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Randy Dunlap
56083ab17e docbook: add idr/ida to kernel-api docbook
Add idr/ida to kernel-api docbook.
Fix typos and kernel-doc notation.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Naohiro Aota <naota@elisp.net>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 17:40:56 -07:00
Randy Dunlap
ee2f154a59 docbook: add more wait/wake/completion to device-drivers docbook
Add more wait, wake, and completion interfaces to the device-drivers
docbook.

Fix kernel-doc notation in the added files.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 17:32:41 -07:00
Randy Dunlap
003bb8ab7c documentation: update sysrq.txt magic sysrq keys
Update Documentation/sysrq.txt magic sysrq keys:

 - 'g' is for kgdb (not arch-specific);
 - add 2 new uses for 'v', remove the Voyager info;
 - add 'y' info (SPARC-64 specific);

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Acked-by: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso@slind.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 17:32:41 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
18a043f941 Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6
* 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6:
  NFS: rename nfs.upcall -> nfs.idmap
  NFS: Fix a compile issue in nfs_root
2010-10-26 17:24:28 -07:00
Samu Onkalo
3f0f4a3f20 Documentation: short descriptions for bh1770glc and apds990x drivers
Add short documentation for two ALS / proximity chip drivers.

Signed-off-by: Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 16:52:14 -07:00
Jaswinder Singh Rajput
aaaddfe0b3 Documentation/timers/hpet_example.c: add supporting info for hpet_example
$./hpet_example info /dev/hpet
-hpet: executing info
hpet_info: hi_irqfreq 0x0 hi_flags 0x0 hi_hpet 0 hi_timer 2

Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: "Venkatesh Pallipadi (Venki)" <venki@google.com>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 16:52:11 -07:00
Peter Zijlstra
d65bfacb04 mm: highmem documentation
Document outlining some of the highmem issues, started by me, edited by
David.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.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>
2010-10-26 16:52:08 -07:00
Mel Gorman
e11da5b4fd tracing, vmscan: add trace events for LRU list shrinking
There have been numerous reports of stalls that pointed at the problem
being somewhere in the VM.  There are multiple roots to the problems which
means dealing with any of the root problems in isolation is tricky to
justify on their own and they would still need integration testing.  This
patch series puts together two different patch sets which in combination
should tackle some of the root causes of latency problems being reported.

Patch 1 adds a tracepoint for shrink_inactive_list.  For this series, the
most important results is being able to calculate the scanning/reclaim
ratio as a measure of the amount of work being done by page reclaim.

Patch 2 accounts for time spent in congestion_wait.

Patches 3-6 were originally developed by Kosaki Motohiro but reworked for
this series.  It has been noted that lumpy reclaim is far too aggressive
and trashes the system somewhat.  As SLUB uses high-order allocations, a
large cost incurred by lumpy reclaim will be noticeable.  It was also
reported during transparent hugepage support testing that lumpy reclaim
was trashing the system and these patches should mitigate that problem
without disabling lumpy reclaim.

Patch 7 adds wait_iff_congested() and replaces some callers of
congestion_wait().  wait_iff_congested() only sleeps if there is a BDI
that is currently congested.  Patch 8 notes that any BDI being congested
is not necessarily a problem because there could be multiple BDIs of
varying speeds and numberous zones.  It attempts to track when a zone
being reclaimed contains many pages backed by a congested BDI and if so,
reclaimers wait on the congestion queue.

I ran a number of tests with monitoring on X86, X86-64 and PPC64. Each
machine had 3G of RAM and the CPUs were

X86:    Intel P4 2-core
X86-64: AMD Phenom 4-core
PPC64:  PPC970MP

Each used a single disk and the onboard IO controller.  Dirty ratio was
left at 20.  I'm just going to report for X86-64 and PPC64 in a vague
attempt to keep this report short.  Four kernels were tested each based on
v2.6.36-rc4

traceonly-v2r2:     Patches 1 and 2 to instrument vmscan reclaims and congestion_wait
lowlumpy-v2r3:      Patches 1-6 to test if lumpy reclaim is better
waitcongest-v2r3:   Patches 1-7 to only wait on congestion
waitwriteback-v2r4: Patches 1-8 to detect when a zone is congested

nocongest-v1r5: Patches 1-3 for testing wait_iff_congestion
nodirect-v1r5:  Patches 1-10 to disable filesystem writeback for better IO

The tests run were as follows

kernbench
	compile-based benchmark. Smoke test performance

sysbench
	OLTP read-only benchmark. Will be re-run in the future as read-write

micro-mapped-file-stream
	This is a micro-benchmark from Johannes Weiner that accesses a
	large sparse-file through mmap(). It was configured to run in only
	single-CPU mode but can be indicative of how well page reclaim
	identifies suitable pages.

stress-highalloc
	Tries to allocate huge pages under heavy load.

kernbench, iozone and sysbench did not report any performance regression
on any machine.  sysbench did pressure the system lightly and there was
reclaim activity but there were no difference of major interest between
the kernels.

X86-64 micro-mapped-file-stream

                                      traceonly-v2r2           lowlumpy-v2r3        waitcongest-v2r3     waitwriteback-v2r4
pgalloc_dma                       1639.00 (   0.00%)       667.00 (-145.73%)      1167.00 ( -40.45%)       578.00 (-183.56%)
pgalloc_dma32                  2842410.00 (   0.00%)   2842626.00 (   0.01%)   2843043.00 (   0.02%)   2843014.00 (   0.02%)
pgalloc_normal                       0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)
pgsteal_dma                        729.00 (   0.00%)        85.00 (-757.65%)       609.00 ( -19.70%)       125.00 (-483.20%)
pgsteal_dma32                  2338721.00 (   0.00%)   2447354.00 (   4.44%)   2429536.00 (   3.74%)   2436772.00 (   4.02%)
pgsteal_normal                       0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)
pgscan_kswapd_dma                 1469.00 (   0.00%)       532.00 (-176.13%)      1078.00 ( -36.27%)       220.00 (-567.73%)
pgscan_kswapd_dma32            4597713.00 (   0.00%)   4503597.00 (  -2.09%)   4295673.00 (  -7.03%)   3891686.00 ( -18.14%)
pgscan_kswapd_normal                 0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)
pgscan_direct_dma                   71.00 (   0.00%)       134.00 (  47.01%)       243.00 (  70.78%)       352.00 (  79.83%)
pgscan_direct_dma32             305820.00 (   0.00%)    280204.00 (  -9.14%)    600518.00 (  49.07%)    957485.00 (  68.06%)
pgscan_direct_normal                 0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)
pageoutrun                       16296.00 (   0.00%)     21254.00 (  23.33%)     18447.00 (  11.66%)     20067.00 (  18.79%)
allocstall                         443.00 (   0.00%)       273.00 ( -62.27%)       513.00 (  13.65%)      1568.00 (  71.75%)

These are based on the raw figures taken from /proc/vmstat.  It's a rough
measure of reclaim activity.  Note that allocstall counts are higher
because we are entering direct reclaim more often as a result of not
sleeping in congestion.  In itself, it's not necessarily a bad thing.
It's easier to get a view of what happened from the vmscan tracepoint
report.

FTrace Reclaim Statistics: vmscan

                                traceonly-v2r2   lowlumpy-v2r3 waitcongest-v2r3 waitwriteback-v2r4
Direct reclaims                                443        273        513       1568
Direct reclaim pages scanned                305968     280402     600825     957933
Direct reclaim pages reclaimed               43503      19005      30327     117191
Direct reclaim write file async I/O              0          0          0          0
Direct reclaim write anon async I/O              0          3          4         12
Direct reclaim write file sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Direct reclaim write anon sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Wake kswapd requests                        187649     132338     191695     267701
Kswapd wakeups                                   3          1          4          1
Kswapd pages scanned                       4599269    4454162    4296815    3891906
Kswapd pages reclaimed                     2295947    2428434    2399818    2319706
Kswapd reclaim write file async I/O              1          0          1          1
Kswapd reclaim write anon async I/O             59        187         41        222
Kswapd reclaim write file sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Kswapd reclaim write anon sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Time stalled direct reclaim (seconds)         4.34       2.52       6.63       2.96
Time kswapd awake (seconds)                  11.15      10.25      11.01      10.19

Total pages scanned                        4905237   4734564   4897640   4849839
Total pages reclaimed                      2339450   2447439   2430145   2436897
%age total pages scanned/reclaimed          47.69%    51.69%    49.62%    50.25%
%age total pages scanned/written             0.00%     0.00%     0.00%     0.00%
%age  file pages scanned/written             0.00%     0.00%     0.00%     0.00%
Percentage Time Spent Direct Reclaim        29.23%    19.02%    38.48%    20.25%
Percentage Time kswapd Awake                78.58%    78.85%    76.83%    79.86%

What is interesting here for nocongest in particular is that while direct
reclaim scans more pages, the overall number of pages scanned remains the
same and the ratio of pages scanned to pages reclaimed is more or less the
same.  In other words, while we are sleeping less, reclaim is not doing
more work and as direct reclaim and kswapd is awake for less time, it
would appear to be doing less work.

FTrace Reclaim Statistics: congestion_wait
Direct number congest     waited                87        196         64          0
Direct time   congest     waited            4604ms     4732ms     5420ms        0ms
Direct full   congest     waited                72        145         53          0
Direct number conditional waited                 0          0        324       1315
Direct time   conditional waited               0ms        0ms        0ms        0ms
Direct full   conditional waited                 0          0          0          0
KSwapd number congest     waited                20         10         15          7
KSwapd time   congest     waited            1264ms      536ms      884ms      284ms
KSwapd full   congest     waited                10          4          6          2
KSwapd number conditional waited                 0          0          0          0
KSwapd time   conditional waited               0ms        0ms        0ms        0ms
KSwapd full   conditional waited                 0          0          0          0

The vanilla kernel spent 8 seconds asleep in direct reclaim and no time at
all asleep with the patches.

MMTests Statistics: duration
User/Sys Time Running Test (seconds)         10.51     10.73      10.6     11.66
Total Elapsed Time (seconds)                 14.19     13.00     14.33     12.76

Overall, the tests completed faster. It is interesting to note that backing off further
when a zone is congested and not just a BDI was more efficient overall.

PPC64 micro-mapped-file-stream
pgalloc_dma                    3024660.00 (   0.00%)   3027185.00 (   0.08%)   3025845.00 (   0.04%)   3026281.00 (   0.05%)
pgalloc_normal                       0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)
pgsteal_dma                    2508073.00 (   0.00%)   2565351.00 (   2.23%)   2463577.00 (  -1.81%)   2532263.00 (   0.96%)
pgsteal_normal                       0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)
pgscan_kswapd_dma              4601307.00 (   0.00%)   4128076.00 ( -11.46%)   3912317.00 ( -17.61%)   3377165.00 ( -36.25%)
pgscan_kswapd_normal                 0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)
pgscan_direct_dma               629825.00 (   0.00%)    971622.00 (  35.18%)   1063938.00 (  40.80%)   1711935.00 (  63.21%)
pgscan_direct_normal                 0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)         0.00 (   0.00%)
pageoutrun                       27776.00 (   0.00%)     20458.00 ( -35.77%)     18763.00 ( -48.04%)     18157.00 ( -52.98%)
allocstall                         977.00 (   0.00%)      2751.00 (  64.49%)      2098.00 (  53.43%)      5136.00 (  80.98%)

Similar trends to x86-64. allocstalls are up but it's not necessarily bad.

FTrace Reclaim Statistics: vmscan
Direct reclaims                                977       2709       2098       5136
Direct reclaim pages scanned                629825     963814    1063938    1711935
Direct reclaim pages reclaimed               75550     242538     150904     387647
Direct reclaim write file async I/O              0          0          0          2
Direct reclaim write anon async I/O              0         10          0          4
Direct reclaim write file sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Direct reclaim write anon sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Wake kswapd requests                        392119    1201712     571935     571921
Kswapd wakeups                                   3          2          3          3
Kswapd pages scanned                       4601307    4128076    3912317    3377165
Kswapd pages reclaimed                     2432523    2318797    2312673    2144616
Kswapd reclaim write file async I/O             20          1          1          1
Kswapd reclaim write anon async I/O             57        132         11        121
Kswapd reclaim write file sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Kswapd reclaim write anon sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Time stalled direct reclaim (seconds)         6.19       7.30      13.04      10.88
Time kswapd awake (seconds)                  21.73      26.51      25.55      23.90

Total pages scanned                        5231132   5091890   4976255   5089100
Total pages reclaimed                      2508073   2561335   2463577   2532263
%age total pages scanned/reclaimed          47.95%    50.30%    49.51%    49.76%
%age total pages scanned/written             0.00%     0.00%     0.00%     0.00%
%age  file pages scanned/written             0.00%     0.00%     0.00%     0.00%
Percentage Time Spent Direct Reclaim        18.89%    20.65%    32.65%    27.65%
Percentage Time kswapd Awake                72.39%    80.68%    78.21%    77.40%

Again, a similar trend that the congestion_wait changes mean that direct
reclaim scans more pages but the overall number of pages scanned while
slightly reduced, are very similar.  The ratio of scanning/reclaimed
remains roughly similar.  The downside is that kswapd and direct reclaim
was awake longer and for a larger percentage of the overall workload.
It's possible there were big differences in the amount of time spent
reclaiming slab pages between the different kernels which is plausible
considering that the micro tests runs after fsmark and sysbench.

Trace Reclaim Statistics: congestion_wait
Direct number congest     waited               845       1312        104          0
Direct time   congest     waited           19416ms    26560ms     7544ms        0ms
Direct full   congest     waited               745       1105         72          0
Direct number conditional waited                 0          0       1322       2935
Direct time   conditional waited               0ms        0ms       12ms      312ms
Direct full   conditional waited                 0          0          0          3
KSwapd number congest     waited                39        102         75         63
KSwapd time   congest     waited            2484ms     6760ms     5756ms     3716ms
KSwapd full   congest     waited                20         48         46         25
KSwapd number conditional waited                 0          0          0          0
KSwapd time   conditional waited               0ms        0ms        0ms        0ms
KSwapd full   conditional waited                 0          0          0          0

The vanilla kernel spent 20 seconds asleep in direct reclaim and only
312ms asleep with the patches.  The time kswapd spent congest waited was
also reduced by a large factor.

MMTests Statistics: duration
ser/Sys Time Running Test (seconds)         26.58     28.05      26.9     28.47
Total Elapsed Time (seconds)                 30.02     32.86     32.67     30.88

With all patches applies, the completion times are very similar.

X86-64 STRESS-HIGHALLOC
                traceonly-v2r2     lowlumpy-v2r3  waitcongest-v2r3waitwriteback-v2r4
Pass 1          82.00 ( 0.00%)    84.00 ( 2.00%)    85.00 ( 3.00%)    85.00 ( 3.00%)
Pass 2          90.00 ( 0.00%)    87.00 (-3.00%)    88.00 (-2.00%)    89.00 (-1.00%)
At Rest         92.00 ( 0.00%)    90.00 (-2.00%)    90.00 (-2.00%)    91.00 (-1.00%)

Success figures across the board are broadly similar.

                traceonly-v2r2     lowlumpy-v2r3  waitcongest-v2r3waitwriteback-v2r4
Direct reclaims                               1045        944        886        887
Direct reclaim pages scanned                135091     119604     109382     101019
Direct reclaim pages reclaimed               88599      47535      47863      46671
Direct reclaim write file async I/O            494        283        465        280
Direct reclaim write anon async I/O          29357      13710      16656      13462
Direct reclaim write file sync I/O             154          2          2          3
Direct reclaim write anon sync I/O           14594        571        509        561
Wake kswapd requests                          7491        933        872        892
Kswapd wakeups                                 814        778        731        780
Kswapd pages scanned                       7290822   15341158   11916436   13703442
Kswapd pages reclaimed                     3587336    3142496    3094392    3187151
Kswapd reclaim write file async I/O          91975      32317      28022      29628
Kswapd reclaim write anon async I/O        1992022     789307     829745     849769
Kswapd reclaim write file sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Kswapd reclaim write anon sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Time stalled direct reclaim (seconds)      4588.93    2467.16    2495.41    2547.07
Time kswapd awake (seconds)                2497.66    1020.16    1098.06    1176.82

Total pages scanned                        7425913  15460762  12025818  13804461
Total pages reclaimed                      3675935   3190031   3142255   3233822
%age total pages scanned/reclaimed          49.50%    20.63%    26.13%    23.43%
%age total pages scanned/written            28.66%     5.41%     7.28%     6.47%
%age  file pages scanned/written             1.25%     0.21%     0.24%     0.22%
Percentage Time Spent Direct Reclaim        57.33%    42.15%    42.41%    42.99%
Percentage Time kswapd Awake                43.56%    27.87%    29.76%    31.25%

Scanned/reclaimed ratios again look good with big improvements in
efficiency.  The Scanned/written ratios also look much improved.  With a
better scanned/written ration, there is an expectation that IO would be
more efficient and indeed, the time spent in direct reclaim is much
reduced by the full series and kswapd spends a little less time awake.

Overall, indications here are that allocations were happening much faster
and this can be seen with a graph of the latency figures as the
allocations were taking place
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/postings/vmscanreduce-20101509/highalloc-interlatency-hydra-mean.ps

FTrace Reclaim Statistics: congestion_wait
Direct number congest     waited              1333        204        169          4
Direct time   congest     waited           78896ms     8288ms     7260ms      200ms
Direct full   congest     waited               756         92         69          2
Direct number conditional waited                 0          0         26        186
Direct time   conditional waited               0ms        0ms        0ms     2504ms
Direct full   conditional waited                 0          0          0         25
KSwapd number congest     waited                 4        395        227        282
KSwapd time   congest     waited             384ms    25136ms    10508ms    18380ms
KSwapd full   congest     waited                 3        232         98        176
KSwapd number conditional waited                 0          0          0          0
KSwapd time   conditional waited               0ms        0ms        0ms        0ms
KSwapd full   conditional waited                 0          0          0          0
KSwapd full   conditional waited               318          0        312          9

Overall, the time spent speeping is reduced.  kswapd is still hitting
congestion_wait() but that is because there are callers remaining where it
wasn't clear in advance if they should be changed to wait_iff_congested()
or not.  Overall the sleep imes are reduced though - from 79ish seconds to
about 19.

MMTests Statistics: duration
User/Sys Time Running Test (seconds)       3415.43   3386.65   3388.39    3377.5
Total Elapsed Time (seconds)               5733.48   3660.33   3689.41   3765.39

With the full series, the time to complete the tests are reduced by 30%

PPC64 STRESS-HIGHALLOC
                traceonly-v2r2     lowlumpy-v2r3  waitcongest-v2r3waitwriteback-v2r4
Pass 1          17.00 ( 0.00%)    34.00 (17.00%)    38.00 (21.00%)    43.00 (26.00%)
Pass 2          25.00 ( 0.00%)    37.00 (12.00%)    42.00 (17.00%)    46.00 (21.00%)
At Rest         49.00 ( 0.00%)    43.00 (-6.00%)    45.00 (-4.00%)    51.00 ( 2.00%)

Success rates there are *way* up particularly considering that the 16MB
huge pages on PPC64 mean that it's always much harder to allocate them.

FTrace Reclaim Statistics: vmscan
              stress-highalloc  stress-highalloc  stress-highalloc  stress-highalloc
                traceonly-v2r2     lowlumpy-v2r3  waitcongest-v2r3waitwriteback-v2r4
Direct reclaims                                499        505        564        509
Direct reclaim pages scanned                223478      41898      51818      45605
Direct reclaim pages reclaimed              137730      21148      27161      23455
Direct reclaim write file async I/O            399        136        162        136
Direct reclaim write anon async I/O          46977       2865       4686       3998
Direct reclaim write file sync I/O              29          0          1          3
Direct reclaim write anon sync I/O           31023        159        237        239
Wake kswapd requests                           420        351        360        326
Kswapd wakeups                                 185        294        249        277
Kswapd pages scanned                      15703488   16392500   17821724   17598737
Kswapd pages reclaimed                     5808466    2908858    3139386    3145435
Kswapd reclaim write file async I/O         159938      18400      18717      13473
Kswapd reclaim write anon async I/O        3467554     228957     322799     234278
Kswapd reclaim write file sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Kswapd reclaim write anon sync I/O               0          0          0          0
Time stalled direct reclaim (seconds)      9665.35    1707.81    2374.32    1871.23
Time kswapd awake (seconds)                9401.21    1367.86    1951.75    1328.88

Total pages scanned                       15926966  16434398  17873542  17644342
Total pages reclaimed                      5946196   2930006   3166547   3168890
%age total pages scanned/reclaimed          37.33%    17.83%    17.72%    17.96%
%age total pages scanned/written            23.27%     1.52%     1.94%     1.43%
%age  file pages scanned/written             1.01%     0.11%     0.11%     0.08%
Percentage Time Spent Direct Reclaim        44.55%    35.10%    41.42%    36.91%
Percentage Time kswapd Awake                86.71%    43.58%    52.67%    41.14%

While the scanning rates are slightly up, the scanned/reclaimed and
scanned/written figures are much improved.  The time spent in direct
reclaim and with kswapd are massively reduced, mostly by the lowlumpy
patches.

FTrace Reclaim Statistics: congestion_wait
Direct number congest     waited               725        303        126          3
Direct time   congest     waited           45524ms     9180ms     5936ms      300ms
Direct full   congest     waited               487        190         52          3
Direct number conditional waited                 0          0        200        301
Direct time   conditional waited               0ms        0ms        0ms     1904ms
Direct full   conditional waited                 0          0          0         19
KSwapd number congest     waited                 0          2         23          4
KSwapd time   congest     waited               0ms      200ms      420ms      404ms
KSwapd full   congest     waited                 0          2          2          4
KSwapd number conditional waited                 0          0          0          0
KSwapd time   conditional waited               0ms        0ms        0ms        0ms
KSwapd full   conditional waited                 0          0          0          0

Not as dramatic a story here but the time spent asleep is reduced and we
can still see what wait_iff_congested is going to sleep when necessary.

MMTests Statistics: duration
User/Sys Time Running Test (seconds)      12028.09   3157.17   3357.79   3199.16
Total Elapsed Time (seconds)              10842.07   3138.72   3705.54   3229.85

The time to complete this test goes way down.  With the full series, we
are allocating over twice the number of huge pages in 30% of the time and
there is a corresponding impact on the allocation latency graph available
at.

http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/postings/vmscanreduce-20101509/highalloc-interlatency-powyah-mean.ps

This patch:

Add a trace event for shrink_inactive_list() and updates the sample
postprocessing script appropriately.  It can be used to determine how many
pages were reclaimed and for non-lumpy reclaim where exactly the pages
were reclaimed from.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 16:52:07 -07:00
Matt Mackall
0f4d208f19 Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: improve smaps field documentation
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 16:52:05 -07:00
Bryan Schumaker
eb1c86b8b5 NFS: rename nfs.upcall -> nfs.idmap
This patch renames the idmapper upcall program from nfs.upcall to nfs.idmap in
the NFS documentation.  This is because the program has been renamed in the
nfs-utils source.

Signed-off-by: Bryan Schumaker <bjschuma@netapp.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-10-26 13:57:10 -04:00
Linus Torvalds
4390110fef Merge branch 'for-2.6.37' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux
* 'for-2.6.37' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: (99 commits)
  svcrpc: svc_tcp_sendto XPT_DEAD check is redundant
  svcrpc: no need for XPT_DEAD check in svc_xprt_enqueue
  svcrpc: assume svc_delete_xprt() called only once
  svcrpc: never clear XPT_BUSY on dead xprt
  nfsd4: fix connection allocation in sequence()
  nfsd4: only require krb5 principal for NFSv4.0 callbacks
  nfsd4: move minorversion to client
  nfsd4: delay session removal till free_client
  nfsd4: separate callback change and callback probe
  nfsd4: callback program number is per-session
  nfsd4: track backchannel connections
  nfsd4: confirm only on succesful create_session
  nfsd4: make backchannel sequence number per-session
  nfsd4: use client pointer to backchannel session
  nfsd4: move callback setup into session init code
  nfsd4: don't cache seq_misordered replies
  SUNRPC: Properly initialize sock_xprt.srcaddr in all cases
  SUNRPC: Use conventional switch statement when reclassifying sockets
  sunrpc/xprtrdma: clean up workqueue usage
  sunrpc: Turn list_for_each-s into the ..._entry-s
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts (two different deprecation notices added in
separate branches) in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
2010-10-26 09:55:25 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
a4dd8dce14 Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6
* 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6:
  net/sunrpc: Use static const char arrays
  nfs4: fix channel attribute sanity-checks
  NFSv4.1: Use more sensible names for 'initialize_mountpoint'
  NFSv4.1: pnfs: filelayout: add driver's LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO infrastructure
  NFSv4.1: pnfs: add LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO infrastructure
  NFS: client needs to maintain list of inodes with active layouts
  NFS: create and destroy inode's layout cache
  NFSv4.1: pnfs: filelayout: introduce minimal file layout driver
  NFSv4.1: pnfs: full mount/umount infrastructure
  NFS: set layout driver
  NFS: ask for layouttypes during v4 fsinfo call
  NFS: change stateid to be a union
  NFSv4.1: pnfsd, pnfs: protocol level pnfs constants
  SUNRPC: define xdr_decode_opaque_fixed
  NFSD: remove duplicate NFS4_STATEID_SIZE
2010-10-26 09:52:09 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
b20f9e5bdd Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/staging
* 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/staging: (24 commits)
  hwmon: lis3: Release resources in case of failure
  hwmon: lis3: Short explanations of platform data fields
  hwmon: lis3: Enhance lis3 selftest with IRQ line test
  hwmon: lis3: use block read to access data registers
  hwmon: lis3: Adjust fuzziness for 8 bit device
  hwmon: lis3: New parameters to platform data
  hwmon: lis3: restore axis enabled bits
  hwmon: lis3: Power on corrections
  hwmon: lis3: Update coordinates at polled device open
  hwmon: lis3: Cleanup interrupt handling
  hwmon: lis3: regulator control
  hwmon: lis3: pm_runtime support
  Kirkwood: add fan support for Network Space Max v2
  hwmon: add generic GPIO fan driver
  hwmon: (coretemp) fix reading of microcode revision (v2)
  hwmon: ({core, pkg, via-cpu}temp) remove unnecessary CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU ifdefs
  hwmon: (pkgtemp) align driver initialization style with coretemp
  hwmon: LTC4261 Hardware monitoring driver
  hwmon: (lis3) add axes module parameter for custom axis-mapping
  hwmon: (hp_accel) Add HP Mini 510x family support
  ...
2010-10-25 16:25:31 -07:00
Guenter Roeck
e5f5c99a39 hwmon: LTC4261 Hardware monitoring driver
This driver adds support for Linear Technology LTC4261 I2C Negative
Voltage Hot Swap Controller.

Reviewed-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>
Reviewed-by: Tom Grennan <tom.grennan@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2010-10-25 14:11:20 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
74eb94b218 Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6
* 'nfs-for-2.6.37' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: (67 commits)
  SUNRPC: Cleanup duplicate assignment in rpcauth_refreshcred
  nfs: fix unchecked value
  Ask for time_delta during fsinfo probe
  Revalidate caches on lock
  SUNRPC: After calling xprt_release(), we must restart from call_reserve
  NFSv4: Fix up the 'dircount' hint in encode_readdir
  NFSv4: Clean up nfs4_decode_dirent
  NFSv4: nfs4_decode_dirent must clear entry->fattr->valid
  NFSv4: Fix a regression in decode_getfattr
  NFSv4: Fix up decode_attr_filehandle() to handle the case of empty fh pointer
  NFS: Ensure we check all allocation return values in new readdir code
  NFS: Readdir plus in v4
  NFS: introduce generic decode_getattr function
  NFS: check xdr_decode for errors
  NFS: nfs_readdir_filler catch all errors
  NFS: readdir with vmapped pages
  NFS: remove page size checking code
  NFS: decode_dirent should use an xdr_stream
  SUNRPC: Add a helper function xdr_inline_peek
  NFS: remove readdir plus limit
  ...
2010-10-25 13:48:29 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
c4a6eb3b7d Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: (48 commits)
  [S390] topology: export cpu topology via proc/sysinfo
  [S390] topology: move topology sysinfo code
  [S390] topology: clean up facility detection
  [S390] cleanup facility list handling
  [S390] enable ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT with 64BIT
  [S390] dasd: ignore unsolicited interrupts for DIAG
  [S390] kvm: Enable z196 instruction facilities
  [S390] dasd: fix unsolicited interrupt recognition
  [S390] dasd: fix use after free in dbf
  [S390] kvm: Fix badness at include/asm/mmu_context.h:83
  [S390] cio: fix I/O cancel function
  [S390] topology: change default
  [S390] smp: use correct cpu address in print_cpu_info()
  [S390] remove ieee_instruction_pointer from thread_struct
  [S390] cleanup system call parameter setup
  [S390] correct alignment of cpuid structure
  [S390] cleanup lowcore access from external interrupts
  [S390] cleanup lowcore access from program checks
  [S390] pgtable: move pte_mkhuge() from hugetlb.h to pgtable.h
  [S390] fix SIGBUS handling
  ...
2010-10-25 08:36:50 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
33081adf8b 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: (365 commits)
  ALSA: hda - Disable sticky PCM stream assignment for AD codecs
  ALSA: usb - Creative USB X-Fi volume knob support
  ALSA: ca0106: Use card specific dac id for mute controls.
  ALSA: ca0106: Allow different sound cards to use different SPI channel mappings.
  ALSA: ca0106: Create a nice spot for mapping channels to dacs.
  ALSA: ca0106: Move enabling of front dac out of hardcoded setup sequence.
  ALSA: ca0106: Pull out dac powering routine into separate function.
  ALSA: ca0106 - add Sound Blaster 5.1vx info.
  ASoC: tlv320dac33: Use usleep_range for delays
  ALSA: usb-audio: add Novation Launchpad support
  ALSA: hda - Add workarounds for CT-IBG controllers
  ALSA: hda - Fix wrong TLV mute bit for STAC/IDT codecs
  ASoC: tpa6130a2: Error handling for broken chip
  ASoC: max98088: Staticise m98088_eq_band
  ASoC: soc-core: Fix codec->name memory leak
  ALSA: hda - Apply ideapad quirk to Acer laptops with Cxt5066
  ALSA: hda - Add some workarounds for Creative IBG
  ALSA: hda - Fix wrong SPDIF NID assignment for CA0110
  ALSA: hda - Fix codec rename rules for ALC662-compatible codecs
  ALSA: hda - Add alc_init_jacks() call to other codecs
  ...
2010-10-25 08:32:05 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
fbaab1dc19 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86: (44 commits)
  eeepc-wmi: Add cpufv sysfs interface
  eeepc-wmi: add additional hotkeys
  panasonic-laptop: Simplify calls to acpi_pcc_retrieve_biosdata
  panasonic-laptop: Handle errors properly if they happen
  intel_pmic_gpio: fix off-by-one value range checking
  IBM Real-Time "SMI Free" mode driver -v7
  Add OLPC XO-1 rfkill driver
  Move hdaps driver to platform/x86
  ideapad-laptop: Fix Makefile
  intel_pmic_gpio: swap the bits and mask args for intel_scu_ipc_update_register
  ideapad: Add param: no_bt_rfkill
  ideapad: Change the driver name to ideapad-laptop
  ideapad: rewrite the sw rfkill set
  ideapad: rewrite the hw rfkill notify
  ideapad: use EC command to control camera
  ideapad: use return value of _CFG to tell if device exist or not
  ideapad: make sure we bind on the correct device
  ideapad: check VPC bit before sync rfkill hw status
  ideapad: add ACPI helpers
  dell-laptop: Add debugfs support
  ...
2010-10-25 08:28:13 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
b7d41a9fbb Merge branch 'ieee1394-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6
* 'ieee1394-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6:
  ieee1394: remove the old IEEE 1394 driver stack
  ieee1394: move init_ohci1394_dma to drivers/firewire/

Fix trivial change/delete conflict: drivers/ieee1394/eth1394.c is
getting removed, but was modified by the networking merge.
2010-10-25 08:05:29 -07:00
Heiko Carstens
c9af3fa9e1 [S390] topology: change default
Switch default value of the kernel parameter 'topology' from off to on.
Various performance measurements have finally shown that there are no
(known) regressions anywhere.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2010-10-25 16:10:20 +02:00
Takashi Iwai
506ecbca71 Merge branch 'topic/hda' into for-linus 2010-10-25 10:40:05 +02:00
Fred Isaman
02c35fca7c NFSv4.1: pnfs: full mount/umount infrastructure
Allow a module implementing a layout type to register, and
have its mount/umount routines called for filesystems that
the server declares support it.

Signed-off-by: Fred Isaman <iisaman@netapp.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Adamson<andros@netapp.com>
Signed-off-by: Bian Naimeng <biannm@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2010-10-24 18:07:10 -04:00
Linus Torvalds
229aebb873 Merge branch 'for-next' of 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: (39 commits)
  Update broken web addresses in arch directory.
  Update broken web addresses in the kernel.
  Revert "drivers/usb: Remove unnecessary return's from void functions" for musb gadget
  Revert "Fix typo: configuation => configuration" partially
  ida: document IDA_BITMAP_LONGS calculation
  ext2: fix a typo on comment in ext2/inode.c
  drivers/scsi: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/s390: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/infiniband: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/gpu/drm: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  kernel/pm_qos_params.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  fs/ecryptfs: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  fs/seq_file.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  arm: uengine.c: remove C99 comments
  arm: scoop.c: remove C99 comments
  Fix typo configue => configure in comments
  Fix typo: configuation => configuration
  Fix typo interrest[ing|ed] => interest[ing|ed]
  Fix various typos of valid in comments
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in:
	drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
	drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c
	net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
1765a1fe5d Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.37' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
* 'kvm-updates/2.6.37' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (321 commits)
  KVM: Drop CONFIG_DMAR dependency around kvm_iommu_map_pages
  KVM: Fix signature of kvm_iommu_map_pages stub
  KVM: MCE: Send SRAR SIGBUS directly
  KVM: MCE: Add MCG_SER_P into KVM_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED
  KVM: fix typo in copyright notice
  KVM: Disable interrupts around get_kernel_ns()
  KVM: MMU: Avoid sign extension in mmu_alloc_direct_roots() pae root address
  KVM: MMU: move access code parsing to FNAME(walk_addr) function
  KVM: MMU: audit: check whether have unsync sps after root sync
  KVM: MMU: audit: introduce audit_printk to cleanup audit code
  KVM: MMU: audit: unregister audit tracepoints before module unloaded
  KVM: MMU: audit: fix vcpu's spte walking
  KVM: MMU: set access bit for direct mapping
  KVM: MMU: cleanup for error mask set while walk guest page table
  KVM: MMU: update 'root_hpa' out of loop in PAE shadow path
  KVM: x86 emulator: Eliminate compilation warning in x86_decode_insn()
  KVM: x86: Fix constant type in kvm_get_time_scale
  KVM: VMX: Add AX to list of registers clobbered by guest switch
  KVM guest: Move a printk that's using the clock before it's ready
  KVM: x86: TSC catchup mode
  ...
2010-10-24 12:47:25 -07:00
Xiao Guangrong
a182d8737f KVM: document 'kvm.mmu_audit' parameter
Document this parameter into Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:52:58 +02:00
Xiao Guangrong
8475f94abf KVM: fix the description of kvm-amd.nested in documentation
The default state of 'kvm-amd.nested' is enabled now, so fix the documentation

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:52:58 +02:00
Avi Kivity
c39cbd2a00 KVM: Document that KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID may return emulated values
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:52:48 +02:00
Alexander Graf
d1e87c7ee6 KVM: PPC: Add documentation for magic page enhancements
This documents how to detect additional features inside the magic
page when a guest maps it.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
2010-10-24 10:52:22 +02:00
Alexander Graf
6f7a2bd41f KVM: PPC: Document KVM_INTERRUPT ioctl
This adds some documentation for the KVM_INTERRUPT special cases that
PowerPC now implements.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
2010-10-24 10:52:20 +02:00
Alexander Graf
cbe487fac7 KVM: PPC: Add mtsrin PV code
This is the guest side of the mtsr acceleration. Using this a guest can now
call mtsrin with almost no overhead as long as it ensures that it only uses
it with (MSR_IR|MSR_DR) == 0. Linux does that, so we're good.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
2010-10-24 10:52:12 +02:00
Zachary Amsden
f392eb2546 KVM: x86: Add timekeeping documentation
Basic informational document about x86 timekeeping and how KVM
is affected.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zamsden@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:51:24 +02:00
Jiri Kosina
9cf4c4fcb5 KVM: x86: explain 'no-kvmclock' kernel parameter
no-kvmclock kernel parameter is missing its explanation in
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. Add it.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:51:07 +02:00
Alexander Graf
15711e9c92 KVM: PPC: Add get_pvinfo interface to query hypercall instructions
We need to tell the guest the opcodes that make up a hypercall through
interfaces that are controlled by userspace. So we need to add a call
for userspace to allow it to query those opcodes so it can pass them
on.

This is required because the hypercall opcodes can change based on
the hypervisor conditions. If we're running in hardware accelerated
hypervisor mode, a hypercall looks different from when we're running
without hardware acceleration.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:50:57 +02:00
Alexander Graf
d7d3c2ea99 KVM: PPC: Add Documentation about PV interface
We just introduced a new PV interface that screams for documentation. So here
it is - a shiny new and awesome text file describing the internal works of
the PPC KVM paravirtual interface.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:50:57 +02:00
Jiri Kosina
bbd128b5ac Merge branches '3m', 'egalax', 'logitech', 'magicmouse', 'ntrig' and 'roccat' into for-linus 2010-10-23 22:47:38 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
5f05647dd8 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1699 commits)
  bnx2/bnx2x: Unsupported Ethtool operations should return -EINVAL.
  vlan: Calling vlan_hwaccel_do_receive() is always valid.
  tproxy: use the interface primary IP address as a default value for --on-ip
  tproxy: added IPv6 support to the socket match
  cxgb3: function namespace cleanup
  tproxy: added IPv6 support to the TPROXY target
  tproxy: added IPv6 socket lookup function to nf_tproxy_core
  be2net: Changes to use only priority codes allowed by f/w
  tproxy: allow non-local binds of IPv6 sockets if IP_TRANSPARENT is enabled
  tproxy: added tproxy sockopt interface in the IPV6 layer
  tproxy: added udp6_lib_lookup function
  tproxy: added const specifiers to udp lookup functions
  tproxy: split off ipv6 defragmentation to a separate module
  l2tp: small cleanup
  nf_nat: restrict ICMP translation for embedded header
  can: mcp251x: fix generation of error frames
  can: mcp251x: fix endless loop in interrupt handler if CANINTF_MERRF is set
  can-raw: add msg_flags to distinguish local traffic
  9p: client code cleanup
  rds: make local functions/variables static
  ...

Fix up conflicts in net/core/dev.c, drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c and
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c as per David
2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6c2754c28f Revert "tty: Add a new file /proc/tty/consoles"
This reverts commit f4a3e0bceb.  Jiri
Sladby points out that the tty structure we're using may already be
gone, and Al Viro doesn't hold back in complaining about the random
loading of 'filp->private_data' which doesn't have to be a pointer at
all, nor does checking the magic field for TTY_MAGIC prove anything.

Belated review by Al:

 "a) global variable depending on stdin of the last opener? Affecting
     output of read(2)? Really?

  b) iterator is broken; list should be locked in ->start(), unlocked in
     ->stop() and *NOT* unlocked/relocked in ->next()

  c) ->show() ought to do nothing in case of ->device == NULL, instead
     of skipping those in ->next()/->start()

  d) regardless of the merits of the bright idea about asterisk at that
     line in output *and* regardless of (a), the implementation is not
     only atrociously ugly, it's actually very likely to be a roothole.
     Verifying that Cthulhu knows what number happens to be address of a
     tty_struct by blindly dereferencing memory at that address...
     Ouch.

  Please revert that crap."

And Christoph pipes in and NAK's the approach of walking fd tables etc
too.  So it's pretty unanimous.

Noticed-by: Jri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Requested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-23 08:14:12 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
5cc1035062 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (141 commits)
  USB: mct_u232: fix broken close
  USB: gadget: amd5536udc.c: fix error path
  USB: imx21-hcd - fix off by one resource size calculation
  usb: gadget: fix Kconfig warning
  usb: r8a66597-udc: Add processing when USB was removed.
  mxc_udc: add workaround for ENGcm09152 for i.MX35
  USB: ftdi_sio: add device ids for ScienceScope
  USB: musb: AM35x: Workaround for fifo read issue
  USB: musb: add musb support for AM35x
  USB: AM35x: Add musb support
  usb: Fix linker errors with CONFIG_PM=n
  USB: ohci-sh - use resource_size instead of defining its own resource_len macro
  USB: isp1362-hcd - use resource_size instead of defining its own resource_len macro
  USB: isp116x-hcd - use resource_size instead of defining its own resource_len macro
  USB: xhci: Fix compile error when CONFIG_PM=n
  USB: accept some invalid ep0-maxpacket values
  USB: xHCI: PCI power management implementation
  USB: xHCI: bus power management implementation
  USB: xHCI: port remote wakeup implementation
  USB: xHCI: port power management implementation
  ...

Manually fix up (non-data) conflict: the SCSI merge gad renamed the
'hw_sector_size' member to 'physical_block_size', and the USB tree
brought a new use of it.
2010-10-22 20:30:48 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
73ecf3a6e3 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6: (49 commits)
  serial8250: ratelimit "too much work" error
  serial: bfin_sport_uart: speed up sport RX sample rate to be 3% faster
  serial: abstraction for 8250 legacy ports
  serial/imx: check that the buffer is non-empty before sending it out
  serial: mfd: add more baud rates support
  jsm: Remove the uart port on errors
  Alchemy: Add UART PM methods.
  8250: allow platforms to override PM hook.
  altera_uart: Don't use plain integer as NULL pointer
  altera_uart: Fix missing prototype for registering an early console
  altera_uart: Fixup type usage of port flags
  altera_uart: Make it possible to use Altera UART and 8250 ports together
  altera_uart: Add support for different address strides
  altera_uart: Add support for getting mapbase and IRQ from resources
  altera_uart: Add support for polling mode (IRQ-less)
  serial: Factor out uart_poll_timeout() from 8250 driver
  serial: mark the 8250 driver as maintained
  serial: 8250: Don't delay after transmitter is ready.
  tty: MAINTAINERS: add drivers/serial/jsm/ as maintained driver
  vcs: invoke the vt update callback when /dev/vcs* is written to
  ...
2010-10-22 19:59:04 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
b9da057105 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (31 commits)
  driver core: Display error codes when class suspend fails
  Driver core: Add section count to memory_block struct
  Driver core: Add mutex for adding/removing memory blocks
  Driver core: Move find_memory_block routine
  hpilo: Despecificate driver from iLO generation
  driver core: Convert link_mem_sections to use find_memory_block_hinted.
  driver core: Introduce find_memory_block_hinted which utilizes kset_find_obj_hinted.
  kobject: Introduce kset_find_obj_hinted.
  driver core: fix build for CONFIG_BLOCK not enabled
  driver-core: base: change to new flag variable
  sysfs: only access bin file vm_ops with the active lock
  sysfs: Fail bin file mmap if vma close is implemented.
  FW_LOADER: fix kconfig dependency warning on HOTPLUG
  uio: Statically allocate uio_class and use class .dev_attrs.
  uio: Support 2^MINOR_BITS minors
  uio: Cleanup irq handling.
  uio: Don't clear driver data
  uio: Fix lack of locking in init_uio_class
  SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout
  driver core: remove CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 but keep it for block devices
  ...
2010-10-22 19:36:42 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
c70b5296e7 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (84 commits)
  [SCSI] be2iscsi: SGE Len == 64K
  [SCSI] be2iscsi: Remove premature free of cid
  [SCSI] be2iscsi: More time for FW
  [SCSI] libsas: fix bug for vacant phy
  [SCSI] sd: Fix overflow with big physical blocks
  [SCSI] st: add MTWEOFI to write filemarks without flushing drive buffer
  [SCSI] libsas: Don't issue commands to devices that have been hot-removed
  [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add Online Controller Reset to MegaRAID SAS drive
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.17: Update lpfc driver version to 8.3.17
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.17: Replace function reset methodology
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.17: SCSI fixes
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.17: BSG fixes
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.17: SLI Additions and Fixes
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.17: Code Cleanup and Locking fixes
  [SCSI] zfcp: Remove scsi_cmnd->serial_number from debug traces
  [SCSI] ipr: fix array error logging
  [SCSI] aha152x: enable PCMCIA on 64bit
  [SCSI] scsi_dh_alua: Handle all states correctly
  [SCSI] cxgb4i: connection and ddp setting update
  [SCSI] cxgb3i: fixed connection over vlan
  ...
2010-10-22 17:34:15 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
91b745016c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
  workqueue: remove in_workqueue_context()
  workqueue: Clarify that schedule_on_each_cpu is synchronous
  memory_hotplug: drop spurious calls to flush_scheduled_work()
  shpchp: update workqueue usage
  pciehp: update workqueue usage
  isdn/eicon: don't call flush_scheduled_work() from diva_os_remove_soft_isr()
  workqueue: add and use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag
  workqueue: fix HIGHPRI handling in keep_working()
  workqueue: add queue_work and activate_work trace points
  workqueue: prepare for more tracepoints
  workqueue: implement flush[_delayed]_work_sync()
  workqueue: factor out start_flush_work()
  workqueue: cleanup flush/cancel functions
  workqueue: implement alloc_ordered_workqueue()

Fix up trivial conflict in fs/gfs2/main.c as per Tejun
2010-10-22 17:13:10 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
a2887097f2 Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (46 commits)
  xen-blkfront: disable barrier/flush write support
  Added blk-lib.c and blk-barrier.c was renamed to blk-flush.c
  block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT
  aic7xxx_old: removed unused 'req' variable
  block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag
  block: remove the BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER flag
  block: remove the WRITE_BARRIER flag
  swap: do not send discards as barriers
  fat: do not send discards as barriers
  ext4: do not send discards as barriers
  jbd2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  jbd2: Modify ASYNC_COMMIT code to not rely on queue draining on barrier
  jbd: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  nilfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  reiserfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  gfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  btrfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  xfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  block: pass gfp_mask and flags to sb_issue_discard
  dm: convey that all flushes are processed as empty
  ...
2010-10-22 17:07:18 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
e9dd2b6837 Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (39 commits)
  cfq-iosched: Fix a gcc 4.5 warning and put some comments
  block: Turn bvec_k{un,}map_irq() into static inline functions
  block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges
  block: Make the integrity mapped property a bio flag
  block: Fix double free in blk_integrity_unregister
  block: Ensure physical block size is unsigned int
  blkio-throttle: Fix possible multiplication overflow in iops calculations
  blkio-throttle: limit max iops value to UINT_MAX
  blkio-throttle: There is no need to convert jiffies to milli seconds
  blkio-throttle: Fix link failure failure on i386
  blkio: Recalculate the throttled bio dispatch time upon throttle limit change
  blkio: Add root group to td->tg_list
  blkio: deletion of a cgroup was causes oops
  blkio: Do not export throttle files if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=n
  block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory
  block: revert bad fix for memory hotplug causing bounces
  Fix compile error in blk-exec.c for !CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
  block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory
  block: Prevent hang_check firing during long I/O
  cfq: improve fsync performance for small files
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts due to __rcu sparse annotation in include/linux/genhd.h
2010-10-22 17:00:32 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
092e0e7e52 Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl
* 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl:
  vfs: make no_llseek the default
  vfs: don't use BKL in default_llseek
  llseek: automatically add .llseek fop
  libfs: use generic_file_llseek for simple_attr
  mac80211: disallow seeks in minstrel debug code
  lirc: make chardev nonseekable
  viotape: use noop_llseek
  raw: use explicit llseek file operations
  ibmasmfs: use generic_file_llseek
  spufs: use llseek in all file operations
  arm/omap: use generic_file_llseek in iommu_debug
  lkdtm: use generic_file_llseek in debugfs
  net/wireless: use generic_file_llseek in debugfs
  drm: use noop_llseek
2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
Anatolij Gustschin
230f7ede6c USB: add USB EHCI support for MPC5121 SoC
Extends FSL EHCI platform driver glue layer to support
MPC5121 USB controllers. MPC5121 Rev 2.0 silicon EHCI
registers are in big endian format. The appropriate flags
are set using the information in the platform data structure.
MPC83xx system interface registers are not available on
MPC512x, so the access to these registers is isolated in
MPC512x case. Furthermore the USB controller clocks
must be enabled before 512x register accesses which is
done by providing platform specific init callback.

The MPC512x internal USB PHY doesn't provide supply voltage.
For boards using different power switches allow specifying
DRVVBUS and PWR_FAULT signal polarity of the MPC5121 internal
PHY using "fsl,invert-drvvbus" and "fsl,invert-pwr-fault"
properties in the device tree USB nodes. Adds documentation
for this new device tree bindings.

Signed-off-by: Anatolij Gustschin <agust@denx.de>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-10-22 10:21:58 -07:00
Greg Kroah-Hartman
1b62d25839 USB: yurex: assign a real minor number to the driver
This assigns the minor number 192 to the yurex driver.

We also fix up the previous usb minor number entry, it was wrong.

Cc: Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-10-22 10:21:51 -07:00
Alan Stern
834e2312e7 USB: teach "devices" file about Wireless and SuperSpeed USB
The /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices file doesn't know about Wireless or
SuperSpeed USB.  This patch (as1416b) teaches it, and updates the
Documentation/usb/proc_sub_info.txt file accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
CC: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>
CC: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-10-22 10:21:40 -07:00
Dr. Werner Fink
f4a3e0bceb tty: Add a new file /proc/tty/consoles
Add a new file /proc/tty/consoles to be able to determine the registered
system console lines.  If the reading process holds /dev/console open at
the regular standard input stream the active device will be marked by an
asterisk.  Show possible operations and also decode the used flags of
the listed console lines.

Signed-off-by: Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-10-22 10:20:05 -07:00
Samo Pogacnik
24b4b67d17 add ttyprintk driver
Ttyprintk is a pseudo TTY driver, which allows users to make printk
messages, via output to ttyprintk device. It is possible to store
"console" messages inline with kernel messages for better analyses of
the boot process, for example.

Signed-off-by: Samo Pogacnik <samo_pogacnik@t-2.net>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-10-22 10:20:02 -07:00