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* Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc-mergeLinus Torvalds2006-04-1819-116/+171
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc-merge: powerpc: Use correct sequence for putting CPU into nap mode [PATCH] spufs: fix context-switch decrementer code [PATCH] powerpc32: Set cpu explicitly in kernel compiles [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: bugfix: balance calls to pci_device_put [PATCH] powerpc: Fix machine detection in prom_init.c [PATCH] ppc32: Fix string comparing in platform_notify_map [PATCH] powerpc: Avoid __initcall warnings [PATCH] powerpc: Ensure runlatch is off in the idle loop powerpc: Fix CHRP booting - needs a define_machine call powerpc: iSeries has only 256 IRQs
| * powerpc: Use correct sequence for putting CPU into nap modePaul Mackerras2006-04-187-65/+101
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We weren't using the recommended sequence for putting the CPU into nap mode. When I changed the idle loop, for some reason 7447A cpus started hanging when we put them into nap mode. Changing to the recommended sequence fixes that. The complexity here is that the recommended sequence is a loop that keeps putting the cpu back into nap mode. Clearly we need some way to break out of the loop when an interrupt (external interrupt, decrementer, performance monitor) occurs. Here we use a bit in the thread_info struct to indicate that we need this, and the exception entry code notices this and arranges for the exception to return to the value in the link register, thus breaking out of the loop. We use a new `local_flags' field in the thread_info which we can alter without needing to use an atomic update sequence. The PPC970 has the same recommended sequence, so we do the same thing there too. This also fixes a bug in the kernel stack overflow handling code on 32-bit, since it was causing a value that we needed in a register to get trashed. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * [PATCH] spufs: fix context-switch decrementer codeJordi Caubet2006-04-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We found that when the 'decrementer' is saved, the PPE saves the current time 'csa->suspend_time'. When restoring the 'decrementer', (Step 34) decrementer seems to be adjusted with the number of cycles th= at a spu thread has not been running. In that code it is missing a substract ('-') because 'delta_time' is assigned a not substracted(see bellow). Acked-by: Mark Nutter <mnutter@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * [PATCH] powerpc32: Set cpu explicitly in kernel compilesOlaf Hering2006-04-131-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Compile the 32bit kernel with -mcpu=powerpc. This reduces the imagesize when a compiler is used that defaults to -mtune=power4. It inserts lots of nops to please the 64bit cpu instruction scheduling. But all these nops are not needed for 32bit kernels. Example with SLES10 gcc 4.1.0 and arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig: vmlinux vmlinux.strip vmlinux.gz -O2 4980515 4187528 1846829 -Os 4618801 3827084 1673333 -O2 -mcpu=powerpc 4738851 3945868 1816253 -Os -mcpu=powerpc 4532785 3741068 1664688 Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: bugfix: balance calls to pci_device_putLinas Vepstas2006-04-131-2/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Repeated calls to eeh_remove_device() can result in multiple (and thus unbalanced) calls to pci_dev_put(). Make sure the pci_device_put() is called only once (since there was only one call to the matching pci_device_get()). Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * [PATCH] powerpc: Fix machine detection in prom_init.cMichael Ellerman2006-04-131-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In e8222502ee6157e2713da9e0792c21f4ad458d50 the detection of machine types in prom_init broke for some machines. We should be checking /device_type instead of /model. This should make Power3 and Power4 boot again. Haven't been able to test this. We also need to relocate before comparing. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * [PATCH] powerpc: Avoid __initcall warningsAnton Blanchard2006-04-132-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix __initcall return in proc_rtas_init and rtas_init. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * [PATCH] powerpc: Ensure runlatch is off in the idle loopAnton Blanchard2006-04-131-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since external and decrementer interrupts set the runlatch on, we need to ensure its set off again in the idle loop. At the moment we dont turn it off in the inner loop. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * powerpc: Fix CHRP booting - needs a define_machine callPaul Mackerras2006-04-053-26/+25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The patch removing _machine and converting platforms over to use define_machine wasn't complete as far as CHRP was concerned. This adds the define_machine call for CHRP and gets it booting again. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * powerpc: iSeries has only 256 IRQsStephen Rothwell2006-04-042-14/+29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The iSeries Hypervisor only allows us to specify IRQ numbers up to 255 (it has a u8 field to pass it in). This patch allows platforms to specify a maximum to the virtual IRQ numbers we will use and has iSeries set that to 255. If not set, the maximum is NR_IRQS - 1 (as before). Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
* | [PATCH] splice: add support for sys_tee()Jens Axboe2006-04-111-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Basically an in-kernel implementation of tee, which uses splice and the pipe buffers as an intelligent way to pass data around by reference. Where the user space tee consumes the input and produces a stdout and file output, this syscall merely duplicates the data inside a pipe to another pipe. No data is copied, the output just grabs a reference to the input pipe data. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
* | [PATCH] Configurable NODES_SHIFTYasunori Goto2006-04-111-0/+5
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current implementations define NODES_SHIFT in include/asm-xxx/numnodes.h for each arch. Its definition is sometimes configurable. Indeed, ia64 defines 5 NODES_SHIFT values in the current git tree. But it looks a bit messy. SGI-SN2(ia64) system requires 1024 nodes, and the number of nodes already has been changeable by config. Suitable node's number may be changed in the future even if it is other architecture. So, I wrote configurable node's number. This patch set defines just default value for each arch which needs multi nodes except ia64. But, it is easy to change to configurable if necessary. On ia64 the number of nodes can be already configured in generic ia64 and SN2 config. But, NODES_SHIFT is defined for DIG64 and HP'S machine too. So, I changed it so that all platforms can be configured via CONFIG_NODES_SHIFT. It would be simpler. See also: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114358010523896&w=2 Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/inputLinus Torvalds2006-04-021-0/+24
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: (26 commits) Input: add support for Braille devices Input: synaptics - limit rate to 40pps on Toshiba Protege M300 Input: gamecon - add SNES mouse support Input: make modalias code respect allowed buffer size Input: convert /proc handling to seq_file Input: limit attributes' output to PAGE_SIZE Input: gameport - fix memory leak Input: serio - fix memory leak Input: zaurus keyboard driver updates Input: i8042 - fix logic around pnp_register_driver() Input: ns558 - fix logic around pnp_register_driver() Input: pcspkr - separate device and driver registration Input: atkbd - allow disabling on X86_PC (if EMBEDDED) Input: atkbd - disable softrepeat for dumb keyboards Input: atkbd - fix complaints about 'releasing unknown key 0x7f' Input: HID - fix duplicate key mapping for Logitech UltraX remote Input: use kzalloc() throughout the code Input: fix input_free_device() implementation Input: initialize serio and gameport at subsystem level Input: uinput - semaphore to mutex conversion ...
| * Manual merge with Linus.Dmitry Torokhov2006-04-02228-2144/+11996
| |\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c drivers/input/keyboard/hil_kbd.c drivers/input/mouse/hil_ptr.c
| * | Input: pcspkr - separate device and driver registrationMichael Neuling2006-03-141-0/+24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The current pcspkr code combines the device and driver registration. This patch splits these, putting the device registration in the arch specific code. PowerPC and MIPS only have the pcspkr present sometimes. Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc: iSeries needs slb_initialize to be calledStephen Rothwell2006-04-021-6/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since the powerpc 64k pages patch went in, systems that have SLBs (like Power4 iSeries) needed to have slb_initialize called to set up some variables for the SLB miss handler. This was not being called on the boot processor on iSeries, so on single cpu iSeries machines, we would get apparent memory curruption as soon as we entered user mode. This patch fixes that by calling slb_initialize on the boot cpu if the processor has an SLB. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | powerpc: hook up the splice syscallPaul Mackerras2006-04-011-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc/cell: compile fixesDave Jones2006-04-012-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missing include for __NR_syscalls, and missing sys_splice() that causes build-time failure due to compile-time bounds check on spu_syscall_table. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc: trivial spelling fixes in fault.cAnton Blanchard2006-04-011-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This comment exceeded my bad spelling threshold :) Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: EEH CleanupNathan Fontenot2006-04-011-32/+30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch removes unnecessary exports, marks functions as static when possible, and simplifies some list-related code. Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: misc lparcfg fixesWill Schmidt2006-04-011-4/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes several problems with the lparcfg code. In case someone gets a sense of deja-vu, part of this was submitted last Sep, I thought the changes went in, but either got backed out, or just got lost. First, change the local_buffer declaration to be unsigned char *. We had a bad-math problem in a 2.4 tree which was built with a "-fsigned-char" parm. I dont believe we ever build with that parm now-a-days, but to be safe, I'd prefer the declaration be explicit. Second, fix a bad math calculation for splpar_strlen. Third, on the rtas_call for get-system-parameter, pass in RTAS_DATA_BUF_SIZE for the rtas_data_buf size, instead of letting random data determine the size. Until recently, we've had a sufficiently large 'random data' value get passed in, so the function just happens to have worked OK. Now it's getting passed a '0', which causes the rtas_call to return success, but no data shows up in the buffer. (oops!). This was found by the LTC test org. This is in a branch of code that only gets run on SPLPAR systems. Tested on power5 Lpar. Signed-off-by: Will Schmidt <willschm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: fix device name printing, again.Linas Vepstas2006-04-011-3/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The recent patch to print device names in EEH reset messages was lacking ... this patch works better. Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc: Extends HCALL interface for InfiniBand usageHeiko J Schick2006-04-012-1/+102
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This extends the HCALL interface for InfiniBand usage. I've made the patch against the linux-2.6 git tree and Segher's patch: [PATCH] Change H_StudlyCaps to H_SHOUTING_CAPS We moved this into the common powerpc code based on comments we got after posting the first eHCA InfiniBand device driver patch. Signed-off-by: Heiko j Schick <schickhj@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Change H_StudlyCaps to H_SHOUTING_CAPSSegher Boessenkool2006-04-018-52/+52
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Also cleans up some nearby whitespace problems. Signed-off-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: print message if EEH recovery failsLinas Vepstas2006-04-011-2/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The current code prints an ambiguous message if the recovery of a failed PCI device fails. Give this special case its own unique message. Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: mutex lock to serialize EEH event processingLinas Vepstas2006-04-011-12/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This forces the processing of EEH PCI events to be serialized, using a very simple mutex lock. This serialization is required to avoid races involving additional PCI device failures that may occur during the recovery phase of a previous failure. Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | Merge branch 'for_paulus' of ↵Paul Mackerras2006-04-014-52/+43
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| * | powerpc: converted embedded platforms to use new define_machine supportKumar Gala2006-03-303-46/+40
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Removed platform_init usage on 83xx and 85xx and use define_machine and probe(). For now we always return true in the problem since you can only build for one specific board at a time. This is an artificial constraint. When we get ride of it we will need to update the Kconfig's for these sub-arch's and make the board's probe() functions actually do something. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
| * | powerpc: merge machine_check_exception between ppc32 & ppc64Kumar Gala2006-03-301-6/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Make machine_check_exception handling code path the same on ppc32 & ppc64. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
* | | [PATCH] unexport get_wchanAdrian Bunk2006-03-311-1/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The only user of get_wchan is the proc fs - and proc can't be built modular. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | | [PATCH] Don't pass boot parameters to argv_init[]OGAWA Hirofumi2006-03-311-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The boot cmdline is parsed in parse_early_param() and parse_args(,unknown_bootoption). And __setup() is used in obsolete_checksetup(). start_kernel() -> parse_args() -> unknown_bootoption() -> obsolete_checksetup() If __setup()'s callback (->setup_func()) returns 1 in obsolete_checksetup(), obsolete_checksetup() thinks a parameter was handled. If ->setup_func() returns 0, obsolete_checksetup() tries other ->setup_func(). If all ->setup_func() that matched a parameter returns 0, a parameter is seted to argv_init[]. Then, when runing /sbin/init or init=app, argv_init[] is passed to the app. If the app doesn't ignore those arguments, it will warning and exit. This patch fixes a wrong usage of it, however fixes obvious one only. Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | | [PATCH] Mark unwind info for signal trampolines in vDSOsJakub Jelinek2006-03-312-2/+2
|/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mark unwind info for signal trampolines using the new S augmentation flag introduced in: http://gcc.gnu.org/PR26208. GCC 4.2 (or patched earlier GCC) will be able to special case unwinding through frames right above signal trampolines. As the augmentations start with z flag and S is at the very end of the augmentation string, older GCCs will just skip the S flag as unknown (that's why an augmentation flag was chosen over say a new CFA opcode). Signed-off-by: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] powerpc: Remove oprofile spinlock backtrace codeAnton Blanchard2006-03-292-41/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Remove oprofile spinlock backtrace code now we have proper calltrace support. Also make MMCRA sihv and sipr bits a variable since they may change in future cpus. Finally, MMCRA should be a 64bit quantity. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | [PATCH] powerpc: Add oprofile calltrace support to all powerpc cpusAnton Blanchard2006-03-293-5/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add calltrace support for other powerpc cpus. Tested on 7450. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | [PATCH] powerpc: Add oprofile calltrace supportBrian Rogan2006-03-294-4/+130
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add oprofile calltrace support to powerpc. Disable spinlock backtracing now we can use calltrace info. (Updated to work on both 32bit and 64bit by me). Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | [PATCH] for_each_possible_cpu: powerpcKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki2006-03-2913-20/+20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | for_each_cpu() actually iterates across all possible CPUs. We've had mistakes in the past where people were using for_each_cpu() where they should have been iterating across only online or present CPUs. This is inefficient and possibly buggy. We're renaming for_each_cpu() to for_each_possible_cpu() to avoid this in the future. This patch replaces for_each_cpu with for_each_possible_cpu. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | [PATCH] lock PTE before updating it in 440/BookE page fault handlerEugene Surovegin2006-03-292-15/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix 44x and BookE page fault handler to correctly lock PTE before trying to pte_update() it, otherwise this PTE might be swapped out after pte_present() check but before pte_uptdate() call, resulting in corrupted PTE. This can happen with enabled preemption and low memory condition. Signed-off-by: Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | Merge ../linux-2.6Paul Mackerras2006-03-297-59/+22
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| * | [PATCH] mark f_ops const in the inodeArjan van de Ven2006-03-281-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mark the f_ops members of inodes as const, as well as fix the ripple-through this causes by places that copy this f_ops and then "do stuff" with it. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| * | [PATCH] RTC: Remove RTC UIP synchronization on PPC MapleMatt Mackall2006-03-281-22/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| * | [PATCH] RTC: Remove RTC UIP synchronization on CHRP (arch/powerpc)Matt Mackall2006-03-281-20/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| * | [PATCH] Notifier chain update: API changesAlan Stern2006-03-273-14/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The kernel's implementation of notifier chains is unsafe. There is no protection against entries being added to or removed from a chain while the chain is in use. The issues were discussed in this thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113018709002036&w=2 We noticed that notifier chains in the kernel fall into two basic usage classes: "Blocking" chains are always called from a process context and the callout routines are allowed to sleep; "Atomic" chains can be called from an atomic context and the callout routines are not allowed to sleep. We decided to codify this distinction and make it part of the API. Therefore this set of patches introduces three new, parallel APIs: one for blocking notifiers, one for atomic notifiers, and one for "raw" notifiers (which is really just the old API under a new name). New kinds of data structures are used for the heads of the chains, and new routines are defined for registration, unregistration, and calling a chain. The three APIs are explained in include/linux/notifier.h and their implementation is in kernel/sys.c. With atomic and blocking chains, the implementation guarantees that the chain links will not be corrupted and that chain callers will not get messed up by entries being added or removed. For raw chains the implementation provides no guarantees at all; users of this API must provide their own protections. (The idea was that situations may come up where the assumptions of the atomic and blocking APIs are not appropriate, so it should be possible for users to handle these things in their own way.) There are some limitations, which should not be too hard to live with. For atomic/blocking chains, registration and unregistration must always be done in a process context since the chain is protected by a mutex/rwsem. Also, a callout routine for a non-raw chain must not try to register or unregister entries on its own chain. (This did happen in a couple of places and the code had to be changed to avoid it.) Since atomic chains may be called from within an NMI handler, they cannot use spinlocks for synchronization. Instead we use RCU. The overhead falls almost entirely in the unregister routine, which is okay since unregistration is much less frequent that calling a chain. Here is the list of chains that we adjusted and their classifications. None of them use the raw API, so for the moment it is only a placeholder. ATOMIC CHAINS ------------- arch/i386/kernel/traps.c: i386die_chain arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c: ia64die_chain arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c: powerpc_die_chain arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c: sparc64die_chain arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c: die_chain drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c: xaction_notifier_list kernel/panic.c: panic_notifier_list kernel/profile.c: task_free_notifier net/bluetooth/hci_core.c: hci_notifier net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c: ip_conntrack_chain net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c: ip_conntrack_expect_chain net/ipv6/addrconf.c: inet6addr_chain net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c: nf_conntrack_chain net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c: nf_conntrack_expect_chain net/netlink/af_netlink.c: netlink_chain BLOCKING CHAINS --------------- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c: pSeries_reconfig_chain arch/s390/kernel/process.c: idle_chain arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c idle_notifier drivers/base/memory.c: memory_chain drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c cpufreq_policy_notifier_list drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c cpufreq_transition_notifier_list drivers/macintosh/adb.c: adb_client_list drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c sleep_notifier_list drivers/macintosh/via-pmu68k.c sleep_notifier_list drivers/macintosh/windfarm_core.c wf_client_list drivers/usb/core/notify.c usb_notifier_list drivers/video/fbmem.c fb_notifier_list kernel/cpu.c cpu_chain kernel/module.c module_notify_list kernel/profile.c munmap_notifier kernel/profile.c task_exit_notifier kernel/sys.c reboot_notifier_list net/core/dev.c netdev_chain net/decnet/dn_dev.c: dnaddr_chain net/ipv4/devinet.c: inetaddr_chain It's possible that some of these classifications are wrong. If they are, please let us know or submit a patch to fix them. Note that any chain that gets called very frequently should be atomic, because the rwsem read-locking used for blocking chains is very likely to incur cache misses on SMP systems. (However, if the chain's callout routines may sleep then the chain cannot be atomic.) The patch set was written by Alan Stern and Chandra Seetharaman, incorporating material written by Keith Owens and suggestions from Paul McKenney and Andrew Morton. [jes@sgi.com: restructure the notifier chain initialization macros] Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| * | [PATCH] for_each_online_pgdat: renaming for_each_pgdatKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki2006-03-271-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Replace for_each_pgdat() with for_each_online_pgdat(). Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc: Kill _machine and hard-coded platform numbersBenjamin Herrenschmidt2006-03-2833-459/+451
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This removes statically assigned platform numbers and reworks the powerpc platform probe code to use a better mechanism. With this, board support files can simply declare a new machine type with a macro, and implement a probe() function that uses the flattened device-tree to detect if they apply for a given machine. We now have a machine_is() macro that replaces the comparisons of _machine with the various PLATFORM_* constants. This commit also changes various drivers to use the new macro instead of looking at _machine. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] powerpc: a couple of trivial compile warning fixesStephen Rothwell2006-03-282-3/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | Merge branch '85xx' of ↵Paul Mackerras2006-03-2858-34/+4533
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| * | | powerpc: remove OCP referencesKumar Gala2006-03-272-11/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OCP isn't used in arch/powerpc and hopefully will never be. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
| * | | powerpc: Make uImage default build output for MPC8540 ADSKumar Gala2006-03-272-18/+26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When we build for the MPC8540 ADS produce a uImage by default. Updated the defconfig to reflect this as well. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
| * | | powerpc: move math-emu over to arch/powerpcKumar Gala2006-03-2754-5/+4507
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Towards the goal of having arch/powerpc not build anything over in arch/ppc move math-emu over. Also, killed some references to arch/ppc/ in the arch/powerpc Makefile which should belong in drivers/ when the particular sub-arch's move over to arch/powerpc. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
* | | | Merge branch 'misc' of ↵Paul Mackerras2006-03-281-13/+1
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