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2010-05-11revert "procfs: provide stack information for threads" and its fixup commitsRobin Holt
Originally, commit d899bf7b ("procfs: provide stack information for threads") attempted to introduce a new feature for showing where the threadstack was located and how many pages are being utilized by the stack. Commit c44972f1 ("procfs: disable per-task stack usage on NOMMU") was applied to fix the NO_MMU case. Commit 89240ba0 ("x86, fs: Fix x86 procfs stack information for threads on 64-bit") was applied to fix a bug in ia32 executables being loaded. Commit 9ebd4eba7 ("procfs: fix /proc/<pid>/stat stack pointer for kernel threads") was applied to fix a bug which had kernel threads printing a userland stack address. Commit 1306d603f ('proc: partially revert "procfs: provide stack information for threads"') was then applied to revert the stack pages being used to solve a significant performance regression. This patch nearly undoes the effect of all these patches. The reason for reverting these is it provides an unusable value in field 28. For x86_64, a fork will result in the task->stack_start value being updated to the current user top of stack and not the stack start address. This unpredictability of the stack_start value makes it worthless. That includes the intended use of showing how much stack space a thread has. Other architectures will get different values. As an example, ia64 gets 0. The do_fork() and copy_process() functions appear to treat the stack_start and stack_size parameters as architecture specific. I only partially reverted c44972f1 ("procfs: disable per-task stack usage on NOMMU") . If I had completely reverted it, I would have had to change mm/Makefile only build pagewalk.o when CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR is configured. Since I could not test the builds without significant effort, I decided to not change mm/Makefile. I only partially reverted 89240ba0 ("x86, fs: Fix x86 procfs stack information for threads on 64-bit") . I left the KSTK_ESP() change in place as that seemed worthwhile. Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Cc: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-06V4L/DVB: feature-removal: announce videotext.h removalHans Verkuil
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2010-05-05libata: Fix several inaccuracies in developer's guideSergei Shtylyov
Commit 6bfff31e77cfa1b13490337e5a4dbaa3407e83ac (libata: kill probe_ent and related helpers) killed ata_device_add() but didn't remove references to it from the libata developer's guide. Commits 9363c3825ea9ad76561eb48a395349dd29211ed6 (libata: rename SFF functions) and 5682ed33aae05d10a25c95633ef9d9c062825888 (libata: rename SFF port ops) renamed the taskfile access methods but didn't update the developer's guide. Commit c9f75b04ed5ed65a058d18a8a8dda50632a96de8 (libata: kill ata_noop_dev_select()) didn't update the developer's guide as well. The guide also refers to the long gone ata_pio_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_pio_data_xfer(), and ata_mmio_data_xfer() -- replace those by the modern ata_sff_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_sff_data_xfer(), and ata_sff_data_xfer32(). Also, remove the reference to non-existant ata_port_stop()... Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2010-05-05Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: joydev - allow binding to button-only devices Input: elantech - ignore high bits in the position coordinates Input: elantech - allow forcing Elantech protocol Input: elantech - fix firmware version check Input: ati_remote - add some missing devices from lirc_atiusb Input: eeti_ts - cancel pending work when going to suspend Input: Add support of Synaptics Clickpad device Revert "Input: ALPS - add signature for HP Pavilion dm3 laptops" Input: psmouse - ignore parity error for basic protocols
2010-05-04i2c-core: Erase pointer to clientdata on removalWolfram Sang
After discovering that a lot of i2c-drivers leave the pointer to their clientdata dangling, it was decided to let the core handle this issue. It is assumed that the core may access the private data after remove() as there are no guarantees for the lifetime of such pointers anyhow (see thread starting at http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/21/68) Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-03Input: elantech - ignore high bits in the position coordinatesFlorian Ragwitz
In older versions of the elantech hardware/firmware those bits always were unset, so it didn't actually matter, but newer versions seem to use those high bits for something else, screwing up the coordinates we report to the input layer for those devices. Signed-off-by: Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2010-04-30Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'merge' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: spi: spidev_test gives error upon 1-byte transfer omap2_mcspi: small fixes of output data format omap2_mcspi: Flush posted writes spi: spi_device memory should be released instead of device. spi: release device claimed by bus_find_device_by_name of: check for IS_ERR() serial/mpc52xx_uart: Drop outdated comments gpio: potential null dereference
2010-04-29spi: spidev_test gives error upon 1-byte transferHector Palacios
The sample application spidev_test.c is using SPI_IOC_MESSAGE ioctl to do an SPI transfer. This ioctl returns the number of bytes successfully transmitted or a negative error code upon erroneous completion. The application however is returning an error if the result of the ioclt if the return value is 1. This makes the application to fail upon 1-byte length transfers. Signed-off-by: Hector Palacios <hector.palacios@digi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2010-04-24cgroups: fix procs documentationKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Writing to cgroup.procs is not supported now. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-04-22Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev * 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev: libata: ensure NCQ error result taskfile is fully initialized before returning it via qc->result_tf. libata: fix docs, RE port and device of libata.force ID separated by point pata_pcmcia/ide-cs: add IDs for transcend and kingston cards libata: fix locking around blk_abort_request()
2010-04-22libata: fix docs, RE port and device of libata.force ID separated by pointRoman Fietze
According to libata-core correctly around line 6572: /* parse id */ p = strchr(id, '.'); ... the optional device is separated from the port in the libata.force ID by a point or dot instead of by a colon. Fix documentation to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Roman Fietze <roman.fietze@telemotive.de> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2010-04-22Documentation/HOWTO: update git home URLRandy Dunlap
Update git home page info. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-04-22Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement rewordedStefan Richter
It is a hard requirement to include the upstream commit ID in the changelog of a -stable submission, not just a courtesy to the stable team. This concerns only mail submission though, which is no longer the only way into stable. (Also, fix a double "the".) Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-04-19Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rcu: Make RCU lockdep check the lockdep_recursion variable rcu: Update docs for rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference_protected rcu: Better explain the condition parameter of rcu_dereference_check() rcu: Add rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference_protected
2010-04-15Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86/gart: Disable GART explicitly before initialization dma-debug: Cleanup for copy-loop in filter_write() x86/amd-iommu: Remove obsolete parameter documentation x86/amd-iommu: use for_each_pci_dev Revert "x86: disable IOMMUs on kernel crash" x86/amd-iommu: warn when issuing command to uninitialized cmd buffer x86/amd-iommu: enable iommu before attaching devices x86/amd-iommu: Use helper function to destroy domain x86/amd-iommu: Report errors in acpi parsing functions upstream x86/amd-iommu: Pt mode fix for domain_destroy x86/amd-iommu: Protect IOMMU-API map/unmap path x86/amd-iommu: Remove double NULL check in check_device
2010-04-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: wacom - switch mode upon system resume Revert "Input: wacom - merge out and in prox events" Input: matrix_keypad - allow platform to disable key autorepeat Input: ALPS - add signature for HP Pavilion dm3 laptops Input: i8042 - spelling fix Input: sparse-keymap - implement safer freeing of the keymap Input: update the status of the Multitouch X driver project Input: clarify the no-finger event in multitouch protocol Input: bcm5974 - retract efi-broken suspend_resume Input: sparse-keymap - free the right keymap on error
2010-04-14rcu: Update docs for rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference_protectedPaul E. McKenney
Update examples and lists of APIs to include these new primitives. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: dhowells@redhat.com Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com LKML-Reference: <1270852752-25278-3-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-04-13Merge branch 'iommu/fixes' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu into x86/urgent
2010-04-11Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
2010-04-09Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (34 commits) cfq-iosched: Fix the incorrect timeslice accounting with forced_dispatch loop: Update mtime when writing using aops block: expose the statistics in blkio.time and blkio.sectors for the root cgroup backing-dev: Handle class_create() failure Block: Fix block/elevator.c elevator_get() off-by-one error drbd: lc_element_by_index() never returns NULL cciss: unlock on error path cfq-iosched: Do not merge queues of BE and IDLE classes cfq-iosched: Add additional blktrace log messages in CFQ for easier debugging i2o: Remove the dangerous kobj_to_i2o_device macro block: remove 16 bytes of padding from struct request on 64bits cfq-iosched: fix a kbuild regression block: make CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP visible Remove GENHD_FL_DRIVERFS block: Export max number of segments and max segment size in sysfs block: Finalize conversion of block limits functions block: Fix overrun in lcm() and move it to lib vfs: improve writeback_inodes_wb() paride: fix off-by-one test drbd: fix al-to-on-disk-bitmap for 4k logical_block_size ...
2010-04-07net: corrected documentation for hardware time stampingPatrick Loschmidt
The current documentation for hardware time stamping does not correctly specify the available kernel functions since the implementation was changed later on. Signed-off-by: Patrick Loschmidt <Patrick.Loschmidt@oeaw.ac.at> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-07Merge 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: mixart: range checking proc file ALSA: hda - Fix a wrong array range check in patch_realtek.c ALSA: ASoC: move dma_data from snd_soc_dai to snd_soc_pcm_stream ALSA: hda - Enable amplifiers on Acer Inspire 6530G ASoC: Only do WM8994 bias off transition from standby ASoC: Don't use DCS_DATAPATH_BUSY for WM hubs devices ASoC: Don't do runtime wm_hubs DC servo updates if using offset correction ASoC: Support second DC servo readback method for wm_hubs ASoC: Avoid wraparound in wm_hubs DC servo correction ALSA: echoaudio - Eliminate use after free ALSA: i2c: cleanup: change parameter to pointer ALSA: hda - Add MSI blacklist for Aopen MZ915-M ASoC: OMAP: Fix capture pointer handling for OMAP1510 to work correctly with recent ALSA PCM code ALSA: hda - Update document about MSI and interrupts ALSA: hda: Fix 0 dB offset for Lenovo Thinkpad models using AD1981 ALSA: hda - Add missing printk argument in previous patch ASoC: Fix passing platform_data to ac97 bus users and fix a leak ALSA: hda - Fix ADC/MUX assignment of ALC269 codec ALSA: hda - Fix invalid bit values passed to snd_hda_codec_amp_stereo() ASoC: wm8994: playback => capture
2010-04-07fbdev: rename imacfb.txt to efifb.txt and change imacfb to efifb.Justin P. Mattock
Rename imacfb.txt to efifb.txt since imacfb was moved to efifb,and change imacfb to efifb. Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-04-07Merge branch 'amd-iommu/fixes' into iommu/fixesJoerg Roedel
2010-04-07x86/amd-iommu: Remove obsolete parameter documentationJoerg Roedel
Support for the share and fullflush parameters was removed. Remove the documentation about them too. Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
2010-04-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdogLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog: [WATCHDOG] hpwdt - fix lower timeout limit [WATCHDOG] iTCO_wdt: TCO Watchdog patch for additional Intel Cougar Point DeviceIDs [WATCHDOG] doc: Fix use of WDIOC_SETOPTIONS ioctl. [WATCHDOG] doc: watchdog simple example: don't fail on fsync() [WATCHDOG] set max63xx driver as ARM only [WATCHDOG] powerpc: pika_wdt ident cannot be const
2010-04-06Merge 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: (37 commits) smc91c92_cs: fix the problem of "Unable to find hardware address" r8169: clean up my printk uglyness net: Hook up cxgb4 to Kconfig and Makefile cxgb4: Add main driver file and driver Makefile cxgb4: Add remaining driver headers and L2T management cxgb4: Add packet queues and packet DMA code cxgb4: Add HW and FW support code cxgb4: Add register, message, and FW definitions netlabel: Fix several rcu_dereference() calls used without RCU read locks bonding: fix potential deadlock in bond_uninit() net: check the length of the socket address passed to connect(2) stmmac: add documentation for the driver. stmmac: fix kconfig for crc32 build error be2net: fix bug in vlan rx path for big endian architecture be2net: fix flashing on big endian architectures be2net: fix a bug in flashing the redboot section bonding: bond_xmit_roundrobin() fix drivers/net: Add missing unlock net: gianfar - align BD ring size console messages net: gianfar - initialize per-queue statistics ...
2010-04-06[WATCHDOG] doc: Fix use of WDIOC_SETOPTIONS ioctl.James Hogan
In the watchdog-test program and watchdog-api.txt, pass the values to the WDIOC_SETOPTIONS ioctl as a pointer to an integer containing the values intead of directly in the third ioctl argument. The actual watchdog drivers in drivers/watchdog don't read the options directly from the argument but use get_user and copy_from_user. Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2010-04-05Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs: 9p: saving negative to unsigned char 9p: return on mutex_lock_interruptible() 9p: Creating files with names too long should fail with ENAMETOOLONG. 9p: Make sure we are able to clunk the cached fid on umount 9p: drop nlink remove fs/9p: Clunk the fid resulting from partial walk of the name 9p: documentation update 9p: Fix setting of protocol flags in v9fs_session_info structure.
2010-04-059p: documentation updateSripathi Kodi
This patch adds documentation for new 9P options introduced in 2.6.34. Signed-off-by: Sripathi Kodi <sripathik@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2010-04-05Merge branch 'master' into export-slabhTejun Heo
2010-04-03[WATCHDOG] doc: watchdog simple example: don't fail on fsync()Giel van Schijndel
Don't terminate the watchdog daemon when fsync() fails because no watchdog driver actually implements the fsync() syscall. Signed-off-by: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2010-04-02Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'merge' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: powerpc/5200: in lpbfifo, flag DMA irqs as enabled after requesting them powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware of/flattree: Fix unhandled OF_DT_NOP tag when unflattening the device tree
2010-04-01stmmac: add documentation for the driver.Giuseppe CAVALLARO
Add Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt for the stmmac network driver. Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-01ALSA: hda - Update document about MSI and interruptsTakashi Iwai
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2010-03-30include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking ↵Tejun Heo
implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h percpu.h is included by sched.h and module.h and thus ends up being included when building most .c files. percpu.h includes slab.h which in turn includes gfp.h making everything defined by the two files universally available and complicating inclusion dependencies. percpu.h -> slab.h dependency is about to be removed. Prepare for this change by updating users of gfp and slab facilities include those headers directly instead of assuming availability. As this conversion needs to touch large number of source files, the following script is used as the basis of conversion. http://userweb.kernel.org/~tj/misc/slabh-sweep.py The script does the followings. * Scan files for gfp and slab usages and update includes such that only the necessary includes are there. ie. if only gfp is used, gfp.h, if slab is used, slab.h. * When the script inserts a new include, it looks at the include blocks and try to put the new include such that its order conforms to its surrounding. It's put in the include block which contains core kernel includes, in the same order that the rest are ordered - alphabetical, Christmas tree, rev-Xmas-tree or at the end if there doesn't seem to be any matching order. * If the script can't find a place to put a new include (mostly because the file doesn't have fitting include block), it prints out an error message indicating which .h file needs to be added to the file. The conversion was done in the following steps. 1. The initial automatic conversion of all .c files updated slightly over 4000 files, deleting around 700 includes and adding ~480 gfp.h and ~3000 slab.h inclusions. The script emitted errors for ~400 files. 2. Each error was manually checked. Some didn't need the inclusion, some needed manual addition while adding it to implementation .h or embedding .c file was more appropriate for others. This step added inclusions to around 150 files. 3. The script was run again and the output was compared to the edits from #2 to make sure no file was left behind. 4. Several build tests were done and a couple of problems were fixed. e.g. lib/decompress_*.c used malloc/free() wrappers around slab APIs requiring slab.h to be added manually. 5. The script was run on all .h files but without automatically editing them as sprinkling gfp.h and slab.h inclusions around .h files could easily lead to inclusion dependency hell. Most gfp.h inclusion directives were ignored as stuff from gfp.h was usually wildly available and often used in preprocessor macros. Each slab.h inclusion directive was examined and added manually as necessary. 6. percpu.h was updated not to include slab.h. 7. Build test were done on the following configurations and failures were fixed. CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL was turned off for all tests (as my distributed build env didn't work with gcov compiles) and a few more options had to be turned off depending on archs to make things build (like ipr on powerpc/64 which failed due to missing writeq). * x86 and x86_64 UP and SMP allmodconfig and a custom test config. * powerpc and powerpc64 SMP allmodconfig * sparc and sparc64 SMP allmodconfig * ia64 SMP allmodconfig * s390 SMP allmodconfig * alpha SMP allmodconfig * um on x86_64 SMP allmodconfig 8. percpu.h modifications were reverted so that it could be applied as a separate patch and serve as bisection point. Given the fact that I had only a couple of failures from tests on step 6, I'm fairly confident about the coverage of this conversion patch. If there is a breakage, it's likely to be something in one of the arch headers which should be easily discoverable easily on most builds of the specific arch. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Guess-its-ok-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
2010-03-29Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client: (28 commits) ceph: update discussion list address in MAINTAINERS ceph: some documentations fixes ceph: fix use after free on mds __unregister_request ceph: avoid loaded term 'OSD' in documention ceph: fix possible double-free of mds request reference ceph: fix session check on mds reply ceph: handle kmalloc() failure ceph: propagate mds session allocation failures to caller ceph: make write_begin wait propagate ERESTARTSYS ceph: fix snap rebuild condition ceph: avoid reopening osd connections when address hasn't changed ceph: rename r_sent_stamp r_stamp ceph: fix connection fault con_work reentrancy problem ceph: prevent dup stale messages to console for restarting mds ceph: fix pg pool decoding from incremental osdmap update ceph: fix mds sync() race with completing requests ceph: only release unused caps with mds requests ceph: clean up handle_cap_grant, handle_caps wrt session mutex ceph: fix session locking in handle_caps, ceph_check_caps ceph: drop unnecessary WARN_ON in caps migration ...
2010-03-29ceph: some documentations fixesCheng Renquan
New documentation should have an entry in the 00-INDEX. Correct git urls. Signed-off-by: Cheng Renquan <crquan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>
2010-03-26powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmwareTimur Tabi
Define a binding for embedding a QE firmware blob into the device tree. Also define a new property for the QE node that links to a firmware node. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2010-03-24Document Linux's circular buffering capabilitiesDavid Howells
Document the circular buffering capabilities available in Linux. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Reviewed-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24doc: add the documentation for mpol=localKOSAKI Motohiro
commit 3f226aa1c (mempolicy: support mpol=local tmpfs mount option) added new mpol=local mount option. but it didn't add a documentation. This patch does it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24Documentation: rename PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txtFUJITA Tomonori
This patch renames PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txt. The commit 51e7364ef281e540371f084008732b13292622f0 "Documentation: rename PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txt" was supposed to do this but it didn't. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24memcg: fix typo in memcg documentationGreg Thelen
Update memory.txt to be more consistent: s/swapiness/swappiness/ Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentationRussell King
cpu_relax() is documented in volatile-considered-harmful.txt to be a memory barrier. However, everyone with the exception of Blackfin and possibly ia64 defines cpu_relax() to be a compiler barrier. Make the documentation reflect the general concensus. Linus sayeth: : I don't think it was ever the intention that it would be seen as anything : but a compiler barrier, although it is obviously implied that it might : well perform some per-architecture actions that have "memory barrier-like" : semantics. : : After all, the whole and only point of the "cpu_relax()" thing is to tell : the CPU that we're busy-looping on some event. : : And that "event" might be (and often is) about reading the same memory : location over and over until it changes to what we want it to be. So it's : quite possible that on various architectures the "cpu_relax()" could be : about making sure that such a tight loop on loads doesn't starve cache : transactions, for example - and as such look a bit like a memory barrier : from a CPU standpoint. : : But it's not meant to have any kind of architectural memory ordering : semantics as far as the kernel is concerned - those must come from other : sources. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-23ceph: avoid loaded term 'OSD' in documentionSage Weil
'OSD' means different things to different people; avoid it here to avoid confusion. Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>
2010-03-21Input: update the status of the Multitouch X driver projectHenrik Rydberg
The Multitouch X driver project has moved to alpha status. This patch updates the documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2010-03-21Input: clarify the no-finger event in multitouch protocolHenrik Rydberg
The current documentation does not explicitly specify how to report zero fingers, leaving a potential problem in the driver implementations and giving no parsing directive to userland. This patch defines two equally valid ways. Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2010-03-19Merge 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: driver core: numa: fix BUILD_BUG_ON for node_read_distance driver-core: document ERR_PTR() return values kobject: documentation: Update to refer to kset-example.c. sysdev: the cpu probe/release attributes should be sysdev_class_attributes kobject: documentation: Fix erroneous example in kobject doc. driver-core: fix missing kernel-doc in firmware_class Driver core: Early platform kernel-doc update sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in mlx4 code sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in infiniband code sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in ipmi code sysfs: Initialised pci bus legacy_mem field before use sysfs: use sysfs_bin_attr_init in firmware class driver
2010-03-19Merge 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: (45 commits) USB: gadget/multi: cdc_do_config: remove redundant check usb: r8a66597-hcd: fix removed from an attached hub USB: xhci: Make endpoint interval debugging clearer. USB: Fix usb_fill_int_urb for SuperSpeed devices USB: cp210x: Remove double usb_control_msg from cp210x_set_config USB: Remove last bit of CONFIG_USB_BERRY_CHARGE USB: gadget: add gadget controller number for s3c-hsotg driver USB: ftdi_sio: Fix locking for change_speed() function USB: g_mass_storage: fixed module name in Kconfig USB: gadget: f_mass_storage::fsg_bind(): fix error handling USB: g_mass_storage: fix section mismatch warnings USB: gadget: fix Blackfin builds after gadget cleansing USB: goku_udc: remove potential null dereference USB: option.c: Add Pirelli VID/PID and indicate Pirelli's modem interface is 0xff USB: serial: Fix module name typo for qcaux Kconfig entry. usb: cdc-wdm: Fix deadlock between write and resume usb: cdc-wdm: Fix order in disconnect and fix locking usb: cdc-wdm:Fix loss of data due to autosuspend usb: cdc-wdm: Fix submission of URB after suspension usb: cdc-wdm: Fix race between disconnect and debug messages ...
2010-03-19Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client: (205 commits) ceph: update for write_inode API change ceph: reset osd after relevant messages timed out ceph: fix flush_dirty_caps race with caps migration ceph: include migrating caps in issued set ceph: fix osdmap decoding when pools include (removed) snaps ceph: return EBADF if waiting for caps on closed file ceph: set osd request message front length correctly ceph: reset front len on return to msgpool; BUG on mismatched front iov ceph: fix snaptrace decoding on cap migration between mds ceph: use single osd op reply msg ceph: reset bits on connection close ceph: remove bogus mds forward warning ceph: remove fragile __map_osds optimization ceph: fix connection fault STANDBY check ceph: invalidate_authorizer without con->mutex held ceph: don't clobber write return value when using O_SYNC ceph: fix client_request_forward decoding ceph: drop messages on unregistered mds sessions; cleanup ceph: fix comments, locking in destroy_inode ceph: move dereference after NULL test ... Fix trivial conflicts in Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt