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Jovi Zhang
e020e742e5 sysctl: remove obsolete comments
ctl_unnumbered.txt have been removed in Documentation directory so just
also remove this invalid comments

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX, per Dave]
Signed-off-by: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Acked-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>
2011-01-13 08:03:18 -08:00
Jovi Zhang
5561050003 sysctl: fix #ifdef guard comment
Signed-off-by: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com>
Acked-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>
2011-01-13 08:03:18 -08:00
Dan Rosenberg
455cd5ab30 kptr_restrict for hiding kernel pointers from unprivileged users
Add the %pK printk format specifier and the /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict
sysctl.

The %pK format specifier is designed to hide exposed kernel pointers,
specifically via /proc interfaces.  Exposing these pointers provides an
easy target for kernel write vulnerabilities, since they reveal the
locations of writable structures containing easily triggerable function
pointers.  The behavior of %pK depends on the kptr_restrict sysctl.

If kptr_restrict is set to 0, no deviation from the standard %p behavior
occurs.  If kptr_restrict is set to 1, the default, if the current user
(intended to be a reader via seq_printf(), etc.) does not have CAP_SYSLOG
(currently in the LSM tree), kernel pointers using %pK are printed as 0's.
 If kptr_restrict is set to 2, kernel pointers using %pK are printed as
0's regardless of privileges.  Replacing with 0's was chosen over the
default "(null)", which cannot be parsed by userland %p, which expects
"(nil)".

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: check for IRQ context when !kptr_restrict, save an indent level, s/WARN/WARN_ONCE/]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixup]
[randy.dunlap@oracle.com: fix kernel/sysctl.c warning]
Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@infradead.org>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-13 08:03:08 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
65b2074f84 Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (30 commits)
  sched: Change wait_for_completion_*_timeout() to return a signed long
  sched, autogroup: Fix reference leak
  sched, autogroup: Fix potential access to freed memory
  sched: Remove redundant CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED ifdef
  sched: Fix interactivity bug by charging unaccounted run-time on entity re-weight
  sched: Move periodic share updates to entity_tick()
  printk: Use this_cpu_{read|write} api on printk_pending
  sched: Make pushable_tasks CONFIG_SMP dependant
  sched: Add 'autogroup' scheduling feature: automated per session task groups
  sched: Fix unregister_fair_sched_group()
  sched: Remove unused argument dest_cpu to migrate_task()
  mutexes, sched: Introduce arch_mutex_cpu_relax()
  sched: Add some clock info to sched_debug
  cpu: Remove incorrect BUG_ON
  cpu: Remove unused variable
  sched: Fix UP build breakage
  sched: Make task dump print all 15 chars of proc comm
  sched: Update tg->shares after cpu.shares write
  sched: Allow update_cfs_load() to update global load
  sched: Implement demand based update_cfs_load()
  ...
2011-01-06 10:23:33 -08:00
Don Zickus
5dc3055879 x86, NMI: Add back unknown_nmi_panic and nmi_watchdog sysctls
Originally adapted from Huang Ying's patch which moved the
unknown_nmi_panic to the traps.c file.  Because the old nmi
watchdog was deleted before this change happened, the
unknown_nmi_panic sysctl was lost.  This re-adds it.

Also, the nmi_watchdog sysctl was re-implemented and its
documentation updated accordingly.

Patch-inspired-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <1291068437-5331-3-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-12-10 00:01:06 +01:00
Mike Galbraith
5091faa449 sched: Add 'autogroup' scheduling feature: automated per session task groups
A recurring complaint from CFS users is that parallel kbuild has
a negative impact on desktop interactivity.  This patch
implements an idea from Linus, to automatically create task
groups.  Currently, only per session autogroups are implemented,
but the patch leaves the way open for enhancement.

Implementation: each task's signal struct contains an inherited
pointer to a refcounted autogroup struct containing a task group
pointer, the default for all tasks pointing to the
init_task_group.  When a task calls setsid(), a new task group
is created, the process is moved into the new task group, and a
reference to the preveious task group is dropped.  Child
processes inherit this task group thereafter, and increase it's
refcount.  When the last thread of a process exits, the
process's reference is dropped, such that when the last process
referencing an autogroup exits, the autogroup is destroyed.

At runqueue selection time, IFF a task has no cgroup assignment,
its current autogroup is used.

Autogroup bandwidth is controllable via setting it's nice level
through the proc filesystem:

  cat /proc/<pid>/autogroup

Displays the task's group and the group's nice level.

  echo <nice level> > /proc/<pid>/autogroup

Sets the task group's shares to the weight of nice <level> task.
Setting nice level is rate limited for !admin users due to the
abuse risk of task group locking.

The feature is enabled from boot by default if
CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y is selected, but can be disabled via
the boot option noautogroup, and can also be turned on/off on
the fly via:

  echo [01] > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_autogroup_enabled

... which will automatically move tasks to/from the root task group.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
[ Removed the task_group_path() debug code, and fixed !EVENTFD build failure. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
LKML-Reference: <1290281700.28711.9.camel@maggy.simson.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-11-30 16:03:35 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
22a867d817 Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc3' into sched/core
Merge reason: Pick up latest fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-11-26 15:05:21 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
e4e91ac410 Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc3' into perf/core
Merge reason: Pick up latest fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-11-26 15:04:47 +01:00
Paul Turner
a7a4f8a752 sched: Add sysctl_sched_shares_window
Introduce a new sysctl for the shares window and disambiguate it from
sched_time_avg.

A 10ms window appears to be a good compromise between accuracy and performance.

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <20101115234938.112173964@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-11-18 13:27:49 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
2069dd75c7 sched: Rewrite tg_shares_up)
By tracking a per-cpu load-avg for each cfs_rq and folding it into a
global task_group load on each tick we can rework tg_shares_up to be
strictly per-cpu.

This should improve cpu-cgroup performance for smp systems
significantly.

[ Paul: changed to use queueing cfs_rq + bug fixes ]

Signed-off-by: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <20101115234937.580480400@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-11-18 13:27:46 +01:00
Don Zickus
5f2b0ba4d9 x86, nmi_watchdog: Remove the old nmi_watchdog
Now that we have a new nmi_watchdog that is more generic and
sits on top of the perf subsystem, we really do not need the old
nmi_watchdog any more.

In addition, the old nmi_watchdog doesn't really work if you are
using the default clocksource, hpet.  The old nmi_watchdog code
relied on local apic interrupts to determine if the cpu is still
alive.  With hpet as the clocksource, these interrupts don't
increment any more and the old nmi_watchdog triggers false
postives.

This piece removes the old nmi_watchdog code and stubs out any
variables and functions calls.  The stubs are the same ones used
by the new nmi_watchdog code, so it should be well tested.

Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Cc: gorcunov@openvz.org
LKML-Reference: <1289578944-28564-2-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-11-18 09:08:23 +01:00
Joe Perches
df6e61d4ca kernel/sysctl.c: Fix build failure with !CONFIG_PRINTK
Sigh...

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-16 07:56:09 -08:00
Dan Rosenberg
eaf06b241b Restrict unprivileged access to kernel syslog
The kernel syslog contains debugging information that is often useful
during exploitation of other vulnerabilities, such as kernel heap
addresses.  Rather than futilely attempt to sanitize hundreds (or
thousands) of printk statements and simultaneously cripple useful
debugging functionality, it is far simpler to create an option that
prevents unprivileged users from reading the syslog.

This patch, loosely based on grsecurity's GRKERNSEC_DMESG, creates the
dmesg_restrict sysctl.  When set to "0", the default, no restrictions are
enforced.  When set to "1", only users with CAP_SYS_ADMIN can read the
kernel syslog via dmesg(8) or other mechanisms.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: explain the config option in kernel.txt]
Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-12 07:55:32 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
426e1f5cec Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (52 commits)
  split invalidate_inodes()
  fs: skip I_FREEING inodes in writeback_sb_inodes
  fs: fold invalidate_list into invalidate_inodes
  fs: do not drop inode_lock in dispose_list
  fs: inode split IO and LRU lists
  fs: switch bdev inode bdi's correctly
  fs: fix buffer invalidation in invalidate_list
  fsnotify: use dget_parent
  smbfs: use dget_parent
  exportfs: use dget_parent
  fs: use RCU read side protection in d_validate
  fs: clean up dentry lru modification
  fs: split __shrink_dcache_sb
  fs: improve DCACHE_REFERENCED usage
  fs: use percpu counter for nr_dentry and nr_dentry_unused
  fs: simplify __d_free
  fs: take dcache_lock inside __d_path
  fs: do not assign default i_ino in new_inode
  fs: introduce a per-cpu last_ino allocator
  new helper: ihold()
  ...
2010-10-26 17:58:44 -07:00
Namhyung Kim
f5d87d851d printk: declare printk_ratelimit_state in ratelimit.h
Adding declaration of printk_ratelimit_state in ratelimit.h removes
potential build breakage and following sparse warning:

 kernel/printk.c:1426:1: warning: symbol 'printk_ratelimit_state' was not declared. Should it be static?

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove unneeded ifdef]
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 16:52:16 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
518de9b39e fs: allow for more than 2^31 files
Robin Holt tried to boot a 16TB system and found af_unix was overflowing
a 32bit value :

<quote>

We were seeing a failure which prevented boot.  The kernel was incapable
of creating either a named pipe or unix domain socket.  This comes down
to a common kernel function called unix_create1() which does:

        atomic_inc(&unix_nr_socks);
        if (atomic_read(&unix_nr_socks) > 2 * get_max_files())
                goto out;

The function get_max_files() is a simple return of files_stat.max_files.
files_stat.max_files is a signed integer and is computed in
fs/file_table.c's files_init().

        n = (mempages * (PAGE_SIZE / 1024)) / 10;
        files_stat.max_files = n;

In our case, mempages (total_ram_pages) is approx 3,758,096,384
(0xe0000000).  That leaves max_files at approximately 1,503,238,553.
This causes 2 * get_max_files() to integer overflow.

</quote>

Fix is to let /proc/sys/fs/file-nr & /proc/sys/fs/file-max use long
integers, and change af_unix to use an atomic_long_t instead of atomic_t.

get_max_files() is changed to return an unsigned long.  get_nr_files() is
changed to return a long.

unix_nr_socks is changed from atomic_t to atomic_long_t, while not
strictly needed to address Robin problem.

Before patch (on a 64bit kernel) :
# echo 2147483648 >/proc/sys/fs/file-max
# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
-18446744071562067968

After patch:
# echo 2147483648 >/proc/sys/fs/file-max
# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
2147483648
# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr
704     0       2147483648

Reported-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Reviewed-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Tested-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-26 16:52:15 -07:00
Christoph Hellwig
312d3ca856 fs: use percpu counter for nr_dentry and nr_dentry_unused
The nr_dentry stat is a globally touched cacheline and atomic operation
twice over the lifetime of a dentry. It is used for the benfit of userspace
only. Turn it into a per-cpu counter and always decrement it in d_free instead
of doing various batching operations to reduce lock hold times in the callers.

Based on an earlier patch from Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-10-25 21:26:12 -04:00
Dave Chinner
cffbc8aa33 fs: Convert nr_inodes and nr_unused to per-cpu counters
The number of inodes allocated does not need to be tied to the
addition or removal of an inode to/from a list. If we are not tied
to a list lock, we could update the counters when inodes are
initialised or destroyed, but to do that we need to convert the
counters to be per-cpu (i.e. independent of a lock). This means that
we have the freedom to change the list/locking implementation
without needing to care about the counters.

Based on a patch originally from Eric Dumazet.

[AV: cleaned up a bit, fixed build breakage on weird configs

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-10-25 21:26:09 -04:00
Eric Dumazet
7e360c38ab fs: allow for more than 2^31 files
Andrew,

Could you please review this patch, you probably are the right guy to
take it, because it crosses fs and net trees.

Note : /proc/sys/fs/file-nr is a read-only file, so this patch doesnt
depend on previous patch (sysctl: fix min/max handling in
__do_proc_doulongvec_minmax())

Thanks !

[PATCH V4] fs: allow for more than 2^31 files

Robin Holt tried to boot a 16TB system and found af_unix was overflowing
a 32bit value :

<quote>

We were seeing a failure which prevented boot.  The kernel was incapable
of creating either a named pipe or unix domain socket.  This comes down
to a common kernel function called unix_create1() which does:

        atomic_inc(&unix_nr_socks);
        if (atomic_read(&unix_nr_socks) > 2 * get_max_files())
                goto out;

The function get_max_files() is a simple return of files_stat.max_files.
files_stat.max_files is a signed integer and is computed in
fs/file_table.c's files_init().

        n = (mempages * (PAGE_SIZE / 1024)) / 10;
        files_stat.max_files = n;

In our case, mempages (total_ram_pages) is approx 3,758,096,384
(0xe0000000).  That leaves max_files at approximately 1,503,238,553.
This causes 2 * get_max_files() to integer overflow.

</quote>

Fix is to let /proc/sys/fs/file-nr & /proc/sys/fs/file-max use long
integers, and change af_unix to use an atomic_long_t instead of
atomic_t.

get_max_files() is changed to return an unsigned long.
get_nr_files() is changed to return a long.

unix_nr_socks is changed from atomic_t to atomic_long_t, while not
strictly needed to address Robin problem.

Before patch (on a 64bit kernel) :
# echo 2147483648 >/proc/sys/fs/file-max
# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
-18446744071562067968

After patch:
# echo 2147483648 >/proc/sys/fs/file-max
# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
2147483648
# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr
704     0       2147483648

Reported-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Reviewed-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Tested-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-10-25 21:18:20 -04:00
Eric Dumazet
27b3d80a7b sysctl: fix min/max handling in __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax()
When proc_doulongvec_minmax() is used with an array of longs, and no
min/max check requested (.extra1 or .extra2 being NULL), we dereference a
NULL pointer for the second element of the array.

Noticed while doing some changes in network stack for the "16TB problem"

Fix is to not change min & max pointers in __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(),
so that all elements of the vector share an unique min/max limit, like
proc_dointvec_minmax().

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Americo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-07 13:31:21 -07:00
Andi Kleen
b3bd3de66f gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warnings
No real bugs I believe, just some dead code.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-09-05 14:36:58 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
8c8946f509 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify
* 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify: (132 commits)
  fanotify: use both marks when possible
  fsnotify: pass both the vfsmount mark and inode mark
  fsnotify: walk the inode and vfsmount lists simultaneously
  fsnotify: rework ignored mark flushing
  fsnotify: remove global fsnotify groups lists
  fsnotify: remove group->mask
  fsnotify: remove the global masks
  fsnotify: cleanup should_send_event
  fanotify: use the mark in handler functions
  audit: use the mark in handler functions
  dnotify: use the mark in handler functions
  inotify: use the mark in handler functions
  fsnotify: send fsnotify_mark to groups in event handling functions
  fsnotify: Exchange list heads instead of moving elements
  fsnotify: srcu to protect read side of inode and vfsmount locks
  fsnotify: use an explicit flag to indicate fsnotify_destroy_mark has been called
  fsnotify: use _rcu functions for mark list traversal
  fsnotify: place marks on object in order of group memory address
  vfs/fsnotify: fsnotify_close can delay the final work in fput
  fsnotify: store struct file not struct path
  ...

Fix up trivial delete/modify conflict in fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c.
2010-08-10 11:39:13 -07:00
David Rientjes
8e4228e1ed oom: move sysctl declarations to oom.h
The three oom killer sysctl variables (sysctl_oom_dump_tasks,
sysctl_oom_kill_allocating_task, and sysctl_panic_on_oom) are better
declared in include/linux/oom.h rather than kernel/sysctl.c.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-09 20:44:57 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
3b7433b8a8 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: (55 commits)
  workqueue: mark init_workqueues() as early_initcall()
  workqueue: explain for_each_*cwq_cpu() iterators
  fscache: fix build on !CONFIG_SYSCTL
  slow-work: kill it
  gfs2: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  drm: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  cifs: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  fscache: drop references to slow-work
  fscache: convert operation to use workqueue instead of slow-work
  fscache: convert object to use workqueue instead of slow-work
  workqueue: fix how cpu number is stored in work->data
  workqueue: fix mayday_mask handling on UP
  workqueue: fix build problem on !CONFIG_SMP
  workqueue: fix locking in retry path of maybe_create_worker()
  async: use workqueue for worker pool
  workqueue: remove WQ_SINGLE_CPU and use WQ_UNBOUND instead
  workqueue: implement unbound workqueue
  workqueue: prepare for WQ_UNBOUND implementation
  libata: take advantage of cmwq and remove concurrency limitations
  workqueue: fix worker management invocation without pending works
  ...

Fixed up conflicts in fs/cifs/* as per Tejun. Other trivial conflicts in
include/linux/workqueue.h, kernel/trace/Kconfig and kernel/workqueue.c
2010-08-07 12:42:58 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
ab69bcd66f Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (28 commits)
  driver core: device_rename's new_name can be const
  sysfs: Remove owner field from sysfs struct attribute
  powerpc/pci: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in PCI bridge init
  regulator: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in regulator core driver
  leds: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in bd2802 driver
  scsi: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in ARCMSR driver
  scsi: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in LPFC driver
  cgroupfs: create /sys/fs/cgroup to mount cgroupfs on
  Driver core: Add BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER
  driver core: fix memory leak on one error path in bus_register()
  debugfs: no longer needs to depend on SYSFS
  sysfs: Fix one more signature discrepancy between sysfs implementation and docs.
  sysfs: fix discrepancies between implementation and documentation
  dcdbas: remove a redundant smi_data_buf_free in dcdbas_exit
  dmi-id: fix a memory leak in dmi_id_init error path
  sysfs: sysfs_chmod_file's attr can be const
  firmware: Update hotplug script
  Driver core: move platform device creation helpers to .init.text (if MODULE=n)
  Driver core: reduce duplicated code for platform_device creation
  Driver core: use kmemdup in platform_device_add_resources
  ...
2010-08-06 11:36:30 -07:00
Ian Abbott
94f17cd788 hotplug: Support kernel/hotplug sysctl variable when !CONFIG_NET
The kernel/hotplug sysctl variable (/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug file) was
made conditional on CONFIG_NET by commit
f743ca5e10 (applied in 2.6.18) to fix
problems with undefined references in 2.6.16 when CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y &&
!CONFIG_NET, but this restriction is no longer needed.

This patch makes the kernel/hotplug sysctl variable depend only on
CONFIG_HOTPLUG.

Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.COM>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-08-05 13:53:33 -07:00
Ingo Molnar
61be7fdec2 Merge branch 'perf/nmi' into perf/core
Conflicts:
	kernel/Makefile

Merge reason: Add the now complete topic, fix the conflict.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-08-05 08:45:05 +02:00
Dave Young
d14f172948 sysctl extern cleanup: inotify
Extern declarations in sysctl.c should be move to their own head file, and
then include them in relavant .c files.

Move inotify_table extern declaration to linux/inotify.h

Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2010-07-28 09:59:01 -04:00
Alexey Dobriyan
6e006701cc dnotify: move dir_notify_enable declaration
Move dir_notify_enable declaration to where it belongs -- dnotify.h .

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2010-07-28 09:59:01 -04:00
Tejun Heo
181a51f6e0 slow-work: kill it
slow-work doesn't have any user left.  Kill it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2010-07-23 13:14:49 +02:00
Jens Axboe
ff9da691c0 pipe: change /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-pages to byte sized interface
This changes the interface to be based on bytes instead. The API
matches that of F_SETPIPE_SZ in that it rounds up the passed in
size so that the resulting page array is a power-of-2 in size.

The proc file is renamed to /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size to
reflect this change.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2010-06-03 14:54:39 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
b1cdc4670b Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (63 commits)
  drivers/net/usb/asix.c: Fix pointer cast.
  be2net: Bug fix to avoid disabling bottom half during firmware upgrade.
  proc_dointvec: write a single value
  hso: add support for new products
  Phonet: fix potential use-after-free in pep_sock_close()
  ath9k: remove VEOL support for ad-hoc
  ath9k: change beacon allocation to prefer the first beacon slot
  sock.h: fix kernel-doc warning
  cls_cgroup: Fix build error when built-in
  macvlan: do proper cleanup in macvlan_common_newlink() V2
  be2net: Bug fix in init code in probe
  net/dccp: expansion of error code size
  ath9k: Fix rx of mcast/bcast frames in PS mode with auto sleep
  wireless: fix sta_info.h kernel-doc warnings
  wireless: fix mac80211.h kernel-doc warnings
  iwlwifi: testing the wrong variable in iwl_add_bssid_station()
  ath9k_htc: rare leak in ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_tx_urbs()
  ath9k_htc: dereferencing before check in hif_usb_tx_cb()
  rt2x00: Fix rt2800usb TX descriptor writing.
  rt2x00: Fix failed SLEEP->AWAKE and AWAKE->SLEEP transitions.
  ...
2010-05-25 16:59:51 -07:00
J. R. Okajima
563b046710 proc_dointvec: write a single value
The commit 00b7c3395a
"sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code"
modified the behaviour of writing to /proc.
Before the commit, write("1\n") to /proc/sys/kernel/printk succeeded. But
now it returns EINVAL.

This commit supports writing a single value to a multi-valued entry.

Signed-off-by: J. R. Okajima <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp>
Reviewed-and-tested-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25 16:10:14 -07:00
Mel Gorman
5e77190580 mm: compaction: add a tunable that decides when memory should be compacted and when it should be reclaimed
The kernel applies some heuristics when deciding if memory should be
compacted or reclaimed to satisfy a high-order allocation.  One of these
is based on the fragmentation.  If the index is below 500, memory will not
be compacted.  This choice is arbitrary and not based on data.  To help
optimise the system and set a sensible default for this value, this patch
adds a sysctl extfrag_threshold.  The kernel will only compact memory if
the fragmentation index is above the extfrag_threshold.

[randy.dunlap@oracle.com: Fix build errors when proc fs is not configured]
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-25 08:06:59 -07:00
Mel Gorman
76ab0f530e mm: compaction: add /proc trigger for memory compaction
Add a proc file /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory.  When an arbitrary value is
written to the file, all zones are compacted.  The expected user of such a
trigger is a job scheduler that prepares the system before the target
application runs.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-25 08:06:59 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6e80e8ed5e Merge branch 'for-2.6.35' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.35' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (86 commits)
  pipe: set lower and upper limit on max pages in the pipe page array
  pipe: add support for shrinking and growing pipes
  drbd: This is now equivalent to drbd release 8.3.8rc1
  drbd: Do not free p_uuid early, this is done in the exit code of the receiver
  drbd: Null pointer deref fix to the large "multi bio rewrite"
  drbd: Fix: Do not detach, if a bio with a barrier fails
  drbd: Ensure to not trigger late-new-UUID creation multiple times
  drbd: Do not Oops when C_STANDALONE when uuid gets generated
  writeback: fix mixed up arguments to bdi_start_writeback()
  writeback: fix problem with !CONFIG_BLOCK compilation
  block: improve automatic native capacity unlocking
  block: use struct parsed_partitions *state universally in partition check code
  block,ide: simplify bdops->set_capacity() to ->unlock_native_capacity()
  block: restart partition scan after resizing a device
  buffer: make invalidate_bdev() drain all percpu LRU add caches
  block: remove all rcu head initializations
  writeback: fixups for !dirty_writeback_centisecs
  writeback: bdi_writeback_task() must set task state before calling schedule()
  writeback: ensure that WB_SYNC_NONE writeback with sb pinned is sync
  drivers/block/drbd: Use kzalloc
  ...
2010-05-21 15:25:33 -07:00
Randy Dunlap
0fc377bd64 sysctl: fix kernel-doc notation and typos
Fix kernel-doc warnings, kernel-doc special characters, and
typos in recent kernel/sysctl.c additions.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Amerigo Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-21 15:23:12 -07:00
Jens Axboe
ee9a3607fb Merge branch 'master' into for-2.6.35
Conflicts:
	fs/ext3/fsync.c

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2010-05-21 21:27:26 +02:00
Jens Axboe
b492e95be0 pipe: set lower and upper limit on max pages in the pipe page array
We need at least two to guarantee proper POSIX behaviour, so
never allow a smaller limit than that.

Also expose a /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-pages sysctl file that allows
root to define a sane upper limit. Make it default to 16 times the
default size, which is 16 pages.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2010-05-21 21:12:52 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
f8965467f3 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1674 commits)
  qlcnic: adding co maintainer
  ixgbe: add support for active DA cables
  ixgbe: dcb, do not tag tc_prio_control frames
  ixgbe: fix ixgbe_tx_is_paused logic
  ixgbe: always enable vlan strip/insert when DCB is enabled
  ixgbe: remove some redundant code in setting FCoE FIP filter
  ixgbe: fix wrong offset to fc_frame_header in ixgbe_fcoe_ddp
  ixgbe: fix header len when unsplit packet overflows to data buffer
  ipv6: Never schedule DAD timer on dead address
  ipv6: Use POSTDAD state
  ipv6: Use state_lock to protect ifa state
  ipv6: Replace inet6_ifaddr->dead with state
  cxgb4: notify upper drivers if the device is already up when they load
  cxgb4: keep interrupts available when the ports are brought down
  cxgb4: fix initial addition of MAC address
  cnic: Return SPQ credit to bnx2x after ring setup and shutdown.
  cnic: Convert cnic_local_flags to atomic ops.
  can: Fix SJA1000 command register writes on SMP systems
  bridge: fix build for CONFIG_SYSFS disabled
  ARCNET: Limit com20020 PCI ID matches for SOHARD cards
  ...

Fix up various conflicts with pcmcia tree drivers/net/
{pcmcia/3c589_cs.c, wireless/orinoco/orinoco_cs.c and
wireless/orinoco/spectrum_cs.c} and feature removal
(Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt).

Also fix a non-content conflict due to pm_qos_requirement getting
renamed in the PM tree (now pm_qos_request) in net/mac80211/scan.c
2010-05-20 21:04:44 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
a0fe3cc5d3 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: (40 commits)
  Input: psmouse - small formatting changes to better follow coding style
  Input: synaptics - set dimensions as reported by firmware
  Input: elantech - relax signature checks
  Input: elantech - enforce common prefix on messages
  Input: wistron_btns - switch to using kmemdup()
  Input: usbtouchscreen - switch to using kmemdup()
  Input: do not force selecting i8042 on Moorestown
  Input: Documentation/sysrq.txt - update KEY_SYSRQ info
  Input: 88pm860x_onkey - remove invalid irq number assignment
  Input: i8042 - add a PNP entry to the aux device list
  Input: i8042 - add some extra PNP keyboard types
  Input: wm9712 - fix wm97xx_set_gpio() logic
  Input: add keypad driver for keys interfaced to TCA6416
  Input: remove obsolete {corgi,spitz,tosa}kbd.c
  Input: kbtab - do not advertise unsupported events
  Input: kbtab - simplify kbtab_disconnect()
  Input: kbtab - fix incorrect size parameter in usb_buffer_free
  Input: acecad - don't advertise mouse events
  Input: acecad - fix some formatting issues
  Input: acecad - simplify usb_acecad_disconnect()
  ...

Trivial conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
2010-05-20 10:33:06 -07:00
Heiko Carstens
ab3c68ee5f [S390] debug: enable exception-trace debug facility
The exception-trace facility on x86 and other architectures prints
traces to dmesg whenever a user space application crashes.
s390 has such a feature since ages however it is called
userprocess_debug and is enabled differently.
This patch makes sure that whenever one of the two procfs files

/proc/sys/kernel/userprocess_debug
/proc/sys/debug/exception-trace

is modified the contents of the second one changes as well.
That way we keep backwards compatibilty but also support the same
interface like other architectures do.
Besides that the output of the traces is improved since it will now
also contain the corresponding filename of the vma (when available)
where the process caused a fault or trap.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2010-05-17 10:00:17 +02:00
Octavian Purdila
9f977fb7ae sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap
The new function can be used to read/write large bitmaps via /proc. A
comma separated range format is used for compact output and input
(e.g. 1,3-4,10-10).

Writing into the file will first reset the bitmap then update it
based on the given input.

Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-15 23:28:39 -07:00
Amerigo Wang
00b7c3395a sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code
(Based on Octavian's work, and I modified a lot.)

As we are about to add another integer handling proc function a little
bit of cleanup is in order: add a few helper functions to improve code
readability and decrease code duplication.

In the process a bug is also fixed: if the user specifies a number
with more then 20 digits it will be interpreted as two integers
(e.g. 10000...13 will be interpreted as 100.... and 13).

Behavior for EFAULT handling was changed as well. Previous to this
patch, when an EFAULT error occurred in the middle of a write
operation, although some of the elements were set, that was not
acknowledged to the user (by shorting the write and returning the
number of bytes accepted). EFAULT is now treated just like any other
errors by acknowledging the amount of bytes accepted.

Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-15 23:28:38 -07:00
Don Zickus
2508ce1845 lockup_detector: Remove old softlockup code
Now that is no longer compiled or used, just remove it.

Also move some of the code wrapped with DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP to the
LOCKUP_DETECTOR wrappers because that is the code that uses it now.

Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
LKML-Reference: <1273266711-18706-4-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2010-05-12 23:55:45 +02:00
Don Zickus
332fbdbca3 lockup_detector: Touch_softlockup cleanups and softlockup_tick removal
Just some code cleanup to make touch_softlockup clearer and remove the
softlockup_tick function as it is no longer needed.

Also remove the /proc softlockup_thres call as it has been changed to
watchdog_thres.

Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
LKML-Reference: <1273266711-18706-3-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2010-05-12 23:55:43 +02:00
Don Zickus
58687acba5 lockup_detector: Combine nmi_watchdog and softlockup detector
The new nmi_watchdog (which uses the perf event subsystem) is very
similar in structure to the softlockup detector.  Using Ingo's
suggestion, I combined the two functionalities into one file:
kernel/watchdog.c.

Now both the nmi_watchdog (or hardlockup detector) and softlockup
detector sit on top of the perf event subsystem, which is run every
60 seconds or so to see if there are any lockups.

To detect hardlockups, cpus not responding to interrupts, I
implemented an hrtimer that runs 5 times for every perf event
overflow event.  If that stops counting on a cpu, then the cpu is
most likely in trouble.

To detect softlockups, tasks not yielding to the scheduler, I used the
previous kthread idea that now gets kicked every time the hrtimer fires.
If the kthread isn't being scheduled neither is anyone else and the
warning is printed to the console.

I tested this on x86_64 and both the softlockup and hardlockup paths
work.

V2:
- cleaned up the Kconfig and softlockup combination
- surrounded hardlockup cases with #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
- seperated out the softlockup case from perf event subsystem
- re-arranged the enabling/disabling nmi watchdog from proc space
- added cpumasks for hardlockup failure cases
- removed fallback to soft events if no PMU exists for hard events

V3:
- comment cleanups
- drop support for older softlockup code
- per_cpu cleanups
- completely remove software clock base hardlockup detector
- use per_cpu masking on hard/soft lockup detection
- #ifdef cleanups
- rename config option NMI_WATCHDOG to LOCKUP_DETECTOR
- documentation additions

V4:
- documentation fixes
- convert per_cpu to __get_cpu_var
- powerpc compile fixes

V5:
- split apart warn flags for hard and soft lockups

TODO:
- figure out how to make an arch-agnostic clock2cycles call
  (if possible) to feed into perf events as a sample period

[fweisbec: merged conflict patch]

Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
LKML-Reference: <1273266711-18706-2-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2010-05-12 23:55:33 +02:00
Frederic Weisbecker
a9aa1d02de Merge commit 'v2.6.34-rc7' into perf/nmi
Merge reason: catch up with latest softlockup detector changes.
2010-05-12 23:20:33 +02:00
Dmitry Torokhov
97f5f0cd8c Input: implement SysRq as a separate input handler
Instead of keeping SysRq support inside of legacy keyboard driver split
it out into a separate input handler (filter). This stops most SysRq input
events from leaking into evdev clients (some events, such as first SysRq
scancode - not keycode - event, are still leaked into both legacy keyboard
and evdev).

[martinez.javier@gmail.com: fix compile error when CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is
 not defined]
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2010-04-13 23:26:02 -07:00
Dave Young
2edf5e4980 sysctl extern cleanup: lockdep
Extern declarations in sysctl.c should be moved to their own header file,
and then include them in relavant .c files.

Move lockdep extern declarations to linux/lockdep.h

Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-12 15:53:10 -08:00