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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d7526f271f2111684211fc7d27814e86a36336c9
+refs/heads/master: 797fd5b9dad12a100c81b5782573a41259728cb1

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl

@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@
      </address>
     </affiliation>
    </author>
-   <author>
-    <firstname>William</firstname>
-    <surname>Cohen</surname>
-    <affiliation>
-     <address>
-      <email>wcohen@redhat.com</email>
-     </address>
-    </affiliation>
-   </author>
   </authorgroup>
 
   <legalnotice>
@@ -100,8 +91,4 @@
 !Iinclude/trace/events/signal.h
   </chapter>
 
-  <chapter id="block">
-   <title>Block IO</title>
-!Iinclude/trace/events/block.h
-  </chapter>
 </book>

trunk/Documentation/HOWTO

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ process is as follows:
     Linus, usually the patches that have already been included in the
     -next kernel for a few weeks.  The preferred way to submit big changes
     is using git (the kernel's source management tool, more information
-    can be found at http://git-scm.com/) but plain patches are also just
+    can be found at http://git.or.cz/) but plain patches are also just
     fine.
   - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released it is now possible to push
     only patches that do not include new features that could affect the

trunk/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ NMI handler.
 		cpu = smp_processor_id();
 		++nmi_count(cpu);
 
-		if (!rcu_dereference_sched(nmi_callback)(regs, cpu))
+		if (!rcu_dereference(nmi_callback)(regs, cpu))
 			default_do_nmi(regs);
 
 		nmi_exit();
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ function pointer.  If this handler returns zero, do_nmi() invokes the
 default_do_nmi() function to handle a machine-specific NMI.  Finally,
 preemption is restored.
 
-In theory, rcu_dereference_sched() is not needed, since this code runs
-only on i386, which in theory does not need rcu_dereference_sched()
-anyway.  However, in practice it is a good documentation aid, particularly
-for anyone attempting to do something similar on Alpha or on systems
-with aggressive optimizing compilers.
+Strictly speaking, rcu_dereference() is not needed, since this code runs
+only on i386, which does not need rcu_dereference() anyway.  However,
+it is a good documentation aid, particularly for anyone attempting to
+do something similar on Alpha.
 
-Quick Quiz:  Why might the rcu_dereference_sched() be necessary on Alpha,
+Quick Quiz:  Why might the rcu_dereference() be necessary on Alpha,
 	     given that the code referenced by the pointer is read-only?
 
 
@@ -100,21 +99,17 @@ invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively.
 
 Answer to Quick Quiz
 
-	Why might the rcu_dereference_sched() be necessary on Alpha, given
+	Why might the rcu_dereference() be necessary on Alpha, given
 	that the code referenced by the pointer is read-only?
 
 	Answer: The caller to set_nmi_callback() might well have
-		initialized some data that is to be used by the new NMI
-		handler.  In this case, the rcu_dereference_sched() would
-		be needed, because otherwise a CPU that received an NMI
-		just after the new handler was set might see the pointer
-		to the new NMI handler, but the old pre-initialized
-		version of the handler's data.
-
-		This same sad story can happen on other CPUs when using
-		a compiler with aggressive pointer-value speculation
-		optimizations.
-
-		More important, the rcu_dereference_sched() makes it
-		clear to someone reading the code that the pointer is
-		being protected by RCU-sched.
+		initialized some data that is to be used by the
+		new NMI handler.  In this case, the rcu_dereference()
+		would be needed, because otherwise a CPU that received
+		an NMI just after the new handler was set might see
+		the pointer to the new NMI handler, but the old
+		pre-initialized version of the handler's data.
+
+		More important, the rcu_dereference() makes it clear
+		to someone reading the code that the pointer is being
+		protected by RCU.

trunk/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt

@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
 	The reason that it is permissible to use RCU list-traversal
 	primitives when the update-side lock is held is that doing so
 	can be quite helpful in reducing code bloat when common code is
-	shared between readers and updaters.  Additional primitives
-	are provided for this case, as discussed in lockdep.txt.
+	shared between readers and updaters.
 
 10.	Conversely, if you are in an RCU read-side critical section,
 	and you don't hold the appropriate update-side lock, you -must-
@@ -345,8 +344,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
 	requiring SRCU's read-side deadlock immunity or low read-side
 	realtime latency.
 
-	Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() relates to SRCU just as they do
-	to other forms of RCU.
+	Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() and rcu_dereference() relate to
+	SRCU just as they do to other forms of RCU.
 
 15.	The whole point of call_rcu(), synchronize_rcu(), and friends
 	is to wait until all pre-existing readers have finished before

trunk/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt

@@ -32,20 +32,9 @@ checking of rcu_dereference() primitives:
 	srcu_dereference(p, sp):
 		Check for SRCU read-side critical section.
 	rcu_dereference_check(p, c):
-		Use explicit check expression "c".  This is useful in
-		code that is invoked by both readers and updaters.
+		Use explicit check expression "c".
 	rcu_dereference_raw(p)
 		Don't check.  (Use sparingly, if at all.)
-	rcu_dereference_protected(p, c):
-		Use explicit check expression "c", and omit all barriers
-		and compiler constraints.  This is useful when the data
-		structure cannot change, for example, in code that is
-		invoked only by updaters.
-	rcu_access_pointer(p):
-		Return the value of the pointer and omit all barriers,
-		but retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating
-		or coalescsing.  This is useful when when testing the
-		value of the pointer itself, for example, against NULL.
 
 The rcu_dereference_check() check expression can be any boolean
 expression, but would normally include one of the rcu_read_lock_held()
@@ -70,20 +59,7 @@ In case (1), the pointer is picked up in an RCU-safe manner for vanilla
 RCU read-side critical sections, in case (2) the ->file_lock prevents
 any change from taking place, and finally, in case (3) the current task
 is the only task accessing the file_struct, again preventing any change
-from taking place.  If the above statement was invoked only from updater
-code, it could instead be written as follows:
-
-	file = rcu_dereference_protected(fdt->fd[fd],
-					 lockdep_is_held(&files->file_lock) ||
-					 atomic_read(&files->count) == 1);
-
-This would verify cases #2 and #3 above, and furthermore lockdep would
-complain if this was used in an RCU read-side critical section unless one
-of these two cases held.  Because rcu_dereference_protected() omits all
-barriers and compiler constraints, it generates better code than do the
-other flavors of rcu_dereference().  On the other hand, it is illegal
-to use rcu_dereference_protected() if either the RCU-protected pointer
-or the RCU-protected data that it points to can change concurrently.
+from taking place.
 
 There are currently only "universal" versions of the rcu_assign_pointer()
 and RCU list-/tree-traversal primitives, which do not (yet) check for

trunk/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt

@@ -840,12 +840,6 @@ SRCU:	Initialization/cleanup
 	init_srcu_struct
 	cleanup_srcu_struct
 
-All:  lockdep-checked RCU-protected pointer access
-
-	rcu_dereference_check
-	rcu_dereference_protected
-	rcu_access_pointer
-
 See the comment headers in the source code (or the docbook generated
 from them) for more information.
 

trunk/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt

@@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ where a driver received a request ala this before:
 
 As mentioned, there is no virtual mapping of a bio. For DMA, this is
 not a problem as the driver probably never will need a virtual mapping.
-Instead it needs a bus mapping (dma_map_page for a single segment or
-use dma_map_sg for scatter gather) to be able to ship it to the driver. For
+Instead it needs a bus mapping (pci_map_page for a single segment or
+use blk_rq_map_sg for scatter gather) to be able to ship it to the driver. For
 PIO drivers (or drivers that need to revert to PIO transfer once in a
 while (IDE for example)), where the CPU is doing the actual data
 transfer a virtual mapping is needed. If the driver supports highmem I/O,

trunk/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt

@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ containing the following files describing that cgroup:
  - cgroup.procs: list of tgids in the cgroup.  This list is not
    guaranteed to be sorted or free of duplicate tgids, and userspace
    should sort/uniquify the list if this property is required.
-   This is a read-only file, for now.
+   Writing a tgid into this file moves all threads with that tgid into
+   this cgroup.
  - 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)

trunk/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt

@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ Note:
 5.3 swappiness
   Similar to /proc/sys/vm/swappiness, but affecting a hierarchy of groups only.
 
-  Following cgroups' swappiness can't be changed.
+  Following cgroups' swapiness can't be changed.
   - root cgroup (uses /proc/sys/vm/swappiness).
   - a cgroup which uses hierarchy and it has child cgroup.
   - a cgroup which uses hierarchy and not the root of hierarchy.