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2006-06-27Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (26 commits) V4L/DVB (4263): Fix warning when compiling on 64 bit machines V4L/DVB (4261): Included required header for in-kernel compilation V4L/DVB (4260): Stradis.c: make 2 functions static V4L/DVB (4259): Pass an explicit log prefix to cx2341x_log_status V4L/DVB (4257): Fix 64-bit compile warnings. V4L/DVB (4255): Tda9887 default TOP value is 0x10 V4L/DVB (4254): Remove obsoleted tuner_debug option. V4L/DVB (4253): IVTV VBI format description too long. V4L/DVB (4252): Remove duplicate 'tda9887' in info messages. V4L/DVB (4245): Reduce the amount of pvrusb2-sourced noise going into the system log V4L/DVB (4244): Implement use of cx2341x module in pvrusb2 driver V4L/DVB (4243): Exploit new V4L control features in pvrusb2 V4L/DVB (4242): Don't suspend encoder when changing its attributes (in pvrusb2) V4L/DVB (4241): Fix faulty encoder error recovery in pvrusb2 V4L/DVB (4240): Various V4L control enhancements in pvrusb2 V4L/DVB (4239): Handle boolean controls in pvrusb2 V4L/DVB (4238): Make sure flags field is initialized when quering a control in pvrusb2 V4L/DVB (4237): Move LOG_STATUS bracketing to a different part of the pvrusb2 driver V4L/DVB (4236): Rearrange things in pvrusb2 driver in preparation for using cx2341x module V4L/DVB (4235): Increase the maximum number of controls that pvrusb2-sysfs.c can handle. ...
2006-06-27[PATCH] pi-futex: rt mutex docsSteven Rostedt
Add rt-mutex documentation. [rostedt@goodmis.org: Update rt-mutex-design.txt as per Randy Dunlap suggestions] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-27[PATCH] pi-futex: robust futex docs fixIngo Molnar
Fix typo in Documentation/robust-futexes.txt. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-27[PATCH] rcutorture: add ops vector and Classic RCU opsPaul E. McKenney
Add an ops vector to rcutorture, and add the ops for Classic RCU. Update the rcutorture documentation to reflect slight change to the dmesg formats. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-27[PATCH] rcutorture: catchup doc fixes for idle-hz testsPaul E. McKenney
This just catches the RCU torture documentation up with the recent fixes that test RCU for architectures that turn of the scheduling-clock interrupt for idle CPUs and the addition of a SUCCESS/FAILURE indication, fixing up an obsolete comment as well. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-27[PATCH] vdso: randomize the i386 vDSO by moving it into a vmaIngo Molnar
Move the i386 VDSO down into a vma and thus randomize it. Besides the security implications, this feature also helps debuggers, which can COW a vma-backed VDSO just like a normal DSO and can thus do single-stepping and other debugging features. It's good for hypervisors (Xen, VMWare) too, which typically live in the same high-mapped address space as the VDSO, hence whenever the VDSO is used, they get lots of guest pagefaults and have to fix such guest accesses up - which slows things down instead of speeding things up (the primary purpose of the VDSO). There's a new CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO (default=y) option, which provides support for older glibcs that still rely on a prelinked high-mapped VDSO. Newer distributions (using glibc 2.3.3 or later) can turn this option off. Turning it off is also recommended for security reasons: attackers cannot use the predictable high-mapped VDSO page as syscall trampoline anymore. There is a new vdso=[0|1] boot option as well, and a runtime /proc/sys/vm/vdso_enabled sysctl switch, that allows the VDSO to be turned on/off. (This version of the VDSO-randomization patch also has working ELF coredumping, the previous patch crashed in the coredumping code.) This code is a combined work of the exec-shield VDSO randomization code and Gerd Hoffmann's hypervisor-centric VDSO patch. Rusty Russell started this patch and i completed it. [akpm@osdl.org: cleanups] [akpm@osdl.org: compile fix] [akpm@osdl.org: compile fix 2] [akpm@osdl.org: compile fix 3] [akpm@osdl.org: revernt MAXMEM change] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-27V4L/DVB (4228a): pvrusb2 to kernel 2.6.18Mike Isely
Implement V4L2 driver for the Hauppauge PVR USB2 TV tuner. The Hauppauge PVR USB2 is a USB connected TV tuner with an embedded cx23416 hardware MPEG2 encoder. There are two major variants of this device; this driver handles both. Any V4L2 application which understands MPEG2 video stream data should be able to work with this device. Signed-off-by: Mike Isely <isely@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2006-06-26Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: [ARM] 3657/1: S3C24XX: Documentation update of Overview.txt [ARM] Update mach-types [ARM] 3656/1: S3C2412: Add S3C2412 and S3C2413 documenation [ARM] 3654/1: add ajeco 1arm sbc support [ARM] fix drivers/mfd/ucb1x00-core.c IRQ probing bug [ARM] 3651/1: S3C24XX: Make arch list more detailed [ARM] 3650/1: S3C2412: Update s3c2410_defconfig [ARM] 3649/1: S3C24XX: Fix capitalisation of CPU on SMDK2440 [ARM] 3612/1: make pci bus optional for ixp4xx platform [ARM] Remove MODE_(SVC|IRQ|FIQ|USR) and DEFAULT_FIQ [ARM] Remove save_lr/restore_pc macros [ARM] Remove partial non-v6 binutils compatibility [ARM] Remove LOADREGS macro [ARM] Remove RETINSTR macro
2006-06-26[ARM] 3657/1: S3C24XX: Documentation update of Overview.txtBen Dooks
Patch from Ben Dooks Update the list of supported devices, and remove the changelog. Add SMDK2413 information.-- Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: typo fixes Clean up 'inline is not at beginning' warnings for usb storage Storage class should be first i386: Trivial typo fixes ixj: make ixj_set_tone_off() static spelling fixes fix paniced->panicked typos Spelling fixes for Documentation/atomic_ops.txt move acknowledgment for Mark Adler to CREDITS remove the bouncing email address of David Campbell
2006-06-26[ARM] 3656/1: S3C2412: Add S3C2412 and S3C2413 documenationBen Dooks
Patch from Ben Dooks Add some basic documentation about the support for the S3C2412 and S3C2413 CPUs-- Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuildLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (40 commits) kbuild: trivial fixes in Makefile kbuild: adding symbols in Kconfig and defconfig to TAGS kbuild: replace abort() with exit(1) kbuild: support for %.symtypes files kbuild: fix silentoldconfig recursion kbuild: add option for stripping modules while installing them kbuild: kill some false positives from modpost kbuild: export-symbol usage report generator kbuild: fix make -rR breakage kbuild: append -dirty for updated but uncommited changes kbuild: append git revision for all untagged commits kbuild: fix module.symvers parsing in modpost kbuild: ignore make's built-in rules & variables kbuild: bugfix with initramfs kbuild: modpost build fix kbuild: check license compatibility when building modules kbuild: export-type enhancement to modpost.c kbuild: add dependency on kernel.release to the package targets kbuild: `make kernelrelease' speedup kconfig: KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG ...
2006-06-26Merge branch 'x86-64'Linus Torvalds
* x86-64: (83 commits) [PATCH] x86_64: x86_64 stack usage debugging [PATCH] x86_64: (resend) x86_64 stack overflow debugging [PATCH] x86_64: msi_apic.c build fix [PATCH] x86_64: i386/x86-64 Add nmi watchdog support for new Intel CPUs [PATCH] x86_64: Avoid broadcasting NMI IPIs [PATCH] x86_64: fix apic error on bootup [PATCH] x86_64: enlarge window for stack growth [PATCH] x86_64: Minor string functions optimizations [PATCH] x86_64: Move export symbols to their C functions [PATCH] x86_64: Standardize i386/x86_64 handling of NMI_VECTOR [PATCH] x86_64: Fix modular pc speaker [PATCH] x86_64: remove sys32_ni_syscall() [PATCH] x86_64: Do not use -ffunction-sections for modules [PATCH] x86_64: Add cpu_relax to apic_wait_icr_idle [PATCH] x86_64: adjust kstack_depth_to_print default [PATCH] i386/x86-64: adjust /proc/interrupts column headings [PATCH] x86_64: Fix race in cpu_local_* on preemptible kernels [PATCH] x86_64: Fix fast check in safe_smp_processor_id [PATCH] x86_64: x86_64 setup.c - printing cmp related boottime information [PATCH] i386/x86-64/ia64: Move polling flag into thread_info_status ... Manual resolve of trivial conflict in arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
2006-06-26[PATCH] x86_64: Calgary IOMMU - Calgary specific bitsJon Mason
This patch hooks Calgary into the build, the x86-64 IOMMU initialization paths, and introduces the Calgary specific bits. The implementation draws inspiration from both PPC (which has support for the same chip but requires firmware support which we don't have on x86-64) and gart. Calgary is different from gart in that it support a translation table per PHB, as opposed to the single gart aperture. Changes from previous version: * Addition of boot-time disablement for bus-level translation/isolation (e.g, enable userspace DMA for things like X) * Usage of newer IOMMU abstraction functions Signed-off-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26typo fixesolecom@mail.ru
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: Allow the write_mostly flag to be set via sysfsNeilBrown
It appears in /sys/mdX/md/dev-YYY/state and can be set or cleared by writing 'writemostly' or '-writemostly' respectively. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: Allow resync_start to be set and queried via sysfsNeilBrown
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: Allow raid 'layout' to be read and set via sysfsNeilBrown
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: Allow rdev state to be set via sysfsNeilBrown
The md/dev-XXX/state file can now be written: "faulty" simulates an error on the device "remove" removes the device from the array (if it is not busy) Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: Set/get state of array via sysfsNeilBrown
This allows the state of an md/array to be directly controlled via sysfs and adds the ability to stop and array without tearing it down. Array states/settings: clear No devices, no size, no level Equivalent to STOP_ARRAY ioctl inactive May have some settings, but array is not active all IO results in error When written, doesn't tear down array, but just stops it suspended (not supported yet) All IO requests will block. The array can be reconfigured. Writing this, if accepted, will block until array is quiescent readonly no resync can happen. no superblocks get written. write requests fail read-auto like readonly, but behaves like 'clean' on a write request. clean - no pending writes, but otherwise active. When written to inactive array, starts without resync If a write request arrives then if metadata is known, mark 'dirty' and switch to 'active'. if not known, block and switch to write-pending If written to an active array that has pending writes, then fails. active fully active: IO and resync can be happening. When written to inactive array, starts with resync write-pending (not supported yet) clean, but writes are blocked waiting for 'active' to be written. active-idle like active, but no writes have been seen for a while (100msec). Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: increase the delay before marking metadata clean, and make it ↵NeilBrown
configurable When a md array has been idle (no writes) for 20msecs it is marked as 'clean'. This delay turns out to be too short for some real workloads. So increase it to 200msec (the time to update the metadata should be a tiny fraction of that) and make it sysfs-configurable. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] VT binding: Update documentationAntonino A. Daplas
Update Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt and Documentatin/console/console.txt to reflect the following changes: 1. sysfs attributes are relocated to /sys/class/vtconsole 2. feature is selectable in Kconfig 3. add sample scripts to fbcon.txt Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] VT binding: Add new doc file describing the featureAntonino A. Daplas
This newly added file will: - Describe the characteristics of 2 general types of console drivers - How to use the sysfs to unbind and bind console drivers - Uses for this feature Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] VT binding: fbcon: Update documentationAntonino A. Daplas
Update Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt to reflect the following changes: 1. Simple illustration of the binding of the console down to individual framebuffer drivers 2. Usage of userspace tools to help with recovery of text console 3. How to use the attributes in /sys/class/tty/console to unload fbcon and the framebuffer drivers Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] Detaching fbcon: update documentationAntonino A. Daplas
Update Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt on the following: 1. sysfs attributes are now located in class/graphics/fbcon 2. instructions on how to attach, detach and/or unload fbcon Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] Time: i386 Clocksource Driversjohn stultz
Implement the time sources for i386 (acpi_pm, cyclone, hpet, pit, and tsc). With this patch, the conversion of the i386 arch to the generic timekeeping code should be complete. The patch should be fairly straight forward, only adding the new clocksources. [hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp: acpi_pm cleanup] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] Time: Clocksource Infrastructurejohn stultz
This introduces the clocksource management infrastructure. A clocksource is a driver-like architecture generic abstraction of a free-running counter. This code defines the clocksource structure, and provides management code for registering, selecting, accessing and scaling clocksources. Additionally, this includes the trivial jiffies clocksource, a lowest common denominator clocksource, provided mainly for use as an example. [hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp: Don't enable IRQ too early] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] ext3: Add "-o bh" optionBadari Pulavarty
This patch adds "-o bh" option to force use of buffer_heads. This option is needed when we make "nobh" as default - and if we run into problems. Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] keys: add a way to store the appropriate context for newly-created keysMichael LeMay
Add a /proc/<pid>/attr/keycreate entry that stores the appropriate context for newly-created keys. Modify the selinux_key_alloc hook to make use of the new entry. Update the flask headers to include a new "setkeycreate" permission for processes. Update the flask headers to include a new "create" permission for keys. Use the create permission to restrict which SIDs each task can assign to newly-created keys. Add a new parameter to the security hook "security_key_alloc" to indicate whether it is being invoked by the kernel, or from userspace. If it is being invoked by the kernel, the security hook should never fail. Update the documentation to reflect these changes. Signed-off-by: Michael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] keys: restrict contents of /proc/keys to Viewable keysMichael LeMay
Restrict /proc/keys such that only those keys to which the current task is granted View permission are presented. The documentation is also updated to reflect these changes. Signed-off-by: Michael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] Correct tty docAlan Cox
This method died some time ago, so kill the doc for it. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26fix paniced->panicked typosLee Revell
In a testament to the utter simplicity and logic of the English language ;-), I found a single correct use - in kernel/panic.c - and 10-15 incorrect ones. Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-26Spelling fixes for Documentation/atomic_ops.txtMichael Hayes
Spelling and typo fixes for Documentation/atomic_ops.txt Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-26remove the bouncing email address of David CampbellAdrian Bunk
This patch removes a bouncing email address from the kernel sources. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-25Merge git://git.linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6: (51 commits) nfs: remove nfs_put_link() nfs-build-fix-99 git-nfs-build-fixes Merge branch 'odirect' NFS: alloc nfs_read/write_data as direct I/O is scheduled NFS: Eliminate nfs_get_user_pages() NFS: refactor nfs_direct_free_user_pages NFS: remove user_addr, user_count, and pos from nfs_direct_req NFS: "open code" the NFS direct write rescheduler NFS: Separate functions for counting outstanding NFS direct I/Os NLM: Fix reclaim races NLM: sem to mutex conversion locks.c: add the fl_owner to nlm_compare_locks NFS: Display the chosen RPCSEC_GSS security flavour in /proc/mounts NFS: Split fs/nfs/inode.c NFS: Fix typo in nfs_do_clone_mount() NFS: Fix compile errors introduced by referrals patches NFSv4: Ensure that referral mounts bind to a reserved port NFSv4: A root pathname is sent as a zero component4 NFSv4: Follow a referral ...
2006-06-25Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (244 commits) V4L/DVB (4210b): git-dvb: tea575x-tuner build fix V4L/DVB (4210a): git-dvb versus matroxfb V4L/DVB (4209): Added some BTTV PCI IDs for newer boards Fixes some sync issues between V4L/DVB development and GIT V4L/DVB (4206): Cx88-blackbird: always set encoder height based on tvnorm->id V4L/DVB (4205): Merge tda9887 module into tuner. V4L/DVB (4203): Explicitly set the enum values. V4L/DVB (4202): allow selecting CX2341x port mode V4L/DVB (4200): Disable bitrate_mode when encoding mpeg-1. V4L/DVB (4199): Add cx2341x-specific control array to cx2341x.c V4L/DVB (4198): Avoid newer usages of obsoleted experimental MPEGCOMP API V4L/DVB (4197): Port new MPEG API to saa7134-empress with saa6752hs V4L/DVB (4196): Port cx88-blackbird to the new MPEG API. V4L/DVB (4193): Update cx2341x fw encoding API doc. V4L/DVB (4192): Use control helpers for saa7115, cx25840, msp3400. V4L/DVB (4191): Add CX2341X MPEG encoder module. V4L/DVB (4190): Add helper functions for control processing to v4l2-common. V4L/DVB (4189): Add videodev support for VIDIOC_S/G/TRY_EXT_CTRLS. V4L/DVB (4188): Add new MPEG control/ioctl definitions to videodev2.h V4L/DVB (4186): Add support for the DNTV Live! mini DVB-T card. ...
2006-06-25[PATCH] update-devices.txtJan Engelhardt
Update Documentation/devices.txt with a new version from the LANANA site http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/devices-2.6+.txt Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] parport: add to kernel-docRandy Dunlap
Add parport interfaces to kernel-doc template. Small doc. cleanups in 2 parport source files. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] Corrections to memory barrier docDavid Howells
Apply some small corrections to the memory barrier document, as contributed by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Kirill Smelkov <kirr@mns.spb.ru> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] kthread: move kernel-doc and put it into DocBookRandy Dunlap
Move kthread API kernel-doc from kthread.h to kthread.c & fix it. Add kthread API to kernel-api DocBook. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] DMI: cleanup kernel-doc, add to DocBookRandy Dunlap
Add DMI interface functions to a new Firmware Interfaces chapter in the kernel-api DocBook. Clean up kernel-doc in drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] Initramfs docs updateRob Landley
New section on creating an external initramfs image using cpio (with script), a warning about bad advice in the cpio man page, a bit of debugging advice (hello world and rdinit=/bin/sh), and a few minor tweaks to other parts of it. Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] kernel-doc for lib/crc*.cRandy Dunlap
Make kernel-doc corrections & additions to lib/crc*.c. Add crc functions to kernel-api.tmpl in DocBook. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] kernel-doc for lib/cmdline.cRandy Dunlap
Add a new chapter for kernel-lib functions to kernel-api.tmpl. Add lib/cmdline.c to the new kernel-lib chapter. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] kernel-doc for lib/bitmap.cRandy Dunlap
Make corrections/fixes to kernel-doc in lib/bitmap.c and include it in DocBook template. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] fuse: add request interruptionMiklos Szeredi
Add synchronous request interruption. This is needed for file locking operations which have to be interruptible. However filesystem may implement interruptibility of other operations (e.g. like NFS 'intr' mount option). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] fuse: add control filesystemMiklos Szeredi
Add a control filesystem to fuse, replacing the attributes currently exported through sysfs. An empty directory '/sys/fs/fuse/connections' is still created in sysfs, and mounting the control filesystem here provides backward compatibility. Advantages of the control filesystem over the previous solution: - allows the object directory and the attributes to be owned by the filesystem owner, hence letting unpriviled users abort the filesystem connection - does not suffer from module unload race [akpm@osdl.org: fix this fs for recent dhowells depredations] [akpm@osdl.org: fix 64-bit printk warnings] Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] fuse: no backgrounding on interruptMiklos Szeredi
Don't put requests into the background when a fatal interrupt occurs while the request is in userspace. This removes a major wart from the implementation. Backgrounding of requests was introduced to allow breaking of deadlocks. However now the same can be achieved by aborting the filesystem through the 'abort' sysfs attribute. This is a change in the interface, but should not cause problems, since these kinds of deadlocks never happen during normal operation. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] Another couple of alterations to the memory barrier docDavid Howells
Make another couple of alterations to the memory barrier document following suggestions by Alan Stern and in co-operation with Paul McKenney: (*) Rework the point of introduction of memory barriers and the description of what they are to reiterate why they're needed. (*) Modify a statement about the use of data dependency barriers to note that other barriers can be used instead (as they imply DD-barriers). Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-By: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] RCU documentation: self-limiting updates and call_rcu()Paul E. McKenney
An update to the RCU documentation calling out the self-limiting-update-rate advantages of synchronize_rcu(), and describing how to use call_rcu() in a way that results in self-limiting updates. Self-limiting updates are important to avoiding RCU-induced OOM in face of denial-of-service attacks. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>