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2007-05-09PM: Separate hibernation code from suspend codeRafael J. Wysocki
[ With Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> ] Separate the hibernation (aka suspend to disk code) from the other suspend code. In particular: * Remove the definitions related to hibernation from include/linux/pm.h * Introduce struct hibernation_ops and a new hibernate() function to hibernate the system, defined in include/linux/suspend.h * Separate suspend code in kernel/power/main.c from hibernation-related code in kernel/power/disk.c and kernel/power/user.c (with the help of hibernation_ops) * Switch ACPI (the only user of pm_ops.pm_disk_mode) to hibernation_ops Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09dm: delay targetHeinz Mauelshagen
New device-mapper target that can delay I/O (for testing). Reads can be separated from writes, redirected to different underlying devices and delayed by differing amounts of time. Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09SLUB: slabinfo upgradeChristoph Lameter
-e Show empty slabs -d Modification of slab debug options at runtime -o Operations. Display of ctor / dtor etc. -r Report: Display all available information about a slabcache. Cleanup tracking display and make it work right. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Documentation/i386/boot.txt: update and correctH. Peter Anvin
In the process of rewriting the x86 setup code, I found a number of inaccuracies and outdated recommendations in the boot protocol documentation. Revamp to make it more up to date. In particular, the common use of the heap actually requires (slightly) more than 4K of heap plus stack, which is the recommended amount in the document; currently the code compensates by being smaller than specified, but we can't assume that will be true forever. Thus, recommend that if we have a modern bzImage kernel, that the bootloader maximizes the available space. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (58 commits) [SCSI] zfcp: clear boxed flag on unit reopen. [SCSI] zfcp: clear adapter failed flag if an fsf request times out. [SCSI] zfcp: rework request ID management. [SCSI] zfcp: Fix deadlock between zfcp ERP and SCSI [SCSI] zfcp: Locking for req_no and req_seq_no [SCSI] zfcp: print S_ID and D_ID with 3 bytes [SCSI] ipr: Use PCI-E reset API for new ipr adapter [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.01.07-k7. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Add MSI support. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Correct pci_set_msi() usage semantics. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Attempt to stop firmware only if it had been previously executed. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Honor NVRAM port-down-retry-count settings. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Error-out during probe() if we're unable to complete HBA initialization. [SCSI] zfcp: Stop system after memory corruption [SCSI] mesh: cleanup variable usage in interrupt handler [SCSI] megaraid: replace yield() with cond_resched() [SCSI] megaraid: fix warnings when CONFIG_PROC_FS=n [SCSI] aacraid: correct SUN products to README [SCSI] aacraid: superfluous adapter reset for IBM 8 series ServeRAID controllers [SCSI] aacraid: kexec fix (reset interrupt handler) ...
2007-05-08Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6: (32 commits) Use menuconfig objects - hwmon hwmon/smsc47b397: Use dynamic sysfs callbacks hwmon/smsc47b397: Convert to a platform driver hwmon/w83781d: Deprecate W83627HF support hwmon/w83781d: Use dynamic sysfs callbacks hwmon/w83781d: Be less i2c_client-centric hwmon/w83781d: Clean up conversion macros hwmon/w83781d: No longer use i2c-isa hwmon/ams: Do not print error on systems without apple motion sensor hwmon/ams: Fix I2C read retry logic hwmon: New AD7416, AD7417 and AD7418 driver hwmon/coretemp: Add documentation hwmon: New coretemp driver i386: Use functions from library in msr driver i386: Add safe variants of rdmsr_on_cpu and wrmsr_on_cpu hwmon/lm75: Use dynamic sysfs callbacks hwmon/lm78: Use dynamic sysfs callbacks hwmon/lm78: Be less i2c_client-centric hwmon/lm78: No longer use i2c-isa hwmon: New max6650 driver ...
2007-05-08Merge branch 'master' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc * 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (77 commits) [POWERPC] Abolish powerpc_flash_init() [POWERPC] Early serial debug support for PPC44x [POWERPC] Support for the Ebony 440GP reference board in arch/powerpc [POWERPC] Add device tree for Ebony [POWERPC] Add powerpc/platforms/44x, disable platforms/4xx for now [POWERPC] MPIC U3/U4 MSI backend [POWERPC] MPIC MSI allocator [POWERPC] Enable MSI mappings for MPIC [POWERPC] Tell Phyp we support MSI [POWERPC] RTAS MSI implementation [POWERPC] PowerPC MSI infrastructure [POWERPC] Rip out the existing powerpc msi stubs [POWERPC] Remove use of 4level-fixup.h for ppc32 [POWERPC] Add powerpc PCI-E reset API implementation [POWERPC] Holly bootwrapper [POWERPC] Holly DTS [POWERPC] Holly defconfig [POWERPC] Add support for 750CL Holly board [POWERPC] Generalize tsi108 PCI setup [POWERPC] Generalize tsi108 PHY types ... Fixed conflict in include/asm-powerpc/kdebug.h manually Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6: JFS: Fix race waking up jfsIO kernel thread JFS: use __set_current_state() Copy i_flags to jfs inode flags on write JFS: document uid, gid, and umask mount options in jfs.txt
2007-05-08s3fb: driver fixesOndrej Zajicek
This fixes broken fbcon on Virge VX in 24 bpp mode, and contains several other small updates. Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08vt: add documentation for new boot/sysfs optionsAntonino A. Daplas
Add description to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt on new options default_blue, default_grn, default_red, and default_utf8. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08fbdev: mm: Deferred IO supportJaya Kumar
This implements deferred IO support in fbdev. Deferred IO is a way to delay and repurpose IO. This implementation is done using mm's page_mkwrite and page_mkclean hooks in order to detect, delay and then rewrite IO. This functionality is used by hecubafb. [adaplas] This is useful for graphics hardware with no directly addressable/mappable framebuffer. Implementing this will allow the "framebuffer" to be accesible from user space via mmap(). Signed-off-by: Jaya Kumar <jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Char: mxser, schedule for removalJiri Slaby
mxser, schedule for removal Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devicesBjorn Helgaas
Make x86 COM ports into platform devices and don't probe for them if we have PNP. This prevents double discovery, where a device was found both by the legacy probe and by 8250_pnp, e.g., serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A 00:02: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A This also means IRDA devices without a UART PNP ID will no longer be claimed by the serial driver, which might require changes in IRDA drivers and administration. In addition to this patch, you may need to configure a setserial init script, e.g., /etc/init.d/setserial, so it doesn't poke legacy UART stuff back in. On Debian, "dpkg-reconfigure setserial" with the "kernel" option does this. To force the old legacy probe behavior even when we have PNPBIOS or ACPI, load the new legacy_serial module (or build 8250 static) with the "legacy_serial.force" option. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix makefiles] Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com> Cc: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr> Cc: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> Cc: Ville Syrjala <syrjala@sci.fi> Cc: Russell King <rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08smsc-ircc2: add PNP supportBjorn Helgaas
Claim devices using PNP, unless the user explicitly specified device addresses. This can be disabled with the "smsc-ircc2.nopnp" option. This removes the need for probing legacy addresses and helps untangle IR devices from serial8250 devices. Sometimes the SMC device is at a legacy COM port address but does not use the legacy COM IRQ. In this case, claiming the device using PNP rather than 8250 legacy probe means we can automatically use the correct IRQ rather than forcing the user to use "setserial" to set the IRQ manually. If the PNP claim doesn't work, make sure you don't have a setserial init script, e.g., /etc/init.d/setserial, configured to poke in legacy COM port resources for the IRDA device. That causes the serial driver to claim resources needed by this driver. Based on this patch by Ville Syrjälä: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/IrDA/ir260_smsc_pnp.diff Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com> Cc: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr> Cc: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> Cc: Ville Syrjala <syrjala@sci.fi> Cc: Russell King <rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Kprobes: The ON/OFF knob thru debugfsAnanth N Mavinakayanahalli
This patch provides a debugfs knob to turn kprobes on/off o A new file /debug/kprobes/enabled indicates if kprobes is enabled or not (default enabled) o Echoing 0 to this file will disarm all installed probes o Any new probe registration when disabled will register the probe but not arm it. A message will be printed out in such a case. o When a value 1 is echoed to the file, all probes (including ones registered in the intervening period) will be enabled o Unregistration will happen irrespective of whether probes are globally enabled or not. o Update Documentation/kprobes.txt to reflect these changes. While there also update the doc to make it current. We are also looking at providing sysrq key support to tie to the disabling feature provided by this patch. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: Use bool like a bool!] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: add printk facility levels] [cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com: Add the missing arch_trampoline_kprobe() for s390] Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Srinivasa DS <srinivasa@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08rtc: remove "RTC_ALM_SET mode" bugsDavid Brownell
This fixes a common glitch in how RTC drivers handle two "set alarm" modes, by getting rid of the surprising/hidden one that was rarely implemented correctly (and which could expose nonportable hardware-specific behavior). The glitch comes from the /dev/rtcX logic implementing the legacy RTC_ALM_SET (limited to 24 hours, needing RTC_AIE_ON) ioctl on top of the RTC driver call providing access to the newer RTC_WKALM_SET (without those limitations) by initializing the day/month/year fields to be invalid ... that second mode. Now, since few RTC drivers check those fields, and most hardware misbehaves when faced with invalid date fields, many RTC drivers will set bogus alarm times on those RTC_ALM_SET code paths. (Several in-tree drivers have that issue, and I also noticed it with code reviews on several new RTC drivers.) This patch ensures that RTC drivers never see such invalid alarm fields, by moving some logic out of rtc-omap into the RTC_ALM_SET code and adding an explicit check (which will prevent the issue on other code paths). Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08SPI kerneldocDavid Brownell
Various documentation updates for the SPI infrastructure, to clarify things that may not have been clear, to cope with lack of editing, and fix omissions. Also, plug SPI into the kernel-api DocBook template, and fix all the resulting glitches in document generation. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08/dev/spidevB.C interfaceAndrea Paterniani
Add a filesystem API for <linux/spi/spi.h> stack. The initial version of this interface is purely synchronous. dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: Cleaned up, bugfixed; much simplified; added preliminary documentation. Works with mdev given CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED; and presumably udev. Updated SPI_IOC_MESSAGE ioctl to full spi_message semantics, supporting groups of one or more transfers (each of which may be full duplex if desired). This is marked as EXPERIMENTAL with an explicit disclaimer that the API (notably the ioctls) is subject to change. Signed-off-by: Andrea Paterniani <a.paterniani@swapp-eng.it> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08docbook: librs typo fixesRandy Dunlap
librs docbook typo fixes. Signed-off-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>
2007-05-08Misc: add sensable phantom driverJiri Slaby
Add sensable phantom driver Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08laptop-mode URL updateZach Carter
Signed-off-by: Zach Carter <linux@zachcarter.com> Cc: Bart Samwel <bart@samwel.tk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08doc: fix oops-tracing duplicateMichal Piotrowski
Remove duplicate 'U' entry -- fix mis-merge. Signed-off-by: Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com> Signed-off-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>
2007-05-08Fix chapter reference in CodingStyleJesper Juhl
commit 226a6b84aaaf1fac7a5d41cf4e7387fd9ba895d5 renumbered Chapter 11 in Documentation/CodingStyle to Chapter 12, but it didn't update the reference to that chapter further down in the file. This patch corrects the chapter reference. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08fat: don't use free_clusters for fat32OGAWA Hirofumi
It seems that the recent Windows changed specification, and it's undocumented. Windows doesn't update ->free_clusters correctly. This patch doesn't use ->free_clusters by default. (instead, add "usefree" for forcing to use it) Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Cc: Juergen Beisert <juergen127@kreuzholzen.de> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08The scheduled -EINVAL for invalid timevals in setitimerAdrian Bunk
As scheduled, do_setitimer() now returns -EINVAL for invalid timeval. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08CodingStyle: start flamewar about use of bracesOliver Neukum
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de> Cc: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08getdelays.c: fix overrunScott Wiersdorf
A patch for getdelays.c that fixes a buffer overrun when you set -w. Cc: <matt@bluehost.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Taskstats: fix getdelays usage informationRandy Dunlap
Add usage to getdelays.c. This patch was originally posted by Randy Dunlap http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/19/168 Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Documentation: cciss: detecting failed drivesStephen M. Cameron
Document how to detect drive failures for cciss Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <steve.cameron@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08kernel-doc: generate main index page when building 'htmldocs'Borislav Petkov
A patch for kernel-doc that enables the generation of a global, TOC-like index.html page after building 'htmldocs' Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@yahoo.de> 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>
2007-05-08Deprecate SA_xxx interrupt flags -V2Thomas Gleixner
The deprecation of the SA_xxx interrupt flags did not emit deprecated warnings. Andrew said about the removal of the deprecated flag defines: > This is going to break a lot of external stuff. We should have found > a way to make usage of SA_* emit deprecated warnings (or _some_ > warning) to warn people of impending doom. But I can't immediately > find a way of doing that. if we _can_ find a way of doing this, I > suspect we'll need to do it, and give people another six months. It's > going to get ugly out there. We shall see... Define the deprecated flags as a call to a __deprecated inline function so a warning is emitted on compile time. Extend the reprieve of out of tree drivers to 9/2007. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal, 4th roundAdrian Bunk
Schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08VFS: delay the dentry name generation on sockets and pipesEric Dumazet
1) Introduces a new method in 'struct dentry_operations'. This method called d_dname() might be called from d_path() to build a pathname for special filesystems. It is called without locks. Future patches (if we succeed in having one common dentry for all pipes/sockets) may need to change prototype of this method, but we now use : char *d_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen); 2) Adds a dynamic_dname() helper function that eases d_dname() implementations 3) Defines d_dname method for sockets : No more sprintf() at socket creation. This is delayed up to the moment someone does an access to /proc/pid/fd/... 4) Defines d_dname method for pipes : No more sprintf() at pipe creation. This is delayed up to the moment someone does an access to /proc/pid/fd/... A benchmark consisting of 1.000.000 calls to pipe()/close()/close() gives a *nice* speedup on my Pentium(M) 1.6 Ghz : 3.090 s instead of 3.450 s Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.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>
2007-05-08proc: maps protectionKees Cook
The /proc/pid/ "maps", "smaps", and "numa_maps" files contain sensitive information about the memory location and usage of processes. Issues: - maps should not be world-readable, especially if programs expect any kind of ASLR protection from local attackers. - maps cannot just be 0400 because "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -O2" makes glibc check the maps when %n is in a *printf call, and a setuid(getuid()) process wouldn't be able to read its own maps file. (For reference see http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/22/150) - a system-wide toggle is needed to allow prior behavior in the case of non-root applications that depend on access to the maps contents. This change implements a check using "ptrace_may_attach" before allowing access to read the maps contents. To control this protection, the new knob /proc/sys/kernel/maps_protect has been added, with corresponding updates to the procfs documentation. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: New sysctl numbers are old hat] Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08tty: Clarify documentation of ->write()Alan
The tty driver write method is different to the usual fops device write methods as the buffer is already in kernel space. Clarify the docs since someone writing a driver made that mistake. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Documentation: Ask driver writers to provide PM supportRafael J. Wysocki
Add a paragraph in Documentation/SubmittingDrivers requesting that the basic PM support be provided by new device drivers. Add two new documents in Documentation/power/ giving general instructions on debugging the suspend/resume functionality and testing the suspend and resume support in device drivers. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Cc: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08hwmon/coretemp: Add documentationRudolf Marek
Documentation for the coretemp driver. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-05-08hwmon: New max6650 driverHans-Juergen Koch
This driver supports the Maxim MAX6650 and MAX6651 fan speed monitoring and control chips. Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-05-08hwmon: Document the new fan1_target interface fileJean Delvare
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-05-08hwmon/smsc47m1: Add support for the LPC47M292Jean Delvare
The new SMSC LPC47M292 Super-I/O chip is a bit different from the previous ones, it supports a 3rd fan, but unfortunately the pin configuration registers are different. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-05-08hwmon/smsc47m192: Document the LPC47M292 as supportedJean Delvare
The new SMSC LPC47M292 Super-I/O chip includes a hardware monitoring block which is compatible with those of the LPC47M192. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Hartmut Rick <linux@rick.claranet.de>
2007-05-08Merge branch 'linux-2.6'Paul Mackerras
2007-05-07Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: [IA64] update memory attribute aliasing documentation & test cases [IA64] fail mmaps that span areas with incompatible attributes [IA64] allow WB /sys/.../legacy_mem mmaps [IA64] make ioremap avoid unsupported attributes [IA64] rename ioremap variables to match i386 [IA64] relax per-cpu TLB requirement to DTC [IA64] remove per-cpu ia64_phys_stacked_size_p8 [IA64] Fix example error injection program [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: pal_mc_error_inject() interface [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Makefile changes [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Driver sysfs interface [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Doc and sample application [IA64] Itanium MC Error Injection Tool: Kernel configuration
2007-05-07Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: (38 commits) sh: R7785RP board updates. sh: Update r7780rp defconfig. sh: Add die chain notifiers. sh: Fix APM emulation on hp6xx. sh: Wire up more IRQs for SH7709. sh: Solution Engine 7722 board support. sh: Fix r7780rp build. sh: kdump support. sh: Move clock reporting to its own proc entry. sh: Solution Engine SH7705 board and CPU updates. serial: sh-sci: Fix module clock refcount for serial console. serial: sh-sci: Fix module clock refcounting. sh: SH7722 clock framework support. sh: hp6xx pata_platform support. sh: Obey CONFIG_HZ for HZ definition. sh: Fix fstatat64() syscall. sh: se7780 PCI support. sh: SH7780 Solution Engine board support. sh: Add a dummy SH-4 PCIC fixup. sh: Tidy up L-BOX area5 addresses. ...
2007-05-07power management: change /sys/power/disk displayJohannes Berg
Change /sys/power/disk to display all valid modes as well as the currently selected one in a fashion known from the LED subsystem. This changes userspace API, but it is apparently not used much (we asked some userspace developers) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07blackfin architectureBryan Wu
This adds support for the Analog Devices Blackfin processor architecture, and currently supports the BF533, BF532, BF531, BF537, BF536, BF534, and BF561 (Dual Core) devices, with a variety of development platforms including those avaliable from Analog Devices (BF533-EZKit, BF533-STAMP, BF537-STAMP, BF561-EZKIT), and Bluetechnix! Tinyboards. The Blackfin architecture was jointly developed by Intel and Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) as the Micro Signal Architecture (MSA) core and introduced it in December of 2000. Since then ADI has put this core into its Blackfin processor family of devices. The Blackfin core has the advantages of a clean, orthogonal,RISC-like microprocessor instruction set. It combines a dual-MAC (Multiply/Accumulate), state-of-the-art signal processing engine and single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) multimedia capabilities into a single instruction-set architecture. The Blackfin architecture, including the instruction set, is described by the ADSP-BF53x/BF56x Blackfin Processor Programming Reference http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/download/frsrelease/29/2549/Blackfin_PRM.pdf The Blackfin processor is already supported by major releases of gcc, and there are binary and source rpms/tarballs for many architectures at: http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/toolchain/frs There is complete documentation, including "getting started" guides available at: http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/ which provides links to the sources and patches you will need in order to set up a cross-compiling environment for bfin-linux-uclibc This patch, as well as the other patches (toolchain, distribution, uClibc) are actively supported by Analog Devices Inc, at: http://blackfin.uclinux.org/ We have tested this on LTP, and our test plan (including pass/fails) can be found at: http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=testing_the_linux_kernel [m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl: balance parenthesis in blackfin header files] Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> Signed-off-by: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07mm: fix handling of panic_on_oom when cpusets are in useYasunori Goto
The current panic_on_oom may not work if there is a process using cpusets/mempolicy, because other nodes' memory may remain. But some people want failover by panic ASAP even if they are used. This patch makes new setting for its request. This is tested on my ia64 box which has 3 nodes. Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Ethan Solomita <solo@google.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07slub: add slabinfo toolChristoph Lameter
Add the tool which gets reports about slabs to the VM documentation directory. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07slub: user documentationChristoph Lameter
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07smaps: add clear_refs file to clear referenceDavid Rientjes
Adds /proc/pid/clear_refs. When any non-zero number is written to this file, pte_mkold() and ClearPageReferenced() is called for each pte and its corresponding page, respectively, in that task's VMAs. This file is only writable by the user who owns the task. It is now possible to measure _approximately_ how much memory a task is using by clearing the reference bits with echo 1 > /proc/pid/clear_refs and checking the reference count for each VMA from the /proc/pid/smaps output at a measured time interval. For example, to observe the approximate change in memory footprint for a task, write a script that clears the references (echo 1 > /proc/pid/clear_refs), sleeps, and then greps for Pgs_Referenced and extracts the size in kB. Add the sizes for each VMA together for the total referenced footprint. Moments later, repeat the process and observe the difference. For example, using an efficient Mozilla: accumulated time referenced memory ---------------- ----------------- 0 s 408 kB 1 s 408 kB 2 s 556 kB 3 s 1028 kB 4 s 872 kB 5 s 1956 kB 6 s 416 kB 7 s 1560 kB 8 s 2336 kB 9 s 1044 kB 10 s 416 kB This is a valuable tool to get an approximate measurement of the memory footprint for a task. Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fixes] [mpm@selenic.com: rename for_each_pmd] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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