aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
Commit message (Collapse)AuthorAgeFilesLines
* [PATCH] Reducing local_bh_enable/disable overhead in irqtraceTim Chen2006-07-311-0/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The recent changes from irqtrace feature has added overheads to local_bh_disable and local_bh_enable that reduces UDP performance across x86_64 and IA64, even though IA64 does not support the irqtrace feature. Patch in question is [PATCH]lockdep: irqtrace subsystem, core http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=c ommit;h=de30a2b355ea85350ca2f58f3b9bf4e5bc007986 Prior to this patch, local_bh_disable was a short macro. Now it is a function which calls __local_bh_disable with added irq flags save and restore. The irq flags save and restore were also added to local_bh_enable, probably for injecting the trace irqs code. This overhead is on the generic code path across all architectures. On a IA_64 test machine (Itanium-2 1.6 GHz) running a benchmark like netperf's UDP streaming test, the added overhead results in a drop of 3% in throughput, as udp_sendmsg calls the local_bh_enable/disable several times. Other workloads that have heavy usages of local_bh_enable/disable could also be affected. The patch ideally should not have affected IA-64 performance as it does not have IRQ tracing support. A significant portion of the overhead is in the added irq flags save and restore, which I think is not needed if IRQ tracing is unused. A suggested patch is attached below that recovers the lost performance. However, the "ifdef"s in the patch are a bit ugly. Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@intel.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Typo in ub clause of devices.txtPete Zaitcev2006-07-311-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | Change "Thrid" into "Third", and realign similarly to other entries. Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> Cc: <device@lanana.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Fix typo in MAINTAINERS: s/DEVICS/DEVICES/Josh Triplett2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ufs: remove incorrect unlock_kernel from failure path in ufs_symlink()Josh Triplett2006-07-311-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | ufs_symlink, in one of its error paths, calls unlock_kernel without ever having called lock_kernel(); fix this by creating and jumping to a new label out_notlocked rather than the out label used after calling lock_kernel(). Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Cc: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] efs: add entry for EFS filesystem to MAINTAINERS as OrphanJosh Triplett2006-07-311-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | The EFS filesystem does not have an entry in MAINTAINERS; add one, giving the EFS filesystem and listing the status as Orphan, per the note on that page saying "I'm no longer actively maintaining EFS". Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] efs: Remove incorrect unlock_kernel from failure path in ↵Josh Triplett2006-07-311-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | efs_symlink_readpage() If efs_symlink_readpage hits the -ENAMETOOLONG error path, it will call unlock_kernel without ever having called lock_kernel(); fix this by creating and jumping to a new label fail_notlocked rather than the fail label used after calling lock_kernel(). Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Remove incorrect unlock_kernel from allocation failure path in ↵Josh Triplett2006-07-311-3/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | coda_open() Commit 398c53a757702e1e3a7a2c24860c7ad26acb53ed (in the historical GIT tree) moved the lock_kernel() in coda_open after the allocation of a coda_file_info struct, but left an unlock_kernel() in the allocation failure error path; remove it. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Acked-by: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Fix swsusp with PNP BIOSOndrej Zary2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | swsusp is unable to suspend my machine (DTK FortisPro TOP-5A notebook) with kernel 2.6.17.5 because it's unable to suspend PNP device 00:16 (mouse). The problem is in PNP BIOS. pnp_bus_suspend() calls pnp_stop_dev() for the device if the device can be disabled according to pnp_can_disable(). The problem is that pnpbios_disable_resources() returns -EPERM if the device is not dynamic (!pnpbios_is_dynamic()) but insert_device() happily sets PNP_DISABLE capability/flag even if the device is not dynamic. So we try to disable non-dynamic devices which will fail. This patch prevents insert_device() from setting PNP_DISABLE if the device is not dynamic and fixes suspend on my system. Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] inotify: fix deadlock found by lockdepArjan van de Ven2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a real deadlock, a nice complex one: (warning: long explanation follows so that Andrew can have a complete patch description) it's an ABCDA deadlock: A iprune_mutex B inode->inotify_mutex C ih->mutex D dev->ev_mutex The AB relationship comes straight from invalidate_inodes() int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block * sb) { int busy; LIST_HEAD(throw_away); mutex_lock(&iprune_mutex); spin_lock(&inode_lock); inotify_unmount_inodes(&sb->s_inodes); where inotify_umount_inodes() takes the mutex_lock(&inode->inotify_mutex); The BC relationship comes directly from inotify_find_update_watch(): s32 inotify_find_update_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih, struct inode *inode, u32 mask) { ... mutex_lock(&inode->inotify_mutex); mutex_lock(&ih->mutex); The CD relationship comes from inotify_rm_wd: inotify_rm_wd does mutex_lock(&inode->inotify_mutex); mutex_lock(&ih->mutex) and then calls inotify_remove_watch_locked() which calls notify_dev_queue_event() which does mutex_lock(&dev->ev_mutex); (this strictly is a BCD relationship) The DA relationship comes from the most interesting part: [<ffffffff8022d9f2>] shrink_icache_memory+0x42/0x270 [<ffffffff80240dc4>] shrink_slab+0x11d/0x1c9 [<ffffffff802b5104>] try_to_free_pages+0x187/0x244 [<ffffffff8020efed>] __alloc_pages+0x1cd/0x2e0 [<ffffffff8025e1f8>] cache_alloc_refill+0x3f8/0x821 [<ffffffff8020a5e5>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x85/0xcb [<ffffffff802db027>] kernel_event+0x2e/0x122 [<ffffffff8021d61c>] inotify_dev_queue_event+0xcc/0x140 inotify_dev_queue_event schedules a kernel_event which does a kmem_cache_alloc( , GFP_KERNEL) which may try to shrink slabs, including the inode cache .. which then takes iprune_mutex. And voila, there is an AB, a BC, a CD relationship (even a direct BCD), and also now a DA relationship -> a circular type AB-BA deadlock but involving 4 locks. The solution is simple: kernel_event() is NOT allowed to use GFP_KERNEL, but must use GFP_NOFS to not cause recursion into the VFS. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Robert Love <rml@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Add linux-mm mailing list for memory management in MAINTAINERS fileSteven Rostedt2006-07-311-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since I didn't know about the linux-mm mailing list until I spammed all those that had their names anywhere in the mm directory, I'm sending this patch to add the linux-mm mailing list to the MAINTAINERS file. Also, since mm is so broad, it doesn't have a single person to maintain it, and thus no maintainer is listed. I also left the status as Maintained, since it obviously is. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pi-futex: missing pi_waiters plist initializationHeiko Carstens2006-07-311-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Initialize init task's pi_waiters plist. Otherwise cpu hotplug of cpu 0 might crash, since rt_mutex_getprio() accesses an uninitialized list head. call chain which led to crash: take_cpu_down sched_idle_next __setscheduler rt_mutex_getprio Using PLIST_HEAD_INIT in the INIT_TASK macro doesn't work unfortunately, since the pi_waiters member is only conditionally present. Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] hide onboard graphics drivers on G5Olaf Hering2006-07-311-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hide the video drivers for onboard graphics found in early PCI PowerMacs in Apple G5 config files. drivers/built-in.o: In function `.platinumfb_probe': platinumfb.c:(.text+0x377a0): undefined reference to `.nvram_read_byte' platinumfb.c:(.text+0x37830): undefined reference to `.nvram_read_byte' drivers/built-in.o: In function `.control_init': controlfb.c:(.init.text+0x1938): undefined reference to `.nvram_read_byte' controlfb.c:(.init.text+0x1968): undefined reference to `.nvram_read_byte' drivers/built-in.o: In function `.valkyriefb_init': (.init.text+0x2300): undefined reference to `.nvram_read_byte' drivers/built-in.o:(.init.text+0x239c): more undefined references to `.nvram_read_byte' follow Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] enable mac partition label per default on pmacOlaf Hering2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | Enable mac partition table support per default also for a powermac config. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pcmcia: fix ioctl GET_CONFIGURATION_INFO for pcmcia_cardsDaniel Ritz2006-07-311-4/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | Values displayed when by cardctl config are horribly wrong for 16bit cards. this fixes it up by not using memcpy() since source and target struct are very different. Signed-off-by: Daniel Ritz <daniel.ritz@gmx.ch> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pcmcia: fix ioctl for GET_STATUS and GET_CONFIGURATION_INFODaniel Ritz2006-07-311-12/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | the p_dev == NULL checks are wrong. the called functions handle a NULL p_dev on their own. w/o this patch output of cardcctl status and cardctl config is broken for cardbus cards or when the slot is empty. Signed-off-by: Daniel Ritz <daniel.ritz@gmx.ch> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] mdacon: fix __init section warningsFrederik Deweerdt2006-07-311-2/+2
| | | | | | | | WARNING: drivers/video/console/mdacon.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'mdacon_startup' (at offset 0x123) and 'mdacon_init' WARNING: drivers/video/console/mdacon.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'mdacon_startup' (at offset 0x18b) and 'mdacon_init' Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sgiioc4: Always share IRQBrent Casavant2006-07-313-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | The SGI IOC4 IDE device always shares an interrupt with other devices which are part of IOC4. As such, IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ should always be enabled when BLK_DEV_SGIIOC4 is enabled. Signed-off-by: Brent Casavant <bcasavan@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Doc/SubmittingPatches cleanupsRandy Dunlap2006-07-311-6/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | A few cleanups to SubmittingPatches: - mention SubmitChecklist - remove mention of my simple patch script tools - remove last-updated line Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Add DocBook documentation for workqueue functionsRolf Eike Beer2006-07-312-4/+57
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | kernel/workqueue.c was omitted from generating kernel documentation. This adds a new section "Workqueues and Kevents" and adds documentation for some of the functions. Some functions in this file already had DocBook-style comments, now they finally become visible. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pci/search: cleanups, add to kernel-api.tmplRandy Dunlap2006-07-312-24/+26
| | | | | | | | | | Clean up kernel-doc comments in drivers/pci/search.c (line sizes and typos). Enable that source file in DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kernel-doc: ignore __devinitRandy Dunlap2006-07-311-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | Ignore __devinit in function definitions so that kernel-doc won't fail on them. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix kernel-api doc for kernel/resource.cRandy Dunlap2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | insert_resource() was unexported, so kernel-doc needs to be told to search kernel/resource.c for internal functions instead of exported functions so that it won't report an error. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix cond_resched() fixJim Houston2006-07-311-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | In cond_resched_lock() it calls __resched_legal() before dropping the spin lock. __resched_legal() will always finds the preempt_count non-zero and will prevent the call to __cond_resched(). The attached patch adds a parameter to __resched_legal() with the expected preempt_count value. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix bad macro param in timer.cSteven Rostedt2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We have #define INDEX(N) (base->timer_jiffies >> (TVR_BITS + N * TVN_BITS)) & TVN_MASK and it's used via list = varray[i + 1]->vec + (INDEX(i + 1)); So, due to underparenthesisation, this INDEX(i+1) is now a ... (TVR_BITS + i + 1 * TVN_BITS)) ... So this bugfix changes behaviour. It worked before by sheer luck: "If i was anything but 0, it was broken. But this was only used by s390 and arm. Since it was for the next interrupt, could that next interrupt be a problem (going into the second cascade)? But it was probably seldom wrong. That is, this would fail if the next interrupt was in the second cascade, and was wrapped. Which may never of happened. Also if it did happen, it would have just missed the interrupt. If an interrupt was missed, and no one was there to miss it, was it really missed :-)" Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] cpu hotplug: use hotplug version of registration in late initsChandra Seetharaman2006-07-317-34/+26
| | | | | | | | | | | Use hotplug version of register_cpu_notifier in late init functions. Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] cpu hotplug: fix hotplug cpu documentation for proper usageChandra Seetharaman2006-07-311-2/+10
| | | | | | | | | Update hotplug cpu documentation to clearly state when to use register_cpu_notifier() and register_hotcpu_notifier. Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] cpu hotplug: replace __devinit* with __cpuinit* for cpu notificationsChandra Seetharaman2006-07-317-13/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Few of the callback functions and notifier blocks that are associated with cpu notifications incorrectly have __devinit and __devinitdata. They should be __cpuinit and __cpuinitdata instead. It makes no functional difference but wastes text area when CONFIG_HOTPLUG is enabled and CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is not. This patch fixes all those instances. Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] panic_on_oops: remove ssleep()Horms2006-07-316-28/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch is part of an effort to unify the panic_on_oops behaviour across all architectures that implement it. It was pointed out to me by Andi Kleen that if an oops has occured in interrupt context, then calling sleep() in the oops path will only cause a panic, and that it would be really better for it not to be in the path at all. This patch removes the ssleep() call and reworks the console message accordinly. I have a slght concern that the resulting console message is too long, feedback welcome. For powerpc it also unifies the 32bit and 64bit behaviour. Fror x86_64, this patch only updates the console message, as ssleep() is already not present. Signed-off-by: Horms <horms@verge.net.au> Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] always define IRQ_PER_CPUYoichi Yuasa2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | Reduce the likelihood of someone accidentally introducing namespace collisions. Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] nbd: Abort request on data reception failureMichal Feix2006-07-311-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When reading from nbd device, we need to receive all the data after receiving reply packet from the server - otherwise such request will never be ended. If socket is closed right after accepting reply control packet and in the middle of waiting for read data, nbd_read_stat() returns NULL and nbd_end_request() is not called. This patch fixes it. Signed-off-by: Michal Feix <michal@feix.cz> Acked-by: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] nbd: Check magic before doing anything elseMichal Feix2006-07-311-7/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | We should check magic sequence in reply packet before trying to find request with it's request handle. This also solves the problem with "Unexpected reply" message beeing logged, when packet with invalid magic is received. Signed-off-by: Michal Feix <michal@feix.cz> Acked-by: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] lockdep: annotate pktcdvd natural device hierarchyArjan van de Ven2006-07-311-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | The pkt_*_dev functions operate on not-this-blockdevice, and that is sufficiently checked at setup time. As a result there is a natural hierarchy, which needs nesting annotations Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] IDE: Touch NMI watchdog during resume from STRMichal Schmidt2006-07-312-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When resuming from suspend-to-RAM, the NMI watchdog detects a lockup in ide_wait_not_busy. Here's a screenshot of the trace taken by a digital camera: http://www.uamt.feec.vutbr.cz/rizeni/pom/DSC03510-2.JPG Let's touch the NMI watchdog in ide_wait_not_busy. The system then resumes correctly from STR. [akpm@osdl.org: modular build fix] Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <xschmi00@stud.feec.vutbr.cz> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] invalidate_bdev() speedupAndrew Morton2006-07-311-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | We can immediately bail from invalidate_bdev() if the blockdev has no pagecache. This solves the huge IPI storms which hald is causing on the big ia64 machines when it polls CDROM drives. Acked-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] v850: call init_page_count() instead of set_page_count()Miles Bader2006-07-311-3/+3
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] v850: Remove symbol exports which duplicate global onesMiles Bader2006-07-311-16/+0
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] IA64: kprobe invalidate icache of jump bufferbibo, mao2006-07-317-0/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kprobe inserts breakpoint instruction in probepoint and then jumps to instruction slot when breakpoint is hit, the instruction slot icache must be consistent with dcache. Here is the patch which invalidates instruction slot icache area. Without this patch, in some machines there will be fault when executing instruction slot where icache content is inconsistent with dcache. Signed-off-by: bibo,mao <bibo.mao@intel.com> Acked-by: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Acked-by: Keshavamurthy Anil S <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] arch/alpha: Use ARRAY_SIZE macroTobias Klauser2006-07-315-38/+34
| | | | | | | | | | | | Use ARRAY_SIZE macro instead of sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]) and remove a duplicate of the macro. Also remove some trailing whitespaces and needless braces. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] i386: fix CONFIG_EFI helpArthur Othieno2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | It is described as being experimental, but doesn't actually depend on EXPERIMENTAL. Change the text. Signed-off-by: Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kprobe-booster: disable in preemptible kernelMasami Hiramatsu2006-07-311-6/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The kprobe-booster's safety check against preemption does not work well now, because the preemption count has been modified by read_rcu_lock() in atomic_notifier_call_chain() before we check it. So, I'd like to prevent boosting kprobe temporarily if the kernel is preemptable. Now we are searching for the good solution. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Cc: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com> Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] machine_kexec.c: Fix the description of segment handlingEric W. Biederman2006-07-312-16/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | One of my original comments in machine_kexec was unclear and this should fix it. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Acked-by: Horms <horms@verge.net.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] synchronize_tsc() fixesAndrew Morton2006-07-311-29/+33
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Move the tsc synchronisation variables into a struct, mark it __initdata - local `realdelta' wants to be 64-bit - Print the skew for negative skews, as well as for positive ones - remove dead code Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] selinux: fix bug in security_compute_sidVenkat Yekkirala2006-07-311-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | Initializes newcontext sooner to allow for its destruction in all cases. Signed-off-by: Venkat Yekkirala <vyekkirala@TrustedCS.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] selinux: fix memory leakDarrel Goeddel2006-07-311-2/+10
| | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes a memory leak when a policydb structure is destroyed. Signed-off-by: Darrel Goeddel <dgoeddel@trustedcs.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] knfsd: Fix stale file handle problem with subtree_checking.NeilBrown2006-07-311-7/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A recent commit (7fc90ec93a5eb71f4b08403baf5ba7176b3ec6b1) moved the call to nfsd_setuser out of the 'find a dentry for a filehandle' branch of fh_verify so that it would always be called. This had the unfortunately side-effect of moving *after* the call to decode_fh, so the prober fsuid was not set when nfsd_acceptable was called, the 'permission' check did the wrong thing. This patch moves the nfsd_setuser call back where it was, and add as call in the other branch of the if. Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] mce section fixAndrew Morton2006-07-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | mce_disabled cannot be __initdata - we access it during APM resume. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Fix ppc32 zImage inflatePeter Korsgaard2006-07-311-1/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The recent zlib update (commit 4f3865fb57a04db7cca068fed1c15badc064a302) broke ppc32 zImage decompression as it tries to decompress to address zero and the updated zlib_inflate checks that strm->next_out isn't a null pointer. This little patch fixes it. [rpurdie@rpsys.net: add comment] Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> Acked-by: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] delay accounting: temporarily enable by defaultShailabh Nagar2006-07-314-12/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Enable delay accounting by default so that feature gets coverage testing without requiring special measures. Earlier, it was off by default and had to be enabled via a boot time param. This patch reverses the default behaviour to improve coverage testing. It can be removed late in the kernel development cycle if its believed users shouldn't have to incur any cost if they don't want delay accounting. Or it can be retained forever if the utility of the stats is deemed common enough to warrant keeping the feature on. Signed-off-by: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@watson.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] taskstats: free skb, avoid returns in send_cpu_listenersShailabh Nagar2006-07-311-13/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | Add a missing freeing of skb in the case there are no listeners at all. Also remove the returning of error values by the function as it is unused by the sole caller. Signed-off-by: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@watson.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] make taskstats sending completely independent of delay accounting ↵Shailabh Nagar2006-07-312-8/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | on/off status Complete the separation of delay accounting and taskstats by ignoring the return value of delay accounting functions that fill in parts of taskstats before it is sent out (either in response to a command or as part of a task exit). Also make delayacct_add_tsk return silently when delay accounting is turned off rather than treat it as an error. Signed-off-by: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@watson.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
generated by cgit v1.1 at 2024-12-27 09:37:48 +0000