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2009-09-01hdlc: convert to netdev_tx_tStephen Hemminger
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-07-12headers: smp_lock.h reduxAlexey Dobriyan
* Remove smp_lock.h from files which don't need it (including some headers!) * Add smp_lock.h to files which do need it * Make smp_lock.h include conditional in hardirq.h It's needed only for one kernel_locked() usage which is under CONFIG_PREEMPT This will make hardirq.h inclusion cheaper for every PREEMPT=n config (which includes allmodconfig/allyesconfig, BTW) Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-24synclink_gt: fix transmit race and timeoutPaul Fulghum
Fix race condition when adding transmit data to active DMA buffer ring that can cause transmit stall. Update transmit timeout when adding data to active DMA buffer ring. Base transmit timeout on amount of buffered data instead of using fixed value. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-11tty: synclink_gt add receive pio modePaul Fulghum
Add receive programmed IO mode to reduce receive latency when using low data rates. The receive FIFO trigger level of 128 bytes used in DMA mode creates excessive latency when operating at low data rates. PIO mode is selected when user application requests data in blocks of less than 128 bytes. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-11tty: Add carrier processing on close to the tty_port coreAlan Cox
Some drivers implement this internally, others miss it out. Push the behaviour into the core code as that way everyone will do it consistently. Update the dtr rts method to raise or lower depending upon flags. Having a single method in this style fits most of the implementations more cleanly than two funtions. We need this in place before we tackle the USB side Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02synclink_gt: add clock optionsPaul Fulghum
Add support for x8 asynchronous sample rate and ability to specify base clock frequency. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-01proc tty: switch synclink_gt to ->proc_fopsAlexey Dobriyan
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-21WAN: Convert generic HDLC drivers to netdev_ops.Krzysztof Hałasa
Also remove unneeded last_rx update from Synclink drivers. Synclink part mostly by Stephen Hemminger. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Hałasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-15synclink_gt: enable RI interruptPaul Fulghum
- Enable ring indicator interrupt. - Remove vendor specific CVS version tags. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-02tty: Introduce some close helpers for portsAlan Cox
Again this is a lot of common code we can unify Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-02tty: Pull the dtr raise into tty portAlan Cox
This moves another per device special out of what should be shared open wait paths into private methods Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-02tty_port: Add a port level carrier detect operationAlan Cox
This is the first step to generalising the various pieces of waiting logic duplicated in all sorts of serial drivers. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-16removed unused #include <version.h>Huang Weiyi
The drivers below do not use LINUX_VERSION_CODE nor KERNEL_VERSION. drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/tty.c drivers/char/synclink_gt.c drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c This patch removes the said #include <version.h>. Signed-off-by: Huang Weiyi <weiyi.huang@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-07Merge branch 'for-jeff' of ↵Jeff Garzik
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6 into tmp
2008-07-23Remove bogus dosyncppp variable from synclink drivers.Krzysztof Hałasa
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Hałasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
2008-07-22synclink_gt fix locking in error path of rx enablePaul Fulghum
Fix locking in error path of rx_enable() introduced by synclink_gt-add-rx-dma-buffer-fill-level-control patch. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-22synclink_gt: add rx DMA buffer fill level controlPaul Fulghum
Add run time control for receive DMA buffer fill level to allow application to control receive latency when using stream oriented serial protocols that pass receive data to application only after a DMA buffer fills. This was previously a compile time option, but run time control is needed when application changes data rate (and latency requirements) or uses different data rates on different ports. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-22synclink_gt: leave transmitter in reset state after configurationPaul Fulghum
Leave the transmitter in reset state after configuration so that transmit signal is held at mark until transmitter is explicitly enabled by application, otherwise transmitter sends idle pattern. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-22synclink_gt: improve TIOCOUTQ accuracyPaul Fulghum
Improve the accuracy of TIOCOUTQ value as implemented in chars_in_buffer() method by walking and counting tx DMA buffers, reading controller tx FIFO level and accounting for controller tx shift register. The greatly improves application control of transmit latency at lower data rates. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-22synclink_gt: add serial bit order controlPaul Fulghum
Add control of hardware serial bit order between LSB first (default/standard) and MSB first. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-22synclink_gt: improve and simplify write methodPaul Fulghum
Improve write method by allowing multiple HDLC frames to be loaded into tx DMA buffer ring for continuous frame transmission. This simplifies the transmit code by using the common procedures for all serial protocols. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-22tty: rework break handlingAlan Cox
Some hardware needs to do break handling itself and may have partial support only. Make break_ctl return an error code. Add a tty driver flag so you can indicate driver hardware side break support. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-20Merge 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: (1232 commits) iucv: Fix bad merging. net_sched: Add size table for qdiscs net_sched: Add accessor function for packet length for qdiscs net_sched: Add qdisc_enqueue wrapper highmem: Export totalhigh_pages. ipv6 mcast: Omit redundant address family checks in ip6_mc_source(). net: Use standard structures for generic socket address structures. ipv6 netns: Make several "global" sysctl variables namespace aware. netns: Use net_eq() to compare net-namespaces for optimization. ipv6: remove unused macros from net/ipv6.h ipv6: remove unused parameter from ip6_ra_control tcp: fix kernel panic with listening_get_next tcp: Remove redundant checks when setting eff_sacks tcp: options clean up tcp: Fix MD5 signatures for non-linear skbs sctp: Update sctp global memory limit allocations. sctp: remove unnecessary byteshifting, calculate directly in big-endian sctp: Allow only 1 listening socket with SO_REUSEADDR sctp: Do not leak memory on multiple listen() calls sctp: Support ipv6only AF_INET6 sockets. ...
2008-07-20tty: add more tty_port fieldsAlan Cox
Move more bits into the tty_port structure Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-20synclink: use tty_portAlan Cox
Switch the synclink ports to use the new tty_port structure Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-20tty: Ldisc revampAlan Cox
Move the line disciplines towards a conventional ->ops arrangement. For the moment the actual 'tty_ldisc' struct in the tty is kept as part of the tty struct but this can then be changed if it turns out that when it all settles down we want to refcount ldiscs separately to the tty. Pull the ldisc code out of /proc and put it with our ldisc code. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-04WAN: convert drivers to use built-in netdev_statsKrzysztof Halasa
There is no point in using separate net_device_stats structs when the one in struct net_device is present. Compiles. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Hałasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-05-13drivers/char/synclink_gt.c: don't return an uninitialised localAndrew Morton
drivers/char/synclink_gt.c: In function 'put_char': drivers/char/synclink_gt.c:919: warning: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function The compiler speaketh truth. Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30char serial: switch drivers to ioremap_nocacheAlan Cox
Simple search/replace except for synclink.c where I noticed a real bug and fixed it too. It was doing NULL + offset, then checking for NULL if the remap failed. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30synclink series: switch to int put_char methodAlan Cox
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30tty/serial: lay the foundations for the next set of reworksAlan Cox
- Stop drivers calling their own flush method indirectly, it obfuscates code and it will change soon anyway - A few more lock_kernel paths temporarily needed in some driver internal waiting code - Remove private put_char method that does a write call for one char - we have that anyway - Most but not yet all of the termios copy under lock fixing (some has other dependencies to follow) - Note a few locking bugs in drivers found in the process - Kill remaining [ab]users of TIOCG/SSOFTCAR in the driver, these must go to fix the termios locking Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30synclink series: Prepare for BKL pushdownAlan Cox
As these are quite complex I've simply pushed the BKL down into the ioctl handler not tried to do anything neater. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-28synclink drivers bool conversionJoe Perches
Remove more TRUE/FALSE defines and uses Remove == TRUE tests Convert BOOLEAN to bool Convert int to bool where appropriate Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Acked-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-20drivers/char: minor irq handler cleanupsJeff Garzik
- remove always-false tests - don't overload 'irq' argument, pass data properly via dev_id - remove pointless casts from void* Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2008-02-06synclink_gt fix missed serial input signal changesPaul Fulghum
Fix missed serial input signal changes caused by rereading the serial status register during interrupt processing. Now processing is performed on original status register value. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-06synclink: standardize format of linux header file include's with "<>"Robert P. J. Day
Use the recommended form of "<>" to include linux header files, and move those includes up to join the rest of the linux includes. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Acked-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-14synclink_gt endianness annotationsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-08-22synclink_gt fix module referencePaul Fulghum
Get module reference on open() by generic HDLC to prevent module from unloading while interface is active. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-31synclink_gt: fix transmit DMA stallPaul Fulghum
Fix transmit DMA stall when write() called in window after previous transmit DMA completes but before previous serial transmission completes. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19some kmalloc/memset ->kzalloc (tree wide)Yoann Padioleau
Transform some calls to kmalloc/memset to a single kzalloc (or kcalloc). Here is a short excerpt of the semantic patch performing this transformation: @@ type T2; expression x; identifier f,fld; expression E; expression E1,E2; expression e1,e2,e3,y; statement S; @@ x = - kmalloc + kzalloc (E1,E2) ... when != \(x->fld=E;\|y=f(...,x,...);\|f(...,x,...);\|x=E;\|while(...) S\|for(e1;e2;e3) S\) - memset((T2)x,0,E1); @@ expression E1,E2,E3; @@ - kzalloc(E1 * E2,E3) + kcalloc(E1,E2,E3) [akpm@linux-foundation.org: get kcalloc args the right way around] Signed-off-by: Yoann Padioleau <padator@wanadoo.fr> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com> Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Acked-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> Acked-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-16synclink: remove bogus 'no change' termios optimisation from synclink driversAlan Cox
Again this check is wrong now, and un-needed Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-11synclink_gt: add compat_ioctlPaul Fulghum
Add support for 32 bit ioctl on 64 bit systems for synclink_gt Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08synclink_gt use dynamic tty device registrationPaul Fulghum
Change synclink_gt driver to use dynamic tty device registration. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-12[PATCH] Char: timers cleanupJiri Slaby
- Use timer macros to set function and data members and to modify expiration time. - Use DEFINE_TIMER for global timers and do not init them at run-time in these cases. - del_timer_sync is common in most cases -- we want to wait for timer function if it's still running. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Cc: Kylene Jo Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> (Input bits) Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] Char: tty_wakeup cleanupJiri Slaby
tty_wakeup cleanup - remove wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait) surrounding tty_wakup(tty); - substitute tty->ldisc.write_wakeup(tty) + wake_up() by tty_wakeup(tty); Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Acked-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2006-12-08[PATCH] tty: switch to ktermiosAlan Cox
This is the grungy swap all the occurrences in the right places patch that goes with the updates. At this point we have the same functionality as before (except that sgttyb() returns speeds not zero) and are ready to begin turning new stuff on providing nobody reports lots of bugs If you are a tty driver author converting an out of tree driver the only impact should be termios->ktermios name changes for the speed/property setting functions from your upper layers. If you are implementing your own TCGETS function before then your driver was broken already and its about to get a whole lot more painful for you so please fix it 8) Also fill in c_ispeed/ospeed on init for most devices, although the current code will do this for you anyway but I'd like eventually to lose that extra paranoia [akpm@osdl.org: bluetooth fix] [mp3@de.ibm.com: sclp fix] [mp3@de.ibm.com: warning fix for tty3270] [hugh@veritas.com: fix tty_ioctl powerpc build] [jdike@addtoit.com: uml: fix ->set_termios declaration] Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Peschke <mp3@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@de.ibm.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] generic HDLC synclink config mismatch fixPaul Fulghum
Fix compile errors on mismatch between generic HDLC and synclink drivers. Notes: generic HDLC support for synclink drivers is *optional* so you can't just use depend on in Kconfig This solution is deemed the best after 7 months of review and criticism by many developers including AKPM. Read the threads on LKML before posting about this solution. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] synclink_gt: fix init error handlingAkinobu Mita
Initialization synclink_gt forgot to unregister pci driver on error path. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-11-22WorkStruct: make allyesconfigDavid Howells
Fix up for make allyesconfig. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2006-10-05IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlersDavid Howells
Maintain a per-CPU global "struct pt_regs *" variable which can be used instead of passing regs around manually through all ~1800 interrupt handlers in the Linux kernel. The regs pointer is used in few places, but it potentially costs both stack space and code to pass it around. On the FRV arch, removing the regs parameter from all the genirq function results in a 20% speed up of the IRQ exit path (ie: from leaving timer_interrupt() to leaving do_IRQ()). Where appropriate, an arch may override the generic storage facility and do something different with the variable. On FRV, for instance, the address is maintained in GR28 at all times inside the kernel as part of general exception handling. Having looked over the code, it appears that the parameter may be handed down through up to twenty or so layers of functions. Consider a USB character device attached to a USB hub, attached to a USB controller that posts its interrupts through a cascaded auxiliary interrupt controller. A character device driver may want to pass regs to the sysrq handler through the input layer which adds another few layers of parameter passing. I've build this code with allyesconfig for x86_64 and i386. I've runtested the main part of the code on FRV and i386, though I can't test most of the drivers. I've also done partial conversion for powerpc and MIPS - these at least compile with minimal configurations. This will affect all archs. Mostly the changes should be relatively easy. Take do_IRQ(), store the regs pointer at the beginning, saving the old one: struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs); And put the old one back at the end: set_irq_regs(old_regs); Don't pass regs through to generic_handle_irq() or __do_IRQ(). In timer_interrupt(), this sort of change will be necessary: - update_process_times(user_mode(regs)); - profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING, regs); + update_process_times(user_mode(get_irq_regs())); + profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING); I'd like to move update_process_times()'s use of get_irq_regs() into itself, except that i386, alone of the archs, uses something other than user_mode(). Some notes on the interrupt handling in the drivers: (*) input_dev() is now gone entirely. The regs pointer is no longer stored in the input_dev struct. (*) finish_unlinks() in drivers/usb/host/ohci-q.c needs checking. It does something different depending on whether it's been supplied with a regs pointer or not. (*) Various IRQ handler function pointers have been moved to type irq_handler_t. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> (cherry picked from 1b16e7ac850969f38b375e511e3fa2f474a33867 commit)