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2012-03-20Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-nextLinus Torvalds
Pull networking merge from David Miller: "1) Move ixgbe driver over to purely page based buffering on receive. From Alexander Duyck. 2) Add receive packet steering support to e1000e, from Bruce Allan. 3) Convert TCP MD5 support over to RCU, from Eric Dumazet. 4) Reduce cpu usage in handling out-of-order TCP packets on modern systems, also from Eric Dumazet. 5) Support the IP{,V6}_UNICAST_IF socket options, making the wine folks happy, from Erich Hoover. 6) Support VLAN trunking from guests in hyperv driver, from Haiyang Zhang. 7) Support byte-queue-limtis in r8169, from Igor Maravic. 8) Outline code intended for IP_RECVTOS in IP_PKTOPTIONS existed but was never properly implemented, Jiri Benc fixed that. 9) 64-bit statistics support in r8169 and 8139too, from Junchang Wang. 10) Support kernel side dump filtering by ctmark in netfilter ctnetlink, from Pablo Neira Ayuso. 11) Support byte-queue-limits in gianfar driver, from Paul Gortmaker. 12) Add new peek socket options to assist with socket migration, from Pavel Emelyanov. 13) Add sch_plug packet scheduler whose queue is controlled by userland daemons using explicit freeze and release commands. From Shriram Rajagopalan. 14) Fix FCOE checksum offload handling on transmit, from Yi Zou." * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1846 commits) Fix pppol2tp getsockname() Remove printk from rds_sendmsg ipv6: fix incorrent ipv6 ipsec packet fragment cpsw: Hook up default ndo_change_mtu. net: qmi_wwan: fix build error due to cdc-wdm dependecy netdev: driver: ethernet: Add TI CPSW driver netdev: driver: ethernet: add cpsw address lookup engine support phy: add am79c874 PHY support mlx4_core: fix race on comm channel bonding: send igmp report for its master fs_enet: Add MPC5125 FEC support and PHY interface selection net: bpf_jit: fix BPF_S_LDX_B_MSH compilation net: update the usage of CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY fcoe: use CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY instead of CHECKSUM_PARTIAL on tx net: do not do gso for CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY in netif_needs_gso ixgbe: Fix issues with SR-IOV loopback when flow control is disabled net/hyperv: Fix the code handling tx busy ixgbe: fix namespace issues when FCoE/DCB is not enabled rtlwifi: Remove unused ETH_ADDR_LEN defines igbvf: Use ETH_ALEN ... Fix up fairly trivial conflicts in drivers/isdn/gigaset/interface.c and drivers/net/usb/{Kconfig,qmi_wwan.c} as per David.
2012-03-20Merge branch 'for-3.4' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup Pull cgroup changes from Tejun Heo: "Out of the 8 commits, one fixes a long-standing locking issue around tasklist walking and others are cleanups." * 'for-3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup: cgroup: Walk task list under tasklist_lock in cgroup_enable_task_cg_list cgroup: Remove wrong comment on cgroup_enable_task_cg_list() cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys argument from callbacks cgroup: remove extra calls to find_existing_css_set cgroup: replace tasklist_lock with rcu_read_lock cgroup: simplify double-check locking in cgroup_attach_proc cgroup: move struct cgroup_pidlist out from the header file cgroup: remove cgroup_attach_task_current_cg()
2012-03-20Merge tag 'usb-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usbLinus Torvalds
Pull USB merge for 3.4-rc1 from Greg KH: "Here's the big USB merge for the 3.4-rc1 merge window. Lots of gadget driver reworks here, driver updates, xhci changes, some new drivers added, usb-serial core reworking to fix some bugs, and other various minor things. There are some patches touching arch code, but they have all been acked by the various arch maintainers." * tag 'usb-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb: (302 commits) net: qmi_wwan: add support for ZTE MF820D USB: option: add ZTE MF820D usb: gadget: f_fs: Remove lock is held before freeing checks USB: option: make interface blacklist work again usb/ub: deprecate & schedule for removal the "Low Performance USB Block" driver USB: ohci-pxa27x: add clk_prepare/clk_unprepare calls USB: use generic platform driver on ath79 USB: EHCI: Add a generic platform device driver USB: OHCI: Add a generic platform device driver USB: ftdi_sio: new PID: LUMEL PD12 USB: ftdi_sio: add support for FT-X series devices USB: serial: mos7840: Fixed MCS7820 device attach problem usb: Don't make USB_ARCH_HAS_{XHCI,OHCI,EHCI} depend on USB_SUPPORT. usb gadget: fix a section mismatch when compiling g_ffs with CONFIG_USB_FUNCTIONFS_ETH USB: ohci-nxp: Remove i2c_write(), use smbus USB: ohci-nxp: Support for LPC32xx USB: ohci-nxp: Rename symbols from pnx4008 to nxp USB: OHCI-HCD: Rename ohci-pnx4008 to ohci-nxp usb: gadget: Kconfig: fix typo for 'different' usb: dwc3: pci: fix another failure path in dwc3_pci_probe() ...
2012-03-20Merge tag 'tty-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/ttyLinus Torvalds
Pull TTY/serial patches from Greg KH: "tty and serial merge for 3.4-rc1 Here's the big serial and tty merge for the 3.4-rc1 tree. There's loads of fixes and reworks in here from Jiri for the tty layer, and a number of patches from Alan to help try to wrestle the vt layer into a sane model. Other than that, lots of driver updates and fixes, and other minor stuff, all detailed in the shortlog." * tag 'tty-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (132 commits) serial: pxa: add clk_prepare/clk_unprepare calls TTY: Wrong unicode value copied in con_set_unimap() serial: PL011: clear pending interrupts serial: bfin-uart: Don't access tty circular buffer in TX DMA interrupt after it is reset. vt: NULL dereference in vt_do_kdsk_ioctl() tty: serial: vt8500: fix annotations for probe/remove serial: remove back and forth conversions in serial_out_sync serial: use serial_port_in/out vs serial_in/out in 8250 serial: introduce generic port in/out helpers serial: reduce number of indirections in 8250 code serial: delete useless void casts in 8250.c serial: make 8250's serial_in shareable to other drivers. serial: delete last unused traces of pausing I/O in 8250 pch_uart: Add module parameter descriptions pch_uart: Use existing default_baud in setup_console pch_uart: Add user_uartclk parameter pch_uart: Add Fish River Island II uart clock quirks pch_uart: Use uartclk instead of base_baud mpc5200b/uart: select more tolerant uart prescaler on low baudrates tty: moxa: fix bit test in moxa_start() ...
2012-03-20Merge tag 'driver-core-3.3' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core Pull driver core patches for 3.4-rc1 from Greg KH: "Here's the big driver core merge for 3.4-rc1. Lots of various things here, sysfs fixes/tweaks (with the nlink breakage reverted), dynamic debugging updates, w1 drivers, hyperv driver updates, and a variety of other bits and pieces, full information in the shortlog." * tag 'driver-core-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (78 commits) Tools: hv: Support enumeration from all the pools Tools: hv: Fully support the new KVP verbs in the user level daemon Drivers: hv: Support the newly introduced KVP messages in the driver Drivers: hv: Add new message types to enhance KVP regulator: Support driver probe deferral Revert "sysfs: Kill nlink counting." uevent: send events in correct order according to seqnum (v3) driver core: minor comment formatting cleanups driver core: move the deferred probe pointer into the private area drivercore: Add driver probe deferral mechanism DS2781 Maxim Stand-Alone Fuel Gauge battery and w1 slave drivers w1_bq27000: Only one thread can access the bq27000 at a time. w1_bq27000 - remove w1_bq27000_write w1_bq27000: remove unnecessary NULL test. sysfs: Fix memory leak in sysfs_sd_setsecdata(). intel_idle: Revert change of auto_demotion_disable_flags for Nehalem w1: Fix w1_bq27000 driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address powernow-k6: Really enable auto-loading powernow-k7: Fix CPU family number ...
2012-03-20Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull scheduler changes for v3.4 from Ingo Molnar * 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (27 commits) printk: Make it compile with !CONFIG_PRINTK sched/x86: Fix overflow in cyc2ns_offset sched: Fix nohz load accounting -- again! sched: Update yield() docs printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward moments sched/nohz: Correctly initialize 'next_balance' in 'nohz' idle balancer sched: Cleanup cpu_active madness sched: Fix load-balance wreckage sched: Clean up parameter passing of proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice() sched: Ditch per cgroup task lists for load-balancing sched: Rename load-balancing fields sched: Move load-balancing arguments into helper struct sched/rt: Do not submit new work when PI-blocked sched/rt: Prevent idle task boosting sched/wait: Add __wake_up_all_locked() API sched/rt: Document scheduler related skip-resched-check sites sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled() sched/rt: Add schedule_preempt_disabled() sched/rt: Do not throttle when PI boosting sched/rt: Keep period timer ticking when rt throttling is active ...
2012-03-20Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull perf events changes for v3.4 from Ingo Molnar: - New "hardware based branch profiling" feature both on the kernel and the tooling side, on CPUs that support it. (modern x86 Intel CPUs with the 'LBR' hardware feature currently.) This new feature is basically a sophisticated 'magnifying glass' for branch execution - something that is pretty difficult to extract from regular, function histogram centric profiles. The simplest mode is activated via 'perf record -b', and the result looks like this in perf report: $ perf record -b any_call,u -e cycles:u branchy $ perf report -b --sort=symbol 52.34% [.] main [.] f1 24.04% [.] f1 [.] f3 23.60% [.] f1 [.] f2 0.01% [k] _IO_new_file_xsputn [k] _IO_file_overflow 0.01% [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal [k] _IO_new_file_xsputn 0.01% [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal [k] strchrnul 0.01% [k] __printf [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal 0.01% [k] main [k] __printf This output shows from/to branch columns and shows the highest percentage (from,to) jump combinations - i.e. the most likely taken branches in the system. "branches" can also include function calls and any other synchronous and asynchronous transitions of the instruction pointer that are not 'next instruction' - such as system calls, traps, interrupts, etc. This feature comes with (hopefully intuitive) flat ascii and TUI support in perf report. - Various 'perf annotate' visual improvements for us assembly junkies. It will now recognize function calls in the TUI and by hitting enter you can follow the call (recursively) and back, amongst other improvements. - Multiple threads/processes recording support in perf record, perf stat, perf top - which is activated via a comma-list of PIDs: perf top -p 21483,21485 perf stat -p 21483,21485 -ddd perf record -p 21483,21485 - Support for per UID views, via the --uid paramter to perf top, perf report, etc. For example 'perf top --uid mingo' will only show the tasks that I am running, excluding other users, root, etc. - Jump label restructurings and improvements - this includes the factoring out of the (hopefully much clearer) include/linux/static_key.h generic facility: struct static_key key = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE; ... if (static_key_false(&key)) do unlikely code else do likely code ... static_key_slow_inc(); ... static_key_slow_inc(); ... The static_key_false() branch will be generated into the code with as little impact to the likely code path as possible. the static_key_slow_*() APIs flip the branch via live kernel code patching. This facility can now be used more widely within the kernel to micro-optimize hot branches whose likelihood matches the static-key usage and fast/slow cost patterns. - SW function tracer improvements: perf support and filtering support. - Various hardenings of the perf.data ABI, to make older perf.data's smoother on newer tool versions, to make new features integrate more smoothly, to support cross-endian recording/analyzing workflows better, etc. - Restructuring of the kprobes code, the splitting out of 'optprobes', and a corner case bugfix. - Allow the tracing of kernel console output (printk). - Improvements/fixes to user-space RDPMC support, allowing user-space self-profiling code to extract PMU counts without performing any system calls, while playing nice with the kernel side. - 'perf bench' improvements - ... and lots of internal restructurings, cleanups and fixes that made these features possible. And, as usual this list is incomplete as there were also lots of other improvements * 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (120 commits) perf report: Fix annotate double quit issue in branch view mode perf report: Remove duplicate annotate choice in branch view mode perf/x86: Prettify pmu config literals perf report: Enable TUI in branch view mode perf report: Auto-detect branch stack sampling mode perf record: Add HEADER_BRANCH_STACK tag perf record: Provide default branch stack sampling mode option perf tools: Make perf able to read files from older ABIs perf tools: Fix ABI compatibility bug in print_event_desc() perf tools: Enable reading of perf.data files from different ABI rev perf: Add ABI reference sizes perf report: Add support for taken branch sampling perf record: Add support for sampling taken branch perf tools: Add code to support PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK x86/kprobes: Split out optprobe related code to kprobes-opt.c x86/kprobes: Fix a bug which can modify kernel code permanently x86/kprobes: Fix instruction recovery on optimized path perf: Add callback to flush branch_stack on context switch perf: Disable PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_* when not supported perf/x86: Add LBR software filter support for Intel CPUs ...
2012-03-20Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull RCU changes for v3.4 from Ingo Molnar. The major features of this series are: - making RCU more aggressive about entering dyntick-idle mode in order to improve energy efficiency - converting a few more call_rcu()s to kfree_rcu()s - applying a number of rcutree fixes and cleanups to rcutiny - removing CONFIG_SMP #ifdefs from treercu - allowing RCU CPU stall times to be set via sysfs - adding CPU-stall capability to rcutorture - adding more RCU-abuse diagnostics - updating documentation - fixing yet more issues located by the still-ongoing top-to-bottom inspection of RCU, this time with a special focus on the CPU-hotplug code path. * 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (48 commits) rcu: Stop spurious warnings from synchronize_sched_expedited rcu: Hold off RCU_FAST_NO_HZ after timer posted rcu: Eliminate softirq-mediated RCU_FAST_NO_HZ idle-entry loop rcu: Add RCU_NONIDLE() for idle-loop RCU read-side critical sections rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() rcu: Remove redundant check for rcu_head misalignment PTR_ERR should be called before its argument is cleared. rcu: Convert WARN_ON_ONCE() in rcu_lock_acquire() to lockdep rcu: Trace only after NULL-pointer check rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs lockdep: Add CPU-idle/offline warning to lockdep-RCU splat rcu: No interrupt disabling for rcu_prepare_for_idle() rcu: Move synchronize_sched_expedited() to rcutree.c rcu: Check for illegal use of RCU from offlined CPUs rcu: Update stall-warning documentation rcu: Add CPU-stall capability to rcutorture rcu: Make documentation give more realistic rcutorture duration rcutorture: Permit holding off CPU-hotplug operations during boot rcu: Print scheduling-clock information on RCU CPU stall-warning messages ...
2012-03-18Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller
2012-03-16stmmac: Add device-tree supportStefan Roese
This patch adds support to configure the STMMAC ethernet driver via device-tree instead of platform_data. Currently, only the properties needed on SPEAr600 are provided. All other properties should be added once needed on other platforms. Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de> Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-03-16usb/ub: deprecate & schedule for removal the "Low Performance USB Block" driverSebastian Andrzej Siewior
Deprecate this driver. All devices which can be handled by this driver can also be handled by the usb-storage driver. Acked-By: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-03-16Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
2012-03-14hwmon: (zl6100) Enable interval between chip accesses for all chipsGuenter Roeck
Intersil reports that all chips supported by the zl6100 driver require an interval between chip accesses, even ZL2004 and ZL6105 which were thought to be safe. Reported-by: Vivek Gani <vgani@intersil.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.2+ Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2012-03-13USB: ohci-nxp: Rename symbols from pnx4008 to nxpRoland Stigge
Since this driver is compatible with several NXP devices, the driver was renamed accordingly. This patch also changes the respective symbol names. Signed-off-by: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-03-13Documentation: make exists consistentYegor Yefremov
Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2012-03-13Merge tag 'v3.3-rc7' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: merge back final fixes, prepare for the merge window. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2012-03-13hwmon: (w83627ehf) Describe undocumented pwm attributesGuenter Roeck
Add description of pwm[1-4]_start_output, pwm[1-4]_step_output, pwm[1-4]_stop_output, and pwm[1-4]_max_output attributes to driver documentation. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2012-03-13hwmon: (w83627ehf) Fix temp2 source for W83627UHGJean Delvare
Properly set the source of temp2 for the W83627UHG. Also fix a comment right before that, and document the W83627UHG as reporting up to 3 temperatures. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2012-03-12Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: We are going to queue up a dependent patch. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2012-03-12mac80211: add auth/assoc/deauth flow diagramJohannes Berg
I've been working on some documentation, so let's add this diagram to the kernel tree where at least it has a chance of being maintained :-) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2012-03-12Merge 3.3-rc7 into usb-nextGreg Kroah-Hartman
This resolves the conflict with drivers/usb/host/ehci-fsl.h that happened with changes in Linus's and this branch at the same time. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-03-09Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller
2012-03-09Merge 3.3-rc6 into driver-core-nextGreg Kroah-Hartman
This was done to resolve a conflict in the drivers/base/cpu.c file. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-03-08Merge tag 'devicetree-for-linus' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
Pull minor devicetree bug fixes and documentation updates from Grant Likely: "Fixes up a duplicate #include, adds an empty implementation of of_find_compatible_node() and make git ignore .dtb files. And fix up bus name on OF described PHYs. Nothing exciting here." * tag 'devicetree-for-linus' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: doc: dt: Fix broken reference in gpio-leds documentation of/mdio: fix fixed link bus name of/fdt.c: asm/setup.h included twice of: add picochip vendor prefix dt: add empty of_find_compatible_node function ARM: devicetree: Add .dtb files to arch/arm/boot/.gitignore
2012-03-08Merge tag 'hwmon-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging Pull four hwmon patches from Guenter Roeck * tag 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging: hwmon: (jc42) Add support for AT30TS00, TS3000GB2, TSE2002GB2, and MCP9804 hwmon: (zl6100) Maintain delay parameter in driver instance data hwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix maximum number of POUT alarm attributes hwmon: (jc42) Add support for ST Microelectronics STTS2002 and STTS3000
2012-03-07hwmon: (jc42) Add support for AT30TS00, TS3000GB2, TSE2002GB2, and MCP9804Guenter Roeck
Also update IDT datasheet locations. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.0+ Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2012-03-07hwmon: (jc42) Add support for ST Microelectronics STTS2002 and STTS3000Jean Delvare
These are fully compatible with Jedec JC 42.4 as far as I can see. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.0+ Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2012-03-07Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input Pull input updates from Dmitry Torokhov: "Just a few driver fixups, nothing exciting." * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: wacom - fix 3rd-gen Bamboo MT when 4+ fingers are in use Input: twl4030-vibra - use proper guard for PM methods Input: evdev - fix variable initialisation Input: wacom - add missing LEDS_CLASS to Kconfig Input: ALPS - fix touchpad detection when buttons are pressed
2012-03-05Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller
Conflicts: drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c Small vmxnet3 conflict with header size bug fix in 'net'. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-03-05kmsg_dump: don't run on non-error paths by defaultMatthew Garrett
Since commit 04c6862c055f ("kmsg_dump: add kmsg_dump() calls to the reboot, halt, poweroff and emergency_restart paths"), kmsg_dump() gets run on normal paths including poweroff and reboot. This is less than ideal given pstore implementations that can only represent single backtraces, since a reboot may overwrite a stored oops before it's been picked up by userspace. In addition, some pstore backends may have low performance and provide a significant delay in reboot as a result. This patch adds a printk.always_kmsg_dump kernel parameter (which can also be changed from userspace). Without it, the code will only be run on failure paths rather than on normal paths. The option can be enabled in environments where there's a desire to attempt to audit whether or not a reboot was cleanly requested or not. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Acked-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com> Cc: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@gmail.com> Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-05Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: tools/perf/builtin-record.c tools/perf/builtin-top.c tools/perf/perf.h tools/perf/util/top.h Merge reason: resolve these cherry-picking conflicts. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2012-03-04ppp: Replace uses of <linux/if_ppp.h> with <linux/ppp-ioctl.h>Paul Mackerras
Since all that include/linux/if_ppp.h does is #include <linux/ppp-ioctl.h>, this replaces the occurrences of #include <linux/if_ppp.h> with #include <linux/ppp-ioctl.h>. It also corrects an error in Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt, where it referenced include/linux/if_ppp.h as the source of some definitions that are actually now defined in include/linux/if_pppol2tp.h. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-03-04ppp: Move ioctl definitions from if_ppp.h to new ppp-ioctl.hPaul Mackerras
This moves the definitions of the ioctls, constants and structures relating to the ppp_generic interface to userspace out from if_ppp.h to a new file, ppp-ioctl.h. The new file has my copyright since I designed and implemented the ppp_generic interface in the late 1990s. None of the contents of this file comes from the original if_ppp.h published by Carnegie Mellon University. Of the remainder of if_ppp.h, only the PPP_MTU definition was being used, and this replaces the uses of it with PPP_MRU (which is identical). Therefore, this replaces the entire file with the single line #include <linux/ppp-ioctl.h> which clearly doesn't contain any CMU code. Thus I have removed the CMU copyright notice with its problematic advertising clause, and in fact since it's only one trivial line I have not added any other copyright notice. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-03-01Merge branch 'linus' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: we'll queue up dependent patches. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2012-02-27doc: dt: Fix broken reference in gpio-leds documentationTobias Klauser
The gpios property is described in Documentation/devicetree/gpio.txt, so reference this document. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
2012-02-27of: add picochip vendor prefixJamie Iles
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
2012-02-24net: Support RX-ALL feature flag.Ben Greear
This flag requests that network devices pass all received frames up the stack, even ones with errors such as invalid FCS (frame check sum). This will allow sniffers to see bad packets and perhaps give the user some idea how to fix the problem. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
2012-02-24net: Support RXFCS feature flag.Ben Greear
When set on hardware that supports the feature, this causes the Ethernet FCS to be appended to the end of the skb. Useful for sniffing packets. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
2012-02-24Input: ALPS - fix touchpad detection when buttons are pressedAkio Idehara
ALPS touchpad detection fails if some buttons of ALPS are pressed. The reason is that the "E6" query response byte is different from what is expected. This was tested on a Toshiba Portege R500. Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Akio Idehara <zbe64533@gmail.com> Tested-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2012-02-24static keys: Add docs better explaining the whole 'struct static_key' mechanismJason Baron
Add better documentation for static keys. Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com Cc: davem@davemloft.net Cc: ddaney.cavm@gmail.com Cc: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/52570e566e5f1914f27b67e4eafb5781b8f9f9db.1329851692.git.jbaron@redhat.com [ Added a 'Summary' section and rewrote it to explain static keys ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2012-02-21Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem
2012-02-21rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitivesPaul E. McKenney
The expedited RCU primitives can be quite useful, but they have some high costs as well. This commit updates and creates docbook comments calling out the costs, and updates the RCU documentation as well. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-21rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUsPaul E. McKenney
Because newly offlined CPUs continue executing after completing the CPU_DYING notifiers, they legitimately enter the scheduler and use RCU while appearing to be offline. This calls for a more sophisticated approach as follows: 1. RCU marks the CPU online during the CPU_UP_PREPARE phase. 2. RCU marks the CPU offline during the CPU_DEAD phase. 3. Diagnostics regarding use of read-side RCU by offline CPUs use RCU's accounting rather than the cpu_online_map. (Note that __call_rcu() still uses cpu_online_map to detect illegal invocations within CPU_DYING notifiers.) 4. Offline CPUs are prevented from hanging the system by force_quiescent_state(), which pays attention to cpu_online_map. Some additional work (in a later commit) will be needed to guarantee that force_quiescent_state() waits a full jiffy before assuming that a CPU is offline, for example, when called from idle entry. (This commit also makes the one-jiffy wait explicit, since the old-style implicit wait can now be defeated by RCU_FAST_NO_HZ and by rcutorture.) This approach avoids the false positives encountered when attempting to use more exact classification of CPU online/offline state. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-21rcu: Update stall-warning documentationPaul E. McKenney
Add documentation of CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE, CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO, and RCU_STALL_DELAY_DELTA. Describe multiple stall-warning messages from a single stall, and the timing of the subsequent messages. Add headings. Remove RCU_SECONDS_TILL_STALL_RECHECK because this value is now computed at runtime from RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT, so that sysfs changes to the timeout value now directly affect the RCU_SECONDS_TILL_STALL_RECHECK value. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-21rcu: Add CPU-stall capability to rcutorturePaul E. McKenney
Add module parameters to rcutorture that induce a CPU stall. The stall_cpu parameter specifies how long to stall in seconds, defaulting to zero, which indicates no stalling is to be undertaken. The stall_cpu_holdoff parameter specifies how many seconds after insmod (or boot, if rcutorture is built into the kernel) that this stall is to start. The default value for stall_cpu_holdoff is ten seconds. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-21rcu: Make documentation give more realistic rcutorture durationPaul E. McKenney
The torture.txt documentation gives an example rcutorture run with a 100-second duration. This is ridiculously short, unless maybe testing a fix for a egregious bug. Use a more-realistic one-hour duration for the example. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-21rcutorture: Permit holding off CPU-hotplug operations during bootPaul E. McKenney
When rcutorture is started automatically at boot time, it might well also start CPU-hotplug operations at that time, which might not be desirable. This commit therefore adds an rcutorture parameter that allows CPU-hotplug operations to be held off for the specified number of seconds after the start of boot. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-21rcu: Bring RTFP.txt up to date.Paul E. McKenney
Add publications from 2010 and 2011 to RTFP.txt. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2012-02-17Merge tag 'batman-adv-for-davem' of git://git.open-mesh.org/linux-mergeDavid S. Miller
2012-02-17Merge branch 'tip/perf/core' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace into perf/core