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2010-03-14ACPI: processor: remove early _PDC optin quirksAlex Chiang
Now that we check for physically present processors before blindly evaluating _PDC, we no longer need to maintain a DMI opt-in table nor a kernel param. Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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").
2010-03-03Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (25 commits) x86: Fix out of order of gsi x86: apic: Fix mismerge, add arch_probe_nr_irqs() again x86, irq: Keep chip_data in create_irq_nr and destroy_irq xen: Remove unnecessary arch specific xen irq functions. smp: Use nr_cpus= to set nr_cpu_ids early x86, irq: Remove arch_probe_nr_irqs sparseirq: Use radix_tree instead of ptrs array sparseirq: Change irq_desc_ptrs to static init: Move radix_tree_init() early irq: Remove unnecessary bootmem code x86: Add iMac9,1 to pci_reboot_dmi_table x86: Convert i8259_lock to raw_spinlock x86: Convert nmi_lock to raw_spinlock x86: Convert ioapic_lock and vector_lock to raw_spinlock x86: Avoid race condition in pci_enable_msix() x86: Fix SCI on IOAPIC != 0 x86, ia32_aout: do not kill argument mapping x86, irq: Move __setup_vector_irq() before the first irq enable in cpu online path x86, irq: Update the vector domain for legacy irqs handled by io-apic x86, irq: Don't block IRQ0_VECTOR..IRQ15_VECTOR's on all cpu's ...
2010-02-28Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
Conflicts: drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
2010-02-28Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, mm: Unify kernel_physical_mapping_init() API x86, mm: Allow highmem user page tables to be disabled at boot time x86: Do not reserve brk for DMI if it's not going to be used x86: Convert tlbstate_lock to raw_spinlock x86: Use the generic page_is_ram() x86: Remove BIOS data range from e820 Move page_is_ram() declaration to mm.h Generic page_is_ram: use __weak resources: introduce generic page_is_ram()
2010-02-28Merge branches 'core-ipi-for-linus', 'core-locking-for-linus', ↵Linus Torvalds
'tracing-fixes-for-linus', 'x86-debug-for-linus', 'x86-doc-for-linus', 'x86-gpu-for-linus' and 'x86-rlimit-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-ipi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: generic-ipi: Optimize accesses by using DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED for IPI data * 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: plist: Fix grammar mistake, and c-style mistake * 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: kprobes: Add mcount to the kprobes blacklist * 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86_64: Print modules like i386 does * 'x86-doc-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Put 'nopat' in kernel-parameters * 'x86-gpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86-64: Allow fbdev primary video code * 'x86-rlimit-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Use helpers for rlimits
2010-02-25x86, mm: Allow highmem user page tables to be disabled at boot timeIan Campbell
Distros generally (I looked at Debian, RHEL5 and SLES11) seem to enable CONFIG_HIGHPTE for any x86 configuration which has highmem enabled. This means that the overhead applies even to machines which have a fairly modest amount of high memory and which therefore do not really benefit from allocating PTEs in high memory but still pay the price of the additional mapping operations. Running kernbench on a 4G box I found that with CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y but no actual highptes being allocated there was a reduction in system time used from 59.737s to 55.9s. With CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y and highmem PTEs being allocated: Average Optimal load -j 4 Run (std deviation): Elapsed Time 175.396 (0.238914) User Time 515.983 (5.85019) System Time 59.737 (1.26727) Percent CPU 263.8 (71.6796) Context Switches 39989.7 (4672.64) Sleeps 42617.7 (246.307) With CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y but with no highmem PTEs being allocated: Average Optimal load -j 4 Run (std deviation): Elapsed Time 174.278 (0.831968) User Time 515.659 (6.07012) System Time 55.9 (1.07799) Percent CPU 263.8 (71.266) Context Switches 39929.6 (4485.13) Sleeps 42583.7 (373.039) This patch allows the user to control the allocation of PTEs in highmem from the command line ("userpte=nohigh") but retains the status-quo as the default. It is possible that some simple heuristic could be developed which allows auto-tuning of this option however I don't have a sufficiently large machine available to me to perform any particularly meaningful experiments. We could probably handwave up an argument for a threshold at 16G of total RAM. Assuming 768M of lowmem we have 196608 potential lowmem PTE pages. Each page can map 2M of RAM in a PAE-enabled configuration, meaning a maximum of 384G of RAM could potentially be mapped using lowmem PTEs. Even allowing generous factor of 10 to account for other required lowmem allocations, generous slop to account for page sharing (which reduces the total amount of RAM mappable by a given number of PT pages) and other innacuracies in the estimations it would seem that even a 32G machine would not have a particularly pressing need for highmem PTEs. I think 32G could be considered to be at the upper bound of what might be sensible on a 32 bit machine (although I think in practice 64G is still supported). It's seems questionable if HIGHPTE is even a win for any amount of RAM you would sensibly run a 32 bit kernel on rather than going 64 bit. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> LKML-Reference: <1266403090-20162-1-git-send-email-ian.campbell@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2010-02-24x86, apbt: Moorestown APB system timer driverJacob Pan
Moorestown platform does not have PIT or HPET platform timers. Instead it has a bank of eight APB timers. The number of available timers to the os is exposed via SFI mtmr tables. All APB timer interrupts are routed via ioapic rtes and delivered as MSI. Currently, we use timer 0 and 1 for per cpu clockevent devices, timer 2 for clocksource. Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@intel.com> LKML-Reference: <43F901BD926A4E43B106BF17856F0755A318D2D2@orsmsx508.amr.corp.intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2010-02-23x86/PCI: use host bridge _CRS info by default on 2008 and newer machinesBjorn Helgaas
The main benefit of using ACPI host bridge window information is that we can do better resource allocation in systems with multiple host bridges, e.g., http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14183 Sometimes we need _CRS information even if we only have one host bridge, e.g., https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/341681 Most of these systems are relatively new, so this patch turns on "pci=use_crs" only on machines with a BIOS date of 2008 or newer. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2010-02-22PCI PM: Make it possible to force using INTx for PCIe PME signalingRafael J. Wysocki
Apparently, some machines may have problems with PCI run-time power management if MSIs are used for the native PCIe PME signaling. In particular, on the MSI Wind U-100 PCIe PME interrupts are not generated by a PCIe root port after a resume from suspend to RAM, if the system wake-up was triggered by a PME from the device attached to this port. [It doesn't help to free the interrupt on suspend and request it back on resume, even if that is done along with disabling the MSI and re-enabling it, respectively.] However, if INTx interrupts are used for this purpose on the same machine, everything works just fine. For this reason, add a kernel command line switch allowing one to request that MSIs be not used for the native PCIe PME signaling, introduce a DMI table allowing us to blacklist machines that need this switch to be set by default and put the MSI Wind U-100 into this table. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2010-02-22PCI PM: PCIe PME root port service driverRafael J. Wysocki
PCIe native PME detection mechanism is based on interrupts generated by root ports or event collectors every time a PCIe device sends a PME message upstream. Once a PME message has been sent by an endpoint device and received by its root port (or event collector in the case of root complex integrated endpoints), the Requester ID from the message header is registered in the root port's Root Status register. At the same time, the PME Status bit of the Root Status register is set to indicate that there's a PME to handle. If PCIe PME interrupt is enabled for the root port, it generates an interrupt once the PME Status has been set. After receiving the interrupt, the kernel can identify the PCIe device that generated the PME using the Requester ID from the root port's Root Status register. [For details, see PCI Express Base Specification, Rev. 2.0.] Implement a driver for the PCIe PME root port service working in accordance with the above description. Based on a patch from Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2010-02-20ARM: allow alignment fault mode to be configured at kernel bootRussell King
Some glibc versions intentionally create lots of alignment faults in their gconv code, which if not fixed up, results in segfaults during boot. This can prevent systems booting properly. There is no clear hard-configurable default for this; the desired default depends on the nature of the userspace which is going to be booted. So, provide a way for the alignment fault handler to be configured via the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-17smp: Use nr_cpus= to set nr_cpu_ids earlyYinghai Lu
On x86, before prefill_possible_map(), nr_cpu_ids will be NR_CPUS aka CONFIG_NR_CPUS. Add nr_cpus= to set nr_cpu_ids. so we can simulate cpus <=8 are installed on normal config. -v2: accordging to Christoph, acpi_numa_init should use nr_cpu_ids in stead of NR_CPUS. -v3: add doc in kernel-parameters.txt according to Andrew. Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <1265793639-15071-34-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2010-02-04doc: document IPv6 parametersBrian Haley
Update documentation to describe IPv6 parameters. Reported by <greg@enjellic.com>. Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-01-22ACPI: processor: add kernel command line support for early _PDC evalAlex Chiang
Allow platforms not listed in DMI table to opt-in and evaluate _PDC early. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2010-01-20x86: Put 'nopat' in kernel-parametersJiri Kosina
Add missing 'nopat' boot option into Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> LKML-Reference: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1001181703560.30977@pobox.suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-30ACPI: introduce kernel parameter acpi_sleep=sci_force_enableZhang Rui
Introduce kernel parameter acpi_sleep=sci_force_enable some laptop requires SCI_EN being set directly on resume, or else they hung somewhere in the resume code path. We already have a blacklist for these laptops but we still need this option, especially when debugging some suspend/resume problems, in case there are systems that need this workaround and are not yet in the blacklist. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-12-16Merge branch 'for-2.6.33' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linuxLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.33' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: (42 commits) nfsd: remove pointless paths in file headers nfsd: move most of nfsfh.h to fs/nfsd nfsd: remove unused field rq_reffh nfsd: enable V4ROOT exports nfsd: make V4ROOT exports read-only nfsd: restrict filehandles accepted in V4ROOT case nfsd: allow exports of symlinks nfsd: filter readdir results in V4ROOT case nfsd: filter lookup results in V4ROOT case nfsd4: don't continue "under" mounts in V4ROOT case nfsd: introduce export flag for v4 pseudoroot nfsd: let "insecure" flag vary by pseudoflavor nfsd: new interface to advertise export features nfsd: Move private headers to source directory vfs: nfsctl.c un-used nfsd #includes lockd: Remove un-used nfsd headers #includes s390: remove un-used nfsd #includes sparc: remove un-used nfsd #includes parsic: remove un-used nfsd #includes compat.c: Remove dependence on nfsd private headers ...
2009-12-16vt: make the default cursor shape configurableClemens Ladisch
For embedded systems, the blinking cursor at startup time can be annoying and unintended. Add a new kernel parameter to change the default cursor shape. Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> Cc: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-12Merge branch 'omap-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6 * 'omap-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6: (75 commits) omap3: Fix OMAP35XX_REV macros omap: serial: fix non-empty uart fifo read abort omap3: Zoom2/3: Update hsmmc board config params omap3 : Enable TWL4030 Keypad for Zoom2 and Zoom3 boards omap3: id code detection 3525 vs 3515 omap3: rx51: Use wl1251 in SPI mode 3 omap3: zoom2/3: make MMC slot work again omap1: htcherald: Update defconfig to include mux support omap1: LCD_DMA: Use some define rather than a hexadecimal omap: header: remove unused data-type omap: arch/arm/plat-omap/devices.c - sort alphabetically omap: Correcting GPMC_CONFIG1_DEVICETYPE_NAND OMAP3: serial - allow platforms specify which UARTs to initialize omap3: cm-t35: add mux initialization OMAP4: Sync up omap4430 defconfig OMAP4: Remove the secondary wait loop OMAP4: AuxCoreBoot registers only accessible in secure mode OMAP4: Fix SRAM base and size OMAP4: Fix cpu detection omap3: pandora: board file updates for .33 ...
2009-12-11omap: mux: Add new style pin multiplexing code for omap3Tony Lindgren
Initially only for 34xx. This code allows us to: - Make the code more generic as the omap internal signal names can stay the same across omap generations for some devices - Map mux registers to GPIO registers that is needed for dynamic muxing of pins during off-idle - Override bootloader mux values via kernel cmdline using omap_mux=some.signa1=0x1234,some.signal2=0x1234 - View and set the mux registers via debugfs if CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is enabled Cc: Mike Rapoport <mike@compulab.co.il> Cc: Benoit Cousson <b-cousson@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul@pwsan.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
2009-12-11USB: usb-storage: add BAD_SENSE flagAlan Stern
This patch (as1311) fixes a problem in usb-storage: Some devices are pretty broken when it comes to reporting sense data. The information they send back indicates that they have more than 18 bytes of sense data available, but when the system asks for more than 18 they fail or hang. The symptom is that probing fails with multiple resets. The patch adds a new BAD_SENSE flag to indicate that usb-storage should never ask for more than 18 bytes of sense data. The flag can be set in an unusual_devs entry or via the "quirks=" module parameter, and it is set automatically whenever a REQUEST SENSE command for more than 18 bytes fails or times out. An unusual_devs entry is added for the Agfa photo frame, which uses a Prolific chip having this bug. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Tested-by: Daniel Kukula <daniel.kuku@gmail.com> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-12-08Merge branch 'x86-setup-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-setup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: vgacon: Add support for setting the default cursor state vc: Add support for hiding the cursor when creating VTs x86, setup: Store the boot cursor state
2009-12-08Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1815 commits) mac80211: fix reorder buffer release iwmc3200wifi: Enable wimax core through module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Add wifi-wimax coexistence mode as a module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Coex table command does not expect a response iwmc3200wifi: Update wiwi priority table iwlwifi: driver version track kernel version iwlwifi: indicate uCode type when fail dump error/event log iwl3945: remove duplicated event logging code b43: fix two warnings ipw2100: fix rebooting hang with driver loaded cfg80211: indent regulatory messages with spaces iwmc3200wifi: fix NULL pointer dereference in pmkid update mac80211: Fix TX status reporting for injected data frames ath9k: enable 2GHz band only if the device supports it airo: Fix integer overflow warning rt2x00: Fix padding bug on L2PAD devices. WE: Fix set events not propagated b43legacy: avoid PPC fault during resume b43: avoid PPC fault during resume tcp: fix a timewait refcnt race ... Fix up conflicts due to sysctl cleanups (dead sysctl_check code and CTL_UNNUMBERED removed) in kernel/sysctl_check.c net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c net/ipv6/addrconf.c net/sctp/sysctl.c
2009-12-05Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (30 commits) x86, apic: Enable lapic nmi watchdog on AMD Family 11h x86: Remove unnecessary mdelay() from cpu_disable_common() x86, ioapic: Document another case when level irq is seen as an edge x86, ioapic: Fix the EOI register detection mechanism x86, io-apic: Move the effort of clearing remoteIRR explicitly before migrating the irq x86: SGI UV: Map low MMR ranges x86: apic: Print out SRAT table APIC id in hex x86: Re-get cfg_new in case reuse/move irq_desc x86: apic: Remove not needed #ifdef x86: io-apic: IO-APIC MMIO should not fail on resource insertion x86: Remove asm/apicnum.h x86: apic: Do not use stacked physid_mask_t x86, apic: Get rid of apicid_to_cpu_present assign on 64-bit x86, ioapic: Use snrpintf while set names for IO-APIC resourses x86, apic: Use PAGE_SIZE instead of numbers x86: Remove local_irq_enable()/local_irq_disable() in fixup_irqs() x86: Use EOI register in io-apic on intel platforms x86: Force irq complete move during cpu offline x86: Remove move_cleanup_count from irq_cfg x86, intr-remap: Avoid irq_chip mask/unmask in fixup_irqs() for intr-remapping ...
2009-12-05Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (35 commits) sched, cputime: Introduce thread_group_times() sched, cputime: Cleanups related to task_times() Revert "sched, x86: Optimize branch hint in __switch_to()" sched: Fix isolcpus boot option sched: Revert 498657a478c60be092208422fefa9c7b248729c2 sched, time: Define nsecs_to_jiffies() sched: Remove task_{u,s,g}time() sched: Introduce task_times() to replace task_{u,s}time() pair sched: Limit the number of scheduler debug messages sched.c: Call debug_show_all_locks() when dumping all tasks sched, x86: Optimize branch hint in __switch_to() sched: Optimize branch hint in context_switch() sched: Optimize branch hint in pick_next_task_fair() sched_feat_write(): Update ppos instead of file->f_pos sched: Sched_rt_periodic_timer vs cpu hotplug sched, kvm: Fix race condition involving sched_in_preempt_notifers sched: More generic WAKE_AFFINE vs select_idle_sibling() sched: Cleanup select_task_rq_fair() sched: Fix granularity of task_u/stime() sched: Fix/add missing update_rq_clock() calls ...
2009-12-05Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
Conflicts: drivers/net/pcmcia/fmvj18x_cs.c drivers/net/pcmcia/nmclan_cs.c drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c
2009-12-05Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (40 commits) tracing: Separate raw syscall from syscall tracer ring-buffer-benchmark: Add parameters to set produce/consumer priorities tracing, function tracer: Clean up strstrip() usage ring-buffer benchmark: Run producer/consumer threads at nice +19 tracing: Remove the stale include/trace/power.h tracing: Only print objcopy version warning once from recordmcount tracing: Prevent build warning: 'ftrace_graph_buf' defined but not used ring-buffer: Move access to commit_page up into function used tracing: do not disable interrupts for trace_clock_local ring-buffer: Add multiple iterations between benchmark timestamps kprobes: Sanitize struct kretprobe_instance allocations tracing: Fix to use __always_unused attribute compiler: Introduce __always_unused tracing: Exit with error if a weak function is used in recordmcount.pl tracing: Move conditional into update_funcs() in recordmcount.pl tracing: Add regex for weak functions in recordmcount.pl tracing: Move mcount section search to front of loop in recordmcount.pl tracing: Fix objcopy revision check in recordmcount.pl tracing: Check absolute path of input file in recordmcount.pl tracing: Correct the check for number of arguments in recordmcount.pl ...
2009-12-05Merge branch 'core-signal-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-signal-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: signal: Print warning message when dropping signals signal: Fix alternate signal stack check
2009-12-03Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris
2009-11-26sched: Limit the number of scheduler debug messagesMike Travis
Remove the verbose scheduler debug messages unless kernel parameter "sched_debug" set. /proc/sched_debug unchanged. Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <20091118002221.489305000@alcatraz.americas.sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-11-18Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/sfc/sfe4001.c drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c drivers/staging/Kconfig drivers/staging/Makefile drivers/staging/rtl8187se/Kconfig drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
2009-11-13vc: Add support for hiding the cursor when creating VTsMatthew Garrett
Add support for setting a global default for whether or not a visible cursor should be enabled when creating VCs. The default will be to do so, unless overridden by the user at boot time or by a driver. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1258143251-5818-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-11-09signal: Print warning message when dropping signalsNaohiro Ooiwa
When the system has too many timers or too many aggregate queued signals, the EAGAIN error is returned to application from kernel, including timer_create() [POSIX.1b]. It means that the app exceeded the limit of pending signals, but in general application writers do not expect this outcome and the current silent failure can cause rare app failures under very high load. This patch adds a new message when we reach the limit and if print_fatal_signals is enabled: task/1234: reached RLIMIT_SIGPENDING, dropping signal If you see this message and your system behaved unexpectedly, you can run following command to lift the limit: # ulimit -i unlimited With help from Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>. Signed-off-by: Naohiro Ooiwa <nooiwa@miraclelinux.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: oleg@redhat.com LKML-Reference: <4AF6E7E2.9080406@miraclelinux.com> [ Modified a few small details, gave surrounding code some love. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-10-29Merge branch 'tracing/urgent' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: Pick up fixes and move base from -rc1 to -rc5. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-10-27nfs: new subdir Documentation/filesystems/nfsJ. Bruce Fields
We're adding enough nfs documentation that it may as well have its own subdirectory. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-10-20security: remove root_plugJames Morris
Remove the root_plug example LSM code. It's unmaintained and increasingly broken in various ways. Made at the 2009 Kernel Summit in Tokyo! Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-10-14x86, apic: Explain show_lapic= in kernel parameters listCyrill Gorcunov
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org> Cc: yinghai@kernel.org Cc: macro@linux-mips.org LKML-Reference: <20091014150904.GA5259@lenovo> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-10-12ftrace: add kernel command line graph function filteringStefan Assmann
Add a command line parameter to allow limiting the function graphs that are traced on boot up from the given top-level callers , when ftrace=function_graph is specified. This patch adds the following command line option: ftrace_graph_filter=function-list Where function-list is a comma separated list of functions to filter. [fweisbec@gmail.com: picked the documentation changes from the v2 patch] Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@redhat.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> LKML-Reference: <4AD2DEB9.2@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2009-10-07udp: dynamically size hash tables at boot timeEric Dumazet
UDP_HTABLE_SIZE was initialy defined to 128, which is a bit small for several setups. 4000 active UDP sockets -> 32 sockets per chain in average. An incoming frame has to lookup all sockets to find best match, so long chains hurt latency. Instead of a fixed size hash table that cant be perfect for every needs, let UDP stack choose its table size at boot time like tcp/ip route, using alloc_large_system_hash() helper Add an optional boot parameter, uhash_entries=x so that an admin can force a size between 256 and 65536 if needed, like thash_entries and rhash_entries. dmesg logs two new lines : [ 0.647039] UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.647099] UDP Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Maximal size on 64bit arches would be 65536 slots, ie 1 MBytes for non debugging spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-01x86: earlyprintk: Fix regression to handle serial,ttySn as 1 argJason Wessel
Commit c953094 ("early_printk: Allow more than one early console") introduced a regression in the parsing of the earlyprintk= kernel arguments. If you specify "earlyprintk=serial,ttyS0,115200" as a kernel argument, the "serial,ttyS" should be parsed as a single argument and not as "serial" and then "ttyS". Also update the documentation to reflect you can specify the ttyS directly without the "serial" argument. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> LKML-Reference: <4ABB7D5E.6000301@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-23USB: ehci-dbgp,documentation: Documentation updates for ehci-dbgpJason Wessel
Add missing information about requirements of using the EHCI usb debug controller as well as to mention you can use a debug controller other than the first one in the system. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@intel.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-09-21trivial: typo in kernel-parameters.txtStephen Hemminger
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2009-09-18Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: (262 commits) sh: mach-ecovec24: Add user debug switch support sh: Kill off unused se_skipped in alignment trap notification code. sh: Wire up HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS. video: sh_mobile_lcdcfb: use both register sets for display panning video: sh_mobile_lcdcfb: implement display panning sh: Fix up sh7705 flush_dcache_page() build. sh: kfr2r09: document the PLL/FLL <-> RF relationship. sh: mach-ecovec24: need asm/clock.h. sh: mach-ecovec24: deassert usb irq on boot. sh: Add KEYSC support for EcoVec24 sh: add kycr2_delay for sh_keysc sh: cpufreq: Include CPU id in info messages. sh: multi-evt support for SH-X3 proto CPU. sh: clkfwk: remove bogus set_bus_parent() from SH7709. sh: Fix the indication point of the liquid crystal of AP-325RXA(AP3300) sh: Add EcoVec24 romImage defconfig sh: USB disable process is needed if romImage boot for EcoVec24 sh: EcoVec24: add HIZA setting for LED sh: EcoVec24: write MAC address in boot sh: Add romImage support for EcoVec24 ...
2009-09-17MIPS: Loongson: Add a machtype kernel command line argumentWu Zhangjin
The difference between some loongson-based machines is very small, so, if there is no necessary to add new kernel config options to cope with this difference, it will be better to share the same kernel image file between them, benefit from this, the linux distribution developers only have a need to compile the kernel one time. This machtype kernel command line argument will be used later to share the same kernel image file between two different machines(menglong & yeeloong) made by lemote. Thanks very much to Zhang Le for cleaning up the machtype implementation. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-09-16Merge branch 'master' of ↵Paul Mundt
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 Conflicts: arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
2009-09-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: (46 commits) powerpc64: convert to dynamic percpu allocator sparc64: use embedding percpu first chunk allocator percpu: kill lpage first chunk allocator x86,percpu: use embedding for 64bit NUMA and page for 32bit NUMA percpu: update embedding first chunk allocator to handle sparse units percpu: use group information to allocate vmap areas sparsely vmalloc: implement pcpu_get_vm_areas() vmalloc: separate out insert_vmalloc_vm() percpu: add chunk->base_addr percpu: add pcpu_unit_offsets[] percpu: introduce pcpu_alloc_info and pcpu_group_info percpu: move pcpu_lpage_build_unit_map() and pcpul_lpage_dump_cfg() upward percpu: add @align to pcpu_fc_alloc_fn_t percpu: make @dyn_size mandatory for pcpu_setup_first_chunk() percpu: drop @static_size from first chunk allocators percpu: generalize first chunk allocator selection percpu: build first chunk allocators selectively percpu: rename 4k first chunk allocator to page percpu: improve boot messages percpu: fix pcpu_reclaim() locking ... Fix trivial conflict as by Tejun Heo in kernel/sched.c
2009-09-14Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds
* 'kvm-updates/2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (202 commits) MAINTAINERS: update KVM entry KVM: correct error-handling code KVM: fix compile warnings on s390 KVM: VMX: Check cpl before emulating debug register access KVM: fix misreporting of coalesced interrupts by kvm tracer KVM: x86: drop duplicate kvm_flush_remote_tlb calls KVM: VMX: call vmx_load_host_state() only if msr is cached KVM: VMX: Conditionally reload debug register 6 KVM: Use thread debug register storage instead of kvm specific data KVM guest: do not batch pte updates from interrupt context KVM: Fix coalesced interrupt reporting in IOAPIC KVM guest: fix bogus wallclock physical address calculation KVM: VMX: Fix cr8 exiting control clobbering by EPT KVM: Optimize kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt() for tdp KVM: Document KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP KVM: Protect update_cr8_intercept() when running without an apic KVM: VMX: Fix EPT with WP bit change during paging KVM: Use kvm_{read,write}_guest_virt() to read and write segment descriptors KVM: x86 emulator: Add adc and sbb missing decoder flags KVM: Add missing #include ...
2009-09-14Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1623 commits) netxen: update copyright netxen: fix tx timeout recovery netxen: fix file firmware leak netxen: improve pci memory access netxen: change firmware write size tg3: Fix return ring size breakage netxen: build fix for INET=n cdc-phonet: autoconfigure Phonet address Phonet: back-end for autoconfigured addresses Phonet: fix netlink address dump error handling ipv6: Add IFA_F_DADFAILED flag net: Add DEVTYPE support for Ethernet based devices mv643xx_eth.c: remove unused txq_set_wrr() ucc_geth: Fix hangs after switching from full to half duplex ucc_geth: Rearrange some code to avoid forward declarations phy/marvell: Make non-aneg speed/duplex forcing work for 88E1111 PHYs drivers/net/phy: introduce missing kfree drivers/net/wan: introduce missing kfree net: force bridge module(s) to be GPL Subject: [PATCH] appletalk: Fix skb leak when ipddp interface is not loaded ... Fixed up trivial conflicts: - arch/x86/include/asm/socket.h converted to <asm-generic/socket.h> in the x86 tree. The generic header has the same new #define's, so that works out fine. - drivers/net/tun.c fix conflict between 89f56d1e9 ("tun: reuse struct sock fields") that switched over to using 'tun->socket.sk' instead of the redundantly available (and thus removed) 'tun->sk', and 2b980dbd ("lsm: Add hooks to the TUN driver") which added a new 'tun->sk' use. Noted in 'next' by Stephen Rothwell.
2009-09-11Merge git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: (87 commits) NFSv4: Disallow 'mount -t nfs4 -overs=2' and 'mount -t nfs4 -overs=3' NFS: Allow the "nfs" file system type to support NFSv4 NFS: Move details of nfs4_get_sb() to a helper NFS: Refactor NFSv4 text-based mount option validation NFS: Mount option parser should detect missing "port=" NFS: out of date comment regarding O_EXCL above nfs3_proc_create() NFS: Handle a zero-length auth flavor list SUNRPC: Ensure that sunrpc gets initialised before nfs, lockd, etc... nfs: fix compile error in rpc_pipefs.h nfs: Remove reference to generic_osync_inode from a comment SUNRPC: cache must take a reference to the cache detail's module on open() NFS: Use the DNS resolver in the mount code. NFS: Add a dns resolver for use with NFSv4 referrals and migration SUNRPC: Fix a typo in cache_pipefs_files nfs: nfs4xdr: optimize low level decoding nfs: nfs4xdr: get rid of READ_BUF nfs: nfs4xdr: simplify decode_exchange_id by reusing decode_opaque_inline nfs: nfs4xdr: get rid of COPYMEM nfs: nfs4xdr: introduce decode_sessionid helper nfs: nfs4xdr: introduce decode_verifier helper ...