1. 28 3月, 2006 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] Notifier chain update: API changes · e041c683
      Alan Stern 提交于
      The kernel's implementation of notifier chains is unsafe.  There is no
      protection against entries being added to or removed from a chain while the
      chain is in use.  The issues were discussed in this thread:
      
          http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113018709002036&w=2
      
      We noticed that notifier chains in the kernel fall into two basic usage
      classes:
      
      	"Blocking" chains are always called from a process context
      	and the callout routines are allowed to sleep;
      
      	"Atomic" chains can be called from an atomic context and
      	the callout routines are not allowed to sleep.
      
      We decided to codify this distinction and make it part of the API.  Therefore
      this set of patches introduces three new, parallel APIs: one for blocking
      notifiers, one for atomic notifiers, and one for "raw" notifiers (which is
      really just the old API under a new name).  New kinds of data structures are
      used for the heads of the chains, and new routines are defined for
      registration, unregistration, and calling a chain.  The three APIs are
      explained in include/linux/notifier.h and their implementation is in
      kernel/sys.c.
      
      With atomic and blocking chains, the implementation guarantees that the chain
      links will not be corrupted and that chain callers will not get messed up by
      entries being added or removed.  For raw chains the implementation provides no
      guarantees at all; users of this API must provide their own protections.  (The
      idea was that situations may come up where the assumptions of the atomic and
      blocking APIs are not appropriate, so it should be possible for users to
      handle these things in their own way.)
      
      There are some limitations, which should not be too hard to live with.  For
      atomic/blocking chains, registration and unregistration must always be done in
      a process context since the chain is protected by a mutex/rwsem.  Also, a
      callout routine for a non-raw chain must not try to register or unregister
      entries on its own chain.  (This did happen in a couple of places and the code
      had to be changed to avoid it.)
      
      Since atomic chains may be called from within an NMI handler, they cannot use
      spinlocks for synchronization.  Instead we use RCU.  The overhead falls almost
      entirely in the unregister routine, which is okay since unregistration is much
      less frequent that calling a chain.
      
      Here is the list of chains that we adjusted and their classifications.  None
      of them use the raw API, so for the moment it is only a placeholder.
      
        ATOMIC CHAINS
        -------------
      arch/i386/kernel/traps.c:		i386die_chain
      arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c:		ia64die_chain
      arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c:		powerpc_die_chain
      arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c:		sparc64die_chain
      arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:		die_chain
      drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c:	xaction_notifier_list
      kernel/panic.c:				panic_notifier_list
      kernel/profile.c:			task_free_notifier
      net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:		hci_notifier
      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c:	ip_conntrack_chain
      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c:	ip_conntrack_expect_chain
      net/ipv6/addrconf.c:			inet6addr_chain
      net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:	nf_conntrack_chain
      net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:	nf_conntrack_expect_chain
      net/netlink/af_netlink.c:		netlink_chain
      
        BLOCKING CHAINS
        ---------------
      arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c:	pSeries_reconfig_chain
      arch/s390/kernel/process.c:		idle_chain
      arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c		idle_notifier
      drivers/base/memory.c:			memory_chain
      drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c		cpufreq_policy_notifier_list
      drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c		cpufreq_transition_notifier_list
      drivers/macintosh/adb.c:		adb_client_list
      drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c		sleep_notifier_list
      drivers/macintosh/via-pmu68k.c		sleep_notifier_list
      drivers/macintosh/windfarm_core.c	wf_client_list
      drivers/usb/core/notify.c		usb_notifier_list
      drivers/video/fbmem.c			fb_notifier_list
      kernel/cpu.c				cpu_chain
      kernel/module.c				module_notify_list
      kernel/profile.c			munmap_notifier
      kernel/profile.c			task_exit_notifier
      kernel/sys.c				reboot_notifier_list
      net/core/dev.c				netdev_chain
      net/decnet/dn_dev.c:			dnaddr_chain
      net/ipv4/devinet.c:			inetaddr_chain
      
      It's possible that some of these classifications are wrong.  If they are,
      please let us know or submit a patch to fix them.  Note that any chain that
      gets called very frequently should be atomic, because the rwsem read-locking
      used for blocking chains is very likely to incur cache misses on SMP systems.
      (However, if the chain's callout routines may sleep then the chain cannot be
      atomic.)
      
      The patch set was written by Alan Stern and Chandra Seetharaman, incorporating
      material written by Keith Owens and suggestions from Paul McKenney and Andrew
      Morton.
      
      [jes@sgi.com: restructure the notifier chain initialization macros]
      Signed-off-by: NAlan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
      Signed-off-by: NChandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      e041c683
  2. 26 3月, 2006 1 次提交
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  5. 21 3月, 2006 4 次提交
  6. 15 3月, 2006 1 次提交
  7. 08 2月, 2006 2 次提交
  8. 07 2月, 2006 3 次提交
  9. 04 2月, 2006 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] Export cpu topology in sysfs · 69dcc991
      Zhang, Yanmin 提交于
      The patch implements cpu topology exportation by sysfs.
      
      Items (attributes) are similar to /proc/cpuinfo.
      
      1) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id:
      	represent the physical package id of  cpu X;
      2) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_id:
      	represent the cpu core id to cpu X;
      3) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings:
      	represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same core;
      4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings:
      	represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same physical package;
      
      To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file,
      driver/base/topology.c, is to export the 5 attributes.
      
      If one architecture wants to support this feature, it just needs to
      implement 4 defines, typically in file include/asm-XXX/topology.h.
      The 4 defines are:
      #define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)
      #define topology_core_id(cpu)
      #define topology_thread_siblings(cpu)
      #define topology_core_siblings(cpu)
      
      The type of **_id is int.
      The type of siblings is cpumask_t.
      
      To be consistent on all architectures, the 4 attributes should have
      deafult values if their values are unavailable. Below is the rule.
      
      1) physical_package_id: If cpu has no physical package id, -1 is the
      default value.
      
      2) core_id: If cpu doesn't support multi-core, its core id is 0.
      
      3) thread_siblings: Just include itself, if the cpu doesn't support
      HT/multi-thread.
      
      4) core_siblings: Just include itself, if the cpu doesn't support
      multi-core and HT/Multi-thread.
      
      So be careful when declaring the 4 defines in include/asm-XXX/topology.h.
      
      If an attribute isn't defined on an architecture, it won't be exported.
      
      Thank Nathan, Greg, Andi, Paul and Venki.
      
      The patch provides defines for i386/x86_64/ia64.
      Signed-off-by: NZhang, Yanmin <yanmin.zhang@intel.com>
      Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
      Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      69dcc991
  10. 15 1月, 2006 1 次提交
  11. 14 1月, 2006 3 次提交
  12. 12 1月, 2006 1 次提交
  13. 11 1月, 2006 3 次提交
  14. 07 1月, 2006 2 次提交
  15. 06 1月, 2006 1 次提交
  16. 05 1月, 2006 7 次提交
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      [PATCH] drivers/base/power/runtime.c: #if 0 dpm_set_power_state() · 1f1bf132
      Adrian Bunk 提交于
      This patch #if 0's an unused global function.
      Signed-off-by: NAdrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      1f1bf132
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      [PATCH] Driver core: only all userspace bind/unbind if CONFIG_HOTPLUG is enabled · 874c6241
      Greg Kroah-Hartman 提交于
      Thanks to drivers making their id tables __devinit, we can't allow
      userspace to bind or unbind drivers from devices manually through sysfs.
      So we only allow this if CONFIG_HOTPLUG is enabled.
      
      Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      874c6241
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      [PATCH] Driver Core: Rearrange exports in platform.c · a96b2042
      Dmitry Torokhov 提交于
      Driver core: rearrange exports in platform.c
      
      The new way is to specify export right after symbol definition.
      Rearrange exports to follow new style to avoid mixing two styles
      in one file.
      Signed-off-by: NDmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
      Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      a96b2042
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      [PATCH] Driver Core: Add platform_device_del() · 93ce3061
      Dmitry Torokhov 提交于
      Driver core: add platform_device_del function
      
      Having platform_device_del90 allows more straightforward error
      handling code in drivers registering platform devices.
      Signed-off-by: NDmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
      Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      93ce3061
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      [PATCH] Allow overlapping resources for platform devices · d960bb4d
      Kumar Gala 提交于
      There are cases in which a device's memory mapped registers overlap
      with another device's memory mapped registers.  On several PowerPC
      devices this occurs for the MDIO bus, whose registers tended to overlap
      with one of the ethernet controllers.
      
      By switching from request_resource to insert_resource we can register
      the MDIO bus as a proper platform device and not hack around how we
      handle its memory mapped registers.
      Signed-off-by: NKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
      Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      d960bb4d
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      [PATCH] Hold the device's parent's lock during probe and remove · bf74ad5b
      Alan Stern 提交于
      This patch (as604) makes the driver core hold a device's parent's lock
      as well as the device's lock during calls to the probe and remove
      methods in a driver.  This facility is needed by USB device drivers,
      owing to the peculiar way USB devices work:
      
      	A device provides multiple interfaces, and drivers are bound
      	to interfaces rather than to devices;
      
      	Nevertheless a reset, reset-configuration, suspend, or resume
      	affects the entire device and requires the caller to hold the
      	lock for the device, not just a lock for one of the interfaces.
      
      Since a USB driver's probe method is always called with the interface
      lock held, the locking order rules (always lock parent before child)
      prevent these methods from acquiring the device lock.  The solution
      provided here is to call all probe and remove methods, for all devices
      (not just USB), with the parent lock already acquired.
      
      Although currently only the USB subsystem requires these changes, people
      have mentioned in prior discussion that the overhead of acquiring an
      extra semaphore in all the prove/remove sequences is not overly large.
      
      Up to now, the USB core has been using its own set of private
      semaphores.  A followup patch will remove them, relying entirely on the
      device semaphores provided by the driver core.
      
      The code paths affected by this patch are:
      
      	device_add and device_del: The USB core already holds the parent
      	lock, so no actual change is needed.
      
      	driver_register and driver_unregister: The driver core will now
      	lock both the parent and the device before probing or removing.
      
      	driver_bind and driver_unbind (in sysfs): These routines will
      	now lock both the parent and the device before binding or
      	unbinding.
      
      	bus_rescan_devices: The helper routine will lock the parent
      	before probing a device.
      
      I have not tested this patch for conflicts with other subsystems.  As
      far as I can see, the only possibility of conflict would lie in the
      bus_rescan_devices pathway, and it seems pretty remote.  Nevertheless,
      it would be good for this to get a lot of testing in -mm.
      Signed-off-by: NAlan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
      Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      bf74ad5b
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      [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" · 312c004d
      Kay Sievers 提交于
      Leave the overloaded "hotplug" word to susbsystems which are handling
      real devices. The driver core does not "plug" anything, it just exports
      the state to userspace and generates events.
      Signed-off-by: NKay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
      Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      312c004d
  17. 16 12月, 2005 1 次提交
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  20. 10 11月, 2005 1 次提交
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      [DRIVER MODEL] Add platform_driver · 00d3dcdd
      Russell King 提交于
      Introduce struct platform_driver.  This allows the platform device
      driver methods to be passed a platform_device structure instead of
      instead of a plain device structure, and therefore requiring casting
      in every platform driver.
      
      We introduce this in such a way that any existing platform drivers
      registered directly via driver_register continue to work as before,
      thereby allowing a gradual conversion to the new platform_driver
      methods.
      Signed-off-by: NRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Acked-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      00d3dcdd
  21. 07 11月, 2005 1 次提交
  22. 06 11月, 2005 1 次提交
  23. 31 10月, 2005 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] fix missing includes · 4e57b681
      Tim Schmielau 提交于
      I recently picked up my older work to remove unnecessary #includes of
      sched.h, starting from a patch by Dave Jones to not include sched.h
      from module.h. This reduces the number of indirect includes of sched.h
      by ~300. Another ~400 pointless direct includes can be removed after
      this disentangling (patch to follow later).
      However, quite a few indirect includes need to be fixed up for this.
      
      In order to feed the patches through -mm with as little disturbance as
      possible, I've split out the fixes I accumulated up to now (complete for
      i386 and x86_64, more archs to follow later) and post them before the real
      patch.  This way this large part of the patch is kept simple with only
      adding #includes, and all hunks are independent of each other.  So if any
      hunk rejects or gets in the way of other patches, just drop it.  My scripts
      will pick it up again in the next round.
      Signed-off-by: NTim Schmielau <tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      4e57b681