Merge commit 'v2.6.34' into next

Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl

@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
 	issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE, and prior to operation.
 	</para>
 	<para>
-	Called by ata_device_add() after ata_dev_identify() determines
-	a device is present.
-	</para>
-	<para>
 	This entry may be specified as NULL in ata_port_operations.
 	</para>
 
@@ -154,8 +150,8 @@ unsigned int (*mode_filter) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *, unsigned in
 
 	<sect2><title>Taskfile read/write</title>
 	<programlisting>
-void (*tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
-void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
 	</programlisting>
 
 	<para>
@@ -164,36 +160,35 @@ void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
 	hardware registers / DMA buffers, to obtain the current set of
 	taskfile register values.
 	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware (PIO or MMIO) use
-	ata_tf_load() and ata_tf_read() for these hooks.
+	ata_sff_tf_load() and ata_sff_tf_read() for these hooks.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
 
 	<sect2><title>PIO data read/write</title>
 	<programlisting>
-void (*data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
+void (*sff_data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
 	</programlisting>
 
 	<para>
 All bmdma-style drivers must implement this hook.  This is the low-level
 operation that actually copies the data bytes during a PIO data
 transfer.
-Typically the driver
-will choose one of ata_pio_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_pio_data_xfer(), or
-ata_mmio_data_xfer().
+Typically the driver will choose one of ata_sff_data_xfer_noirq(),
+ata_sff_data_xfer(), or ata_sff_data_xfer32().
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
 
 	<sect2><title>ATA command execute</title>
 	<programlisting>
-void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
 	</programlisting>
 
 	<para>
 	causes an ATA command, previously loaded with
 	->tf_load(), to be initiated in hardware.
-	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_exec_command()
+	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_sff_exec_command()
 	for this hook.
 	</para>
 
@@ -218,29 +213,23 @@ command.
 
 	<sect2><title>Read specific ATA shadow registers</title>
 	<programlisting>
-u8   (*check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
-u8   (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
+u8   (*sff_check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
+u8   (*sff_check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
 	</programlisting>
 
 	<para>
 	Reads the Status/AltStatus ATA shadow register from
 	hardware.  On some hardware, reading the Status register has
 	the side effect of clearing the interrupt condition.
 	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
-	ata_check_status() for this hook.
-	</para>
-	<para>
-	Note that because this is called from ata_device_add(), at
-	least a dummy function that clears device interrupts must be
-	provided for all drivers, even if the controller doesn't
-	actually have a taskfile status register.
+	ata_sff_check_status() for this hook.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
 
 	<sect2><title>Select ATA device on bus</title>
 	<programlisting>
-void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
+void (*sff_dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
 	</programlisting>
 
 	<para>
@@ -251,9 +240,7 @@ void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
 	</para>
 	<para>
 	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
-	ata_std_dev_select() for this hook.  Controllers which do not
-	support second drives on a port (such as SATA contollers) will
-	use ata_noop_dev_select().
+	ata_sff_dev_select() for this hook.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -441,13 +428,13 @@ void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *);
 	to struct ata_host_set.
 	</para>
 	<para>
-	Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_interrupt() for the
+	Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_interrupt() for the
 	irq_handler hook, which scans all ports in the host_set,
 	determines which queued command was active (if any), and calls
-	ata_host_intr(ap,qc).
+	ata_sff_host_intr(ap,qc).
 	</para>
 	<para>
-	Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_irq_clear() for the
+	Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_irq_clear() for the
 	irq_clear() hook, which simply clears the interrupt and error
 	flags in the DMA status register.
 	</para>
@@ -496,10 +483,6 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set);
 	data from port at this time.
 	</para>
 	<para>
-	Many drivers use ata_port_stop() as this hook, which frees the
-	PRD table.
-	</para>
-	<para>
 	->host_stop() is called after all ->port_stop() calls
 have completed.  The hook must finalize hardware shutdown, release DMA
 and other resources, etc.

Documentation/HOWTO

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ process is as follows:
     Linus, usually the patches that have already been included in the
     -next kernel for a few weeks.  The preferred way to submit big changes
     is using git (the kernel's source management tool, more information
-    can be found at http://git.or.cz/) but plain patches are also just
+    can be found at http://git-scm.com/) but plain patches are also just
     fine.
   - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released it is now possible to push
     only patches that do not include new features that could affect the

Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ NMI handler.
 		cpu = smp_processor_id();
 		++nmi_count(cpu);
 
-		if (!rcu_dereference(nmi_callback)(regs, cpu))
+		if (!rcu_dereference_sched(nmi_callback)(regs, cpu))
 			default_do_nmi(regs);
 
 		nmi_exit();
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ function pointer.  If this handler returns zero, do_nmi() invokes the
 default_do_nmi() function to handle a machine-specific NMI.  Finally,
 preemption is restored.
 
-Strictly speaking, rcu_dereference() is not needed, since this code runs
-only on i386, which does not need rcu_dereference() anyway.  However,
-it is a good documentation aid, particularly for anyone attempting to
-do something similar on Alpha.
+In theory, rcu_dereference_sched() is not needed, since this code runs
+only on i386, which in theory does not need rcu_dereference_sched()
+anyway.  However, in practice it is a good documentation aid, particularly
+for anyone attempting to do something similar on Alpha or on systems
+with aggressive optimizing compilers.
 
-Quick Quiz:  Why might the rcu_dereference() be necessary on Alpha,
+Quick Quiz:  Why might the rcu_dereference_sched() be necessary on Alpha,
 	     given that the code referenced by the pointer is read-only?
 
 
@@ -99,17 +100,21 @@ invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively.
 
 Answer to Quick Quiz
 
-	Why might the rcu_dereference() be necessary on Alpha, given
+	Why might the rcu_dereference_sched() be necessary on Alpha, given
 	that the code referenced by the pointer is read-only?
 
 	Answer: The caller to set_nmi_callback() might well have
-		initialized some data that is to be used by the
-		new NMI handler.  In this case, the rcu_dereference()
-		would be needed, because otherwise a CPU that received
-		an NMI just after the new handler was set might see
-		the pointer to the new NMI handler, but the old
-		pre-initialized version of the handler's data.
-
-		More important, the rcu_dereference() makes it clear
-		to someone reading the code that the pointer is being
-		protected by RCU.
+		initialized some data that is to be used by the new NMI
+		handler.  In this case, the rcu_dereference_sched() would
+		be needed, because otherwise a CPU that received an NMI
+		just after the new handler was set might see the pointer
+		to the new NMI handler, but the old pre-initialized
+		version of the handler's data.
+
+		This same sad story can happen on other CPUs when using
+		a compiler with aggressive pointer-value speculation
+		optimizations.
+
+		More important, the rcu_dereference_sched() makes it
+		clear to someone reading the code that the pointer is
+		being protected by RCU-sched.

Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt

@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
 	The reason that it is permissible to use RCU list-traversal
 	primitives when the update-side lock is held is that doing so
 	can be quite helpful in reducing code bloat when common code is
-	shared between readers and updaters.
+	shared between readers and updaters.  Additional primitives
+	are provided for this case, as discussed in lockdep.txt.
 
 10.	Conversely, if you are in an RCU read-side critical section,
 	and you don't hold the appropriate update-side lock, you -must-
@@ -344,8 +345,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
 	requiring SRCU's read-side deadlock immunity or low read-side
 	realtime latency.
 
-	Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() and rcu_dereference() relate to
-	SRCU just as they do to other forms of RCU.
+	Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() relates to SRCU just as they do
+	to other forms of RCU.
 
 15.	The whole point of call_rcu(), synchronize_rcu(), and friends
 	is to wait until all pre-existing readers have finished before

Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt

@@ -32,9 +32,20 @@ checking of rcu_dereference() primitives:
 	srcu_dereference(p, sp):
 		Check for SRCU read-side critical section.
 	rcu_dereference_check(p, c):
-		Use explicit check expression "c".
+		Use explicit check expression "c".  This is useful in
+		code that is invoked by both readers and updaters.
 	rcu_dereference_raw(p)
 		Don't check.  (Use sparingly, if at all.)
+	rcu_dereference_protected(p, c):
+		Use explicit check expression "c", and omit all barriers
+		and compiler constraints.  This is useful when the data
+		structure cannot change, for example, in code that is
+		invoked only by updaters.
+	rcu_access_pointer(p):
+		Return the value of the pointer and omit all barriers,
+		but retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating
+		or coalescsing.  This is useful when when testing the
+		value of the pointer itself, for example, against NULL.
 
 The rcu_dereference_check() check expression can be any boolean
 expression, but would normally include one of the rcu_read_lock_held()
@@ -59,7 +70,20 @@ In case (1), the pointer is picked up in an RCU-safe manner for vanilla
 RCU read-side critical sections, in case (2) the ->file_lock prevents
 any change from taking place, and finally, in case (3) the current task
 is the only task accessing the file_struct, again preventing any change
-from taking place.
+from taking place.  If the above statement was invoked only from updater
+code, it could instead be written as follows:
+
+	file = rcu_dereference_protected(fdt->fd[fd],
+					 lockdep_is_held(&files->file_lock) ||
+					 atomic_read(&files->count) == 1);
+
+This would verify cases #2 and #3 above, and furthermore lockdep would
+complain if this was used in an RCU read-side critical section unless one
+of these two cases held.  Because rcu_dereference_protected() omits all
+barriers and compiler constraints, it generates better code than do the
+other flavors of rcu_dereference().  On the other hand, it is illegal
+to use rcu_dereference_protected() if either the RCU-protected pointer
+or the RCU-protected data that it points to can change concurrently.
 
 There are currently only "universal" versions of the rcu_assign_pointer()
 and RCU list-/tree-traversal primitives, which do not (yet) check for

Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt

@@ -840,6 +840,12 @@ SRCU:	Initialization/cleanup
 	init_srcu_struct
 	cleanup_srcu_struct
 
+All:  lockdep-checked RCU-protected pointer access
+
+	rcu_dereference_check
+	rcu_dereference_protected
+	rcu_access_pointer
+
 See the comment headers in the source code (or the docbook generated
 from them) for more information.
 

Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt

@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ containing the following files describing that cgroup:
  - cgroup.procs: list of tgids in the cgroup.  This list is not
    guaranteed to be sorted or free of duplicate tgids, and userspace
    should sort/uniquify the list if this property is required.
-   Writing a tgid into this file moves all threads with that tgid into
-   this cgroup.
+   This is a read-only file, for now.
  - notify_on_release flag: run the release agent on exit?
  - release_agent: the path to use for release notifications (this file
    exists in the top cgroup only)

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -578,3 +578,26 @@ Why:	Useful in 2003, implementation is a hack.
 	Generally invoked by accident today.
 	Seen as doing more harm than good.
 Who:	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What:	video4linux /dev/vtx teletext API support
+When:	2.6.35
+Files:	drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
+	include/linux/videotext.h
+Why:	The vtx device nodes have been superseded by vbi device nodes
+	for many years. No applications exist that use the vtx support.
+	Of the two i2c drivers that actually support this API the saa5249
+	has been impossible to use for a year now and no known hardware
+	that supports this device exists. The saa5246a is theoretically
+	supported by the old mxb boards, but it never actually worked.
+
+	In summary: there is no hardware that can use this API and there
+	are no applications actually implementing this API.
+
+	The vtx support still reserves minors 192-223 and we would really
+	like to reuse those for upcoming new functionality. In the unlikely
+	event that new hardware appears that wants to use the functionality
+	provided by the vtx API, then that functionality should be build
+	around the sliced VBI API instead.
+Who:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>

Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt

@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ address           perms offset  dev   inode      pathname
 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312       /opt/test
 0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
 a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
-a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [threadstack:001ff4b4]
+a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222       /lib/libc.so.6
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ is not associated with a file:
  [stack]                  = the stack of the main process
  [vdso]                   = the "virtual dynamic shared object",
                             the kernel system call handler
- [threadstack:xxxxxxxx]   = the stack of the thread, xxxxxxxx is the stack size
 
  or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
 

Documentation/i2c/writing-clients

@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ structure at all.  You should use this to keep device-specific data.
 	/* retrieve the value */
 	void *i2c_get_clientdata(const struct i2c_client *client);
 
+Note that starting with kernel 2.6.34, you don't have to set the `data' field
+to NULL in remove() or if probe() failed anymore. The i2c-core does this
+automatically on these occasions. Those are also the only times the core will
+touch this field.
+
 
 Accessing the client
 ====================

Documentation/input/elantech.txt

@@ -333,14 +333,14 @@ byte 0:
 byte 1:
 
    bit   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0
-        x15 x14 x13 x12 x11 x10 x9  x8
+         .   .   .   .   .  x10 x9  x8
 
 byte 2:
 
    bit   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0
         x7  x6  x5  x4  x4  x2  x1  x0
 
-         x15..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
+         x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
 
 byte 3:
 
@@ -350,14 +350,14 @@ byte 3:
 byte 4:
 
    bit   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0
-        y15 y14 y13 y12 y11 y10 y8  y8
+         .   .   .   .   .   .  y9  y8
 
 byte 5:
 
    bit   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0
         y7  y6  y5  y4  y3  y2  y1  y0
 
-         y15..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
+         y9..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
 
 
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