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2009-08-31x86, msr: Export the register-setting MSR functions via /dev/*/msrH. Peter Anvin
Make it possible to access the all-register-setting/getting MSR functions via the MSR driver. This is implemented as an ioctl() on the standard MSR device node. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com>
2009-08-30Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/holtmann/bluetooth-next-2.6
2009-08-27Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc8' into nextDmitry Torokhov
2009-08-27Merge 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: update documentation pointers 9p: remove unnecessary v9fses->options which duplicates the mount string net/9p: insulate the client against an invalid error code sent by a 9p server 9p: Add missing cast for the error return value in v9fs_get_inode 9p: Remove redundant inode uid/gid assignment 9p: Fix possible regressions when ->get_sb fails. 9p: Fix v9fs show_options 9p: Fix possible memleak in v9fs_inode_from fid. 9p: minor comment fixes 9p: Fix possible inode leak in v9fs_get_inode. 9p: Check for error in return value of v9fs_fid_add
2009-08-27ALSA: Add debug module optionTakashi Iwai
Add debug module option to snd core. This controls the debug print level. When CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE is set, you can suppress the debug messages by giving or changing this parameter to a lower value. debug=0 means no debug messsages. As default, it's set to the verbose level 2. Since this option can be changed dynamically via sysfs file, you can suppress the verbose debug messages on the fly, which wasn't possible before. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-08-27kmemleak: Dump object information on requestCatalin Marinas
By writing dump=<addr> to the kmemleak file, kmemleak will look up an object with that address and dump the information it has about it to syslog. This is useful in debugging memory leaks. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2009-08-26tracing: Add vim script to enable folding for function_graph tracesJosh Triplett
function_graph traces look like nested function calls, complete with braces denoting the start and end of functions. function-graph-fold.vim teaches vim how to fold these functions, to make it more convenient to browse them. To use, :source function-graph-fold.vim while viewing a function_graph trace, or use "view -S function-graph-fold.vim some-trace" to load it from the command-line together with a trace. You can then use the usual vim fold commands, such as "za", to open and close nested functions. While closed, a fold will show the total time taken for a call, as would normally appear on the line with the closing brace. Folded functions will not include finish_task_switch(), so folding should remain relatively sane even through a context switch. Note that this will almost certainly only work well with a single-CPU trace (e.g. trace-cmd report --cpu 1). It also takes some time to run (a few seconds for a large trace on my laptop). Nevertheless, I found it very handy to get an overview of a trace and then drill down on problematic calls. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> LKML-Reference: <20090806145701.GB7661@feather> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-08-25ALSA: hda - Add / fix model entries for HD-audio driverTakashi Iwai
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-08-25Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc7' into irq/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: move from an -rc2 base to -rc7. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-23rcu: Remove CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCUPaul E. McKenney
Now that CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU is in place, there is no further need for CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU. Remove it, along with whatever subtle bugs it may (or may not) contain. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org LKML-Reference: <125097461396-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-23rcu: Renamings to increase RCU clarityPaul E. McKenney
Make RCU-sched, RCU-bh, and RCU-preempt be underlying implementations, with "RCU" defined in terms of one of the three. Update the outdated rcu_qsctr_inc() names, as these functions no longer increment anything. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org LKML-Reference: <12509746132696-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-23PM: Introduce core framework for run-time PM of I/O devices (rev. 17)Rafael J. Wysocki
Introduce a core framework for run-time power management of I/O devices. Add device run-time PM fields to 'struct dev_pm_info' and device run-time PM callbacks to 'struct dev_pm_ops'. Introduce a run-time PM workqueue and define some device run-time PM helper functions at the core level. Document all these things. Special thanks to Alan Stern for his help with the design and multiple detailed reviews of the pereceding versions of this patch and to Magnus Damm for testing feedback. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>
2009-08-22Bluetooth: Add documentation for Marvell Bluetooth driverBing Zhao
add btmrvl.txt to Documentation/ This patch incorporates a lot of comments given by Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>. Many thanks to Nicolas Pitre. Signed-off-by: Rahul Tank <rahult@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-08-19Input: add new driver for Sentelic Finger Sensing PadTai-hwa Liang
This is the driver for Sentelic Finger Sensing Pad which can be found on MSI WIND Netbook. Signed-off-by: Tai-hwa Liang <avatar@sentelic.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2009-08-19NFS: Add a dns resolver for use with NFSv4 referrals and migrationTrond Myklebust
The NFSv4 and NFSv4.1 protocols both allow for the redirection of a client from one server to another in order to support filesystem migration and replication. For full protocol support, we need to add the ability to convert a DNS host name into an IP address that we can feed to the RPC client. We'll reuse the sunrpc cache, now that it has been converted to work with rpc_pipefs. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2009-08-19Merge branch 'nfsv4_xdr_cleanups-for-2.6.32' into nfs-for-2.6.32Trond Myklebust
Conflicts: fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
2009-08-19ieee802154: document the skb->cb usage clearly.Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
2009-08-19AFS: Documentation updatesAnton Blanchard
Fix some issues with the AFS documentation, found when testing AFS on ppc64: - Update AFS features: reading/writing, local caching - Typo in kafs sysfs debug file - Use modprobe instead of insmod in example - Update IPs for grand.central.org Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-18mm: revert "oom: move oom_adj value"KOSAKI Motohiro
The commit 2ff05b2b (oom: move oom_adj value) moveed the oom_adj value to the mm_struct. It was a very good first step for sanitize OOM. However Paul Menage reported the commit makes regression to his job scheduler. Current OOM logic can kill OOM_DISABLED process. Why? His program has the code of similar to the following. ... set_oom_adj(OOM_DISABLE); /* The job scheduler never killed by oom */ ... if (vfork() == 0) { set_oom_adj(0); /* Invoked child can be killed */ execve("foo-bar-cmd"); } .... vfork() parent and child are shared the same mm_struct. then above set_oom_adj(0) doesn't only change oom_adj for vfork() child, it's also change oom_adj for vfork() parent. Then, vfork() parent (job scheduler) lost OOM immune and it was killed. Actually, fork-setting-exec idiom is very frequently used in userland program. We must not break this assumption. Then, this patch revert commit 2ff05b2b and related commit. Reverted commit list --------------------- - commit 2ff05b2b4e (oom: move oom_adj value from task_struct to mm_struct) - commit 4d8b9135c3 (oom: avoid unnecessary mm locking and scanning for OOM_DISABLE) - commit 8123681022 (oom: only oom kill exiting tasks with attached memory) - commit 933b787b57 (mm: copy over oom_adj value at fork time) Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-179p: update documentation pointersEric Van Hensbergen
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2009-08-17Merge branch 'next-s3c' of git://aeryn.fluff.org.uk/bjdooks/linux into ↵Russell King
devel-stable
2009-08-17GFS2: Add a document explaining GFS2's ueventsSteven Whitehouse
This will be essential reading for anybody who wants to understand how GFS2 interacts with the userland gfs_controld, and the details of recovery. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
2009-08-15Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc6' into core/rcuIngo Molnar
Merge reason: the branch was on pre-rc1 .30, update to latest. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-13V4L/DVB (12402): em28xx: fix: some em2710 chips use a different vendor IDMauro Carvalho Chehab
Thanks to hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@arcor.de> for pointing this new variation. Tested-by: hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-08-13V4L/DVB (12391): saa7134: Use correct product name for Hauppauge ↵Michael Krufky
WinTV-HVR1120 DVB-T/Hybrid Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-08-13V4L/DVB (12390): saa7134: Use correct product name for Hauppauge ↵Michael Krufky
WinTV-HVR1150 ATSC/QAM-Hybrid Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@kernellabs.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2009-08-12documentation: fix wrt. headers renameDmitry Baryshkov
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-08-12Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: arch/microblaze/include/asm/socket.h
2009-08-12Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: document libata's ignore_hpa optionMichael Prokop
By default the kernel honors the HPA (host protected area) of hard drives. Using libata's ignore_hpa module option it's possible to change this behaviour. Document usage and options of libata.ignore_hpa in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2009-08-11Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c We use the tracing/core version. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-10documentation: register ioctl entry of nilfs2Ryusuke Konishi
This will register the ioctl range used by nilfs2 file system to the table listed in Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-10sound: make OSS device number claiming optional and schedule its removalTejun Heo
If any OSS support is enabled, regardless of built-in or module, sound_core claims full OSS major number (that is, the old 0-255 region) to trap open attempts and request sound modules using custom module aliases. This feature is redundant as chrdev already has such mechanism. This preemptive claiming prevents alternative OSS implementation. The custom module aliases are scheduled to be removed and the previous patch made soundcore emit the standard chrdev aliases too to help transition. This patch schedule the feature for removal in a year and makes it optional so that developers and distros can try new things in the meantime without rebuilding the kernel. The pre-claiming can be turned off by using SOUND_OSS_CORE_PRECLAIM and/or kernel parameter soundcore.preclaim_oss. As this allows sound minors to be individually grabbed by other users, this patch updates sound_insert_unit() such that if registering individual device region fails, it tries the next available slot. For details on removal plan, please read the entry added by this patch in feature-removal-schedule.txt . Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove redirecting header filesJan Engelhardt
When IPv4 and IPv6 matches were unified approx. 3.5 years ago, they received new header filenames (e.g. xt_CLASSIFY.h). Let's remove the old ones now. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_mark v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_mark v1 (v2.6.24-2922-g17b0d7e). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_iprange v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_iprange v1 (v2.6.24-2928-g1a50c5a1). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_conntrack v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_conntrack v1 (v2.6.24-2921-g64eb12f). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_connmark v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_connmark v1 (v2.6.24-2919-g96e3227). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_MARK v0, v1Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_MARK v2 (v2.6.24-2918-ge0a812a). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_CONNMARK v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_CONNMARK v1 (v2.6.24-2917-g0dc8c76). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-10netfilter: xtables: remove xt_TOS v0Jan Engelhardt
Superseded by xt_TOS v1 (v2.6.24-2396-g5c350e5). Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2009-08-09Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus-2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-fixes-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: lockdep: Fix typos in documentation lockdep: Fix file mode of lock_stat rtmutex: Avoid deadlock in rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock()
2009-08-09SUNRPC: convert some sysctls into module parametersTrond Myklebust
Parameters like the minimum reserved port, and the number of slot entries should really be module parameters rather than sysctls. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2009-08-07Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (30 commits) ARM: 5639/1: arm: clkdev.c should include <linux/clk.h> ARM: 5638/1: arch/arm/kernel/signal.c: use correct address space for CRUNCH ARM: 5637/1: [KS8695] Don't reference CLOCK_TICK_RATE in drivers ARM: S3C64XX: serial: Fix section mismatch warning ARM: S3C24XX: serial: Fix section mismatch warnings ARM: S3C: PWM fix for low duty cycle ARM: 5597/1: [PCI] reset all internal hardware prior PCI initialization ARM: 5627/1: Fix restoring of lr at the end of mcount ARM: 5624/1: Document cache aliasing region S3C64XX: Fix ARMCLK configuration S3C64XX: Fix get_rate() for ARMCLK S3C24XX: GPIO: Fix pin range check in s3c_gpiolib_getchip mx3 defconfig update mx27 defconfig update ARM: 5623/1: Treo680: ir shutdown typo fix ARM: includecheck fix: plat-stmp3xxx/pinmux.c ARM: includecheck fix: plat-s3c64xx/pm.c ARM: includecheck fix: mach-omap2/mcbsp.c ARM: includecheck fix: mach-omap1/mcbsp.c ARM: includecheck fix: board-sffsdr.c ...
2009-08-07lockdep: Fix typos in documentationLi Zefan
s/head/held Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <4A7BD37E.9060806@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-04Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: Make SCSI SG v4 driver enabled by default and remove EXPERIMENTAL dependency, since udev depends on BSG block: Update topology documentation block: Stack optimal I/O size block: Add a wrapper for setting minimum request size without a queue block: Make blk_queue_stack_limits use the new stacking interface
2009-08-04Merge 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: (47 commits) ehea: Fix napi list corruption on ifconfig down igbvf: Allow VF driver to correctly recognize failure to set mac 3c59x: Fix build failure with gcc 3.2 sky2: Avoid transmits during sky2_down() iwlagn: do not send key clear commands when rfkill enabled libertas: Read buffer overflow drivers/net/wireless: introduce missing kfree drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi: introduce missing kfree zd1211rw: fix unaligned access in zd_mac_rx cfg80211: fix regression on beacon world roaming feature cfg80211: add two missing NULL pointer checks ixgbe: Patch to modify 82598 PCIe completion timeout values bluetooth: rfcomm_init bug fix mlx4_en: Fix double pci unmapping. mISDN: Fix handling of receive buffer size in L1oIP pcnet32: VLB support fixes pcnet32: remove superfluous NULL pointer check in pcnet32_probe1() net: restore the original spinlock to protect unicast list netxen: fix coherent dma mask setting mISDN: Read buffer overflow ...
2009-08-01thinkpad-acpi: remove dock and bay subdriversHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
The standard ACPI dock driver can handle the hotplug bays and docks of the ThinkPads just fine (including batteries) as of 2.6.27, and the code in thinkpad-acpi for the dock and bay subdrivers is currently broken anyway... Userspace needs some love to support the two-stage ejection nicely, but it is simple enough to do through udev rules (you don't even need HAL) so this wouldn't justify fixing the dock and bay subdrivers, either. That leaves warm-swap bays (_EJ3) support for thinkpad-acpi, as well as support for the weird dock of the model 570, but since such support has never left the "experimental" stage, it is also not a strong enough reason to find a way to fix this code. Users of ThinkPads with warm-swap bays are urged to request that _EJ3 support be added to the regular ACPI dock driver, if such feature is indeed useful for them. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-08-01block: Update topology documentationMartin K. Petersen
Update topology comments and sysfs documentation based upon discussions with Neil Brown. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-07-30Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.h drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
2009-07-30ARM: S3C: CPUFREQ: Add documentation for systemBen Dooks
Add documentation for the S3C24XX style CPUFREQ driver. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>