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2009-03-28i2c-piix4: Add support for the Broadcom HT1100 chipsetFlavio Leitner
Add support for the Broadcom HT1100 LD chipset (SMBus function.) Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-03-28i2c-nforce2: Add support for MCP67, MCP73, MCP78S and MCP79Jean Delvare
The MCP78S and MCP79 appear to be compatible with the previous nForce chips as far as the SMBus controller is concerned. The MCP67 and MCP73 were not tested yet but I'd be very surprised if they weren't compatible too. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Oleg Ryjkov <olegr@olegr.ca> Cc: Malcolm Lalkaka <mlalkaka@gmail.com> Cc: Zbigniew Luszpinski <zbiggy@o2.pl>
2009-03-28i2c: Let checkpatch shout on users of the legacy modelJean Delvare
As suggested by Mauro Carvalho Chehab. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2009-03-28i2c: Document the different ways to instantiate i2c devicesJean Delvare
On popular demand, here comes some documentation about how to instantiate i2c devices in the new (standard) i2c device driver binding model. I have also clarified how the class bitfield lets driver authors control which buses are probed in the auto-detect case, and warned more loudly against the abuse of this method. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Michael Lawnick <nospam_lawnick@gmx.de> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
2009-03-27cfg80211: default CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY to nLuis R. Rodriguez
And update description and feature-removal schedule according to the new plan. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27mac80211: add beacon filtering supportKalle Valo
Add IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING flag so that driver inform that it supports beacon filtering. Drivers need to call the new function ieee80211_beacon_loss() to notify about beacon loss. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-27cfg80211: make regdom module parameter available oustide of OLD_REGLuis R. Rodriguez
It seems a few users are using this module parameter although its not recommended. People are finding it useful despite there being utilities for setting this in userspace. I'm not aware of any distribution using this though. Until userspace and distributions catch up with a default userspace automatic replacement (GeoClue integration would be nirvana) we copy the ieee80211_regdom module parameter from OLD_REG to the new reg code to help these users migrate. Users who are using the non-valid ISO / IEC 3166 alpha "EU" in their ieee80211_regdom module parameter and migrate to non-OLD_REG enabled system will world roam. This also schedules removal of this same ieee80211_regdom module parameter circa March 2010. Hope is by then nirvana is reached and users will abandoned the module parameter completely. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-03-26Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: Rationalize fasync return values Move FASYNC bit handling to f_op->fasync() Use f_lock to protect f_flags Rename struct file->f_ep_lock
2009-03-26Merge branch 'irq-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (32 commits) x86: disable __do_IRQ support sparseirq, powerpc/cell: fix unused variable warning in interrupt.c genirq: deprecate obsolete typedefs and defines genirq: deprecate __do_IRQ genirq: add doc to struct irqaction genirq: use kzalloc instead of explicit zero initialization genirq: make irqreturn_t an enum genirq: remove redundant if condition genirq: remove unused hw_irq_controller typedef irq: export remove_irq() and setup_irq() symbols irq: match remove_irq() args with setup_irq() irq: add remove_irq() for freeing of setup_irq() irqs genirq: assert that irq handlers are indeed running in hardirq context irq: name 'p' variables a bit better irq: further clean up the free_irq() code flow irq: refactor and clean up the free_irq() code flow irq: clean up manage.c irq: use GFP_KERNEL for action allocation in request_irq() kernel/irq: fix sparse warning: make symbol static irq: optimize init_kstat_irqs/init_copy_kstat_irqs ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (26 commits) posix timers: fix RLIMIT_CPU && fork() time: ntp: fix bug in ntp_update_offset() & do_adjtimex(), fix time: ntp: clean up second_overflow() time: ntp: simplify ntp_tick_adj calculations time: ntp: make 64-bit constants more robust time: ntp: refactor do_adjtimex() some more time: ntp: refactor do_adjtimex() time: ntp: fix bug in ntp_update_offset() & do_adjtimex() time: ntp: micro-optimize ntp_update_offset() time: ntp: simplify ntp_update_offset_fll() time: ntp: refactor and clean up ntp_update_offset() time: ntp: refactor up ntp_update_frequency() time: ntp: clean up ntp_update_frequency() time: ntp: simplify the MAX_TICKADJ_SCALED definition time: ntp: simplify the second_overflow() code flow time: ntp: clean up kernel/time/ntp.c x86: hpet: stop HPET_COUNTER when programming periodic mode x86: hpet: provide separate functions to stop and start the counter x86: hpet: print HPET registers during setup (if hpet=verbose is used) time: apply NTP frequency/tick changes immediately ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'sched-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (46 commits) sched: Add comments to find_busiest_group() function sched: Refactor the power savings balance code sched: Optimize the !power_savings_balance during fbg() sched: Create a helper function to calculate imbalance sched: Create helper to calculate small_imbalance in fbg() sched: Create a helper function to calculate sched_domain stats for fbg() sched: Define structure to store the sched_domain statistics for fbg() sched: Create a helper function to calculate sched_group stats for fbg() sched: Define structure to store the sched_group statistics for fbg() sched: Fix indentations in find_busiest_group() using gotos sched: Simple helper functions for find_busiest_group() sched: remove unused fields from struct rq sched: jiffies not printed per CPU sched: small optimisation of can_migrate_task() sched: fix typos in documentation sched: add avg_overlap decay x86, sched_clock(): mark variables read-mostly sched: optimize ttwu vs group scheduling sched: TIF_NEED_RESCHED -> need_reshed() cleanup sched: don't rebalance if attached on NULL domain ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: (81 commits) [S390] remove duplicated #includes [S390] cpumask: use mm_cpumask() wrapper [S390] cpumask: Use accessors code. [S390] cpumask: prepare for iterators to only go to nr_cpu_ids/nr_cpumask_bits. [S390] cpumask: remove cpu_coregroup_map [S390] fix clock comparator save area usage [S390] Add hwcap flag for the etf3 enhancement facility [S390] Ensure that ipl panic notifier is called late. [S390] fix dfp elf hwcap/facility bit detection [S390] smp: perform initial cpu reset before starting a cpu [S390] smp: fix memory leak on __cpu_up [S390] ipl: Improve checking logic and remove switch defaults. [S390] s390dbf: Remove needless check for NULL pointer. [S390] s390dbf: Remove redundant initilizations. [S390] use kzfree() [S390] BUG to BUG_ON changes [S390] zfcpdump: Prevent zcore from beeing built as a kernel module. [S390] Use csum_partial in checksum.h [S390] cleanup lowcore.h [S390] eliminate ipl_device from lowcore ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'for-2.6.30' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.30' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: Get rid of pdflush_operation() in emergency sync and remount btrfs: get rid of current_is_pdflush() in btrfs_btree_balance_dirty Move the default_backing_dev_info out of readahead.c and into backing-dev.c block: Repeated lines in switching-sched.txt bsg: Remove bogus check against request_queue->max_sectors block: WARN in __blk_put_request() for potential bio leak loop: fix circular locking in loop_clr_fd() loop: support barrier writes bsg: add support for tail queuing cpqarray: enable bus mastering block: genhd.h cleanup patch block: add private bio_set for bio integrity allocations block: genhd.h comment needs updating block: get rid of unused blkdev_free_rq() define block: remove various blk_queue_*() setting functions in blk_init_queue_node() cciss: add BUILD_BUG_ON() for catching bad CommandList_struct alignment block: don't create bio_vec slabs of less than the inline number block: cleanup bio_alloc_bioset()
2009-03-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1750 commits) ixgbe: Allow Priority Flow Control settings to survive a device reset net: core: remove unneeded include in net/core/utils.c. e1000e: update version number e1000e: fix close interrupt race e1000e: fix loss of multicast packets e1000e: commonize tx cleanup routine to match e1000 & igb netfilter: fix nf_logger name in ebt_ulog. netfilter: fix warning in ebt_ulog init function. netfilter: fix warning about invalid const usage e1000: fix close race with interrupt e1000: cleanup clean_tx_irq routine so that it completely cleans ring e1000: fix tx hang detect logic and address dma mapping issues bridge: bad error handling when adding invalid ether address bonding: select current active slave when enslaving device for mode tlb and alb gianfar: reallocate skb when headroom is not enough for fcb Bump release date to 25Mar2009 and version to 0.22 r6040: Fix second PHY address qeth: fix wait_event_timeout handling qeth: check for completion of a running recovery qeth: unregister MAC addresses during recovery. ... Manually fixed up conflicts in: drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c
2009-03-26dontdiff: Fix asm excludeAlan Cox
Now that the headers are in arch/foo/include/asm we don't want to exclude them when preparing diff files. Closes-bug: 12921 Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-26Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
Conflicts: drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb-notif.c
2009-03-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (97 commits) USB: qcserial: add device id for HP devices USB: isp1760: Add a delay before reading the SKIPMAP registers in isp1760-hcd.c USB: allow malformed LANGID descriptors USB: pxa27x_udc: typo fixes and code cleanups USB: gadget: gadget zero uses new suspend/resume hooks USB: gadget: composite device-level suspend/resume hooks USB: r8a66597-hcd: suspend/resume support USB: more u32 conversion after transfer_buffer_length and actual_length USB: Fix cp2101 USB serial device driver termios functions for console use USB: CP2101 New Device ID USB: ipaq: handle 4 endpoint devices USB: S3C: Move usb-control.h to platform include USB: ohci-hcd: Add ARCH_S3C24XX to the ohci-s3c2410.c glue USB: pedantic: spelling correction in comment for ch9.h USB: host: fix sparse warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer USB: ohci-s3c2410: fix name of bus clock USB: ohci-s3c2410: remove <mach/hardware.h> include USB: serial: rename cp2101 driver to cp210x USB: CP2101 Reduce Error Logging USB: CP2101 Support AN205 baud rates ...
2009-03-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (61 commits) Dynamic debug: fix pr_fmt() build error Dynamic debug: allow simple quoting of words dynamic debug: update docs dynamic debug: combine dprintk and dynamic printk sysfs: fix some bin_vm_ops errors kobject: don't block for each kobject_uevent sysfs: only allow one scheduled removal callback per kobj Driver core: Fix device_move() vs. dpm list ordering, v2 Driver core: some cleanup on drivers/base/sys.c Driver core: implement uevent suppress in kobject vcs: hook sysfs devices into object lifetime instead of "binding" driver core: fix passing platform_data driver core: move platform_data into platform_device sysfs: don't block indefinitely for unmapped files. driver core: move knode_bus into private structure driver core: move knode_driver into private structure driver core: move klist_children into private structure driver core: create a private portion of struct device driver core: remove polling for driver_probe_done(v5) sysfs: reference sysfs_dirent from sysfs inodes ... Fixed conflicts in drivers/sh/maple/maple.c manually
2009-03-26Merge 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: (430 commits) ALSA: hda - Add quirk for Acer Ferrari 5000 ALSA: hda - Use cached calls to get widget caps and pin caps ALSA: hda - Don't create empty/single-item input source ALSA: hda - Fix the wrong pin-cap check in patch_realtek.c ALSA: hda - Cache pin-cap values ALSA: hda - Avoid output amp manipulation to digital mic pins ALSA: hda - Add function id to proc output ALSA: pcm - Safer boundary checks ALSA: hda - Detect digital-mic inputs on ALC663 / ALC272 ALSA: sound/ali5451: typo: s/resouces/resources/ ALSA: hda - Don't show the current connection for power widgets ALSA: Fix wrong pointer to dev_err() in arm/pxa2xx-ac97-lib.c ASoC: Declare Headset as Mic and Headphone widgets for SDP3430 ASoC: OMAP: N810: Add more jack functions ASoC: OMAP: N810: Mark not connected input pins ASoC: Add FLL support for WM8400 ALSA: hda - Don't reset stream at each prepare callback ALSA: hda - Don't reset BDL unnecessarily ALSA: pcm - Fix delta calculation at boundary overlap ALSA: pcm - Reset invalid position even without debug option ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq: (35 commits) [CPUFREQ] Prevent p4-clockmod from auto-binding to the ondemand governor. [CPUFREQ] Make cpufreq-nforce2 less obnoxious [CPUFREQ] p4-clockmod reports wrong frequency. [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: Use a common exit path. [CPUFREQ] Change link order of x86 cpufreq modules [CPUFREQ] conservative: remove 10x from def_sampling_rate [CPUFREQ] conservative: fixup governor to function more like ondemand logic [CPUFREQ] conservative: fix dbs_cpufreq_notifier so freq is not locked [CPUFREQ] conservative: amend author's email address [CPUFREQ] Use swap() in longhaul.c [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for acpi-cpufreq [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: Only print error message once, not per core. [CPUFREQ] ondemand/conservative: sanitize sampling_rate restrictions [CPUFREQ] ondemand/conservative: deprecate sampling_rate{min,max} [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: Always compile powernow-k8 driver with ACPI support [CPUFREQ] Introduce /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/cpuinfo_transition_latency [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for powernow-k8 [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for ondemand governor. [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for powernow-k7 [CPUFREQ] checkpatch cleanups for speedstep related drivers. ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'timers/hpet' into timers/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-26[S390] hvc_iucv: Provide IUCV z/VM user ID filteringHendrik Brueckner
This patch introduces the kernel parameter hvc_iucv_allow= that specifies a comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs. If specified, the z/VM IUCV hypervisor console device driver accepts IUCV connections from listed z/VM user IDs only. Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-03-26block: Repeated lines in switching-sched.txtAvishay Traeger
These lines appear in this file twice - removed one occurrence. Signed-off-by: Avishay Traeger <avishay@il.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-03-25Merge branch 'sched/cleanups'; commit 'v2.6.29' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-24Dynamic debug: allow simple quoting of wordsGreg Banks
Allow simple quoting of words in the dynamic debug control language. This allows more natural specification when using the control language to match against printk formats, e.g #echo -n 'format "Setting node for non-present cpu" +p' > /mnt/debugfs/dynamic_debug/control instead of #echo -n 'format Setting\040node\040for\040non-present\040cpu +p' > /mnt/debugfs/dynamic_debug/control Adjust the dynamic debug documention to describe that and provide a new example. Adjust the existing examples in the documentation to reflect the current whitespace escaping behaviour when reading the control file. Fix some minor documentation trailing whitespace. Signed-off-by: Greg Banks <gnb@melbourne.sgi.com> Acked-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24dynamic debug: update docsJason Baron
updates the documentation for 'dynamic debug' feature. Signed-off-by: Greg Banks <gnb@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24dynamic debug: combine dprintk and dynamic printkJason Baron
This patch combines Greg Bank's dprintk() work with the existing dynamic printk patchset, we are now calling it 'dynamic debug'. The new feature of this patchset is a richer /debugfs control file interface, (an example output from my system is at the bottom), which allows fined grained control over the the debug output. The output can be controlled by function, file, module, format string, and line number. for example, enabled all debug messages in module 'nf_conntrack': echo -n 'module nf_conntrack +p' > /mnt/debugfs/dynamic_debug/control to disable them: echo -n 'module nf_conntrack -p' > /mnt/debugfs/dynamic_debug/control A further explanation can be found in the documentation patch. Signed-off-by: Greg Banks <gnb@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24UIO: Add name attributes for mappings and port regionsHans J. Koch
If a UIO device has several memory mappings, it can be difficult for userspace to find the right one. The situation becomes even worse if the UIO driver can handle different versions of a card that have different numbers of mappings. Benedikt Spranger has such cards and pointed this out to me. Thanks, Bene! To address this problem, this patch adds "name" sysfs attributes for each mapping. Userspace can use these to clearly identify each mapping. The name string is optional. If a driver doesn't set it, an empty string will be returned, so this patch won't break existing drivers. The same problem exists for port region information, so a "name" attribute is added there, too. Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24USB: usbmon: Add binary API v1Pete Zaitcev
This patch adds an extension to the binary API so it reaches parity with existing text API (so-called "1u"). The extension delivers additional data, such as ISO descriptors and the interrupt interval. Signed-Off-By: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/oxygen' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/oss-fix' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/msnd' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/hda' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/docbook-fix' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/cs423x-merge' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/asoc' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/vmaster-update' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/jack' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-24Merge branch 'topic/snd_card_new-err' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2009-03-23trivial: fix orphan dates in ext2 documentationJody McIntyre
Revert the change to the orphan dates of Windows 95, DOS, compression. Add a new orphan date for OS/2. Signed-off-by: Jody McIntyre <scjody@sun.com> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-23Merge 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: (32 commits) ucc_geth: Fix oops when using fixed-link support dm9000: locking bugfix net: update dnet.c for bus_id removal dnet: DNET should depend on HAS_IOMEM dca: add missing copyright/license headers nl80211: Check that function pointer != NULL before using it sungem: missing net_device_ops be2net: fix to restore vlan ids into BE2 during a IF DOWN->UP cycle be2net: replenish when posting to rx-queue is starved in out of mem conditions bas_gigaset: correctly allocate USB interrupt transfer buffer smsc911x: reset last known duplex and carrier on open sh_eth: Fix mistake of the address of SH7763 sh_eth: Change handling of IRQ netns: oops in ip[6]_frag_reasm incrementing stats net: kfree(napi->skb) => kfree_skb net: fix sctp breakage ipv6: fix display of local and remote sit endpoints net: Document /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_budget tulip: fix crash on iface up with shirq debug virtio_net: Make virtio_net support carrier detection ...
2009-03-23Merge branches 'irq/sparseirq' and 'linus' into irq/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-20Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/virtio_net.c
2009-03-18net: Document /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_budgetStanislaw Gruszka
The NAPI poll parameter netdev_budget is not documented in kernel-docs. Since it may have a substantial effect on at least some network loads, it should be. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-03-18ipv6: Fix incorrect disable_ipv6 behaviorBrian Haley
Fix the behavior of allowing both sysctl and addrconf_dad_failure() to set the disable_ipv6 parameter without any bad side-effects. If DAD fails and accept_dad > 1, we will still set disable_ipv6=1, but then instead of allowing an RA to add an address then immediately fail DAD, we simply don't allow the address to be added in the first place. This also lets the user set this flag and disable all IPv6 addresses on the interface, or on the entire system. Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-03-18Merge branches 'sched/cleanups' and 'linus' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-16linux.conf.au 2009: TuzRusty Russell
Impact: help prevent extinction of species The Tasmanian Devil is a shy iconic Australian creature named for its spine-chilling screech. It is threatened with extinction due to a scientifically interesting but horrific transmissible facial cancer. This one is standing in for Tux for one release using the far less-known Devil Facial Tux Disguise. Save The Tasmanian Devil http://tassiedevil.com.au Signed-off-by: Linux.conf.au Hobart Team <contact@marchsouth.org> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-16Move FASYNC bit handling to f_op->fasync()Jonathan Corbet
Removing the BKL from FASYNC handling ran into the challenge of keeping the setting of the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags atomic with regard to calls to the underlying fasync() function. Andi Kleen suggested moving the handling of that bit into fasync(); this patch does exactly that. As a result, we have a couple of internal API changes: fasync() must now manage the FASYNC bit, and it will be called without the BKL held. As it happens, every fasync() implementation in the kernel with one exception calls fasync_helper(). So, if we make fasync_helper() set the FASYNC bit, we can avoid making any changes to the other fasync() functions - as long as those functions, themselves, have proper locking. Most fasync() implementations do nothing but call fasync_helper() - which has its own lock - so they are easily verified as correct. The BKL had already been pushed down into the rest. The networking code has its own version of fasync_helper(), so that code has been augmented with explicit FASYNC bit handling. Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2009-03-16Merge branches 'irq/genirq' and 'linus' into irq/coreIngo Molnar