Commits · 8102679447da7fcbcb5226ee0207c3a034bc6d5f · Kirill Smelkov / linux

25 Jun, 2005 40 commits

[PATCH] sched: improve load balancing pinned tasks · 81026794

Nick Piggin authored Jun 25, 2005

John Hawkes explained the problem best:

A large number of processes that are pinned to a single CPU results
in every other CPU's load_balance() seeing this overloaded CPU as
"busiest", yet move_tasks() never finds a task to pull-migrate. This
condition occurs during module unload, but can also occur as a
denial-of-service using sys_sched_setaffinity(). Several hundred
CPUs performing this fruitless load_balance() will livelock on the
busiest CPU's runqueue lock. A smaller number of CPUs will livelock
if the pinned task count gets high.

Expanding slightly on John's patch, this one attempts to work out whether the
balancing failure has been due to too many tasks pinned on the runqueue. This
allows it to be basically invisible to the regular blancing paths (ie. when
there are no pinned tasks). We can use this extra knowledge to shut down the
balancing faster, and ensure the migration threads don't start running which
is another problem observed in the wild.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

81026794

[PATCH] sched: cleanup wake_idle · e0f364f4

Nick Piggin authored Jun 25, 2005

New sched-domains code means we don't get spans with offline CPUs in
them.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

e0f364f4

[PATCH] hpet: do_div fix · 44f410a7

Jon Smirl authored Jun 25, 2005

We don't need to use do_div() on a 32-bit quantity.
Signed-off-by: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

44f410a7

[PATCH] reiserfs: do not ignore i/io error on readpage · 6283d58e

Qu Fuping authored Jun 25, 2005

Reiserfs's readpage does not notice i/o errors.  This patch makes
reiserfs_readpage to return -EIO when i/o error appears.

This patch makes reiserfs to not ignore I/O error on readpage.
Signed-off-by: Qu Fuping <fs@ercist.iscas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Vladimir V. Saveliev <vs@namesys.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

6283d58e

[PATCH] mconf.c needs locale.h · 442ff702

Jean-Christophe Dubois authored Jun 25, 2005

This is failing on my cross-compilation environment (From a solaris system)
using gcc-3.4.1 (as the compiler can't find a prototype for the setlocale()
function).
Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe Dubois <jdubois@mc.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

442ff702

[PATCH] fix for generic_file_write iov problem · b0cfbd99

Badari Pulavarty authored Jun 25, 2005

Here is the fix for the problem described in

	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4721

Basically, problem is generic_file_buffered_write() is accessing beyond end
of the iov[] vector after handling the last vector.  If we happen to cross
page boundary, we get a fault.

I think this simple patch is good enough.  If we really don't want to
depend on the "count", then we need pass nr_segs to
filemap_set_next_iovec() and decrement it and check it.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

b0cfbd99

[PATCH] fix fsync(dir) return value for ram-based filesystems · 8ae0b778

Hugh Dickins authored Jun 25, 2005

Any filesystem which is using simple_dir_operations will retunr -EINVAL for
fsync() on a directory.  Make it return zero instead.
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

8ae0b778

[PATCH] tpm: fix misc name memory problem · 6f9beccb

Kylene Jo Hall authored Jun 25, 2005

I was using invalid memory for the miscdevice.name.  This patch fixes the
problem which was manifested by an ugly entry in /proc/misc.
Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

6f9beccb

[PATCH] tpm: Fix pubek parsing · 1dda8abe

Kylene Jo Hall authored Jun 25, 2005

Fix parsing of the PUBEK for display which was leading to showing the wrong
modulus length and modulus.
Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1dda8abe

[PATCH] tpm: Support new National TPMs · daacdfa6

Kylene Jo Hall authored Jun 25, 2005

This patch is work to support new National TPMs that problems were reported
with on Thinkpad T43 and Thinkcentre S51.  Thanks to Jens and Gang for
their debugging work on these issues.
Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

daacdfa6

[PATCH] RCU: clean up a few remaining synchronize_kernel() calls · b2b18660

Paul E. McKenney authored Jun 25, 2005

2.6.12-rc6-mm1 has a few remaining synchronize_kernel()s, some (but not
all) in comments.  This patch changes these synchronize_kernel() calls (and
comments) to synchronize_rcu() or synchronize_sched() as follows:

- arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c mce_read(): change to synchronize_sched() to
  handle races with machine-check exceptions (synchronize_rcu() would not cut
  it given RCU implementations intended for hardcore realtime use.

- drivers/input/serio/i8042.c i8042_stop(): change to synchronize_sched() to
  handle races with i8042_interrupt() interrupt handler.  Again,
  synchronize_rcu() would not cut it given RCU implementations intended for
  hardcore realtime use.

- include/*/kdebug.h comments: change to synchronize_sched() to handle races
  with NMIs.  As before, synchronize_rcu() would not cut it...

- include/linux/list.h comment: change to synchronize_rcu(), since this
  comment is for list_del_rcu().

- security/keys/key.c unregister_key_type(): change to synchronize_rcu(),
  since this is interacting with RCU read side.

- security/keys/process_keys.c install_session_keyring(): change to
  synchronize_rcu(), since this is interacting with RCU read side.
Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

b2b18660

[PATCH] Makefile: s/gcc-option/cc-option/ · ae67cd64

Alexey Dobriyan authored Jun 25, 2005

Fixes http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4726Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

ae67cd64

[PATCH] compilation errors in drivers/serial/mpsc.c · 4d0145a7

Lee Nicks authored Jun 25, 2005

The following patch fix gcc 4 compilation errors in drivers/serial/mpsc.c
Signed-off-by: Lee Nicks <allinux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

4d0145a7

[PATCH] s390: debug feature changes · 66a464db

Michael Holzheu authored Jun 25, 2005

This patch changes the memory allocation method for the s390 debug feature.
Trace buffers had been allocated using the get_free_pages() function before.
Therefore it was not possible to get big memory areas in a running system due
to memory fragmentation. Now the trace buffers are subdivided into several
subbuffers with pagesize. Therefore it is now possible to allocate more
memory for the trace buffers and more trace records can be written.

In addition to that, dynamic specification of the size of the trace buffers is
implemented. It is now possible to change the size of a trace buffer using a
new debugfs file instance. When writing a number into this file, the trace
buffer size is changed to 'number * pagesize'.

In the past all the traces could be obtained from userspace by accessing files
in the "proc" filesystem. Now with debugfs we have a new filesystem which
should be used for debugging purposes. This patch moves the debug feature
from procfs to debugfs.

Since the interface of debug_register() changed, all device drivers, which use
the debug feature had to be adjusted.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

66a464db

[PATCH] s390: add vmcp interface · 6b979de3

Christian Borntraeger authored Jun 25, 2005

Add interface to issue VM control program commands.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

6b979de3

[PATCH] s390: improved machine check handling · 77fa2245

Heiko Carstens authored Jun 25, 2005

Improved machine check handling.  Kernel is now able to receive machine checks
while in kernel mode (system call, interrupt and program check handling).
Also register validation is now performed.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

77fa2245

[PATCH] s/390: compile fix for dcssblk · f901e5d1

Cornelia Huck authored Jun 25, 2005

Fix compile breakage in the dcss block driver introduced by the attribute
changes.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

f901e5d1

[PATCH] s/390: use klist in dasd driver · c551288e

Cornelia Huck authored Jun 25, 2005

Convert the dasd driver to use the new klist interface.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

c551288e

[PATCH] s/390: Use klist in cio · b0744bd2

Cornelia Huck authored Jun 25, 2005

Convert the common I/O layer to use the klist interfaces.

This patch has been adapted from the previous version to the changed interface
semantics.  Also, gcc 4.0 compile warnings have been removed.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

b0744bd2

[PATCH] uml: add profile_pc for i386 · 84dd8d7e

Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso authored Jun 25, 2005

Cope with a conditional i386 definition, which is wrong for UML.  Before we
just used that one, but it wasn't defined for CONFIG_SMP, so in that case
we got link errors.
Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>