Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

The netfilter conflicts were rather simple overlapping
changes.

However, the cls_tcindex.c stuff was a bit more complex.

On the 'net' side, Cong is fixing several races and memory
leaks.  Whilst on the 'net-next' side we have Vlad adding
the rtnl-ness support.

What I've decided to do, in order to resolve this, is revert the
conversion over to using a workqueue that Cong did, bringing us back
to pure RCU.  I did it this way because I believe that either Cong's
races don't apply with have Vlad did things, or Cong will have to
implement the race fix slightly differently.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7afb2fedde0a..bcf2cd519d1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1701,12 +1701,11 @@
 			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
 			has the capability. With this option, super page will
 			not be supported.
-		sm_off [Default Off]
-			By default, scalable mode will be supported if the
+		sm_on [Default Off]
+			By default, scalable mode will be disabled even if the
 			hardware advertises that it has support for the scalable
 			mode translation. With this option set, scalable mode
-			will not be used even on hardware which claims to support
-			it.
+			will be used on hardware which claims to support it.
 		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
 			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
 			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt b/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
index 355c6d8ef8ad..b203d1334822 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/operstates.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ and changeable from userspace under certain rules.
 2. Querying from userspace
 
 Both admin and operational state can be queried via the netlink
-operation RTM_GETLINK. It is also possible to subscribe to RTMGRP_LINK
-to be notified of updates. This is important for setting from userspace.
+operation RTM_GETLINK. It is also possible to subscribe to RTNLGRP_LINK
+to be notified of updates while the interface is admin up. This is
+important for setting from userspace.
 
 These values contain interface state:
 
@@ -101,8 +102,9 @@ because some driver controlled protocol establishment has to
 complete. Corresponding functions are netif_dormant_on() to set the
 flag, netif_dormant_off() to clear it and netif_dormant() to query.
 
-On device allocation, networking core sets the flags equivalent to
-netif_carrier_ok() and !netif_dormant().
+On device allocation, both flags __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER and
+__LINK_STATE_DORMANT are cleared, so the effective state is equivalent
+to netif_carrier_ok() and !netif_dormant().
 
 
 Whenever the driver CHANGES one of these flags, a workqueue event is
@@ -133,11 +135,11 @@ netif_carrier_ok() && !netif_dormant() is set by the
 driver. Afterwards, the userspace application can set IFLA_OPERSTATE
 to IF_OPER_DORMANT or IF_OPER_UP as long as the driver does not set
 netif_carrier_off() or netif_dormant_on(). Changes made by userspace
-are multicasted on the netlink group RTMGRP_LINK.
+are multicasted on the netlink group RTNLGRP_LINK.
 
 So basically a 802.1X supplicant interacts with the kernel like this:
 
--subscribe to RTMGRP_LINK
+-subscribe to RTNLGRP_LINK
 -set IFLA_LINKMODE to 1 via RTM_SETLINK
 -query RTM_GETLINK once to get initial state
 -if initial flags are not (IFF_LOWER_UP && !IFF_DORMANT), wait until
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index 58649bd4fcfc..ebc679bcb2dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ nonzero when shrink_dcache_pages() has been called and the
 dcache isn't pruned yet.
 
 nr_negative shows the number of unused dentries that are also
-negative dentries which do not mapped to actual files.
+negative dentries which do not map to any files. Instead,
+they help speeding up rejection of non-existing files provided
+by the users.
 
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