Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc6' into perfcounters/core

Merge reason: this branch was on an -rc4 base, merge it up to -rc6
              to get the latest upstream fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

10 files changed, 247 insertions, 48 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 8918a32c6b3a..b1eb661e6302 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ quiet_cmd_db2pdf = PDF     $@
 	$(call cmd,db2pdf)
 
 
-main_idx = Documentation/DocBook/index.html
+index = index.html
+main_idx = Documentation/DocBook/$(index)
 build_main_index = rm -rf $(main_idx) && \
 		   echo '<h1>Linux Kernel HTML Documentation</h1>' >> $(main_idx) && \
 		   echo '<h2>Kernel Version: $(KERNELVERSION)</h2>' >> $(main_idx) && \
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ clean-files := $(DOCBOOKS) \
 	$(patsubst %.xml, %.pdf,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
 	$(patsubst %.xml, %.html, $(DOCBOOKS)) \
 	$(patsubst %.xml, %.9,    $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(C-procfs-example)
+	$(C-procfs-example) $(index)
 
 clean-dirs := $(patsubst %.xml,%,$(DOCBOOKS)) man
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
index 372dec20c8da..5cff41a5fa7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
     seriously wrong while debugging, it will most often be the case
     that you want to enable gdb to be verbose about its target
     communications.  You do this prior to issuing the <constant>target
-    remote</constant> command by typing in: <constant>set remote debug 1</constant>
+    remote</constant> command by typing in: <constant>set debug remote 1</constant>
     </para>
   </chapter>
   <chapter id="KGDBTestSuite">
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 76efe5b71d7d..3120f8dd2c31 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -512,16 +512,24 @@ locking rules:
 		BKL	mmap_sem	PageLocked(page)
 open:		no	yes
 close:		no	yes
-fault:		no	yes
-page_mkwrite:	no	yes		no
+fault:		no	yes		can return with page locked
+page_mkwrite:	no	yes		can return with page locked
 access:		no	yes
 
-	->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only page is
-about to become writeable. The file system is responsible for
-protecting against truncate races. Once appropriate action has been
-taking to lock out truncate, the page range should be verified to be
-within i_size. The page mapping should also be checked that it is not
-NULL.
+	->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about
+to be faulted in. The filesystem must find and return the page associated
+with the passed in "pgoff" in the vm_fault structure. If it is possible that
+the page may be truncated and/or invalidated, then the filesystem must lock
+the page, then ensure it is not already truncated (the page lock will block
+subsequent truncate), and then return with VM_FAULT_LOCKED, and the page
+locked. The VM will unlock the page.
+
+	->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is
+about to become writeable. The filesystem again must ensure that there are
+no truncate/invalidate races, and then return with the page locked. If
+the page has been truncated, the filesystem should not look up a new page
+like the ->fault() handler, but simply return with VM_FAULT_NOPAGE, which
+will cause the VM to retry the fault.
 
 	->access() is called when get_user_pages() fails in
 acces_process_vm(), typically used to debug a process through
diff --git a/Documentation/input/bcm5974.txt b/Documentation/input/bcm5974.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e22dcf6d48d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/input/bcm5974.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+BCM5974 Driver (bcm5974)
+------------------------
+	Copyright (C) 2008-2009	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
+
+The USB initialization and package decoding was made by Scott Shawcroft as
+part of the touchd user-space driver project:
+	Copyright (C) 2008	Scott Shawcroft (scott.shawcroft@gmail.com)
+
+The BCM5974 driver is based on the appletouch driver:
+	Copyright (C) 2001-2004	Greg Kroah-Hartman (greg@kroah.com)
+	Copyright (C) 2005	Johannes Berg (johannes@sipsolutions.net)
+	Copyright (C) 2005	Stelian Pop (stelian@popies.net)
+	Copyright (C) 2005	Frank Arnold (frank@scirocco-5v-turbo.de)
+	Copyright (C) 2005	Peter Osterlund (petero2@telia.com)
+	Copyright (C) 2005	Michael Hanselmann (linux-kernel@hansmi.ch)
+	Copyright (C) 2006	Nicolas Boichat (nicolas@boichat.ch)
+
+This driver adds support for the multi-touch trackpad on the new Apple
+Macbook Air and Macbook Pro laptops. It replaces the appletouch driver on
+those computers, and integrates well with the synaptics driver of the Xorg
+system.
+
+Known to work on Macbook Air, Macbook Pro Penryn and the new unibody
+Macbook 5 and Macbook Pro 5.
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+The driver loads automatically for the supported usb device ids, and
+becomes available both as an event device (/dev/input/event*) and as a
+mouse via the mousedev driver (/dev/input/mice).
+
+USB Race
+--------
+
+The Apple multi-touch trackpads report both mouse and keyboard events via
+different interfaces of the same usb device. This creates a race condition
+with the HID driver, which, if not told otherwise, will find the standard
+HID mouse and keyboard, and claim the whole device. To remedy, the usb
+product id must be listed in the mouse_ignore list of the hid driver.
+
+Debug output
+------------
+
+To ease the development for new hardware version, verbose packet output can
+be switched on with the debug kernel module parameter. The range [1-9]
+yields different levels of verbosity. Example (as root):
+
+echo -n 9 > /sys/module/bcm5974/parameters/debug
+
+tail -f /var/log/debug
+
+echo -n 0 > /sys/module/bcm5974/parameters/debug
+
+Trivia
+------
+
+The driver was developed at the ubuntu forums in June 2008 [1], and now has
+a more permanent home at bitmath.org [2].
+
+Links
+-----
+
+[1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=840040
+[2] http://http://bitmath.org/code/
diff --git a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f09557aea39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+Multi-touch (MT) Protocol
+-------------------------
+	Copyright (C) 2009	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+In order to utilize the full power of the new multi-touch devices, a way to
+report detailed finger data to user space is needed. This document
+describes the multi-touch (MT) protocol which allows kernel drivers to
+report details for an arbitrary number of fingers.
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Anonymous finger details are sent sequentially as separate packets of ABS
+events. Only the ABS_MT events are recognized as part of a finger
+packet. The end of a packet is marked by calling the input_mt_sync()
+function, which generates a SYN_MT_REPORT event. The end of multi-touch
+transfer is marked by calling the usual input_sync() function.
+
+A set of ABS_MT events with the desired properties is defined. The events
+are divided into categories, to allow for partial implementation.  The
+minimum set consists of ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR, ABS_MT_POSITION_X and
+ABS_MT_POSITION_Y, which allows for multiple fingers to be tracked.  If the
+device supports it, the ABS_MT_WIDTH_MAJOR may be used to provide the size
+of the approaching finger. Anisotropy and direction may be specified with
+ABS_MT_TOUCH_MINOR, ABS_MT_WIDTH_MINOR and ABS_MT_ORIENTATION. Devices with
+more granular information may specify general shapes as blobs, i.e., as a
+sequence of rectangular shapes grouped together by an
+ABS_MT_BLOB_ID. Finally, the ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE may be used to specify
+whether the touching tool is a finger or a pen or something else.
+
+
+Event Semantics
+---------------
+
+The word "contact" is used to describe a tool which is in direct contact
+with the surface. A finger, a pen or a rubber all classify as contacts.
+
+ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR
+
+The length of the major axis of the contact. The length should be given in
+surface units. If the surface has an X times Y resolution, the largest
+possible value of ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR is sqrt(X^2 + Y^2), the diagonal.
+
+ABS_MT_TOUCH_MINOR
+
+The length, in surface units, of the minor axis of the contact. If the
+contact is circular, this event can be omitted.
+
+ABS_MT_WIDTH_MAJOR
+
+The length, in surface units, of the major axis of the approaching
+tool. This should be understood as the size of the tool itself. The
+orientation of the contact and the approaching tool are assumed to be the
+same.
+
+ABS_MT_WIDTH_MINOR
+
+The length, in surface units, of the minor axis of the approaching
+tool. Omit if circular.
+
+The above four values can be used to derive additional information about
+the contact. The ratio ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR / ABS_MT_WIDTH_MAJOR approximates
+the notion of pressure. The fingers of the hand and the palm all have
+different characteristic widths [1].
+
+ABS_MT_ORIENTATION
+
+The orientation of the ellipse. The value should describe half a revolution
+clockwise around the touch center. The scale of the value is arbitrary, but
+zero should be returned for an ellipse aligned along the Y axis of the
+surface. As an example, an index finger placed straight onto the axis could
+return zero orientation, something negative when twisted to the left, and
+something positive when twisted to the right. This value can be omitted if
+the touching object is circular, or if the information is not available in
+the kernel driver.
+
+ABS_MT_POSITION_X
+
+The surface X coordinate of the center of the touching ellipse.
+
+ABS_MT_POSITION_Y
+
+The surface Y coordinate of the center of the touching ellipse.
+
+ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE
+
+The type of approaching tool. A lot of kernel drivers cannot distinguish
+between different tool types, such as a finger or a pen. In such cases, the
+event should be omitted. The protocol currently supports MT_TOOL_FINGER and
+MT_TOOL_PEN [2].
+
+ABS_MT_BLOB_ID
+
+The BLOB_ID groups several packets together into one arbitrarily shaped
+contact. This is a low-level anonymous grouping, and should not be confused
+with the high-level contactID, explained below. Most kernel drivers will
+not have this capability, and can safely omit the event.
+
+
+Finger Tracking
+---------------
+
+The kernel driver should generate an arbitrary enumeration of the set of
+anonymous contacts currently on the surface. The order in which the packets
+appear in the event stream is not important.
+
+The process of finger tracking, i.e., to assign a unique contactID to each
+initiated contact on the surface, is left to user space; preferably the
+multi-touch X driver [3]. In that driver, the contactID stays the same and
+unique until the contact vanishes (when the finger leaves the surface). The
+problem of assigning a set of anonymous fingers to a set of identified
+fingers is a euclidian bipartite matching problem at each event update, and
+relies on a sufficiently rapid update rate.
+
+Notes
+-----
+
+In order to stay compatible with existing applications, the data
+reported in a finger packet must not be recognized as single-touch
+events. In addition, all finger data must bypass input filtering,
+since subsequent events of the same type refer to different fingers.
+
+The first kernel driver to utilize the MT protocol is the bcm5974 driver,
+where examples can be found.
+
+[1] With the extension ABS_MT_APPROACH_X and ABS_MT_APPROACH_Y, the
+difference between the contact position and the approaching tool position
+could be used to derive tilt.
+[2] The list can of course be extended.
+[3] The multi-touch X driver is currently in the prototyping stage. At the
+time of writing (April 2009), the MT protocol is not yet merged, and the
+prototype implements finger matching, basic mouse support and two-finger
+scrolling. The project aims at improving the quality of current multi-touch
+functionality available in the synaptics X driver, and in addition
+implement more advanced gestures.
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index 026ec7d57384..4d04572b6549 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -269,7 +269,10 @@ Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
 
 Inside a struct description, you can use the "private:" and "public:"
 comment tags.  Structure fields that are inside a "private:" area
-are not listed in the generated output documentation.
+are not listed in the generated output documentation.  The "private:"
+and "public:" tags must begin immediately following a "/*" comment
+marker.  They may optionally include comments between the ":" and the
+ending "*/" marker.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -283,7 +286,7 @@ Example:
 struct my_struct {
     int a;
     int b;
-/* private: */
+/* private: internal use only */
     int c;
 };
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 90b3924071b6..e87bdbfbcc75 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
 
 	usbcore.blinkenlights=1
 
+Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so
+	log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1
+can also be entered as
+	log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1
+
+
 This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
 "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
 module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
 			APC and your system crashes randomly.
 
-	apic=		[APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+	apic=		[APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
 			Change the output verbosity whilst booting
 			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
 			Change the amount of debugging information output
@@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
 			entry later. This parameter enables that.
 
-	enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
 			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
 			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
 			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
@@ -775,7 +781,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
 			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
-			for IA-64, off otherwise.
+			for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
 			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
 
 	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
diff --git a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt
index 938ea22f2cc0..e20d913d5914 100644
--- a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example:
 The bit position indicates STATE, STATE-read, for each of the states listed
 above, and the character displayed in each indicates:
 
-   '.'  acquired while irqs disabled
-   '+'  acquired in irq context
-   '-'  acquired with irqs enabled
+   '.'  acquired while irqs disabled and not in irq context
+   '-'  acquired in irq context
+   '+'  acquired with irqs enabled
    '?'  acquired in irq context with irqs enabled.
 
 Unused mutexes cannot be part of the cause of an error.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 97c4b3284329..c302ddf629a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
 - nr_hugepages
 - nr_overcommit_hugepages
 - nr_pdflush_threads
-- nr_pdflush_threads_min
-- nr_pdflush_threads_max
 - nr_trim_pages         (only if CONFIG_MMU=n)
 - numa_zonelist_order
 - oom_dump_tasks
@@ -90,6 +88,10 @@ will itself start writeback.
 If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value
 (dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
 
+Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any
+value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be
+retained.
+
 ==============================================================
 
 dirty_expire_centisecs
@@ -465,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0.
 
 ==============================================================
 
-nr_pdflush_threads_min
-
-This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads.
-
-At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min'
-threads for the kernel's lifetime.
-
-The default value is 2.  The minimum value you can specify is 1, and
-the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'.
-
-See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information.
-
-==============================================================
-
-nr_pdflush_threads_max
-
-This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be
-created.  The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to
-this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second.
-
-The default value is 8.  The minimum value you can specify is the
-current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the
-maximum is 1000.
-
-==============================================================
-
 overcommit_memory:
 
 This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
index 6049a2a84dda..5d8bc2cd250c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ versions of the sysfs interface.
   "devices" directory at /sys/subsystem/<name>/devices.
 
   If /sys/subsystem exists, /sys/bus, /sys/class and /sys/block can be
-  ignored. If it does not exist, you have always to scan all three
+  ignored. If it does not exist, you always have to scan all three
   places, as the kernel is free to move a subsystem from one place to
   the other, as long as the devices are still reachable by the same
   subsystem name.