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b: refs/heads/master
c: bd0185c
h: refs/heads/master
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  144787: 42e399c
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[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2c487bbb0ad4d523c9000857f9cc093e1b38504d
+refs/heads/master: bd0185ceaca7ef17d5c9c094882a5aabe8eff677

trunk/.gitignore

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ include/linux/compile.h
 include/linux/version.h
 include/linux/utsrelease.h
 include/linux/bounds.h
-include/generated
 
 # stgit generated dirs
 patches-*

trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi

@@ -69,13 +69,9 @@ Description:
 		gpe1F:	     0	invalid
 		gpe_all:    1192
 		sci:	1194
-		sci_not:     0	
 
-		sci - The number of times the ACPI SCI
-		has been called and claimed an interrupt.
-
-		sci_not - The number of times the ACPI SCI
-		has been called and NOT claimed an interrupt.
+		sci - The total number of times the ACPI SCI
+		has claimed an interrupt.
 
 		gpe_all - count of SCI caused by GPEs.
 

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile

@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2pdf = PDF     $@
 	$(call cmd,db2pdf)
 
 
-index = index.html
-main_idx = Documentation/DocBook/$(index)
+main_idx = Documentation/DocBook/index.html
 build_main_index = rm -rf $(main_idx) && \
 		   echo '<h1>Linux Kernel HTML Documentation</h1>' >> $(main_idx) && \
 		   echo '<h2>Kernel Version: $(KERNELVERSION)</h2>' >> $(main_idx) && \
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ clean-files := $(DOCBOOKS) \
 	$(patsubst %.xml, %.pdf,  $(DOCBOOKS)) \
 	$(patsubst %.xml, %.html, $(DOCBOOKS)) \
 	$(patsubst %.xml, %.9,    $(DOCBOOKS)) \
-	$(C-procfs-example) $(index)
+	$(C-procfs-example)
 
 clean-dirs := $(patsubst %.xml,%,$(DOCBOOKS)) man
 

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl

@@ -190,20 +190,16 @@ X!Ekernel/module.c
 !Edrivers/pci/pci.c
 !Edrivers/pci/pci-driver.c
 !Edrivers/pci/remove.c
+!Edrivers/pci/pci-acpi.c
 !Edrivers/pci/search.c
 !Edrivers/pci/msi.c
 !Edrivers/pci/bus.c
-!Edrivers/pci/access.c
-!Edrivers/pci/irq.c
-!Edrivers/pci/htirq.c
 <!-- FIXME: Removed for now since no structured comments in source
 X!Edrivers/pci/hotplug.c
 -->
 !Edrivers/pci/probe.c
-!Edrivers/pci/slot.c
 !Edrivers/pci/rom.c
 !Edrivers/pci/iov.c
-!Idrivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
      </sect1>
      <sect1><title>PCI Hotplug Support Library</title>
 !Edrivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c

trunk/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt

@@ -1040,21 +1040,23 @@ Front merges are handled by the binary trees in AS and deadline schedulers.
 iii. Plugging the queue to batch requests in anticipation of opportunities for
      merge/sort optimizations
 
+This is just the same as in 2.4 so far, though per-device unplugging
+support is anticipated for 2.5. Also with a priority-based i/o scheduler,
+such decisions could be based on request priorities.
+
 Plugging is an approach that the current i/o scheduling algorithm resorts to so
 that it collects up enough requests in the queue to be able to take
 advantage of the sorting/merging logic in the elevator. If the
 queue is empty when a request comes in, then it plugs the request queue
-(sort of like plugging the bath tub of a vessel to get fluid to build up)
+(sort of like plugging the bottom of a vessel to get fluid to build up)
 till it fills up with a few more requests, before starting to service
 the requests. This provides an opportunity to merge/sort the requests before
 passing them down to the device. There are various conditions when the queue is
 unplugged (to open up the flow again), either through a scheduled task or
 could be on demand. For example wait_on_buffer sets the unplugging going
-through sync_buffer() running blk_run_address_space(mapping). Or the caller
-can do it explicity through blk_unplug(bdev). So in the read case,
-the queue gets explicitly unplugged as part of waiting for completion on that
-buffer. For page driven IO, the address space ->sync_page() takes care of
-doing the blk_run_address_space().
+(by running tq_disk) so the read gets satisfied soon. So in the read case,
+the queue gets explicitly unplugged as part of waiting for completion,
+in fact all queues get unplugged as a side-effect.
 
 Aside:
   This is kind of controversial territory, as it's not clear if plugging is
@@ -1065,6 +1067,11 @@ Aside:
   multi-page bios being queued in one shot, we may not need to wait to merge
   a big request from the broken up pieces coming by.
 
+  Per-queue granularity unplugging (still a Todo) may help reduce some of the
+  concerns with just a single tq_disk flush approach. Something like
+  blk_kick_queue() to unplug a specific queue (right away ?)
+  or optionally, all queues, is in the plan.
+
 4.4 I/O contexts
 I/O contexts provide a dynamically allocated per process data area. They may
 be used in I/O schedulers, and in the block layer (could be used for IO statis,

trunk/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt

@@ -169,62 +169,3 @@ three different ways to find such a match:
       be probed later if another device registers.  (Which is OK, since
       this interface is only for use with non-hotpluggable devices.)
 
-
-Early Platform Devices and Drivers
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The early platform interfaces provide platform data to platform device
-drivers early on during the system boot. The code is built on top of the
-early_param() command line parsing and can be executed very early on.
-
-Example: "earlyprintk" class early serial console in 6 steps
-
-1. Registering early platform device data
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The architecture code registers platform device data using the function
-early_platform_add_devices(). In the case of early serial console this
-should be hardware configuration for the serial port. Devices registered
-at this point will later on be matched against early platform drivers.
-
-2. Parsing kernel command line
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The architecture code calls parse_early_param() to parse the kernel
-command line. This will execute all matching early_param() callbacks.
-User specified early platform devices will be registered at this point.
-For the early serial console case the user can specify port on the
-kernel command line as "earlyprintk=serial.0" where "earlyprintk" is
-the class string, "serial" is the name of the platfrom driver and
-0 is the platform device id. If the id is -1 then the dot and the
-id can be omitted.
-
-3. Installing early platform drivers belonging to a certain class
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The architecture code may optionally force registration of all early
-platform drivers belonging to a certain class using the function
-early_platform_driver_register_all(). User specified devices from
-step 2 have priority over these. This step is omitted by the serial
-driver example since the early serial driver code should be disabled
-unless the user has specified port on the kernel command line.
-
-4. Early platform driver registration
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Compiled-in platform drivers making use of early_platform_init() are
-automatically registered during step 2 or 3. The serial driver example
-should use early_platform_init("earlyprintk", &platform_driver).
-
-5. Probing of early platform drivers belonging to a certain class
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The architecture code calls early_platform_driver_probe() to match
-registered early platform devices associated with a certain class with
-registered early platform drivers. Matched devices will get probed().
-This step can be executed at any point during the early boot. As soon
-as possible may be good for the serial port case.
-
-6. Inside the early platform driver probe()
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The driver code needs to take special care during early boot, especially
-when it comes to memory allocation and interrupt registration. The code
-in the probe() function can use is_early_platform_device() to check if
-it is called at early platform device or at the regular platform device
-time. The early serial driver performs register_console() at this point.
-
-For further information, see <linux/platform_device.h>.

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/Locking

@@ -512,24 +512,16 @@ locking rules:
 		BKL	mmap_sem	PageLocked(page)
 open:		no	yes
 close:		no	yes
-fault:		no	yes		can return with page locked
-page_mkwrite:	no	yes		can return with page locked
+fault:		no	yes
+page_mkwrite:	no	yes		no
 access:		no	yes
 
-	->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about
-to be faulted in. The filesystem must find and return the page associated
-with the passed in "pgoff" in the vm_fault structure. If it is possible that
-the page may be truncated and/or invalidated, then the filesystem must lock
-the page, then ensure it is not already truncated (the page lock will block
-subsequent truncate), and then return with VM_FAULT_LOCKED, and the page
-locked. The VM will unlock the page.
-
-	->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is
-about to become writeable. The filesystem again must ensure that there are
-no truncate/invalidate races, and then return with the page locked. If
-the page has been truncated, the filesystem should not look up a new page
-like the ->fault() handler, but simply return with VM_FAULT_NOPAGE, which
-will cause the VM to retry the fault.
+	->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only page is
+about to become writeable. The file system is responsible for
+protecting against truncate races. Once appropriate action has been
+taking to lock out truncate, the page range should be verified to be
+within i_size. The page mapping should also be checked that it is not
+NULL.
 
 	->access() is called when get_user_pages() fails in
 acces_process_vm(), typically used to debug a process through

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/caching/cachefiles.txt

@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ A NOTE ON SECURITY
 ==================
 
 CacheFiles makes use of the split security in the task_struct.  It allocates
-its own task_security structure, and redirects current->cred to point to it
+its own task_security structure, and redirects current->act_as to point to it
 when it acts on behalf of another process, in that process's context.
 
 The reason it does this is that it calls vfs_mkdir() and suchlike rather than
@@ -429,9 +429,9 @@ This means it may lose signals or ptrace events for example, and affects what
 the process looks like in /proc.
 
 So CacheFiles makes use of a logical split in the security between the
-objective security (task->real_cred) and the subjective security (task->cred).
-The objective security holds the intrinsic security properties of a process and
-is never overridden.  This is what appears in /proc, and is what is used when a
+objective security (task->sec) and the subjective security (task->act_as).  The
+objective security holds the intrinsic security properties of a process and is
+never overridden.  This is what appears in /proc, and is what is used when a
 process is the target of an operation by some other process (SIGKILL for
 example).
 

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/design_notes.txt

@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ workloads and can fully utilize the bandwidth to the servers when doing bulk
 data transfers.
 
 POHMELFS clients operate with a working set of servers and are capable of balancing read-only
-operations (like lookups or directory listings) between them according to IO priorities.
+operations (like lookups or directory listings) between them.
 Administrators can add or remove servers from the set at run-time via special commands (described
-in Documentation/pohmelfs/info.txt file). Writes are replicated to all servers, which are connected
-with write permission turned on. IO priority and permissions can be changed in run-time.
+in Documentation/pohmelfs/info.txt file). Writes are replicated to all servers.
 
 POHMELFS is capable of full data channel encryption and/or strong crypto hashing.
 One can select any kernel supported cipher, encryption mode, hash type and operation mode

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/info.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 POHMELFS usage information.
 
-Mount options.
-All but index, number of crypto threads and maximum IO size can changed via remount.
-
+Mount options:
 idx=%u
  Each mountpoint is associated with a special index via this option.
  Administrator can add or remove servers from the given index, so all mounts,
@@ -54,27 +52,16 @@ mcache_timeout=%u
 
 Usage examples.
 
-Add server server1.net:1025 into the working set with index $idx
+Add (or remove if it already exists) server server1.net:1025 into the working set with index $idx
 with appropriate hash algorithm and key file and cipher algorithm, mode and key file:
-$cfg A add -a server1.net -p 1025 -i $idx -K $hash_key -k $cipher_key
+$cfg -a server1.net -p 1025 -i $idx -K $hash_key -k $cipher_key
 
 Mount filesystem with given index $idx to /mnt mountpoint.
 Client will connect to all servers specified in the working set via previous command:
 mount -t pohmel -o idx=$idx q /mnt
 
-Change permissions to read-only (-I 1 option, '-I 2' - write-only, 3 - rw):
-$cfg A modify -a server1.net -p 1025 -i $idx -I 1
-
-Change IO priority to 123 (node with the highest priority gets read requests).
-$cfg A modify -a server1.net -p 1025 -i $idx -P 123
+One can add or remove servers from working set after mounting too.
 
-One can check currect status of all connections in the mountstats file:
-# cat /proc/$PID/mountstats
-...
-device none mounted on /mnt with fstype pohmel
-idx addr(:port) socket_type protocol active priority permissions
-0 server1.net:1026 1 6 1 250 1
-0 server2.net:1025 1 6 1 123 3
 
 Server installation.
 

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt

@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ or bottom half).
   unfreeze_fs: called when VFS is unlocking a filesystem and making it writable
   	again.
 
-  statfs: called when the VFS needs to get filesystem statistics.
+  statfs: called when the VFS needs to get filesystem statistics. This
+	is called with the kernel lock held
 
   remount_fs: called when the filesystem is remounted. This is called
 	with the kernel lock held