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2009-04-17Staging: pohmelfs: Populate dentry cache when receiving the new readdir entry.Evgeniy Polyakov
Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Revert Staging: SLICOSS: use gfp_kernel where possibleLior Dotan
Revert commit 2bb347361e2c19799431f56488a3f64de40a3aa6 This commit has been reported to cause problems: Mar 24 11:50:31 linuxdev kernel: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slub.c:1599 Mar 24 11:50:31 linuxdev kernel: in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 3251, name: avahi-daemon Cc: Lior Dotan <liodot@gmail.com> Cc: Christopher Harrer <charrer@alacritech.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: STLC45XX should depend on GENERIC_HARDIRQSGeert Uytterhoeven
m68k allmodconfig: | drivers/staging/stlc45xx/stlc45xx.c: In function 'stlc45xx_probe': | drivers/staging/stlc45xx/stlc45xx.c:2456: error: implicit declaration of function 'set_irq_type' | make[6]: *** [drivers/staging/stlc45xx/stlc45xx.o] Error 1 Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: binder: Defer flush and release operations to avoid deadlocks.Arve Hjønnevåg
If a transaction that contains a file descriptor fails on a later object, the new file descriptor needs to be closed. If this is a binder file descriptor we would deadlock in flush. If there were no other references to the file at this point release would also be called. Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: binder: Prevent the wrong thread from adding a transaction to the ↵Arve Hjønnevåg
stack. If a thread is part of a transaction stack, it is only allowed to make another call if it was the target of the top transaction on the stack. Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: binder: Cast to uintptr_t instead of size_t when aligning pointersArve Hjønnevåg
Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: binder: Keep a reference to the files_struct while the driver is ↵Arve Hjønnevåg
mmapped This prevents breaking fget_light if a single threaded application allows incoming file descriptors (in replies or on nodes). Should also prevent inserting a file in the wrong files_struct if the receving process execs in the middle of a transaction (between task_get_unused_fd_flags and task_fd_install). Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: binder: Add more offset validation.Arve Hjønnevåg
Check that datasize is not smaller than one flat_binder_object. Check that offsets are aligned. Check that offsets_size is aligned. Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: binder: mmap fixes.Arve Hjønnevåg
Only allow a binder file pointer to be mmapped once. The buffer management code cannot deal with more then one area. Also remove leftover mutex_unlock if mmap fails. Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: binder: Don't create two proc entries with the same name if the ↵Arve Hjønnevåg
driver is opened twice in one process. Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: binder: Remove VM_EXEC check.Arve Hjønnevåg
Many platforms do not support mappings without VM_EXEC. Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: aten2011: Clean up some tty bitsAlan Cox
Minor fixes for tty layer stuff in this driver Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: rt2870: add ID for Sitecom WL-315Daniele Napolitano
Signed-off-by: Daniele Napolitano <dnax88@gmail.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: line6: convert to snd_card_create()Alexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: wlan-ng: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: sxg: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: slicoss: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: rt3070: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Also remove unused variable. Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: rt2870: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: rt2860: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: otus: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: et131x: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: epl: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Staging: at76: convert to netdev_opsAlexander Beregalov
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17WUSB: correct format of wusb_chid sysfs fileDavid Vrabel
Make the wusb_chid sysfs file match the ABI documentation. Print all zeros if the WUSB host is stopped (instead of an empty file) and end the file with a newline. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17WUSB: fix oops when completing URBs for disconnected devicesDavid Vrabel
Fix an oops in wusbhc_giveback_urb() if the wusb device had disconnected while an urb was in progress. Also release the ref count obtained here. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17WUSB: disconnect all devices when stopping a WUSB HCDDavid Vrabel
Make sure all WUSB devices are disconnected when stopping a WUSB HCD so that we don't leak the devices' wusb_dev structures. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: whci-hcd: check return value of usb_hcd_link_urb_to_ep()David Vrabel
Check the return value of usb_hcd_link_urb_to_ep() and do not add the urb to the ASL/PZL if it returns an error. Omitting the check results in urbs that appear to be submitted successfully but then cannot be unliked (because usb_hcd_check_unlink_urb() returns an error). This can cause khubd (for example) to block forever in usb_kill_urb(). Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: whci-hcd: provide a endpoint_reset methodDavid Vrabel
Provide a endpoint_reset method to reset sequence number and current window. This QHead information can only be changed while the qset is not in a schedule. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: add reset endpoint operationsDavid Vrabel
Wireless USB endpoint state has a sequence number and a current window and not just a single toggle bit. So allow HCDs to provide a endpoint_reset method and call this or clear the software toggles as required (after a clear halt, set configuration etc.). usb_settoggle() and friends are then HCD internal and are moved into core/hcd.h and all device drivers call usb_reset_endpoint() instead. If the device endpoint state has been reset (with a clear halt) but the host endpoint state has not then subsequent data transfers will not complete. The device will only work again after it is reset or disconnected. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB device codes for Motorola phone.Dr. Greg Wettstein
The v950 appears to be a ruggedized version of the Motorola Razor phone. Tethering to the phone to use it in 'phone as modem' mode requires the use of the specialized moto-modem driver which layers over the usb-serial driver. Support for the v950 was added simply adding the device ID's for the phone. Signed-off-by: Dr. Greg Wettstein <greg@enjellic.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17usb-storage: fix mistake in MakefileAlan Stern
This patch (as1228) fixes a Makefile error introduced when the subdrivers in usb-storage were split out into separate modules. The intention is that when CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL is set, libusual.o and usual-tables.o should be combined into a single object file (called usb-libusual). The current Makefile will instead create two separate objects, and the result won't load properly. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Reported-and-tested-by: Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml@googlemail.com> Reported-and-tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: usb-serial ch341: support for DTR/RTS/CTSWerner Cornelius
commit 664d5df92e88b6ef091048a802b3750f4e989180 upstream. Fixup of Werner Cornelius patch to the ch341 USB-serial driver, which adds: - support all baudrates, not just a hard-coded set - support for controlling DTR, RTS and CTS Features still missing: - character length other than 8 bits - parity settings - break control I adapted his patch for the new usb_serial API introduced in 2.6.25-git8 by Alan Cox on 22 July 2008. Non-compliance to the new API was a reason for refusing a similar patch from Tollef Fog Heen. Usage example by Tollef Fog Heen : TEMPer USB thermometer <http://err.no/src/TEMPer.c> based on a patch by: From: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> * Implement support for all baud rates rather than just a hard coded set. * Make it possible to control status and control lines * Grab a bunch of #defines from FreeBSD to reduce the number of magic numbers in the file Signed-off-by: Werner Cornelius <Werner.Cornelius@cornelius-consult.de> Signed-off-by: Boris Hajduk <boris@hajduk.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Revert USB: usb-serial ch341: support for DTR/RTS/CTSGreg Kroah-Hartman
Reverts commit 664d5df92e88b6ef091048a802b3750f4e989180 as the commit log information was not complete, and we didn't have a proper signed-off-by by the author of the original BSD code. Cc: Werner Cornelius <Werner.Cornelius@cornelius-consult.de> Cc: Boris Hajduk <boris@hajduk.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: musb: fix possible panic while resumingKim Kyuwon
During driver resume processing, musb could cause a kernel panic. Fix by enabling the clock earlier, with the resume_early method. Signed-off-by: Kim Kyuwon <q1.kim@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: musb: fix isochronous TXDMA (take 2)Sergei Shtylyov
Multi-frame isochronous TX URBs transfers in DMA mode never complete with CPPI DMA because musb_host_tx() doesn't restart DMA on the second frame, only emitting a debug message. With Inventra DMA they complete, but in PIO mode. To fix: - Factor out programming of the DMA transfer from musb_ep_program() into musb_tx_dma_program(); - Reorder the code at the end of musb_host_tx() to facilitate the fallback to PIO iff DMA fails; - Handle the buffer offset consistently for both PIO and DMA modes; - Add an argument to musb_ep_program() for the same reason (it only worked correctly with non-zero offset of the first frame in PIO mode); - Set the completed isochronous frame descriptor's 'actual_length' and 'status' fields correctly in DMA mode. Also, since CPPI reportedly doesn't like sending isochronous packets in the RNDIS mode, change the criterion for this mode to be used only for multi-packet transfers. (There's no need for that mode in the single-packet case anyway.) [ dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: split comment paragraph into bullet list, shrink patch delta, style tweaks ] Signed-off-by: Pavel Kiryukhin <pkiryukhin@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: musb: sanitize clearing TXCSR DMA bits (take 2)Sergei Shtylyov
The MUSB code clears TXCSR_DMAMODE incorrectly in several places, either asserting that TXCSR_DMAENAB is clear (when sometimes it isn't) or clearing both bits together. Recent versions of the programmer's guide require DMAENAB to be cleared first, although some older ones didn't. Fix this and while at it: - In musb_gadget::txstate(), stop clearing the AUTOSET and DMAMODE bits for the CPPI case since they never get set anyway (the former bit is reserved on DaVinci); but do clear the DMAENAB bit on the DMA error path. - In musb_host::musb_ep_program(), remove the duplicate DMA controller specific code code clearing the TXCSR previous state, add the code to clear TXCSR DMA bits on the Inventra DMA error path, to replace such code (executed late) on the PIO path. - In musbhsdma::dma_channel_abort()/dma_controller_irq(), add/use the 'offset' variable to avoid MUSB_EP_OFFSET() invocations on every RXCSR/TXCSR access. [dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: don't introduce CamelCase, shrink diff] Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: musb: bugfixes for multi-packet TXDMA supportSergei Shtylyov
We really want to use DMA mode 1 for all multi-packet transfers; that's one IRQ on DMA completion, instead of one per packet. There is an important issue with such transfers, especially on the host side: when such transfers end with a full-size packet, we must defer musb_dma_completion() calls until the FIFO empties. Else we report URB completions too soon, and may clobber data in the FIFO fifo when writing the next packet (losing data). The Inventra DMA support uses DMA mode 1, but it ignores that issue. The CPPI DMA support uses mode 0, but doesn't handle its TXPKTRDY interrupts quite right either; it can get stale "packet ready" interrupts, and report transfer completion too early using slightly different code paths, also losing data. So I'm solving it in a generic way -- by adding a sort of the "interrupt filter" into musb_host_tx(), catching these cases where a DMA completion IRQ doesn't suffice and removing some needlessly controller-specific logic. When a TXDMA interrupt happens and DMA request mode 1 is active, that filter resets to mode 0 and defers URB completion processing until TXPKTRDY, unless the FIFO is already empty. Related filtering logic in Inventra and CPPI code gets removed. Since it should be competely safe now to use the DMA request mode 1 for host side transfers with the CPPI DMA controller, set it in musb_h_tx_dma_start() ... now renamed (and shared). [ dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: don't introduce more CamElCase; use more concise explanations ] Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Cc: Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: musb_host, fix ep0 fifo flushingDavid Brownell
The MUSB host side can't share generic TX FIFO flush logic with EP0; the EP0 TX status register bits are different from those for other entpoints. Resolve this issue by providing a new EP0-specific routine to flush and reset the FIFO, which pays careful attention to restrictions listed in the latest programmer's guide. This gets rid of an open issue whereby the usbtest control write test (#14) failed. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: usb-storage: augment unusual_devs entry for Simple Tech/DatafabAlan Stern
This patch (as1227) adds the MAX_SECTORS_64 flag to the unusual_devs entry for the Simple Tech/Datafab controller. This fixes Bugzilla #12882. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Reported-and-tested-by: binbin <binbinsh@gmail.com> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: musb_host, minor enqueue locking fix (v2)David Brownell
Someone noted that the enqueue path used an unlocked access for usb_host_endpoint->hcpriv ... fix that, by being safe and always accessing it under spinlock protection. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: fix oops in cdc-wdm in case of malformed descriptorsOliver Neukum
cdc-wdm needs to ignore extremely malformed descriptors. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: qcserial: Add extra device IDsMatthew Garrett
Add a set of device IDs from the Windows drivers. These aren't complete (there's a couple of cases where a QDL device is identified without the associated modem being identified), but it's better than the current situation. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: option: Add ids for D-Link DWM-652 3.5G modemPascal Terjan
This patch allows D-Link DWM-652 3.5G modem to work. It is an express card but was only tested with the provided usb adapter as I don't have machines with express card connector. /dev/ttyUSB{0,1,2} get created, and using comgt on ttyUSB1 works fine : [root@plop tmp]# comgt -d /dev/ttyUSB1 -e Enter PIN number: XXXX Waiting for Registration..(120 sec max). Registered on Home network: "Orange France",2 Signal Quality: 15,99 From: Pascal Terjan <pterjan@mandriva.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17USB: ftdi_sio: add vendor/project id for JETI specbos 1201 spectrometerPeter Korsgaard
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17usb gadget: fix ethernet link reports to ethtoolJonathan McDowell
The g_ether USB gadget driver currently decides whether or not there's a link to report back for eth_get_link based on if the USB link speed is set. The USB gadget speed is however often set even before the device is enumerated. It seems more sensible to only report a "link" if we're actually connected to a host that wants to talk to us. The patch below does this for me - tested with the PXA27x UDC driver. Signed-off-by: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-17Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: ads7846 - fix unsafe disable_irq Input: mainstone-wm97xx - fix condition in pen_up Input: pc110pad - remove unused variable dev Input: bf54x-keys - remove depreciated IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag Input: ad7877, ad7879 - remove depreciated IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag Input: da9034-ts - make pen {down,up} events more reliable Input: da9034-ts - add Bin Yang as co-author of the driver Input: atkbd - add forced release keys quirk for Samsung NC20 Input: atkbd - add forced release keys quirk for Samsung Q45 Input: gameport - fix attach driver code Input: hp_sdc_rtc should depend on serio Input: wm97xx - don't specify IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Input: ads7846 - introduce platform specific way to synchronize sampling Input: remove unnecessary synchronize_rcu() call Input: i8042 - add a DMI table for the i8042.reset option Input: i8042 - introduce a tougher reset
2009-04-17Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: fix microcode driver newly spewing warnings x86, PAT: Remove page granularity tracking for vm_insert_pfn maps x86: disable X86_PTRACE_BTS for now x86, documentation: kernel-parameters replace X86-32,X86-64 with X86 x86: pci-swiotlb.c swiotlb_dma_ops should be static x86, PAT: Remove duplicate memtype reserve in devmem mmap x86, PAT: Consolidate code in pat_x_mtrr_type() and reserve_memtype() x86, PAT: Changing memtype to WC ensuring no WB alias x86, PAT: Handle faults cleanly in set_memory_ APIs x86, PAT: Change order of cpa and free in set_memory_wb x86, CPA: Change idmap attribute before ioremap attribute setup
2009-04-17md: update sync_completed and reshape_position even more often.NeilBrown
There are circumstances when a user-space process might need to "oversee" a resync/reshape process. For example when doing an in-place reshape of a raid5, it is prudent to take a backup of each section before reshaping it as this is the only way to provide safety against an unplanned shutdown (i.e. crash/power failure). The sync_max sysfs value can be used to stop the resync from advancing beyond a particular point. So user-space can: suspend IO to the first section and back it up set 'sync_max' to the end of the section wait for 'sync_completed' to reach that point resume IO on the first section and move on to the next section. However this process requires the kernel and user-space to run in lock-step which could introduce unnecessary delays. It would be better if a 'double buffered' approach could be used with userspace and kernel space working on different sections with the 'next' section always ready when the 'current' section is finished. One problem with implementing this is that sync_completed is only guaranteed to be updated when the sync process reaches sync_max. (it is updated on a time basis at other times, but it is hard to rely on that). This defeats some of the double buffering. With this patch, sync_completed (and reshape_position) get updated as the current position approaches sync_max, so there is room for userspace to advance sync_max early without losing updates. To be precise, sync_completed is updated when the current sync position reaches half way between the current value of sync_completed and the value of sync_max. This will usually be a good time for user space to update sync_max. If sync_max does not get updated, the updates to sync_completed (together with associated metadata updates) will occur at an exponentially increasing frequency which will get unreasonably fast (one update every page) immediately before the process hits sync_max and stops. So the update rate will be unreasonably fast only for an insignificant period of time. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2009-04-16UIO: fix specific device driver missing statement for depmodHans J. Koch
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 01:50:50PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:32:01 GMT > bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13059 drivers/uio/uio_cif.c misses a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE, this fixes it. Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>