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Linus Torvalds b81a618dcd Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  deal with races in /proc/*/{syscall,stack,personality}
  proc: enable writing to /proc/pid/mem
  proc: make check_mem_permission() return an mm_struct on success
  proc: hold cred_guard_mutex in check_mem_permission()
  proc: disable mem_write after exec
  mm: implement access_remote_vm
  mm: factor out main logic of access_process_vm
  mm: use mm_struct to resolve gate vma's in __get_user_pages
  mm: arch: rename in_gate_area_no_task to in_gate_area_no_mm
  mm: arch: make in_gate_area take an mm_struct instead of a task_struct
  mm: arch: make get_gate_vma take an mm_struct instead of a task_struct
  x86: mark associated mm when running a task in 32 bit compatibility mode
  x86: add context tag to mark mm when running a task in 32-bit compatibility mode
  auxv: require the target to be tracable (or yourself)
  close race in /proc/*/environ
  report errors in /proc/*/*map* sanely
  pagemap: close races with suid execve
  make sessionid permissions in /proc/*/task/* match those in /proc/*
  fix leaks in path_lookupat()

Fix up trivial conflicts in fs/proc/base.c
2011-03-23 20:51:42 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 2f284c8463 Merge branch 'devel' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm
* 'devel' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (35 commits)
  ARM: Update (and cut down) mach-types
  ARM: 6771/1: vexpress: add support for multiple core tiles
  ARM: 6797/1: hw_breakpoint: Fix newlines in WARNings
  ARM: 6751/1: vexpress: select applicable errata workarounds in Kconfig
  ARM: 6753/1: omap4: Enable ARM local timers with OMAP4430 es1.0 exception
  ARM: 6759/1: smp: Select local timers vs broadcast timer support runtime
  ARM: pgtable: add pud-level code
  ARM: 6673/1: LPAE: use phys_addr_t instead of unsigned long for start of membanks
  ARM: Use long long format when printing meminfo physical addresses
  ARM: integrator: add Integrator/CP sched_clock support
  ARM: realview/vexpress: consolidate SMP bringup code
  ARM: realview/vexpress: consolidate localtimer support
  ARM: integrator/versatile: consolidate FPGA IRQ handling code
  ARM: rationalize versatile family Kconfig/Makefile
  ARM: realview: remove old AMBA device DMA definitions
  ARM: versatile: remove old AMBA device DMA definitions
  ARM: vexpress: use new init_early for clock tree and sched_clock init
  ARM: realview: use new init_early for clock tree and sched_clock init
  ARM: versatile: use new init_early for clock tree and sched_clock init
  ARM: integrator: use new init_early for clock tree init
  ...
2011-03-23 20:37:26 -07:00
Olaf Hering 93a72052be crash_dump: export is_kdump_kernel to modules, consolidate elfcorehdr_addr, setup_elfcorehdr and saved_max_pfn
The Xen PV drivers in a crashed HVM guest can not connect to the dom0
backend drivers because both frontend and backend drivers are still in
connected state.  To run the connection reset function only in case of a
crashdump, the is_kdump_kernel() function needs to be available for the PV
driver modules.

Consolidate elfcorehdr_addr, setup_elfcorehdr and saved_max_pfn into
kernel/crash_dump.c Also export elfcorehdr_addr to make is_kdump_kernel()
usable for modules.

Leave 'elfcorehdr' as early_param().  This changes powerpc from __setup()
to early_param().  It adds an address range check from x86 also on ia64
and powerpc.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: additional #includes]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove elfcorehdr_addr export]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix for Tejun's mm/nobootmem.c changes]
Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:47:19 -07:00
FUJITA Tomonori 8547727756 remove dma64_addr_t
There is no user now.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:47:18 -07:00
Alexandre Bounine c1256ebe6a rapidio: remove mport resource reservation from common RIO code
Removes resource reservation from the common sybsystem initialization code
and make it part of mport driver initialization.  This resolves conflict
with resource reservation by device specific mport drivers.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Cc: Thomas Moll <thomas.moll@sysgo.com>
Cc: Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:43 -07:00
Alexandre Bounine 569fccb6b4 rapidio: modify mport ID assignment
Changes mport ID and host destination ID assignment to implement unified
method common to all mport drivers.  Makes "riohdid=" kernel command line
parameter common for all architectures with support for more that one host
destination ID assignment.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Cc: Thomas Moll <thomas.moll@sysgo.com>
Cc: Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:43 -07:00
Alexandre Bounine 2f809985d2 rapidio: modify subsystem and driver initialization sequence
Subsystem initialization sequence modified to support presence of multiple
RapidIO controllers in the system.  The new sequence is compatible with
initialization of PCI devices.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Cc: Thomas Moll <thomas.moll@sysgo.com>
Cc: Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:42 -07:00
Alexandre Bounine 388b78adc9 rapidio: modify configuration to support PCI-SRIO controller
1. Add an option to include RapidIO support if the PCI is available.
2. Add FSL_RIO configuration option to enable controller selection.
3. Add RapidIO support option into x86 and MIPS architectures.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Acked-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Cc: Thomas Moll <thomas.moll@sysgo.com>
Cc: Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:42 -07:00
Alexandre Bounine f8f0626989 rapidio: add architecture specific callbacks
This set of patches eliminates RapidIO dependency on PowerPC architecture
and makes it available to other architectures (x86 and MIPS).  It also
enables support of new platform independent RapidIO controllers such as
PCI-to-SRIO and PCI Express-to-SRIO.

This patch:

Extend number of mport callback functions to eliminate direct linking of
architecture specific mport operations.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Cc: Thomas Moll <thomas.moll@sysgo.com>
Cc: Micha Nelissen <micha@neli.hopto.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:41 -07:00
Akinobu Mita 61f2e7b0f4 bitops: remove minix bitops from asm/bitops.h
minix bit operations are only used by minix filesystem and useless by
other modules.  Because byte order of inode and block bitmaps is different
on each architecture like below:

m68k:
	big-endian 16bit indexed bitmaps

h8300, microblaze, s390, sparc, m68knommu:
	big-endian 32 or 64bit indexed bitmaps

m32r, mips, sh, xtensa:
	big-endian 32 or 64bit indexed bitmaps for big-endian mode
	little-endian bitmaps for little-endian mode

Others:
	little-endian bitmaps

In order to move minix bit operations from asm/bitops.h to architecture
independent code in minix filesystem, this provides two config options.

CONFIG_MINIX_FS_BIG_ENDIAN_16BIT_INDEXED is only selected by m68k.
CONFIG_MINIX_FS_NATIVE_ENDIAN is selected by the architectures which use
native byte order bitmaps (h8300, microblaze, s390, sparc, m68knommu,
m32r, mips, sh, xtensa).  The architectures which always use little-endian
bitmaps do not select these options.

Finally, we can remove minix bit operations from asm/bitops.h for all
architectures.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:22 -07:00
Akinobu Mita 3fca5af786 m68k: remove inline asm from minix_find_first_zero_bit
As a preparation for moving minix bit operations from asm/bitops.h to
architecture independent code in minix filesystem, this removes inline asm
from minix_find_first_zero_bit() for m68k.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:21 -07:00
Akinobu Mita f312eff816 bitops: remove ext2 non-atomic bitops from asm/bitops.h
As the result of conversions, there are no users of ext2 non-atomic bit
operations except for ext2 filesystem itself.  Now we can put them into
architecture independent code in ext2 filesystem, and remove from
asm/bitops.h for all architectures.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:21 -07:00
Akinobu Mita 861b5ae7cd bitops: introduce little-endian bitops for most architectures
Introduce little-endian bit operations to the big-endian architectures
which do not have native little-endian bit operations and the
little-endian architectures.  (alpha, avr32, blackfin, cris, frv, h8300,
ia64, m32r, mips, mn10300, parisc, sh, sparc, tile, x86, xtensa)

These architectures can just include generic implementation
(asm-generic/bitops/le.h).

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Kazumoto Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@atmel.com>
Acked-by: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:15 -07:00
Akinobu Mita c1e6ca7a50 m68knommu: introduce little-endian bitops
Introduce little-endian bit operations by renaming native ext2 bit
operations.  The ext2 bit operations are kept as wrapper macros using
little-endian bit operations to maintain bisectability until the
conversions are finished.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:14 -07:00
Akinobu Mita 0664996b7c bitops: introduce CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_BIT_LE
This introduces CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_BIT_LE to tell whether to use generic
implementation of find_*_bit_le() in lib/find_next_bit.c or not.

For now we select CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_BIT_LE for all architectures which
enable CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT.

But m68knommu wants to define own faster find_next_zero_bit_le() and
continues using generic find_next_{,zero_}bit().
(CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT and !CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_BIT_LE)

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:14 -07:00
Akinobu Mita 3f5527fe7e m68k: introduce little-endian bitops
Introduce little-endian bit operations by renaming native ext2 bit
operations and changing find_*_bit_le() to take a "void *".  The ext2 bit
operations are kept as wrapper macros using little-endian bit operations
to maintain bisectability until the conversions are finished.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:13 -07:00
Akinobu Mita f6b57e322f arm: introduce little-endian bitops
Introduce little-endian bit operations by renaming native ext2 bit
operations.  The ext2 and minix bit operations are kept as wrapper macros
using little-endian bit operations to maintain bisectability until the
conversions are finished.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:13 -07:00
Akinobu Mita 50b9b475c5 s390: introduce little-endian bitops
Introduce little-endian bit operations by renaming native ext2 bit
operations.  The ext2 bit operations are kept as wrapper macros using
little-endian bit operations to maintain bisectability until the
conversions are finished.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:12 -07:00
Akinobu Mita f57d7ff1b8 powerpc: introduce little-endian bitops
Introduce little-endian bit operations by renaming existing powerpc native
little-endian bit operations and changing them to take any pointer types.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:12 -07:00
Akinobu Mita a56560b3b2 asm-generic: change little-endian bitops to take any pointer types
This makes the little-endian bitops take any pointer types by changing the
prototypes and adding casts in the preprocessor macros.

That would seem to at least make all the filesystem code happier, and they
can continue to do just something like

  #define ext2_set_bit __test_and_set_bit_le

(or whatever the exact sequence ends up being).

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Kazumoto Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@atmel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:12 -07:00
Akinobu Mita c4945b9ed4 asm-generic: rename generic little-endian bitops functions
As a preparation for providing little-endian bitops for all architectures,
This renames generic implementation of little-endian bitops.  (remove
"generic_" prefix and postfix "_le")

s/generic_find_next_le_bit/find_next_bit_le/
s/generic_find_next_zero_le_bit/find_next_zero_bit_le/
s/generic_find_first_zero_le_bit/find_first_zero_bit_le/
s/generic___test_and_set_le_bit/__test_and_set_bit_le/
s/generic___test_and_clear_le_bit/__test_and_clear_bit_le/
s/generic_test_le_bit/test_bit_le/
s/generic___set_le_bit/__set_bit_le/
s/generic___clear_le_bit/__clear_bit_le/
s/generic_test_and_set_le_bit/test_and_set_bit_le/
s/generic_test_and_clear_le_bit/test_and_clear_bit_le/

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@atmel.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:11 -07:00
Luck, Tony f48fea035b ia64: fix build breakage in asm/thread_info.h
In commit 504f52b543
    mm: NUMA aware alloc_task_struct_node()

Eric Dumazet forgot a "\".  Add it.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23 19:46:09 -07:00
Stephen Wilson cae5d39032 mm: arch: rename in_gate_area_no_task to in_gate_area_no_mm
Now that gate vma's are referenced with respect to a particular mm and not a
particular task it only makes sense to propagate the change to this predicate as
well.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-23 16:36:55 -04:00
Stephen Wilson 83b964bbf8 mm: arch: make in_gate_area take an mm_struct instead of a task_struct
Morally, the question of whether an address lies in a gate vma should be asked
with respect to an mm, not a particular task.  Moreover, dropping the dependency
on task_struct will help make existing and future operations on mm's more
flexible and convenient.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-23 16:36:54 -04:00
Stephen Wilson 31db58b3ab mm: arch: make get_gate_vma take an mm_struct instead of a task_struct
Morally, the presence of a gate vma is more an attribute of a particular mm than
a particular task.  Moreover, dropping the dependency on task_struct will help
make both existing and future operations on mm's more flexible and convenient.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-23 16:36:54 -04:00
Stephen Wilson 375906f876 x86: mark associated mm when running a task in 32 bit compatibility mode
This patch simply follows the same practice as for setting the TIF_IA32 flag.
In particular, an mm is marked as holding 32-bit tasks when a 32-bit binary is
exec'ed.  Both ELF and a.out formats are updated.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-23 16:36:53 -04:00
Stephen Wilson c2ef45df3b x86: add context tag to mark mm when running a task in 32-bit compatibility mode
This tag is intended to mirror the thread info TIF_IA32 flag.  Will be used to
identify mm's which support 32 bit tasks running in compatibility mode without
requiring a reference to the task itself.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-23 16:36:52 -04:00
Linus Torvalds 4bbba111d9 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6:
  ALSA: HDA: Realtek: Avoid unnecessary volume control index on Surround/Side
  ASoC: Support !REGULATOR build for sgtl5000
  ALSA: hda - VIA: Fix VT1708 can't build up Headphone control issue
  ALSA: hda - VIA: Correct stream names for VT1818S
  ALSA: hda - VIA: Fix codec type for VT1708BCE at the right timing
  ALSA: hda - VIA: Fix invalid A-A path volume adjust issue
  ALSA: hda - VIA: Add missing support for VT1718S in A-A path
  ALSA: hda - VIA: Fix independent headphone no sound issue
  ALSA: hda - VIA: Fix stereo mixer recording no sound issue
  ALSA: hda - Set EAPD for Realtek ALC665
  ALSA: usb - Remove trailing spaces from USB card name strings
  sound: read i_size with i_size_read()
  ASoC: Remove bogus check for register validity in debugfs write
  ASoC: mini2440: Fix uda134x codec problem.
2011-03-23 07:58:09 -07:00
Takashi Iwai ce24f58a11 Merge branch 'topic/asoc' into for-linus 2011-03-23 12:05:01 +01:00
Linus Torvalds 6447f55da9 Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx: (66 commits)
  avr32: at32ap700x: fix typo in DMA master configuration
  dmaengine/dmatest: Pass timeout via module params
  dma: let IMX_DMA depend on IMX_HAVE_DMA_V1 instead of an explicit list of SoCs
  fsldma: make halt behave nicely on all supported controllers
  fsldma: reduce locking during descriptor cleanup
  fsldma: support async_tx dependencies and automatic unmapping
  fsldma: fix controller lockups
  fsldma: minor codingstyle and consistency fixes
  fsldma: improve link descriptor debugging
  fsldma: use channel name in printk output
  fsldma: move related helper functions near each other
  dmatest: fix automatic buffer unmap type
  drivers, pch_dma: Fix warning when CONFIG_PM=n.
  dmaengine/dw_dmac fix: use readl & writel instead of __raw_readl & __raw_writel
  avr32: at32ap700x: Specify DMA Flow Controller, Src and Dst msize
  dw_dmac: Setting Default Burst length for transfers as 16.
  dw_dmac: Allow src/dst msize & flow controller to be configured at runtime
  dw_dmac: Changing type of src_master and dest_master to u8.
  dw_dmac: Pass Channel Priority from platform_data
  dw_dmac: Pass Channel Allocation Order from platform_data
  ...
2011-03-22 17:53:13 -07:00
David Rientjes 1c00f0161f x86: allow CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API to be disabled
Not all 64-bit systems require ISA-style DMA, so allow it to be
configurable.  x86 utilizes the generic ISA DMA allocator from
kernel/dma.c, so require it only when CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API is enabled.

Disabling CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API is dependent on x86_64 since those machines
do not have ISA slots and benefit the most from disabling the option (and
on CONFIG_EXPERT as required by H.  Peter Anvin).

When disabled, this also avoids declaring claim_dma_lock(),
release_dma_lock(), request_dma(), and free_dma() since those interfaces
will no longer be provided.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:16 -07:00
David Rientjes 8df3bd9e18 x86: only compile floppy driver if CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API is enabled
The generic floppy disk driver utilizies the interface provided by
CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API, specifically claim_dma_lock(), release_dma_lock(),
request_dma(), and free_dma().  Thus, there's a strict dependency on the
config option and the driver should only be loaded if the kernel supports
ISA-style DMA.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:16 -07:00
David Rientjes 4061d68e1a x86: only compile 8237A if CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API is enabled
8237A utilizes the interface provided by CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API, specifically
claim_dma_lock() and release_dma_lock().  Thus, there's a strict
dependency on the config option and the module should only be loaded if
the kernel supports ISA-style DMA.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:16 -07:00
Olaf Hering d404ab0a11 move x86 specific oops=panic to generic code
The oops=panic cmdline option is not x86 specific, move it to generic code.
Update documentation.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:11 -07:00
FUJITA Tomonori 3e50594e8e add the common dma_addr_t typedef to include/linux/types.h
All architectures can use the common dma_addr_t typedef now. We can
remove the arch specific dma_addr_t.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:09 -07:00
Richard Weinberger 8a06dc4d52 um: remove file pointer from ioctl
Commit 6caa76b ("tty: now phase out the ioctl file pointer for good")
removed the ioctl file pointer.  User Mode Linux's line driver uses this
ioctl and needs a signature update too.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:09 -07:00
Paul Pluzhnikov 13e165baf6 uml: kernels on {i386,x86_64} produce bad coredumps
One of our users reported that when a user-level program SIGSEGVs under
UML kernel, the resulting core dump is not very usable.

I have reproduced that with the latest kernel:

  make ARCH=um defconfig; make ARCH=um

Run the resulting kernel, then "inside" run this program:

#include <pthread.h>

void *fn(void *p)
{
 abort();
}

int main()
{
 pthread_t tid;
 pthread_create(&tid, 0, fn, 0);
 pthread_join(tid, 0);
 return 0;
}

Analyze the coredump with GDB. Here is what you'll see:

sudo gdb -q -ex 'set solib-absolute-prefix ../root_fs' -ex 'file ../root_fs/var/tmp/mt-abort' -ex 'core ../root_fs/var/tmp/core.762'
Reading symbols from /usr/local/google/root_fs/var/tmp/mt-abort...done.
[New Thread 763]
[New Thread 762]
Core was generated by `./mt-abort'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
#0  0x0000000040255250 in raise () from ../root_fs/lib64/libc.so.6
(gdb) info thread
  2 Thread 762  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
* 1 Thread 763  0x0000000040255250 in raise () from ../root_fs/lib64/libc.so.6

Note that thread#2 looks funny.

(gdb) thread 2
[Switching to thread 2 (Thread 762)]#0  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) info reg
rax            0x0      0
rbx            0x0      0
rcx            0x0      0
rdx            0x0      0
rsi            0x0      0
rdi            0x0      0
rbp            0x0      0x0
rsp            0x0      0x0
r8             0x0      0
r9             0x0      0
r10            0x0      0
r11            0x0      0
r12            0x0      0
r13            0x0      0
r14            0x0      0
r15            0x0      0
rip            0x0      0
eflags         0x0      [ ]
cs             0x0      0
ss             0x0      0
ds             0x0      0
es             0x0      0
fs             0x0      0
gs             0x0      0

Examining the core shows that NT_PRSTATUS notes for all threads other than
the one that crashed are zeroed out.

I believe this is happening because neither ELF_CORE_COPY_TASK_REGS nor
task_pt_regs are defined under ARCH=um, and so elf_core_copy_task_regs()
becomes a no-op.

Attached patch fixes this for SUBARCH={x86_64,i386}.

Signed-off-by: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:09 -07:00
Eric Dumazet b6a84016bd mm: NUMA aware alloc_thread_info_node()
Add a node parameter to alloc_thread_info(), and change its name to
alloc_thread_info_node()

This change is needed to allow NUMA aware kthread_create_on_cpu()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:01 -07:00
Eric Dumazet 504f52b543 mm: NUMA aware alloc_task_struct_node()
All kthreads being created from a single helper task, they all use memory
from a single node for their kernel stack and task struct.

This patch suite creates kthread_create_on_cpu(), adding a 'cpu' parameter
to parameters already used by kthread_create().

This parameter serves in allocating memory for the new kthread on its
memory node if available.

Users of this new function are : ksoftirqd, kworker, migration, pktgend...

This patch:

Add a node parameter to alloc_task_struct(), and change its name to
alloc_task_struct_node()

This change is needed to allow NUMA aware kthread_create_on_cpu()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22 17:44:01 -07:00
Jamie Iles 3ea205c449 avr32: at32ap700x: fix typo in DMA master configuration
Commit 4aa5f36643 (avr32: at32ap700x: specify DMA src and dst
masters) specified the masters for the ac97c playback device
but incorrectly set them in the capture slave information rather
than playback.

Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@atmel.com>
Reported-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com>
Acked-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
[rebased on dmaengine for 2.6.39 (d42efe6b)]
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2011-03-22 15:34:56 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 73d5a8675f Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of 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:
  xen: update mask_rw_pte after kernel page tables init changes
  xen: set max_pfn_mapped to the last pfn mapped
  x86: Cleanup highmap after brk is concluded

Fix up trivial onflict (added header file includes) in
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
2011-03-22 10:41:36 -07:00
Linus Torvalds e77277dfe2 Merge branch 'next-samsung' of git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linux
* 'next-samsung' of git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linux:
  ARM: H1940/RX1950: Change default LED triggers
  ARM: S3C2442: RX1950: Add support for LED blinking
  ARM: S3C2442: RX1950: Retain LEDs state in suspend
  ARM: S3C2410: H1940: Fix lcd_power_set function
  ARM: S3C2410: H1940: Add battery support
  ARM: S3C2410: H1940: Use leds-gpio driver for LEDs managing
  ARM: S3C2410: H1940: Make h1940-bluetooth.c compile again
  ARM: S3C2410: H1940: Add keys device
2011-03-22 10:06:54 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 75ea6358bc Merge branch 'for-linus/2639/i2c-2' of git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linux
* 'for-linus/2639/i2c-2' of git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linux:
  i2c-pxa2xx: Don't clear isr bits too early
  i2c-pxa2xx: Fix register offsets
  i2c-pxa2xx: pass of_node from platform driver to adapter and publish
  i2c-pxa2xx: check timeout correctly
  i2c-pxa2xx: add support for shared IRQ handler
  i2c-pxa2xx: Add PCI support for PXA I2C controller
  ARM: pxa2xx: reorganize I2C files
  i2c-pxa2xx: use dynamic register layout
  i2c-mxs: set controller to pio queue mode after reset
  i2c-eg20t: support new device OKI SEMICONDUCTOR ML7213 IOH
  i2c/busses: Add support for Diolan U2C-12 USB-I2C adapter
2011-03-22 10:05:27 -07:00
Vasily Khoruzhick 9edb240696 ARM: H1940/RX1950: Change default LED triggers
Change LED triggers to mimic WinMobile behavior:
red blinking when battery is charging,
orange solid when battery is charged.

Signed-off-by: Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
2011-03-21 23:29:43 +00:00
Linus Torvalds 10effcb548 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  FS: lookup_mnt() is only used in the core fs routines now
  bfs: fix bitmap size argument to find_first_zero_bit()
  fs: Use BUG_ON(!mnt) at dentry_open().
  fs: devpts_pty_new() return -ENOMEM if dentry allocation failed
  nfs: lock() vs unlock() typo
  pstore: fix leaking ->i_private
  introduce sys_syncfs to sync a single file system
  Small typo fix...
  Filesystem: fifo: Fixed coding style issue.
  fs/inode: Fix kernel-doc format for inode_init_owner
  select: remove unused MAX_SELECT_SECONDS
  vfs: cleanup do_vfs_ioctl()
2011-03-21 10:06:51 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 4e76ae4406 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/parisc-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/parisc-2.6:
  [PARISC] Convert to new irq_chip functions
  [PARISC] fix per-cpu flag problem in the cpu affinity checkers
  [PARISC] fix vmap flush/invalidate
  eliminate special FLUSH flag from page table
  parisc: flush pages through tmpalias space
2011-03-21 10:04:53 -07:00
Linus Torvalds f19ade4dfb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6:
  sparc: Add {open_by,name_to}_handle_at and clock_adjtime syscalls.
  sparc: Implement of_iomap().
  sparc: Implement of_address_to_resource().
  sparc: Provide NO_IRQ definition.
2011-03-21 09:53:04 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 111f4268bd Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc
* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc:
  powerpc/ptrace: Remove BUG_ON when full register set not available
  powerpc: Factoring mpic cpu id fetching into a function
  powerpc: Make MPIC honor the "pic-no-reset" device tree property
  powerpc: Document the Open PIC device tree binding
  powerpc/pci: Fix crash in PCI code on ppc64 when matching device nodes
2011-03-21 09:52:27 -07:00
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior b459396ee9 ARM: pxa2xx: reorganize I2C files
This patch moves the platform data definition from
arch/arm/plat-pxa/include/plat/i2c.h to include/linux/i2c/pxa-i2c.h so
it can be accessed from x86 the same way as on ARM.

This change should make no functional change to the PXA code. The move
is verified by building the following defconfigs:
  cm_x2xx_defconfig corgi_defconfig em_x270_defconfig ezx_defconfig
  imote2_defconfig pxa3xx_defconfig spitz_defconfig zeus_defconfig
  raumfeld_defconfig magician_defconfig mmp2_defconfig pxa168_defconfig
  pxa910_defconfig

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
2011-03-21 09:09:33 +00:00
Sage Weil b7ed78f565 introduce sys_syncfs to sync a single file system
It is frequently useful to sync a single file system, instead of all
mounted file systems via sync(2):

 - On machines with many mounts, it is not at all uncommon for some of
   them to hang (e.g. unresponsive NFS server).  sync(2) will get stuck on
   those and may never get to the one you do care about (e.g., /).
 - Some applications write lots of data to the file system and then
   want to make sure it is flushed to disk.  Calling fsync(2) on each
   file introduces unnecessary ordering constraints that result in a large
   amount of sub-optimal writeback/flush/commit behavior by the file
   system.

There are currently two ways (that I know of) to sync a single super_block:

 - BLKFLSBUF ioctl on the block device: That also invalidates the bdev
   mapping, which isn't usually desirable, and doesn't work for non-block
   file systems.
 - 'mount -o remount,rw' will call sync_filesystem as an artifact of the
   current implemention.  Relying on this little-known side effect for
   something like data safety sounds foolish.

Both of these approaches require root privileges, which some applications
do not have (nor should they need?) given that sync(2) is an unprivileged
operation.

This patch introduces a new system call syncfs(2) that takes an fd and
syncs only the file system it references.  Maybe someday we can

 $ sync /some/path

and not get

 sync: ignoring all arguments

The syscall is motivated by comments by Al and Christoph at the last LSF.
syncfs(2) seems like an appropriate name given statfs(2).

A similar ioctl was also proposed a while back, see
	http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=127970513829285&w=2

Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-21 00:40:29 -04:00