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2009-03-27Merge branch 'core/percpu' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2Ingo Molnar1-1/+6
Conflicts: arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap_64.h arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h kernel/irq/handle.c Semantic merge: arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-27Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+3
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (26 commits) posix timers: fix RLIMIT_CPU && fork() time: ntp: fix bug in ntp_update_offset() & do_adjtimex(), fix time: ntp: clean up second_overflow() time: ntp: simplify ntp_tick_adj calculations time: ntp: make 64-bit constants more robust time: ntp: refactor do_adjtimex() some more time: ntp: refactor do_adjtimex() time: ntp: fix bug in ntp_update_offset() & do_adjtimex() time: ntp: micro-optimize ntp_update_offset() time: ntp: simplify ntp_update_offset_fll() time: ntp: refactor and clean up ntp_update_offset() time: ntp: refactor up ntp_update_frequency() time: ntp: clean up ntp_update_frequency() time: ntp: simplify the MAX_TICKADJ_SCALED definition time: ntp: simplify the second_overflow() code flow time: ntp: clean up kernel/time/ntp.c x86: hpet: stop HPET_COUNTER when programming periodic mode x86: hpet: provide separate functions to stop and start the counter x86: hpet: print HPET registers during setup (if hpet=verbose is used) time: apply NTP frequency/tick changes immediately ...
2009-03-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds1-0/+3
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: (81 commits) [S390] remove duplicated #includes [S390] cpumask: use mm_cpumask() wrapper [S390] cpumask: Use accessors code. [S390] cpumask: prepare for iterators to only go to nr_cpu_ids/nr_cpumask_bits. [S390] cpumask: remove cpu_coregroup_map [S390] fix clock comparator save area usage [S390] Add hwcap flag for the etf3 enhancement facility [S390] Ensure that ipl panic notifier is called late. [S390] fix dfp elf hwcap/facility bit detection [S390] smp: perform initial cpu reset before starting a cpu [S390] smp: fix memory leak on __cpu_up [S390] ipl: Improve checking logic and remove switch defaults. [S390] s390dbf: Remove needless check for NULL pointer. [S390] s390dbf: Remove redundant initilizations. [S390] use kzfree() [S390] BUG to BUG_ON changes [S390] zfcpdump: Prevent zcore from beeing built as a kernel module. [S390] Use csum_partial in checksum.h [S390] cleanup lowcore.h [S390] eliminate ipl_device from lowcore ...
2009-03-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6Linus Torvalds1-5/+0
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (61 commits) Dynamic debug: fix pr_fmt() build error Dynamic debug: allow simple quoting of words dynamic debug: update docs dynamic debug: combine dprintk and dynamic printk sysfs: fix some bin_vm_ops errors kobject: don't block for each kobject_uevent sysfs: only allow one scheduled removal callback per kobj Driver core: Fix device_move() vs. dpm list ordering, v2 Driver core: some cleanup on drivers/base/sys.c Driver core: implement uevent suppress in kobject vcs: hook sysfs devices into object lifetime instead of "binding" driver core: fix passing platform_data driver core: move platform_data into platform_device sysfs: don't block indefinitely for unmapped files. driver core: move knode_bus into private structure driver core: move knode_driver into private structure driver core: move klist_children into private structure driver core: create a private portion of struct device driver core: remove polling for driver_probe_done(v5) sysfs: reference sysfs_dirent from sysfs inodes ... Fixed conflicts in drivers/sh/maple/maple.c manually
2009-03-26Merge branch 'timers/hpet' into timers/coreIngo Molnar1-1/+3
2009-03-26[S390] hvc_iucv: Provide IUCV z/VM user ID filteringHendrik Brueckner1-0/+3
This patch introduces the kernel parameter hvc_iucv_allow= that specifies a comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs. If specified, the z/VM IUCV hypervisor console device driver accepts IUCV connections from listed z/VM user IDs only. Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-03-25dynamic debug: combine dprintk and dynamic printkJason Baron1-5/+0
This patch combines Greg Bank's dprintk() work with the existing dynamic printk patchset, we are now calling it 'dynamic debug'. The new feature of this patchset is a richer /debugfs control file interface, (an example output from my system is at the bottom), which allows fined grained control over the the debug output. The output can be controlled by function, file, module, format string, and line number. for example, enabled all debug messages in module 'nf_conntrack': echo -n 'module nf_conntrack +p' > /mnt/debugfs/dynamic_debug/control to disable them: echo -n 'module nf_conntrack -p' > /mnt/debugfs/dynamic_debug/control A further explanation can be found in the documentation patch. Signed-off-by: Greg Banks <gnb@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris1-5/+9
2009-03-01Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/patIngo Molnar1-2/+4
2009-02-28Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-2/+2
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: enable DMAR by default xen: disable interrupts early, as start_kernel expects gpu/drm, x86, PAT: io_mapping_create_wc and resource_size_t gpu/drm, x86, PAT: Handle io_mapping_create_wc() errors in a clean way x86, Voyager: fix compile by lifting the degeneracy of phys_cpu_present_map x86, doc: fix references to Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt
2009-02-25ide: ide.c 'clear' fix, update "ide=nodma" documentationDavid Fries1-2/+4
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt - ide=nodma is no longer valid. drivers/ide/Kconfig - The module is ide-core.ko not ide. drivers/ide/ide.c - It took me a while to figure out what the arguments %d.%d:%d to nodma module parameter ment, so I added a comment to each. - Added a comment to each of the sscanf lines. - There is a bug, if j is 0 it would previously clear all the other bits except the current device, changed in three different places. mask &= (1 << i) should be mask &= ~(1 << i). Signed-off-by: David Fries <david@fries.net> [bart: s/disk/device/ in ide.c, beautify patch description] Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2009-02-25x86: update description for memtest boot parameterAndreas Herrmann1-1/+6
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-24x86, doc: fix references to Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txtKyle McMartin1-2/+2
Impact: Documentation fix The amazing dancing boot.txt file has jumped places again. It should never have been in Documentation/x86/i386, since it never was 32-bit-specific, but it unfortunately ended up there for a while. Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2009-02-23acpi/doc: add missing param valueRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Add missing parameter value to list of available values for acpi=<value>. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-22x86: hpet: print HPET registers during setup (if hpet=verbose is used)Andreas Herrmann1-1/+3
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com> Cc: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-06Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris1-37/+92
Conflicts: fs/namei.c Manually merged per: diff --cc fs/namei.c index 734f2b5,bbc15c2..0000000 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@@ -860,9 -848,8 +849,10 @@@ static int __link_path_walk(const char nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE; err = exec_permission_lite(inode); if (err == -EAGAIN) - err = vfs_permission(nd, MAY_EXEC); + err = inode_permission(nd->path.dentry->d_inode, + MAY_EXEC); + if (!err) + err = ima_path_check(&nd->path, MAY_EXEC); if (err) break; @@@ -1525,14 -1506,9 +1509,14 @@@ int may_open(struct path *path, int acc flag &= ~O_TRUNC; } - error = vfs_permission(nd, acc_mode); + error = inode_permission(inode, acc_mode); if (error) return error; + - error = ima_path_check(&nd->path, ++ error = ima_path_check(path, + acc_mode & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC)); + if (error) + return error; /* * An append-only file must be opened in append mode for writing. */ Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-02-06integrity: IMA as an integrity service providerMimi Zohar1-0/+9
IMA provides hardware (TPM) based measurement and attestation for file measurements. As the Trusted Computing (TPM) model requires, IMA measures all files before they are accessed in any way (on the integrity_bprm_check, integrity_path_check and integrity_file_mmap hooks), and commits the measurements to the TPM. Once added to the TPM, measurements can not be removed. In addition, IMA maintains a list of these file measurements, which can be used to validate the aggregate value stored in the TPM. The TPM can sign these measurements, and thus the system can prove, to itself and to a third party, the system's integrity in a way that cannot be circumvented by malicious or compromised software. - alloc ima_template_entry before calling ima_store_template() - log ima_add_boot_aggregate() failure - removed unused IMA_TEMPLATE_NAME_LEN - replaced hard coded string length with #define name Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-02-06integrity: IMA hooksMimi Zohar1-0/+1
This patch replaces the generic integrity hooks, for which IMA registered itself, with IMA integrity hooks in the appropriate places directly in the fs directory. Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-02-05x86: disable intel_iommu support by defaultKyle McMartin1-0/+2
Due to recurring issues with DMAR support on certain platforms. There's a number of filesystem corruption incidents reported: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479996 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12578 Provide a Kconfig option to change whether it is enabled by default. If disabled, it can still be reenabled by passing intel_iommu=on to the kernel. Keep the .config option off by default. Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-By: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-18sound: Remove removed OSS kernel parameters from docHenrik Kretzschmar1-7/+0
Remove removed OSS kernel parameters from kernel-parameters.txt Remove the kernel parameters from the OSS drivers of the chips es1371 (removed 10-2007/2.6.24) and cs4232 (removed 02-2008/2.6.25) from the kernel parameters documentation. Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nachtwindheim.de> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-01-10Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds1-2/+2
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: [S390] update documentation for hvc_iucv kernel parameter. [S390] hvc_iucv: Special handling of IUCV HVC devices [S390] hvc_iucv: Refactor console and device initialization [S390] hvc_iucv: Update function documentation [S390] hvc_iucv: Limit rate of outgoing IUCV messages [S390] hvc_iucv: Change IUCV term id and use one device as default [S390] Use unsigned long long for u64 on 64bit. [S390] qdio: fix broken pointer in case of CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is disabled [S390] vdso: compile fix [S390] remove code for oldselect system call [S390] types: add/fix types.h include in header files [S390] dasd: add device attribute to disable blocking on lost paths [S390] dasd: send change uevents for dasd block devices [S390] tape block: fix dependencies [S390] asm-s390/posix_types.h: drop __USE_ALL usage [S390] gettimeofday.S: removed duplicated #includes [S390] ptrace: no extern declarations for userspace
2009-01-09[S390] update documentation for hvc_iucv kernel parameter.Hendrik Brueckner1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-01-09Merge branch 'linus' into releaseLen Brown1-10/+122
2009-01-09Merge branch 'suspend' into releaseLen Brown1-19/+26
2009-01-09ACPI : Use RSDT instead of XSDT by adding boot option of "acpi=rsdt"Zhao Yakui1-0/+1
On some boxes there exist both RSDT and XSDT table. But unfortunately sometimes there exists the following error when XSDT table is used: a. 32/64X address mismatch b. The 32/64X FACS address mismatch In such case the boot option of "acpi=rsdt" is provided so that RSDT is tried instead of XSDT table when the system can't work well. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8246 Signed-off-by: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com> cc:Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-01-08memcg: mem+swap controller KconfigKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki1-0/+3
Config and control variable for mem+swap controller. This patch adds CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP (memory resource controller swap extension.) For accounting swap, it's obvious that we have to use additional memory to remember "who uses swap". This adds more overhead. So, it's better to offer "choice" to users. This patch adds 2 choices. This patch adds 2 parameters to enable swap extension or not. - CONFIG - boot option Reviewed-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-08Merge branch 'linux-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+4
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (98 commits) PCI PM: Put PM callbacks in the order of execution PCI PM: Run default PM callbacks for all devices using new framework PCI PM: Register power state of devices during initialization PCI PM: Call pci_fixup_device from legacy routines PCI PM: Rearrange code in pci-driver.c PCI PM: Avoid touching devices behind bridges in unknown state PCI PM: Move pci_has_legacy_pm_support PCI PM: Power-manage devices without drivers during suspend-resume PCI PM: Add suspend counterpart of pci_reenable_device PCI PM: Fix poweroff and restore callbacks PCI: Use msleep instead of cpu_relax during ASPM link retraining PCI: PCIe portdrv: Add kerneldoc comments to remining core funtions PCI: PCIe portdrv: Rearrange code so that related things are together PCI: PCIe portdrv: Fix suspend and resume of PCI Express port services PCI: PCIe portdrv: Add kerneldoc comments to some core functions x86/PCI: Do not use interrupt links for devices using MSI-X net: sfc: Use pci_clear_master() to disable bus mastering PCI: Add pci_clear_master() as opposite of pci_set_master() PCI hotplug: remove redundant test in cpq hotplug PCI: pciehp: cleanup register and field definitions ...
2009-01-07resource: allow MMIO exclusivity for device driversArjan van de Ven1-0/+4
Device drivers that use pci_request_regions() (and similar APIs) have a reasonable expectation that they are the only ones accessing their device. As part of the e1000e hunt, we were afraid that some userland (X or some bootsplash stuff) was mapping the MMIO region that the driver thought it had exclusively via /dev/mem or via various sysfs resource mappings. This patch adds the option for device drivers to cause their reserved regions to the "banned from /dev/mem use" list, so now both kernel memory and device-exclusive MMIO regions are banned. NOTE: This is only active when CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is set. In addition to the config option, a kernel parameter iomem=relaxed is provided for the cases where developers want to diagnose, in the field, drivers issues from userspace. Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2009-01-07USB: storage: make the "quirks=" module parameter writableAlan Stern1-0/+7
This patch (as1190) makes usb-storage's "quirks=" module parameter writable, so that users can add entries for their devices at runtime with no need to reboot or reload usb-storage. New codes are added for the SANE_SENSE, CAPACITY_HEURISTICS, and CAPACITY_OK flags. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-07USB: usb-storage: add "quirks=" module parameterAlan Stern1-0/+29
This patch (as1163b) adds a "quirks=" module parameter to usb-storage. This will allow people to make short-term changes to their unusual_devs list without rebuilding the entire driver. Testing will become much easier, and less-sophisticated users will be able to access their buggy devices after a simple config-file change instead of having to wait for a new kernel release. The patch also adds a documentation entry for usb-storage's "delay_use" parameter, which has been around for years but but was never listed among the kernel parameters. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-07coredump_filter: permit changing of the default filterHidehiro Kawai1-0/+5
Introduce a new kernel parameter `coredump_filter'. Setting a value to this parameter causes the default bitmask of coredump_filter to be changed. It is useful for users to change coredump_filter settings for the whole system at boot time. Without this parameter, users have to change coredump_filter settings for each /proc/<pid>/ in an initializing script. Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-07doc: reformat some long lines in kernel-parameters.txtRandy Dunlap1-7/+7
Reformat text to (mostly) stay within 80 columns of text. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-07docs: add more early params to kernel-parameters.txtRandy Dunlap1-0/+6
Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-07documentation: update header file pathsRandy Dunlap1-2/+2
Update several Documentation/ files and a few sub-dir files (only one change in each) to reflect changed header files locations. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-12-28Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds1-0/+11
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: (85 commits) [S390] provide documentation for hvc_iucv kernel parameter. [S390] convert ctcm printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert zfcp printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert vmlogrdr printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert zfcp dumper printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert cpu related printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert qeth printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert sclp printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert iucv printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert ap_bus printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert dcssblk and extmem printks messages to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert monwriter printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert s390 debug feature printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert monreader printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert appldata printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert setup printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert hypfs printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert time printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert cpacf printks to pr_xxx macros. [S390] convert cio printks to pr_xxx macros. ...
2008-12-28Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+12
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (241 commits) sched, trace: update trace_sched_wakeup() tracing/ftrace: don't trace on early stage of a secondary cpu boot, v3 Revert "x86: disable X86_PTRACE_BTS" ring-buffer: prevent false positive warning ring-buffer: fix dangling commit race ftrace: enable format arguments checking x86, bts: memory accounting x86, bts: add fork and exit handling ftrace: introduce tracing_reset_online_cpus() helper tracing: fix warnings in kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c tracing: fix warning in kernel/trace/trace.c tracing/ring-buffer: remove unused ring_buffer size trace: fix task state printout ftrace: add not to regex on filtering functions trace: better use of stack_trace_enabled for boot up code trace: add a way to enable or disable the stack tracer x86: entry_64 - introduce FTRACE_ frame macro v2 tracing/ftrace: add the printk-msg-only option tracing/ftrace: use preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace in ring_buffer_time_stamp() x86, bts: correctly report invalid bts records ... Fixed up trivial conflict in scripts/recordmcount.pl due to SH bits being already partly merged by the SH merge.
2008-12-28Merge branch 'x86-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+32
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (246 commits) x86: traps.c replace #if CONFIG_X86_32 with #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 x86: PAT: fix address types in track_pfn_vma_new() x86: prioritize the FPU traps for the error code x86: PAT: pfnmap documentation update changes x86: PAT: move track untrack pfnmap stubs to asm-generic x86: PAT: remove follow_pfnmap_pte in favor of follow_phys x86: PAT: modify follow_phys to return phys_addr prot and return value x86: PAT: clarify is_linear_pfn_mapping() interface x86: ia32_signal: remove unnecessary declaration x86: common.c boot_cpu_stack and boot_exception_stacks should be static x86: fix intel x86_64 llc_shared_map/cpu_llc_id anomolies x86: fix warning in arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c x86: ia32.h: remove unused struct sigfram32 and rt_sigframe32 x86: asm-offset_64: use rt_sigframe_ia32 x86: sigframe.h: include headers for dependency x86: traps.c declare functions before they get used x86: PAT: update documentation to cover pgprot and remap_pfn related changes - v3 x86: PAT: add pgprot_writecombine() interface for drivers - v3 x86: PAT: change pgprot_noncached to uc_minus instead of strong uc - v3 x86: PAT: implement track/untrack of pfnmap regions for x86 - v3 ...
2008-12-25[S390] provide documentation for hvc_iucv kernel parameter.Hendrik Brueckner1-0/+3
Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25[S390] cpu topology: introduce kernel parameterHeiko Carstens1-0/+8
Introduce a topology=[on|off] kernel parameter which allows to switch cpu topology on/off. Default will be off, since it looks like that for some workloards this doesn't behave very well (on s390). Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25Merge branches 'x86/pat2' and 'x86/fpu'; commit 'v2.6.28' into x86/coreIngo Molnar1-4/+7
2008-12-25Merge branch 'next' into for-linusJames Morris1-0/+4
2008-12-24Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/hw-branch-tracingIngo Molnar1-4/+7
2008-12-23Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/cpufeature', ↵Ingo Molnar1-1/+32
'x86/crashdump', 'x86/debug', 'x86/defconfig', 'x86/detect-hyper', 'x86/doc', 'x86/dumpstack', 'x86/early-printk', 'x86/fpu', 'x86/idle', 'x86/io', 'x86/memory-corruption-check', 'x86/microcode', 'x86/mm', 'x86/mtrr', 'x86/nmi-watchdog', 'x86/pat2', 'x86/pci-ioapic-boot-irq-quirks', 'x86/ptrace', 'x86/quirks', 'x86/reboot', 'x86/setup-memory', 'x86/signal', 'x86/sparse-fixes', 'x86/time', 'x86/uv' and 'x86/xen' into x86/core
2008-12-19doc: fix kernel-parameters.txt formattingRandy Dunlap1-18/+22
Spell out "wrt". I suspect plenty of people won't know what that means. Fix a '}' that should be a ']'. Reformat long lines into shorter lines. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-12-19ACPI hibernate: Introduce new kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s4_nonvsRafael J. Wysocki1-1/+4
On some machines it may be necessary to disable the saving/restoring of the ACPI NVS memory region during hibernation/resume. For this purpose, introduce new ACPI kernel command line option acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs. Based on a patch by Zhang Rui. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@tuxonice.net> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-12-19ACPI: fix 2.6.28 acpi.debug_level regressionBjorn Helgaas1-4/+7
acpi_early_init() was changed to over-write the cmdline param, making it really inconvenient to set debug flags at boot-time. Also, This sets the default level to "info", which is what all the ACPI drivers use. So to enable messages from drivers, you only have to supply the "layer" (a.k.a. "component"). For non-"info" ACPI core and ACPI interpreter messages, you have to supply both level and layer masks, as before. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-12-18trace: add a way to enable or disable the stack tracerSteven Rostedt1-0/+4
Impact: enhancement to stack tracer The stack tracer currently is either on when configured in or off when it is not. It can not be disabled when it is configured on. (besides disabling the function tracer that it uses) This patch adds a way to enable or disable the stack tracer at run time. It defaults off on bootup, but a kernel parameter 'stacktrace' has been added to enable it on bootup. A new sysctl has been added "kernel.stack_tracer_enabled" to let the user enable or disable the stack tracer at run time. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-04Merge branch 'master' into nextJames Morris1-3/+8
Conflicts: fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c Manually fixed above to use new creds API functions, e.g. nfs4_save_creds(). Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-11-23Merge branches 'tracing/profiling', 'tracing/options' and 'tracing/urgent' ↵Ingo Molnar1-3/+8
into tracing/core
2008-11-20Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+3
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: more general identifier for Phoenix BIOS AMD IOMMU: check for next_bit also in unmapped area AMD IOMMU: fix fullflush comparison length AMD IOMMU: enable device isolation per default AMD IOMMU: add parameter to disable device isolation x86, PEBS/DS: fix code flow in ds_request() x86: add rdtsc barrier to TSC sync check xen: fix scrub_page() x86: fix es7000 compiling x86, bts: fix unlock problem in ds.c x86, voyager: fix smp generic helper voyager breakage x86: move iomap.h to the new include location