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... instead of open-coding it
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus:
module: add MODULE_STATE_GOING notifier call
module: Enhance verify_export_symbols
module: set unused_gpl_crcs instead of overwriting unused_crcs
module: neaten __find_symbol, rename to find_symbol
module: reduce module image and resident size
module: make module_sect_attrs private to kernel/module.c
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6:
[CRYPTO] cryptd: Correct kzalloc error test
[CRYPTO] eseqiv: Fix off-by-one encryption
[CRYPTO] api: Fix scatterwalk_sg_chain
[CRYPTO] authenc: Fix async crypto crash in crypto_authenc_genicv()
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Rework the HZ definition to be more consistent with other architectures.
Non-kernel includers will see a constant HZ setting of 100.
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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include/asm-m68knommu/mcfdma.h defines base0-3 for M523x,
M527x and M528x so it looks this has been forgotten.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Note that it cannot be an inline function because we don't have struct
super_block prototype...
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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The declaration of dmi helper functions is a bit messy and inconsistent at the
moment:
* On ia64 they are declared in <asm/io.h>.
* On x86-64 they are declared in <asm/dmi.h>.
* On i386 they are declared both in <asm/io.h> and <asm/dmi.h>.
Fix the header files so that the dmi helper functions are consistently
defined in <asm/dmi.h>.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Add new PCI Express Neo/JSM board to the supported list of drivers in
the JSM driver.
Signed-off-by: Scott Kilau <scottk@digi.com>
Acked-by: Ananda V <avenkat@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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scsi_transport_spi uses sysfs_update_group() when CONFIG_SYSFS=n, so provide a
stub for it.
next-20080423/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c:1467: error: implicit declaration of function 'sysfs_update_group'
make[3]: *** [drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.o] Error 1
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Add a new sysfs_streq() string comparison function, which ignores
the trailing newlines found in sysfs inputs. By example:
sysfs_streq("a", "b") ==> false
sysfs_streq("a", "a") ==> true
sysfs_streq("a", "a\n") ==> true
sysfs_streq("a\n", "a") ==> true
This is intended to simplify parsing of sysfs inputs, letting them
avoid the need to manually strip off newlines from inputs.
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Remove the leap second handling from second_overflow(), which doesn't have to
check for it every second anymore. With CONFIG_NO_HZ this also makes sure the
leap second is handled close to the full second. Additionally this makes it
possible to abort a leap second properly by resetting the STA_INS/STA_DEL
status bits.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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current_tick_length used to do a little more, but now it just returns
tick_length, which we can also access directly at the few places, where it's
needed.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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As TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT is used for more than just the tick length, the name
isn't quite approriate anymore, so this renames it to NTP_SCALE_SHIFT.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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This adds support for setting the TAI value (International Atomic Time). The
value is reported back to userspace via timex (as we don't have a
ntp_gettime() syscall).
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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time_offset is already a 64bit value but its resolution barely used, so this
makes better use of it by replacing SHIFT_UPDATE with TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT.
Side note: the SHIFT_HZ in SHIFT_UPDATE was incorrect for CONFIG_NO_HZ and the
primary reason for changing time_offset to 64bit to avoid the overflow.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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This changes time_freq to a 64bit value and makes it static (the only outside
user had no real need to modify it). Intermediate values were already 64bit,
so the change isn't that big, but it saves a little in shifts by replacing
SHIFT_NSEC with TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT. PPM_SCALE is then used to convert between
user space and kernel space representation.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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This adds a few more things from the ntp nanokernel related to user space.
It's now possible to select the resolution used of some values via STA_NANO
and the kernel reports in which mode it works (pll/fll).
If some values for adjtimex() are outside the acceptable range, they are now
simply normalized instead of letting the syscall fail. I removed
MOD_CLKA/MOD_CLKB as the mapping didn't really makes any sense, the kernel
doesn't support setting the clock.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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x86 is the only arch right now, which provides an optimized for
div_long_long_rem and it has the downside that one has to be very careful that
the divide doesn't overflow.
The API is a little akward, as the arguments for the unsigned divide are
signed. The signed version also doesn't handle a negative divisor and
produces worse code on 64bit archs.
There is little incentive to keep this API alive, so this converts the few
users to the new API.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Rename div64_64 to div64_u64 to make it consistent with the other divide
functions, so it clearly includes the type of the divide. Move its definition
to math64.h as currently no architecture overrides the generic implementation.
They can still override it of course, but the duplicated declarations are
avoided.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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The current do_div doesn't explicitly say that it's unsigned and the signed
counterpart is missing, which is e.g. needed when dealing with time values.
This introduces 64bit signed/unsigned divide functions which also attempts to
cleanup the somewhat awkward calling API, which often requires the use of
temporary variables for the dividend. To avoid the need for temporary
variables everywhere for the remainder, each divide variant also provides a
version which doesn't return the remainder.
Each architecture can now provide optimized versions of these function,
otherwise generic fallback implementations will be used.
As an example I provided an alternative for the current x86 divide, which
avoids the asm casts and using an union allows gcc to generate better code.
It also avoids the upper divde in a few more cases, where the result is known
(i.e. upper quotient is zero).
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Fix a reference in a arch/frv/mm/Makefile to unaligned.c which has now been
deleted.
Also revert the change to the guard macro name in include/asm-frv/unaligned.h.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Resulting reduction (x86-64, gcc 4.1.2) with my (special purpose, i.e.
much reduced) configurations:
- 16k kernel resident size
- 180k module resident size
- 10k module image size
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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No-one else is using these afaics.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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When I backed out of using the generic sg chaining (as it isn't currently
portable) and introduced scatterwalk_sg_chain/scatterwalk_sg_next I left
out the sg_is_last check in the latter. This causes it to potentially
dereference beyond the end of the sg array.
As most uses of scatterwalk_sg_next are bound by an overall length, this
only affected the chaining code in authenc and eseqiv. Thanks to Patrick
McHardy for identifying this problem.
This patch also clears the "last" bit on the head of the chained list as
it's no longer last. This also went missing in scatterwalk_sg_chain and
is present in sg_chain.
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-fixes3
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-fixes3: (21 commits)
x86: numaq fix
x86: 8K stacks by default
x86: ioremap ram check fix
x86: fix HT cpu booting on 32-bit
x86: optimize inlining off
x86: CONFIG_X86_ELAN fix
x86: Kconfig fix
x86 PAT: fix performance drop for glx, use UC minus for ioremap(), ioremap_nocache() and pci_mmap_page_range()
x86: use defconfigs from x86/configs/*
toshiba: use ioremap_cached
revert: "x86: ioremap(), extend check to all RAM pages"
x86: don't bother printing compat vdso address
fix: x86: support for new UV apic
x86: fix early-BUG message
x86: iommu_sac_force can become static
x86: add proper header for reboot_force
x86 VISWS: build fix
x86, voyager: fix ioremap_nocache()
hpet: fix
x86: unexport kmap_atomic_to_page
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This follows the new 802.11s/D2.0 draft.
Signed-off-by: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Finally clean up the odd spacing in these files.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Use a resource_size_t instead of unsigned long since some arch's are
capable of having ioremap deal with addresses greater than the size of a
unsigned long.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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scsi_transport_spi uses sysfs_update_group() when CONFIG_SYSFS=n,
so provide a stub for it.
next-20080423/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c:1467: error: implicit declaration of function 'sysfs_update_group'
make[3]: *** [drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.o] Error 1
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Add klist_add_after() and klist_add_before() which puts a new node
after and before an existing node, respectively. This is useful for
callers which need to keep klist ordered. Note that synchronizing
between simultaneous additions for ordering is the caller's
responsibility.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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klist is missing static initializers and definition helper. Add them.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Since recent smpboot 32/64-bit merge, my dual Xeon with HT has been
booting only 2 of its 4 cpus (when running an i386 kernel; but x86_64
is okay). J.A. Magallón reports the same.
native_cpu_up: bad cpu 2
native_cpu_up: bad cpu 3
The mach-default cpu_present_to_apicid() was just returning cpu number
(2, 3) instead of apicid (6, 7): looks like we now need the x86_64 code
even for the i386 case.
Comparing with other versions of cpu_present_to_apicid(), it seems a
good idea to include an NR_CPUS test too, since cpu_present() doesn't
include that; but that wasn't a problem here, and may no problem at all.
Prior to that smpboot merge, my Xeon booted the two HT siblings on one
physical first, then the two siblings on the other physical after - when
i386, but alternated them when x86_64. Since the merge, the x86_64
sequence is unchanged, but the i386 sequence is now like x86_64.
I prefer this consistency, and I prefer the new sequence: booting with
maxcpus=2 then uses the independent physicals without HT sharing.
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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the 'reboot_force' flag is a notion that non-PC subarchitectures do
not have.
also, unify the X86_BIOS_REBOOT option between 32-bit and 64-bit
and get rid of a few unnecessary Kconfig and Makefile complications
that way.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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The comment says it should have been removed in 2.6.25.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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This patch silences:
WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x44672): Section mismatch in
reference from the function arch_register_cpu() to the
function .cpuinit.text:register_cpu()
Changes are based on codes in arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (179 commits)
ACPI: Fix acpi_processor_idle and idle= boot parameters interaction
acpi: fix section mismatch warning in pnpacpi
intel_menlo: fix build warning
ACPI: Cleanup: Remove unneeded, multiple local dummy variables
ACPI: video - fix permissions on some proc entries
ACPI: video - properly handle errors when registering proc elements
ACPI: video - do not store invalid entries in attached_array list
ACPI: re-name acpi_pm_ops to acpi_suspend_ops
ACER_WMI/ASUS_LAPTOP: fix build bug
thinkpad_acpi: fix possible NULL pointer dereference if kstrdup failed
ACPI: check a return value correctly in acpi_power_get_context()
#if 0 acpi/bay.c:eject_removable_drive()
eeepc-laptop: add hwmon fan control
eeepc-laptop: add backlight
eeepc-laptop: add base driver
ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: bump up version to 0.20
ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix selects in Kconfig
ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use a private workqueue
ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fluff really minor fix
ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use uppercase for "LED" on user documentation
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Fixed conflicts in drivers/acpi/video.c and drivers/misc/intel_menlow.c
manually.
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'bugzilla-9916', 'ec', 'eeepc', 'idle', 'misc', 'pm-legacy', 'sysfs-links-2.6.26', 'thermal', 'thinkpad' and 'video' into release
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6:
sparc64: remove duplicated include
sparc: Add kgdb support.
kgdbts: Sparc needs sstep emulation.
sparc32: Kill smp_message_pass() and related code.
sparc64: Kill PIL_RESERVED, unused.
sparc64: Split entry.S up into seperate files.
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (53 commits)
tcp: Overflow bug in Vegas
[IPv4] UFO: prevent generation of chained skb destined to UFO device
iwlwifi: move the selects to the tristate drivers
ipv4: annotate a few functions __init in ipconfig.c
atm: ambassador: vcc_sf semaphore to mutex
MAINTAINERS: The socketcan-core list is subscribers-only.
netfilter: nf_conntrack: padding breaks conntrack hash on ARM
ipv4: Update MTU to all related cache entries in ip_rt_frag_needed()
sch_sfq: use del_timer_sync() in sfq_destroy()
net: Add compat support for getsockopt (MCAST_MSFILTER)
net: Several cleanups for the setsockopt compat support.
ipvs: fix oops in backup for fwmark conn templates
bridge: kernel panic when unloading bridge module
bridge: fix error handling in br_add_if()
netfilter: {nfnetlink,ip,ip6}_queue: fix skb_over_panic when enlarging packets
netfilter: x_tables: fix net namespace leak when reading /proc/net/xxx_tables_names
netfilter: xt_TCPOPTSTRIP: signed tcphoff for ipv6_skip_exthdr() retval
tcp: Limit cwnd growth when deferring for GSO
tcp: Allow send-limited cwnd to grow up to max_burst when gso disabled
[netdrvr] gianfar: Determine TBIPA value dynamically
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fix the condition to match intention: always use the old inlining
behavior on all gcc versions below 4.
this should solve the UML build problem.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6:
[S390] Update default configuration.
[S390] use generic sys_ptrace
[S390] Remove self ptrace IEEE_IP hack.
[S390] Convert to SPARSEMEM & SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
[S390] System z large page support.
[S390] Convert machine feature detection code to C.
[S390] vmemmap: use clear_table to initialise page tables.
[S390] Move stfl to system.h and delete duplicated version.
[S390] uaccess_mvcos: #ifdef config dependent code.
[S390] cpu topology: Fix possible deadlock.
[S390] Add topology_core_siblings to topology.h
[S390] cio: Make isc handling more robust.
[S390] remove -traditional
[S390] Automatically detect added cpus.
[S390] smp: Fix locking order.
[S390] Add missing ifndef/define to include/asm-s390/sysinfo.h.
[S390] Move show_regs to traps.c.
[S390] cio: Use strict_strtoul() for attributes.
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Fix up the contents of <linux/byteorder/> so that it doesn't export a
content-free generic.h to user space. This involves:
* Removing the __KERNEL__ tests from generic.h and dropping it from
Kbuild.
* Wrapping the inclusions of generic.h in both big_endian.h and
little_endian.h in __KERNEL__ tests.
* Shifting big_endian.h and little_endian.h from header-y to
unifdef-y in Kbuild.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Remove the "#ifdef __KERNEL__" tests from unexported header files in
linux/include whose entire contents are wrapped in that preprocessor
test.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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hrtimers have now dynamic users in the network code. Put them under
debugobjects surveillance as well.
Add calls to the generic object debugging infrastructure and provide fixup
functions which allow to keep the system alive when recoverable problems have
been detected by the object debugging core code.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Add calls to the generic object debugging infrastructure and provide fixup
functions which allow to keep the system alive when recoverable problems have
been detected by the object debugging core code.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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We can see an ever repeating problem pattern with objects of any kind in the
kernel:
1) freeing of active objects
2) reinitialization of active objects
Both problems can be hard to debug because the crash happens at a point where
we have no chance to decode the root cause anymore. One problem spot are
kernel timers, where the detection of the problem often happens in interrupt
context and usually causes the machine to panic.
While working on a timer related bug report I had to hack specialized code
into the timer subsystem to get a reasonable hint for the root cause. This
debug hack was fine for temporary use, but far from a mergeable solution due
to the intrusiveness into the timer code.
The code further lacked the ability to detect and report the root cause
instantly and keep the system operational.
Keeping the system operational is important to get hold of the debug
information without special debugging aids like serial consoles and special
knowledge of the bug reporter.
The problems described above are not restricted to timers, but timers tend to
expose it usually in a full system crash. Other objects are less explosive,
but the symptoms caused by such mistakes can be even harder to debug.
Instead of creating specialized debugging code for the timer subsystem a
generic infrastructure is created which allows developers to verify their code
and provides an easy to enable debug facility for users in case of trouble.
The debugobjects core code keeps track of operations on static and dynamic
objects by inserting them into a hashed list and sanity checking them on
object operations and provides additional checks whenever kernel memory is
freed.
The tracked object operations are:
- initializing an object
- adding an object to a subsystem list
- deleting an object from a subsystem list
Each operation is sanity checked before the operation is executed and the
subsystem specific code can provide a fixup function which allows to prevent
the damage of the operation. When the sanity check triggers a warning message
and a stack trace is printed.
The list of operations can be extended if the need arises. For now it's
limited to the requirements of the first user (timers).
The core code enqueues the objects into hash buckets. The hash index is
generated from the address of the object to simplify the lookup for the check
on kfree/vfree. Each bucket has it's own spinlock to avoid contention on a
global lock.
The debug code can be compiled in without being active. The runtime overhead
is minimal and could be optimized by asm alternatives. A kernel command line
option enables the debugging code.
Thanks to Ingo Molnar for review, suggestions and cleanup patches.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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