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* doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>'Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk2013-03-041-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | commit a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f upstream. Both the PowerPC hypervisor and Xen hypervisor can utilize the hvc driver. Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
* doc, xen: Mention 'earlyprintk=xen' in the documentation.Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk2013-03-041-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | commit 2482a92e7d17187301d7313cfe5021b13393a0b4 upstream. The earlyprintk for Xen PV guests utilizes a simple hypercall (console_io) to provide output to Xen emergency console. Note that the Xen hypervisor should be booted with 'loglevel=all' to output said information. Reported-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-2-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
* x86, random: Verify RDRAND functionality and allow it to be disabledH. Peter Anvin2012-10-211-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | commit 49d859d78c5aeb998b6936fcb5f288f78d713489 upstream. If the CPU declares that RDRAND is available, go through a guranteed reseed sequence, and make sure that it is actually working (producing data.) If it does not, disable the CPU feature flag. Allow RDRAND to be disabled on the command line (as opposed to at compile time) for a user who has special requirements with regards to random numbers. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
* PCI: conditional resource-reallocation through kernel parameter pci=reallocRam Pai2011-07-081-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Multiple attempts to dynamically reallocate pci resources have unfortunately lead to regressions. Though we continue to fix the regressions and fine tune the dynamic-reallocation behavior, we have not reached a acceptable state yet. This patch provides a interim solution. It disables dynamic reallocation by default, but adds the ability to enable it through pci=realloc kernel command line parameter. Tested-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
* usb-storage: redo incorrect readsAlan Stern2011-06-071-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some USB mass-storage devices have bugs that cause them not to handle the first READ(10) command they receive correctly. The Corsair Padlock v2 returns completely bogus data for its first read (possibly it returns the data in encrypted form even though the device is supposed to be unlocked). The Feiya SD/SDHC card reader fails to complete the first READ(10) command after it is plugged in or after a new card is inserted, returning a status code that indicates it thinks the command was invalid, which prevents the kernel from retrying the read. Since the first read of a new device or a new medium is for the partition sector, the kernel is unable to retrieve the device's partition table. Users have to manually issue an "hdparm -z" or "blockdev --rereadpt" command before they can access the device. This patch (as1470) works around the problem. It adds a new quirk flag, US_FL_INVALID_READ10, indicating that the first READ(10) should always be retried immediately, as should any failing READ(10) commands (provided the preceding READ(10) command succeeded, to avoid getting stuck in a loop). The patch also adds appropriate unusual_devs entries containing the new flag. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Tested-by: Sven Geggus <sven-usbst@geggus.net> Tested-by: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+linux@gmail.com> CC: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net> CC: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6Linus Torvalds2011-06-021-1/+4
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6: intel-iommu: Fix off-by-one in RMRR setup intel-iommu: Add domain check in domain_remove_one_dev_info intel-iommu: Remove Host Bridge devices from identity mapping intel-iommu: Use coherent DMA mask when requested intel-iommu: Dont cache iova above 32bit intel-iommu: Speed up processing of the identity_mapping function intel-iommu: Check for identity mapping candidate using system dma mask intel-iommu: Only unlink device domains from iommu intel-iommu: Enable super page (2MiB, 1GiB, etc.) support intel-iommu: Flush unmaps at domain_exit intel-iommu: Remove obsolete comment from detect_intel_iommu intel-iommu: fix VT-d PMR disable for TXT on S3 resume
| * intel-iommu: Enable super page (2MiB, 1GiB, etc.) supportYouquan Song2011-06-011-1/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are no externally-visible changes with this. In the loop in the internal __domain_mapping() function, we simply detect if we are mapping: - size >= 2MiB, and - virtual address aligned to 2MiB, and - physical address aligned to 2MiB, and - on hardware that supports superpages. (and likewise for larger superpages). We automatically use a superpage for such mappings. We never have to worry about *breaking* superpages, since we trust that we will always *unmap* the same range that was mapped. So all we need to do is ensure that dma_pte_clear_range() will also cope with superpages. Adjust pfn_to_dma_pte() to take a superpage 'level' as an argument, so it can return a PTE at the appropriate level rather than always extending the page tables all the way down to level 1. Again, this is simplified by the fact that we should never encounter existing small pages when we're creating a mapping; any old mapping that used the same virtual range will have been entirely removed and its obsolete page tables freed. Provide an 'intel_iommu=sp_off' argument on the command line as a chicken bit. Not that it should ever be required. == The original commit seen in the iommu-2.6.git was Youquan's implementation (and completion) of my own half-baked code which I'd typed into an email. Followed by half a dozen subsequent 'fixes'. I've taken the unusual step of rewriting history and collapsing the original commits in order to keep the main history simpler, and make life easier for the people who are going to have to backport this to older kernels. And also so I can give it a more coherent commit comment which (hopefully) gives a better explanation of what's going on. The original sequence of commits leading to identical code was: Youquan Song (3): intel-iommu: super page support intel-iommu: Fix superpage alignment calculation error intel-iommu: Fix superpage level calculation error in dma_pfn_level_pte() David Woodhouse (4): intel-iommu: Precalculate superpage support for dmar_domain intel-iommu: Fix hardware_largepage_caps() intel-iommu: Fix inappropriate use of superpages in __domain_mapping() intel-iommu: Fix phys_pfn in __domain_mapping for sglist pages Signed-off-by: Youquan Song <youquan.song@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
* | memsw: remove noswapaccount kernel parameterMichal Hocko2011-05-251-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The noswapaccount parameter has been deprecated since 2.6.38 without any complaints from users so we can remove it. swapaccount=0|1 can be used instead. As we are removing the parameter we can also clean up swapaccount because it doesn't have to accept an empty string anymore (to match noswapaccount) and so we can push = into __setup macro rather than checking "=1" resp. "=0" strings Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Cc: Hiroyuki Kamezawa <kamezawa.hiroyuki@gmail.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | Merge branch 'usb-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-05-231-0/+4
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 * 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (205 commits) USB: EHCI: Remove SPARC_LEON {read,write}_be definitions from ehci.h USB: UHCI: Support big endian GRUSBHC HC sparc: add {read,write}*_be routines USB: UHCI: Add support for big endian descriptors USB: UHCI: Use ACCESS_ONCE rather than using a full compiler barrier USB: UHCI: Add support for big endian mmio usb-storage: Correct adjust_quirks to include latest flags usb/isp1760: Fix possible unlink problems usb/isp1760: Move function isp1760_endpoint_disable() within file. USB: remove remaining usages of hcd->state from usbcore and fix regression usb: musb: ux500: add configuration and build options for ux500 dma usb: musb: ux500: add dma glue layer for ux500 usb: musb: ux500: add dma name for ux500 usb: musb: ux500: add ux500 specific code for gadget side usb: musb: fix compile error usb-storage: fix up the unusual_realtek device list USB: gadget: f_audio: Fix invalid dereference of initdata EHCI: don't rescan interrupt QHs needlessly OHCI: fix regression caused by nVidia shutdown workaround USB: OTG: msm: Free VCCCX regulator even if we can't set the voltage ...
| * | usb-storage: Correct adjust_quirks to include latest flagsKarl Relton2011-05-191-0/+4
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commits ae38c78a03e1b77ad45248fcf097e4568e740209 and 00914025cc4e783d4703b4db1d47b41f389e50c8 added quirk flags US_FL_NO_READ_DISC_INFO and US_FL_NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 to the usb-storage driver. However they did not add the corresponding flags to adjust_quirks() in usb.c, so there was no facility for a user to over-ride/add them via the quirks module parameter. Signed-off-by: Karl Relton <karllinuxtest.relton@ntlworld.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | Merge branch 'x86-smep-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-05-191-0/+4
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-smep-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, cpu: Enable/disable Supervisor Mode Execution Protection x86, cpu: Add SMEP CPU feature in CR4 x86, cpufeature: Add cpufeature flag for SMEP
| * | x86, cpu: Enable/disable Supervisor Mode Execution ProtectionFenghua Yu2011-05-171-0/+4
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Enable/disable newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) CPU feature in kernel. CR4.SMEP (bit 20) is 0 at power-on. If the feature is supported by CPU (X86_FEATURE_SMEP), enable SMEP by setting CR4.SMEP. New kernel option nosmep disables the feature even if the feature is supported by CPU. [ hpa: moved the call to setup_smep() until after the vendor-specific initialization; that ensures that CPUID features are unmasked. We will still run it before we have userspace (never mind uncontrolled userspace). ] Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> LKML-Reference: <1305157865-31727-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
* | PM / ACPI: Remove acpi_sleep=s4_nonvsAmerigo Wang2011-05-171-1/+1
|/ | | | | | | | | acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs is superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs, so remove it. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Acked-by: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
* Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds2011-04-071-1/+1
|\ | | | | | | | | * 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6: Fix common misspellings
| * Fix common misspellingsLucas De Marchi2011-03-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
* | Documentation: fix minor typos/spellingSylvestre Ledru2011-04-041-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix some minor typos: * informations => information * there own => their own * these => this Signed-off-by: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru@scilab.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | Documentation: update panic parameter infoRandy Dunlap2011-04-041-5/+7
|/ | | | | | | | | Add a little more info for some of the panic-related kernel parameters. Fix "oops=panic" to fit in 80 columns. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* console: allow to retain boot console via boot option keep_bootconFabio M. Di Nitto2011-03-221-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On some architectures, the boot process involves de-registering the boot console (early boot), initialize drivers and then re-register the console. This mechanism introduces a window in which no printk can happen on the console and messages are buffered and then printed once the new console is available. If a kernel crashes during this window, all it's left on the boot console is "console [foo] enabled, bootconsole disabled" making debug of the crash rather 'interesting'. By adding "keep_bootcon" option, do not unregister the boot console, that will allow to printk everything that is happening up to the crash. The option is clearly meant only for debugging purposes as it introduces lots of duplicated info printed on console, but will make bug report from users easier as it doesn't require a kernel build just to figure out where we crash. Signed-off-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* kernel/watchdog.c: allow hardlockup to panic by defaultDon Zickus2011-03-221-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When a cpu is considered stuck, instead of limping along and just printing a warning, it is sometimes preferred to just panic, let kdump capture the vmcore and reboot. This gets the machine back into a stable state quickly while saving the info that got it into a stuck state to begin with. Add a Kconfig option to allow users to set the hardlockup to panic by default. Also add in a 'nmi_watchdog=nopanic' to override this. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix strncmp length] Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* move x86 specific oops=panic to generic codeOlaf Hering2011-03-221-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | The oops=panic cmdline option is not x86 specific, move it to generic code. Update documentation. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-03-181-0/+4
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (62 commits) powerpc/85xx: Fix signedness bug in cache-sram powerpc/fsl: 85xx: document cache sram bindings powerpc/fsl: define binding for fsl mpic interrupt controllers powerpc/fsl_msi: Handle msi-available-ranges better drivers/serial/ucc_uart.c: Add of_node_put to avoid memory leak powerpc/85xx: Fix SPE float to integer conversion failure powerpc/85xx: Update sata controller compatible for p1022ds board ATA: Add FSL sata v2 controller support powerpc/mpc8xxx_gpio: simplify searching for 'fsl, qoriq-gpio' compatiable powerpc/8xx: remove obsolete mgsuvd board powerpc/82xx: rename and update mgcoge board support powerpc/83xx: rename and update kmeter1 powerpc/85xx: Workaroudn e500 CPU erratum A005 powerpc/fsl_pci: Add support for FSL PCIe controllers v2.x powerpc/85xx: Fix writing to spin table 'cpu-release-addr' on ppc64e powerpc/pseries: Disable MSI using new interface if possible powerpc: Enable GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO_DEPRECATED. powerpc: core irq_data conversion. powerpc: sysdev/xilinx_intc irq_data conversion. powerpc: sysdev/uic irq_data conversion. ... Fix up conflicts in arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c (due to getting rid of of_platform_driver in arch/powerpc)
| * powerpc/pseries: Add support for dynamic dma windowsNishanth Aravamudan2011-03-041-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If firmware allows us to map all of a partition's memory for DMA on a particular bridge, create a 1:1 mapping of that memory. Add hooks for dealing with hotplug events. Dynamic DMA windows can use larger than the default page size, and we use the largest one possible. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
* | Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.39' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-03-171-0/+8
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 * 'nfs-for-2.6.39' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: (54 commits) RPC: killing RPC tasks races fixed xprt: remove redundant check SUNRPC: Convert struct rpc_xprt to use atomic_t counters SUNRPC: Ensure we always run the tk_callback before tk_action sunrpc: fix printk format warning xprt: remove redundant null check nfs: BKL is no longer needed, so remove the include NFS: Fix a warning in fs/nfs/idmap.c Cleanup: Factor out some cut-and-paste code. cleanup: save 60 lines/100 bytes by combining two mostly duplicate functions. NFS: account direct-io into task io accounting gss:krb5 only include enctype numbers in gm_upcall_enctypes RPCRDMA: Fix FRMR registration/invalidate handling. RPCRDMA: Fix to XDR page base interpretation in marshalling logic. NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server when using auth_sys NFSv4: Propagate the error NFS4ERR_BADOWNER to nfs4_do_setattr NFSv4: cleanup idmapper functions to take an nfs_server argument NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server if the idmapper fails NFSv4: If the server sends us a numeric uid/gid then accept it NFSv4.1: reject zero layout with zeroed stripe unit ...
| * | NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server when using auth_sysTrond Myklebust2011-03-111-0/+8
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The new behaviour is enabled using the new module parameter 'nfs4_disable_idmapping'. Note that if the server rejects an unmapped uid or gid, then the client will automatically switch back to using the idmapper. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
* | Merge branch 'irq/core' into x86/irqThomas Gleixner2011-03-121-0/+4
|\ \ | |/ |/| | | | | | | | | Reason: Enabling irq threads and update to latest genirq functionality requires the core code Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
| * genirq: Provide forced interrupt threadingThomas Gleixner2011-02-261-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a commandline parameter "threadirqs" which forces all interrupts except those marked IRQF_NO_THREAD to run threaded. That's mostly a debug option to allow retrieving better debug data from crashing interrupt handlers. If "threadirqs" is not enabled on the kernel command line, then there is no impact in the interrupt hotpath. Architecture code needs to select CONFIG_IRQ_FORCED_THREADING after marking the interrupts which cant be threaded IRQF_NO_THREAD. All interrupts which have IRQF_TIMER set are implict marked IRQF_NO_THREAD. Also all PER_CPU interrupts are excluded. Forced threading hard interrupts also forces all soft interrupt handling into thread context. When enabled it might slow down things a bit, but for debugging problems in interrupt code it's a reasonable penalty as it does not immediately crash and burn the machine when an interrupt handler is buggy. Some test results on a Core2Duo machine: Cache cold run of: # time git grep irq_desc non-threaded threaded real 1m18.741s 1m19.061s user 0m1.874s 0m1.757s sys 0m5.843s 0m5.427s # iperf -c server non-threaded [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 933 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 934 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 933 Mbits/sec threaded [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 939 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 934 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 937 Mbits/sec Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20110223234956.772668648@linutronix.de>
* | Documentation: log_buf_len uses [KMG] suffixRandy Dunlap2011-02-211-4/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Update the "log_buf_len" description to use [KMG] syntax for the buffer size. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | Documentation: explain [KMG] parameter suffixAhmed S. Darwish2011-02-211-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The '[KMG]' suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel parameter values documentation. Explicitly state its semantics. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | Documentation: complete crashkernel= parameter documentationAhmed S. Darwish2011-02-211-4/+8
|/ | | | | | | | | | Complete the crashkernel= kernel parameter documentation. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Documentation: Fix kernel parameter orderingAlan Cox2011-01-261-2/+2
| | | | | | | A B C D E ... Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-01-131-5/+0
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (59 commits) ACPI / PM: Fix build problems for !CONFIG_ACPI related to NVS rework ACPI: fix resource check message ACPI / Battery: Update information on info notification and resume ACPI: Drop device flag wake_capable ACPI: Always check if _PRW is present before trying to evaluate it ACPI / PM: Check status of power resources under mutexes ACPI / PM: Rename acpi_power_off_device() ACPI / PM: Drop acpi_power_nocheck ACPI / PM: Drop acpi_bus_get_power() Platform / x86: Make fujitsu_laptop use acpi_bus_update_power() ACPI / Fan: Rework the handling of power resources ACPI / PM: Register power resource devices as soon as they are needed ACPI / PM: Register acpi_power_driver early ACPI / PM: Add function for updating device power state consistently ACPI / PM: Add function for device power state initialization ACPI / PM: Introduce __acpi_bus_get_power() ACPI / PM: Introduce function for refcounting device power resources ACPI / PM: Add functions for manipulating lists of power resources ACPI / PM: Prevent acpi_power_get_inferred_state() from making changes ACPICA: Update version to 20101209 ...
| * Merge branch 'acpi-video' into releaseLen Brown2011-01-121-5/+0
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| | * ACPI video: remove output switching controlZhang Rui2010-12-141-5/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Remove the ACPI video output switching control as it never works. With the patch applied, ACPI video driver still catches the video output notification, but it does nothing but raises the notification to userspace. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | | Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds2011-01-131-0/+3
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (142 commits) KVM: Initialize fpu state in preemptible context KVM: VMX: when entering real mode align segment base to 16 bytes KVM: MMU: handle 'map_writable' in set_spte() function KVM: MMU: audit: allow audit more guests at the same time KVM: Fetch guest cr3 from hardware on demand KVM: Replace reads of vcpu->arch.cr3 by an accessor KVM: MMU: only write protect mappings at pagetable level KVM: VMX: Correct asm constraint in vmcs_load()/vmcs_clear() KVM: MMU: Initialize base_role for tdp mmus KVM: VMX: Optimize atomic EFER load KVM: VMX: Add definitions for more vm entry/exit control bits KVM: SVM: copy instruction bytes from VMCB KVM: SVM: implement enhanced INVLPG intercept KVM: SVM: enhance mov DR intercept handler KVM: SVM: enhance MOV CR intercept handler KVM: SVM: add new SVM feature bit names KVM: cleanup emulate_instruction KVM: move complete_insn_gp() into x86.c KVM: x86: fix CR8 handling KVM guest: Fix kvm clock initialization when it's configured out ...
| * | | KVM paravirt: Add async PF initialization to PV guest.Gleb Natapov2011-01-121-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Enable async PF in a guest if async PF capability is discovered. Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
* | | | Merge branch 'for-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-01-131-5/+0
|\ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial * 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (43 commits) Documentation/trace/events.txt: Remove obsolete sched_signal_send. writeback: fix global_dirty_limits comment runtime -> real-time ppc: fix comment typo singal -> signal drivers: fix comment typo diable -> disable. m68k: fix comment typo diable -> disable. wireless: comment typo fix diable -> disable. media: comment typo fix diable -> disable. remove doc for obsolete dynamic-printk kernel-parameter remove extraneous 'is' from Documentation/iostats.txt Fix spelling milisec -> ms in snd_ps3 module parameter description Fix spelling mistakes in comments Revert conflicting V4L changes i7core_edac: fix typos in comments mm/rmap.c: fix comment sound, ca0106: Fix assignment to 'channel'. hrtimer: fix a typo in comment init/Kconfig: fix typo anon_inodes: fix wrong function name in comment fix comment typos concerning "consistent" poll: fix a typo in comment ... Fix up trivial conflicts in: - drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c (moved to iwl-legacy.c) - fs/ext4/ext4.h Also fix missed 'diabled' typo in drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.h while at it.
| * | | | remove doc for obsolete dynamic-printk kernel-parameterJim Cromie2011-01-031-5/+0
| |/ / / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | re: commit e9d376f0fa66bd630fe27403669c6ae6c22a868f Author: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Date: Thu Feb 5 11:51:38 2009 -0500 dynamic debug: combine dprintk and dynamic printk Above commit obsoleted the kernel parameter, and even removed its entry in kernel-parameters.txt, but got reinsterted through 0cb55ad2ad55 ("docs: alphabetize entries in kernel-parameters.txt") Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
* | | | Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-01-131-0/+1
|\ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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: add SW_ROTATE_LOCK switch type Input: fix force feedback capability query example Input: wacom_w8001 - add single-touch support Input: add Austria Microsystem AS5011 joystick driver Input: remove aaed2000 keyboard driver Input: i8042 - introduce 'notimeout' blacklist for Dell Vostro V13 Input: cy8ctmg110_ts - Convert to dev_pm_ops Input: migor_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops Input: mcs5000_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops Input: eeti_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops Input: ad7879 - convert I2C to dev_pm_ops
| * | | | Input: i8042 - introduce 'notimeout' blacklist for Dell Vostro V13Jiri Kosina2011-01-081-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | i8042 controller present in Dell Vostro V13 errorneously signals spurious timeouts. Introduce i8042.notimeout parameter for ignoring i8042-signalled timeouts and apply this quirk automatically for Dell Vostro V13, based on DMI match. In addition to that, this machine also needs to be added to nomux blacklist. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
* | | | | Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-01-111-0/+8
|\ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (72 commits) powerpc/pseries: Fix build of topology stuff without CONFIG_NUMA powerpc/pseries: Fix VPHN build errors on non-SMP systems powerpc/83xx: add mpc8308_p1m DMA controller device-tree node powerpc/83xx: add DMA controller to mpc8308 device-tree node powerpc/512x: try to free dma descriptors in case of allocation failure powerpc/512x: add MPC8308 dma support powerpc/512x: fix the hanged dma transfer issue powerpc/512x: scatter/gather dma fix powerpc/powermac: Make auto-loading of therm_pm72 possible of/address: Use propper endianess in get_flags powerpc/pci: Use printf extension %pR for struct resource powerpc: Remove unnecessary casts of void ptr powerpc: Disable VPHN polling during a suspend operation powerpc/pseries: Poll VPA for topology changes and update NUMA maps powerpc: iommu: Add device name to iommu error printks powerpc: Record vma->phys_addr in ioremap() powerpc: Update compat_arch_ptrace powerpc: Fix PPC_PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG on PPC_BOOK3S powerpc/time: printk time stamp init not correct powerpc: Minor cleanups for machdep.h ...
| * \ \ \ \ Merge remote branch 'gcl/next' into nextBenjamin Herrenschmidt2011-01-111-5/+0
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| * | | | | powerpc/pseries: Add kernel parameter to disable batched hcallsWill Schmidt2010-11-291-0/+8
| | |_|_|/ | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This introduces a pair of kernel parameters that can be used to disable the MULTITCE and BULK_REMOVE h-calls. By default, those hcalls are enabled, active, and good for throughput and performance. The ability to disable them will be useful for some of the PREEMPT_RT related investigation and work occurring on Power. Signed-off-by: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com> cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
* | | | | Merge branch 'x86-tsc-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-01-061-4/+5
|\ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-tsc-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Check tsc available/disabled in the delayed init function x86: Improve TSC calibration using a delayed workqueue x86: Make tsc=reliable override boot time stability checks
| * \ \ \ \ Merge remote branch 'tip/x86/tsc' into fortglx/2.6.38/tip/x86/tscJohn Stultz2010-12-021-4/+5
| |\ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
| | * | | | | x86: Make tsc=reliable override boot time stability checksjohn stultz2009-08-281-4/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch makes the tsc=reliable option disable the boot time stability checks. Currently the option only disables the runtime watchdog checks. This change allows folks who want to override the boot time TSC stability checks and use the TSC when the system would otherwise disqualify it. There still are some situations that the TSC will be disqualified, such as cpufreq scaling. But these are situations where the box will hang if allowed. Patch also includes a fix for an issue found by Thomas Gleixner, where the TSC disqualification message wouldn't be printed after a call to unsynchronized_tsc(). Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: akataria@vmware.com Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> LKML-Reference: <1250552447.7212.92.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* | | | | | | Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2011-01-061-0/+2
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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: (30 commits) sched: Change wait_for_completion_*_timeout() to return a signed long sched, autogroup: Fix reference leak sched, autogroup: Fix potential access to freed memory sched: Remove redundant CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED ifdef sched: Fix interactivity bug by charging unaccounted run-time on entity re-weight sched: Move periodic share updates to entity_tick() printk: Use this_cpu_{read|write} api on printk_pending sched: Make pushable_tasks CONFIG_SMP dependant sched: Add 'autogroup' scheduling feature: automated per session task groups sched: Fix unregister_fair_sched_group() sched: Remove unused argument dest_cpu to migrate_task() mutexes, sched: Introduce arch_mutex_cpu_relax() sched: Add some clock info to sched_debug cpu: Remove incorrect BUG_ON cpu: Remove unused variable sched: Fix UP build breakage sched: Make task dump print all 15 chars of proc comm sched: Update tg->shares after cpu.shares write sched: Allow update_cfs_load() to update global load sched: Implement demand based update_cfs_load() ...
| * \ \ \ \ \ \ Merge commit 'v2.6.37' into sched/coreIngo Molnar2011-01-051-6/+1
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | |_|_|_|_|/ | | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Merge reason: Merge the final .37 tree. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | Merge branch 'linus' into sched/coreIngo Molnar2010-12-081-0/+5
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | |_|_|/ / / | | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Merge reason: we want to queue up dependent cleanup Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | sched: Add 'autogroup' scheduling feature: automated per session task groupsMike Galbraith2010-11-301-0/+2
| | |_|/ / / / | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A recurring complaint from CFS users is that parallel kbuild has a negative impact on desktop interactivity. This patch implements an idea from Linus, to automatically create task groups. Currently, only per session autogroups are implemented, but the patch leaves the way open for enhancement. Implementation: each task's signal struct contains an inherited pointer to a refcounted autogroup struct containing a task group pointer, the default for all tasks pointing to the init_task_group. When a task calls setsid(), a new task group is created, the process is moved into the new task group, and a reference to the preveious task group is dropped. Child processes inherit this task group thereafter, and increase it's refcount. When the last thread of a process exits, the process's reference is dropped, such that when the last process referencing an autogroup exits, the autogroup is destroyed. At runqueue selection time, IFF a task has no cgroup assignment, its current autogroup is used. Autogroup bandwidth is controllable via setting it's nice level through the proc filesystem: cat /proc/<pid>/autogroup Displays the task's group and the group's nice level. echo <nice level> > /proc/<pid>/autogroup Sets the task group's shares to the weight of nice <level> task. Setting nice level is rate limited for !admin users due to the abuse risk of task group locking. The feature is enabled from boot by default if CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y is selected, but can be disabled via the boot option noautogroup, and can also be turned on/off on the fly via: echo [01] > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_autogroup_enabled ... which will automatically move tasks to/from the root task group. Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> [ Removed the task_group_path() debug code, and fixed !EVENTFD build failure. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> LKML-Reference: <1290281700.28711.9.camel@maggy.simson.net> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* | | | | | | Merge commit 'v2.6.37' into perf/coreIngo Molnar2011-01-051-1/+1
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | |_|/ / / / | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Merge reason: Add the final .37 tree. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>