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2007-05-09[POWERPC] Small fixes & cleanups in segment page size demotionBenjamin Herrenschmidt1-41/+46
The code for demoting segments to 4K had some issues, like for example, when using _PAGE_4K_PFN flag, the first CPU to hit it would do the demotion, but other CPUs hitting the same page wouldn't properly flush their SLBs if mmu_ci_restriction isn't set. There are also potential issues with hash_preload not handling _PAGE_4K_PFN. All of these are non issues on current hardware but might bite us in the future. This patch thus fixes it by: - Taking the test comparing the mm and current CPU context page sizes to decide to flush SLBs out of the mmu_ci_restrictions test since that can also be triggered by _PAGE_4K_PFN pages - Due to the above being done all the time, demote_segment_4k doesn't need update the context and flush the SLB - demote_segment_4k can be static and doesn't need an EXPORT_SYMBOL - Making hash_preload ignore anything that has either _PAGE_4K_PFN or _PAGE_NO_CACHE set, thus avoiding duplication of the complicated logic in hash_page() (and possibly making hash_preload a little bit faster for the normal case). Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-05-09[POWERPC] iSeries: Make HVC_ISERIES the defaultStephen Rothwell2-2/+5
This makes the new iSeries virtual console drivers (nvc_iseries) the default and prevents viocons being built unless explicitly selected. Also it makes no sense to have the console as a module. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-05-09[POWERPC] iSeries: suppress build warning in lparmap.cStephen Rothwell1-1/+2
lparmap.c: Assembler messages: lparmap.c:51: Warning: ignoring changed section attributes for .text Idea from Segher Boessenkool. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-05-09[POWERPC] Mark pages that don't exist as nosaveJohannes Berg1-0/+25
On some powerpc architectures (notably 64-bit powermac) there is a memory hole, for example on powermacs between 2G and 4G. Since we use the flat memory model regardless, these pages must be marked as nosave (for suspend to disk.) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-05-09[POWERPC] swsusp: Introduce register_nosave_region_lateJohannes Berg2-4/+19
This patch introduces a new register_nosave_region_late function that can be called from initcalls when register_nosave_region can no longer be used because it uses bootmem. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-05-09Documentation/i386/boot.txt: update and correctH. Peter Anvin1-23/+78
In the process of rewriting the x86 setup code, I found a number of inaccuracies and outdated recommendations in the boot protocol documentation. Revamp to make it more up to date. In particular, the common use of the heap actually requires (slightly) more than 4K of heap plus stack, which is the recommended amount in the document; currently the code compensates by being smaller than specified, but we can't assume that will be true forever. Thus, recommend that if we have a modern bzImage kernel, that the bootloader maximizes the available space. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09revert 'sched: redundant reschedule when set_user_nice() boosts a prio of a ↵Andrew Morton1-16/+18
task from the "expired" array' Revert commit bd53f96ca54a21c07e7a0ae1886fa623d370b85f. Con says: This is no good, sorry. The one I saw originally was with the staircase deadline cpu scheduler in situ and was different. #define TASK_PREEMPTS_CURR(p, rq) \ ((p)->prio < (rq)->curr->prio) (((p)->prio < (rq)->curr->prio) && ((p)->array == (rq)->active)) This will fail to wake up a runqueue for a task that has been migrated to the expired array of a runqueue which is otherwise idle which can happen with smp balancing, Cc: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com> Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09applesmc: Use standard sysfs names for labelsJean Delvare1-2/+2
We have a standard suffix to associate a designation string to a sensor: _label. Use it instead of _position so that libsensors will catch it. (This isn't implemented yet, but should be soon.) Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Nicolas Boichat <nicolas@boichat.ch> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09applesmc: Use the address as platform device IDJean Delvare1-1/+2
Let the applesmc device export its address to userspace. libsensors needs this to recognize the device and give it a unique ID. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Nicolas Boichat <nicolas@boichat.ch> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09usb_gigaset: don't kmalloc(0)Tilman Schmidt1-10/+4
Zero-sized allocations are pointless anyway, and the SLUB allocator complains about them, so stop doing that. Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> Signed-off-by: Hansjoerg Lipp <hjlipp@web.de> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09m68k: <asm/scatterlist.h> needs <linux/types.h>Geert Uytterhoeven1-0/+2
The recent <linux/pci.h> cleanup uncovered that include/asm-m68k/scatterlist.h needs to include <linux/types.h> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09FRV: Miscellaneous fixesDavid Howells4-5/+26
Miscellaneous fixes to bring FRV up to date: (1) Copy the new syscall numbers from i386 to asm-frv/unistd.h and fill out the syscall table in entry.S too. (2) Mark __frv_uart0 and __frv_uart1 __pminitdata rather than __initdata so that determine_clocks() can access them when CONFIG_PM=y. (3) Make arch/frv/mm/elf-fdpic.c include asm/mman.h so that MAP_FIXED is available (fixes commit 2fd3bebaad9da3b3b99c46a3389099424bf7ee35). Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09smaps: only define clear_refs for CONFIG_MMUDavid Rientjes1-0/+2
/proc/pid/clear_refs is only defined in the CONFIG_MMU case, so make sure we don't have any references to clear_refs_smap() in generic procfs code. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09Fix unnecesary meminitYasunori Goto1-2/+2
This is to fix unnecessary __meminit definition. These are exported for kernel modules. I compiled on ia64/x86-64 with memory hotplug on/off. Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09Revert "fbdev: ignore VESA modes if framebuffer is disabled"Linus Torvalds1-3/+1
This reverts commit 464bdd33e9baad9806c7adbd8dfc37081a55f27e. Peter Anvin correctly points out that VESA modes have nothing to do with frame buffers per se - they are often just regular extended text modes. Disabling them just because we don't have frame buffer support is very wrong. Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>, Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09Remove suid/sgid bits on [f]truncate()Linus Torvalds1-0/+3
.. to match what we do on write(). This way, people who write to files by using [f]truncate + writable mmap have the same semantics as if they were using the write() family of system calls. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09[CRYPTO] cryptomgr: Fix use after freeHerbert Xu1-4/+3
By the time kthread_run returns the param may have already been freed so writing the returned thread_struct pointer to param is wrong. In fact, we don't need it in param anyway so this patch simply puts it on the stack. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2007-05-09[SPARC64]: Optimize fault kprobe handling just like powerpc.David S. Miller4-44/+29
And eliminate DIE_GPF while we're at it. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC]: Wire up utimensat syscall.David S. Miller5-3/+10
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64]: Fix request_irq() ignored result warnings in PCI controller code.David S. Miller3-46/+104
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64]: Kill asm-sparc64/pbm.hDavid S. Miller11-141/+124
Everything it contains can be hidden in pci_impl.h Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[ATYFB]: Fix sparc includes.David S. Miller2-2/+2
No need to use asm/pbm.h here. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[QLA2XXX]: Fix build on sparc.David S. Miller1-7/+4
We now use pci_device_to_OF_node() to get properties and of_get_property() returns const pointers. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64]: Removal of trivial pci_controller_info uses.David S. Miller3-67/+58
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64]: Move index info pci_pbm_info.David S. Miller9-159/+137
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64]: Move {setup,teardown}_msi_irq into pci_pbm_info.David S. Miller3-131/+119
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64]: Move pci_ops into pci_pbm_info.David S. Miller7-10/+7
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64] SBUS: Error interrupt registry cleanups.David S. Miller1-6/+6
Do not use IRQF_SHARED, these interrupt numbers should all be unique. Also use name strings without spaces in them just like PCI controller drivers do, for consistency. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64] PCI: Use root list of pbm's instead of pci_controller_info'sDavid S. Miller8-315/+187
The idea is to move more and more things into the pbm, with the eventual goal of eliminating the pci_controller_info entirely as there really isn't any need for it. This stage of the transformations requires some reworking of the PCI error interrupt handling. It might be tricky to get rid of the pci_controller_info parenting for a few reasons: 1) When we get an uncorrectable or correctable error we want to interrogate the IOMMU and streaming cache of both PBMs for error status. These errors come from the UPA front-end which is shared between the two PBM PCI bus segments. Historically speaking this is why I choose the datastructure hierarchy of pci_controller_info-->pci_pbm_info 2) The probing does a portid/devhandle match to look for the 'other' pbm, but this is entirely an artifact and can be eliminated trivially. What we could do to solve #1 is to have a "buddy" pointer from one pbm to another. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64] PCI: Kill PROM_PCIRNG_MAX and PROM_PCIIMAP_MAX.David S. Miller1-6/+0
They are totally unused. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-09[SPARC64] PCI: Use common routine to fetch PBM properties.David S. Miller8-47/+20
Namely bus-range and ino-bitmap. This allows us also to eliminate pci_controller_info's pci_{first,last}_busno fields as only the pbm ones are used now. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-08mmc: use lock instead of claim in debug checkPierre Ossman1-4/+6
As mmc_detect_change() can be called from irq context, using claim (which can sleep) is inherently unsafe. Use the host spinlock instead, which also is faster. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2007-05-08mmc: Use menuconfig objectsJan Engelhardt4-18/+15
Change Kconfig objects from "menu, config" into "menuconfig" so that the user can disable the whole feature without having to enter the menu first. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2007-05-08disable socket power in adapter driver instead of media oneAlex Dubov3-15/+26
Socket power must be fully controlled by adapter driver. This also prevents unnecessary power-off of the socket when media driver is unloaded, yet media remains in the socket. Signed-off-by: Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2007-05-08Fix sunrpc warning noiseGeert Uytterhoeven1-4/+4
Commit c5a4dd8b7c15927a8fbff83171b57cad675a79b9 introduced the following compiler warnings: net/sunrpc/sched.c:766: warning: format '%u' expects type 'unsigned int', but argument 3 has type 'size_t' net/sunrpc/sched.c:785: warning: format '%u' expects type 'unsigned int', but argument 2 has type 'size_t' - Use %zu to format size_t - Kill 2 useless casts Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Remove unused variable in get_unmapped_areaRoland McGrath1-1/+0
Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08sm501fb printk warning fixesAndrew Morton1-1/+1
drivers/video/sm501fb.c: In function 'sm501fb_cursor': drivers/video/sm501fb.c:992: warning: format '%08x' expects type 'unsigned int', but argument 3 has type 'long unsigned int' drivers/video/sm501fb.c:992: warning: format '%08x' expects type 'unsigned int', but argument 4 has type 'long unsigned int' Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08xilinxfb: xilinx framebuffer device driverAndrei Konovalov4-0/+400
Add support for the video controller IP block included into Xilinx ML300 and ML403 reference designs. Signed-off-by: Andrei Konovalov <akonovalov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08pm2fb: fix of jumps in pm2fb_probeKrzysztof Helt1-2/+2
This patch fixes incorrect targets of jumps when an error occurs in the pm2fb_probe. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08skeletonfb: improvementsKrzysztof Helt1-2/+4
This patch adds a macro to register PCI ids table and corrects type of xxxfb_fix variable to avoid modpost warnings. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08pm2fb: removal of pm2fb_par fieldsKrzysztof Helt1-10/+7
This patch removes two redundant fields in the pm2fb_par structure. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08skeletonfb: more correctionsKrzysztof Helt1-21/+5
More corrections to skeletonfb.c file: - fixed types of more arguments - removed returned values in void functions - removed not existing fb_poll function - fixed closing comment typo - corrected misleading constant name ADDR Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Acked-By: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08vga16fb: actually support widths in multiples of 8Antonino A. Daplas1-2/+2
vga16fb does not just support 8-pixel wide rectangles, but rectangles with widths in multiples of 8. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08vgacon: disallow console operations when in KD_GRAPHICS modeAntonino A. Daplas1-1/+4
Reported by James Pearson as: boot to run level 3 if not root, then make sure /dev/console is writeable login and type: setterm -blank 0 start X type into an xterm: while true; do echo "" > /dev/console; usleep 100000; done while the above loop is running switch to the text console and back again (Ctrl-Alt-F1 then Ctrl-Alt-F7) ... and the screen will be shifting (and wrapping) to the left. This problem stems from continuously writing text to the system console (which is in KD_TEXT mode) while the foreground console is in KD_GRAPHICS mode. Somewhere along the way, console printing got confused and omitted the KD_GRAPHICS/KD_TEXT test. Thus, vgacon attempted to scroll the screen of X, which causes X to shift. Fix by disallowing vgacon to touch the hardware when the vc is in KD_GRAPHICS mode. A definitive fix entails a full audit of the console code. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Use menuconfig objects II: video/logoJan Engelhardt1-17/+13
Change Kconfig objects from "menu, config" into "menuconfig" so that the user can disable the whole feature without having to enter the menu first. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08pm2fb: accelerated fillrect and copyareaKrzysztof Helt1-4/+128
This is a port of accelerated functions from 2.4 kernel. Only fillrect and copyarea are accelerated. Fillrect is not accelerated in 24-bit mode. [adaplas] Add appropriate flags Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08s3fb: updatesOndrej Zajicek3-9/+13
Move s3fb_get_tilemax to svgalib.c as svga_get_tilemax, because it reports limitation of other code from svgalib (svga_settile, svga_tilecopy, ...) Limit font width to 8 pixels in 4 bpp mode. Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08pm2fb: memclock setting correctionsKrzysztof Helt1-2/+2
This patch disables a memory clock setting if a board has been initialized by BIOS. This allows using the memory clock set by manufacturer of the board. This patch also sets default clock for 3dlabs Permedia 2V reference board's clock to 75MHz (BIOS setting for EONtronic Permedia 2Vboard), because the default 83MHz can be too high. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08pm2fb: reset transparency settingskrzysztof.h1@wp.pl1-0/+2
This patch resets transparency settings when depth changes. Otherwise the 16 and 24-bit modes work incorrectly after switching from 32-bit mode. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt < krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08fbcon: check console-fb mapping in fbcon_get_requirementAntonino A. Daplas1-9/+8
- Check the console-to-fb mapping in fbcon_get_requirement(), otherwise the value returned may not be valid for the driver. - Minor cleanup Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>