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2009-08-19ieee802154: document the skb->cb usage clearly.Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
2009-08-19AFS: Documentation updatesAnton Blanchard
Fix some issues with the AFS documentation, found when testing AFS on ppc64: - Update AFS features: reading/writing, local caching - Typo in kafs sysfs debug file - Use modprobe instead of insmod in example - Update IPs for grand.central.org Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-18mm: revert "oom: move oom_adj value"KOSAKI Motohiro
The commit 2ff05b2b (oom: move oom_adj value) moveed the oom_adj value to the mm_struct. It was a very good first step for sanitize OOM. However Paul Menage reported the commit makes regression to his job scheduler. Current OOM logic can kill OOM_DISABLED process. Why? His program has the code of similar to the following. ... set_oom_adj(OOM_DISABLE); /* The job scheduler never killed by oom */ ... if (vfork() == 0) { set_oom_adj(0); /* Invoked child can be killed */ execve("foo-bar-cmd"); } .... vfork() parent and child are shared the same mm_struct. then above set_oom_adj(0) doesn't only change oom_adj for vfork() child, it's also change oom_adj for vfork() parent. Then, vfork() parent (job scheduler) lost OOM immune and it was killed. Actually, fork-setting-exec idiom is very frequently used in userland program. We must not break this assumption. Then, this patch revert commit 2ff05b2b and related commit. Reverted commit list --------------------- - commit 2ff05b2b4e (oom: move oom_adj value from task_struct to mm_struct) - commit 4d8b9135c3 (oom: avoid unnecessary mm locking and scanning for OOM_DISABLE) - commit 8123681022 (oom: only oom kill exiting tasks with attached memory) - commit 933b787b57 (mm: copy over oom_adj value at fork time) Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-179p: update documentation pointersEric Van Hensbergen
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2009-08-17Merge branch 'next-s3c' of git://aeryn.fluff.org.uk/bjdooks/linux into ↵Russell King
devel-stable
2009-08-17GFS2: Add a document explaining GFS2's ueventsSteven Whitehouse
This will be essential reading for anybody who wants to understand how GFS2 interacts with the userland gfs_controld, and the details of recovery. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
2009-08-15Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc6' into core/rcuIngo Molnar
Merge reason: the branch was on pre-rc1 .30, update to latest. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-14percpu: kill lpage first chunk allocatorTejun Heo
With x86 converted to embedding allocator, lpage doesn't have any user left. Kill it along with cpa handling code. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
2009-08-14percpu: generalize first chunk allocator selectionTejun Heo
Now that all first chunk allocators are in mm/percpu.c, it makes sense to make generalize percpu_alloc kernel parameter. Define PCPU_FC_* and set pcpu_chosen_fc using early_param() in mm/percpu.c. Arch code can use the set value to determine which first chunk allocator to use. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-08-14percpu: rename 4k first chunk allocator to pageTejun Heo
Page size isn't always 4k depending on arch and configuration. Rename 4k first chunk allocator to page. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2009-08-13V4L/DVB (12402): em28xx: fix: some em2710 chips use a different vendor IDMauro Carvalho Chehab
Thanks to hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@arcor.de> for pointing this new variation. Tested-by: hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-08-13V4L/DVB (12391): saa7134: Use correct product name for Hauppauge ↵Michael Krufky
WinTV-HVR1120 DVB-T/Hybrid Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-08-13V4L/DVB (12390): saa7134: Use correct product name for Hauppauge ↵Michael Krufky
WinTV-HVR1150 ATSC/QAM-Hybrid Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-08-12documentation: fix wrt. headers renameDmitry Baryshkov
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-08-12Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: arch/microblaze/include/asm/socket.h
2009-08-12Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: document libata's ignore_hpa optionMichael Prokop
By default the kernel honors the HPA (host protected area) of hard drives. Using libata's ignore_hpa module option it's possible to change this behaviour. Document usage and options of libata.ignore_hpa in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2009-08-11Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c We use the tracing/core version. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-10documentation: register ioctl entry of nilfs2Ryusuke Konishi
This will register the ioctl range used by nilfs2 file system to the table listed in Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-10sound: make OSS device number claiming optional and schedule its removalTejun Heo
If any OSS support is enabled, regardless of built-in or module, sound_core claims full OSS major number (that is, the old 0-255 region) to trap open attempts and request sound modules using custom module aliases. This feature is redundant as chrdev already has such mechanism. This preemptive claiming prevents alternative OSS implementation. The custom module aliases are scheduled to be removed and the previous patch made soundcore emit the standard chrdev aliases too to help transition. This patch schedule the feature for removal in a year and makes it optional so that developers and distros can try new things in the meantime without rebuilding the kernel. The pre-claiming can be turned off by using SOUND_OSS_CORE_PRECLAIM and/or kernel parameter soundcore.preclaim_oss. As this allows sound minors to be individually grabbed by other users, this patch updates sound_insert_unit() such that if registering individual device region fails, it tries the next available slot. For details on removal plan, please read the entry added by this patch in feature-removal-schedule.txt . Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove redirecting header filesJan Engelhardt
When IPv4 and IPv6 matches were unified approx. 3.5 years ago, they received new header filenames (e.g. xt_CLASSIFY.h). Let's remove the old ones now. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_mark v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_mark v1 (v2.6.24-2922-g17b0d7e). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_iprange v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_iprange v1 (v2.6.24-2928-g1a50c5a1). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_conntrack v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_conntrack v1 (v2.6.24-2921-g64eb12f). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_connmark v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_connmark v1 (v2.6.24-2919-g96e3227). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_MARK v0, v1Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_MARK v2 (v2.6.24-2918-ge0a812a). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_CONNMARK v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_CONNMARK v1 (v2.6.24-2917-g0dc8c76). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_TOS v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_TOS v1 (v2.6.24-2396-g5c350e5). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-09Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus-2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-fixes-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: lockdep: Fix typos in documentation lockdep: Fix file mode of lock_stat rtmutex: Avoid deadlock in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock()
2009-08-09SUNRPC: convert some sysctls into module parametersTrond Myklebust
Parameters like the minimum reserved port, and the number of slot entries should really be module parameters rather than sysctls. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2009-08-07Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (30 commits) ARM: 5639/1: arm: clkdev.c should include <linux/clk.h> ARM: 5638/1: arch/arm/kernel/signal.c: use correct address space for CRUNCH ARM: 5637/1: [KS8695] Don't reference CLOCK_TICK_RATE in drivers ARM: S3C64XX: serial: Fix section mismatch warning ARM: S3C24XX: serial: Fix section mismatch warnings ARM: S3C: PWM fix for low duty cycle ARM: 5597/1: [PCI] reset all internal hardware prior PCI initialization ARM: 5627/1: Fix restoring of lr at the end of mcount ARM: 5624/1: Document cache aliasing region S3C64XX: Fix ARMCLK configuration S3C64XX: Fix get_rate() for ARMCLK S3C24XX: GPIO: Fix pin range check in s3c_gpiolib_getchip mx3 defconfig update mx27 defconfig update ARM: 5623/1: Treo680: ir shutdown typo fix ARM: includecheck fix: plat-stmp3xxx/pinmux.c ARM: includecheck fix: plat-s3c64xx/pm.c ARM: includecheck fix: mach-omap2/mcbsp.c ARM: includecheck fix: mach-omap1/mcbsp.c ARM: includecheck fix: board-sffsdr.c ...
2009-08-07lockdep: Fix typos in documentationLi Zefan
s/head/held Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <4A7BD37E.9060806@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-04Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: Make SCSI SG v4 driver enabled by default and remove EXPERIMENTAL dependency, since udev depends on BSG block: Update topology documentation block: Stack optimal I/O size block: Add a wrapper for setting minimum request size without a queue block: Make blk_queue_stack_limits use the new stacking interface
2009-08-04Merge 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: (47 commits) ehea: Fix napi list corruption on ifconfig down igbvf: Allow VF driver to correctly recognize failure to set mac 3c59x: Fix build failure with gcc 3.2 sky2: Avoid transmits during sky2_down() iwlagn: do not send key clear commands when rfkill enabled libertas: Read buffer overflow drivers/net/wireless: introduce missing kfree drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi: introduce missing kfree zd1211rw: fix unaligned access in zd_mac_rx cfg80211: fix regression on beacon world roaming feature cfg80211: add two missing NULL pointer checks ixgbe: Patch to modify 82598 PCIe completion timeout values bluetooth: rfcomm_init bug fix mlx4_en: Fix double pci unmapping. mISDN: Fix handling of receive buffer size in L1oIP pcnet32: VLB support fixes pcnet32: remove superfluous NULL pointer check in pcnet32_probe1() net: restore the original spinlock to protect unicast list netxen: fix coherent dma mask setting mISDN: Read buffer overflow ...
2009-08-01thinkpad-acpi: remove dock and bay subdriversHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
The standard ACPI dock driver can handle the hotplug bays and docks of the ThinkPads just fine (including batteries) as of 2.6.27, and the code in thinkpad-acpi for the dock and bay subdrivers is currently broken anyway... Userspace needs some love to support the two-stage ejection nicely, but it is simple enough to do through udev rules (you don't even need HAL) so this wouldn't justify fixing the dock and bay subdrivers, either. That leaves warm-swap bays (_EJ3) support for thinkpad-acpi, as well as support for the weird dock of the model 570, but since such support has never left the "experimental" stage, it is also not a strong enough reason to find a way to fix this code. Users of ThinkPads with warm-swap bays are urged to request that _EJ3 support be added to the regular ACPI dock driver, if such feature is indeed useful for them. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-08-01block: Update topology documentationMartin K. Petersen
Update topology comments and sysfs documentation based upon discussions with Neil Brown. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-07-30Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.h drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
2009-07-30ARM: S3C: CPUFREQ: Add documentation for systemBen Dooks
Add documentation for the S3C24XX style CPUFREQ driver. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
2009-07-30docbook: fix printk of ip addressTobias Klauser
Use the %pI4 format string instead of %d.%d.%d.%d and NIPQUAD. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-07-30Merge branch 'topic/hda-cirrus' into topic/hdaTakashi Iwai
2009-07-30Merge branch 's3c-fixes-rc4' of git://aeryn.fluff.org.uk/bjdooks/linuxRussell King
2009-07-30ARM: 5624/1: Document cache aliasing regionLinus Walleij
Augment the memory.txt file for ARM to list the cache aliasing region ffff4000-fffffff. Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2009-07-30lguest and virtio: cleanup struct definitions to Linux style.Rusty Russell
I've been doing this for years, and akpm picked me up on it about 12 months ago. lguest partly serves as example code, so let's do it Right. Also, remove two unused fields in struct vblk_info in the example launcher. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
2009-07-30lguest: update commentryRusty Russell
Every so often, after code shuffles, I need to go through and unbitrot the Lguest Journey (see drivers/lguest/README). Since we now use RCU in a simple form in one place I took the opportunity to expand that explanation. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2009-07-30lguest: fix comment styleRusty Russell
I don't really notice it (except to begrudge the extra vertical space), but Ingo does. And he pointed out that one excuse of lguest is as a teaching tool, it should set a good example. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
2009-07-30lguest: fix descriptor corruption in example launcherRusty Russell
1d589bb16b825b3a7b4edd34d997f1f1f953033d "Add serial number support for virtio_blk, V4a" extended 'struct virtio_blk_config' to 536 bytes. Lguest and S/390 both use an 8 bit value for the feature length, and this change broke them (if the code is naive). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: John Cooper <john.cooper@redhat.com> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
2009-07-29sysrq, kdump: make sysrq-c consistentHidetoshi Seto
commit d6580a9f15238b87e618310c862231ae3f352d2d ("kexec: sysrq: simplify sysrq-c handler") changed the behavior of sysrq-c to unconditional dereference of NULL pointer. So in cases with CONFIG_KEXEC, where crash_kexec() was directly called from sysrq-c before, now it can be said that a step of "real oops" was inserted before starting kdump. However, in contrast to oops via SysRq-c from keyboard which results in panic due to in_interrupt(), oops via "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger" will not become panic unless panic_on_oops=1. It means that even if dump is properly configured to be taken on panic, the sysrq-c from proc interface might not start crashdump while the sysrq-c from keyboard can start crashdump. This confuses traditional users of kdump, i.e. people who expect sysrq-c to do common behavior in both of the keyboard and proc interface. This patch brings the keyboard and proc interface behavior of sysrq-c in line, by forcing panic_on_oops=1 before oops in sysrq-c handler. And some updates in documentation are included, to clarify that there is no longer dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC, and that now the system can just crash by sysrq-c if no dump mechanism is configured. Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Cc: Brayan Arraes <brayan@yack.com.br> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-07-28driver core: documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optionalLucian Adrian Grijincu
The original text suggested that sysfs is mandatory and always compiled in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-07-28ALSA: hda - Reword information messages for BIOS auto-probing modeTakashi Iwai
The sentense "Unknown model for xxx, ..." makes people too nervous and drives them to a direction to a wrong "fix" by giving any mismatching model option. Let's rephrase the messages to be more nice and easy (at least that won't make people suspect conspiracies). Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-07-27Merge 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 - Fix mute control with some ALC262 models ALSA: snd_usb_caiaq: add support for Audio2DJ ALSA: pcm - Fix hwptr buffer-size overlap bug ALSA: pcm - Fix warnings in debug loggings ALSA: pcm - Add logging of hwptr updates and interrupt updates ASoC: tlv320aic3x: Enable PLL when not bypassed ALSA: hda - Restore GPIO1 properly at resume with AD1984A ALSA: ctxfi - Fix uninitialized error checks ALSA: hda - Use snprintf() to be safer ALSA: usb-audio - Volume control quirk for QuickCam E 3500 ALSA: pcm - Fix regressions with VMware
2009-07-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lowpan/lowpan