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v: v3

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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3634634edd49c115da931998b9540bcc17665b05
+refs/heads/master: 2c6f2db13a2428aa16f54f50232a589ddd5d7d01

trunk/.gitignore

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

trunk/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-Memory Controller
+Memory Resource Controller
+
+NOTE: The Memory Resource Controller has been generically been referred
+to as the memory controller in this document. Do not confuse memory controller
+used here with the memory controller that is used in hardware.
 
 Salient features
 
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ The memory controller uses the following hierarchy
 
 a. Enable CONFIG_CGROUPS
 b. Enable CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS
-c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
+c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
 
 1. Prepare the cgroups
 # mkdir -p /cgroups
@@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
 
 Since now we're in the 0 cgroup,
 We can alter the memory limit:
-# echo -n 4M > /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes
+# echo 4M > /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes
 
 NOTE: We can use a suffix (k, K, m, M, g or G) to indicate values in kilo,
 mega or gigabytes.
@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ number of factors, such as rounding up to page boundaries or the total
 availability of memory on the system.  The user is required to re-read
 this file after a write to guarantee the value committed by the kernel.
 
-# echo -n 1 > memory.limit_in_bytes
+# echo 1 > memory.limit_in_bytes
 # cat memory.limit_in_bytes
 4096
 
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ caches, RSS and Active pages/Inactive pages are shown.
 
 The memory.force_empty gives an interface to drop *all* charges by force.
 
-# echo -n 1 > memory.force_empty
+# echo 1 > memory.force_empty
 
 will drop all charges in cgroup. Currently, this is maintained for test.
 

trunk/Documentation/gpio.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ GPIO Interfaces
 
 This provides an overview of GPIO access conventions on Linux.
 
+These calls use the gpio_* naming prefix.  No other calls should use that
+prefix, or the related __gpio_* prefix.
+
 
 What is a GPIO?
 ===============
@@ -69,11 +72,13 @@ in this document, but drivers acting as clients to the GPIO interface must
 not care how it's implemented.)
 
 That said, if the convention is supported on their platform, drivers should
-use it when possible.  Platforms should declare GENERIC_GPIO support in
-Kconfig (boolean true), which multi-platform drivers can depend on when
-using the include file:
+use it when possible.  Platforms must declare GENERIC_GPIO support in their
+Kconfig (boolean true), and provide an <asm/gpio.h> file.  Drivers that can't
+work without standard GPIO calls should have Kconfig entries which depend
+on GENERIC_GPIO.  The GPIO calls are available, either as "real code" or as
+optimized-away stubs, when drivers use the include file:
 
-	#include <asm/gpio.h>
+	#include <linux/gpio.h>
 
 If you stick to this convention then it'll be easier for other developers to
 see what your code is doing, and help maintain it.
@@ -316,6 +321,9 @@ pulldowns integrated on some platforms.  Not all platforms support them,
 or support them in the same way; and any given board might use external
 pullups (or pulldowns) so that the on-chip ones should not be used.
 (When a circuit needs 5 kOhm, on-chip 100 kOhm resistors won't do.)
+Likewise drive strength (2 mA vs 20 mA) and voltage (1.8V vs 3.3V) is a
+platform-specific issue, as are models like (not) having a one-to-one
+correspondence between configurable pins and GPIOs.
 
 There are other system-specific mechanisms that are not specified here,
 like the aforementioned options for input de-glitching and wire-OR output.

trunk/Documentation/kprobes.txt

@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ code mapping.
 The Kprobes API includes a "register" function and an "unregister"
 function for each type of probe.  Here are terse, mini-man-page
 specifications for these functions and the associated probe handlers
-that you'll write.  See the latter half of this document for examples.
+that you'll write.  See the files in the samples/kprobes/ sub-directory
+for examples.
 
 4.1 register_kprobe
 
@@ -420,249 +421,15 @@ e. Watchpoint probes (which fire on data references).
 
 8. Kprobes Example
 
-Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of kprobes to dump a
-stack trace and selected i386 registers when do_fork() is called.
------ cut here -----
-/*kprobe_example.c*/
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-
-/*For each probe you need to allocate a kprobe structure*/
-static struct kprobe kp;
-
-/*kprobe pre_handler: called just before the probed instruction is executed*/
-int handler_pre(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	printk("pre_handler: p->addr=0x%p, eip=%lx, eflags=0x%lx\n",
-		p->addr, regs->eip, regs->eflags);
-	dump_stack();
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*kprobe post_handler: called after the probed instruction is executed*/
-void handler_post(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags)
-{
-	printk("post_handler: p->addr=0x%p, eflags=0x%lx\n",
-		p->addr, regs->eflags);
-}
-
-/* fault_handler: this is called if an exception is generated for any
- * instruction within the pre- or post-handler, or when Kprobes
- * single-steps the probed instruction.
- */
-int handler_fault(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
-{
-	printk("fault_handler: p->addr=0x%p, trap #%dn",
-		p->addr, trapnr);
-	/* Return 0 because we don't handle the fault. */
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int __init kprobe_init(void)
-{
-	int ret;
-	kp.pre_handler = handler_pre;
-	kp.post_handler = handler_post;
-	kp.fault_handler = handler_fault;
-	kp.symbol_name = "do_fork";
-
-	ret = register_kprobe(&kp);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		printk("register_kprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-	printk("kprobe registered\n");
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit kprobe_exit(void)
-{
-	unregister_kprobe(&kp);
-	printk("kprobe unregistered\n");
-}
-
-module_init(kprobe_init)
-module_exit(kprobe_exit)
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
------ cut here -----
-
-You can build the kernel module, kprobe-example.ko, using the following
-Makefile:
------ cut here -----
-obj-m := kprobe-example.o
-KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
-PWD := $(shell pwd)
-default:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
-clean:
-	rm -f *.mod.c *.ko *.o
------ cut here -----
-
-$ make
-$ su -
-...
-# insmod kprobe-example.ko
-
-You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the console
-whenever do_fork() is invoked to create a new process.
+See samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
 
 9. Jprobes Example
 
-Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of jprobes to dump
-the arguments of do_fork().
------ cut here -----
-/*jprobe-example.c */
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/uio.h>
-#include <linux/kprobes.h>
-
-/*
- * Jumper probe for do_fork.
- * Mirror principle enables access to arguments of the probed routine
- * from the probe handler.
- */
-
-/* Proxy routine having the same arguments as actual do_fork() routine */
-long jdo_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
-	      struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long stack_size,
-	      int __user * parent_tidptr, int __user * child_tidptr)
-{
-	printk("jprobe: clone_flags=0x%lx, stack_size=0x%lx, regs=0x%p\n",
-	       clone_flags, stack_size, regs);
-	/* Always end with a call to jprobe_return(). */
-	jprobe_return();
-	/*NOTREACHED*/
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct jprobe my_jprobe = {
-	.entry = jdo_fork
-};
-
-static int __init jprobe_init(void)
-{
-	int ret;
-	my_jprobe.kp.symbol_name = "do_fork";
-
-	if ((ret = register_jprobe(&my_jprobe)) <0) {
-		printk("register_jprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	printk("Planted jprobe at %p, handler addr %p\n",
-	       my_jprobe.kp.addr, my_jprobe.entry);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit jprobe_exit(void)
-{
-	unregister_jprobe(&my_jprobe);
-	printk("jprobe unregistered\n");
-}
-
-module_init(jprobe_init)
-module_exit(jprobe_exit)
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
------ cut here -----
-
-Build and insert the kernel module as shown in the above kprobe
-example.  You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on
-the console whenever do_fork() is invoked to create a new process.
-(Some messages may be suppressed if syslogd is configured to
-eliminate duplicate messages.)
+See samples/kprobes/jprobe_example.c
 
 10. Kretprobes Example
 
-Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of return probes to
-report failed calls to sys_open().
------ cut here -----
-/*kretprobe-example.c*/
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#include <linux/ktime.h>
-
-/* per-instance private data */
-struct my_data {
-	ktime_t entry_stamp;
-};
-
-static const char *probed_func = "sys_open";
-
-/* Timestamp function entry. */
-static int entry_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	struct my_data *data;
-
-	if(!current->mm)
-		return 1; /* skip kernel threads */
-
-	data = (struct my_data *)ri->data;
-	data->entry_stamp = ktime_get();
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* If the probed function failed, log the return value and duration.
- * Duration may turn out to be zero consistently, depending upon the
- * granularity of time accounting on the platform. */
-static int return_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	int retval = regs_return_value(regs);
-	struct my_data *data = (struct my_data *)ri->data;
-	s64 delta;
-	ktime_t now;
-
-	if (retval < 0) {
-		now = ktime_get();
-		delta = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(now, data->entry_stamp));
-		printk("%s: return val = %d (duration = %lld ns)\n",
-		       probed_func, retval, delta);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct kretprobe my_kretprobe = {
-	.handler = return_handler,
-	.entry_handler = entry_handler,
-	.data_size = sizeof(struct my_data),
-	.maxactive = 20, /* probe up to 20 instances concurrently */
-};
-
-static int __init kretprobe_init(void)
-{
-	int ret;
-	my_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name = (char *)probed_func;
-
-	if ((ret = register_kretprobe(&my_kretprobe)) < 0) {
-		printk("register_kretprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	printk("Kretprobe active on %s\n", my_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit kretprobe_exit(void)
-{
-	unregister_kretprobe(&my_kretprobe);
-	printk("kretprobe unregistered\n");
-	/* nmissed > 0 suggests that maxactive was set too low. */
-	printk("Missed probing %d instances of %s\n",
-	       my_kretprobe.nmissed, probed_func);
-}
-
-module_init(kretprobe_init)
-module_exit(kretprobe_exit)
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
------ cut here -----
-
-Build and insert the kernel module as shown in the above kprobe
-example.  You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the
-console whenever sys_open() returns a negative value.  (Some messages
-may be suppressed if syslogd is configured to eliminate duplicate
-messages.)
+See samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c
 
 For additional information on Kprobes, refer to the following URLs:
 http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes.html?ca=dgr-lnxw42Kprobe

trunk/Documentation/pci.txt

@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver
 
 
 The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an
-all-zero entry.  Each entry consists of:
+all-zero entry; use of the macro DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE is the preferred
+method of declaring the table.  Each entry consists of:
 
 	vendor,device	Vendor and device ID to match (or PCI_ANY_ID)
 
@@ -191,7 +192,8 @@ Tips on when/where to use the above attributes:
 
 	o Do not mark the struct pci_driver.
 
-	o The ID table array should be marked __devinitdata.
+	o The ID table array should be marked __devinitconst; this is done
+	  automatically if the table is declared with DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE().
 
 	o The probe() and remove() functions should be marked __devinit
 	  and __devexit respectively.  All initialization functions