Merge ../linus

CREDITS

@@ -3382,7 +3382,7 @@ S: Germany
 
 N: Geert Uytterhoeven
 E: geert@linux-m68k.org
-W: http://home.tvd.be/cr26864/
+W: http://users.telenet.be/geertu/
 P: 1024/862678A6 C51D 361C 0BD1 4C90 B275  C553 6EEA 11BA 8626 78A6
 D: m68k/Amiga and PPC/CHRP Longtrail coordinator
 D: Frame buffer device and XF68_FBDev maintainer
@@ -3392,8 +3392,8 @@ D: Amiga Buddha and Catweasel chipset IDE
 D: Atari Falcon chipset IDE
 D: Amiga Gayle chipset IDE
 D: mipsel NEC DDB Vrc-5074
-S: Emiel Vlieberghlaan 2A/21
-S: B-3010 Kessel-Lo
+S: Haterbeekstraat 55B
+S: B-3200 Aarschot
 S: Belgium
 
 N: Chris Vance

Documentation/DMA-API.txt

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ pci_alloc_consistent(struct pci_dev *dev, size_t size,
 
 Consistent memory is memory for which a write by either the device or
 the processor can immediately be read by the processor or device
-without having to worry about caching effects.
+without having to worry about caching effects.  (You may however need
+to make sure to flush the processor's write buffers before telling
+devices to read that memory.)
 
 This routine allocates a region of <size> bytes of consistent memory.
 it also returns a <dma_handle> which may be cast to an unsigned
@@ -304,12 +306,12 @@ dma address with dma_mapping_error(). A non zero return value means the mapping
 could not be created and the driver should take appropriate action (eg
 reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later).
 
-int
-dma_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
-	   enum dma_data_direction direction)
-int
-pci_map_sg(struct pci_dev *hwdev, struct scatterlist *sg,
-	   int nents, int direction)
+	int
+	dma_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+		int nents, enum dma_data_direction direction)
+	int
+	pci_map_sg(struct pci_dev *hwdev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+		int nents, int direction)
 
 Maps a scatter gather list from the block layer.
 
@@ -327,12 +329,33 @@ critical that the driver do something, in the case of a block driver
 aborting the request or even oopsing is better than doing nothing and
 corrupting the filesystem.
 
-void
-dma_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nhwentries,
-	     enum dma_data_direction direction)
-void
-pci_unmap_sg(struct pci_dev *hwdev, struct scatterlist *sg,
-	     int nents, int direction)
+With scatterlists, you use the resulting mapping like this:
+
+	int i, count = dma_map_sg(dev, sglist, nents, direction);
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
+
+	for (i = 0, sg = sglist; i < count; i++, sg++) {
+		hw_address[i] = sg_dma_address(sg);
+		hw_len[i] = sg_dma_len(sg);
+	}
+
+where nents is the number of entries in the sglist.
+
+The implementation is free to merge several consecutive sglist entries
+into one (e.g. with an IOMMU, or if several pages just happen to be
+physically contiguous) and returns the actual number of sg entries it
+mapped them to. On failure 0, is returned.
+
+Then you should loop count times (note: this can be less than nents times)
+and use sg_dma_address() and sg_dma_len() macros where you previously
+accessed sg->address and sg->length as shown above.
+
+	void
+	dma_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+		int nhwentries, enum dma_data_direction direction)
+	void
+	pci_unmap_sg(struct pci_dev *hwdev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+		int nents, int direction)
 
 unmap the previously mapped scatter/gather list.  All the parameters
 must be the same as those and passed in to the scatter/gather mapping

Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt

@@ -58,11 +58,15 @@ translating each of those pages back to a kernel address using
 something like __va().  [ EDIT: Update this when we integrate
 Gerd Knorr's generic code which does this. ]
 
-This rule also means that you may not use kernel image addresses
-(ie. items in the kernel's data/text/bss segment, or your driver's)
-nor may you use kernel stack addresses for DMA.  Both of these items
-might be mapped somewhere entirely different than the rest of physical
-memory.
+This rule also means that you may use neither kernel image addresses
+(items in data/text/bss segments), nor module image addresses, nor
+stack addresses for DMA.  These could all be mapped somewhere entirely
+different than the rest of physical memory.  Even if those classes of
+memory could physically work with DMA, you'd need to ensure the I/O
+buffers were cacheline-aligned.  Without that, you'd see cacheline
+sharing problems (data corruption) on CPUs with DMA-incoherent caches.
+(The CPU could write to one word, DMA would write to a different one
+in the same cache line, and one of them could be overwritten.)
 
 Also, this means that you cannot take the return of a kmap()
 call and DMA to/from that.  This is similar to vmalloc().
@@ -194,7 +198,7 @@ document for how to handle this case.
 Finally, if your device can only drive the low 24-bits of
 address during PCI bus mastering you might do something like:
 
-	if (pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, 0x00ffffff)) {
+	if (pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_24BIT_MASK)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "mydev: 24-bit DMA addressing not available.\n");
 		goto ignore_this_device;
@@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ functions (for example a sound card provides playback and record
 functions) and the various different functions have _different_
 DMA addressing limitations, you may wish to probe each mask and
 only provide the functionality which the machine can handle.  It
-is important that the last call to pci_set_dma_mask() be for the 
+is important that the last call to pci_set_dma_mask() be for the
 most specific mask.
 
 Here is pseudo-code showing how this might be done:
@@ -284,6 +288,11 @@ There are two types of DMA mappings:
 
              in order to get correct behavior on all platforms.
 
+	     Also, on some platforms your driver may need to flush CPU write
+	     buffers in much the same way as it needs to flush write buffers
+	     found in PCI bridges (such as by reading a register's value
+	     after writing it).
+
 - Streaming DMA mappings which are usually mapped for one DMA transfer,
   unmapped right after it (unless you use pci_dma_sync_* below) and for which
   hardware can optimize for sequential accesses.
@@ -303,6 +312,9 @@ There are two types of DMA mappings:
 
 Neither type of DMA mapping has alignment restrictions that come
 from PCI, although some devices may have such restrictions.
+Also, systems with caches that aren't DMA-coherent will work better
+when the underlying buffers don't share cache lines with other data.
+
 
 		 Using Consistent DMA mappings.
 

Documentation/DocBook/Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This makefile is used to generate the kernel documentation,
 # primarily based on in-line comments in various source files.
 # See Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt for instruction in how
-# to ducument the SRC - and how to read it.
+# to document the SRC - and how to read it.
 # To add a new book the only step required is to add the book to the
 # list of DOCBOOKS.
 

Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl

@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ X!Earch/i386/kernel/mca.c
   <chapter id="sysfs">
      <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title>
 !Efs/sysfs/file.c
-!Efs/sysfs/dir.c
 !Efs/sysfs/symlink.c
 !Efs/sysfs/bin.c
   </chapter>

Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl

@@ -120,14 +120,27 @@ void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
 	<programlisting>
 void (*set_piomode) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
 void (*set_dmamode) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
-void (*post_set_mode) (struct ata_port *ap);
+void (*post_set_mode) (struct ata_port *);
+unsigned int (*mode_filter) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *, unsigned int);
 	</programlisting>
 
 	<para>
 	Hooks called prior to the issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE
-	command.  dev->pio_mode is guaranteed to be valid when
-	->set_piomode() is called, and dev->dma_mode is guaranteed to be
-	valid when ->set_dmamode() is called.  ->post_set_mode() is
+	command.  The optional ->mode_filter() hook is called when libata
+	has built a mask of the possible modes. This is passed to the 
+	->mode_filter() function which should return a mask of valid modes
+	after filtering those unsuitable due to hardware limits. It is not
+	valid to use this interface to add modes.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	dev->pio_mode and dev->dma_mode are guaranteed to be valid when
+	->set_piomode() and when ->set_dmamode() is called. The timings for
+	any other drive sharing the cable will also be valid at this point.
+	That is the library records the decisions for the modes of each
+	drive on a channel before it attempts to set any of them.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	->post_set_mode() is
 	called unconditionally, after the SET FEATURES - XFER MODE
 	command completes successfully.
 	</para>
@@ -230,6 +243,32 @@ void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
 
 	</sect2>
 
+	<sect2><title>Private tuning method</title>
+	<programlisting>
+void (*set_mode) (struct ata_port *ap);
+	</programlisting>
+
+	<para>
+	By default libata performs drive and controller tuning in
+	accordance with the ATA timing rules and also applies blacklists
+	and cable limits. Some controllers need special handling and have
+	custom tuning rules, typically raid controllers that use ATA
+	commands but do not actually do drive timing.
+	</para>
+
+	<warning>
+	<para>
+	This hook should not be used to replace the standard controller
+	tuning logic when a controller has quirks. Replacing the default
+	tuning logic in that case would bypass handling for drive and
+	bridge quirks that may be important to data reliability. If a
+	controller needs to filter the mode selection it should use the
+	mode_filter hook instead.
+	</para>
+	</warning>
+
+	</sect2>
+
 	<sect2><title>Reset ATA bus</title>
 	<programlisting>
 void (*phy_reset) (struct ata_port *ap);
@@ -666,7 +705,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
 
 	<sect1><title>ata_scsi_error()</title>
 	<para>
-	ata_scsi_error() is the current hostt->eh_strategy_handler()
+	ata_scsi_error() is the current transportt->eh_strategy_handler()
 	for libata.  As discussed above, this will be entered in two
 	cases - timeout and ATAPI error completion.  This function
 	calls low level libata driver's eng_timeout() callback, the

Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ specific hotkey(event))
 echo "event_num:event_type:event_argument" > 
 	/proc/acpi/hotkey/action.
 The result of the execution of this aml method is 
-attached to /proc/acpi/hotkey/poll_method, which is dnyamically
+attached to /proc/acpi/hotkey/poll_method, which is dynamically
 created.  Please use command "cat /proc/acpi/hotkey/polling_method" 
 to retrieve it.
 

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -71,14 +71,6 @@ Who:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout)
-When:	April 2006
-Files:	kernel/panic.c
-Why:	No modular usage in the kernel.
-Who:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:	remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_resource)
 When:	April 2006
 Files:	kernel/resource.c
@@ -127,13 +119,6 @@ Who:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
-When:	January 2006
-Why:	Too low-level interface.  Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.
-Who:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:	CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
 When:	June 2006
 Why:	Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
@@ -241,3 +226,15 @@ Why:	The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been
 Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+What:	find_trylock_page
+When:	January 2007
+Why:	The interface no longer has any callers left in the kernel. It
+	is an odd interface (compared with other find_*_page functions), in
+	that it does not take a refcount to the page, only the page lock.
+	It should be replaced with find_get_page or find_lock_page if possible.
+	This feature removal can be reevaluated if users of the interface
+	cannot cleanly use something else.
+Who:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
+
+---------------------------

Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt

@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ struct file_operations
 ----------------------
 
 This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file. As of kernel
-2.6.13, the following members are defined:
+2.6.17, the following members are defined:
 
 struct file_operations {
 	loff_t (*llseek) (struct file *, loff_t, int);
@@ -723,6 +723,10 @@ struct file_operations {
 	int (*check_flags)(int);
 	int (*dir_notify)(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg);
 	int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
+	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned 
+int);
+	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned  
+int);
 };
 
 Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless
@@ -790,6 +794,12 @@ otherwise noted.
 
   flock: called by the flock(2) system call
 
+  splice_write: called by the VFS to splice data from a pipe to a file. This
+		method is used by the splice(2) system call
+
+  splice_read: called by the VFS to splice data from file to a pipe. This
+	       method is used by the splice(2) system call
+
 Note that the file operations are implemented by the specific
 filesystem in which the inode resides. When opening a device node
 (character or block special) most filesystems will call special