kernel/linux.git/drivers/misc, branch v3.18.3

misc: genwqe: check for error from get_user_pages_fast()

2015-01-16T14:59:50+00:00

commit cf35d6e0475982667b0d2d318fb27be4b8849827 upstream. `genwqe_user_vmap()` calls `get_user_pages_fast()` and if the return value is less than the number of pages requested, it frees the pages and returns an error (`-EFAULT`). However, it fails to consider a negative error return value from `get_user_pages_fast()`. In that case, the test `if (rc < m->nr_pages)` will be false (due to promotion of `rc` to a large `unsigned int`) and the code will continue on to call `genwqe_map_pages()` with an invalid list of page pointers. Fix it by bailing out if `get_user_pages_fast()` returns a negative error value. Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

cxl: Fix PSL error due to duplicate segment table entries

2014-10-28T08:52:52+00:00

In certain circumstances the PSL (Power Service Layer, which provides translation services for CXL hardware) can send an interrupt for a segment miss that the kernel has already handled. This can happen if multiple translations for the same segment are queued in the PSL before the kernel has restarted the first translation. The CXL driver does not expect this situation and does not check if a segment had already been handled. This could cause a duplicate segment table entry which in turn caused a PSL error taking down the card. This patch fixes the issue by checking for existing entries in the segment table that match the segment we are trying to insert, so as to avoid inserting duplicate entries. Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

cxl: Refactor cxl_load_segment() and find_free_sste()

2014-10-28T08:52:24+00:00

This moves the segment table hash calculation from cxl_load_segment() into find_free_sste() since that is the only place it is actually used. Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

cxl: Disable secondary hash in segment table

2014-10-28T08:52:07+00:00

This patch simplifies the process of finding a free segment table entry by disabling the secondary hash. This reduces the number of possible entries in the segment table for a given address from 16 to 8. Due to the large segment sizes we use it is extremely unlikely that the secondary hash would ever have been used in practice, so this should not have any negative impacts and may even improve performance due to the reduced number of comparisons that software & hardware need to perform. This patch clears the SC bit in the hardware's state register (CXL_PSL_SR_An) to disable the secondary hash in the hardware since we can no longer fill out entries using it. Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma

2014-10-19T01:11:04+00:00

Pull slave-dmaengine updates from Vinod Koul: "For dmaengine contributions we have: - designware cleanup by Andy - my series moving device_control users to dmanegine_xxx APIs for later removal of device_control API - minor fixes spread over drivers mainly mv_xor, pl330, mmp, imx-sdma etc" * 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma: (60 commits) serial: atmel: add missing dmaengine header dmaengine: remove FSLDMA_EXTERNAL_START dmaengine: freescale: remove FSLDMA_EXTERNAL_START control method carma-fpga: move to fsl_dma_external_start() carma-fpga: use dmaengine_xxx() API dmaengine: freescale: add and export fsl_dma_external_start() dmaengine: add dmaengine_prep_dma_sg() helper video: mx3fb: use dmaengine_terminate_all() API serial: sh-sci: use dmaengine_terminate_all() API net: ks8842: use dmaengine_terminate_all() API mtd: sh_flctl: use dmaengine_terminate_all() API mtd: fsmc_nand: use dmaengine_terminate_all() API V4L2: mx3_camer: use dmaengine_pause() API dmaengine: coh901318: use dmaengine_terminate_all() API pata_arasan_cf: use dmaengine_terminate_all() API dmaengine: edma: check for echan->edesc => NULL in edma_dma_pause() dmaengine: dw: export probe()/remove() and Co to users dmaengine: dw: enable and disable controller when needed dmaengine: dw: always export dw_dma_{en,dis}able dmaengine: dw: introduce dw_dma_on() helper ...

Merge tag 'virtio-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux

2014-10-18T17:25:09+00:00

Pull virtio updates from Rusty Russell: "One cc: stable commit, the rest are a series of minor cleanups which have been sitting in MST's tree during my vacation. I changed a function name and made one trivial change, then they spent two days in linux-next" * tag 'virtio-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: (25 commits) virtio-rng: refactor probe error handling virtio_scsi: drop scan callback virtio_balloon: enable VQs early on restore virtio_scsi: fix race on device removal virito_scsi: use freezable WQ for events virtio_net: enable VQs early on restore virtio_console: enable VQs early on restore virtio_scsi: enable VQs early on restore virtio_blk: enable VQs early on restore virtio_scsi: move kick event out from virtscsi_init virtio_net: fix use after free on allocation failure 9p/trans_virtio: enable VQs early virtio_console: enable VQs early virtio_blk: enable VQs early virtio_net: enable VQs early virtio: add API to enable VQs early virtio_net: minor cleanup virtio-net: drop config_mutex virtio_net: drop config_enable virtio-blk: drop config_mutex ...

carma-fpga: move to fsl_dma_external_start()

2014-10-15T16:01:28+00:00

carma-fpga driver uses device control with custom FSLDMA_EXTERNAL_START command. Since we wnat to deprecate the device control, move this driver to use new fsl_dma_external_start() API Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul

carma-fpga: use dmaengine_xxx() API

2014-10-15T16:01:28+00:00

The drivers should use dmaengine_slave_config() and dmaengine_prep_dma_sg() API instead of accessing the device_control which will be deprecated soon Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul

virtio: unify config_changed handling

2014-10-14T23:54:54+00:00

Replace duplicated code in all transports with a single wrapper in virtio.c. The only functional change is in virtio_mmio.c: if a buggy device sends us an interrupt before driver is set, we previously returned IRQ_NONE, now we return IRQ_HANDLED. As this must not happen in practice, this does not look like a big deal. See also commit 3fff0179e33cd7d0a688dab65700c46ad089e934 virtio-pci: do not oops on config change if driver not loaded. for the original motivation behind the driver check. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

altera-stapl: replace strnicmp with strncasecmp

2014-10-14T00:18:25+00:00

The kernel used to contain two functions for length-delimited, case-insensitive string comparison, strnicmp with correct semantics and a slightly buggy strncasecmp. The latter is the POSIX name, so strnicmp was renamed to strncasecmp, and strnicmp made into a wrapper for the new strncasecmp to avoid breaking existing users. To allow the compat wrapper strnicmp to be removed at some point in the future, and to avoid the extra indirection cost, do s/strnicmp/strncasecmp/g. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes Cc: "Igor M. Liplianin" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds