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2012-01-23iommu/amd: Put IOMMUv2 capable devices in pt_domainJoerg Roedel
If the device starts to use IOMMUv2 features the dma handles need to stay valid. The only sane way to do this is to use a identity mapping for the device and not translate it by the iommu. This is implemented with this patch. Since this lifts the device-isolation there is also a new kernel parameter which allows to disable that feature. Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
2012-01-23iommu: Add option to group multi-function devicesAlex Williamson
The option iommu=group_mf indicates the that the iommu driver should expose all functions of a multi-function PCI device as the same iommu_device_group. This is useful for disallowing individual functions being exposed as independent devices to userspace as there are often hidden dependencies. Virtual functions are not affected by this option. Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
2012-01-23x86, x2apic: Enable the bios request for x2apic optoutSuresh Siddha
On the platforms which are x2apic and interrupt-remapping capable, Linux kernel is enabling x2apic even if the BIOS doesn't. This is to take advantage of the features that x2apic brings in. Some of the OEM platforms are running into issues because of this, as their bios is not x2apic aware. For example, this was resulting in interrupt migration issues on one of the platforms. Also if the BIOS SMI handling uses APIC interface to send SMI's, then the BIOS need to be aware of x2apic mode that OS has enabled. On some of these platforms, BIOS doesn't have a HW mechanism to turnoff the x2apic feature to prevent OS from enabling it. To resolve this mess, recent changes to the VT-d2 specification: http://download.intel.com/technology/computing/vptech/Intel(r)_VT_for_Direct_IO.pdf includes a mechanism that provides BIOS a way to request system software to opt out of enabling x2apic mode. Look at the x2apic optout flag in the DMAR tables before enabling the x2apic mode in the platform. Also print a warning that we have disabled x2apic based on the BIOS request. Kernel boot parameter "intremap=no_x2apic_optout" can be used to override the BIOS x2apic optout request. Signed-off-by: Youquan Song <youquan.song@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Cc: yinghai@kernel.org Cc: joerg.roedel@amd.com Cc: tony.luck@intel.com Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110824001456.171766616@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-10-11x86: Default to vsyscall=native for nowAdrian Bunk
This UML breakage: linux-2.6.30.1[3800] vsyscall fault (exploit attempt?) ip:ffffffffff600000 cs:33 sp:7fbfb9c498 ax:ffffffffff600000 si:0 di:606790 linux-2.6.30.1[3856] vsyscall fault (exploit attempt?) ip:ffffffffff600000 cs:33 sp:7fbfb13168 ax:ffffffffff600000 si:0 di:606790 Is caused by commit 3ae36655 ("x86-64: Rework vsyscall emulation and add vsyscall= parameter") - the vsyscall emulation code is not fully cooked yet as UML relies on some rather fragile SIGSEGV semantics. Linus suggested in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/9/376 to default to vsyscall=native for now, this patch implements that. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrew Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111005214047.GE14406@localhost.pp.htv.fi Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-09-12Merge branches 'apei', 'bz-13195' and 'doc' into acpiLen Brown
2011-08-19Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (23 commits) Revert "cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs." block: fix flush machinery for stacking drivers with differring flush flags block: improve rq_affinity placement blktrace: add FLUSH/FUA support Move some REQ flags to the common bio/request area allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ_DATA independent of *FLUSH xen/blkback: Make description more obvious. cfq-iosched: Add documentation about idling block: Make rq_affinity = 1 work as expected block: swim3: fix unterminated of_device_id table block/genhd.c: remove useless cast in diskstats_show() drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: relax check on dvd manufacturer value drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: use bitmap_parse instead of __bitmap_parse bsg-lib: add module.h include cfq-iosched: Reduce linked group count upon group destruction blk-throttle: correctly determine sync bio loop: fix deadlock when sysfs and LOOP_CLR_FD race against each other loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop devices loop: add management interface for on-demand device allocation loop: replace linked list of allocated devices with an idr index ...
2011-08-13Documentation: kernel-parameters.txt cleanupsRandy Dunlap
General cleanups to kernel-parameters.txt: - add missing $ARCH that are being used/referenced - alphabetize the parameter restrictions list - spell "IA-64" as listed in arch/ia64/Kconfig instead of "IA64" - remove trailing whitespace - use hyphen in 32-bit etc. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-08-13Documentation: add ARM user_debug to kernel-parameters.txtStephen Boyd
Usually kernel parameters are documented in kernel-parameters.txt but user_debug is only documented in the Kconfig. Document the option and point to the Kconfig help text for more info. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-08-12Merge branch 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-tip * 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-tip: x86-64: Rework vsyscall emulation and add vsyscall= parameter x86-64: Wire up getcpu syscall x86: Remove unnecessary compile flag tweaks for vsyscall code x86-64: Add vsyscall:emulate_vsyscall trace event x86-64: Add user_64bit_mode paravirt op x86-64, xen: Enable the vvar mapping x86-64: Work around gold bug 13023 x86-64: Move the "user" vsyscall segment out of the data segment. x86-64: Pad vDSO to a page boundary
2011-08-11PNP: update pnp.debug usage (needs value on command line)Bjorn Helgaas
Commit cdefba03e44 changed pnp.debug from a boot param to a module param, which means it needs a value when used on the command line. CC: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-08-10x86-64: Rework vsyscall emulation and add vsyscall= parameterAndy Lutomirski
There are three choices: vsyscall=native: Vsyscalls are native code that issues the corresponding syscalls. vsyscall=emulate (default): Vsyscalls are emulated by instruction fault traps, tested in the bad_area path. The actual contents of the vsyscall page is the same as the vsyscall=native case except that it's marked NX. This way programs that make assumptions about what the code in the page does will not be confused when they read that code. vsyscall=none: Trying to execute a vsyscall will segfault. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8449fb3abf89851fd6b2260972666a6f82542284.1312988155.git.luto@mit.edu Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2011-08-03Merge branch 'idle-release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6 * 'idle-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6: cpuidle: stop depending on pm_idle x86 idle: move mwait_idle_with_hints() to where it is used cpuidle: replace xen access to x86 pm_idle and default_idle cpuidle: create bootparam "cpuidle.off=1" mrst_pmu: driver for Intel Moorestown Power Management Unit
2011-08-03Documentation: add pointer to name_to_dev_t for root= valuesWill Drewry
Update kernel-parameters.txt to point users to the authoritative comment for name_to_dev_t. In addition, updates other places where some name_to_dev_t behavior was discussed. All other references to root= appear to be for explicit sample usage or just side comments when discussing other kernel parameters. Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-08-03cpuidle: create bootparam "cpuidle.off=1"Len Brown
useful for disabling cpuidle to fall back to architecture-default idle loop cpuidle drivers and governors will fail to register. on x86 they'll say so: intel_idle: intel_idle yielding to (null) ACPI: acpi_idle yielding to (null) Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-08-02Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (28 commits) ACPI: delete stale reference in kernel-parameters.txt ACPI: add missing _OSI strings ACPI: remove NID_INVAL thermal: make THERMAL_HWMON implementation fully internal thermal: split hwmon lookup to a separate function thermal: hide CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON ACPI print OSI(Linux) warning only once ACPI: DMI workaround for Asus A8N-SLI Premium and Asus A8N-SLI DELUX ACPI / Battery: propagate sysfs error in acpi_battery_add() ACPI / Battery: avoid acpi_battery_add() use-after-free ACPI: introduce "acpi_rsdp=" parameter for kdump ACPI: constify ops structs ACPI: fix CONFIG_X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS ACPI: fix 80 char overflow ACPI / Battery: Resolve the race condition in the sysfs_remove_battery() ACPI / Battery: Add the check before refresh sysfs in the battery_notify() ACPI / Battery: Add the hibernation process in the battery_notify() ACPI / Battery: Rename acpi_battery_quirks2 with acpi_battery_quirks ACPI / Battery: Change 16-bit signed negative battery current into correct value ACPI / Battery: Add the power unit macro ...
2011-08-01Merge branch 'pstore-efi' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 * 'pstore-efi' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: efivars: Introduce PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES efivars: Use string functions in pstore_write efivars: introduce utf16_strncmp efivars: String functions efi: Add support for using efivars as a pstore backend pstore: Allow the user to explicitly choose a backend pstore: Make "part" unsigned pstore: Add extra context for writes and erases pstore: Extend API for more flexibility in new backends
2011-07-31loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop ↵Kay Sievers
devices Instead of unconditionally creating a fixed number of dead loop devices which need to be investigated by storage handling services, even when they are never used, we allow distros start with 0 loop devices and have losetup(8) and similar switch to the dynamic /dev/loop-control interface instead of searching /dev/loop%i for free devices. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-07-26panic: panic=-1 for immediate rebootHugh Dickins
When a kernel BUG or oops occurs, ChromeOS intends to panic and immediately reboot, with stacktrace and other messages preserved in RAM across reboot. But the longer we delay, the more likely the user is to poweroff and lose the info. panic_timeout (seconds before rebooting) is set by panic= boot option or sysctl or /proc/sys/kernel/panic; but 0 means wait forever, so at present we have to delay at least 1 second. Let a negative number mean reboot immediately (with the small cosmetic benefit of suppressing that newline-less "Rebooting in %d seconds.." message). Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@chromium.org> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-25Merge branch 'usb-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 * 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (115 commits) EHCI: fix direction handling for interrupt data toggles USB: serial: add IDs for WinChipHead USB->RS232 adapter USB: OHCI: fix another regression for NVIDIA controllers usb: gadget: m66592-udc: add pullup function usb: gadget: m66592-udc: add function for external controller usb: gadget: r8a66597-udc: add pullup function usb: renesas_usbhs: support multi driver usb: renesas_usbhs: inaccessible pipe is not an error usb: renesas_usbhs: care buff alignment when dma handler USB: PL2303: correctly handle baudrates above 115200 usb: r8a66597-hcd: fixup USB_PORT_STAT_C_SUSPEND shift usb: renesas_usbhs: compile/config are rescued usb: renesas_usbhs: fixup comment-out usb: update email address in ohci-sh and r8a66597-hcd usb: r8a66597-hcd: add function for external controller EHCI: only power off port if over-current is active USB: mon: Allow to use usbmon without debugfs USB: EHCI: go back to using the system clock for QH unlinks ehci: add pci quirk for Ordissimo and RM Slate 100 too ehci: refactor pci quirk to use standard dmi_check_system method ... Fix up trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
2011-07-25Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (99 commits) drivers/virt: add missing linux/interrupt.h to fsl_hypervisor.c powerpc/85xx: fix mpic configuration in CAMP mode powerpc: Copy back TIF flags on return from softirq stack powerpc/64: Make server perfmon only built on ppc64 server devices powerpc/pseries: Fix hvc_vio.c build due to recent changes powerpc: Exporting boot_cpuid_phys powerpc: Add CFAR to oops output hvc_console: Add kdb support powerpc/pseries: Fix hvterm_raw_get_chars to accept < 16 chars, fixing xmon powerpc/irq: Quieten irq mapping printks powerpc: Enable lockup and hung task detectors in pseries and ppc64 defeconfigs powerpc: Add mpt2sas driver to pseries and ppc64 defconfig powerpc: Disable IRQs off tracer in ppc64 defconfig powerpc: Sync pseries and ppc64 defconfigs powerpc/pseries/hvconsole: Fix dropped console output hvc_console: Improve tty/console put_chars handling powerpc/kdump: Fix timeout in crash_kexec_wait_realmode powerpc/mm: Fix output of total_ram. powerpc/cpufreq: Add cpufreq driver for Momentum Maple boards powerpc: Correct annotations of pmu registration functions ... Fix up trivial Kconfig/Makefile conflicts in arch/powerpc, drivers, and drivers/cpufreq
2011-07-24Merge branch 'kvm-updates/3.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds
* 'kvm-updates/3.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (143 commits) KVM: IOMMU: Disable device assignment without interrupt remapping KVM: MMU: trace mmio page fault KVM: MMU: mmio page fault support KVM: MMU: reorganize struct kvm_shadow_walk_iterator KVM: MMU: lockless walking shadow page table KVM: MMU: do not need atomicly to set/clear spte KVM: MMU: introduce the rules to modify shadow page table KVM: MMU: abstract some functions to handle fault pfn KVM: MMU: filter out the mmio pfn from the fault pfn KVM: MMU: remove bypass_guest_pf KVM: MMU: split kvm_mmu_free_page KVM: MMU: count used shadow pages on prepareing path KVM: MMU: rename 'pt_write' to 'emulate' KVM: MMU: cleanup for FNAME(fetch) KVM: MMU: optimize to handle dirty bit KVM: MMU: cache mmio info on page fault path KVM: x86: introduce vcpu_mmio_gva_to_gpa to cleanup the code KVM: MMU: do not update slot bitmap if spte is nonpresent KVM: MMU: fix walking shadow page table KVM guest: KVM Steal time registration ...
2011-07-24KVM: MMU: remove bypass_guest_pfXiao Guangrong
The idea is from Avi: | Maybe it's time to kill off bypass_guest_pf=1. It's not as effective as | it used to be, since unsync pages always use shadow_trap_nonpresent_pte, | and since we convert between the two nonpresent_ptes during sync and unsync. Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2011-07-24KVM guest: KVM Steal time registrationGlauber Costa
This patch implements the kvm bits of the steal time infrastructure. The most important part of it, is the steal time clock. It is an continuous clock that shows the accumulated amount of steal time since vcpu creation. It is supposed to survive cpu offlining/onlining. [marcelo: fix build with CONFIG_KVM_GUEST=n] Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Tested-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net> CC: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> CC: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> CC: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-07-22pstore: Allow the user to explicitly choose a backendMatthew Garrett
pstore only allows one backend to be registered at present, but the system may provide several. Add a parameter to allow the user to choose which backend will be used rather than just relying on load order. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2011-07-16ACPI: introduce "acpi_rsdp=" parameter for kdumpTakao Indoh
There is a problem with putting the first kernel in EFI virtual mode, it is that when the second kernel comes up it tries to initialize the EFI again and once we have put EFI in virtual mode we can not really do that. Actually, EFI is not necessary for kdump, we can boot the second kernel with "noefi" parameter, but the boot will mostly fail because 2nd kernel cannot find RSDP. In this situation, we introduced "acpi_rsdp=" kernel parameter, so that kexec-tools can pass the "noefi acpi_rsdp=X" to the second kernel to make kdump works. The physical address of the RSDP can be got from sysfs(/sys/firmware/efi/systab). Signed-off-by: Takao Indoh <indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-07-08PCI: conditional resource-reallocation through kernel parameter pci=reallocRam Pai
Multiple attempts to dynamically reallocate pci resources have unfortunately lead to regressions. Though we continue to fix the regressions and fine tune the dynamic-reallocation behavior, we have not reached a acceptable state yet. This patch provides a interim solution. It disables dynamic reallocation by default, but adds the ability to enable it through pci=realloc kernel command line parameter. Tested-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-06-20Document powerpc udbg-immortalChristian Kujau
Back in 2006 the "udbg-immortal" kernel option has been introduced: > commit 3b5e905ee3bd23e9311951890aba57a0dbc81ca4 > Author: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@au1.ibm.com> > Date: Wed Jun 7 12:06:20 2006 +1000 > > [PATCH] powerpc: Add udbg-immortal kernel option ...but I could not find it documented anywhere in the sources. This patch adds it to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2011-06-14Merge 3.0-rc2 into usb-linus as it's needed by some USB patchesGreg Kroah-Hartman
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb-storage: redo incorrect readsAlan Stern
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 <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Tested-by: Sven Geggus <sven-usbst@geggus.net> Tested-by: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+linux@gmail.com> CC: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net> CC: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-06USB: Add "authorized_default" parameter to the usbcore moduleCarl-Daniel Hailfinger
The "authorized_default" module parameter of usbcore controls the default for the authorized_default variable of each USB host controller. -1 is authorized for all devices except wireless (default, old behaviour) 0 is unauthorized for all devices 1 is authorized for all devices Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-02Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6: intel-iommu: Fix off-by-one in RMRR setup intel-iommu: Add domain check in domain_remove_one_dev_info intel-iommu: Remove Host Bridge devices from identity mapping intel-iommu: Use coherent DMA mask when requested intel-iommu: Dont cache iova above 32bit intel-iommu: Speed up processing of the identity_mapping function intel-iommu: Check for identity mapping candidate using system dma mask intel-iommu: Only unlink device domains from iommu intel-iommu: Enable super page (2MiB, 1GiB, etc.) support intel-iommu: Flush unmaps at domain_exit intel-iommu: Remove obsolete comment from detect_intel_iommu intel-iommu: fix VT-d PMR disable for TXT on S3 resume
2011-06-01intel-iommu: Enable super page (2MiB, 1GiB, etc.) supportYouquan Song
There are no externally-visible changes with this. In the loop in the internal __domain_mapping() function, we simply detect if we are mapping: - size >= 2MiB, and - virtual address aligned to 2MiB, and - physical address aligned to 2MiB, and - on hardware that supports superpages. (and likewise for larger superpages). We automatically use a superpage for such mappings. We never have to worry about *breaking* superpages, since we trust that we will always *unmap* the same range that was mapped. So all we need to do is ensure that dma_pte_clear_range() will also cope with superpages. Adjust pfn_to_dma_pte() to take a superpage 'level' as an argument, so it can return a PTE at the appropriate level rather than always extending the page tables all the way down to level 1. Again, this is simplified by the fact that we should never encounter existing small pages when we're creating a mapping; any old mapping that used the same virtual range will have been entirely removed and its obsolete page tables freed. Provide an 'intel_iommu=sp_off' argument on the command line as a chicken bit. Not that it should ever be required. == The original commit seen in the iommu-2.6.git was Youquan's implementation (and completion) of my own half-baked code which I'd typed into an email. Followed by half a dozen subsequent 'fixes'. I've taken the unusual step of rewriting history and collapsing the original commits in order to keep the main history simpler, and make life easier for the people who are going to have to backport this to older kernels. And also so I can give it a more coherent commit comment which (hopefully) gives a better explanation of what's going on. The original sequence of commits leading to identical code was: Youquan Song (3): intel-iommu: super page support intel-iommu: Fix superpage alignment calculation error intel-iommu: Fix superpage level calculation error in dma_pfn_level_pte() David Woodhouse (4): intel-iommu: Precalculate superpage support for dmar_domain intel-iommu: Fix hardware_largepage_caps() intel-iommu: Fix inappropriate use of superpages in __domain_mapping() intel-iommu: Fix phys_pfn in __domain_mapping for sglist pages Signed-off-by: Youquan Song <youquan.song@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
2011-05-25memsw: remove noswapaccount kernel parameterMichal Hocko
The noswapaccount parameter has been deprecated since 2.6.38 without any complaints from users so we can remove it. swapaccount=0|1 can be used instead. As we are removing the parameter we can also clean up swapaccount because it doesn't have to accept an empty string anymore (to match noswapaccount) and so we can push = into __setup macro rather than checking "=1" resp. "=0" strings Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Cc: Hiroyuki Kamezawa <kamezawa.hiroyuki@gmail.com> Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-23Merge branch 'usb-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 * 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (205 commits) USB: EHCI: Remove SPARC_LEON {read,write}_be definitions from ehci.h USB: UHCI: Support big endian GRUSBHC HC sparc: add {read,write}*_be routines USB: UHCI: Add support for big endian descriptors USB: UHCI: Use ACCESS_ONCE rather than using a full compiler barrier USB: UHCI: Add support for big endian mmio usb-storage: Correct adjust_quirks to include latest flags usb/isp1760: Fix possible unlink problems usb/isp1760: Move function isp1760_endpoint_disable() within file. USB: remove remaining usages of hcd->state from usbcore and fix regression usb: musb: ux500: add configuration and build options for ux500 dma usb: musb: ux500: add dma glue layer for ux500 usb: musb: ux500: add dma name for ux500 usb: musb: ux500: add ux500 specific code for gadget side usb: musb: fix compile error usb-storage: fix up the unusual_realtek device list USB: gadget: f_audio: Fix invalid dereference of initdata EHCI: don't rescan interrupt QHs needlessly OHCI: fix regression caused by nVidia shutdown workaround USB: OTG: msm: Free VCCCX regulator even if we can't set the voltage ...
2011-05-19Merge branch 'x86-smep-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-smep-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, cpu: Enable/disable Supervisor Mode Execution Protection x86, cpu: Add SMEP CPU feature in CR4 x86, cpufeature: Add cpufeature flag for SMEP
2011-05-19usb-storage: Correct adjust_quirks to include latest flagsKarl Relton
Commits ae38c78a03e1b77ad45248fcf097e4568e740209 and 00914025cc4e783d4703b4db1d47b41f389e50c8 added quirk flags US_FL_NO_READ_DISC_INFO and US_FL_NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 to the usb-storage driver. However they did not add the corresponding flags to adjust_quirks() in usb.c, so there was no facility for a user to over-ride/add them via the quirks module parameter. Signed-off-by: Karl Relton <karllinuxtest.relton@ntlworld.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-05-17x86, cpu: Enable/disable Supervisor Mode Execution ProtectionFenghua Yu
Enable/disable newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) CPU feature in kernel. CR4.SMEP (bit 20) is 0 at power-on. If the feature is supported by CPU (X86_FEATURE_SMEP), enable SMEP by setting CR4.SMEP. New kernel option nosmep disables the feature even if the feature is supported by CPU. [ hpa: moved the call to setup_smep() until after the vendor-specific initialization; that ensures that CPUID features are unmasked. We will still run it before we have userspace (never mind uncontrolled userspace). ] Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> LKML-Reference: <1305157865-31727-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2011-05-17PM / ACPI: Remove acpi_sleep=s4_nonvsAmerigo Wang
acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs is superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs, so remove it. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Acked-by: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
2011-04-07Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6: Fix common misspellings
2011-04-04Documentation: fix minor typos/spellingSylvestre Ledru
Fix some minor typos: * informations => information * there own => their own * these => this Signed-off-by: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru@scilab.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-04-04Documentation: update panic parameter infoRandy Dunlap
Add a little more info for some of the panic-related kernel parameters. Fix "oops=panic" to fit in 80 columns. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-31Fix common misspellingsLucas De Marchi
Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
2011-03-22console: allow to retain boot console via boot option keep_bootconFabio M. Di Nitto
On some architectures, the boot process involves de-registering the boot console (early boot), initialize drivers and then re-register the console. This mechanism introduces a window in which no printk can happen on the console and messages are buffered and then printed once the new console is available. If a kernel crashes during this window, all it's left on the boot console is "console [foo] enabled, bootconsole disabled" making debug of the crash rather 'interesting'. By adding "keep_bootcon" option, do not unregister the boot console, that will allow to printk everything that is happening up to the crash. The option is clearly meant only for debugging purposes as it introduces lots of duplicated info printed on console, but will make bug report from users easier as it doesn't require a kernel build just to figure out where we crash. Signed-off-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22kernel/watchdog.c: allow hardlockup to panic by defaultDon Zickus
When a cpu is considered stuck, instead of limping along and just printing a warning, it is sometimes preferred to just panic, let kdump capture the vmcore and reboot. This gets the machine back into a stable state quickly while saving the info that got it into a stuck state to begin with. Add a Kconfig option to allow users to set the hardlockup to panic by default. Also add in a 'nmi_watchdog=nopanic' to override this. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix strncmp length] Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-22move x86 specific oops=panic to generic codeOlaf Hering
The oops=panic cmdline option is not x86 specific, move it to generic code. Update documentation. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-18Merge branch 'next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (62 commits) powerpc/85xx: Fix signedness bug in cache-sram powerpc/fsl: 85xx: document cache sram bindings powerpc/fsl: define binding for fsl mpic interrupt controllers powerpc/fsl_msi: Handle msi-available-ranges better drivers/serial/ucc_uart.c: Add of_node_put to avoid memory leak powerpc/85xx: Fix SPE float to integer conversion failure powerpc/85xx: Update sata controller compatible for p1022ds board ATA: Add FSL sata v2 controller support powerpc/mpc8xxx_gpio: simplify searching for 'fsl, qoriq-gpio' compatiable powerpc/8xx: remove obsolete mgsuvd board powerpc/82xx: rename and update mgcoge board support powerpc/83xx: rename and update kmeter1 powerpc/85xx: Workaroudn e500 CPU erratum A005 powerpc/fsl_pci: Add support for FSL PCIe controllers v2.x powerpc/85xx: Fix writing to spin table 'cpu-release-addr' on ppc64e powerpc/pseries: Disable MSI using new interface if possible powerpc: Enable GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO_DEPRECATED. powerpc: core irq_data conversion. powerpc: sysdev/xilinx_intc irq_data conversion. powerpc: sysdev/uic irq_data conversion. ... Fix up conflicts in arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c (due to getting rid of of_platform_driver in arch/powerpc)
2011-03-17Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.39' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 * 'nfs-for-2.6.39' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: (54 commits) RPC: killing RPC tasks races fixed xprt: remove redundant check SUNRPC: Convert struct rpc_xprt to use atomic_t counters SUNRPC: Ensure we always run the tk_callback before tk_action sunrpc: fix printk format warning xprt: remove redundant null check nfs: BKL is no longer needed, so remove the include NFS: Fix a warning in fs/nfs/idmap.c Cleanup: Factor out some cut-and-paste code. cleanup: save 60 lines/100 bytes by combining two mostly duplicate functions. NFS: account direct-io into task io accounting gss:krb5 only include enctype numbers in gm_upcall_enctypes RPCRDMA: Fix FRMR registration/invalidate handling. RPCRDMA: Fix to XDR page base interpretation in marshalling logic. NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server when using auth_sys NFSv4: Propagate the error NFS4ERR_BADOWNER to nfs4_do_setattr NFSv4: cleanup idmapper functions to take an nfs_server argument NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server if the idmapper fails NFSv4: If the server sends us a numeric uid/gid then accept it NFSv4.1: reject zero layout with zeroed stripe unit ...
2011-03-12Merge branch 'irq/core' into x86/irqThomas Gleixner
Reason: Enabling irq threads and update to latest genirq functionality requires the core code Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2011-03-11NFSv4: Send unmapped uid/gids to the server when using auth_sysTrond Myklebust
The new behaviour is enabled using the new module parameter 'nfs4_disable_idmapping'. Note that if the server rejects an unmapped uid or gid, then the client will automatically switch back to using the idmapper. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2011-03-04powerpc/pseries: Add support for dynamic dma windowsNishanth Aravamudan
If firmware allows us to map all of a partition's memory for DMA on a particular bridge, create a 1:1 mapping of that memory. Add hooks for dealing with hotplug events. Dynamic DMA windows can use larger than the default page size, and we use the largest one possible. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>