linux.git/arch/alpha/kernel, branch v2.6.30

alpha: binfmt_aout fix

2009-05-02T22:36:10+00:00

This fixes the problem introduced by commit 3bfacef412 (get rid of
special-casing the /sbin/loader on alpha): osf/1 ecoff binary segfaults
when binfmt_aout built as module.  That happens because aout binary
handler gets on the top of the binfmt list due to late registration, and
kernel attempts to execute the binary without preparatory work that must
be done by binfmt_loader.

Fixed by changing the registration order of the default binfmt handlers
using list_add_tail() and introducing insert_binfmt() function which
places new handler on the top of the binfmt list.  This might be generally
useful for installing arch-specific frontends for default handlers or just
for overriding them.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Kokshaysky 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Richard Henderson 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

alpha: titan and marvel build fixes

2009-05-02T22:36:10+00:00

These platforms got broken after u64 => 'long long' conversion.

Apparently that change was compile-tested with 'make allmodconfig', but it
doesn't include systems that depend on !ALPHA_LEGACY_START_ADDRESS.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Kokshaysky 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Richard Henderson 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

alpha: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros.

2009-04-26T16:20:38+00:00

This has the consequence of changing the section name use for head
code from ".text.head" to ".head.text".  Since this commit changes all
users in the architecture, this change should be harmless.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott 
Cc: Richard Henderson 
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Simplify copy_thread()

2009-04-03T02:04:51+00:00

First argument unused since 2.3.11.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6

2009-04-01T16:47:12+00:00

* 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (88 commits)
  PCI: fix HT MSI mapping fix
  PCI: don't enable too much HT MSI mapping
  x86/PCI: make pci=lastbus=255 work when acpi is on
  PCI: save and restore PCIe 2.0 registers
  PCI: update fakephp for bus_id removal
  PCI: fix kernel oops on bridge removal
  PCI: fix conflict between SR-IOV and config space sizing
  powerpc/PCI: include pci.h in powerpc MSI implementation
  PCI Hotplug: schedule fakephp for feature removal
  PCI Hotplug: rename legacy_fakephp to fakephp
  PCI Hotplug: restore fakephp interface with complete reimplementation
  PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan
  PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../remove
  PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/rescan
  PCI: Introduce pci_rescan_bus()
  PCI: do not enable bridges more than once
  PCI: do not initialize bridges more than once
  PCI: always scan child buses
  PCI: pci_scan_slot() returns newly found devices
  PCI: don't scan existing devices
  ...

Fix trivial append-only conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

alpha: convert u64 to unsigned long long

2009-04-01T15:59:16+00:00

Convert alpha architecture to use u64 as unsigned long long.  This is
being done so that (a) all arches use u64 as unsigned long long and (b)
printk of a u64 as %ll[ux] will not generate format warnings by gcc.

The only gcc cross-compiler that I have is 4.0.2, which generates errors
about miscompiling __weak references, so I have commented out that line in
compiler-gcc4.h so that most of these compile, but more builds and real
machine testing would be Real Good.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warning]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap 
Cc: Richard Henderson 
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky 
From: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

proc 2/2: remove struct proc_dir_entry::owner

2009-03-30T21:14:44+00:00

Setting ->owner as done currently (pde->owner = THIS_MODULE) is racy
as correctly noted at bug #12454. Someone can lookup entry with NULL
->owner, thus not pinning enything, and release it later resulting
in module refcount underflow.

We can keep ->owner and supply it at registration time like ->proc_fops
and ->data.

But this leaves ->owner as easy-manipulative field (just one C assignment)
and somebody will forget to unpin previous/pin current module when
switching ->owner. ->proc_fops is declared as "const" which should give
some thoughts.

->read_proc/->write_proc were just fixed to not require ->owner for
protection.

rmmod'ed directories will be empty and return "." and ".." -- no harm.
And directories with tricky enough readdir and lookup shouldn't be modular.
We definitely don't want such modular code.

Removing ->owner will also make PDE smaller.

So, let's nuke it.

Kudos to Jeff Layton for reminding about this, let's say, oversight.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12454

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan

Merge branch 'linus' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2

2009-03-28T03:26:01+00:00

Conflicts:
	arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c
	drivers/gpu/drm/drm_proc.c

Manual merge to resolve build warning due to phys_addr_t type change
on x86:

	drivers/gpu/drm/drm_info.c

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

2009-03-27T23:23:12+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (37 commits)
  fs: avoid I_NEW inodes
  Merge code for single and multiple-instance mounts
  Remove get_init_pts_sb()
  Move common mknod_ptmx() calls into caller
  Parse mount options just once and copy them to super block
  Unroll essentials of do_remount_sb() into devpts
  vfs: simple_set_mnt() should return void
  fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c
  constify dentry_operations: rest
  constify dentry_operations: configfs
  constify dentry_operations: sysfs
  constify dentry_operations: JFS
  constify dentry_operations: OCFS2
  constify dentry_operations: GFS2
  constify dentry_operations: FAT
  constify dentry_operations: FUSE
  constify dentry_operations: procfs
  constify dentry_operations: ecryptfs
  constify dentry_operations: CIFS
  constify dentry_operations: AFS
  ...

do_pipe cleanup: drop its last user in arch/alpha/

2009-03-27T18:43:58+00:00

The last user of do_pipe is in arch/alpha/, after replacing it with
do_pipe_flags, the do_pipe can be totally dropped.

Signed-off-by: Cheng Renquan 
Acked-by: Richard Henderson 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro