kernel/git/stable/linux.git/Documentation, branch linux-2.6.39.y

FS-Cache: Add a helper to bulk uncache pages on an inode

2011-07-09T06:15:32+00:00

commit c902ce1bfb40d8b049bd2319b388b4b68b04bc27 upstream. Add an FS-Cache helper to bulk uncache pages on an inode. This will only work for the circumstance where the pages in the cache correspond 1:1 with the pages attached to an inode's page cache. This is required for CIFS and NFS: When disabling inode cookie, we were returning the cookie and setting cifsi->fscache to NULL but failed to invalidate any previously mapped pages. This resulted in "Bad page state" errors and manifested in other kind of errors when running fsstress. Fix it by uncaching mapped pages when we disable the inode cookie. This patch should fix the following oops and "Bad page state" errors seen during fsstress testing. ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/cachefiles/namei.c:201! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP Pid: 5, comm: kworker/u:0 Not tainted 2.6.38.7-30.fc15.x86_64 #1 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010: cachefiles_walk_to_object+0x436/0x745 [cachefiles] RSP: 0018:ffff88002ce6dd00 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: ffff88002ef165f0 RBX: ffff88001811f500 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000100 RDI: 0000000000000282 RBP: ffff88002ce6dda0 R08: 0000000000000100 R09: ffffffff81b3a300 R10: 0000ffff00066c0a R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff88002ae54840 R13: ffff88002ae54840 R14: ffff880029c29c00 R15: ffff88001811f4b0 FS: 00007f394dd32720(0000) GS:ffff88002ef00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 00007fffcb62ddf8 CR3: 000000001825f000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process kworker/u:0 (pid: 5, threadinfo ffff88002ce6c000, task ffff88002ce55cc0) Stack: 0000000000000246 ffff88002ce55cc0 ffff88002ce6dd58 ffff88001815dc00 ffff8800185246c0 ffff88001811f618 ffff880029c29d18 ffff88001811f380 ffff88002ce6dd50 ffffffff814757e4 ffff88002ce6dda0 ffffffff8106ac56 Call Trace: cachefiles_lookup_object+0x78/0xd4 [cachefiles] fscache_lookup_object+0x131/0x16d [fscache] fscache_object_work_func+0x1bc/0x669 [fscache] process_one_work+0x186/0x298 worker_thread+0xda/0x15d kthread+0x84/0x8c kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 RIP cachefiles_walk_to_object+0x436/0x745 [cachefiles] ---[ end trace 1d481c9af1804caa ]--- I tested the uncaching by the following means: (1) Create a big file on my NFS server (104857600 bytes). (2) Read the file into the cache with md5sum on the NFS client. Look in /proc/fs/fscache/stats: Pages : mrk=25601 unc=0 (3) Open the file for read/write ("bash 5<>/warthog/bigfile"). Look in proc again: Pages : mrk=25601 unc=25601 Reported-by: Jeff Layton Signed-off-by: David Howells Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Suresh Jayaraman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

usb-storage: redo incorrect reads

2011-06-23T22:05:37+00:00

commit 21c13a4f7bc185552c4b402b792c3bbb9aa69df0 upstream. Some USB mass-storage devices have bugs that cause them not to handle the first READ(10) command they receive correctly. The Corsair Padlock v2 returns completely bogus data for its first read (possibly it returns the data in encrypted form even though the device is supposed to be unlocked). The Feiya SD/SDHC card reader fails to complete the first READ(10) command after it is plugged in or after a new card is inserted, returning a status code that indicates it thinks the command was invalid, which prevents the kernel from retrying the read. Since the first read of a new device or a new medium is for the partition sector, the kernel is unable to retrieve the device's partition table. Users have to manually issue an "hdparm -z" or "blockdev --rereadpt" command before they can access the device. This patch (as1470) works around the problem. It adds a new quirk flag, US_FL_INVALID_READ10, indicating that the first READ(10) should always be retried immediately, as should any failing READ(10) commands (provided the preceding READ(10) command succeeded, to avoid getting stuck in a loop). The patch also adds appropriate unusual_devs entries containing the new flag. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Tested-by: Sven Geggus Tested-by: Paul Hartman CC: Matthew Dharm Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: gadget: g_multi: fixed vendor and product ID in inf files

2011-06-03T00:32:20+00:00

commit 7701846fd52f86dffe50715e0e63154088b7c982 upstream. Commit 1c6529e92b "USB: gadget: g_multi: fixed vendor and product ID" replaced g_multi's vendor and product ID with proper ID's from Linux Foundation. This commit now updates INF files in the Documentation/usb directory which were omitted in the original commit. Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

i2c/writing-clients: Fix foo_driver.id_table

2011-06-03T00:32:19+00:00

commit 3116c86033079a1d4d4e84c40028f96b614843b8 upstream. The i2c_device_id structure variable's name is not used in the i2c_driver structure. Signed-off-by: Vikram Narayanan Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/selinux into for-linus

2011-05-04T01:59:34+00:00

Merge branch 'fixes-2.6.39' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq

2011-04-30T16:15:40+00:00

* 'fixes-2.6.39' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: workqueue: fix deadlock in worker_maybe_bind_and_lock() workqueue: Document debugging tricks Fix up trivial spelling conflict in kernel/workqueue.c

hwmon: (adm1021) Clarify documentation regarding Xeon processors

2011-04-29T14:33:36+00:00

Recent Xeon processor thermal sensors are supported by the coretemp driver and not the adm1021 driver. Only one old generation of Xeon processors (the first Netburst ones) are supported by the adm1021 driver. Reported-by: Darren Hart Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Acked-by: Guenter Roeck

hwmon: (lm90) Fix update interval information in driver documentation

2011-04-29T14:33:35+00:00

The lm90 driver's attribute update interval is configurable. Reflect this information in the driver documentation. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare

hwmon: (lm90) Add support for ADT7461A and NCT1008

2011-04-29T14:33:35+00:00

This patch adds support for ADT7461A and NCT1008 to the lm90 driver. Both chips have identical functionality and report the same manufacturing ID and device ID values. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare

flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end

2011-04-28T20:12:47+00:00

Change flex_array_prealloc to take the number of elements for which space should be allocated instead of the last (inclusive) element. Users and documentation are updated accordingly. flex_arrays got introduced before they had users. When folks started using it, they ended up needing a different API than was coded up originally. This swaps over to the API that folks apparently need. Based-on-patch-by: Steffen Klassert Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Tested-by: Chris Richards Acked-by: Dave Hansen Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.38+]