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* Merge branch 'upstream-net26' of ↵David S. Miller2008-03-221-10/+0
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
| * sk98lin: remove obsolete driverStephen Hemminger2008-03-171-10/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All the hardware supported by this driver is now supported by the skge driver. The last remaining issue was support for ancient dual port SysKonnect fiber boards, and the skge driver now does these correctly (p.s. sk98lin was always broken on these old dual port boards anyway). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
* | Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2008-03-181-0/+22
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
| * x86: delay the export removal of init_mmIngo Molnar2008-02-291-0/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | delay the removal of this symbol export by one more kernel release, giving external modules such as VirtualBox a chance to stop using it. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 monthsBorislav Petkov2008-02-261-0/+10
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
* | the scheduled rc80211-simple.c removalAdrian Bunk2008-03-131-10/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | the scheduled ieee80211 softmac removalAdrian Bunk2008-03-131-8/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | the scheduled bcm43xx removalAdrian Bunk2008-03-131-9/+0
|/ | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Cc: <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86Linus Torvalds2008-02-091-9/+0
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86: (32 commits) x86: cpa, strict range check in try_preserve_large_page() x86: cpa, enable CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC on 64-bit x86: cpa, use page pool x86: introduce page pool in cpa x86: DEBUG_PAGEALLOC: enable after mem_init() brk: help text typo fix lguest: accept guest _PAGE_PWT page table entries x86 PM: update stale comments x86 PM: consolidate suspend and hibernation code x86 PM: rename 32-bit files in arch/x86/power x86 PM: move 64-bit hibernation files to arch/x86/power x86: trivial printk optimizations x86: fix early_ioremap pagetable ops x86: construct 32-bit boot time page tables in native format. x86, core: remove CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING x86: avoid unused variable warning in mm/init_64.c x86: fixup more paravirt fallout brk: document randomize_va_space and CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK (was Re: x86: fix sparse warnings in acpi/bus.c x86: fix sparse warning in topology.c ...
| * x86, core: remove CONFIG_FORCED_INLININGHarvey Harrison2008-02-091-9/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other than the defconfigs, remove the entry in compiler-gcc4.h, Kconfig.debug and feature-removal-schedule.txt. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* | [SPARC]: Add solaris/sunos binary support to feature removal schedule.David S. Miller2008-02-091-0/+11
|/ | | | Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* Remove a.out interpreter support in ELF loaderAndi Kleen2008-02-081-11/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Following the deprecation schedule the a.out ELF interpreter support is removed now with this patch. a.out ELF interpreters were an transition feature for moving a.out systems to ELF, but they're unlikely to be still needed. Pure a.out systems will still work of course. This allows to simplify the hairy ELF loader. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* The scheduled 'time' option removalAdrian Bunk2008-02-081-8/+0
| | | | | | | | | The scheduled removal of the 'time' option. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Char: mxser, remove itJiri Slaby2008-02-071-8/+0
| | | | | | | | | | (Old) mxser is obsoleted by mxser_new and scheduled for removal on Dec 2007. Remove it by renaming mxser_new to mxser. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* scheduled OSS driver removalAdrian Bunk2008-02-061-7/+0
| | | | | | | | | This patch contains the scheduled removal of OSS drivers whose config options have been removed in 2.6.23. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL onlyGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-02-011-16/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | Over two years ago, the Linux USB developers stated that they believed there was no way to create a USB kernel driver that was not under the GPL. This patch moves the USB apis to enforce that decision. There are no known closed source USB drivers in the wild, so this patch should cause no problems. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* b43: Add support for new firmwareMichael Buesch2008-01-281-0/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds support for new firmware. Old firmware is still supported until July 2008. To get new firmware, go to ftp://ftp.linksys.com/opensourcecode/wrt150nv11/1.51.3/ and download the tarball. We don't have a smaller tarball, yet. That will be fixed later. You can extract firmware out of the "wl_ap.o" file contained in this tarball using latest fwcutter. You must pass the option --unsupported to fwcutter. Fwcutter-010 with official support for a new firmware image will be released soon. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: Update feature-removal-schedule.txtJan Engelhardt2008-01-281-0/+32
| | | | | | | | | With all the newly introduced features, there is a lot to remove later on after a compatibility grace period of 2 years. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [SHAPER]: The scheduled shaper removal.Adrian Bunk2008-01-281-9/+0
| | | | | | | | This patch contains the scheduled removal of the shaper driver. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* doc: fix typo in feature-removal-scheduleStefano Brivio2008-01-281-1/+1
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: make PID rate control algorithm the defaultStefano Brivio2008-01-281-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This makes the new PID TX rate control algorithm the default instead of the rc80211_simple rate control algorithm. The simple algorithm was flawed in several ways: it wasn't responsive at all and didn't age the information it was relying on properly. The PID algorithm allows us to tune characteristics such as responsiveness by adjusting parameters and was found to generally behave better. The default algorithm can be overridden to select simple instead. Which ever algorithm is the default is included as part of the mac80211 module automatically. The other algorithm (simple vs. pid) can be selected for inclusion as well. If EMBEDDED is selected then the choice is available to have no default specified and neither algorithm included in mac80211. The default algorithm can be set through a modparam. While at it, mark rc80211-simple as deprecated, and schedule it for removal. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: ip_tables: remove obsolete SAME targetPatrick McHardy2008-01-281-9/+0
| | | | | | | Remove the ipt_SAME target as scheduled in feature-removal-schedule. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* softmac: mark as obsolete and schedule for removalJohn W. Linville2008-01-281-0/+8
| | | | | | | Schedule softmac for for removal in the 2.6.26 development window. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* bcm43xx: mark as obsolete and schedule for removalJohn W. Linville2008-01-281-0/+9
| | | | | | | Schedule bcm43xx for for removal in the 2.6.26 development window. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* i2c: Drop redundant i2c_adapter.listJean Delvare2008-01-271-9/+0
| | | | | | | | i2c_adapter.list is superfluous, this list duplicates the one maintained by the driver core. Drop it. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
* i2c: Deprecate drivers for I2C buses on video adaptersJean Delvare2008-01-271-0/+7
| | | | | | | The framebuffer drivers for these pieces of hardware include support for the DDC/I2C buses, so there is no need for separate drivers. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
* i2c: some overdue driver removalAdrian Bunk2008-01-271-8/+0
| | | | | | | | | | This patch contains the overdue removal of three I2C drivers. [JD: In fact only i2c-ixp4xx can be removed at the moment, the other two platforms don't implement the generic GPIO layer yet.] Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
* i2c: the scheduled I2C RTC driver removalAdrian Bunk2008-01-271-7/+0
| | | | | | | | This patch contains the scheduled removal of legacy I2C RTC drivers with replacement drivers. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
* IB/mthca: Remove MSI support as scheduledAdrian Bunk2008-01-251-10/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | Remove MSI support from the mthca driver, as scheduled. There is no reason to use MSI instead of MSI-X, since MSI-X performs better. No one has spoken up since MSI support was deprecated in commit f6be6fbe ("IB/mthca: Schedule MSI support for removal"), so apparently the MSI support is unused. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
* feature-removal-schedule: remove SA_* flags entryAdrian Bunk2007-11-141-9/+0
| | | | | | | | | | No reason to keep the feature-removal-schedule.txt entry after the code was removed. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* V4L/DVB (6378b): Updates info about the removal of V4L1 at ↵Mauro Carvalho Chehab2007-10-221-5/+7
| | | | | | feature-removal-schedule.txt Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
* V4L/DVB (6378a): Removal of VIDIOC_[G|S]_MPEGCOMP from ↵Mauro Carvalho Chehab2007-10-221-12/+0
| | | | | | feature-removal-schedule.txt Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
* The next round of scheduled OSS code removalAdrian Bunk2007-10-181-7/+0
| | | | | | | | This patch contains the next round of scheduled OSS code removal. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* sysctl: deprecate sys_sysctl in a user space visible fashion.Eric W. Biederman2007-10-181-0/+35
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | After adding checking to register_sysctl_table and finding a whole new set of bugs. Missed by countless code reviews and testers I have finally lost patience with the binary sysctl interface. The binary sysctl interface has been sort of deprecated for years and finding a user space program that uses the syscall is more difficult then finding a needle in a haystack. Problems continue to crop up, with the in kernel implementation. So since supporting something that no one uses is silly, deprecate sys_sysctl with a sufficient grace period and notice that the handful of user space applications that care can be fixed or replaced. The /proc/sys sysctl interface that people use will continue to be supported indefinitely. This patch moves the tested warning about sysctls from the path where sys_sysctl to a separate path called from both implementations of sys_sysctl, and it adds a proper entry into Documentation/feature-removal-schedule. Allowing us to revisit this in a couple years time and actually kill sys_sysctl. [lethal@linux-sh.org: sysctl: Fix syscall disabled build] Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Deprecate a.out ELF interpretersAndi Kleen2007-10-171-0/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Linux ELF loader is quite complicated and messy code (that could probably need a rewrite, but that's a different chapter). One particular messy part in it is the support for non ELF a.out ld.sos. This was originally added to make transition from a.out to ELF easier because an a.out ELF ld.so could be still build using an older a.out toolkit. But by now that should be fully obsolete and removing it would clean up binfmt_elf.c up a bit. I propose to deprecate this support and remove for 2.6.25. Drawback is that someone still runs their system with a.out ld.so they would need to update the ld.so when updating to a new kernel. This patch just adds an entry to the deprecation file and a printk warning users. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: better warning message] Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Input: remove tsdev interfaceRichard Purdie2007-10-131-14/+0
| | | | | | | Remove the obsolete tsdev.c driver as scheduled. Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
* Merge branch 'master' of ↵Linus Torvalds2007-10-111-0/+13
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 * 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (867 commits) [SKY2]: status polling loop (post merge) [NET]: Fix NAPI completion handling in some drivers. [TCP]: Limit processing lost_retrans loop to work-to-do cases [TCP]: Fix lost_retrans loop vs fastpath problems [TCP]: No need to re-count fackets_out/sacked_out at RTO [TCP]: Extract tcp_match_queue_to_sack from sacktag code [TCP]: Kill almost unused variable pcount from sacktag [TCP]: Fix mark_head_lost to ignore R-bit when trying to mark L [TCP]: Add bytes_acked (ABC) clearing to FRTO too [IPv6]: Update setsockopt(IPV6_MULTICAST_IF) to support RFC 3493, try2 [NETFILTER]: x_tables: add missing ip6t_modulename aliases [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_tcp: fix connection reopening [QETH]: fix qeth_main.c [NETLINK]: fib_frontend build fixes [IPv6]: Export userland ND options through netlink (RDNSS support) [9P]: build fix with !CONFIG_SYSCTL [NET]: Fix dev_put() and dev_hold() comments [NET]: make netlink user -> kernel interface synchronious [NET]: unify netlink kernel socket recognition [NET]: cleanup 3rd argument in netlink_sendskb ... Fix up conflicts manually in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt and my new least favourite crap, the "mod_devicetable" support in the files include/linux/mod_devicetable.h and scripts/mod/file2alias.c. (The latter files seem to be explicitly _designed_ to get conflicts when different subsystems work with them - that have an absolutely horrid lack of subsystem separation!) Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| * [SHAPER]: Mark for removal.Stephen Hemminger2007-10-101-0/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This driver has been marked obsolete for a long time and is superseded by traffic schedulers. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | x86: Add feature-removal entry for bzImage symlinksThomas Gleixner2007-10-111-0/+8
|/ | | | | | | | | The i386/x86_64 merge provides a symlink to the old bzImage location. This is just a transitional migration helper. Remove it after a 6 month grace period. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* sk98lin: resurrect driverStephen Hemminger2007-09-151-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | This reverts commit e1abecc48938fbe1966ea6e78267fc673fa59295. The driver works on some hardware that skge doesn't handle yet. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
* ACPI: Schedule /proc/acpi/event for removalLen Brown2007-08-231-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | Schedule /proc/acpi/event for removal in 6 months. Re-name acpi_bus_generate_event() to acpi_bus_generate_proc_event() to make sure there is no confusion that it is for /proc/acpi/event only. Add CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT to allow removal of /proc/acpi/event. There is no functional change if CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT=y Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* [S390] cio: Remove deprecated rdc/rcd.Cornelia Huck2007-07-271-16/+0
| | | | | | | | http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118481061928246&w=2 seems to indicate disfavour of "deprecated", so let's just kill it now. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
* Pull misc into release branchLen Brown2007-07-221-17/+4
|\ | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
| * ACPI: update ACPI proc I/F removal scheduleZhang Rui2007-07-221-3/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ACPI sysfs conversion is not finished yet and some user space tools still depend on the ACPI proc I/F. We plan to finish all the sysfs conversion by January 2008 and remove the ACPI proc I/F in July 2008. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| * ACPI: update feature-removal-schedule.txt, /sys/firmware/acpi/namespace is goneZhang Rui2007-07-221-14/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The /sys/firmware/acpi/namespace has already been removed in 2.6.21. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds2007-07-191-9/+0
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: (44 commits) i2c: Delete the i2c-isa pseudo bus driver hwmon: refuse to load abituguru driver on non-Abit boards hwmon: fix Abit Uguru3 driver detection on some motherboards hwmon/w83627ehf: Be quiet when no chip is found hwmon/w83627ehf: No need to initialize fan_min hwmon/w83627ehf: Export the thermal sensor types hwmon/w83627ehf: Enable VBAT monitoring hwmon/w83627ehf: Add support for the VID inputs hwmon/w83627ehf: Fix timing issues hwmon/w83627ehf: Add error messages for two error cases hwmon/w83627ehf: Convert to a platform driver hwmon/w83627ehf: Update the Kconfig entry make coretemp_device_remove() static hwmon: Add LM93 support hwmon: Improve the pwmN_enable documentation hwmon/smsc47b397: Don't report missing fans as spinning at 82 RPM hwmon: Add support for newer uGuru's hwmon/f71805f: Add temperature-tracking fan control mode hwmon/w83627ehf: Preserve speed reading when changing fan min hwmon: fix detection of abituguru volt inputs ... Manual fixup of trivial conflict in MAINTAINERS file
| * | i2c: Delete the i2c-isa pseudo bus driverJean Delvare2007-07-191-9/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are no users of i2c-isa left, so we can finally get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
* | | update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08Andy Whitcroft2007-07-191-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This version brings a number of new checks, and a number of bug fixes. Of note: - warnings for multiple assignments per line - warnings for multiple declarations per line - checks for single statement blocks with braces This patch includes an update for feature-removal-schedule.txt to better target checks. Andy Whitcroft (12): Version: 0.08 only apply printk checks where there is a string literal allow suppression of errors for when no patch is found warn about multiple assignments warn on declaration of multiple variables check for kfree() with needless null check check for single statement braced blocks check for aggregate initialisation on the next line handle the => operator check for spaces between function name and open parenthesis move to explicit Check: entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt handle pointer attributes Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | mm: fault feedback #1Nick Piggin2007-07-191-19/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Change ->fault prototype. We now return an int, which contains VM_FAULT_xxx code in the low byte, and FAULT_RET_xxx code in the next byte. FAULT_RET_ code tells the VM whether a page was found, whether it has been locked, and potentially other things. This is not quite the way he wanted it yet, but that's changed in the next patch (which requires changes to arch code). This means we no longer set VM_CAN_INVALIDATE in the vma in order to say that a page is locked which requires filemap_nopage to go away (because we can no longer remain backward compatible without that flag), but we were going to do that anyway. struct fault_data is renamed to struct vm_fault as Linus asked. address is now a void __user * that we should firmly encourage drivers not to use without really good reason. The page is now returned via a page pointer in the vm_fault struct. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | mm: merge populate and nopage into fault (fixes nonlinear)Nick Piggin2007-07-191-0/+27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nonlinear mappings are (AFAIKS) simply a virtual memory concept that encodes the virtual address -> file offset differently from linear mappings. ->populate is a layering violation because the filesystem/pagecache code should need to know anything about the virtual memory mapping. The hitch here is that the ->nopage handler didn't pass down enough information (ie. pgoff). But it is more logical to pass pgoff rather than have the ->nopage function calculate it itself anyway (because that's a similar layering violation). Having the populate handler install the pte itself is likewise a nasty thing to be doing. This patch introduces a new fault handler that replaces ->nopage and ->populate and (later) ->nopfn. Most of the old mechanism is still in place so there is a lot of duplication and nice cleanups that can be removed if everyone switches over. The rationale for doing this in the first place is that nonlinear mappings are subject to the pagefault vs invalidate/truncate race too, and it seemed stupid to duplicate the synchronisation logic rather than just consolidate the two. After this patch, MAP_NONBLOCK no longer sets up ptes for pages present in pagecache. Seems like a fringe functionality anyway. NOPAGE_REFAULT is removed. This should be implemented with ->fault, and no users have hit mainline yet. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanup] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: doc. fixes for readahead] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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