- 30 Apr, 2008 40 commits
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Tejun Heo authored
klist is missing static initializers and definition helper. Add them. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Ben Hutchings authored
sysfs allows attribute files to be truncated, e.g. using ftruncate(), with the expected effect on their inode. For most attributes, this doesn't change the "real" size of the file i.e. how much can be read from it. However, the parameter validation for reading and writing binary attribute files is based on the inode size and not the size specified in the file's bin_attribute, so it can be broken by this. For example, if we try using dd to write to such a file: # pwd /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:08:00.0 # ls -l config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 1 17:35 config # dd if=/dev/zero of=config bs=4 count=1 1+0 records in 1+0 records out # ls -l config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 1 17:50 config # dd if=/dev/zero of=config bs=4 count=1 seek=128 dd: writing `config': No space left on device 1+0 records in 0+0 records out Also, after truncation to 0, parameter validation for read and write is disabled. Most bin_attribute read and write methods also validate the size and offset, but for some this will allow out-of-range access. This may be a security issue, though access to such files is often limited to root. In any case, the validation should remain for safety's sake!) This was previously reported in Bugzilla as bug 9867. sysfs should ignore size changes or else refuse them (by returning -EINVAL). This patch makes it ignore them. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (179 commits) ACPI: Fix acpi_processor_idle and idle= boot parameters interaction acpi: fix section mismatch warning in pnpacpi intel_menlo: fix build warning ACPI: Cleanup: Remove unneeded, multiple local dummy variables ACPI: video - fix permissions on some proc entries ACPI: video - properly handle errors when registering proc elements ACPI: video - do not store invalid entries in attached_array list ACPI: re-name acpi_pm_ops to acpi_suspend_ops ACER_WMI/ASUS_LAPTOP: fix build bug thinkpad_acpi: fix possible NULL pointer dereference if kstrdup failed ACPI: check a return value correctly in acpi_power_get_context() #if 0 acpi/bay.c:eject_removable_drive() eeepc-laptop: add hwmon fan control eeepc-laptop: add backlight eeepc-laptop: add base driver ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: bump up version to 0.20 ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix selects in Kconfig ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use a private workqueue ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fluff really minor fix ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use uppercase for "LED" on user documentation ... Fixed conflicts in drivers/acpi/video.c and drivers/misc/intel_menlow.c manually.
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Len Brown authored
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Len Brown authored
Merge branches 'release', 'acpica', 'bugzilla-10224', 'bugzilla-9772', 'bugzilla-9916', 'ec', 'eeepc', 'idle', 'misc', 'pm-legacy', 'sysfs-links-2.6.26', 'thermal', 'thinkpad' and 'video' into release
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Venkatesh Pallipadi authored
acpi_processor_idle and "idle=" boot parameter interaction is broken. The problem is that, at boot time acpi driver is checking for "idle=" boot option and not registering the acpi idle handler. But, when there is a CST changed callback (typically when switching AC <-> battery or suspend-resume) there are no checks for boot_option_idle_override and acpi idle handler tries to get installed with nasty side effects. With CPU_IDLE configured this issue causes results in a nasty oops on CST change callback and without CPU_IDLE there is no oops, but boot option of "idle=" gets ignored and acpi idle handler gets installed. Change the behavior to not do anything in acpi idle handler when there is a "idle=" boot option. Note that the problem is only there when "idle=" boot option is used. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Sam Ravnborg authored
Fix following section mismatch warning: WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x153d69): Section mismatch in reference from the function is_exclusive_device() to the variable .init.data:excluded_id_list is_exclusive_device is only used from __init context so document this with the __init annotation and get rid of the warning. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: [ALSA] soc - neo1973_wm8753.c add suspend and shutdown hooks for lm4857 chip [ALSA] soc - neo1973_wm8753.c change maintainer contact info [ALSA] soc - neo1973_wm8753.c cleanup checkpatch issues [ALSA] soc - ln2440sbc_alc650 - Fix checkpatch warnings [ALSA] soc - s3c24xx-pcm - Fix checkpatch warnings [ALSA] soc - s3c2443-ac97 - Fix checkpatch warnings [ALSA] soc - wm8753 - Clean up checkpatch warnings
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Graeme Gregory authored
Patch taken from the openmoko bugtracker http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=781 This patch adds Suspend/Resume and Shutdown support for the lm4857 to the driver. Signed-off-by: Graeme Gregory <graeme@openmoko.org> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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Graeme Gregory authored
I have moved workplaces since I originally wrote this driver so update the contact info for new employers. Signed-off-by: Graeme Gregory <graeme@openmoko.org> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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Graeme Gregory authored
Clean up a few issues with the file that checkpatch noted, no functionality changes. Signed-off-by: Graeme Gregory <graeme@openmoko.org> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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Mark Brown authored
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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Mark Brown authored
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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Mark Brown authored
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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Mark Brown authored
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6: sparc64: remove duplicated include sparc: Add kgdb support. kgdbts: Sparc needs sstep emulation. sparc32: Kill smp_message_pass() and related code. sparc64: Kill PIL_RESERVED, unused. sparc64: Split entry.S up into seperate files.
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (53 commits) tcp: Overflow bug in Vegas [IPv4] UFO: prevent generation of chained skb destined to UFO device iwlwifi: move the selects to the tristate drivers ipv4: annotate a few functions __init in ipconfig.c atm: ambassador: vcc_sf semaphore to mutex MAINTAINERS: The socketcan-core list is subscribers-only. netfilter: nf_conntrack: padding breaks conntrack hash on ARM ipv4: Update MTU to all related cache entries in ip_rt_frag_needed() sch_sfq: use del_timer_sync() in sfq_destroy() net: Add compat support for getsockopt (MCAST_MSFILTER) net: Several cleanups for the setsockopt compat support. ipvs: fix oops in backup for fwmark conn templates bridge: kernel panic when unloading bridge module bridge: fix error handling in br_add_if() netfilter: {nfnetlink,ip,ip6}_queue: fix skb_over_panic when enlarging packets netfilter: x_tables: fix net namespace leak when reading /proc/net/xxx_tables_names netfilter: xt_TCPOPTSTRIP: signed tcphoff for ipv6_skip_exthdr() retval tcp: Limit cwnd growth when deferring for GSO tcp: Allow send-limited cwnd to grow up to max_burst when gso disabled [netdrvr] gianfar: Determine TBIPA value dynamically ...
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Ingo Molnar authored
fix the condition to match intention: always use the old inlining behavior on all gcc versions below 4. this should solve the UML build problem. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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S.Çağlar Onur authored
I realize some of the maintainers email clients and/or scripts cannot handle UTF-8 encoded names properly, as a result your ChangeLogs displays me as two different person :). Following patch adds correctly encoded name of mine into .mailmap, to prevent appearing it not to be so or badly displayed. Signed-off-by: S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@pardus.org.tr> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: [S390] Update default configuration. [S390] use generic sys_ptrace [S390] Remove self ptrace IEEE_IP hack. [S390] Convert to SPARSEMEM & SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP [S390] System z large page support. [S390] Convert machine feature detection code to C. [S390] vmemmap: use clear_table to initialise page tables. [S390] Move stfl to system.h and delete duplicated version. [S390] uaccess_mvcos: #ifdef config dependent code. [S390] cpu topology: Fix possible deadlock. [S390] Add topology_core_siblings to topology.h [S390] cio: Make isc handling more robust. [S390] remove -traditional [S390] Automatically detect added cpus. [S390] smp: Fix locking order. [S390] Add missing ifndef/define to include/asm-s390/sysinfo.h. [S390] Move show_regs to traps.c. [S390] cio: Use strict_strtoul() for attributes.
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpcLinus Torvalds authored
* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: [POWERPC] Fix crashkernel= handling when no crashkernel= specified [POWERPC] Make emergency stack safe for current_thread_info() use [POWERPC] spufs: add .gitignore for spu_save_dump.h & spu_restore_dump.h [POWERPC] spufs: trace spu_acquire_saved events [POWERPC] spufs: fix marker name for find_victim [POWERPC] spufs: add marker for destroy_spu_context [POWERPC] spufs: add sputrace marker parameter names [POWERPC] spufs: add context switch notification log [POWERPC] mpc5200: defconfigs for CM5200, Lite5200B, Motion-PRO and TQM5200 [POWERPC] mpc5200: Switch mpc5200 dts files to dts-v1 format [POWERPC] mpc5200: Fix FEC error handling on FIFO errors [POWERPC] mpc5200: add Phytec pcm030 board support [POWERPC] mpc5200: add gpiolib support for mpc5200 [POWERPC] mpc5200: add interrupt type function [POWERPC] mpc5200: Fix unterminated of_device_id table
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Ingo Molnar authored
x86.git randconfig testing found a build failure on latest -git: drivers/built-in.o: In function `set_type': tuner-core.c:(.text+0x2a9a26): undefined reference to `tea5761_attach' tuner-core.c:(.text+0x2a9d05): undefined reference to `tda9887_attach' tuner-core.c:(.text+0x2a9d51): undefined reference to `xc2028_attach' tuner-core.c:(.text+0x2a9e22): undefined reference to `tda829x_attach' tuner-core.c:(.text+0x2a9e3f): undefined reference to `microtune_attach' drivers/built-in.o: In function `tuner_probe': tuner-core.c:(.text+0x2aa18a): undefined reference to `tda829x_probe' tuner-core.c:(.text+0x2aa302): undefined reference to `tea5761_autodetection' with the following config: http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Wed_Apr_30_10_21_40_CEST_2008.bad the problem is caused by the drivers/media/common/tuners/ subdirectory not being part of the kbuild hierarchy anymore, due to commit 7c91f062 ("V4L/DVB(7767): Move tuners to common/tuners"). this seems similar to the problem also reported by Mike Galbraith. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Andrew Morton authored
This: commit 86f6dae1 Author: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Date: Mon Apr 28 02:13:33 2008 -0700 memory hotplug: allocate usemap on the section with pgdat Usemaps are allocated on the section which has pgdat by this. Because usemap size is very small, many other sections usemaps are allocated on only one page. If a section has usemap, it can't be removed until removing other sections. This dependency is not desirable for memory removing. Pgdat has similar feature. When a section has pgdat area, it must be the last section for removing on the node. So, if section A has pgdat and section B has usemap for section A, Both sections can't be removed due to dependency each other. To solve this issue, this patch collects usemap on same section with pgdat. If other sections doesn't have any dependency, this section will be able to be removed finally. Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> broke davem's sparc64 bootup. Revert it while we work out what went wrong. Cc: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Nick Piggin authored
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki found a warning message in the buffer dirtying code that is coming from page migration caller. WARNING: at fs/buffer.c:720 __set_page_dirty+0x330/0x360() Call Trace: [<a000000100015220>] show_stack+0x80/0xa0 [<a000000100015270>] dump_stack+0x30/0x60 [<a000000100089ed0>] warn_on_slowpath+0x90/0xe0 [<a0000001001f8b10>] __set_page_dirty+0x330/0x360 [<a0000001001ffb90>] __set_page_dirty_buffers+0xd0/0x280 [<a00000010012fec0>] set_page_dirty+0xc0/0x260 [<a000000100195670>] migrate_page_copy+0x5d0/0x5e0 [<a000000100197840>] buffer_migrate_page+0x2e0/0x3c0 [<a000000100195eb0>] migrate_pages+0x770/0xe00 What was happening is that migrate_page_copy wants to transfer the PG_dirty bit from old page to new page, so what it would do is set_page_dirty(newpage). However set_page_dirty() is used to set the entire page dirty, wheras in this case, only part of the page was dirty, and it also was not uptodate. Marking the whole page dirty with set_page_dirty would lead to corruption or unresolvable conditions -- a dirty && !uptodate page and dirty && !uptodate buffers. Possibly we could just ClearPageDirty(oldpage); SetPageDirty(newpage); however in the interests of keeping the change minimal... Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Tested-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Robert P. J. Day authored
Fix up the contents of <linux/byteorder/> so that it doesn't export a content-free generic.h to user space. This involves: * Removing the __KERNEL__ tests from generic.h and dropping it from Kbuild. * Wrapping the inclusions of generic.h in both big_endian.h and little_endian.h in __KERNEL__ tests. * Shifting big_endian.h and little_endian.h from header-y to unifdef-y in Kbuild. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Robert P. J. Day authored
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Robert P. J. Day authored
Remove the "#ifdef __KERNEL__" tests from unexported header files in linux/include whose entire contents are wrapped in that preprocessor test. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Harvey Harrison authored
__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Harvey Harrison authored
__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Harvey Harrison authored
__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Harvey Harrison authored
__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Harvey Harrison authored
__FUNCTION__ is gcc specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Harvey Harrison authored
__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Harvey Harrison authored
__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Laurent Vivier authored
This patch adds partition management for Block RAM Device (BRD). This patch is done to keep in sync BRD and loop device drivers. This patch adds a parameter to the module, max_part, to specify the maximum number of partitions per RAM device. Example: # modprobe brd max_part=63 # ls -l /dev/ram* brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 64 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 640 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram10 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 704 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram11 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 768 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram12 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 832 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram13 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 896 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram14 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 960 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram15 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 128 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 192 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 256 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram4 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 320 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 384 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 448 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram7 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 512 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram8 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 576 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram9 # fdisk /dev/ram0 Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite) Command (m for help): o Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite) Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-2, default 1): 1 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-2, default 2): 2 Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. # ls -l /dev/ram0* brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 2008-04-03 13:40 /dev/ram0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 1 2008-04-03 13:40 /dev/ram0p1 # mkfs /dev/ram0p1 mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) 4016 inodes, 16032 blocks 801 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=1 Maximum filesystem blocks=16515072 2 block groups 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 2008 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 8193 Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 26 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. # mount /dev/ram0p1 /mnt df /mnt Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/ram0p1 15521 138 14582 1% /mnt # ls -l /mnt total 12 drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2008-04-03 13:41 lost+found # umount /mnt # rmmod brd Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Thomas Gleixner authored
hrtimers have now dynamic users in the network code. Put them under debugobjects surveillance as well. Add calls to the generic object debugging infrastructure and provide fixup functions which allow to keep the system alive when recoverable problems have been detected by the object debugging core code. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Thomas Gleixner authored
Add calls to the generic object debugging infrastructure and provide fixup functions which allow to keep the system alive when recoverable problems have been detected by the object debugging core code. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Thomas Gleixner authored
Add a DocBook for debugobjects. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Thomas Gleixner authored
We can see an ever repeating problem pattern with objects of any kind in the kernel: 1) freeing of active objects 2) reinitialization of active objects Both problems can be hard to debug because the crash happens at a point where we have no chance to decode the root cause anymore. One problem spot are kernel timers, where the detection of the problem often happens in interrupt context and usually causes the machine to panic. While working on a timer related bug report I had to hack specialized code into the timer subsystem to get a reasonable hint for the root cause. This debug hack was fine for temporary use, but far from a mergeable solution due to the intrusiveness into the timer code. The code further lacked the ability to detect and report the root cause instantly and keep the system operational. Keeping the system operational is important to get hold of the debug information without special debugging aids like serial consoles and special knowledge of the bug reporter. The problems described above are not restricted to timers, but timers tend to expose it usually in a full system crash. Other objects are less explosive, but the symptoms caused by such mistakes can be even harder to debug. Instead of creating specialized debugging code for the timer subsystem a generic infrastructure is created which allows developers to verify their code and provides an easy to enable debug facility for users in case of trouble. The debugobjects core code keeps track of operations on static and dynamic objects by inserting them into a hashed list and sanity checking them on object operations and provides additional checks whenever kernel memory is freed. The tracked object operations are: - initializing an object - adding an object to a subsystem list - deleting an object from a subsystem list Each operation is sanity checked before the operation is executed and the subsystem specific code can provide a fixup function which allows to prevent the damage of the operation. When the sanity check triggers a warning message and a stack trace is printed. The list of operations can be extended if the need arises. For now it's limited to the requirements of the first user (timers). The core code enqueues the objects into hash buckets. The hash index is generated from the address of the object to simplify the lookup for the check on kfree/vfree. Each bucket has it's own spinlock to avoid contention on a global lock. The debug code can be compiled in without being active. The runtime overhead is minimal and could be optimized by asm alternatives. A kernel command line option enables the debugging code. Thanks to Ingo Molnar for review, suggestions and cleanup patches. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Thomas Gleixner authored
This is a preperatory patch for the debugobjects infrastructure. The flag prevents debug_free checks on kmem_caches. This is necessary to avoid resursive calls into a debug mechanism which uses a kmem_cache itself. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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