Merge phase #1 of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/l…

…inux-2.6-tip

This merges phase 1 of the x86 tree, which is a collection of branches:

  x86/alternatives, x86/cleanups, x86/commandline, x86/crashdump,
  x86/debug, x86/defconfig, x86/doc, x86/exports, x86/fpu, x86/gart,
  x86/idle, x86/mm, x86/mtrr, x86/nmi-watchdog, x86/oprofile,
  x86/paravirt, x86/reboot, x86/sparse-fixes, x86/tsc, x86/urgent and
  x86/vmalloc

and as Ingo says: "these are the easiest, purely independent x86 topics
with no conflicts, in one nice Octopus merge".

* 'x86-v28-for-linus-phase1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (147 commits)
  x86: mtrr_cleanup: treat WRPROT as UNCACHEABLE
  x86: mtrr_cleanup: first 1M may be covered in var mtrrs
  x86: mtrr_cleanup: print out correct type v2
  x86: trivial printk fix in efi.c
  x86, debug: mtrr_cleanup print out var mtrr before change it
  x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M, v3
  x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M, cleanup
  x86: change MTRR_SANITIZER to def_bool y
  x86, debug printouts: IOMMU setup failures should not be KERN_ERR
  x86: export set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw
  x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M
  x86: mtrr_cleanup prepare to make gran_size to less 1M
  x86: mtrr_cleanup safe to get more spare regs now
  x86_64: be less annoying on boot, v2
  x86: mtrr_cleanup hole size should be less than half of chunk_size, v2
  x86: add mtrr_cleanup_debug command line
  x86: mtrr_cleanup optimization, v2
  x86: don't need to go to chunksize to 4G
  x86_64: be less annoying on boot
  x86, olpc: fix endian bug in openfirmware workaround
  ...

Documentation/00-INDEX

@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ mono.txt
 	- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
 moxa-smartio
 	- file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
-mtrr.txt
-	- how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance.
 mutex-design.txt
 	- info on the generic mutex subsystem.
 namespaces/

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -463,12 +463,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			Range: 0 - 8192
 			Default: 64
 
-	disable_8254_timer
-	enable_8254_timer
-			[IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing
-			over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The
-			kernel tries to set a sensible default.
-
 	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
 			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
 			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
@@ -1882,6 +1876,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	shapers=	[NET]
 			Maximal number of shapers.
 
+	show_msr=	[x86] show boot-time MSR settings
+			Format: { <integer> }
+			Show boot-time (BIOS-initialized) MSR settings.
+			The parameter means the number of CPUs to show,
+			for example 1 means boot CPU only.
+
 	sim710=		[SCSI,HW]
 			See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c.
 

Documentation/x86/00-INDEX

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+00-INDEX
+	- this file
+mtrr.txt
+	- how to use x86 Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance

Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt → Documentation/x86/boot.txt

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Protocol:	2.00+
 
 Field name:	start_sys
 Type:		read
-Offset/size:	0x20c/4
+Offset/size:	0x20c/2
 Protocol:	2.00+
 
   The load low segment (0x1000).  Obsolete.

Documentation/mtrr.txt → Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Richard Gooch
   The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
   MTRRs. These are supported.  The AMD Athlon family provide 8 Intel
   style MTRRs.
-  
+
   The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing write-combining. These
   are supported.
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ reg00: base=0x00000000 (   0MB), size=  64MB: write-back, count=1
 reg01: base=0xfb000000 (4016MB), size=  16MB: write-combining, count=1
 reg02: base=0xfb000000 (4016MB), size=   4kB: uncachable, count=1
 
-Some cards (especially Voodoo Graphics boards) need this 4 kB area 
+Some cards (especially Voodoo Graphics boards) need this 4 kB area
 excluded from the beginning of the region because it is used for
 registers.
 

Documentation/x86/pat.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ PAT allows for different types of memory attributes. The most commonly used
 ones that will be supported at this time are Write-back, Uncached,
 Write-combined and Uncached Minus.
 
+
+PAT APIs
+--------
+
 There are many different APIs in the kernel that allows setting of memory
 attributes at the page level. In order to avoid aliasing, these interfaces
 should be used thoughtfully. Below is a table of interfaces available,
@@ -26,38 +30,38 @@ address range to avoid any aliasing.
 API                    |    RAM   |  ACPI,...  |  Reserved/Holes  |
 -----------------------|----------|------------|------------------|
                        |          |            |                  |
-ioremap                |    --    |    UC      |       UC         |
+ioremap                |    --    |    UC-     |       UC-        |
                        |          |            |                  |
 ioremap_cache          |    --    |    WB      |       WB         |
                        |          |            |                  |
-ioremap_nocache        |    --    |    UC      |       UC         |
+ioremap_nocache        |    --    |    UC-     |       UC-        |
                        |          |            |                  |
 ioremap_wc             |    --    |    --      |       WC         |
                        |          |            |                  |
-set_memory_uc          |    UC    |    --      |       --         |
+set_memory_uc          |    UC-   |    --      |       --         |
  set_memory_wb         |          |            |                  |
                        |          |            |                  |
 set_memory_wc          |    WC    |    --      |       --         |
  set_memory_wb         |          |            |                  |
                        |          |            |                  |
-pci sysfs resource     |    --    |    --      |       UC         |
+pci sysfs resource     |    --    |    --      |       UC-        |
                        |          |            |                  |
 pci sysfs resource_wc  |    --    |    --      |       WC         |
  is IORESOURCE_PREFETCH|          |            |                  |
                        |          |            |                  |
-pci proc               |    --    |    --      |       UC         |
+pci proc               |    --    |    --      |       UC-        |
  !PCIIOC_WRITE_COMBINE |          |            |                  |
                        |          |            |                  |
 pci proc               |    --    |    --      |       WC         |
  PCIIOC_WRITE_COMBINE  |          |            |                  |
                        |          |            |                  |
-/dev/mem               |    --    |    UC      |       UC         |
+/dev/mem               |    --    |  WB/WC/UC- |    WB/WC/UC-     |
  read-write            |          |            |                  |
                        |          |            |                  |
-/dev/mem               |    --    |    UC      |       UC         |
+/dev/mem               |    --    |    UC-     |       UC-        |
  mmap SYNC flag        |          |            |                  |
                        |          |            |                  |
-/dev/mem               |    --    |  WB/WC/UC  |    WB/WC/UC      |
+/dev/mem               |    --    |  WB/WC/UC- |    WB/WC/UC-     |
  mmap !SYNC flag       |          |(from exist-|  (from exist-    |
  and                   |          |  ing alias)|    ing alias)    |
  any alias to this area|          |            |                  |
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ pci proc               |    --    |    --      |       WC         |
  and                   |          |            |                  |
  MTRR says WB          |          |            |                  |
                        |          |            |                  |
-/dev/mem               |    --    |    --      |    UC_MINUS      |
+/dev/mem               |    --    |    --      |       UC-        |
  mmap !SYNC flag       |          |            |                  |
  no alias to this area |          |            |                  |
  and                   |          |            |                  |
@@ -98,3 +102,35 @@ types.
 
 Drivers should use set_memory_[uc|wc] to set access type for RAM ranges.
 
+
+PAT debugging
+-------------
+
+With CONFIG_DEBUG_FS enabled, PAT memtype list can be examined by
+
+# mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug
+# cat /sys/kernel/debug/x86/pat_memtype_list
+PAT memtype list:
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fadf000-0x7fae0000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb19000-0x7fb1a000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1a000-0x7fb1b000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1b000-0x7fb1c000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1c000-0x7fb1d000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1d000-0x7fb1e000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1e000-0x7fb25000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb25000-0x7fb26000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb26000-0x7fb27000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb27000-0x7fb28000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb28000-0x7fb2e000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb2e000-0x7fb2f000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb2f000-0x7fb30000
+uncached-minus @ 0x7fb31000-0x7fb32000
+uncached-minus @ 0x80000000-0x90000000
+
+This list shows physical address ranges and various PAT settings used to
+access those physical address ranges.
+
+Another, more verbose way of getting PAT related debug messages is with
+"debugpat" boot parameter. With this parameter, various debug messages are
+printed to dmesg log.
+

Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt

@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ APICs
 		 apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally
 		 broken.
 
-   disable_8254_timer / enable_8254_timer
-		 Enable interrupt 0 timer routing over the 8254 in addition to over
-	         the IO-APIC. The kernel tries to set a sensible default.
-
 Early Console
 
    syntax: earlyprintk=vga

arch/x86/Kconfig

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_FTRACE
 	select HAVE_KVM if ((X86_32 && !X86_VOYAGER && !X86_VISWS && !X86_NUMAQ) || X86_64)
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB if !X86_VOYAGER
+	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT if X86_32
 	select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
 
@@ -1020,7 +1021,7 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
 
 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
-	depends on X86_32 && ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL && X86_PC && !NUMA
+	depends on X86_32 && ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL && !NUMA
 
 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
@@ -1036,7 +1037,7 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
 
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
-	depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_PC)
+	depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_PC) || X86_GENERICARCH
 	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
 	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
 
@@ -1117,10 +1118,10 @@ config MTRR
 	  You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
 	  just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
 
-	  See <file:Documentation/mtrr.txt> for more information.
+	  See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
 
 config MTRR_SANITIZER
-	bool
+	def_bool y
 	prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
 	depends on MTRR
 	help
@@ -1131,7 +1132,7 @@ config MTRR_SANITIZER
 	  The largest mtrr entry size for a continous block can be set with
 	  mtrr_chunk_size.
 
-	  If unsure, say N.
+	  If unsure, say Y.
 
 config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
 	int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
@@ -1191,15 +1192,14 @@ config IRQBALANCE
 config SECCOMP
 	def_bool y
 	prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
-	depends on PROC_FS
 	help
 	  This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
 	  that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
 	  execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
 	  the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
 	  syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
 	  their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
-	  enabled via /proc/<pid>/seccomp, it cannot be disabled
+	  enabled via prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP), it cannot be disabled
 	  and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
 	  defined by each seccomp mode.
 
@@ -1356,14 +1356,14 @@ config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
 	  Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
-	bool "Support for suspend on SMP and hot-pluggable CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_VOYAGER
+	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
+	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && !X86_VOYAGER
 	---help---
-	  Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on, and to
-	  enable suspend on SMP systems. CPUs can be controlled through
-	  /sys/devices/system/cpu.
-	  Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug and don't need to
-	  suspend.
+	  Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
+	  controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
+	  ( Note: power management support will enable this option
+	    automatically on SMP systems. )
+	  Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
 
 config COMPAT_VDSO
 	def_bool y
@@ -1378,6 +1378,51 @@ config COMPAT_VDSO
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
+config CMDLINE_BOOL
+	bool "Built-in kernel command line"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at
+	  build time.  On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is
+	  necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the
+	  kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is,
+	  to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.)
+
+	  To compile command line arguments into the kernel,
+	  set this option to 'Y', then fill in the
+	  the boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
+
+	  Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded)
+	  should leave this option set to 'N'.
+
+config CMDLINE
+	string "Built-in kernel command string"
+	depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
+	default ""
+	help
+	  Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel
+	  image and used at boot time.  If the boot loader provides a
+	  command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to
+	  form the full kernel command line, when the system boots.
+
+	  However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to
+	  change this behavior.
+
+	  In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided
+	  by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root
+	  file system.
+
+config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
+	bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments"
+	default n
+	depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
+	help
+	  Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader
+	  command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line.
+
+	  This is used to work around broken boot loaders.  This should
+	  be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
+
 endmenu
 
 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
@@ -1773,7 +1818,7 @@ config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
 
 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
 	def_bool y
-	depends on X86_64 && COMPAT && SYSVIPC
+	depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
 
 endmenu
 

arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu

@@ -418,3 +418,21 @@ config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY
 config X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
 	def_bool y
 	depends on !(MK6 || MWINCHIPC6 || MWINCHIP2 || MWINCHIP3D || MCYRIXIII || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || M486 || M386)
+
+config X86_DS
+	bool "Debug Store support"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Add support for Debug Store.
+	  This allows the kernel to provide a memory buffer to the hardware
+	  to store various profiling and tracing events.
+
+config X86_PTRACE_BTS
+	bool "ptrace interface to Branch Trace Store"
+	default y
+	depends on (X86_DS && X86_DEBUGCTLMSR)
+	help
+	  Add a ptrace interface to allow collecting an execution trace
+	  of the traced task.
+	  This collects control flow changes in a (cyclic) buffer and allows
+	  debuggers to fill in the gaps and show an execution trace of the debuggee.

arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S

@@ -137,14 +137,15 @@ relocated:
  */
 	movl output_len(%ebx), %eax
 	pushl %eax
+			# push arguments for decompress_kernel:
 	pushl %ebp	# output address
 	movl input_len(%ebx), %eax
 	pushl %eax	# input_len
 	leal input_data(%ebx), %eax
 	pushl %eax	# input_data
 	leal boot_heap(%ebx), %eax
-	pushl %eax	# heap area as third argument
-	pushl %esi	# real mode pointer as second arg
+	pushl %eax	# heap area
+	pushl %esi	# real mode pointer
 	call decompress_kernel
 	addl $20, %esp
 	popl %ecx