openwrt/staging/blogic.git
19 years ago[PATCH] VFS: split dentry locking documentation
Pekka Enberg [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:09 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] VFS: split dentry locking documentation

This patch splits dentry locking documentation from
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt to a separate file.  The dentry locking
bits are useful but do not fit into the VFS overview document as is.

Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] VFS: update overview document
Pekka Enberg [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:08 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] VFS: update overview document

This patch updates the Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt document.  I
rearranged and rewrote parts of the introduction chapter and added better
headings for each section.  I also added a description for the inode
rename() operation which was missing and added links to some useful
external VFS documentation.

Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] kernel-docs: fix kernel-doc format problems
Randy Dunlap [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:07 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] kernel-docs: fix kernel-doc format problems

Convert to proper kernel-doc format.

Some have extra blank lines (not allowed immed.  after the function name)
or need blank lines (after all parameters).  Function summary must be only
one line.

Colon (":") in a function description does weird things (causes kernel-doc
to think that it's a new section head sadly).

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] more kernel-doc cleanups, additions
Randy Dunlap [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:06 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] more kernel-doc cleanups, additions

Various core kernel-doc cleanups:
- add missing function parameters in ipc, irq/manage, kernel/sys,
  kernel/sysctl, and mm/slab;
- move description to just above function for kernel_restart()

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Doc/hpet.txt: change to < 80 columns
Randy Dunlap [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:06 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] Doc/hpet.txt: change to < 80 columns

Put text into < 80 columns.  No other changes.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] kernel-doc: fix some kernel-api warnings
Randy Dunlap [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:05 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] kernel-doc: fix some kernel-api warnings

Fix various warnings in kernel-doc:

Warning(linux-2614-rc4//include/linux/net.h:89): Enum value 'SOCK_DCCP' not described in enum 'sock_type'

usercopy.c: should use !E instead of !I for exported symbols:
Warning(linux-2614-rc4//arch/i386/lib/usercopy.c): no structured comments found

fs.h does not need to use !E since it has no exported symbols:
Warning(linux-2614-rc4//include/linux/fs.h:1182): No description found for parameter 'find_exported_dentry'
Warning(linux-2614-rc4//include/linux/fs.h): no structured comments found

irq/manage.c should use !E for its exported symbols:
Warning(linux-2614-rc4//kernel/irq/manage.c): no structured comments found

macmodes.c should use !E for its exported symbols:
Warning(linux-2614-rc4//drivers/video/macmodes.c): no structured comments found

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] jbd doc: fix some kernel-doc warnings
Randy Dunlap [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:04 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] jbd doc: fix some kernel-doc warnings

Add structure fields kernel-doc for 2 fields in struct journal_s.

Warning(/var/linsrc/linux-2614-rc4//include/linux/jbd.h:808): No description found for parameter 'j_wbuf'
Warning(/var/linsrc/linux-2614-rc4//include/linux/jbd.h:808): No description found for parameter 'j_wbufsize'

Convert fs/jbd/recovery.c non-static functions to kernel-doc format.

fs/jbd/recovery.c doesn't export any symbols, so it should use
!I instead of !E to eliminate this warning message:

Warning(/var/linsrc/linux-2614-rc4//fs/jbd/recovery.c): no structured comments found

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Doc/MSI-HOWTO: cleanups
Randy Dunlap [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:03 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] Doc/MSI-HOWTO: cleanups

Clean up typos, kernel function interfaces, acronyms, add whitespace,
improve readability.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ksymoops related docs update
Jesper Juhl [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:03 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] ksymoops related docs update

Update ksymoops related documentation to reflect current 2.6 reality.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Documentation/sparse.txt: mention CF=-Wbitwise
Alexey Dobriyan [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:02 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] Documentation/sparse.txt: mention CF=-Wbitwise

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Fix dm-snapshot tutorial in Documentation
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:01 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] Fix dm-snapshot tutorial in Documentation

I've recently added this documentation, Alasdair gave some corrections, and
here are some further corrections on top of his work (partly style issue,
partly a technical error due to different past experience, partly a note
which I've added - i.e.  transient snapshots are lighter).

Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] matroxfb: Set maxhipri to 0
Ville Syrjälä [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:01:00 +0000 (01:01 -0800)]
[PATCH] matroxfb: Set maxhipri to 0

The current init code sets hiprilvl to 0 and maxhipri to 5.  According to the
specs those values are illegal on both G200 and G400.  It also causes
distortions on the TV-out at least when CRTC2 is in YUV mode as is the case
with DirectFB.  This patch resets both values to 0.

Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <syrjala@sci.fi>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] matroxfb: Kill a useless message
Ville Syrjälä [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:59 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] matroxfb: Kill a useless message

No point in spamming the logs with a message about xres rounding.

Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <syrjala@sci.fi>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] matroxfb: Use CACHEFLUSH on all chips
Ville Syrjälä [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:58 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] matroxfb: Use CACHEFLUSH on all chips

Use the CACHEFLUSH register on all chip types.  The register is listed in all
other specs except 2064W.  However I have verified that the register does work
on a 2064W despite being marked reserved in the specs.  There were no
noticeable side effects after writing to the register.

Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <syrjala@sci.fi>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] matroxfb: Add support for Mystique AGP
Ville Syrjälä [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:57 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] matroxfb: Add support for Mystique AGP

Add new entries for Mystique AGP with the PCI ID 0x051e.

I don't actually have such boards but according to google they do exist.
Curiosly X.Org doesn't recognize that PCI ID.  And what's even more
interesting is that Matrox's own Windows drivers don't recognize it either.
After going through about a dozen different versions I did find one older
driver that does list this particular ID.  It is also listed in the pci.ids
file.

I'm not sure if non-220 AGP chips exist.  I left the chip revision check
intact for AGP chips nonetheless.

Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <syrjala@sci.fi>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] matroxfb: Remove an unused wait queue entry
Ville Syrjälä [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:56 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] matroxfb: Remove an unused wait queue entry

wait_event_event_interruptible() uses a private wait queue entry so there's no
need for the caller to initialize one.

Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <syrjala@sci.fi>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbdev: ATI RN50 pci id
Jake Moilanen [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:55 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbdev: ATI RN50 pci id

Here's the PCI ID for the ATI RN50 chip.

Signed-off-by: Jake Moilanen <moilanen@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbdev: Convert a few drivers to use the fb_find_best_display helper
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:55 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbdev: Convert a few drivers to use the fb_find_best_display helper

Convert i810fb, nvidiafb and savagefb to use the fb_find_best_display helper
when searching for the initial video mode.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbdev: Add helper to get an appropriate initial mode
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:54 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbdev: Add helper to get an appropriate initial mode

Add new helper, fb_find_best_display(), which will search the modelist for the
best mode for the attached display.  This requires an EDID block that is
converted to struct fb_monspecs and a private modelist.  The search will be
done in this manner:

- if 1st detailed timing is preferred, use that
- else if dimensions of the display are known, use that to estimate xres and
- else if modelist has detailed timings, use the first detailed timing
- else, use the very first entry from the modelist

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbdev: Rearrange mode database entries
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:53 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbdev: Rearrange mode database entries

Rearrange mode database entries such that preferred timings are entered first,
and less preferred timings are entered last.  (Detailed, VESA,
established/standard).

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbcon: Add rl (Roman Large) font
Zach Smith [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:52 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbcon: Add rl (Roman Large) font

I converted the "rl" console font from the kbd utility to be a built-in font
for the framebuffer console, and I was wondering if you would be OK with
including it.  I've generated a font_rl.c file and related minor
modifications.  I find it's the most visually appealing of the kbd fonts which
is why I use it and selected it for conversion.  I believe the font is GPL'd.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] console: Fix compile error
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:51 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] console: Fix compile error

Fix following compile error (From Kernel Bugzilla Bug 5427):

include/linux/console_struct.h:53: error: field `vt_mode' has incomplete type

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] i810fb: Cleanup I2C code
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:50 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] i810fb: Cleanup I2C code

- The functions for reading the 1st and 2nd bus are essentially the same,
  except for the register.  Consolidate them all.

- According to Nicolas Boichat, there is an undocumented 3rd i2c bus for
  attaching daughter cards.  Add support for this.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] vesafb: Disable mtrr as the default
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:49 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] vesafb: Disable mtrr as the default

vesafb occassionally gets the size wrong when setting the mtrr.  When X or DRI
attempts to set the mtrr, it will fail due to range overlap significantly
affecting their performance.  Disable mtrr and let the user explicitly enable
it with the mtrr:n option.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] s3c2410fb: initialise device_driver .owner
Ben Dooks [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:48 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] s3c2410fb: initialise device_driver .owner

Initialise the .owner field, so that if the driver is built as a module, the
system has a link to the owner

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbdev: fix the fb_find_nearest_mode() function
Michal Januszewski [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:47 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbdev: fix the fb_find_nearest_mode() function

Currently the fb_find_nearest_mode() function finds a mode with screen
resolution closest to that described by the 'var' argument and with some
arbitrary refresh rate (eg.  in the following sequence of refresh rates: 70 60
53 85 75, 53 is selected).

This patch fixes the function so that it looks for the closest mode as far as
both resolution and refresh rate are concerned.  The function's first argument
is changed to fb_videomode so that the refresh rate can be specified by the
caller, as fb_var_screeninfo doesn't have any fields that could directly hold
this data.

Signed-off-by: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] nvidiafb: Fix empty macro
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:46 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] nvidiafb: Fix empty macro

Use do {} while(0) for empty reverse_order() macro.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbdev: Workaround for buggy EDID blocks
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:46 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbdev: Workaround for buggy EDID blocks

Some EDID blocks set the flag "prefer first detailed timing" without providing
any detailed timing at all.  Clear this flag if the block does not provide
detailed timings.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] pm2fb: Manual configuration of timings for Elsa Winner 2000 Office
Peter 'p2' De Schrijver [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:42 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] pm2fb: Manual configuration of timings for Elsa Winner 2000 Office

Attached is a small patch which configures the correct memory clock and
timings on the Elsa Winner 2000 Office pm2 based card.  This is necessary when
the card is used on a platform which does not support PC style BIOS
initialization.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] savagefb: Convert from VGA IO access to MMIO access
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:41 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] savagefb: Convert from VGA IO access to MMIO access

Use MMIO registers instead of banging the VGA IO registers.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] atyfb: Get initial mode timings from LCD BIOS
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:41 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] atyfb: Get initial mode timings from LCD BIOS

Reported by: Jean-Philippe Guérard (Bugzilla Bug 1782)

"I've tried with video=atyfb:debug and video=atyfb:debug,mode:1280x600, \
nomtrr.

In both case, the screen stays black, but seems divided into 4 vertical bands.
 Some white lines pop up randomly on each vertical band."

The problem is a combination of an incorrect xclk plus lack of timing
information.  The adapter is attached to an LCD device that can do 1280x600
(which is not a standard resolution).  The global mode database does not have
an entry for it.  Fortunately, the Video BIOS contains the complete timing
info for this display, however, atyfb is not making use of it.

Add support to get the timing information from the BIOS, if available.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] vesafb: Fix color palette handling
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:40 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] vesafb: Fix color palette handling

Fix out-of-bounds bug.  The pseudopalette has room only for 16 entries, thus,
write only the first 16 entries to the pseudopalette.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbdev: Remove software clipping from drawing functions
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:39 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbdev: Remove software clipping from drawing functions

Remove software clipping from imageblit, fillrect and copyarea.  Clipping is
not needed because the console layer assures that reads/writes doest not
happen beyond the extents of the framebuffer.  And software clipping tends to
hide bugs, if they do exist.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbcon: Initialize new driver when old driver is released
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:38 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbcon: Initialize new driver when old driver is released

If machine has more than 1 driver installed, and they all drive the same
hardware, it's possible that the driver's fb_release() method will attempt to
restore the hardware state to the initial state.  This will leave the new
driver in an undefined state.  To prevent this problem, initialize the new
driver by calling fb_set_par() when the old driver is released by fbcon.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas<adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbcon: Use helper function when filling out var structure
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:37 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbcon: Use helper function when filling out var structure

Instead of manually filling up the fields in struct fb_var_screeninfo, use the
display_to_var() helper.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbcon: Consolidate redundant code
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:36 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbcon: Consolidate redundant code

Lot's of redundant code scattered throughout fbcon.c.  Consolidate them all
into one function, fbcon_update_softback().

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fbcon/fbdev: Move softcursor out of fbdev to fbcon
Antonino A. Daplas [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:35 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fbcon/fbdev: Move softcursor out of fbdev to fbcon

According to Jon Smirl, filling in the field fb_cursor with soft_cursor for
drivers that do not support hardware cursors is redundant.  The soft_cursor
function is usable by all drivers because it is just a wrapper around
fb_imageblit.  And because soft_cursor is an fbcon-specific hook, the file is
moved to the console directory.

Thus, drivers that do not support hardware cursors can leave the fb_cursor
field blank.  For drivers that do, they can fill up this field with their own
version.

The end result is a smaller code size.  And if the framebuffer console is not
loaded, module/kernel size is also reduced because the soft_cursor module will
also not be loaded.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] radeonfb: prevent spurious recompilations
Jean Delvare [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:34 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] radeonfb: prevent spurious recompilations

Prevent spurious recompilations of the radeonfb driver when I2C/DDC support
is not included and i2c header files are modified.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] intelfb: extend partial support of i915G to include i915GM
Scott MacKenzie [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:33 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] intelfb: extend partial support of i915G to include i915GM

Add partial support for GMA900 within the i915GM chipset.

Signed-off-by: Scott MacKenzie <irrational@poboxes.com>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] nvidiafb: Add flat panel dither support
Benjamin Herrenschmidt [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:32 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] nvidiafb: Add flat panel dither support

nvidiafb didn't fully hook-up the code it borrowed from X for doing flat
panel dithering (this is useful for 6 bits panels).  This adds a driver
option to force it, and by default "reads" the current value from the chip
to get the firmware setting.  It significantly improves the quality of
images on the iMac G5 I have here (though the X driver doesn't yet "read"
the current value and defaults to 0, so you have to add Option "FBDither"
"true" to your X config file to get that, I'll try to fix X.org to "read"
the default unless specified asap).

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] nvidiafb-fix-mode-setting-ppc-support-warning-fixes
Andrew Morton [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:31 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] nvidiafb-fix-mode-setting-ppc-support-warning-fixes

drivers/video/nvidia/nv_setup.c: In function `NVCommonSetup':
drivers/video/nvidia/nv_setup.c:408: warning: statement with no effect
drivers/video/nvidia/nv_setup.c:496: warning: statement with no effect
drivers/video/nvidia/nv_setup.c:504: warning: statement with no effect

Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] nvidiafb: Fix mode setting & PPC support
Benjamin Herrenschmidt [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:30 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] nvidiafb: Fix mode setting & PPC support

This patch fixes nvifiafb mode setting code to be closer to what the X
driver does, which actually makes it work on the 5200FX I have access to.
It also fix the routine that gets the EDID from Open Firmware on PPC, it
was broken in various ways and would crash at boot.  Compared to the patch
I posted to linux-fbdev last week, this one just changes a printk to be
closer to the other ones in the driver.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fb: straighten up fb drivers menu
Randy Dunlap [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:29 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] fb: straighten up fb drivers menu

Arrange frame buffer menu:
- puts all Epson drivers together
- removes split of FB_PXA and FB_PXA_PARAMETERS by FB_W100
- results in PXA, W100, Epson, S3C2410, & Virtual FB drivers being
  presented at the same menu level as all other FB drivers

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Acked-by: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] framebuffer: add some help text in Kconfig
Randy.Dunlap [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:28 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] framebuffer: add some help text in Kconfig

Frame buffer driver help text changes:
- Move S3 Trio next to S3 Savage;
- add or clarify help text for several FB drivers;
- add help text for FB console;
- add help text for bootup logos;

Acked-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] knfsd: make sure svc_process call the correct pg_authenticate for multi-servi...
NeilBrown [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:27 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] knfsd: make sure svc_process call the correct pg_authenticate for multi-service port

If an RPC socket is serving multiple programs, then the pg_authenticate of
the first program in the list is called, instead of pg_authenticate for the
program to be run.

This does not cause a problem with any programs in the current kernel, but
could confuse future code.

Also set pg_authenticate for nfsd_acl_program incase it ever gets used.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] knfsd: Fix some minor sign problems in nfsd/xdr
NeilBrown [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:26 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] knfsd: Fix some minor sign problems in nfsd/xdr

There are a couple of tests which could possibly be confused by extremely
large numbers appearing in 'xdr' packets.  I think the closest to an exploit
you could get would be writing random data from a free page into a file - i.e.
 leak data out of kernel space.

I'm fairly sure they cannot be used for remote compromise.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] knfsd: Allow run-time selection of NFS versions to export
NeilBrown [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:25 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] knfsd: Allow run-time selection of NFS versions to export

Provide a file in the NFSD filesystem that allows setting and querying of
which version of NFS are being exported.  Changes are only allowed while no
server is running.

Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] knfsd: Restore functionality to read from file in /proc/fs/nfsd/
NeilBrown [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:24 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] knfsd: Restore functionality to read from file in /proc/fs/nfsd/

Most files in the nfsd filesystems are transaction files.  You write a
request, and read a response.

For some (e.g.  'threads') it makes sense to just be able to read and get the
current value.

This functionality did exist but was broken recently when someone modified
nfsctl.c without going through the maintainer.  This patch fixes the
regression.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] knfsd: fix setattr-on-symlink error return
NeilBrown [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:23 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] knfsd: fix setattr-on-symlink error return

This is a somewhat cosmetic fix to keep the SpecFS validation test from
complaining.

SpecFS want's to try chmod on symlinks, and ext3 and reiser (at least) return
ENOTSUPP.

Probably both sides are being silly, but it is easiest to simply make it a
non-issue and filter out chmod requests on symlinks at the nfsd level.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] prevent dmesg warning in zr36067 driver
Ronald S. Bultje [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:22 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] prevent dmesg warning in zr36067 driver

Fix the warning "Debug: sleeping function called from invalid context at
include/asm/semaphore.h:102" that the zr36067 driver emits every time an
application using JPEG capture starts up (e.g.  mjpegtools' lavrec).

The warning is harmless, but clogs up the dmesg output.  This was logged as
bugzilla #5403.  (Thanks to Christian Casteyde for helping me in fixing
this long-standing annoyance.)

Signed-off-by: Ronald S. Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] i4l: update hfc_usb driver
Martin Bachem [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:20 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] i4l: update hfc_usb driver

  - cleanup source
  - remove nonfunctional code parts

Signed-off-by: Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] rapidio: message interface updates
Matt Porter [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:20 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] rapidio: message interface updates

Updates the RIO messaging interface to pass a device instance into the
event registeration and callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] RapidIO support: ppc32
Matt Porter [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:19 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] RapidIO support: ppc32

Adds PPC32 RIO support.  Init code for the MPC85xx RIO ports and glue for the
STx GP3 board to use it.

Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] rapidio: core updates
Matt Porter [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:18 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] rapidio: core updates

Addresses issues raised with the 2.6.12-rc6-mm1 RIO support.  Fix dma_mask
init, shrink some code, general cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] RapidIO support: core enum
Matt Porter [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:17 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] RapidIO support: core enum

Adds RapidIO enumeration/discovery.

The core code implements enumeration/discovery, management of
devices/resources, and interfaces for RIO drivers.

Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] RapidIO support: core includes
Matt Porter [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:16 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] RapidIO support: core includes

Add RapidIO core include files.

The core code implements enumeration/discovery, management of
devices/resources, and interfaces for RIO drivers.

Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] RapidIO support: core base
Matt Porter [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:15 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] RapidIO support: core base

Adds a RapidIO subsystem to the kernel.  RIO is a switched fabric interconnect
used in higher-end embedded applications.  The curious can look at the specs
over at http://www.rapidio.org

The core code implements enumeration/discovery, management of
devices/resources, and interfaces for RIO drivers.

There's a lot more to do to take advantages of all the hardware features.
However, this should provide a good base for folks with RIO hardware to start
contributing.

Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: preempt_disable/enable() simplification
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:14 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: preempt_disable/enable() simplification

Reorganize the preempt_disable/enable calls to eliminate the extra preempt
depth.  Changes based on Paul McKenney's review suggestions for the kprobes
RCU changeset.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: Use RCU for (un)register synchronization - arch changes
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:14 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: Use RCU for (un)register synchronization - arch changes

Changes to the arch kprobes infrastructure to take advantage of the locking
changes introduced by usage of RCU for synchronization.  All handlers are now
run without any locks held, so they have to be re-entrant or provide their own
synchronization.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: Use RCU for (un)register synchronization - base changes
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:13 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: Use RCU for (un)register synchronization - base changes

Changes to the base kprobes infrastructure to use RCU for synchronization
during kprobe registration and unregistration.  These changes coupled with the
arch kprobe changes (next in series):

a. serialize registration and unregistration of kprobes.
b. enable lockless execution of handlers. Handlers can now run in parallel.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - x86_64 changes
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:12 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - x86_64 changes

x86_64 changes to track kprobe execution on a per-cpu basis.  We now track the
kprobe state machine independently on each cpu using a arch specific kprobe
control block.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - sparc64 changes
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:11 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - sparc64 changes

Sparc64 changes to track kprobe execution on a per-cpu basis.  We now track
the kprobe state machine independently on each cpu using an arch specific
kprobe control block.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - ppc64 changes
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:10 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - ppc64 changes

PPC64 changes to track kprobe execution on a per-cpu basis.  We now track the
kprobe state machine independently on each cpu using an arch specific kprobe
control block.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - ia64 changes
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:09 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - ia64 changes

IA64 changes to track kprobe execution on a per-cpu basis.  We now track the
kprobe state machine independently on each cpu using an arch specific kprobe
control block.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - i386 changes
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:08 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - i386 changes

I386 changes to track kprobe execution on a per-cpu basis.  We now track the
kprobe state machine independently on each cpu, using an arch specific kprobe
control block.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - base changes
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:07 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: Track kprobe on a per_cpu basis - base changes

Changes to the base kprobe infrastructure to track kprobe execution on a
per-cpu basis.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Kprobes: rearrange preempt_disable/enable() calls
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:07 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] Kprobes: rearrange preempt_disable/enable() calls

The following set of patches are aimed at improving kprobes scalability.  We
currently serialize kprobe registration, unregistration and handler execution
using a single spinlock - kprobe_lock.

With these changes, kprobe handlers can run without any locks held.  It also
allows for simultaneous kprobe handler executions on different processors as
we now track kprobe execution on a per processor basis.  It is now necessary
that the handlers be re-entrant since handlers can run concurrently on
multiple processors.

All changes have been tested on i386, ia64, ppc64 and x86_64, while sparc64
has been compile tested only.

The patches can be viewed as 3 logical chunks:

patch 1:  Reorder preempt_(dis/en)able calls
patches 2-7:  Introduce per_cpu data areas to track kprobe execution
patches 8-9:  Use RCU to synchronize kprobe (un)registration and handler
execution.

Thanks to Maneesh Soni, James Keniston and Anil Keshavamurthy for their
review and suggestions. Thanks again to Anil, Hien Nguyen and Kevin Stafford
for testing the patches.

This patch:

Reorder preempt_disable/enable() calls in arch kprobes files in preparation to
introduce locking changes.  No functional changes introduced by this patch.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayahanalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: fix watchdog timeout panic handling
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:05 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: fix watchdog timeout panic handling

If a panic came from the IPMI watchdog pretimeout and that was reported via
an NMI, it would also be reported via the standard IPMI flags, which would
get picked up when reporting panic events and cause another panic.  This
adds an atomic to avoid calling panic twice.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: use rcu lock for using command receivers
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:05 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: use rcu lock for using command receivers

Use rcu_read_lock for the cmd_rcvrs list, since that was what what
intended, anyway.  This means that all the users of the cmd_rcvrs_lock are
tasks, so the irq disables are no longer required for that lock and it can
become a semaphore.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: use kthread API
Matt Domsch [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:04 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: use kthread API

Convert ipmi driver thread to kthread API, only sleep when interface is
idle.

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: add timer thread
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:03 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: add timer thread

We must poll for responses to commands when interrupts aren't in use.  The
default poll interval is based on using a kernel timer, which varies with HZ.
For character-based interfaces like KCS and SMIC though, that can be way too
slow (>15 minutes to flash a new firmware with KCS, >20 seconds to retrieve
the sensor list).

This creates a low-priority kernel thread to poll more often.  If the state
machine is idle, so is the kernel thread.  But if there's an active command,
it polls quite rapidly.  This decrease a firmware flash time from 15 minutes
to 1.5 minutes, and the sensor list time to 4.5 seconds, on a Dell PowerEdge
x8x system.

The timer-based polling remains, to ensure some amount of responsiveness even
under high user process CPU load.

Checking for a stopped timer at rmmod now uses atomics and del_timer_sync() to
ensure safe stoppage.

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: kcs error0 delay
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:02 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: kcs error0 delay

BMCs can get into ERROR0 state while flashing new firmware, particularly while
the BMC is erasing the next flash block, which may take a just under 2 seconds
on a Dell PowerEdge 2800 (1.75 seconds typical), during which time the
single-threaded firmware may not be able to process new commands.  In
particular, clearing OBF may not take effect immediately.

We want it to delay in ERROR0 after clearing OBF a bit waiting for OBF to
actually be clear before proceeding.

This introduces a new return value from the LLDD's event loop,
SI_SM_CALL_WITH_TICK_DELAY.  This means the calling thread/timer should
schedule_timeout() at least 1 tick, rather than busy-wait.  This is a longer
delay than SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY, which is typically a 250us busy-wait.

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: bt restart reset fixes
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:00:01 +0000 (01:00 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: bt restart reset fixes

The current BT retry/reset mechanism fails to succeed on a PowerEdge 1650,
when the controller is wedged with B2H_ATN asserted at XACTION_START.  If this
occurs, no further commands will ever succeed unless the state of the
controller is first cleared out.

Furthermore, the soft reset would only occur if the first command after insmod
was the one that timed out, not if a later command timed out.

This patch changes the retry/reset mechanism to be as follows:

Before retrying a command, clear the state of the BT controller such that the
flags represent ready for a new transaction.  This increases the chance of
success of the restarted transaction.

After 2 retries, issue a soft reset and retry one more time before giving up
and reporting back a failure.

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Acked-by: Rocky Craig <rocky.craig@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: si start transaction hook
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:59 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: si start transaction hook

Some commands, on some system BMCs, don't respond at at all.  This is seen on
Dell PowerEdge x6xx and x7xx systems with IPMI 1.0 BT controllers when a "Get
SDR" command is issued, with a length field of 0x3A, which happens to be the
length of about SDR entries.  If another length is passed, this command
succeeds.

This patch adds general infrastructure for receiving commands before they're
passed down to the low-level drivers, such that they can be completed
immediately, or modified, prior to being sent to ->start_transaction().

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: more dell fixes
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:58 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: more dell fixes

Make SMIC driver ignore EVT_AVAIL and SMS_ATN bits in flags register, as
they're used by systems management interrupts, not the host OS.

Make the OEM0 Data Available handler work for pre-IPMI 1.5 systems from Dell
too.

Without these two fixes, PowerEdge 2650 and other similar systems with SMIC
may hang a process (modprobe or anything using /dev/ipmi0).

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: poweroff cleanups
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:57 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: poweroff cleanups

Make module_param and MODULE_PARAM_DESC agree on poweroff_powercycle name.

There was an extraneous ifdef in the IPMI poweroff code that prevented it from
working if PROC_FS was disabled.

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: watchdog parms in sysfs
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:57 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: watchdog parms in sysfs

Modify the IPMI watchdog parameters (the ones that make sense) to be exported
from sysfs.  This is somewhat complicated because these parameters have
side-effects that must be handled.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: various si cleanup
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:56 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: various si cleanup

A number of small changes for the various system interface drivers,
consolidated from a number of patches from Matt Domsch.

Clear B2H_ATN and drain the BMC message buffer on command timeout.  This
prevents further commands from failing after a timeout.

Add bt_debug and smic_debug module parameters, expose them in sysfs.  This
lets you enable and disable debugging messages at runtime.

Unsigned jiffies math in ipmi_si_intf.c causes a too-large value to be passed
to ->event() after jiffies wrap-around.  The BT driver had caught this, but
didn't know how to fix it.  Now all calls to ->event() use a sane value for
time.

Increase timeout for commands handed to the BT driver from 2 seconds to 5
seconds.  This is necessary particularly when the previous command was a
"Clear SEL", as that command completes, yet the BMC isn't really ready to
handle another command yet.

Silence BT debugging messages which were being printed on the console.

Increase SMIC timeout form 1/10s to 2s.  This is needed on Dell PowerEdge 2650
and PowerEdge 750 with ERA/O cards to allow commands to complete without
timing out.

Adds kcs_debug module param, to match behavior of BT and SMIC.  This also
prevents messages from being sent to the console unless explicitly requested.

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] ipmi: use refcount in message handler
Corey Minyard [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:54 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] ipmi: use refcount in message handler

This patch is rather large, but it really can't be done in smaller chunks
easily and I believe it is an important change.  This has been out and tested
for a while in the latest IPMI driver release.  There are no functional
changes, just changes as necessary to convert the locking over (and a few
minor style updates).

The IPMI driver uses read/write locks to ensure that things exist while they
are in use.  This is bad from a number of points of view.  This patch removes
the rwlocks and uses refcounts and RCU lists to manage what the locks did.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] as: cooperating processes
Nick Piggin [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:53 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] as: cooperating processes

Introduce the notion of cooperating processes (those that submit requests
close to one another), and use these statistics to make better choices about
whether or not to do anticipatory waiting.

Help and analysis from Seetharami Seelam <seelam@cs.utep.edu>

Performance testing from Seelam:

I set up my system and executed a couple of tests that I used for OLS.  I
tested with AS, cooperative process patch merged in -mm tree (which I called
Nick, below) and the cooperative patch with modifications to as_update_iohist
(which I called Seelam).

I used a dual-processor (2.28GHz Pentium 4 Xeon) system, with 1 GB main memory
and 1 MB L2 cache, running Linux 2.6.9.  Only a single processor is used for
the experiments.  I used 7.2K RPM Maxtor 10GB drive configured with ext2 file
system.

Experiment 1 (ex1) consists of reading  one Linux source trees using

  find . -type f -exec cat '{}' ';' > /dev/null.

Experiment 2 (ex2) consists of reading two disjoint Linux source trees
using

  find . -type f -exec cat '{}' ';' > /dev/null.

Experiment 3 (ex3) consists of streaming read of a 2GB file in the background
and 1 instance of the chunk reads in Experiment 1.

Timings for reading the Linux source are shown below:

             AS                     Nick          Seelam
ex1:      0m25.813s               0m27.859s      0m27.640s
ex2:      1m11.468s               1m13.918s      1m5.869s
ex3:      81m44.352s             10m38.572s      6m47.994s

The difference between the numbers in Experiment 3 must be due to the code in
as_update_iohist.  (akpm: that's not part of this patch.  So this patch is
"Nick").

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] FUSE: pass file handle in setattr
Miklos Szeredi [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:52 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] FUSE: pass file handle in setattr

This patch passes the file handle supplied in iattr to userspace, in case the
->setattr() was invoked from sys_ftruncate().  This solves the permission
checking (or lack thereof) in ftruncate() for the class of filesystems served
by an unprivileged userspace process.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] FUSE: atomic create+open
Miklos Szeredi [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:51 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] FUSE: atomic create+open

This patch adds an atomic create+open operation.  This does not yet work if
the file type changes between lookup and create+open, but solves the
permission checking problems for the separte create and open methods.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] FUSE: add access call
Miklos Szeredi [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:50 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] FUSE: add access call

Add a new access call, which will only be called if ->permission is invoked
from sys_access().  In all other cases permission checking is delayed until
the actual filesystem operation.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] FUSE: bump interface minor version
Miklos Szeredi [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:49 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] FUSE: bump interface minor version

Though the following changes are all backward compatible (from the kernel's as
well as the library's POV) change the minor version, so interested
applications can detect new features.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] VFS: pass file pointer to filesystem from ftruncate()
Miklos Szeredi [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:49 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] VFS: pass file pointer to filesystem from ftruncate()

This patch extends the iattr structure with a file pointer memeber, and adds
an ATTR_FILE validity flag for this member.

This is set if do_truncate() is invoked from ftruncate() or from
do_coredump().

The change is source and binary compatible.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] consolidate sys_ptrace()
Christoph Hellwig [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:47 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] consolidate sys_ptrace()

The sys_ptrace boilerplate code (everything outside the big switch
statement for the arch-specific requests) is shared by most architectures.
This patch moves it to kernel/ptrace.c and leaves the arch-specific code as
arch_ptrace.

Some architectures have a too different ptrace so we have to exclude them.
They continue to keep their implementations.  For sh64 I had to add a
sh64_ptrace wrapper because it does some initialization on the first call.
For um I removed an ifdefed SUBARCH_PTRACE_SPECIAL block, but
SUBARCH_PTRACE_SPECIAL isn't defined anywhere in the tree.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Acked-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] remove superflous ctime/mtime updates in affs
Christoph Hellwig [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:46 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] remove superflous ctime/mtime updates in affs

Both AFFS and HPFS update the ctime and mtime in the write path, after
generic_file_write returned and marked the inode dirty.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] afs: use generic_ro_fops
Christoph Hellwig [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:46 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] afs: use generic_ro_fops

afs actually had a write method that returned different errors depending on
whether some flag was set - better return the standard EINVAL errno.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] vxfs: use generic_ro_fops
Christoph Hellwig [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:45 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] vxfs: use generic_ro_fops

No need to duplicate a generic readonly file ops table in befs.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] befs: use generic_ro_fops
Christoph Hellwig [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:44 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] befs: use generic_ro_fops

No need to duplicate a generic readonly file ops table in befs.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] fix remaining missing includes
Tim Schmielau [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:43 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] fix remaining missing includes

Fix more include file problems that surfaced since I submitted the previous
fix-missing-includes.patch.  This should now allow not to include sched.h
from module.h, which is done by a followup patch.

Signed-off-by: Tim Schmielau <tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] memory leak in dentry_open()
Peter Staubach [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:42 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] memory leak in dentry_open()

There is a memory leak possible in dentry_open().  If get_empty_filp()
fails, then the references to dentry and mnt need to be released.  The
attached patch adds the calls to dput() and mntput() to release these two
references.

Signed-off-by: Peter Staubach <staubach@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] perform maintenance on Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
Muli Ben-Yehuda [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:42 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] perform maintenance on Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt

Updates to Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt:

- there's no need to select HUGETLB_PAGE manually and it's no longer
  under the processor menu.  Update the text accordingly.

- fix typos and trim trailing whitespace.

Signed-Off-By: Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@mulix.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] __find_get_block_slow() cleanup
Coywolf Qi Hunt [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:39 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] __find_get_block_slow() cleanup

Get rid of the `int unused' parameter of __find_get_block_slow().

Signed-off-by: Coywolf Qi Hunt <qiyong@fc-cn.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] smbfs: 'names_cache' memory leak
Davi Arnaut [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:37 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] smbfs: 'names_cache' memory leak

Data allocated with "__getname()" should always be free'd with "__putname()"
because of the AUDITSYSCALL code.

Signed-off-by: Davi Arnaut <davi.arnaut@gmail.com>
Cc: Urban Widmark <urban@teststation.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] V9FS: 'names_cache' memory leak
Davi Arnaut [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:36 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] V9FS: 'names_cache' memory leak

Data allocated with "__getname()" should always be free'd with "__putname()"
because of the AUDITSYSCALL code.

Signed-off-by: Davi Arnaut <davi.arnaut@gmail.com>
Cc: <rminnich@lanl.gov>
Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@ericvh.myip.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] quota: small cleanups
Adrian Bunk [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:35 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] quota: small cleanups

- "extern inline" -> "static inline"

- every file should #include the headers containing the prototypes for
  it's global functions

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] Only disallow _setting_ of function key string
Marcelo Tosatti [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:34 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] Only disallow _setting_ of function key string

Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se> noted that the current 2.6-git (and 2.4)
patch to disallow KDSKBSENT for unpriviledged users should be less restrictive
allowing reading of current function key string entry, but not writing.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] FUTEX_WAKE_OP: enhanced error handling
David Gibson [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:33 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] FUTEX_WAKE_OP: enhanced error handling

The code for FUTEX_WAKE_OP calls an arch callback,
futex_atomic_op_inuser().  That callback can return an error code, but
currently the caller assumes any error is EFAULT, and will try various
things to resolve the fault before eventually giving up with EFAULT
(regardless of the original error code).  This is not a theoretical case -
arch callbacks currently return -ENOSYS if the opcode they are given is
bogus.

This patch alters the code to detect non-EFAULT errors and return them
directly to the user.

Of course, whether -ENOSYS is the correct return value for the bogus opcode
case, or whether EINVAL would be more appropriate is another question.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
19 years ago[PATCH] aio: remove aio_max_nr accounting race
Zach Brown [Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:59:31 +0000 (00:59 -0800)]
[PATCH] aio: remove aio_max_nr accounting race

AIO was adding a new context's max requests to the global total before
testing if that resulting total was over the global limit.  This let
innocent tasks get their new limit tested along with a racing guilty task
that was crossing the limit.  This serializes the _nr accounting with a
spinlock It also switches to using unsigned long for the global totals.
Individual contexts are still limited to an unsigned int's worth of
requests by the syscall interface.

The problem and fix were verified with a simple program that spun creating
and destroying a context while holding on to another long lived context.
Before the patch a task creating a tiny context could get a spurious EAGAIN
if it raced with a task creating a very large context that overran the
limit.

Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>