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b: refs/heads/master
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  87307: a39bc1b
  87303: e318dd9
  87295: 47bd6e8
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[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f2005e1777614b65d1970924ca1b61e4caccb0d3
+refs/heads/master: d0ce46f550ebbd765881e8c48f43b66285d798b0

trunk/.gitignore

@@ -53,5 +53,3 @@ cscope.*
 
 *.orig
 *.rej
-*~
-\#*#

trunk/Documentation/00-INDEX

@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ i386/
 	- directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
 ia64/
 	- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
+ide.txt
+	- important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS).
 infiniband/
 	- directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
 initrd.txt

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl

@@ -361,14 +361,12 @@ X!Edrivers/pnp/system.c
   <chapter id="blkdev">
      <title>Block Devices</title>
 !Eblock/blk-core.c
-!Iblock/blk-core.c
 !Eblock/blk-map.c
 !Iblock/blk-sysfs.c
 !Eblock/blk-settings.c
 !Eblock/blk-exec.c
 !Eblock/blk-barrier.c
 !Eblock/blk-tag.c
-!Iblock/blk-tag.c
   </chapter>
 
   <chapter id="chrdev">

trunk/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt

@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ If the atomic value v is not equal to u, this function adds a to v, and
 returns non zero. If v is equal to u then it returns zero. This is done as
 an atomic operation.
 
-atomic_add_unless requires explicit memory barriers around the operation
-unless it fails (returns 0).
+atomic_add_unless requires explicit memory barriers around the operation.
 
 atomic_inc_not_zero, equivalent to atomic_add_unless(v, 1, 0)
 

trunk/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ This driver provides the following features:
 ---------------
 
 0. The ide-cd relies on the ide disk driver.  See
-   Documentation/ide/ide.txt for up-to-date information on the ide
+   Documentation/ide.txt for up-to-date information on the ide
    driver.
 
 1. Make sure that the ide and ide-cd drivers are compiled into the
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ This driver provides the following features:
 
    Depending on what type of IDE interface you have, you may need to
    specify additional configuration options.  See
-   Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
+   Documentation/ide.txt.
 
 2. You should also ensure that the iso9660 filesystem is either
    compiled into the kernel or available as a loadable module.  You
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ This driver provides the following features:
    on the primary IDE interface are called `hda' and `hdb',
    respectively.  The drives on the secondary interface are called
    `hdc' and `hdd'.  (Interfaces at other locations get other letters
-   in the third position; see Documentation/ide/ide.txt.)
+   in the third position; see Documentation/ide.txt.)
 
    If you want your CDROM drive to be found automatically by the
    driver, you should make sure your IDE interface uses either the
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ This driver provides the following features:
    be jumpered as `master'.  (If for some reason you cannot configure
    your system in this manner, you can probably still use the driver.
    You may have to pass extra configuration information to the kernel
-   when you boot, however.  See Documentation/ide/ide.txt for more
+   when you boot, however.  See Documentation/ide.txt for more
    information.)
 
 4. Boot the system.  If the drive is recognized, you should see a
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ TEST
 This section discusses some common problems encountered when trying to
 use the driver, and some possible solutions.  Note that if you are
 experiencing problems, you should probably also review
-Documentation/ide/ide.txt for current information about the underlying
+Documentation/ide.txt for current information about the underlying
 IDE support code.  Some of these items apply only to earlier versions
 of the driver, but are mentioned here for completeness.
 
@@ -211,15 +211,15 @@ from the driver.
 a. Drive is not detected during booting.
 
    - Review the configuration instructions above and in
-     Documentation/ide/ide.txt, and check how your hardware is
+     Documentation/ide.txt, and check how your hardware is
      configured.
 
    - If your drive is the only device on an IDE interface, it should
      be jumpered as master, if at all possible.
 
    - If your IDE interface is not at the standard addresses of 0x170
      or 0x1f0, you'll need to explicitly inform the driver using a
-     lilo option.  See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.  (This feature was
+     lilo option.  See Documentation/ide.txt.  (This feature was
      added around kernel version 1.3.30.)
 
    - If the autoprobing is not finding your drive, you can tell the
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ a. Drive is not detected during booting.
      Support for some interfaces needing extra initialization is
      provided in later 1.3.x kernels.  You may need to turn on
      additional kernel configuration options to get them to work;
-     see Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
+     see Documentation/ide.txt.
 
      Even if support is not available for your interface, you may be
      able to get it to work with the following procedure.  First boot
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ c. System hangups.
     be worked around by specifying the `serialize' option when
     booting.  Recent kernels should be able to detect the need for
     this automatically in most cases, but the detection is not
-    foolproof.  See Documentation/ide/ide.txt for more information
+    foolproof.  See Documentation/ide.txt for more information
     about the `serialize' option and the CMD640B.
 
   - Note that many MS-DOS CDROM drivers will work with such buggy

trunk/Documentation/cgroups.txt

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CONTENTS:
 4. Questions
 
 1. Control Groups
-=================
+==========
 
 1.1 What are cgroups ?
 ----------------------
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ proliferation of such cgroups.
 
 Also lets say that the administrator would like to give enhanced network
 access temporarily to a student's browser (since it is night and the user
-wants to do online gaming :))  OR give one of the students simulation
+wants to do online gaming :)  OR give one of the students simulation
 apps enhanced CPU power,
 
-With ability to write pids directly to resource classes, it's just a
+With ability to write pids directly to resource classes, its just a
 matter of :
 
        # echo pid > /mnt/network/<new_class>/tasks
@@ -227,13 +227,10 @@ Each cgroup is represented by a directory in the cgroup file system
 containing the following files describing that cgroup:
 
  - tasks: list of tasks (by pid) attached to that cgroup
- - releasable flag: cgroup currently removeable?
- - notify_on_release flag: run the release agent on exit?
- - release_agent: the path to use for release notifications (this file
-   exists in the top cgroup only)
+ - notify_on_release flag: run /sbin/cgroup_release_agent on exit?
 
 Other subsystems such as cpusets may add additional files in each
-cgroup dir.
+cgroup dir
 
 New cgroups are created using the mkdir system call or shell
 command.  The properties of a cgroup, such as its flags, are
@@ -260,7 +257,7 @@ performance.
 To allow access from a cgroup to the css_sets (and hence tasks)
 that comprise it, a set of cg_cgroup_link objects form a lattice;
 each cg_cgroup_link is linked into a list of cg_cgroup_links for
-a single cgroup on its cgrp_link_list field, and a list of
+a single cgroup on its cont_link_list field, and a list of
 cg_cgroup_links for a single css_set on its cg_link_list.
 
 Thus the set of tasks in a cgroup can be listed by iterating over
@@ -274,6 +271,9 @@ for cgroups, with a minimum of additional kernel code.
 1.4 What does notify_on_release do ?
 ------------------------------------
 
+*** notify_on_release is disabled in the current patch set. It will be
+*** reactivated in a future patch in a less-intrusive manner
+
 If the notify_on_release flag is enabled (1) in a cgroup, then
 whenever the last task in the cgroup leaves (exits or attaches to
 some other cgroup) and the last child cgroup of that cgroup
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ Now you want to do something with this cgroup.
 
 In this directory you can find several files:
 # ls
-notify_on_release releasable tasks
-(plus whatever files added by the attached subsystems)
+notify_on_release release_agent tasks
+(plus whatever files are added by the attached subsystems)
 
 Now attach your shell to this cgroup:
 # /bin/echo $$ > tasks
@@ -404,13 +404,19 @@ with a subsystem id which will be assigned by the cgroup system.
 Other fields in the cgroup_subsys object include:
 
 - subsys_id: a unique array index for the subsystem, indicating which
-  entry in cgroup->subsys[] this subsystem should be managing.
+  entry in cgroup->subsys[] this subsystem should be
+  managing. Initialized by cgroup_register_subsys(); prior to this
+  it should be initialized to -1
 
-- name: should be initialized to a unique subsystem name. Should be
-  no longer than MAX_CGROUP_TYPE_NAMELEN.
+- hierarchy: an index indicating which hierarchy, if any, this
+  subsystem is currently attached to. If this is -1, then the
+  subsystem is not attached to any hierarchy, and all tasks should be
+  considered to be members of the subsystem's top_cgroup. It should
+  be initialized to -1.
 
-- early_init: indicate if the subsystem needs early initialization
-  at system boot.
+- name: should be initialized to a unique subsystem name prior to
+  calling cgroup_register_subsystem. Should be no longer than
+  MAX_CGROUP_TYPE_NAMELEN
 
 Each cgroup object created by the system has an array of pointers,
 indexed by subsystem id; this pointer is entirely managed by the
@@ -428,6 +434,8 @@ situation.
 See kernel/cgroup.c for more details.
 
 Subsystems can take/release the cgroup_mutex via the functions
+cgroup_lock()/cgroup_unlock(), and can
+take/release the callback_mutex via the functions
 cgroup_lock()/cgroup_unlock().
 
 Accessing a task's cgroup pointer may be done in the following ways:
@@ -436,7 +444,7 @@ Accessing a task's cgroup pointer may be done in the following ways:
 - inside an rcu_read_lock() section via rcu_dereference()
 
 3.3 Subsystem API
------------------
+--------------------------
 
 Each subsystem should:
 
@@ -447,8 +455,7 @@ Each subsystem may export the following methods. The only mandatory
 methods are create/destroy. Any others that are null are presumed to
 be successful no-ops.
 
-struct cgroup_subsys_state *create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				   struct cgroup *cgrp)
+struct cgroup_subsys_state *create(struct cgroup *cont)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 Called to create a subsystem state object for a cgroup. The
@@ -463,7 +470,7 @@ identified by the passed cgroup object having a NULL parent (since
 it's the root of the hierarchy) and may be an appropriate place for
 initialization code.
 
-void destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+void destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 The cgroup system is about to destroy the passed cgroup; the subsystem
@@ -474,14 +481,7 @@ cgroup->parent is still valid. (Note - can also be called for a
 newly-created cgroup if an error occurs after this subsystem's
 create() method has been called for the new cgroup).
 
-void pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
-(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
-
-Called before checking the reference count on each subsystem. This may
-be useful for subsystems which have some extra references even if
-there are not tasks in the cgroup.
-
-int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
+int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont,
 	       struct task_struct *task)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ unspecified task can be moved into the cgroup. Note that this isn't
 called on a fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should
 remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex.
 
-void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-	    struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
+void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont,
+	    struct cgroup *old_cont, struct task_struct *task)
 
 Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any
 post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking.
@@ -505,9 +505,9 @@ registration for all existing tasks.
 
 void exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
 
-Called during task exit.
+Called during task exit
 
-int populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+int populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
 
 Called after creation of a cgroup to allow a subsystem to populate
 the cgroup directory with file entries.  The subsystem should make
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ include/linux/cgroup.h for details).  Note that although this
 method can return an error code, the error code is currently not
 always handled well.
 
-void post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+void post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
 
 Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any paramater
 initialization which might be required before a task could attach.  For