It just creates confusion, errors, and bugs.

For one thing, this can cause dup sysfs or procfs nodes to get
created:

[    1.198015] proc_dir_entry '00.0' already registered
[    1.198036] Call Trace:
[    1.198052]  [00000000004f2534] create_proc_entry+0x7c/0x98
[    1.198092]  [00000000005719e4] pci_proc_attach_device+0xa4/0xd4
[    1.198126]  [00000000007d991c] pci_proc_init+0x64/0x88
[    1.198158]  [00000000007c62a4] kernel_init+0x190/0x330
[    1.198183]  [0000000000426cf8] kernel_thread+0x38/0x48
[    1.198210]  [00000000006a0d90] rest_init+0x18/0x5c
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6:
  firewire: fw-sbp2: log scsi_target ID at release
  ieee1394: fix NULL pointer dereference in sysfs access

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-linus:
  kbuild: fix vmlinux.o link
  kconfig: made check-lxdialog more portable

* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6:
  [MTD][NOR] Add physical address to point() method
  [JFFS2] Track parent inode for directories (for NFS export)
  [JFFS2] Invert last argument of jffs2_gc_fetch_inode(), make it boolean.
  [JFFS2] Quiet lockdep false positive.
  [JFFS2] Clean up jffs2_alloc_inode() and jffs2_i_init_once()
  [MTD] Delete long-unused jedec.h header file.
  [MTD] [NAND] at91_nand: use at91_nand_{en,dis}able consistently.

Adding the ability to get a physical address from point() in addition
to virtual address.  This physical address is required for XIP of
userspace code from flash.
Signed-off-by: Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jörn Engel <joern@logfs.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>

Makes the good-by message more informative.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jwilson@redhat.com>

Regression since "ieee1394: prevent device binding of raw1394,
video1394, dv1394", commit d2ace29f:
$ cat /sys/bus/ieee1394/drivers/raw1394/device_ids
triggers a NULL pointer dereference in fw_show_drv_device_ids.
Reported by Miles Lane.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Tested-by: Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com>

To support NFS export, we need to know the parent inode of directories.
Rather than growing the jffs2_inode_cache structure, share space with
the nlink field -- which was always set to 1 for directories anyway.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>

We always linked vmliux.o.
Remove init/built-in.o dependency so we avoid this
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

OS-X shell did not like 'echo -e' so implement
suggestion from Al Viro to use a more portable construct.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Acked-By: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>

With s390 the last arch switched to the generic sys_ptrace yesterday so
we can now kill the ifdef around it to enforce every new port it using
it instead of introducing new weirdo versions.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

We don't actually care about nlink; we only care whether the inode in
question is unlinked or not.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6:
  ide: fix early setup of hwif->host_flags

* 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6:
  hwmon: (adt7473) minor cleanup / refactoring
  hwmon: (asb100) Remove some dead code
  hwmon: (lm75) Fix an incorrect comment
  hwmon: (w83793) VID and VRM handling cleanups
  hwmon: (w83l785ts) Don't ask the user to report failures
  hwmon: (smsc47b397) add a new chip id (0x8c)

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus:
  module: add MODULE_STATE_GOING notifier call
  module: Enhance verify_export_symbols
  module: set unused_gpl_crcs instead of overwriting unused_crcs
  module: neaten __find_symbol, rename to find_symbol
  module: reduce module image and resident size
  module: make module_sect_attrs private to kernel/module.c

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6:
  [CRYPTO] cryptd: Correct kzalloc error test
  [CRYPTO] eseqiv: Fix off-by-one encryption
  [CRYPTO] api: Fix scatterwalk_sg_chain
  [CRYPTO] authenc: Fix async crypto crash in crypto_authenc_genicv()

It's easy: grab locks before talking to hardware and realease
them afterwards. The one big lock has been splitted into a hw_lock
and mii_lock.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

linux-2.6-mk68/drivers/net/fec.c: In function 'fec_enet_module_init':
linux-2.6-mk68/drivers/net/fec.c:2627: warning: unused variable 'j'
linux-2.6-mk68/drivers/net/fec.c: At top level:
linux-2.6-mk68/drivers/net/fec.c:2136: warning: 'mii_link_interrupt' defined but not used
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Remove the acquisition of unused interrupt types. We don't need to
register all the TX and RX varients used on some ColdFire FEC hardware.
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Renamed the 5272 hash_table registers to match the "grp" hash_table
registers of the other ColdFire parts. They are actually a group hash.
The makes for consistent setup across all ColdFire parts.
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The interrupts must be disabled before considering the need resched
bit of the task struct and they have to be disabled before calling
schedule()
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Rework the HZ definition to be more consistent with other architectures.
Non-kernel includers will see a constant HZ setting of 100.
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

include/asm-m68knommu/mcfdma.h defines base0-3 for M523x,
M527x and M528x so it looks this has been forgotten.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Remove unused CONFIG_DISKtel support.
Missing config definition pointed out by
Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

This patch adds linux-2.6.x kernel support for the Intec Automation
ColdFire 5282-based boards, the WildFire and WildFireMod
Signed-Off-By: Steve Bennett <steveb@workware.net.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Remove unused board type CONFIG_MTD_KeyTechnology.
Pointed out by Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix ColdFire 5206e platform UART init function naming.
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Add some missing sections into the linker script.
Those are required for spinlocks & kallsyms.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

With this patch and
 CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
The backtrace shows resolved function names and their numeric
address.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

add a missing backslash n in setup code
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

As the subject says this patch adds the support for kernel preemption
on m68knommu Coldfire. I thing the same changes could be applied to
68360 & 68328 but since I don't have the HW for testing, I don't touch it.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The return from software signal handling pushes code on the stack
that system calls to the kernels cleanup code. This is borrowed
directly from the m68k linux signal handler.

The rt signal case is not quite right for the restricted instruction
set of the ColdFire parts. And neither the normal signal case or rt
signal case properly flushes/pushes the appropriate cache lines.

Rework the return path to just call back through some code fragments
in the kernel proper (with no MMU in the way we can do this). No
cache problems, and less code overall.

Original patch submitted by Wilson Callan <wcallan@savantav.com>

Greg fixed the rt signal return path to use the proper system call
Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

drivers/scsi/mvsas.c: In function `mvs_update_phyinfo':
drivers/scsi/mvsas.c:2822: warning: long long unsigned int format, u64 arg (arg 5)
drivers/scsi/mvsas.c:2822: warning: long long unsigned int format, u64 arg (arg 6)

We do not know what type the arch uses to implement u64.

Cc: Ke Wei <kewei@marvell.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c: In function 'process_waiting_list':
drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c:8225: warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value

recently added by

commit 172c122d
Author: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Apr 28 16:50:03 2008 -0700

    scsi: fix integer as NULL pointer warnings

Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Repair the effects of

commit 55da7789
Author: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:   Wed Apr 30 00:54:07 2008 -0700

    synclink series: switch to int put_char method
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
    Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
    Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>

drivers/char/synclink_gt.c: In function 'put_char':
drivers/char/synclink_gt.c:919: warning: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function

and do some whitespace repair and unneeded-cast-removal in there as well.

Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

__FUNCTION__ is gcc specific, use __func__
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
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>

Change cpu_sys_devices from array to per_cpu variable in drivers/base/cpu.c.
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.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>

clamp() exists for this use.
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Simply replace proc_create and further data assigned with proc_create_data.
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@openvz.org>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>