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2011-08-04Merge branch 'idle-release' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+3
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6 * 'idle-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6: cpuidle: stop depending on pm_idle x86 idle: move mwait_idle_with_hints() to where it is used cpuidle: replace xen access to x86 pm_idle and default_idle cpuidle: create bootparam "cpuidle.off=1" mrst_pmu: driver for Intel Moorestown Power Management Unit
2011-08-04Documentation: add pointer to name_to_dev_t for root= valuesWill Drewry1-0/+1
Update kernel-parameters.txt to point users to the authoritative comment for name_to_dev_t. In addition, updates other places where some name_to_dev_t behavior was discussed. All other references to root= appear to be for explicit sample usage or just side comments when discussing other kernel parameters. Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-08-04cpuidle: create bootparam "cpuidle.off=1"Len Brown1-0/+3
useful for disabling cpuidle to fall back to architecture-default idle loop cpuidle drivers and governors will fail to register. on x86 they'll say so: intel_idle: intel_idle yielding to (null) ACPI: acpi_idle yielding to (null) Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-08-03Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+5
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (28 commits) ACPI: delete stale reference in kernel-parameters.txt ACPI: add missing _OSI strings ACPI: remove NID_INVAL thermal: make THERMAL_HWMON implementation fully internal thermal: split hwmon lookup to a separate function thermal: hide CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON ACPI print OSI(Linux) warning only once ACPI: DMI workaround for Asus A8N-SLI Premium and Asus A8N-SLI DELUX ACPI / Battery: propagate sysfs error in acpi_battery_add() ACPI / Battery: avoid acpi_battery_add() use-after-free ACPI: introduce "acpi_rsdp=" parameter for kdump ACPI: constify ops structs ACPI: fix CONFIG_X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS ACPI: fix 80 char overflow ACPI / Battery: Resolve the race condition in the sysfs_remove_battery() ACPI / Battery: Add the check before refresh sysfs in the battery_notify() ACPI / Battery: Add the hibernation process in the battery_notify() ACPI / Battery: Rename acpi_battery_quirks2 with acpi_battery_quirks ACPI / Battery: Change 16-bit signed negative battery current into correct value ACPI / Battery: Add the power unit macro ...
2011-08-02Merge branch 'pstore-efi' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+2
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 * 'pstore-efi' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: efivars: Introduce PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES efivars: Use string functions in pstore_write efivars: introduce utf16_strncmp efivars: String functions efi: Add support for using efivars as a pstore backend pstore: Allow the user to explicitly choose a backend pstore: Make "part" unsigned pstore: Add extra context for writes and erases pstore: Extend API for more flexibility in new backends
2011-07-27panic: panic=-1 for immediate rebootHugh Dickins1-1/+3
When a kernel BUG or oops occurs, ChromeOS intends to panic and immediately reboot, with stacktrace and other messages preserved in RAM across reboot. But the longer we delay, the more likely the user is to poweroff and lose the info. panic_timeout (seconds before rebooting) is set by panic= boot option or sysctl or /proc/sys/kernel/panic; but 0 means wait forever, so at present we have to delay at least 1 second. Let a negative number mean reboot immediately (with the small cosmetic benefit of suppressing that newline-less "Rebooting in %d seconds.." message). Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@chromium.org> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-26Merge branch 'usb-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+5
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 * 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (115 commits) EHCI: fix direction handling for interrupt data toggles USB: serial: add IDs for WinChipHead USB->RS232 adapter USB: OHCI: fix another regression for NVIDIA controllers usb: gadget: m66592-udc: add pullup function usb: gadget: m66592-udc: add function for external controller usb: gadget: r8a66597-udc: add pullup function usb: renesas_usbhs: support multi driver usb: renesas_usbhs: inaccessible pipe is not an error usb: renesas_usbhs: care buff alignment when dma handler USB: PL2303: correctly handle baudrates above 115200 usb: r8a66597-hcd: fixup USB_PORT_STAT_C_SUSPEND shift usb: renesas_usbhs: compile/config are rescued usb: renesas_usbhs: fixup comment-out usb: update email address in ohci-sh and r8a66597-hcd usb: r8a66597-hcd: add function for external controller EHCI: only power off port if over-current is active USB: mon: Allow to use usbmon without debugfs USB: EHCI: go back to using the system clock for QH unlinks ehci: add pci quirk for Ordissimo and RM Slate 100 too ehci: refactor pci quirk to use standard dmi_check_system method ... Fix up trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
2011-07-26Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+5
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (99 commits) drivers/virt: add missing linux/interrupt.h to fsl_hypervisor.c powerpc/85xx: fix mpic configuration in CAMP mode powerpc: Copy back TIF flags on return from softirq stack powerpc/64: Make server perfmon only built on ppc64 server devices powerpc/pseries: Fix hvc_vio.c build due to recent changes powerpc: Exporting boot_cpuid_phys powerpc: Add CFAR to oops output hvc_console: Add kdb support powerpc/pseries: Fix hvterm_raw_get_chars to accept < 16 chars, fixing xmon powerpc/irq: Quieten irq mapping printks powerpc: Enable lockup and hung task detectors in pseries and ppc64 defeconfigs powerpc: Add mpt2sas driver to pseries and ppc64 defconfig powerpc: Disable IRQs off tracer in ppc64 defconfig powerpc: Sync pseries and ppc64 defconfigs powerpc/pseries/hvconsole: Fix dropped console output hvc_console: Improve tty/console put_chars handling powerpc/kdump: Fix timeout in crash_kexec_wait_realmode powerpc/mm: Fix output of total_ram. powerpc/cpufreq: Add cpufreq driver for Momentum Maple boards powerpc: Correct annotations of pmu registration functions ... Fix up trivial Kconfig/Makefile conflicts in arch/powerpc, drivers, and drivers/cpufreq
2011-07-24Merge branch 'kvm-updates/3.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds1-4/+4
* 'kvm-updates/3.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (143 commits) KVM: IOMMU: Disable device assignment without interrupt remapping KVM: MMU: trace mmio page fault KVM: MMU: mmio page fault support KVM: MMU: reorganize struct kvm_shadow_walk_iterator KVM: MMU: lockless walking shadow page table KVM: MMU: do not need atomicly to set/clear spte KVM: MMU: introduce the rules to modify shadow page table KVM: MMU: abstract some functions to handle fault pfn KVM: MMU: filter out the mmio pfn from the fault pfn KVM: MMU: remove bypass_guest_pf KVM: MMU: split kvm_mmu_free_page KVM: MMU: count used shadow pages on prepareing path KVM: MMU: rename 'pt_write' to 'emulate' KVM: MMU: cleanup for FNAME(fetch) KVM: MMU: optimize to handle dirty bit KVM: MMU: cache mmio info on page fault path KVM: x86: introduce vcpu_mmio_gva_to_gpa to cleanup the code KVM: MMU: do not update slot bitmap if spte is nonpresent KVM: MMU: fix walking shadow page table KVM guest: KVM Steal time registration ...
2011-07-24KVM: MMU: remove bypass_guest_pfXiao Guangrong1-4/+0
The idea is from Avi: | Maybe it's time to kill off bypass_guest_pf=1. It's not as effective as | it used to be, since unsync pages always use shadow_trap_nonpresent_pte, | and since we convert between the two nonpresent_ptes during sync and unsync. Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2011-07-24KVM guest: KVM Steal time registrationGlauber Costa1-0/+4
This patch implements the kvm bits of the steal time infrastructure. The most important part of it, is the steal time clock. It is an continuous clock that shows the accumulated amount of steal time since vcpu creation. It is supposed to survive cpu offlining/onlining. [marcelo: fix build with CONFIG_KVM_GUEST=n] Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Tested-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net> CC: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> CC: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> CC: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-07-23pstore: Allow the user to explicitly choose a backendMatthew Garrett1-0/+2
pstore only allows one backend to be registered at present, but the system may provide several. Add a parameter to allow the user to choose which backend will be used rather than just relying on load order. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2011-07-17ACPI: introduce "acpi_rsdp=" parameter for kdumpTakao Indoh1-0/+5
There is a problem with putting the first kernel in EFI virtual mode, it is that when the second kernel comes up it tries to initialize the EFI again and once we have put EFI in virtual mode we can not really do that. Actually, EFI is not necessary for kdump, we can boot the second kernel with "noefi" parameter, but the boot will mostly fail because 2nd kernel cannot find RSDP. In this situation, we introduced "acpi_rsdp=" kernel parameter, so that kexec-tools can pass the "noefi acpi_rsdp=X" to the second kernel to make kdump works. The physical address of the RSDP can be got from sysfs(/sys/firmware/efi/systab). Signed-off-by: Takao Indoh <indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-07-09PCI: conditional resource-reallocation through kernel parameter pci=reallocRam Pai1-0/+2
Multiple attempts to dynamically reallocate pci resources have unfortunately lead to regressions. Though we continue to fix the regressions and fine tune the dynamic-reallocation behavior, we have not reached a acceptable state yet. This patch provides a interim solution. It disables dynamic reallocation by default, but adds the ability to enable it through pci=realloc kernel command line parameter. Tested-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-06-20Document powerpc udbg-immortalChristian Kujau1-0/+5
Back in 2006 the "udbg-immortal" kernel option has been introduced: > commit 3b5e905ee3bd23e9311951890aba57a0dbc81ca4 > Author: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@au1.ibm.com> > Date: Wed Jun 7 12:06:20 2006 +1000 > > [PATCH] powerpc: Add udbg-immortal kernel option ...but I could not find it documented anywhere in the sources. This patch adds it to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2011-06-14Merge 3.0-rc2 into usb-linus as it's needed by some USB patchesGreg Kroah-Hartman1-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb-storage: redo incorrect readsAlan Stern1-0/+2
Some USB mass-storage devices have bugs that cause them not to handle the first READ(10) command they receive correctly. The Corsair Padlock v2 returns completely bogus data for its first read (possibly it returns the data in encrypted form even though the device is supposed to be unlocked). The Feiya SD/SDHC card reader fails to complete the first READ(10) command after it is plugged in or after a new card is inserted, returning a status code that indicates it thinks the command was invalid, which prevents the kernel from retrying the read. Since the first read of a new device or a new medium is for the partition sector, the kernel is unable to retrieve the device's partition table. Users have to manually issue an "hdparm -z" or "blockdev --rereadpt" command before they can access the device. This patch (as1470) works around the problem. It adds a new quirk flag, US_FL_INVALID_READ10, indicating that the first READ(10) should always be retried immediately, as should any failing READ(10) commands (provided the preceding READ(10) command succeeded, to avoid getting stuck in a loop). The patch also adds appropriate unusual_devs entries containing the new flag. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Tested-by: Sven Geggus <sven-usbst@geggus.net> Tested-by: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+linux@gmail.com> CC: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net> CC: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07USB: Add "authorized_default" parameter to the usbcore moduleCarl-Daniel Hailfinger1-0/+5
The "authorized_default" module parameter of usbcore controls the default for the authorized_default variable of each USB host controller. -1 is authorized for all devices except wireless (default, old behaviour) 0 is unauthorized for all devices 1 is authorized for all devices Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-02Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6Linus Torvalds1-1/+4
* git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6: intel-iommu: Fix off-by-one in RMRR setup intel-iommu: Add domain check in domain_remove_one_dev_info intel-iommu: Remove Host Bridge devices from identity mapping intel-iommu: Use coherent DMA mask when requested intel-iommu: Dont cache iova above 32bit intel-iommu: Speed up processing of the identity_mapping function intel-iommu: Check for identity mapping candidate using system dma mask intel-iommu: Only unlink device domains from iommu intel-iommu: Enable super page (2MiB, 1GiB, etc.) support intel-iommu: Flush unmaps at domain_exit intel-iommu: Remove obsolete comment from detect_intel_iommu intel-iommu: fix VT-d PMR disable for TXT on S3 resume
2011-06-01intel-iommu: Enable super page (2MiB, 1GiB, etc.) supportYouquan Song1-1/+4
There are no externally-visible changes with this. In the loop in the internal __domain_mapping() function, we simply detect if we are mapping: - size >= 2MiB, and - virtual address aligned to 2MiB, and - physical address aligned to 2MiB, and - on hardware that supports superpages. (and likewise for larger superpages). We automatically use a superpage for such mappings. We never have to worry about *breaking* superpages, since we trust that we will always *unmap* the same range that was mapped. So all we need to do is ensure that dma_pte_clear_range() will also cope with superpages. Adjust pfn_to_dma_pte() to take a superpage 'level' as an argument, so it can return a PTE at the appropriate level rather than always extending the page tables all the way down to level 1. Again, this is simplified by the fact that we should never encounter existing small pages when we're creating a mapping; any old mapping that used the same virtual range will have been entirely removed and its obsolete page tables freed. Provide an 'intel_iommu=sp_off' argument on the command line as a chicken bit. Not that it should ever be required. == The original commit seen in the iommu-2.6.git was Youquan's implementation (and completion) of my own half-baked code which I'd typed into an email. Followed by half a dozen subsequent 'fixes'. I've taken the unusual step of rewriting history and collapsing the original commits in order to keep the main history simpler, and make life easier for the people who are going to have to backport this to older kernels. And also so I can give it a more coherent commit comment which (hopefully) gives a better explanation of what's going on. The original sequence of commits leading to identical code was: Youquan Song (3): intel-iommu: super page support intel-iommu: Fix superpage alignment calculation error intel-iommu: Fix superpage level calculation error in dma_pfn_level_pte() David Woodhouse (4): intel-iommu: Precalculate superpage support for dmar_domain intel-iommu: Fix hardware_largepage_caps() intel-iommu: Fix inappropriate use of superpages in __domain_mapping() intel-iommu: Fix phys_pfn in __domain_mapping for sglist pages Signed-off-by: Youquan Song <youquan.song@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
2011-05-25memsw: remove noswapaccount kernel parameterMichal Hocko1-3/+0
The noswapaccount parameter has been deprecated since 2.6.38 without any complaints from users so we can remove it. swapaccount=0|1 can be used instead. As we are removing the parameter we can also clean up swapaccount because it doesn't have to accept an empty string anymore (to match noswapaccount) and so we can push = into __setup macro rather than checking "=1" resp. "=0" strings Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Cc: Hiroyuki Kamezawa <kamezawa.hiroyuki@gmail.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-23Merge branch 'usb-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+4
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 * 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (205 commits) USB: EHCI: Remove SPARC_LEON {read,write}_be definitions from ehci.h USB: UHCI: Support big endian GRUSBHC HC sparc: add {read,write}*_be routines USB: UHCI: Add support for big endian descriptors USB: UHCI: Use ACCESS_ONCE rather than using a full compiler barrier USB: UHCI: Add support for big endian mmio usb-storage: Correct adjust_quirks to include latest flags usb/isp1760: Fix possible unlink problems usb/isp1760: Move function isp1760_endpoint_disable() within file. USB: remove remaining usages of hcd->state from usbcore and fix regression usb: musb: ux500: add configuration and build options for ux500 dma usb: musb: ux500: add dma glue layer for ux500 usb: musb: ux500: add dma name for ux500 usb: musb: ux500: add ux500 specific code for gadget side usb: musb: fix compile error usb-storage: fix up the unusual_realtek device list USB: gadget: f_audio: Fix invalid dereference of initdata EHCI: don't rescan interrupt QHs needlessly OHCI: fix regression caused by nVidia shutdown workaround USB: OTG: msm: Free VCCCX regulator even if we can't set the voltage ...
2011-05-20Merge branch 'x86-smep-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+4
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-smep-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, cpu: Enable/disable Supervisor Mode Execution Protection x86, cpu: Add SMEP CPU feature in CR4 x86, cpufeature: Add cpufeature flag for SMEP
2011-05-20usb-storage: Correct adjust_quirks to include latest flagsKarl Relton1-0/+4
Commits ae38c78a03e1b77ad45248fcf097e4568e740209 and 00914025cc4e783d4703b4db1d47b41f389e50c8 added quirk flags US_FL_NO_READ_DISC_INFO and US_FL_NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 to the usb-storage driver. However they did not add the corresponding flags to adjust_quirks() in usb.c, so there was no facility for a user to over-ride/add them via the quirks module parameter. Signed-off-by: Karl Relton <karllinuxtest.relton@ntlworld.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-05-18x86, cpu: Enable/disable Supervisor Mode Execution ProtectionFenghua Yu1-0/+4
Enable/disable newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) CPU feature in kernel. CR4.SMEP (bit 20) is 0 at power-on. If the feature is supported by CPU (X86_FEATURE_SMEP), enable SMEP by setting CR4.SMEP. New kernel option nosmep disables the feature even if the feature is supported by CPU. [ hpa: moved the call to setup_smep() until after the vendor-specific initialization; that ensures that CPUID features are unmasked. We will still run it before we have userspace (never mind uncontrolled userspace). ] Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> LKML-Reference: <1305157865-31727-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2011-05-18PM / ACPI: Remove acpi_sleep=s4_nonvsAmerigo Wang1-1/+1
acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs is superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs, so remove it. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Acked-by: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
2011-04-07Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
* 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6: Fix common misspellings
2011-04-05Documentation: fix minor typos/spellingSylvestre Ledru1-2/+2
Fix some minor typos: * informations => information * there own => their own * these => this Signed-off-by: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru@scilab.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-04-05Documentation: update panic parameter infoRandy Dunlap1-5/+7
Add a little more info for some of the panic-related kernel parameters. Fix "oops=panic" to fit in 80 columns. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-31Fix common misspellingsLucas De Marchi1-1/+1
Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
2011-03-23console: allow to retain boot console via boot option keep_bootconFabio M. Di Nitto1-0/+6
On some architectures, the boot process involves de-registering the boot console (early boot), initialize drivers and then re-register the console. This mechanism introduces a window in which no printk can happen on the console and messages are buffered and then printed once the new console is available. If a kernel crashes during this window, all it's left on the boot console is "console [foo] enabled, bootconsole disabled" making debug of the crash rather 'interesting'. By adding "keep_bootcon" option, do not unregister the boot console, that will allow to printk everything that is happening up to the crash. The option is clearly meant only for debugging purposes as it introduces lots of duplicated info printed on console, but will make bug report from users easier as it doesn't require a kernel build just to figure out where we crash. Signed-off-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-23kernel/watchdog.c: allow hardlockup to panic by defaultDon Zickus1-2/+3
When a cpu is considered stuck, instead of limping along and just printing a warning, it is sometimes preferred to just panic, let kdump capture the vmcore and reboot. This gets the machine back into a stable state quickly while saving the info that got it into a stuck state to begin with. Add a Kconfig option to allow users to set the hardlockup to panic by default. Also add in a 'nmi_watchdog=nopanic' to override this. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix strncmp length] Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Reviewed-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>
2011-03-23move x86 specific oops=panic to generic codeOlaf Hering1-0/+5
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>
2011-03-18Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+4
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (62 commits) powerpc/85xx: Fix signedness bug in cache-sram powerpc/fsl: 85xx: document cache sram bindings powerpc/fsl: define binding for fsl mpic interrupt controllers powerpc/fsl_msi: Handle msi-available-ranges better drivers/serial/ucc_uart.c: Add of_node_put to avoid memory leak powerpc/85xx: Fix SPE float to integer conversion failure powerpc/85xx: Update sata controller compatible for p1022ds board ATA: Add FSL sata v2 controller support powerpc/mpc8xxx_gpio: simplify searching for 'fsl, qoriq-gpio' compatiable powerpc/8xx: remove obsolete mgsuvd board powerpc/82xx: rename and update mgcoge board support powerpc/83xx: rename and update kmeter1 powerpc/85xx: Workaroudn e500 CPU erratum A005 powerpc/fsl_pci: Add support for FSL PCIe controllers v2.x powerpc/85xx: Fix writing to spin table 'cpu-release-addr' on ppc64e powerpc/pseries: Disable MSI using new interface if possible powerpc: Enable GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO_DEPRECATED. powerpc: core irq_data conversion. powerpc: sysdev/xilinx_intc irq_data conversion. powerpc: sysdev/uic irq_data conversion. ... Fix up conflicts in arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c (due to getting rid of of_platform_driver in arch/powerpc)
2011-03-18Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.39' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+8
git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 * 'nfs-for-2.6.39' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: (54 commits) RPC: killing RPC tasks races fixed xprt: remove redundant check SUNRPC: Convert struct rpc_xprt to use atomic_t counters SUNRPC: Ensure we always run the tk_callback before tk_action sunrpc: fix printk format warning xprt: remove redundant null check nfs: BKL is no longer needed, so remove the include NFS: Fix a warning in fs/nfs/idmap.c Cleanup: Factor out some cut-and-paste code. cleanup: save 60 lines/100 bytes by combining two mostly duplicate functions. NFS: account direct-io into task io accounting gss:krb5 only include enctype numbers in gm_upcall_enctypes RPCRDMA: Fix FRMR registration/invalidate handling. RPCRDMA: Fix to XDR page base interpretation in marshalling logic. NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server when using auth_sys NFSv4: Propagate the error NFS4ERR_BADOWNER to nfs4_do_setattr NFSv4: cleanup idmapper functions to take an nfs_server argument NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server if the idmapper fails NFSv4: If the server sends us a numeric uid/gid then accept it NFSv4.1: reject zero layout with zeroed stripe unit ...
2011-03-12Merge branch 'irq/core' into x86/irqThomas Gleixner1-0/+4
Reason: Enabling irq threads and update to latest genirq functionality requires the core code Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2011-03-11NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server when using auth_sysTrond Myklebust1-0/+8
The new behaviour is enabled using the new module parameter 'nfs4_disable_idmapping'. Note that if the server rejects an unmapped uid or gid, then the client will automatically switch back to using the idmapper. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-03-04powerpc/pseries: Add support for dynamic dma windowsNishanth Aravamudan1-0/+4
If firmware allows us to map all of a partition's memory for DMA on a particular bridge, create a 1:1 mapping of that memory. Add hooks for dealing with hotplug events. Dynamic DMA windows can use larger than the default page size, and we use the largest one possible. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2011-02-26genirq: Provide forced interrupt threadingThomas Gleixner1-0/+4
Add a commandline parameter "threadirqs" which forces all interrupts except those marked IRQF_NO_THREAD to run threaded. That's mostly a debug option to allow retrieving better debug data from crashing interrupt handlers. If "threadirqs" is not enabled on the kernel command line, then there is no impact in the interrupt hotpath. Architecture code needs to select CONFIG_IRQ_FORCED_THREADING after marking the interrupts which cant be threaded IRQF_NO_THREAD. All interrupts which have IRQF_TIMER set are implict marked IRQF_NO_THREAD. Also all PER_CPU interrupts are excluded. Forced threading hard interrupts also forces all soft interrupt handling into thread context. When enabled it might slow down things a bit, but for debugging problems in interrupt code it's a reasonable penalty as it does not immediately crash and burn the machine when an interrupt handler is buggy. Some test results on a Core2Duo machine: Cache cold run of: # time git grep irq_desc non-threaded threaded real 1m18.741s 1m19.061s user 0m1.874s 0m1.757s sys 0m5.843s 0m5.427s # iperf -c server non-threaded [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 933 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 934 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 933 Mbits/sec threaded [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 939 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 934 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 937 Mbits/sec Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20110223234956.772668648@linutronix.de>
2011-02-22Documentation: log_buf_len uses [KMG] suffixRandy Dunlap1-4/+3
Update the "log_buf_len" description to use [KMG] syntax for the buffer size. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-22Documentation: explain [KMG] parameter suffixAhmed S. Darwish1-0/+5
The '[KMG]' suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel parameter values documentation. Explicitly state its semantics. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-22Documentation: complete crashkernel= parameter documentationAhmed S. Darwish1-4/+8
Complete the crashkernel= kernel parameter documentation. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-26Documentation: Fix kernel parameter orderingAlan Cox1-2/+2
A B C D E ... Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-14Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-5/+0
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (59 commits) ACPI / PM: Fix build problems for !CONFIG_ACPI related to NVS rework ACPI: fix resource check message ACPI / Battery: Update information on info notification and resume ACPI: Drop device flag wake_capable ACPI: Always check if _PRW is present before trying to evaluate it ACPI / PM: Check status of power resources under mutexes ACPI / PM: Rename acpi_power_off_device() ACPI / PM: Drop acpi_power_nocheck ACPI / PM: Drop acpi_bus_get_power() Platform / x86: Make fujitsu_laptop use acpi_bus_update_power() ACPI / Fan: Rework the handling of power resources ACPI / PM: Register power resource devices as soon as they are needed ACPI / PM: Register acpi_power_driver early ACPI / PM: Add function for updating device power state consistently ACPI / PM: Add function for device power state initialization ACPI / PM: Introduce __acpi_bus_get_power() ACPI / PM: Introduce function for refcounting device power resources ACPI / PM: Add functions for manipulating lists of power resources ACPI / PM: Prevent acpi_power_get_inferred_state() from making changes ACPICA: Update version to 20101209 ...
2011-01-13Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds1-0/+3
* 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (142 commits) KVM: Initialize fpu state in preemptible context KVM: VMX: when entering real mode align segment base to 16 bytes KVM: MMU: handle 'map_writable' in set_spte() function KVM: MMU: audit: allow audit more guests at the same time KVM: Fetch guest cr3 from hardware on demand KVM: Replace reads of vcpu->arch.cr3 by an accessor KVM: MMU: only write protect mappings at pagetable level KVM: VMX: Correct asm constraint in vmcs_load()/vmcs_clear() KVM: MMU: Initialize base_role for tdp mmus KVM: VMX: Optimize atomic EFER load KVM: VMX: Add definitions for more vm entry/exit control bits KVM: SVM: copy instruction bytes from VMCB KVM: SVM: implement enhanced INVLPG intercept KVM: SVM: enhance mov DR intercept handler KVM: SVM: enhance MOV CR intercept handler KVM: SVM: add new SVM feature bit names KVM: cleanup emulate_instruction KVM: move complete_insn_gp() into x86.c KVM: x86: fix CR8 handling KVM guest: Fix kvm clock initialization when it's configured out ...
2011-01-13Merge branch 'for-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-5/+0
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial * 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (43 commits) Documentation/trace/events.txt: Remove obsolete sched_signal_send. writeback: fix global_dirty_limits comment runtime -> real-time ppc: fix comment typo singal -> signal drivers: fix comment typo diable -> disable. m68k: fix comment typo diable -> disable. wireless: comment typo fix diable -> disable. media: comment typo fix diable -> disable. remove doc for obsolete dynamic-printk kernel-parameter remove extraneous 'is' from Documentation/iostats.txt Fix spelling milisec -> ms in snd_ps3 module parameter description Fix spelling mistakes in comments Revert conflicting V4L changes i7core_edac: fix typos in comments mm/rmap.c: fix comment sound, ca0106: Fix assignment to 'channel'. hrtimer: fix a typo in comment init/Kconfig: fix typo anon_inodes: fix wrong function name in comment fix comment typos concerning "consistent" poll: fix a typo in comment ... Fix up trivial conflicts in: - drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c (moved to iwl-legacy.c) - fs/ext4/ext4.h Also fix missed 'diabled' typo in drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.h while at it.
2011-01-13Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: add SW_ROTATE_LOCK switch type Input: fix force feedback capability query example Input: wacom_w8001 - add single-touch support Input: add Austria Microsystem AS5011 joystick driver Input: remove aaed2000 keyboard driver Input: i8042 - introduce 'notimeout' blacklist for Dell Vostro V13 Input: cy8ctmg110_ts - Convert to dev_pm_ops Input: migor_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops Input: mcs5000_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops Input: eeti_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops Input: ad7879 - convert I2C to dev_pm_ops
2011-01-12Merge branch 'acpi-video' into releaseLen Brown1-5/+0
2011-01-12KVM paravirt: Add async PF initialization to PV guest.Gleb Natapov1-0/+3
Enable async PF in a guest if async PF capability is discovered. Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-01-12Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+8
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (72 commits) powerpc/pseries: Fix build of topology stuff without CONFIG_NUMA powerpc/pseries: Fix VPHN build errors on non-SMP systems powerpc/83xx: add mpc8308_p1m DMA controller device-tree node powerpc/83xx: add DMA controller to mpc8308 device-tree node powerpc/512x: try to free dma descriptors in case of allocation failure powerpc/512x: add MPC8308 dma support powerpc/512x: fix the hanged dma transfer issue powerpc/512x: scatter/gather dma fix powerpc/powermac: Make auto-loading of therm_pm72 possible of/address: Use propper endianess in get_flags powerpc/pci: Use printf extension %pR for struct resource powerpc: Remove unnecessary casts of void ptr powerpc: Disable VPHN polling during a suspend operation powerpc/pseries: Poll VPA for topology changes and update NUMA maps powerpc: iommu: Add device name to iommu error printks powerpc: Record vma->phys_addr in ioremap() powerpc: Update compat_arch_ptrace powerpc: Fix PPC_PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG on PPC_BOOK3S powerpc/time: printk time stamp init not correct powerpc: Minor cleanups for machdep.h ...
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