retreival V4L/DVB (4949a): Fix INIT_WORK V4L/DVB (4949): Cxusb: codingstyle cleanups V4L/DVB (4948): Cxusb: Convert tuner functions to use dvb_pll_attach V4L/DVB (4947): Cx88: trivial cleanups V4L/DVB (4946): Cx88: Move cx88_dvb_bus_ctrl out of the card-specific area V4L/DVB (4945): Cx88: consolidate cx22702_config structs V4L/DVB (4944): Cx88: Convert DViCO FusionHDTV Hybrid to use dvb_pll_attach V4L/DVB (4943): Cx88: cleanup dvb_pll_attach for lgdt3302 tuners V4L/DVB (4953): Usbvision minor fixes V4L/DVB (4951): Add version.h, since it is required for VIDIOC_QUERYCAP V4L/DVB (4940): Or51211: Changed SNR and signal strength calculations V4L/DVB (4939): Or51132: Changed SNR and signal strength reporting V4L/DVB (4938): Cx88: Convert lgdt3302 tuning function to use dvb_pll_attach V4L/DVB (4941): Remove LINUX_VERSION_CODE and fix identations V4L/DVB (4942): Whitespace cleanups V4L/DVB (4937): Usbvision cleanup and code reorganization V4L/DVB (4936): Make MT4049FM5 tuner to set FM Gain to Normal V4L/DVB (4935): Added the capability of selecting fm gain by tuner V4L/DVB (4934): Usbvision radio requires GainNormal at e register ...
2006-12-10[PATCH] kvm: userspace interfaceAvi Kivity
web site: http://kvm.sourceforge.net mailing list: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel) The following patchset adds a driver for Intel's hardware virtualization extensions to the x86 architecture. The driver adds a character device (/dev/kvm) that exposes the virtualization capabilities to userspace. Using this driver, a process can run a virtual machine (a "guest") in a fully virtualized PC containing its own virtual hard disks, network adapters, and display. Using this driver, one can start multiple virtual machines on a host. Each virtual machine is a process on the host; a virtual cpu is a thread in that process. kill(1), nice(1), top(1) work as expected. In effect, the driver adds a third execution mode to the existing two: we now have kernel mode, user mode, and guest mode. Guest mode has its own address space mapping guest physical memory (which is accessible to user mode by mmap()ing /dev/kvm). Guest mode has no access to any I/O devices; any such access is intercepted and directed to user mode for emulation. The driver supports i386 and x86_64 hosts and guests. All combinations are allowed except x86_64 guest on i386 host. For i386 guests and hosts, both pae and non-pae paging modes are supported. SMP hosts and UP guests are supported. At the moment only Intel hardware is supported, but AMD virtualization support is being worked on. Performance currently is non-stellar due to the naive implementation of the mmu virtualization, which throws away most of the shadow page table entries every context switch. We plan to address this in two ways: - cache shadow page tables across tlb flushes - wait until AMD and Intel release processors with nested page tables Currently a virtual desktop is responsive but consumes a lot of CPU. Under Windows I tried playing pinball and watching a few flash movies; with a recent CPU one can hardly feel the virtualization. Linux/X is slower, probably due to X being in a separate process. In addition to the driver, you need a slightly modified qemu to provide I/O device emulation and the BIOS. Caveats (akpm: might no longer be true): - The Windows install currently bluescreens due to a problem with the virtual APIC. We are working on a fix. A temporary workaround is to use an existing image or install through qemu - Windows 64-bit does not work. That's also true for qemu, so it's probably a problem with the device model. [bero@arklinux.org: build fix] [simon.kagstrom@bth.se: build fix, other fixes] [uril@qumranet.com: KVM: Expose interrupt bitmap] [akpm@osdl.org: i386 build fix] [mingo@elte.hu: i386 fixes] [rdreier@cisco.com: add log levels to all printks] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: Fix sparse NULL and C99 struct init warnings] [anthony@codemonkey.ws: KVM: AMD SVM: 32-bit host support] Signed-off-by: Yaniv Kamay <yaniv@qumranet.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com> Cc: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@bth.se> Cc: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@arklinux.org> Signed-off-by: Uri Lublin <uril@qumranet.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-10[PATCH] clocksource: small cleanupDaniel Walker
Mostly changing alignment. Just some general cleanup. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-10[PATCH] clocksource: add usage of CONFIG_SYSFSDaniel Walker
Simply adds some ifdefs to remove clocksoure sysfs code when CONFIG_SYSFS isn't turn on. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-10[PATCH] user of the jiffies rounding patch: SlabArjan van de Ven
This patch introduces users of the round_jiffies() function in the slab code. The slab code has a few "run every second" timers for background work; these are obviously not timing critical as long as they happen roughly at the right frequency. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-10[PATCH] user of the jiffies rounding code: JBDArjan van de Ven
This patch introduces a user: of the round_jiffies() function; the "5 second" ext3/jbd wakeup. While "every 5 seconds" doesn't sound as a problem, there can be many of these (and these timers do add up over all the kernel). The "5 second" wakeup isn't really timing sensitive; in addition even with rounding it'll still happen every 5 seconds (with the exception of the very first time, which is likely to be rounded up to somewhere closer to 6 seconds) Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-10[PATCH] round_jiffies infrastructureArjan van de Ven
Introduce a round_jiffies() function as well as a round_jiffies_relative() function. These functions round a jiffies value to the next whole second. The primary purpose of this rounding is to cause all "we don't care exactly when" timers to happen at the same jiffy. This avoids multiple timers firing within the second for no real reason; with dynamic ticks these extra timers cause wakeups from deep sleep CPU sleep states and thus waste power. The exact wakeup moment is skewed by the cpu number, to avoid all cpus from waking up at the exact same time (and hitting the same lock/cachelines there) [akpm@osdl.org: fix variable type] Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>