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* Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86Linus Torvalds2008-02-092-9/+29
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 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>
| * brk: document randomize_va_space and CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK (was Re:Jiri Kosina2008-02-091-0/+29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Document randomize_va_space and CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds2008-02-091-0/+11
|\ \ | |/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6: (24 commits) [SPARC]: Add solaris/sunos binary support to feature removal schedule. [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/a.out.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/fb.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/errno.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/emergency-restart.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/div64.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/device.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/current.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/cputime.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/cache.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/byteorder.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/bugs.h [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/bug.h [SPARC]: Kill BSD errno translation table and header files. [SPARC]: Merge asm-sparc{,64}/bpp.h [SPARC]: Merge include/asm-sparc{,64}/auxvec.h [SPARC]: Merge include/asm-sparc{,64}/of_device.h [SPARC]: Merge include/asm-sparc{,64}/prom.h [SPARC]: Remove of_platform_device_create [SPARC64]: Add kretprobe support. ...
| * [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>
* | acer-wmi - Add documentationCarlos Corbacho2008-02-092-0/+204
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add some initial documentation detailing what acer-wmi is, and how to use it. Update the Kconfig entry with a reference to the documentation. Signed-off-by: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | sonypi - Move sonypi.txt to Documentation/laptopsCarlos Corbacho2008-02-093-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Also update references to sonypi.txt in Kconfig. Signed-off-by: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> CC: Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | sony-laptop - Move sony-laptop.txt to Documentation/laptopsCarlos Corbacho2008-02-093-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Also update references to sony-laptop.txt in Kconfig. Signed-off-by: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> CC: Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | thinkpad-acpi - Move thinkpad-acpi.txt to Documentation/laptopsCarlos Corbacho2008-02-093-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Also update references to thinkpad-acpi.txt in Kconfig. Signed-off-by: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> CC: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | Documentation - Create laptops sub-directoryCarlos Corbacho2008-02-092-0/+4
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are currently various laptop drivers floating about with no central place for their documentation, which is currently scattered around the top level Documentation/ directory. So, as a first step, lets create a Documentation sub-directory, and update the relevant index files. The work of then moving the existing laptop driver related documentation will then be handled later. Signed-off-by: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> CC: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> CC: Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds2008-02-083-1/+64
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: Enhanced partition statistics: documentation update Enhanced partition statistics: remove old partition statistics Enhanced partition statistics: procfs Enhanced partition statistics: sysfs Enhanced partition statistics: aoe fix Enhanced partition statistics: update partition statitics Enhanced partition statistics: core statistics block: fixup rq_init() a bit Manually fixed conflict in drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c due to statistics support.
| * Enhanced partition statistics: documentation updateJerome Marchand2008-02-083-1/+64
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Update the documentation to reflect the change in userspace interface. Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
* | Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds2008-02-081-12/+11
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: acer-wmi, tc1100-wmi: select ACPI_WMI ACPI: WMI: Improve Kconfig description ACPI: DMI: add Panasonic CF-52 and Thinpad X61 ACPI: thermal: syntax, spelling, kernel-doc intel_menlo: build on X86 only ACPI: build WMI on X86 only ACPI: cpufreq: Print _PPC changes via cpufreq debug layer ACPI: add newline to printk
| * \ Merge branches 'release', 'dmi' and 'misc' into releaseLen Brown2008-02-081-12/+11
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| | * ACPI: thermal: syntax, spelling, kernel-docLen Brown2008-02-071-12/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | | getdelays: fix gcc warningsRandy Dunlap2008-02-081-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix gcc warnings in getdelays.c: Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: In function 'task_context_switch_counts': Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:214: warning: format '%15lu' expects type 'long unsigned int', but argument 4 has type '__u64' Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:214: warning: format '%15lu' expects type 'long unsigned int', but argument 5 has type '__u64' Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: In function 'main': Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:402: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 2 has type 'long unsigned int' Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: In function 'get_family_id': Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:171: warning: 'id' may be used uninitialized in this function One warning is not a problem and can be dismissed: Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: In function 'main': Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c:236: warning: 'cmd_type' may be used uninitialized in this function Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | 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>
* | | mount options: add documentationMiklos Szeredi2008-02-081-3/+47
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This series addresses the problem of showing mount options in /proc/mounts. Several filesystems which use mount options, have not implemented a .show_options superblock operation. Several others have implemented this callback, but have not kept it fully up to date with the parsed options. Q: Why do we need correct option showing in /proc/mounts? A: We want /proc/mounts to fully replace /etc/mtab. The reasons for this are: - unprivileged mounters won't be able to update /etc/mtab - /etc/mtab doesn't work with private mount namespaces - /etc/mtab can become out-of-sync with reality Q: Can't this be done, so that filesystems need not bother with implementing a .show_mounts callback, and keeping it up to date? A: Only in some cases. Certain filesystems allow modification of a subset of options in their remount_fs method. It is not possible to take this into account without knowing exactly how the filesystem handles options. For the simple case (no remount or remount resets all options) the patchset introduces two helpers: generic_show_options() save_mount_options() These can also be used to emulate the old /etc/mtab behavior, until proper support is added. Even if this is not 100% correct, it's still better than showing no options at all. The following patches fix up most in-tree filesystems, some have been compile tested only, some have been reviewed and acked by the maintainer. Table displaying status of all in-kernel filesystems: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - legend: none - fs has options, but doesn't define ->show_options() some - fs defines ->show_options(), but some only options are shown good - fs shows all options noopt - fs does not have options patch - a patch will be posted merged - a patch has been merged by subsystem maintainer 9p good adfs patch affs patch afs patch autofs patch autofs4 patch befs patch bfs noopt cifs some coda noopt configfs noopt cramfs noopt debugfs noopt devpts patch ecryptfs good efs noopt ext2 patch ext3 good ext4 merged fat patch freevxfs noopt fuse patch fusectl noopt gfs2 good gfs2meta noopt hfs good hfsplus good hostfs patch hpfs patch hppfs noopt hugetlbfs patch isofs patch jffs2 noopt jfs merged minix noopt msdos ->fat ncpfs patch nfs some nfsd noopt ntfs good ocfs2 good ocfs2/dlmfs noopt openpromfs noopt proc noopt qnx4 noopt ramfs noopt reiserfs patch romfs noopt smbfs good sysfs noopt sysv noopt udf patch ufs good vfat ->fat xfs good mm/shmem.c patch drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c noopt drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c noopt drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasmfs.c noopt drivers/usb/core (usbfs) merged drivers/usb/gadget (gadgetfs) noopt drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c patch kernel/cpuset.c noopt fs/binfmt_misc.c noopt net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c noopt arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs patch arch/s390/hypfs good ipc/mqueue.c noopt security (securityfs) noopt security/selinux/selinuxfs.c noopt kernel/cgroup.c good security/smack/smackfs.c noopt in -mm: reiser4 some unionfs good - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This patch: Document the rules for handling mount options in the .show_options super operation. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | isofs: implement dmode optionJan Kara2008-02-081-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Implement dmode option for iso9660 filesystem to allow setting of access rights for directories on the filesystem. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: "Ilya N. Golubev" <gin@mo.msk.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | The scheduled 'time' option removalAdrian Bunk2008-02-082-11/+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>
* | | aoe: user can ask driver to forget previously detected devicesEd L. Cashin2008-02-082-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When an AoE device is detected, the kernel is informed, and a new block device is created. If the device is unused, the block device corresponding to remote device that is no longer available may be removed from the system by telling the aoe driver to "flush" its list of devices. Without this patch, software like GPFS and LVM may attempt to read from AoE devices that were discovered earlier but are no longer present, blocking until the I/O attempt times out. Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | aoe: clean up udev configuration exampleEd L. Cashin2008-02-082-8/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds a known default location for the udev configuration file and uses the more recent "==" syntax for SUBSYSTEM and KERNEL. Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | mn10300: add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernelDavid Howells2008-02-082-0/+209
|/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add architecture support for the MN10300/AM33 CPUs produced by MEI to the kernel. This patch also adds board support for the ASB2303 with the ASB2308 daughter board, and the ASB2305. The only processor supported is the MN103E010, which is an AM33v2 core plus on-chip devices. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: nuke cvs control strings] Signed-off-by: Masakazu Urade <urade.masakazu@jp.panasonic.com> Signed-off-by: Koichi Yasutake <yasutake.koichi@jp.panasonic.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds2008-02-0710-26/+115
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: (59 commits) hwmon: (lm80) Add individual alarm files hwmon: (lm80) De-macro the sysfs callbacks hwmon: (lm80) Various cleanups hwmon: (w83627hf) Refactor beep enable handling hwmon: (w83627hf) Add individual alarm and beep files hwmon: (w83627hf) Enable VBAT monitoring hwmon: (w83627ehf) The W83627DHG has 8 VID pins hwmon: (asb100) Add individual alarm files hwmon: (asb100) De-macro the sysfs callbacks hwmon: (asb100) Various cleanups hwmon: VRM is not written to registers hwmon: (dme1737) fix Super-IO device ID override hwmon: (dme1737) fix divide-by-0 hwmon: (abituguru3) Add AUX4 fan input for Abit IP35 Pro hwmon: Add support for Texas Instruments/Burr-Brown ADS7828 hwmon: (adm9240) Add individual alarm files hwmon: (lm77) Add individual alarm files hwmon: Discard useless I2C driver IDs hwmon: (lm85) Make the pwmN_enable files writable hwmon: (lm85) Return standard values in pwmN_enable ...
| * | hwmon: (w83627ehf) The W83627DHG has 8 VID pinsJean Delvare2008-02-071-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | While the W83627EHF/EHG has only 6 VID pins, the W83627DHG has 8 VID pins, to support VRD 11.0. Add support for this. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
| * | hwmon: Add support for Texas Instruments/Burr-Brown ADS7828Steve Hardy2008-02-071-0/+36
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Steve Hardy <steve@linuxrealtime.co.uk> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
| * | hwmon: (w83781d) Drop W83627HF supportJean Delvare2008-02-071-12/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The W83627HF hardware monitoring features are supported by the w83627hf driver for several years now. Support by the w83781d has been advertised as deprecated 6 months ago, it's about time to see it go. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
| * | hwmon: (it87) Discard a dead e-mail addressJean Delvare2008-02-071-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
| * | hwmon: Update the lm-sensors website addressJean Delvare2008-02-073-4/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's about time to reflect the move of the lm-sensors project to lm-sensors.org. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
| * | hwmon: (lm87) Add support for the Analog Devices ADM1024Jean Delvare2008-02-071-3/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It happens that the Analog Devices ADM1024 is fully compatible with the National Semiconductor LM87, so support for the former can easily be added to the lm87 driver. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
| * | hwmon: Add support for Winbond W83L786NG/NRKevin Lo2008-02-071-0/+54
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Kevin Lo <kevlo@kevlo.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
| * | hwmon: (lm78/w83781d) Probe fewer I2C addressesJean Delvare2008-02-072-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We've never seen any device supported by the lm78 or w83781d driver at addresses 0x20-0x27, so let's stop probing these addresses. Extra probes cost time, and have potential for confusing or misdetecting other I2C devices. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
* | | Merge branch 'slub-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2008-02-071-11/+138
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/christoph/vm * 'slub-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/christoph/vm: SLUB: fix checkpatch warnings Use non atomic unlock SLUB: Support for performance statistics SLUB: Alternate fast paths using cmpxchg_local SLUB: Use unique end pointer for each slab page. SLUB: Deal with annoying gcc warning on kfree()
| * | | SLUB: Support for performance statisticsChristoph Lameter2008-02-071-11/+138
| | |/ | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The statistics provided here allow the monitoring of allocator behavior but at the cost of some (minimal) loss of performance. Counters are placed in SLUB's per cpu data structure. The per cpu structure may be extended by the statistics to grow larger than one cacheline which will increase the cache footprint of SLUB. There is a compile option to enable/disable the inclusion of the runtime statistics and its off by default. The slabinfo tool is enhanced to support these statistics via two options: -D Switches the line of information displayed for a slab from size mode to activity mode. -A Sorts the slabs displayed by activity. This allows the display of the slabs most important to the performance of a certain load. -r Report option will report detailed statistics on Example (tbench load): slabinfo -AD ->Shows the most active slabs Name Objects Alloc Free %Fast skbuff_fclone_cache 33 111953835 111953835 99 99 :0000192 2666 5283688 5281047 99 99 :0001024 849 5247230 5246389 83 83 vm_area_struct 1349 119642 118355 91 22 :0004096 15 66753 66751 98 98 :0000064 2067 25297 23383 98 78 dentry 10259 28635 18464 91 45 :0000080 11004 18950 8089 98 98 :0000096 1703 12358 10784 99 98 :0000128 762 10582 9875 94 18 :0000512 184 9807 9647 95 81 :0002048 479 9669 9195 83 65 anon_vma 777 9461 9002 99 71 kmalloc-8 6492 9981 5624 99 97 :0000768 258 7174 6931 58 15 So the skbuff_fclone_cache is of highest importance for the tbench load. Pretty high load on the 192 sized slab. Look for the aliases slabinfo -a | grep 000192 :0000192 <- xfs_btree_cur filp kmalloc-192 uid_cache tw_sock_TCP request_sock_TCPv6 tw_sock_TCPv6 skbuff_head_cache xfs_ili Likely skbuff_head_cache. Looking into the statistics of the skbuff_fclone_cache is possible through slabinfo skbuff_fclone_cache ->-r option implied if cache name is mentioned .... Usual output ... Slab Perf Counter Alloc Free %Al %Fr -------------------------------------------------- Fastpath 111953360 111946981 99 99 Slowpath 1044 7423 0 0 Page Alloc 272 264 0 0 Add partial 25 325 0 0 Remove partial 86 264 0 0 RemoteObj/SlabFrozen 350 4832 0 0 Total 111954404 111954404 Flushes 49 Refill 0 Deactivate Full=325(92%) Empty=0(0%) ToHead=24(6%) ToTail=1(0%) Looks good because the fastpath is overwhelmingly taken. skbuff_head_cache: Slab Perf Counter Alloc Free %Al %Fr -------------------------------------------------- Fastpath 5297262 5259882 99 99 Slowpath 4477 39586 0 0 Page Alloc 937 824 0 0 Add partial 0 2515 0 0 Remove partial 1691 824 0 0 RemoteObj/SlabFrozen 2621 9684 0 0 Total 5301739 5299468 Deactivate Full=2620(100%) Empty=0(0%) ToHead=0(0%) ToTail=0(0%) Descriptions of the output: Total: The total number of allocation and frees that occurred for a slab Fastpath: The number of allocations/frees that used the fastpath. Slowpath: Other allocations Page Alloc: Number of calls to the page allocator as a result of slowpath processing Add Partial: Number of slabs added to the partial list through free or alloc (occurs during cpuslab flushes) Remove Partial: Number of slabs removed from the partial list as a result of allocations retrieving a partial slab or by a free freeing the last object of a slab. RemoteObj/Froz: How many times were remotely freed object encountered when a slab was about to be deactivated. Frozen: How many times was free able to skip list processing because the slab was in use as the cpuslab of another processor. Flushes: Number of times the cpuslab was flushed on request (kmem_cache_shrink, may result from races in __slab_alloc) Refill: Number of times we were able to refill the cpuslab from remotely freed objects for the same slab. Deactivate: Statistics how slabs were deactivated. Shows how they were put onto the partial list. In general fastpath is very good. Slowpath without partial list processing is also desirable. Any touching of partial list uses node specific locks which may potentially cause list lock contention. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
* | | [SCSI] arcmsr: updates (1.20.00.15)Nick Cheng2008-02-071-0/+41
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - add arcmsr_enable_eoi_mode()and readl(reg->iop2drv_doorbell_reg) in arcmsr_handle_hbb_isr() on adapter Type B in case of the doorbell interrupt clearance is cached - add conditional declaration for arcmsr_pci_error_detected() and arcmsr_pci_slot_reset - check if the sg list member number exceeds arcmsr default limit in arcmsr_build_ccb() - change the returned value type of arcmsr_build_ccb()from "void" to "int" returns FAILED in arcmsr_queue_command() - modify arcmsr_drain_donequeue() to ignore unknown command and let kernel process command timeout. This could handle IO request violating maximum segments, i.e. Linux XFS over DM-CRYPT. Thanks to Milan Broz's comments <mbroz@redhat.com> - fix the release of dma memory for type B in arcmsr_free_ccb_pool() - fix the arcmsr_polling_hbb_ccbdone() Signed-off-by: Nick Cheng <nick.cheng@areca.com.tw> Cc: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Cc: <thenzl@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
* | | [SCSI] update my email addressJames Bottomley2008-02-072-2/+2
| |/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | This updates steeleye -> hansenpartnership in the documentation since some email has been going astray because of this. Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
* | Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2008-02-071-1/+1
|\ \ | |/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: (34 commits) Input: i8042 - non-x86 build fix Input: pxa27x_keypad - also enable on PXA3xx Input: pxa27x_keypad - add debounce_interval to the keypad platform data Input: pxa27x_keypad - use device resources for I/O memory mapping and IRQ Input: pxa27x_keypad - enable rotary encoders and direct keys Input: pxa27x_keypad - introduce pxa27x_keypad_config() Input: pxa27x_keypad - introduce driver structure and use KEY() to define matrix keys Input: pxa27x_keypad - remove pin configuration from the driver Input: pxa27x_keypad - rename the driver (was pxa27x_keyboard) Input: constify function pointer tables (seq_operations) Input: i8042 - add Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro 2010 to nomux list Input: i8042 - enable DMI quirks on x86-64 Input: i8042 - add Dritek quirk for Acer Aspire 9110 Input: add input event to APM event bridge Input: mousedev - use BIT_MASK instead of BIT Input: remove duplicate includes Input: remove cdev from input_dev structure Input: remove duplicated headers in drivers/char/keyboard.c Input: i8042 - add Dritek keyboard extension quirk Input: add Tosa keyboard driver ...
| * Input: fix bug in example codeSteven Whitehouse2008-01-211-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The input example driver uses BTN_0 in the later stages of the example, so this changes the interrupt routine to match. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
* | Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds2008-02-079-10/+552
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (112 commits) ACPI: fix build warning Revert "cpuidle: build fix for non-x86" ACPI: update intrd DSDT override console messages ACPI: update DSDT override documentation ACPI: Add "acpi_no_initrd_override" kernel parameter ACPI: its a directory not a folder.... ACPI: misc cleanups ACPI: add missing prink prefix strings ACPI: cleanup acpi.h ACPICA: fix CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG_FUNC_TRACE build ACPI: video: Ignore ACPI video devices that aren't present in hardware ACPI: video: reset brightness on resume ACPI: video: call ACPI notifier chain for ACPI video notifications ACPI: create notifier chain to get hotkey events to graphics driver ACPI: video: delete unused display switch on hotkey event code ACPI: video: create "brightness_switch_enabled" modparam cpuidle: Add a poll_idle method ACPI: cpuidle: Support C1 idle time accounting ACPI: enable MWAIT for C1 idle ACPI: idle: Fix acpi_safe_halt usages and interrupt enabling/disabling ...
| * \ Merge branches 'release' and 'dsdt-override' into releaseLen Brown2008-02-073-0/+61
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| | * | ACPI: update DSDT override documentationLen Brown2008-02-073-99/+58
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| | * | ACPI: Add "acpi_no_initrd_override" kernel parameterÉric Piel2008-02-071-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The acpi_no_initrd_override parameter permits to disable the load of an ACPI table from the initramfs. Signed-off-by: Eric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| | * | ACPI: basic initramfs DSDT override supportMarkus Gaugusch2008-02-061-0/+99
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The basics of DSDT from initramfs. In case this option is selected, populate_rootfs() is called a bit earlier to have the initramfs content available during ACPI initialization. This is a very similar path to the one available at http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml but with some update in the documentation, default set to No and the change of populate_rootfs() the "Jeff Mahony way" (which avoids reading the initramfs twice). Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Eric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| * | | Merge branches 'release' and 'menlo' into releaseLen Brown2008-02-071-0/+246
| |\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: drivers/acpi/video.c Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| | * | | the generic thermal sysfs driverZhang Rui2008-02-011-0/+246
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Generic Thermal sysfs driver for thermal management. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Sujith <sujith.thomas@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| * | | | Merge branches 'release' and 'stats' into releaseLen Brown2008-02-071-0/+99
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| | * | | | ACPI: create /sys/firmware/acpi/interruptsLen Brown2008-02-061-0/+99
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | See Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi Based-on-original-patch-by: Luming Yu <luming.yu@intel.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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