- 23 Oct, 2010 5 commits
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wqLinus Torvalds authored
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: workqueue: remove in_workqueue_context() workqueue: Clarify that schedule_on_each_cpu is synchronous memory_hotplug: drop spurious calls to flush_scheduled_work() shpchp: update workqueue usage pciehp: update workqueue usage isdn/eicon: don't call flush_scheduled_work() from diva_os_remove_soft_isr() workqueue: add and use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag workqueue: fix HIGHPRI handling in keep_working() workqueue: add queue_work and activate_work trace points workqueue: prepare for more tracepoints workqueue: implement flush[_delayed]_work_sync() workqueue: factor out start_flush_work() workqueue: cleanup flush/cancel functions workqueue: implement alloc_ordered_workqueue() Fix up trivial conflict in fs/gfs2/main.c as per Tejun
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git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds authored
* 'for-2.6.37/misc' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: pipe: fix failure to return error code on ->confirm()
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git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds authored
* 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (46 commits) xen-blkfront: disable barrier/flush write support Added blk-lib.c and blk-barrier.c was renamed to blk-flush.c block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT aic7xxx_old: removed unused 'req' variable block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag block: remove the BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER flag block: remove the WRITE_BARRIER flag swap: do not send discards as barriers fat: do not send discards as barriers ext4: do not send discards as barriers jbd2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage jbd2: Modify ASYNC_COMMIT code to not rely on queue draining on barrier jbd: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage nilfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage reiserfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage gfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage btrfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage xfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage block: pass gfp_mask and flags to sb_issue_discard dm: convey that all flushes are processed as empty ...
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git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds authored
* 'for-2.6.37/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (95 commits) cciss: fix PCI IDs for new Smart Array controllers drbd: add race-breaker to drbd_go_diskless drbd: use dynamic_dev_dbg to optionally log uuid changes dynamic_debug.h: Fix dynamic_dev_dbg() macro if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG not set drbd: cleanup: change "<= 0" to "== 0" drbd: relax the grace period of the md_sync timer again drbd: add some more explicit drbd_md_sync drbd: drop wrong debug asserts, fix recently introduced race drbd: cleanup useless leftover warn/error printk's drbd: add explicit drbd_md_sync to drbd_resync_finished drbd: Do not log an ASSERT for P_OV_REQUEST packets while C_CONNECTED drbd: fix for possible deadlock on IO error during resync drbd: fix unlikely access after free and list corruption drbd: fix for spurious fullsync (uuids rotated too fast) drbd: allow for explicit resync-finished notifications drbd: preparation commit, using full state in receive_state() drbd: drbd_send_ack_dp must not rely on header information drbd: Fix regression in recv_bm_rle_bits (compressed bitmap) drbd: Fixed a stupid copy and paste error drbd: Allow larger values for c-fill-target. ... Fix up trivial conflict in drivers/block/ataflop.c due to BKL removal
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git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds authored
* 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (39 commits) cfq-iosched: Fix a gcc 4.5 warning and put some comments block: Turn bvec_k{un,}map_irq() into static inline functions block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges block: Make the integrity mapped property a bio flag block: Fix double free in blk_integrity_unregister block: Ensure physical block size is unsigned int blkio-throttle: Fix possible multiplication overflow in iops calculations blkio-throttle: limit max iops value to UINT_MAX blkio-throttle: There is no need to convert jiffies to milli seconds blkio-throttle: Fix link failure failure on i386 blkio: Recalculate the throttled bio dispatch time upon throttle limit change blkio: Add root group to td->tg_list blkio: deletion of a cgroup was causes oops blkio: Do not export throttle files if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=n block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory block: revert bad fix for memory hotplug causing bounces Fix compile error in blk-exec.c for !CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory block: Prevent hang_check firing during long I/O cfq: improve fsync performance for small files ... Fix up trivial conflicts due to __rcu sparse annotation in include/linux/genhd.h
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- 22 Oct, 2010 35 commits
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git://git.infradead.org/ubi-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubi-2.6: UBI: tighten the corrupted PEB criteria UBI: fix check_data_ff return code UBI: remember copy_flag while scanning UBI: preserve corrupted PEBs UBI: add truly corrupted PEBs to corrupted list UBI: introduce debugging helper function UBI: make check_pattern function non-static UBI: do not put eraseblocks to the corrupted list unnecessarily UBI: separate out corrupted list UBI: change cascade of ifs to switch statements UBI: rename a local variable UBI: handle bit-flips when no header found UBI: remove duplicate IO error codes UBI: rename IO error code UBI: fix small 80 characters limit style issue UBI: cleanup and simplify Kconfig
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git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6: UBIFS: do not allocate unneeded scan buffer UBIFS: do not forget to cancel timers UBIFS: remove a bit of unneeded code UBIFS: add a commentary about log recovery UBIFS: avoid kernel error if ubifs superblock read fails UBIFS: introduce new flags for RO mounts UBIFS: introduce new flag for RO due to errors UBIFS: check return code of pnode_lookup UBIFS: check return code of ubifs_lpt_lookup UBIFS: improve error reporting when reading bad node UBIFS: introduce list sorting debugging checks UBIFS: fix assertion warnings in comparison function UBIFS: mark unused key objects as invalid UBIFS: do not write rubbish into truncation scanning node UBIFS: improve assertion in node comparison functions UBIFS: do not use key type in list_sort UBIFS: do not look up truncation nodes UBIFS: fix assertion warning UBIFS: do not treat ENOSPC specially UBIFS: switch to RO mode after synchronizing
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* 'urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6: pcmcia: fix ni_daq_700 compilation pcmcia: IOCARD is also required for using IRQs
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-genericLinus Torvalds authored
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic: asm-generic/io.h: allow people to override individual funcs bitops: remove duplicated extern declarations bitops: make asm-generic/bitops/find.h more generic asm-generic: kdebug.h: Checkpatch cleanup asm-generic: fcntl: make exported headers use strict posix types asm-generic: cmpxchg does not handle non-long arguments asm-generic: make atomic_add_unless a function
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bklLinus Torvalds authored
* 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl: vfs: make no_llseek the default vfs: don't use BKL in default_llseek llseek: automatically add .llseek fop libfs: use generic_file_llseek for simple_attr mac80211: disallow seeks in minstrel debug code lirc: make chardev nonseekable viotape: use noop_llseek raw: use explicit llseek file operations ibmasmfs: use generic_file_llseek spufs: use llseek in all file operations arm/omap: use generic_file_llseek in iommu_debug lkdtm: use generic_file_llseek in debugfs net/wireless: use generic_file_llseek in debugfs drm: use noop_llseek
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bklLinus Torvalds authored
* 'vfs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl: (30 commits) BKL: remove BKL from freevxfs BKL: remove BKL from qnx4 autofs4: Only declare function when CONFIG_COMPAT is defined autofs: Only declare function when CONFIG_COMPAT is defined ncpfs: Lock socket in ncpfs while setting its callbacks fs/locks.c: prepare for BKL removal BKL: Remove BKL from ncpfs BKL: Remove BKL from OCFS2 BKL: Remove BKL from squashfs BKL: Remove BKL from jffs2 BKL: Remove BKL from ecryptfs BKL: Remove BKL from afs BKL: Remove BKL from USB gadgetfs BKL: Remove BKL from autofs4 BKL: Remove BKL from isofs BKL: Remove BKL from fat BKL: Remove BKL from ext2 filesystem BKL: Remove BKL from do_new_mount() BKL: Remove BKL from cgroup BKL: Remove BKL from NTFS ...
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bklLinus Torvalds authored
* 'trivial' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl: block: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex drivers: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex ipmi: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex mac: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex mtd: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex scsi: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex Fix up trivial conflicts (due to addition of private mutex right next to deletion of a version string) in drivers/char/pcmcia/cm40[04]0_cs.c
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bklLinus Torvalds authored
* 'config' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl: BKL: introduce CONFIG_BKL. dabusb: remove the BKL sunrpc: remove the big kernel lock init/main.c: remove BKL notations blktrace: remove the big kernel lock rtmutex-tester: make it build without BKL dvb-core: kill the big kernel lock dvb/bt8xx: kill the big kernel lock tlclk: remove big kernel lock fix rawctl compat ioctls breakage on amd64 and itanic uml: kill big kernel lock parisc: remove big kernel lock cris: autoconvert trivial BKL users alpha: kill big kernel lock isapnp: BKL removal s390/block: kill the big kernel lock hpet: kill BKL, add compat_ioctl
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Dominik Brodowski authored
Reported-by: Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds authored
* 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, 32-bit: Align percpu area and irq stacks to THREAD_SIZE x86: Move alloc_desk_mask variables inside ifdef x86-32: Align IRQ stacks properly x86: Remove CONFIG_4KSTACKS x86: Always use irq stacks Fixed up trivial conflicts in include/linux/{irq.h, percpu-defs.h}
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Linus Torvalds authored
Merge branch 'x86-timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Hpet: Avoid the comparator readback penalty
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Alan Cox authored
Fortunately this is only exploitable on very unusual hardware. [Reported a while ago but nothing happened so just fixing it] Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Jens Axboe authored
The driver doesn't handle empty flushes. Disable barrier/flush write support until this is fixed up. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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Vivek Goyal authored
- Andi encountedred following warning with gcc 4.5 linux/block/cfq-iosched.c: In function ‘cfq_dispatch_requests’: linux/block/cfq-iosched.c:2156:3: warning: array subscript is above array bounds - Warning happens due to following code. slice = group_slice * count / max_t(unsigned, cfqg->busy_queues_avg[cfqd->serving_prio], cfq_group_busy_queues_wl(cfqd->serving_prio, cfqd, cfqg)); gcc is complaining about cfqg->busy_queues_avg[] being indexed by CFQ prio classes (RT, BE and IDLE) while the array size is only 2. - At run time, we never access cfqg->busy_queues_avg[IDLE] and return from function before this code hits. - To fix warning increase the array size though it will remain unused. This patch also puts some comments to clarify some of the confusions. - I have taken Jens's patch and modified it a bit. - Compile tested with gcc 4.4 and boot tested. I don't have gcc 4.5 running, Andi can you please test it with gcc 4.5 to make sure it worked. Reported-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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Dominik Brodowski authored
Dave Hinds pointed out to me that 37979e15 will break b43 and ray_cs, as IOCARD is not -- as the name would suggest -- only needed for cards using IO ports. Instead, as it re-deines several pins, it is also required for using interrupts. Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpcLinus Torvalds authored
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (71 commits) powerpc/44x: Update ppc44x_defconfig powerpc/watchdog: Make default timeout for Book-E watchdog a Kconfig option fsl_rio: Add comments for sRIO registers. powerpc/fsl-booke: Add e55xx (64-bit) smp defconfig powerpc/fsl-booke: Add p5020 DS board support powerpc/fsl-booke64: Use TLB CAMs to cover linear mapping on FSL 64-bit chips powerpc/fsl-booke: Add support for FSL Arch v1.0 MMU in setup_page_sizes powerpc/fsl-booke: Add support for FSL 64-bit e5500 core powerpc/85xx: add cache-sram support powerpc/85xx: add ngPIXIS FPGA device tree node to the P1022DS board powerpc: Fix compile error with paca code on ppc64e powerpc/fsl-booke: Add p3041 DS board support oprofile/fsl emb: Don't set MSR[PMM] until after clearing the interrupt. powerpc/fsl-booke: Add PCI device ids for P2040/P3041/P5010/P5020 QoirQ chips powerpc/mpc8xxx_gpio: Add support for 'qoriq-gpio' controllers powerpc/fsl_booke: Add support to boot from core other than 0 powerpc/p1022: Add probing for individual DMA channels powerpc/fsl_soc: Search all global-utilities nodes for rstccr powerpc: Fix invalid page flags in create TLB CAM path for PTE_64BIT powerpc/mpc83xx: Support for MPC8308 P1M board ... Fix up conflict with the generic irq_work changes in arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-devLinus Torvalds authored
* 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev: (26 commits) include/linux/libata.h: fix typo pata_bf54x: fix return type of bfin_set_devctl Drivers: ata: Makefile: replace the use of <module>-objs with <module>-y libahci: fix result_tf handling after an ATA PIO data-in command pata_sl82c105: implement sff_irq_check() method pata_sil680: implement sff_irq_check() method pata_pdc202xx_old: implement sff_irq_check() method pata_cmd640: implement sff_irq_check() method ata_piix: Add device ID for ICH4-L pata_sil680: make sil680_sff_exec_command() 'static' ata: Intel IDE-R support libata: reorder ata_queued_cmd to remove alignment padding on 64 bit builds libata: Signal that our SATL supports WRITE SAME(16) with UNMAP ata_piix: remove SIDPR locking libata: implement cross-port EH exclusion libata: add @ap to ata_wait_register() and introduce ata_msleep() ata_piix: implement LPM support libata: implement LPM support for port multipliers libata: reimplement link power management libata: implement sata_link_scr_lpm() and make ata_dev_set_feature() global ...
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2Linus Torvalds authored
* 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2: (48 commits) ocfs2: Avoid to evaluate xattr block flags again. ocfs2/cluster: Release debugfs file elapsed_time_in_ms ocfs2: Add a mount option "coherency=*" to handle cluster coherency for O_DIRECT writes. Initialize max_slots early When I tried to compile I got the following warning: fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c: In function ‘ocfs2_init_slot_info’: fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c:360: warning: ‘bytes’ may be used uninitialized in this function fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c:360: note: ‘bytes’ was declared here Compiler: gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) on Mandriva I'm not sure why this warning occurs, I think compiler don't know that variable "bytes" is initialized when it is sent by reference to ocfs2_slot_map_physical_size and it throws that ugly warning. However, a simple initialization of "bytes" variable with 0 will fix it. ocfs2: validate bg_free_bits_count after update ocfs2/cluster: Bump up dlm protocol to version 1.1 ocfs2/cluster: Show per region heartbeat elapsed time ocfs2/cluster: Add mlogs for heartbeat up/down events ocfs2/cluster: Create debugfs dir/files for each region ocfs2/cluster: Create debugfs files for live, quorum and failed region bitmaps ocfs2/cluster: Maintain bitmap of failed regions ocfs2/cluster: Maintain bitmap of quorum regions ocfs2/cluster: Track bitmap of live heartbeat regions ocfs2/cluster: Track number of global heartbeat regions ocfs2/cluster: Maintain live node bitmap per heartbeat region ocfs2/cluster: Reorganize o2hb debugfs init ocfs2/cluster: Check slots for unconfigured live nodes ocfs2/cluster: Print messages when adding/removing nodes ocfs2/cluster: Print messages when adding/removing heartbeat regions ...
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Linus Torvalds authored
Merge branch 'core-memblock-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-memblock-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (74 commits) x86-64: Only set max_pfn_mapped to 512 MiB if we enter via head_64.S xen: Cope with unmapped pages when initializing kernel pagetable memblock, bootmem: Round pfn properly for memory and reserved regions memblock: Annotate memblock functions with __init_memblock memblock: Allow memblock_init to be called early memblock/arm: Fix memblock_region_is_memory() typo x86, memblock: Remove __memblock_x86_find_in_range_size() memblock: Fix wraparound in find_region() x86-32, memblock: Make add_highpages honor early reserved ranges x86, memblock: Fix crashkernel allocation arm, memblock: Fix the sparsemem build memblock: Fix section mismatch warnings powerpc, memblock: Fix memblock API change fallout memblock, microblaze: Fix memblock API change fallout x86: Remove old bootmem code x86, memblock: Use memblock_memory_size()/memblock_free_memory_size() to get correct dma_reserve x86: Remove not used early_res code x86, memblock: Replace e820_/_early string with memblock_ x86: Use memblock to replace early_res x86, memblock: Use memblock_debug to control debug message print out ... Fix up trivial conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/setup.c and kernel/Makefile
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Andrea Gelmini authored
Signed-off-by: Andrea Gelmini <andrea.gelmini@gelma.net> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Mike Frysinger authored
The new devctl func added for us to the driver has the wrong return type. Which is to say there shouldn't be any. This fixes compile time warnings as there shouldn't be any runtime difference. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Tracey Dent authored
Changed <module>-objs to <module>-y in Makefile. Signed-off-by: Tracey Dent <tdent48227@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Tejun Heo authored
ATA devices don't send D2H Reg FIS after an successful ATA PIO data-in command. The host is supposed to take the TF and E_Status of the preceding PIO Setup FIS. Update ahci_qc_fill_rtf() such that it takes TF + E_Status from PIO Setup FIS after a successful ATA PIO data-in command. Without this patch, result_tf for such a command is filled with the content of the previous D2H Reg FIS which belongs to a previous command, which can make the command incorrectly seen as failed. * Patch updated to grab the whole TF + E_Status from PIO Setup FIS instead of just E_Status as suggested by Robert Hancock. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com> Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Sergei Shtylyov authored
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Sergei Shtylyov authored
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Sergei Shtylyov authored
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Sergei Shtylyov authored
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Ben Hutchings authored
ICH4-L is a variant of ICH4 lacking USB2 functionality and with some different device IDs. It is documented in Intel specification update 290745-025, currently at <http://www.intel.com/assets/pdf/specupdate/290745.pdf>, and is included in the device ID table for piix. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Sergei Shtylyov authored
... since, of course, it's not used outside this driver. Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Alan Cox authored
Intel IDE-R devices are part of the Intel AMT management setup. They don't have any special configuration registers or settings so the ata_generic driver will support them fully. Rather than add a huge table of IDs for each chipset and keep sending in new ones this patch autodetects them. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Richard Kennedy authored
Reorder structure ata_queued_cmd to remove 8 bytes of alignment padding on 64 bit builds & therefore reduce the size of structure ata_port by 256 bytes. Overall this will have little impact, other than reducing the amount of memory that is cleared when allocating ata_ports. Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Martin K. Petersen authored
Until now identifying that a device supports WRITE SAME(16) with the UNMAP bit set has been black magic. Implement support for the SBC-3 Thin Provisioning VPD page and set the TPWS bit. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Tejun Heo authored
Now that libata provides proper cross-port EH exclusion. The SIDPR locking added by commit 213373cf (ata_piix: fix locking around SIDPR access) is no longer necessary. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Tejun Heo authored
In libata, the non-EH code paths should always take and release ap->lock explicitly when accessing hardware or shared data structures. However, once EH is active, it's assumed that the port is owned by EH and EH methods don't explicitly take ap->lock unless race from irq handler or other code paths are expected. However, libata EH didn't guarantee exclusion among EHs for ports of the same host. IOW, multiple EHs may execute in parallel on multiple ports of the same controller. In many cases, especially in SATA, the ports are completely independent of each other and this doesn't cause problems; however, there are cases where different ports share the same resource, which lead to obscure timing related bugs such as the one fixed by commit 213373cf (ata_piix: fix locking around SIDPR access). This patch implements exclusion among EHs of the same host. When EH begins, it acquires per-host EH ownership by calling ata_eh_acquire(). When EH finishes, the ownership is released by calling ata_eh_release(). EH ownership is also released whenever the EH thread goes to sleep from ata_msleep() or explicitly and reacquired after waking up. This ensures that while EH is actively accessing the hardware, it has exclusive access to it while allowing EHs to interleave and progress in parallel as they hit waiting stages, which dominate the time spent in EH. This achieves cross-port EH exclusion without pervasive and fragile changes while still allowing parallel EH for the most part. This was first reported by yuanding02@gmail.com more than three years ago in the following bugzilla. :-) https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8223Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Reported-by: yuanding02@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Tejun Heo authored
Add optional @ap argument to ata_wait_register() and replace msleep() calls with ata_msleep() which take optional @ap in addition to the duration. These will be used to implement EH exclusion. This patch doesn't cause any behavior difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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