linux-stable.git/drivers/block, branch linux-2.6.29.y Linux kernel stable tree floppy: provide a PNP device table in the module. 2009-07-02T23:40:45+00:00 Scott James Remnant scott@canonical.com 2009-04-02T23:56:47+00:00 f88319f901c05f61234274c1f7eb5437a3b4ef77 commit 83f9ef463bcb4ba7b4fee1d6212fac7d277010d3 upstream. The missing device table means that the floppy module is not auto-loaded, even when the appropriate PNP device (0700) is found. We don't actually use the table in the module, since the device doesn't have a struct pnp_driver, but it's sufficient to cause an alias in the module that udev/modprobe will use. Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 83f9ef463bcb4ba7b4fee1d6212fac7d277010d3 upstream.

The missing device table means that the floppy module is not auto-loaded,
even when the appropriate PNP device (0700) is found.

We don't actually use the table in the module, since the device doesn't
have a struct pnp_driver, but it's sufficient to cause an alias in the
module that udev/modprobe will use.

Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
xen/blkfront: allow xenbus state transition to Closing->Closed when not Connected 2009-06-15T16:39:59+00:00 Ian Campbell ian.campbell@citrix.com 2009-05-19T06:25:48+00:00 6ff8713a30f8f4dff1174b4ea35a0b44679f49a9 commit 28afea5b2ffaa48f4f43d22ae8edcc384c05df80 upstream. This situation can occur when attempting to attach a block device whose backend is an empty physical CD-ROM driver. The backend in this case will go directly from the Initialising state to Closing->Closed. Previously this would result in a NULL pointer deref on info->gd (xenbus_dev_fatal does not return as a1a15ac5 seems to expect) Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 28afea5b2ffaa48f4f43d22ae8edcc384c05df80 upstream.

This situation can occur when attempting to attach a block device whose
backend is an empty physical CD-ROM driver. The backend in this case
will go directly from the Initialising state to Closing->Closed.
Previously this would result in a NULL pointer deref on info->gd
(xenbus_dev_fatal does not return as a1a15ac5 seems to expect)

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Merge commit 'gcl/merge' into merge 2009-03-18T02:16:30+00:00 Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh@kernel.crashing.org 2009-03-18T02:16:30+00:00 c71327ad9f925a4ddbf24db80ce66165104c4ed0 






Fix Xilinx SystemACE driver to handle empty CF slot
2009-03-14T20:06:52+00:00

Grant Likely
grant.likely@secretlab.ca

2009-03-09T12:42:24+00:00

bfbd442f69ec9c58590ffc6e93ac8d6809caa48b

The SystemACE driver does not handle an empty CF slot gracefully. An
empty CF slot ends up hanging the system. This patch adds a check for
the CF state and stops trying to process requests if the slot is empty.

Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>





The SystemACE driver does not handle an empty CF slot gracefully. An
empty CF slot ends up hanging the system. This patch adds a check for
the CF state and stops trying to process requests if the slot is empty.

Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>







ps3/block: Replace mtd/ps3vram by block/ps3vram
2009-03-13T05:07:19+00:00

Geert Uytterhoeven
Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com

2009-03-06T02:54:09+00:00

f507cd22035fdadd5dbb476dd05e9e7ee21c3b84

Convert the PS3 Video RAM Storage Driver from an MTD driver to a plain block
device driver.

The ps3vram driver exposes unused video RAM on the PS3 as a block device
suitable for storage or swap.  Fast data transfer is achieved using a local
cache in system RAM and DMA transfers via the GPU.

The new driver is ca. 50% faster for reading, and ca. 10% for writing.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>





Convert the PS3 Video RAM Storage Driver from an MTD driver to a plain block
device driver.

The ps3vram driver exposes unused video RAM on the PS3 as a block device
suitable for storage or swap.  Fast data transfer is achieved using a local
cache in system RAM and DMA transfers via the GPU.

The new driver is ca. 50% faster for reading, and ca. 10% for writing.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>







Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2009-03-09T16:15:40+00:00

Linus Torvalds
torvalds@linux-foundation.org

2009-03-09T16:15:40+00:00

df0b4a5080ca668636831b641a6356500fb5c637

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (29 commits)
  p54: fix race condition in memory management
  cfg80211: test before subtraction on unsigned
  iwlwifi: fix error flow in iwl*_pci_probe
  rt2x00 : more devices to rt73usb.c
  rt2x00 : more devices to rt2500usb.c
  bonding: Fix device passed into ->ndo_neigh_setup().
  vlan: Fix vlan-in-vlan crashes.
  net: Fix missing dev->neigh_setup in register_netdevice().
  tmspci: fix request_irq race
  pkt_sched: act_police: Fix a rate estimator test.
  tg3: Fix 5906 link problems
  SCTP: change sctp_ctl_sock_init() to try IPv4 if IPv6 fails
  IPv6: add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko
  sungem: another error printed one too early
  aoe: error printed 1 too early
  net pcmcia: worklimit reaches -1
  net: more timeouts that reach -1
  net: fix tokenring license
  dm9601: new vendor/product IDs
  netlink: invert error code in netlink_set_err()
  ...





* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (29 commits)
  p54: fix race condition in memory management
  cfg80211: test before subtraction on unsigned
  iwlwifi: fix error flow in iwl*_pci_probe
  rt2x00 : more devices to rt73usb.c
  rt2x00 : more devices to rt2500usb.c
  bonding: Fix device passed into ->ndo_neigh_setup().
  vlan: Fix vlan-in-vlan crashes.
  net: Fix missing dev->neigh_setup in register_netdevice().
  tmspci: fix request_irq race
  pkt_sched: act_police: Fix a rate estimator test.
  tg3: Fix 5906 link problems
  SCTP: change sctp_ctl_sock_init() to try IPv4 if IPv6 fails
  IPv6: add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko
  sungem: another error printed one too early
  aoe: error printed 1 too early
  net pcmcia: worklimit reaches -1
  net: more timeouts that reach -1
  net: fix tokenring license
  dm9601: new vendor/product IDs
  netlink: invert error code in netlink_set_err()
  ...







loop: don't increment p->offset with (size_t) -EINVAL
2009-03-05T11:04:57+00:00

Roel Kluin
roel.kluin@gmail.com

2009-03-05T07:03:53+00:00

a3941ec101a5ec54c1e929730afeb196441a171e

Upon a 'transfer error block' size is set to -EINVAL, but this becomes positive
since size is unsigned: p->offset still gets incremented.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>





Upon a 'transfer error block' size is set to -EINVAL, but this becomes positive
since size is unsigned: p->offset still gets incremented.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>







cciss: remove 30 second initial timeout on controller reset
2009-03-05T11:04:57+00:00

Jens Axboe
jens.axboe@oracle.com

2009-02-27T07:10:26+00:00

5e18cfd04feca78cc08a6b8b71a60a610de81eaa

Commit 5e4c91c84b194b26cf592779e451f4b5be777cba forgot to remove the
initial sleep, get rid of it.

Thanks to Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> for spotting this error.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>





Commit 5e4c91c84b194b26cf592779e451f4b5be777cba forgot to remove the
initial sleep, get rid of it.

Thanks to Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> for spotting this error.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>







Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in xen-blkfront
2009-03-05T11:04:57+00:00

Kris Shannon
kris@shannon.id.au

2009-03-02T08:47:37+00:00

a1a15ac5f9aeee521c048a88fc1aec848e623de7

When booting Xen Dom0 on a pre-release 3.2.1 hypervisor the system Oopses on a
"Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" in xenwatch.

From the backtrace it looks like backend_changed is calling bdget_disk
with a NULL pointer.  Checking for NULL and returning ENODEV instead
allows the kernel to boot.





When booting Xen Dom0 on a pre-release 3.2.1 hypervisor the system Oopses on a
"Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" in xenwatch.

From the backtrace it looks like backend_changed is calling bdget_disk
with a NULL pointer.  Checking for NULL and returning ENODEV instead
allows the kernel to boot.







aoe: error printed 1 too early
2009-03-04T08:11:52+00:00

Roel Kluin
roel.kluin@gmail.com

2009-03-04T08:07:57+00:00

948731115774c2e5ff7409360f35389459502211

with while (i-- > 0); i reaches -1 after the loop, so the test below is printed
one too early: 0 still means success.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>





with while (i-- > 0); i reaches -1 after the loop, so the test below is printed
one too early: 0 still means success.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>