Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc7' into core/rcu

Merge reason: Update from -rc3 to -rc7.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

CREDITS

@@ -3554,12 +3554,12 @@ E: cvance@nai.com
 D: portions of the Linux Security Module (LSM) framework and security modules
 
 N: Petr Vandrovec
-E: vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
+E: petr@vandrovec.name
 D: Small contributions to ncpfs
 D: Matrox framebuffer driver
-S: Chudenicka 8
-S: 10200 Prague 10, Hostivar
-S: Czech Republic
+S: 21513 Conradia Ct
+S: Cupertino, CA 95014
+S: USA
 
 N: Thibaut Varene
 E: T-Bone@parisc-linux.org

Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
      <sect1><title>Atomic and pointer manipulation</title>
 !Iarch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
-!Iarch/x86/include/asm/unaligned.h
      </sect1>
 
      <sect1><title>Delaying, scheduling, and timer routines</title>

Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
      </para>
 
      <sect1><title>String Conversions</title>
-!Ilib/vsprintf.c
 !Elib/vsprintf.c
      </sect1>
      <sect1><title>String Manipulation</title>

Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+CFQ ioscheduler tunables
+========================
+
+slice_idle
+----------
+This specifies how long CFQ should idle for next request on certain cfq queues
+(for sequential workloads) and service trees (for random workloads) before
+queue is expired and CFQ selects next queue to dispatch from.
+
+By default slice_idle is a non-zero value. That means by default we idle on
+queues/service trees. This can be very helpful on highly seeky media like
+single spindle SATA/SAS disks where we can cut down on overall number of
+seeks and see improved throughput.
+
+Setting slice_idle to 0 will remove all the idling on queues/service tree
+level and one should see an overall improved throughput on faster storage
+devices like multiple SATA/SAS disks in hardware RAID configuration. The down
+side is that isolation provided from WRITES also goes down and notion of
+IO priority becomes weaker.
+
+So depending on storage and workload, it might be useful to set slice_idle=0.
+In general I think for SATA/SAS disks and software RAID of SATA/SAS disks
+keeping slice_idle enabled should be useful. For any configurations where
+there are multiple spindles behind single LUN (Host based hardware RAID
+controller or for storage arrays), setting slice_idle=0 might end up in better
+throughput and acceptable latencies.
+
+CFQ IOPS Mode for group scheduling
+===================================
+Basic CFQ design is to provide priority based time slices. Higher priority
+process gets bigger time slice and lower priority process gets smaller time
+slice. Measuring time becomes harder if storage is fast and supports NCQ and
+it would be better to dispatch multiple requests from multiple cfq queues in
+request queue at a time. In such scenario, it is not possible to measure time
+consumed by single queue accurately.
+
+What is possible though is to measure number of requests dispatched from a
+single queue and also allow dispatch from multiple cfq queue at the same time.
+This effectively becomes the fairness in terms of IOPS (IO operations per
+second).
+
+If one sets slice_idle=0 and if storage supports NCQ, CFQ internally switches
+to IOPS mode and starts providing fairness in terms of number of requests
+dispatched. Note that this mode switching takes effect only for group
+scheduling. For non-cgroup users nothing should change.

Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ Details of cgroup files
 CFQ sysfs tunable
 =================
 /sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/group_isolation
+-----------------------------------------------
 
 If group_isolation=1, it provides stronger isolation between groups at the
 expense of throughput. By default group_isolation is 0. In general that
@@ -243,6 +244,33 @@ By default one should run with group_isolation=0. If that is not sufficient
 and one wants stronger isolation between groups, then set group_isolation=1
 but this will come at cost of reduced throughput.
 
+/sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/slice_idle
+------------------------------------------
+On a faster hardware CFQ can be slow, especially with sequential workload.
+This happens because CFQ idles on a single queue and single queue might not
+drive deeper request queue depths to keep the storage busy. In such scenarios
+one can try setting slice_idle=0 and that would switch CFQ to IOPS
+(IO operations per second) mode on NCQ supporting hardware.
+
+That means CFQ will not idle between cfq queues of a cfq group and hence be
+able to driver higher queue depth and achieve better throughput. That also
+means that cfq provides fairness among groups in terms of IOPS and not in
+terms of disk time.
+
+/sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/group_idle
+------------------------------------------
+If one disables idling on individual cfq queues and cfq service trees by
+setting slice_idle=0, group_idle kicks in. That means CFQ will still idle
+on the group in an attempt to provide fairness among groups.
+
+By default group_idle is same as slice_idle and does not do anything if
+slice_idle is enabled.
+
+One can experience an overall throughput drop if you have created multiple
+groups and put applications in that group which are not driving enough
+IO to keep disk busy. In that case set group_idle=0, and CFQ will not idle
+on individual groups and throughput should improve.
+
 What works
 ==========
 - Currently only sync IO queues are support. All the buffered writes are

Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface

@@ -91,12 +91,11 @@ name		The chip name.
 		I2C devices get this attribute created automatically.
 		RO
 
-update_rate	The rate at which the chip will update readings.
+update_interval	The interval at which the chip will update readings.
 		Unit: millisecond
 		RW
-		Some devices have a variable update rate. This attribute
-		can be used to change the update rate to the desired
-		frequency.
+		Some devices have a variable update rate or interval.
+		This attribute can be used to change it to the desired value.
 
 
 ************

Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

@@ -345,5 +345,10 @@ documentation, in <filename>, for the functions listed.
 section titled <section title> from <filename>.
 Spaces are allowed in <section title>; do not quote the <section title>.
 
+!C<filename> is replaced by nothing, but makes the tools check that
+all DOC: sections and documented functions, symbols, etc. are used.
+This makes sense to use when you use !F/!P only and want to verify
+that all documentation is included.
+
 Tim.
 */ <twaugh@redhat.com>

Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ regulators (where voltage output is controllable) and current sinks (where
 current limit is controllable).
 
 (C) 2008  Wolfson Microelectronics PLC.
-Author: Liam Girdwood <lg@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
+Author: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
 
 
 Nomenclature

Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt

@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Conexant 5051
 Conexant 5066
 =============
   laptop	Basic Laptop config (default)
+  hp-laptop	HP laptops, e g G60
   dell-laptop	Dell laptops
   dell-vostro	Dell Vostro
   olpc-xo-1_5	OLPC XO 1.5