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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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+refs/heads/master: d7d45fedf92b351500af99d03004e59531a3d070
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl b/trunk/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ all your transactions.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-Then at umount time , in your put_super() (2.4) or write_super() (2.5)
-you can then call journal_destroy() to clean up your in-core journal object.
+Then at umount time , in your put_super() you can then call journal_destroy()
+to clean up your in-core journal object.
 </para>
 
 <para>

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ prototypes:
 	int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
-	void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
 	int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
 	int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
 	int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ write_inode:
 drop_inode:				!!!inode->i_lock!!!
 evict_inode:
 put_super:		write
-write_super:		read
 sync_fs:		read
 freeze_fs:		write
 unfreeze_fs:		write

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -94,9 +94,8 @@ protected.
 ---
 [mandatory]
 
-BKL is also moved from around sb operations.  ->write_super() Is now called 
-without BKL held.  BKL should have been shifted into individual fs sb_op
-functions.  If you don't need it, remove it.  
+BKL is also moved from around sb operations. BKL should have been shifted into
+individual fs sb_op functions.  If you don't need it, remove it.
 
 ---
 [informational]

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ struct super_operations {
         void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
-        void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
         int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
         int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
         int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
@@ -273,9 +272,6 @@ or bottom half).
   put_super: called when the VFS wishes to free the superblock
 	(i.e. unmount). This is called with the superblock lock held
 
-  write_super: called when the VFS superblock needs to be written to
-	disc. This method is optional
-
   sync_fs: called when VFS is writing out all dirty data associated with
   	a superblock. The second parameter indicates whether the method
 	should wait until the write out has been completed. Optional.

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt b/trunk/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ MINIMUM_BATTERY_MINUTES=10
 
 #
 # Allowed dirty background ratio, in percent.  Once DIRTY_RATIO has been
-# exceeded, the kernel will wake pdflush which will then reduce the amount
-# of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio.  Set this nice and low, so once
-# some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
+# exceeded, the kernel will wake flusher threads which will then reduce the
+# amount of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio.  Set this nice and low,
+# so once some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
 #
 #DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=5
 
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@ CPU_MAXFREQ=${CPU_MAXFREQ:-'slowest'}
 
 #
 # Allowed dirty background ratio, in percent.  Once DIRTY_RATIO has been
-# exceeded, the kernel will wake pdflush which will then reduce the amount
-# of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio.  Set this nice and low, so once
-# some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
+# exceeded, the kernel will wake flusher threads which will then reduce the
+# amount of dirty memory to dirty_background_ratio.  Set this nice and low,
+# so once some writeout has commenced, we do a lot of it.
 #
 DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO=${DIRTY_BACKGROUND_RATIO:-'5'}
 

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/security/Yama.txt b/trunk/Documentation/security/Yama.txt
@@ -46,27 +46,27 @@ restrictions, it can call prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, PR_SET_PTRACER_ANY, ...)
 so that any otherwise allowed process (even those in external pid namespaces)
 may attach.
 
-These restrictions do not change how ptrace via PTRACE_TRACEME operates.
-
-The sysctl settings are:
+The sysctl settings (writable only with CAP_SYS_PTRACE) are:
 
 0 - classic ptrace permissions: a process can PTRACE_ATTACH to any other
     process running under the same uid, as long as it is dumpable (i.e.
     did not transition uids, start privileged, or have called
-    prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE...) already).
+    prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE...) already). Similarly, PTRACE_TRACEME is
+    unchanged.
 
 1 - restricted ptrace: a process must have a predefined relationship
     with the inferior it wants to call PTRACE_ATTACH on. By default,
     this relationship is that of only its descendants when the above
     classic criteria is also met. To change the relationship, an
     inferior can call prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, debugger, ...) to declare
     an allowed debugger PID to call PTRACE_ATTACH on the inferior.
+    Using PTRACE_TRACEME is unchanged.
 
 2 - admin-only attach: only processes with CAP_SYS_PTRACE may use ptrace
-    with PTRACE_ATTACH.
+    with PTRACE_ATTACH, or through children calling PTRACE_TRACEME.
 
-3 - no attach: no processes may use ptrace with PTRACE_ATTACH. Once set,
-    this sysctl cannot be changed to a lower value.
+3 - no attach: no processes may use ptrace with PTRACE_ATTACH nor via
+    PTRACE_TRACEME. Once set, this sysctl value cannot be changed.
 
 The original children-only logic was based on the restrictions in grsecurity.
 

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/trunk/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ huge pages although processes will also directly compact memory as required.
 
 dirty_background_bytes
 
-Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
-daemon will start writeback.
+Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the background kernel
+flusher threads will start writeback.
 
 Note: dirty_background_bytes is the counterpart of dirty_background_ratio. Only
 one of them may be specified at a time. When one sysctl is written it is
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ other appears as 0 when read.
 dirty_background_ratio
 
 Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which
-the pdflush background writeback daemon will start writing out dirty data.
+the background kernel flusher threads will start writing out dirty data.
 
 ==============================================================
 
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ retained.
 dirty_expire_centisecs
 
 This tunable is used to define when dirty data is old enough to be eligible
-for writeout by the pdflush daemons.  It is expressed in 100'ths of a second.
-Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this interval will be
-written out next time a pdflush daemon wakes up.
+for writeout by the kernel flusher threads.  It is expressed in 100'ths
+of a second.  Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this
+interval will be written out next time a flusher thread wakes up.
 
 ==============================================================
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ data.
 
 dirty_writeback_centisecs
 
-The pdflush writeback daemons will periodically wake up and write `old' data
+The kernel flusher threads will periodically wake up and write `old' data
 out to disk.  This tunable expresses the interval between those wakeups, in
 100'ths of a second.
 

diff --git a/trunk/MAINTAINERS b/trunk/MAINTAINERS
@@ -827,24 +827,24 @@ F:	arch/arm/mach-pxa/colibri-pxa270-income.c
 
 ARM/INTEL IOP32X ARM ARCHITECTURE
 M:	Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@wantstofly.org>
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 
 ARM/INTEL IOP33X ARM ARCHITECTURE
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 
 ARM/INTEL IOP13XX ARM ARCHITECTURE
 M:	Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@wantstofly.org>
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 
 ARM/INTEL IQ81342EX MACHINE SUPPORT
 M:	Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@wantstofly.org>
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ F:	drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_stargate2.c
 
 ARM/INTEL XSC3 (MANZANO) ARM CORE
 M:	Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@wantstofly.org>
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 
@@ -925,14 +925,14 @@ S:	Maintained
 
 ARM/NOMADIK ARCHITECTURE
 M:	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@unipv.it>
-M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
+M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
 M:	STEricsson <STEricsson_nomadik_linux@list.st.com>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 F:	arch/arm/mach-nomadik/
 F:	arch/arm/plat-nomadik/
 F:	drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nomadik.c
-T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-stericsson.git
+T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-nomadik.git
 
 ARM/OPENMOKO NEO FREERUNNER (GTA02) MACHINE SUPPORT
 M:	Nelson Castillo <arhuaco@freaks-unidos.net>
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ F:	drivers/usb/host/ehci-w90x900.c
 F:	drivers/video/nuc900fb.c
 
 ARM/U300 MACHINE SUPPORT
-M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
+M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Supported
 F:	arch/arm/mach-u300/
@@ -1161,15 +1161,20 @@ T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-stericsson.git
 
 ARM/Ux500 ARM ARCHITECTURE
 M:	Srinidhi Kasagar <srinidhi.kasagar@stericsson.com>
-M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
+M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 S:	Maintained
 F:	arch/arm/mach-ux500/
+F:	drivers/clocksource/clksrc-dbx500-prcmu.c
 F:	drivers/dma/ste_dma40*
+F:	drivers/hwspinlock/u8500_hsem.c
 F:	drivers/mfd/abx500*
 F:	drivers/mfd/ab8500*
-F:	drivers/mfd/stmpe*
+F:	drivers/mfd/dbx500*
+F:	drivers/mfd/db8500*
+F:	drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-nomadik*
 F:	drivers/rtc/rtc-ab8500.c
+F:	drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-stericsson.git
 
 ARM/VFP SUPPORT
@@ -1227,9 +1232,9 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/hwmon/asb100.c
 
 ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFERS/TRANSFORMS (IOAT) API
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
 W:	http://sourceforge.net/projects/xscaleiop
-S:	Supported
+S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
 F:	crypto/async_tx/
 F:	drivers/dma/
@@ -2212,7 +2217,7 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/scsi/tmscsim.*
 
 DC395x SCSI driver
-M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name>
+M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
 M:	Ali Akcaagac <aliakc@web.de>
 M:	Jamie Lenehan <lenehan@twibble.org>
 W:	http://twibble.org/dist/dc395x/
@@ -2359,7 +2364,7 @@ T:	git git://git.linaro.org/people/sumitsemwal/linux-dma-buf.git
 
 DMA GENERIC OFFLOAD ENGINE SUBSYSTEM
 M:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
 S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/dma/
 F:	include/linux/dma*
@@ -3094,7 +3099,7 @@ F:	include/linux/gigaset_dev.h
 
 GPIO SUBSYSTEM
 M:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
-M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
+M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
 S:	Maintained
 T:	git git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6.git
 F:	Documentation/gpio.txt
@@ -3547,7 +3552,6 @@ K:	\b(ABS|SYN)_MT_
 
 INTEL C600 SERIES SAS CONTROLLER DRIVER
 M:	Intel SCU Linux support <intel-linux-scu@intel.com>
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
 M:	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
 M:	Ed Nadolski <edmund.nadolski@intel.com>
 L:	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
@@ -3590,8 +3594,8 @@ F:	arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
 F:	arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
 
 INTEL I/OAT DMA DRIVER
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
-S:	Supported
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
+S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/dma/ioat*
 
 INTEL IOMMU (VT-d)
@@ -3603,8 +3607,8 @@ F:	drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
 F:	include/linux/intel-iommu.h
 
 INTEL IOP-ADMA DMA DRIVER
-M:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
-S:	Maintained
+M:	Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>
+S:	Odd fixes
 F:	drivers/dma/iop-adma.c
 
 INTEL IXP4XX QMGR, NPE, ETHERNET and HSS SUPPORT
@@ -4533,7 +4537,7 @@ S:	Supported
 F:	arch/microblaze/
 
 MICROTEK X6 SCANNER
-M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name>
+M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/usb/image/microtek.*
 
@@ -5329,14 +5333,15 @@ PIN CONTROL SUBSYSTEM
 M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/pinctrl/
+F:	include/linux/pinctrl/
 
 PIN CONTROLLER - ST SPEAR
-M:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.linux@gmail.com>
+M:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.linux@gmail.com>
 L:	spear-devel@list.st.com
 L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 W:	http://www.st.com/spear
 S:	Maintained
-F:	driver/pinctrl/spear/
+F:	drivers/pinctrl/spear/
 
 PKTCDVD DRIVER
 M:	Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
@@ -7071,7 +7076,7 @@ F:	include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
 F:	include/mtd/ubi-user.h
 
 USB ACM DRIVER
-M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name>
+M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/usb/acm.txt
@@ -7092,7 +7097,7 @@ S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/block/ub.c
 
 USB CDC ETHERNET DRIVER
-M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name>
+M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/usb/cdc_*.c
@@ -7165,7 +7170,7 @@ F:	drivers/usb/host/isp116x*
 F:	include/linux/usb/isp116x.h
 
 USB KAWASAKI LSI DRIVER
-M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name>
+M:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.*

diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 3
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc2
 NAME = Saber-toothed Squirrel
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*