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2009-03-25Merge branch 'for-next' of ↵Russell King
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6 into devel
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 'highmem' into develRussell King
2009-03-24Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/mm', 'x86/pat', 'x86/setup' ↵Ingo Molnar
and 'x86/signal'; commit 'v2.6.29' into x86/core
2009-03-24Merge commit 'origin/master' into nextBenjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-03-23ARM: OMAP: Add method to register additional I2C busses on the command line, v2Jarkko Nikula
This patch extends command line option "i2c_bus=bus_id,clkrate" so that it allow to register additional I2C busses that are not registered with omap_register_i2c_bus from board initialization code. Purpose of this is to register additional board busses which are routed to external connectors only without any on board I2C devices. Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
2009-03-23ARM: OMAP: Add command line option for I2C bus speed, v2Jarkko Nikula
This patch adds a new command line option "i2c_bus=bus_id,clkrate" into I2C bus registration helper. Purpose of the option is to override the default board specific bus speed which is supplied by the omap_register_i2c_bus. The default bus speed is typically set to speed of slowest I2C chip on the bus and overriding allow to use some experimental configurations or updated chip versions without any kernel modifications. Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
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 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/cpu', 'x86/debug', 'x86/mce2', 'x86/mm', ↵Ingo Molnar
'x86/mtrr', 'x86/setup', 'x86/setup-memory', 'x86/urgent', 'x86/uv', 'x86/x2apic' and 'linus' into x86/core Conflicts: arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c
2009-03-18Merge branch 'dma-api/debug' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu into core/iommu
2009-03-18Merge branches 'sched/cleanups' and 'linus' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-17dma-debug: Documentation updateJoerg Roedel
Impact: add documentation about DMA-API debugging to DMA-API.txt Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
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
2009-03-15[ARM] fixmap supportNicolas Pitre
This is the minimum fixmap interface expected to be implemented by architectures supporting highmem. We have a second level page table already allocated and covering 0xfff00000-0xffffffff because the exception vector page is located at 0xffff0000, and various cache tricks already use some entries above 0xffff0000. Therefore the PTEs covering 0xfff00000-0xfffeffff are free to be used. However the XScale cache flushing code already uses virtual addresses between 0xfffe0000 and 0xfffeffff. So this reserves the 0xfff00000-0xfffdffff range for fixmap stuff. The Documentation/arm/memory.txt information is updated accordingly, including the information about the actual top of DMA memory mapping region which didn't match the code. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>
2009-03-14ixgbe: Add documentation for the driverPJ Waskiewicz
Documentation for the ixgbe driver in the kernel docs area is missing. This adds that documentation. Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-03-13Merge branch 'x86/core' into x86/kconfigIngo Molnar
2009-03-13genirq: deprecate obsolete typedefs and definesThomas Gleixner
More than two years is enough migration time. Remove the compability cruft. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-03-13genirq: deprecate __do_IRQThomas Gleixner
Two years migration time is enough. Remove the compability cruft. Add the deprecated warning in kernel/irq/handle.c because marking __do_IRQ itself is way too noisy. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-03-13genirq: add doc to struct irqactionThomas Gleixner
Impact: documentation struct irqaction is not documented. Add kernel doc comments and add interrupt.h to the genirq docbook. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-03-13Merge branches 'sched/clock', 'sched/urgent' and 'linus' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
2009-03-12Merge 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: hwmon: (f75375s) Remove unnecessary and confusing initialization hwmon: (it87) Properly decode -128 degrees C temperature hwmon: (lm90) Document support for the MAX6648/6692 chips hwmon: (abituguru3) Fix I/O error handling
2009-03-12trivial: fix bad links in the ext2 and ext3 documentationJody McIntyre
Trivial patch to fix bad links in the ext2 and ext3 documentation. Signed-off-by: Jody McIntyre <scjody@sun.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-12[SCSI] osd: Documentation for OSD libraryBoaz Harrosh
Add osd.txt to Documentation/scsi/ Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Reviewed-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
2009-03-12[SCSI] major.h: char-major number for OSD device driverBoaz Harrosh
Allocate major 260 for osd. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> CC: Torben Mathiasen <device@lanana.org> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
2009-03-12ALSA: hda - Add model=vaio for STAC9872Takashi Iwai
Add the default pin config for model=vaio (in case of broken BIOS). Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-03-12hwmon: (lm90) Document support for the MAX6648/6692 chipsDarrick J. Wong
Update documentation to prevent further confusion/duplication. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-03-11Merge branches 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/kexec', 'x86/mce2' and 'linus' into x86/coreIngo Molnar