linux.git/Documentation, branch v3.5-rc2 Linux kernel source tree Merge branch 'i2c-embedded/for-current' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/wsa/linux 2012-06-05T17:55:31+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2012-06-05T17:55:31+00:00 690efa08e268a36df170bee79df93a9649c3f217 Pull embedded i2c update from Wolfram Sang: "This only contains one new driver which had multiple dependencies (pinctrl, i2c-mux-rework, new devm_* functions), so I decided to wait for rc1. Plus, it had to wait a little for the ack of a devicetree maintainer since the bindings were not trivial enough for me to pass through. So, given that, I hope there is still something like the "new driver rule", so we could have the driver in 3.5 and people can start using it. That would make merging support for some boards easier for 3.6 since the dependency on this driver is gone then." * 'i2c-embedded/for-current' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/wsa/linux: i2c: Add generic I2C multiplexer using pinctrl API 
Pull embedded i2c update from Wolfram Sang:
 "This only contains one new driver which had multiple dependencies
  (pinctrl, i2c-mux-rework, new devm_* functions), so I decided to wait
  for rc1.  Plus, it had to wait a little for the ack of a devicetree
  maintainer since the bindings were not trivial enough for me to pass
  through.

  So, given that, I hope there is still something like the "new driver
  rule", so we could have the driver in 3.5 and people can start using
  it.  That would make merging support for some boards easier for 3.6
  since the dependency on this driver is gone then."

* 'i2c-embedded/for-current' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/wsa/linux:
  i2c: Add generic I2C multiplexer using pinctrl API
Merge tag 'stable/frontswap.v16-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/mm 2012-06-04T19:28:45+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2012-06-04T19:28:45+00:00 a3fe778c7895cd847d23c25ad566d83346282a77 Pull frontswap feature from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk: "Frontswap provides a "transcendent memory" interface for swap pages. In some environments, dramatic performance savings may be obtained because swapped pages are saved in RAM (or a RAM-like device) instead of a swap disk. This tag provides the basic infrastructure along with some changes to the existing backends." Fix up trivial conflict in mm/Makefile due to removal of swap token code changing a line next to the new frontswap entry. This pull request came in before the merge window even opened, it got delayed to after the merge window by me just wanting to make sure it had actual users. Apparently IBM is using this on their embedded side, and Jan Beulich says that it's already made available for SLES and OpenSUSE users. Also acked by Rik van Riel, and Konrad points to other people liking it too. So in it goes. By Dan Magenheimer (4) and Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk (2) via Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk * tag 'stable/frontswap.v16-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/mm: frontswap: s/put_page/store/g s/get_page/load MAINTAINER: Add myself for the frontswap API mm: frontswap: config and doc files mm: frontswap: core frontswap functionality mm: frontswap: core swap subsystem hooks and headers mm: frontswap: add frontswap header file 
Pull frontswap feature from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:
 "Frontswap provides a "transcendent memory" interface for swap pages.
  In some environments, dramatic performance savings may be obtained
  because swapped pages are saved in RAM (or a RAM-like device) instead
  of a swap disk.  This tag provides the basic infrastructure along with
  some changes to the existing backends."

Fix up trivial conflict in mm/Makefile due to removal of swap token code
changing a line next to the new frontswap entry.

This pull request came in before the merge window even opened, it got
delayed to after the merge window by me just wanting to make sure it had
actual users.  Apparently IBM is using this on their embedded side, and
Jan Beulich says that it's already made available for SLES and OpenSUSE
users.

Also acked by Rik van Riel, and Konrad points to other people liking it
too.  So in it goes.

By Dan Magenheimer (4) and Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk (2)
via Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
* tag 'stable/frontswap.v16-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/mm:
  frontswap: s/put_page/store/g s/get_page/load
  MAINTAINER: Add myself for the frontswap API
  mm: frontswap: config and doc files
  mm: frontswap: core frontswap functionality
  mm: frontswap: core swap subsystem hooks and headers
  mm: frontswap: add frontswap header file
Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-06-04T18:25:31+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2012-06-04T18:25:31+00:00 c22072bdf053b115a1126658100967dda00b5ecf Pull timer updates from Thomas Gleixner: "The clocksource driver is pure hardware enablement and the skew option is default off, well tested and non dangerous." * 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: tick: Move skew_tick option into the HIGH_RES_TIMER section clocksource: em_sti: Add DT support clocksource: em_sti: Emma Mobile STI driver clockevents: Make clockevents_config() a global symbol tick: Add tick skew boot option 
Pull timer updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "The clocksource driver is pure hardware enablement and the skew option
  is default off, well tested and non dangerous."

* 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  tick: Move skew_tick option into the HIGH_RES_TIMER section
  clocksource: em_sti: Add DT support
  clocksource: em_sti: Emma Mobile STI driver
  clockevents: Make clockevents_config() a global symbol
  tick: Add tick skew boot option
i2c: Add generic I2C multiplexer using pinctrl API 2012-06-04T14:49:43+00:00 Stephen Warren swarren@nvidia.com 2012-05-18T15:29:34+00:00 ae58d1e406986f31d1e88b32f5ac601506c196d8 This is useful for SoCs whose I2C module's signals can be routed to different sets of pins at run-time, using the pinctrl API. +-----+ +-----+ | dev | | dev | +------------------------+ +-----+ +-----+ | SoC | | | | /----|------+--------+ | +---+ +------+ | child bus A, on first set of pins | |I2C|---|Pinmux| | | +---+ +------+ | child bus B, on second set of pins | \----|------+--------+--------+ | | | | | +------------------------+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | dev | | dev | | dev | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Acked-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> 
This is useful for SoCs whose I2C module's signals can be routed to
different sets of pins at run-time, using the pinctrl API.

                                 +-----+  +-----+
                                 | dev |  | dev |
    +------------------------+   +-----+  +-----+
    | SoC                    |      |        |
    |                   /----|------+--------+
    |   +---+   +------+     | child bus A, on first set of pins
    |   |I2C|---|Pinmux|     |
    |   +---+   +------+     | child bus B, on second set of pins
    |                   \----|------+--------+--------+
    |                        |      |        |        |
    +------------------------+  +-----+  +-----+  +-----+
                                | dev |  | dev |  | dev |
                                +-----+  +-----+  +-----+

Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
Merge tag 'dm-3.5-changes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm 2012-06-03T00:39:40+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2012-06-03T00:39:40+00:00 912afc3616b94c5c4af584972c7f5903b53cf15a Pull device-mapper updates from Alasdair G Kergon: "Improve multipath's retrying mechanism in some defined circumstances and provide a simple reserve/release mechanism for userspace tools to access thin provisioning metadata while the pool is in use." * tag 'dm-3.5-changes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm: dm thin: provide userspace access to pool metadata dm thin: use slab mempools dm mpath: allow ioctls to trigger pg init dm mpath: delay retry of bypassed pg dm mpath: reduce size of struct multipath 
Pull device-mapper updates from Alasdair G Kergon:
 "Improve multipath's retrying mechanism in some defined circumstances
  and provide a simple reserve/release mechanism for userspace tools to
  access thin provisioning metadata while the pool is in use."

* tag 'dm-3.5-changes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm:
  dm thin: provide userspace access to pool metadata
  dm thin: use slab mempools
  dm mpath: allow ioctls to trigger pg init
  dm mpath: delay retry of bypassed pg
  dm mpath: reduce size of struct multipath
dm thin: provide userspace access to pool metadata 2012-06-02T23:30:01+00:00 Joe Thornber ejt@redhat.com 2012-06-02T23:30:01+00:00 cc8394d86f045b86ff303d3c9e4ce47d97148951 This patch implements two new messages that can be sent to the thin pool target allowing it to take a snapshot of the _metadata_. This, read-only snapshot can be accessed by userland, concurrently with the live target. Only one metadata snapshot can be held at a time. The pool's status line will give the block location for the current msnap. Since version 0.1.5 of the userland thin provisioning tools, the thin_dump program displays the msnap as follows: thin_dump -m <msnap root> <metadata dev> Available here: https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools Now that userland can access the metadata we can do various things that have traditionally been kernel side tasks: i) Incremental backups. By using metadata snapshots we can work out what blocks have changed over time. Combined with data snapshots we can ensure the data doesn't change while we back it up. A short proof of concept script can be found here: https://github.com/jthornber/thinp-test-suite/blob/master/incremental_backup_example.rb ii) Migration of thin devices from one pool to another. iii) Merging snapshots back into an external origin. iv) Asyncronous replication. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> 
This patch implements two new messages that can be sent to the thin
pool target allowing it to take a snapshot of the _metadata_.  This,
read-only snapshot can be accessed by userland, concurrently with the
live target.

Only one metadata snapshot can be held at a time.  The pool's status
line will give the block location for the current msnap.

Since version 0.1.5 of the userland thin provisioning tools, the
thin_dump program displays the msnap as follows:

    thin_dump -m <msnap root> <metadata dev>

Available here: https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools

Now that userland can access the metadata we can do various things
that have traditionally been kernel side tasks:

     i) Incremental backups.

     By using metadata snapshots we can work out what blocks have
     changed over time.  Combined with data snapshots we can ensure
     the data doesn't change while we back it up.

     A short proof of concept script can be found here:

     https://github.com/jthornber/thinp-test-suite/blob/master/incremental_backup_example.rb

     ii) Migration of thin devices from one pool to another.

     iii) Merging snapshots back into an external origin.

     iv) Asyncronous replication.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-06-02T23:17:03+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2012-06-02T23:17:03+00:00 63004afa718b1506fe9a286075b3b2d8c6ca2b9b Pull straggler x86 fixes from Peter Anvin: "Three groups of patches: - EFI boot stub documentation and the ability to print error messages; - Removal for PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL for x32 (obsolete interface which should never have been ported, and the port is broken and potentially dangerous.) - ftrace stack corruption fixes. I'm not super-happy about the technical implementation, but it is probably the least invasive in the short term. In the future I would like a single method for nesting the debug stack, however." * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86, x32, ptrace: Remove PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL for x32 x86, efi: Add EFI boot stub documentation x86, efi; Add EFI boot stub console support x86, efi: Only close open files in error path ftrace/x86: Do not change stacks in DEBUG when calling lockdep x86: Allow nesting of the debug stack IDT setting x86: Reset the debug_stack update counter ftrace: Use breakpoint method to update ftrace caller ftrace: Synchronize variable setting with breakpoints 
Pull straggler x86 fixes from Peter Anvin:
 "Three groups of patches:

  - EFI boot stub documentation and the ability to print error messages;
  - Removal for PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL for x32 (obsolete interface which
    should never have been ported, and the port is broken and
    potentially dangerous.)
  - ftrace stack corruption fixes.  I'm not super-happy about the
    technical implementation, but it is probably the least invasive in
    the short term.  In the future I would like a single method for
    nesting the debug stack, however."

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, x32, ptrace: Remove PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL for x32
  x86, efi: Add EFI boot stub documentation
  x86, efi; Add EFI boot stub console support
  x86, efi: Only close open files in error path
  ftrace/x86: Do not change stacks in DEBUG when calling lockdep
  x86: Allow nesting of the debug stack IDT setting
  x86: Reset the debug_stack update counter
  ftrace: Use breakpoint method to update ftrace caller
  ftrace: Synchronize variable setting with breakpoints
Merge tag 'fbdev-updates-for-3.5' of git://github.com/schandinat/linux-2.6 2012-06-01T23:57:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2012-06-01T23:57:51+00:00 804ce9866d56130032c9c8afc90a1297b7deed56 Pull fbdev updates from Florian Tobias Schandinat: - driver for AUO-K1900 and AUO-K1901 epaper controller - large updates for OMAP (e.g. decouple HDMI audio and video) - some updates for Exynos and SH Mobile - various other small fixes and cleanups * tag 'fbdev-updates-for-3.5' of git://github.com/schandinat/linux-2.6: (130 commits) video: bfin_adv7393fb: Fix cleanup code video: exynos_dp: reduce delay time when configuring video setting video: exynos_dp: move sw reset prioir to enabling sw defined function video: exynos_dp: use devm_ functions fb: handle NULL pointers in framebuffer release OMAPDSS: HDMI: OMAP4: Update IRQ flags for the HPD IRQ request OMAPDSS: Apply VENC timings even if panel is disabled OMAPDSS: VENC/DISPC: Delay dividing Y resolution for managers connected to VENC OMAPDSS: DISPC: Support rotation through TILER OMAPDSS: VRFB: remove compiler warnings when CONFIG_BUG=n OMAPFB: remove compiler warnings when CONFIG_BUG=n OMAPDSS: remove compiler warnings when CONFIG_BUG=n OMAPDSS: DISPC: fix usage of dispc_ovl_set_accu_uv OMAPDSS: use DSI_FIFO_BUG workaround only for manual update displays OMAPDSS: DSI: Support command mode interleaving during video mode blanking periods OMAPDSS: DISPC: Update Accumulator configuration for chroma plane drivers/video: fsl-diu-fb: don't initialize the THRESHOLDS registers video: exynos mipi dsi: support reverse panel type video: exynos mipi dsi: Properly interpret the interrupt source flags video: exynos mipi dsi: Avoid races in probe() ... 
Pull fbdev updates from Florian Tobias Schandinat:
 - driver for AUO-K1900 and AUO-K1901 epaper controller
 - large updates for OMAP (e.g. decouple HDMI audio and video)
 - some updates for Exynos and SH Mobile
 - various other small fixes and cleanups

* tag 'fbdev-updates-for-3.5' of git://github.com/schandinat/linux-2.6: (130 commits)
  video: bfin_adv7393fb: Fix cleanup code
  video: exynos_dp: reduce delay time when configuring video setting
  video: exynos_dp: move sw reset prioir to enabling sw defined function
  video: exynos_dp: use devm_ functions
  fb: handle NULL pointers in framebuffer release
  OMAPDSS: HDMI: OMAP4: Update IRQ flags for the HPD IRQ request
  OMAPDSS: Apply VENC timings even if panel is disabled
  OMAPDSS: VENC/DISPC: Delay dividing Y resolution for managers connected to VENC
  OMAPDSS: DISPC: Support rotation through TILER
  OMAPDSS: VRFB: remove compiler warnings when CONFIG_BUG=n
  OMAPFB: remove compiler warnings when CONFIG_BUG=n
  OMAPDSS: remove compiler warnings when CONFIG_BUG=n
  OMAPDSS: DISPC: fix usage of dispc_ovl_set_accu_uv
  OMAPDSS: use DSI_FIFO_BUG workaround only for manual update displays
  OMAPDSS: DSI: Support command mode interleaving during video mode blanking periods
  OMAPDSS: DISPC: Update Accumulator configuration for chroma plane
  drivers/video: fsl-diu-fb: don't initialize the THRESHOLDS registers
  video: exynos mipi dsi: support reverse panel type
  video: exynos mipi dsi: Properly interpret the interrupt source flags
  video: exynos mipi dsi: Avoid races in probe()
  ...
Merge tag 'for-linus-3.5-20120601' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd 2012-06-01T23:55:42+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2012-06-01T23:55:42+00:00 f5e7e844a571124ffc117d4696787d6afc4fc5ae Pull mtd update from David Woodhouse: - More robust parsing especially of xattr data in JFFS2 - Updates to mxc_nand and gpmi drivers to support new boards and device tree - Improve consistency of information about ECC strength in NAND devices - Clean up partition handling of plat_nand - Support NAND drivers without dedicated access to OOB area - BCH hardware ECC support for OMAP - Other fixes and cleanups, and a few new device IDs Fixed trivial conflict in drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c due to added include files next to each other. * tag 'for-linus-3.5-20120601' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd: (75 commits) mtd: mxc_nand: move ecc strengh setup before nand_scan_tail mtd: block2mtd: fix recursive call of mtd_writev mtd: gpmi-nand: define ecc.strength mtd: of_parts: fix breakage in Kconfig mtd: nand: fix scan_read_raw_oob mtd: docg3 fix in-middle of blocks reads mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: Slight cleanup of fixup messages mtd: add fixup for S29NS512P NOR flash. jffs2: allow to complete xattr integrity check on first GC scan jffs2: allow to discriminate between recoverable and non-recoverable errors mtd: nand: omap: add support for hardware BCH ecc ARM: OMAP3: gpmc: add BCH ecc api and modes mtd: nand: check the return code of 'read_oob/read_oob_raw' mtd: nand: remove 'sndcmd' parameter of 'read_oob/read_oob_raw' mtd: m25p80: Add support for Winbond W25Q80BW jffs2: get rid of jffs2_sync_super jffs2: remove unnecessary GC pass on sync jffs2: remove unnecessary GC pass on umount jffs2: remove lock_super mtd: gpmi: add gpmi support for mx6q ... 
Pull mtd update from David Woodhouse:
 - More robust parsing especially of xattr data in JFFS2
 - Updates to mxc_nand and gpmi drivers to support new boards and device tree
 - Improve consistency of information about ECC strength in NAND devices
 - Clean up partition handling of plat_nand
 - Support NAND drivers without dedicated access to OOB area
 - BCH hardware ECC support for OMAP
 - Other fixes and cleanups, and a few new device IDs

Fixed trivial conflict in drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c due to
added include files next to each other.

* tag 'for-linus-3.5-20120601' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd: (75 commits)
  mtd: mxc_nand: move ecc strengh setup before nand_scan_tail
  mtd: block2mtd: fix recursive call of mtd_writev
  mtd: gpmi-nand: define ecc.strength
  mtd: of_parts: fix breakage in Kconfig
  mtd: nand: fix scan_read_raw_oob
  mtd: docg3 fix in-middle of blocks reads
  mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: Slight cleanup of fixup messages
  mtd: add fixup for S29NS512P NOR flash.
  jffs2: allow to complete xattr integrity check on first GC scan
  jffs2: allow to discriminate between recoverable and non-recoverable errors
  mtd: nand: omap: add support for hardware BCH ecc
  ARM: OMAP3: gpmc: add BCH ecc api and modes
  mtd: nand: check the return code of 'read_oob/read_oob_raw'
  mtd: nand: remove 'sndcmd' parameter of 'read_oob/read_oob_raw'
  mtd: m25p80: Add support for Winbond W25Q80BW
  jffs2: get rid of jffs2_sync_super
  jffs2: remove unnecessary GC pass on sync
  jffs2: remove unnecessary GC pass on umount
  jffs2: remove lock_super
  mtd: gpmi: add gpmi support for mx6q
  ...
Merge branch 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux 2012-06-01T23:50:23+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2012-06-01T23:50:23+00:00 af4f8ba31a4e328677bec493ceeaf112ca193b65 Pull slab updates from Pekka Enberg: "Mainly a bunch of SLUB fixes from Joonsoo Kim" * 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux: slub: use __SetPageSlab function to set PG_slab flag slub: fix a memory leak in get_partial_node() slub: remove unused argument of init_kmem_cache_node() slub: fix a possible memory leak Documentations: Fix slabinfo.c directory in vm/slub.txt slub: fix incorrect return type of get_any_partial() 
Pull slab updates from Pekka Enberg:
 "Mainly a bunch of SLUB fixes from Joonsoo Kim"

* 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux:
  slub: use __SetPageSlab function to set PG_slab flag
  slub: fix a memory leak in get_partial_node()
  slub: remove unused argument of init_kmem_cache_node()
  slub: fix a possible memory leak
  Documentations: Fix slabinfo.c directory in vm/slub.txt
  slub: fix incorrect return type of get_any_partial()