kernel/include/asm-generic, branch linux-2.6.37.y

asm-generic/stat.h: support 64-bit file time_t for stat()

2010-11-01T19:31:29Z

The existing asm-generic/stat.h specifies st_mtime, etc., as a 32-value, and works well for 32-bit architectures (currently microblaze, score, and 32-bit tile). However, for 64-bit architectures it isn't sufficient to return 32 bits of time_t; this isn't good insurance against the 2037 rollover. (It also makes glibc support less convenient, since we can't use glibc's handy STAT_IS_KERNEL_STAT mode.) This change extends the two "timespec" fields for each of the three atime, mtime, and ctime fields from "int" to "long". As a result, on 32-bit platforms nothing changes, and 64-bit platforms will now work as expected. The only wrinkle is 32-bit userspace under 64-bit kernels taking advantage of COMPAT mode. For these, we leave the "struct stat64" definitions with the "int" versions of the time_t and nsec fields, so that architectures can implement compat_sys_stat64() and friends with sys_stat64(), etc., and get the expected 32-bit structure layout. This requires a field-by-field copy in the kernel, implemented by the code guarded under __ARCH_WANT_STAT64. This does mean that the shape of the "struct stat" and "struct stat64" structures is different on a 64-bit kernel, but only one of the two structures should ever be used by any given process: "struct stat" is meant for 64-bit userspace only, and "struct stat64" for 32-bit userspace only. (On a 32-bit kernel the two structures continue to have the same shape, since "long" is 32 bits.) The alternative is keeping the two structures the same shape on 64-bit kernels, which means a 64-bit time_t in "struct stat64" for 32-bit processes. This is a little unnatural since 32-bit userspace can't do anything with 64 bits of time_t information, since time_t is just "long", not "int64_t"; and in any case 32-bit userspace might expect to be running under a 32-bit kernel, which can't provide the high 32 bits anyway. In the case of a 32-bit kernel we'd then be extending the kernel's 32-bit time_t to 64 bits, then truncating it back to 32 bits again in userspace, for no particular reason. And, as mentioned above, if we have 64-bit time_t for 32-bit processes we can't easily use glibc's STAT_IS_KERNEL_STAT, since glibc's stat structure requires an embedded "struct timespec", which is a pair of "long" (32-bit) values in a 32-bit userspace. "Inventive" solutions are possible, but are pretty hacky. Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann

audit: make link()/linkat() match "attribute change" predicate

2010-10-30T12:45:43Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6

2010-10-28T22:13:55Z

* 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: initramfs: Fix build break on symbol-prefixed archs initramfs: fix initramfs size calculation initramfs: generalize initramfs_data.xxx.S variants scripts/kallsyms: Enable error messages while hush up unnecessary warnings scripts/setlocalversion: update comment kbuild: Use a single clean rule for kernel and external modules kbuild: Do not run make clean in $(srctree) scripts/mod/modpost.c: fix commentary accordingly to last changes kbuild: Really don't clean bounds.h and asm-offsets.h

taskstats: use real microsecond granularity for CPU times

2010-10-28T01:03:17Z

The taskstats interface uses microsecond granularity for the user and system time values. The conversion from cputime to the taskstats values uses the cputime_to_msecs primitive which effectively limits the granularity to milliseconds. Add the cputime_to_usecs primitive for architectures that have better, more precise CPU time values. Remove cputime_to_msecs primitive because there are no more users left. Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu Acked-by: Balbir Singh Cc: Luck Tony Cc: Shailabh Nagar Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Shailabh Nagar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

gpiolib: fix HAVE_GPIO_LIB leftovers in asm-generic/gpio.h

2010-10-28T01:03:06Z

commit 7444a72effa632fcd8edc566f88 ("gpiolib: allow user-selection") removed HAVE_GPIO_LIB Kconfig symbol, but the header file still uses the name [to confuse readers wrt #ifdef/#else/#endif location]. The real Kconfig symbol nowadays is CONFIG_GPIOLIB. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov Cc: David Brownell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

vmlinux.lds.h: lower init ramfs alignment to 4

2010-10-26T23:52:13Z

The new init ramfs format (cpio based) requires an alignment of 4 (per the documentation and per the source files themselves). As for compressed sources, the decompressors can all deal with unaligned buffers. The cpio source is also found in the __init sections of the kernel, so once they are read and expanded into a tmpfs, the source is freed. That means there is no need to force page alignment here either. This has been used on Blackfin systems for many releases without issue. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger Cc: Al Viro Cc: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

vmlinux.lds.h: gather .data..shared_aligned sections in DATA_DATA

2010-10-26T23:52:13Z

With the recent change "net: remove time limit in process_backlog()", the softnet_data variable changed from "DEFINE_PER_CPU()" to "DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED()" which moved it from the .data section to the .data.shared_align section. I'm not saying this patch is wrong, just that is what caused me to notice this larger problem. No one else in the kernel is using this aligned macro variant, so I imagine that's why no one has noticed yet. Since .data..shared_align isn't declared in any vmlinux files that I can see, the linker just places it last. This "just works" for most people, but when building a ROM kernel on Blackfin systems, it causes section overlap errors: bfin-uclinux-ld.real: section .init.data [00000000202e06b8 -> 00000000202e48b7] overlaps section .data.shared_aligned [00000000202e06b8 -> 00000000202e0723] I imagine other arches which support the ROM config option and thus do funky placement would see similar issues ... On x86, it is stuck in a dedicated section at the end: [8] .data PROGBITS ffffffff810ec000 2ec0000303a8 00 WA 0 0 4096 [9] .data.shared_alig PROGBITS ffffffff8111c3c0 31c3c00000c8 00 WA 0 0 64 So make sure we include this section in the DATA_DATA macro so that it is placed in the right location. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger Cc: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Alan Jenkins Cc: Greg Ungerer Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[S390] add support for nonquiescing sske

2010-10-25T14:10:15Z

Improve performance of the sske operation by using the nonquiescing variant if the affected page has no mappings established. On machines with no support for the new sske variant the mask bit will be ignored. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6

2010-10-23T02:59:04Z

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6: (49 commits) serial8250: ratelimit "too much work" error serial: bfin_sport_uart: speed up sport RX sample rate to be 3% faster serial: abstraction for 8250 legacy ports serial/imx: check that the buffer is non-empty before sending it out serial: mfd: add more baud rates support jsm: Remove the uart port on errors Alchemy: Add UART PM methods. 8250: allow platforms to override PM hook. altera_uart: Don't use plain integer as NULL pointer altera_uart: Fix missing prototype for registering an early console altera_uart: Fixup type usage of port flags altera_uart: Make it possible to use Altera UART and 8250 ports together altera_uart: Add support for different address strides altera_uart: Add support for getting mapbase and IRQ from resources altera_uart: Add support for polling mode (IRQ-less) serial: Factor out uart_poll_timeout() from 8250 driver serial: mark the 8250 driver as maintained serial: 8250: Don't delay after transmitter is ready. tty: MAINTAINERS: add drivers/serial/jsm/ as maintained driver vcs: invoke the vt update callback when /dev/vcs* is written to ...

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu

2010-10-23T00:31:36Z

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: percpu: update comments to reflect that percpu allocations are always zero-filled percpu: Optimize __get_cpu_var() x86, percpu: Optimize this_cpu_ptr percpu: clear memory allocated with the km allocator percpu: fix build breakage on s390 and cleanup build configuration tests percpu: use percpu allocator on UP too percpu: reduce PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE to 32k vmalloc: pcpu_get/free_vm_areas() aren't needed on UP Fixed up trivial conflicts in include/linux/percpu.h