v2.4.8.3 -> v2.4.8.4

  - Tim Hockin: NatSemi ethernet update
  - Kurt Garloff: make PS/2 mouse reconnect adjustable like 2.2.x
  - Daniel Phillips: unlazy use-once
  - David Miller: undo poll() limit braindamage
  - me: make return value from do_try_to_free_pages() meaningful

Makefile

 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 4
 SUBLEVEL = 9
-EXTRAVERSION =-pre3
+EXTRAVERSION =-pre4
 
 KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)
 

drivers/char/pc_keyb.c

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static void kbd_write_output_w(int data);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PSMOUSE
 static void aux_write_ack(int val);
 static void __aux_write_ack(int val);
+static int aux_reconnect = 0;
 #endif
 
 static spinlock_t kbd_controller_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ static volatile unsigned char resend;
 
 static int __init psaux_init(void);
 
-#define AUX_RECONNECT 170 /* scancode when ps2 device is plugged (back) in */
+#define AUX_RECONNECT1 0xaa	/* scancode1 when ps2 device is plugged (back) in */
+#define AUX_RECONNECT2 0x00	/* scancode2 when ps2 device is plugged (back) in */
  
 static struct aux_queue *queue;	/* Mouse data buffer. */
 static int aux_count;
@@ -396,6 +398,7 @@ char pckbd_unexpected_up(unsigned char keycode)
 static inline void handle_mouse_event(unsigned char scancode)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PSMOUSE
+	static unsigned char prev_code;
 	if (mouse_reply_expected) {
 		if (scancode == AUX_ACK) {
 			mouse_reply_expected--;
@@ -403,12 +406,15 @@ static inline void handle_mouse_event(unsigned char scancode)
 		}
 		mouse_reply_expected = 0;
 	}
-	else if(scancode == AUX_RECONNECT){
+	else if(scancode == AUX_RECONNECT2 && prev_code == AUX_RECONNECT1
+		&& aux_reconnect) {
+		printk (KERN_INFO "PS/2 mouse reconnect detected\n");
 		queue->head = queue->tail = 0;	/* Flush input queue */
 		__aux_write_ack(AUX_ENABLE_DEV);  /* ping the mouse :) */
 		return;
 	}
 
+	prev_code = scancode;
 	add_mouse_randomness(scancode);
 	if (aux_count) {
 		int head = queue->head;
@@ -835,6 +841,14 @@ void __init pckbd_init_hw(void)
 
 #if defined CONFIG_PSMOUSE
 
+static int __init aux_reconnect_setup (char *str)
+{
+	aux_reconnect = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("psaux-reconnect", aux_reconnect_setup);
+
 /*
  * Check if this is a dual port controller.
  */

fs/select.c

@@ -419,9 +419,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_poll(struct pollfd * ufds, unsigned int nfds, long timeout)
 	if (nfds > NR_OPEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (nfds > current->files->max_fds)
-		nfds = current->files->max_fds;
-
 	if (timeout) {
 		/* Careful about overflow in the intermediate values */
 		if ((unsigned long) timeout < MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ)

include/linux/ethtool.h

@@ -38,11 +38,22 @@ struct ethtool_drvinfo {
 	u32	regdump_len;	/* Amount of data from ETHTOOL_GREGS */
 };
 
+#define SOPASS_MAX	6
+/* wake-on-lan settings */
+struct ethtool_wolinfo {
+	u32	cmd;
+	u32	supported;
+	u32	wolopts;
+	u8	sopass[SOPASS_MAX]; /* SecureOn(tm) password */
+};
+
 /* CMDs currently supported */
 #define ETHTOOL_GSET		0x00000001 /* Get settings. */
 #define ETHTOOL_SSET		0x00000002 /* Set settings, privileged. */
 #define ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO	0x00000003 /* Get driver info. */
 #define ETHTOOL_GREGS		0x00000004 /* Get NIC registers, privileged. */
+#define ETHTOOL_GWOL		0x00000005 /* Get wake-on-lan options. */
+#define ETHTOOL_SWOL		0x00000006 /* Set wake-on-lan options. */
 
 /* compatibility with older code */
 #define SPARC_ETH_GSET		ETHTOOL_GSET
@@ -109,4 +120,13 @@ struct ethtool_drvinfo {
 #define AUTONEG_DISABLE		0x00
 #define AUTONEG_ENABLE		0x01
 
+/* Wake-On-Lan options. */
+#define WAKE_PHY		(1 << 0)
+#define WAKE_UCAST		(1 << 1)
+#define WAKE_MCAST		(1 << 2)
+#define WAKE_BCAST		(1 << 3)
+#define WAKE_ARP		(1 << 4)
+#define WAKE_MAGIC		(1 << 5)
+#define WAKE_MAGICSECURE	(1 << 6) /* only meaningful if WAKE_MAGIC */
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_ETHTOOL_H */

mm/filemap.c

@@ -979,10 +979,14 @@ static void generic_file_readahead(int reada_ok,
 
 static inline void check_used_once (struct page *page)
 {
-	if (!page->age) {
+	if (!PageActive(page)) {
+		if (page->age)
+			activate_page(page);
+		else {
 			page->age = PAGE_AGE_START;
 			ClearPageReferenced(page);
 		}
+	}
 }
 
 /*

mm/vmscan.c

@@ -806,59 +806,32 @@ int inactive_shortage(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Refill_inactive is the function used to scan and age the pages on
- * the active list and in the working set of processes, moving the
- * little-used pages to the inactive list.
- *
- * When called by kswapd, we try to deactivate as many pages as needed
- * to recover from the inactive page shortage. This makes it possible
- * for kswapd to keep up with memory demand so user processes can get
- * low latency on memory allocations.
- *
- * However, when the system starts to get overloaded we can get called
- * by user processes. For user processes we want to both reduce the
- * latency and make sure that multiple user processes together don't
- * deactivate too many pages. To achieve this we simply do less work
- * when called from a user process.
+ * Loop until we are no longer under an inactive or free
+ * shortage. Return 1 on success, 0 if we failed to get
+ * there even after "maxtry" loops.
  */
-
-static int refill_inactive(unsigned int gfp_mask)
+#define INACTIVE_SHORTAGE 1
+#define FREE_SHORTAGE 2
+#define GENERAL_SHORTAGE 4
+static int do_try_to_free_pages(unsigned int gfp_mask, int user)
 {
-	int progress = 0, maxtry;
+	/* Always walk at least the active queue when called */
+	int shortage = INACTIVE_SHORTAGE;
+	int maxtry;
 
 	maxtry = 1 << DEF_PRIORITY;
-
 	do {
-		if (current->need_resched) {
-			 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-			schedule();
-			if (!inactive_shortage())
-				return 1;
-		}
-
-		/* Walk the VM space for a bit.. */
-		swap_out(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
-
-		/* ..and refill the inactive list */
-		progress += refill_inactive_scan(DEF_PRIORITY);
-
-		if (--maxtry <= 0)
-			break;
-	} while (inactive_shortage());
-
-	return progress;
-}
-
-static int do_try_to_free_pages(unsigned int gfp_mask, int user)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-
 		/*
 		 * If needed, we move pages from the active list
 		 * to the inactive list.
 		 */
-	if (inactive_shortage()) 
-		ret += refill_inactive(gfp_mask);
+		if (shortage & INACTIVE_SHORTAGE) {
+			/* Walk the VM space for a bit.. */
+			swap_out(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
+
+			/* ..and refill the inactive list */
+			refill_inactive_scan(DEF_PRIORITY);
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * If we're low on free pages, move pages from the
@@ -868,17 +841,35 @@ static int do_try_to_free_pages(unsigned int gfp_mask, int user)
 		 * before we get around to moving them to the other
 		 * list, so this is a relatively cheap operation.
 		 */
-	ret += page_launder(gfp_mask, user);
-
-	ret += shrink_dcache_memory(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
-	ret += shrink_icache_memory(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
+		if (shortage & FREE_SHORTAGE)
+			page_launder(gfp_mask, user);
 
 		/* 	
-	 * Reclaim unused slab cache if memory is low.
+		 * Reclaim unused slab cache if we were short on memory.
 		 */
+		if (shortage & GENERAL_SHORTAGE) {
+			shrink_dcache_memory(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
+			shrink_icache_memory(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
+
 			kmem_cache_reap(gfp_mask);
+		}
 
-	return ret;
+		if (current->need_resched) {
+			 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+			schedule();
+		}
+
+		shortage = 0;
+		if (inactive_shortage())
+			shortage |= INACTIVE_SHORTAGE | GENERAL_SHORTAGE;
+		if (free_shortage())
+			shortage |= FREE_SHORTAGE | GENERAL_SHORTAGE;
+
+		if (--maxtry <= 0)
+			break;
+	} while (shortage);
+
+	return !shortage;
 }
 
 DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(kswapd_wait);
@@ -925,47 +916,22 @@ int kswapd(void *unused)
 	for (;;) {
 		static long recalc = 0;
 
-		/* If needed, try to free some memory. */
-		if (inactive_shortage() || free_shortage()) 
-			do_try_to_free_pages(GFP_KSWAPD, 0);
-
 		/* Once a second ... */
 		if (time_after(jiffies, recalc + HZ)) {
 			recalc = jiffies;
 
 			/* Recalculate VM statistics. */
 			recalculate_vm_stats();
+		}
 
-			/* Do background page aging. */
-			refill_inactive_scan(DEF_PRIORITY);
+		if (!do_try_to_free_pages(GFP_KSWAPD, 1)) {
+			if (out_of_memory())
+				oom_kill();
+			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* 
-		 * We go to sleep if either the free page shortage
-		 * or the inactive page shortage is gone. We do this
-		 * because:
-		 * 1) we need no more free pages   or
-		 * 2) the inactive pages need to be flushed to disk,
-		 *    it wouldn't help to eat CPU time now ...
-		 *
-		 * We go to sleep for one second, but if it's needed
-		 * we'll be woken up earlier...
-		 */
-		if (!free_shortage() || !inactive_shortage()) {
 		run_task_queue(&tq_disk);
 		interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(&kswapd_wait, HZ);
-		/*
-		 * If we couldn't free enough memory, we see if it was
-		 * due to the system just not having enough memory.
-		 * If that is the case, the only solution is to kill
-		 * a process (the alternative is enternal deadlock).
-		 *
-		 * If there still is enough memory around, we just loop
-		 * and try free some more memory...
-		 */
-		} else if (out_of_memory()) {
-			oom_kill();
-		}
 	}
 }