diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 6bac56dee8f2..70e38fe8b808 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: b6f7e38dbb310557fe890b04b1a376c93f638c3b +refs/heads/master: bc83cccc761953f878088cdfa682de0970b5561f diff --git a/trunk/CREDITS b/trunk/CREDITS index 41d8e63d5165..72b487869788 100644 --- a/trunk/CREDITS +++ b/trunk/CREDITS @@ -3554,12 +3554,12 @@ E: cvance@nai.com D: portions of the Linux Security Module (LSM) framework and security modules N: Petr Vandrovec -E: petr@vandrovec.name +E: vandrove@vc.cvut.cz D: Small contributions to ncpfs D: Matrox framebuffer driver -S: 21513 Conradia Ct -S: Cupertino, CA 95014 -S: USA +S: Chudenicka 8 +S: 10200 Prague 10, Hostivar +S: Czech Republic N: Thibaut Varene E: T-Bone@parisc-linux.org diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index f66f4df18690..a0d479d1e1dd 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -1645,9 +1645,7 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done. all the readers who were traversing the list when we deleted the element are finished. We use call_rcu() to register a callback which will actually destroy the object once - all pre-existing readers are finished. Alternatively, - synchronize_rcu() may be used to block until - all pre-existing are finished. + the readers are finished. But how does Read Copy Update know when the readers are @@ -1716,7 +1714,7 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done. - object_put(obj); + list_del_rcu(&obj->list); cache_num--; -+ call_rcu(&obj->rcu, cache_delete_rcu); ++ call_rcu(&obj->rcu, cache_delete_rcu, obj); } /* Must be holding cache_lock */ @@ -1727,6 +1725,14 @@ the amount of locking which needs to be done. if (++cache_num > MAX_CACHE_SIZE) { struct object *i, *outcast = NULL; list_for_each_entry(i, &cache, list) { +@@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ + obj->popularity = 0; + atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1); /* The cache holds a reference */ + spin_lock_init(&obj->lock); ++ INIT_RCU_HEAD(&obj->rcu); + + spin_lock_irqsave(&cache_lock, flags); + __cache_add(obj); @@ -104,12 +114,11 @@ struct object *cache_find(int id) { diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/trunk/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index 0c134f8afc6f..790d1a812376 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt @@ -218,22 +218,13 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! include: a. Keeping a count of the number of data-structure elements - used by the RCU-protected data structure, including - those waiting for a grace period to elapse. Enforce a - limit on this number, stalling updates as needed to allow - previously deferred frees to complete. Alternatively, - limit only the number awaiting deferred free rather than - the total number of elements. - - One way to stall the updates is to acquire the update-side - mutex. (Don't try this with a spinlock -- other CPUs - spinning on the lock could prevent the grace period - from ever ending.) Another way to stall the updates - is for the updates to use a wrapper function around - the memory allocator, so that this wrapper function - simulates OOM when there is too much memory awaiting an - RCU grace period. There are of course many other - variations on this theme. + used by the RCU-protected data structure, including those + waiting for a grace period to elapse. Enforce a limit + on this number, stalling updates as needed to allow + previously deferred frees to complete. + + Alternatively, limit only the number awaiting deferred + free rather than the total number of elements. b. Limiting update rate. For example, if updates occur only once per hour, then no explicit rate limiting is required, @@ -374,26 +365,3 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! and the compiler to freely reorder code into and out of RCU read-side critical sections. It is the responsibility of the RCU update-side primitives to deal with this. - -17. Use CONFIG_PROVE_RCU, CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD, and - the __rcu sparse checks to validate your RCU code. These - can help find problems as follows: - - CONFIG_PROVE_RCU: check that accesses to RCU-protected data - structures are carried out under the proper RCU - read-side critical section, while holding the right - combination of locks, or whatever other conditions - are appropriate. - - CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD: check that you don't pass the - same object to call_rcu() (or friends) before an RCU - grace period has elapsed since the last time that you - passed that same object to call_rcu() (or friends). - - __rcu sparse checks: tag the pointer to the RCU-protected data - structure with __rcu, and sparse will warn you if you - access that pointer without the services of one of the - variants of rcu_dereference(). - - These debugging aids can help you find problems that are - otherwise extremely difficult to spot. diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/trunk/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt index 862c08ef1fde..44c6dcc93d6d 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt @@ -80,24 +80,6 @@ o A CPU looping with bottom halves disabled. This condition can o For !CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels, a CPU looping anywhere in the kernel without invoking schedule(). -o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT kernel, which might - happen to preempt a low-priority task in the middle of an RCU - read-side critical section. This is especially damaging if - that low-priority task is not permitted to run on any other CPU, - in which case the next RCU grace period can never complete, which - will eventually cause the system to run out of memory and hang. - While the system is in the process of running itself out of - memory, you might see stall-warning messages. - -o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT kernel that - is running at a higher priority than the RCU softirq threads. - This will prevent RCU callbacks from ever being invoked, - and in a CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernel will further prevent - RCU grace periods from ever completing. Either way, the - system will eventually run out of memory and hang. In the - CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU case, you might see stall-warning - messages. - o A bug in the RCU implementation. o A hardware failure. This is quite unlikely, but has occurred diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/trunk/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt index a851118775d8..efd8cc95c06b 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt @@ -125,17 +125,6 @@ o "b" is the batch limit for this CPU. If more than this number of RCU callbacks is ready to invoke, then the remainder will be deferred. -o "ci" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been invoked for - this CPU. Note that ci+ql is the number of callbacks that have - been registered in absence of CPU-hotplug activity. - -o "co" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been orphaned due to - this CPU going offline. - -o "ca" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been adopted due to - other CPUs going offline. Note that ci+co-ca+ql is the number of - RCU callbacks registered on this CPU. - There is also an rcu/rcudata.csv file with the same information in comma-separated-variable spreadsheet format. @@ -191,7 +180,7 @@ o "s" is the "signaled" state that drives force_quiescent_state()'s o "jfq" is the number of jiffies remaining for this grace period before force_quiescent_state() is invoked to help push things - along. Note that CPUs in dyntick-idle mode throughout the grace + along. Note that CPUs in dyntick-idle mode thoughout the grace period will not report on their own, but rather must be check by some other CPU via force_quiescent_state(). diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/trunk/Documentation/cputopology.txt index 902d3151f527..f1c5c4bccd3e 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/cputopology.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/cputopology.txt @@ -14,39 +14,25 @@ to /proc/cpuinfo. identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is architecture and platform dependent. -3) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/book_id: - - the book ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's - identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is - architecture and platform dependent. - -4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings: +3) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings: internel kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same core as cpuX -5) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings: +4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings: internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same physical_package_id. -6) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/book_siblings: - - internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same - book_id. - To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file, -drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 or 6 attributes. The two book -related sysfs files will only be created if CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK is selected. +drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 attributes. For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h: #define topology_physical_package_id(cpu) #define topology_core_id(cpu) -#define topology_book_id(cpu) #define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu) #define topology_core_cpumask(cpu) -#define topology_book_cpumask(cpu) The type of **_id is int. The type of siblings is (const) struct cpumask *. @@ -59,9 +45,6 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h: 3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU 4) core_siblings: just the given CPU -For architectures that don't support books (CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK) there are no -default definitions for topology_book_id() and topology_book_cpumask(). - Additionally, CPU topology information is provided under /sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files. The internal source for the output is in brackets ("[]"). diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/trunk/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface index 48ceabedf55d..ff45d1f837c8 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface +++ b/trunk/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface @@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ name The chip name. I2C devices get this attribute created automatically. RO -update_interval The interval at which the chip will update readings. +update_rate The rate at which the chip will update readings. Unit: millisecond RW - Some devices have a variable update rate or interval. - This attribute can be used to change it to the desired value. + Some devices have a variable update rate. This attribute + can be used to change the update rate to the desired + frequency. ************ diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index a2ffd6be0ef7..8dd7248508a9 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2153,11 +2153,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual address space. - reservelow= [X86] - Format: nn[K] - Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at - the bottom of the address space. - reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device during initialization. @@ -2440,10 +2435,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file disables clocksource verification at runtime. Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in virtualized environment. - [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting. - Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any - platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting - can add overhead. turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/trunk/Documentation/kprobes.txt index 741fe66d6eca..1762b81fcdf2 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -542,11 +542,9 @@ Kprobes does not use mutexes or allocate memory except during registration and unregistration. Probe handlers are run with preemption disabled. Depending on the -architecture and optimization state, handlers may also run with -interrupts disabled (e.g., kretprobe handlers and optimized kprobe -handlers run without interrupt disabled on x86/x86-64). In any case, -your handler should not yield the CPU (e.g., by attempting to acquire -a semaphore). +architecture, handlers may also run with interrupts disabled. In any +case, your handler should not yield the CPU (e.g., by attempting to +acquire a semaphore). Since a return probe is implemented by replacing the return address with the trampoline's address, stack backtraces and calls diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt b/trunk/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt index d9271e74e488..2df71861e578 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt @@ -1,35 +1,82 @@ Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/1000 Family of Adapters =============================================================== -Intel Gigabit Linux driver. -Copyright(c) 1999 - 2010 Intel Corporation. +September 26, 2006 + Contents ======== +- In This Release - Identifying Your Adapter +- Building and Installation - Command Line Parameters - Speed and Duplex Configuration - Additional Configurations +- Known Issues - Support + +In This Release +=============== + +This file describes the Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/1000 Family +of Adapters. This driver includes support for Itanium(R)2-based systems. + +For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation +supplied with your Intel PRO/1000 adapter. All hardware requirements listed +apply to use with Linux. + +The following features are now available in supported kernels: + - Native VLANs + - Channel Bonding (teaming) + - SNMP + +Channel Bonding documentation can be found in the Linux kernel source: +/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt + +The driver information previously displayed in the /proc filesystem is not +supported in this release. Alternatively, you can use ethtool (version 1.6 +or later), lspci, and ifconfig to obtain the same information. + +Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section "Additional +Configurations" later in this document. + +NOTE: The Intel(R) 82562v 10/100 Network Connection only provides 10/100 +support. + + Identifying Your Adapter ======================== For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: - http://support.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/idguide.htm + http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm For the latest Intel network drivers for Linux, refer to the following website. In the search field, enter your adapter name or type, or use the networking link on the left to search for your adapter: - http://support.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/home.htm + http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp + Command Line Parameters ======================= +If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters +are used by entering them on the command line with the modprobe command +using this syntax: + + modprobe e1000 [