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Henrik Kretzschmar cd9f8e64c2 sound: Remove removed OSS kernel parameters from doc
Remove removed OSS kernel parameters from kernel-parameters.txt

Remove the kernel parameters from the OSS drivers of the chips
es1371 (removed 10-2007/2.6.24) and
cs4232 (removed 02-2008/2.6.25) from the kernel parameters documentation.

Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nachtwindheim.de>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2009-01-18 11:05:31 +01:00
Linus Torvalds 7d671f3e71 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6:
  [S390] update documentation for hvc_iucv kernel parameter.
  [S390] hvc_iucv: Special handling of IUCV HVC devices
  [S390] hvc_iucv: Refactor console and device initialization
  [S390] hvc_iucv: Update function documentation
  [S390] hvc_iucv: Limit rate of outgoing IUCV messages
  [S390] hvc_iucv: Change IUCV term id and use one device as default
  [S390] Use unsigned long long for u64 on 64bit.
  [S390] qdio: fix broken pointer in case of CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is disabled
  [S390] vdso: compile fix
  [S390] remove code for oldselect system call
  [S390] types: add/fix types.h include in header files
  [S390] dasd: add device attribute to disable blocking on lost paths
  [S390] dasd: send change uevents for dasd block devices
  [S390] tape block: fix dependencies
  [S390] asm-s390/posix_types.h: drop __USE_ALL usage
  [S390] gettimeofday.S: removed duplicated #includes
  [S390] ptrace: no extern declarations for userspace
2009-01-09 13:56:06 -08:00
Hendrik Brueckner 555d61d654 [S390] update documentation for hvc_iucv kernel parameter.
Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-01-09 12:15:10 +01:00
Len Brown b2576e1d44 Merge branch 'linus' into release 2009-01-09 03:39:43 -05:00
Len Brown 3cc8a5f4ba Merge branch 'suspend' into release 2009-01-09 03:38:15 -05:00
Zhao Yakui 237889bf0a ACPI : Use RSDT instead of XSDT by adding boot option of "acpi=rsdt"
On some boxes there exist both RSDT and XSDT table. But unfortunately
sometimes there exists the following error when XSDT table is used:
   a. 32/64X address mismatch
   b. The 32/64X FACS address mismatch

   In such case the boot option of "acpi=rsdt" is provided so that
RSDT is tried instead of XSDT table when the system can't work well.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8246

Signed-off-by: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com>
cc:Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-01-09 01:41:58 -05:00
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki c077719be8 memcg: mem+swap controller Kconfig
Config and control variable for mem+swap controller.

This patch adds CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP
(memory resource controller swap extension.)

For accounting swap, it's obvious that we have to use additional memory to
remember "who uses swap".  This adds more overhead.  So, it's better to
offer "choice" to users.  This patch adds 2 choices.

This patch adds 2 parameters to enable swap extension or not.
  - CONFIG
  - boot option

Reviewed-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-08 08:31:05 -08:00
Linus Torvalds b424e8d3b4 Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6
* 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (98 commits)
  PCI PM: Put PM callbacks in the order of execution
  PCI PM: Run default PM callbacks for all devices using new framework
  PCI PM: Register power state of devices during initialization
  PCI PM: Call pci_fixup_device from legacy routines
  PCI PM: Rearrange code in pci-driver.c
  PCI PM: Avoid touching devices behind bridges in unknown state
  PCI PM: Move pci_has_legacy_pm_support
  PCI PM: Power-manage devices without drivers during suspend-resume
  PCI PM: Add suspend counterpart of pci_reenable_device
  PCI PM: Fix poweroff and restore callbacks
  PCI: Use msleep instead of cpu_relax during ASPM link retraining
  PCI: PCIe portdrv: Add kerneldoc comments to remining core funtions
  PCI: PCIe portdrv: Rearrange code so that related things are together
  PCI: PCIe portdrv: Fix suspend and resume of PCI Express port services
  PCI: PCIe portdrv: Add kerneldoc comments to some core functions
  x86/PCI: Do not use interrupt links for devices using MSI-X
  net: sfc: Use pci_clear_master() to disable bus mastering
  PCI: Add pci_clear_master() as opposite of pci_set_master()
  PCI hotplug: remove redundant test in cpq hotplug
  PCI: pciehp: cleanup register and field definitions
  ...
2009-01-07 15:41:01 -08:00
Arjan van de Ven e8de1481fd resource: allow MMIO exclusivity for device drivers
Device drivers that use pci_request_regions() (and similar APIs) have a
reasonable expectation that they are the only ones accessing their device.
As part of the e1000e hunt, we were afraid that some userland (X or some
bootsplash stuff) was mapping the MMIO region that the driver thought it
had exclusively via /dev/mem or via various sysfs resource mappings.

This patch adds the option for device drivers to cause their reserved
regions to the "banned from /dev/mem use" list, so now both kernel memory
and device-exclusive MMIO regions are banned.
NOTE: This is only active when CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is set.

In addition to the config option, a kernel parameter iomem=relaxed is
provided for the cases where developers want to diagnose, in the field,
drivers issues from userspace.

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2009-01-07 11:12:32 -08:00
Alan Stern c838ea4626 USB: storage: make the "quirks=" module parameter writable
This patch (as1190) makes usb-storage's "quirks=" module parameter
writable, so that users can add entries for their devices at runtime
with no need to reboot or reload usb-storage.

New codes are added for the SANE_SENSE, CAPACITY_HEURISTICS, and
CAPACITY_OK flags.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-07 10:00:12 -08:00
Alan Stern d4f373e57d USB: usb-storage: add "quirks=" module parameter
This patch (as1163b) adds a "quirks=" module parameter to usb-storage.
This will allow people to make short-term changes to their
unusual_devs list without rebuilding the entire driver.  Testing will
become much easier, and less-sophisticated users will be able to
access their buggy devices after a simple config-file change instead
of having to wait for a new kernel release.

The patch also adds a documentation entry for usb-storage's
"delay_use" parameter, which has been around for years but but was
never listed among the kernel parameters.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-07 09:59:53 -08:00
Hidehiro Kawai 4cb0e11b15 coredump_filter: permit changing of the default filter
Introduce a new kernel parameter `coredump_filter'.  Setting a value to
this parameter causes the default bitmask of coredump_filter to be
changed.

It is useful for users to change coredump_filter settings for the whole
system at boot time.  Without this parameter, users have to change
coredump_filter settings for each /proc/<pid>/ in an initializing script.

Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:29 -08:00
Randy Dunlap ecb08d8131 doc: reformat some long lines in kernel-parameters.txt
Reformat text to (mostly) stay within 80 columns of text.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00
Randy Dunlap 7c4be253d3 docs: add more early params to kernel-parameters.txt
Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00
Randy Dunlap 07983f0e36 documentation: update header file paths
Update several Documentation/ files and a few sub-dir files (only one
change in each) to reflect changed header files locations.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00
Linus Torvalds 1db2a5c11e Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: (85 commits)
  [S390] provide documentation for hvc_iucv kernel parameter.
  [S390] convert ctcm printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert zfcp printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert vmlogrdr printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert zfcp dumper printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert cpu related printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert qeth printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert sclp printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert iucv printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert ap_bus printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert dcssblk and extmem printks messages to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert monwriter printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert s390 debug feature printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert monreader printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert appldata printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert setup printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert hypfs printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert time printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert cpacf printks to pr_xxx macros.
  [S390] convert cio printks to pr_xxx macros.
  ...
2008-12-28 12:33:21 -08:00
Linus Torvalds b0f4b285d7 Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (241 commits)
  sched, trace: update trace_sched_wakeup()
  tracing/ftrace: don't trace on early stage of a secondary cpu boot, v3
  Revert "x86: disable X86_PTRACE_BTS"
  ring-buffer: prevent false positive warning
  ring-buffer: fix dangling commit race
  ftrace: enable format arguments checking
  x86, bts: memory accounting
  x86, bts: add fork and exit handling
  ftrace: introduce tracing_reset_online_cpus() helper
  tracing: fix warnings in kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
  tracing: fix warning in kernel/trace/trace.c
  tracing/ring-buffer: remove unused ring_buffer size
  trace: fix task state printout
  ftrace: add not to regex on filtering functions
  trace: better use of stack_trace_enabled for boot up code
  trace: add a way to enable or disable the stack tracer
  x86: entry_64 - introduce FTRACE_ frame macro v2
  tracing/ftrace: add the printk-msg-only option
  tracing/ftrace: use preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace in ring_buffer_time_stamp()
  x86, bts: correctly report invalid bts records
  ...

Fixed up trivial conflict in scripts/recordmcount.pl due to SH bits
being already partly merged by the SH merge.
2008-12-28 12:21:10 -08:00
Linus Torvalds be9c5ae4ee Merge branch 'x86-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (246 commits)
  x86: traps.c replace #if CONFIG_X86_32 with #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
  x86: PAT: fix address types in track_pfn_vma_new()
  x86: prioritize the FPU traps for the error code
  x86: PAT: pfnmap documentation update changes
  x86: PAT: move track untrack pfnmap stubs to asm-generic
  x86: PAT: remove follow_pfnmap_pte in favor of follow_phys
  x86: PAT: modify follow_phys to return phys_addr prot and return value
  x86: PAT: clarify is_linear_pfn_mapping() interface
  x86: ia32_signal: remove unnecessary declaration
  x86: common.c boot_cpu_stack and boot_exception_stacks should be static
  x86: fix intel x86_64 llc_shared_map/cpu_llc_id anomolies
  x86: fix warning in arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
  x86: ia32.h: remove unused struct sigfram32 and rt_sigframe32
  x86: asm-offset_64: use rt_sigframe_ia32
  x86: sigframe.h: include headers for dependency
  x86: traps.c declare functions before they get used
  x86: PAT: update documentation to cover pgprot and remap_pfn related changes - v3
  x86: PAT: add pgprot_writecombine() interface for drivers - v3
  x86: PAT: change pgprot_noncached to uc_minus instead of strong uc - v3
  x86: PAT: implement track/untrack of pfnmap regions for x86 - v3
  ...
2008-12-28 12:07:57 -08:00
Hendrik Brueckner cef7125def [S390] provide documentation for hvc_iucv kernel parameter.
Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:27 +01:00
Heiko Carstens 2b1a61f0a8 [S390] cpu topology: introduce kernel parameter
Introduce a topology=[on|off] kernel parameter which allows to switch
cpu topology on/off. Default will be off, since it looks like that for
some workloards this doesn't behave very well (on s390).

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:14 +01:00
Ingo Molnar 79a66b96c3 Merge branches 'x86/pat2' and 'x86/fpu'; commit 'v2.6.28' into x86/core 2008-12-25 11:50:41 +01:00
James Morris cbacc2c7f0 Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +11:00
Ingo Molnar db8862eafe Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/hw-branch-tracing 2008-12-24 21:08:26 +01:00
Ingo Molnar fa623d1b02 Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/cpufeature', 'x86/crashdump', 'x86/debug', 'x86/defconfig', 'x86/detect-hyper', 'x86/doc', 'x86/dumpstack', 'x86/early-printk', 'x86/fpu', 'x86/idle', 'x86/io', 'x86/memory-corruption-check', 'x86/microcode', 'x86/mm', 'x86/mtrr', 'x86/nmi-watchdog', 'x86/pat2', 'x86/pci-ioapic-boot-irq-quirks', 'x86/ptrace', 'x86/quirks', 'x86/reboot', 'x86/setup-memory', 'x86/signal', 'x86/sparse-fixes', 'x86/time', 'x86/uv' and 'x86/xen' into x86/core 2008-12-23 16:27:23 +01:00
Randy Dunlap ada9cfdd15 doc: fix kernel-parameters.txt formatting
Spell out "wrt".  I suspect plenty of people won't know
what that means.

Fix a '}' that should be a ']'.

Reformat long lines into shorter lines.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-12-19 15:57:56 -05:00
Rafael J. Wysocki ba84ed9546 ACPI hibernate: Introduce new kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs
On some machines it may be necessary to disable the saving/restoring
of the ACPI NVS memory region during hibernation/resume.  For this
purpose, introduce new ACPI kernel command line option
acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs.

Based on a patch by Zhang Rui.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Acked-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@tuxonice.net>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-12-19 04:40:35 -05:00
Bjorn Helgaas e76f427611 ACPI: fix 2.6.28 acpi.debug_level regression
acpi_early_init() was changed to over-write the cmdline param,
making it really inconvenient to set debug flags at boot-time.

Also,
This sets the default level to "info", which is what all the ACPI
drivers use.  So to enable messages from drivers, you only have to
supply the "layer" (a.k.a. "component").  For non-"info" ACPI core
and ACPI interpreter messages, you have to supply both level and
layer masks, as before.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-12-19 04:38:32 -05:00
Steven Rostedt f38f1d2aa5 trace: add a way to enable or disable the stack tracer
Impact: enhancement to stack tracer

The stack tracer currently is either on when configured in or
off when it is not. It can not be disabled when it is configured on.
(besides disabling the function tracer that it uses)

This patch adds a way to enable or disable the stack tracer at
run time. It defaults off on bootup, but a kernel parameter 'stacktrace'
has been added to enable it on bootup.

A new sysctl has been added "kernel.stack_tracer_enabled" to let
the user enable or disable the stack tracer at run time.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-18 12:56:24 +01:00
James Morris ec98ce480a Merge branch 'master' into next
Conflicts:
	fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c

Manually fixed above to use new creds API functions, e.g.
nfs4_save_creds().

Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-12-04 17:16:36 +11:00
Ingo Molnar a0a70c735e Merge branches 'tracing/profiling', 'tracing/options' and 'tracing/urgent' into tracing/core 2008-11-23 09:10:32 +01:00
Linus Torvalds 4f7dbc7ff4 Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  x86: more general identifier for Phoenix BIOS
  AMD IOMMU: check for next_bit also in unmapped area
  AMD IOMMU: fix fullflush comparison length
  AMD IOMMU: enable device isolation per default
  AMD IOMMU: add parameter to disable device isolation
  x86, PEBS/DS: fix code flow in ds_request()
  x86: add rdtsc barrier to TSC sync check
  xen: fix scrub_page()
  x86: fix es7000 compiling
  x86, bts: fix unlock problem in ds.c
  x86, voyager: fix smp generic helper voyager breakage
  x86: move iomap.h to the new include location
2008-11-19 18:51:56 -08:00
Randy Dunlap 1c207f952a Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: add min_addr, fix max_addr
Add "min_addr" documentation.
For "max_addr", add nn before [KMG] since a number is needed and this
is consistent with other uses of [KMG].

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-19 18:49:57 -08:00
Ingo Molnar 9676e73a9e Merge branches 'tracing/ftrace' and 'tracing/urgent' into tracing/core
Conflicts:
	kernel/trace/ftrace.c

[ We conflicted here because we backported a few fixes to
  tracing/urgent - which has different internal APIs. ]
2008-11-19 10:04:25 +01:00
Joerg Roedel 3ce1f93c6d AMD IOMMU: enable device isolation per default
Impact: makes device isolation the default for AMD IOMMU

Some device drivers showed double-free bugs of DMA memory while testing
them with AMD IOMMU. If all devices share the same protection domain
this can lead to data corruption and data loss. Prevent this by putting
each device into its own protection domain per default.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
2008-11-18 15:44:31 +01:00
Joerg Roedel e5e1f606ec AMD IOMMU: add parameter to disable device isolation
Impact: add a new AMD IOMMU kernel command line parameter

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
2008-11-18 15:43:23 +01:00
James Morris f3a5c54701 Merge branch 'master' into next
Conflicts:
	fs/cifs/misc.c

Merge to resolve above, per the patch below.

Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>

diff --cc fs/cifs/misc.c
index ec36410,addd1dc..0000000
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@@ -347,13 -338,13 +338,13 @@@ header_assemble(struct smb_hdr *buffer
  		/*  BB Add support for establishing new tCon and SMB Session  */
  		/*      with userid/password pairs found on the smb session   */
  		/*	for other target tcp/ip addresses 		BB    */
 -				if (current->fsuid != treeCon->ses->linux_uid) {
 +				if (current_fsuid() != treeCon->ses->linux_uid) {
  					cFYI(1, ("Multiuser mode and UID "
  						 "did not match tcon uid"));
- 					read_lock(&GlobalSMBSeslock);
- 					list_for_each(temp_item, &GlobalSMBSessionList) {
- 						ses = list_entry(temp_item, struct cifsSesInfo, cifsSessionList);
+ 					read_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
+ 					list_for_each(temp_item, &treeCon->ses->server->smb_ses_list) {
+ 						ses = list_entry(temp_item, struct cifsSesInfo, smb_ses_list);
 -						if (ses->linux_uid == current->fsuid) {
 +						if (ses->linux_uid == current_fsuid()) {
  							if (ses->server == treeCon->ses->server) {
  								cFYI(1, ("found matching uid substitute right smb_uid"));
  								buffer->Uid = ses->Suid;
2008-11-18 18:52:37 +11:00
Randy Dunlap 31c00fc15e Create/use more directory structure in the Documentation/ tree.
Create Documentation/blockdev/ sub-directory and populate it.
Populate the Documentation/serial/ sub-directory.
Move MSI-HOWTO.txt to Documentation/PCI/.
Move ioctl-number.txt to Documentation/ioctl/.
Update all relevant 00-INDEX files.
Update all relevant Kconfig files and source files.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
2008-11-14 17:28:53 +00:00
James Morris 2b82892565 Merge branch 'master' into next
Conflicts:
	security/keys/internal.h
	security/keys/process_keys.c
	security/keys/request_key.c

Fixed conflicts above by using the non 'tsk' versions.

Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-11-14 11:29:12 +11:00
Len Brown f398778aa3 Merge branch 'video' into release
Conflicts:
	Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-11-11 21:15:50 -05:00
Len Brown 3e0fe36483 Merge branch 'misc' into release 2008-11-11 21:14:11 -05:00
Ingo Molnar e0cb4ebcd9 Merge branch 'tracing/urgent' into tracing/ftrace
Conflicts:
	kernel/trace/trace.c
2008-11-11 09:40:18 +01:00
Thomas Renninger c3d6de698c ACPI video: if no ACPI backlight support, use vendor drivers
If an ACPI graphics device supports backlight brightness functions (cmp. with
latest ACPI spec Appendix B), let the ACPI video driver control backlight and
switch backlight control off in vendor specific ACPI drivers (asus_acpi,
thinkpad_acpi, eeepc, fujitsu_laptop, msi_laptop, sony_laptop, acer-wmi).

Currently it is possible to load above drivers and let both poke on the
brightness HW registers, the video and vendor specific ACPI drivers -> bad.

This patch provides the basic support to check for BIOS capabilities before
driver loading time. Driver specific modifications are in separate follow up
patches.

"acpi_backlight=vendor"
	Prever vendor driver over ACPI driver for backlight.
"acpi_backlight=video" (default)
	Prever ACPI driver over vendor driver for backlight.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Acked-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-11-07 23:57:55 -05:00
Bjorn Helgaas a0d84a92df ACPI: update debug parameter documentation
Reformat acpi.debug_layer and acpi.debug_level documentation so it's
more readable, add some clues about how to figure out the mask bits that
enable a specific ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statement, and include some useful
examples.

Move the list of masks to Documentation/acpi/debug.txt (these are
copies of the authoritative values in acoutput.h and acpi_drivers.h).

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-11-07 21:45:29 -05:00
Linus Torvalds a15a82f42c Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  Revert "x86: default to reboot via ACPI"
  x86: align DirectMap in /proc/meminfo
  AMD IOMMU: fix lazy IO/TLB flushing in unmap path
  x86: add smp_mb() before sending INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR
  x86: remove VISWS and PARAVIRT around NR_IRQS puzzle
  x86: mention ACPI in top-level Kconfig menu
  x86: size NR_IRQS on 32-bit systems the same way as 64-bit
  x86: don't allow nr_irqs > NR_IRQS
  x86/docs: remove noirqbalance param docs
  x86: don't use tsc_khz to calculate lpj if notsc is passed
  x86, voyager: fix smp_intr_init() compile breakage
  AMD IOMMU: fix detection of NP capable IOMMUs
2008-11-06 15:57:24 -08:00
Li Zefan b225d44e27 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update 'isolcpus' kernel option
cpuset can be used to move a process onto or off an isolated CPU.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-06 15:41:19 -08:00
Serge E. Hallyn 1f29fae297 file capabilities: add no_file_caps switch (v4)
Add a no_file_caps boot option when file capabilities are
compiled into the kernel (CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES=y).

This allows distributions to ship a kernel with file capabilities
compiled in, without forcing users to use (and understand and
trust) them.

When no_file_caps is specified at boot, then when a process executes
a file, any file capabilities stored with that file will not be
used in the calculation of the process' new capability sets.

This means that booting with the no_file_caps boot option will
not be the same as booting a kernel with file capabilities
compiled out - in particular a task with  CAP_SETPCAP will not
have any chance of passing capabilities to another task (which
isn't "really" possible anyway, and which may soon by killed
altogether by David Howells in any case), and it will instead
be able to put new capabilities in its pI.  However since fI
will always be empty and pI is masked with fI, it gains the
task nothing.

We also support the extra prctl options, setting securebits and
dropping capabilities from the per-process bounding set.

The other remaining difference is that killpriv, task_setscheduler,
setioprio, and setnice will continue to be hooked.  That will
be noticable in the case where a root task changed its uid
while keeping some caps, and another task owned by the new uid
tries to change settings for the more privileged task.

Changelog:
	Nov 05 2008: (v4) trivial port on top of always-start-\
		with-clear-caps patch
	Sep 23 2008: nixed file_caps_enabled when file caps are
		not compiled in as it isn't used.
		Document no_file_caps in kernel-parameters.txt.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-11-06 07:14:51 +08:00
Mark McLoughlin e4ab1b3cbb x86/docs: remove noirqbalance param docs
Impact: documentation fix

irqbalance was removed by:

  commit 8b8e8c1bf7
  Author: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
  Date:   Tue Aug 19 20:50:23 2008 -0700

Remove the associated documentation for noirqbalance.

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-04 14:50:34 +01:00
Cyrill Gorcunov 5b9a0e14eb x86: nmi - nmi_watchdog boot param docs cleanup
Impact: documentation update

1) nmi_watchdog boot parameter is common to 32/64 bit modes. So
   move it from Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt to
   Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt and integrate with.

2) Also fix [panic] keyword placement -- it ought to be at first
   position otherwise it will not be recognized.

3) Document lapic and ioapic keywords.

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-03 09:17:39 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra d9e540762f ftrace: ftrace_dump_on_oops=[tracer]
Impact: add new (optional) debug boot option

In order to facilitate early boot trouble, allow one to specify a tracer
on the kernel boot line.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-03 09:12:39 +01:00
Alok Kataria 395628ef4e x86: Skip verification by the watchdog for TSC clocksource.
Impact: Changes timekeeping on Vmware (or with tsc=reliable).

This is achieved by resetting the CLOCKSOURCE_MUST_VERIFY flag.

We add a tsc=reliable commandline option to enable this.
This enables legacy hardware without HPET, LAPIC, or ACPI timers
to enter high-resolution timer mode.

Along with that have extended this to be used in virtualization environement
too. Now we also set this flag if the X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE bit is set.

This is important since there is a wrap-around problem with the acpi_pm timer.
The acpi_pm counter is just 24bits and this can overflow in ~4 seconds. With
the NO_HZ kernels in virtualized environment, there can be situations when
the guest is descheduled for longer duration, as a result we may miss the wrap
of the acpi counter. When TSC is used as a clocksource and acpi_pm timer is
being used as the watchdog clocksource this error in acpi_pm results in TSC
being marked as unstable, and essentially results in time dropping in chunks
of 4 seconds whenever this wrap is missed. Since the virtualized TSC is
reliable on VMware, we should always use the TSCs clocksource on VMware, so
we skip the verfication at runtime, by checking for the feature bit.

Since we reset the flag for mgeode systems too, i have combined
the mgeode case with the feature bit check.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Hansen <jhansen@cardaccess-inc.com>
Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Hecht <dhecht@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2008-11-01 18:59:03 -07:00