Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:

 - the rest of MM

 - procfs updates

 - various misc things

 - more y2038 fixes

 - get_maintainer updates

 - lib/ updates

 - checkpatch updates

 - various epoll updates

 - autofs updates

 - hfsplus

 - some reiserfs work

 - fatfs updates

 - signal.c cleanups

 - ipc/ updates

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (166 commits)
  ipc/util.c: update return value of ipc_getref from int to bool
  ipc/util.c: further variable name cleanups
  ipc: simplify ipc initialization
  ipc: get rid of ids->tables_initialized hack
  lib/rhashtable: guarantee initial hashtable allocation
  lib/rhashtable: simplify bucket_table_alloc()
  ipc: drop ipc_lock()
  ipc/util.c: correct comment in ipc_obtain_object_check
  ipc: rename ipcctl_pre_down_nolock()
  ipc/util.c: use ipc_rcu_putref() for failues in ipc_addid()
  ipc: reorganize initialization of kern_ipc_perm.seq
  ipc: compute kern_ipc_perm.id under the ipc lock
  init/Kconfig: remove EXPERT from CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
  fs/sysv/inode.c: use ktime_get_real_seconds() for superblock stamp
  adfs: use timespec64 for time conversion
  kernel/sysctl.c: fix typos in comments
  drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c: remove redundant pointer md
  fork: don't copy inconsistent signal handler state to child
  signal: make get_signal() return bool
  signal: make sigkill_pending() return bool
  ...

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
index a7613e1b0c87..20561a60db9c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
@@ -75,9 +75,19 @@ struct bug_entry {
 
 /*
  * WARN(), WARN_ON(), WARN_ON_ONCE, and so on can be used to report
- * significant issues that need prompt attention if they should ever
- * appear at runtime.  Use the versions with printk format strings
- * to provide better diagnostics.
+ * significant kernel issues that need prompt attention if they should ever
+ * appear at runtime.
+ *
+ * Do not use these macros when checking for invalid external inputs
+ * (e.g. invalid system call arguments, or invalid data coming from
+ * network/devices), and on transient conditions like ENOMEM or EAGAIN.
+ * These macros should be used for recoverable kernel issues only.
+ * For invalid external inputs, transient conditions, etc use
+ * pr_err[_once/_ratelimited]() followed by dump_stack(), if necessary.
+ * Do not include "BUG"/"WARNING" in format strings manually to make these
+ * conditions distinguishable from kernel issues.
+ *
+ * Use the versions with printk format strings to provide better diagnostics.
  */
 #ifndef __WARN_TAINT
 extern __printf(3, 4)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/export.h b/include/asm-generic/export.h
index 68efb950a918..4d73e6e3c66c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/export.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/export.h
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 #define KSYM_FUNC(x) x
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-#define __put .quad
 #ifndef KSYM_ALIGN
 #define KSYM_ALIGN 8
 #endif
 #else
-#define __put .long
 #ifndef KSYM_ALIGN
 #define KSYM_ALIGN 4
 #endif
@@ -19,6 +17,16 @@
 #define KCRC_ALIGN 4
 #endif
 
+.macro __put, val, name
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
+	.long	\val - ., \name - .
+#elif defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
+	.quad	\val, \name
+#else
+	.long	\val, \name
+#endif
+.endm
+
 /*
  * note on .section use: @progbits vs %progbits nastiness doesn't matter,
  * since we immediately emit into those sections anyway.