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2010-03-12DMA-API.txt: add dma_sync_single/sg API descriptionFUJITA Tomonori
This adds the description of the following eight function: dma_sync_single_for_cpu pci_dma_sync_single_for_cpu dma_sync_single_for_device pci_dma_sync_single_for_device dma_sync_sg_for_cpu pci_dma_sync_sg_for_cpu dma_sync_sg_for_device pci_dma_sync_sg_for_device It was unclear that the API permits a partial sync (some network drivers already do though). I made it clear that the sync_single API can do a partial sync but the sync_sg API can't. We could do a partial sync with the sync_sg API too, however, it's difficult for driver writers to correctly use the sync_sg API for a partial sync since the scatterlists passed in to the mapping API can't be modified. It's unlikely that driver writers want to do a partial sync with the sync_sg API (because the sync_sg API are usually used for block drivers). So I think that it's better to forbid a partial sync with the sync_sg API. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/DMA-API.txt: remove deprecated function descriptionsFUJITA Tomonori
dma_sync_single(), pci_dma_sync_single(), dma_sync_sg(), and pci_dma_sync_sg() are deprecated. We should not advertise them. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org> 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>
2010-03-12ipmi: add parameter to limit CPU usage in kipmidMartin Wilck
In some cases kipmid can use a lot of CPU. This adds a way to tune the CPU used by kipmid to help in those cases. By setting kipmid_max_busy_us to a value between 100 and 500, it is possible to bring down kipmid CPU load to practically 0 without loosing too much ipmi throughput performance. Not setting the value, or setting the value to zero, operation is unaffected. Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <martin.wilck@ts.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: fix typos in memcg_test.txtKirill A. Shutemov
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Reviewed-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: update memcg_test.txt to describe memory thresholdsKirill A. Shutemov
Decription of sanity check for memory thresholds. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroups: add simple listener of cgroup events to documentationKirill A. Shutemov
An example of cgroup notification API usage. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: handle panic_on_oom=always caseKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Presently, if panic_on_oom=2, the whole system panics even if the oom happend in some special situation (as cpuset, mempolicy....). Then, panic_on_oom=2 means painc_on_oom_always. Now, memcg doesn't check panic_on_oom flag. This patch adds a check. BTW, how it's useful ? kdump+panic_on_oom=2 is the last tool to investigate what happens in oom-ed system. When a task is killed, the sysytem recovers and there will be few hint to know what happnes. In mission critical system, oom should never happen. Then, panic_on_oom=2+kdump is useful to avoid next OOM by knowing precise information via snapshot. TODO: - For memcg, it's for isolate system's memory usage, oom-notiifer and freeze_at_oom (or rest_at_oom) should be implemented. Then, management daemon can do similar jobs (as kdump) or taking snapshot per cgroup. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: update memcg_test.txtDaisuke Nishimura
Update memcg_test.txt to describe how to test the move-charge feature. Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: implement memory thresholdsKirill A. Shutemov
It allows to register multiple memory and memsw thresholds and gets notifications when it crosses. To register a threshold application need: - create an eventfd; - open memory.usage_in_bytes or memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes; - write string like "<event_fd> <memory.usage_in_bytes> <threshold>" to cgroup.event_control. Application will be notified through eventfd when memory usage crosses threshold in any direction. It's applicable for root and non-root cgroup. It uses stats to track memory usage, simmilar to soft limits. It checks if we need to send event to userspace on every 100 page in/out. I guess it's good compromise between performance and accuracy of thresholds. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp: fix documentation merge issue] Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Vladislav Buzov <vbuzov@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso@slind.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroup: implement eventfd-based generic API for notificationsKirill A. Shutemov
This patchset introduces eventfd-based API for notifications in cgroups and implements memory notifications on top of it. It uses statistics in memory controler to track memory usage. Output of time(1) on building kernel on tmpfs: Root cgroup before changes: make -j2 506.37 user 60.93s system 193% cpu 4:52.77 total Non-root cgroup before changes: make -j2 507.14 user 62.66s system 193% cpu 4:54.74 total Root cgroup after changes (0 thresholds): make -j2 507.13 user 62.20s system 193% cpu 4:53.55 total Non-root cgroup after changes (0 thresholds): make -j2 507.70 user 64.20s system 193% cpu 4:55.70 total Root cgroup after changes (1 thresholds, never crossed): make -j2 506.97 user 62.20s system 193% cpu 4:53.90 total Non-root cgroup after changes (1 thresholds, never crossed): make -j2 507.55 user 64.08s system 193% cpu 4:55.63 total This patch: Introduce the write-only file "cgroup.event_control" in every cgroup. To register new notification handler you need: - create an eventfd; - open a control file to be monitored. Callbacks register_event() and unregister_event() must be defined for the control file; - write "<event_fd> <control_fd> <args>" to cgroup.event_control. Interpretation of args is defined by control file implementation; eventfd will be woken up by control file implementation or when the cgroup is removed. To unregister notification handler just close eventfd. If you need notification functionality for a control file you have to implement callbacks register_event() and unregister_event() in the struct cftype. [kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com: Kconfig fix] Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Vladislav Buzov <vbuzov@embeddedalley.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso@slind.org> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12memcg: move charges of anonymous swapDaisuke Nishimura
This patch is another core part of this move-charge-at-task-migration feature. It enables moving charges of anonymous swaps. To move the charge of swap, we need to exchange swap_cgroup's record. In current implementation, swap_cgroup's record is protected by: - page lock: if the entry is on swap cache. - swap_lock: if the entry is not on swap cache. This works well in usual swap-in/out activity. But this behavior make the feature of moving swap charge check many conditions to exchange swap_cgroup's record safely. So I changed modification of swap_cgroup's recored(swap_cgroup_record()) to use xchg, and define a new function to cmpxchg swap_cgroup's record. This patch also enables moving charge of non pte_present but not uncharged swap caches, which can be exist on swap-out path, by getting the target pages via find_get_page() as do_mincore() does. [kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com: fix ia64 build] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix typos] Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-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>
2010-03-12memcg: add interface to move charge at task migrationDaisuke Nishimura
In current memcg, charges associated with a task aren't moved to the new cgroup at task migration. Some users feel this behavior to be strange. These patches are for this feature, that is, for charging to the new cgroup and, of course, uncharging from the old cgroup at task migration. This patch adds "memory.move_charge_at_immigrate" file, which is a flag file to determine whether charges should be moved to the new cgroup at task migration or not and what type of charges should be moved. This patch also adds read and write handlers of the file. This patch also adds no-op handlers for this feature. These handlers will be implemented in later patches. And you cannot write any values other than 0 to move_charge_at_immigrate yet. Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroups: fix CONTENTS in cgroups documentationKirill A. Shutemov
Add a forgotten item into CONTENTS. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroups: subsystem module unloadingBen Blum
Provides support for unloading modular subsystems. This patch adds a new function cgroup_unload_subsys which is to be used for removing a loaded subsystem during module deletion. Reference counting of the subsystems' modules is moved from once (at load time) to once per attached hierarchy (in parse_cgroupfs_options and rebind_subsystems) (i.e., 0 or 1). Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroups: subsystem module loading interfaceBen Blum
Add interface between cgroups subsystem management and module loading This patch implements rudimentary module-loading support for cgroups - namely, a cgroup_load_subsys (similar to cgroup_init_subsys) for use as a module initcall, and a struct module pointer in struct cgroup_subsys. Several functions that might be wanted by modules have had EXPORT_SYMBOL added to them, but it's unclear exactly which functions want it and which won't. Signed-off-by: Ben Blum <bblum@andrew.cmu.edu> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12cgroup: introduce cancel_attach()Daisuke Nishimura
Add cancel_attach() operation to struct cgroup_subsys. cancel_attach() can be used when can_attach() operation prepares something for the subsys, but we should rollback what can_attach() operation has prepared if attach task fails after we've succeeded in can_attach(). Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/email-clients.txt: update gmail informationDave Young
Gmail web gui does not work for sending patches now even with firefox "view source with" extension. It will use windows style line breaks to wrap lines automatically when sening email. Rewrite the gmail web gui part of email client documentation. Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Martin Bligh <mbligh@mbligh.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation: remove obsolete voyager.txt fileBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
x86/Voyager support has been removed a year ago. Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Inspired-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 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>
2010-03-12Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add rule #1Randy Dunlap
Add header file requirements. Compliments of Stephen Rothwell. Stephen calls this Rule #1, so I put it there, but I didn't want to demote any of the others in the list, so I made one of them number 2b. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/vm/: split txt and source filesRandy Dunlap
Documentation/vm/: Expose example and tool source files in the Documentation/ directory in their own files instead of being buried (almost hidden) in readme/txt files. This should help to prevent bitrot. This will make them more visible/usable to users who may need to use them, to developers who may need to test with them, and to anyone who would fix/update them if they were more visible. Also, if any of these possibly should not be in the kernel tree at all, it will be clearer that they are here and we can discuss if they should be removed. Also build the recently-added map_hugetlb.c. Make several functions static to prevent linker warnings. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Eric B Munson <ebmunson@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/fs/: split txt and source filesRandy Dunlap
Make dnotify_test.c source file and add it to Makefile so that bitrot can be prevented. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/laptop/: split txt and source filesRandy Dunlap
Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt: Expose example and tool source files in the Documentation/ directory in their own files instead of being buried (almost hidden) in readme/txt files. This should help to prevent bitrot. This will make them more visible/usable to users who may need to use them, to developers who may need to test with them, and to anyone who would fix/update them if they were more visible. Also, if any of these possibly should not be in the kernel tree at all, it will be clearer that they are here and we can discuss if they should be removed. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12Documentation/timers/: split txt and source filesRandy Dunlap
Documentation/timers/hpet.txt: Expose example and tool source files in the Documentation/timers/ directory in their own files instead of being buried (almost hidden) in readme/txt files. This should help to prevent bitrot. This will make them more visible/usable to users who may need to use them, to developers who may need to test with them, and to anyone who would fix/update them if they were more visible. Also, if any of these possibly should not be in the kernel tree at all, it will be clearer that they are here and we can discuss if they should be removed. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.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>
2010-03-08Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (62 commits) msi-laptop: depends on RFKILL msi-laptop: Detect 3G device exists by standard ec command msi-laptop: Add resume method for set the SCM load again msi-laptop: Support some MSI 3G netbook that is need load SCM msi-laptop: Add threeg sysfs file for support query 3G state by standard 66/62 ec command msi-laptop: Support standard ec 66/62 command on MSI notebook and nebook Driver core: create lock/unlock functions for struct device sysfs: fix for thinko with sysfs_bin_attr_init() sysfs: Kill unused sysfs_sb variable. sysfs: Pass super_block to sysfs_get_inode driver core: Use sysfs_rename_link in device_rename sysfs: Implement sysfs_rename_link sysfs: Pack sysfs_dirent more tightly. sysfs: Serialize updates to the vfs inode sysfs: windfarm: init sysfs attributes sysfs: Use sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init on module dynamic attributes sysfs: Document sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init sysfs: Use sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init on dynamic attributes sysfs: Use one lockdep class per sysfs attribute. sysfs: Only take active references on attributes. ...
2010-03-08Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: (26 commits) ALSA: hdmi - show debug message on changing audio infoframe ALSA: hdmi - merge common code for intelhdmi and nvhdmi ALSA: hda - Add ASRock mobo to MSI blacklist ALSA: hda: uninitialized variable fix ALSA: hda: Use LPIB for a Biostar Microtech board ALSA: usb/audio.h: Fix field order ALSA: fix jazz16 compile (udelay) ALSA: hda: Use LPIB for Dell Latitude 131L ALSA: hda - Build hda_eld into snd-hda-codec module ALSA: hda - Support NVIDIA MCP89 and GT21x hdmi audio ALSA: hda - Support max codecs to 8 for nvidia hda controller ALSA: riptide: clean up while loop ALSA: usbaudio - remove debug "SAMPLE BYTES" printk line ALSA: timer - pass real event in snd_timer_notify1() to instance callback ALSA: oxygen: change || to && ALSA: opti92x: use PnP data to select Master Control port ASoC: fix ak4104 register array access ASoC: soc_pcm_open: Add missing bailout tag ALSA: usbaudio: Fix wrong bitrate for Creative Creative VF0470 Live Cam ALSA: ua101: removing debugging code ...
2010-03-08Merge branch 'topic/misc' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2010-03-07Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_typeEmese Revfy
Constify struct sysfs_ops. This is part of the ops structure constification effort started by Arjan van de Ven et al. Benefits of this constification: * prevents modification of data that is shared (referenced) by many other structure instances at runtime * detects/prevents accidental (but not intentional) modification attempts on archs that enforce read-only kernel data at runtime * potentially better optimized code as the compiler can assume that the const data cannot be changed * the compiler/linker move const data into .rodata and therefore exclude them from false sharing Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com> Acked-by: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Acked-by: Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@intel.com> Acked-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-07HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs. -mm)Stefan Richter
One of the roles which -mm fulfilled some time ago (to offer an integration testing ground) has been taken over by -next. This is still news to Documentation/HOWTO, so mention it there. Also add a word on how patchwork is used to track patches as they make their way into subsystem trees. Remove some arbitrary links to subsystem repositories; they can all be found in the MAINTAINERS database. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-07Merge branch 'x86-mrst-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-mrst-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (30 commits) x86, mrst: Fix whitespace breakage in apb_timer.c x86, mrst: Fix APB timer per cpu clockevent x86, mrst: Remove X86_MRST dependency on PCI_IOAPIC x86, olpc: Use pci subarch init for OLPC x86, pci: Add arch_init to x86_init abstraction x86, mrst: Add Kconfig dependencies for Moorestown x86, pci: Exclude Moorestown PCI code if CONFIG_X86_MRST=n x86, numaq: Make CONFIG_X86_NUMAQ depend on CONFIG_PCI x86, pci: Add sanity check for PCI fixed bar probing x86, legacy_irq: Remove duplicate vector assigment x86, legacy_irq: Remove left over nr_legacy_irqs x86, mrst: Platform clock setup code x86, apbt: Moorestown APB system timer driver x86, mrst: Add vrtc platform data setup code x86, mrst: Add platform timer info parsing code x86, mrst: Fill in PCI functions in x86_init layer x86, mrst: Add dummy legacy pic to platform setup x86/PCI: Moorestown PCI support x86, ioapic: Add dummy ioapic functions x86, ioapic: Early enable ioapic for timer irq ... Fixed up semantic conflict of new clocksources due to commit 17622339af25 ("clocksource: add argument to resume callback").
2010-03-07Merge branch 'for-linus/i2c' of git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linuxLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus/i2c' of git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linux: i2c: Add support for Xilinx XPS IIC Bus Interface i2c: omap: Add support for 16-bit registers i2c-pnx: fix setting start/stop condition powerpc: doc/dts-bindings: update doc of FSL I2C bindings i2c-mpc: add support for the MPC512x processors from Freescale i2c-mpc: rename "setclock" initialization functions to "setup" i2c-mpc: use __devinit[data] for initialization functions and data i2c/imx: don't add probe function to the driver struct i2c: Add support for Ux500/Nomadik I2C controller
2010-03-07Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6: PM: Provide generic subsystem-level callbacks PM / Runtime: Document power.runtime_auto and related functions
2010-03-07powerpc: doc/dts-bindings: update doc of FSL I2C bindingsWolfgang Grandegger
This patch adds the MPC5121 to the list of supported devices, enhances the doc of the "clock-frequency" property and removes the obsolete "cell-index", "device_type" and "fsl-i2c" property. Furthermore an example for the MPC5121 has been added. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@denx.de> Reviewed-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
2010-03-07Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq: [CPUFREQ] Fix cast warning in pcc driver. [CPUFREQ] Processor Clocking Control interface driver
2010-03-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joern/logfsLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joern/logfs: [LogFS] Change magic number [LogFS] Remove h_version field [LogFS] Check feature flags [LogFS] Only write journal if dirty [LogFS] Fix bdev erases [LogFS] Silence gcc [LogFS] Prevent 64bit divisions in hash_index [LogFS] Plug memory leak on error paths [LogFS] Add MAINTAINERS entry [LogFS] add new flash file system Fixed up trivial conflict in lib/Kconfig, and a semantic conflict in fs/logfs/inode.c introduced by write_inode() being changed to use writeback_control' by commit a9185b41a4f84971b930c519f0c63bd450c4810d ("pass writeback_control to ->write_inode")
2010-03-06PM: Provide generic subsystem-level callbacksRafael J. Wysocki
There are subsystems whose power management callbacks only need to invoke the callbacks provided by device drivers. Still, their system sleep PM callbacks should play well with the runtime PM callbacks, so that devices suspended at run time can be left in that state for a system sleep transition. Provide a set of generic PM callbacks for such subsystems and define convenience macros for populating dev_pm_ops structures. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-03-06PM / Runtime: Document power.runtime_auto and related functionsRafael J. Wysocki
The power.runtime_auto device flag and the helper functions pm_runtime_allow() and pm_runtime_forbid() used to modify it are a part of the run-time power management framework and therefore they should be described in Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
2010-03-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dmLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dm: dm raid1: fix deadlock when suspending failed device dm: eliminate some holes data structures dm ioctl: introduce flag indicating uevent was generated dm: free dm_io before bio_endio not after dm table: remove unused dm_get_device range parameters dm ioctl: only issue uevent on resume if state changed dm raid1: always return error if all legs fail dm mpath: refactor pg_init dm mpath: wait for pg_init completion when suspending dm mpath: hold io until all pg_inits completed dm mpath: avoid storing private suspended state dm: document when snapshot has finished merging dm table: remove dm_get from dm_table_get_md dm mpath: skip activate_path for failed paths dm mpath: pass struct pgpath to pg init done
2010-03-06Merge 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: (23 commits) hwmon: Remove the deprecated adt7473 driver hwmon: Fix off-by-one kind values hwmon: (tmp421) Fix temperature conversions hwmon: (tmp421) Restore missing inputs hwmon: Driver for Andigilog aSC7621 family monitoring chips hwmon: (adt7411) Improve locking hwmon: Add driver for ADT7411 voltage and temperature sensor hwmon: (w83793) Add watchdog functionality hwmon: (g760a) Make rpm_from_cnt static hwmon: (it87) Validate auto pwm settings hwmon: (it87) Add support for old automatic fan speed control hwmon: (it87) Drop dead web links in documentation hwmon: (it87) Add an entry in MAINTAINERS hwmon: (it87) Use strict_strtol instead of simple_strtol hwmon: (it87) Fix many checkpatch errors and warnings hwmon: (it87) Add support for beep on alarm hwmon: (it87) Create vid attributes by group hwmon: (it87) Refactor attributes creation and removal hwmon: (it87) Expose the PWM/temperature mappings hwmon: (it87) Display fan outputs in automatic mode as such ...
2010-03-06Merge branch 'for-2.6.34' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linuxLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.34' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: (22 commits) nfsd4: fix minor memory leak svcrpc: treat uid's as unsigned nfsd: ensure sockets are closed on error Revert "sunrpc: move the close processing after do recvfrom method" Revert "sunrpc: fix peername failed on closed listener" sunrpc: remove unnecessary svc_xprt_put NFSD: NFSv4 callback client should use RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN xfs_export_operations.commit_metadata commit_metadata export operation replacing nfsd_sync_dir lockd: don't clear sm_monitored on nsm_reboot_lookup lockd: release reference to nsm_handle in nlm_host_rebooted nfsd: Use vfs_fsync_range() in nfsd_commit NFSD: Create PF_INET6 listener in write_ports SUNRPC: NFS kernel APIs shouldn't return ENOENT for "transport not found" SUNRPC: Bury "#ifdef IPV6" in svc_create_xprt() NFSD: Support AF_INET6 in svc_addsock() function SUNRPC: Use rpc_pton() in ip_map_parse() nfsd: 4.1 has an rfc number nfsd41: Create the recovery entry for the NFSv4.1 client nfsd: use vfs_fsync for non-directories ...
2010-03-06gpio: introduce gpio_request_one() and friendsEric Miao
gpio_request() without initial configuration of the GPIO is normally useless, introduce gpio_request_one() together with GPIOF_ flags for input/output direction and initial output level. gpio_{request,free}_array() for multiple GPIOs. Signed-off-by: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Ben Nizette <bn@niasdigital.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-06lkdtm: add debugfs access and loosen KPROBE tiesSimon Kagstrom
Add adds a debugfs interface and additional failure modes to LKDTM to provide similar functionality to the provoke-crash driver submitted here: http://lwn.net/Articles/371208/ Crashes can now be induced either through module parameters (as before) or through the debugfs interface as in provoke-crash. The patch also provides a new "direct" interface, where KPROBES are not used, i.e., the crash is invoked directly upon write to the debugfs file. When built without KPROBES configured, only this mode is available. Signed-off-by: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@netinsight.net> Cc: M. Mohan Kumar <mohan@in.ibm.com> Cc: Americo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>, Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-06init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failureAndreas Mohr
- new Documentation/init.txt file describing various forms of failure trying to load the init binary after kernel bootup - extend the init/main.c init failure message to direct to Documentation/init.txt Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-06mm: document /sys/devices/system/node/nodeXMel Gorman
Add a bare description of what /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX is. Others will follow in time but right now, none of that tree is documented. The existence of this file might at least encourage people to document new entries. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> 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>
2010-03-06mm: document /proc/pagetypeinfoMel Gorman
Add documentation for /proc/pagetypeinfo. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> 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>
2010-03-06mm: count swap usageKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
A frequent questions from users about memory management is what numbers of swap ents are user for processes. And this information will give some hints to oom-killer. Besides we can count the number of swapents per a process by scanning /proc/<pid>/smaps, this is very slow and not good for usual process information handler which works like 'ps' or 'top'. (ps or top is now enough slow..) This patch adds a counter of swapents to mm_counter and update is at each swap events. Information is exported via /proc/<pid>/status file as [kamezawa@bluextal memory]$ cat /proc/self/status Name: cat State: R (running) Tgid: 2910 Pid: 2910 PPid: 2823 TracerPid: 0 Uid: 500 500 500 500 Gid: 500 500 500 500 FDSize: 256 Groups: 500 VmPeak: 82696 kB VmSize: 82696 kB VmLck: 0 kB VmHWM: 432 kB VmRSS: 432 kB VmData: 172 kB VmStk: 84 kB VmExe: 48 kB VmLib: 1568 kB VmPTE: 40 kB VmSwap: 0 kB <=============== this. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-06mm: avoid false sharing of mm_counterKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Considering the nature of per mm stats, it's the shared object among threads and can be a cache-miss point in the page fault path. This patch adds per-thread cache for mm_counter. RSS value will be counted into a struct in task_struct and synchronized with mm's one at events. Now, in this patch, the event is the number of calls to handle_mm_fault. Per-thread value is added to mm at each 64 calls. rough estimation with small benchmark on parallel thread (2threads) shows [before] 4.5 cache-miss/faults [after] 4.0 cache-miss/faults Anyway, the most contended object is mmap_sem if the number of threads grows. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-06dm: document when snapshot has finished mergingMike Snitzer
Update Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt to cover "How to determine when a snapshot has finished merging". Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2010-03-05Merge branch 'slab-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6 * 'slab-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6: SLUB: Fix per-cpu merge conflict failslab: add ability to filter slab caches slab: fix regression in touched logic dma kmalloc handling fixes slub: remove impossible condition slab: initialize unused alien cache entry as NULL at alloc_alien_cache(). SLUB: Make slub statistics use this_cpu_inc SLUB: this_cpu: Remove slub kmem_cache fields SLUB: Get rid of dynamic DMA kmalloc cache allocation SLUB: Use this_cpu operations in slub
2010-03-05Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6: (33 commits) quota: stop using QUOTA_OK / NO_QUOTA dquot: cleanup dquot initialize routine dquot: move dquot initialization responsibility into the filesystem dquot: cleanup dquot drop routine dquot: move dquot drop responsibility into the filesystem dquot: cleanup dquot transfer routine dquot: move dquot transfer responsibility into the filesystem dquot: cleanup inode allocation / freeing routines dquot: cleanup space allocation / freeing routines ext3: add writepage sanity checks ext3: Truncate allocated blocks if direct IO write fails to update i_size quota: Properly invalidate caches even for filesystems with blocksize < pagesize quota: generalize quota transfer interface quota: sb_quota state flags cleanup jbd: Delay discarding buffers in journal_unmap_buffer ext3: quota_write cross block boundary behaviour quota: drop permission checks from xfs_fs_set_xstate/xfs_fs_set_xquota quota: split out compat_sys_quotactl support from quota.c quota: split out netlink notification support from quota.c quota: remove invalid optimization from quota_sync_all ... Fixed trivial conflicts in fs/namei.c and fs/ufs/inode.c
2010-03-05hwmon: Remove the deprecated adt7473 driverAmerigo Wang
adt7473 driver is obsoleted by adt7475 driver. And it is scheduled to be removed in Feb 2010. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>