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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux</title>
<updated>2013-02-18T21:34:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-18T21:34:11+00:00</published>
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* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (35 commits)
  PM idle: remove global declaration of pm_idle
  unicore32 idle: delete stray pm_idle comment
  openrisc idle: delete pm_idle
  mn10300 idle: delete pm_idle
  microblaze idle: delete pm_idle
  m32r idle: delete pm_idle, and other dead idle code
  ia64 idle: delete pm_idle
  cris idle: delete idle and pm_idle
  ARM64 idle: delete pm_idle
  ARM idle: delete pm_idle
  blackfin idle: delete pm_idle
  sparc idle: rename pm_idle to sparc_idle
  sh idle: rename global pm_idle to static sh_idle
  x86 idle: rename global pm_idle to static x86_idle
  APM idle: register apm_cpu_idle via cpuidle
  tools/power turbostat: display SMI count by default
  intel_idle: export both C1 and C1E
  cpuidle: remove vestage definition of cpuidle_state_usage.driver_data
  x86 idle: remove 32-bit-only "no-hlt" parameter, hlt_works_ok flag
  x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/x86/kernel/process.c (with PM / tracing commit 43720bd)
	drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c (with ACPICA commit 4f84291)
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* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (35 commits)
  PM idle: remove global declaration of pm_idle
  unicore32 idle: delete stray pm_idle comment
  openrisc idle: delete pm_idle
  mn10300 idle: delete pm_idle
  microblaze idle: delete pm_idle
  m32r idle: delete pm_idle, and other dead idle code
  ia64 idle: delete pm_idle
  cris idle: delete idle and pm_idle
  ARM64 idle: delete pm_idle
  ARM idle: delete pm_idle
  blackfin idle: delete pm_idle
  sparc idle: rename pm_idle to sparc_idle
  sh idle: rename global pm_idle to static sh_idle
  x86 idle: rename global pm_idle to static x86_idle
  APM idle: register apm_cpu_idle via cpuidle
  tools/power turbostat: display SMI count by default
  intel_idle: export both C1 and C1E
  cpuidle: remove vestage definition of cpuidle_state_usage.driver_data
  x86 idle: remove 32-bit-only "no-hlt" parameter, hlt_works_ok flag
  x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/x86/kernel/process.c (with PM / tracing commit 43720bd)
	drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c (with ACPICA commit 4f84291)
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'misc' into release</title>
<updated>2013-02-18T05:25:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-18T05:25:53+00:00</published>
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Conflicts:
	arch/x86/kernel/process.c

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Conflicts:
	arch/x86/kernel/process.c

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86 idle: rename global pm_idle to static x86_idle</title>
<updated>2013-02-18T04:34:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-10T02:45:03+00:00</published>
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(pm_idle)() is being removed from linux/pm.h
because Linux does not have such a cross-architecture concept.

x86 uses an idle function pointer in its architecture
specific code as a backup to cpuidle.  So we re-name
x86 use of pm_idle to x86_idle, and make it static to x86.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
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(pm_idle)() is being removed from linux/pm.h
because Linux does not have such a cross-architecture concept.

x86 uses an idle function pointer in its architecture
specific code as a backup to cpuidle.  So we re-name
x86 use of pm_idle to x86_idle, and make it static to x86.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
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<title>APM idle: register apm_cpu_idle via cpuidle</title>
<updated>2013-02-18T04:34:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-10T02:10:04+00:00</published>
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Update APM to register its local idle routine with cpuidle.

This allows us to stop exporting pm_idle to modules on x86.

The Kconfig sub-option, APM_CPU_IDLE, now depends on on CPU_IDLE.

Compile-tested only.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
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Update APM to register its local idle routine with cpuidle.

This allows us to stop exporting pm_idle to modules on x86.

The Kconfig sub-option, APM_CPU_IDLE, now depends on on CPU_IDLE.

Compile-tested only.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86 idle: remove 32-bit-only "no-hlt" parameter, hlt_works_ok flag</title>
<updated>2013-02-10T08:32:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-10T07:28:46+00:00</published>
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Remove 32-bit x86 a cmdline param "no-hlt",
and the cpuinfo_x86.hlt_works_ok that it sets.

If a user wants to avoid HLT, then "idle=poll"
is much more useful, as it avoids invocation of HLT
in idle, while "no-hlt" failed to do so.

Indeed, hlt_works_ok was consulted in only 3 places.

First, in /proc/cpuinfo where "hlt_bug yes"
would be printed if and only if the user booted
the system with "no-hlt" -- as there was no other code
to set that flag.

Second, check_hlt() would not invoke halt() if "no-hlt"
were on the cmdline.

Third, it was consulted in stop_this_cpu(), which is invoked
by native_machine_halt()/reboot_interrupt()/smp_stop_nmi_callback() --
all cases where the machine is being shutdown/reset.
The flag was not consulted in the more frequently invoked
play_dead()/hlt_play_dead() used in processor offline and suspend.

Since Linux-3.0 there has been a run-time notice upon "no-hlt" invocations
indicating that it would be removed in 2012.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
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Remove 32-bit x86 a cmdline param "no-hlt",
and the cpuinfo_x86.hlt_works_ok that it sets.

If a user wants to avoid HLT, then "idle=poll"
is much more useful, as it avoids invocation of HLT
in idle, while "no-hlt" failed to do so.

Indeed, hlt_works_ok was consulted in only 3 places.

First, in /proc/cpuinfo where "hlt_bug yes"
would be printed if and only if the user booted
the system with "no-hlt" -- as there was no other code
to set that flag.

Second, check_hlt() would not invoke halt() if "no-hlt"
were on the cmdline.

Third, it was consulted in stop_this_cpu(), which is invoked
by native_machine_halt()/reboot_interrupt()/smp_stop_nmi_callback() --
all cases where the machine is being shutdown/reset.
The flag was not consulted in the more frequently invoked
play_dead()/hlt_play_dead() used in processor offline and suspend.

Since Linux-3.0 there has been a run-time notice upon "no-hlt" invocations
indicating that it would be removed in 2012.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param</title>
<updated>2013-02-10T08:03:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-10T06:38:39+00:00</published>
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mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient
than HLT, starting on Pentium-4 HT-enabled processors.

But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general
mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states.
ACPI processor_idle and intel_idle use only mwait_idle_with_hints(),
and no longer use mwait_idle().

Here we simplify the x86 native idle code by removing mwait_idle(),
and the "idle=mwait" bootparam used to invoke it.

Since Linux 3.0 there has been a boot-time warning when "idle=mwait"
was invoked saying it would be removed in 2012.  This removal
was also noted in the (now removed:-) feature-removal-schedule.txt.

After this change, kernels configured with
(CONFIG_ACPI=n &amp;&amp; CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware
that supports MWAIT will simply use HLT.  If MWAIT is desired
on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above
can be enabled.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
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mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient
than HLT, starting on Pentium-4 HT-enabled processors.

But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general
mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states.
ACPI processor_idle and intel_idle use only mwait_idle_with_hints(),
and no longer use mwait_idle().

Here we simplify the x86 native idle code by removing mwait_idle(),
and the "idle=mwait" bootparam used to invoke it.

Since Linux 3.0 there has been a boot-time warning when "idle=mwait"
was invoked saying it would be removed in 2012.  This removal
was also noted in the (now removed:-) feature-removal-schedule.txt.

After this change, kernels configured with
(CONFIG_ACPI=n &amp;&amp; CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware
that supports MWAIT will simply use HLT.  If MWAIT is desired
on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above
can be enabled.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>xen idle: make xen-specific macro xen-specific</title>
<updated>2013-02-10T06:06:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-10T04:08:07+00:00</published>
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This macro is only invoked by Xen,
so make its definition specific to Xen.

&gt; set_pm_idle_to_default()
&lt; xen_set_default_idle()

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
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This macro is only invoked by Xen,
so make its definition specific to Xen.

&gt; set_pm_idle_to_default()
&lt; xen_set_default_idle()

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
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<entry>
<title>PM / tracing: remove deprecated power trace API</title>
<updated>2013-01-25T23:39:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Gortmaker</name>
<email>paul.gortmaker@windriver.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-01-11T12:43:45+00:00</published>
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The text in Documentation said it would be removed in 2.6.41;
the text in the Kconfig said removal in the 3.1 release.  Either
way you look at it, we are well past both, so push it off a cliff.

Note that the POWER_CSTATE and the POWER_PSTATE are part of the
legacy tracing API.  Remove all tracepoints which use these flags.
As can be seen from context, most already have a trace entry via
trace_cpu_idle anyways.

Also, the cpufreq/cpufreq.c PSTATE one is actually unpaired, as
compared to the CSTATE ones which all have a clear start/stop.
As part of this, the trace_power_frequency also becomes orphaned,
so it too is deleted.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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The text in Documentation said it would be removed in 2.6.41;
the text in the Kconfig said removal in the 3.1 release.  Either
way you look at it, we are well past both, so push it off a cliff.

Note that the POWER_CSTATE and the POWER_PSTATE are part of the
legacy tracing API.  Remove all tracepoints which use these flags.
As can be seen from context, most already have a trace entry via
trace_cpu_idle anyways.

Also, the cpufreq/cpufreq.c PSTATE one is actually unpaired, as
compared to the CSTATE ones which all have a clear start/stop.
As part of this, the trace_power_frequency also becomes orphaned,
so it too is deleted.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal</title>
<updated>2012-12-12T20:22:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-12-12T20:22:13+00:00</published>
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Pull big execve/kernel_thread/fork unification series from Al Viro:
 "All architectures are converted to new model.  Quite a bit of that
  stuff is actually shared with architecture trees; in such cases it's
  literally shared branch pulled by both, not a cherry-pick.

  A lot of ugliness and black magic is gone (-3KLoC total in this one):

   - kernel_thread()/kernel_execve()/sys_execve() redesign.

     We don't do syscalls from kernel anymore for either kernel_thread()
     or kernel_execve():

     kernel_thread() is essentially clone(2) with callback run before we
     return to userland, the callbacks either never return or do
     successful do_execve() before returning.

     kernel_execve() is a wrapper for do_execve() - it doesn't need to
     do transition to user mode anymore.

     As a result kernel_thread() and kernel_execve() are
     arch-independent now - they live in kernel/fork.c and fs/exec.c
     resp.  sys_execve() is also in fs/exec.c and it's completely
     architecture-independent.

   - daemonize() is gone, along with its parts in fs/*.c

   - struct pt_regs * is no longer passed to do_fork/copy_process/
     copy_thread/do_execve/search_binary_handler/-&gt;load_binary/do_coredump.

   - sys_fork()/sys_vfork()/sys_clone() unified; some architectures
     still need wrappers (ones with callee-saved registers not saved in
     pt_regs on syscall entry), but the main part of those suckers is in
     kernel/fork.c now."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal: (113 commits)
  do_coredump(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  print_fatal_signal(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  ptrace_signal(): get rid of unused arguments
  get rid of ptrace_signal_deliver() arguments
  new helper: signal_pt_regs()
  unify default ptrace_signal_deliver
  flagday: kill pt_regs argument of do_fork()
  death to idle_regs()
  don't pass regs to copy_process()
  flagday: don't pass regs to copy_thread()
  bfin: switch to generic vfork, get rid of pointless wrappers
  xtensa: switch to generic clone()
  openrisc: switch to use of generic fork and clone
  unicore32: switch to generic clone(2)
  score: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  c6x: sanitize copy_thread(), get rid of clone(2) wrapper, switch to generic clone()
  take sys_fork/sys_vfork/sys_clone prototypes to linux/syscalls.h
  mn10300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  h8300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  tile: switch to generic clone()
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
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Pull big execve/kernel_thread/fork unification series from Al Viro:
 "All architectures are converted to new model.  Quite a bit of that
  stuff is actually shared with architecture trees; in such cases it's
  literally shared branch pulled by both, not a cherry-pick.

  A lot of ugliness and black magic is gone (-3KLoC total in this one):

   - kernel_thread()/kernel_execve()/sys_execve() redesign.

     We don't do syscalls from kernel anymore for either kernel_thread()
     or kernel_execve():

     kernel_thread() is essentially clone(2) with callback run before we
     return to userland, the callbacks either never return or do
     successful do_execve() before returning.

     kernel_execve() is a wrapper for do_execve() - it doesn't need to
     do transition to user mode anymore.

     As a result kernel_thread() and kernel_execve() are
     arch-independent now - they live in kernel/fork.c and fs/exec.c
     resp.  sys_execve() is also in fs/exec.c and it's completely
     architecture-independent.

   - daemonize() is gone, along with its parts in fs/*.c

   - struct pt_regs * is no longer passed to do_fork/copy_process/
     copy_thread/do_execve/search_binary_handler/-&gt;load_binary/do_coredump.

   - sys_fork()/sys_vfork()/sys_clone() unified; some architectures
     still need wrappers (ones with callee-saved registers not saved in
     pt_regs on syscall entry), but the main part of those suckers is in
     kernel/fork.c now."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal: (113 commits)
  do_coredump(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  print_fatal_signal(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  ptrace_signal(): get rid of unused arguments
  get rid of ptrace_signal_deliver() arguments
  new helper: signal_pt_regs()
  unify default ptrace_signal_deliver
  flagday: kill pt_regs argument of do_fork()
  death to idle_regs()
  don't pass regs to copy_process()
  flagday: don't pass regs to copy_thread()
  bfin: switch to generic vfork, get rid of pointless wrappers
  xtensa: switch to generic clone()
  openrisc: switch to use of generic fork and clone
  unicore32: switch to generic clone(2)
  score: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  c6x: sanitize copy_thread(), get rid of clone(2) wrapper, switch to generic clone()
  take sys_fork/sys_vfork/sys_clone prototypes to linux/syscalls.h
  mn10300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  h8300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  tile: switch to generic clone()
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
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<entry>
<title>x86, um: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone</title>
<updated>2012-11-29T03:13:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-23T02:34:11+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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