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2011-06-05x86-64: Document some of entry_64.SAndy Lutomirski
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Cc: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com> Cc: richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com> Cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com> Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: pageexec@freemail.hu Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/fc134867cc550977cc996866129e11a16ba0f9ea.1307292171.git.luto@mit.edu Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-06-02Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6: intel-iommu: Fix off-by-one in RMRR setup intel-iommu: Add domain check in domain_remove_one_dev_info intel-iommu: Remove Host Bridge devices from identity mapping intel-iommu: Use coherent DMA mask when requested intel-iommu: Dont cache iova above 32bit intel-iommu: Speed up processing of the identity_mapping function intel-iommu: Check for identity mapping candidate using system dma mask intel-iommu: Only unlink device domains from iommu intel-iommu: Enable super page (2MiB, 1GiB, etc.) support intel-iommu: Flush unmaps at domain_exit intel-iommu: Remove obsolete comment from detect_intel_iommu intel-iommu: fix VT-d PMR disable for TXT on S3 resume
2011-06-01intel-iommu: Enable super page (2MiB, 1GiB, etc.) supportYouquan Song
There are no externally-visible changes with this. In the loop in the internal __domain_mapping() function, we simply detect if we are mapping: - size >= 2MiB, and - virtual address aligned to 2MiB, and - physical address aligned to 2MiB, and - on hardware that supports superpages. (and likewise for larger superpages). We automatically use a superpage for such mappings. We never have to worry about *breaking* superpages, since we trust that we will always *unmap* the same range that was mapped. So all we need to do is ensure that dma_pte_clear_range() will also cope with superpages. Adjust pfn_to_dma_pte() to take a superpage 'level' as an argument, so it can return a PTE at the appropriate level rather than always extending the page tables all the way down to level 1. Again, this is simplified by the fact that we should never encounter existing small pages when we're creating a mapping; any old mapping that used the same virtual range will have been entirely removed and its obsolete page tables freed. Provide an 'intel_iommu=sp_off' argument on the command line as a chicken bit. Not that it should ever be required. == The original commit seen in the iommu-2.6.git was Youquan's implementation (and completion) of my own half-baked code which I'd typed into an email. Followed by half a dozen subsequent 'fixes'. I've taken the unusual step of rewriting history and collapsing the original commits in order to keep the main history simpler, and make life easier for the people who are going to have to backport this to older kernels. And also so I can give it a more coherent commit comment which (hopefully) gives a better explanation of what's going on. The original sequence of commits leading to identical code was: Youquan Song (3): intel-iommu: super page support intel-iommu: Fix superpage alignment calculation error intel-iommu: Fix superpage level calculation error in dma_pfn_level_pte() David Woodhouse (4): intel-iommu: Precalculate superpage support for dmar_domain intel-iommu: Fix hardware_largepage_caps() intel-iommu: Fix inappropriate use of superpages in __domain_mapping() intel-iommu: Fix phys_pfn in __domain_mapping for sglist pages Signed-off-by: Youquan Song <youquan.song@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
2011-05-30lguest: remove support for VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY.Rusty Russell
No virtio device does this any more, so no need to clutter lguest with it. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2011-05-30lguest: fix up compilation after moveRusty Russell
ed16648eb5b86917f0b90bdcdbc857202da72f90 "Move kvm, uml, and lguest subdirectories" broke the lguest example launcher. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2011-05-29Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86: (43 commits) acer-wmi: support integer return type from WMI methods msi-laptop: fix section mismatch in reference from the function load_scm_model_init acer-wmi: support to set communication device state by new wmid method acer-wmi: allow 64-bits return buffer from WMI methods acer-wmi: check the existence of internal 3G device when set capability platform/x86:delete two unused variables support wlan hotkey on Acer Travelmate 5735Z platform-x86: intel_mid_thermal: Fix memory leak platform/x86: Fix Makefile for intel_mid_powerbtn platform/x86: Simplify intel_mid_powerbtn acer-wmi: Delete out-of-date documentation acerhdf: Clean up includes acerhdf: Drop pointless dependency on THERMAL_HWMON acer-wmi: Update MAINTAINERS wmi: Orphan ACPI-WMI driver tc1100-wmi: Orphan driver acer-wmi: does not allow negative number set to initial device state platform/oaktrail: ACPI EC Extra driver for Oaktrail thinkpad_acpi: Convert printks to pr_<level> thinkpad_acpi: Correct !CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO warning ...
2011-05-29Merge branch 'x86-platform-next' into x86-platformMatthew Garrett
2011-05-29Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
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: ACPI EC: remove redundant code ACPI: Add D3 cold state ACPI: processor: fix processor_physically_present in UP kernel ACPI: Split out custom_method functionality into an own driver ACPI: Cleanup custom_method debug stuff ACPI EC: enable MSI workaround for Quanta laptops ACPICA: Update to version 20110413 ACPICA: Execute an orphan _REG method under the EC device ACPICA: Move ACPI_NUM_PREDEFINED_REGIONS to a more appropriate place ACPICA: Update internal address SpaceID for DataTable regions ACPICA: Add more methods eligible for NULL package element removal ACPICA: Split all internal Global Lock functions to new file - evglock ACPI: EC: add another DMI check for ASUS hardware ACPI EC: remove dead code ACPICA: Fix code divergence of global lock handling ACPICA: Use acpi_os_create_lock interface ACPI: osl, add acpi_os_create_lock interface ACPI:Fix goto flows in thermal-sys
2011-05-29Merge branch 'idle-release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6 * 'idle-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6: x86 idle: deprecate mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param x86 idle: deprecate "no-hlt" cmdline param x86 idle APM: deprecate CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE x86 idle floppy: deprecate disable_hlt() x86 idle: EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_idle, pm_idle) only when APM demands it x86 idle: clarify AMD erratum 400 workaround idle governor: Avoid lock acquisition to read pm_qos before entering idle cpuidle: menu: fixed wrapping timers at 4.294 seconds
2011-05-29x86 idle: deprecate mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline paramLen Brown
mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient than HLT on SMP hardware that supports it. But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states. ACPI uses only mwait_idle_with_hints(), and never uses mwait_idle(). Deprecate mwait_idle() and the "idle=mwait" cmdline param to simplify the x86 idle code. After this change, kernels configured with (!CONFIG_ACPI=n && !CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware that support MWAIT will simply use HLT. If MWAIT is desired on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above can be used. cc: x86@kernel.org cc: stable@kernel.org # .39.x Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-05-29x86 idle: deprecate "no-hlt" cmdline paramLen Brown
We'd rather that modern machines not check if HLT works on every entry into idle, for the benefit of machines that had marginal electricals 15-years ago. If those machines are still running the upstream kernel, they can use "idle=poll". The only difference will be that they'll now invoke HLT in machine_hlt(). cc: x86@kernel.org # .39.x Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-05-29x86 idle APM: deprecate CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLELen Brown
We don't want to export the pm_idle function pointer to modules. Currently CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE w/ CONFIG_APM_MODULE forces us to. CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is of dubious value, it runs only on 32-bit uniprocessor laptops that are over 10 years old. It calls into the BIOS during idle, and is known to cause a number of machines to fail. Removing CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE and will allow us to stop exporting pm_idle. Any systems that were calling into the APM BIOS at run-time will simply use HLT instead. cc: x86@kernel.org cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> cc: stable@kernel.org # .39.x Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-05-29x86 idle floppy: deprecate disable_hlt()Len Brown
Plan to remove floppy_disable_hlt in 2012, an ancient workaround with comments that it should be removed. This allows us to remove clutter and a run-time branch from the idle code. WARN_ONCE() on invocation until it is removed. cc: x86@kernel.org cc: stable@kernel.org # .39.x Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-05-29ACPI: Split out custom_method functionality into an own driverThomas Renninger
With /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method root can write to arbitrary memory and increase his priveleges, even if these are restricted. -> Make this an own debug .config option and warn about the security issue in the config description. -> Still keep acpi/debugfs.c which now only creates an empty /sys/kernel/debug/acpi directory. There might be other users of it later. Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: rui.zhang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-05-28Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (36 commits) Cache xattr security drop check for write v2 fs: block_page_mkwrite should wait for writeback to finish mm: Wait for writeback when grabbing pages to begin a write configfs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename fat: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename hpfs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename minix: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename fuse: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename coda: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename afs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename affs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename 9p: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename ncpfs: fix rename over directory with dangling references ncpfs: document dentry_unhash usage ecryptfs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename hostfs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename hfsplus: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename hfs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename omfs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rneame udf: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash from rmdir, dir rename ...
2011-05-28Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rcu: Start RCU kthreads in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE state rcu: Remove waitqueue usage for cpu, node, and boost kthreads rcu: Avoid acquiring rcu_node locks in timer functions atomic: Add atomic_or() Documentation: Add statistics about nested locks rcu: Decrease memory-barrier usage based on semi-formal proof rcu: Make rcu_enter_nohz() pay attention to nesting rcu: Don't do reschedule unless in irq rcu: Remove old memory barriers from rcu_process_callbacks() rcu: Add memory barriers rcu: Fix unpaired rcu_irq_enter() from locking selftests
2011-05-28Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx: (33 commits) x86: poll waiting for I/OAT DMA channel status maintainers: add dma engine tree details dmaengine: add TODO items for future work on dma drivers dmaengine: Add API documentation for slave dma usage dmaengine/dw_dmac: Update maintainer-ship dmaengine: move link order dmaengine/dw_dmac: implement pause and resume in dwc_control dmaengine/dw_dmac: Replace spin_lock* with irqsave variants and enable submission from callback dmaengine/dw_dmac: Divide one sg to many desc, if sg len is greater than DWC_MAX_COUNT dmaengine/dw_dmac: set residue as total len in dwc_tx_status if status is !DMA_SUCCESS dmaengine/dw_dmac: don't call callback routine in case dmaengine_terminate_all() is called dmaengine: at_hdmac: pause: no need to wait for FIFO empty pch_dma: modify pci device table definition pch_dma: Support new device ML7223 IOH pch_dma: Support I2S for ML7213 IOH pch_dma: Fix DMA setting issue pch_dma: modify for checkpatch pch_dma: fix dma direction issue for ML7213 IOH video-in dmaengine: at_hdmac: use descriptor chaining help function dmaengine: at_hdmac: implement pause and resume in atc_control ... Fix up trivial conflict in drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
2011-05-28Merge branch 'rcu/urgent' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu into core/urgent
2011-05-28Documentation: Add statistics about nested locksJuri Lelli
Explain what the trailing "/1" on some lock class names of lock_stat output means. Reviewed-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4DD4F6C1.5090701@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-05-27Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (97 commits) mtd: kill CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS mtd: remove add_mtd_partitions, add_mtd_device and friends mtd: convert remaining users to mtd_device_register() mtd: samsung onenand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: omap2 onenand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: txx9ndfmc: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: tmio_nand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: socrates_nand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: sharpsl: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: s3c2410 nand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: ppchameleonevb: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: orion_nand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: omap2: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: nomadik_nand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: ndfc: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: mxc_nand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: mpc5121_nfc: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: jz4740_nand: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: h1910: convert to mtd_device_register() mtd: fsmc_nand: convert to mtd_device_register() ... Fixed up trivial conflicts in - drivers/mtd/maps/integrator-flash.c: removed in ARM tree - drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c: addition of afs partition probe type clashing with removal of CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2011-05-27Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (60 commits) [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.24: Extend BSG infrastructure and add link diagnostics [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.24: Add resource extent support [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.24: Add request-firmware support [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.24: Add SR-IOV control [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.24: Extended hardware support and support dump images [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.24: Miscellaneous Fixes and Corrections [SCSI] libsas: Add option for SATA soft reset [SCSI] libsas: check dev->gone before submitting sata i/o [SCSI] libsas: fix/amend device gone notification in sas_deform_port() [SCSI] MAINTAINERS update for SCSI (new email address) [SCSI] Fix Ultrastor asm snippet [SCSI] osst: fix warning [SCSI] osst: wrong index used in inner loop [SCSI] aic94xx: world-writable sysfs update_bios file [SCSI] MAINTAINERS: Add drivers/target/ entry [SCSI] target: Convert TASK_ATTR to scsi_tcq.h definitions [SCSI] target: Convert REPORT_LUNs to use int_to_scsilun [SCSI] target: Fix task->task_execute_queue=1 clear bug + LUN_RESET OOPs [SCSI] target: Fix bug with task_sg chained transport_free_dev_tasks release [SCSI] target: Fix interrupt context bug with stats_lock and core_tmr_alloc_req ...
2011-05-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (45 commits) ARM: 6945/1: Add unwinding support for division functions ARM: kill pmd_off() ARM: 6944/1: mm: allow ASID 0 to be allocated to tasks ARM: 6943/1: mm: use TTBR1 instead of reserved context ID ARM: 6942/1: mm: make TTBR1 always point to swapper_pg_dir on ARMv6/7 ARM: 6941/1: cache: ensure MVA is cacheline aligned in flush_kern_dcache_area ARM: add sendmmsg syscall ARM: 6863/1: allow hotplug on msm ARM: 6832/1: mmci: support for ST-Ericsson db8500v2 ARM: 6830/1: mach-ux500: force PrimeCell revisions ARM: 6829/1: amba: make hardcoded periphid override hardware ARM: 6828/1: mach-ux500: delete SSP PrimeCell ID ARM: 6827/1: mach-netx: delete hardcoded periphid ARM: 6940/1: fiq: Briefly document driver responsibilities for suspend/resume ARM: 6938/1: fiq: Refactor {get,set}_fiq_regs() for Thumb-2 ARM: 6914/1: sparsemem: fix highmem detection when using SPARSEMEM ARM: 6913/1: sparsemem: allow pfn_valid to be overridden when using SPARSEMEM at91: drop at572d940hf support at91rm9200: introduce at91rm9200_set_type to specficy cpu package at91: drop boot_params and PLAT_PHYS_OFFSET ...
2011-05-27Merge branches 'devel', 'devel-stable' and 'fixes' into for-linusRussell King
2011-05-27Merge branch 'docs-move' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdunlap/linux-docs * 'docs-move' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdunlap/linux-docs: Create Documentation/security/, move LSM-, credentials-, and keys-related files from Documentation/ to Documentation/security/, add Documentation/security/00-INDEX, and update all occurrences of Documentation/<moved_file> to Documentation/security/<moved_file>.
2011-05-27Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 * 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6: [media] v1.88 DM04/QQBOX Move remote to use rc_core dvb-usb-remote [media] Add missing include guard to header file [media] Inlined functions should be static [media] Remove invalid parameter description [media] cpia2: fix warning about invalid trigraph sequence [media] s5p-csis: Add missing dependency on PLAT_S5P [media] gspca/kinect: wrap gspca_debug with GSPCA_DEBUG [media] fintek-cir: new driver for Fintek LPC SuperIO CIR function [media] uvcvideo: Connect video devices to media entities [media] uvcvideo: Register subdevices for each entity [media] uvcvideo: Register a v4l2_device [media] add V4L2-PIX-FMT-SRGGB12 & friends to docbook [media] Documentation/DocBook: Rename media fops xml files [media] Media DocBook: fix validation errors [media] wl12xx: g_volatile_ctrl fix: wrong field set [media] fix kconfig dependency warning for VIDEO_TIMBERDALE [media] dm1105: GPIO handling added, I2C on GPIO added, LNB control through GPIO reworked [media] Add support for M-5MOLS 8 Mega Pixel camera ISP
2011-05-27acer-wmi: Delete out-of-date documentationCarlos Corbacho
The documentation file for acer-wmi is long out of date, and there's not much point in keeping it around either. Signed-off-by: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
2011-05-27fs: pass exact type of data dirties to ->dirty_inodeChristoph Hellwig
Tell the filesystem if we just updated timestamp (I_DIRTY_SYNC) or anything else, so that the filesystem can track internally if it needs to push out a transaction for fdatasync or not. This is just the prototype change with no user for it yet. I plan to push large XFS changes for the next merge window, and getting this trivial infrastructure in this window would help a lot to avoid tree interdependencies. Also remove incorrect comments that ->dirty_inode can't block. That has been changed a long time ago, and many implementations rely on it. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-05-27regulator: Remove supply_regulator_dev from machine configurationMark Brown
supply_regulator_dev (using a struct pointer) has been deprecated in favour of supply_regulator (using a regulator name) for quite a few releases now with a warning generated if it is used and there are no current in tree users so just remove the code. Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
2011-05-26coredump: add support for exe_file in core nameJiri Slaby
Now, exe_file is not proc FS dependent, so we can use it to name core file. So we add %E pattern for core file name cration which extract path from mm_struct->exe_file. Then it converts slashes to exclamation marks and pastes the result to the core file name itself. This is useful for environments where binary names are longer than 16 character (the current->comm limitation). Also where there are binaries with same name but in a different path. Further in case the binery itself changes its current->comm after exec. So by doing (s/$/#/ -- # is treated as git comment): $ sysctl kernel.core_pattern='core.%p.%e.%E' $ ln /bin/cat cat45678901234567890 $ ./cat45678901234567890 ^Z $ rm cat45678901234567890 $ fg ^\Quit (core dumped) $ ls core* we now get: core.2434.cat456789012345.!root!cat45678901234567890 (deleted) Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26cgroup: remove the ns_cgroupDaniel Lezcano
The ns_cgroup is an annoying cgroup at the namespace / cgroup frontier and leads to some problems: * cgroup creation is out-of-control * cgroup name can conflict when pids are looping * it is not possible to have a single process handling a lot of namespaces without falling in a exponential creation time * we may want to create a namespace without creating a cgroup The ns_cgroup was replaced by a compatibility flag 'clone_children', where a newly created cgroup will copy the parent cgroup values. The userspace has to manually create a cgroup and add a task to the 'tasks' file. This patch removes the ns_cgroup as suggested in the following thread: https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/containers/2009-June/018616.html The 'cgroup_clone' function is removed because it is no longer used. This is a userspace-visible change. Commit 45531757b45c ("cgroup: notify ns_cgroup deprecated") (merged into 2.6.27) caused the kernel to emit a printk warning users that the feature is planned for removal. Since that time we have heard from XXX users who were affected by this. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Acked-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26cgroups: make procs file writableBen Blum
Make procs file writable to move all threads by tgid at once. Add functionality that enables users to move all threads in a threadgroup at once to a cgroup by writing the tgid to the 'cgroup.procs' file. This current implementation makes use of a per-threadgroup rwsem that's taken for reading in the fork() path to prevent newly forking threads within the threadgroup from "escaping" while the move is in progress. Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26cgroups: add per-thread subsystem callbacksBen Blum
Add cgroup subsystem callbacks for per-thread attachment in atomic contexts Add can_attach_task(), pre_attach(), and attach_task() as new callbacks for cgroups's subsystem interface. Unlike can_attach and attach, these are for per-thread operations, to be called potentially many times when attaching an entire threadgroup. Also, the old "bool threadgroup" interface is removed, as replaced by this. All subsystems are modified for the new interface - of note is cpuset, which requires from/to nodemasks for attach to be globally scoped (though per-cpuset would work too) to persist from its pre_attach to attach_task and attach. This is a pre-patch for cgroup-procs-writable.patch. Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26Documentation: configfs examples crash fixJiri Slaby
When configfs_register_subsystem() fails, we unregister too many subsystems in configfs_example_init. Decrement i by one to not unregister non-registered subsystem. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Cc: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26getdelays: show average CPU/IO/SWAP/RECLAIM delaysWu Fengguang
I find it very handy to show the average delays in milliseconds. Example output (on 100 concurrent dd reading sparse files): CPU count real total virtual total delay total delay average 986 3223509952 3207643301 38863410579 39.415ms IO count delay total delay average 0 0 0ms SWAP count delay total delay average 0 0 0ms RECLAIM count delay total delay average 1059 5131834899 4ms dd: read=0, write=0, cancelled_write=0 Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@hds.com> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: handle sendto() failuresAndrew Morton
Fixes Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: In function `get_family_id': Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:172:14: warning: variable `rc' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] Reported-by: "Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@gmail.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: fix unused var warningJustin P. Mattock
Fixes Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: In function `main': Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:436:7: warning: variable `i' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26Documentation/atomic_ops.txt: avoid volatile in sample codeNikanth Karthikesan
As declaring counter as volatile is discouraged, it is best not to use it in sample code as well. Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-26Merge branch 'linux-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2 * 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2: (28 commits) Ocfs2: Teach local-mounted ocfs2 to handle unwritten_extents correctly. ocfs2/dlm: Do not migrate resource to a node that is leaving the domain ocfs2/dlm: Add new dlm message DLM_BEGIN_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG Ocfs2/move_extents: Set several trivial constraints for threshold. Ocfs2/move_extents: Let defrag handle partial extent moving. Ocfs2/move_extents: move/defrag extents within a certain range. Ocfs2/move_extents: helper to calculate the defraging length in one run. Ocfs2/move_extents: move entire/partial extent. Ocfs2/move_extents: helpers to update the group descriptor and global bitmap inode. Ocfs2/move_extents: helper to probe a proper region to move in an alloc group. Ocfs2/move_extents: helper to validate and adjust moving goal. Ocfs2/move_extents: find the victim alloc group, where the given #blk fits. Ocfs2/move_extents: defrag a range of extent. Ocfs2/move_extents: move a range of extent. Ocfs2/move_extents: lock allocators and reserve metadata blocks and data clusters for extents moving. Ocfs2/move_extents: Add basic framework and source files for extent moving. Ocfs2/move_extents: Adding new ioctl code 'OCFS2_IOC_MOVE_EXT' to ocfs2. Ocfs2/refcounttree: Publicize couple of funcs from refcounttree.c Ocfs2: Add a new code 'OCFS2_INFO_FREEFRAG' for o2info ioctl. Ocfs2: Add a new code 'OCFS2_INFO_FREEINODE' for o2info ioctl. ...
2011-05-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djm/tmem * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djm/tmem: xen: cleancache shim to Xen Transcendent Memory ocfs2: add cleancache support ext4: add cleancache support btrfs: add cleancache support ext3: add cleancache support mm/fs: add hooks to support cleancache mm: cleancache core ops functions and config fs: add field to superblock to support cleancache mm/fs: cleancache documentation Fix up trivial conflict in fs/btrfs/extent_io.c due to includes
2011-05-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfsLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs: xfs: correctly decrement the extent buffer index in xfs_bmap_del_extent xfs: check for valid indices in xfs_iext_get_ext and xfs_iext_idx_to_irec xfs: fix up asserts in xfs_iflush_fork xfs: do not do pointer arithmetic on extent records xfs: do not use unchecked extent indices in xfs_bunmapi xfs: do not use unchecked extent indices in xfs_bmapi xfs: do not use unchecked extent indices in xfs_bmap_add_extent_* xfs: remove if_lastex xfs: remove the unused XFS_BMAPI_RSVBLOCKS flag xfs: do not discard alloc btree blocks xfs: add online discard support
2011-05-26Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (61 commits) jbd2: Add MAINTAINERS entry jbd2: fix a potential leak of a journal_head on an error path ext4: teach ext4_ext_split to calculate extents efficiently ext4: Convert ext4 to new truncate calling convention ext4: do not normalize block requests from fallocate() ext4: enable "punch hole" functionality ext4: add "punch hole" flag to ext4_map_blocks() ext4: punch out extents ext4: add new function ext4_block_zero_page_range() ext4: add flag to ext4_has_free_blocks ext4: reserve inodes and feature code for 'quota' feature ext4: add support for multiple mount protection ext4: ensure f_bfree returned by ext4_statfs() is non-negative ext4: protect bb_first_free in ext4_trim_all_free() with group lock ext4: only load buddy bitmap in ext4_trim_fs() when it is needed jbd2: Fix comment to match the code in jbd2__journal_start() ext4: fix waiting and sending of a barrier in ext4_sync_file() jbd2: Add function jbd2_trans_will_send_data_barrier() jbd2: fix sending of data flush on journal commit ext4: fix ext4_ext_fiemap_cb() to handle blocks before request range correctly ...
2011-05-26rcu: Decrease memory-barrier usage based on semi-formal proofPaul E. McKenney
(Note: this was reverted, and is now being re-applied in pieces, with this being the fifth and final piece. See below for the reason that it is now felt to be safe to re-apply this.) Commit d09b62d fixed grace-period synchronization, but left some smp_mb() invocations in rcu_process_callbacks() that are no longer needed, but sheer paranoia prevented them from being removed. This commit removes them and provides a proof of correctness in their absence. It also adds a memory barrier to rcu_report_qs_rsp() immediately before the update to rsp->completed in order to handle the theoretical possibility that the compiler or CPU might move massive quantities of code into a lock-based critical section. This also proves that the sheer paranoia was not entirely unjustified, at least from a theoretical point of view. In addition, the old dyntick-idle synchronization depended on the fact that grace periods were many milliseconds in duration, so that it could be assumed that no dyntick-idle CPU could reorder a memory reference across an entire grace period. Unfortunately for this design, the addition of expedited grace periods breaks this assumption, which has the unfortunate side-effect of requiring atomic operations in the functions that track dyntick-idle state for RCU. (There is some hope that the algorithms used in user-level RCU might be applied here, but some work is required to handle the NMIs that user-space applications can happily ignore. For the short term, better safe than sorry.) This proof assumes that neither compiler nor CPU will allow a lock acquisition and release to be reordered, as doing so can result in deadlock. The proof is as follows: 1. A given CPU declares a quiescent state under the protection of its leaf rcu_node's lock. 2. If there is more than one level of rcu_node hierarchy, the last CPU to declare a quiescent state will also acquire the ->lock of the next rcu_node up in the hierarchy, but only after releasing the lower level's lock. The acquisition of this lock clearly cannot occur prior to the acquisition of the leaf node's lock. 3. Step 2 repeats until we reach the root rcu_node structure. Please note again that only one lock is held at a time through this process. The acquisition of the root rcu_node's ->lock must occur after the release of that of the leaf rcu_node. 4. At this point, we set the ->completed field in the rcu_state structure in rcu_report_qs_rsp(). However, if the rcu_node hierarchy contains only one rcu_node, then in theory the code preceding the quiescent state could leak into the critical section. We therefore precede the update of ->completed with a memory barrier. All CPUs will therefore agree that any updates preceding any report of a quiescent state will have happened before the update of ->completed. 5. Regardless of whether a new grace period is needed, rcu_start_gp() will propagate the new value of ->completed to all of the leaf rcu_node structures, under the protection of each rcu_node's ->lock. If a new grace period is needed immediately, this propagation will occur in the same critical section that ->completed was set in, but courtesy of the memory barrier in #4 above, is still seen to follow any pre-quiescent-state activity. 6. When a given CPU invokes __rcu_process_gp_end(), it becomes aware of the end of the old grace period and therefore makes any RCU callbacks that were waiting on that grace period eligible for invocation. If this CPU is the same one that detected the end of the grace period, and if there is but a single rcu_node in the hierarchy, we will still be in the single critical section. In this case, the memory barrier in step #4 guarantees that all callbacks will be seen to execute after each CPU's quiescent state. On the other hand, if this is a different CPU, it will acquire the leaf rcu_node's ->lock, and will again be serialized after each CPU's quiescent state for the old grace period. On the strength of this proof, this commit therefore removes the memory barriers from rcu_process_callbacks() and adds one to rcu_report_qs_rsp(). The effect is to reduce the number of memory barriers by one and to reduce the frequency of execution from about once per scheduling tick per CPU to once per grace period. This was reverted do to hangs found during testing by Yinghai Lu and Ingo Molnar. Frederic Weisbecker supplied Yinghai with tracing that located the underlying problem, and Frederic also provided the fix. The underlying problem was that the HARDIRQ_ENTER() macro from lib/locking-selftest.c invoked irq_enter(), which in turn invokes rcu_irq_enter(), but HARDIRQ_EXIT() invoked __irq_exit(), which does not invoke rcu_irq_exit(). This situation resulted in calls to rcu_irq_enter() that were not balanced by the required calls to rcu_irq_exit(). Therefore, after these locking selftests completed, RCU's dyntick-idle nesting count was a large number (for example, 72), which caused RCU to to conclude that the affected CPU was not in dyntick-idle mode when in fact it was. RCU would therefore incorrectly wait for this dyntick-idle CPU, resulting in hangs. In contrast, with Frederic's patch, which replaces the irq_enter() in HARDIRQ_ENTER() with an __irq_enter(), these tests don't ever call either rcu_irq_enter() or rcu_irq_exit(), which works because the CPU running the test is already marked as not being in dyntick-idle mode. This means that the rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit() calls and RCU then has no problem working out which CPUs are in dyntick-idle mode and which are not. The reason that the imbalance was not noticed before the barrier patch was applied is that the old implementation of rcu_enter_nohz() ignored the nesting depth. This could still result in delays, but much shorter ones. Whenever there was a delay, RCU would IPI the CPU with the unbalanced nesting level, which would eventually result in rcu_enter_nohz() being called, which in turn would force RCU to see that the CPU was in dyntick-idle mode. The reason that very few people noticed the problem is that the mismatched irq_enter() vs. __irq_exit() occured only when the kernel was built with CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
2011-05-26mm/fs: cleancache documentationDan Magenheimer
This patchset introduces cleancache, an optional new feature exposed by the VFS layer that potentially dramatically increases page cache effectiveness for many workloads in many environments at a negligible cost. It does this by providing an interface to transcendent memory, which is memory/storage that is not otherwise visible to and/or directly addressable by the kernel. Instead of being discarded, hooks in the reclaim code "put" clean pages to cleancache. Filesystems that "opt-in" may "get" pages from cleancache that were previously put, but pages in cleancache are "ephemeral", meaning they may disappear at any time. And the size of cleancache is entirely dynamic and unknowable to the kernel. Filesystems currently supported by this patchset include ext3, ext4, btrfs, and ocfs2. Other filesystems (especially those built entirely on VFS) should be easy to add, but should first be thoroughly tested to ensure coherency. Details and a FAQ are provided in Documentation/vm/cleancache.txt This first patch of eight in this cleancache series only adds two new documentation files. [v8: minor documentation changes by author] [v3: akpm@linux-foundation.org: document sysfs API] [v3: hch@infradead.org: move detailed description to Documentation/vm] Signed-off-by: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Cc: Rik Van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@sun.com> Cc: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> Cc: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
2011-05-25Merge branch 'move_extents' of git://oss.oracle.com/git/tye/linux-2.6 into ↵Joel Becker
ocfs2-merge-window Conflicts: fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
2011-05-25Merge 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: (89 commits) bonding: documentation and code cleanup for resend_igmp bonding: prevent deadlock on slave store with alb mode (v3) net: hold rtnl again in dump callbacks Add Fujitsu 1000base-SX PCI ID to tg3 bnx2x: protect sequence increment with mutex sch_sfq: fix peek() implementation isdn: netjet - blacklist Digium TDM400P via-velocity: don't annotate MAC registers as packed xen: netfront: hold RTNL when updating features. sctp: fix memory leak of the ASCONF queue when free asoc net: make dev_disable_lro use physical device if passed a vlan dev (v2) net: move is_vlan_dev into public header file (v2) bug.h: Fix build with CONFIG_PRINTK disabled. wireless: fix fatal kernel-doc error + warning in mac80211.h wireless: fix cfg80211.h new kernel-doc warnings iwlagn: dbg_fixed_rate only used when CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS enabled dst: catch uninitialized metrics be2net: hash key for rss-config cmd not set bridge: initialize fake_rtable metrics net: fix __dst_destroy_metrics_generic() ... Fix up trivial conflicts in drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
2011-05-25Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc: (75 commits) mmc: core: eMMC bus width may not work on all platforms mmc: sdhci: Auto-CMD23 fixes. mmc: sdhci: Auto-CMD23 support. mmc: core: Block CMD23 support for UHS104/SDXC cards. mmc: sdhci: Implement MMC_CAP_CMD23 for SDHCI. mmc: core: Use CMD23 for multiblock transfers when we can. mmc: quirks: Add/remove quirks conditional support. mmc: Add new VUB300 USB-to-SD/SDIO/MMC driver mmc: sdhci-pxa: Add quirks for DMA/ADMA to match h/w mmc: core: duplicated trial with same freq in mmc_rescan_try_freq() mmc: core: add support for eMMC Dual Data Rate mmc: core: eMMC signal voltage does not use CMD11 mmc: sdhci-pxa: add platform code for UHS signaling mmc: sdhci: add hooks for setting UHS in platform specific code mmc: core: clear MMC_PM_KEEP_POWER flag on resume mmc: dw_mmc: fixed wrong regulator_enable in suspend/resume mmc: sdhi: allow powering down controller with no card inserted mmc: tmio: runtime suspend the controller, where possible mmc: sdhi: support up to 3 interrupt sources mmc: sdhi: print physical base address and clock rate ...
2011-05-25Merge branch 'kconfig-for-40' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 * 'kconfig-for-40' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: xconfig: merge code path to conf_write() kconfig: do not record timestamp in .config gconfig: Hide unused left treeview when start up the interface gconfig: enable rules hint for main treeviews MAINTAINERS: Update KCONFIG entry kconfig-language: add to hints kconfig: Document the new "visible if" syntax kconfig: quiet commands when V=0 kconfig: change update-po-config to reflect new layout of arch/um kconfig: make update-po-config work in KBUILD_OUTPUT kconfig: rearrange clean-files kconfig: change gconf to modify hostprogs-y like nconf and mconf kconfig: change qconf to modify hostprogs-y like nconf and mconf kconfig: only build kxgettext when needed nconfig: Silence unused return values from wattrset kconfig: Do not record timestamp in auto.conf and autoconf.h kconfig: get rid of unused flags kconfig: allow multiple inclusion of the same file kconfig: Avoid buffer underrun in choice input
2011-05-25Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: hwmon: New driver for the SMSC EMC6W201 hwmon: (abituguru) Depend on DMI hwmon: (it87) Use request_muxed_region hwmon: (sch5627) Trigger Vbat measurements hwmon: (sch5627) Add sch5627_send_cmd function i8k: Integrate with the hwmon subsystem hwmon: (max6650) Properly support the MAX6650 hwmon: (max6650) Drop device detection Move ACPI power meter driver to hwmon hwmon: (f71882fg) Add support for F71808A hwmon: (f71882fg) Split has_beep in fan_has_beep and temp_has_beep hwmon: (asc7621) Drop duplicate dependency hwmon: (jc42) Change detection class hwmon: Add driver for AMD family 15h processor power information hwmon: (k10temp) Add support for Fam15h (Bulldozer) hwmon: Use helper functions to set and get driver data i8k: Avoid lahf in 64-bit code
2011-05-26Merge branch 'for-rmk' of git://github.com/at91linux/linux-2.6-at91 into ↵Russell King
devel-stable
2011-05-25[media] add V4L2-PIX-FMT-SRGGB12 & friends to docbookMauro Carvalho Chehab
The xml with those guys are there, but they weren't included on the docbook. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>