Merge branch 'master'

Makefile

 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 15
-EXTRAVERSION =-rc4
+EXTRAVERSION =-rc5
 NAME=Affluent Albatross
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*

drivers/Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Rewritten to use lists instead of if-statements.
 #
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= pci/ usb/
+obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= pci/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARISC)		+= parisc/
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAPIDIO)		+= rapidio/
 obj-y				+= video/
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ATA_OVER_ETH)	+= block/aoe/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARIDE) 		+= block/paride/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TC)		+= tc/
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB)		+= usb/
+obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= usb/
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET)	+= usb/gadget/
 obj-$(CONFIG_GAMEPORT)		+= input/gameport/
 obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT)		+= input/

mm/memory.c

@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ int vm_insert_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, struct page *
 		return -EINVAL;
 	return insert_page(vma->vm_mm, addr, page, vma->vm_page_prot);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_insert_page);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_page);
 
 /*
  * Somebody does a pfn remapping that doesn't actually work as a vma.

mm/page_alloc.c

@@ -1772,16 +1772,16 @@ static int __devinit zone_batchsize(struct zone *zone)
 		batch = 1;
 
 	/*
-	 * We will be trying to allcoate bigger chunks of contiguous
-	 * memory of the order of fls(batch).  This should result in
-	 * better cache coloring.
+	 * Clamp the batch to a 2^n - 1 value. Having a power
+	 * of 2 value was found to be more likely to have
+	 * suboptimal cache aliasing properties in some cases.
 	 *
-	 * A sanity check also to ensure that batch is still in limits.
+	 * For example if 2 tasks are alternately allocating
+	 * batches of pages, one task can end up with a lot
+	 * of pages of one half of the possible page colors
+	 * and the other with pages of the other colors.
 	 */
-	batch = (1 << fls(batch + batch/2));
-
-	if (fls(batch) >= (PAGE_SHIFT + MAX_ORDER - 2))
-		batch = PAGE_SHIFT + ((MAX_ORDER - 1 - PAGE_SHIFT)/2);
+	batch = (1 << (fls(batch + batch/2)-1)) - 1;
 
 	return batch;
 }