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2006-05-09[PATCH] ppc32/8xx: Fix r3 trashing due to 8MB TLB page instantiationMarcelo Tosatti1-4/+0
Instantiation of 8MB pages on the TLB cache for the kernel static mapping trashes r3 register on !CONFIG_8xx_CPU6 configurations. This ensures r3 gets saved and restored. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@kvack.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-05-09powerpc/32: Define an is_kernel_addr() to fix ARCH=ppc compilationPaul Mackerras1-0/+1
My commit 6bfd93c32a5065d0e858780b3beb0b667081601c broke the ARCH=ppc compilation by using the is_kernel_addr() macro in asm/uaccess.h. This fixes it by defining a suitable is_kernel_addr() for ARCH=ppc. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-05-08spidernet: enable support for bcm5461 ethernet phyJens Osterkamp3-9/+47
A newer board revision changed the type of ethernet phy. Moreover, this generalizes the way that a phy gets switched into fiber mode when autodetection is not available. Signed-off-by: Jens Osterkamp <Jens.Osterkamp@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08spidernet: introduce new settingJens Osterkamp2-0/+4
We found a new chip setting that we need in order to make the driver work more reliable. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08Fix RTL8019AS init for Toshiba RBTX49xx boardsSergei Shtylyov1-12/+19
Ensure that 8-bit mode is selected for the on-board Realtek RTL8019AS chip on Toshiba RBHMA4x00, get rid of the duplicate #ifdef's when setting ei_status.word16. The chip's datasheet says that the PSTOP register shouldn't exceed 0x60 in 8-bit mode -- ensure this too. Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08au1000_eth.c: use ether_crc() from <linux/crc32.h>Herbert Valerio Riedel1-17/+1
since the au1000 driver already selects the CRC32 routines, simply replace the internal ether_crc() implementation with the semantically equivalent one from <linux/crc32.h> Signed-off-by: Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: version 1.3Stephen Hemminger1-1/+1
Update version number, to track changes. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08Add more support for the Yukon Ultra chip found in dual core centino laptops.Stephen Hemminger2-29/+62
The newest Yukon Ultra chipset's require more special tweaks. They seem to be like the Yukon XL chipsets. This code is transliterated from the latest SysKonnect driver; I don't have any Ultra hardware. Signed-off-by: Stephe Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: synchronize irq on removeStephen Hemminger1-0/+2
Need to make sure interrupt is not racing with unregister of network device. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: dont write status ringStephen Hemminger1-14/+7
It is more efficient not to write the status ring from the processor and just read the active portion. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: edge triggered workaround enhancementStephen Hemminger1-8/+12
Need to make the edge-triggered workaround timer faster to get marginally better peformance. The test_and_set_bit in schedule_prep() acts as a barrier already. Make it a module parameter so that laptops who are concerned about power can set it to 0; and user's stuck with broken BIOS's can turn the driver into pure polling. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: use mask instead of modulo operationStephen Hemminger1-6/+8
Gcc isn't smart enough to know that it can do a modulo operation with power of 2 constant by doing a mask. So add macro to do it for us. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: tx ring index mask fixStephen Hemminger1-1/+2
Mask for transmit ring status was picking up bits from the unused sync ring. They were always zero, so far... Also, make sure to remind self not to make tx ring too big. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: status irq hang fixStephen Hemminger1-28/+25
The status interrupt flag should be cleared before processing, not afterwards to avoid race. Need to process in poll routine even if no new interrupt status. This is a normal occurrence when more than 64 frames (NAPI weight) are processed in one poll routine. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: backout NAPI rescheduleStephen Hemminger2-26/+12
This is a backout of earlier patch. The whole rescheduling hack was a bad idea. It doesn't really solve the problem and it makes the code more complicated for no good reason. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08Revert "kbuild: fix modpost segfault for 64bit mipsel kernel"Linus Torvalds2-28/+2
This reverts commit c8d8b837ebe4b4f11e1b0c4a2bdc358c697692ed, which caused problems for the x86 build. Quoth Sam: "It was discussed on mips list but apparently the fix was bogus. I will not have time to look into it so mips can carry this local fix until we get a proper fix in mainline." Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08[PATCH] x86_64: Move ondemand timer into own work queueAndi Kleen1-8/+20
Taking the cpu hotplug semaphore in a normal events workqueue is unsafe because other tasks can wait for any workqueues with it hold. This results in a deadlock. Move the DBS timer into its own work queue which is not affected by other work queue flushes to avoid this. Has been acked by Venkatesh. Cc: venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com Cc: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08[PATCH] x86_64: Avoid EBDA area in early boot allocatorAndi Kleen3-8/+30
Based on analysis&patch from Robert Hentosch Observed on a Dell PE6850 with 16GB The problem occurs very early on, when the kernel allocates space for the temporary memory map called bootmap. The bootmap overlaps the EBDA region. EBDA region is not historically reserved in the e820 mapping. When the bootmap is freed it marks the EBDA region as usable. If you notice in setup.c there is already code to work around the EBDA in reserve_ebda_region(), this check however occurs after the bootmap is allocated and doesn't prevent the bootmap from using this range. AK: I redid the original patch. Thanks also to Jan Beulich for spotting some mistakes. Cc: Robert_Hentosch@dell.com Cc: jbeulich@novell.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08[PATCH] x86_64: add nmi_exit to die_nmiCorey Minyard1-0/+2
Playing with NMI watchdog on x86_64, I discovered that it didn't do what I expected. It always panic-ed, even when it didn't happen from interrupt context. This patch solves that problem for me. Also, in this case, do_exit() will be called with interrupts disabled, I believe. Would it be wise to also call local_irq_enable() after nmi_exit()? [Yes I added it -AK] Currently, on x86_64, any NMI watchdog timeout will cause a panic because the irq count will always be set to be in an interrupt when do_exit() is called from die_nmi(). If we add nmi_exit() to the die_nmi() call (since the nmi will never exit "normally") it seems to solve this problem. The following small program can be used to trigger the NMI watchdog to reproduce this: main () { iopl(3); for (;;) asm("cli"); } Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08[PATCH] x86_64: fix die_lock nestingCorey Minyard1-1/+9
I noticed this when poking around in this area. The oops_begin() function in x86_64 would only conditionally claim the die_lock if the call is nested, but oops_end() would always release the spinlock. This patch adds a nest count for the die lock so that the release of the lock is only done on the final oops_end(). Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08[PATCH] x86_64: Check for too many northbridges in IOMMU codeAndi Kleen1-0/+8
The IOMMU code can only deal with 8 northbridges. Error out when more are found. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08[PATCH] x86_64: avoid IRQ0 ioapic pin collisionKimball Murray6-2/+34
The patch addresses a problem with ACPI SCI interrupt entry, which gets re-used, and the IRQ is assigned to another unrelated device. The patch corrects the code such that SCI IRQ is skipped and duplicate entry is avoided. Second issue came up with VIA chipset, the problem was caused by original patch assigning IRQs starting 16 and up. The VIA chipset uses 4-bit IRQ register for internal interrupt routing, and therefore cannot handle IRQ numbers assigned to its devices. The patch corrects this problem by allowing PCI IRQs below 16. Cc: len.brown@intel.com Signed-off by: Natalie Protasevich <Natalie.Protasevich@unisys.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08[PATCH] fs/locks.c: Fix lease_initTrond Myklebust1-9/+12
It is insane to be giving lease_init() the task of freeing the lock it is supposed to initialise, given that the lock is not guaranteed to be allocated on the stack. This causes lockups in fcntl_setlease(). Problem diagnosed by Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com> Also fix a slab leak in __setlease() due to an uninitialised return value. Problem diagnosed by Björn Steinbrink. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Tested-by: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08[XFS] Fix a possible metadata buffer (AGFL) refcount leak when fixing anNathan Scott1-1/+4
AG freelist. SGI-PV: 952681 SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:25902a Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
2006-05-08[XFS] Fix a project quota space accounting leak on rename.Nathan Scott2-1/+13
SGI-PV: 951636 SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:25811a Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
2006-05-08[XFS] Fix a possible forced shutdown due to mishandling write barriersNathan Scott1-18/+9
with remount,ro. SGI-PV: 951944 SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:25742a Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
2006-05-08kbuild: Do not overwrite makefile as anohter userJan Beulich2-10/+11
Change the conditional of the outputmakefile rule to be evaluated entirely in make, and add a conditional to not touch the generated makefile when e.g. running 'make install' as root while the build was done as non-root. Also adjust the comment describing this, and move the message printing and redirection to mkmakefile. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2006-05-07[ARM] 3507/1: Replace map_desc.physical with map_desc.pfn: aaed2000Bellido Nicolas1-1/+6
Patch from Bellido Nicolas aaed2000 map_desc.pfn conversion Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bellido <ml@acolin.be> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-07[ARM] 3506/1: aaec2000: debug-macro.S needs hardware.hBellido Nicolas1-0/+1
Patch from Bellido Nicolas Include hardware.h in debug-macro.S, otherwise io_p2v is undefined. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bellido <ml@acolin.be> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-07[ARM] 3505/1: aaec2000: entry-macro.S needs asm/arch/irqs.hBellido Nicolas1-0/+1
Patch from Bellido Nicolas Since git commit 2b78838842346da390e8547cd37035184376d506, entry-macro.S needs to include asm/arch/irqs.h Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bellido <ml@acolin.be> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-07[ARM] 3504/1: Fix clcd includes for aaec2000Bellido Nicolas2-1/+1
Patch from Bellido Nicolas Since this patch: [ARM] 3366/1: Allow the 16bpp mode configuration in the CLCD control register linux/amba/bus.h needs to be included before linux/amba/clcd.h Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bellido <ml@acolin.be> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-07[ARM] 3503/1: Fix map_desc structure for aaec2000Bellido Nicolas1-2/+2
Patch from Bellido Nicolas Patch: [ARM] 2982/1: Replace map_desc.physical with map_desc.pfn: aaec2000 incorrectly expanded the struct map_desc for aaec2000. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bellido <ml@acolin.be> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-07[ARM] 3501/1: i.MX: fix lowlevel debug macrosSascha Hauer2-2/+2
Patch from Sascha Hauer This patch fixes the addruart macro to work with both mmu enabled and disabled. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutonix.de> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-07Fix ptrace_attach()/ptrace_traceme()/de_thread() raceLinus Torvalds1-18/+21
This holds the task lock (and, for ptrace_attach, the tasklist_lock) over the actual attach event, which closes a race between attacking to a thread that is either doing a PTRACE_TRACEME or getting de-threaded. Thanks to Oleg Nesterov for reminding me about this, and Chris Wright for noticing a lost return value in my first version. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-06[IRDA] irda-usb: use NULL instead of 0Randy Dunlap1-1/+1
Use NULL instead of 0 for a null pointer value (sparse warning): drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c:1781:30: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer Also, correct timeout argument to use milliseconds instead of jiffies. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-06[IPV4]: Remove likely in ip_rcv_finish()Hua Zhong1-1/+1
This is another result from my likely profiling tool (dwalker@mvista.com just sent the patch of the profiling tool to linux-kernel mailing list, which is similar to what I use). On my system (not very busy, normal development machine within a VMWare workstation), I see a 6/5 miss/hit ratio for this "likely". Signed-off-by: Hua Zhong <hzhong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-06[NET]: Create netdev attribute_groups with class_device_addStephen Hemminger3-38/+15
Atomically create attributes when class device is added. This avoids the race between registering class_device (which generates hotplug event), and the creation of attribute groups. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-06[CLASS DEVICE]: add attribute_group creationStephen Hemminger2-0/+34
Extend the support of attribute groups in class_device's to allow groups to be created as part of the registration process. This allows network device's to avoid race between registration and creating groups. Note that unlike attributes that are a property of the class object, the groups are a property of the class_device object. This is done because there are different types of network devices (wireless for example). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-06[ARM] rtc-sa1100: fix compiler warnings and error cleanupRussell King1-3/+3
Fix: drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c: In function `sa1100_rtc_proc': drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c:298: warning: unsigned int format, long unsigned int arg (arg 3) and arrange for sa1100_rtc_open() to pass the devid to free_irq() rather than NULL. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-06[ARM] Allow SA1100 RTC alarm to be configured for wakeupRussell King1-0/+16
The SA1100 RTC alarm can be configured to wake up the CPU from sleep mode, and the RTC driver has been using the API to configure this mode. Unfortunately, the code was which sets the required bit in the hardware was missing. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-05[TCP]: Fix snd_cwnd adjustments in tcp_highspeed.cJohn Heffner1-1/+1
Xiaoliang (David) Wei wrote: > Hi gurus, > > I am reading the code of tcp_highspeed.c in the kernel and have a > question on the hstcp_cong_avoid function, specifically the following > AI part (line 136~143 in net/ipv4/tcp_highspeed.c ): > > /* Do additive increase */ > if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp) { > tp->snd_cwnd_cnt += ca->ai; > if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= tp->snd_cwnd) { > tp->snd_cwnd++; > tp->snd_cwnd_cnt -= tp->snd_cwnd; > } > } > > In this part, when (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt == tp->snd_cwnd), > snd_cwnd_cnt will be -1... snd_cwnd_cnt is defined as u16, will this > small chance of getting -1 becomes a problem? > Shall we change it by reversing the order of the cwnd++ and cwnd_cnt -= > cwnd? Absolutely correct. Thanks. Signed-off-by: John Heffner <jheffner@psc.edu> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-05[NETROM/ROSE]: Kill module init version kernel log messages.Ralf Baechle2-6/+0
There are out of date and don't tell the user anything useful. The similar messages which IPV4 and the core networking used to output were killed a long time ago. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-05[DCCP]: Fix sock_orphan dead lockHerbert Xu1-3/+10
Calling sock_orphan inside bh_lock_sock in dccp_close can lead to dead locks. For example, the inet_diag code holds sk_callback_lock without disabling BH. If an inbound packet arrives during that admittedly tiny window, it will cause a dead lock on bh_lock_sock. Another possible path would be through sock_wfree if the network device driver frees the tx skb in process context with BH enabled. We can fix this by moving sock_orphan out of bh_lock_sock. The tricky bit is to work out when we need to destroy the socket ourselves and when it has already been destroyed by someone else. By moving sock_orphan before the release_sock we can solve this problem. This is because as long as we own the socket lock its state cannot change. So we simply record the socket state before the release_sock and then check the state again after we regain the socket lock. If the socket state has transitioned to DCCP_CLOSED in the time being, we know that the socket has been destroyed. Otherwise the socket is still ours to keep. This problem was discoverd by Ingo Molnar using his lock validator. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-05[BRIDGE]: keep track of received multicast packetsStephen Hemminger1-0/+1
It makes sense to add this simple statistic to keep track of received multicast packets. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-05[SCTP]: Fix state table entries for chunks received in CLOSED state.Sridhar Samudrala1-5/+5
Discard an unexpected chunk in CLOSED state rather can calling BUG(). Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-05[SCTP]: Fix panic's when receiving fragmented SCTP control chunks.Sridhar Samudrala1-5/+8
Use pskb_pull() to handle incoming COOKIE_ECHO and HEARTBEAT chunks that are received as skb's with fragment list. Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-05[SCTP]: Prevent possible infinite recursion with multiple bundled DATA.Vladislav Yasevich1-2/+25
There is a rare situation that causes lksctp to go into infinite recursion and crash the system. The trigger is a packet that contains at least the first two DATA fragments of a message bundled together. The recursion is triggered when the user data buffer is smaller that the full data message. The problem is that we clone the skb for every fragment in the message. When reassembling the full message, we try to link skbs from the "first fragment" clone using the frag_list. However, since the frag_list is shared between two clones in this rare situation, we end up setting the frag_list pointer of the second fragment to point to itself. This causes sctp_skb_pull() to potentially recurse indefinitely. Proposed solution is to make a copy of the skb when attempting to link things using frag_list. Signed-off-by: Vladislav Yasevich <vladsilav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-05[SCTP]: Allow spillover of receive buffer to avoid deadlock.Neil Horman3-10/+38
This patch fixes a deadlock situation in the receive path by allowing temporary spillover of the receive buffer. - If the chunk we receive has a tsn that immediately follows the ctsn, accept it even if we run out of receive buffer space and renege data with higher TSNs. - Once we accept one chunk in a packet, accept all the remaining chunks even if we run out of receive buffer space. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Acked-by: Mark Butler <butlerm@middle.net> Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-05[ARM] 3495/1: EABI: undefine removed syscalls, but...Nicolas Pitre1-1/+1
Patch from Nicolas Pitre ... but only for user space. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-05[ARM] 3500/1: fix PXA27x DMA allocation priorityNicolas Pitre2-24/+19
Patch from Nicolas Pitre Intel PXA27x developers manual section 5.4.1.1 lists a priority distribution for the DMA channels differently than what the code currently assumes. This patch fixes that. Noticed by Simon Vogl <vogl@soft.uni-linz.ac.at> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>