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  1. Apr 06, 2009
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-cpumask · 90975ef7
      Linus Torvalds authored 
      * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-cpumask: (36 commits)
  cpumask: remove cpumask allocation from idle_balance, fix
  numa, cpumask: move numa_node_id default implementation to topology.h, fix
  cpumask: remove cpumask allocation from idle_balance
  x86: cpumask: x86 mmio-mod.c use cpumask_var_t for downed_cpus
  x86: cpumask: update 32-bit APM not to mug current->cpus_allowed
  x86: microcode: cleanup
  x86: cpumask: use work_on_cpu in arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
  cpumask: fix CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y cpu hotunplug crash
  numa, cpumask: move numa_node_id default implementation to topology.h
  cpumask: convert node_to_cpumask_map[] to cpumask_var_t
  cpumask: remove x86 cpumask_t uses.
  cpumask: use cpumask_var_t in uv_flush_tlb_others.
  cpumask: remove cpumask_t assignment from vector_allocation_domain()
  cpumask: make Xen use the new operators.
  cpumask: clean up summit's send_IPI functions
  cpumask: use new cpumask functions throughout x86
  x86: unify cpu_callin_mask/cpu_callout_mask/cpu_initialized_mask/cpu_sibling_setup_mask
  cpumask: convert struct cpuinfo_x86's llc_shared_map to cpumask_var_t
  cpumask: convert node_to_cpumask_map[] to cpumask_var_t
  x86: unify 32 and 64-bit node_to_cpumask_map
  ...
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      Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-module-and-param · cab4e4c4
      Linus Torvalds authored 
      * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-module-and-param:
  module: use strstarts()
  strstarts: helper function for !strncmp(str, prefix, strlen(prefix))
  arm: allow usage of string functions in linux/string.h
  module: don't use stop_machine on module load
  module: create a request_module_nowait()
  module: include other structures in module version check
  module: remove the SHF_ALLOC flag on the __versions section.
  module: clarify the force-loading taint message.
  module: Export symbols needed for Ksplice
  Ksplice: Add functions for walking kallsyms symbols
  module: remove module_text_address()
  module: __module_address
  module: Make find_symbol return a struct kernel_symbol
  kernel/module.c: fix an unused goto label
  param: fix charp parameters set via sysfs

Fix trivial conflicts in kernel/extable.c manually.
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      Merge branch 'core/debugobjects' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip · 5412b539
      Linus Torvalds authored 
      * 'core/debugobjects' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  debugobjects: delay free of internal objects
  debugobjects: replace static objects when slab cache becomes available
  debug_objects: add boot-parameter toggle to turn object debugging off again
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      Merge branch 'printk-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip · e4c393fd
      Linus Torvalds authored 
      * 'printk-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  printk: correct the behavior of printk_timed_ratelimit()
  vsprintf: unify the format decoding layer for its 3 users, cleanup
  fix regression from "vsprintf: unify the format decoding layer for its 3 users"
  vsprintf: fix bug in negative value printing
  vsprintf: unify the format decoding layer for its 3 users
  vsprintf: add binary printf
  printk: introduce printk_once()

Fix trivial conflicts (printk_once vs log_buf_kexec_setup() added near
each other) in include/linux/kernel.h.
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      Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc · 0a053e8c
      Linus Torvalds authored 
      * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: (42 commits)
  atmel-mci: fix sdc_reg typo
  tmio_mmc: add maintainer
  mmc: Add OpenFirmware bindings for SDHCI driver
  sdhci: Add quirk for forcing maximum block size to 2048 bytes
  sdhci: Add quirk for controllers that need IRQ re-init after reset
  sdhci: Add quirk for controllers that need small delays for PIO
  sdhci: Add set_clock callback and a quirk for nonstandard clocks
  sdhci: Add get_{max,timeout}_clock callbacks
  sdhci: Add support for hosts reporting inverted write-protect state
  sdhci: Add support for card-detection polling
  sdhci: Enable only relevant (DMA/PIO) interrupts during transfers
  sdhci: Split card-detection IRQs management from sdhci_init()
  sdhci: Add support for bus-specific IO memory accessors
  mmc_spi: adjust for delayed data token response
  omap_hsmmc: Wait for SDBP
  omap_hsmmc: Fix MMC3 dma
  omap_hsmmc: Disable SDBP at suspend
  omap_hsmmc: Do not prefix slot name
  omap_hsmmc: Allow cover switch to cause rescan
  omap_hsmmc: Add 8-bit bus width mode support
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  3. Apr 05, 2009
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      Make non-compat preadv/pwritev use native register size · 601cc11d
      Linus Torvalds authored 
      

Instead of always splitting the file offset into 32-bit 'high' and 'low'
parts, just split them into the largest natural word-size - which in C
terms is 'unsigned long'.

This allows 64-bit architectures to avoid the unnecessary 32-bit
shifting and masking for native format (while the compat interfaces will
obviously always have to do it).

This also changes the order of 'high' and 'low' to be "low first".  Why?
Because when we have it like this, the 64-bit system calls now don't use
the "pos_high" argument at all, and it makes more sense for the native
system call to simply match the user-mode prototype.

This results in a much more natural calling convention, and allows the
compiler to generate much more straightforward code.  On x86-64, we now
generate

        testq   %rcx, %rcx      # pos_l
        js      .L122   #,
        movq    %rcx, -48(%rbp) # pos_l, pos

from the C source

        loff_t pos = pos_from_hilo(pos_h, pos_l);
	...
        if (pos < 0)
                return -EINVAL;

and the 'pos_h' register isn't even touched.  It used to generate code
like

        mov     %r8d, %r8d      # pos_low, pos_low
        salq    $32, %rcx       #, tmp71
        movq    %r8, %rax       # pos_low, pos.386
        orq     %rcx, %rax      # tmp71, pos.386
        js      .L122   #,
        movq    %rax, -48(%rbp) # pos.386, pos

which isn't _that_ horrible, but it does show how the natural word size
is just a more sensible interface (same arguments will hold in the user
level glibc wrapper function, of course, so the kernel side is just half
of the equation!)

Note: in all cases the user code wrapper can again be the same. You can
just do

	#define HALF_BITS (sizeof(unsigned long)*4)
	__syscall(PWRITEV, fd, iov, count, offset, (offset >> HALF_BITS) >> HALF_BITS);

or something like that.  That way the user mode wrapper will also be
nicely passing in a zero (it won't actually have to do the shifts, the
compiler will understand what is going on) for the last argument.

And that is a good idea, even if nobody will necessarily ever care: if
we ever do move to a 128-bit lloff_t, this particular system call might
be left alone.  Of course, that will be the least of our worries if we
really ever need to care, so this may not be worth really caring about.

[ Fixed for lost 'loff_t' cast noticed by Andrew Morton ]

Acked-by: default avatarGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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  5. Apr 04, 2009