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2006-01-08[PATCH] relayfs: add Documentation on relay files in other filesystemsTom Zanussi
Documentation update for creating relay files in other filesystems. Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-08[PATCH] relayfs: add Documention for non-relay filesTom Zanussi
Documentation update for non-relay files. Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-08[PATCH] rcu file: use atomic primitivesNick Piggin
Use atomic_inc_not_zero for rcu files instead of special case rcuref. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-08[PATCH] cpuset: remove marker_pid documentationPaul Jackson
Remove documentation for the cpuset 'marker_pid' feature, that was in the patch "cpuset: change marker for relative numbering" That patch was previously pulled from *-mm at my (pj) request. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-08[PATCH] cpuset: document additional featuresPaul Jackson
Document the additional cpuset features: notify_on_release marker_pid memory_pressure memory_pressure_enabled Rearrange and improve formatting of existing documentation for cpu_exclusive and mem_exclusive features. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-08[PATCH] cpusets: swap migration interfacePaul Jackson
Add a boolean "memory_migrate" to each cpuset, represented by a file containing "0" or "1" in each directory below /dev/cpuset. It defaults to false (file contains "0"). It can be set true by writing "1" to the file. If true, then anytime that a task is attached to the cpuset so marked, the pages of that task will be moved to that cpuset, preserving, to the extent practical, the cpuset-relative placement of the pages. Also anytime that a cpuset so marked has its memory placement changed (by writing to its "mems" file), the tasks in that cpuset will have their pages moved to the cpusets new nodes, preserving, to the extent practical, the cpuset-relative placement of the moved pages. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-08[PATCH] Make high and batch sizes of per_cpu_pagelists configurableRohit Seth
As recently there has been lot of traffic on the right values for batch and high water marks for per_cpu_pagelists. This patch makes these two variables configurable through /proc interface. A new tunable /proc/sys/vm/percpu_pagelist_fraction is added. This entry controls the fraction of pages at most in each zone that are allocated for each per cpu page list. The min value for this is 8. It means that we don't allow more than 1/8th of pages in each zone to be allocated in any single per_cpu_pagelist. The batch value of each per cpu pagelist is also updated as a result. It is set to pcp->high/4. The upper limit of batch is (PAGE_SHIFT * 8) Signed-off-by: Rohit Seth <rohit.seth@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-08[PATCH] drop-pagecacheAndrew Morton
Add /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches. When written to, this will cause the kernel to discard as much pagecache and/or reclaimable slab objects as it can. THis operation requires root permissions. It won't drop dirty data, so the user should run `sync' first. Caveats: a) Holds inode_lock for exorbitant amounts of time. b) Needs to be taught about NUMA nodes: propagate these all the way through so the discarding can be controlled on a per-node basis. This is a debugging feature: useful for getting consistent results between filesystem benchmarks. We could possibly put it under a config option, but it's less than 300 bytes. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-09[PATCH] Documentation/powerpc: index updateNicolas Kaiser
Add three files not mentioned in Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX. Sort alphabetically. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@nikai.net> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-01-09[PATCH] spufs: The SPU file system, baseArnd Bergmann
This is the current version of the spu file system, used for driving SPEs on the Cell Broadband Engine. This release is almost identical to the version for the 2.6.14 kernel posted earlier, which is available as part of the Cell BE Linux distribution from http://www.bsc.es/projects/deepcomputing/linuxoncell/. The first patch provides all the interfaces for running spu application, but does not have any support for debugging SPU tasks or for scheduling. Both these functionalities are added in the subsequent patches. See Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt on how to use spufs. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arndb@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-01-07[SERIAL] Make the number of UARTs registered configurable.Dave Jones
Also add a nr_uarts module option to the 8250 code to override this, up to a maximum of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS This should appease people who complain about a proliferation of /dev/ttyS & /sysfs nodes whilst at the same time allowing a single kernel image to support the rarer occasions of lots of devices. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2006-01-07Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/inputLinus Torvalds
2006-01-07[ACPI] fix kernel-doc warnings in acpi/scan.cRandy Dunlap
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2006-01-07Auto-update from upstreamLen Brown
2006-01-06Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/i2c-2.6Linus Torvalds
2006-01-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuildLinus Torvalds
2006-01-06Auto-update from upstreamLen Brown
2006-01-06[ACPI] linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org replaces acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.netLen Brown
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2006-01-06Merge ../torvalds-2.6/Greg Kroah-Hartman
2006-01-06NFSv4: Allow entries in the idmap cache to expireTrond Myklebust
If someone changes the uid/gid mapping in userland, then we do eventually want those changes to be propagated to the kernel. Currently the kernel assumes that it may cache entries forever. Add an expiration time + garbage collector for idmap entries. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2006-01-06NFSv4: Allow user to set the port used by the NFSv4 callback channelTrond Myklebust
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2006-01-06kbuild: document howto build external modules using several directoriesSam Ravnborg
Update modules.txt with info how to build external modules with files in several directories. The question popped up on lkml often enough to warrant this, let's see if people read this stuff - or google hits it. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2006-01-06Merge branch 'post-2.6.15' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
Manual fixup for merge with Jens' "Suspend support for libata", commit ID 9b847548663ef1039dd49f0eb4463d001e596bc3. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow sync-speed to be controlled per-deviceNeilBrown
Also export current (average) speed and status in sysfs. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: support adding new devices to md arrays via sysfsNeilBrown
Writing major:minor to md/new_dev will bind that device to the array. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow available size of component devices to be set via sysfsNeilBrown
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: export rdev->data_offset via sysfsNeilBrown
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: expose device slot information via sysfsNeilBrown
This the role that a device has in an array can be viewed and set. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow md/raid_disks to be settableNeilBrown
If array is active, try to reshape, else just set the value. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: count corrected read errors per driveNeilBrown
Store this total in superblock (As appropriate), and make it available to userspace via sysfs. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow array level to be set textually via sysfsNeilBrown
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: expose md metadata format in sysfsNeilBrown
Allow it to be set to a particular version, or 'none'. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow md array component size to be accessed and set via sysfsNeilBrown
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow chunk_size to be settable through sysfsNeilBrown
... only before array is started of course. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow dirty raid[456] arrays to be started at bootNeilBrown
See patch to md.txt for more details Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] swsusp: make image size limit tunableRafael J. Wysocki
Make the suspend image size limit tunable via /sys/power/image_size. It is necessary for systems on which there is a limited amount of swap available for suspend. It can also be useful for optimizing performance of swsusp on systems with 1 GB of RAM or more. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] Keys: Remove key duplicationDavid Howells
Remove the key duplication stuff since there's nothing that uses it, no way to get at it and it's awkward to deal with for LSM purposes. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[BLOCK] I/O barrier documentation updateTejun Heo
Update documentation to match new barrier implementation. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] i2c: i2c-nforce2 add nforce4 MCP-04 device IDJean Delvare
One more supported PCI ID for the i2c-nforce2 driver. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] i2c: update i2c_driver.command documentationJean Delvare
Document i2c_driver.command as being deprecated, and don't suggest an empty implementation of this callback as it doesn't make any sense. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] i2c: Documentation updateJean Delvare
Update the i2c documentation to reflect the recent change to i2c_add_driver. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] i2c: Drop i2c_driver.{owner,name}, 11 of 11Jean Delvare
Document the drop of the owner and name fields of the i2c_driver structure. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> CC: Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] i2c: Chip driver porting guide updateJean Delvare
Update Documentation/i2c/porting-clients. Many recent changes to the i2c and hwmon subsystems were never reported there. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] i2c: Rework client usage count, 3 of 3Jean Delvare
Do not limit the usage count of i2c clients to 1. In other words, change the client usage count behavior from the old I2C_CLIENT_ALLOW_USE to the old I2C_CLIENT_ALLOW_MULTIPLE_USE. The rationale is that no driver actually needs the limiting behavior, and the unlimiting behavior is slightly easier to implement. Update the documentation to reflect this change. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] i2c: Drop i2c_driver.flags, 2 of 3Jean Delvare
Just about every i2c chip driver sets the I2C_DF_NOTIFY flag, so we can simply make it the default and drop the flag. If any driver really doesn't want to be notified when i2c adapters are added, that driver can simply omit to set .attach_adapter. This approach is also more robust as it prevents accidental NULL pointer dereferences. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] i2c: Add support for Barco LPT->DVI to i2c-parportPeter Korsgaard
The following patch adds support for the Barco LPT->DVI I2C adapter to the i2c-parport driver. Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] hwmon: Clarify the W83627THF VID documentationMark M. Hoffman
This patch clarifies the W83627THF VID documentation. Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05[PATCH] hwmon: remove deprecated sysfs names of adm1025 and adm1026Grant Coady
drivers, hwmon, adm1025 and adm1026: remove deprecated sysfs names. these names have been listed for removal for six months, time for them to go Signed-off-by: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-05Merge http://oss.oracle.com/git/ocfs2Linus Torvalds
2006-01-05Merge rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6Dmitry Torokhov